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Chinese New Year In Paris

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If there is town to find the celebration of Chinese new year in Paris, that it is the 13th arrondissement known as the Chinatown by excellence. 30,000 people from China and many other asian countries live here. Like every year, the 13th offers you a parade that will bring together thousands of people from every where. What is the Chinese New Year Celebration The celebration of the Chinese new year is, originally, the feast of the winter solstice, which marked the end of this period of extreme cold and the upcoming beautiful days. This festival dates back from ancient times and, at the time, was especially celebrated by farmers. Eating together at new year's Eve symbolizes the meeting of the family, prosperity, happiness and health.  In General, round foods bring happiness and symbolize eternity. This is the reason why raviolis they are abundantly served in times of feast.  Fire is an essential element of the new chinese new year. Why? To hunt demons and evil spirits. For

MacBook Pro Early 2008 Upgrade SSD

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I'm upgrading the MacBook Pro with a SSD drive, Crucial M4 SSD 256Gb, so here is how to do it, sept by step. Here are the tools and the SSD drive: You will need a Phillips 00 Screwdriver and a Torx T6 Screwdriver. This SSD driver is 9.5 mm thick, but you can install a 7 mm one with an adapter. First of all remove the battery.  Then the phillips screws from the memory door.   Lift the memory door and pull from it gently. Then remove the two phillips screws inside the battery compartment. Now remove the two torx by the sides of the RAM slot. Remove also the four phillips screws along the hinge. Remove the four Phillips screws on this side, they are very small (3.2mm) Remove the two small Phillips screws from the back. Then remove four more on this side. Lift the upper case very slowly, do not pull from it as there is a ribbon cable connected to the logic board, just free the sides ver gently. There are four plastic clips over the DVD slot whic

Windows User Macbook Switcher Experiences

I was a Windows user and I'd like to share with you my Macbook experiences. I've just got a wonderful present: a Macbook pro Early 2008 A1260. I must say that I am really happy with it and at the same time nostalgic of my old IBM T42 which has accompanied me so faithfully all these years. Windows vs Macbook Pro Keyboard Equivalent keys and shortcuts Function Windows Macbook Pro Ctrl Cmd Take cursor to the first position Start (Home) Fn + left arrow Take cursor to the last position End Fn + right arrow Delete Delete Fn + Backspace Ctrl + Alt + Del Cmd + Alt + Esc Print screen (picture will appear on your desktop) Print screen Cmd + Shift + 3 Installing & uninstalling applications Install an application: Drag it to the App folder Uninstall an application: Drag it to the Trash Go to desktop Another handy Windows function is the desktop feature: you click on the desktop icon and there you are! From now on you will use F11 Expose Will show all you