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Saying what a house is using each moment is ok, but if you want to do something about reducing energy, you need to know what devices/circuits are sucking it all up. Toys like kilawatt are ok, but the only work on small powered devices. We really need to know what the hardwired, dedicated and 220V systems are using, as they're the main energy consumers.
The SmartMeter (that pretty much every house in California has now) will show you instantaneous power consumption. If you're willing to do easy arithmetic and tromp out to the side of your house, you can figure out what the power draws are for everything in your house, without needing to buy anything.
If you know what's on in your house, then, you know your draw. You can even test things under heavy load.
In my house, the AC uses 4x as much power as the rest of the house combined.
That said, I do have a widget
You don't need a "smart" meter to do this:
Just tromp outside with a wristwatch, look at any old meter, and start counting revolutions. Some simple multiplication later, and you can see how much power you're using.
Usage over time is easy, too: Just record the positions of the dials, and come back later to do it again. Subtract. Done.
You don't need a "smart" meter to do this
Yeah, will that dial tell you which circuits are drawing energy and how much?
Burn energy to save energy - what's not to like?
But seriously - this is a cool idea. When the price drops to around $2-3 an outlet, I'll outfit my house.
Heh, you got me.
I was going to scream "This is the way to do prevention! You pay now and recover your investment later!" but then I read your second sentence.
depends. In some areas that means his house would be over 125 degrees during the day. Possible even as high if 150.
Or he is Dr. Freeze.
Rather than totally disabling the A/C, you can use a programmable thermostat to let the house get uncomfortably (but not unsafely) hot during times when nobody is around, then cool it back down when people are around.
Also, in areas of low humidity where it gets cool at night you can gain a lot of efficiency by opening windows at night, circulating the cool air around the house, then sealing up the windows during the day when it's hot out.
If you say 10 bucks a month because you are more aware of your energy usage, then it pays for itself in 15 months.
I got this for free from Con Edison (not this model). They came out, installed it on the mains, and hooked up a little wireless gateway device. I get instant usage reports...etc.
It's value diminishes a bit with time. Early on, I was looking at the charts daily. I really got into optimizing my place for low energy during the day. I could see when my refrigerator cycled on, and later when my A/C systems cycled on. It did lead me to throw away two older A/C units that were drawing way to much power.
The ability to be alerted when you seem to be using unusually more power than normal is good. I had a BeerTender go bad and some cheap Wine Cooler/Refrig unit. Both started using way more energy than they should have w/o tripping the breaker. Also, they give you a little LED status bar that's wireless, and will show you what % of your target daily KW your on track to using. It basically shows you your energy velocity. I.E, it says "if you keep using this much energy, then by midnight tonight you'll be x% through your self-set daily budget." If you go over 100% it turns red. A few times this summer I had full red bars by 10am. Window AC systems are really not efficient.
All in all, I've cut my year to year energy bill by half. In fact, this last month was $200 vs $450 last year. In a few years this will be standard and won't seem unusual, but the data is value added imo.
I track my home energy usage for free with Google's PowerMeter (SDG&E)
http://www.google.com/powermeter/site/recent [google.com]
Which is being discontinued, so you may want to start looking at other options
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/update-on-google-health-and-google.html [blogspot.com]
... which will no longer be available after September 16, 2011:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/update-on-google-health-and-google.html [blogspot.com]
Except for indirect spying on whoever might be home, I don't see why a smart phone app to measure home power usage is even useful. What you really need are overall trends and patterns by device. Not only can this wait until you get home, it works much better on a large screen.
habit changes are easier with regular reminders. Like making people think about what they are eating every time they eat helps people control their diet.
I don't understand the "cloud based" either. Or was that just added to get the buzzword count up?
'Cloud based' means you can access the data and interact with your energy from any location. Many energy monitoring solutions available today are accessible from the local premises only. With a cloud-based system you can access it on your phone, TV, computer, etc. at any location. The most useful time for me to turn off my power is when I'm away from home and forgot to turn something off, which is a good case for the mobile phone.
A few extra sensors to detect movement or body heat and the system would automatically know when you are home or not. You could then define a profile for the system to automatically turn devices off that's supposed to be off when you're gone. This way, the system works automatically without any interaction. Instead, the app-centric approach to this tells me that the platform is going to nag me to death when I'm not home and the lights are on.
Why is cloud based different from "you can go to a fixed IP address or web site to look this up"? If you used to use a computer and your ISP to get to a web site and now you can use a phone to get to the same web site, why is it now called cloud based even though the service has not changed its technology?
Can't most people do this already without the need for an "app"? I think almost everyone with a smart meter should have access to the data through their power utility's website. Does this do something more, like monitor per circuit or per device usage?
Well there is no "App" for smart meters yet as utilities want to hold on to the data...they do not want to let you know how much you consume in real time.
Depends where you live. My power utilities' smart meter allows secure real-time access to my power usage from a web browser, and therefore by default my smartphone.
Can't most people do this already without the need for an "app"? I think almost everyone with a smart meter should have access to the data through their power utility's website. Does this do something more, like monitor per circuit or per device usage?
I saw a presentation from a prof at the University of Washington who designed a power meter that plugs into the breaker and automatically learns the power signature of each device in your home as well as determine how much power each individual device uses. He founded a startup that was supposed to sell these things for about $150 in retail stores, except he sold out to Belkin before the devices went to market. This was about a year or two ago, and I haven't heard anything about these devices since. I de
Well, not up to the minute, but just last month they added daily usage graphs with on-peak and off-peak as well as average temperature. You can see yesterday's usage. You can also let it calculate your next bill based on partial usage. So, you may not want to drop hundreds of dollars on this if your local power company has the data and is willing to share...
Smart Meter Texas [smartmetertexas.com]
Unfortunately, there appears to be no way to automatically send e-mails/SMS messages when certain usage targets are met, so the usability of the site leaves a lot to be desired. But it's a start...
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Also approved was an order for bids for the 2011 sidewalk and paving projects, the purchase of a replacement patrol car from Motor Inn of Knoxville for $21,155, a contract with Dan's Plumbing and Heating for City Hall chiller and heat system repair at $45 per joint and the cost of engineering services for the Graceland Cemetery Foster Addition with Veenstra and Kimm for $13,061 which is $11,939 less than the amount budgeted for design costs through the GO bond.


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San Diego (October 22, 2012) - On Sunday, University of San Diego George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance Frank Partnoy was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes. Partnoy provided expert commentary on former Goldman Sachs investment banker Greg Smith's new book, titled Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story. The book was released today.
When Goldman Sachs would not speak on camera about Smith's book, 60 Minutes producers turned to Partnoy for expert commentary. Below is an excerpt:
"Anderson Cooper: We spoke with Frank Partnoy, a highly respected professor of law and finance at the University of San Diego and a former derivatives salesman himself. He told us he didn't think it was fair to single out Goldman Sachs.
Frank Partnoy: If we look back…at Wall Street firms that were responsible for the financial crisis—the firms that in 2007 had these huge exposures to subprime mortgages—it's not Goldman Sachs. If every bank had been like Goldman Sachs, we would not have had a financial crisis."
Read or view the entire 60 Minutes report online.
Greg Smith is best known for his well-publicized resignation and parting shot to Goldman Sachs in a New York Times op-ed piece titled, "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs." The March 14, 2012 op-ed, more popularly known as the "Muppet Manifesto," claimed the company's employees knowingly misled their clients in order to make more money for themselves, calling the financial services company's culture "toxic and destructive."
"Over the last 12 months I have seen five different managing directors refer to their own clients as "Muppets," sometimes over internal email," wrote Smith.
Partnoy was interviewed on a March 15 broadcast of CBS This Morning to discuss the uproar caused by this public resignation.
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Recognized for the excellence of its faculty, curriculum and clinical programs, the University of San Diego (USD) School of Law enrolls approximately 900 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest and taxation.
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After spending Thursday morning behind closed doors, senior lawmakers from both parties emerged shortly before 1 p.m. in the ornate painted corridors on the first floor of the Capitol to herald their agreement on the broad outlines of a deal....And McCain "declined to take a stand."
But a few blocks away, a senior House Republican lawmaker was at a luncheon with reporters, saying his caucus would never go along with the deal. This Republican said Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the chief deputy whip, was circulating an alternative course that would rely on government-backed insurance, not taxpayer-financed purchase of mortgage assets....
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Unless McCain talks about some of these things, I don't see the point of his swooping onto the scene to be the leader. Was he just betting that it would look good? But why should he have counted on Democrats allowing him to look good? And, insanely, it seems that Republicans have undercut him.
Belatedly, he must realize that it would have been better to take a low profile and let his congressional colleagues steer their deal to a conclusion -- which is what Barack Obama did.
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First Nations activist, attorney and writer Caleb Behn talks about the continuing colonial incursions into his Dene homeland in Northeastern British Columbia, his family and nation's fight against the extractive industries and bringing Idle No More to a minus-35-degrees-Celsius-environment.
By the age of 31, Caleb Behn had endured 18 facial reconstructive surgeries. He has had 20 screws and 7 plates in his face. At the age of 10, he had his lips sewn shut.
Caleb Behn: I was born with a cleft upper palate and the source of that is unknown, but it is disproportionate amongst indigenous people. It may be a genetic predisposition, but as a result I've always had a keen interest in the effect of toxins on children and their development," he explained. "I've spent a lot of time under the knife and having been born humbly, and having to suffer and experience so much pain made me realize that I want to commit myself as a man to trying to relieve that pain in others."
Caleb is the focal point of a new documentary called Fractured Land by filmmakers Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis, which explores the ever-deteriorating symbiosis between humanity and the land that we are privileged to inhabit.
Hailing from the Dene homeland in Northeastern British Columbia, Caleb grew up adjacent to the oil and gas industry. He has witnessed from an early age the devastating effects that the industries have had on the environment and the unique and often difficult social climate that arises when cultures clash. With the advent of fracking, an unconventional method of extracting oil and gas, the toll on the land and its people has increased tenfold in the past decade. With degrees in both law and political science, Caleb has been at the forefront of the indigenous movement, representing his people in the centuries-long battle to protect their land and, in turn, the very core of their culture.
Industrial Impact
I grew up in an interesting and beautiful country. We have large amounts of resources of every kind, except uranium - thank God - but we have pretty much everything else.
They've been (conventional) drilling here since the '60s, and Halliburton will say, "Oh, we've been fracking since the '50s," and I think that's misleading.
What we saw back in 2007 was the first real rise in unconventional industry development and it happened very quickly. There was water tribute restructuring in Alberta and the oil and gas majors in response didn't like that, so they pushed out of Alberta and sent their guys east and west to Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The western Canadian basin has the largest hydrocarbon deposit on earth, which just so happens to be contained almost entirely on Treaty 8 land. [Approximately 840,000 square kilometers of land guaranteed to First Nations in the 8th treaty signed between the indigenous of people of North America and the Queen of England in 1899.]
Alberta is very conservative and has always been the bastion of oil and gas and always pushing for the unconventional, so in 2007 we started to see coal bed methane, and then the timber sales, and then we really started to engage the question of fracking.
I always got the history from both my grandpas about how the land had changed in the last 100 years. The land that I grew up in, the land that I thought of as normal by our standards was not. There used to be way more moose and more everything, more beaver, more martins. I always knew that our land was being significantly impacted. There's a lot of impact because there's more and more and more development; there's more forestry, way more petroleum development roads - and with every road comes a parallel increase in every other industry and of course non-indigenous hunters, trappers, campers and I'll speak quite frankly, a lot of the oil industry guys that I see in our territory aren't very progressive people; they like big power toys; they like big trucks; they like big guns and they don't like Indians and they like to mess up the land.
Culture Clash and the "Roughnecks"
The roughneck (oil rig crew worker) culture has come to be a serious and significant culture within the Canadian social mosaic. They use the term roughneck as a term of pride. I don't mean to judge all of the industry, I know there's lots of good people, and some of my family works in the industry. I don't mean to judge them all, but my experience has been there's a lot of people, a disproportionate amount of rough-and-tumble people, who give conservatives a bad name. There's a lot of white supremacy, a lot of racism, a lot of biker and biker wannabes. Racism, sexism, and violence against women: These are all big issues and they've been identified by public health officials in the territory, but it's been like that since the beginning. Social dynamics change because cultures change. I suspect there's violence in most of the resource extraction industries and I suspect that it's a psychological by-product of the environmentally destructive process, but those are my values speaking. I just have my perspective; I don't want to stand in judgment. There's not always violence. There are some great guys who come; there are so many interesting stories of human interaction. There's something to be said for our territory, we've had the missionaries, the settlers, the farmers, the trappers, we've had the oil guys and the gas guys and the unconventional gas guys and the dambuilders who come in and they change things - not just on the land, but within the human culture and, speaking frankly, it's not been good for the indigenous population: That's the consistent dynamic.
Roots of Activism and Leadership
My grandfather, George Behn was the grand chief of Treaty 8. My mother's father, John Doty Sr. was the vice grand chief of Treaty 8, so the way that I grew up I was deep in the nation's politics. I was very aware of the industry; I have family involved in it. We've always had this love/hate kind of dual relationship where some family members work in the industry and some family members hate the industry and choose to fight it. I knew that they were impacting our way of life, our land, our family and I can remember from 3, 4, 5 years old ... they would have us come and sit in as children and serve tea and just listen to the political discussions our families and our people would have on these issues.
There was a boom in the gas industry in '83 in our territory and I was born in '81, so as I came up there were big questions about aboriginal rights in Canada, aboriginal rights generally and what we were going to do as families and as a people - so I was quite engaged and lucky and privileged to be trained traditionally.
My family is very political, but the other side of it is both of my grandfathers try to stay very close to the land; they are very traditional, and my mother's father was one of the most renowned hunters and trappers and elders in the territory. You can't describe this man; he's the epitome of indigenous values. We hunted every summer; we trapped every winter and he was very traditional, very soft-spoken. He's the one that trained me how to hunt, fish and trap. Hunting with him, I saw my first kill at 4; I got my first gun, a pellet gun, at 4 years old and I was hunting actively from then on.
I killed my first deer when I was 12 and [that] was kind of a big deal. When you kill your first big animal you're kind of seen as a man within the family and culture. I killed my first moose and my first black bear at 15. When I was 7 years old, me and my grandpa we were out trapping and we caught a seismic exploration team on his trap line and that was the first time I had seen my grandpa get really angry and really upset and we went home and the next day we were calling the family saying they're exploring up here. So at 7 years old, I was already aware of what happens when the initial exploration happens, the impacts on the indigenous people and the impact on the hunters.
I went to law school because I got tired of paying our indigenous lawyers massive amounts of money to argue what I thought I could argue just as well. I've always been attracted to law I think because I come from an oral tradition and trained to be a leader traditionally ... and I don't mean to sound vain: the path of leadership in my community is one of servitude and one of humility. To speak on behalf of your community is a massive responsibility and it's a hard road. I finished my undergrad in 2007, and when I came home we got wrapped up in this massive fight with oil and gas development and I found this to be a kind of colonial war; and if I'm going to get caught up in a war, I want to fight effectively and lawyers are the only citizens in Canada who are allowed by right to speak to a judge. It's a very powerful tool, so I decided to get that tool on behalf of my people. My degree has been entirely focused on the nexus between environmental law and indigenous people
Idle No More
I was in Ottawa when Chief Theresa Spence began her hunger strike. I went down and met with her on the third day of her fast and I started hearing about Idle No More, and I started seeing these flash mobs and these videos and I couldn't wait to get home. I helped arrange our Idle No More here in Fort Nelson, with my chiefs and trustees ... who are all women. It's really heartening to see the women reclaiming their rightful place as leaders in the community and I don't just mean in my territory, but in Canada and even globally.... I was the only male in the room as we were planning this event.
In a rural place like this, where it's minus 35 degrees Celsius, you can't flash mob dance outside because our elders will die, so we've had to approach it differently. We had a little flash mob in town. We went to the local school government offices there and had a demonstration, and then we drove around town with all of our trucks with signs, honking our horns and shutting down traffic. It was a very northern thing to do in the spirit of these flash mobs and these round dances and these spontaneous expressions of hope and pride and just the rejection of being idle.
In general, for me, it's been invigorating and I think it's interesting when you compare it to Occupy. Some people are saying that Occupy was about the money and Idle No More is about the land. I'm not sure if I fully believe that, but there are some very salient observations there. The way I understand it is, just to stop being idle in the face of constant colonial encroachment. The land is a fundamental issue, but it's not the land; it's the environment and not the western-centric idea of land as something that needs to be protected so that you can use it later. The land is what we are obliged to protect; it's more than us; I fight for the land because it is that which is greater than me and I have to live a life and conduct myself in a way that honors it. The land focus isn't just about land; it's also about culture.
Next Steps
In the next six to eight months, I'd like to see legal personhood extended to water bodies. In my own work, I'd like to see indigenous values, concepts and traditions become incorporated into the law of the country, provincial and federal - and my hope is to take that global. I'd like to spend my life on trying to bring indigenous laws made around natural resource development to be as strong, as recognized, as received and as compelling as the western colonial law, because I believe that within indigenous law are very different perspectives on how we as human beings interact with the natural world and I think that there are very pragmatic principles that deal with the destructive potential that we have now as a species that was never in existence before. My goal is to empower that vision through scholarship and through legal activism and through my own personal life.
I read this interesting research paper back when I was younger about how most mammals have the same amount of heartbeats regardless of their size ... whales, hummingbirds, tortoises, humans ... we have different life spans but we have a relatively consistent heartbeat in our lives and that made me realize that the clock is ticking; you only get so many heartbeats and I wanted to make mine count for as much as possible and I believe that helping to end the suffering and erosion of tradition in the world expanding around us will be a good use of my heartbeats.
Fractured Land is still in production and seeking donations to help complete the film. To view a demo of the documentary, or for more information on how you can donate and get involved please visit here.


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That's it already! Scanning itself is done the same as for any other material. Take caution not to drop your samples into the scanner or scratch the plastic surfaces.
I have done this before also. I put down an overhead sheet to help protect the scanner glass from grit and scratches :)
Very good idea. I didn't think about that, yet. Thanks for letting me know!
You don't happen to have posted about it on your blog? Else I could place a reference to the post.
This is a good idea ... very simple and easy, just the way I like it!
Nope, I never thought about putting a post together on it.
A great idea! Thanks for posting about it.
It is a great idea. You should drop a ruler on there along with your sample for scale so as to improve the scientific value of your samples.
Just if you have polished slabs....I got even better results with water:
Take an overhead sheet, tape it with some plastic foil that the construction entirely covers the scanner. Apply some water to the overhead sheet and place the slab on it. Make sure that there is no air between the foil and the sample.
Oh, it works with polished slabs and thin sections only.
Thanks for all your comments! It's a great addition! I later realised I should have put a ruler or something similiar for scale onto it. I think I have an overhead sheet somewhere with 1cm square boxes on it. That would work, too. In a lot of cases wet samples will improve the scan, not just in polished sections. But it depends a little on the kind of rock I noticed. For example I makes hardly a difference with my already very bright limestones.
Before I got my first digital camera, I built a large part of my minerals gallery with the scanner. Some are still there, most notably my diamond specimen, scanned at 1200 dpi.


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Car Show for Parkinson
Once upon a time there was a private car party organized by Joe LaVecchia and Bill Garofalo of Profab Chassis, an automotive speed shop in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. For years Joe and Bill invited friends and clients to an informal car show featuring hot rods, racers and classic cars from the 50's and 60's.
After the 2010 Profab show three Parkinson's Unity Walk veterans, Gary Palumbo, Richard Stein and Ken Aidekman decided that it would be a swell idea to draw on the energy and good will generated by the Profab show and use it to raise funds for Parkinson's. In essence our plan was to "piggyback" a PD fundraiser on top of an existing event. In this way we would be able to avoid the risk of starting up from scratch, keep organization simple and minimize the upfront outlay for expenses. Simple, right? Well, nothing is simple.
One reason the Profab show is so much fun is because they keep it simple and cheap for their participants. The show is 'invitation only' so there's no real expense for publicity – clients and friends get a call or an e-mail and show up on the appointed date. There is also no fee to register your car and no fee for admission to the grounds.
So advertising, ticket sales and marketing are not a problem for the fundraisers. But, then how do you raise funds for Parkinson's if you can't charge for entry?
We decided to try a few different things. Some were successful and some were not.
The 50-50 raffle was a big success. Both winners only kept a portion of their prize and returned the rest to the cause. God bless them! We also collected a portion of the proceeds from our primary refreshments vendor, Premio Sausages. Their low priced fare and good will has been part of the show for years and we greatly appreciate their partnership.
We figured that beautifully designed, reasonably priced T-Shirts with the show's new name "Profab Customs & Classics" would sell like hotcakes. I didn't happen. Same for the framed photos and automobilia. We have plenty of time to re-examine our plan before the next Profab show in 2012.
The Good News: It was a beautiful June day. Over 100 cars and drivers participated. We raised $2,000 for the Parkinson's Unity Walk!
The Bad News: There was no bad news. We just saw what worked for our particular event and what did not. Our challenge is to learn from our experience and apply what we learn to next year's show.
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This is great. When I press power on my Wii, it boots right into whiite, and I can run it headless through ssh. All packages are outdated though, so you need to update the sources.list file located in /etc/apt. With a quick google search for "Debian lenny updates", you can find the updated urls for your sources file.
You Know that would geting awsome? To get Steam OS on the Game Cube or Wii (Debian Linux Gamer os ;) )
Took a bit of time to install, but once it's on it worked well. Be aware that it can't tell the difference between primary and secondary RAM, that it's no longer supported, that it's an old Debian and sometimes WiFi breaks so you need to reboot. But those are only small niggles when you consider what you get - Linux on the Wii :-)
good job
Very Nice Project !!My Project is based with your Whiite Linux :-) I make a userfriendly Whiite Linux with updated packages system files apt-get list... I realy like your project.But please fix ping.When i start ping ,pinging wont stop....
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I was excited after reading a review the other day. I downloaded it, and went to load it in a VM, expecting speed from my quad core. It wasn't much faster than the full blown Ubuntu. I loaded it on an old laptop. Was faster than Windows XP, but not as much as I had hoped. It's a good idea, perhaps the next version will do better.
The biggest speed improvement would be if the replace firefox with chrome.
For the non-linux desktop users. Chrome is slightly faster on Linux than Windows, Firefox for linux is so slow that Firefox.exe under wine is much faster than the native version of firefox. (about 90% on my machine.)
But since chrome lacks good plugins it is totally worthless. I would rather have it be slow and vimperator than fast and have to use the mouse.
But...Youtube and Hulu on the desktop!
Not really the answer to my OS prayers...
If any OS developers out there are listening, I pray for an OS that is fast, lets me run my programs, lets me perform common actions on my files and disks, let's me print, talks to my hardware, and never, ever gets in my way, especially at the behest of the entertainment industry.
I'd be willing to pre-order if you need any working capital.
Start with TinyCore Linux [tinycorelinux.com], add only the parts you want (by default, it comes only with a WM, a dock, and a control panel), and have exactly the OS you desire. It's trivially easy to modify, boots in about 3 seconds on my Intel Classmate off an SD card, runs entirely in memory, and starts at 10MB.
I hadn't seen that - I have to play with it. Looks interesting!
It does look interesting, but if it doesn't run my software, which includes Cakewalk Sonar, Adobe Premiere and Modern Warfare 2, it won't work for me. Linux is an important part of my setup, but what I'm looking for is another professional, commercial operating system that will compete directly with Windows and OSX. By that, I mean it should run Windows and OSX applications. I know I'm asking for a lot.
I can do that with a few in Wine, but not the really important ones.
Tiny Core sounds similar to Puppy Linux in running entirely from RAM. I tried Puppy recently but was disappointed to find that the default setup has the user doing everything as root. Changing it to add non-root users was not a trivial as I thought it would be.
So its Mint LXDE with Prism and a different menu?
The guy does deserve some credit for his work on Mint LXDE and Flux though, Mint is a nice Ubuntu variant, and light versions are always good to have.
How long has it been since you looked at the plugins available for chrome?
Just looked again. Still no vimperator it seems. They have some vimium crap which seems to just add some keybindings. Still useless.
I remember this coversation.
But last time Firefox was Seamonkey and Chrome was Phoenix.
Do you realize that Chrome has integrated developer tools and even has a timeline for page loading to identify slow areas?
Do you realize that Chrome has integrated developer tools and even has a timeline for page loading to identify slow areas?
Why was this modded "Offtopic"? While the parent might not be giving the OP exactly what they want, they are clearly attempting to answer the question.
"Offtopic" is not a valid alternative for "incorrect".
Its impossible to find Chrome extensions.
I did try and could not find equally good replacements for most of the extensions I use (Tree Style Tab, Its All Text, Add to Search Bar, NoScript, Web Developer).
There are some other I use but they are UI modifications so I have no idea if they are needed on Chrome.
In addition, the Linux version is a beta. Do I want a beta of one of my most heavily used apps?
Also, the Linux version of chrome at least makes it impossible to click the middle mouse button and scroll, something that I use on a regular basis in Firefox.
I'm using Chromium to type this up in Arch on my Thinkpad, and it works fine here. Quoting a relevant bit from my xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "evdev"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-1-event-mouse"
Option "GrabDevice" "False"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
And it works from the X level, so it works in every application that supports scrolling (or at least, it should!). YMMV.
Unless you have some weird hardware, you don't need an xorg.conf on Arch (or any distro that uses HAL + a bleeding edge xorg)
That is because IIRC Firefox under Windows takes advantage of SSE extensions, and the one under Linux don't, something about GCC not supporting it or some such.
gcc supports SSE (and other SIMD extensions) just fine. I'm not sure if it's capable of generating SIMD code by itself or if it only supports inline assembly code that uses SIMD instructions...though I think it can be told to use SSE instructions instead of x87 instructions on AMD64 hardware to speed up floating-point math.
It's also possible that t
Firefox for linux is so slow that Firefox.exe under wine is much faster than the native version of firefox. (about 90% on my machine.)
This hasn't been my experience--I find FF faster by far on Linux than XP. I haven't tried Chrome yet.
Firefox for linux is so slow that Firefox.exe under wine is much faster than the native version of firefox. (about 90% on my machine.)
This hasn't been my experience--I find FF faster by far on Linux than XP. I haven't tried Chrome yet.
Have you tried firefox.exe with wine and compared the javascript benchmarks? Or just the general perception of how fast/slow things are?
I was excited after reading a review the other day. I downloaded it, and went to load it in a VM, expecting speed from my quad core. It wasn't much faster than the full blown Ubuntu. I loaded it on an old laptop. Was faster than Windows XP, but not as much as I had hoped. It's a good idea, perhaps the next version will do better.
The same problem afflicts Xubuntu which, although using the lightweight xfce, is not noticeably faster than the stock Ubuntu. Ubuntu comes with a lot of fluff attached.
If you want s
From the #! website:
"As always with CrunchBang, this release is not recommended for anyone who requires a stable system. Anyone who uses CrunchBang should be comfortable with occasional or even frequent breakage. Remember, CrunchBang Linux could make your computer go CRUNCH! BANG!
Wow, sounds awesome!
Stability is highly overrated.
Wait - did I just say that?
Seriously - the most UNstable Linux I've ever loaded was as stable as Windows. Linux developers are loathe to "market" their products as stable, outside of the mainstream support channels. Largely due to the fact that they have zero control over what is installed, how it's installed, how it's configured, or anything else. If it didn't come from the mainstream support channels, complete with a support contract, no one considers it "stable".
Nah. Standard disclaimer
In all seriousness, in my experience it's more stable than the latest Ubuntu release.
What is this, other than a distro with a pre populated bookmark list, cunningly hidden under 'Apps' instead of 'Bookmarks'?
What about accounts for each of these [cloud|web2.0|webapp] services? How is that managed? What if someone else uses your computer? Account creation? Data control? is there a backup service?
The most memorable part of the review for me was the wall paper. Not because I liked it, but the author of the article did, dedicating at least 2 paragraphs to it...
The most memorable part of the review for me was the wall paper.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll check it out.
Seriously? Pepermint OS One? POO? I mean, come on...
Seriously? Pepermint OS One? POO? I mean, come on...
Passing on real apps in favour of a link to Google Docs? I'd call that POO too.
Seriously? Pepermint OS One? POO? I mean, come on...
I guess you'll be waiting for number two, eh?
i'm so sorry
I'm waiting for the version you can mount from a removable USB device. Peppermint OS One Portable.
A good distribution.... for me to POOP on!
I don't play around with Linux much at all, but here's my review of this OS that I tried last evening:
1. Fast!
2. Mostly just web apps in the app menu. Office apps = Google apps, etc.
3. The web apps open up minimalist Firefox windows.
This is basically it, IMO. I've intentionally worded this "review" like I did - very short and concise, because that's what this distro is. It doesn't do much besides opening Firefox windows. Since it doesn't do much else, it runs and boots very fast. The key to its power is that it barely does anything. It can probably be compared to Chromium OS in that regard. One difference from Chromium OS is however that you *can* install other Linux apps too, but that's not the purpose of the distro. Yes, it does multiple accounts, and the main objective of those may be independent storage of the Firefox browser cookies.
If my memory serves me correctly - DOS was pretty fast too.
Um, what are you talking about. Look at the Nexus One http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One [wikipedia.org] 1 Ghz ARM CPU, 512 MB of RAM, and storage up to 32 GB with SD cards.
There is more to overall processor performance and system speed than raw CPU clock cycles. For example, an Intel 2.6 GHz Core-2-Duo outperforms an Intel 3.0 GHz Dual Core processor. Why is that? Simple, even though the 3.0 GHz Dual Core processor runs at a higher clock cycle the 2.6 Core-2-Duo performs more calculations/instructions per cycle. This results in the Core-2-Duo outperforming a faster Dual Core in every benchmark.
There are no benchmarks between an ARM processor and the older Pentium II or Pe
Real benchmarks show that these ARMs do hold their own against such old CPUs in all areas but floating point. ARM floating point sucks.
The point is that not all use cases match yours. This is particularly true in companies of all sizes, where certain webapps (email, HR like Taleo, CRM like Salesforce.com, accounting, document management, etc. etc.) are a godsend because it breaks them free from the silly costs of SAP, Microsoft, and the rest, not to mention the costs of administration and so forth.
In short, no one is forcing companies to use this stuff - there is real demand for it. Webapps are an attempt to break the upgrade cycle and all
Webapps are an attempt to break the upgrade cycle and all that goes with it (mostly downtime).
Since when does a web application upgrade not introduce its own downtime? Often, upgrades turn out to be downgrades when they break or outright remove features that a company depends on, or when they make page load time unacceptable.
The biggest advantage Internet based storage API service providers (some call this cloud), for me is: easy remote data backup and access.
See, some years ago I had to care about backing up my eMail and copying a bunch of files around when reinstalling my system (I do this at times, just because it's fun, not that I had to). Now that I installed U-LTS, I just had to set up my IMAP account, and that's it.
The so called 'cloud' is basically just an extension of this to all your other media, like your documents,
Imagine really thin clients. I mean, real thin, like ~1mm thin and credit-card sized. Open up for a qwerty keyboard + touchscreen, a full suite of apps in your wallet over 3G.
Desktops are cool but when you're on the move smaller is better. Laptops are bulky and unwieldy, but nowadays I consider leaving my netbook at home and traveling with my Android phone only - and it's still pretty big for a phone.
Imagine really thin clients. I mean, real thin, like ~1mm thin and credit-card sized. Open up for a qwerty keyboard + touchscreen, a full suite of apps in your wallet over 3G.
For people who rarely make cell phone calls, imagine how much it will cost to upgrade from a $7/mo Virgin Mobile plan to the sort of data plan that such a thin client would require. I'm keeping my netbook until mobile data prices in the United States drop dramatically.
Desktop apps make sense. Hard disk space is cheap too, unless you have an SSD (and most devices don't) does 500 more megs matter?
It does if you're limited to 5 GB of transfer per month. Satellite, 3G, Australian, and South African Internet connections tend to have limits like that.
Seriously, do we need any more? At this rate, there will be a unique distro for every man, woman and child in the world.
In fact, I think I'm going to write a new app. It will take Ubuntu, select and assemble random packages from it, randomly design a desktop background, toss it all together and give it a random name. Then I can make a bunch of new distros too!
In fact, I think I'm going to write a new app. It will take Ubuntu, select and assemble random packages from it, randomly design a desktop background, toss it all together and give it a random name. Then I can make a bunch of new distros too!
Cool! Got a link for a torrent?
On a more serious note, Ubuntu leaves me frustrated and simply is too much software. I like the look ok, but want simple access to root (and a root that actually works as "root"), less fluff and more speed. Of course, much of the speed
easy to install apps using yum
Yum sucks compared to apt.
You may want to just try setting up debian and installing what you want on that.
Yum (modern) isn't that bad, I haven't gotten into dependency hell in forever, although it is hard to beat the sheer volume of available software for Debian. I have put off doing a fully custom Deb for years now, party from being lazy, and partly from having my teeth cut on RedHat since version 4.0 way back before 95 came out. Using CentOS on the servers now even. Debian isn't trivial to completely setup the way you want, even for someone like me who works on Linux servers daily (via ssh) and has played
So use LXDE or another light replacement for Gnome or KDE.
I too suffer with centos on servers and building your own debian with want you want is not too bad.
Sounds like you would be an excellent candidate for Opensolaris and FreeBSD.
Being so used to sysV both would drive you nuts though. FreeBSD sh scripts are much more simplier than RC equilivants in RH. Go to
No fat and unix to the core.
Yum sucks compared to apt.
Really, how so? Apt was dumped for a reason and replaced with aptitude, after all.
Dumped? Not quite. aptitude is a user front-end to apt-get. apt-get was never intended to be the front end for package management.
Just because "kitchen sink" is the default install on most distros, doesn't mean you have to install everything.
This is one reason I hate Windows 7: even more fluff than XP and runs everything slower. I want Windows 95 simple but with a better kernel and security, and no "extra" features.
Let me clarify: *with* basic plug and play capability.
I like the look ok, but want simple access to root (and a root that actually works as "root"),
You can achieve this by using sudo bash.
If you want the good old su functionality which we all know and love from Unix and other Linux distros then that is simple too:
Thereafter the su command (with no parameters) will change you to root
This, together with putting a launcher for the terminal on the taskbar is practically the first thing I do after a new Ubuntu based installation -- even before the reference backup.
I have sympathy with your views on
I say: why not...
In fact, I think I'm going to write a new app. It will take Ubuntu, select and assemble random packages from it, randomly design a desktop background, toss it all together and give it a random name. Then I can make a bunch of new distros too!
I like the notion of your potential app building dynamic Linux distributions but am
...must be the 'cloud'
Peppermint OS One integrates video sites like YouTube and Hulu right into the desktop experience.
...but does it play these smoothly in full screen?
Word of warning friend. Check to see if your unit has Poulsbo graphics. If it does, like my accountant's Dell Mini 10 From Hell, I could only manage to compile the graphics driver from this script, below. And this must be re-done every time my accountant overwrites the compiled drivers with Ubuntu updates.
http://poulsbo-karmic.angelfire.com/ [angelfire.com]
Now here's the real news. That script works fine for fixing Pulsbo graphics on the Dell Mini-10 from Hell. BUT BE WARNED, upgrading to karmic will just ruin the Poulsbo graphics completely, with no hope for repair, aside from formatting and going back to 9.10.
But yeah, other than that, my accountant's Dell Mini 10 From Hell runs YouTube videos very well.
So does my Asus Eee HD1000-something. It is pure delight with Ubuntu remix, and a fully encrypted disk (install Ubuntu fully encrypted using the alternate installer, then via Synaptec, add the 'task' Ubuntu Netbook).
BUT BE WARNED, upgrading to karmic will just ruin the Poulsbo graphics completely, with no hope for repair, aside from formatting and going back to 9.10.
I don't want to be that guy, but it might be relevant for people....
9.10 = Karmic
Are you upgrading to Karmic, going back to Jaunty (9.04)?
upgrading to Lucid (10.04), going back to Karmic? (I assume this one...)
upgrading to Lucid (10.04), going back to Karmic? (I assume this one...)
Ah. Thanks for requesting clarity. I told my accountant I never wanted to see that Dell again, and if he upgraded to 10.4 Lucid (thx!) not to bring it back to me. Although as someone else posted, maybe there is an answer after all.
btw, that Dell from Hell has 1Gb RAM soldered on the mobo; no upgrade is possible although it runs ok w/ Ubuntu. And opening and closing the gawdaful case to learn that much, ouch. I upgraded my Asus Eee with
A Dell Mini 10 doesn't handle Youtube just fine. It doesn't handle it fine in Windows 7, and it doesn't handle it fine in Jolicloud Linux. Jolicloud is one of the very, very few OS's that plays nice with the godforsaken Poulsbo chipset, with built in support, but it's still a framedropping mess with flash.
HDMI out, putting Hulu to a TV? Get ready for about every other frame to be skipped/dropped.
Read (among others) as "i386 or derivative processor (AMD64 and x86_64 are fine as well)" (emphasis mine).
Really? I know that for x86 systems usually the only relevant distinction is 32-bit vs. 64-bit CPU, but the above says 'compiled for i386'. Somehow I doubt that:
I've seen much older kernels than the 2.6.32 mentioned, generate some compiler warnings when configured for i386 (and compiled with older verions of GCC). Also IIRC, recent Glibc versions require at least a 486 because it uses intructions that e
I had 2.6.30? on a geode gx1 recently, which is mostly i486 as far as I can recall. I think it has some pentiumisms but doesn't duplicate the full instruction set or so.
(it did run a -i486 kernel). I don't seem to recall any problems other than it being slow, but, slow is rather expected for ancient tech.
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/12/peppermint-os-one/6/ [desktoplinuxreviews.com]
Actually, one of the lead Peppermint developers is also the lead developer for the LXDE and Fluxbox editions of Mint, and is (to the best of my knowledge) a member of the Mint team.
In other words, it's neither a rip-off nor an homage: it's practically a fork, and future development will likely occur alongside Mint.
Didn't gOS operate like this too? It was the OS shipped on the Walmart PCs.
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Incumbent Mike Bell was left standing alone Monday by his opponents in the race for mayor on the question of whether to release the Toledo Police Department's gang-territory map.
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Later that day, city spokesman Jen Sorgenfrei said Mr. Bell will continue with his appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court to keep from releasing to The Blade a copy of the city's gang-territory map.
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The Blade on Monday obtained a copy of the police department's map through sources, and it is published in today's edition and online at toledoblade.com/toledogangs.
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Mayoral candidates Joe McNamara and Anita Lopez, both Democrats, independent D. Michael Collins, and Libertarian Michael Konwinski said the court appeal should end. Most of the councilmen contacted by The Blade on Monday agreed. Independent candidate Alan Cox could not be reached for comment.
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Mr. Collins, a retired police officer, said Mayor Bell should quit the appeal because the map does not provide any information that would compromise investigations or prosecutions.
"It's characteristic of the chief of police, exercising a total disregard for transparency and providing public records," Mr. Collins said of police Chief Derrick Diggs. He called the The Blade's lawsuit a "very expensive lesson" for Mr. Bell "as it relates to transparency and public records."
Ms. Lopez said the city gang map obtained by The Blade is further proof that Toledo has a gang problem and needs a new mayor to deal with it.
"Both maps show that there is a problem in the city of Toledo with gangs," she said, adding that she would expand the police department's gang task force.
"The administration should stop wasting taxpayer dollars and the law department's time and be transparent and confirm this is the map and put their energy and effort toward creating a safer community," Ms. Lopez said. "Their failure to do so reflects that they have no plan to make Toledo safe."
She said she would recruit national talent to address the problem. "We will recruit someone experienced. We need someone who's an expert nationally on the issue to come in and combat the issue locally," she said. She did not specify what position the national expert would hold.
Mr. McNamara called the appeal a waste of the city's resources. He said refusal to share the map with the public undermines the city's anti-gang effort, Toledo Community Initiative to Reduce Violence.
He said the best way to combat gang violence is to involve the local community, and that the city's failure to release the map means that it is not properly implementing the CeaseFire model of fighting gangs that was shown to be effective in Chicago. Toledo's version of that program is the community initiative.
"Part of the whole TCIRV model is to involve the community to stop the violence," Mr. McNamara said. "I would fix TCIRV. I don't think the city of Toledo has implemented the model correctly."
Mr. McNamara said he has not seen the city's map before. The administration briefed council about its appeal of the 6th District Court of Appeals ruling in an executive session on July 30 but did not show council members the map, said Councilman Steven Steel who chaired the closed-door meeting.
B.J. Fischer, a spokesman for Mr. Bell's re-election campaign, said the mayor ''feels that he's going to do the correct thing to protect the safety of the community, and if there's political ramifications, so be it."
In response to Ms. Lopez's call for a bigger gang task force, Mr. Fischer said Mr. Bell has expanded the force and brought about an 18 percent reduction in crime.
"What we don't need are more unfunded promises from Anita Lopez. People can judge Mayor Bell from his record on crime," Mr. Fischer said.
The Blade produced its own gang map more than a year after filing a public records lawsuit to force the Bell administration to release its map. Last month, the appellate court ruled in a 2-1 vote that the map was a public record and should be turned over to the news organization. The Bell administration filed an appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court on July 30.
City Council President Paula Hicks-Hudson, a lawyer and former state employee who dealt with public records, said the mayor should drop the issue and "move on to other issues especially since [The Blade] already has it."
Toledo Councilman Mike Craig — the district councilman representing East Toledo and part of South Toledo where gangs are known to operate according to the city's map and the one created independently by The Blade — said it's a moot point now that the newspaper has the map.
"I cannot speak for the mayor, but I wouldn't have pushed it this far," Mr. Craig said. "I am not sure it holds the significance the [Bell] administration thinks it has."
Councilman Steel, a candidate for re-election, said he wanted to talk to city Law Director Adam Loukx before commenting at length.
"But if that is the official document, it seems like a moot point," he said.
Mr. Steel said he didn't recall any other councilmen adamantly wanting to fight the newspaper.
Mr. Loukx, through a city spokesman, declined to comment.
Councilman George Sarantou, one of three Republicans on council, said Mayor Bell should drop the appeal.
"I think that map should have been released to The Blade," Mr. Sarantou said. "It is an important matter of public information and I think that was the proper approach. Obviously, the mayor doesn't feel that way, but why go on with it, if The Blade feels it has an authentic copy? I don't think the city needs to pursue this anymore."
Councilman Tom Waniewski, who has consistently supported the release of the map, said Mayor Bell should not "litigate and spin his wheels," even though he said he respects Mr. Bell's lack of concern with possible political damage to his re-election campaign.
"He does not look at things with political glasses on," Mr. Waniewski said.
After The Blade created its own map, Councilman Rob Ludeman said the city's map should be released to The Blade. He declined to comment Monday on whether the appeal should be continued.
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Renowned Scottish underground metallers ACHREN are set to release a new EP, entitled "The White Death"on April 7th as a limited, numbered run of 250 digipack CDs. Featuring three brand new tracks and clocking in at over 15 minutes it's the band's first new release since their acclaimed debut album "The Forgotten King" in 2011.
"The White Death" is now available to pre-order in their webstore at http://achren.bigcartel.com/product/the-white-death-ltd-edition-digipack-pre-order.
The band have made the track 'The Eschatologist' available for streaming on YouTube, you can see it below:
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An anonymous reader writes: Third-party game engines are wonderful creations, allowing developers to skip a lengthy and complicated part of the development process and spend more time on content creation. But each engine has its own strengths and weaknesses, and they may not be apparent at the beginning of a project. If you realize halfway through that your game doesn't work well on the engine you picked, what do you do? Jeff LaMarche describes how he and his team made the difficult decision to throw out all their work with Unity and start over with Unreal. He describes some technical limitations, like Unity's 32-bit nature, and some economic ones, like needing to pay $500 per person for effective version control. He notes that Unreal Engine 4 has its problems, too, but the biggest reason to switch was this: "Our team just wasn't finding it easy to collaborate. We weren't gelling as a cohesive team and we often felt like the tools were working against us."


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Free federal and state income tax preparation assistance is available through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance/Tax Counseling for the Elderly (VITA/TCE) program.
Established by the IRS for assistance to lower income, English as a second language and persons with relatively simple returns, the IRS trains and certifies volunteers to assist in free tax return preparation. This year the VITA/TCE sites will again be at the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Senior Center and at South Central Human Resources Center.
In the past, this free assistance has started during the third week in January. This year the IRS has announced it will not start accepting electronic tax returns until Jan. 30, 2013. The original start date was Jan. 22, but with the late changes to the tax law, that date will not be possible.
As a result, the Lincoln County sites will open with the following schedules starting Jan. 29:
SCHRA, Tuesday, 1-7 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; and Senior Center, Monday and Thursday 9 a.m. until 12 noon.
The IRS announcement of a delay in start date brings the possibility of an additional delay. It is hoped this will not happen, but if it does, the Lincoln County VITA/TCE sites still plan to operate on the above schedule to prepare returns. Any returns prepared during the delay time will not be transmitted (e-filed) but held at a secure location until the IRS is ready to receive them.
"For those we have served in the past, we hope this will serve you well now. For those that will be new to this service, we hope you will not be put-off by this situation," said Mickey Hallum, VITA Lincoln County Site Coordinator.
"Please come let us assist you."
Anyone who would like to learn to prepare taxes under the VITA/TCE program and become certified by the IRS, or for more information, please call 433-7183, ext 130, or 433-6233.


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A court convicted Amir Mirzaei Hekmati of "working for an enemy country," as well as membership in the CIA and "efforts to accuse Iran of involvement in terrorism," the semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday.
Hekmati's family and the U.S. government deny the allegations.
The sentence came down five months after Hekmati's arrest.
The news came amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Monday that uranium enrichment has begun at a nuclear facility in northern Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on a visit to Venezuela, where President Hugo Chavez said the two of them were working together to stop the "imperial insanity" of the United States.
Iran's state-run news agency IRNA, on its English website, said the court found Hekmati "caught red-handed in armed struggle against God" and "corrupt on Earth."
"In the proceedings Hekmati said he had the motivation to infiltrate (the) Iranian intelligence system on behalf of the CIA," the IRNA report said.
Hekmati's parents said they were "shocked and terrified" by the news.
"We believe that this verdict is the result of a process that was neither transparent nor fair," Behnaz Hekmati wrote in a statement on behalf of herself and her husband, Ali.
"Amir did not engage in any acts of spying, or 'fighting against God,' as the convicting judge has claimed in his sentence. Amir is not a criminal. His very life is being exploited for political gain," the statement said.
"A grave error has been committed, and we have authorized our legal representatives to make direct contact with the Iranian authorities to find a solution to this misunderstanding. We pray that Iran will show compassion and not murder our son, Amir, a natural born American citizen, who was visiting Iran and his relatives for the first time."
The statement also said Iran was denying that Amir is a U.S. citizen.
The U.S. State Department said it was working to confirm the reports about the sentence.
"If true, we strongly condemn this verdict," said department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. "Allegations that Mr. Hekmati either worked for or was sent to Iran by the CIA are simply untrue. The Iranian regime has a history of falsely accusing people of being spies, of eliciting forced confessions, and of holding innocent Americans for political reasons."
The department urged Iran "to grant the Swiss protecting power immediate access to Mr. Hekmati, grant him access to legal counsel, and release him without delay. "
In the absence of diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran, Switzerland serves as the "protecting power" for U.S. interests in the country.
Previously, Hekmati's family members said he was being represented by a government-appointed lawyer, despite their repeated efforts to hire a private lawyer for him.
Hekmati was arrested in August while visiting his grandmother and other relatives, his family in Michigan said last month.
The Hekmatis said their son served in the Marines from 2001 to 2005. Later, he started his own linguistics company and contracted his services to the military as well as civilian businesses.
His military contracts included cultural competency training. He worked with troops at military bases to promote understanding and positive communication with people of other cultures, his family said.
Fars reported that Hekmati said he worked for the U.S. Army for four years and later the CIA, where he was sent to Afghanistan and had access to secret documents.
Fars also reported that Hekmati told a judge he worked for the CIA and that he was to be paid for delivering information to Iran's Intelligence Ministry.
He was supposed to give his information to the Iranians in two parts -- the first part for free, and if they liked it, he would ask for $500,000 for the second part, the news agency said.
Hekmati said he was to get a receipt from the ministry for the money, Fars reported. The judge speculated whether the receipt would later be used as evidence linking Iran to terrorist activities, the news agency said.
If Iran had paid, Hekmati told the judge, he would have kept the money and lived in Iran, according to Fars.
Iran's notorious secretive trials have been assailed by human rights groups and governments around the globe.
The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report on Iran says the court system is, in practice, "corrupt and subject to political influence." And while the country's constitution provides a defendant the right to a public trial, presumption of innocence, and a lawyer of his or her choice, "These rights were not respected in practice."
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday the United States takes the situation surrounding Hekmati "very seriously and we are addressing it in the appropriate manner."
Asked specifically about what actions the U.S. government might take on Hekmati's behalf, he referred to the State Department statement.
Carney noted that the United States and other Western nations have sanctioned Tehran over its failure to cooperate on nuclear issues.
"We are putting a great deal of pressure on Iran broadly because of its rogue behavior," Carney said, adding that Iran "won't live up to its international obligations with regards to its nuclear program."
Hekmati is the latest in a series of Americans to face arrest in the country in recent years.
Three U.S. hikers, also accused of spying, were arrested in 2009 and ultimately released. Sarah Shourd was freed on medical grounds in 2010; Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were freed in September 2011.
Journalist Roxana Saberi was arrested in January 2009 and convicted of espionage in a one-day trial that was closed to the public. She was freed in May that year.
Reza Taghavi, an Iranian-American retired businessman, was freed by Iran in 2010 after being held more than two years on suspicion of supporting an anti-regime group, his lawyer said.
Iranian-American Kian Tajbakhsh was among many people arrested in July 2009, amid post-election protests and a massive government crackdown. Exactly what he was convicted of was not clear. In March the next year, he was allowed temporary release within the country to celebrate the Persian New Year. That temporary release was later extended, according to the website freekian09.org, which works for his release.
CNN's Josh Levs, Azadeh Ansari and Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report.


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Asian shares advanced on Monday in early trading in response to positive comments by lawmakers in the U.S. about talks relating to the fiscal cliff while sustained weakness in the yen helped the Japanese stocks rise to a two-month high.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.9% to 121 as of 10:20 a.m. in Tokyo. Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average increased 1.4%, heading for its biggest four-day rally since March 2011. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index added 0.2%, while South Korea's Kospi Index rose 0.9%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 0.6%, while China's Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.2%.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said negotiations over fiscal cliff were "constructive." President Barack Obama, who is visiting Asia this week, said he is confident a deal can be achieved.
Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar continued to strengthen against the Japanese yen, the region's safe haven currency, bolstering Japanese stocks.
Exporters to the U.S. advanced the most. Toyota Motor Corp. rose 1.8% in Tokyo. Japan Tobacco Inc. jumped 6.5% as the government plans to postpone the sale of its stake in the cigarette maker.
Billabong International Ltd. surged 10% in Sydney after the surf-wear maker said it's considering a takeover. Fanuc Corp. advanced 3%.
Li & Fung Ltd., a supplier of toys and clothes to retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., gained 0.5% in Hong Kong. Samsung Electronics Co., Asia's biggest exporter of consumer electronics, added 1.8%.
Kunlun Energy Co., a Chinese gas supplier controlled by PetroChina Co., added 4.2%.


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NOTE: You should test the converted forum before delete your IPB installation, if you need to do it.
Here's the converter from IPB 3.0 to SMF 2.0 RC3, this was tested under an small database so if you have any issues please report them here, data that will be converted:
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I'll try this converter with IPB 3.1. Hope it works :)
Edit: Is there any guidance for this converter? For example, should i use the same DB for IPB and SMF? Coz I got that error:
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Not work convert.php, please upload now.
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It works actually. If you browse with IE you'll get 404 error. Try with Mozilla Firefox.
Converting members...Wrong value type sent to the database. Date expected. (birthdate) ? why :(
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Darren Fletcher has been out of the Manchester United fold for a very long time and, despite making a brief comeback earlier this year, the Scottish international has been heavily missed at Old Trafford.
The midfield star has suffered with chronic bowel disease and it certainly looked at one stage that he would never return to the Theatre of Dreams.
However, after recent reports confirmed Fletcher was back in training, can he now step into David Moyes' side and play a key role for the champions this season?
Some will believe that the energetic midfielder will now be past his best and will struggle to return the player he once was.
But there's certainly a case to put forward that he can still cut it at United.
He's still only 29-years-old, meaning if he had been consistently playing the past couple of years he would only now be reaching his prime.
Whose to say, that if Fletcher does make his way back into the first-team fold, that he can't regain his full fitness.
And, a fully fit Fletcher would certainly be a major boost for Moyes.
United, over the past couple of years, have had troubles in the centre of midfield and the Scottish star could certainly help fill a void.
Alongside the likes of Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick, Fletcher would certainly excel as he could provide the legs in-front of the two holding stars.
Before his time out of the game, Fletcher was a key figure in the United side. He played in the biggest games, title deciders, Champions League semi-finals and finals.
He was a cool, experienced head in the dressing room and he's a valuable asset to the champions.
Even a half fit Fletcher will offer more than United's Brazilian player Anderson. He can also help nurture Tom Cleverley, who reminds me of a young Fletcher.
The Scottish international may have never been the headline grabber, but he always did his job immaculately.
Of course, there are no certainties that Fletcher will get back to his best, but if he comes back mentally strong and fit, then he will certainly give Moyes another option.
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- 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
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- 1/2 medium head iceberg lettuce, shredded
- Cut the top off each bag of chips; set aside. Place chili in a saucepan; cook on a grill over medium heat for 10 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of chili into each bag of chips. Top with cheese, sour cream, salsa and lettuce. Yield: 6 servings.
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"We've taken this camping too, but I brown up ground beef with a taco seasonaing packet before leaving and keep it in the cooler. No problem warming it up over the fire. We also use taco flavored Doritos instead of Fritos."
"We take this camping with us - always a hit. I brown the beef and mix it with the seasoning and then pop it in the cooler - when it's time to eat we heat up the meat on the grill and then everyone can make their own with what toppings they like. We use the cheese dorito's instead of corn chips - might have to give the corn chips a try next time!!"
"these are a great hit with teens, we have used them at several birthday get togethers, we call them " walking tacos" and kids can fill their bag with what they like"
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San Diego, CA - One Industries riders were impressive at the opening round of Monster Energy Supercross Series at Anaheim, CA., last Saturday night. Rockstar Energy/ Motosport.com's Davi Millsaps took his fourth career 450 SX win in front of a sold out Angel Stadium. Millsaps grabbed the early lead in the final and was challenged late in the race but dug deep to take back the lead and the win in what could be considered a major upset. We at One Industries want to congratulate Davi and his team on his dominant day, including fast practice lap times, a heat race win and of course the main event win while wearing One Industries Carbon Jersey and Pants. It also marked the first ever win for One Industries and Rockstar Energy in the premier 450 SX class!
Other One Industries riders who did well were JGR Yamaha's Justin Brayton (9th 450SX) and Millsaps' Rockstar Energy teammates Jason Anderson (4th 250 west) and Ryan Sipes (6th 250 west). Look for more fine performances by One Industries athletes this weekend at round 2 in Phoenix. Check out the fine line of One Industries gear and graphics on our website at www.OneIndustries.com or check out our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/OneIndustries . And follow us on Twitter and Instagram @OneIndustries
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Boy Loves Girl Review
Boy Loves Girl is a game that revolves around the pursuit of affection. "Boy," the game's faceless protagonist, pulls the moon on a string as he chases after an elusive woman alongside companies of kangaroos and monkeys. Defying the will of the angry clouds that seek to destroy his declarations of love, the Boy collects smiles and hearts in hopes of impressing the Girl. And what's really mind-boggling is that the premise for Boy Loves Girl still makes more sense than the real-life mating game.
Like many iOS games, Boy Loves Girl breaks up its action into multiple levels that are nested in differently-themed worlds. Unlike many iOS games, getting the best score in each level isn't dependent upon how deftly you can fling fowl into a structure, nor are you required to solve any sort of physics puzzle. Instead, you (cast as the lovesick Boy) run through each level with the moon leashed on a string and chase endlessly after the Girl, who is always a few steps ahead of you. Each level has several goals to accomplish, and if you manage to complete those goals, you'll earn a ranking of zero to three stars.
The moon is a fine gift, but alas, it's fragile. It'll shatter if you bash it into any of the numerous clouds that are scattered around each level, and man, those clouds have it out for you and your love, so watch yourself. Each level's goals typically revolve around handling the clouds in some manner: you can tap thunderclouds to scatter them, you can graze the moon across rocket clouds to blow them up, and so on. Smiley faces will float upwards whenever you stymie a cloud, and collecting said smiley faces will improve your ranking at the level's end.
You can run, but you can't hide.
If the rules for Boy Loves Girl sounds like a whole lot of gobbledygook, that's because they kind of are. But the game is cuter for its nonsensical goals, because really, who among us can claim to have made any sense of love?
Boy Loves Girl does have flaws, but none of its problems are in its simplistic and sugary aesthetics: every inch of this game's artwork is adorable, from the bounding animals to the protagonist's flapping shirt (and his subsequently exposed belly). Rather, Boy Loves Girl has some issues with its control response time. Your main concern is raising and lowering the moon to collect smiley faces and avoid clouds and airborne traps, but it feels like there's too much friction between your finger and the moon's movements. The result is a lot of shattered moon-bits, and your own shattered heart. This can be a frustrating setback, as the game's levels lack checkpoints and force you to start all over if you make a mistake. It's enough to make a fellow or a gal swear off love forever.
You probably won't swear off Boy Loves Girl, though, as it's just too cheek-pinchingly charming to put down for long. Whether you're taken or single, you'll want to make sure you spend Valentine's Day running right down to the world's end with the moon tied to a string.


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eating alternators
Posted 08 September 2010 - 01:39 PM
Posted 08 September 2010 - 02:29 PM
sometimes the lifetime warranty alternators are known to be low quality. you get a lifetime warranty but the cost is that they basically fix alternators to resell, not completely rebuild them. not sure about the one you got but i've heard of life time warranty stuff like this before. they're not expecting the car it's going on to last long so it's rare they have to replace stuff.
Posted 08 September 2010 - 02:34 PM
Posted 08 September 2010 - 05:25 PM
Return the napa alt again. I've had to return the same thing to napa a few times before because it kept being dead when I got it. I got an axle replacement that started clicking 3 days later. It still clicks months later .... heh. I'm not very amused though.
Posted 08 September 2010 - 05:29 PM
Posted 08 September 2010 - 05:37 PM
Posted 08 September 2010 - 10:25 PM
Looks to be a whole bunch of em at the yards...anyway to tell if it a subaru alt and not aftermarket??
Edited by powderhound, 08 September 2010 - 10:27 PM.
Posted 09 September 2010 - 04:14 AM
It seems like there are 3 things to check before throwing a used unknown alternator into the mix.
Posted 09 September 2010 - 06:25 AM
Posted 09 September 2010 - 08:41 AM
Stuff like this ... Been making noise for years then a new one makes a noise. You already suspected the crank pulley, that may set up a tempo. What about the idler pulley/tightening pulley? It may be flying apart inside.
I thought about this but kinda ruled it out based on sticking a screwdriver on the t-belt covers and hearing nothing, screwdriver on the alt is loud. ?? The new noise is different, it goes away with the alt belt off, it's coming from the alt based on my screwdriver test.
How do I tighten the crank pulley or inspect its tightness? How do I check the electric load on the alt?
Posted 09 September 2010 - 08:46 AM
If you spin the alt by hand (no belt on it), do the bearings make bad noises?
Posted 09 September 2010 - 02:35 PM
Posted 10 September 2010 - 11:10 AM
Alright sounds like it's just a pos alt. I had to get to work today when installed it in their parking lot. Think napa will just give me my money back? I think I'd rather have that. I guess the plus side is alternators are easy to swap out on these cars. Alright I'll go hassle them tomorrow. I guess it's probably something they've dealt with before...the insta-return.
Looks to be a whole bunch of em at the yards...anyway to tell if it a subaru alt and not aftermarket??
The parts stores are good on their guarantees of a free replacement, but they won't refund any money in my opinion. Read all your posts, still sounds like your current alternator has a bad bearing. Like said, alternators on Subies are rather easy to replace. I just make sure to wedge a rag or paper towel under the long bolt, that way, if I drop the nut on disassembly or reassembly , I can easily retrieve it, and not have it fall through to land on the block somewhere.
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Another YouTube network has emerged fresh from the oven of L.A.'s online video industry – this one dedicated to food.
Tastemade, launched last month and founded by three longtime executives from Santa Monica's Demand Media, is developing a brand of foodcentric videos that feature a bite-size style endemic to the Web.
One clip on the channel is a wordless step-by-step video that shows in tightly framed, deftly edited shots how to brew apple cider. It lasts barely a minute but has racked up more than 800,000 views.
The channel is the latest entrant to a category known as "multichannel networks," a group that bundles different Web series to help them scale. It's a category that has come to dominate the young YouTube economy, which is increasingly centered on the Westside and Hollywood.
In short order, Tastemade has already achieved a measure of success. It launched with $5.3 million in venture capital funding, led by Redpoint Ventures of Menlo Park, and has brought more than 60,000 subscribers to the channel.
"History is repeating itself, just like cable 30 years ago when some amazing brands were built," said Steven Kydd, who co-founded Tastemade with Joe Perez and Larry Fitzgibbon. He spoke from one of the four cooking sets on network's soundstage, built inside a Santa Monica warehouse that once served as a set for MTV. "We think we can build a category-defining brand for all things culinary in the digital space."
Tastemade's launch comes amid an investment frenzy in multichannel networks. A month earlier, Hollywood's StyleHaul, with an emphasis on fashion, closed a $6.5 million funding round. Those moves arrived after a banner 2012 investment year, when Maker Studios and Machinima each secured eight-figure deals from Time Warner Inc. and Google Inc., respectively.
There are variances in the business models of multichannel networks, but generally the pitch they make to individual Web series is to band together with a large group to drive up viewers and command better ad rates.
For Tastemade, that means that aside from the series it commissions, the company also has a network of 100 affiliated cooking shows it does not produce. A series that signs with Tastemade as part of its network is given a chance to film on one of their cooking sets, cross-promote with other series and, theoretically, make more money.
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Are you a taphophile? If you have "a strong interest in graves and cemeteries," you are. And really, if you're reading here, I'm guessing you probably do!
Today's trip was to a cemetery in West Philadelphia called "The Woodlands". Formerly the estate of a prominent botanist, the cemetery itself has been in existence since approximately 1840, and several famous people are interred there, including Joseph Campbell, the founder of Campell's Soup, and Philadelphia artist Thomas Eakins.
I took some pictures and will post them shortly, but my overall impressions of the cemetery were favorable. It's a beautiful site, with lovely trees and greenspaces, and the graves, for the most part, are well cared for, though some are definitely suffering the effects of wear. There were a few tilted markers, and several crosses that appeared to have been lopped off their moorings, but for the most part, everything was tidy and well-tended.
It would be a formidable project to index the graves in this graveyard, but probably very doable since the hours of the graveyard are regular and it's in an extremely safe neighborhood. I plan to talk to the curator/groundspeople a little to make sure it hasn't already been done, but if not, I say we go for it!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Posted by Philly Graveyard Rabbit at 1:00 PM
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- Warren said...
I've been to the Woodlands and used their office staff personal. They are very helpful and knowledgeable about the cemetery. They seem to have all of the burials recorded and can access their dB from their office computers. To the best of my knowledge their dB isn't on line. It would well worth investigating why and perhaps a little help might prode them into putting it on line.
- November 2, 2008 at 3:08 PM
- Philly Graveyard Rabbit said...
That's a great idea, thanks--I will check with them. If it's a tech matter for them, I'd be happy to try and help them get it up...I'm sure there are bunches of people who'd love to be able to research their list.
- November 3, 2008 at 2:52 AM
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Bar Refaeli Has Nothing to Do with Baseball
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Reggie Jackson at the Bat: The stellar baseball photography of Mr. Walter Iooss Jr. Set aside some time for this one. [WBE]
A Bad Sign: In a less-than-auspicious start to the season, the Baltimore Orioles lost to a community college team yesterday. [Yahoo Sports]
A City Torn Asunder: Nick Offerman and Craig Robinson act out the Cubs vs. White Sox debate for New Era. [Grantland]
Skull Trauma: The vital stats of an umpire who is bleeding from the head. [Deadspin]