To pick up the techrepublic? It seems to be slowing down, I drop in every day to look around and do not see much new stuff!
I start with discussions, then go to tech q/a and there is not much new stuff posted there so I go to News and look around. But I like the descussions so I try to get some things going there.
Would you like me to send more people your way or how do you get people to come to your site?
I have been here for a while and like your website but it seems to have hit a slow point.
by fungus-among-us · 13 years ago In reply to What do you guys need?
How about a daily raffle???
Something like... a free copy of vista... errr... nevermind.... you're trying to ATTRACT more visitors, not scare them away.
I just joined TR recently and have looked around... I enjoy many aspects of this site. However... the Tech Q&A area is frustrating. Most question posters don't seem to understand how the points system works. That's ok... there are many of us who just like to help out. Get rid of the points system altogether, as I believe it causes more stress than it's worth.
by Tig2 · 13 years ago In reply to What do you guys need?
And have been trying to enhance the site.
I have seen some slowdown in the discussions but saw something similar last August as well. People just don't participate in the summer like they do in the winter.
It has been awhile since we had some "just good fun" threads- although Mickster has a knack for coming up with stuff that you can just respond to. Earwigs was fun.
I get frustrated with TQA for much the same reason that Fungus does. I know that there is a plot afoot to lose the point system and hopefully that will help.
Believe me, after school starts, there will be all kindds of new input!
But good luck on that tee-shirt thing!
I have wanted a coffee cup so some time. Mambo has three. Is this fair???
Didn't your folks ever tell you?


There are roughly 315 BILLION pounds of plastic in our oceans today. This plastic pollution impacts the environment, animals, damages habitats and causes economic loss.
About 8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean each year.
Studies found at least one million seabirds and one hundred thousand marine mammals die each year due to plastic pollution.
Plastic pollution causes at least $13 billion in damage each year to the fishing, shipping and tourism industries.
endangered species. This ghost gear can also cause damage to underwater habitats and coral reefs, not to mention damage to other ships and vessels. Literally tons of non-biodegradable nets and lines get lost each year can continue to "ghost" fish for decades, possibly even centuries.
These nets comprise up to 10 percent of oceanic litter.
In the Puget Sound alone, derelict fishing gear kills over a half million sea-creatures each year (estimate by Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative).
Plastics can remain in the marine environment for 600 years, with further damage done by animals eating the plastics and chemicals leaching into the water as they break down.
Marine debris, including active or lost fishing gear, is a constant fact of life for the marine geophysical operator. Every year streamers, propellers, thrusters and other equipment are lost or damaged due to encounters with marine debris. Marine life such as turtles, birds, mammals and fish may also be encountered in the debris.
Marine debris and animal entanglement are also international environmental issues in which IAGC members play an important role. By removing and disposing of debris encountered during operations, installing turtle guards, carrying out watches for marine mammals and other preventative measures and reporting these activities, crews are working daily to clean up our marine environment.
The IAGC Debris and Ghost Net Initiative is simple. Seismic crews are asked to take some pictures when encountering entangled wildlife or delivering fishing net to the dock at the end of a rotation at sea, and then remember to pass it along to us for inclusion in our growing archive of data. In return we promise an annual report that will encompass the magnitude of good done by environmental stewards in the geophysical industry. Feel free to utilize the reporting form below, or simply email details and pictures to info@iagc.org.
The IAGC's Ghost Net Initiative recently entered into a partnership with Healthy Seas which improves on the aim of both groups to clean the oceans and seas of derelict fishnets responsible for the unnecessary death of marine animals and recycle the removed debris. The partnership allows both organizations to expand their efforts and to coordinate on specific marine debris clean-up projects.
The Healthy Seas initiative was launched by a non-governmental organization, the ECNC Land & Sea Group, and two businesses, Aquafil and Star Sock. Healthy Seas now works with a diversity of businesses, industries, fishermen, divers, NGOs and other groups to clean the oceans and seas of marine litter such as derelict fishnets and subsequently regenerate the nylon into high-quality yarn which is turned into brand-new, high quality sustainable textiles. Currently, Healthy Seas works with about 700 fishing vessels, more than 70 voluntary divers, and seven ports in a number of European countries. In 2015, Healthy Seas collected about 110 tons of fishing nets.
In addition to combining forces to remove ghost fishing nets and cleaning up marine debris to make our seas healthy again, the IAGC and Healthy Seas will work together on awareness campaigns, public communications and outreach activities. "We are elated with our partnership with the IAGC. This will enable us to be increase our impact and outreach and be more efficient in locating ghost nets and working to remove and recycle them," said Rob Wolters, member of the Healthy Seas Steering Committee and Chief Executive of the ECNC Land & Sea Group.
This is a great opportunity for our initiative to gain awareness for the great work our industry is already doing as environmental stewards and to further our outreach. Healthy Seas will also work with IAGC members to locate areas that have a particular need for cleanup, organizing efforts between their divers and our members in those area to clean and recycle debris and ghost gear which will benefit all involved. Read more about the work Healthy Seas and their partners are doing and consider supporting the Healthy Seas program.
Do you have a story or images of a bird or marine mammal that your crew aided or saved from storms, marine debris or other ghost gear in the oceans? Share that information with us now, so we can share with others!
Image Courtesy of BGP Intl.


Another excellent day on the road if somewhat wet! The route continues to look good and campsites and village halls are being visited. Decisions on which to use will be made once the bigger picture emerges. A visit to the Vicar General of Burgundy, Eric Millot proved very productive and all pilgrimage activities in the province have been given the go ahead. The Gendarmerie are also being kept in the loop at every stage. The party yesterday visited the Priory Val-Saint-Benoit, former Caulite priory and one of the stops on the Pilgrimage, and took time for a bite of lunch in the park. Tonight they move the overnight location to Abbaye Sainte Marie de la Pierre-qui-Vire, St Leger Vauban.
The pictures show: Father Giles and Brother Michael with Mr Millot; the Priory of Val-Saint-Benoit; well-earned lunch in the park.


It means feeling… It means trusting… It means being connected to who you truly are, your authentic self.
It means your being completely transparent in every moment.
You're not thinking about what you should be feeling, what you should be saying or what the other person is thinking about you.
Instead, you are in complete communion with your soul and your heart.
Living through your heart space is peaceful, it feels free, natural, easy….it is the essence of freedom!
Its all about a state of BEing.
Most of the time we are doing… thinking… judging, worrying, fearing, trying to make up for our thoughts of lack – lack of money, lack of love, lack of joy, lack of freedom, lack of time by DOing, rushing around, pushing to make things happen for us, with our awareness in our minds, our ego.
We have forgotten that everything we could ever possibly need to know is in our heart – All of the guidance we seek, all of the love we want to feel, all of the joy and freedom we desire, our deepest passion, our souls calling, our innate and unique gifts and offerings all reside in our heart space waiting for us to connect in.
Everything we want to feel is already within us.
It is not outside of us, with that other person or that job or that place or that thing!
How do you live through your heart Space?
Imagine waking up every day and setting the intention to drop into your heart and feel your way through the day.
To be SELF aware and to honour every emotion.
To consciously feel every sensation, every response, every interaction with your environment and the people in it.
Not only will you completely transform your relationship with your SELF but you will be completely transforming your relationship with everyone outside of you which is always the reflection of the relationship you have, with yourself.
You will no longer be reacting from your mental/ego level where fear, insecurity and anger reside. You will be responding from love of self, compassion, your truth and the divine connection with your inner being.
As a result of this, you will start to see others through the eyes of compassion, acceptance and an easeful grace that allows life to unfold in the most beautiful way for you.
People often worry that if they embrace and feel their anger/fear/sadness etc that it's not spiritual, it's not kind, it's not loving but all of these emotions are a part of you and to embrace, acknowledge, honour and give them a voice is the path to healing and wholeness.
This is the art of aligning your spirit with your physicality.
You will be surprised at how easy and quickly your emotions dissipate and move through once you practice this.
Try it… get a sense of your heart space and feel your way through today. where will it take you….??
Back to yourself, where you long to belong.
set a daily intention to FEEL your way through the day.
stay present in each interaction you have with others and your environment.
take the time to honour your emotions, to feel them in your body. acknowledge them.
breathe! if you are over thinking it, getting caught up in mental drama – BREATHE consciously and slowly, then drop out of your head, into your heart and feel the truth of the situation.
I hope this has inspired you to live a little deeper within, with more conscious connection to your self, as we embark on another incredible year of BEing all that we divinely are.


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AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANTS, MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY.
On October 14, 2012 more than 1,200 participants joined us to wander Bartram's Garden and connect with their natural environment through live music, performance and sculpture that blurred the distinction between biological and digital worlds.
Philadelphia producer, composer, performer and curator of electronic music explores sound design, noise and ambient.
International crate digger and electronic music producer Ryan Todd provides natural grooves on Ginko Tree Hill.
Renowned visualist and educator Don Miller presents a special lightshow that revisits the roots of modern VJ culture.
Philadelphia producer / composer / percussionist Christopher Sean Powell (Man Man/Need New Body) teams up with Data Garden to bring you the maiden voyage of Spaceship Aloha.
Sam Cusumano presents an interactive educational experience in electronics. Through direct interaction with modified children's toys and custom circuits, Guests explore and ask questions about the common electronic objects in their world. Understand how your tools work!