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Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
January 26, 2007, 07:51 PM »
Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (SVS)
Symantec to aquire Altiris in second quarter 2007
Basic Info
App Name
Altiris Software Virtualization Solution
App URL
User community at
Downloads here
App Version Reviewed
Test System Specs
Pentium III 866mhz, 512mb Ram, Windows XPSP2
Supported OSes
Windows 2000, 2003, XP (Pro and Home)
Support Methods
User forums at
Trial Version Available?
Free for personal use. 120 day evaluation otherwise.
Pricing Scheme
Free for personal use. Other use starts at "$29 per node"
Screencast Video URL
15:00 demonstration by one of the software engineers:
3:00 demo by me:
I am NOT affiliated with Altiris or any of its parent companies or subsidiaries. I am a user and have received no benefits, monetary or otherwise, for this review.
Screenshot of main interface:
Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Altiris SVS has to be one of the coolest software
since FirstDefense-ISR
. It is an application virtualization system. Think of it like VM Ware or Parallels, but on an application by application basis. Want to install Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2000 at the same time? No problem. Just install each one it its own "layer" and activate the one you want to use at any given time. Want to install a program for very occasional use but not have it hanging around, messing with your other programs, slowing down bootup and shutdown, eating all your food, and leaving the toilet seat up? Just put it in a layer, activate it every once in awhile as needed, and then deactivate it until the next time. Sounds great, doesn't it? Well, it almost is.
The long screencast above will show you everything you can do with the application, while mine will only show you the most basic usage. I'd recommend viewing at least my video before continuing with this review. Go ahead, I'll wait...
Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Putting software on a layer is just a matter of telling SVS that you want to install it to a new layer. You just browse to the installation file, and SVS starts recording. The installation will appear just as it would otherwise, as it is not aware that it is being captured. Your only indication that something is going on will be a small animated lightening icon in your system tray.
Once the software is completely installed, and any processes that it starts after the install (such as starting itself like winamp did in my video) are closed, SVS will stop capturing. Now the software is installed and can be used like you normally would. Whenever you want to deactivate the software, you just go to the console, and deactivate it. The program and all its system changes will disappear without a trace. Registry changes will be reversed, ini files will cease to exist, dlls will revert to previous versions, files that were deleted will live again, etc. Even created files and the like will disappear (though you can configure it to leave them behind if you want) Later, when you reactivate the layer, all those changes will be restored and the application will work again. Those documents that disappeared when deactivating? Those will reappear as well.
You can have as many layers as you want, and can activate and deactivate any combination of them. While you may encounter conflicts with application layers that are simultaneously activated, you shouldn't see any problems if you deactivate one of the guilty parties. You can also do other types of captures, such as a global capture that can grab multiple programs.
If that was all this software could do, it would be very useful. But what makes it even better is that the layers are portable. That means that I could create a layer of an application on my machine, export it to a self contained file, send it to you, and you could import it activate it and use it just as if you had installed it on your computer. This is great for testing an application on multiple systems, trying to troubleshoot application conflicts, etc. I install software that I want layered inside a virtual machine, then export it to my real computer and import it for use there, and it works great.
Also, the program provides a roll-back type functionality. You can reset a layer to its original captured state at any time. In addition, you can update that restore state at a future time if you want. Finally, you can setup layers to start automatically with Windows if you want.
So I've been telling you all these great features, but I know some of you are remembering that I said SVS is "almost" great. There are some problems, and these problems are enough to make me hesitate in recommending this software to everyone. First of all, there is a very steep learning curve. All that great functionality means that the software is complicated to use, and there aren't any wizards to hold you hand through most of it. It's not something that you will install and instantly be a power user with. I've been using it for months and still find myself wondering how to do certain procedures. There are some functions that I haven't even tried because I just don't know what they accomplish. Some tasks, which should be easy, take too many steps. For example, to be able to save a document with a layered Microsoft Word that is retained after the layer is deactivated, you have to manually configure the layer.
Here are the steps to do this:
1 Install the program into a layer
2 Deactivate the layer
3 Double click on the deactivated layer to open the Layer Properties dialog
4 Select the "Exclude Entries" tab (Yes, Exclude. As in exclude from performing the usual cleanup tasks on these files)
5 Double click in the empty box under "Type" and "Value."
6 Add an exclusion (either a filetype or a particular directory + subdirectories)
7 Activate the layer and use it to create the file
8 Save files with the excluded extension anywhere on your HD, or save any filename to the excluded directories
Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
See? Confusing. And don't get me started on the other tabs of that layer properties dialog. I think you can export parts of the layer out to the base file system, and can make the layer delete other things. Maybe even have it remember your anniversary or something.
Also, the software can't virtualize everything. System level drivers cause problems, and occasionally a program that deeply embeds itself in the OS is problematic. Some examples of software that doesn't play nice are VMWare and other full scale virtual machine programs, .Net, anti-virus programs, and firewalls. There is a wiki here that has a pretty extensive list of programs that can and cannot be installed:
. And don't even think about virtualizing OS updates, service packs, etc. Unfortunately, if you try to install something that won't work, you won't know it until you deactivate and reactivate the layer. Usually you'll get a lot of errors and it just won't work. Occasionally, the layer will be so corrupted that the application will crash. I've even had a BSOD due to an app that didn't work in a layer.
Another sticking point is that the program cannot capture to a new layer without deactivating all of your current layers first. This prevents installing a program that depends on software that is in another layer. This was a big disappointment.
Finally, this software carries the same warning as other virtualization programs: It's not waterproof, just water resistant. If you really try to defeat it (or if malware really tries to defeat it), you'll find a way. As the vendor states, this isn't a security application and isn't intended to protect you if you don't use common sense.
Who is this app designed for:
Originally designed for enterprise use, it is now offered free for personal use. It's definitely not for the faint of heart. The learning curve indicates that only experienced users should look into it.
The Good
No noticeable impact on system performance while installing to a layer or using layered applications.
When it works, it works very well.
Great community and a boatload of user created tools to help you get the most out of it at
It is originally an enterprise application, and the personal use version appears to be identical to the commercial offering. We even got a near simultaneous release of a personal use beta when the enterprise beta was released.
Portable layers. To see what this can accomplish, check out the list of layers that you can download and import on this webpage:
The needs improvement section
Some applications just can't be virtualized at this time, though Altiris promises to rectify this soon.
Program doesn't seem aware of what it can and can't virtualize. It would be great if it would notice that an application is setting up system drivers that SVS won't be able to handle.
Very steep learning curve.
Not foolproof
How does it compare to similar apps
The only similar apps I know of are Thinstall
and MojoPac
Thinstall is very expensive (Pricing starts at $4,995 for the Thinstall Virtualization Suite and $39 per user. Note the "and" there. You have to buy the suite, and then pay per user as well).
MojoPac takes a slightly different approach to virtualization, being more like a portable virtual PC. I haven't really looked at it too much, though I have seen comparisons. It is payware, and runs off a USB drive which leads me to think there might be performance issues.
Altiris SVS is an awesome idea. In practice, it's not there yet. I use it quite a bit, but I have learned some of its limitations. I also have the benefit of immediate recovery using FirstDefense-ISR if necessary. I think it has the potential to be something really great, and for those programs that work in the layers it is outstanding. The learning curve, though a deterrent to new users, really does exist because of the power and functionality of the program.
I have more successes with it than failures, however, so I would give it a 3.5 out of 5
As I said at the very beginning. It's a great concept. A great concept isn't enough, however.
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Last Edit: January 30, 2007, 08:12 PM by cthorpe
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #1 on:
January 26, 2007, 08:16 PM »
cthorpe, you're on fire
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Hello dude!
Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #2 on:
January 26, 2007, 08:37 PM »
A great review!
I also think that SVS is one of the biggest inventions in the last time and use it quite often for testing new software. The new version 2.1 is in development - but you can download and activate the beta since this week.
There was a big problem with SVS working together with my virus killer "Active Virus Shield" from Kaspersky. The realtime scanner modules is named klif.sys in c:\windows\system32\drivers. Every closing of a new layer led to a bluescreen under XP
- only renaming the file in safe mode solved the problem, but turned of the scanning of actual written files.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #3 on:
January 27, 2007, 02:15 AM »
thanks for another great review, cthorpe.
i was just about to try the software when Crush mentioned there are problems with AVS from aol - which i use. so it looks like i'm out of luck too.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #4 on:
January 27, 2007, 04:18 AM »
Cool Mini-Review, cthorpe!
I had no idea that svs worked like this. I have tried
and it works in a completelly different way. It packs the whole disk activity into a file, when you check in windows explorer, there's nothing there.This concept seems more interesting, though. Not sure if it is "safer" or not, but from what you're shown, it appears to retain all the most important stuff on activation/deactivation of layers.
Not much time ago i was having trouble explainin to KenR how this kind of stuff works, i guess you made it pretty clear
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #5 on:
January 27, 2007, 05:31 AM »
Perhaps installing critical programs in an own layer could solve some compatibility-problems...
I would give SVS in it´s actual state 4 of 5 points for the great idea. In the next Version a lot of comp.-probs should be solved and the layers will become faster and more stable. Some of the additional Downloads from the community give you access at deep internals of the program. These can also help to get more out of it.
Besides, SVS creates a folder fslrdr on drive c: that holds all information and data of the layers. I don´t like it to have a very big system drive, because the hd-backups of it grows too much with the installations. My hint: you can change this place to somewhere else if you change the path in the registry! Search for "c:\fslrdr" and change it everywhere to the new position. Don´t forget to move the folder to its new place if you already created some layers.
Hmmm. I found something that also could solve the problematically progs: Insert the path of the program and its filename to the entry "ProgramIgnoreList". I´ll also test this way. The key is in \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Altiris\FSL.
.... a few minutes later ...
Yep, it worked with the Ignore list
in this list were two other virus killers preconfigured - perhaps similar working programs should be added here like SandBoxie, Tiny Firewall (I like this one!) or others with Sandbox and realtime scanning functions.
Last Edit: January 27, 2007, 07:17 AM by Crush
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #6 on:
January 30, 2007, 02:52 AM »
cthorpe, a very good review. It would have been good if your screen cast went on to show the layer being deactivated and activated. A small quibble though.
I tried SVS a month or so back and found the UI very unhelpful and unintuitive and in the end gave up. I should give it another shot. It certainly seems like a great way for people to evaluate software without their PC being modified in any way. I'm sure this is the main reason why so many people have problems with Windows, because they install so much crap and uninstalling doesn't always remove everything. I use VMWare Workstation for this and for testing my own software and it is invaluable.
There is a lot happening with virtualization right now and interesting times lay ahead. I've recently written a lengthy article
XEN and the art of Virtualization
about XenServer which DC readers might find of interest.
Neville Franks,
a better way to collect, use, manage and share information across all devices.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #7 on:
January 30, 2007, 03:12 AM »
I forget to mention that I've also written about MojoPac. See:
MojoPac - Potentially Great Software with Serious Flaws
Read their Forums before you think about purchasing.
Can someone please post a link to the Altiris Beta Release. I've looked high and low and can't find it.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #8 on:
January 30, 2007, 03:24 AM »
Symantec to aquire Altiris in second quarter 2007
Where's the R.I.P smiley?
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Last Edit: January 31, 2007, 07:31 AM by f0dder
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #9 on:
January 30, 2007, 06:28 AM »
Symantec... not again
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #10 on:
January 30, 2007, 06:49 PM »
Great review! Not a symantec fan though...only cement would bog my machine down more than their apps.
I`m a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class, especially since I rule.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #11 on:
January 31, 2007, 04:40 AM »
The Symantec announcement has at least saved me the time it would have taken to evaluate SVS.
Carol Haynes
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #12 on:
January 31, 2007, 05:12 AM »
Absolutely - as soon Symantec announce and acquisition you can hear a bell tolling in the distance ... the funeral for Altiris software is on the way I'd guess.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #13 on:
January 31, 2007, 08:13 AM »
I have been playing with SVS on and off over the past six months. With the announcement from Symantec, I too have uninstalled it and thrown it in the "could have been a contender" pile.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #14 on:
January 31, 2007, 08:34 AM »
I will still continue to use SVS as I have in the past. Even with the Symantec purchase, which isn't actually occuring until 2nd quarter, it is still a viable program at this time. Eventually it will become obsolete or so bloated that it is unusable, but for now it still works the same as it did a week ago before the Symantec annoucement.
Last Edit: January 31, 2007, 08:45 AM by cthorpe
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #15 on:
January 31, 2007, 09:59 AM »
Hi cthorpe,
thanks for the review, it got me to try SVS; it did seem though to conflict with my Avast AV.
After that I tried Bufferzone, which I would describe as a combination of Altiris SVS and Sandboxie, since you can install programs into Bufferzone´s sandbox or simply run executables in it.
I find it is easier and safer to use (indeed SVS's scope is not sandbox safety but simply clean installs).
There is a freeware version too.
I was wondering whether you have tried it and how you think it compares performance wise. My impression is that it is 1st a bit slow at startup but after that the applications within bufferzone seem to run with little overhead.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #16 on:
February 08, 2007, 03:44 PM »
I've been playing with SVS over the last 2 months or so. I've also downgraded my expectations of it but find it does have some value.
cthorpe is right; you do have to wrap your head around the virtualization model. (it's like remembering that the subjunctive tense in Spanish is a sort of parallel universe of tenses. I always got confused about who was doing exactly what to whom and when.) I read the SVS manual twice, haunted the forum, and read the many articles on their Juice site. And it still really didn't prepare me for all that I faced.
The key is remembering that this is enterprise-level software maintenance and the goal is consistent software environments/installations that contain as few customizations as possible and that can be rolled back to a known state in a minute. After you've installed an app to its own layer, you do have to go through some gyrations to update its options/settings/preferences--there are maybe 5 different ways to do this, some easy, some not so.
I hit the wall on this with Firefox, which I customize with extensions to within an inch of its life. Were I to reset FF, I would lose all those customizations. So it's better *for me* that that should go into the base (SVS's term for the non-virtualized system). Also, should I need to access the internet while all layers are turned off, then FF is unavailable to me and I'm left with IE.
In addition to the excludes for each app layer, there is the data layer concept. For example, I created a data layer for C:\Documents and Settings and its subdirectories. This meant that while that layer was active, all files created by virtual and non-virtual apps were saved to this layer. When the data layer was turned off -- poof -- all those files disappeared. This certainly makes it easy to export all your data to a VSA file for backup somewhere, but on a daily basis (and when you add in app-specific excludes) confusion about where a file really lived -- on the base? in a layer? -- got confusing quickly.
This got maddening to me because when I was installing apps, I was referring to my Roboform list of safenotes, updating them with new reg numbers, deleting old info, and so on. I'd had Roboform in the base originally, but had made edits when the data layer was active. When I turned the data layer off, all the edits I'd made were gone. It must be said, SVS did it very cleanly and certainly worked as advertised, so I can't fault it for that. But I could never "get" the implications of where changes were saved.
I understand the SVS developers tout SVS as a way to make troubleshooting a system easier: just turn off all the layers and see if the problem is with your OS or an app. Add back the apps one at a time, and see when the problem appears. I grokked that.
But in truth, my system runs pretty well as is. I practice safe computing. I *like* knowing that all the files in My Documents are there whenever I want to access them. So using SVS to virtualize, say, my copy of MS Office 2000 or JME doesn't make much sense for me, because I like having those in my base. (SVS did virtualize MS Office 2000 beautifully though; over 12,000 registry entries!)
I had a few other problems; Directory Opus got confused about file moves/copies/deletes and could never refresh the view when the data layer was turned on (I tried vrtzng DO and it couldn't even delete files). I put a raft of account updates into Moneydance, turned off the Moneydance layer, and when I turned it back on saw that Moneydance had not retained any changes.
When I started reinstalling my apps back to the base, I felt a release of tension in my scalp because I wasn't thinking so hard about what I was doing when performing simple file management stuff.
I think my F-secure antivirus real-time scanner did stop some apps from installing to SVS. Very annoying. I had already read the reviews that cthorpe cited before I even started playing with SVS so I knew it had some reasonable limitations in regards to anti-virus and other types of software that need access to the system.
But I have not uninstalled SVS and I do keep some now-and-then apps in layers: NVU, VLC, Irfanview, Adobe Reader 8, Omnipage Scansoft (a pig of a program that adds lots of context menus I don't need--I'm glad to be able to turn it on and off like a light switch).
I'm also keeping SVS around so I can try out new software with it. It strikes me as a very easy way to play with new software without committing any changes to the base machine. (Of course, you could just play with new software in VMWare or Msft's Virtual PC, so that's a wash.)
I don't think SVS simplifies computing all that much for the home or casual user, but I think it definitely has its uses and, within its limits, it's very solid. It's probably more powerful for heavy-duty developer types who can cope with the abstractions and rules surrounding the layers and exclusions.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #17 on:
February 08, 2007, 04:06 PM »
thanks for the explanation, brownstudy.
i was holding off trying svs until i had some spare time but after reading about your experience i'll probably just leave it completely. it sounds like svs wouldn't really compliment how i work and i do have vmware already so i think i'll stick to that instead.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #18 on:
March 02, 2007, 01:33 PM »
It's just awesome.
Install all software in a clean virtual machine.
Multi Export everything with three clicks.
Multi Import them all with three clicks to any system.
And it's going to be portable. Run virtualized apps anywhere without installing.
Check this out for "The Perfect XP System" utilizing Faronics Deep Freeze and SVS. ShadowStor ShadowUser should work too.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #19 on:
March 03, 2007, 07:00 PM »
Great article - thanks
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #20 on:
February 01, 2009, 08:46 PM »
Any updates recently? Any new users/comments for this software virtualization app? I would like to try, but the acquisition has kinda scared the shit outta me.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #21 on:
February 01, 2009, 09:28 PM »
Same here. Thanks for bumping this up though mitzevo.
It's too bad really. If SVS was easy to use and got installed by Symantec, I might have risked at least their last version or the first Symantec version. At this rate though, much safer to trick new applications like using OpenOffice 3 and MS Office 2007 to get MS Office 2000 feel or something like that. Still would have liked to use this to beta test game versions for bugs.
I just don't get how Symantec is better at acquiring applications than even Google yet at the same time, it's probably the worst at improving the actual application. Freaking Microsoft does a better job and their business models aren't on software alone.
I don't even think Apple can package anything Symantec does to help sell it more. [/end rant]
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #22 on:
February 02, 2009, 05:01 AM »
Altiris SVS is nearly perfect working for me. Additional community tools can be downloaded at juice. Why improving something that´s nearly perfect and free for private usage?
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #23 on:
February 02, 2009, 05:16 AM »
Does it cope with Vista - and will it work with Win7? If not it will be dead soon unless Symantec plan to actually do something about it.
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Re: Mini-Review: Altiris SVS
Reply #24 on:
February 02, 2009, 06:05 AM »
Yes, it works with Vista.
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To achieve this goal, Hebei province will launch a series of cultural tourism items this year in addition to developing such leisure products as coast and island tours, hot spring tours, and snow tours. In addition, the province will also initiate a national leisure plan to promote tourism among its own residents.
It is understood that the one of the important tasks of the tourism department of Hebei province in 2009 is to: organize and mobilize enterprises to learn about the province's tourism, to have inspections of tourism resources, and to participate in tourism department.
The Plan on the Development of Leisure Tourism in the Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Metropolitan Circle states that Hebei features unique tourism resources in its: coast, summer resorts; grasslands; hot springs; winter sports; autonomy; and wildlife, which make it possible for it to develop its tourism in a different way with that of Beijing and Tianjin and maintain its unique competitiveness.


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The Memory Glasses: Google's AR-Amped Specs Reveal A Brave, Branded New WorldBY KIT EATON
Katy Perry looks cute in the video for Last Friday Night, no? Glad you agree--glasses, despite their bum rap, can be sexy. But even Katy's orbular charms can't stop 'em going by the wayside as fashion, contact lens science, and laser surgery all evolve. Yet Google may have a way to get us all wearing glasses in the near future: Not to help us see better, necessarily, but to see "extra." The tech behemoth is now throwing considerable, hefty resources behind creating augmented-reality glasses--and they may be ready rather soon.
The New York Times spurred lots of debate this week with inside information from both Google and Apple, indicating that the firms were working on wearable technology. The story got more interesting when 9to5Google learned from sources that Google is building technology that's not the wristwatch-style device people had imagined, but rather goggles. Further information suggests that Google's in late prototype stages and the device resembles traditional eyeglasses just with slightly thicker rims, and with limited button controls on the arms. It's likely running an Android OS inside, and logic would suggest it has a wireless connection to a device like an Android phone--possibly something like Bluetooth 4.0.Google's Sergey Brin is closely involved with the project, which will be Google-branded, and it's also noted that back in June Dr. Richard DuVaul, an expert in wearable heads-up displays, moved from Apple to Google. (DuVaul's dissertation was about something he called "The Memory Glasses," which are apparently very much like what Google now has in mind.)
So what we're looking at is a genuine piece of Google high-tech goggle trickery that may be getting close to real production levels. It's probably based on existing technology, but knowing how much money Google has available to spend on R&D, as well as its powerful connections and Google's habit of pushing novel tech into its flagship Android phones--like NFC--it's likely that Google may have achieved some very clever things with the display technology in the goggles.
And what they'll be used for is pretty evident: Augmented Reality. This is a technology that's been bubbling along for ages, and has exploded thanks to the current smartphone revolution. It's being championed by bespoke uses inside some apps--where holding your phone up to view the world around you adds in extra information to the scene as seen on the screen, with historical data or imagery--as well as by novel "reality browser" systems like Layar and Metaio, which give third-party developers the opportunity to write apps within the browser for a host of uses, from gaming to fact discovery to education to navigation. The technology has virtually limitless uses, the most interesting of which probably won't be dreamed up until it's ubiquitous. For a sci-fi sample, check out the multispectral, data-rich view of the world James Cameron imagined the Terminator would have--its eye-replacing cameras "see" the world more richly than we do:
That's where Google's technology stable comes in incredibly handy. Existing AR applications need specially populated databases, or access to them, in order to deliver additional location-aware information to the smartphone user. Google, on the other hand, has untold terabytes of information about practically everything on Earth already indexed by its search engines--as well as highly specific location-tagged imagery and wireless data acquired as part of its Street View service. It's also been buying other companies recently at the rate of roughly one per month, and this has recently included gems like Zagat--essentially a rich a source of location-tagged, curated reviews of services. Imagine you're wearing Google's goggles and they pop up a review of the restaurant you're looking at in the field of view--that would definitely change how you visit a new city.
Mapping and navigation while a tourist would change too--all Google has to do is project a red line on your field of view that tells you which road to walk down. The application of Google augmented goggles even extends to shopping--presumably the high-tech eyewear would know where you are when you're using them, and could tell you've stepped into Macy's, for example. Imagine that Google has an offer-based deal with Macy's that day for a particular clothing item, and the goggles would instantly alert you and probably even help you walk to where the display stand is. Google also knows a wealth of data about you, and we seem happy to surrender more: So we can forsee AR goggle applications like a virtual running coach, where your last timed-and-GPS'd run is represented as a virtual character jogging alongside--or ahead of--you.
Perhaps the most worrying, but powerful, part of this kind of tech is the ability it would give to Google to get advertising plastered over the whole world--essentially inserting an ad display layer between your eyes and the world. Who would need postered ad hoardings when everyone's Google goggles would be showing them highly tailored AR ads superimposed on a blank whiteboard at an ad location...or on a cup of coffee, or on someone's T-shirt (students renting out space on it for a small fee?). And since the ads wouldn't have to be traditional static imagery, there's all sorts of crazy possibilities for 3-D augmented reality object ads: Characters from the next war movie strolling down the street next to you, passersby wearing dramatic spiky red AR hairdos graphically hijacked over their own to promote a local avant-garde hair salon. The kind of ad revenues one could command from ads that're so intertwined with your daily life probably haven't been calculated...except at Google.
There're a couple of things to think about here. AR technology may seem like a gimmick or a flash in the pan to you, but that's because of existing technical and fiscal limitations. Holding your phone up at arm's length for any period of time is a pain, and a mugging invitation in some places, and it means your experience of AR has never been "immersive" for longer than a handful of seconds. That's limited how innovative people can get with current AR applications. Head-mounted displays, goggles, are a solution to this but the current players in the game don't have the big name social influence nor the raw cash to develop tech that's both clever, good-looking and that the average Joe--by the million--would be persuaded to wear.
Google can do this. With its Android tech and its ecosystem, it's also got access to data that other AR firms can't compete with and it has the globe-spanning clout to actually change habits. And don't worry that AR goggles would suffer the same user resistance as 3-D TV goggles--the experience delivered by AR is way more sci-fi than the slightly unsatisfying home 3-D experience: The information we've covered here simply assumes the goggles would overlay extra info, but what if they also let you see in the dark via IR, or spot the UV colors in flowers? Would you be more interested then? We're not imagining a near future where we all stroll around 24/7 with digital display goggles strapped to our faces--a fashion as ubiquitous as hats were in the early part of the 20th century. But if any firm has the power to make it a habit to slip on a pair to aid with work, navigation or shopping, it's Google.


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I am not a medical expert, but there is so little known about cancer and so many small 'facts' are published that a few inferences can be drawn. Here then is my understanding of the causes of cancer and my thoughts about it.
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Cancer arises when the genetic control system of the cell goes wrong. That wrongness may be because the cell's DNA has actually been damaged or it may be because the body has 'switched off' some of the genes.
Now all cells have self-repair systems. Those self repair systems also include the ability to repair damage to the genes. Such a system does not of course have an infinite repair ability, and the repair ability will probably be affected by the body's age. It will also be affected by the materials available to make the repairs.
Too little is known about the genetic repair system and exactly how it works or when it fails and allows cancer to develop: it seems that the big money is in curing the cancer once it has developed and not in preventing its development!
However it's logical that the repair mechanism will fail when either the genetic damage is too much - or the repair mechanism is too weak. There is a balance. Many factors that cause damage have been identified - smoking, asbestos, various chemicals, Barett's oesophagus. But on the other side of the balance is the repair mechanism.
Much work is being done on this and the exact process whereby Barrett's can become carcinoma seems to be not yet fully understood. However the collection of genes that is methylated in Barrett's is much the same as those that lead to oesophageak carcinoma: logic says they cannot be exactly the same but it seems clear that the methylation process which causes the protective Barrett's oesophagus can go too far and can continue to methylate more genes, causing cancer. So the body must do a delicate balancing act between the correct response to acid reflux and excessive response that will continue further to cancer.
Any bodily repair mechanism needs the right materials. Some of those materials have been identified. These include:
There must be a huge number of other food trace contents that are also beneficial, or even necessary. There are also foods that are linked with cancer risk - if taken in excess.
Whatever food elements are required must, logically, have been present in the human diet as we evolved. A useful concept here is 'Environment of evolutionary adaptedness' (Enevad). This is the environment in which the organism concerned evolved and to which it is well adapted.
The problem with the human enevad is that early humans apparently had multiple enevads: early humans migrated a lot and various branches evolved in different environments and then interbred again.
However this migration was almost invariably via water: land in the early environment was not a medium for much travel. Early humans lived by the sea or by rivers and migrated by water.
Now sea shore lines are rich in easy food pickings: rock pools are rich in edible molluscs, seaweeds, crustaceans and fish. Much of the early human diet was seafood.
Fruit was also readily available to early humans. Also nuts. Insects and grubs of many kinds would have been easy pickings. Meat would have been only an occasional 'binge' food as a larger animal was killed.
Nowadays only a select few of the huge number of available fruits and nuts are commercially viable, so many edible fruits and nuts simply aren't available in the modern diet - except in places where they can be harvested as free food. Fruitipedia is a good place to learn of the huge variety of edible fruits and nuts.
Similarly edible plants: there are tens of thousands of plants whose leaves, roots, stems, flowers or seeds are edible and good. Modern farming has only taken a relatively small number of these into commercial cultivation. For instance the wild cabbage (brassica oleracea) has become a wide variety of superficially different vegetables: the cabbages, cauliflowers, broccolis. But they are all essentially the same plant. Similarly lettuces and beets. Anyone who is into wild foraging should be aware of how random the choice of cultivated plants is: there are many wild plants that are as good as or even better than most cultivated plants. See my own Food for Free site or Plants for a Future for more information.
Meat in modern times is also a very common and major ingredient in the diet - far, far higher than it could ever have been in our enevad. Especially red meat: our enevad would have included more small animals and birds than it would large animals.
It is very apparent then that a modern diet is highly restricted when compared to that of the human enevad. Modern 'fast foods' and prepared meals are even further restricted and moreover they contain modified food ingredients - modified to make them more palatable and more commercially profitable. Not modified to make them nutritionally better! These mnodified ingredients were not available in out enevad and do us no good. Whether thy are actually harmful in themselves is another matter - but they certainly do us harm by eliminating or reducing other ingredients which we should be eating to stay healthy!
Such a restricted diet is likely to lack trace ingredients that were present in the foods humans evolved to eat and which could improve the cell's gene-repair ability. So our gene-repair ability is weakened! Problem is - we do not know what ingredients might be beneficial, even in trace amounts! Furthermore - an ingredient that may be beneficial in trace amounts can easily be bad, or even poisonous, in excess.
Consider also the number of food plants that have medicinal qualities. Many of these are being identified and the active ingredients used as medicine, especially in Germany, Switzerland and eastern Europe where such phytopharmaceuticals are treated the same as manufactured drugs. But a food can only be medically beneficial if that food is lacking in the diet to start with!
Poisons are not all - poisonous! For any poison there is a dose level where it is is harmful, in tract amounts, the body can cope with it or may even need it! Most minerals and vitamins that are needed in trace amounts can become poisonous if consumed in excess. The body can cope with small amounts of almost anything! To my mind this clearly indicates that we evolved eating a huge variety of fruits, nuts, leaves, seeds, seaweeds, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, grubs. We ate whatever was available, when it was available!
It follows that healthy foods do not need to be consumed continuously - our bodies are evolved to be happy with seasonal changes. The '5 a day' recommendation is a huge oversimplification: the five we eat this month should not be the five we eat next month! Over the year we should eat as many different food plants as we possibly can!
It also follows that, as our diet presumably varied seasonally, any change in diet may take months (or even years) to have a noticeable effect! I wonder how this long response time affects drug and diet trials: bad side effects to drugs and good responses to dietsary ingrediants may take 6 months minimum to appear. To say a drug is safe, may require many years of experience. This certainly seems the case with the PPIs, used to treat acid reflux. See the references on gall-bladder.
All of these risks and benefits only make real sense if you understand that cancer risk is increased by almost any restricted diet!
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Partners can fall in and out of love during the lifetime of their love affair;
It's just the reality of life.
There is a big difference between loving a person and being in love with the same person.
Loving a person is a choice born out of a commitment
…while being in-love is a feeling that's born out of feeling safe and secure enough to be vulnerable.
In essence, your wife can love you and still fall in and out of love with you momentarily throughout the course of your love affair or marriage.
However, the 2 phenomenons, loving and in-love, are often used interchangeably and almost synonymously; there is overlap.
The context of this lesson and the 15 signs that your wife doesn't love you are more within the context of the in-love experience.
1, She is Distracted Easily Especially with the Phone
Remember those moments when you used to have long conversations for no reasons.
Now, all you've got is half or less of that attention because she's distracted by all the environmental factors around.
She is distracted enough for you to notice
…and the number one factor is basically her phone or smart devices competing with you for attention.
Find out how you have been rewarding the behavior and all you have to do is stop rewarding it.
It could be something as simple as sitting there waiting for her until she notices while you whine and bitch about it.
Remove yourself and find something fun and faithful to do for yourself until she notices it. It's a form of giving to her. You are giving space for her to miss you.
2, She is UnExcited to See/Hang Out With You
In the beginning, she couldn't wait to ride out in the city with you but somethings have changed;
That's boring now.
That doesn't mean she has fallen out of love with you yet; it means she's lost interest in that activity.
But I lied.
Falling out of love is a process just as much as falling in love is after you've lost the initial passion.
Losing the initial passion is in fact inevitable simply because we are humans and we value the feeling of newness and its accompanying excitement.
As I have just said, it's really the feeling and not necessarily newness all in itself.
When you understand that, it makes it significantly easy to attract your wife to fall back in love with you.
If your wife no longer appreciates being around you, you are probably rewarding that behavior with making her feel that the opportunity to hangout is readily available.
Your time together is predictable and boring; switch things up in a positive way to create attraction.
3, She Claims That She's Lost Herself
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When a woman gets into this space, being in love with you is the last thing on her mind.
In fact, there is a good chance she is associating the idea of loving you with a part of herself she has just discovered and doesn't like.
4, She Doesn't Care About Your Feelings
There is a lot more to this particular sign being a sign.
Honestly, I would want to know why you've got so much time to detect this sign.
But that's probably a topic for another day.
If she's coming off as your feelings don't matter, she is not in love with you at this moment.
You can mitigate against this by leaning in towards her and attempting to listen to her feelings as your personal control mechanism for your relationship with and love for her.
… more like an influence mechanism.
If you do that long enough, she will center back to the girl who used to care about your feelings
…but it requires generosity of patience on your part as a seed.
5, No More Expressions of any Type from Her
One of the last behaviors you ever want from your wife is for her to stop expressing herself.
The level at which a woman expresses herself varies greatly depending on her personality, temperament and other factors.
If she ever gets into a space where she doesn't feel safe to express her feelings at all, that's almost equivalent to falling completely out of love with you.
Feeling safe and secure with you is almost equivalent to a woman being in love with you.. She has to be able to express herself freely.
6, She Seems UnHappy Quite Often
You know your wife more than I do.
She may not be able to come out and tell you straight to your face that she's unhappy.
Neither should you wait for her to do so because it might be too late.
If she is not as excited about life and your relationship anymore, she is very likely falling out of love just as much.
But that's not necessarily your fault.
In fact, that's not your job and you have probably been rewarding her for coming off as unhappy.
All you have to do is date her and create another… just another opportunity for sex to happen (again.)
7, She Rolls Her Eyes When it's Time to Talk
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That's a classic sign, not just of falling out of love with you, but also that she has lost hope that she can ever revive love for you again.
Once a woman rolls eye at every glance of a conversation about your relationship, it means you have a massive up-hill battle in order to attract her back into loving you again.
You still need to communicate but this time around, you need to learn and practice effective communication.
It will involve lots of patience because she is obviously shut down.
8, She Disregards Your Opinion & Advice
When you were dating this lady, your words were the gospel. She trusted every advice you gave her.
In fact, she thought there would never be a guy as smart as you were.
But recently, some events have made her, not only say she doesn't care for your opinions, but showcase exactly that in her actions.
She dismisses them right in your face without thinking about it at all and it hurts because you can tell that she doesn't love you anymore.
9, She is Reluctant about Sex & Intimacy
It would be easy to tell you that she is no longer in love with you if she had completely shut down access to sex.
But that's usually not the case.
The way it works is that your wife is probably engaged in an internal battle between the commitments she made and how she feels.
That means sometimes (not all the time) she would give excuses to avoid sex, intimacy and affection with you.
She may not even realize that she is doing this.
10, She Comes off as a Roommate
Your worst nightmare right?
If she was in love with you, she would be all over you leaking you from head to toe.
But she has been spending a lot of time in alternative rooms of your house instead of with you.
So in actuality, it can be worse than being a roommate. Don't focus too much energy on this because it's a symptom.
You need a root cause analysis and the focus on fixing the cause. She is not a roommate; she is only acting like one.
11, Every Expression Feels Like Nagging
You can feel it and you know it
…and recognize the negative vibes in that in the past few weeks whenever she is expressing her emotions to you.
It almost feels like she's always blaming you for everything but you can't put your hands on what the issue is.
She has fallen out of love.
12, She's Highly Sarcastic & Condescending
"So you won't take the garbage out tonight again right?"
The tone of that question reveals it as a direct attack against your character; maybe that's a stretch but…
Compare that to…
"Babe, do you mind getting that garbage out tonight?"
Which of these 2 scenarios showcases a woman who is in love with you?
13, Indifferent and/or Not Jealous
If your woman is still jealous, she is still somewhat in love with you at least. But you don't want her to be numb to your behaviors.
"I don't care."
Yes she does but it's a cry out for you to see that she does care; you have not been paying attention.
What you really don't want is her getting into a head space where she doesn't care and also doesn't care enough to share that she doesn't care.
If that happens, she's lost respect and effectively, love for you… at least now.
14, She Glows More When Around Strangers
Not only does she seem unhappy; she shows you by glowing extra ordinarily when around complete strangers… not necessarily intentionally.
If that happens one time… no big deal but when it happens consistently, she has fallen out of love but there is hope.
15, No Gists After Getting Off the Phone
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She finishes speaking to a friend on the phone right in front of you, hung up and didn't say a word about who it was.
Naturally, we share…
"That was Amy; she says hello."
If she stops sharing, she's essentially saying you can go to hell.
It is very important to keep in mind that it works against your desires to take these 15 signs too seriously and make them a bigger deal than they actually are.
Whatever is going on is temporary and these are symptoms.
And all you have to do is focus on finding out the underlying causing reasons and adjusting accordingly to attract your wife back.
If you pay the symptoms more attention than necessary, you will more likely push your wife further away and potentially in the arms of another man.
It can't happen to you?
Well, 70+% of divorces are initiated by women; someone's wife.
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And for a fantasy take on suffering, I tend to turn back the "theology" of Anne Bishop (be warned: she deals a lot with the issue of abuse)
If you like stories about fragile females, who actually end up being not so fragile, with willing males to simulatenously take care of them even as they serve them, then Anne Bishop is your feminist.
The plotline is basically the same as her other 3 series (Black Jewels<–first and favorite, Belladonna and Bridge of Dreams<–not really a fan of this one).
Despite the plotline and characters getting to be (more than) predictable, Anne Bishop creates awesome worlds where magic is both feared and utilized in unexpected ways.
I like the plotline, so I don't mind it being that repetitive, however I think that in her most developed world (Black Jewels) the books about side characters start to get away from the tired plotline, so its still my favorite. Plus this is not a common plotline elsewhere, so although its the same tune from Bishop over and over again I do…
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She kissed him. Like a butterfly flickering on his lips, in a split second, hard, forceful, and needy. Like the end was near. Frank kissed back, his hand in her hair, at the back of her head, pulling her closer to him and taking her in. How many years had passed, stone piled upon stone, sediment forming, his walls thick and unyielding?
They had yielded. Flagpole clang and ex-fiances fading from his thoughts, he lifted her from the swing and carried her across the threshold, no swagger, no pretense. Just Frank and Marie and a lifetime of need.
(Exactly one hundred words from my novel-in-progress.)


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BUCHAREST, Romania — Prosecutors say they have detained two Romanian men believed to belong to a drug cartel planning to transport €90 million (US$120.14 million) of cocaine to western Europe.
Organized crime prosecutors accuse the two of involvement in a Colombian cartel transporting 1.5 tons (1.36 metric tons) of the drug from Ecuador to Romania, and on to other European countries.
Authorities say they worked with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and with Italian, Spanish and Ecuadorean authorities on the case.
In 2007, authorities in Ecuador apprehended 364 kilograms (800 pounds) of cocaine believed to be part of the same network concealed in crates of frozen fish.
A court is expected to rule Friday whether Constantin Nadolu and Catalin Iosef can be held for 29 days, pending trial.
via The Canadian Press: 2 Romanians detained for alleged links with Colombian drug cartel shipping cocaine to Europe.


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Events - Page 10
At the Tuesday Seminar on 21 January 2014, Professor Claudia Landwehr from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz presented her paper 'Delegation and democratic meta-deliberation'.
Forskningssatsingen for grunnlovsjubileet 2014 arrangerer formidlingskonferanse i Operaen i Oslo, 10. januar 2014. Her vil blant andre Erik Oddvar Eriksen presentere ARENAs forskning om den norske grunnloven i en europeisk kontekst.
As part of the 5th International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice, John Erik Fossum will organise a workshop with Andreas Føllesdal on crisis, innovation/experimentation and the governance of European integration.
The contributors to a forthoming book Europe's prolonged crisis: The making or the unmaking of a political Union, edited by Virginie Guiraudon, Carlo Ruzza and Hans-Jörg Trenz, will gather at ARENA in workshop to discuss draft chapters.
The financial crisis in the EU has pushed thousands of citizens to migrate in a bid to escape uncertainty, unemployment and poverty. Many pick Norway as their destination. What are their experiences? On 5 December ARENA invites to a public debate at the House of Literature to discuss findings from a research project on EU migrants in Norway.
As part of the seminar series Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, jointly organised by the Freedom of Expression Foundation and ARENA, Prof. Timothy Garton Ash from Oxford University held the public lecture 'Rethinking Europe'.
ARENA organises a workshop gathering contributors to a forthcoming special issue of Journal of European Public Policy to discuss different visions of Differentiated Integration (DI). The aim is to contribute towards a clear, complete and concise definition of the notion.
The bicentennial celebration of the Norwegian Constitution in 2014 represents an important milestone and an opportunity to reflect on the role and status of the constitution and of democracy. ARENA and ASANOR will organise a seminar which is open for everyone, but which is particularly directed towards teachers within the social sciences and humanities.
As part of the seminar series Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, jointly organised by the Freedom of Expression Foundation and ARENA, Prof. Jeremy Adelman from Princeton University held the public lecture 'Intellectuals and the crisis of democracy in the 20th century: The odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman'.
With the European parliamentary elections just one year ahead, can we expect Euroscepticism to become dominant? Are there any lessons to be learned from the 2009 campaign? ARENA invites to a book presentation of Contesting Europe by Pieter de Wilde, Asimina Michailidou and Hans-Jörg Trenz.
Southern Europe has been severely struck by the financial crisis, in social as well as political terms. How has the crisis been handled, and could it have been done differently? These questions were discussed at a seminar staged by ARENA during the National Science Week.
Forskningsrådet arrangerer et konfrontasjonsmøte der John Erik Fossum utfordrer stortingsrepresentant Michael Tetzschner om hvorfor den norske Grunnloven i det hele tatt skal feires i 2014.
Helene Sjursen deltar i debatt arrangert av Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, Europabevegelsen og Nei til EU. Her vil hun diskutere sentrale spørsmål fra et ARENA-ledet prosjekt om den norske grunnloven i en europeisk kontekst.
Kort tid før Stortingsvalget så Partnerforum på utviklinger i forholdet mellom politisk ledelse og offentlig forvalting. Vi satte fokus både på maktkonsentrasjon, lojalitet, faglig uavhengighet og dilemmaer som oppstår i skjæringspunktet mellom politisk styring og forvaltningen av det offentliges samfunnsansvar.
The research project EPISTO (Why not epistocracy? Political legitimacy and 'the fact of expertise') will have its kick-off conference at the University of Oslo April 4 and 5 2013. Participation is limited to registered participants.
The European Union has entered the fifth year of a profound existential crisis. What started as an American financial crisis has come to question the very existence of the European Union, and indeed, has revived secessionist tendencies in several of its Member States (in particular Spain and the United Kingdom). Why is this? What is the present status of crisis? The multiple crises facing the European Union speak to the need for radically rethinking the European Union and the way in which decision-makers, intellectuals, scholars, and the public approach it.
With the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union as a backdrop, ARENA researchers, in collaboration with 'Partnerforum', will assess recent developments in Europe and question how the Norwegian public administration adapts to the EU.
Jan-Werner Müller from Princeton University will give the lecture 'Fear and Freedom: The Legacies of Mid-Twentieth-Century Liberalism' as a part of the series 'The 1814 Lectures'.
ARENA researchers offer a PhD course in 'Organisational Theory Approaches to the Study of Public Policy and Administration'.
Master of Political Science Christer Gulbrandsen at ARENA and Department of Political Science will defend his dissertation for the degree of PhD: 'Europeanization in a global context. A study of a national maritime safety agency's work with global and European rules'.
ARENA is again represented Oslo Research Fair. Visit our stand to test your knowledge of European affairs and talk to our researchers.
The Eurotrans WP1 workshop 'The Transformation of the Executive Branch of Government in Europe: Centre Formation, Administrative Integration and Co-existing Orders'.
The aim of this highly interactive one day event is to develop a research agenda on the European Research Area.
This workshop is part of the project RECODE - Responding to Complex Diversity in Europe and Canada, which is sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF).
CEMES and EURECO - in cooperation with ARENA - holds a symposium on cosmopolitanism in light of the current challenges to European democracy. It invites leading North American scholars to enter a debate with their European colleagues on the future prospects of cosmopolitanism in Europe and the world.


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These Are the Most Popular Fitness Trends Over the Past 6 Decades
Remember a time when people were exercising and weren't trying to look for ways that they can look like models without doing any work and without even breaking a sweat? Yes, this is the case all the time.[slideshow:104435]
This exact strive to accomplish the impossible has given rise to many fitness trends over the years, some of which are flat out dangerous.
While the goal is often the same – six-pack abs, fit thighs and bulging biceps – the products and fads that promise them come and go. Some deceitful marketing and ineffective exercises have been forgotten, but some are still lurking around.
Some of the fads are not that bad because they are not going to make you sick, unlike, say, detoxing, but they are not going to be the magic trick you are hoping for either. They are, however, likely to stretch your budget.
The following list is in no particular order.
Click here for the most popular fitness trends over the last 60 years
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It's been hotter than the hubs of hell here the past couple of weeks, and likely feels even more so to us after being away feeling the cool ocean breezes. For some reason I tend to forget that it's hot or hotter in other parts of the country too, silly me. There's no question it makes finding cool recipes a real challenge.
I had my favorite cutter/chopper home yesterday and he volunteered to help put dinner together. Far be it from me to decline the assistance so we whipped up this quick and fairly light Asian flavored salad for dinner last night.
Loaded with thinly sliced pieces of pork tenderloin, carrots, red pepper and onion and flavored with ginger, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil, this stir fry goes together very quickly and really tastes like you fussed. I'm sure you're wondering what makes it different from a regular stir fry. That would be a spicy sauce like dressing that's not thickened with cornstarch or arrowroot. Piled on top of some fresh salad greens, it is colorful, flavorful and without the usual noodles or rice, much lower in calories.
Of course, one could also load it into lettuce leaves or even mu shu pancakes for that matter but there's one word of caution. Don't underestimate the power of the red pepper flakes and for heaven's sake, don't leave out the fresh mint. It really makes the dish sing.
Asian Pork Salad
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pork tenderloin (approx. 1 pound), thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 inch piece fresh ginger, minced
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
3 large carrots, julienned into 2 inch strips
1 red bell pepper, julienned
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
1 package mixed greens
Fresh mint leaves
Sliced toasted almonds for garnish
Heat oil in a wok over high heat until almost smoking. Add pork tenderloin and stir fry for 3 minutes. Add garlic and ginger and stir fry for 1 more minute. Add carrots and red bell pepper. Combine soy sauce, rice vinegar and crushed red pepper flakes. Add to pork mixture in wok, lower heat to medium low and cook for 2 minutes. Add onion, cook for 1 more minute. Stir in sesame oil. Spoon mixture over lettuce. Garnish with mint leaves and almonds. Serves 4. Download Asian Pork Salad


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I've always found it strange that when a privatised institution is accused of wrongdoing, the resulting conversation usually frames those involved as bad apples that must be disposed of in order for the institution to carry on as normal. But when the same happens to a public institution, the individuals involved are ignored in favour of ideas about institutional crisis and bad behaviour becoming routine.
It was evident again this week when the Labour MP Ann Clwyd revealed the appalling treatment her husband received as he was dying in the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff. Clwyd, the MP for Cynon Valley since 1984 and Tony Blair's former human rights envoy to Iraq, said her husband lay crushed "like a battery hen" against the bars of his hospital bed with an oxygen mask so small it cut into his face and pumped cold air into his infected eye. She suggested that a "normalisation of cruelty" is now rife among NHS nurses, and that her husband's treatment had become "commonplace".
Her story was published a day after the chief nursing officer for England, Jane Cummings, launched a three-year strategy to focus on "compassionate care". I am not interested in detracting from Ann Clwyd's experience, which sounds horrific. But I do think it's important that, if there is a decline in NHS care, we ask why it might have happened. It simply does not make sense that nurses have suddenly become cruel and lacking in compassion, if indeed they have, without any motivating factor or change in circumstances. As the Guardian reported on Wednesday, Jeremy Hunt has been admonished by the UK statistics authority for arguing that the NHS budget has increased, when the reality is the opposite. Do we really think that cuts to health spending and a decline in care are totally unrelated?
While writing this piece, I spoke to health professionals anonymously who wished to respond to the negative stories surrounding nurses this week. What they told me was so revealing and depressing, I feel that the remainder of this column could simply be notes from those conversations, and my arguments would be made. After I sent out a single tweet asking nurses to come forward with their opinions, my inbox was flooded within minutes. Nurses and their sympathetic colleagues were desperate, it seemed, for the public to understand that in many cases they are simply unable to fulfil their duties because the resources are not available.
One nurse told me that she worked a shift where there was no clean linen available in the entire hospital and patients had to lie in their beds naked: "I hated seeing my patients like that."
A trainee midwife talked about a patient who went into labour when there were no available beds for 125 miles: "She ended up having an antepartum haemorrhage. She wouldn't have made it if this had happened a few hours earlier in transit."
A mental health nurse emphasised the effect on morale: "We are struggling and distressed because we know our patients are not getting the support they should, and feel we aren't meeting our code of conduct as we can't provide care to the standard that we should. Colleagues are regularly in tears."
Doctors contacted me to support the nurses they work with. One explicitly blamed a perceived decline in compassion on cutbacks: "Compassion time is squeezed out of the day and sacrificed on the altar of efficiency."
We never hear this side of the story because NHS employees cannot speak to the press unsolicited – it is considered gross misconduct, the same charge as killing a patient. Those who approached me did so because their desperation had finally outweighed their fear. One nurse told me: "I am talking to you because I literally feel like banging my head against a brick wall every time I hear the government claim they're not cutting the NHS budget." She then listed the sweeping cuts being made at her trust, and concluded: "But no one is allowed to say this in the public domain for fear of affecting our reputation. It's infuriating to have to hear all the stories about poor patient care and not be able to explain why."
And yet, I'm not sure that the enforced silence of nurses is the only reason for their recent demonisation. Of course it's politically advantageous for the government to blame substandard care upon cold-hearted staff rather than their own disastrous policies – but it's hard to imagine doctors or NHS executives being treated in this way. Nursing is still a poorly paid, mostly female, lower middle class profession, with little social currency. Snobbery to nurses is obvious in responses to nursing professions having degree programmes: just as nursing assumed an academic hue, nurses were accused of being "too posh to wash" – the implicit suggestion being that lowly nurses should know their place.
Snobbery and caricaturing is even evident in the depiction of Florence Nightingale, who was likened more to a mother or an angel than an experienced professional. The Times wrote about her during the Crimean War: "She is a 'ministering angel' without any exaggeration in these hospitals, and as her slender form glides quietly along each corridor, every poor fellow's face softens with gratitude at the sight of her."
When a government wants to dismantle a beloved institution, it is expedient to suggest that it is suffering from a malignancy. It is easier for the media to imagine nurses as the feckless bad mothers of the NHS, rather than dedicated professionals struggling to maintain standards in a system being gradually hollowed out. Awful experiences like Ann Clwyd's are given disproportionate focus by a political and media class that would like us to believe that things are simple: that nurses have just stopped caring. The reality is complicated, and – since we all need the care of a nurse sooner or later – it's time we started to acknowledge that.


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Source: GrowingYourGreens
January 23, 2017
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Mountain Vally Seeds, in Salt Lake City, Utah to share with you the best food you can grow inside your home any time of year.
In this episode, John will give you a mini tour of Mountain Valley Seed company that specializes in high altitude / short season seeds.
Next, John will share with you why it may not be a good idea to use normal vegetable seeds to grow sprouts. Next, you will learn about how to purchase sprouting seeds and microgreen seeds in bulk to save money.
You will then learn how easy it is to grow sprouts at home with a mason jar or other methods of sprouting including a sprout bag, or sprouting devices.
Finally, you will learn about the benefits of growing microgreens and the small size microgreen kits that are often sold. You will learn the easiest microgreens you can grow inside your home. Next, you will learn about the deluxe microgreen growing kit that will allow you to reliability produce microgreens everyday for weeks within 5-10 days.
After watching this episode, you will be more familiar with an American Owned Seed Company that sells non-gmo seeds for short season, sprouting and microgreens to Home Gardeners and Farmers alike.


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Traineeship Scheme
The JRC offers a stimulating, multicultural and multi-disciplinary research environment for trainees. Traineeship scheme is governed by rules. There are two types of traineeship:
- training related to the preparation of a thesis for a university degree;
- training after university education (or its equivalent) within 5 years after the last university degree.
The duration may not be for less than 3 months. The maximum duration is 5 months.
Opportunities for trainees (ESRA)
Who can participate
Trainees are selected from nationals of the Member States of the European Union (EU), from candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy and from other countries contributing financially to the Framework Programme. A limited number of other nationals may also be accepted. A derogation based on nationality from the Director-General is required for every non-EU national.
General eligibility criteria are provided in Article 2 of the rules.
How to apply
The JRC publishes each traineeship profile on the JRC's online web application system (ESRA). The profile typically includes:
- a description of the research work to be followed
- the type of traineeship preferred (type I and/or type II)
- any special expertise or qualifications needed for the traineeship
- any training that will be provided (for example, in the use of a specific instrument or a specific software package)
- a deadline for replying to the call
Applications are made through the ESRA website.
Trainees can benefit from a monthly basic allowance. Those whose place of recruitment is less than 50km from the JRC site will receive half of the basic allowance. The monthly basic allowance is equivalent to 25% of the basic remuneration for an official at grade AD5/1 (Commission decision C/2007/1221) adjusted by the correction coefficient applicable to the JRC site where the traineeship takes place.
Language requirements
There are specific language requirements to participate in the scheme (see article 2.3 of the rules).
Draft trainee contract
JRC in-service training contract: English


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With the progress of internet technology, an increasing number of companies are going online. There's barely any need today to make a trip to the neighborhood mega-store and purchase products. From clothing to video games to pharmaceutical goods, almost everything could be found on the internet. You can check https://www.transwap.com/about-transwap for online transactions.
Here are a couple of tips to be aware of:
1. Don't create online transactions using public computers. Public computers may possess"keyloggers" and other spyware to recover sensitive data.
2. When creating trades from your own personal computer, make certain you have the simple security steps up.
3. When comparing costs of merchandise, observe any firm which have costs which are very much lower compared to their competitor's. This firm may be a fraud.
4. Always try to create trades on the actual site. Don't try any purchases through hyperlinks in mails. Those mails could be frauds.
5. Simply make transactions on websites which exhibit a security icon . Websites such as Amazon.com, Ebay.com, Craigslist.org and Ablewise.com provide quite secure payment strategies for their services and products.
6. Make sure that the"http" in the browser address bar has changed to"https" to signify a safe transaction.
7. Before giving any sensitive information , call up the seller so as to confirm their authenticity. In minimum, liaise with the seller through email, find out specific details of your buy, and also the way you're likely to buy it.
8. Always maintain a printout of the reception that is supplied at the conclusion of trades. Match these receipts along with your credit card statement to make sure that the right amount was credited.
Finally, make sure your passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive data are kept confidential at all times.


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It's the perfect time of year to share this fun, patriotic retirement party!The honoree for this party is an Air Force pilot who was retiring from service after 20 years of service. The weather for this party was ceiling and visibility unlimited! It was held on Memorial Day weekend, which is the perfect time to celebrate Lt. Col Wells on his years of service to our country.
The invitations and printables were designed by Hometown Design Co. I love how they turned out!
We decorated inside and outside for the guests. The hosts' lovely home has the perfect area for outside entertaining on this lovely arbor-covered patio. I wanted to use the arbor for hanging decor, so we hung a variety of red, white, and blue lanterns from the top. Then, using a patriotic roll of tablecloth from Hobby Lobby, I created a DIY bunting and draping by simply using a push pin to secure the cloth right into the wood of the arbor.
Outside, I did 5 48" round tables and alternated red and blue cloths. On each, I put a runner of the opposite color that I picked up at Hobby Lobby 40% off at from their July 4th stock.
Simple white chairs were the perfect seating option.
Simple white chairs were the perfect seating option.
For each centerpiece, we went with a simply DIY of grocery store flowers, which my mother-in-law arranged for me, in clear containers. Each one had photos of Lt. Col Well's career inserted into the arrangements with paper straws.
We kept our main dessert table indoors, due to the Memphis heat. Since we had an all-buttercream cake, it was better safe than sorry.
I wanted a big "wow" moment when guests walked in though, so I did a big patriotic balloon installation over the table.
Our dessert table was filled with custom sugar cookies by Sugaroo Sweets, churro shots by Simply Delicious Catering (the savory food was a taco bar), and a beautiful buttercream cake by Mad Lily Cakery.
These cookies were so beautiful. The client requested that there was a Lt. Colonel insignia and Sugaroo Sweets nailed it. I also loved the airbrushing behind the plane, which matched the invitations.
The gorgeous cake by Mad Lily Cakery was the centerpiece. I added his f-16 in the form of a toy airplane on the top. We had to get that in there!
The background is a patriotic fabric that I found at Joann. It's an abstract star pattern. Over that, I hung a simple banner with his call sign.
I do what to know what he did to get the Durden call sign. It's especially interesting knowing that you don't pick your call sign, it's picked for you!
There were more banners on the fireplace as well.
For our favor area, we kept it simple but fun by doing these customized tumblers for the guests. I added all his squadrons onto the cups. This is something that the guests can use every day around the house! I know we drink out of these kind of cups all the time.
Congratulations Lt. Col Wells!
Cookies: Sugaroo Sweets
Catering: Simply Delicious Catering
Cake: Mad Lily Cakery
Invitations and Printables: Hometown Design Co.
Customized Tumblers: ForYourParty.com
Rentals: Affordable Party Rentals
Event Design, Balloon Installation, and Photos: GreyGrey Designs


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Review: 1/72 T-72A Main Battle Tank "Dolly Parton" Turret (Modelcollect UA72004)
Modelcollect is a fairly new brand in the modeling business and which I have seen growing since the start. But being a 1/35 modeler the leap into actually building something from this brand was one I didn't quit dared to take. It always seemed nice on the pictures I saw though and when I actually acquired this kit and opened it I was pleasantly surprised.
The Kit
The box itself is a nice firm box, I really like the red and white Modelcollect uses. The only downside is that the boxart is a picture of a finished model. I would rather have seen a nice drawing or something similar. But what really matters is, what's in the box.
- Instruction sheet
- 6 light grey sprues
- Metal lower hull
- Set of tracks
- Decals
Instruction sheet: Printed on one piece of paper these instructions are easy to understand and should be nog problem even for a less experienced modeler. Only thing missing the painting detailing, for instance the machinegun shouldn't be painted in the same color as the tank itself but this isn't mentioned anywhere.
Sprue B: This is the biggest sprue in the box and contains the upper hull, skirts, some wheels and some smaller parts. There was some flash noted but the detailing is really nice. Looking at the upper hull it is hard to imagine that there can be so much detail on such a small surface area.
Sprue D: This sprue contains the turret and some parts for the turret. The turret looks nicely detailed with some cables running over it, as do the toolboxes.
Sprue E: A small sprue which holds the main gun, a machinegun and some smaller parts. The main gun is made in one piece which is nice and both the main gun and the machinegun do have a smalle opening in the front.
Sprue G: On this sprue we find the front piece of the upper hull along with some armor plates and other small parts. Allthough I find that the front piece of the hull probably has too many attachment points the detail here also looks good.
Sprue L (2X): These sprues contain wheels, fuel drums, wooden logs and other small parts. You get a lot of wheels. The fuel drums look nice and the log probably will look realistic too when finished.
Metal lower hull: Wrapped in bubbly plastic and already painted in primer this is the highlight of the kit. What a gorgeous detail does this part have! This will also add some extra weight to the model which is nice.
Tracks: These remind me of the DS-tracks Dragon uses because they have the same color and look. The detail on the outer side of the tracks is very nice. The inside though could be a bit sharper if you compare it to the outer side. The attachment points are the weakest points on these tracks. Luckily you can hide these behind the skirts. Also a little flash is noted on where they were cut loose from molding.
Decals: A small sheet with a lot of different decals on it, my guess is that this is a universal sheet for a few different kits seeing Modelcollect does a lot of Russian vehicles because there is only one decal option given in the instructions, where I would like to have seen some more options.
Decal option: Soviet army 1989
Being a 1/35 modeler I was actually surprised be the level of detail on such a small kit and I can only be curious as to how their hopefully future 1/35 models will look like. There was some flash noted here and the tracks have their ups and downsides but in general this kit is really nicely detailed with the lower hull being a great piece of work. Taking this all in consideration I believe that we will be hearing a lot more from Modelcollect and that they will improve as they learn. I for once look forward at starting a 1/72 model and stay curious about when they will bring some bigger scale kits to the market.
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The 10th Annual Wolseley's Envision Festival of the Arts this weekend at R.A. Steen Community Centre is bigger and better than previous years.
How is it bigger? Because more artists will be featured and selling their art. Everything from painting, to photography, to sculpture and jewellery.
How is it better? Well, the amazing team of volunteers and organizers have 10 years of experience under their belts, improving different aspects of the festival every year.
The two day event will also include musical and dance performances by local musicians and dancers.
As well, the 'Do you Know Your Wolseley' Contest is back. Two years ago organizer Jim Palmquist asked me to go around Wolseley and take photos of objects, places and things in the Wolseley area. Eight photos were put onto a poster and whoever identifies the most scenes wins a framed print by yours truly. Contest closes May 24.
Festival opens Fri. May 12, 7-10 p.m. and Sat. May 13, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at R. A. Steen Community Centre, 980 Palmerston.
For more info go to http://www.envisionartsfestival.ca/