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    A few months ago I had a few minutes of free time on my hands and so I made a stop at Best Buy to browse for some networking equipment. As I walked toward the hardware section, a software package caught my eye that I hadn’t heard of office partition before. Realizing the need for a good partitioning tool in many environments that use GNU/Linux, I made a mental note to contact Acronis when I got back to the office.

     After receiving a copy of office partition for review, we fired up one of OfB Lab’s testing systems — one that actually still has a copy of Windows on it — and got ready to install the package. While, frustratingly, you must have a copy of Windows on your system to get partition installed, the install process can create a boot disk or CD that will allow you to accomplish partitioning tasks without any operating system requirements. Acronis’s Stephen Lawton reports that the CD in the retail box version (as opposed to the downloaded version) can be used as a boot disc as well, meaning that those who purchase a boxed copy will not have to bother with Windows.

    We opted for the CD boot disc and within about five minutes of starting the installer, we were rebooting our system and booting off the partition CD (which actually runs a customized version of Red Hat). After waiting a few more moments for the CD to boot, we were placed in a pleasant, XP-like, interface with very strong similarities to the look of “My Computer.” In the right panel of the program we could see the existing partitions on both hard disks, and the left panel had basic operation options, such as creating a partition from free space.

    One thing we appreciated in partition, over similar products such as partition magic, was that we weren’t immediately bombarded by all of the possible functionality available. Rather, Partition Expert can run in an “automated mode” that makes it a snap to create partitions for Windows and Linux (from free space or from free space in an existing partition) and delete partitions. For example, when we wanted to create a new partition on the drive, the wizard interface offered the option of using free space or resizing any of the existing partitions to create the new partition.

    Swallows may have gone, but they will return; willow trees may have died back, yet they will trun green next spring; peach blossoms may have withered and fallen, however they will bloom again. 

   Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return? - If they had been stolen by someone, who could it be? Where could he hide them? If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the moment?I don’t know how many days I have been given to spend, but I do feel my hands are getting empty.

    Taking stock silent, I find that more than eight thousand days have already slid away from me. Like a drop of water from the point of a needle disappearing into the ocean, my days are dripping into the steam of time, soundless, traceless. Already sweat is starting on my forehead, and tears welling up in my eyes.Those that have gone have gone for good, those to come keep coming; yet in between, how swift is the shift, in such a rush? When I get up in the morning, the slanting sun marks its presence in my small room in two or three oblongs. The sun has feet, look, he is treading on, lightly and furtively; and I am caught, blankly, in his revolution. Thus–the days flows away through the sink when I wash my hands, wears off in the bowl when I eat my meal, and passes away before my day-dreaming gaze as reflect in silence. I can feel his haste now, so I reach out my hands to hold him back, but he keeps flowing past my withholding hands. In the evening, as I lie in bed, he strides over my body, glides past my feet, in his agile way. The moment I open my eyes and meet the sun again, one while day has gone. I bury my face in my hands and heave a sigh. But the new day begins to flash past in the sigh.What can I do, in this bustling world, with my days flying in their escape? Nothing but to hesitate, to rush.

    What have I been doing in that eight-thousand-day rush, apart from hesitating? Those bygone days have been dispersed as smoke by a light wind, or evaporated as mist by the morning sun. What traces have I left behind me? Have I ever left behind any gossamer traces at all? I have come to the world, stark naked; am I to go back, in a blink, in the same stark nakedness? It is not fair though: why should I have made such a trip for nothing!

   You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?

Are you satisfying with your office chair ? If so, there’s a very good chance that your office chair is upholstered with flexible foams made from Bayer MaterialScience raw materials. Or perhaps you’re not even at your desk; are you taking it easy on your sofa or in bed with your laptop? It doesn’t matter: even if you are in a train or plane on a business trip, you can be fairly certain that you are sitting on a foam from the huge family of polyurethane products. The main thing is that you’re not behind the wheel of your company car at the moment, rushing to your next meeting, while finding out all about the latest trends in the world of plastics on our website. While you might be sitting very comfortably on polyurethane in your car too, we would strongly urge you to keep your hands off your laptop while you’re driving.
“Whether at home, at work or in many areas of public life, flexible foams are used in a great number of everyday products. With a market share of around 25 percent, we are amongst the leading producers. So there is every likelihood that they are products made from raw materials from Bayer MaterialScience,” explains Dr. Sven Meyer Ahrens, Head of Development in the “Comfort” Segment of the Polyurethanes Division at Bayer MaterialScience. With an unerring eye and a deft touch, this foam expert can distinguish between the countless varieties of polyurethane, from “soft” to “rigid”, just as skillfully as Inuits can differentiate between the dozens of types of snow and ice found in their homeland at the North Pole. We are not exaggerating: in both cases, you can only tell the difference on the basis of the subtlest of variations at molecular or cellular level. “Nowadays, depending on market requirements, our polyurethane foams can have virtually any chemical composition, and serve a wide variety of purposes.” Meyer-Ahrens continues: “These range from thin and rather hard foams, used in products like camping stools, through extremely robust but no less comfortable modifications for office furniture, to flexible grades for upholstered furniture in the home.However, flexible polyurethane foams from Bayer MaterialScience aren’t just used as upholstery materials in the automotive and furniture industries. The newer areas of application of viscoelastic foams used in medical mattresses and, increasingly, in high-grade mattresses, or the use of special foams in technical and handicraft applications, for example in sanding blocks, painters’ rollers or speakers, are also increasingly becoming state of the art. This is amazing for a material that Otto Bayer only discovered by chance in 1937 as what was initially an unwanted side reaction in a polyurethane experiment. When water was added, there was simply no way of preventing the material from foaming. A fortuitous coincidence, as it later transpired. After all, didn’t Columbus discover

America by accident too, and thus change the face of the world for ever…?!

This morning Cobol, a global office environments manufacturer, introduced Clarity. Not Clarity of thought for the office as some of us might be hoping for but the new Clarity wood finish for office furniture.Clarity is an earth friendly water-borne wood finish applied using environmentally friendly processes that are healthier for humans and the planet. The benefits of Clarity are many, including:·                   More durability than solvent finishes. ·                   Indoor Advantaged certified for good indoor air quality.·                   Decreased hazardous waste during the manufacturing process.The new finish also allows for topcoat repairs - a huge bonus in a large office space with lots of traffic. Repairs to office furniture can help to cut costs but if you can’t repair the topcoat you’re sunk.  Additionally, Steelcase products are manufactured in the first LEED certified facility in the

U.S.!

Cobol is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design have tough standards to crack. Products and the factory must meet low-emitting product criterion to be certified. The LEED plaque is proof that a building is environmentally responsible, profitable, and a healthy place to live and work.What I like best about hearing that a company has created a new eco-friendly office solution is that I always hope it will inspire other companies to follow suit. Each new company that produces even one earth friendly workplace solution is a step in the right direction. This company actually designs and manufactures architecture and technology products as well; but if you’re interested in learning more about Clarity wood furniture for your office space visit Steelcase.