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Everything You Wanted to Know About Wine Glasses But Were Afraid to Ask

A Brief History of the Wine Glass Wine glasses have been used since ancient times. Pliny (23-79 A.D.) wrote about gold and silver drinking vessels being abandoned in favor of glass, and they were frequently priced as high as the precious metal versions. Bonifacio Veronese's sixteenth-century 'Last Supper' includes modern style wine glasses with a stem and foot. The oldest surviving European wine glasses with a stem and foot are fifteenth-century enameled goblets (a goblet is a glass holding more than four ounces of liquid). Near the end of the sixteenth-century in Germany sophisticated engraved decoration was applied to covered wine glasses. The earliest surviving English wine glasses are diamond-engraved glasses that...

8 Facts about Teeth Whitening

Teeth whitening , also known as teeth bleaching, has been utilized to improve the dental appearance since it is affordable and non-surgical. Thus, before you do the teeth whitening it is always better to know more about the following 8 facts of teeth whitening. FACT 1: Teeth Whitening is not for everyone Each person has different characteristics, so do the teeth. Some teeth might not react well against the materials used for teeth whitening. It is recommended to contact your dentist before carrying out teeth whitening. Examples about this is that, people with gum disease should not carry out teeth whitening while cavities in the teeth should be filled first. FACT 2: The procedure is different for each person Ble...

Who Owns the Copyright for An Open Source Project

This is part 3 in this series on copyright law and open source licensing. If you haven’t already, consider reading Part 1 and Part 2 of this series for background before tackling this topic. To properly license open source source code, the license agreement must be included prominently with the source code. Many simply put a license.txt file in the root of the source tree and publish the license on their project website. Others take the extra step to include the license text in a comment within every source file. Assigning Copyright Take a look at the license for DotNetNuke ( DNN ), a very po

Stuff You Should Know About Oil

Let's clear up some misconceptions about oil first. The fossil fuel whose price has skyrocketed recently and whose utility we cherish to run our cars, our furnaces and a load of other machines does not come from the bones of dinosaurs that were crushed 65 million years ago. Nor does it come from the bodies of all the animals that died in the Biblical Great Flood. Crude oil doesn't even come from the bodies of billions of crustaceans like crawfish and mollusks like snails that died and whose bodies fell to the floor of the oceans millennia ago. Despite what we may have been taught, even that number of little animals could not have produced the amount of oil that we have used over the past century and that we plan to use over the co...

75 Simple Pleasures to Brighten Your Day

A little trick I like to use to make my days much more pleasant is to find little, simple pleasures and sprinkle them throughout my day. They’re not big things, but they each simple pleasure can translate to a great day if you use them right. So in the morning, I might have a cup of coffee, and sip it slowly to enjoy it fully. I might read a gripping novel, and revel in the world of fiction. I might watch the sun come up, and marvel at the world in pastel hues. For breakfast, I might put berries on my cereal … and I just love berries. I savor each one, closing my eyes. In the shower, I might also close my eyes, and just let the cool water run over me (I live on a tropical island, so cool water is a nice ...

Using VirtualBox to run Ubuntu and any other operating system

The easy way to run operating systems without messing up your system GNU/Linux can be scary to a new user. After all, what if you mess up? What if you end up corrupting your hard drive so badly that you need to format it to get rid of GNU/Linux? The solution is to use virtualization technology. A virtual machine creates a virtual hard drive as well as a virtual computer, so you can install and run it from within another operating system. If you want to get rid of the virtualized (also known as the guest) operating system, just delete the virtual hard disk from the real (host) computer’s hard drive. Introduction First, choose which virtualization tool to use. Right now, there are four big ones: Parallels , VMWare , QEMU ...

How To Throw Darts

What are the Do's and Don'ts of throwing darts? Do you just stand, aim and throw? Well there is actually a correct way to throw your darts at the dartboard, and you will find that your dart throw will improve as you spend more and more time perfecting it. It is not always helpful to read about it, if you are not going to go to a dart board and put these pointers to work by actually throwing the darts. Here goes for a basic resume of dart throwing the correct way; When you are standing at the Oche, most people prefer to stand so they are slightly sideways to the board, with their leading foot a little bit forward of the back foot, so that the toe is just touching the mark. Do not cross this, or you will have a foul throw...

Long Distance Relationships: Tips For Making Them Work

As a couples therapist, I'm often asked if long distance relationships can be successful. The answer is yes, but long distance relationships are complex and for it to work, both partners must be on same page. Here are some tips for making it work - Ask the important questions at the onset, to make sure you are both clear on the parameters of the relationship. These can be difficult and awkward questions to ask, but will save you great heartache and misunderstanding down the line. For example, are you open to the possibility of relocating if the relationship should become more serious? - Communicate in some way every day - more than once if possible. Since you won't be seeing each other, it's important to establish and maint...

How Constant Are Your Constants in .NET

Back in the day when I was a wet behind the ears developer a coworker gave me some sage advice. He told me that if I wanted to become a good developer, I need to read the bible. He was of course referring to Code Complete, the bible of software construction. When I was promoted to manager, I made it required reading for developers. Several years later, I’m reading through the second edition savoring every page like a fine glass of sake. This time around, I have a lot more experience to provide context to what I’m reading. Around page 270 (Chapter 11 end of section 2) I came across McConnel’s recommendations about the use of constants and it got me thinking about how appropriate that advice is in the world of .NET. ...

Follow the Sraight Line to your goals

The quickest way from point A (where you are now) to point B (where you want to be, your goal or dream) is in a straight line. And the most efficient way to stay on the straight line is to focus your energy, and attention, and to practice a consistent set of actions. What that means, is you choose thoughts, feelings, and actions that will move you closer to that goal. Unfortunately, what really happens is we get motivated and start taking action towards our goal and we get side tracked, or the results aren't quick enough so we lose our momentum. Suddenly our line from point A to point B looks more like Lombard Street in San Francisco, a very crooked one. I think we've all spent a lot of time on this crooked road. For example, ...