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  • Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of April 6

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    The piping for the ECOPhlex cooling system for the Blue Waters supercomputer, which uses both water and refrigerants. (Photo: NCSA)

    For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week. Enjoy!

    The World’s Highest Data Center – High atop the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes, at more than 16,500 feet above sea level, a unique supercomputer brings the heavens into focus. Here, at the world’s highest data center, sits the ALMA Correlator, a powerful system that allows a system of high-altitude antennas separated by up to 16 kilometers to work together as a single giant telescope.

    Blue Waters Supercomputer Debuts At 11.6 Petaflops – Less than two years after a reboot to switch vendors, one of America’s most ambitious supercomputing projects has gone live. The $350 million Blue Waters supercomputer, which was dedicated last week at the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), was envisioned as the new frontier in American supercomputing technology. Officials at the NCSA said the completed machine has delivered on that vision.

    Internap Leads Data Center Stocks in First Quarter – Internap was the best performing data center stock in the first three months of 2013. Shares of the the Atlanta-based colocation provider soared 34.9 percent on the quarter, as strong earnings made it the standout performer in a decidedly mixed quarter for the data center sector.

    EMS: Big Data Crunching in a Small Package – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using a mobile enclosure from Elliptical Mobile Solutions (EMS) for conducting sensitive research into the safety of space tourism.

    How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center – Because of these new initiatives and new ways to deliver data, the data center has been forced to evolve to support more agile and scalable platforms. Part of the conversation revolves around unified computing systems, while the other part revolves around something even more specific: storage.

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  • Egyptology News from 23rd March to 6th April 2013

    I’ve been in Switzerland for my birthday, so apologies for the rather long post, taken from my Twitter account.

     

    Sobek, Ashmolean Museum

    Via Maria Nilsson ‏@DrMariaNilsson
    Using Inscriptions from the Antiquities Market: Polarized Positions and Pragmatic Proposals | http://asorblog.org/?p=4282

    Museums should engage tourists with content rather than brand for the sake of themselves and the sector. The Guardian http://bit.ly/Z6g9Qr

    In French: British Council seminar shows the role played by the Delta in Egypt at different times. Hebdo Ahram Online http://bit.ly/12twPoW

    New Book: Icons of Power – Revelations though ancient Egyptian art, Anthony Spalinger, Charles Univ. Scoop NZ http://bit.ly/ZDv9Fs

    Aidan Dodson, President of the EES: “L’Egypte risque de perdre une partie de son histoire” Hebdo Ahram Online http://bit.ly/YBSFHj

    A new interactive map of the ancient Mediterranean http://www.ancient.eu.com/map/

    Job: The EES is looking for a new Fieldwork & Engagement Manager to bethe Society’s main representative in Egypt.http://bit.ly/Xiv5yk

    Significant evidence of 17th Dynasty found by Djehuty Project in Luxor. EurekAlert http://bit.ly/XXhvSS  and PhysOrg http://bit.ly/Z6F4EC

    Rus Gant, Giza 3D and George Reisnser’s Legacy: An Em Hotep – Pyramidales Interview. http://bit.ly/Y0LfOH

    Museums Association survey of UK public attitude to museums suggests they are some of the most trusted organisations http://bit.ly/1016tdP

    New Book: “Jean-François Champollion. Notice descriptive des monuments égyptiens du musée Charles X.” Kheops http://bit.ly/Xttvfq

    Freemasons and Ancient Egypt at Kensal Green Cemetery, London. http://bit.ly/12p18xd

    Via Neal Spencer ‏@NealSpencer_BM 4 Apr
    A chronology (with posters) of every temporary exhibition @britishmuseum 1838-2012 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/research_publications_series/research_publications_online/chronology_of_exhibitions.aspx …

    Free online: The failed reforms of Akhenaten and Muwatalli. Itamar Singer. BMSAES, 6 (2006), 37-58 @historyancient http://bit.ly/XRBy59

    Off-topic “The life of man: solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short”. Thomas Hobbes, born today 1588. History Today http://bit.ly/ZgIR8o

    Pre-healthcare modern Egypt. With help on hand from health barbers and folk healers, health aid was never far away http://bit.ly/10y4qh6

    Summary of Aidan Dodson’s lecture at the AUC on the royal family after the death of Ramses II. Daily News Egypt http://bit.ly/Zb8kZQ

    Exhibition: “Echoes of Egypt:Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs” at Yale Peabody Museum. With photos. http://bit.ly/14SjvPg

    Farro or emmer wheat, once a staple in AE being cultivated once again. Offers an insight into its uses. Oxford Press http://bit.ly/XhcsLk

    Forthcoming: Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories, Camilla Di Biase-Dyson. Brill http://bit.ly/10BugA6

    New Book: The Life of J.D. Åkerblad, Egyptian Decipherment and Orientalism in Revolutionary Times, F.Thomasson. Brill http://bit.ly/WcRe0U

    In Spanish: Egypt to ask tourists to donate a dollar for each night spent in Egypt to fund Grand Museum. Vanguardia http://bit.ly/Zd5zhy

    Curse of Tutankhamun, 90 years on. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/ZbVdI3

    New project explores influence of Egyptian archaeological finds in sculpture 1907 to 1939 and Petrie’s responses. UCL http://bit.ly/10f0m5J

    Elimination of Mubarak’s police services left aan open invitation to trespass without fear of reprisal. USA Today http://usat.ly/10waUho

    Curator’s Choice: Amber Druce picks a tomb painting from Pharaoh Reborn. Culture24 http://bit.ly/14N3udt

    Archaeologists Uncover Rare Leather from Ancient Egyptian Chariot. AUC Egypt http://bit.ly/XyaQye

    Via Chris Naunton ‏@chrisnaunton 4 Apr
    New book L’Egypte Dessinee by B Cassiers on 18/19/20th cen artists who painted Eg monuments w new works by the author http://www.lycaons.eu/images.html

    Russian photographer apologizes for climbing Great Pyramid of Giza (with photos). NY Daily News http://nydn.us/YK9G4w

    China specialist Prof Anthony Barbieri-Low receives Mellon New Directions Fellowship to research Egypt. Noozhawk http://bit.ly/10ew9Up

    90th anniversary of the curse of Tutankhamen – how a modern myth was born. Univ Manchester http://bit.ly/YUtI9M

    Manchester Mus holds 2 important objects that provide evidence for use of masks in ancient Egypt. Manchester Museum http://bit.ly/10Gr0VR

    Reassembling of the Two Colossi of Amenhotep III at North Gate of his Funerary Temple, West Bank, Luxor.. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/12lPoLJ

    Site Management plan for the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III mortuary temple project. Luxor Times http://bit.ly/10zeBBk

    Article re recent conference. Thonis-Heracleion, sunken gateway to Egypt in 1st mill.BC. With photos. Past Horizons http://bit.ly/X9qCjQ

    Update from the Tell Basta Project http://tellbasta.tumblr.com/post/46430050559/heart-of-glass …

    Object biography #12: A wooden shabti of King Seti I (Acc.no.13906) by Campbell Price. Manchester Museum http://bit.ly/10gddTT

    New book on Cleopatra argues that the “Queen of Kings” did not take her own life. Smithsonian Mag http://bit.ly/173Rnbb

    Birds in ancient Egyptian society: some brief notes. Joyce Filer’s blog http://bit.ly/10n95BB

    Part 2 of Dean Kalimniou’s look at the Greek connection in Sudan, focusing on the survival of the Greek language http://bit.ly/14uivk0

    Part one of Dean Kalimniou’s look at the Greek connection in Sudan http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/greeks-in-sudan-part-one …

    Progress by the EES Minufiyeh Survey team in the Delta http://minufiyeh.tumblr.com/post/46785854575/progress …

    Interview re new book: The Archaeology of Race – The Eugenic Ideas of Francis Galton and Flinders Petrie. UCL http://bit.ly/13Ut7tj

    Ancient Kingdoms in the land of war – the archaeology of Sudan. New York Times http://nyti.ms/YV55Xg

    With security ebbing and prices rising, the sustained drop-off in Egypt tourism has hurt the impoverished. NY Times http://nyti.ms/Yw7paI

    Djehuty Project: Arqueólogos españoles descubren en Dra Abu el-Naga, Luxor, cuatro tumbas de la dinastía XVII. ABC.es http://bit.ly/Z7KmFG

    La campaña 2013 de excavaciones de la UJA, Asuán, constata la complejidad de la estructura de las tumbas. europapress http://bit.ly/ZaePfn

    Book review by Tim Reid: Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt, James Hamilton-Paterson and Carol Andrews, Penguin http://bit.ly/12iTrw5

    Egypt revolution brings golden age for tomb raiders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21960373 …

    EES Delta Survey dig diary is being started up again for the new season http://deltasurvey.tumblr.com/

    Priceless Egyptian treasures feared destroyed in Cuming Museum (South London) museum fire. http://bit.ly/YxutIj

    New York Prosecutors Seek to Forfeit Ancient Egyptian Artifacts. Cultural Heritage Lawyer http://bit.ly/104kqVA

    Site of Al Bordan site destroyed by illegal construction in spite of intervention by police and archaeologists. http://bit.ly/ZXQcoJ

    Travel. Siwa, the field of trees. With photos. Alrahalah http://www.alrahalah.com/2013/03/siwa-the-field-of-trees/ …

    It’s a boy: Albany museum’s mummy’s true identity revealed. http://bit.ly/14ijeF1

    Seizure of 5 Egyptian artifacts dating back to 2,000 B.C. on their way from Dubai to a Michigan antique dealer. http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/03/22/55962.htm …

    2,400-Year-Old Myths of Mummy-Making Busted http://www.livescience.com/28097-herodotus-mummy-evisceration-wrong.html …

    Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

  • Low Life VIP Tuning Culture – Japan oni camber

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    There is no question that the stance of a vehicle can make or break its appearance. A car sitting too high on its suspension can look like an elephant on stilts, where one that sits too low can be undriveable. Some folks love the lowered look so much that they’ve resigned themselves to the fact that when modified, they simply won’t be able to drive their cars to various destinations. Are cars like this for everyone? No… they’re not. That doesn’t mean however we can’t appreciate the way they look. Check out the video after the jump.

    Source: Youtube.com

  • Egyptology News for March 17th-22nd

    Copied from Twitter @EgyptologyNews

    Papyrus of Ani

    New items under scrutiny in Penn Museum’s lab: http://www.penn.museum/sites/artifactlab/ …

    Tales of the mummy’s curse. The legend of the mummy’s curse still continues to fascinate. Al Ahram Weekly http://bit.ly/ZFFCmZ

    Programme summary for 2-part Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings starting on UK TV this evening http://bit.ly/ZSiEbv

    How Harvard Students Explore Ancient Egypt From Cambridge With New 3D Technology. Forbes http://onforb.es/13fhDjP

    Albany museum corrects gender of mummy after X-ray. Wall Street Journal http://on.wsj.com/11rxjiD

    The EES Minufiyeh (Delta) Survey is back at Quesna and in Shibin el-Kom. http://bit.ly/11kRZZw

    Conference “Tracing Networks.Communicating Knowledge in Antiquity and the Digital Age” Apr 23-24 2013 British Academy http://bit.ly/WJ6YK9

    Using modern fish to understand ancient ones from Old Kingdom Giza. AERA blog http://bit.ly/100Dcy9

    Article re chief research officer + archaeozoologist at Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA), Giza. Uni Michigan http://bit.ly/11gzIsC

    Cahiers de notes épigraphiques de Gaston Maspero 1881 – 1884. http://bit.ly/11fqe0W

    Maritime trade thrived in Egypt, even before Alexandria in 1st mill BC. Article about topic of recent conference. http://bit.ly/15QIoZv

    Via Neal Spencer ‏@NealSpencer_BM 19 Mar
    After 10 months away (Paris, Shetland), the Gayer-Anderson Cat is back on display in room 4 @britishmuseum http://via.me/-an0hwdi

    Article: The present state of the site of Behbeit el-Hagar. C.Favard-Meeks. BMSAES 3 Nov2002 (all BMSAES papers free) http://bit.ly/11fb3bN

    Via British Museum ‏@britishmuseum
    Sycamore fig wood, often used for ancient Egyptian coffins, does not come from a sycamore tree, but from a fig tree #SciWeek

    Via Jane Draycott ‏@JLDraycott
    ‘Cleopatra’s Daughter’ in April’s @HistoryToday tells the story of Cleopatra Selene, by way of Egypt, Rome, and Mauretania.

    More re 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian cemetery reveals commoners’ plight at Amarna. Live Science http://bit.ly/WRfeZH

    A Nubian Bishop and His Patron Saint: 10th-century fresco gives insight into the Christian history of Nubia. The Root http://wapo.st/16Gf7Cb

    Tutankhamun: How rival directors of two great American museums joined forces to create an epic event.Vanity Fair http://vnty.fr/14oMwNB

    An exploration of the Louvre’s collection of ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Persia. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/XVmtkb

    Book Review. Gods, Men & Pharaohs: The Glory of Egyptian Art. I.Woldering. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. The Egyptians blog http://bit.ly/YRMMV0

    Some notes on health problems in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Part One: Problems with teeth. Joyce Filer http://bit.ly/10dfiSp

    Cairo landmark, the Villa Casdagli, badly damaged during the revolution, to be restored to former glory. Ahram Online http://bit.ly/YEbTYm

    New Book: The Valley of the Kings. A Site Management Handbook. Kent R. Weeks + Nigel J. Hetherington. AUC http://bit.ly/WzEEZz

    Via Chris Naunton ‏@chrisnaunton
    If Constable had visited Giza… ‘The Pyramids at Gizeh in Morning 1890 by Ernst Koerner’ http://fb.me/2RDLwNS8R

    Conference: Recent Archaeological Fieldwork In Sudan. 13 May 2013 at the British Museum, London. Details at http://bit.ly/ZVG3Zf

    Via Neal Spencer ‏@NealSpencer_BM
    July 11-12: @britishmuseum colloquium “Nubia in the New Kingdom: Lived experience, pharaonic control and local traditions” more details soon

    Not strictly Egypt but relevant: 3D Modeling Reveals Ancient Artifacts. Popular Mechanics http://bit.ly/XfEPq4

    Via Jan Picton. Preliminary report on activities of Polish Cliff Mission at Deir El-Bahari 10/02-13/03/13. Facebook http://on.fb.me/108HfL7

    From the Forests of Punt to the Deserts of Saqqara: Life and Death as a Sacred Monkey. Researchers in Museums http://bit.ly/YjFZUQ

    A properly protected German reserve provides stark contrast to Egypt’s toothless environmental policies. Egypt Today http://bit.ly/XTkmx6

    Tourism Ireland arranged for the Pyramids of Giza to be illuminated in green for St. Patrick’s Day. Al Arabiya http://bit.ly/1449j5W

    New: Bagnall, Davoli, Hope eds., The Oasis Papers 6: Procs of the 6th Internat. Conf. of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. http://bit.ly/142Zhl5

    El obelisco egipcio que pudo erigirse en Galicia (but is on London’s Embankment and ought to be in Egypt). Ushebtis http://bit.ly/16CIdCe

    Walking the city: an interview with Nabil Shawkat on the pleasures of exploring Cairo on foot. Cairobserver http://bit.ly/XiLwHS

    RT @historyancient Online article. The Sun Queen’s Trademark: A Study of the Tall Blue Crown of Queen Nefertiti. http://bit.ly/YI1yOj

    EES/SCA Delta Survey Workshop 2013, 22nd-23rd March 2013 in Cairo. Papers about fieldwork or research in the Delta. http://bit.ly/YAJJ08

    Not Egypt but important: Palmyra has been subjected to intermittent shelling by forces loyal to President.http://bit.ly/XhwPVq

    2nd International symposium on Coptic culture: Past, Present and Future 22-24 July 2013 Stevenage, UK. Details at: http://bit.ly/15djMru

    Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

  • Customize Windows 8 Right-Click Menu

    Although Microsoft strives to infuse increased usability in the new operating systems they launch, there is always room for improvements. In Windows 8 the context menu remains fairly the same, but third-party tools such as Right Click Enhancer can help you shape it for your own needs.

    The application is portable and free of charge, but the develo… (read more)

  • Weekly Address: The President’s Plan to Create Jobs and Cut the Deficit

    President Obama tell the American people about the budget he is sending to Congress, which makes the tough choices required to grow our economy and shrink our deficits

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  • Nokia’s Verizon-Bound Lumia 928 Spotted In Leaked Images Ahead Of Launch

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    It’s been a long time coming, but Verizon Wireless customers should soon have another high-end Windows Phone 8 device to lust after. After the handset was spotted both in both the FCC’s and Verizon’s systems, noted leaker @evleaks has come through yet again with a new image of the upcoming Nokia Lumia 928 (formerly known as the “Catwalk”).

    There’s not a whole lot to be gleaned from the image save for the fact that the device seems to have done away with the rounded sides and flat top and bottom edges of its immediate predecessor the Lumia 920. As it turns out, one of the neatest features of the initial Catwalk leak is nowhere to be found here — according to The Verge, the Lumia 928 will sport a more traditional polycarbonate body instead of the aluminum chassis that was originally slated for the device way back wehn. Most of the 928′s internals (think the 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage) are expected to remain the same as its cousin the 920, but Nokia may run with an OLED panel this time around rather than the IPS LCD as seen in the 920.

    In short, it’s hard not to think of the Lumia 928 as what the Lumia 920 should’ve been when it launched.

    According to recent figures from Kantar Worldpanel, Windows Phone has managed to pull away from BlackBerry in terms of mobile OS market share, and devices like the 928 should help Microsoft’s mobile efforts pick up a little more steam in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Nokia has been working to make its Windows Phones the most feature-rich out there with exclusivity agreements with companies like Zinio, so it’s clear that some developers are starting to see the benefits of embracing the prospect of developing for the Windows Phone platform.

    That said, WP’s third place position isn’t completely safe at this point — BlackBerry posted some promising quarterly financials and if recent leaks are to be believed, a low-cost BlackBerry 10 device with a QWERTY keyboard could see the light very soon. Z10 shipments point to reasonably healthy demand, and an affordable device launched in key markets could be just what the doctor ordered for BlackBerry.

  • Depth of bribery and corruption shock the nation in New York politics scandal

    Chicago, during the days it was ruled by Mayor John M. Daley and his Democratic political machine, was considered a hotbed of cronyism and corruption unequaled anywhere in the country (except, perhaps, in the nation’s capital, where such “qualities” are practically a…

  • Camu camu: An incredible source of vitamin C and flavonoids

    Camu camu, also called camocamo and cacari, is a small tree that grows alongside rivers in the central and western Amazon basin in South America. It bears purple, cherry-sized berries which, due to their extreme acidity, are typically sweetened into jams, jellies, and…

  • Labeling GMOs depends upon all of us (opinion)

    I remember when I was growing up in the 1940s my parents got into a new thing for them called smoking. By the 50s and 60s the whole country was obsessed. Even the physicians did ads touting the safety of smoking. But there were activists and protesters that said smoking…

  • ENSO plastic bottle breakthrough: These bottles decompose in landfills, and they’re recyclable, too!

    Every year, more than 100 billion plastic bottles are dumped into landfills, where they can take hundreds or even thousands of years to begin breaking down. In many cases, these plastic bottles never fully break down because traditional plastic materials are inedible…

  • Consuming omega-3 fats from fish and supplements lowers mortality by one-third

    Health researchers have known for some time that eating fish regularly provides health benefits to help protect against cardiovascular disease, stroke and overall mortality. The primary long-chain fats, DHA and EPA have been shown to improve innate immune response by…

  • Fed up with corruption, thousands of armed vigilantes take over Mexican town and arrest the police

    The country of Mexico has been a de facto narco-state for years, as competing drug cartels bought off the police, judges, local officials and journalists they could, killed those they could not, and battled each other for turf. Throughout it all, the collateral damage…

  • It was nice knowing you, America

    There are now an astonishing 90 million people absent from the US labor force. NPR reports: “Every month, 14 million Americans get a disability check from the government.” ”In Hale County, Alabama, nearly 1 in 4 working-age adults is on disability.” As of December…

  • Poverty skyrockets across USA to highest levels since 1960s

    In the mid-1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson, that era’s left-winger, was not content to merely fight a needless, pointless, misguided war in Vietnam. Ever the progressive, Johnson also wanted to fight a similar kind of aimless and unwinnable war in the United States…

  • Just one dose of coconut oil can tremendously boost brain function and cognitive performance

    It’s amazing how coconut oil has recently been acknowledged for the healthy oil that it is after having been vilified for decades as a heart attack oil. Now it’s been discovered to boost even brain health. Defaming coconut oil saturated fat was part of the 1950s creation…

  • Black rice: Rare yet highly nutritious

    Although not very common, black rice is currently one of the healthiest food types that can be obtained today. Packed with a wide array of nutrients, black rice has a very rich and interesting history. As most people know, rice is a base food source in Asia. During the…

  • Mystery meat in ‘lamb’ curry may have been cat, dog: report

    If you thought the possibility of horse meat in your fast food hamburger was bad, then you will be utterly horrified at what was recently discovered as part of an in-depth BBC investigation into fast food. As reported by the U.K.’s Mirror recently, samples of “lamb”…

  • Prostate cancer treatments cause penis shrinkage

    Two of three prostate cancer treatment types were linked with complaints of penis shrinkage in a study conducted by researchers from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Connecticut, and University of Texas…

  • Colorado gun control lawmaker doesn’t realize magazines can be reloaded

    It is a concept that seems basic – almost rudimentary – even for a child, but apparently one leading left-wing gun-banning congresswomen didn’t seem to realize during recent televised proceedings that gun magazines can be reloaded. Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of…