2.) I will treat others with respect and I will practice compassion. I will try to remember that there is a spark of the Divine in each and every one of us, and that we are all worthy of respect and kindness. Patience and compassion for others at difficult times can have a profoundly healing effect, on others and for ourselves.

3.) I will be good to myself. I will treat my physical metabolism with the reverence it deserves, honoring this singular, magical vessel with the best offerings available, good healthy food, fresh air and clean water, pleasant surroundings and happy activities such as meditation, rambling in the woods, yoga, Tai Chi, ecstatic dancing, singing, chanting and laughing. I will remember that happy and ecstatic experiences have great healing powers and that my body is as much a  part of my magical work as my mind is.

4.)  I will learn to accept and love myself, and in so doing be healed. We did not choose the families we were born into, and we did nothing whatsoever to deserve any physical and emotional abuse meted out to us as children. No matter what has been said about us, we are good and beautiful spirits, worthy of love and acceptance. I choose the path of healing, and I shall begin that healing by learning to love and accept myself.

5.) I will be good to the planet. The Old Wild Mother is strong and forgiving, but we have treated Her and Her creatures badly and our shabby thoughtless treatment is straining Her ability to heal Herself. She needs our assistance and our love more than ever, and we can help Her much though environmental and animal activism, simplifying and recycling, organic gardening and conservation. We can spend our money carefully and use it to vote NO to pollution, pesticides, factory farming, strip mining, excess packaging, and the plundering of the wilderness and Her creatures. We can make a difference, and it is one of the most magical things we can do.

6.) I will try to live cheerfully with my medical condition, to be joyful and to learn any and all of the lessons which my illness may have to teach me.

7.) I will be tolerant of other beliefs and open to other beliefs. In the words of Morgan in The Mists of Avalon, It is all one, and all life-affirming paths to the Divine are valid. I will not proselytize; neither will I criticize or judge the religious paths of others. I will be open to other teachers and belief systems, and I will share what little wisdom I have with others if they ask me to do so.

8.) I will remember that a life lived simply is beautiful. I will not worry about possessions, and I will rejoice in the natural beauties around me, the fragrance of flowers, the sound of the wind in the trees, the taste of wild honey, the companionship of my clan and my animal familiars. From time to time I will do magic as the village wise women and healers of old did it without robes, tools and complex preparations, but with a profound connection to the earth and deep respect for all that moves on it.

9.)  I will learn to rest in the arms of the Old Wild Mother and let it all go. I am a part of the glorious eternal dance, the great cosmic cycle of  life, death and rebirth, and I have nothing to fear. I will live my life quietly and with great joy, whether that life be short or long.

10.) Finally, I will express myself. From time to time, I will spontaneously break into ecstatic dancing and howling at the Moon. Once in a while, I shall feel free to be stubborn, curmudgeonly and downright obscene. If it is required for any reason, I shall also feel free to kick butt.

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• the latest discussion about appropriateness of Planet Ubuntu posts - even though Stephan can't seem to stay out of trouble I really feel that the problem is with this one little sentence: "Planet Ubuntu is a window into the world, work and lives of Ubuntu developers and contributors." I think we've perhaps grown too large to not limit aggregation to Ubuntu-related posts. [Edit: After some further thought I think I might change my position a bit. I'll give more info in a follow-up post]
• upcoming Ubuntu QA team meeting - tomorrow (23rd) at 17:00UTC we'll be having a meeting in #ubuntu-meeting. There's a few agenda items that people might be interested in so if you'd like to contribute feel free to drop by.
• hiking this weekend - my wife and I hiked Mt. Rose this weekend with some friends from church. Total the hike was ~10.6 miles (17 km) and had a ~1,900 ft. (579 m) elevation gain. We started at 8,900 ft. (2710 m) and it took us 7 hrs to hike to the summit, eat a quick lunch, and get back to the trailhead. You skinny hiking fanatics might not be impressed, but it was the longest/hardest hike I've done.
• related to the previous item, anybody have a good suggestion on a place to put pics of my hike and other events? I've heard both good and bad things about Picasa and Flickr, what would you suggest? I'm looking for a pretty easy, simple, storage and sharing site.

So there's this thing in space.. it's circling the sun and it's near Neptune.. It's been named MAKEMAKE.. clever.. it's a PLUTOID.. so umm, don't really know what that means or anything.. I'm assuming it's like a small pluto? maybe a space pimple? 

Anyways read the article after the jump.. plutoid

William Nye, better known as television's "Bill Nye the Science Guy," is an American comedian, television host, science educator and mechanical engineer. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. He has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Goucher College, and The Johns Hopkins University.

Nye began his career working as an engineer by day, and stand-up comic by night. This eventually transitioned into an exclusive entertainment career.

He started producing "Bill Nye the Science Guy" for the Public Broadcasting System in 1993. Two years earlier, however, Nye played the role of Emmett "Doc" Brown's assistant in the live-action segments of "Back to the Future: The Animated Series".

As of July 2007, Nye and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. are engaging in a friendly competition to see who could have the lowest carbon footprint. In a 2008 interview, Nye joked that he wants to "crush Ed Begley" in their environmental competition.

Nye has guest starred in several episodes of the crime drama Numb3rs as an engineering faculty member, has been a regular in TV Land discussions, and has made guest appearances on the VH1 reality show "America's Most Smartest Model". Nye also appears in segments of "The Climate Code" on The Weather Channel.

He currently hosts Stuff Happens, a show on the new Planet Green channel.

It is rightly said that one needs to understand that to live peacefully in this wonderful planet, one need to know live a balance life! So what happens if a man’s life doesn’t equate to the harmony that exists in nature? Then it just means a total chaos! A chaos which slowly yet steadily kills our beautiful moments to may be not even a mark in the history of mankind!

So what has all this got with Carbon foot print?

Well let me explain.

It essentially means footprint of mankind in terms equivalent to that of Carbon! Why carbon? Well it is because carbon with the oxygen we breath, is dangerous be it a single or double! Yes both the mono and the di-oxide with carbon create only dreaded problems!

Yes after inhaling the so called fresh O2 (Oxygen) we do exhale CO2 (Carbon di oxide) which in turn is used by the plants! Well it is amazingly created function/ protocol or routine however you call it! But these days the increasing use of technology has really got this % of carbon di oxide in our air/atmosphere beyond a level that now it is harmful.

This term is the measure of global amount of Carbon dioxide and other green houses gases emitted by each individual due to his or her activities or that generated based on the total life cycle of a product or service! This is calculated using the Life cycle assessment method or due to emission of energy use from fossil fuel. It is also found out by the total amount of carbon dioxide that is attributable to an individual’s action in his/her lifetime. It could be both direct and indirect energy use like the use of vehicles, technological goods, or indirect based on goods used. It finds the total individual calculation of CO2 emission by an individual and also as a total for a country/state etc.They calculate in terms of kilos with reference to the carbon.This actually is essential for the control of global warming.

So hope you have got a small idea now and I am sure you will be wondering as to what exactly are you leaving as a footprint!

I end with William Blake’s famous verses:

To see a world in a grain of sand,

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

An eternity in an hour.

Here is Jupiter with three of its moons. The picture is actually the same image, taken with a Canon 350D with telescope projection, with one image highly exposed to reveal the moons, superimposed - with correct measurement - with a "properly" exposed Jupiter. The overexposed moons have been blurred to give them a more rounded effect.

This Bastard reporter went to check out the latest in spa pampering:  John Ho’s Tiny Carp Pedicure.

Yes, that’s Carp Pedicure!

These tiny warm water toothless fish from Turkey have been a huge success in the spa industry.

Said John Ho, “I wiwy woff dees feesh!”

And after he stated this, I found someone who could actually speak fluent English.

Said his Americanized employee, “The people come from all over to have their feet pampered by the fish.  They absolutely love it!  I get told all the time how wonderful they feel afterward.  And how much it tickles!”

When I asked about the future of the Tiny Carp Pedicure, she gave this statement:

“Well, we’re not passed the testing stage with full body pedicures yet.  We’ve had some trouble with that one.”

“Such as,” I prompted.

“Well,” she continued, “we had several test subjects get into the pool with the Tiny Carp.  Most were women.  A few men.  Gay or sexually confused I’m sure.”

I asked what made her think that the men must be gay or sexually confused.

“Are you serious?  Think about it.  What straight guy is going to get a pedicure…in a pool with other guys…naked…with a bunch of tiny fish nibbling them?”

I told her that makes sense.  Then asked her what went wrong with the test subjects.

“Well, when you have men and women of different ages and different backgrounds, their bodies are all different as well.  Some tight in some spots, some loose in spots.”

I told her I didn’t quite follow her, and would she just get to the goddamn point.

She gave me vicious look and hatefully blurted out, “The goddamn fish made their way up the old lady’s saggy pussies and the gay men’s loose assholes!  Is that what you wanted to fucking know?  Now get out of here you jackass!”

“Oh, shit!  Thank you!,” I said, and made my way quickly out the door.

As I made my way to a nearby pub, my phone rang.  To my surprise it was Diane Sue Whalen’s son.

He told me that his mother had gotten wind of the new Tiny Carp Pedicure Salon and that she intended to open her own version as soon as she was financially able.

When I asked what her version of the pedicure would entail, he responded with this:

“Mom is still insane.  Counseling hasn’t helped a damn bit.  She wants to open a Puppy Pedicure.”

When I asked him, “What the hell?”  He explained it as such:

“Well, her idea is to have several playpen areas with about 20 puppies in each.  People will get naked and lay on a mat in the center of the pen and let the puppies lick and nibble their bodies.  Oh, and she said that if they have an orgasm, that’s ok, too!

“And Don said he wants kittens with sharp claws for people who are into pain.”

I thanked him for the info, hung up, went into the pub, and drank myself into a stupor.

In this Bastard reporter’s opinion, there are too many sick fucks and not enough good fucks on this planet.

                                                                                                      ~Tyler H~

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The Machine Girl

Genre: Action, Gore, Horror

Synopsis: A Japanese schoolgirl, Ami, continues to move forward as she supports her younger brother, Yu.  Despite the death of their parents, this young tomboy seems to be content with her life.  After another death in the family, Ami seeks revenge and fights through everything to get it.

Review: The story of Job tells us a story about a man who loses everything in his life and still has faith in God.  Now, if Job was a Japanese schoolgirl who turns to Death and kills everyone responsible for the deaths of her family then that's pretty much the story of Ami.  To give you a more accurate picture, Robert Rodriguez gave us Planet Terror while Noboro Iguchi gave us The Machine Girl sharing a lot of similarities.  If you've watched Planet Terror, I'm sure you didn't care about the acting, the realism, or the storyline as long as the action kept rising to higher and ridiculous levels.  That is what The Machine Girl brings to the table but with Japanese culture brought into the mix.  This movie has the look of a film student creating a low budget movie but has a unique heart of something I'm going to call fantastic fakeness.  By no means is this movie a realistic gorefest like Hostel.  The props used in this movie look like they've been stolen from an old Mighty Morphin Power Rangers storage facility and added tremendous amount of fake blood and guts.  The acting is horrible!!!  During some long ass scenes this movie has moments resembling a horrible train wreck you can't look away from.  All of it adds to the fantastic fakeness only the Japanese can provide (eg. - Wipeout and I Survived a Japanese Gameshow).  This is a movie you either get or you don't.  If you enjoy getting your asian cinema fix once in a while then you might like this movie.  If not, then stay away.  I like some Asian movies but this was a mixed bag for me.  This is a movie I could have fallen asleep to but I enjoyed the absurdity of it.

RomTalk Movie Rating - 6/10

Links -IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes

My friend Chris said I had to mention the footprint-offsetting products at TerraPass.com. And I must admit that when I saw this low-flow showerhead, I thought, "Where have you been all of my life?"

Just remember that you don't have to spend a million dollars to be green, I certainly do not. You can always just drive less, use less water, and conserve energy by unplugging appliances when they're not in use, and I'm especially talking computers (something I'm working on myself).

Referensi : Sinar Harapan (29 April 2002), Wikipedia Indonesia, dan PPARC News Release M.M Woolfson. The Origin and Evolution of the Solar System

Yours,
Jack

She’s cuddling the infant when another basket floats by with a baby in it. She wades in and grabs that one too. Then there’s another and another.

She calls to her companion to help, but instead of jumping into the water, the other woman is running upstream along the riverbank.  “Where are you going???” the wading woman yells. "We’ve got to save these babies.”

“I know,” yells back the second woman. “I’m going upstream to find out who's putting the babies in the water. And I'm going to stop them.”

This story illustrates two very different approaches to solving a serious problem: the bandaid model (symptom relief for individuals), and the public health model (community-wide prevention strategies).

Our current medical system is still primarily based on the bandaid model. Folks get sick or hurt and the doctor fixes them. Take diabetes (please). Diabetes until recently was something that happened to you and then the doctor patched you up with insulin. And while it's true that some folks have a genetic predisposition to diabetes, it turns out that today's epidemic is a result of our eating too much (crap) and exercising too little - on a grand scale.

I came around to a public health perspective many years ago through my own personal experience of trying to lose weight. I tried about as many diets as there were weeks in the year, and failed at every one of them. It gradually dawned on me that specific diet programs (eat this, don’t eat that) were bandaids that covered up deeper issues – that only more awareness, an attitude shift and behavioral changes could fix, once and for all. Once I resolved those issues and changed my behavior the need for a special diet disappeared, as did the excess weight.

This got me thinking about how much trouble you could avoid if you could prevent the overeating in the first place. For example, working with kids before they developed bad eating habits, educating their parents about nutrition, improving school lunches and PE programs, and then going back even further in the chain to the suppliers of our food. (I was a few decades ahead of the curve here!).

Instead of trying to help individuals lose weight after they'd gained it, giving them insulin after they got diabetes or statins when their cholesterol was too high (bandaids), where could you shove a stick into the cogs of the machine to effect the greatest preventive benefit to a whole bunch of people?

These questions led me back to school for a masters in Public Health. Ever since, I've been the woman running upstream to find out where the babies are coming from.

The public health perspective asks foundational questions: Where does the problem begin? How could we prevent it from occurring in the first place? Here are a small sample of profoundly important measures that have come out of those questions: safe drinking water; sewage treatment systems; vaccinations (small pox, polio, measles, pertussis, hepatitis, etc etc), mosquito abatement projects (malaria), occupational safety regulations, food inspection programs, pre-natal care for women, family planning education programs….

Of course many of our public health problems are not caused by pathogens like polio or cholera. They are caused by money-making enterprises whose products turn out to be toxic. Tobacco. Asbestos. Certain medications like estrogen-replacement therapy. Foods made with trans fats. Leaded gas and paint.

Or they're a result of toxic by-products of the manufacturing process:  nuclear waste, coal-fouled air, water fouled by all manner of manufacturing processes as well as grazing animals, and so on.

Business hates being told how to conduct itself and rarely ceases a practice unless under threat of penalties and lawsuits. This means the public's safety is often at the mercy of our elected officials, many of whom (Republicans esp. under this disastrous Bush administration) do not have a public health perspective. For them it's about the bottom line AND about getting re-elected.

Even Democrats, who are more sympathetic to prevention and regulation, need money to get re-elected. Unfortunately the very toxic industries that need regulating are often the biggest campaign contributors.

That's the first pickle.

The second pickle is that public health campaigns are long-term investments. What we must pay out today to prevent a future epidemic or catastrophe seems like a huge chunk of change when the payoff could be decades in the future. Often we can't begin to grasp what the catastrophe might be like that we're paying to prevent.

When Al Gore suggests an investment of $5 trillion for us to make a switch to 100% renewable energy sources in ten years we balk. But when inaction may cost us the very survival of humans on earth: well, that's a profoundly ponderous public health pickle.

Perhaps this is related to UWN reaching 100 issues, Ubuntu-UK podcast reaching 10 shows, and Launchpad being upgraded with huge UI changes :).

When he told me that I had a mentor already, I just felt that things are going the way I planned :). My mentor is Steven Stalcup (vorian), and even though he loves KDE and I love GNOME, we will get along :). Every package is good to work with while someone is learning, but I'm really interested on Server Related stuff.

So if anyone has a suggestion for my learning process don't hesitate to contact me. I set up a wikipage,  where I'll keep track of everything I'll do through the mentoring process. I already have a first task... read the Debian New Maintainer's Guide. Should be easy since I already have worked with some tools and done some merges. But anyways... wish me luck :).