TIGblogs - Mian A Amin

Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open source core product (like VideoPress, built-in polls, etc.). Because WordPress.com gets new features implemented as they are developed, we don’t usually talk too much about big version releases. For example, WordPress 2.8 was released recently, but we didn’t announce it here because WordPress.com blogs had already been running the new features (like the new widgets administration panel) before the big open source release occurred.

The open source project is getting started on development of version 2.9, which is expected to launch toward the end of this year. The reason I think it’s worth posting about this here on WordPress.com is that the focus of the 2.9 development is going to be improved media features, and improved media management is one of the most frequently requested things in the support forums, support emails, comments and at WordCamps.

There have been many suggestions for how to improve our media functions, so many that we can’t build all of them at once. For the next couple of days, there is a survey you can take to vote on which media features are the most important to you. This will help us prioritize the development. Are you dying for photo albums? A redesigned uploader? The ability to crop, resize or rotate your images? There are 11 proposed media features listed in the survey for you to rank in order of priority.

Descriptions of each proposed feature are provided at the beginning of the voting survey, so you’ll be sure to know what each what means. Only the first question (pick your top choice) is mandatory. This survey isn’t very long. Question two lets you assign a general high/low priority to each of the 11 feature suggestions, while question 3 asks you to rank the 11 features in order of priority from 1-11. A text box or two allow you to make additional suggestions, and that’s it. The survey is anonymous, and will be open until Friday, July 10, 2009 at 11:59 PM UTC.

Vote now!

можно ли найти работу на работном сайте с закрытым для работодателей резюме? нет, конечно! можно не удивляться, что на резюме никто не пишет и не звонит? в италии, можно, не одна я такая, кто ищет и не находит! а можно ли полтора года не знать, что твое резюме спрятано от взляда посторонних и его видишь только ты??? оказывается, тоже можно!
сегодня я открыла в себе кретинизм2.0, причем совершенно случайно. залезла на сайт обновлять резюме и менять пароль, в связи со смертью всех cookies, и боковым зрением на баннере увидела вопрос- а каков уровень видимости твоего резюме СЕГОДНЯ? не кликая баннер,я начала проверять ВСЕ свои настройки (после замены пароля)и вот выяснила, что резюме было написано "в стол" и только с сегодняшнего дня можно ждать хоть какого-то эффекта от него.

Today my sister caught a baby snake which was slithering away from her while she was planting grape seeds. This is the second little snake she caught. The first was three months ago. Two months ago we even found an adult cobra skin underneath an overgrown bush near the backyard. She presented the skin to my little cousin. I think we will release the snake in the empty site which is overgrown with lantana and other shrubs.
With urbanization there isn't much land left for snakes.

Time is passing soooo fast... Things are changing by the time... Tiiiime.... tiiimee... tiiiiime...

The body of Muslim woman, killed in a German courtroom by a man convicted of insulting her religion, has been taken back to her native Egypt for burial.

Read more here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8136500.stm

call me emotional, but I find it scary to have been single for a year. I think it's pathetic that our society puts pressure on people to have a significant other. i probably could have enjoyed this time by myself much more if i didn't always feel like i needed to have someone there. you know, how are you supposed to mature and grow as an individual if you don't have alone time? how are you supposed to know who you are and what you want in life if there's someone else to interrupt your focus? kudos to those who have found that other, but to the ones that haven't, it's going to be okay. i just wish everyone knew that.

The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
Because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
--Jelaluddin Rumi,
translation by Coleman Barks

The Pulse Of God
The limbs of a tree reached
down and lifted me, thinking
I was it's child,
and
in the meadows
my spirit becomes so quiet
that if I put my cheek
against the earth's body
I feel the pulse of God,
"tell me the way you
do that birds....
enter the private chambers
of my Lord?"
and they all sang,
they just SANG.
I gathered it was time
to become a musician,
and I did.
Years passed, and the
sky reached down
one day and lifted
me
and the birds noticed and spoke,
"how do you enter
the sun like
that and
know
the
pulse
of
God?"
From Saint Thomas Aquinas

I am against neutering of animals. Who are we to decide about another animal's reproduction. But there are so many stray dogs on the streets. They thrive because of unchecked mating (ofcourse!) and on the waste on the streets. There have been many cases of children being attacked and killed by packs of dogs. Dogs can't hunt alone, but are highly effective when hunting in packs.
I was thinking that maybe we should capture all stray dogs and leave them in the jungle. Not all at once, but periodically. Because loss of forest cover and habitat loss and expansion of farmlands has seen a rise in cases of leopards starying into human territory (which was the animals' to being with). Most times, the leopards have fallen into open wells or killed by fearful villagers , beaten to death with sticks. Leopards are in search of fod , so are man-eaters (tigers). So before we kill all our beautiful cats, maybe we should provide them food in their own space, limited as it is, by letting loose a few stray dogs which can be hunted, because both of these cats hunt dogs.
I understand there could be some problems with ecological balance, but dogs aren't good hunters anyway. Unless ofcourse they evolve vertime and adapt to their new surrounding. But, I think saving our national animal, the Tiger is more important than anything.
And meanwhile we can check forest cover loss.
By making punishment to offenders who grab forest and more stringent. According to what I read, laws to deal wth such offences aren't very strong. Rs. 25,000 as a fine is just such a joke.
We should deal such offenders on par with murderers.

Prince Michael Angel

an original Poem by Clarlita Zarate

In Memory of Michael Jackson

In a kingdom of all colors
dwells our beloved brother.
He has made his home in heaven
above where moments are made of
dreams come true.

It is where the greatest power is love.
Michael is dancing with angels now.
They sing his songs
because, my lord,
it pleases you.

The virgin calls out to him,
"Young Michael."
Her eyes are soft and kind.
Then she asks him as she takes his hands,
"Are you lonely for something you left behind?"

Michael answers, "I miss my fans."

By Clarita Zarate
written for Michael Jackson, forever.

If you're ever feeling down, rock hard like this kid:

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From cherrieland.blogspot.com

В Аквилле- очередное землетрясения, пусть и не смертоносное.а вот Ferrovie dello Stato, оповешая меня регулярно о своих офертах, сегодня приглашают всех съездить на поезде в течение месяца в Абруццо туда- обратно из любой точки Италии со скидкой 30% .
Тупой и кровожадный у них маркетолог, мне кажется. Лучше бы с каждого (любого) купленного билета брал 10 центов в помощь жертвам... Были бы собраны тысячи евро за это время....

So many changes! Josue and I are settling into our life in Toronto and I have to say that the city is treating us very well. So many amazing smart people working on incredibly innovative projects, with lots of ideas in the mix. The last article I posted talked about Toronto 2.0, and boy are we ever on the run. In the last half a year I have been blown away by the amount of cool internet applications from TTCUpdates to my new place of work as Community Evangelist with GetInvolved.ca. The thing that touches my heart is not just the technical talent embedded in this city, but the city's many artists and activists that are creatively forging ahead using the urban landscape as their canvas, from community mural projects to large festivals and conferences.

Not only is this city beaming with talent, it's beaming with opportunity. Collaboration is in the air, and when there is a will there is away. People are enthusiastic about supporting innovation be it social, creative, technical or otherwise. I really feel like anything is possible at this point, and that Toronto is rapidly challenging large American cities for supreme coolness. Will Toronto murals rival San Francisco's? Will our artists challenge NYC and LA as the top North American art market? Will we take over Silicon Valley with our startups, or should we leave that for Waterloo? Either way Toronto is kicking ass!