The inclusion of a canine companion threatens to transform Stewart's journey into "Travels With Charley While Dodging Kalashnikov Fire," but Stewart is admirably allergic to sentiment. At one point, about to collapse from cold and exhaustion, "half buried in deep powder," he looks up to see Babur barking at him. "His matter-of-factness made me feel that I was being melodramatic. If he was going to continue, so would I."

The book is replete with fascinating, if fearfully context-dependent, travel tips. If you are forced to lie about being a Muslim, claim you're from Indonesia, a Muslim nation few non-Indonesian Muslims know much about. Open land undefiled by sheep droppings has most likely been mined. If you're taking your donkey to high altitudes, slice open its nostrils to allow greater oxygen flow. Don't carry detailed maps, since they tend to suggest 007 affinities. If, finally, you're determined to do something as recklessly stupid as walk across a war zone, your surest bet to quash all the inevitable criticism is to write a flat-out masterpiece. Stewart did. Stewart has. "The Places in Between" is, in very nearly every sense, too good to be true.

What a bad ass motherfucker.

'The Places in Between,' by Rory Stewart - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times

In defense against the charge that he himself helped initiate the Bush Administration's revolutionary attitude to spreading democracy, Fukuyama stresses in his latest book that The End of History described a democratic capitalist version of an anti-Leninist Marxian approach--stressing slow cultural, social and economic change, not sudden revolution. He maintains that he is a Gramscian, emphasizing the intellectual and cultural hegemony of capitalist democracy, not claiming that it would inevitably work well everywhere or solve all problems. By contrast, he describes the Bush Administration as having become "Leninist" in its belief that history can be subjected to violent pushes.

Fukuyama Tukutama Fukyama Honeymama

The Two Fukuyamas | The National Interest

Dr. Wayne Dyer: Inspiration - Your Ultimate Calling
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Dr. Wayne Dyer: Inspiration - Your Ultimate Calling

In a new special based on his upcoming book, New York Times best-selling author Dr. Wayne Dyer, returns to PBS to share six remarkable and visionary steps for living an inspired life. According to Dr. Dyer, everyone was born for a reason; in this special, he helps viewers understand and acknowledge what that purpose is. He provides specific examples of ways to recognize each person?s ultimate calling, and shows viewers how to start living an inspired life today.

http://www.drwaynedyer.com/

I caught this guy on PBS giving his talk. I've been dealing with motivational issues in business lately... trying to motivate others. And I found this talk just spoke to me. What a really positive guy. Like a new age guru or preacher man thats not full of shit.

He's a motivational speaker that stresses self-knowledge and acting in tune with your self in achieving motivation. Basically: if you really listen to you and beat your ego, then moving in the right direction will be effortless. It will be the path of least resistance. This stuff is the dharma with a modern edge.

If you have TiVO, you might want to record this guy's show. Its frequently on, on the weekends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Dyer

GPB - TV - GPB Television: Highlights: Dr. Wayne Dyer: Inspiration - Your Ultimate Calling

Good afternoon. My name is Si Chen, and thank you for coming to my presentation about the adoption of open source business applications.
It's a long of fun to be here alongside the developers and industry veterans who are shaping open source software today because, well, my background is a little different. I used to be a hedge fund manager and worked right up the street at the Met Life building on top of Grand Central, right here in New York City.

I'm here today because about six years ago, I helped start an online retail company named Gracious Style. Being a startup with very little money, we naturally went the open source route. As we grew, I wanted to help build an open source enterprise application suite that could suit the needs of our company and others like it. I did this because I fell in love with the whole idea of open source software, not just because of the cost, but because of the freedom it gave me, the user, to control my technology destiny. In that process, I met a lot of other people, from small business owners to decision makers at Fortune 500 corporations, who were all looking for the same thing—open source applications that could run their businesses.

This is our story of why we're all adopting open source business applications.

Interesting story for friends who find themselves not completely in control of their corporate IT destiny.

Why Enterprises Are Adopting Open Source Applications : Open Source Strategies

Parallels today announced that it is beginning beta testing for Parallels Workstation 2.1 for Mac OS X, "the first" virtualization software that gives Apple users the ability to simultaneously run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and their applications alongside Mac OS X on an Intel-based Mac. Virtualization software enables users to run multiple operating systems, like Linux or Windows, in isolated "virtual machines" directly on a Mac OS X desktop -- each virtual machine operates exactly like a stand-alone computer and contains its virtual hardware, including RAM, hard disk, processor, I/O ports, and CD/DVD-drives. The company is offering a free, fully-functional 30-day trial of Parallels Workstation 2.1 for Mac OS X. The company expects to release a final version of the product in the next several weeks. It requires Mac OS 10.4.4 (and is not compatible with PowerPC-based Macs). The Windows and Linux versions, introduced last month, are available for $50.

It would be nice to carry a virtualized Linux server inside the MacBook Pro I'm gonna buy for development.

Parallels offers OS X virtualization | MacNN

Experience the First Virtualization Solution for Intel-powered Macs!

It’s here! Parallels is proud to launch the Beta program of the first virtualization solution specifically designed to work with Intel-powered Apple computers! Parallels Desktop Release Candidate 2 for Mac is NOT simply a "dual-boot" solution; rather, it empowers users the ability to use Windows, Linux and any other operating system at the same time as Mac OS X, enabling users to enjoy the comfort of their Mac OS X desktop while still being able to use critical applications from other OSes.

I want to carry the linux server I do development on with me, inside a new MacBook Pro 17 running OS X.

Linux within OS X: Virtualization Solution for Intel-powered Macs!

What is a spinal headache?

Spinal headaches are a type of headache that occurs when the pressure in the skull becomes low, usually from a loss of the spinal fluid that surrounds the brain and the nerves in the spine. The headache that results from a loss of spinal fluid is unique in that the headache is much worse when standing, and almost resolves by simply lying down.

The headache can be accompanied by many other symptoms, including neck stiffness, pressure in the back of the head, nausea and vomiting, light sensitivity, decrease in hearing, and pain down the arm. In some cases, the headache pain is so severe the patient can not stay upright.

Spinal Taps are not your friend.

Spinal Headaches

I have seen patients (not mine, of course) suffering from spinal headache after surgery or spinal tap. Their pain is excruciating. Even the strongest pain killers like morphine cannot alleviate their pain. Of course, I feel that it is far better to avoid the physiological mechanism which CAUSES the spinal headache in the first place.

The physical phenomenon which causes spinal headache is very simple: In an spinal tap or spinal anesthesia, when the needle pierces the inner tube ("dura") in the spine which contains the spinal cord itself, the spinal fluid in which the spinal cord is bathed can leak out (sort of like a leak in a garden hose). However, unlike a garden hose, there is not an infinite supply of spinal fluid, so the pressure of the fluid inside the dura drops as the fluid leaks out. The next part is key: There is a membrane at the base of the skull which separates the spinal fluid from the fluid in which the brain floats. Normally, the fluid pressures are balanced, and there is no problem. But, if spinal fluid leaks out through a needle hole, the pressures become imbalanced, and the cushioning effect of the fluid disappears and tension is applied directly to these nerves. The degree of pressure imbalance determines the degree of the headache. This part of the understanding of spinal headache is widely understood and undisputed.

I don't know if this works or not, but apparently I have one of these for more than a week now, so if it works then this man is a genius.

Spinal Headache Prevention

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Bank of Baroda in Benaulim, Goa, Postal Code/Address

As we saw earlier, each child server (be it a thread or a process) is engaged in processing connections. Each connection may be served by different connection protocols, e.g., HTTP, POP3, SMTP, etc. Each connection may include more than one request, e.g., several HTTP requests can be served over a single connection, when several images are requested for the same webpage.

The following diagram depicts the connection life cycle and highlights which handlers are available to mod_perl 2.0:

mod_perl Protocol Handlers