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|2007-06-03, 17:38
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IT Support
Ubuntu Linux
I thought I'd make a thread for people who have Ubuntu Linux and has trouble here and there as well as questions about features and the like. Some trouble might be simple commands people don't know and easily remedied, while some can be as far as system failures.
Now, I've got two things to discuss.
The first thing is is anyone having trouble with their system crashing after downloading and install recent updates for Ubuntu Linux 7.04 (Feisty)? I'm aware that people in the Ubuntu forums have brought up the problem, but no one has addressed a solution for the problem other than "a fix will arrive soon."
The second thing is that is there a way to adjust the dual-monitors as in opening a window won't cause the window to open in between the monitors and having the panels not to extend to the other monitor? Using the nVidia settings for my GeForce 7600GS doesn't seem to give me that option. Any settings other than TwinView or Clone seems to cause Ubuntu to have trouble during start-up.
|2007-06-03, 18:18
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temporary safeguard
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Germany
Age: 36
I only installed Ubuntu 7.04 to try it out, so I dont know about update problems.
For the dual monitor thing: you could give beryl a try, if you like the flashy graphics.
It has a huge amount of options, so it might include what you need. I only tried it on a laptop, where all those mouse gestures you use to operate beryl are not very handy, so I dont know if its useful on a desktop.
I have questions myself
1) If you installed KDE with Ubuntu (or KUbuntu, like I did), do you know if there is any way to open the console into a certain path from KDE browser?
For example you open a folder in a window and then somehow start a console and it should be already in that folder instead of my home folder. I ts so annoying having to "cd" my way to a certain folder instead of just right clicking it and chose "open console here" like you can do in Gnome.
2) Whats with su and sudo in Ubuntu? Did they ban the su command completly? All I can do right now is sudo things. Any way to get su back?
3) Why is it, when I create new folders in my home folder, I dont have permission for write access right away, but have to give them to myself everytime? I know this "feature" from other distributions where this is limited to non-home folders(and there I thought it was stupid already). But when working in folders that I am the owner of, this is a useless hindrance.
|2007-06-03, 18:32
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Gregory House
IT Support
Of course, there should be more specific howtos around.
NOTE: With that guide, I didn't get good compatibility with Beryl (meaning the TV was unusable if I activated the Beryl window manager, though it really didn't matter since my friend only wanted to watch video files with the TV).
|2007-06-03, 18:51
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Forests of Hokkaido
Age: 68
Can't help with the sudo thing. I'm a Fedora user where su is the normal approach.
I don't know why this wouldn't be the default for Ubuntu.
Despite all the hype Ubuntu gets, I still like Fedora. It installs pretty cleanly and is easy to keep updated with yum. There are also excellent third-party repositories for Fedora like rpmforge and Livna.
|2007-06-04, 01:02
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
"su" is considered "easy to shoot yourself in the foot with" (just like logging in as root).
Using "sudo" consistently reminds you you're about to do something that could be horrible
I've not had any problems with updates at all so can't help you with any crash issues... was it the recent kernel update that people ran into trouble with?
|2007-06-04, 01:18
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Gregory House
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|2007-06-04, 01:40
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Ubuntu 7.04 & crashing: boot your system with kernel 2.16.20-15 if it's still available and uninstall the currunt 2.26.20-16.
Mine didn't crash, but some usb devices (webcam, wacom, ..) didn't get recognized (even with kernel module recompile) and my ntfs partition couldn't get mounted.
Some people also reported kernel panics with it -_-
|2007-06-04, 03:56
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Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
to substitue user to root
u can use
sudo su -
ofc its not recommended
geeky explanation to why su does not work on it's own is because substitute user (su) by default, subs to root, root account in distros like ubuntu and damn small linux are disable by default so u need to sudo to elevate your rights. so the god account does still exist, but sudo makes it easier to audit anyone using elevated rights.
and I also recommend beryl, it all the flashy vista stuff (beryl and compiz came out first btw), but more useful and u can switch it off by right click exit.
|2007-06-04, 04:14
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You could say.....
Join Date: Apr 2007
Oh man I'm thinking about moving to linux ubuntu from xp and all this stuff is way over my head. I haven't done any command line stuff since I had Ms-Dos on my 386.
Everytime I open an ubuntu thread to get a feel for what to expect get all these command line stuff and am petrified.
|2007-06-04, 04:49
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Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
The command line is useful because lots of the faq and howtos are in the form copynpaste the following lines.
When i use ubuntu I try to avoid commandline as I'm trying to get used to the way the distro is used by the average home user.
|2007-06-04, 06:53
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Germany
Age: 36
Yay, F4! Great key, thx.
Speaking as a real Ubuntu newbie (and not too long linux user in general) I can tell you, you dont need to know those commands right from the start.
Distros like Ubuntu, Suse and so on work out of the box with a windows-like gui and if you use them like they are provided, you dont need to do any command line stuff at all. In fact an XP installation is way more complicated with all the custom tools and settings you need to do until you get a useable OS.
Distros come with tools for almost everything already installed and if you need something else, there are tools (clickable ) that give you lists of more things you can install by just clicking on the list entry. Much easier than aquiring new software in windows.
The only thing that really confused me when first installing a linux was the way it handles pathes and hd names.
In windows you have your HDs and every HD has its own top level folder (C:, D:, E: and so on). You reach any data by chosing a HD first and click through the folders from there on.
In Linux the folder system is not linked like that to your hardware/HD structure.
There is only one top level folder called root (thats a hint on the tree-like folder structure I guess ). Root has no obvious real place on your hardware, its kind of abstract. From there on the OS implements its folder structure. Somewhere there might be a folder that contains your windows HDs...
As you can see I still struggle hard to describe this system, for a windows user its really odd.
Oh and HDs (the real hardware parts) are given complicated names like sda0, sda1, or even sda01..2...4 and so on for partitions on sata hds. You might need these names if you want to customize the way linux makes partitions when installing. But I recommend you just accept the partitions it will propose for your first try.
|2007-06-04, 07:33
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Forests of Hokkaido
Age: 68
First rule about Unix systems in general: everything is a file. This includes disks, partitions, USB mass storage, printers, you name it. "Devices" like disks, keyboards, etc., live in the /dev subtree. The first SATA or SCSI drive in the chain is /dev/sda, the next /dev/sdb, and so forth. If you plug in a USB storage device like a camera or portable media player, it'll be assigned the next available /dev/sdX name. Specific partitions are referenced by adding a number from 1-N to the end of the device name like /dev/sda2, the second partition on the first SATA drive. Treating everything as a file gives Unix enormous power. For instance, you can clone an entire hard drive by using the command "dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/sdd" which makes a bit-for-bit copy of /dev/sdc onto /dev/sdd ignoring details like partitions, filesystems, etc.
Rather than assigning "drive letters" as DOS/Windows does, Unix has the concept of "mount points." A mount point is simply an empty directory in the tree. Each filesystem outside the root tree is attached to the tree at a mount point. For instance, all our home directories live on our server which I then attach to the mount point /home on our workstations using a technology called the "Network File System," or NFS. (Invented by Sun, NFS is the most-common method for accessing network filesystems in Unix.) That means my personal configuration travels with me across workstations. Network filesystems are thus treated identically to local filesystems. Think about this as like mounting a "network drive" in Windows. Instead of mounting a remote share to a drive letter like H:, I mount it to /home.
The most-common problem I see new Unix users having with all this is using the wrong slash. After years of using "\" to represent levels in a tree in Windows, they now have to use "/". ("\" is used as an "escape" character on the command line and tells the command processor, or "shell" in Unix-speak, to treat the following character as itself even if it might have some other special meaning.) This slash issue has become less of a problem since the advent of the Internet because people are now used to URLs which employ the Unix slash. But I still have to remember to tell people which slash to use if I have to give them instructions about typing commands.
@hobbes: As others have said here, good desktop distributions like Fedora or Ubuntu hide all the command-line stuff. My daughter uses Linux every day and never types a command. (Of course, she does have excellent technical support available.) I recommend getting a live-CD version of, say, Ubuntu, and taking it for test drive.
Edit: Fedora 7 was released over the weekend and now includes a live-CD version as well. Torrents here.
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|2007-06-04, 09:49
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Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
@SeijiSensei - Nice explanation!
Just want to add that with all of the later distro's I have tried, the auto mount point has moved from the /mnt directory to a subdirectory under /media. I think this was due to a change in the POSIX standards (but that is boring geeky stuff)
My personal choice for partitioning is to always have a separate partition for home, that way you can quite happily do a fresh install without blitzing (most) of you user files if not all of them.
In detail for my laptop I go for....
{/}{/home}{truecrypt encypted volume for lappie}{swap}
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away after many arguments we decided that the best place to put the swap on a physical disk in the edge as that is the fast part of the disk. Never ever found if this was 100% true, but it kinda made sense at the time.....
I would advise against using ReiserFS as Hans Reiser is somewhat occupied with the law. V3 is on maintain ace only and V4 is a wee bit edgy....
Ubuntu 7.04 uses ext3 by default.
In regards to the OP's question about their dual monitor, are your driver stock or from the nvidia site?
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|2007-06-04, 13:39
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Is that somehow more performing than using a file as virtual disk ?
I've a fairly big file on an external HD and the volume is formatted as FAT32, so Windows can eventually access it as well.
|2007-06-04, 19:24
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Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
I know it is possible to do full drive encryption, but I personally don't have data that warrants me to encrypt the swap etc. People who are capable/willing to slurp data of my machine most probably have far higher targets, or would just use the rubber hose technique as that is far cheaper
The windows ext2 driver works with ext3, there is quite a bit of info out there claiming that ppl have gotten faster read speeds from it over ntfs (also some saying its slower). I haven't tried it myself.
Personally all of my big external HDD are ext3 and if i need to access the data from a XP box I tend to drag that off via samba.
|2007-06-05, 14:19
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Germany
Age: 36
Oh, this sounds interesting.
Does that mean you know a way to read out ext3 files from local hds while being in win XP?
Some of my more important files I am working on often are multiplying thanks to having two comps (pc and laptop) and each with linux + xp. Hard to keep it synchronized so everywhere is the most recent version. Being able to read cross os in both ways would help.
I kind of get the idea of having a server that can handle both file systems read it out on one side and send it over to the other, but does linux have to be running hosting the service at that time, or can I just start it in xp? (it wouldnt work on a single comp otherwise, right? )
I found something called IFS driver for windows. You think this might work?
It says its for reading ext2 but I am using ext3. On the site where I originaly found the link, they said, they used it for ext3...
I hope this doesnt mess up anything. :>
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|2007-06-05, 16:22
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Forests of Hokkaido
Age: 68
grey_moon is talking about using "Samba" to export file shares on a Linux box so you can mount the shares in Windows. This works over a network with Windows client machines and a Linux server.
The reverse can happen as well, which might be more effective for you. If you're using KDE, you can enter an "SMB" URL* into Konqueror and connect to a Windows shared directory. Type
If you want to mount a Windows share permanently on a Linux box, you'll need to use the "smbmount" command from the command prompt as root. Suppose you set up a "mount point" (see above) called /mnt/myfiles. You can issue the command
smbmount //192.168.1.1/myfiles /mnt/myfiles -o username=xxx,password=yyy
Remember all this applies to a situation where there are separate Windows and Linux boxes both residing on a network.
*SMB stands for "Server Message Block" and was the formal name for the filesharing protocols used by Windows networking. Lately these protocols have become known as CIFS, the "Common Internet File Service."
|2007-06-05, 17:05
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Yup, IFS
It even works perfectly with Windows Vista, but you've to specify "Run as Administrator..." to start the installation unlike many other programs.
grey_moon: If I understand it well (jeez.. it's past midnight ^^') you're truecrypt volume is ext3 formatted and you mount it Windows using IFS drivers?
I've one that was NTFS formatted (created on windows like 2 years ago) and have to mount it in Linux with the --filesystem ntfs-3g option.
I experience this a quite slower than using it with windows.
That's why the new truecrypt volume is formatted as FAT32, which is way faster on both OSes.
The external HD itself is {100MB FAT32}{159,9GB EXT3} That FAT32 partition is for having the IFS installer should I need to connect the HD to someone else's PC.
|2007-06-05, 23:12
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Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
To honest I believe that FAT32 would be faster then ext3 as it does not have the journalling overheads.
I personally use ext3 on my lappie so I can use symlinks, but on my usb flash drives which are used for simple storage to cart things around externally, or to store some of my more sensitive info I would use FAT32 for simplicity.
In regards if windows can read a truecrypt partition which has been formatted with ext3 if you have the ifs drivers installed. The answer is yes, but I haven't tested speed yet! TC is so well written *sniffle*
Oh noes, I'm going to have to dig out that old lappie drive of mine to test the speed
I do mine differently from SS, but there is no right way, only what you personally prefer
In regards to sharing drives over samba, I use OpenSuSE 10.2 for my server/main box. That mounts external hard drives as
and so on
So I basically have permanent samba shares to these points in the smb.conf, so if I plug something in it is auto shared. Even through there really is only one user on my tiny network I do lock down the share with valid users = me
Oh another nice tip is to do with user name spaces. Lots of ppl I guess would have created their user on windows as "My Name" etc etc, and Linux user name with spaces is a no no. Samba accounts are bound to the Linux accounts, but you can get past that with the following:
In the smb.conf file add:
username map = /etc/smb/usermap
In the usermap you define the username as follows:
username = "User Name"
So now I can happily login to windows with "User Name", but it actually points to "username" on my nix box
That way the default (at least with SuSE) auto mount user home directory scripts work.
Sorry if I hop between talking about SuSE on the Ubuntu thread, but if anyone needs I can test out on Ubuntu and go into more detail!
grey's home network
Basically I have one (old) box I leave on all the time which is running OpenSuSE. I have on it all my data files which I back up to external storage once a week. If I need to run unsafe stuff (internet) then I do that in a virtual machine (VMware Server is free).
Almost all of my data sits on that server, unless I class it as sensitive (ie online purchases, bank statements etc), which I keep on external TC drives which are also backed up to other TC drives. I only mount these when I want to access them and generally on my lappie when it has been booted into secure mode (I have OpenSuSE on another USB drive I use to do my transactions etc).
On my other boxes, lets say my XP gaming rig, I back them up once a week or before I do something stupid with trueimage to a samba share, I make sure I back up the My Documents dir even if I don't use it as some games save there. I do almost everything via samba locally and using ssh externally.
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Iris M. Phillips
Iris M. Phillips, 82, of Big Spring died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in a Midland hospital. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at the Lone Wolf Cemetery in Mitchell County with the Rev. Terry Moffett officiating.The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home.Iris was born March 25, 1930, in Mart, Texas, to the late James Robert and Levie Clara (Tomascik) Isbell. She married Willie Phillips on Sept. 1, 1948, in Stanton. He preceded her in death Nov. 2, 1994.Iris was a loving mother and grandmother. She loved serving wherever she could at church and was known for the candy wreaths she made each Christmas for the West Side Community Day Care Center.Survivors include two sons, John Phillips and wife Carol of Decatur, Ala., and Ray Phillips of Big Spring; two daughters, Beth Peters and Martha Watson, both of Big Spring; nine grandchildren, Tammy Roberts, Cherish Delgado and husband Mario, Lacey Phillips, Tyler Phillips and fiance Kristy Arseneaux, Joshua Peters and wife Kathleen, John Peters and wife Tiffany, Jeremiah Peters, Sean Peters and wife Valerie and Brandy Watson; nine great-grandchildren; one sister, Mildred Mitchell and husband Walter of Colorado City; and numerous nieces and nephews.She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Nancy Phillips; and one brother, W.D. Isbell.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com

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Calling it a last resort, opponents of a plan that would create bicycle lanes on a portion of Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington have garnered enough signatures to put the project up for a nonbinding vote this spring.
The East Arlington Concerned Citizens Committee has collected 3,153 certified signatures, more than 10 percent of the town's registered voters, on a petition to place a question on the ballot in April about the town's proposal to reconfigure part of Massachusetts Avenue.
Eric Berger, a member of the grass-roots group, said that the town has not given the public enough opportunity to shape the design and that the ballot question is a last resort in a long fight by opponents.
"We're now desperate to finally get the public in here," Berger said.
The $5.8 million reconfiguration plan for Massachusetts Avenue along a mile-long stretch in East Arlington would reduce the number of vehicle lanes, mostly on the westbound side of the avenue, in order to install bicycle lanes on each side of the roadway.
Opponents say that reducing the total number of lanes on the avenue from four to three will cause traffic jams and that bicycle lanes are not needed with the Minuteman Bikeway nearby.
The nonbinding question that will appear on the ballot in the April 6 town election will ask whether Massachusetts Avenue should have four vehicular travel lanes in East Arlington, as it does now.
But the East Arlington Livable Streets Coalition is vowing to campaign for a no vote on the ballot question to show support for creation of bicycle lanes and other improvements to the avenue. The coalition is calling the ballot question misleading because it promises four vehicle lanes, but does not mention that keeping all the lanes would mean doing away with the benefit of adding bicycle lanes.
Phil Goff, a member of the coalition, said that while the ballot question is nonbinding, he is worried that it could delay the project or that a vote in favor of keeping four lanes on Massachusetts Avenue could keep the project from moving forward.
Goff said opponents are not respecting a "heck of a lot of support" for the plan shown at Town Meeting, by the Board of Selectmen, and by citizens at numerous public meetings. Backing for bike lanes will be evident when the votes on the ballot question are tallied, Goff said.
"I think it's going to be close, but I'm confident that it is going to be a no," he said. Kevin Greeley, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said that the town has held about 30 meetings on the Massachusetts Avenue project in the past three or four years and that is why the board turned down the request asking selectmen to place the question on the ballot. He said support for the project has been repeated by selectmen, Town Meeting members, and other residents. "We're going to stop this one way or the other," he said.
Opponents of the town's Massachusetts Avenue plan say they turned to collecting signatures for the nonbinding ballot question because selectmen refused a request in December to put the question before voters in the town election. The East Arlington Concerned Citizens Committee said it suspects that officials have colluded to eliminate the public from development of the Massachusetts Avenue corridor project.
Maria Romano, a member of the Concerned Citizens Committee, said citizens never should have had to do the hard work of collecting signatures just to get the town to listen to opposition to the bicycle lanes.
"If they came to us and they talked about it and they dealt reasonably with the people that are going to use it, then this road would have been built already," she said.
'We're now desperate to finally get the public in here.'
Greeley said the bicycle lanes included in the design are needed to secure state and federal funding for the project. Other work, including sidewalk improvements, is needed to make pedestrian crossings safer in the area. The town will go out to bid to get a contractor for the project this spring, he said.
"It's a project that needs to get done," he said.
Berger said opponents of the project would be happy to see the project advance if the bicycle lanes are removed from the design and if four vehicle lanes remain, along with a share-the-road approach for cyclists.
He said he expects a strong majority will vote in support of keeping four lanes on Massachusetts Avenue.Brock Parker can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I picked up my Revo used. It had a pair of 3s lipos with it, but the balance plugs had broken wires. My charger didn't want anything to do with them. I bought a pair of new 2s and have been running them (plenty of power). But I got brave and opened the 3s's up today. After getting in there, I stripped the little wires and soldered them back onto the batt terminals. Pretty simple but it was a lil nerve racking at 1st. I charged them up and they work great again.
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By the way, I'm Robb. Years ago(like 20), I raced all over the state of MI. I was never a great driver but I had a ton of fun. Then kids came along and I put my toys away. Then about a year ago a friend of mine kept buggin me to pull out my old truck. Well I finally did about a month and a half ago. Not long after that, it got upgraded to BL and then Lipos. WOW! What a game changer those two were for the RC world! Ok, so then I decided I was going to buy a Slash 4x4. I started looking on CL and ran across a great deal on a Mamba Revo. It was all jacked up, with a Raptor body on it. It was really hard to keep on its wheels. I took the long travel stuff off and put a Revo body back on it. I have several parts ordered for it so far. I have to say it is a fun beast! I still may buy a Slash 4x4, but the Revo is SIK FUN!!
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Welcome & good choice of trucks, unless you just want a different truck. Get another Revo, then you don't need so many different spare parts.......Could build a Slayer instead.....my next truck if I ever get this one built....
Would you go flip my truck back over??
I bought an e maxx after my revo just for something different. My daughter loves it
Keep an eye on that 3 cell. You don't know what its been through
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That body almost glows in the dark! What other mods are you planning?
I am debating on putting the true-track rear on because I have steel axles already. I just ordered a swaybar kit and new wheels & tires. I will probably upgrade the diffs, but not until I have an issue with the stockers. I never seem to be able to leave my stuff alone, so who knows what else.
The reason it looks like its glowing is, its under a black light.
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That's a good reason! I would probably wait til you break a rear arm. Diffs good luck I wild atleast shim them but some are tighter then others so you might be lucky
addicted much....
Mine were broke off right down at the solder point.
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Oh yea, I am going to do a single servo conv too.
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Is it a good idea to put the true track stuff on my revo when I am using steel axles? It seems I have heard they tend to make the axles pop out. Is that true?
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True track is nice but you might have problems with cvds. You may be able to run extended cups but I would run long summit shafts
Rpm arms flex instead of breaking so there is a problem
Do you know the part number of the shafts I need?
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Traxxas 5656 but that's for the long shaft only. Search ebay they have take offs all the time
I bought these http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-NEW-5607-T...item589a91eb9a then these http://www.ebay.com/itm/Traxxas-Summ...item2326ccb48b
Summit takes two.short and two long and revo takes 4 long
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My swaybar kit came today. I got them installed and what a difference! I almost can't see why the BL revo doesn't come with them. When I took it out to test it with 6s, it doesn't seem so insanely fast. It still is, but it handles so much better and is much more controllable. That, and my new taped badlands make it a whole different animal. Now I am going to gather my parts to do my single servo conv.
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My new road rollers came today!
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nice! now you need traxxas aluminum wheelie bar wheels
and they have rubber wheels!
Looks good, love the color.
Got my new servo saver in the mail. So I went my LHS and picked up my new servo today!
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you do plan a bec with that!
You sayin I will need one? They told me that I don't, with this servo @ my LHS. They said that is why they stock this servo. I guess I trusted they knew what thy were talkin about.
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Try it first, but if you get any glitching or brown out you will need the EXT BEC..
right now I have mine wired for 2s or 3s.
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The weather finally got decent enough to take my rev out and check out my single servo set up. So far so good! No BEC, and it worked flawlessly. I ordered a glitch buster but its not here yet. I may not even need that. I am really happy with my HW ESC. I was only out for about 10min before I broke a knuckle, so I didn't get to do a full run with it.
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With the castle esc you would probably have problems
The reason 50 is telling you about the external BEC is two fold and one doesnt apply since you dont run a castle ESC.
The Savox servos are extremely power hungry and cause a lot of problems dragging down the control voltage for the entire truck. Ive seen folks have issues even with non castle ESCs. One big one are those running spektrum RXs, they are extremely picky and will undervolt quickly. Watched a guy with a similar setup running a spektrum RX cream his machine into a concrete rataining wall at high speed when he went to do a sharp turn under full power. The truck just shut down with a total loss of power which meant no drag brake, NADA. Later it was found that his RX was blacking out because the Savox servo was dragging the BEC voltage too low and the RX shut down. There are several work arounds with trying glitch busters or external BECs but IMO the best fix is to choose any servo but Savox. Folks run Hitech servos on a castle ESC with no BEC and spektrum RXs and dont have issues.
I'm running my Hitec 7950TH without an external BEC now...set my ESC internal BEC to 6V via the field link programmer...I am yet to experience any issues.
Rock n Rolla !
So, last time I took my revo out I busted the left rear knuckle about 10min into the run. I didnt have any replacements, so I ordered new ones. I put a new one on, took my revo out and about 10min into my run I broke the left rear knuckle again! Are you guys runnin aluminum ones? Or is there a stronger option?
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Venture Capitalists Converge on Colorado to Look In on Startups
So, this week I returned to Vail, Colo., for the annual Venture Capital in the Rockies conference, and sat through 19 of 22 early-stage companies presenting, all of them seeking investments from VCs in the area. All of the companies presenting are either from Colorado or from surrounding states. Here are a few that caught my eye.
Cloud Elements: Based in Denver, this company of 12 employees specializes in making cloud applications work together. When the other option is to hire a bunch of programmers to write a bunch of custom code to get two or three or more cloud applications to play nice together, this company has designed a growing list of pre-built integrations.
GeoStrut: While not technically a digital company, this company fascinated me with its carbon fiber lattice designs that are used in the construction of, among other things, wireless towers. Carbon fiber isn't a new material, but GeoStrut has perfected a way to mass-produce it. It's getting a lot of incoming interest from companies in India and elsewhere in the developing world where wireless infrastructure construction is likely to boom. It's based in Lindon, Utah.
Lendio: Based in South Jordan, Utah, Lendio is basically a matchmaker for small businesses looking for commercial loans. It helps small business owners find the right loan from the right kind of institution — a bank, credit union or other source. It's not a lender, but makes fees on the referrals.
MobilePulse: Ever wished you could hire someone to evaluate all your wireless plan device options and tell you which one was best? Imagine having the same problem for a business, where you're managing a fleet of hundreds if not thousands of smartphones, tablets and the like. Denver-based Mobilepulse has a software-as-a-service product that measures, compares and diagnoses mobile performance. It uses a client application that gets installed on all of a company's devices, and monitors performance for analysis and reporting. Over time, you get an idea of your plan's performance, and can later compare it against different plans from other carriers.


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Transfer news: Mauricio Pochettino rules out Gaston Ramirez exit
Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino insists Gaston Ramirez will remain at St Mary's in the summer.
Last Updated: 28/06/13 4:38pm
The Saints smashed their transfer record with a bid of £12m to bring Ramirez from Bologna last year, but the Uruguay international struggled to find his feet in the Premier League.
Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid are both believed to be interested in Ramirez if he wants to leave England, but Pochettino has no intention to sell the midfielder.
"He's happy with us and we are counting on him for next season," he said.
"It's normal that a lot of clubs are interested in his quality, but we don't listen to transfer rumours. We are planning for next season with him on board."
Southampton have made just one signing, with centre-back Dejan Lovren joining from Lyon in an £8.5m deal, and Pochettino admits this arrival ended his interest in Cagliari centre-back Davide Astori.
"Lots of names have been linked with Southampton, perhaps too many," he said. "Some of them have been invented, others not.
"We were after Astori, for example, but in the end we went for Lovren instead. He's a great player."
Pochettino dismissed claims of a possible move for Astori's Cagliari team-mate Radja Nainggolan and also ruled out an approach for Roma's Pablo Osvaldo.
Reports suggested the striker rejected a £17m move to Saints, but the Argentinian insisted he did not make an offer for Osvaldo, who played under him during his spell as a manager in Spain.
"Osvaldo is a great player," Pochettino said. "I worked with him at Espanyol so I know what he can do.
"We are aware of his situation at Roma, but we haven't made an offer.
"We have a clear idea of what our targets should be but the market is moving very slowly at the moment. We are working prudently to reinforce the squad."


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With its white and pastel green walls, the Learning Centre stood out among the drab shacks sitting at the end of the only stretch of concrete road in the dump. The students from the Learning Centre live on the outskirts of Payatas – with their parents scavenging the dumpsite trying to earn their livelihood from the rubbish collected – to sell, recycle and even eat.
The volunteers shared meals with the pre-schoolers and organised games such as "Trip to Jerusalem". They also taught the children the art of making puppets and subsequently held an interactive puppet show with the puppets they just made. The volunteers also gave out new bags and school supplies to the children.
To express their gratitude, the pre-schoolers gave an enthusiastic performance of Carinosa, a Philippine folk dance, much to the delight of the volunteers. A parent thanked them for being an inspiration to the children, "I told my child that education will change their lives for the better. No parent would want their child to remain here. There is a better life away from Payatas."


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WKU ranks in the top 15 percent of schools that best accommodate soldiers and other military personnel. Included in WKU's efforts are special tuition rates, degree programs at Fort Knox, awarding credit for specialized military training and occupational specialty, actively coordinating programs and accommodations from the Military Installation Voluntary Review Board.
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When Pittsburgh's city controller proposed a study to determine if a more realistic rate of return on investments for the city's troubled municipal pension fund was needed, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl flatly refused.
Noting that a lower rate of return would mean an increase in the city's required pension fund payments that could translate to the need for a property tax hike, Mr. Ravenstahl said that "to me, this is where this is going, and I'm not going to do it."
He wasn't alone. Three other pension board members, including the city council president, the firefighters' union president and the public safety director, also opposed the move, according to the 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article. As a result, City Controller Michael Lamb backed down: "I don't believe 8 percent is realistic for this kind of fund. But you're right, the other side is, can we afford to lower it?"
Buried in the debate about how to fix Pennsylvania's myriad state and municipal pension problems is the concern that many, like Pittsburgh, are even more underfunded than reported because of overly optimistic rates of return, which are the amount of earnings expected on pension investments. Pension boards often turn a blind eye to the issue because facing it would require contributing even more money to the systems at a time when fully funding the plans already seems overwhelming.
Their fears are justified. The Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System and Public School Employees' Retirement System added a whopping $7 billion in new liabilities when the assumed rate of return was reduced by only a fraction, from 8 to 7.5 percent. Current liability for those pension funds now stands at $14 billion for SERS and $30 billion for PSERS.
It's not unusual for government to mask inconvenient realities - like the strong possibility of getting lower earnings on investments than predicted - in order to suit an agenda, according to economist Walter J. "John" Williams, whose Shadow Statistics web site takes aim at what he believes are biased indicators for federal unemployment, the federal deficit, CPI and GDP.
"Government data are biased in politically correct directions and increasingly have diverged from common experience and reality since the mid-1980s," he says in the introduction to his web series on suspect government reporting.
Defenders of the high 7.5 to 8.5 percent rates of return commonly used by many public pensions point to yields achieved over the past 25 years as justification, according to noted Pennsylvania pension expert Richard Dreyfuss.
But Mr. Dreyfuss - unconvinced that the past is necessarily an indicator for the future - questions whether that is an appropriate rate for the next 25 years. He is especially leery given growing government deficits on both the state and federal level that he fears will divert productive capital from the private sector to the public sector.
Mr. Dreyfuss also believes that expecting a higher rate of return often translates to placing investments in more risky portfolios, a risk that is then borne by current and future taxpayers.
So what are more appropriate assumed rates of return? Mr. Dreyfuss points to reports by three respected pension administrators. A 2011 Wilshire Associates study indicated none of the 126 state retirement systems - including PSERS and SERS - will be able to meet its actuarial systems assumed rates of return over the next 10 years.
The likely return is estimated at 6.5 percent. A 2012 Welton Investment Corp. study yielded a 5.69 percent expected annual return for the next seven to 10 years.
And the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System lowered its investment assumption from 6 to 5.5 percent.
As Pennsylvania grapples with the issue of pension reform, it's clear that underlying assumptions like the rate of return must be given as much weight as modifications designed to make plans more solvent.
Gerald Cross is the executive director of the Pennsylvania Economy League Central Division.


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How Much is Too Much?
As a parent, I often find myself walking the fine line between offering too much support to my children and not offering enough. I have previously confessed to the challenge I face when it comes to letting my children figure things out the hard way. If they fall down, I'm right there beside them, picking them up, and probably making a way bigger deal out of the fall than need be. That's just the kind of mom I am, and I've learned to be okay with that. But now that Cameron is approaching adulthood, things are a little more complicated than just holding his hand as he learns to walk, and picking him up if he toddles over.
I've determined that the best way to prepare Cameron for life as an adult is through employment. He's had an internship at Angelico's Pizzeria for a year now, and has loved it. He had a less than fortunate run with paid employment at the Department of Disability Services this summer, but has picked himself up and is soldiering on. He is now working with an adult service provider to find long term paid employment. His last two periods of the school day are dedicated to internship, which might involve paid employment, but might not, depending on how the stars and moon align. Ideally, Cameron would be afforded an opportunity of paid employment that would take place during his internship period, with maybe a few additional hours during the weekend. Ideally, the job would be restaurant-related so that Cameron can learn some of the foundation skills he will need to fulfill his dream of owning a pizza restaurant.
The good news is that through the efforts of the adult service provider, Angelico's has offered Cameron paid employment for four hours on Friday evenings. This would be a peak period, and Cameron would have more responsibilities than he currently has in his role as intern. Additional good news is that through the same adult service provider, Cameron has interviewed for a part-time dishwashing position at a senior living facility. I was invited to attend the interview with Cameron, and it all seemed rather promising. And even more good news is that through Cameron's school, he will be able to start a brand new internship at a restaurant near his school. I had asked for a new internship placement since Angelico's would now be paying him for the Friday evening shift. I thought it would be better if Cameron not mix unpaid hours with paid hours. Among other reasons, this would help Cameron stick to an employer's schedule, as opposed to just going into work when he's bored (or hungry).
All of this good news makes for a lot of new experiences. By new, I mean "unknown." Cameron may well have three different employers by the end of the week. At a minimum, he'll have two employers. And he's a full-time student, of course. If he were to be offered the dishwasher position at the senior living facility, it would bring on transportation challenges, as the facility is not in a hub of public transportation options. Cameron will adapt to new situations rather quickly, but I am a little concerned that I'm asking too much of him. I myself am stressed over the different iterations of his possible schedule, so I can only imagine what this state of flux will do to Cameron's state of mind. The phrase "be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it" comes to mind. But as I ruminate over how far to push Cameron's employment options and when enough is too much, I've shared my concerns with people close to me. The unanimous response to my quandary has been, "Don't assume he can't handle all this until he tries." So, try I will let him, and I will remain within arm's reach to pick him up if he toddles over.


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Bullorama in Sibley Labor Day Weekend
The Dazey Sodbusters Club will celebrate its 68th anniversary this year with the 10th Sodbuster Stampede Bullorama in Sibley on Sunday. Along with a full day of bull riding, dancing and pedal tractor pulling, the Sodbuster club will honor Larry Martin as the 2013 Outstanding Sodbuster of the Year.
martin, an 18-year member of the Sodbusters, was voted outstanding Sodbuster by his peers. According to Sodbuster president, Tony Heinze, Martin does whatever is necessary for the club including participating in fundraising events mowing and cleaning with he does with help from his grandsons.
A Hunter, N.D. native, Martin retired from farming and working for the city of Hunter before moving to Dazey where he served as Sodbuster vice president for 16 years.
Martin, who is married with three children and seven grandchildren, likes to garden, fish, hunt and travel when he's not busy with the Sodbusters. He especially enjoys spending time with his grandchildren. "I like little kids," Martin said. "I should have had them first."
One of Martin's duties, along with the rest of the Sodbusters is to get ready for the annual Bullorama. Before anything can happen on Labor Day weekend, bleachers need to be set up, a band needs to be hired for the street dance, corral panels need to be checked over, and preparations need to be made for the kids pedal tractor pull.
This year, the event starts on Sunday, Sept. 1 with a Calcutta auction. Bull riders and bulls will be auctioned off before the rides. Whoever "buys" a rider or a bull will get to keep part of the purse.
At 3 p.m., bull riding with riders from several states begins. The kid's pedal tractor pull starts at 5 p.m. At 7 p.m. a ceremony honoring the Sodbuster of the year will be held. At 8:30 p.m., after the festivities end, a dance featuring Thunder Ridge will be held until 1 a.m. Spinner's Limo Service will provide rides to and from the event.
Admission to the bullorama is $12 for adults, $8 for students, and preschoolers get in free. Admission to the dance will be $8 after 7 p.m.
Sodbusters will hold raffles before and during the event. Prizes include one-half a beef bundle, a flat screen TV, a gas grill, a gun cabinet and more.
Proceeds from the Sodbuster's event go toward a variety of community functions including fire and ambulance, school functions, and a scholarship fund.
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- 1-1/2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, halved
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1-1/4 cups warm water (110° to 115°), divided
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1-1/2 to 2 cups all-purpose flour
- In a small bowl, combine the cranberries, brown sugar and molasses; let stand for 1 hour. Stir in 1 cup warm water.
- In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in remaining warm water. Add honey; let stand for 5 minutes. Beat in the butter, salt, allspice, whole wheat flour, 1 cup all-purpose flour and cranberry mixture until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a large bowl coated with cooking spray, turning once to coat top. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch dough down and turn onto a floured surface; shape into a loaf. Place in a 9x5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to wire rack to cool. Yield: 1 loaf.
Originally published as Holiday Cranberry Yeast Bread in Light & Tasty December/January 2004, p23
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"This is a fantastic bread recipe. If I make it again, I would make a few changes. I think the cranberries are best soaked overnight in the molasses and brown sugar. Also, a 9x5 loaf pan isn't really adequate for the volume. It would work well as a free-form loaf baked on a cookie sheet on parchment. Everyone who tasted it loved it."


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Olive oil Tortas from Spain
I bought these tortas to try them and they were so good. I had to portion out a 1/3 for each snack for fear I would eat them all up before I could find a way to make them. When I found the recipe I thought that should be so easy. They making will be easy as one can see, but the recipe not so. I know the orginals from spain that I tasted was made with 24% plus olive oil. So I am going with 25% unless someone tells me different. I got stuck with the bakers's math. How much oil does the pizza dough have in it? How much is flour? How much water? Can I just use the amt of flour and water in the pizza recipe? How do I deconstruct it? What I want to do is make the tortas, weigh my flour water and oil. The amounts of the other ingredients don't seem crucial. I am recovering from a total hip replacement ( 2 weeks out) and wish I could blame the perckaset sp? for not being able to figure out how to figure this out. Is there some one here who can help? These tortas are sold at new season's in Portland. $5.00 or $6.00 for a box of 5. More than I can afford to buy. I am thinking an AP flour, KA or whole foods 365 would be a good choice. I have spanish olive oil. Thank you all in advance. I copied and pasted the recipe from the wild yeast blog. Hope I didn't do anything wrong there.Mariah
Oh my goodness. When my daughter went to Sevilla, Spain two summers ago, she brought back some tortas de aceite, the crisp, lightly sweet olive oil wafers traditionally made there, and I was in love.
Imagine my delight when, paging through Penelope Casas' excellent La Cocina de Mama: The Great Home Cooking of Spain, I found a recipe for tortas de aceite that calls for leftover bread or pizza dough. I had that leftover dough! And in short order, I had thosetortas. I was in love all over again.
I made these a few times and discovered that either pizza dough (made with a bit of olive oil; my dough was left over from making grissini), or a basic French bread dough (no oil), can be used. I refrigerated the dough after the first fermentation and kept it a day or two before making the tortas.
I also found that incorporating the generous amount of olive oil into already-developed dough was neat and quick with a food processor, whereas by hand it was a bit messy, though certainly doable. Take your pick.
Tortas de Aceite (Olive Oil Wafers)
(adapted from La Cocina de Mama: The Great Home Cooking of Spain by Penelope Casas)
- 125 g bread or pizza dough
- 1 T. sesame seeds
- 2 t. anise seeds
- 1/4 c. olive oil
- zest of 1/4 lemon, in wide strips
- 1.5 t. anise liqueur
- 70 g flour
- sugar for sprinkling
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- If the dough has been refrigerated, remove it from the refrigerator.
- In a small skillet over medium-high heat, toast the sesame and anise seeds until they are fragrant and the sesame seeds start to pop.
- Optional step: Transfer the seeds to a mini-processor or mortar and pestle and grind them a bit (they should not be be completely ground up).
- In a small skillet, heat the olive oil and lemon zest over high heat until the peel is black. Remove the zest and cool the oil.
- Place the dough, seeds, olive oil, and anise liqueur in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the oil is evenly distributed through the dough (but it will not really be incorporated into the dough).
- Add the flour and pulse until a homogeneous ball of dough forms. It will feel very soft and oily.
- Turn the dough onto an unfloured counter and divide it into 8 balls (about 30 g each). Roll each ball into a 4-inch round (initially roll them a little larger to allow for some spring-back).
- Place the rounds onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and sprinkle them lightly with sugar.
- Bake for 15 – 17 minutes until the wafers are lightly brown.
- Remove the wafers from the oven and turn on the broiler. When the broiler is hot, broil the wafers about 5 inches from the heat, until they appear toasted and some of the sugar has melted, about 40 seconds. (Watch them to make sure that they do not broil too long!)
- Cool on a wire rack.
Enjoy these with morning coffee, or any time. If by some miracle they're not all gone within a few hours, you can wrap the wafers individually in waxed paper. But I've not been able to keep them around long enough to tell you how long they will last that way.


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Huff, other seniors highlighted in Mobile
(The Register-Guard) There will be plenty of time for scouts to dissect the record 98 underclassmen who declared for the NFL draft this year.
Today belongs to players like Oregon's Josh Huff, who used all four years of their college eligibility to mature and develop into worthy pro prospects.
The Ducks' star receiver will represent the program in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., which kicks off at 1 p.m. today on the NFL Network.
Huff -- an honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection after setting Oregon single-season records for receiving yards (1,140 yards) and touchdowns (12) -- has been receiving some positive reviews during practices leading up to the annual North vs. South showcase.
After Oregon's victory over Texas at the Alamo Bowl, offensive coordinator Scott Frost said Huff would have had a more consistent and productive career for the Ducks if not for a crack in his tibia during his sophomore season and some missed time due to a hyper-extended knee as a junior.
"I honestly think you would have seen same thing he did this year," Frost said. "If he would have stayed healthy, you would have saw this for three years."
CBS Sports Rob Rang, who was been covering the Senior Bowl workouts, spotlighted Huff during one of his practice reports.
"Huff can make the spectacular play, demonstrating the ability to track the ball over his shoulder on vertical routes as well as twirling to make acrobatic catches against tight coverage," Rang wrote. "He also dropped a beautiful deep ball down late in practice down the right sideline and too often was knocked off his feet by aggressive cornerbacks."
Huff has been catching passes from North team quarterbacks Tajh Boyd (Clemson), Stephen Morris (Miami) and Logan Thomas (Virginia Tech).
The cornerbacks on the South team Huff has been competing against are not considered to be in the class of Ifo Ekpre-Olomu or Terrance Mitchell, who Huff battled against in practice the past three years at Oregon.
"Steady improvement, greatness doesn't happen overnight," Huff
The Houston native will forever be a part of Civil War lore after catching three touchdowns, including the game-winner with 29 seconds left, during the Ducks' 36-35 victory over Oregon State.
Wide receiver is considered to be a deep position this year, but Huff is still projected to be drafted between the third and fifth rounds.
"I'm just so happy for him. He's a son to me. I'm not just saying that, I care about that kid so much," Frost said. "What he has gone through early in his life and at Oregon battling injuries, I'm just so happy for him."
Oregon defensive tackle Taylor Hart was also invited to the Senior Bowl but is unable to participate due to a foot injury. He is expected to be ready for the NFL Combine next month.
Mariota a Heisman favorite in Vegas
The wise guys believe Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota is a wise choice to win the 2014 Heisman Trophy. Bovada Las Vegas has already released odds on who will be named the most outstanding player in college football next season.
Not surprisingly, Florida State's Jameis Winston -- the reigning Heisman winner who led the Seminoles to the BCS national championship -- is the favorite at 2-to-1.
Mariota, a strong contender for the Heisman last season until suffering a knee injury before the Ducks' loss to Stanford, has the second-best odds at 7/2.
Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (4/1), Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon (5/1) and Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty (6/1) round out the top five.
The other Pac-12 candidates listed include UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley (12/1). The Ducks play the Bruins at the Rose Bowl on Oct. 11.
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After one set of ruffled feathers too many, however, I began to realize that when the mommies of my acquaintance (please note that this is restricted to my own experience, and I am not making a blanket statement about mommies in general!) asked whether I was considering this or that model of care, method of treatment, course of action or philosophy of life-giving, what they were doing was looking to affirm the choices that THEY had made, and if my answer happened to NOT coincide EXACTLY with theirs, then it was huffing and blowing and "WELL. *I* didn't do THAT, and MY kid turned out FINE." Wowza. (Please also note that I am trying to have a baby, not make a statement, so when I would answer these questions, it was always in a very non-confrontational tone, with a matter-of-fact, direct sentence:"What are you doing about Y?" "Oh, we're thinking of doing X." Mind boggling, I know, that such a mild answer could provoke such an emotional response. I wouldn't believe it, myself, if it hadn't kept happening!!)
OK, wow, looks like we need some more pre-set responses!! RE: "What I feed my child (read to my child, play with my child, sign my child up for) is better than what you feed (read, play, sign up) your child", how about, "Isn't it great to be able to make those kinds of decisions in this day and age? So many choices...speaking of choices, DH/DF/BF is working on his picks for the football pool...any tips from your DH/DF/BF?"*RE: "My child has reached {developmental milestone} at {abnormally early age}, how's your DD/S doing?" how about, "Oh, we're having so much FUN just interacting with Junior/Juniette, we just leave all the clinical analyses to his/her {medical caregiver}! Oh, BTW, we're going to the zoo/park/pool/neighbourhood potluck on Friday, we hope to see you there!" Or something along those lines...What else are we missing? (And let's just keep it generic, so as not to start a debate on a particular subject...)*This is also how I've been sidestepping the "where are you birthing" question, since in our area, it seems to be a pretty even third-third-third split between hospital, birth center and home. But you never know why someone's asking, and it's always been safer to marvel at the choices and then change the subject so as to avoid the possibility of a "My kid is PERFECTLY okay" melt-down from a straight answer! Edited for clarification...
Now, I want to know what parenting decisions you've made so that I can laugh at how much they change when the baby is born!
QuoteNow, I want to know what parenting decisions you've made so that I can laugh at how much they change when the baby is born!Are you certain she meant that literally? That sounds to me like it was only a joke about how the expectations of parenting differ from the realities of parenting.
I don't think I would have taken it the way you did, nor cut the lady from my life.
However, this was the first time I'd ever met her, and as she lives out of state, I will probably have no occasion to see her again, and I definitely won't be going out of my way to contact her!
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Black & Gold Purchasesby Evan Sporer / Boston Bruins
But upon inspecting their shopping carts, filled to the brim with Barbie dolls, board games, and other children's favorites, it was obvious the shopping was being done for some special people.
In fact, Bruins coaches and other staff members had traveled to Woburn to participate in the Bruins Holiday Toy Shopping event presented by AT&T — an annual event, which results in gift donations to local hospitals throughout greater Boston.
"This is one that we're definitely keeping on our charts because it's for the kids," said Bob Sweeney, Executive Director of the Boston Bruins Foundation, while looking over his shopping list. "And if we can brighten up a kid's day while he's in the hospital during the holiday season, we're happy to do that, and that's what this is all about."
|Coach Julien picks out some gifts at Target (photo: bostonbruinsTV). Click here for a full gallery.
This year, $22,500 was pledged to fund the toy shopping, consisting of $7,500 each from The Boston Bruins Foundation, Delaware North Companies and Garden Neighborhood Charities.
Hospitals receiving donations this year are Boston Children's Hospital, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Shriners Hospital for Children, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Hallmark Health System Hospitals, Franciscan Hospital for Children, and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center.
And while the focus may have been on the kids, whom, as Sweeney said, will hopefully all be smiling when they receive their holiday deliveries, there were plenty of grins among shoppers as they snaked through the aisles of Target grabbing goodies off the shelves.
Maybe it was the holiday spirit that lifted the mood. Or maybe it was simply the reminiscing being done while coming across an old favorite toy.
"Today we're doing some shopping for the kids," said Don Del Negro, the Bruins athletic trainer. "We've got the three to eleven-year-old bracket, so we've got some Play-Doh stuff for the boys and girls. Everyone loves Play-Doh, so you have to get Play-Doh.
"I've got a 14-year-old daughter, so it's fun to go back and buy this stuff that we bought a few years ago for her. We know what the kids like, so it's easy.
"The kids are what it's all about," continued the long time B's althetic trainer. "Doing this, it really makes you feel good.
"And to make a little smile on their face this time of year is awesome."
Each shopper was given a list, which was assigned to a specific hospital, and contained certain items that had been requested by the children. A budget was also provided, but beyond that, the shopper had free-range on which toys to purchase.
"They're all important. Making sure you complete the list, that's the most important," said Bruins Assistant GM Don Sweeney. "It's so very important to make sure that you do things for the community.
"You're a part of this community, you're a fabric of it, and you want to make sure you immerse yourself in it."
When shoppers finished, they wheeled their carts over to the checkout where a Target cashier processed the selections. Then the items were then sorted into bins for each specific hospital and will be distributed later this month.
"It's a fun time of year right now," said B's Assistant Coach Doug Houda of the holiday season. "Obviously, any time we can help out or give back it's great for us, and it's great for our family as well to be involved as much as we can."


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Food Bank not open Saturday
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- Published on 15 September 2012
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Community Food Bank of Franklin County is no longer open on Saturdays. For the past several months the facility was offering services on Saturdays, but because of a lack of client participation on those days they have stopped Saturday service. For more information, see the Sept.13 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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A 45-year-old Loveland man was convicted on Wednesday of running a drug trafficking ring that distributed cocaine and methamphetamine throughout northern Colorado and Montana.
Alan Johnson was convicted in Larimer District Court of two felony violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act and 18 felony violations of the Colorado Controlled Substances Act.
"In collaboration with our law enforcement partners, we have dismantled the supply and distribution abilities of a drug-trafficking ring," John Suthers, Colorado's attorney general , said in a news release.
The Northern Colorado Drug Task Force began investigating Johnson in 2010, the release said. The following spring he sold cocaine on multiple occasions to a law enforcement confidential informant.
During the fall of 2011 the task force, with the assistance of the Denver Drug Enforcement Administration Strike Force, arrested Johnson and 13 other people. The group, consisting of both men and women, faced felony violations of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act.
"The two men who supplied Mr. Johnson with the coke and meth were arrested, prosecuted and have already pled guilty under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act for their criminal activities," Suthers said.
Twenty additional people were arrested on felony violations of the Colorado Controlled Substances Act.
Johnson was previously sentenced to four years for distribution of meth in Larimer County in 2006. Sentencing for his current conviction is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on April 5. He could face from eight to 24 years in prison or a $1 million fine for each felony.
Anthony Harvey, 36, who was a leader with Johnson in the drug ring, was also arrested during operation "whiteout" in 2011. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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Skip to comments.Could this be Obama's Kenyan birthcertificate? (someone is smoking catnip)
Posted on 07/28/2009 9:23:04 AM PDT by DoctorJimbo27
I wasn't sure if i wanted to post this, but here goes. I've been holding onto this for a bit now, cause if it's real I don't know if I could get in trouble.
I voted for McCain last year (by default, I wanted huckabee) because I knew Nobama would be a disaster, but i wasn't sold on the citizenship thing. on a whim, I asked a firend in the UK to see if she could find any old records from back when Kenya was a british colony. Well a few days later she emailed me this.
it looks real to me, but I'm not sure. And I havent been able to get a hold of my friend since she sent it to me. If this is legitimate, should i be worried?
Here's the link, I don't have a website to upload it to. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=281blzk&s=3
Dear Doctor Jimbo,
Thank you for your message.
Did you ever get that $20,000 last year that I sent you?
I never heard back and was very hurt that you never sent me the secret Swiss bank account numbers.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
What say ye?
hey if you can show me how it's a photoshop that would be a load off MY mind. I'm not any good with these things.
My friend might be pulling one over on me, but I figured you guys would be better at solving it than me.
It could be anything.
I would suggest:
Try and find the Dr. that signed.
Locate application KCVA 112097/83.
Even contact Coast Provincial General Hospital.
The person completing the form appears to be left handed. You could try and determine who completed the form.
Other than that, you could be looking at anything.
If true, you should be worried about your friend.
There's no seal.
Is this a noobie which I see before me, his handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still ...
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Can anyone read the text of the background?
That is so obviously not typed, but printed from a laser printer.
I didn't think they had seals in Kenya. (ba da dummm)
I'm here all week and don't forget to tip your waitress.
The mother's name appears to be in heavier (bolder) pen than all the other entries, and the area behind her name seems a little fuzzy to me. This may have started out life as the BC for one of Barack Sr's other kids, but IMHO, that's about as close to legit as it might get.
Just how did you come across this link?
Definitely the original. The Dutch text in the background is the final evidence. /sarc
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(MCT) — MILWAUKEE — The longest consecutive games streak of Carlos Boozer's 11-year career is over.
Boozer, who played in every game last season for the first time in his career, succumbed to a sore right hamstring that he suffered in Monday's victory over the Bobcats. The forward had started 123 straight regular-season games, last sitting with a sprained ankle on March 18, 2010.
Boozer said he suffered the injury in the first quarter on Monday, even though he placed the exclamation point on the victory with a left-handed dunk over Bismack Biyombo with 1 minute, 24 seconds remaining.
"I played through it, but it got a little tight (Tuesday)," Boozer said. "It's already feeling better, so I should be fine soon."
The Bulls merely watched film and did individual shooting for Tuesday's practice.
Star gazing: In a mild surprise, Jimmy Butler was shut out of the Rising Stars Challenge, a game featuring top first- and second-year players as part of All-Star weekend.
"Not at all," Butler said, when asked if he's disappointed. "I'm a part of this team. It would've been fun, but I'm not worried about it."
Coach Tom Thibodeau downplayed the decision as well.
"It really doesn't matter what other people think," he said. "I know how his teammates feel about him and his coaches, and that's what is really important. His play will do the talking for him."
In another All-Star development, NBA Commissioner David Stern named Nets center Brook Lopez as the Celtics' Rajon Rondo's injury replacement. That meant Boozer and Bucks guard Brandon Jennings were left out. Thibodeau had said Boozer deserved All-Star status.
"I thought Brandon deserved to be selected," echoed Bucks coach Jim Boylan. "My criteria the whole time has been to reward teams that have had a good season. So it's hard to complain about Brooklyn getting a guy in."
Chicago's very own: Derrick Rose, whom the team said began taking full contact on Jan. 22, has yet to scrimmage in a five-on-five, full-court setting. Until he does, Thibodeau said "nothing is different." The team also has said Rose will have to endure full contact for an extended period of time with no issues before he returns to game action.
That means, barring setbacks, Rose's return likely will come after the All-Star break or even into March. Full-court scrimmaging in practice is rare at this point of a season.
"We know what we have to do," Thibodeau said.
Layups: Richard Hamilton said he traded text messages with Tayshaun Prince, the last remaining Piston from the 2004 championship team on which Hamilton starred. Prince, according to multiple reports, is headed to the Grizzlies in a three-team deal that nets the Raptors Rudy Gay. ... The Bucks' charter plane experienced mechanical issues after their victory Tuesday over the Pistons and the Bucks had to stay overnight in Detroit and fly home Wednesday.


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PRINCETON — The search for Heartland Bank's Great Medallion Hunt continues with the release of the fourth clue:
We're on the 4th clue, and it hasn't been found,
Don't sit on the fence, put both feet on the ground.
Put the clues together and decipher the rhymes,
Practice your sleuthing skills, don't waste any time.
Use your sixth sense or make an educated guess,
Rise above our diversions, there's no time to rest.
The medallion is approximately 3-1/2 inches in diameter, 1/8-inch thick and has the Heartland Bank logo on it. It will be hidden on public property within the city limits of Princeton and in a location that will not pose any danger to searchers. The medallion is not hidden at City-County Park, the Bureau County Fairgrounds or at any of the local cemeteries. If you find the medallion, call the phone number that will be attached to it.
Heartland Bank's Great Medallion Hunt Committee will release clues to the Bureau County Republican and WZOE every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The goal of the Heartland Bank Great Medallion Hunt is to provide everyone the opportunity to get caught up in the spirit of the annual Homestead Festival and get it off to a great start. Heartland Bank's Great Medallion Hunt is open to everyone except families associated with Heartland Bank and Trust Co.


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Linked by Eugenia Loli on Mon 16th Aug 2010 06:41 UTC
I've seen it so many times in the movies and TV: a person wakes up in this futuristic world, walks by his kitchen, and a computerized voice is telling him that someone is calling him. But instead of picking up a receiver, the call is actually a video-call, and his TV is used for the conversation. If you put 2 and 2 together, this is not really that futuristic. Having a camera attached on your TV, and a VoIP SIP or Skype connection with it, is not mad science. So why don't we already have this on our TVs?
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RE[4]: Social issues
by Laurence on Mon 16th Aug 2010 10:58 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Social issues"
What I mean is that one is not a substitute for another. The fact that just 1 in every 1000 calls I do are without video, does not mean I do not find video handy when I need it, and I do need it in that 1 out of 1000. The same way that you sms somethings, and instead send e-mails for others.
But that does matter though. No major electronics manufacturer will build the kind of TV set that Eugene is proposing if there's only demand for one video call in every thousand. In those circumstances, people will just stick with Skype (et al) than pay a premium for a device they're not going to utilise fully.
So it matters a lot given the context of this thread. It matters a lot that even yourself admit that you don't have a high demand for video calls. It matters because this thread isn't about exceptional usage, it's about normal calls on normal living room electronics and receiving these calls in a very normal and non-orchestrated way (ie someone unexpectedly rings and you proceed to chat to them via your TV set).


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For many baseball fans, nothing compares to opening day. What about the big-leaguers? Which is their favorite day? Which is the favorite moment in their career? Denver Post Rockies beat writers Patrick Saunders and Troy E. Renck asked several Rockies.
"It was Clint Barmes' walk-off homer on opening day (2005 at Coors Field). It was my first opening day, so that was a thrill all by itself. We won 12-10 against the Padres, so there were a lot of hits and runs. It was a crazy game. I was in the video room, inside the clubhouse, when Barmey hit his homer off (Trevor) Hoffman. By the time Barmey got to home plate, I was at home plate. That was a lot of fun. Just a great memory."
— Pitcher Jeff Francis
"Winning the American League Central championship with the Twins in 2006. We won it after our season was over. We beat the White Sox (5-1), and then we watched the Royals and Tigers play on the JumboTron in the Metrodome. There were 30,000 people still in the ballpark watching with us. Kansas City beat the Tigers (10-8 in 12 innings). We knew we were in the playoffs, but that was the first time we were in first place — the whole season. Every time Kansas City scored, the fans went crazy and we went crazy. It was so cool."
— Outfielder Michael Cuddyer
"My favorite day was opening day last year. I had butterflies everywhere. I get them sometimes, but not like that. It was kind of like when I first got called up. But I was little more nervous for this, my first opening day."
— Third baseman Chris Nelson
"It was when we had a group of guys come together unexpectedly in 2007 and we were holding our own. I always remember that season. The thing that I remember the most was that I didn't realize how lucky I was so early in my career to have a locker room full of friends. Not to say that these guys now aren't my friends. But it was a given that we were going out to dinner every night, and it would be 10 deep. If we weren't with our mom or dad, we were going to dinner together and hanging out. It was just a good group of guys. (Garrett) Atkins, (Ryan) Spilborghs, (Matt) Holliday, (Josh) Fogg, (Jeff) Francis. It was a special time."
— Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki
"Just having my parents there for my first big-league game was the biggest thrill. It was at Coors Field (on Sept. 6, 2011). We were playing the Diamondbacks, and I think I drove in my first run."
— Infielder Jordan Pacheco, who drove in two runs that day
"It was winning the (Atlantic Sun 2008) conference championship in college (Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn.). That gave us a bid to the NCAA regionals. That was the first time I'd been a part of a team winning a conference title. We were able to celebrate and that was so much fun. We were beating Gardner-Webb by two going into the ninth, but then I gave up two runs to let them tie it up. But we went on to win it 10-9 in 15 innings. It was back and forth the whole time. It was an amazing game."
— Pitcher Rex Brothers
"I hit a walk-off double (for Aguilas Cibaenas) in the (2011) Dominican League in the 17th inning at 3:10 a.m. to beat Leones del Escogido. There were still a few fans around who got to see it."
— Catcher Wilin Rosario
"There was a game in Little League in Hanceville Ala., when I was about 11 years old. As I walked off the field to come to bat, I said to the guy who hit behind me, 'We're going to go back to back.' Sure enough, we ended up hitting back-to-back homers. I don't even remember the kid's name, but it was a pretty cool moment."
— Second baseman Josh Rutledge
"I think about when I made my major-league debut. It was in Denver against the Giants (on July 25, 2009). I had been in the bullpen for a few days, but we were ahead 8-2, so they sent me into the game. I came into the game and I was pretty nervous. I faced Bengie Molina; he was my first batter. I threw a first-pitch fastball and he swung and missed. Then I threw a slider in the dirt and he swung and missed. Then I threw a slider and he grounded out to short."
— Pitcher Jhoulys Chacin
"I was sophomore in high school (Central High in Knoxville, Tenn.) and we won the state championship, going undefeated. I don't know who we played. (But) we won."
— First baseman Todd Helton


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