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bugaboo spire in morninglight 11x on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:21:23 -0800

sunrise over the rockies, the bugaboo spires are a popular climbing destination, also great winter heliskiing and summer helihiking

The Oil Drum | Scientific American's Path to Sustainability: Let's Think about the Details

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:00:55 -0800

a critical review of the recent Scientific American article about transition to renewable energy

http://dysviz.stumbleupon.com/review/37492329/

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:19:14 -0800

http://www.curingdeath.com/research/Scientists_discover_influenzas_Achilles_heel_Antioxidants.asp

As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains of the flu-antioxidants. In an article appearing in the November 2009 print issue of the FASEB Journal http://www.fasebj.org) they show that antioxidants-the same substances found in plant-based foods-might hold the key in preventing the flu virus from wreaking havoc on our lungs.

"The recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza and the rapid spread of this strain across the world highlights the need to better understand how this virus damages the lungs and to find new treatments," said Sadis Matalon, co-author of the stud

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3/TZ7 Review

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:09:25 -0800

panasonic zs3 is one hot combo!

view across the delta on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:39 -0800

windpower in the east bay area, near san francisco

PlugWiki

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:04:11 -0700

super low- power servers and how to configure the software!
From the page: "Overview of Where to Start

The Plug computer comes with Ubuntu installed - see New Plugger How To to learn the basics of connecting and about further options. Getting the Plug Computer Running with an Operating System will let you either boot the Plug device from the network or install another Plug Computer Linux or BSD distribution to the local solid state storage on the Plug Computer. You can use Setting up TFTP and NFS to boot the Plug Computer off the network first with one of the distributions and adjust it or flash the Plug memory when you are ready. For various useful tips the Frequently Asked Questions page is a good place to look for useful information! Also there is a QuickStart to look at for resolving some of the typical "quirks" of the device that may cause issues or to get things going where you can start doing something.
What is Different About the Plug Compared to Other Desktops and Server Installations?

The Plug Computer is the cross between an embedded platform, typically found in smaller devices like mobile phones, and a larger notebook computer. The Plug Computer has solid state storage inside much like Solid State Drives (SSDs) available in some notebook platforms (). The "Plug" also has a desktop like processor capability with the Marvell ARM-based Sheeva System-on-Chip (SoC) called Kirkwood ala the 6281. However, the hybrid hardware platform requires some special installation instructions to offer step-by-step configuration details to get your Plug Computer up and running as quickly as possible. After which, you will be able to install new software, features, and network capabilities that typically require a much larger and more expensive platform.

* Getting the Plug Computer Running with an Operating System

The Marvell site also has PDFs in place when you buy a Sheeva-based Plug Computer development platform. Those are very helpful to understand U-Boot and they offer a Ubuntu JFFS2 file system ready for the Plug Computer.
Comparing the Operating System Distributions Available for the Plug Computer

Currently, one can chose from the five distributions listed below including four Linux kernel based operating systems (Ubuntu, Gentoo and Fedora-ARM) and the current (future 9.0) FreeBSD distribution.

* Ubuntu 9.0.4 Plug Computer Distribution
* Gentoo 20090217 Plug Computer Distribution
* Debian ARM Distribution for Plug Computers
* FreeBSD 9.x (9-current) Plug Computer Distribution
* Fedora-ARM Plug Computer Distribution

All of the distributions keep the core of the wonderful kernel and software distributions associated with operating systems. We would like to thanks all the Marvell developers who contributed to the port of their Sheeva ARM SoCs, which is the basis for the distributions listed above. Thank you for contributing to the Open Source Software movement and combining it with your hardware technology.
Applications , Accessories and SHPG Hardware

Here you can find manuals and howtos of applications and accessories that can be used under the Plug Computer.

* Accessories: Webcams, WiFi Dongles, DVB-T, Radio, USB GPIO, Printers, Audio dongles, ZWave and Zigbee etc.
* Applications: Digital media servers, SIP phone router, IPBX[1] , Java apps, .Net apps, Backup server, VPN, CRM and lot more...
* Hardware: Discussion of plug hardware and modifications that can be made to the enclosure, PCBs , power supply and connectors.
* Hardware Compatibility[2] : Information regarding hardware that community members have tested and found to be compatible with the SheevaPlug.

As an example : here are the steps to install/run Bugzilla on Sheeva Plug/Fedora-ARM - How to set up Bugzilla on Sheeva Plug/Fedora-ARM
Plug Computer Frequently Asked Questions

If there are any problems with the Plug Computer and the distributions running on them, the Frequently Asked Questions page is a good place to start for finding solutions or more importantly, not trying something that is an outstanding problem.
External links "

last hurrah of glorious color on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:22:36 -0700

glorious fall colors, the last hurrah, by me

dogwood on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:53:22 -0700

fall colors, red dogwood

wet fall day on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:52:10 -0700

fall day in canada

FDA, FTC threaten Dr. Weil over immune-boosting supplements for H1N1 swine flu (opinion) by Mike Adams the Health Ranger

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:41:43 -0700

(NaturalNews) In working to protect the business interests of vaccine manufactures, both the FDA and FTC have declared all-out war against any products that might offer consumers options other than vaccines. This week, that war against natural remedies reached the shores of Dr. Andrew Weil, who is perhaps the best-known alternative medicine doctor in America. In an intimidating, threatening letter jointly issued by the FTC and the FDA, these rogue government agencies threatened Dr. Weil with criminal prosecution for making true statements about his immune-boosting formula such as, "Astragalus ... is ... used traditionally to ward off colds and flu, and has demonstrated both antiviral and immune-boosting effects in scientific investigation."

This statement, although scientifically valid and true, is a threat to the profits of the vaccine industry, and so Dr. Weil's company is being targeted by the FTC / FDA vaccine racket tag-team for termination.

You can review the FTC threats against Dr. Weil on the FTC's own website: http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/Enforcemen ...

Some of the threats leveled against Dr. Weil by the FTC include:

* Forcing Dr. Weil's company to refund ALL customers who purchased his immune support formula. (For no apparent reason other than to burden his company with such costs.)

* Subjecting Dr. Weil's company with "legal action in the form of a Federal District Court injunction or Administrative Order."

* Gunpoint seizure of ALL of Dr. Weil's nutritional products: "If your firm fails to take corrective action immediately, FDA may take enforcement action, such as seizure or injunction for violations of the FFDC Act without further notice."

* Subjecting Dr. Weil and his company to criminal prosecution: "Firms that fail to take corrective action may also be referred to FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations for possible criminal prosecution for violations of the FFDC Act and other federal laws."

* Adding Dr. Weil's company to a list of companies that have been found in "violation" of the FFDC Act.

These threats are signed by the top fearmongers running the censorship racket at both the FTC and FDA:

Mary K. Engle
Associate Director, Division of Advertising Practices
Federal Trade Commission

Roberta F. Wagner
Director, Office of Compliance
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration

Do you now see what a criminal racket the vaccine industry is running in America by invoking these tactics of tyranny? This is the kind of thing you might expect to see in China, where government officials arrest Falun Gong members who attempt to meditate in public, but you wouldn't think that in the United States of America -- "Land of the Free" -- you'd be threatened with arrest and financial ruin for simply telling the truth about a powerful herb with scientifically-validated medicinal properties.

The FTC's dangerous double standard

This FTC / FDA letter claims Dr. Weil has been promoting his immune-boosting formula "...without rigorous scientific evidence sufficient to substantiate the claims."

This might be taken with some level of seriousness if, in fact, the vaccine makers had any such evidence to substantiate their own claims that flu vaccines work at all. But as NaturalNews readers have already learned, flu vaccines are a scientific hoax lacking any honest evidence that they actually work. In fact, all the evidence points to the reality that they don't work. http://www.naturalnews.com/027239_v ...)

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