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Skip to comments.Secret Service "Visits" Outspoken Critic of Obama - Because of Twitter?
Posted on 06/11/2013 9:51:50 PM PDT by Nachum
After you read this- you will wonder what country we are in.
Tom Francois is an outspoken critic of Barack Hussein Obama- and has a robust Twitter presence. He also likes to dabble with his "paint" program to create funny cartoons. He has never threatened the President in any way, manner or form.
On April 11, 2013, he heard relentless pounding on his door shouts of "Police!" The officers introduced themselves as members of The Secret Service and asked if they could "take a look around."
Since Tom had nothing to hide (and he didn't want any return visits) - he complied fully with their request. He even signed a consent to search his premises AND an "Authorization To Review Medical and Mental Health Records!"
They asked Tom if he ever left his state or traveled to Washington, D.C.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
Obviously they don't monitor this site ... otherwise many of us would be receiving visits from the Secret Service. ;-)
No visits.
Just an order not to go to Guardian and Drudge via AF network internet.
The Soviets knew how to stifle political opposition too.
Turnkey tyranny in progress!
>>Obviously they dont monitor this site ... otherwise many of us would be receiving visits from the Secret Service. ;-)
Nothing to wink about. You just haven't had your visit yet.
'Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head.'
Let's watch the thoughtcrime, comrades. They really are watching.
Co-operating or not is a tough call.
I don't fault him for allowing the search and signing the consent forms. He's probably right. If he didn't they would have torn the place apart, but it's like being bullied. The more you allow it and don't take a stand, the worse it is going to be next time.
Do we have a Lubyanka prison here in the US?
I did wonder about the black helicopter that spent an inordinate amount of time over my house. ;-)
Sorry to disappoint but the DHS, White House, FBI, Naval Intel, Army Intel, and other agencies most certainly do cruise this site.
They click on the links to see where they go and screen capture what is said and posted.
Hey Jimrob, you keep data files that the numnuts at NSA can access?
No visits.
Just an order not to go to Guardian and Drudge via AF network internet.
Thanks for your service.
Turnkey tyranny in progress!
We won't talk to them. Certainly won't let them search our house or anything of the sort.
I will just hand them my business card and ask them to make an appointment with my secretary if they need to talk.
Then I will tell her to inform them that we can meet at my law office at my convenience at a rate of $400 an hour.
That sounds reasonable to me.
I can't wait for mine. Imagine the street cred!
With my screen name, yeah, I'm screwed. Whatever. I refuse to be intimidated.
So, I guess I must upgrade my disdainful rhetoric about Obama. At 67 what are they going to do to me ... I am all but dead anyway. I guess I could include the word Pressure Cooker in all my posts to make it more tantalizing.
Might direct that to Jim if you expect a response.
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I dont add you to the list...
Publicly or privately?
Either. The more creative the threat, the better...
I did have an FBI agent show up on my door step a couple weeks ago, now that you mention it...
You've got FReepmail.
That's where video cameras become the first weapon of choice.
Currently they just send me letters.
What kind of letters?
"Do we have a Lubyanka prison here in the US?"
Patience, comrade! After all, the USSR wan't built in a day!;)
Not FBI letters, just "other" letters.
Rome wasn't sacked in a day either.....
You're on the list!
(That was a LOT scarier than the FBI agent)...
Dear poster "laplata",
You are hereby instructed to attend the necessary reeducation classes for proper deprogramming. Our glorious leader has seen fit to reduce your sentenc... err...education time to a mere two years for every prior year spent on this criminal forum. Failure to do so will draw the, wholly unnecessary, ire of our associates.
Eric "Place" Holder
I was inspired. (Thanks!)
Go after your family and friends.
I've been interviewed by goverment agents doing background checks on friends in intelligence positions. One time when I was 20 and living in an apartment I had to tell a neighbor to harvest his pot plants before the agent arrived.
If they go after my family for what I espouse, nothing I can do. I will speak my mind and give my opinion ... my family ... well ... they are on their own. I will not compromise on my right to free speech.
Awwww. I was hoping you'd make the threat in the public forum!
Thanks for the Ping, Nully.
Not that one.
Nah! They always "visit" all the folks who file late... nothing of concern there!
Tyranny has arrived!
If it's enough to make you shudder, it probably involved Helen Thomas or somesuch horror, and I don't want to know the details. ;)
You don't. Trust me.
Dear poster laplata,
You are hereby instructed to attend the necessary reeducation classes for proper deprogramming. Our glorious leader has seen fit to reduce your sentenc... err...education time to a mere two years for every prior year spent on this criminal forum. Failure to do so will draw the, wholly unnecessary, ire of our associates.
Eric Place Holder
Hey, "Place" Holder and Glorious Leader and Block Watchers:
F U E H !!! F U B O!!! And the camels and goats you rode in on.
Six little words: "Do you have a search warrant?"
They may not like it in the Obama government these days, but we still have a constitution in the United States, and if they enter without one, they'll have to appear before a judge and show cause.
And then pack their toothbrushes for SingSing.
I have nothing to hide and I still wouldn't let them take a look around. I will, however, take out my cell phone and begin recording the entire exchange, inform them of my intent to post it on the internet, and tell them to go ahead and make any not-so-subtle threats to my freedom they care to have the world see.
They absolutely are watching. Everything. And they have been for a while.
One of them texted me late last year. Literally inserted him/herself into the middle of a political conversation I was having with a friend via text. It was chilling beyond belief.
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NHL players submit counteroffer to owners
NEW YORK – The NHL players' union presented a counteroffer to the league Monday and waited for a response in the latest effort to resolve a lockout and start a shortened season.
The sides met at NHL headquarters and negotiated for the first time since they met with a federal mediator on Dec. 13. After presenting their proposal, union representatives stayed in the building in case there were further discussions — later, with talks done for the day, the union said it expected a response from the NHL on Tuesday morning.
The New Year's clock ticked down while the window to reach a labor agreement to save the season was rapidly closing. No one has said exactly how much time remains, but the belief is the NHL wants an abbreviated season to start no later than Jan. 19.
That leaves a little less than two weeks to reach an agreement and hold one week of training camp before the puck would drop on a 48-game campaign.
So far, a deal has proved elusive and well out of reach.
The league and the union had informational discussions — by conference call and in meetings — with staff members that lasted much of Saturday and ended Sunday. Those talks were spurred by the nearly 300-page contract proposal the NHL presented to the union Thursday.
All games through Jan. 14 have been canceled, claiming more than 50 percent of the original schedule. The NHL wants to reach a deal by Jan. 11 and open the season eight days later.
Bargaining sessions with only the NHL and union hadn't been held since Dec. 6, when talks abruptly ended after the players' association made a counterproposal. The league said that offer was contingent on the union accepting three elements unconditionally and without further bargaining.
The NHL then pulled all existing offers off the table. Two days of sessions with mediators the following week ended without progress.
A person familiar with key points of that previous offer told The Associated Press that the league proposed raising the limit of individual free-agent contracts to six years from five — seven years if a team re-signs its own player; raising the salary variance from one year to another to 10 percent, up from 5 percent; and one compliance buyout for the 2013-14 season that wouldn't count toward a team's salary cap but would be included in the overall players' share of income.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the new offer weren't being discussed publicly.
The NHL maintained the deferred payment amount of $300 million it offered in its previous proposal, an increase from an earlier offer of $211 million. The initial $300 million offer was pulled after negotiations broke off this month.
That proposal was for 10 years, running through the 2021-22 season, with both sides having the right to opt out after eight years.
The NHL is the only North American professional sports league to cancel a season because of a labor dispute, losing the 2004-05 campaign to a lockout. A 48-game season was played in 1995 after a lockout stretched into January.
It is still possible this dispute could eventually be settled in the courts if the sides can't reach a deal on their own.
The NHL filed a class-action suit this month in U.S. District Court in New York in an effort to show its lockout is legal. In a separate move, the league filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, contending bad-faith bargaining by the union.
Those moves were made because the players' association took steps toward potentially filing a "disclaimer of interest," which would dissolve the union and make it a trade association. That would allow players to file antitrust lawsuits against the NHL.
Union members voted overwhelmingly to give their board the power to file the disclaimer by Wednesday. If that deadline passes, another authorization vote could be held to approve a later filing.
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happy birthday
militaristic mod huh? my new nickname for you shall be "the zid" lol
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Uh huh, too bad he's not around to enjoy it.
Anyways happy birthday zid, hope you're having fun in the army.
Happy birthday Zid~
Happy birthday, Zidane...I wonder if his family knew he'd have the same name as the protagonist of FF9?
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I was gonna piss him off today, too :(
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Happy Birthday Zidane!!! Probably getting liquored up real good tonight aren't cha..
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What a stupid day for a birthday. God you even fail at being born...
Some other Jan 7th birthdays......Nicholas Cage, Kenny Loggins, Dustin Diamond. See the pattern here.
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Happy B-Day Zid.
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Now located in Springfield, Illinois, U.S. Army Aircraft P-51D-25NA 44-73287, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) registration number NL951M, is an example of the 8,202 P-51 D Mustang U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) fighter aircraft manufactured by North American Aviation, Inc., between 1942 and 1945. In its role as a long-range bomber escort in the European Theater of Operations during World War II, the P-51D design exhibited its greatest influence and is credited by many as the airplane that shifted the European airwar in favor of the allied forces. The date of manufacture for this particular aircraft was June 7, 1944. The finished version was delivered to the U.S. Army on March 7, 1945. This P-51D is important in military history through its association with and use by the USAFF, USAF and various U.S. Air National Guard units during and after World War II. P-51Ds were used by these organizations for a variety of missions, including interception of enemy aircraft, long-range bomber escort, armament support for land and sea forces, photographic reconnaissance and flight training. This aircraft exhibits the aerodynamic, power plant armament and other engineering subsystem designs that allowed the P-51D to perform at levels surpassing other single-engine, propeller driven fighter aircraft during World War II. Of the 8,202 P-51Ds manufactured by North American Aviation, Inc., this airplane is one of only 166 remaining in the United States at the end of the 20th century, only 104 of which were operational. The wingspan of 44-73287 is 37.03 feet and has a wing area of 236 square feet. The plane's two-section, semimonocoque fuselage is constructed entirely of aluminum alloy and is 32 feet and 2 5/8 inches in length.
At the end of World War I, air power pioneers in the U.S. and Europe placed a great deal of emphasis on the potential of strategic bombardment based on Italian air war theorist Giulio Douhet's principle of taking long-range bombers and hitting the enemy's war-making potential behind its own lines. It was during the open stages of World War II that the power and influence of modern fighter planes under the control of well-trained pilots became very apparent as the world observed the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) destroy the air forces of Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France in late 1939 and early 1940. As the war intensified, so did the German and American fighter design effort. Air-to-air superiority was the dominant concern of both nations, but support roles such as bomber escort, night interception, and strafing/bombing surfaced as the primary secondary functions. The United States put the twin-engine, twin-fuselage Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the North American Aviation P-51 Mustang in the air to meet these needs. The P-51 Mustangs were initially developed for use by Great Britain against the Germans. The Germans countered the Mustangs with upgraded versions of the Me 109s/110s and the newly introduced Focke Wulf 190. When USAAF strategic bombers deployed to England in 1942, it was thought that the heavily armed B-17s and B-24s could fend off the German fighters during daylight precision bombing. Although the Luftwaffe fighters found it more difficult to close on the USAAF bomber formations, they simply changed their tactics and began attacking the bombers head on. The solution to this dilemma was to produce a fighter to escort the bombers all the way to their target and defend against enemy interdiction.
This P-51D entered the European war during the last month of fighting, assigned to the USAAF's 8th Air Force Fighter Command. On July 18th 1945, the aircraft was shipped back to the U.S. and assigned to the 4108th Base Unit at Newark Field, New Jersey, in September. After eventually ending up at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, it was returned to active duty during the Korean War. Its activated New Mexico unit was redesignated the 188th Fighter/Interceptor squadron, which was transferred to Long Beach, California, in May 1951. After transfers to Yuma Air Force Base and Standiford Field in Louisville, Kentucky, it was flown to the Sacramento Air Material Area, McClellan Air Force Base, California, for reclamation. In June of 1957 it was grounded as excess. On December 11, 1957, it was dropped from the USAF inventory and sold to its first civil owner. The man who saved this P-51D from the scrapper's cutting torch was Willaim Kelbaugh of Chino, California, who eventually sold it to William Sherman Cooper of Merced, California, in 1964, who flew the airplane in the sport of Unlimited Air racing. Through a succession of owners, the airplane eventually was owned by Mike George of Springfield, Illinois, who returned the airplane to its original condition and received the EAA's 1993 Preservation, 1995 Best Mustang and 1995 Silver Wrench Awards at Oshkosh and was named the 1995 Warbird Reserve Grand Champion at the EAA's Sun and Fun Air Show in Lakeland, Florida.
U.S. Army Aircraft P-51D-25NA 44-73287 is housed at the Air Combat Museum, Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois. Take the first entrance off J. David Jones Pkwy. to Capital Airport. For more information call 217-522-2181 or visit the museum's website.
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Pump up your look with a wedge that wows! The Dollhouse Ritzy has allover jewels and a gorgeous sculpted silhouette that is sure to get noticed.
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When things are difficult, when frustrations mount, I often find it useful to re-read inspiring words of wisdom by other librarians who remind us that we are not alone.
These are some of my recent favourite speeches, with excerpts that I find memorable (emphasis mine) but I don't think the excerpts alone do them justice so be sure to read the whole post!
1. An Open Letter to New Librarians by Roy Tennant
This was a response to a blog post by PC Sweeney. PC Sweeney is a very passionate librarian and is in my mind one of the up and coming leaders of ALA but in the blog post he talked about some days where he felt like "blowing it all up and walk away" in view of all the challenges facing libraries and librarians.
This drew Roy Tennant's response, where he noted that when he was younger he faced similar frustrations and shared tips on how to not give up despite the frustrations that all passionate librarians face . He ended with this.
"I'm not trying to say that if you do the things above that it will be easy. It won't. Deeply committed and visionary people will also tend to be frustrated and impatient. But I'm here to tell you that with dedication and patience you will not only survive, but thrive. Our profession is counting on you to do so. Only the best and the brightest are frustrated. Everyone else is bored, or unengaged, or biding their time for retirement. You are the ones we simply cannot do without."
2. Be the change you want to see by Meredith Farkas
In a very uplifting and positive post, Meredith Farkas talks about keeping one's passion and enthusiasm and how not to be resentful or frustrated with others by comparing with what they are doing or what they have. She challenges us to "be the change you want to see" in our place of work.
Here's an excerpt from the post about setting one's own benchmarks for excellence.
"We all have our own standards of excellence. Some people's bars are set higher than others. We also have different priorities and what motivates me to put in 100% won't necessarily be the same for you. Whatever your own standard of excellence is in your work – whatever you passionately believe in doing – that's what you should be true to. Be yourself. Don't stop volunteering for things just because some of your colleagues' standards of excellence are lower than yours or their priorities are different. Your measuring stick for your own achievement should be based on what you want to achieve, not how much or little other people are doing."
3. Reality-based Librarianship for Passionate Librarians by Jenica Rogers
Jenica gave a very impressive keynote speech at LIANZA Conference 2011 about how librarians should balance passion and reality. She notes that it hasn't been a good year for libraries, but then again when has it ever been?
Here's an excerpt from the post about choosing the right battles to fight
"There's always a hill to climb. You cannot let the simple existence of the hill stop you from climbing it. You just have to pick your hills. Look at what you've learned here, this week, at the ideas you've generated. Look at your energy, your resources, and your barriers. And pick a hill.
Figure out which one is worth the climb, worth the sweat and the sore quads and the scramble over rocks. And just start climbing. And when you get halfway there, and see the insurmountable obstacle — be it lack of budget, resistance from colleagues, lack of leadership, dissonance of vision, the consequences of a natural disaster, or a good old fashioned catastrophic avalanche of all of them at once — you have to stop, and ask: Is this the hill I want to die on?
Because not all hills, even smartly chosen ones, deserve your passion. Some battles aren't worth fighting, and can't be won. Or the cost of winning is too high – you will spend more than you can afford to see it done. Or, remembering the exhortations of earlier keynotes to focus on political awareness, the victory isn't strategic enough. Some hills are not worth dying on."
4. The Year of the Librarian - Of the People - David Lankes
David Lankes is a great speaker and you can watch many of his presentations live on his blog . Honestly I could have easily picked any one of his excellent speeches but this one is from Reinventing Librarianship
"The time for introspection is done. The time for trivia is done. The time for looking for the future of libraries in catalogs, and strategic plans is done. The need of our communities is too great, and our promise for improvement too large.Our families worry about jobs and the ability to fight their way into a shrinking middle class. Our education system is broken – students unable to learn, or drowning under crushing debt. Our system of government increasingly polarized, our appetites for energy unsustainable, and the very memory of our society eroding behind walls of commerce and false scarcity. These then are our grand challenges, and just as the physicians before us, if we rise to meet them, we too shall be rewarded.
And I know what you are thinking. I know that tomorrow you'll be dealing with broken printers, and shelving backlogs, and the rising costs of subscriptions. But you must look up. You must never make what you do replace why you do it. And if you can't link broken printers and shelving to the grand challenges of our society, then you ought to ask why you are doing them. We must stop reacting to the world around us and start inspiring it!"
Below is another one that I found interesting.
5.Bravery based librarianship is the (only) future by Ned Potter
Of the 5 writers and speakers I have listed, Ned Potter is perhaps the least experienced in the field. However, he is definitely a thought leader in the field. Here's a blog post he wrote about his experiences while receiving Special Libraries Association (Europe) Early Career Conference Award.
"But what strikes me is how often I hear about bravery-based librarianship that goes well. There were loads of these at SLA2011. So many times when libraries take the plunge on some decision or other, the outcomes are positive. I know failure is less likely to make it into the public eye, but even so enough people are trying interesting things and discovering that – hey, guess what – the world DIDN'T end and the earth DIDN'T swallow them up, and in fact everything carried on, but slightly better. So we should learn from them.
So many great ideas get bottlenecked by trying not to upset people. We are at a time when we need to inspire people, not protect their delicate sensibilities. Merely not failing is no longer enough. We have to succeed in such a way that the odd failure happens too – otherwise we're not speculating enough to accumulate sufficiently. And I'm not talking about whole libraries, I'm talking about the ideas which drive them. Can we get ourselves into a collective mindset where we don't fear chaos?"
6. How Will We Save Our Profession? Reflections from a Texas Librarian
This is more specific to a given subfield of librarianship but still inspiring.
If you are feeling more discouraged than you should, think of what is lost to this generation of our students if our profession shrivels up and dies away. You are the one who must fight and win the battle to keep librarians in schools. But you are not alone! "
I know that words alone won't necessarily change anything. Reading these inspiring words doesn't mean that you will wake up the next day and find the situation is magically improved. God knows, the cynic in me sometimes wonder why I spend so much time blogging ideas on librarianship as if words alone will make a difference.
And you know what? The cynic in me is right. Words & even ideas alone won't change anything, not if they don't inspire you to do something.
If there is one common thread in all these speeches it is this, frustration is normal and if you are feeling this, please don't give up! Continue to fight the good fight (though you may want to change your strategy if it doesn't seem to be working)! We need as many bright, passionate, engaged people in our profession as we can get and the more of us there are around to support each other, the brighter our collective futures will be.
What are some of the most inspirational advise as a librarian, you have been given?


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6 Ways to Speed Up Your Ubuntu PC
Ubuntu is pretty snappy out-of-the-box, but there are some ways to take better advantage of your system's memory and speed up the boot process. Some of these tips can really speed things up, especially on older hardware.
In particular, selecting a lightweight desktop environment and lighter applications can give an older system a new lease on life. That old computer that struggles with Ubuntu's Unity desktop can provide decent performance for years to come.
Install Preload
Preload is a daemon – a background service, in other words – that monitors the applications you use on your computer. It learns the libraries and binaries you use and loads them into memory ahead of time so the applications start faster. For example, if you always open LibreOffice and Firefox after starting your computer, preload will automatically load each application's files into memory when your computer starts. When you log in and launch the applications, they're start faster.
Preload isn't installed by default on Ubuntu, although some distributions do include it by default. To install Preload, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install preload
That's it! Preload runs in the background without bothering you. You can tweak Preload's settings in the /etc/preload.conf file if you want, but the default settings should work fine.
Control Startup Applications
Applications can automatically start when you log into Ubuntu. Packages can automatically add their own autostart entries – for example, install Dropbox and you'll likely have it automatically starting with your desktop. If you have quite a few of these entries – or a slower system – this can make your desktop take longer to appear. You can control these startup applications from the Startup Applications dialog.
Ubuntu hides most of the system's default autostart entries from this dialog. To view them, run the following command in a terminal:
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
This command modifies each autostart file and changes the "NoDisplay" parameter from "true" to "false," making each entry appear in the list. After running this command, restart the Startup Applications dialog and you'll see more options.
Don't disable an autostart entry unless you understand what it does. For example, if your computer doesn't have Bluetooth hardware, you can disable the Bluetooth Manager applet – but don't disable Ubuntu One if you use it.
You should disable entries by unchecking their check boxes instead of clicking the Remove button. If you need to re-enable an entry later, you can re-enable its check box.
Use a Lighter Desktop Environment
If you're using older hardware that struggles with Ubuntu's default Unity desktop environment, you may want to use a lighter desktop environment. Good options include LXDE, XFCE – or even something like Xmonad, if you want a super-minimal environment. These options are just scratching the surface of the available lightweight desktop environments.
Use Lighter Applications
Along with a lighter desktop environment, more lightweight applications can increase the performance of an older, slower system. For example, if you're typing up the occasional text document in LibreOffice Writer, why not try Abiword instead? It has less features, but it's faster.
If you're using Mozilla Thunderbird or GNOME Evolution for your email, you might try Sylpheed, a more lightweight graphical email program. You'll find lightweight alternatives for most programs you use – just give it a Google. You can even ditch graphical applications entirely and do everything with terminal applications – you'll find a lot of terminal-based alternatives, too.
Reduce Boot Menu Delay
If you have multiple operating systems installed, Ubuntu displays the GRUB boot loader menu for 10 seconds when you start your computer. After 10 seconds, it automatically starts your default boot entry. If you normally wait for Ubuntu to select the default boot entry, you can reduce this timeout and take precious seconds off your boot process.
To modify this setting, open the /etc/default/grub file in a text editor:
gksu gedit /etc/default/grub
Change the value of GRUB_TIMEOUT in the file to a lower number. If you set the timeout to something extremely low – say, 1 second – you can access the boot menu by continually pressing the arrow keys or Escape key while your computer boots.
Save the file and run the following command to apply your changes:
sudo update-grub2
You can also modify this setting – and many other GRUB2 settings — with Grub-Customizer.
Tune Swappiness
The last option is a controversial one. Even Linux kernel developers disagree with each other about the optimal value for the swappiness parameter.
The swappiness value controls the Linux kernel's tendency to swap – that is, move information out of RAM and onto the swap file on the disk. It accepts a value between 0 and 100.
- 0: The kernel will avoid swapping process out of physical memory and onto the swap partition for as long as possible.
- 100: The kernel will aggressively swap processes out of physical memory and onto the swap partition as soon as possible.
Ubuntu's default swappiness value is 60. If you find that Ubuntu is swapping processes out to disk when it shouldn't be, you can try a lower value – say, 10.
To temporarily change the swappiness value to 10, use the following command:
sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10
This change will be lost when your system restarts. If you want to preserve the value between boots, edit the /etc/sysctl.conf file:
gksu gedit /etc/sysctl.conf
Look for vm.swappiness in the file and change its value. If it doesn't exist, add it to the end of the file on a new line, like so:
Save the file after making the change.
How do you speed up your Ubuntu system? Do you have a preferred swappiness value? Leave a comment and let us know.
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Thanks! I've been wondering. I want to get the maximum speed out of my system, and I never knew about preload until now.
Awesome, I have an older system I've been wondering which distro to slap on it, Think I might just wait for the light weight version of Maya to be released.
Very nice article.
There is no need for a "desktop environment." Gnome, KDE, even LXDE are bloated compared to running a pure WM, Window Manager, environment. Dumping all the **cheese** with 2D and 3D graphics helps lots too.
If you'd like to see how fast your new PC (or even your old one) can be, try out TinyCore. You will be amazed. Using TinyCore in a VM just for some special use, perhaps a backup PC (in a house filled with virus infected commercial OSes) or for online banking is still a good idea. At less than 20MB, it is hard to go wrong if your expectations are for 1 or 2 apps only. If you can allocate 120MB HDD and 128MB of RAM for this distro, it will scream – even on a P4 CPU. On a Core i5 it is simply unbelievable.
I'm not trying to hate on any GUI. Each has a place. If you have the hardware and want the cheese, enjoy. For myself, LXDE is the right amount of bloat and ease of use when a GUI is desired. Setting up a few menu items under straight Openbox or FVWM are just a little too much hassle, even for me and the little extra that LXDE needs seems a small price for an easy-to-use menu.
I'm still looking for a server distro that is mostly full featured (non-GUI), but runs well in less than 512MB of RAM, on a Via C7 CPU and less than 500MB of HDD, but supports the newer GigE NICs, eSATA and USB3 devices. Even Debian wanted to install too much extra stuff and with Canonical dropping support for older CPUs, well, SOL is the term – even if I could squeeze it into 512MB of HDD. I must be missing something.
Been playing with Antix since it is lighter weight than ubuntu.
Good article with useful info. I've filed it for future use because at present my Ubuntu is on a new machine and runs quite speedily.
While trying to see the startup applications, I entered the command suggested in the article but received the following message: sed: -e expression #1, char 1: unknown command: `�'.
I copied it and pasted it into the terminal window. Maybe i SHOULD TYPE IT INSTEAD?
UPDATE: I typed the command for updating the startup display and it worked as specified in the article. Something didn't transfer when I copied it and pasted it into the terminal window.
Dan, I had the same problem but I figure it out. Just change both of these – ' – to '. Small difference but it works
Nice article! Glad to know about Preload which will be much helpful in work PC as the RAM is low. Thank you very much How to Geek! We expect more articles in your website related to Ubuntu and Linux in particular since they are adopted now in large scale both in home and corporate sectors.
Hello, I have a old P-III dual 1 GHz processor server with 512 MB SDRAM, is it capable to run UBUNTU 12.04. I have not tied yet. but i have also new desktop with i3 2120 4GB RAM and it run ubuntu 12.04 with excelent speed. Thanks
I think this was mentioned above, but just to clarify, the console command line:
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
Should be entered with an apostrophe at both locations, like this:
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
Worked like a charm after the command was accepted. Great find to turn this on – no idea why Ubuntu would have this off in 12.04 by default. A real inconvenience!
I hate to rain on anyone's parade. However, stripped, lean computers are usually just that and not really useful, friendly or usable. The only way I can make the point is with this analogy. You can take any car and modify, tweak, change or other wise tinker with it to make it the fastest of its kind. However when you get done all you can do with it is go fast. A car needs a passenger seat, not good for speed, it needs a trunk usually, also not good for speed, it needs to have the body work stripped not very pleasing to the eye, etc. etc. etc. By now you get my point.
Well, most of the changes you propose may make a system marginally faster, but if you are really serious you start with a hand install, tweaking everything from the partitions and so on. Things like dumping the GUI and so on, think UNIX circa 1980. Now for a master geek it may be fast and handy, but for most of us it wouldn't work. The changes you propose may work, but they are like adding chrome wheels to a car because it makes it LOOK faster. Until you gut the machine it won't be really faster, but who wants to do that?
I can't thank HTG enough..for the bulk of one hell of a learning adventure!
P.S.!!! To Dan and a couple other folks…..you must remove the..'..at the beginning and end of the command, directly after -i. Here is a revise??? I don't know. It worked for me. 12.04
sudo sed -i s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
Good tips, however "snappy" and "Ubuntu" aren't words I ever expected to see in the same sentence. If you want performance on a low spec machine, better to install a less bloated distro from the get go.
The JFS (journaling filesystem) uses less CPU and memory. Using it instead of EXT4 gave a slower boot time but much faster system to my Ubuntu 12.04 system.
Is 'preload' the same as 'superfetch'?
When are you people going to realize that preload and superfetch and for that matter ubuntu, are not real words? Because they're not. These concepts dont mean anything. Like ultrabook. There just marketing buzzwords you can throw around to make people make you money. I use to think the govermint should step up to make some standards but now i think the govermint is using buzzwords like this to obfuscate the trufe: there is NO NEED to SPEND MONEY ever ANYMORE.
Thanks for these tips, Chris ! Allow me to comment on two of the six suggestions – firstly Preload. Getting, for example, one's browser preloaded does, indeed, sound as if it would speed things up, but given that Preload, as you pointed out, «runs in the background without bothering you», it presumeablly has to be launched every time one starts one's computer, so there would definitely seem to be a certain amount of trade-off involved here. Your views on this matter ?…
Secondly, with respect to swappiness parametres, my understanding would be that, ceteris paribus, the more RAM installed on a machine, the lower the swappiness quota needs to be. Thus on my main box with 16GB RAM, setting swappines to 10 % shouldn't engender any problems, but on my ancient computers with 2GB RAM, it strikes me as unadvisable to set it so low. What do you think ?…
Sorry about the formatting, everyone. The blog software messed up the ' and – characters.
Some users will be using an old machine and might want a light system with just a browser or so, so some of these changes will help. They aren't as necessary if you use a newer system and Ubuntu seems fast enough without it.
It looks similar to Superfetch, from what I can tell!
@M Henri Day
I suppose there's a trade-off with preload, as with everything else.
I'm no expert on swappiness, really. For most users, the default is probably fine. I thought I'd include it as an interesting option, anyway! It's easy to tweak it back and forth while your system is running and test it. Your system should continue to work fine no matter how you tweak it, but some settings should be more responsive than others.
it is useful for older system only. already , ubuntu is fast on my core-i3 system.
really helpful for me…I faced this problem until this article.
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The Vietnam War claimed millions of lives, spurred worldwide protests and forever changed the lives and government of Vietnamese citizens. Take our Vietnam War quiz to see how much you know about one of the most controversial conflicts in history.
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Question 1 of 30
How long did the Vietnam War last?
5 years
10 years
20 years plus
The Vietnam War started in 1954 when Northern forces invaded the South and ended more than two decades later when South Vietnam surrendered in 1975.
Question 2 of 30
Which country ruled Vietnam for decades prior to the Vietnam War?
Soviet Union
France maintained rule over Vietnam for decades until 1945, when Vietnam declared its independence and the pre-war unrest began.
Question 3 of 30
What line marked the division between North and South Vietnam starting in 1954?
17th parallel
The Geneva Accords, signed in July 1954, divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel and brought temporary peace to the region.
38th parallel
Question 4 of 30
What type of government did the North Vietnamese want when the war started?
At the start of the war, North Vietnam was controlled by the communists, while the South was ruled by anti-communist leaders.
Question 5 of 30
Who were the Viet Cong?
guerilla forces
The Viet Cong was a group of guerilla forces in South Vietnam. By 1964, this group had more than 35,000 fighters in South Vietnam.
anti-war protestors
U.S. troops in Vietnam
Question 6 of 30
What spurred full-scale U.S. involvement on the ground in Vietnam?
assassination of President Kennedy
events at My Lai
Gulf of Tonkin incident
After North Vietnamese forces fired on a U.S. ship in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress authorized full-scale U.S. intervention in Vietnam.
Question 7 of 30
There was never more than a maximum of 100,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam.
U.S. ground forces peaked in 1969 with more than 543,000 American troops fighting alongside South Vietnamese forces.
Question 8 of 30
Who was the U.S. president when the U.S. sent its first combat troops to Vietnam during the war?
Although the U.S. presence in Vietnam started well before this point, the first actual combat troops, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, were sent in 1965. Lyndon Johnson was president.
Question 9 of 30
Ho Chi Minh was a communist official who led South Vietnam during the war.
Ho Chi Minh is known for leading the North Vietnamese to victory during the war. Anti-communist Ngo Dinh Diem ruled South Vietnam from 1955 through 1963.
Question 10 of 30
What happened when America pulled all ground troops out of Vietnam in 1973?
the North and South kept fighting
The last American troops left Vietnam in March 1973. While the North and South kept right on fighting, American involvement in the war had ended for good.
the war ended
Canadian troops took their place
Question 11 of 30
What event signaled the end of the Vietnam War?
Geneva Accord
The Fall of Saigon
The war ended when North Vietnamese forces seized control of Saigon in 1975, causing the South to surrender.
Tet Offensive
Question 12 of 30
What happened to Vietnam after the war?
it became one unified country
After the war, Vietnam became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a unified, independent nation.
it split into two nations
it became a U.S. territory
Question 13 of 30
What year did North Vietnam launch the Tet Offensive?
On January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive. This event, named for the Lunar New Year, consisted of dozens of coordinated attacks on the South.
Question 14 of 30
Saigon was renamed as Ho Chi Min City after the War?
After the North seized control of Saigon, it renamed it after the famous communist leader.
Question 15 of 30
Who is Kim Phuc?
a former Vietnamese leader
wife of Vietnam's first post-war president
a girl in a famous photograph
Kim Phuc is the name of a young girl captured on film running naked in the streets after she was burned by napalm. Her photo remains one of the most iconic images of the war.
Question 16 of 30
Total tonnage of bombs dropped on North Vietnam surpassed those dropped on Japan, Italy and Germany during WWII.
North Vietnam suffered heavy attack from the air during the War, but still managed to push on to victory.
Question 17 of 30
How long did future U.S. Senator John McCain spend as a POW in Vietnam?
4 months
2 years
4 years
McCain spent more than four years as a POW, where he was tortured regularly before eventually winning his freedom and going on to have a long career in U.S. politics.
Question 18 of 30
Why did President Nixon want to draft 150,000 more U.S. soldiers in April 1970?
to invade China
to invade Japan
to invade Cambodia
Nixon announced a plan to draft 150,000 additional soldiers to send to Cambodia in hopes of cutting off supply chains to North Vietnam.
Question 19 of 30
Actress Jane Fonda directly caused the death of numerous POWs in Hanoi.
While Fonda did tour Hanoi in 1972, the rumors that she turned on potential POWs, leading to their deaths, is not supported by any actual evidence.
Question 20 of 30
What happened at My Lai?
first U.S. group battle in Vietnam
massacre of civilians
U.S. troops massacred 400 innocent Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, and only one soldier was ever convicted of a crime for his role in the event.
final battle of the War
Question 21 of 30
How many student protesters died at Kent State University in 1970?
Nationals Guardsmen shot four student protesters at the Ohio college on May 4, 1970.
Question 22 of 30
How many people lost their lives during the Vietnam War?
3 million
Around 3 million people died in Vietnam and roughly half of these were Vietnamese civilians.
6 million
12 million
Question 23 of 30
How many people showed up in Washington D.C. to attend a massive anti-war protest on November 15, 1969?
A quarter of a million people protested the war on that date in 1969 — the largest anti-war protest in U.S. history.
Question 24 of 30
What was Agent Orange designed to do?
kill people
kill plants
Agent Orange was a powerful herbicide designed to kill trees and crops. More than 19 million gallons were sprayed over Vietnam between 1961 and 1972.
kill insects
Question 25 of 30
Which future film director won several medals for his bravery in Vietnam?
Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone won a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts for his efforts in Vietnam. He later went on to direct such films as "Born on the Fourth of July."
Question 26 of 30
More Americans were drafted into Vietnam than any previous war.
While around 1.8 million Americans were drafted into service in Vietnam, this pales in comparison to the 10 million men drafted during WWII.
Question 27 of 30
Which president officially pardoned all Vietnam draft-dodgers?
On his second day in office, Jimmy Carter officially pardoned all Americans who avoided the draft or failed to register for service in the Vietnam War.
Question 28 of 30
How much did the U.S. spend on the war?
$120 million
$120 billion
The U.S. spent $120 billion on the war. While WWII spending proved to be an economic boom, the Vietnam War was followed by inflation and an oil crisis.
$120 trillion
Question 29 of 30
The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. was funded entirely by private funds.
It took $8.4 million in donations from private donors to create the famous D.C. monument.
Question 30 of 30
Who designed the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C.?
Michael Graves
Buckminster Fuller
a college student named Maya Lin
An unknown student architect designed the famous monument after beating 1,400 other designers for the honor.


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'Twas the season for stockings stuffed with smartphones -- phones that include more computing power and functionality than computers might have wished for a decade ago. For enterprises, however, these "gifts" could be costly.
New toys, like iPhones, BlackBerrys, and the new Motorola Droid, give us around-the-clock connectivity that comes at a price not only to employees' personal time, but also to enterprise information security; just look at the recent attacks against "jailbroken" iPhones to steal personal data.
President Barack Obama's addiction to his BlackBerry is a testament to the need of today's society to have within reach the means to check e-mail, send text messages, and browse the Web. Of course, those are the more ordinary tasks. Smartphones now give us the capability to play online games, use instant messaging services, stay in touch with social networking sites, and much more. But what should companies do to secure these mobile communications and the data stored on such portable devices?
That's a question many IT workers will be facing as they ring in the new year. Many users will be returning to work with new Droids, iPhones, and even iPod Touches in-hand that they "need" connected ASAP to check email, access corporate intranets, and update statuses on social networks.
These requests and activities give rise to tough questions. Who's responsible for managing the security of "personal" devices that connect to the corporate network? What happens if a device capable of connecting to enterprise systems is lost? Should encryption be mandatory on portable devices that are used for work?
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Luxurious hotel residence just a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysées, in the heart of the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Majestic Hôtel-Spa is located right next to major tourist attractions such as the Eiffel Tower and the Place du Trocadéro
A stone's throw from the Champs-Elysées and the Arc de Triomphe
Majestic Hotel - Spa is just a stone's throw from the Arch of Triumph and the Champs-Elysées in the heart of the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
As its name suggests, it stands majestically tucked away from traffic in a quiet western Paris neighborhood on the Right Bank of the Seine. It's a villa in the heart of the Golden Triangle bounded by the Arch of Triumph, the Champs-Elysées and the Eiffel Tower.
Our Golden Keys concierge service will be delighted to introduce you to the city and offer you round-the-clock advice.
Near the hotel, you'll find plenty of areas ideal for strolling and shopping, including the Champs-Elysées, Avenue Victor Hugo and the Passy & Auteuil neighborhoods.
Some museums are within easy walking distance (Baccarat Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Guimet Museum, etc.)
The district is teeming with places for you to visit, from bistros to starred restaurants, brasseries and cabarets (the Lido and Crazy Horse).
Majestic Hotel - Spa is the perfect starting point for your days out in Paris.
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Art and culture take pride of place in the heart of the 16th arrondissement, at Majestic Hotel - Spa.
News and events around the Hotel
Véronique Valcke, a worthy heir of Baverez family traditions provides a showcase for contemporary artists at the Majestic Hotel - Spa.
The works hanging on the walls of the Majestic Hotel - Spa attest to her love of art.
Shopping & fashion
The Majestic Hotel - Spa offers the perfect opportunity to go shopping and visit the Champs-Elysées
Take a stroll and visit the luxury boutiques on the Champs-Elysées.
The Champs-Elysées
The world's most beautiful avenue boasts a host of shopping options, from international prêt-à-porter brands in luxury boutiques to major pastry, perfume and jewelry retailers and department stores, interspersed with cinemas, restaurants and cafes.
The shops close late and stay open on Sundays.
Avenue Montaigne:
Avenue Montaigne on the outer edge of the Golden Triangle, is home to luxury retailers such as Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Christian Dior, Emanuel Ungaro, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Armani, Prada, Valentino, Versace, Nina Ricci, Fendi, Bvlgari, Celine, Salvatore Ferragamo, Jean-Louis Scherrer, Jimmy Choo, S.T. Dupont, Max Mara, Escada, Emilio Pucci, Krizia and Chloé.
Specializing in luxury goods and haute couture, it is a mecca for Paris fashion.
Avenue Victor Hugo:
This is one of the 12 avenues radiating like the spokes of a wheel from Place de l'Étoile in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and the longest after the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. It stretches from Place Charles-de-Gaulle to Avenue Henri-Martin and Rue de la Faisanderie.
Paris is a fashion and shopping capital, the city of haute couture, fashion shows and luxury in general.
It offers the very best in shopping opportunities, whatever you may need.
The Majestic Hotel - Spa is in the heart of the 16th arrondissement, and can be easily reached by all means of transport
It is easy to reach from Roissy, Le Bourget and Orly airports and from SNCF stations in Paris.
By metro
- Station Kléber, 200 meters from the hotel: Line 6
- Charles de Gaulle - Etoile metro station, 400 meters from the hotel: Line 1 RER A
- Iéna metro station, 800 meters from the hotel: Line 9
- Victor Hugo metro station, 700 meters from the hotel: Line 2
- Further information: www.ratp.fr
By Car
- By the 'périphérique nord' or 'périphérique sud' ring roads: take the ring road to Porte Dauphine, Avenue Foch in the direction of Place de l'Etoile, then Avenue Kléber, Avenue des Portugais second on the left and Rue La Pérouse first on the right.
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Roissy-Charles de Gaulle International Airport
- Journey time: from 30 to 45 minutes
- You can take a taxi to the hotel from the airport, or take an Air France Bus: departures every 12 min to Place de l'Etoile,
- Alight at Avenue Carnot, 700 meters from the Hotel
Orly Airport
- Journey time approximately 30 minutes
- You can take a taxi to the hotel from the airport, or take an Air France Bus, line 1: departures every 30 min to Place de
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PRICE/WASHINGTON - Paul Bert "Jack" Leonard passed away in his home on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at the age of 87 with his loving wife and friend of 68 years, Violet Peacock Leonard, at his side.
Jack was born on April 18, 1925, in Peerless, Utah, to Leopold and Zoe Ellen Leonard. He was preceded in death by his sons, Paul D. Leonard and Dennis Leonard; and daughter, Sharon Louise Leonard Bettino. He is survived by his son, Brent J. Leonard, and his daughters, Jacqueline Leonard Zubal, Kayrene Leonard and Dianna Leonard. He is also survived by his brother Robert Leonard as well as 22 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Jack enlisted in the Navy at the young age of 17. He was proud to be a Pharmacist's Mate/Corpsman during WWII. He owned Jack's Shoes in Price and Castle Dale, Utah, and was an avid fisherman. Jack spent many years as a temple worker in Manti, Logan and St. George.
A celebration of Jack's life will be held at the LDS Chapel 1129 S 250 W Salem, Utah, Wednesday, Jan. 16. Viewing will be at 12 pm. Services will begin at 1 pm. There will be a brief graveside dedication following the services.
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Looking for a relaxing getaway in stunning natural surroundings? We invite you to come and enjoy the peaceful paradise at Wooli River Lodges on the NSW North Coast. Wooli is east of Grafton, north of Coffs Harbour and south of Byron Bay. We're approximately half way between Sydney and Brisbane. See our map for details
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Comments: These shoes are not very good. They fall apart.
From: Jill, Indiana
Comments: Bright, flexible and sturdy enough for long runs. I've done 20 milers in these. The curve of the shoe makes the toe box a little short on the lateral side but I'd buy another pair.
From: AJ, Texas


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