Ayurveda is usually misunderstood, that is associated with herbs only. The fact is that it encompasses many things including Yoga and Panchakarma (Five procedures to cure or prevent illness). The science of ayurveda is based on the Panchamahabhoota (Five elements) theory. They are Air, Space, Earth, Fire and Water. Food and digestion are the main factors on which the theories are based. From this three major concepts of Dosha, Dhatu and Mala are derived. You can imagine a kingdom in which Dosha is the king and his ministers who govern, Dhatu are the subjects and Mala, their byproducts. What and when we eat, method of living and the environment we live in and finally our mental state, influence these three. Hence changes in anyone of the three Dosha, Dhatu or Mala cause us to become unwell. Extending it further, if we remain sick for too long, our tissues (Dhatu) can lose their energy making us prone to an attack by disease. One important mention here is that ayurveda considers each individual to have a specific Prakriti (Constitution) and way of interacting with the environment. Thus each individual knows what is best suited for him and what is not. In cases where the person falls sick, then remedies based on herbs and minerals need to be taken or panchakarma procedure needs to be followed. Ayurveda does not defy the law of life ageing, but teaches how to do so with dignity and grace through Rasayanachikitsa (Rejuvanation).

In simple terms ayurvedic principles apply for our day-to-day living. They are based on a framework in which we change or adapt our lifestyle to make our bodily functions more efficient. The medicines are used to treat across the age bandwidth, from babies to old age. So what are you waiting for? Instead of waiting to fall ill with a serious ailment and dig a deep hole in your pocket footing the medical expenses, why not take to Ayurveda? It’s never to late. Start today and follow it consistently and see the change in your well being both physically, mentally and find yourself closer to Nature.

When it comes to dressing up, you have to put on the appropriate clothes in the right time and also to pile on the perfect accessories or learn to keep things sleek and simple with a cute bracelet or two. But when it comes to really having that versatile piece of accessory that can take you from day to night, from season to season and from casual to evening chic, all you really need to have is to own that gorgeous scarf.

Scarves are probably the most important must-haves that any girl should have. They are definitely very versatile as you can make use of them in any way you want and you can wear them with basically almost anything that you already have in your wardrobe. With that, you can totally save yourself from getting bankrupt and having to buy new outfits all the time just to be updated and in fashion.

The question is: when do you wear a scarf? Actually, you can wear it anytime. However, there are three most basic times when you can wear one and look super fabulous while doing so.

Most women have the same problem which is what to wear on a daily basis. There are some women who resort to just staying in their comfort zones and going with whatever they usually wear which is most probably the combination of jeans and tee shirt. While looking as casual as ever with this overly used fashion ensemble, it is greatly recommended that you spice up your outfit with adorning yourself with a few helpful accessories that would make you look chic and in style.

A fun way to wear a scarf is having it on when hitting the beach or wearing something summery or perfect for spring. Colorful scarves are the most compatible piece of accessories when aiming for a look that is so fresh and young. You can either wear it on your head as a head scarf or use it as a cover up while in your sexy bikini. When wearing your pretty little spring dress, opt for a scarf as well to add to the girly feel of your whole look. Spring brings a new creative inspiration that comes from a season of dullness and comfort over style. With a scarf, let go of your past inhibitions and put a stamp on your own personal taste in fashion.

One other occasion that you can wear a scarf is when going out at night. A scarf can act as a shawl to cover you up whenever you feel chilly or when you are required to dress in something formal or not showing too much skin. What is really great about scarves is that it can still be appropriate in black tie events. Also, it is very practically to wear it because at the after-party, you can simply take it off and easily fold it or you can tie it on your bag or style it in a different way, like perhaps knotting it around your neck.

In whatever case, really, a scarf can be worn anywhere, anytime. That is the real beauty of a scarf; an understated accessory of all time.

But for my business, what does Cloud Computing really mean? How can I benefit from it? And how do I choose a Cloud hosting company?

Currently, the most used hosting technology is called “shared hosting”. Cloud hosting can be considered as the new generation of shared hosting where instead of sharing multiple clients, applications and websites on a single physical machine, data centers host multiple clients, applications and web sites on any physical server part of a large “farm” of machines, interconnected through operating technology called virtualization.

Benefits of Cloud hosting

Thanks to this approach, more clients can be stuffed on less servers, which means less hardware, power and maintenance costs. So hosting prices should be lower and will probably continue to come down. You also pay as you go. Yes, like you do with gas, water, electricity… so you can increase or decrease capacity as your traffic shifts up and down (Benefit #1, it is cheaper).

Because data can easily move from one server to another and machines can be added and removed form the grid, it also means that your sites, apps and data are always online and do not suffer from shutdowns from incidents and maintenance. With Cloud hosting, you can expect up to 99.9% availability, should be 100% but let´s be conservative! (Benefit #2, better availability).

With Cloud technologies, resources are distributed more effectively and quickly, which means that you can demand more processing power either to respond to peak activity or for steady usage growth. With Cloud hosting, you eliminate the risk to going past your traffic limit (Benefit #3, scalability and elasticity).

In public Cloud data centers, your data is stored in multiple copies on many servers, so if a server fails, your apps and data should still be safe and available. In fact, you might not even notice that something even went wrong at some point! (Benefit #4, reliability)

What are the downsides then?

The perceived downsides of public Cloud hosting are security risks and loss of control. Some businesses tend to think that if their apps and data are not withing their perimeter, they may not be safe or they could lose control over it. Without getting in too much detail, we believe that this is a largely erroneous perception and that the vast majority of Cloud hosting companies will offer a much higher level of security that what most businesses could normally afford.

Another concern is the loss of control and data privacy. Again, most businesses should not worry about this unless they hold sensitive information and/or operate in a highly regulated environment. In these cases, you should consider a private Cloud where achieving compliance for data confidentiality and integrity is easier. This is relevant mainly if you need to comply to regulatory requirements such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and PCI-DSS, just to name a few.

Another route to consider is an hybrid utilization of public and private Clouds, although it may raise some issues in terms of interoperability and portability that are beyond the scope of this post.

How to choose a Cloud hosting company?

In most scenarios, the benefits of choosing a Cloud hosting solution will be far greater than the inconvenience but still you need to choose a reputable hosting company. The most popular choices are the giants, such as Amazon Web Services, NetDepot and Rackspace, but you should also consider smaller players that are able to provide a more personalized and often cheaper service, like PayPerCloud.com

These are some of the things you should bear in mind before making your choice:

Make sure that they have a great technical and customer support team. Call their customer service to understand how they run their operations. See how competent and quick they are to respond (Check #1, customer service).

They need to be offering a highly open and flexible platform to respond to your individual requirements. Open standards offer not only easy migration from traditional solutions (such as dedicated hosting) but neither locks you or your data in the cloud (Check #2, openness).

It is a very competitive market and vendors are working aggressively to acquire new clients. Both on-demand and subscription pricing should be available, with the minimum billing period being as little as a few minutes (Check #3, compare the prices).

Most companies will guarantee high availability and performance through SLAs. Their modern servers and infrastructure should provide a high level of redundancy, and a 99,9% service-level agreement should come as given (Check #4, SLAs).

You should be able to manage your Cloud servers through a web-based interface that includes a full API access to guarantee a smooth transition, should you decide to change supplier later on. Security and guarantees on your data integrity and confidentiality should also be part of your check list (Check #5, security and a way out!).

Albumul poate fi văzut integral pe Google+ şi Facebook, dar şi în categoria “30 days 30 photos” de pe blog.

Google și-a schimbat logo-ul din nou. De această dată, Pierre de Fermat ne stă astăzi pe prima pagină, iar dacă dăm click pe pictograma logo stilizată în formă de tablă şcolară cu formule gugăluizeşti, avem parte de un mesaj şi mai bizar decât ar fi părut la prima vedere această schimbare:

ceva mai ciudat decât ce postez de obicei pe blog:

De fapt, matematicianul a notat în 1637 pe marginea unei pagini dintr-o carte (Aritmetica lui Diofant): „Am descoperit o demonstrație cu adevărat minunată, dar nu am aici destul spațiu pentru a o scrie.” Timp de 358 de ani, cei mai mari matematicieni ai lumii au încercat să găsească demonstraţia teoremei lui, dar în zadar. În timp, a devenit un simbol al misteului matematic. Dezlegarea enigmei devenea un fel de Fata Morgana a matematicii. Pe măsură ce savanții lucrau, domeniile de cercetare se extindeau, şi abia în 1995 se reușește demonstrarea de către un englez. La prima vedere, o problemă matematică, una din cele mai celebre la timpul ei, i-a chinuit pe matematicieni peste trei secole jumătate. Rezolvarea ei însă deschide şi stabileşte legături adânci în cu mult mai multe şi, aparent, mult mai îndepărtate domenii decât matematica.

De ce azi? De ce anume el? Site-urile de referate nu prea sunt bogate cu informaţii despre Pierre de Fermat, decât lucruri vagi despre activitatea lui, şi câteva detalii despre viaţă.

Un lucru tare drăguţ despre care laa şcoală n-am învăţat sunt numerele prietene, adică perechile de numere în care fiecare număr în parte este suma divizorilor celuilalt număr. De exemplu, divizorii lui 220 sunt 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 şi 110, iar suma acestora este 284. Divizorii lui 284 sunt 1, 2, 4, 71 şi 142, iar suma acestora este 220. Primele seturi de numere sunt (220, 284), (1184, 1210), (2620, 2924), (5020, 5564), (6232, 6368). Pierre de Fermat a descoperit al doilea set. Când Pitagora a fost întrebat “Cine este prietenul?”, el a răspuns: “Acela care este alt eu, ca numerele 220 şi 284″.

În 1652, Pierre de Fermat a fost afectat de o formă a ciumei. Un mort, trei răniţi, câteva cifre, şi din nou muzică: Thirty Seconds To Mars – The Kill

Poți citi mai multe informații despre fiecare doodle nou apărut pe Google Doodle Today.

Mai mult decât toate zvonurile care au apărut pe internet referitor la venirea şi pe meleagurile noastre, PayPal a adăugat la Acordul şi Politica de confidenţialitate a utilizatorului PayPal 3 menţionări ale Moldovei. Pe lângă anumite modificări ale acestui serviciu, specificaţii legate de comisioane, PayPal va include şi Moldova în sistemul de plăţi electronice.

Deși eveniment mai mult economic, venirea PayPal-ului în Moldova înseamnă cu mult mai mult. Termenul “tehnologii informaționale” a început să fie auzit mai mult în ultimii 2 ani. Introducerea pe piaţă a unui serviciu de comerţ internațional duce de fapt la o evoluție a sistemului informatic al ţării, unde până acum (sau poate (şi nu doar poate) “şi acum” în alte domenii şi categorii) toată “civilizația” era la nivel teoretic.

PayPal împarte lumea în 4 categorii: Europa de nord (Danemarca, Norvegia, Suedia, etc), Europa I/US/Canada (Franța, Italia, Portugalia, etc), Europe II şi “Rest of the World”. Prima apariţie a Moldovei pe harta PayPal-ului e în regiunea “Europe II”, unde este menţionată alături de Andorra, Albania, Bosnia & Herțegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cehia, Ungaria, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Macedonia, Polinia, România, Federaţia Rusă, Serbia, Elveţia, Turcia şi Ucraina.

Celelalte două menţiuni sunt legate de taxele de trimite (1.0% pentru transmiterea unei sume de bani din contul Paypal sau bancă şi 4,4% de pe card) şi de primire a banilor.  Prin urmare, cu un card sau cu un cont bancar, cu un simplu e-mail, cetăţenii Republicii Moldova vor putea transmite bani, vor putea face cumpărături oriunde pe internet (eBay sau Amazon).  Banii nu vor mai fi doar electronici pentru moldoveni. Ei îi vor putea depune, dar şi încasa la bancă. Îşi vor putea extinde afacerile online  internaţional şi vor uita de Western Union de la “mătuşa din Italia”.  Mai mult, poți plăti sau primi bani fără să oferi datele cardului sau contului bancar, şi îţi poţi recupera banii în cazul în care ai fost fraudat. Astfel, Paypal uşurează procedura de transmitere a banilor şi previne fraudele.

Întrebări:
1. Care a fost rostul/rolul petiţiei online “PayPal în Moldova” care a adunat peste 3000 de semnături?!
2. Tu cum ai folosit PayPal până acum?!

…şi Irina, când vei avea internet, nu mă întreba cum am reuşit să fac o poză atât de bună şi faină cu mama. Nici mie nu prea-mi vine să cred cât de bine a ieşit. Mama avea dispoziţie, eu am luat aparatul de fotografiat şi am făcut câteva poze. Am vrut la un moment dat să trecem şi outdoor dar nu am mai reuşit. Eh, next time.

Deci, cu această ocazie, dar şi deoarece nouraşi frumoşi n-au fost zilele ăstea (doar cer senin şi pete albe șterse, neacompaniate nici măcar de zborul unei păsări rătăcite), dar şi pentru că nu pot posta nimic legat de culoare mea preferată, întrucât pagina este deja plină de violet de la tricoul meu, …

Day 5: someone i love

click pentru poză.

Şi pentru că această pagină nu poate să nu aibă şi o piesă dedicată, mama, Îţi Mulţumesc.

Ca de obicei, albumul este actualizat pe Google+ şi pe Facebook. De la următoarele poze, baza de date de la vitaliesova.com/photo va şi restabilită.

Şi, ca de obicei, albumul este actualizat pe Google+ şi pe Facebook. Azi nouraşii n-au fost fotogenici, aşa că poza cu ei va veni abia mâine.

1. Unele site-uri (de exemplu OfficeSupply.ro) oferă serviciu gratuit pe Yahoo! Messenger pentru întrebări.

2. Companiile online de papetărie sunt deschise la noi angajări direct pe internet.

3. Site-urile conţin tutoriale complete care îţi descriu paşii unor noi cumpărături a unor produse de papetărie

4. Furnizorii de produse de papetărie sunt aleşi atent, pentru a satisface necesităţile consumatorului prin preţ, design şi inovaţie.

Titlul articolului sună destul de SEO-friendly, avem cuvintele cheie: “vizualizări”, şi “YouTube”, avem numere: “1000 de vizualizări”, “5 zile”. Goagăl va aprecia asta, cred. Mai oKilled era dacă băgam un “Cum faci rost de mii de vizualizări Youtube gratuit”.

Cât despre”Aka.”-ul meu, el ar avea succes doar la nişte training-uri de jurnalism despre “Cum ar trebui să arate un titlu atractiv de ştire pentru a captiva şi interesa cititorii” (titluri à la Unimedia gen “Șocant! Bătută cu bestialitate și torturată cu fierul de călcat până a murit” sau Șocant! Chinezii fac pastile din rămășițe de fetuși umani“).

Cam tot atât de captivant a fost şi titlul video-ului meu: Epic Black Scren. Şi oare ce poate fi mai “Epic”, decât un “Black Screen”?! Da. Acum el are şi pagină Facebook, în curând poate şi o variantă de 10 ore.

70% dintre vizitatori, adică în jur de 700, au venit de pe 9gag. Adică, în fiecare zi, peste o sută de cititori 9gag.com accesează pagina epicului nostru ecran negru. Deci dacă ai o pagină web de promovat, un video pe youtube sau orice altceva, să încarci pe 9gag.com şi să aştepţi vizitatori nu e nimic mai simplu. Pe lângă asta, încearcă să-ţi pierzi nervii cu YouLikeHits, ai şansa să primeşti câteva zeci de vizualizări de acolo.

Acum, deși e clar că Epic Black Screen e preferat de băieți (81% vizitatori de gen masculin şi 19% de gen feminin), abia aștept să văd statisticile Hot Spots care întârzie să apară. Din cele 15 minute de “Black Screen”, care moment a fost cel mai popular?