MASTER LIST #19: The 101 Best Films of the 2000s

On the heels of perusing so many "best of the decade" lists, I do get the impression that there is a lot more from this decade for me to see (particularly from Asia and Eastern Europe); I have passion for all these films listed, but I'm still left with a needling and probably wrongful suspicion that movies are a dying art form. I'm not making excuses here, but the fact is that, unless one is

MASTER LIST #19: The 101 Best Films of the 2000s

On the heels of perusing so many "best of the decade" lists, I do get the impression that there is a lot more from this decade for me to see (particularly from Asia and Eastern Europe); I have passion for all these films listed, but I'm still left with a needling and probably wrongful suspicion that movies are a dying art form. I'm not making excuses here, but the fact is that, unless one is

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The Different Types of Body Piercing

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Jupiter and Neptune Triple Conjunction: The Finale

For much of 2009 Jupiter and Neptune have been sharing the same space in the sky inside the Zodiac constellation Capricornus. Over the last few months they have moved progressively closer to each other and are now aligned in what is called a "Conjunction." In fact, the year 2009 saw this happen three times in a row, what astronomers call a Triple Conjunction, a rare and beautiful alignment of heavenly bodies.

I had not seen Neptune before this year's Triple Conjunction. A conjunction creates an opportunity to easily locate the less-bright planets Neptune and Uranus. These two are just dim enough to be invisible unless you (a) know exactly where to look, and (b) use optical aid such as a telescope or binoculars. With bright Jupiter as my guide, I was easily able to find Neptune lurking in the neighborhood, a beautiful blue pinpoint of light (see my previous post on the subject, Blue Neptune). The third of the three conjunctions of Jupiter and Neptune is even easier to find this week because the waxing Moon passes just above the duo on the evenings of December 20 and 21. In fact, the Moon makes a splendid guide to the planets each month, having just passed near Mercury a few days ago, and later in the month approaching orange-red Mars and yellow-white Saturn.

For a more detailed view of the paths of Jupiter and Neptune across the night sky check the diagrams on Martin Powell's excellent astronomy website. With these detailed charts, you can get a clear perspective on how these objects slowly make their way from one Zodiac constellation to the next every year. As Jupiter now begins prograde motion away from Capricornus, it will speed across Aquarius and into Pisces during the winter and by spring will be closing in on Uranus, where in 2010 we will have a Triple Conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus. Scroll down this page to see an excellent animation showing the motion of Uranus and Jupiter across the sky in 2010. The heavens never cease to offer up opportunities for discovery. Here's to clear skies!

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Geminid Meteor Shower 2009

One of the finest meteor showers of the year is the Geminids, so named because the meteors appear to emanate from the zodiac constellation Gemini. The shower peaks this year on Sunday evening December 13^th and for us on the west coast of the United States, we will be well placed for the peak of the shower at 9:00 pm. Given that there won’t be any moonlight for this meteor shower, conditions are ideal for a good shower that can produce up to 120 meteors per hour in very dark conditions. For those of us who live in urban areas such as San Francisco, we will see considerably fewer meteors. Nonetheless, if you can get yourself away from streetlights, houselights and allow some time to adapt to the dark, you will see some Geminids.

Meteor showers that occur at the same time every year are usually caused by some kind of debris trail that the Earth intersects, showering the upper atmosphere with fine particles in an unusually intense period of time. Based on the way in which the Earth intersects the tiny bits of rock and dust, the meteors will all appear to originate in a single point in the sky, a point known as the "radiant." The Geminid meteor shower appears to originate in the constellation Gemini and as this constellation rises shortly after sunset, this particular meteor shower appears strong all night long, as Gemini treks across the sky from the east nearly directly overhead and then dropping into the west.

NASA has a great website talking about the origins of the Geminids, and Sky & Telescope Magazine has a very helpful article (written by Tony Flanders, an astronomer I've come to know personally) that is full of good tips for seeing the Geminids.

The weather outlook is always a challenge for December, and if the skies are clear they are most assuredly accompanied by a cold evening, so dress extra-warmly for the Geminids and enjoy.

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KFOG Broadcast - Dec 10, 2009

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The Northern Sky: Circumpolar Stars and Polaris

I enjoy stargazing for many reasons, one of which is to get a sense of the motion of the sky as viewed from our vantage point here on Earth. As I have traveled around the globe, I've always tried to observe how the sky changes depending on where you view it from. One of the more fundamental things you can observe is the dynamic of the stars and constellations in the northern sky. For those of us who dwell in North America, we see the north star, Polaris, at the same height in the sky as we are located north of the equator. That is, for San Francisco at approximately 38 degrees north latitude, Polaris can be found due north, 38 degrees above the horizon.

For reasons you can read about in Wikipedia, Polaris does not move in the sky and therefore is never below the horizon. It is always fixed in the north above the horizon at the same arc as you are located north of the equator. However, the stars that surround Polaris also never dip below the horizon, but rather circle around Polaris in a 24-hour spiral that turns counter-clockwise. Long-exposure photographs show this effect very vividly.

Wonderful constellations and asterisms occupy the circumpolar region of the sky, including the Big and Little Dipper, Cassiopeia, Draco and Cepheus.

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Astronomy Gifts for the Holidays / Telescope Shopping

If you are considering a gift for someone who enjoys astronomy (or want to share something with a young person who might like to discover astronomy), I present to you my astronomy gift guide for the holidays.

A. Astronomy Gifts.

At my local astronomy shop here in San Francisco, Scope City, I asked manager Sam and salesperson Steve what they would recommend for the holidays. Telescopes are plentiful and that warrants a separate section of this blog post - see below. But aside from telescopes, there are binoculars of all types, excellent books, tools such as Star Finders and Planispheres, and new this year, the Sky Scout, a hot selling item from Celestron that has the astronomy hobbyist world abuzz. Point the Sky Scout at an object in the sky and it tells you what the object is and provides additional details. For another approach, you can open a door for astronomy for someone with a gift subscription to Astronomy Magazine or Sky & Telescope Magazine.


B: Telescopes - Top 5 Things to Consider When Buying a Telescope

A telescope is a powerful scientific instrument which, when well cared for, can provide years of viewing pleasure. Top brands include Meade, Orion and Celestron. However, there is a very wide range of options, quality and performance to choose from so before you buy a telescope learn a few things about them. Telescopes.com offers some useful background information, as does Astronomics.com with its informative pages. The Bad Astronomy blog has a helpful article, and this post provides a lot of detail for the telescope shopper. If you summarize all of the articles and if I draw from my own experience, I would recommend five things to think about when purchasing a telescope.

1. Consider Binoculars. They are easy to use, can be used at daytime as well as nighttime, cost less than a telescope, and are a good first test of one's interest in the night sky.

2. Buy quality. Avoid the cheap telescopes at the department stores. They not only have generally poor quality optics, but end up being a turn-off for those who purchase them. It's worth the extra money to get something you will enjoy.

3. Start simple. As much as the high-tech telescopes look like fun, they are still complex instruments that will need some degree of care-and-feeding when you use them. The most basic scopes, simple refractors on a lightweight tripod, take little time to set up and are the most simple to use. Also, a simple telescope is not as bulky and heavy to carry around. For kids, try out the Celestron FirstScope (see below).

4. Be comfortable. You really need to feel at ease with a telescope, so in the best case go to your local astronomy shop and try out a few. Scope City will let you take their binoculars and telescopes out in front of the store and do the "Safeway Test" to see how well you can resolve items in the aisles of Safeway grocery store next door.

5. Learn to use your telescope at your local astronomy club. Amateur astronomers like to help others to learn about astronomy. The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers and San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers hold Telescope Clinics at their monthly star parties. These are excellent venues to bring your scope and learn to use it with astronomy enthusiasts. Check the Night Sky Network for a club near you.

C: For Young People.

Kids can benefit from astronomy gifts that are easy to use and make it simple to immediately start enjoying. I found numerous websites that showcase books for kids. Skymaps.com has a very well organized list of books for different age ranges, all the way from age 4 to young adult and educator. The Top 10 Astronomy Books for Kids on about.com offers some good choices. On the telescope front in 2009, Celestron premiered the FirstScope, an extremely simple telescope for kids that, from the reviews I've read, is surprisingly good quality yet very low price (about $50 at most outlets). It is an 'official product' of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) celebration. But in the end I was most enamored with this simple recommendation from the Suite101.com blog:

"What children really need, more than 'stuff,' is for someone to take the time to stand outside with them on a starry night and point out planets and constellations. Teach them the sky. You can give coupons good for '1 Hour of Observing with Mom' or something similar."

Happy Holidays. Stay warm and enjoy the long dark nights.

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Get Involved: Astronomy Lectures, Star Parties and Telescope Workshops

There are many ways to get involved with astronomy here in San Francisco, or wherever you may be. A great resource for finding events in your neighborhood is the Night Sky Network, a resource chock-full of information from astronomy clubs across the United States. Just enter your location and you can find out what is happening in your area.

Here in San Francisco, the California Academy of Sciences has an astronomy lecture series called the Benjamin Dean Lecture Series. The next lecture in the series will be on Monday December 7th. The topic is Saturn, presented by Dr. Carolyn Porco, the director of the imaging team for the Cassini spacecraft that is orbiting Saturn. You can get tickets for the December 7th Dean Lecture online.

The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) have their monthly meeting at the Randall Museum on December 17th and their "City Star Party" on December 26th at Land's End in San Francisco. The City Star Party on the 26th (weather permitting) will be a great chance to bring out new holiday gifts such as telescopes and binoculars and learn to use them alongside amateur astronomers. The SFAA and the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers have free telescope workshops before each City Star Party but please RSVP to them at clinic@sfsidewalkastronomers.org if you plan to come on December 26th.

I hope to see you at an upcoming event!

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Nose Piercings

Nose piercing is a custom which was prevalent in the Middle East and then taken to India by the Mughals in the 16th century. In the 1960s when the hippies made their way back from India, they brought back with them the custom of nose piercing more as a sign of rebellion against society than anything else.There are three types of nose piercings: nostril piercing, nasal septum piercing and bridge

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A Brief History of Body Piercing

Body piercing is truly ancient with the earliest recorded piercing appearing on a frozen mummy found in an Austrian glacier in 1991. The body had several expanded ear piercings measuring between 7mm and 11mm.Other early mentions of body piercing come from the bible itself especially Genesis 24:22 where nose jewellery (often misquoted as earrings) were given as a gift to Rebekah, wife of

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Jupiter and the Moon sparkle in the south

The next few days offer a chance to enjoy Jupiter and a waxing Moon together in the southern sky. I just showed this last night to a star party group and the view was exciting. The two objects sparkle in evening sky and provide a nice accent to an otherwise quiet part of the sky -- an area that is devoid of bright stars. So get out your telescope, enjoy a view of the craters of the Moon, and get a close-up of Jupiter and its moons while Jupiter is still bright and high in the sky after sunset.

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Taboo Body Modifications

Extreme body modifications are practiced by few in our community, however some become intrigued by it. Many examples of extreme body modification are scarification, branding, implants, and splitting tongues.Scarification is preformed by pealing away layers of the skin, and allowing it to heal into the specific design. Some scarifications can be almost as intricate as a tattoo. Although most

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Leonid Meteor Shower 2009

The Leonids are reaching their peak tonight. This annual meteor shower peaks every time the Earth moves through the remnants of the comet Tempel-Tuttle. The meteor shower peaks when the Earth is directly intersecting the remnant streams ("filaments") from previous passes of the comet, and the peak for this year will be during the day of November 17th - unfortunate for those of us in the Western Hemisphere, but good for the night side of Earth at that time (primarily Asia).

Don't despair, however, as both the nights of Nov 16-17 and Nov 17-18 should provide some good meteor viewing even here in San Francisco. The Leonids appear to originate from the constellation Leo which rises in the east after midnight. As with all meteor showers, viewing gets better late at night into the early morning. Dress warmly and try to see a few. I'll be out early tomorrow to see what I can see.

KFOG Broadcast - Nov 10, 2009

Moon, Saturn, Corvus, Virgo and Venus

Now that the sky is remaining dark later and later each day, I am enjoying the early morning interplay of Solar System and stellar objects. This week provides a series of lunar alignments with Saturn, the constellation Corvus, the bright star Spica in Virgo, and finally Venus -- if you have an exceptionally clear, low eastern horizon. Sunrise in San Francisco is from 6:45 to 6:50 am this week.

Astronomical Pseudoscience and the 2012 Hoax

With the imminent release of the movie "2012" there is a blitz of pseudoscience on the internet that is helping to market the movie but is also unnecessarily fueling fears of "Doomsday." My view is that good science fiction is fun and entertaining, but the movie 2012 has opened a new chapter in viral marketing and the use of social media to misinform in the name of entertainment. The movie makes numerous (but inaccurate) claims of disaster based on changes to the Earth's magnetic poles, collision with planet Nibiru, alignment of the Sun with the Galactic Center, and of course the prediction of this by the Mayan Calendar. Good science fiction is engaging and this movie could have been just that, but it is trying to do much more.

I've found a number of informative and helpful websites to counter the fears being propagated. NASA's astrobiologist David Morrison has been the primary spokesperson fielding questions for NASA from concerned citizens and has an excellent site. Andrew Fraknoi of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific rebukes a broad range of pseudoscience on the ASP website. The Universe Today has gathered a number of articles by Dr. Ian O'Neil that clarify the misconceptions associated with 2012. My favorite collection of information and debunking is on the 2012hoax website, which is a direct assault on the movie and the misconceptions.

I was particularly moved by the comments I heard by David Morrison on the SETI Institute podcast "Are We Alone" and by the 2012hoax website, both of which point out that vulnerable people will look at the 2012 marketing websites such as "The Institute for Human Continuity", the blog "After the IHC" and the blog "This is the End" as legitimate sources of information about doomsday, as a reason to give up, to commit suicide or worse. Anyone with a willingness to learn and understand real science won't be fooled by the blitz of pseudoscience. If you choose to see the movie, I am sure it will be engrossing. But don't think for a minute that it is based on real science. It's not even close.

There are genuine scientific projects underway that are on the lookout for real threats. Here is the NASA Near Earth Object program, cataloging and tracking potentially hazardous objects. Thank goodness for science!

Dominating the Autumn Sky: Pegasus

In November, the nights grow longer and the sky changes rapidly. The Summer Triangle gradually fades into the west, and Orion and the winter constellations have not risen in the east to dominate the night sky. Instead, we see the less prominent (but no less beautiful) zodiac constellations of Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces in the south, and directly overhead the large constellation Pegasus with the very distinctive asterism "The Great Square" in clear view. The sketch of the constellation Pegasus shown here is courtesy of the Battle Point Astronomical Association.

Pegasus is named after the Greek mythological character of the winged horse. Some constellations look a lot like their mythological namesake, but in this case I am always challenged to see the winged horse in the sky. But no matter, the shape of Pegasus is distinctive, and the Great Square makes it easy to find. This time of year Pegasus is high in the eastern sky after sunset and it moves almost directly overhead by 10 pm. I was out in my backyard a few minutes ago looking at it and to best see it I had to sit back on a chair. The Great Square is so striking because, yes, it is indeed nearly a perfect square, but more interesting is that there are virtually no other bright stars inside the square to disturb the shape. All around Pegasus, however, are a good number of bright stars, some of which form the head and feet of the winged horse, while the stars on the north side of the Great Square are actually part of Andromeda. In fact, I use Pegasus to help me find the constellation Andromeda and that points us to the Andromeda Galaxy (but that is a topic for another post).

For an excellent set of illustrations and tour of the Autumn sky, visit this webpage from the Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society.

Close Encounter of the Pleiades and Moon

The Pleiades is one of the most beautiful star clusters in the sky. In Autumn it rises during the evening and its distinctive glow shines even for urban dwellers. The Pleiades, also known as M45 (from the Messier Catalog), is a collection of relatively young stars (only 100 million years old!) that shine with a blue color due to their hot temperature. The Pleiades are also known as the Seven Sisters and there is plenty of mythology describing each of the seven sisters. Despite the "Seven Sisters" mythology, most people see six stars when they look out at the Pleiades and describe the shape of the asterism as a small Little Dipper. Random fact: the Subaru car company logo is made up of six the stars, Subaru being the Japanese term for Pleiades.

This week on Tuesday evening the full moon passes very close to the Pleiades and in more southerly latitudes it actually occults (blocks out) several of the brightest stars in the cluster. For those of us in San Francisco, the evening of November 3rd should be especially interesting if you view the Moon through binoculars or a telescope. You will be able to notice how fast the Moon moves past the stars of the Pleiades. Although the very bright light of the full Moon will drown out nearly everything around it (including the blue nebulosity of the dust surrounding the Pleiades), all will be clear when you look closely with binoculars or a telescope.

Jupiter and the Moon dominate the sky

For the next few evenings Jupiter and the Moon put on a show as they brighten up the southern sky. Jupiter is in Capricornus moving gradually eastward across the constellation. The Moon, just past first quarter phase, is also speeding across Capricornus and will appear very near to Jupiter on Monday evening October 26th.

Jupiter will remain a brilliant light high in the southern sky for the remainder of 2009. I enjoy the close-up view of the planet through a telescope or binoculars because you can see the four Galilean satellites, moons that are big enough to see with just 10 or 20x magnification, moons that move so quickly that you can detect the change of position of the four Galilean moons with respect to each other in just one evening of watching.

The Urban Astronomer LIVE!

I recorded a few videos of myself talking about star parties, what to see in the night sky, how to use a telescope, and more. They are short and to the point. I haven't done a lot with video up until now, but I think it will be a nice way to share some basics on observing and astronomy. So if you have a few minutes to spare, click here for the Urban Astronomer LIVE!

Get Involved: Galilean Nights Star Parties in San Francisco

As part of the ongoing International Year of Astronomy (IYA), this weekend, October 23-25, is being hailed "Galilean Nights" in honor of the Italian scientist who used a telescope to open a new era of understanding of the heavens. Astronomy clubs around the world are hosting star parties and inviting the public to take part.

The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) will hold two star parties on Saturday October 24th, one in the city of San Francisco and one at Mount Tamalpais in Marin County. I have often blogged about the SFAA events on Mt. Tam, where there are great lectures by professional astronomers and scientists as well as star gazing through amateur and professional telescopes. This month the lecture is at 7:00 pm with Professor Michael Dine of UCSC. I love to attend these events and share the night sky with attendees. This month, however, I'll be at the "City Star Party" (weather permitting) at Lands End in San Francisco. This event will start at 6:30 pm at the end of El Camino del Mar just off Point Lobos above the Sutro Baths ruins.

If you don't live near San Francisco or Marin, you can check out the Galilean Nights website for details of an event near you. See you under the stars.

Galileo's Findings 400 Year Ago: KALW Broadcast

I was a guest on the Crosscurrents Program on KALW Radio (91.7 FM in San Francisco) today talking about Galileo.

Listen in and learn a few things about the his discoveries, fundamental concepts that changed our understanding of the world around us. This is what the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) is all about.

How To Open VirtualBox Guest OS Directly

Opening guest OS in VirtualBox requires an extra click. You have to open VirtualBox OSE from Accessories and click start to run guest OS.

Instead of this you can create a launcher to directly open VirtualBox guest OS.
So just a single click and your guest OS will start running.

The backend for this is powerful VBoxManage CLI command. It can do lot more than the GUI can do. For example check how to hide menubar and statusbar in VirtualBox.

Now to open guest OS directly from panel do the following. I'll assume your guest OS name as "guestos1"

1. Right click empty area in panel and choose Add to Panel
2. Select Custom Application Launcher (its on top)
3. Fill the dialog box it brings as:
   
   
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   • Name: guestos1
   • Command: VBoxManage startvm "guestos1"
   • Comment:  Start guest os names "guestos1"
     
   
   
4. Click the icon and choose icon of your choise
5. Click OK.

Now your launcher is ready to open guest os directly.

Planetary Motion

The morning sky continues to be a busy place, showcasing just how much action is taking place in the Solar System. Saturn, a relatively slow moving outer planet is gradually rising up in the east, emerging each morning a minute or two earlier so that it will soon be a true morning star. As it graces the dawn sky just ahead of the sunrise, it is encountering the two fast-moving inner planets, Venus and Mercury. This week they have close encounters and beautiful alignments that will be a sight to see. The illustrations provide a sense of how far Venus and Mercury move over the course of just a few days. The passing of the waning Moon on the mornings of the 15th and 16th add a nice touch to an already impressive lineup of Solar System objects.

Beautiful Karmic Koala Desktop

OS: Ubuntu Karmic Koala Beta
Theme: Nightly Impression with Conky

Beautiful Horizontal Conky

In the desktop above you can see the horizontal conky at the bottom of the desktop. Following is the configuration file .conkyrc from which you can achieve this.

#avoid flicker
double_buffer yes


#own window to run simultanious 2 or more conkys
own_window  yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type override
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager


#borders
draw_borders no
border_margin 1


#shades
draw_shades no


#position
gap_x 0
gap_y 1
alignment bottom_left


#behaviour
update_interval 5


#colour
#default_color  8f8f8f
default_color    e0e0e0
#default_shade_color 000000
own_window_colour 262729


#font
use_xft yes
xftfont sans:size=9


# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes


#to prevent window from moving
use_spacer none
minimum_size 1200 0


TEXT
${alignc}${color}Kernel:${color e0e0e0}$kernel${color 000000} | ${color}Uptime:${color e0e0e0}${uptime_short}${color 000000} | ${color}Cpu1:${color e0e0e0}${cpu cpu1}%${color 000000} | ${color}Cpu2:${color e0e0e0}${cpu cpu2}%${color 000000} | ${color}Ram:${color e0e0e0}${memperc}%${color}${color 000000} | ${color}Swap:${color e0e0e0}${swapperc}%${color}${color 000000} | ${color}Root:${color e0e0e0}${fs_used_perc /}%${color 000000} | ${color}Home:${color e0e0e0}${fs_used_perc /home}%${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}${color 000000} | ${color}Signal:${color e0e0e0}${wireless_link_qual wlan0}%${color 000000} | ${color}Up:${color e0e0e0}${upspeed wlan0}kb/s${color}/Down:${color e0e0e0}${downspeed wlan0}kb/s${color}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}${color 000000} | ${color}eth0:${color e0e0e0}${downspeed eth0}/${upspeed eth0} kb/s${color}${endif}${else}Network Unavailable${endif}${color 000000} | ${color}DiskIO:${diskio}${alignc}

You can optimize this file by decent use of ${color} variable. I messed this up as I am lazy and quite busy.


If you are new to conky, I'll write a short instruction on how to achieve this.

1. Install conky by clicking here or by opening terminal and typing sudo aptitude install conky or from add/remove program or from synaptic package manager.
2. Create a file with name .conkyrc and copy the content from top and save it in your homefolder.
3. Now press Alt+F2 and type conky
4. You'll see the bar at the bottom of your screen.
5. You can change the update_interval 5 to smaller number. Actually you can change everything to suit your needs. You can look for more .conkyrc  file or read conky manual by doing man conky.
6. Put it in Syste/Preferences/Startup Application to make it start on every boot.

[Solved] couldn't open demos/TUTORIAL.dm_68

I usually don't play games. This festival season with long vacation we group of guys decided to play some FPS games. As me being the LAN party organizer I was busy checking few games. I checked Unreal Tournament*, Urban Terror, Assault Cube and America's Army.

Urban Terror is a free multiplayer first person shooter developed by FrozenSand, that (thanks to the ioquake3-code) does not require Quake III Arena anymore. It is available for Windows, Linux and Macintosh. The current version is 4.1.

Yes Urban Terror supports both 32 bit and 64 and Linux, Mac and Windows.

To check Urban Terror, first I had to add some bots. Adding bot isn't officially supported but is very easy.

• Goto console by pressing ~ key 
• /bot_enable 1 to enable bots 
• /reload if you have already started the server 
• /addbot chicken to add bot named chicken or /addbot puma to add puma, here is more bots. 

The bots were very difficult for me so I decided to check demo. I couldn't open the demo and got error " couldn't open demos/TUTORIAL.dm_68". I checked the path and file and both exists.

After googling the solution was to convert the demo filename from small caps to upper caps.
Thats it and the demo will run.

*I had to download Unreal Tournament from linux.softpedia.com because the archive I downloaded from unrealtournament2003.com was corrupted.

Morning Spectacle

Three planets make a nice showing in the early hours of the morning this week, with Mercury and Saturn having a close encounter. Autumn mornings are particularly interesting here in San Francisco because the weather is generally more reliable and the first light of dawn comes so late in the morning -- right now around 6:45 am with sunrise around 7:15 am. The view in the image shows what you can expect to see this week as Saturn and fast-changing Mercury line up on Thursday morning October 8th. All of this will stand in stark contrast to bright Venus, the brilliant beacon dominating the eastern sky in the morning.

Later this week there will be another amazing event in the morning sky. Stay tuned!

"Journey to the Stars" at the California Academy of Sciences

The latest show at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS), "Journey to the Stars," premiers on September 26th. The CAS, in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York, created an excellent visual and scientific experience for all ages, yielding an impressive work that both teaches and amazes with its sharp, detailed images of the life cycle of stars.

The Morrison Planetarium at the CAS is an all-digital theater with a 75 foot dome that transforms itself into the night sky and transports the audience to the far reaches of the galaxy. I continue to marvel at the way in which new technology and research are being combined by the AMNH and CAS to bring the latest astronomical and cosmological discoveries to mainstream audiences in a way that makes the science interesting and vivid. For example, during "Journey to the Stars" I was very impressed with close-up visits to the Orion Nebula and Helix Nebula in which the audience gets a close-up view of the depth and breadth of these star-forming regions of space. Classroom learning about star formation is one thing; seeing the amazing photographs such as the Pillars of Creation from the Hubble Space Telescope is another; but the interactive view of these places with the advanced digital imaging that you see in "Journey to the Stars" is, in my view, extraordinary.

The show runs many times daily and I strongly urge anyone with an interest in science and astronomy to head out to Golden Gate Park to take in this riveting show.

Brilliant Venus shining in the morning sky

Venus, the brilliant morning "star", dominates the morning sky. During the next week it will have a close encounter with the waning Moon and then a very close alignment with Regulus, the brightest star in the zodiac constellation Leo. Now that the sunrise is getting later each morning, it's not so unusual to get up when it is dark enough to see brilliant Venus in the eastern sky. The diagrams will help you to find your way in the eastern sky.

Internet Monitoring With SARG and Squid On Windows

SARG aka Squid Analysis Report Generator is a nice little tool that analyses Squid's access.log files and creates a management friendly report along with graph.

This guide is for someone who have already configured SARG on Linux box.

1. Install Squid on Windows. You can follow this post squid-on-windows
2. SARG port for windows is available in the SARG website itself SARG. Or download it by clicking here.
3. Unzip it in C:\sarg
4. Edit sarg.conf file inside c:\sarg\etc
   1. Edit access_log
   2. graph option
   3. output_dir where your web server can be pointed.
   4. Others that you think is important. This is very simple file with all needed description.
5. Make your scheduled task to run SARG and rotate Squid.

Squid On Windows

Here is a short and simple guide for installing Squid on Windows for those who knows how it works in Linux.

1. Windows port for Squid is available from Acme Consulting. Grab it from http://squid.acmeconsulting.it/
2. Unzip it and put it in C drive making the folder structure c:\squid
3. You'll find squid.conf file in C:\squid\etc\squid.conf
4. Configure it as per your requirements. (mainly the following)
   1. Your hostname
   2. Dns server
   3. Cache directory
   4. ACL
   5. logrotate
      (make sure that the options you choose are available with the squid you chose by running squid -v)
5. Create the cache directory by:
1. Open Command Prompt
2. Go to C:\squid\sbin
3. Run squid.exe -D -z
6. Install the squid service by running squid.exe -i
7. You can manage squid service from services.msc or using the squid.exe CLI. Unlike Linux you may need to pass "-n Squid" as parameters for few commands.
8. Set scheduled task to rotate your log.
9. You may need to use third party software to transparently use this Squid. Until then configure the browsers to use this Squid.

Google Chrome Update Keeps Appearing Even After Removing From Application Sources

I use Google Chrome -unstable as my primary browser and am very happy with it. But one problem I keep facing is it asks me to update the daily build each day. Removing it from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list doesn't help.
So if you also don't want to install the daily build each and every day follow the following steps:

1. Remove the google-chrome apt list from /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Remove the google-chrome.list file from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
3. Remove the file /etc/default/google-chrome

This should prevent Google Chrome daily updates.


P.S. If by change you landed here and don't have Google chrome and want to install it get the daily build from here or the deb package from here(32 bit) or here(64 bit).

Install Firefox 3.5 on OLPC XO

1. Download Firefox 3.5 from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html for Linux.
2. Open your xo
3. Put the extracted Firefox in /home/olpc/Activities
4. Rename it to Firefox. activity
5. Go inside /home/olpc/Activities/Firefox.activity
6. Make a folder "activity"
7. Go inside /home/olpc/Activities/Firefox.activity/activity
8. Make a file activity.info with following content
   
   

   [Activity]
   name = Firefox
   service_name = org.laptop.firefox35
   icon = firefox
   activity_version = 35
   show_launcher = yes
   exec = ./firefox

9. Put one svg icon for Firefox in /home/olpc/Activities/Firefox.activity/activity with file name firefox.svg
10. Change the permission of /home/olpc/Activities/Firefox.activity to 755 by running
    chmod -R 755 /home/olpc/Activities/Firefox.activity
11. Change the owner of the /home/olpc/Activities/Firefox.activity to olpc:olpc by running
    chown -R olpc:olpc /home/olpc/Activities/Firefox.activity
    
12. Restart the X server by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Erase
13. Your Firefox 3.5 is ready though you won't find it in favorite view.

If the toolbars and page content appears too big then follow the steps below:

1. Open about:config
2. Edit layout.css.dpi to 96

KFOG Broadcast - September 8, 2009

Get involved: AANC astronomy lectures and star party on September 12

Here's a chance to dive into astronomy and hear from the scientists that are making news right now. The Astronomical Association of Northern California (AANC) is opening the first day of its annual meeting to the public on Saturday September 12th at the Westin Hotel at SFO in Millbrae. The day features a broad range of talks about astronomy, from imaging of the heavens through the Hubble Space Telescope, to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), to the upcoming NASA Lunar Impactor mission (LCROSS mission), and the history of the telescope. Also there will be telescopes for solar observing during the day and a star party in the evening (lead by yours truly). Register online - high-school age students are Free. Visit aancstars2009.org for details.

Saturn has no rings!

If you could get a good telescopic view of Saturn today, you would find that it has no rings. At least that would appear to be the case for several days as another rare phenomenon takes place in the Solar System. Of all of the beautiful objects in the sky, Saturn is one of those wonderful heavenly targets that can be seen from cities and country, from spacecraft and flying telescopes, and always impresses the viewer. The second largest planet in the Solar System, Saturn has the largest and most distinctive ring system (Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also have ring systems). The detailed photographs sent back to Earth from the Voyager and Cassini spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope have given us stunning perspectives into the depth and intricacies of the Saturnian ring system.

Saturn's ring system is very thin (less than 50 feet thick), and when viewed 'edge-on' from Earth it is virtually invisible. Saturn, like Earth, has a tilt in its rotation such that it has seasons as it moves around the Sun in its 30-year orbit. Consequently, every 15 years we see the ring system from the side and for a short while it disappears from view altogether. Although the ring system is very thin, it is extremely wide -- about 170,000 miles across, making the system even bigger than Jupiter!

Saturn is currently moving its way westward across the constellation Leo the Lion and is not visible due to its proximity to the Sun in the morning sky. It will gradually emerge from the glare of the dawn and be visible before sunrise. By the end of the year it will be rising in the east just before midnight and by next spring will be a gorgeous evening object with its ring system back in view. Until then, enjoy Jupiter and its fascinating moon system -- except when they aren't there!

Jupiter has no moons!

Tonight Jupiter will have no moons. At least that will appear to be the case for a short while, as a rare phenomenon takes place in which all of the four bright moons of Jupiter will not be visible for viewers on Earth.

Any night of the year that Jupiter is visible, you can usually spot several of the four Galilean moons. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are big enough that they are easy to find in a telescope or even binoculars. The inner three moons, Io, Europa and Ganymede orbit Jupiter very rapidly, in 2, 4 and 8 days respectively. So on any given night the relative position of the four moons changes and the pattern of the four moons around Jupiter - from our point of view - is always in flux. The above image from Sky and Telescope Magazine helps to illustrate this.

To make things more interesting, as a moon passes directly in front of Jupiter or behind it (or in the shadow of Jupiter) it becomes invisible for a few hours. This evening from 7:00 to 12:00 pacific time, the moons will be invisible for some period of time, with all four moons being out of view from 9:43 until 11:29 pacific. If you have a telescope or binoculars, use them to catch the changing pattern of the moons and witness this unusual alignment.

Jupiter, by the way, can be easily spotted tonight as the bright "star" in the east near the full Moon.

Fixing small bugs in Ubuntu

A bugs like typo doesn't require you to have a great technical knowledge. Yet there are many bugs in launchpad that are related to typos. Once you start fixing this kinds of bugs chances are you will move on and start fixing more complex bug simple and small bugs.

So how do we get started ? If you haven't missed yesterday's #ubuntu-classroom you should have known a lot. Here I'm just trying to replay yesterday's class by dholbach on "Fixing small bugs in Ubuntu".

First of all lets prepare our system. It is recommended to use a development release. Its not important at this moment. For now open your terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends bzr ubuntu-dev-tools devscripts dpkg-dev cdbs

Now make sure you have 'Sources' enabled in System -> Administration -> Software Sources -> Ubuntu Software .

Now open ~/.bashrc file in your favorite text editor. Add the following line to it.

export DEBFULLNAME='Your Name'
export DEBEMAIL='youremail@domain.com'

Now save the file and run it by going to terminal and typing:

source ~/.bashrc

What this does is sets the variable DEBFULLNAME and DEBEMAIL for this session. After every restart the ~/.bashrc file is automatically run and sets the variable.

Now lets look at the bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-addon-meta/+bug/404608

The bug states a typo in package description.
Now lets get the source of the package edubuntu-addon-meta. Open your terminal and type:

apt-get source edubuntu-addon-meta

now cd to that directory(edubuntu-addon-meta-0.12)

The package description is in the file debian/control. Open that file, fix the typo and save it.

Now we need to document the change we made in debian/changelog.
For this we can use dch tool. Now run:

dch -i

This will create a changelog entry increment the version number.
Now put something like this as the actual changelog entry
debian/control: replaced "form" with "from". (LP: #404608)
This describes what action was done on what file and also mentions the bug number in special format. The format LP: #xxxxxxxxxx closes the bug automatically on upload. With detailed information it enables others to revisit the bug and better understand why you did you changes. Save the file now.

Now run:

debuild -S

which will rebuild the source package. You can ignore the signing part for now. Now if you cd .. then you'll see edubuntu-addon-meta_0.12.dsc edubuntu-addon-meta_0.12.tar.gz edubuntu-addon-meta_0.13.dsc edubuntu-addon-meta_0.13.tar.gz and few other files.
This means you successfully rebuilt the source package.

After fixing the bug it is must for you to test it before distributing.

Now run:

debdiff edubuntu-addon-meta_0.12.dsc edubuntu-addon-meta_0.13.dsc

This will show the difference in the version.
You can redirect the output to edubuntu-addon-meta.fix and attach to bug report.

Bug fixed.

Please go through the irc logs to see this in action and to see more bugs fixed.

Ubuntu Developers Week, don't miss

From Monday, 31st August 2009 to Friday, 4th September 2009 there is going to be Ubuntu developers week. This is a event you can't afford to miss and all you need to attend is an IRC.

Check your timetable for the class here.
If you need to prepare for the session click here.
Then join #ubuntu-classroom for your desired class. This class is muted so if you need to talk or ask question do it in #ubuntu-classroom-chat. Remember questions are prefixed with QUESTION.

More info here.

Use localepurge to remove unnecessary locales

Ubuntu, Debian and and many Linux Distros comes bundled with many locales. Locale beside yours is hardly useful for you. Most people use one or two locale or locales that represent them. For example people from America will most probably use only en_us locale while people from India might use both Indian and American locale.


There isn't any problem having many locale lying in your system. But if you have computer with minimum hard disk space like Dell Mini 9 then it might be good idea for you to remove unnecessary locale and free space. Also you don't have to waste time compiling all the locale when you only need some of them. This saves time while updating and installing some application.


Now to remove the unnecessary locales, open terminal and type

sudo apt-get install localepurge

Master List #18: The 101 Best Films of the 1930s

Even though the planet's mired in a similarly decade-defining depression, the movies of the 1930s are rooted so distantly away from the noisy present that watching them makes one obsess over how much life has seemingly since wriggled backwards or hence. They really feel not of this earth. Their striking opulence and risky experimentation; their steadfast dedication to amusement (there are more

Master List #18: The 101 Best Films of the 1930s

Even though the planet's mired in a similarly decade-defining depression, the movies of the 1930s are rooted so distantly away from the noisy present that watching them makes one obsess over how much life has seemingly since wriggled backwards or hence. They really feel not of this earth. Their striking opulence and risky experimentation; their steadfast dedication to amusement (there are more

2009 Movie Diary--Late May to Late August

I have to clear my MOVIE DIARY sidebar, so I'm committing it to posterity as an entry into the body of my blog. I review each film in fifteen words or less (which is harder than one might think). The best movies are marked with 2 stars. Anyway, from mid-May 2009 to late August 2009 (from bottom to top), I watched: **Village of the Damned (creepy kids abound in staid but entertaining 60s

2009 Movie Diary--Late May to Late August

I have to clear my MOVIE DIARY sidebar, so I'm committing it to posterity as an entry into the body of my blog. I review each film in fifteen words or less (which is harder than one might think). The best movies are marked with 2 stars. Anyway, from mid-May 2009 to late August 2009 (from bottom to top), I watched: **Village of the Damned (creepy kids abound in staid but entertaining 60s

Running Apparel

I like running clothes, and will buy something new for myself when I can come up with a reason to do it! Not even have to be a good reason or a new ... I'm not too proud to use stale, bad reasons if necessary. In fact, more than half of the cabinet is running gear consists of: running shirt and running shorts and a jacket and tights. Running shoes and socks and hats, oh my!

I've tried (but did not quite work yet) to get every color are available at both the top and running shorts. This project is in progress, but a fun one ... Everybody needs a hobby, right? And you'll see me Stylin 'when I was walking in the running the orange shirt and orange running shorts ... You even can not see me .... I almost neon at that time.
I felt very important to feel comfortable when walking, and of course the color-coordinated as well. Not only make the experience much more pleasant walk; run as clothing that is important for body temperature regulation: to remain calm in the hot months and

warm during the winter. Not to mention compensate for changes in humidity and cold winds, etc.

When I decided to train for my first marathon, it was the beginning of the new year. And that means I have to start to build up mileage in January. I really needed winter to running apparel. Fortunately, the mild winter one. Almost every day I can wear short-sleeved running shirt with a light running jacket and running tights. I always wear a hat walking and on cold days, gloves. Close serve two purposes: to keep my eyes from the glare and walked the cold, to keep the heat in. peeling gloves usually about half way through the walk. There are a couple of times to walk when I have to wear wool hats, but usually only when the wind came out.

I found that running a light jacket is necessary to run at that time this year. Not only keeping me warm, but it was vented, so I do not get too hot for walking. I've heard that running causes the temperature was 10 degrees warmer. Before I had a jacket to run, when I would run in cold weather, I'll wear long-sleeved running shirt. But this is not a great strategy when I started walking out I felt cold, and then, after I started to heat up, pushing the arm just does not do the trick to cool me. By having a vented jacket, is now the axis of moisture from my skin, and I do not get cold during the walk again. Because I hate to be too hot when walking, glad that I can take my running jacket if I get too hot, and put it back on as soon as I started to cool. We have a very low humidity in western Montana, so if I was walking when the sun came out, can heat up pretty quickly, even during the winter.

Although I will warm up in the sun, it was important for me to note that when running in temps below 45 degrees F, I have to run wear tight pants. It is important to keep leg muscles warm. Although sometimes I might be a little too hot when wearing tight pants, I found the recovery time is much faster, and I was not sick the next day. My main problem with running tights is that I do not have many colors to choose from as I did in the election running shorts. I think it's okay, because I only have one running jacket. So what's the point? I just learned to be content with just wearing a different hat colors run. Training of the most difficult times for me was the transition seasons: winter into spring and spring to summer. After walking in the pants and jacket all winter, I was excited to wear shorts to walk without a jacket, only wearing short-sleeved running shirt.

I have to be careful, because the spring in Montana could bring some unexpected, very bad weather. It only takes one time caught in a blizzard of spring for me to realize that even though it may look good to begin with, I ran for 2 to 2 ½ hours at a time. A lot can happen weather-wise during that time. As they say in Montana, 'If you do not like the weather, wait a few minutes. " I ran a long training run with my friend Vickie ride a bike along with me, and easier to start with many more layers of clothing to run. When I am warm, I'll spill execute one item of clothing, and he will fall over just like that in the saddle bag. I'm doing a lot of my long walk during the spring weather is unpredictable, so have there with me for a long training run to make it easy prepared for whatever weather may bring. Thanks, Vickie! Of course, my favorite season to travel is summer: mainly because most of the clothes go as the season. As I said before, I hate to be too hot when running, so I walked in shorts for most likely the types who have generously parted to allow the runner next to me the most comfortable and coolest running. But I also have a few more shorts long run good for a cold morning or late spring day. My undershirt (running shirts - tank tops) is a very mild cold, wick-away material. I've noticed that some of my running shirt does not breathe well, so I use mostly for the morning walk when it was not too hot yet.

Okay .... so maybe I had gone too much about running clothes, but my point is this: when walking, I want to be smart about what I wear. So have many choices about what to wear, I do not have to worry that I am not entitled to run a piece of apparel. That's how I justify permanent

The Milky Way and the Galactic Center

At the SFAA star party a couple nights ago on Mt Tam, the conditions were very clear and dark and we had a nice view of the Milky Way. With an excellent southern horizon, we could see all of Scorpius and Sagittarius and as my daughter and I were giving star tours to guests at the star party, I was happy to point out these two constellations and note that the center of the Milky Way was in the vicinity of the tail of Scorpius and the "teapot" of Sagittarius. This is called the "Galactic Center" and is the central bulge of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Looking toward the galactic center, however, you don't see a huge ball of light. That is because there is a massive dust cloud that lies between the Sun and the galactic center. Too bad for us, because it would be quite amazing to see the center of our own galaxy. Nonetheless, there is much richness in the sky near the galactic center and even in city lights you can begin to see some of that beauty if you use a pair of binoculars. Standard 7x35 or 10x50 binoculars can substantially increase the amount of light you can see, and that means you can begin to discern the stars and shapes of deep space objects such as the Lagoon Nebula or the Swan Nebula. Take out binoculars and point yourself south and see if you can start to see some of the wonders that are at the heart of the Milky Way.

ManiaDrive - Car Game for Linux

Maniadrive is a great arcade type car game.

ManiaDrive is a free clone of Trackmania, the great game from Nadéo studio, and is an arcade car game on acrobatic tracks, with a quick and nervous gameplay (tracks almost never exceed one minute), and features a network mode, as the original.

Features:

Complex car physics

Challenging "story mode"

LAN and Internet mode

Live scores

Track editor

Dedicated server with HTTP interface

More than 30 blocks - Full soundtrack

Both Linux and Windows version including source is available at http://maniadrive.raydium.org/index.php?downloads=yes

Once downloaded, untar it and run ./mania_drive.sh from terminal

Womens Jean Jackets - Plus Size

Having the image plus-size may not make a woman's dressing up, whether it is for business, casual, or formal. One of the easiest way to dress up a pair of slacks, skirt or dress is to add a jacket. Knowing your body type and choose colors that flatter your figure and enhance skin tone and can help you select a versatile plus size jackets that can last for years. At first, please try to cut in the jacket. Plus size women should try to avoid a boxy jacket, a shortcut. They must choose, not that skim the hip length. Little padding in the jacket's shoulders can help improve the plus-size figures, and add a dimension to life.

In some women have a more simple-size image. A good choice for this body type is in accordance with the straight line. Search for a jacket with a long sharp lapels that do not take too much emphasis on the waistline. Plus size women with a curvy figure, however, need to find the very opposite. Selecting a short jacket with curved lapels, and the waist fit. In this case, which will accentuate a jacket cinched at the waist while minimizing the abdomen. Jacket must fit properly into the body to the crack. Someone with a large bust should have a jacket to avoid in the breast pocket. However,

a jacket with a simple cut and tapered waist is the best option for women with large breast size.

Plus women have a relatively small size of the back and up, will find a longer jacket that skim the hips to be flattering. Avoid jackets that end right at the hips, because it will draw attention to the area you want to juggle. Develop the view that the proportion is very important. For example, a long jacket that 5'6" woman look higher can have the opposite effect on someone less than 5 feet tall. Follow the following tips to help select the right size plus the length of a jacket.
Shawl jacket you should not be knowledgeable on the part of the body you. Instead, go longer or shorter. The long jacket, narrow trousers or skirt you have. You need a jacket or skirt around two-thirds of the length of the overall look. Try longer jackets knee length skirts and short jackets over long skirts.

Scarves is accessory to add a personal touch to the plus size jacket. Use a long scarf to draw you a picture. Scarves also draw attention to the face and a fun way to add a little interest in your outfit.

Plus Size Womens Motorcycle Jackets

Seems like a coat is always the last thing a woman think about when putting the same clothes for nights out in the city. You may spend all the time and effort selecting the perfect clothes and accessories but the coat is left to last. As a result you end up putting in something that spoils all the clothes and make you look like you do not make any thought into the whole ensemble. This is clearly not the best way to make a first impression or look your best.

You will have a difficult time looking for nice looking plus size coat that looks hip and professional if you really live in a cold climate, but not impossible. There are some trendy brand to choose if you take the time to search online. The best way to avoid embarrassment is to take your time to find the best and do not see the coat procrastinate. If you wait for the final coat to find the perfect dress for you may not arrive in time if need be sent. You are also likely to take if you expect to get a good looking plus size jackets are still in the shops. Odds you will not find what you need because most stores do not stock a lot of plus sizes.
It seems like every time I need to

rush to buy clothes from the article I'm not satisfied with the purchase last. I always regretted not forward. When you take some additional time to select and choose from a variety of styles available plus size coats you may be more than happy with your purchase for a long time.

If possible, try to choose a neutral coat that can be used in more than one time. You do not want to invest money in a coat that you will only wear one time. However, you also do not want to buy a coat that totally distracts from the outfit. For example, do not wear a coat with a short length of full-dress! Even if you only wear a coat for a short period of time still need to look this good. You want to make sure that you like to put some effort into it and not something you just threw it in the last minute.

Although often can be difficult to find plus size coats that are suitable for the special night in the city to plan to pay certain future. With little effort you can find a formal coat or jacket that looks good, fit right, and does not cost much money. If you want to know the most popular type of plus size coats for women, visit Plus Size Coats and Jackets today.

Womens Plus Size Spring Jackets

If you are a plus size women can be sometimes difficult to find plus size coats that look good and feel comfortable either. One company that has made a commitment to design professional coats for plus size women Catherines. Catherines Plus Size Clothing specializes in the design and production of clothing for full figured women have a great product line and hard to find sizes including coats and jackets. Catherines perhaps best known as a classic and sophisticated style. They tend to have more professional design that's cool. However, you will likely find unique designs and patterns in their stores and on their website that you will not find anywhere else.

Catherines has a variety of sizes including plus coats khaki shorts and a denim jacket comes in various designs and patterns. Plus one size is currently jacket features on their website is linen Cross Dye Jacket features a unique top stitching patterns and waistline. Very fine details,

but certainly make a fashion statement for the modern plus size woman who want to see him one of the best at work or just walk around the city. The material is very soft look and features a belted waist to help trim the trim.
Other interesting plus size jacket available on their website is Grommet Detail sateen jacket features an open front and mandarin collar. A flattering shape is created by using a belt at the waist Faux and elongated sleeves. This jacket can be paired easily with both a nice pair of jeans or slacks. A good jacket is the flexibility it offers. You can wear it for a few nights out on the town with jeans. Or, kick it a notch for business meetings or interviews with the good pair of trousers or slacks. Choice is yours!

When shopping for plus size coats and jackets you can get more bang for your buck by looking for pieces that are flexible and can be used on more than one type of opportunity. This can really stretch your dollar and give you more choices and flexibility for the wardrobe. For more information on plus size clothing including plus size pea coats and jackets visit Plus Size Coats and Jackets today.

Plus Size Womens Jackets With Hoods

In accordance with the size and the labor market for women is one of the most limited, running until the election, in the mode. For some reason that option several times in the range of larger-sized wound, or several times a revealing way to slim and not at all suitable career for women. While some designers have taken more than one step to the sign, which is easy to see why a lot of plus size women with a frustrating shopping experience.

The key to find the most appropriate in size and started working the line with clean, free of bold color or intricate details and embroidery. Here are some tips on what to look for:

• Keep things as simple as possible, less frills and details to help elongate the body and take from the added bulk.
• Look for a more structured finish. jacket with a boxier firm but does not match the fabric of this type of weight with both.
• Since common to find many pieces of smaller, very specific that you can fit after the fact will be a valuable resource.
• If you are more plus size 5'6" a boot cut pant will give the illusion of a longer leg when paired with a foot stiletto
• If you are under 5'6" go directly to cut the breath, again paired with a foot stiletto.
• Accessories must be proportional. Chunkier bracelet clutch purse and a larger work well.
• Contrasting color blouse and eager to help create a waist line where the two meet, to give effect slimming.
• Plus custom sizes suitable for women, always a great choice as this can help create the right you have to cut with a feasible option, and in various colors and fabrics.
• When choosing a search for a pattern of asymmetrical proportional.
• Watch the length of your jacket. You want something that hits around the top of the hip.
• Do not buy a jacket you can not close. Many department store sales people will try to let you know that is not designed to be buttoned, this does not happen. find a suitable and comfortable it has been adjusted downward in accordance with their needs.
• Look for a flat front trouser. Pleats add bulk is not suitable for plus size women.
• Pay no attention to size. Most of the fashion industry does not run on standard sizing, so do not get hung on the numbers. One of the tricks used high-end designers are making them smaller than the size of 'normal' ie they are actually size 4 size 8. This little trick makes the faithful women to more expensive brands that they think they are more appropriate. Finding the right fit even larger if compared with 'normal' size you buy, this will open the options and you save money in the long term.

Chris Vance is a senior fashion trends and inspector is required to wear, clothing custom home design special custom fit, custom shirts, custom tuxedos and sports clothes for men and women.