Gmail Labs experiment 'Google Zoeken' en Gmail Buzz

zondag 31 januari 2010

In Gmail bestaat al langer het Labs experiment genaamd 'Google zoeken'. Zodra je het experiment inschakeld dan wordt er een zoekveld aan de linkerkant van het scherm geplaatst zodat je snel met Google kunt zoeken tijdens het maken van een nieuw bericht. De zoekresultaten worden in een apart venster links onderin het scherm getoond zodat je de e-mail zelf niet kwijt raakt. Google heeft dit experiment geupdate en vanaf nu staat er, mits dit experiment is ingeschakeld op de werkbalk bij het schrijven van een mailbericht een klein Google logo.



Het klikken op het icoontje opent direct het zoekvenster links onderin waarna je een zoekopdracht kunt uitvoeren. Zoals dat eerder al mogelijk was kun je vervolgens de zoekresultaten of alleen url's plakken in het bericht.

Buzz

Dan ander Gmail gerelateerd nieuws. In Gmail kun je diverse labels aanmaken om zodoende je e-mailberichten te sorteren. Sommige namen zijn echter gereserveerd door Gmail zoals 'Met ster' en 'Verzonden berichten'. Deze labels kun je dus niet zelf aanmaken en ook niet wijzigen of verwijderen. Dit zijn dan bekende namen maar er zijn ook nog een aantal niet bekende systeemlabels. Zo is 'Buzz' nu ontdekt, zodra je een label aan wilt gaan maken met deze naam dan volgt de melding 'Je kunt geen label met de naam "buzz" maken (deze naam is gereserveerd voor een systeemlabel). Probeer een andere naam'. Het is echter op dit moment nog niet bekend waarvoor Buzz precies is bedoeld.

Volunteers, anyone?

Hello world, hello beautiful people

I am sure this Garfield will gonna make you smile into the week, and that you like the song below it as well!

Yes, we finally will try to get into the normal swing again, a normal Monday, household is calling, I pretend to be deaf until the coffee pot is empty -smile-, so far it worked out pretty well.
Ah well, further I think there is not too much to mention on this morning.
I said it a month ago. This year is gonna be my year. And I keep on telling this, so far it worked out pretty well!

Have a wonderful day today, lots of greetings from Germany, where the snow keeps on falling...

The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript

The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript
Credit: Yale University ; Digital Copyright: B. E. Schaefer (LSU)

Explanation: The ancient text has no known title, no known author, and is written in no known language: what does it say and why does it have many astronomy illustrations? The mysterious book was once bought by an emperor, forgotten on a library shelf, sold for thousands of dollars, and later donated to Yale. Possibly written in the 15th century, the over 200-page volume is known most recently as the Voynich Manuscript, after its (re-)discoverer in 1912. Pictured above is an illustration from the book that appears to be somehow related to the Sun. The book labels some patches of the sky with unfamiliar constellations. The inability of modern historians of astronomy to understand the origins of these constellations is perhaps dwarfed by the inability of modern code-breakers to understand the book's text. Can the eclectic brain trust of APOD readers make any progress? If you think you can provide any insight, instead of sending us email please participate in a fresh online discussion. The book itself remains in Yale's rare book collection under catalog number "MS 408."

On my way up

A song from Brian may, from the mini red special EP, from the live performance in Paris in 1998.

I thought I should add the lyrics, they suit me.

Hey
I'm on my way up
Can't put me down
Business is tough
I ain't gonna get pushed around
I'm on my way
Gonna take this town
It's gonna be mine all mine, it's my time
I'm on my way (on my way up)
Straight to the top (I'm telling myself)
Oh I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
I'm putting my name around
On my way up
(On my way up) Gonna get that rhythm
Got positivism to give 'em

I'm on my way through
Where I'm going to
You wouldn't believe
But I'll make it I'm telling you
I'm on a roll
Gonna have it all
It's gonna be fine so fine, baby all the time
I'm in control (on my way up)
I'm mighty bold (I'm telling myself)
I'm looking good (I'm totally sussed)
I'm quitting the neighbourhood
On my way up (yes I am)
(On my way up) Gonna get right with 'em
Got all of my life left for living

Nobody gonna tell me no
Nobody gonna stop me so
Everybody gonna see me grow
Nobody gonna hold me down
Gotta get to be better place
Gotta wake up and see your face
Gotta hold on
Move on
Go through that wall

It's my life or it's nothing
Our life or it's nothing at all

I'm on my way up, yeah
Better come with me, lets go

I'm on my way (on my way up)
Yeah, gonna get it right (I'm telling myself)
Oh I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
Gonna make it this time around
On my way up
(On my way up) gonna get that rhythm baby
(On my way up) gonna start that living baby
(On my way up)
Got all of my sights set on heaven

Ain't no stopping me now...

Of no value?

This quote of the Dalai Lama is again something so true.
We are what we make of us, and no one else than we are making ourselves the way we are.
Sometimes I feel useless as well, but when I look at those moments, I realize that it is most of all because I sit down and feel so sorry for myself, my situation and so on.

Realizing how I come into a situation, why things are the way they are, gives me an insight view and understanding why. It is a very comfortable feeling to know that it is in my own hands, what I make of life.

bad hair? LOL

Good sunday everyone

Or is it good snowday? This winter seems to be an endless one with snow and low temperatures, but, the snow is melting faster away, and the daylight slowly get longer, we're on our way to spring!

It have been a bit strange days, the past ones, nothing to complain, they were realy fine, and next week all will return to the normal swing again.

Enjoy your sunday, for what is left of it and under the picture is a nice 'cover' of a good song.

Messier 88

Messier 88
Credit & Copyright: Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, U. Arizona

Explanation: Charles Messier described the 88th entry in his 18th century catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters as a spiral nebula without stars. Of course the gorgeous M88 is now understood to be a galaxy full of stars, gas, and dust, not unlike our own Milky Way. In fact, M88 is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster some 50 million light-years away. M88's beautiful spiral arms are easy to trace in this colorful cosmic portait. The arms are lined with young blue star clusters, pink star-forming regions, and obscuring dust lanes extending from a yellowish core dominated by an older population of stars. Spiral galaxy M88 spans over 100,000 light-years.

Done (and a big thank you to all!)

Hello you wonderful people

Before all, I want to thank everyone from deep inside my heart for the nice words and gratulations.
I had a very nice day, I can say, WE had a very nice day, even with the huge frustration of a not functioning internet.
After again some frustrations with the helpdesk I finally torn out all the cables, reset the modem and tv topset thingy, and connected it all MY way, what was not complicated. And tadaaa it worked, so my lesson for the past days is that I should trust myself more than help desk workers, also just what I'd use to do!

We had a nice day yesterday, including too much cake, and the best b day gift I could wish, a coffee machine, this time in dark red, ah yes that suits this young man. As long as the coffee is brown!

Okay, again, thank you all so much for the nice words, I know where they came from and how they were meant!

Garfield again, back to normal, with a nice song under it, enjoy

Puzzled!

Good afternoon everyobody

I hope you do enjoy the day, even tho it is Monday!
Here the day is as it should be, relaxing and fine, with a tiny little layer of snow again around the house, but here inside, cozy and warm.

Garfield definitely suits the house here, because we love to make our tiny sudoko puzzles, it is a perfect thing to do while watching tv, and no, it is NOT crossword puzzling, what is also nice to do. Ah, so many nice things to do indeed.

As said, it is a cozy day and on such a day is a cozy song approperiate, so, click and enjoy a golden voice!

Have a good one, til soon!

Blogger stopt met FTP ondersteuning

zaterdag 23 januari 2010

Blogger heeft bekend gemaakt dat het vanaf 26 maart niet langer mogelijk is om een blog via FTP te publiceren. Op deze manier kan een blog eenvoudig naar een externe server met een eigen domeinnaam gepubliceerd worden in plaats van het hosten van een blog bij Google. Volgens Blogger wordt op dit moment 5 procent van alle actieve blogs via deze methode gepubliceerd.

Voor gebruikers die willen overstappen op het hosten bij Blogger komt er op 22 februari een migratietool beschikbaar. De tool zorgt ervoor dat bezoekers worden doorgestuurd naar de nieuwe url. Een standaard blog bij Google is bereikbaar via een Blogspot domein (naam.blogspot.com), eventueel kan ook een eigen gekozen domein gekoppeld worden.

Het team van Blogger heeft verder ter ondersteuning een blog (blogger-ftp.blogspot.com) gelanceerd waarop de komende tijd documentatie wordt geplaatst en diverse Blogger medewerkers zullen beschikbaar zijn op het forum om vragen te beantwoorden.

Als laatste kan er altijd nog voor gekozen worden om over te stappen op een ander platform zoals WordPress. Een Blogger blog kan via de instellingen ge�xporteerd worden en WordPress bevat een optie om de berichten, reacties en gebruikers weer te importeren. Meer informatie over het importeren is te vinden op WordPress.org.

Blogger krijgt pagina's

vrijdag 22 januari 2010

Een nadeel van blogdienst Blogger was altijd dat je geen simpele contentpagina's aan kon maken zoals bijvoorbeeld een contactpagina of een 'over ons' pagina. Het aanmaken van afzonderlijke pagina's was een veel gevraagde feature en zal binnenkort beschikbaar gaan komen in Blogger. Voordat het zover is wordt de functie eerst getest in de testversie van Blogger, Blogger in Draft. Zodoende kun je dus in ieder geval alvast via deze weg eenvoudig aanvullende pagina's aanmaken. Er is overigens wel een limiet, maximaal kunnen er 10 pagina's aangemaakt worden.



Het aanmaken van een pagina kan door naar 'Pagina's bewerken' te gaan die je vindt onder de tab 'Berichten verzenden'. Klik dan hier op 'Nieuwe pagina'. Zodra je een nieuwe pagina hebt afgerond is deze nog niet zichtbaar op de website.

Hiervoor heb je de nieuwe paginagadget nodig. Met deze gadget plaats je een menu op je blog met links naar de contentpagina's. Na het opslaan van je eerste pagina volgt direct de vraag of, en waar je de paginagadget wilt plaatsen op je blog. Je hebt de keus om deze horizontaal en verticaal te plaatsen, dit kan later weer gewijzigd worden.



Je kunt later zelf de volgorde van de menu-items bepalen en ook kun je bepalen per pagina of deze wel of niet in het menu moet worden getoond. Standaard worden nieuwe pagina's automatisch toegevoegd aan de widget.

Let it snow

Good afternoon on this sunday, day 2 of a long row of free days here.

Funny, at the moment this Garfield ran into my mail, it started snowing here as well, the winter is definitely not over yet, no matter if we are dreaming or not.

To take it with a song, if you cant beat them, join them! Also, nice warm in house, door locked and going out as little as possible.
Nice when you can have such, now and than!

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend and start in the week. We meet again!

Eclipses in the Shade

Eclipses in the Shade
Credit & Copyright: Stephan Heinsius

Explanation: Eclipses are everywhere in this shady scene. The picture was taken on the Indian Ocean atoll island of Ellaidhoo, Maldives, on January 15, during the longest annular solar eclipse for the next 1,000 years. Tall palm trees provided the shade. Their many crossed leaves created gaps that acted like pinhole cameras, scattering recognizable eclipse images across the white sands of a tropical garden near the beach. From this idyllic location near the centerline of the Moon's shadow track, the ring of fire or annular phase of the eclipse lasted about 10 minutes and 55 seconds.

Partly Cloudy

this is for the aaaa and awww moment of today

just klick --> here <-- and enjoy

Google Doodles: Labafestival China en Opa- en Omadag Polen

donderdag 21 januari 2010

Twee speciale Google logo's. Als eerste een logo op de homepage van Google Polen een speciaal getekend logo in het teken van Opa- en Omadag. Omadag wordt vandaag gevierd in Polen en Opadag volgt morgen. Het zijn twee speciale dagen om alle opa's en oma's in het zonnetje te zetten. In de Verenigde Staten en Canada wordt Opa- en Omadag gevierd op 12 september. Hier is het Vergeet-mij-nietje de offici�le bloem die bij deze dag hoort.

Update Google Street View, Zweden en Denemarken nu beschikbaar

donderdag 21 januari 2010

Diverse Google Street View updates. Als eerste zijn vanaf nu Zweden en Denemarken te bekijken vanaf straatniveau. Wat betreft Zweden kun je een groot deel van het land bekijken, Denemarken is vrijwel helemaal beschikbaar. Ook in Nederland is er een kleine update doorgevoerd, onder andere Kampen is nu beschikbaar. Verder zijn er nieuwe plaatsen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, enkele attracties in de Verenigde Staten en nieuwe beelden voor Taiwan en Itali�.

YouTube Disco

donderdag 21 januari 2010

YouTube heeft een nieuwe tool online geplaatst met een bijzonder lange naam, namelijk de YouTube Music Discovery Project and Playlist Creation Tool. De tool werkt als volgt. Je vult op de pagina de naam in van een artiest en je klikt op de knop 'Disco'. Vervolgens wordt er een afspeellijst gecre�erd met muziek van de gekozen artiest maar ook video's van, volgens YouTube vergelijkbare artiesten. Naast de afspeellijst meer informatie over de gekozen artiest, de mogelijkheid om gerelateerde artiesten te zoeken en de optie om video's toe te voegen aan de afspeellijst.

De afspeellijst kan ook opgeslagen worden en zodoende dus gedeeld worden. Een soortgelijke optie is er ook voor bestaande afspeellijsten. YouTube zal in dat geval video's aanbevelen op basis van de video's in de afspeellijst. Het adres is vergeleken met de naam van de tool wel bijzonder kort, youtube.com/disco.

YouTube test nieuwe layout videopagina

donderdag 23 januari 2010

Naast YouTube Disco is er meer nieuws rondom YouTube vandaag. De videowebsite is begonnen met een test van een nieuwe indeling en een nieuw uiterlijk van de videopagina. Er zijn diverse zaken gewijzigd, zo is de omschrijving nu onder de video geplaatst evenals andere onderdelen zoals de auteur en de embedcode. De afbeelding van een auteur is verwijderd. Na het klikken op de korte omschrijving zie je de volledige omschrijving plus de categorie en de bijbehorende tags. De opties die normaal onder een video staan zijn nu gegroepeerd onder nieuwe knoppen. De statistieken van een video bekijk je door op de knop met het aantal views te klikken.



Onder de video zijn de normale reacties te zien maar direct er naast worden de videoboodschappen getoond. Normaal gesproken staan deze twee onderdelen onder elkaar. Aan de rechterkant van de video worden nu een vast aantal gerelateerde video's geplaatst. Boven de video ook de naam van de auteur en het aantal video's. Het klikken hierop geeft een slider waarin je alle video's kunt bekijken van de desbetreffende auteur.



Dan de zoekresultaten, deze worden na het uitvoeren van een zoekopdracht getoond op de pagina zelf direct naast de video die je aan het bekijken was. De video blijft dus in beeld staan, voorheen ging je naar een aparte pagina met zoekresultaten.



Er is een nieuwe knop toegevoegd aan de speler om de video op een groter formaat te bekijken. Deze knop stond voorheen boven de video. En als laatste is de footer gewijzigd. Een hoop links zijn verwijderd evenals het zoekveld die normaal onderaan de pagina staat.

Uitproberen?, dit kan via de volgende link, http://youtube.com/watch5?enable=1. Om terug te schakelen naar de oude layout klik je bovenin op de link 'Return to the old YouTube'. Hieronder een screenshot met de huidige layout en de nieuwe layout naast elkaar.

Klik voor een vergroting

not an open book

Good afternoon you all

Everything fine? Here all is okay, I prepare for a lovely long weekend of 9 days -smile- and before it starts (in a few hours) I try to clean our house a little bit, of course I do that my way :))

It is a lovely day, I made a wonderful call, always nice to catch up with close friends, even when they live far away.
Further there is not much news to mention, what means that all goes fine and smooth.

Ah yes, books! I will defiitely try to read that book what is laying here of isabel allende, next week, but I have no idea how much the computer will torn me away from the book -smile- And who knows what other things, no nothing planned, we prefer to let the day surprise us with what it brings

Enjoy your day, til soon, and if you want... click at the pic for the song

Boekje

Hallo allemaal

Zo, vrijdagmiddag (voor wie Het nog niet weet ) even een Garfieldje brengen en melden dat het superlange weekend weer voor de deur staat, maar lieftst 9 dagen weekend, dat is de moeite in elk geval. Wat er gebeurt in die dagen? Ach, dat lees je vanzelf. Plannen maken heb ik al lang opgegeven, elke dag is een verrassing en als je niet zo veel verwachtingen hebt, dan is alles leuk meegenomen.

Ik wens iedereen een fijne dag, een fijn weekend en tot de volgende keer maar weer.

O ja, en natuurlijk zit er ook een deuntje onder het plaatje, dus, klikkerdeklik

Planning..

A very good morning today for you all

2 more days and than another long week off, enough plans could be made, but I prefer to plan not too much, and let myself being surprised by the day.
Yesterday surprised me unhappily, we do have that new internet account what is not working fine -yet- and it took me hours with consulting the helpdesk and the result... no change at all, an unstable internet connection and no television over this cable.

-deeep sigh- it is better to visit the doughnut shop now and than, I tell you :))
So, that's todays' struggle, trying to get a bit further with this internet stuff. The day has started very early, so I am already a few hours on my way.

Have a nice day, smile with everything you do, it is worth it.
And the song under the picture is for who is at the right time at the right place -smile-

The album top 100 from 2000 til 2010

Mind, this is a german list!

The 100 most important bands and their albums from the year 2000 til 2010.

We start the countdown with number 100

The black rebel motor cycle club

Published on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 by The Washington Post

Officials Try to Prevent Haitian Earthquake Refugees From Coming to US

by Spencer S. Hsu

As a massive international relief effort lurches into gear, U.S. officials are stepping up measures to prevent last week's earthquake in Haiti from triggering a Caribbean migration not seen in two nearly two decades.

A group of refugees walk along a road of Port-au-Prince, January 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva)

Experts see no signs for now of a seaborne exodus, although history shows that such events are difficult to predict. Still, South Florida counties have prepared contingency plans, immigration authorities have cleared space in a 600-bed detention center in Miami, and Obama administration officials have begun discouraging Haitians from attempting the hazardous 600-mile sea crossing to Florida.

"Please: If any Haitians are watching, there may be an impulse to leave the island and to come here," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Saturday at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Fla., where she joined Vice President Biden in speaking to relief workers at a federal staging area.

"This is a very dangerous crossing. Lives are lost every time people try to make this crossing," Napolitano said, adding that Haitians caught at sea will be repatriated. "Please do not have us divert our necessary rescue and relief efforts that are going into Haiti by trying to leave at this point."

The warnings come paired with a giant humanitarian operation to rebuild Port-au-Prince, position U.S. military assets in the area, and adjust U.S. and international immigration policies. In the long run, such measures would be the most effective tools to prevent a refugee crisis, current and former government officials said.

With as many as 3 million people affected by Tuesday's quake, the stakes for the Obama administration in heading off a wave of migrants are high.

"We don't want to have destabilization in Haiti, and deaths of this magnitude in Haiti cause destabilization and have political implications," said Andrew S. Natsios, a veteran foreign aid official who led U.S. relief efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan and during the Asian tsunami in 2004.

"You cannot prohibit people from moving under international law if they feel threatened. But you can create incentives to stay," said Natsios, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 2001 to 2006. "If you do the relief response right, most people will want to rebuild."

American presidents since Jimmy Carter have grappled with flows of migrants from the Caribbean triggered by political crises, wars and natural disasters. The sudden influx of 100,000 Cubans and 25,000 Haitians in the 1980 Mariel boatlift left some refugees in U.S. camps for years.

After a coup in Haiti in 1991, the U.S. government housed 12,000 Haitian migrants in Guantanamo Bay and admitted 10,000 before a new government was in place in 1994, a year in which the U.S. Coast Guard stopped and rescued 64,000 Haitians and Cubans at sea.

Spurred by reports that Cuban leader Fidel Castro was in failing health in 2006, the U.S. government embarked on an intensive contingency plan, called Operation Vigilant Sentry, signed by Michael Chertoff, then homeland security secretary, in 2007. A central feature of the plan is a public messaging campaign designed to dissuade Cubans -- then the focus -- from risking the life-threatening 90-mile journey across the Florida straits.

Although electronic mass media in Haiti is virtually nonexistent -- and the trip to America a harrowing three days instead of a few hours -- the enormous pending flow of aid, troops and official statements is conveying a similar message.

"It's not that the deterrence is the physical power; it's more the soft power," said Coast Guard Capt. Robert B. Watts, chief of drug and migrant interdiction policy from 2006 to 2008 and now a professor at the National War College. "You let people know you're there if you need help but that it doesn't make sense to leave."

Nations worldwide have pledged $400 million so far to Haiti, the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, led by $100 million by the United States. By comparison, when Hurricane Mitch devastated Central America in 1998, U.S. spending and debt relief totaled $900 million, most of which went to Honduras.

"The best thing we can do is spend as much relief aid as possible in Haiti," Natsios said. "Make sure food arrives promptly. Restart and stimulate Haitian markets. Restore people's lives."

U.S. officials are also adopting new immigration measures, combining carrots and sticks. On Wednesday, Napolitano suspended deportations of 100,000 to 200,000 Haitians in the country illegally, and on Friday, she announced that those in the country as of Jan. 12 could apply for temporary protected status so they can help send financial aid to their devastated homeland.

Homeland security officials, however, warned that Haitians caught trying to enter the United States illegally will still be detained and deported. Florida officials said contingency plans could call for housing migrants at the Homestead base if space beyond the federal Krome immigration detention center is needed.

Elsewhere in the region, the Bahamas set up processing facilities on its island nearest Haiti, beefing up medical, shelter and law enforcement resources.

Thad M. Bingel, former chief of staff of U.S. Customs and Border Protection from 2007 until March, said that under Vigilant Sentry, U.S. officials expect a warning of several days if residents begin to build or stage boats and a coordinated response of more than 30 federal, state and local groups to safely intercept migrants if Napolitano and the National Security Council activate plans.

In any mass migration, he added, "the challenges are recognizing that government has a humanitarian role as well as an enforcement role."

Staff writer Peter Whoriskey in Miami contributed to this report.

� 2010 The Washington Post Company

Purrrrfect?

Good afternoon everybody

Well, I can truly say that it is a perfect day today

Or, in Garfields' style it should be a purrfect day maybe.

Today is one of those days that I wanted to do so many, but so few is coming out of my hands.
But.. I don't mind and who does mind can take some action, I should say -smile-

Slowly (but not that slowly) our next free week comes and I look forward to it.
and for now
I just want to remind you
that life sometimes seems so easy
but don't be fooled, it might be not that easy indeed!

Enjoy this perfect day, and the song is only one click (at the pic) away!

As He wishes

I wrote this poem at dutch, translated it as good as I could


I wrote this poem at dutch (text in my group)
and translated it as good as I could

Sometimes I am just not good Nothing comes out of my hands Sometimes I as well have such days That I bent my head Leave me alone, I am not here, for a bit What a long time it takes, before this day has ended I know, and tell myself time after time After the rain the sun will shine This shower will not last forever Behind the horizont there is the light But pft, at such a moment please not I want to be as small Just want to be down For a while in my corner Nice and lonely I should be With the safe wall cozy around me I slightly look up Seeing just the stones I DO remember But I can't see it .... when I sit down I have to raise and climb a bit Conquering my shadow And when I then Look over the wall I see again what I did miss I hear your smile in my eyes I feel your warmth What never betrayed me O yes, I am sure you are my friend I stumble out of my corner You deserved so much better Sparkling sunshine greets me Much too long hidden How much I need this I'll be there We shall be there together Sometimes I feel me a bit alone But always as he wishes I have friends like you around me http://saturnnl.multiply.com/

Careful!

Good (here) afternoon to you all!

Tuesday again, a grey day at the German border, but who cares, we carry our own sunshine with us, and as long as there is Garfield, there is nothing to worry.
The coffeepot is empty, so the cookies are locked away as well, there is nothing what can keep me away from core business any longer -lol-, so here you have it.

The biggest news today is that my girl will have another week off, next week, what a luxury, and all the consequences of working too much past year. Oh well, let me not complain and get used to the extra pair of eyes -smile-

I leave you now with wishing you a wonderful day, and take care of the dog.
There's one of that super-songs under the picture, enjoy it!

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The Tibet Update enewsletter is a bimonthly summary of news and governmental actions related to Tibet. Past issues in PDF format are located at http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/tibet-weekly-updates. INSIDE TIBET: China jails Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen for 6 years According to information received, Dhondup Wangchen, the Tibetan filmmaker who was arrested last year, soon after completing filming of the documentary, "Leaving Fear Behind," has been tried and sentenced to six years in prison on December 28, 2009. It is not known where the trial took place. Wangchen's film documented Tibetan views of last year's Beijing Olympics, the current situation in Tibet and the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet. Read the full report >> ICT Report: Tibetans defy security crackdown to demonstrate in support of imprisoned Lama Deleg Rinpoche is a highly respected religious teacher serving a life sentence. According to sources, a group of local Lamas appealed to the county government to allow local people to see Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, fearing that if this request was not granted, Tibetans in the area might 'rise up' in protest. At least 20 Tibetans remain in detention, and many were injured and hospitalized. Read the full report >> U.S.: Google decision a "crack in the wall of censorship" that sets new standard Google's decision to halt censorship on its search engine in China and its threat to pull out of the Chinese market in response to cyber-attacks that seek to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists sets a new standard for other companies operating in China. Mary Beth Markey, ICT Vice President for Advocacy said, "For 20 years, we've battled against putting profits in the China market ahead of human rights. It's impossible for us not to see Google's decision as anything but a real victory for the people and those who support their struggle for greater freedoms." Read the full report >> ICT Report: Chinese government fails to block Tibet film screening at major festival in U.S. January 7, 2010: Chinese government has failed to stop a film on Tibet from being shown at a major international film festival in Palm Springs, California despite pressure on festival organizers. In protest, the Chinese withdrew two films from the festival, blaming it on being a decision taken by the Chinese film directors. Darryl Macdonald, director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) said, "After meeting with representatives from the Chinese government regarding their request to cancel our screenings of 'The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom,' we have respectfully declined their request ...." Read the full report >> DALAI LAMA: Statement by the Dalai Lama on Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo's prison sentence In a statement released on December 28, the Dalai Lama said he is saddened by the Chinese Government's sentencing of Liu Xiaobo, a well-known Chinese writer to an 11yr jail term. He said, "By forcefully sentencing Liu Xiaobo, and others like him, who use freedom of expression to publicly articulate their opinions, the Chinese Authorities have not only violated the binding principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but also the freedom of expression mentioned in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China." Read the full statement >> U.S. GOVERNMENT: Secretary Clinton on Tibet On January 12, the Washington Post reported that Secretary Clinton, while speaking on the first day of her nine day, three nation Asia-Pacific journey, played down the friction between United States and China and said, "What I'm expecting is that we actually are having a mature relationship. That means that it doesn't go off the rails when we have differences of opinion." Read the full article >> NEPAL: China pledges to bolster aid and trade in Nepal; as Nepal's PM says anti china activities will not be tolerated On December 30, Chinese State media reported that China pledged to bolster aid and trade in Nepal as the Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is on a six day trip to China, said that his government would not tolerate anti-china protests in the Himalayan nation. In comments reported on Chinese state television, Nepal told Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, "The Nepalese government ... believes that Taiwan and Tibet are inalienable parts of Chinese territory, .... Nepal will not allow any forces to use Nepalese territory to engage in anti-China activities."Read the full article >> FROM THE ICT BLOG: A Google alert, indeed - January 13, 2010 China unwittingly promotes Tibetan film it tried to ban - January 13, 2010 How About the Tibetan Personnel Changes in Lhasa? - January 12, 2010 Kasur Ngapo Ngawang Jigme and His Autobiography - December 28, 2009 Why climate change in Tibet is a global issue - December 22, 2009

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Things to make life more comfortable - new red lights

Things to make life more comfortable - a new way to fill my glass without wearing glasses

by the way, this only happens with carlsberg, heineken and bud light !

Things to make life more comfortable - the handshower (extreme water friendly)

Things to make life more comfortable - the new dish washer

Things to make life more comfortable - Our new coffee machine

Hot news -lol-

Good Morning everyone

Well well well, another week, another monday, and I must say, It's tough to find the swing again, after a nice and relaxing week off! Okay, the routine rolls on, 2nd laundry is ready, 2nd pot of coffee as well -smile-, but still... it feels as if I am not here :)

Ah well, as my sweet friend Mel wrote at FB, life goes on, ice cap or not, LOL, and that's the way it is.
The heath is on, there is no hot news and I am realy dived into the music of 'the boss' today. You gonna notice it later.
Here's a nice clip under the picture, I realy love his music and I am sure that you love this song as well, it is definitely not too heavy for the angels and some others.

Take care and love life, cos life loves you too!

Hot news -lol-

Good Morning everyone

Well well well, another week, another monday, and I must say, It's tough to find the swing again, after a nice and relaxing week off! Okay, the routine rolls on, 2nd laundry is ready, 2nd pot of coffee as well -smile-, but still... it feels as if I am not here :)

Ah well, as my sweet friend Mel wrote at FB, life goes on, ice cap or not, LOL, and that's the way it is.
The heath is on, there is no hot news and I am realy dived into the music of 'the boss' today. You gonna notice it later.
Here's a nice clip under the picture, I realy love his music and I am sure that you love this song as well, it is definitely not too heavy for the angels and some others.

Take care and love life, cos life loves you too!

Atlantis to Orbit

Atlantis to Orbit
Credit: NASA

Explanation: Birds don't fly this high. Airplanes don't go this fast. The Statue of Liberty weighs less. No species other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any human just a millennium ago. The launch of a rocket bound for space is an event that inspires awe and challenges description. Pictured above, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off to visit the International Space Station during the early morning hours of 2001 July 12. From a standing start, the two million kilogram rocket ship left to circle the Earth where the outside air is too thin to breathe and where there is little noticeable onboard gravity. Rockets bound for space are now launched from somewhere on Earth about once a week.

Bing nu ook met eigen url-verkorter? (Binged.it)

vrijdag 15 januari 2010

Onlangs introduceerde Google een eigen url-verkorter, toen volgde YouTube en nu lijkt ook Bing een eigen url-verkorter te hebben, Microsoft kan uiteraard niet achterblijven. Het gaat hier om Binged.it, een Italiaans domein al enkele keren gebruikt in de afgelopen dagen op meerdere Bing gerelateerde Twitter accounts van Microsoft. Als je rechtstreeks Binged.it opent dan kom je op de homepage van Bing uit. Het is dan ook nog niet bekend of Microsoft daadwerkelijk de url-verkorter beschikbaar gaat maken voor het grote publiek maar de service lijkt in ieder geval te bestaan.