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Exclusive interview with Claire Boucher of Grimes, one of our Winter 2011 Featured Musicians.
I couldn't help but notice (like many others) all the Dune references embedded in the tracks on your debut record Geidi Primes. Do you feel a relationship between the ever-present dreams you assimilate on this record and the nightmarish future presented in Dune? Is there a moment or theme in the film that you particularly love?
Well, I'd have to say that when I referenced Dune it was moreso from the books than the film, but I really do love the film and probably my favourite moments are anything to do with the Baron or Feyd Rautha 'cuz I love the bad guys. But yeah, I don't know, I would say Geidi Primes is quite nightmarish to me.. I think it's quite a bit how Dune is…kind of scary and caustic but beautiful and sad at the same time.. and like, super escapist, super otherworldly.. I like to think of it as a sci-fi record a bit. It's funny to answer questions like this because when I initially made the record I never thought anyone would hear it. If I'd known that it would actually have an audience I might have been a bit more subtle with the references haha, although Dune is really one of the most aesthetically influential pieces of art I've ever experienced… It's extremely close to my heart and soul, if I could enter into any alternate reality it would be that one for sure.
The Winter issue of Bullett has a lot to do with some of the conceptions–and misconceptions–we have about what is "natural". In the video you directed for the song "Vanessa" there's a heavy use of reverse motion. The physical language of the face-painters and dancers appear unnatural yet completely intuitive. What attracted you to this contrast? If you could re-live a moment in your life in reverse motion what moment would that be?
I just love things that are unsettling…and I feel like backwards motion really accomplishes that because you still see the image, it's just slightly unnatural but not super overt or in your face. I feel like backwards vocals accomplish the same effect. Backwards vocals to me always sound like demons, people moving backwards always look like demons.. Like, in twin peaks, when they're in hell or whatever, and everyone walks backwards and speaks backwards. It's so sinister.. but I love the contrast with like, the beautiful girls. Or undoing the make up. I love the undoing of something. Going back in time. But yeah, if I could live a moment in reverse motion? I'd like to watch some kind of physical injury undo itself. That would be so amazing. Wow, that would be a great thing to shoot, actually.
A lot of your work as Grimes seems to conjoin cold waves of heavy vocal ambiance over a strict grid of electronic beats. Do you find that one mode of sound tends to precede the other when constructing a piece? Do you feel the marriage between the voice of a human and the heartbeat of a machine codependent or polarizing?
Firstly, à "the voice of a human and the heartbeat of a machine": this is a beautiful sentence. But yeah, I feel like it's codependent. My instrument is the human voice, so in a sense I feel like it's like a sonata or something. Like everything revolves around just creating a space for the vocals. Everything to me is about the voice (human or otherwise – I bet aliens have beautiful voices, and birds have beautiful voices). But also about the pulse, and I want the pulse to be deep and thrusting, so I like the electronics because they can do that. Tho in the future I would love to work with drummers. But we are cyborgs, the electronic music is natural and a part of us and does great things for the voice. I feel like a heavy kick drum sample is the next closest thing to my heart after my voice.
A lot of your live work is comprised of manipulating synths and sample sequencers–when performing, do you feel the presence of these instruments as an invisible bionic second member or do these instruments heighten the sense of being human and alone.
The instruments are definitely a part of me. I've rarely connected with anyone as much as I have with my gear, as silly as that sounds, and I feel very emotionally attached to it, and very naked without it.
You're from Vancouver originally if I'm not mistaken—in a country filled with miles and miles and miles and miles of deep woodland and cold deserted coastlines. That might be a romantic stereotype perpetuated by California, but has the accessibility of such a vast natural terrain in any way shaped the way you approach the character of certain sounds? Do you have a specific memory of when you were most immersed or left alone in a natural environment?
I'm really deeply influenced by the natural environment I grew up in but I'm not sure how literally it manifests in my music. I mean… I feel like my music is almost anti-nature… like it's more about a psychic futurist dystopia or something. My best solitary memories of nature though, I don't know theres been a lot. Many of the most powerful moments in my life have occurred when I've been alone in nature. A lot of times climbing a mountain by myself seems really particularly intense.
What's the biggest visceral/subjective/geographic difference that you've experienced between touring routes through Canada and the U.S.? Does the Canadian government still offer financial support to touring Canadian bands?
The Canadian government does give some support, but u have to lie a bit on grant applications [laughs]. But I dunno, I think the biggest difference is like, social. Both America and Canada are really geographically diverse so it's hard to really compare them (Canada's colder I guess) but yeah, American's are more blunt and entitled (which is a good thing, I think). And more sociable, generally. They talk with more ease to strangers.
Have you ever been attacked by an animal? Have you ever dreamed of attacking an animal?
[Laughs] I've actually been attacked quite a few times. I have a pheromone problem—animals are often really aggressive with me. I think they can sense my fear, so it's like a self fulfilling prophecy. I have never dreamed of attacking an animal, though I shot and killed a quail once.
What insect do you most identify with?
I think they say that spiders aren't technically insects, but definitely a spider. Or a moth—I don't know if moths are insects either. Or a black beetle.
Name three things you believe or subscribe to against logic.
Astrology, demons, afterlife.
What's the most dramatic instinctual reaction you've ever had?
One time, some guys were harassing my friend because he was gay—or they perceived him to be gay or whatever—and it pissed me off so much that before I even thought about it, I had punched the ringleader in the face. It really hurt my hand. Haha.
What's the most human-like thing one of your pets has ever done in front of you?
My cat always stares directly into my eyes, like to intimidate me, and whenever I look away he lunges at me and bites me. Maybe this isn't human behavior necessarily, but it's extremely unnerving. Like, my cat is very aware of our social dynamic and actively tries to keep me at the bottom of the social hierarchy in our house. Which I dunno, makes him pretty smart I think.
Have you ever participated in any sort of ritual? What was it?
Haha too many. I was raised in a super catholic environment, so obviously Church and stuff. I'm currently high priestess in this cult my friend and muse Duffy is the leader of. It's called the holy rain empire or Les Kapitales Industrea (LKI). I'm writing the bible right now.
Do you like to tell long stories or short stories? Do you like to hear long stories or short stories?
I don't know if I even tell stories… I suppose I must, but I don't really know any. I think I'm more into dialogues than stories. I don't like it when one person talks for 2 long. But maybe, I prefer long stories, then, cuz like, if I'm going to spend time with any kind of art I want it to be a long time.


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Monday, October 17, 2011
RIP Dan Wheldon and Death Profiteering
As a lifelong race fan of multiple race series, Formula 1 and IndyCar in particular, Indy racing has always held a special place in my heart. Growing up with a Grandma who lived in Indianapolis, I have been to the International Motor Speedway on several occasions. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Dan Wheldon who is survived by a wife and two beautiful children, ages 7 months and 2 years. Their lives will never be the same. The racing community is a tight knit group of people and they are all suffering today. Two other drivers remain hospitalized, Pippa Mann and JR Hildebrand.
Now, a subject I have discussed at length in the past, with much loathing, but for whatever reason, this reaches an all new low. Of the 583 Dan Wheldon items listed on eBay, over 520 of them have been listed since his death was announced. WHAT THE F@*& IS WRONG WITH YOU SICK PEOPLE!?!!? Is the need for some quick cash so great that you just wait for these opportunities to happen!?!?! Seriously! YOU ARE SICK AND DEMENTED!!! I own his rookie card and an autograph and the last thing I felt compelled to do was to rush to the keyboard and list them on eBay. I deplore the everyone of you, you sick bastards.
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- gritz76 said...
I'm sure articles like these don't help the matter. This has bothered me for a long time too! http://www.beckett.com/news/2011/10/dan-wheldon-appears-on-few-cards-diecasts/
- October 17, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- night owl said...
The business world has no conscience. It should. It used to. But it doesn't anymore. I know that's a generality, but you can link this behavior to all the other business world garbage we've seen the last five years.
- October 17, 2011 at 2:16 PM
I am not surprised that people are selling Wheldon memoriabilia and cards. This business and hobby is WAY too much about making money. Goes to show you how many greedy, heartless souls are out there. If Weldon had died years ago, the selling of his memoriabilia would be a non-issue today. When Padre players Ken Caminiti and Mike Darr died, I didn't go and sell the cards, photos, and baseballs that they signed for me; I kept them! I was especially pretty sad when Caminiti died because he was my favorite player. I feel bad for the families of these deceased athletes whose lives were cut too short due to disease and/or accident. Prayers go out to Wheldon's family.
- October 20, 2011 at 1:03 AM
I wrote an article about profitting off of the death of an athlete back when Derek Boogard passed away and I couldn't agree with you more. People are twisted and shameless in pursuit of a buck. Sickening.
- October 22, 2011 at 9:52 AM


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American, Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams) sets out to pay a visit to an English girlfriend, Susan (Susan Farmer), who he met while she was studying in the US. After disembarking the train at a local station in the picturesque village of Arkham -- where Susan is now living with her parents at their family estate -- the peaceful summer stillness soon reveals not only the village's tranquil beauty, but also a thoroughly inhospitable welcome from the sullen inhabitants! Shopkeepers, some ale drinkers outside a local pub, and the owner of a small bicycle rental firm alike, all turn their backs or sneer in apparent disgust whenever he asks for directions to the Witley House! (In other words, a typical English welcome!) Reinhart eventually realises he is not going to get directions, let alone be offered a lift to his sweetheart's residence, so he sets out on a long walk which takes him through a mysteriously desiccated and parched landscape - a far cry from the vibrant summer colour of the quiet village he's just left behind. As gloom descends, he finally reaches the Witley estate; outlined against the mottled grey sky and wreathed in a dead and decaying vegitation, the old manor is hardly a welcoming prospect; and neither are the KEEP OUT signs or the bear-trap someone has thoughtfully placed behind a hole in a rotting hedge at the side of the rusty locked gates!
Reinhart avoids the trap and makes it to the front door of the sepulchral manor house unaware that he is being observed by a shadowy figure skulking amid the flora! His hollow tapping at the door reveals that it is already open, and, when nobody replies to his calls, he slips inside. After looking around for a while, Reinhart eventually notices the old man in the wheelchair who has silently wheeled up behind him! The man presents himself as Nahum Witley (Boris Karloff), Susan's father! Unfortunately, he is no more welcoming than the villagers, even though Reinhart informs him that Susan wrote asking him to visit! Eventually, relief comes in the form of a much chirpier Susan who has been upstairs all this time, attending to her sick mother, Letitia (Freda Jackson). It seems Letitia wants to see Reinhart as well, and when alone with the sick woman -- who is veiled behind heavy gauze drapes and only barely glimpsed in the half-light of the musty room -- she demands that he take Susan away from the house as soon as possible! It seems all is not well on the neglected estate: a maid has disappeared under mysterious circumstances and death and decay has been steadily encroaching on the inhabitants of the village ever since the death of Nahum's eccentric father. Evidence of this is presented to Reinhart later that evening when the elderly servant Merwyn (Terence de Marney) drops dead in the middle of serving dinner!
So begins American International Pictures' second attempt at adapting the work of H.P. Lovecraft for the silver screen. A few years earlier, Roger Corman's "The Haunted Palace" had been quite successful in revitalising Corman's costumed, Gothic melodrama vehicles for Vincent Price. Their creaky plots had previously mined the work of Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration and because these films never had that much to do with their source material in the first place (beyond sharing their titles and featuring stories built around Poe's general themes and motifs), it didn't prove too much of a stretch to appropriate Lovecraft's story 'The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward' and graft Poe's name onto the work! Thus,"The Haunted Palace" was sold as "Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace" and followed a similar template to previous Corman/Poe adaptations, with a little Lovecraftian flavour added here and there to freshen up the formula. Despite the obviousness of this strategy, the film is a quite magnificent visual feast which was only topped by Corman's next film, the stunning "Masque Of The Red Death".
"Masque Of The Red Death" was the first of Corman's Poe films to be shot in England. A break in filming afforded his long-time art director and production designer Daniel Haller a chance to helm AIP's adaptation of the 1927 Lovecraft tale "The Colour Out Of Space". Shot under the title "The House At The End Of The World", the film ended up saddled with "Monster Of Terror" as its moniker in the UK, and the truly atrocious "Die, Monster, Die!" in the US. Hardly titles that conjure up the preternatural dread of Lovecraft's unique tales! Haller had been instrumental in creating the low budget lushness of the Price/Corman/Poe films in his previous roles as art and production designer, and his directorial debut feels very much like one of these productions in both its look and structure. Despite being filmed in Britain with a predominantly British cast, and utilising Oakely Court for the house exteriors, the spirit of Corman's AIP drive-in Gothic features is evident from the Les Bowie created psychedelic swirls of the title sequence, right up to the generic house-bursting-into-flames finale. In-between, just about every major scene from "The Fall Of The House Of Usher" is reworked leaving little room during the rest of the film's slender seventy-nine minute running time for anything that truly resembles Lovecraft's original story: the grotesque family portraits lining the walls behind a winding staircase; a malign family "curse" expressed through obscure, debilitating illness; protracted walks through dusty rooms at night by candlelight -- the screenplay simply ticks each of them off one by one! The lazy, derivative scripting really debilitates the first half of the movie and instead we have to fall back on the gorgeous eye candy of the 2.35:1 framed ColourScope cinematography and a deliciously crusty performance from a (by now) visibly crumbling Karloff for our pleasures.
Karloff is a reliable standby of course, and that's a good job in this case, because there are times when -- without his performance -- there would be little on-screen entertainment to be had aside from watching the paint dry on the Sheperton studio sets! By 1965, the horror icon's health was on the slide and had been ever since he contracted pneumonia while filming Mario Bava's "Black Sabbath" in Rome several years earlier. Consequently, he spends the whole of "Die, Monster, Die" in a wheelchair, although this doesn't seem to hinder his character's ability to get up and down the old mansion's huge staircase or down to his secret cellar sanctuary despite the conspicuous absence of ramps and lifts in the mansion! Karloff's dolefully sombre intonation and the craggy frostiness of his imperviousness countenance helps make every piece of doggerel the actor is required to impart sound like it actually has some kind of depth to it (Karloff's co-star Freda Jackson is said - at one point - to have complained on set, "I can't speak these lines, they're unspeakable!") something which can't be claimed for the un-engaging American lead, Nick Adams who sleepwalks through his thinly written role. Freda Jackson spends the whole film hidden behind a veil in a darkened room but still manages to convey some degree of emotion with great authority, while Susan Farmer is believable as the "English Rose" love interest -- just waiting for the climax of the film for her chance to scream and be saved from danger by the boringly rugged hero.
Thankfully, the film iself is saved from fading away into total obscurity by a bonkers final third which sees it suddenly transformed into a weird, B-movie crossbreed: part science-fiction, part crazed Gothic melodrama -- the producers throw in every successful drive-in movie ingredient there's ever been, regardless of genre, and mix them all up into one incoherent but enormously satisfying stew! The dark family secrets that concern Nahum and Letitia's clandestine murmurings seem to hint that Nahum's eccentric father, Corbin, was on a quest to contact the dark denizens of another dimension in the house's dank, foreboding cellar (which is decked out in baroque skulls designs); it eventually transpires that Nahum is now keeping an alien meteorite in that cellar, and it is its florescent-green, radiation glow that is causing the sickness that's spreading through the house and the rest of the village. When the meteorite crash-landed in a nearby forest, Nahum's father brought it into the cellar and Nahum now uses lumps of it to grow giant mutant vegetables in his green house! He also keeps a menagerie of mutant monsters in a back room, also victims of the meteorite's radiation! It is in these scenes that Haller's art design background really comes into play. Like Corman's Poe pictures, every corner of the Scope frame is utilised and the monster and mutant vegetable effects are crazy, colourful and effectively rendered. The film's most memorable sequence comes when a radiation-crazed Letitia finally goes mad and attempts to kill everybody (suddenly gaining superhuman strength that allows her to punch through doors in the process) before her face finally disintegrates altogether in an unusually graphic riot of seething, bloody puss! There is a somewhat unconvincing finale that involves Karloff getting zapped with a lethal dose of radiation and then chasing his daughter and her American boyfriend around the house -- but this losses much of its impact because it is obviously not Karloff we are watching here, but a stunt man wrapped in bacofoil!
MGM's disc is part of their "Midnight Movies" range and contains a fairly decent anamorphic transfer -- although the print is marred with heavy print damage at certain points. The only extra is a theatrical trailer. English and French mono audio tracks are included along with French and Spanish subtitles.
A trivial, Americanised piece of work then, but the Oakley Court and Sheperton back lot exteriors (recognisable from many Hammer and Amicus films), as well as the presence of Karloff, make it an interesting footnote in British horror.


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A super high gravity Imperial IPA called Wayward was pulled from the first runnings of a huge Parti-Gyle batch. Now for the Small Beer part. It's been nice having lower alcohol session beers around. My friends appreciate them as well. More brew with less the punch and carbs. Good stuff.
Initially I thought the 2nd/3rd runnings of the mash might provide enough malt for a light beer. But then I recalled reading about adding crushed crystal malts to this portion of the sparge to add things like color, body and sweetness to a very light ale. Since I had some various crystal malts on hand, in they went. the crystallized sugars on the inside of the kernels simply dissolve in hot water.
The hopping for this small beer is utterly simple. One bittering hop addition at 60+ minutes. That's it.
The volume for this beer came directly from the second sparge. The OG turned out only 1 point below target, and it tasted sweet enough for me. It should turn out light with some sweetness. The bitterness may come out a tad high at about 24 IBU's.
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Wyeast 1056: American Ale yeast cake
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Kegged & Bottled: 5/11/09
Pre-Boil Vol: 7.25 gallons
Pre-Boil SG: 1.021
Boil Time: 60+min
Post-Boil Vol: 6 gallons
Color/SRM: golden/8
Ferment Temp: 68°F
1. Tasting this beer at racking time actually made me think of pouring it right down the drain right then and there. It almost tasted like how my feet smell after a long day at work.
2. Sampling a bottle sitting a room temperature only 3 days after bottling, changed my perception completely. It tastes great! Very smooth, light, not too sweet, not really all that dry, with enough bitterness carrying through.
3. Can't wait to try it fully carbonated and conditioned in a couple weeks. Most of it was kegged, and light on the priming sugar...didn't want this one being too carbed.
4. Thanks to Kevin for persuading me to keep the hopping simple after considering more hop addition.
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The Cycle Hire Scheme lauches in 2 weeks!
I am terribly excited about the forthcoming London Cycle Hire Scheme. The official launch date is Fri 30th July and I, for one, can't wait. The Cycle Hire scheme will make my life a whole lot easier. My commute to the office is currently too far to cycle everyday (Chiswick to Old street) I did take my bike on the overground for a while but had to travel out of peak hours so that didn't really work. Once I am in in East London I usually have to do trips to our warehouse or meetings nearby and usually end up trying to borrow my colleague's bike or surrendering to the obvious... public transport. So for me it is going to be the ideal solution.
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And I'm pretty sure its not just me and my Mum who are going to benefit from the Cycle Hire scheme. I imagine there are thousands of people who live and work in London who will be able to jump on a bike as part of their day to day journeys.
There will be 400 docking stations all over central London, take a look at the Cycle Hire scheme area map for exact perimeters. The docking stations will be no more than 300m apart so you can always find one to fit in with your journey. TFL have invested millions in the scheme and have recently secured Barclays as the sponsor. The scheme is predicted to increase cycle journeys in London by 40,000 a day on top of the current 500,000 journeys a day.
I had a go on one of the bikes at last years Cycle show and they are very comfortable to ride. They maybe a bit heavier than the average city bike but they're a smooth ride and are a rather nice shiny blue colour. They also have a front carrier for your bag with a bungee straps attached to keep it secure.
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- ian_rm27 said...
Thanks for this post. Our recently introduced bike share scheme here in Melbourne is slowly going down the gurgler due to our ridiculous helmet laws. Sadly, I believe we will have the unenviable distinction of being the first city to have such a scheme fail. Hope yours fares better.Happy cycling~ian, Melbourne
- 17 July 2010 at 13:43
Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you will not have a leg to stand on.............................................................
- 18 July 2010 at 00:41
- 20 July 2010 at 09:22
That's great! In Montreal the Bixi program is in it's second fabulously successful year!
- 21 July 2010 at 22:34
祝你人氣百分百 請繼續幫我們加油打氣..................................................................
- 23 July 2010 at 03:44
- Caz said...
Hi Ian, what a shame! I can see how making helmets compulsory would put a fly in the ointment as people don't generally carry a helmet around with them! It takes away the spontaneity of people just having a go. Do you think they should relax the helmet laws?
- 23 July 2010 at 13:41
- Caz said...
Hi Q smith. Great to hear its working in Montreal, fingers crossed the London scheme will have the same success.
- 23 July 2010 at 13:43
- ian_rm27 said...
I believe in Mexico City they relaxed the helmet laws in order to make the bike share scheme work. Unfortunately, I believe we need our scheme to fail in order to bring the politicians to their senses. They won't change the law otherwise. I'm sure you'll be able to read all about it in Copenhagenize ,as Michael Colville-Andersen is currently here in Melbourne. regards,Ian
- 24 July 2010 at 10:21
- Unknown said...
I read your post when it went up and I thought it might interest you to know that the London cycle scheme was focused on the Japanese morning news today. It got a lot of praise which is especially cool considering how many people in Tokyo (and Japan) already commute by bike.
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Posted: Sun 22 Feb 2015, 10:43
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well you are then sort of doing the save folder boogie.... basically a folder on a hard drive is mounted onto pup_rw .... a bind mount is what I used (since the partition is mounted already you cannot mount within a mount) though moat has made a symlink work...either way slotting it in with existing arrangements is the tricky part.
But it works..I have had it on puppy for several years and slax uses this method as its recommended save option ..circa 2006...so a tried and tested method.
Only caveat is that it must be from a posix partition..eg ext2/3/4 and so on.
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Pinboard problems, doesn't work for me. BTW, I have a FAT partition. Just another thing about loading extra SFS's in RAM mode - you can specify any directory on the partition you have booted from (eg. /initrd/mnt/dev_ro2/ExtraSFS) however if you have a save file loaded the extra SFS's files must be in the parent directory (/mnt/home) otherwise it won't load.
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Posted: Thu 23 Apr 2015, 12:50
Post subject: faire croire que l'installation frugale est sur USB ! merci
Subject description: HD frugal install seen as an USB one, (being transfered to France headquarters)
Vous n'aimez pas automatic saving, Moi non plus. Trafiquez le système pourlui faire croire que vous êtes sur clé USB. (i.e, switch sur pupmode 13), en modifiant rc.shutdown pour lancer la sauvegarde ou pas. et mettre à zéro les intervalles events manager "0" (ne pas sauver).
1. set the Utilities/PupShutdownManger/Manage System Events/Save Session dialogue to "0" (no save).
et mettre à zéro les intervalles events manager "0" (ne pas sauver).
2. change in menu.lst: change pmedia=atahd
en ataflash.
3. changez dans /etc/rc.shutdown
13) #PDEV1 and PUPSFS and PUPSAVE
#/initrd/pup_rw has tmpfs, pup_ro1 has ${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save.2fs file (PUPSAVE), pup_ro2 has PUPSFS file.
#the above are in unionfs at /.
dialog --yesno "Save session?" 0 0 >/dev/console
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Saving session to $SAVEFILE (${SAVEPART})..." >/dev/console
/usr/sbin/snapmergepuppy /initrd/pup_ro1 /initrd/pup_rw
fi f
merci pour cette info. I was seaching a solution, nice.
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The method in the 5th post in this thread, (by bill 01 Dec 2012) still works OK in Puppy 5.2.8.005 as of 05 may 2015. Using it now. You still get the warning during restart, and it is still harmless.
The original post from 20 Feb 2011 is here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=65016
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Posted: Sun 18 Sep 2016, 11:11
Post subject: Tahr frugal on Usbstick can not avoid saves to flash
Hi you !
Need some help .
I want to avoid saving automatically to Usb-Stick during session ...(for example if i am testing new pets or debs or installing something for testing .)
I have an Tahrpup 6.0.5 frugally installed on Usb stick .
Although Puppy Eventmanager the Save-session is set to 0 , when installing pets or debs they are saved immediately to flash device .
Need support .
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Posted: Sun 18 Sep 2016, 14:21
Post subject: Re: Tahr frugal on Usbstick can not avoid saves to flash
backi wrote:
Although Puppy Eventmanager the Save-session is set to 0 , when installing pets or debs they are saved immediately to flash device.
Puppy by default uses the savefile/folder space when loading PET's. That way if a PET is too large to fit in ram it doesn't crash. With SFS's its more a case of pointers, all of the files are directly accessible within the squashed fie system (sfs), with PET's its more a case of having the files/content installed, similar to a tarball (.tgz) that is used to extract the files into the active filesystem.
You need to backup the savefile before loading any PET's/.tgz/debs and restore that backup if you don't want the changes being persistent across reboots (even though you may have save-session set to 0 and not run a 'save'). Another option and one that I personally preferred was not to load any pet's when you want to run a optional persistence type system, and only load sfs's. There are utilities around to convert pet's to sfs's.
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Posted: Sun 18 Sep 2016, 14:47
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Hi Ruf !
In Debian Dog there is no automatic saving when you install something, when using packet manager or installing deb files .
this is my menu.lst in DD:
title Debian-PorteusDog - changes to /live/ sysvinit
uuid f42926e6-cc2e-43d5-b998-39e1d5cb9380
kernel /live/vmlinuz1 from=/ noauto changes=EXIT:/live/
initrd /live/initrd1.xz
There is one thing i do when using Tahrpup or any other Xenial or Precise to prevent savings to flash.
I use to install on older Packet Manager petget-20120418.pet from
Installing this pet will prevent saving to Flash when experimenting with debs or pets (Save-Intervals set to 0 ).
But it will switch to the older version of Puppy Packet Manager on .can not use the new version of PPM.This is annoying .
Can`t remember where i found this advise.
Understanding how this works is way too high for me .
But maybe there is some information in this which could be useful for anybody .
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Posted: Sun 18 Sep 2016, 14:49
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This pet is for your version tahr-6.0.5 on an ext4 flashstick.
Download the pet
Left click on it to install it
Then go to:
Menu > Setup > PupsaveConfig.....
Left click it
Choose one of the bottom two items from the dropdown list then click OK
PS Unless you have specified otherwise look for the download in /root and you can delete the pet after a successful installation.
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Thanks ASD
But does not work .
Set options to 0 (save never ) ...also in Puppy Event manager (Save Intervals =0 )
tested with installing a pet local ( not installed from PPmanager)..but it was immediately saved to flash .
The only thing which helped up till now was as stated above ...
"There is one thing i do when using Tahrpup or any other Xenial or Precise to prevent savings to flash.
I use to install on older Packet Manager petget-20120418.pet from
http://shino.pos.to/linux/puppy/ "
It keeps the whole session in ram
But this spoils the new version of PPManager and set it to the older one .
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I suggest you PM 666philb including this link:
asking him if he would so kind as to have a look at the link and your reply immediately below it.
He is charming and helpful, but he may be very busy so you may have to wait a day or more for his response.
PS Future queries relating (for example) to tahr-6.0.5 or tahr-64-6.0.5 are best raised in their specialised threads.
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ASD wrote:
I suggest you PM 666philb including this link:
asking him if he would so kind as to have a look at the link and your reply immediately below it.
He is charming and helpful, but he may be very busy so you may have to wait a day or more for his response.
PS Future queries relating (for example) to tahr-6.0.5 or tahr-64-6.0.5 are best raised in their specialised threads.
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Post subject: Using SaveFolder with new Package Manager Configure Option
Hi All,
I've noticed the problem of pets, etc. automatically writing to SaveFolders. I've also noticed that (at least some of) the new Puppy Package Managers provide an option to "install to tmpfs instead of
till session is saved". To access, choose configure (tool at top left in one GUI), then options panel, then check (currently) 7th radio button from the top.
Hopefully this will prevent pets, debs, etc. obtained via ppm from automatically being written to a SaveFolder. I think the wording is wrong --shuld read savefolder; don't recall a problem when using a
The above may not provide a solution to pets, debs, etc. which were stored and "installed" without invoking Puppy Package Manager. I think that might require a re-write of petget?, building in a query box to provide a choice to the user.
Alternatively, if you don't intend to install the kitchen sink, consider using a SaveFile rather than the recommended SaveFolder.
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Post subject: Remove AutoSave under Fatdog 710 (& others?)
Hi All,
Just wanted to mention that Fatdog64-710 works differently. Avoiding Automatic Stays is discussed here:
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If you don't have a savefolder/file and don't want to use one, the save dialog at reboot/shutdown can safely be bypassed by renaming the shutdownconfig script in /usr/sbin to something like 1shutdownconfig (keep this as backup) AND creating an empty script named shutdownconfig. You will obviously have to do these changes by either editing your base sfs or saving the changes to an sfs file like an adrv.
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Post subject: Remove AutoSave – its Downsides & Their Workarounds
By default, a Frugal Puppy is setup to execute an
automatic Save every 30 minutes
. This thread has been about the method(s) to modify that interval to
your ability to
execute a
when you want, including optionally at shutdown/reboot.
To appreciate the difference, you have to understand what is being Saved. Frugal Puppies maintain a clear distinction between Random Access Memory (RAM) and Storage Media. When you boot into a Puppy the first time, it copies into RAM
files from the Puppy_XXX.sfs [and if they are present zdrv_xxx.sfs, adrv_xxx.sfs and perhaps other (?)drv_xxx.sfses] and
creates links
(inodes) in RAM to the rest of the files in those SFSes. The result is that your actual operating system, including its access to applications, exist only in RAM. Those SFSes and any SFS you may load later are
files: you can't easily write to/modify them. If you don't create a SaveFile/Folder, every time you boot into a Puppy it will be as pristine as the first time. The same would be true if you Remaster. Booting into a Remastered Puppy without a SaveFile/Folder will be as pristine as the first time. But to create a Remaster, you'll have to first create a SaveFile/Folder.
Puppy attempts (pretty successfully) to maintain that clear distinction between RAM and Storage if you create a
SaveFile or SaveFolder
. These, however, have
Read-Write permissions which is why you are able to customize desktop settings, application configurations, install new applications into your system and add or remove SFSes as among the applications you will have immediately available on boot-up
. Unfortunately, although you may have thought that in
creating a SaveFile or SaveFolder
all you were Saving were those, that isn't strictly true.
What is actually Saved is
then in Random Access Memory
, the mistakes you made, the junk you picked up while surfing the Web, with AFAIK the
ion of the contents of the
folder. The same will be true
every time a Save is executed
Which is why, although I may test changes at any time, I do not perform a Save until I've re-booted, only made the changes I want, and (except if pertaining to Web-browsers) especially before going on line.
Removing the Automatic Save provides the following beneficial effects on your system: (1) Reduces the likelihood of corrupting your SaveFile or installing gibberish into a SaveFolder when a scheduled Save is occurring during a power-surge or power-outage; (2) Saving errors, non-functional applications or just junk you've unknowing picked up while surfing; and (3) incrementally filing up a SaveFile with such unwanted files. Deleting non-functional applications does not entirely restore the space in your SaveFile which had been used by that application.
Removing the Automatic Save, however, has it downsides. You have to remember to Save if you want a change to become permanent. And there are many times you would have to perform a Save if you don't take steps to change how Puppies work after removing the Automatic Save.
Like all Linux distros of which I'm familiar when an application is instructed to save a data-file it first offers to save it in your Home Folder (the functional equivalent of Windows' 'Documents and Settings' Folder). This is also the first location Applications will offer to open from when you are trying to open a previously saved file. In Puppies,
your Home Folder is /root and the contents of /root are in Random Access Memory until Saved.
It's kind of annoying to spend time writing, periodically having LibreOffice save the additions/changes and later boot into Puppy and discover all your work is missing. The my-documents folder is in /root; /root was in RAM and RAM wasn't Saved to Storage. Of course, I could have Saved RAM to Storage; but this would have Saved everything then in RAM to Storage.
There's an easy Workaround. And it forms the basis for all others. Open two file-manager windows, one to /root and the other to /mnt/home. Using rox on a standard Puppy's desktop, Left-clicking the 'Files' or 'Home' icon at the Top-Left corner of your monitor will
open a window to /root, your Home Folder
. Just above your Task-bar are icons representing your drives/partitions and providing short-cuts to them. The one which immediately on boot-up. has an 'x' in its top-right corner represents your home drive/partition –otherwise known as /mnt/home (or /mnt/dev_save). Left-clicking it will
open a window of your Home Partition
. Remember, while your Home Folder is in RAM, your Home Partition is on Storage. Within your Home Folder you'll see a folder named "my-documents".
Left-Press, Hold, then drag that folder into your Home Partition Window
. From the popup menu, select Move. Again Left-Press, Hold then drag the "my-documents" folder back into your Home Folder. From the popup menu select Link(relative). This will create a symlink (short-cut) in your Home Folder directly to the 'my-documents' folder which is now on your Home Partition and, thus, on Storage. Anything you write to the 'my-documents' folder and folders you create in the 'my-documents' folder will be
immediately written to Storage. No further Save is necessary
. Similarly, selecting the my-documents folder from an application's file menu as the location from which a data-file is to be opened, immediately takes that application to the 'my-documents' folder on /mnt/home (Storage).
After its been relocated, to expedite access to it, you may find it helpful to bookmark the my-documents folder; and any other folder you move to or create in /mnt/home.
An advantage of keeping data-files outside of your SaveFile is that they're immediately available if you ever want or need to replace your Puppy. Of course you can access them by browsing to them. But you can again link them to /root. However, you'll first have to delete the auto-created-by-Puppy-and-empty /root/my-documents folder. You can't create a symlink in a folder which already has a file/folder with the same name.
One of the other folders you'll want to move out of /root is the 'Downloads' folder which, I believe, is created the first time you download a file using firefox or one of its clones/forks – palemoon and seamonkey. The procedure set out above is exactly the same with regard to the Downloads folder. But you could rather than move it to /mnt/home move it to /mnt/home/my-documents.
You can create any special folders you think may be useful --videos, music, whatever-- on /mnt/home and symlink them to /root. Open a window to /mnt/home. Right-click an empty space and from the popup menu Select New>directory. Give it a name. Then drag it into /root and select Link(relative).
With the Downloads folder outside of /root it is easier to test pets without actually installing them. You can left-click a pet to "install" it, but until a Save is executed
it is only in RAM
. Menu>Exit>Restart-x (AKA Graphical Server) will cause Puppy to re-catalog what is currently on it's system. You can then run the pet or examine its binary with ldd* to determine if any library is missing.
If a pet can't be run, rebooting without Saving clears it completely from your system
. Libraries which ldd showed as missing, if located can, be installed and the application tested again. Once you're satisfied with a pet, you can reboot without Saving, browse to your Downloads folder, install the application and any necessary dependencies and
immediately Save
. Alternatively, applications which conflict with others can sometimes be converted into SFSes, loaded when needed, unloaded when not.
* To use ldd, browse to the location of a binary, open a terminal and type 'ldd NAME_OF_BINARY'. Some Puppies have Menu>Utilities>List dynamic dependencies. Most Puppies permit you to Right-Click a binary and select ListDD from the popup menu.
Puppy Package Manager
is an application requiring
special handling
. The records PPM uses to determine what repos are available and their contents are files in the /root/.packages folder.
Note the "."/dot, signifying a hidden file or folder. Left-click Rox's "Eye" to reveal them.
Being in /root, an updating of those records will only be kept if a Save is executed. Bringing PPM up to date is among the first steps I take after creating a SaveFile/Folder. Before exploring the possibility of adding new applications by employing PPM, I'll update it again immediately after booting into Puppy. However, the first time I run PPM, I make the following system changes before Saving. Click the Configuration Tool (Crossed-Tools icon at the top-left), then click Options Menu. Place Check-marks for the following:
Install to tmpfs instead of SaveFile, till session is saved
– I want nothing made permanent until tested
Always redownload packages when they preexist
– required to create self-sufficient SFSes; also lessens the occasions when PPM halts, seeking input.
Do not delete downloaded packages after installation
– as initial 'install' is only for testing
Then, where it says
"Save PKGs in:"
the location is changed from /root to
. That location is on Storage and, being the same location where browsers download files, provides for consistency. But any folder on /mnt/home will do and, if you are not conscientious about moving files out of 'Downloads', perhaps be better.
I don't allow PPM to AutoInstall.
Depending on the circumstances, I use the tool on PPM's Top-Right to select either "Download Packages (No Install)" or "Download all (packages and dependencies".
There are several other folders located within /root you may want to consider 'handling'. Many applications store their settings in a hidden file in either /root, itself, or in the hidden folder "/root/.config". Again note the dot, ".". Some, like LibreOffice, you may configure once and never change. Others, like
, are frequently changed as Addons are added, replaced or just removed; but especially as you
add or remove bookmarks
The first time you open firefox or seamonkey it will create a folder /root/.mozilla –note the dot-- into which its settings and record of bookmarks are stored. Palemoon works similarly naming its folder '.moonchild productions'. [Edit: Look on the Additional Software Section for the
versions. These do NOT store profiles in /root]. Google-chrome and its clones create their settings folder within the /root/.config folder. Again, note the dot. Conveniently, these folders bear the names of their creators such as google-chrome, chromium, slimjet, opera. You'll probably find that other web-browsers use either the 'firefox' or the 'google-chrome' approach.
Edit Sept 2018: google-chrome & its clones now run-as-spot, a limited User not having access to any folder other than /root/spot. So, symbolic links in Spot to other locations won't work. Search for discussion of about how to handle running browsers as spot. For example,
Depending on your setup it may make sense for the "settings folder" to be at a convenient location for several Puppies to link to it. I, however, run several Puppies –both 32bit and 64bit, mostly 'Ubuntus' and some Slackos. Even if they are all running the 'same' browser, they may not all be running the same version of that browser, and the addons for one version may not be available for another; while that other may automatically turn off what it thinks is an improper addon. So, what I do is place create a 'browser-stuff" folder in each of my Puppy's respective folders. The config files in a new Puppy are usually copied from a previous Puppy, then linked to the 'proper' location in /root. But I then check Addons and replace any not functioning.
As examples, running palemoon under Tahrpup64, its configuration file is /mnt/home/tahr64/browser-stuff/.moonchild productions, symlinked back to /root; Iron's is /mnt/home/tahr64/browser-stuff/.config/iron symlinked back to /root/.config.
You could, of course, locate their physical files anywhere in /mnt/home such as a central location /mnt/home/browser_stuff. These folders may be copied and/or the setting reused in the web-browsers of new or different Puppies.
To use your previous setting in a new Puppy's web-browser-of-the-same-name, you have to:
Open your new web-browser, allowing it to create settings.
2. Browse to the folder holding those settings and
delete them
3. Open a file-manager window to the folder holding your old settings.
Create a symlink to your old settings in the folder
your browser created one.
One thing which plagues all Frugal Puppies is that Web-browsers expect to cache files in the user's Home Folder, which under Puppies is /root/.cache. Cache are the files they downloaded to create their displays, often involving many Mbs, and they don't want to do that again. In /root [/home/spot and /root/spot], however, they are taking up RAM better served for using applications, especially those applications having nothing to do with browsing the Web. Obviously, you should consider configuring your browsers to 'clear cache' when they close, employing 'History Erasers' and similar addons. And see dacytron and my posts on this page regarding automatically clearing cache each time you restart-x.
. But, until you do any of the above, cache –perhaps taking up hundreds of mbs of RAM-- remains.
The alternative (for firefox and clones) is to move cache out of /root onto Storage. Note, however, that caching files to Storage may slow your operating a bit, and generate more 'wear and tear' on your Storage medium. Still, this is only duplicating what actually would be taking place if you were running any system other than Puppy.
Moving cache (and symlinking it back) is just like the procedures described with regard to config files. [See above regarding Web-browsers which run as Spot as their caches will also be in /root/spot and can't be moved].
Edit: With Google-Chrome & clones now occupying /root or /home, I'll make a note of desired changes to them, shut down, reboot, then make changes to them and Save before surfing elsewhere.
With Google-Chrome & Clones, I also install the addon "History Eraser". You may not want to actually erase your history. But one of it's settings clears cache.
Spot2Root is Mike Walsh's application for easily getting files you downloaded out of the Spot folder, or into it when you intend to upload them to the Web. It's built into his latest Google-Chromes. For clones, you can find it here:
. See the post here as to how work with it:
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"The government is under a lot of pressure for injecting more money into the project, but it's worth it," Hsieh told reporters after the 15-minute ride. "It would be regrettable to give up on it now."
The train departed from Tainan Station, headed northward to Tainan County's Liouchia (六甲) Township and then south to Dashe (大社) Township in Kaohsiung County before returning to the station.
The Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corp (THSRC), builder of the high-speed rail system, reached its target of running the bullet train at a top speed of 315kph on Oct. 30.
THSRC chairwoman Nita Ing (
"This is a milestone for us," Ing said, adding that her first experience on the train was very good.
Ing said that THSRC will hold a provisional board meeting next week and a shareholder meeting in January -- instead of May -- to discuss the approval of three new board directors representing the government, as required by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
THSRC expanded the number of its board directors from 12 to 15 seats last month after the government decided to pump another NT$7.5 billion (US$223 million) into the project. That amount included NT$4.5 billion from the China Aviation Development Foundation and NT$3 billion from China Technical Consultant Inc.
The government currently has two seats in the board but hopes to obtain three more. However, whether the government will be able to occupy the three new seats remains to be negotiated, said Arthur Chiang (江金山), vice president of THSRC's administration division.
The government's holding in THSRC jumped from 11.89 percent to about 37 percent, but 19 percent of that was through purchasing preferred shares, which confer no voting rights, Chiang said.
Ing declined to reveal how much capital the company still needs to complete the project's construction, saying a new fund-raising plan will be released by the middle of the month.
The one-year delay of the project is estimated to cost the company an additional NT$19.3 billion, Chiang said.
Ing announced on Sept. 8 that the firm's board of directors decided to reschedule the opening of the high-speed railway to Oct. 31 next year, blaming delays in the construction of the core mechanical and electrical systems.
THSRC is currently negotiating compensation for the delays with the Taiwan Shinkansen Corp (TSC, 台灣新幹線), contractor for the core system's construction. Yesterday, TSC chairman Takaomi Goto said he hopes the negotiation will be completed by the end of the month.
"I think who should bear the responsibility for the delay is still an open question," Goto told the Taipei Times yesterday.
Becoming familiar with the Japanese-designed bullet train system has taken a lot of time, especially for the THSRC, whose engineers are mostly US and European, Goto said.
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Job Search / Re: how do SMU students fare in the Austin market?« on: October 23, 2008, 07:35:43 AM »
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Daily parking is available to all Georgetown Law students based on availability, on a first-come, first-served basis in the McDonough Hall garage. As of July 1, 2019, the Student daily parking rate is $9.00, payable by GOCard, by using the DAILY card reader at the parking booth entrance.
When you arrive at the parking booth, have your GOCard easily accessible, and out of any protective badge holder, wallet, case, purse, book bag, etc.
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With the release of letter grades for Maine's schools, Gov. Paul LePage unveiled yet another aspect of his misguided plan to reform education in the state. Looking to Florida as a model, he and his education commissioner assigned each school a grade on a scale of A to F and then published the results without ever explaining to the schools on what basis they were being graded. Imagine if your child were to bring home a letter grade on a test that he or she knew nothing about. You'd be outraged.
You'd probably also be outraged if you found out that that the cards were stacked against your child receiving a grade above C. That is what happens when grades are based on a curve, as was the case with the schools. As anyone with a basic knowledge of statistics knows, grading on a curve ensures that about 80 percent of participants will receive a grade of C or lower.
Grading on a curve is something the governor and the commissioner are on record as opposing. One of the centerpieces of the their educational reform package, now in law, calls for the elimination of both letter grades and the grading curve in favor of a "standards-based" system. Such a system assigns a score from 1 to 4 to indicate the degree to which a student has met public and transparent academic standards. It is quite perplexing that the method selected for assessment of schools is based on the very system the state rejected for measuring student progress.
What is more perplexing is why the governor and commissioner settled on Florida as a model for education in Maine. While it is true that Florida showed the greatest rise in student achievement on the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress, it still lags far behind the top performer, which is Massachusetts. The governor didn't give our near neighbor a passing glance on his way to Florida.
Unlike Florida, Massachusetts established "world class standards" as early as 1993 and has not deviated from them since. It has been the highest state scorer on the NAEP since 2005; it raised SAT scores for 13 consecutive years and outpaced all other states in closing the achievement gap between rich and poor. Massachusetts ranked No. 1 in both fourth and eighth grade reading, while Florida ranked No. 21 in fourth grade reading and No. 35 in eighth grade scores.
Maine, by the way, also outranked Florida at No. 14 in fourth grade reading and No. 7 in eighth grade scores. So why choose Florida as a model? Why fly a delegation of politicians more than 1,000 miles to tell us how to change our schools when Massachusetts is a car ride away?
We need look no further than The American Legislative Exchange Council for an answer. ALEC is a conservative think tank and lobbying group that writes model legislation on a variety of topics, including education. ALEC's favorite education state is Florida, and LePage is one of ALEC's biggest fans. In fact, his "Putting Students First" plan for Maine takes its language directly from ALEC.
Among the strategies that ALEC promotes is assigning grades to schools. It assigned Florida the highest grade and awarded Massachusetts a C. ALEC's grading system is based on how well states implement its conservative platform that includes privatizing education through school vouchers, lifting caps on charter schools, watering down teacher licensing requirements, supporting private schools at public expense, eroding local control through school choice programs, lifting homeschool regulations and encouraging virtual schooling.
ALEC doesn't much like Massachusetts. Maybe that's because Massachusetts doesn't grade schools or bow to ALEC's agenda. Instead, it focuses on getting the job done and develops strategies free of political ideology. Massachusetts has invested in its teachers and its schools and guided students toward graduation without sacrificing standards of excellence. It graduated 85 percent of its students compared with Florida's 74.5 percent. Unlike Florida, Massachusetts acknowledges the fact that most teachers want to improve outcomes for their students and that shaming and blaming teachers and schools is unlikely to reap rewards.
If our governor really wants to put students first, he would be well advised to put ALEC and Florida last and look more closely at Massachusetts. That way, he might earn a passing grade. However, his latest call for public funding of religious schools and lifting the cap on charter schools is right out of the ALEC playbook, making it more likely he will continue to earn a grade of F.
Lynne Miller is professor of educational leadership at the University of Southern Maine, where she teaches courses in research and teaching practice. She is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their policy implications. Members' columns appear in the BDN every other week.


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Obama to Discuss Syria Situation Tuesday
In a news conference at the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, President Barack Obama said that failure to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Syria would send the wrong signal to rogue nations and terrorist organizations. Obama is expected to discuss Syria on Tuesday. Photo: AP.
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I ... the only to respond ... to this breach of this international norms would send a signal ... to rogue nations ... authoritarian regimes terrorist organizations that ... they can develop and use weapons of mass destruction ... and not a consequence ... that's not the world the we wanna live ... this wired nations rubble world to condemn Syria for this second called for action ... I've been ... encouraged by ... discussions with my poet leaders this week ... there is a growing recognition of the world cannot stand idly by ... here in St Petersburg leaders from Europe Asia and the Middle East to come together to say that the international norm against the use of chemical weapons must be upheld ... and that the Assad regime used as weapons on its own people ... and that as a consequence there needs to be a strong response ... the Arab League foreign ministers said the Assad regime is responsible and call for ... that right and necessary measures ... against the culprits of this crime ... the Organization of Islamic cooperation ... its general secretary ... has told a tech avoid the upfront ... all religious moral ... values and deliberate disregard of international laws and norms which ... so far as a decisive action ... so in the coming days all continue to consult with Michael leaders around the world ... and I will continue to consult with Congress ... and I will make ... best case ... that I can ... to the American people close to the international community ... for taking necessary and appropriate action ... and I intend to address the American people from the White House on Tuesday ...


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