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Joined: 11 Dec 2007
Posts: 1539
Location: Smithers, BC, Canada
Posted: Mon 10 Sep 2012, 15:35
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greengeek wrote:
jrb wrote:
The TNG version of Pupserver gave me the same problem that you describe, PXE boots won't connect, wierd.
Hi jrb - thanks for trying that. I will give the other iso a trial. (I previously found that the gcmartin method would not boot one particular laptop I have, whereas the inbuilt netboot server in 435 did manage it, so I will try it again with the other iso and see if the result is the same).
Let me know about that. I've lost all my Pupserver and PXE development files in a harddrive meltdown (I had too much old junk anyway
) but I can extract the PXE stuff from PupserverTNG and build a .pet, maybe?
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Joined: 20 Jul 2010
Posts: 5834
Location: Republic of Novo Zelande
Posted: Tue 11 Sep 2012, 04:37
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Ok, here is what I am finding:
PupServer435Original does not appear to have a network entry for the netboot server, so it is necessary to add the gcmartin dnsmasq and server3 pets, and then I need to add the vmlinuz and initrd inside the pxelinux.cfg folder (which seemed odd, since the doc suggests they should be in /tmp/netboot). Anyway, this method does succeed in PXEbooting an Acer Aspire One netbook (which can then connect successfully to the internet), but will not succeed in loading a 1.7Ghz "Penguin systems G731" laptop at all.
PupServer435TNG already has a network entry for a netboot server, so I did not add any pets, I just added the vmlinuz and initrd to the /root/tftpboot folder and it succeeded in PXEbooting both the Aspire netbook and the G731 laptop. However, neither would connect to the internet until after the PupServer was shut down and I reran the "auto dhcp" wizard.
I did find the comment I was looking for from other contributors who had a similar problem with non-internet-connection. It is here:
It is a bit complex for me to follow at this stage.
I will be doing a bit more experimentation to try and work out if it is the netmasq or server that is causing the lack of connection.
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Joined: 11 Dec 2007
Posts: 1539
Location: Smithers, BC, Canada
Posted: Tue 11 Sep 2012, 08:13
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greengeek wrote:
PupServer435TNG already has a network entry for a netboot server, so I did not add any pets, I just added the vmlinuz and initrd to the /root/tftpboot folder and it succeeded in PXEbooting both the Aspire netbook and the G731 laptop. However, neither would connect to the internet until after the PupServer was shut down and I reran the "auto dhcp" wizard.
Using the TNG version I have the same problem, but I just installed
and the problem went away.
I can netboot and the client connects to the internet without problem.
You should shut down the original dnsmasq server first, type "ppxe stop", then install the above .pet and type ppxe start (or go to the network menu). For this .pet you must place your links to initrd.gz and vmlinuz in /root/netboot. You can delete /root/tftpboot to avoid confusion.
Let me know if this works satisfactorily for you and I will modify the Pupserver435TNG iso and reupload.
Thanks, J
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Joined: 20 Jul 2010
Posts: 5834
Location: Republic of Novo Zelande
Posted: Tue 11 Sep 2012, 11:18
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OK, thats really interesting. (Many thanks for looking into this!). I wonder if that pet should be included for all versions of puppy instead of the pet that the gcmartin google document refers to.
I haven't tried your pet yet (will do later) - for now I have been up all night trying to find out exactly why gcmartin's version didnt work on PS435TNG and I finally got it to work as follows:
Basically it seems as if there is something wrong with the pxelinux.0 file created by the server3 pet and it is necessary to "borrow" the pxelinux.0 file from TNG and use it to replace the faulty file. Here is what I did:
Boot PS435TNG from live CD pfix=ram
Navigate to /root/tftpboot and rename folder pxelinux.cfg to pxelinux.cfgTNG
Install dnsmasq-2.55-static.pet
Install netboot-server-3.pet
Navigate to /root/tftpboot and remove file pxelinux.0 (which was just created by the server3 pet)
Find the old pxelinux.0 file that is in the pxelinux.cfgTNG folder and put it in as /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.0 (instead of the bad version we just removed)
Place the specially prepared ("netboot-ready") vmlinuz and initrd.gz files into folder /root/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg folder (which is the new folder created by the server3 pet).
Start the new version of the pxe server by going into the network menu - ignore the entry that says "Netboot Server Netboot - enabling" (which has no icon) and instead click on "Netboot Server" (which does have an icon)
Then boot the PXE client PC. After it boots it is possible to surf the internet fine. Works on a variety of machines tested so far.
EDIT: just confirmed identical behaviour when using Akita8, so not just an issue with PupServer. Definitely something in the server3 pet which creates an incompatibility with my G731 laptop
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Joined: 20 Jul 2010
Posts: 5834
Location: Republic of Novo Zelande
Posted: Mon 17 Sep 2012, 15:32
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Hi jrb, I'm happy with the way the PXE server side of things is working now (more testing of that to do later) but I have run into an issue with handling of USB drives.
If I boot from live CD everything to do with usb drive handling is working perfectly, but after I install to HDD and run with a pupsave I get a problem as follows:
My system has an inbuilt HDD (my boot partition) and I also have a 16GB USB stick permanently installed (it is partitioned into two ext2 partitions and one FAT32 partition). This usb stick holds my music collection and family files, so it is the one I want to stream from PS435 to my other machines.
When I use the live CD it mounts those usb partitions correctly and allows streaming of that data. The installed version does not. It appears to mount them, but when I look inside each drive (just looking locally on the PS435 machine - not via network) there is no data seen inside the partition - just an orange triangle icon which looks like a shortcut to that partition (eg: sdb2 will have an orange triangle with a superimposed black "shortcut" arrow, and with the text "sdb2" in red). No other files visible. The system also seems to ignore any request to "unmount" the drive - it's "green light" stays on (mounting and unmounting works without problems when running from live CD)
Just wondering if your system displays similar behaviour. I tried a couple of usb sticks, and different ports without change. (which doesn't necessarily mean that the sticks are not at fault, it could be something to do with the way I format them - I will continue to trial this further with other hardware...)
Of course I COULD just transfer all my files to inbuilt HDD, but it is just not going to be big enough - I want PS435 to have an attached 500MB (or bigger) usb storage drive so it is operating as a NAS.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
EDIT: if I insert the usb stick after the machine boots and mount it manually by clicking on it, it accesses and shares the data correctly - so it seems to be some issue with the automount procedure rather than incompatibility with the stick etc. Maybe automount happening too soon or something?
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Posts: 4
Posted: Tue 09 Oct 2012, 18:56
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Well that was easy enough to setup
Full install on the bottom of drive 1
Writeable shares on drives 1 & 2
Read-only share on drive 3
Not bad for an eternal linux noob
I'm aiming to downgrade my machine to something smaller/lower powered in the near future, so I'll be after building up this server to do the hard work.
It would be nice to be able to run this headless and control it with a web interface if anybody has any suggestions how I might achieve this.
A BT server would be useful as well.
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Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 6
Posted: Mon 20 May 2013, 10:17
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corinthian wrote:
Full install on the bottom of drive 1
Writeable shares on drives 1 & 2
Read-only share on drive 3
How did you create the Read-only share on drive 3?
I don't want others to accidentally erase my files.
Where would I change the settings
for Read-only shares?
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Posts: 6
Posted: Fri 07 Jun 2013, 23:00
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Anyone?... Anyone?...
Does anyone know where I can change settings to make shares Read-only?
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Why is this important for gaming? Encounter strategies, learning your class, learning how to play: how information is presented to you will impact how well you understand the material, which in turn impacts performance. If you know you won't learn as well with one method, seek out material that is presented in a way that is easier for you to understand.
As a side benefit, understanding these learning methods impacts other areas of your life, including schooling and career. I'm a firm believer in "never stop learning," and even when a friend tries to explain something or you're trying to troubleshoot a piece of tech/equipment, knowing your own preferred learning methods can help you to overcome a frustration you may have in not understanding it.
You need to see it to understand it. Someone telling you verbally what to do--like those raid leaders who just ramble on in voice chat before a pull--don't help you. For some, even reading it in text isn't enough. You need visuals. Visual details also tend to stand out for you.
- Diagrams, charts, videos with written instruction and visual pointers
- Highlight, font changes, visual IMPACT
- Illustrations, pictures, comic strats!
- Symbols, icons
You prefer to hear it spoken to you. The words, vocalized, make everything make sense. Lectures and speeches can keep your interest (assuming the topic itself isn't boring), and verbal discussions are no problem for you. Reading something out loud often helps with comprehension. Conversations about the topic help cement things in your mind, and you are good at picking up sound effects.
- Reading aloud
- Discussions, conversations
- Lectures, or podcasts, or videos with detailed verbal instructions
- Songs!
Learn by doing. Hands-on is a great way to learn from your own mistakes. Truly tactile learners need to participate. They can often see why something is the way it is only when they have it right in front of them: they need to play with it and experience it, manipulate it and see what happens.
- Test Runs
- Models: mock up a situation with your action figures or by positioning in-game, build it!
- Labs, field trips
- Experimentation
Raiding with them All
The take-home lesson for raid leaders/officers: your raiders won't always learn the same way that you do. Provide or direct your raiders towards different types of resources, and don't expect everyone to all understand just by watching the same video that magically made everything make sense for you. There are a lot of resources out there, and while it will take some research on your raiders' part, they can often find something right for them to understand whatever they're struggling with.
|A note on Videos:
You might expect these to be an excellent resource for visual learners. They are, in terms of watching the playing field and seeing what the players do... but in terms of spoken instructions voiced over the video, they are better for auditory learners. A more visual learner may benefit more from a written strategy + a diagram than they will from an instructional video, while an audio learner will prefer a video with a recorded set of instructions. Some videos may have written instructions included, or arrows added to point out things: those are of benefit to visual learners.
So: beware labeling all videos as "good for visual" vs "good for auditory" learners. Each video is different.
The most difficult type to work with as a raider is the purely tactile, as they need actual raid time to understand a concept, at the expense of others' time. For them, patient preparation and review of mistakes is key. What did they learn from that wipe? Pre-emptive mockups of a room for positioning and use of flares can help these players understand, just as much as for the visual learners. Telling them to all physically get up and stretch during a mid-raid break can also have good results, rather than having them all just tab out to browse the web: physical activity is a great way for many to re-focus themselves, after a long session at the computer. If it's a class mechanic they need work on, practice practice practice!

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Last year for Christmas my fiance bought me a new Juicy Couture bag, and I was holding off on using it because I felt it was more of a winter look, then a summer/spring look. Now that fall is here, I cut off the tags and I'm finally using it. :) I've been packing and getting ready like a mad woman since we're leaving for Atlantic City today, so I quickly took photos just so I could blog today. :) I'm not sure if I'll be able to blog tomorrow because I'm sure it'll be a hectic day since it's my birthday, but I will definitely try because I love you guys that much. :)
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My name is Rob Willer and I'm a junior here at Northern Illinois University a marketing major and Spanish minor. With this post I wanted to provide some background on my life as well as some of my experience throughout these first two years. As a high school senior in 2011 at Plainfield North High School I was faced with a decision most students face and that is: Where are you attending next fall? Surprisingly to me that choice was Northern Illinois University right in the heart of DeKalb, Illinois. After visiting and researching many schools, Northern was the fit for me. Throughout my high school career, I participated in many things ranging from Golf, Bowling, Tennis and Cross Country as well as National Honor Society. Most students during these years take active approaches similar to mine but in reality almost all of those activities began my senior year of high school. This in my mind began what I like to call "the busy approach" where I'm just one of those people that constantly has to stay busy. What I'm about to say next probably emulates a lot of college freshman's paths from high school.
The transition from high school to college is definitely an eye opener and took me some time to adjust. As a freshman here at NIU, most of my friends were going away to college just like me and it was weird to see each of us attend different schools that fall. During the fall semester of 2011 I made a set of goals by the time I graduated. A few of these goals were to achieve higher than a 3.5 gpa my first semester here and in the simplest possible terms get involved which I'll address later on in the post. The transition of course load in my mind wasn't as bad as everyone made it seem. Over my senior year in high school I took a steady course load which included four years of Spanish, three AP classes and even a college equivalent class Rhetoric. Over those first two semesters I did fairly well with classes achieving my first goal of a 3.5 semester. After I received the notice for my final grades that semester and honors society approached me saying that I was selected to participate in their society.
In a sense this began my way of getting involved at Northern Illinois University. Over the past year I have been involved in eight organizations which my role in each organization varied. Some of the organizations I'm apart of currently are NIU Cause (Social Entrepreneur Organization/Vice President of Communication), Sports Club Council (Oversee 30 Sports Clubs/Secretary), Lambda Sigma (Honors Society/Junior Advisor), Northern Star (Cubs Blogger), College of Business (Marketing Intern), NIU Club Tennis (Advisor/Past President). GET INVOLVED! Change the world. College goes by fast and we have to take advantage of opportunities that are presented to us. Stay Tuned for some more Rob experiences over the course of this year.


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I'm using Ext Direct API for communicating with my ASP.NET MVC server. There are situations where the request takes more time to complete. But, what I see is after a particular time the request is getting aborted and another request is firing from the client.
How I can increase the time limit in web.config?
In the below case.. can I able to specify the time for a single call,
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Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2. The underlying technology is forked from Gnome Shell. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.
Cinnamon is a popular desktop alternative to Gnome 3 and this spin provides the option to quickly try and install this desktop.


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A student in Florence, Arizona was suspended last week because he had a picture of a gun on his computer. The incident is yet another in a long line of ridiculous knee jerk reactions by schools all over the nation in response to the December Sandy Hook shooting.
A local ABC affiliate reported that Daniel McClaine Jr., a freshman at Poston Butte High School, was turned in to school officials by a teacher who noticed he had saved a picture of an AK-47 as his desktop background on his school lap top.
The school suspended McClaine, citing district policy which states that students are barred from "sending or displaying offensive messages or pictures," and should refrain from creating, accessing and/or distributing pictures that may be considered "harassing, threatening, or illegal."
The School District, released the following statement:
Although we cannot specifically discuss student discipline, we can certainly agree that violence in schools is a sensitive and timely issue. Students, parents and staff are on edge, and the daily news delivers more reasons for caution. All of us must work together to protect our kids and to cultivate an environment that is conducive to learning.
McClaine contested his suspension, saying that the image is not threatening.
"This gun wallpaper does not show anything that's violent. It's not showing anybody getting shot in any way. It's just a picture of a gun. It's nothing — nobody getting shot, nobody getting it pointed at them, it's nothing," the student told reporters.
After reporters got hold of the story, the school backed down and allowed McClaine to return to classes earlier than originally planned.
McClaine's father stated "To me it's ridiculous. Three days for a picture? It wasn't like he was standing in front of the school holding the gun. He should have got a warning. He shouldn't have ever been suspended. Not for something so frivolous."
This case is far from isolated, as we have seen over the past days and weeks, in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. It is now a daily occurrence.
Last week it was reported that a six-year-old kindergartner in South Carolina was suspended for taking a small transparent plastic toy gun to school for a show and tell.
A day earlier we reported on the five-year-old in Massachusetts who faces suspension for building a small toy gun out of lego bricks and play-shooting his classmates.
Also last week, we reported on an incident that erupted when a discussion between two children about a toy nerf gun caused a lockdown and a massive armed police response at two elementary schools in the Bronx.
Earlier this month, a Long Island high school was also placed on lock down for 6 hours in response to a student carrying a toy nerf gun.
Another incident this month saw a five-year-old girl suspended after a three hour grilling, and described as a "terroristic threat", when she brought a pink bubble gun to school.
Last week, a South Philadelphia elementary student was searched in front of classmates and threatened with arrest after she mistakenly brought a "paper gun" to school.
A 6-year-old boy was suspended from his elementary school in Maryland for making a gun gesture with his hand and saying "pow".
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I use this script right now:
import os, arcpy
directory = r"C:\Project"
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
for myFile in files:
fileExt = os.path.splitext(myFile)[1]
if (fileExt == ".mxd"):
fullPath = os.path.join(root, myFile)
print myFile
myMap = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(fullPath)
analysis = arcpy.mapping.AnalyzeForMSD(myMap)
for key in ('messages', 'warnings', 'errors'):
print "----" + key.upper() + "---"
vars = analysis[key]
for ((message, code), layerlist) in vars.iteritems():
print " ", message, " (CODE %i)" % code
print " applies to:",
for layer in layerlist:
print layer.name,
It runs on many project mxds. And every time it analyzes a mxd file I`m asked the connection dialogue and have to enter the connection details.
Is there a way to open a database connection that is valid for all mxd?


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Is It Okay to Snoop on Your Kids?
You have to know where your kids are, what they're up to, and who they're with. But tweens and teens also have a right to privacy. How can you keep close track of their lives without violating their trust?
Mom the Spy
A show of hands please: Who hasn't looked through her kids' things — opened a tempting e-mail, rifled through school papers, maybe even peeked at a diary entry or two? If an informal survey of my friends is any indication, a lot of moms are bigger sneaks than they'd ordinarily care to admit. "It's not that I don't trust my children, it's that I worry about them," says one mom, who, like others in this story, didn't want me to use her real name and risk blowing her cover with her kids.
And now you can add to the mix all the ways kids give and get info — between texting, e-mail, and social networking sites, tweens and teens can have dozens of so-called friends, connections, and plans you're clueless about. For parents, technology offers multiple ways to monitor what's going on. We've graduated from nanny cams to GPS-enabled devices for checking on their driving. There are even Web sites that let you see how they did on this morning's math quiz.
Of course, it'd be better if you could just ask your kids what you want to know, but you may not learn everything — or, sometimes, anything. "My 9-year-old shares every detail of her day, to the point that I tune her out sometimes," reports a mother of three from Baltimore. "But her 13-year-old sister has always been excruciatingly private."
So, especially if your son or daughter is a close-mouthed kid, you can't help but wonder what exactly your options are. I mean, even if I could crack my teen's Facebook profiles, should I? On the other hand, kids do require adult supervision — at least sometimes. Faced with this tangle of responsibilities and opportunities, I talked to child-rearing pros and moms (nosy and not) about everything from cell phone logs to IMs. Here's what I learned about being in the know.
Cell Phone Logs/Text Messages
What the Experts Say
General consensus is that you shouldn't look at cell phone logs and texts unless a child is in serious trouble — skipping school or doing drugs, for instance. Spying on reasonably well-adjusted kids can undermine healthy development, according to Steve Schlozman, MD, a Harvard Medical School assistant professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. "Adolescents need to know you trust them to make good decisions," he says. "Your faith builds their confidence to take age-appropriate risks — ask someone out on a date, audition for the play, offer a political opinion." Prying can also spur kids to act out. "Kids need to have a separate life their parents don't know all about," adds Dr. Schlozman. "If you don't give them any privacy or independence, they may engage in riskier behaviors." Backed into a corner, many teens will up the stakes.
What Parents Do
While not all mothers and fathers agree that kids' cell phones are fair game, plenty of us check how they're being used. "When I was growing up we had one phone, in the kitchen, and my folks heard everything," points out a mom of three from Solon, Ohio. "I want to know that much about my kids, so I told them I'll be looking at their cell phone logs. I consider it monitoring, not spying." She's less forthcoming about texting. "I'm not sure they realize I can read their texts because they think I'm technologically impaired." She's turned up a lie or two. "My 17-year-old daughter spent the night at a friend's house and they snuck out. I didn't tell her I knew. But the next time she wanted to sleep there, I simply said, 'No, there isn't enough supervision.'"
The Verdict
How you proceed depends upon your parenting philosophy — do you believe kids have the same right to privacy as you do? And you've got to consider who your daughter or son is hanging out with. "It's still true that the kids who tend to get into trouble are the ones who run with the fast crowd," says Kay Abrams, PhD, a clinical psychologist in Kensington, Maryland. If your kids are trying to grow up too soon, you may want to meddle. In that case, though, still consider telling them you'll be checking and prevent the outrage they'll feel if they discover you've been sneaking peeks. One final consideration: "When you snoop, focus only on looking for danger," says Abrams. "If it seems like normal teenage talk, just stop reading and forget about it."
E-Mails/IMs/Web Sites
What Experts Say
It's a given that you set limits on screen time, block offensive Web sites, and set up filters to block inappropriate spam. Beyond that, lots of advisers recommend a hands-off approach. "Looking at your child's e-mails or Facebook page creates an environment of distrust and secrecy," says Jay LeBow, PhD, clinical professor of psychology at the Family Institute at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. "If your kids can't rely on you to treat them with respect, they won't come to you when they need your help."
Other experts feel that cyber sleuthing is fair game because online activity can be so public. "I think it's fine to say to your child, 'The computer is in my house and what you put up there reflects on our entire family. So I reserve the right to look at your account,'" says Ruth Peters, PhD, author of Laying Down the Law (Rodale). But, she adds, if the postings are consistently benign, back off.
What Parents Do
There's some division here too. "I've always told my daughter that I would read her e-mails occasionally," says the mother of a 13-year-old from Boston. "Kids don't get it that anything they put on the computer could be seen by everyone. I just want to make sure she isn't receiving or sending inappropriate messages or photos."
Other moms warn against hypervigilance. "I have a friend who monitors every single thing her daughter does online," says a mother of two from Cleveland. "One time she even called another parent to complain about a nasty e-mail her daughter got. Now the girl is having a hard time socially."
The Verdict
Listen to your gut. If you suspect your child is viewing banned sites or sending or receiving inappropriate messages, you may want to explore her online activity. Ideally you'll do this with her knowledge, and stop if you have evidence that you were mistaken. Otherwise, ask your child to show you her Web page or glance over her shoulder once or twice a week. Just don't take everything you read literally. For instance, it's normal for teenagers to complain about their parents or exaggerate, says Abrams.
GPS Tracking
What the Experts Say
Installing a computer chip in a car or cell phone to track your child's whereabouts (or to get instant e-mail updates on the vehicle's speed) is just plain disrespectful, say the professionals. Not to mention counterproductive. "Kids react to this type of intrusion with increasing amounts of secrecy," says LeBow. "Spying is simply not a good way to create positive, open communication." Today's tech-savvy kids can probably circumvent your efforts anyway by disabling the GPS or leaving their cell phones behind.
What Parents Do
While many feel using GPS is creepy, one mother I talked to plans on installing it in her teenage son's car. "My philosophy is you have to trust but verify," she explains. "This way I won't have to worry about him; I can look online and see exactly where he is."
The Verdict
Leave computer tracking to the feds, except in dire circumstances — the neighbors report they've seen your son drag racing, for example. "If your kids have gotten into significant trouble, explain that you'll monitor them until they've regained your trust," advises Dr. Schlozman.
What the Experts Say
There's a huge temptation to look at journals, rifle through backpacks, or snoop in kids' rooms for the inside story. But the pros say resist. "Going through kids' things is impolite, offensive, and could seriously damage your credibility if they found out," warns LeBow. And it probably won't ease your mind anyway. In fact, reading the musings of a moody teenager may cause you unnecessary worry.
What Parents Do
While almost every parent is in theory against reading private materials, when it comes right down to it, several moms I talked to have done it. "When my daughter minimizes a diary entry on the computer, I sometimes justify looking at it because, well, it's right there on the screen," says a mom of two from upstate New York. "But I don't think it's a good thing to do and I'm not proud of it."
The Verdict
Unless you see evidence of trouble — drug paraphernalia or sneaky food behaviors that could mean an eating disorder — don't even think about it. Instead, look for aboveboard ways to get the 411. Anything you learn from a diary could probably be teased out with honest conversation.
The Spill Drill
Your tween or teen mumbles, "nothing," every time you ask what's new. Short of fitting your child with an FBI wire, how can you find out? Try these spy-free strategies.
- Drive the carpool. Kids tend to forget you're there and they talk freely with their friends. Draft other parents. Explain to a sympathetic mom that your son doesn't tell you anything, and ask her to keep you informed.
- Stay general. "Are you getting bullied in the locker room?" feels intrusive. Ask, "Is anyone being teased after practice?" Try, "What happened last period?" not, "Did you leave school early?"
- Keep secrets. Your husband doesn't need to know your daughter has a crush on the next-door neighbor. Unless your child is into something dangerous or illegal, don't involve others.
- Don't be a fixer. Kids won't open up if they think you're judging them or always telling them what to do.
Too Much Info
You may want to know everything about them, but your kids don't need you to share...
- That you're furious with your husband. Kids see themselves as an extension of their parents. When you criticize him, they feel like you're criticizing them too.
- How panicked you are about money. Discussions of belt-tightening measures are fine and even necessary. Inciting needless worry — not so much.
- What you really think of your sister-in-law. Your children may inadvertently repeat what you've said. And your attitude could prevent them from developing a positive relationship with the person.
- How much you hate their best friend. Venting could drive a wedge between you. If you can't resist, talk about behavior rather than personality: "I don't like when Suzy calls after 11 p.m." instead of, "That Suzy is so rude!"
- What IFFY things YOU did in college. If kids ask, redirect them with a line like, "I don't approve of underage drinking or drugs of any kind." The point is not what happened then, but what you expect of them now.


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- Release Date of film : 2004-11-08
- Societies of production : Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Languages spoken : English
- Duration of movie : 131
- Movie Genre : Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller,
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The great irony of motherhood is that despite never actually being alone (hello, can I please freaking pee in peace?!), you can find yourself feeling more isolated and lonely than ever before. Whenever I'm feeling like I'm the only mother who's ever silently sung "shut the hell up" in my head or gloated that my brownies were the best on the bake sale table, I pop over to my Scary Mommy Confessions and instantly feel better. There are other mommies just like me who don't always say or think the right thing. They are crass and jealous and frustrated and insecure and ... human. Hallefreakinglujah.
Here are some of my favorite mommy confessions. (With one of my very own.) Can you relate?
1. I'm wearing maternity jeans but I haven't been pregnant in six years.
2. I hate reading bedtime stories. I only do it because I know I have to. Sometimes, I just let them fall asleep watching TV.
3. I kiss my young teenager goodbye in the morning as she leaves for school, rising above the hormone-fueled snarling and histrionics. Then I close the front door and flip her off, with both hands.
4. I forget to brush my 1- and 2-year-olds' teeth. I am not sure why it's so hard for me to remember, but it's a good thing that these teeth will fall out.
5. Hidden in the pantry in a box labeled "flour" is top of the line chocolate and a few joints. I rarely resort to it, but it's a comfort knowing it's there.
6. I miss the career I gave up more than I miss my son when I go to the grocery store. But I always get to go back to him.
7. Once a woman asked me if I breastfed my baby, so I asked her if she shaved her vagina. Sorry, you don't like personal questions? Me neither.
8. I confiscated my teenager's stash of pot, gave her a lecture, and have been smoking it ever since myself.
9. I joined a gym just for the free daycare. I drop the kids off and read magazines and blogs in the locker room.
10. At the end if the day, my needs are really simple: To be able to shit in peace.
11. I throw candy wrappers behind the couch and then blame the kids when my husband finds them.
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16. I have a favorite child and I am hardest on him because I feel so guilty about it.
17. I clock out of motherhood at 8 p.m. I'm so done that I walk out even if they aren't all tucked in bed and go hide in the basement with my laptop and a beer.
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A Republican effort to stall President Barack Obama's judicial nominees in the Senate as a protest to the recess appointment of a consumer watchdog could leave Texas with five vacancies on federal benches.
Texas could have as many as seven vacancies by the end of the year, with pending retirements, more than any other state except New York.
And Senate Democrats and liberal groups are putting pressure on the state's two Republican U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn to break with the Republican opposition and push for a vote on two Texas judicial nominees awaiting confirmation.
The nominees, assistant U.S. Attorney Gregg Costa of Houston and U.S. Magistrate Judge David Guaderrama of El Paso, have the support of the Texas senators and approval of the Senate Judiciary Committee for posts in Galveston and El Paso, respectively.
In addition to Costa and Guaderrama, there are 16 other judicial nominations by Obama waiting for full Senate approval.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said all of the nominees have "the support of this or her home state senators, Republican and well as Democratic."
"There is no excuse for continued stalling of President Obama's consensus judicial nominees. The courts and the country cannot afford another year of across-the-board delays of President Obama's judicial nominees," Leahy said.
A liberal-leaning advocacy group in Austin, Progress Texas, urged Cornyn and Hutchison to pressure Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to schedule an up-or-down vote on the nominees.
"Instead of sitting on the sidelines, we need our elected senators to fight for Texas," said Matt Glazer, Progress Texas executive director.
Progress Texas said filling the vacancies is critical for the state. Dockets in Southwest border states are overloaded due to an increase in criminal drug cases.
A Hutchison spokesman said "we have made it clear to the White House and Senate leadership that we are unequivocally supporting the confirmation of these two highly qualified individuals."
"Sen. Cornyn has been steadfast in his efforts to fill Texas' vacancies on the federal bench, and he intends to work with Senate Democrats to see that these two pending nominees are confirmed," said Drew Brandewie, a spokesman for the senator.
Reid has not scheduled a vote on the pending nominations because of Republican opposition, retaliation for the Jan. 4 recess appointments by Obama of nominees to National Labor Relations Board and Richard Cordray to the Consumer National Protection Bureau, said Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond School of Law professor.
Republicans opposed the Cordray appointment to the newly formed consumer watchdog post.
"They are still furious about that," said Tobias, who tracks federal judicial appointments.
Tobias said the only way Texas senators would be successful in getting confirmation for their candidates would be to prevail upon other GOP lawmakers to drop opposition to a vote.
Upon confirmation, Guaderrama would fill an El Paso vacancy in the Western District of Texas, which includes San Antonio, Del Rio, Austin and Waco.
There is another San Antonio vacancy in the district.
Costa, who would fill a vacancy in Galveston, is prosecuting the high-profile Houston case against R. Allen Stanford, a financier accused of running a $7 billion investor fraud scheme.
There is a second vacancy in Corpus Christi in the Southern Judicial District, which also includes Houston and Laredo.
A vacancy also exists in Marshall in the Eastern Judicial District.
Two more vacancies in Texas are expected this year when District Judge David Folsom in Texarkana retires in March, and District Judge Hilda Tagle of Brownsville takes senior status in December.
Seven judicial vacancies would give Texas just one fewer than New York, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.


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I stamped the Bubble Fairy by Lisa Victoria with Tuxedo Black ink by Memento
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Abraxas wrote:Where can one find said shears?
In shops, but they're a quest item I think. They're priced more like a elite item, but the Slime Pits quest lost the vicious token I think, so quest it probably is.
They cost 30 to prep, are a small item, 28 gold, 70 CP (nice cp, ugly ratio), and what they do is you can activate them to kill a plant without being debuffed (also no spoon drops, I think). Not sure if works with EM, would probably be good if so. Oh, it has no limit on the ammount of times you can do this, except you get a "plant matter" frost root like thing stuck in your inventory (small slot). Except if you allready have a full inventory the plant matter drops to the ground and you can "shear" the entire map. I suppose they're a quest item.
Not sure where to apply them. EDIT: *first*. Apply them *first*.
EDIT: also they add 10 health. And make awesome transmutation seal fodder when done with shearing.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) While other teams face complicated playoff scenarios and confusing tiebreakers, the task is quite simple for the Green Bay Packers.
Beat the Bears at Soldier Field next weekend and the NFC North title is theirs.
The Packers opened a one-game lead over Chicago with their 27-20 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday night. The Bears had lost at Minnesota a few hours earlier, ceding control of the division to a team that began the year 2-3.
``I kind of did some foreshadowing the last couple weeks about this is how some of these games are going to go,'' Aaron Rodgers said. ``It's going to be ugly at times, but the main thing is the wins. We're 9-4 right now, we're first in the division by a game, putting ourselves in good position, not only for the division but potentially maybe for a first-round bye.
``The division is the first goal,'' he added. ``We can wrap things up next week. It's a tough opponent, a tough place to play, a lot on the line.''
There's little on the line for the Lions except pride.
Calvin Johnson had 118 yards receiving to put him over 1,500 for the year, but it wasn't enough to keep the Lions (4-9) from dropping their fifth straight. After touchdowns on their first two drives gave them a 14-0 lead, the Lions crossed midfield six times but could only manage a pair of field goals by Jason Hanson.
Detroit tied an NFL record by losing its third straight game in which it blew a lead of 10-plus points, according to STATS Inc.
``We're probably the best three-quarter football team in the league,'' Stephen Tulloch said. ``And then in the fourth quarter we don't find a way to win games. Unfortunately, that's the way football is, sometimes things go your way and sometimes they don't. This season, that hasn't gone our way. We haven't had a break and we just haven't finished.''
Actually, the Lions started unraveling in the second quarter and Green Bay made the most of the switch in momentum.
The season's first significant storm dumped almost 3.5 inches of snow on Green Bay, making Lambeau Field look like a snow globe for most of the night and the football glisten with moisture. As Matthew Stafford drew his arm back to throw midway through the second quarter and with the Lions up 14-0, the ball slipped out of his hands.
``I don't really have much of an explanation for it,'' Stafford said. ``I wish I could have gotten on top of it. It squirted away from me again.''
And Packers rookie Mike Daniels was right there to scoop it up, rumbling 43 yards for the score that pulled Green Bay within 14-10. He is Green Bay's first rookie defensive lineman to return a fumble for a TD since 1941.
``Mike Daniels' play was the momentum shift for us that we needed,'' Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. ``That was a big play.''
His Lambeau Leap needs some work, however. Daniels only managed to get about halfway up the wall, hanging there as fans pounded him on the back.
``I was too tired,'' Daniels said.
The Packers forced another turnover on the next drive when Sam Shields picked off Stafford. But they couldn't do anything with the ball, and went into halftime still trailing.
``It didn't start the way we wanted it to ... (but) our guys just keep playing, keep punching,'' McCarthy said. ``The impressive part of our football team is it's just not a couple of guys making a play. We had a lot of different guys make plays tonight.''
Rodgers gave the Packers their first lead of the day, scrambling away from Lions defensive end Willie Young and running 27 yards for the score. It the longest scoring run of Rodgers' career, and also was Green Bay's longest rushing touchdown of the season.
The Lions tied it at 17 on Hanson's 46-yard field goal. But the Packers got another boost from a most unlikely source: their running game.
Plagued by inconsistency and injuries all year, Green Bay's running game had accounted for just three scores coming into Sunday. But the Packers kept the ball on the ground for all seven plays in the game-winning drive, running over the Lions on one carry after another.
They used all three of their running backs - Alex Green, recent returnee Ryan Grant and DaJuan Harris - and picked up at least two yards on each play. They had double-digit gains on three carries, including Harris' 14-yard scoring run.
``That's what your linemen want, that's what the backs want. That's the way we play football here in December,'' McCarthy said. ``At that point in the game, you could feel it was starting to tilt. That was a big series for us.''
The Lions pulled within a score on Hanson's 34-yard field goal with 7 seconds left. But the onside kick went out of bounds, and the countdown to the Packers-Bears game was on.
``I'm focused on going to Chicago and winning the division,'' McCarthy said.
NOTES: The Packers scored twice on the ground for the first time since Dec. 11, 2011. ... Rodgers failed to throw a TD pass at Lambeau, ending a 35-game streak. ... Lions DT Nick Fairley sacked Rodgers for the third time this season. ... Lions TE Brandon Pettigrew did not return for the second half after injuring his ankle.
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"If Barack Obama wants to quit his day job (and maybe he might), he can probably make it as a children's book author. Certainly, this is a beautiful package: thoughtfully conceived, handsomely illustrated and designed, and with a tight yet evocative text that brings children into the world of 13 famous Americans. Framed as a letter to his daughters ("Have I told you lately how wonderful you are?" the book begins), each double-page spread then asks a question that is exemplified by a person of note. "Have I told you that you are creative?" introduces Georgia O'Keeffe, who "helped us see big beauty in what is small: / the hardness of stone and the softness of feather." Most of the people briefly profiled are expected names—George Washington, Jackie Robinson, Helen Keller, César Chávez—but there are a few outliers here as well, including Billie Holiday and Sitting Bull. As the spreads turn, other children join (the unnamed) Malia and Sasha on the question page, each embodying their own special gifts and talents. Long's exceptional artwork has a timeless, Rockwellian quality that serves the text well, and the congregation of the children at the book's conclusion will have readers looking and looking again. An addendum features a bit more about each person highlighted. Parents will be happy to talk to their own children about how creative or kind or strong they are and reiterate, as the president does, their place in the American family. — Ilene Cooper"—Booklist, starred review
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Welcome to the first (and hopefully final) Tumblr edition of Kotaku's Week in Gaming Apps, where we look fondly back at the mobile games that touched our lives during this trying time, except for the one from Monday that we can only link to via Google cache.
Since our normal format won't work here, I give you this abnormal format instead. Just a simple selection of links to games about punching things in the face, winning the race, becoming a vocabulary ace, breeding robots in space and using guns to say grace.
Check them out while I go be all proud of myself for that last sentence. Good job, me.
Monday: Punch Quest (iOS)
Tuesday: Need for Speed Most Wanted (iOS / Android)
Wednesday: Letterpress (iOS)
Thursday: Gizmonauts (iOS)
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This is going to be so lame. It almost guarantees that nobody will give a shit.
If you go into this dark disconnected tunnel, you can buy your entertainment for a lot of money.
thats how they think! a lot of people say well they are evil but they know what they are doing. honestly, i can't believe that, they are very stupid.
"Mr. Dodd the pirate asteroid will crash into the world in thirty seconds."
"If only we passed TPP!!"
Nerds have too much fun!
Sure there are industries within the internet but the internet itself is not one. So trying to give it laws to this extreme will only endanger the internet. it's not like cracking down on bars who sell beer to minors. It's not a database for you to collect information. Hackers can easily hack into gov't systems.
How come businesses don't adapt their business models? Isn't that what business is suppose to do?!
It'll never be competent functioning legislation ever!! I don't know why Tech Dirt doesn't get that. Maybe they should pay more attention to how politics works.
If they become really visible in social media realms, they are gonna get their shit torn apart by all us users. lol
The only way to get HBO GO is if you already have HBO through your cable provider.
What I don't understand is why HBO won't sell their shows online. Why do I need a service provider? HBO would make a lot of money if you could just go their website click a show, episode, movie, etc buy it for a reasonable price and watch it online?
Why! This is why I pirate the shit out of HBO.
Oligopoly righteous, Capitalism sin.
Its becoming more and more clearer that these industries have no clue on how to innovate their business models. They just can't. They don't want to and they dont' know how. Cowards.
Maybe if Ellison cut some more trees down across from his mansion his view would be even more clearer and he would see that his case is dumb as fuck.
They fail to understand what creativity is and how an open internet produces more creativity then that creates jobs, it enriches the culture and changes society. They are just incapable of having a real thinking process. They have no idea what they are doing.
They will never get any messages from the people, ever again. They don't need us to have a functioning "government".
he's scared of people!
I don't know why many of you still think the Supreme Court can produce justice.
For a real revolution. Any legislation that is passed is a lie effectively, it is always vague therefore it can't be forceable against the government. We are not going to fix jackshit by telling politicians and lobbyists what to do.


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Trying to find the ancestry of
William Bruce LEMONDE
who married
Margaret Alice BIRCH,
probably in ENGLAND. Their son,
Frederick Bruce LEMONDE
was born 1903-07-25 in Islington, London, ENGLAND.
He married
Margaret Louisa BAILEY.
Their son,
Bruce Edmond LEMONDE
was born & married in ENGLAND
and served in the British Royal Navy.From what Bruce remembers, he was on the East Coast of the U.S. on a British naval ship when he received a letter from a U.S. relatives; but, he doesn't recall the name of this female relative, who had recognized his photo in the local newspaper. Also, he doesn't recall whether this stopover was in MA or PA or elsewhere on the East Coast of the U.S.
Any help in researching these LEMONDE's would be appreciated.
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There are various hints that color film production may cease in the future and it could be that the only color film in production would then be The Impossible Project's integral color product. While this still seems a way off, some people are considering how we will accomplish color photography in large format in the future. There are a number of aspects to the Autochrome that are appealing and that could be useful in the post-digital period.


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F-35 manufacturing (photo : Defense Industry Daily)
The next generation fighter planes being for built Australia, the US, the UK and six other countries will have parts made in Bankstown.
The Boeing site at Bankstown Airport will be taken over by Perth manufacturer Quickstep, and is likely to inject more than half a billion dollars and lead to the creation of up to 400 jobs.
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare said $10 million in assistance from the Federal Government had helped lure Quickstep to Bankstown.
"The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a long-range stealth fighter. It's the future of fighter planes and part of that will be made here in Bankstown," Mr Clare said.
"Australia is partnering with the US and seven other countries to deliver this next generation fighter plane."
Mr Clare said Quickstep had today signed a Long Term Agreement with Northrop Grumman – one of the major multi-national Defence companies building the JSF.
"That's terrific news for Bankstown. Around 3,000 of these planes are expected to be built over the next 20 years and Quickstep plans to build parts for many of them."
The Long Term Agreement is a binding agreement under which individual contracts are awarded for different components of the JSF.
The agreement now means Quickstep is in a position to secure up to $580 million worth of work over the next 20 years, building:
· access panels;
· fuel tank covers;
· aircraft skins; and
· in-board weapons bay doors.
Quickstep has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Marand Precision Engineering to supply composite vertical tail skins for the JSF.
Australia has already committed to buying 14 JSF planes.
A Government decision to acquire at least 58 more to form the first three operational squadrons and a training unit will be made in 2012.
Mr Clare said this agreement built on others being made to secure work for Australian companies.
"I'm also happy to announce that I recently signed a Global Supply Deed with Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor on the JSF project," Mr Clare said.
"Under the agreement Lockheed Martin will put in place a team of people dedicated to finding opportunities for Australian companies on top of the JSF project.
"Lockheed Martin is one of the biggest Defence companies in the world, employing 136,000 people.
"They're in charge of some big and important projects around the world and this gives Australian companies access to the work that flows out of that.
"It's a chance for Australian companies to take their expertise to the world."
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will book patent-related provisions once a U.S. court makes a ruling on its over $1 billion litigation with Apple Inc, it said on Friday.
"The amount of provisioning will be fixed according to U.S. court ruling, and the costs will be set aside this quarter only if there's a ruling within the current quarter," Robert Yi, head of Samsung investor relations, told analysts.
A U.S. federal jury said in late August that Samsung had copied key features of Apple's iPhone, and awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages.
Apple has since asked for additional damages of $707 million, and the California court is set to rule on the case in early December.
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Almost Anonymous (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 3:05pm
from the there-go-my-plans-for-faceville deptYou should have gone whole hog on that 'dept' Mike: Let's do MonsterNorthFaceVille!
MrWilson, 8 Mar 2011 @ 3:50pm
Re: from the there-go-my-plans-for-faceville deptYou forgot the -book suffix and the i- prefix and the my- prefix.
Chargone (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 4:36pm
Re: Re: from the there-go-my-plans-for-faceville deptmyiMonsterNorthFaceVillebook?
MrWilson, 8 Mar 2011 @ 5:33pm
Re: Re: Re: from the there-go-my-plans-for-faceville deptI've already trademarked that term. You owe me millions of dollars!
Oh, and Mike is liable as a third party for not preventing you from posting it also.
cc (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 3:07pmDoes this mean they'll finally get Smallville off the air? Because if it does, it's probably a good thing.
Anonymous Coward, 8 Mar 2011 @ 3:45pmPrior art - Commander Keen had a level in it called Hillville.
Avatar28 (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 3:49pm
so many villesSo, I suppose if Nashville had a Facebook game Zynga would try to sue them for daring to use their own name. Never mind that I'm pretty sure the city has about 200 years of prior claim on the name. Or even the TV show "Nashville Star" for that matter. Wonder if they will start trying to extort real life cities and events for using a city name ending in ville in the title. I'd sort of like to see that argument in court.
"Your honor, this municipality is unfairly using our client's trademarked 'ville' in their name, causing them irreparable harm."
"The city has been there for 200 years, your client has only had the trademark for 2 years."
"But..but trademark."
Anonymous Coward, 8 Mar 2011 @ 3:49pmQuick, someone register ZyngaVille.com !
Eugene (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 4:27pm
Re:Hey, if it's a game that viciously and mean-spiritedly makes fun of Zynga, it'll count as parody and they wouldn't be able to do a thing about it! >:D
Steven (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 3:50pmI could maybe see this if they had a game called "Ville", but ville as a suffix has been done.
johnny canada, 8 Mar 2011 @ 4:07pm
VilleThe french have been using that suffix for years as it mean town.
Ville du Quebec is about 400 years old
Ville du Montreal is about 375 y/o
Boucherville the town is about 300 y/o
The street Boucherville is the kid on the block at 225 y/o
Chargone (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 4:39pm
Re: Ville... heck, we've got townships (think villages that don't necessarily actually contain anything but a hub intersection for the local farming area and maybe a church, school, shop, and/or petrol station, which except for the last, may all be on different side roads out of sight of the main one. in some cases the only noticeable indication the place exists is the sign) here in NZ... some of their names end in 'ville' as in 'village'. (a township is basically anything too small to be labeled a town that none the less does function as if it were one. villages are included.)
snarkosaurus (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 4:51pmZynga is eville. That's not news.
Ranzear (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 6:40pmIf Apple can do with with 'iWhatever', why can't Zynga?
Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 8 Mar 2011 @ 6:51pm
As I Understand It ...... a trademark has to be kept distinct, it can�t be run into other words. Thus, �Farm Ville��probably OK, �Farmville��not.
I remember this came up a few decades ago, when (later-absorbed-by-Compaq-which-was-in-turn-absorbed-by-HP) Digital Equipment Corporation made various models of computer terminals named the VT52, VT100, VT220 and so on, and tried to trademark that �VT� prefix. They couldn�t.
ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 8 Mar 2011 @ 7:16pm
Attention pleaseCruella to the white courtesy phone. Cruella, white courtesy phone. Thank you.
David Bolton, 8 Mar 2011 @ 11:06pm
These Zynga Ville- ains...I registered Glitzville.com 10 years ago and got a bit sidetracked but it's now in development...
The eejit (profile), 9 Mar 2011 @ 12:11amSo Zynga are trying to trademark a French word for town. Seems like prior art to me.
Snidely, 9 Mar 2011 @ 12:49am
If only my parents understood trademark...Oh crap. I don't have enough money to defend the pending suit on my name, Neville. Hopefully, Zynga will go after my rich musician cousin Aaron Neville first.
abc gum, 9 Mar 2011 @ 5:22amI think Elmer FUD missed a thread.
Certainly he could've made some snide remark about FUDville, talk about a slacker.
Ville, 9 Mar 2011 @ 5:50am
Good luck with thatIn addition to french and italian words for houses and cities. There are over 36000 people in state records such as myself with the first name "Ville" in Finland alone.
sebsauvage, 9 Mar 2011 @ 6:06am
Bah.Bah... some people even trademarked apple, orange and windows.
charliebrown (profile), 9 Mar 2011 @ 7:54am
TownsvilleHave you ever heard about Townsville? No, not the city that the Powerpuff Girls live in. This is a city where people can live, go to work, socialize, make friends, etc, etc. Sound like a Zynga game yet?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Townsville,+Quee nsland,+Australia&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=29.716225,86.572266&ie=UTF8&h q=&hnear=Townsville+Queensland,+Australia&ll=-19.257998,146.818542&spn=0.138071,0.338173 &z=12
Todd Eastman (profile), 15 Mar 2011 @ 6:28am
MargaritavilleJimmy Buffet should sue, then retire in Margaritaville.
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Jay-Z's 'Occupy All Streets' Shirt Vanishes from Rocawear Site Amid Controversy
For Jay-Z, the week started out with acclaim, and ended with a controversial product vanishing from the website of his clothing line.
Earlier this week, the hip hop star played two sold-out shows with Kanye West at Madison Square Garden and gave a surprise performance at the Victoria's Secret fashion show on Wednesday night, but by Friday, some critics had stopped buzzing about the music and were accusing the star of trying to profit from the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Photos of Jay-Z wearing an "Occupy All Streets" t-shirt were posted on the Rocawear site with close-ups of the shirt and a statement that it was going on sale on Friday. But when Business Insider asked Rocawear if any proceeds from the shirt were going towards the movement, Rocawear issued a statement defending its decision not to donate to the protestors, saying that the sentiment behind the shirt was not directly related to the political movement.
By Saturday morning, the shirts had vanished from the Rocawear site. Tweets from the Rocawear and Roc4Life Twitter accounts published Friday touted the sale of the shirts, but the links to the retail page point to an empty page.
A representative for Rocawear did not immediately respond with a request for comment.
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Whole Foods Market co-chief executive John Mackey, known for his outspoken style, says business in the US is "under attack."
Speaking at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast Thursday, Mackey said businesses are often unfairly maligned.
"The latest Gallup poll shows big business enjoys only a 19 percent approval rating," he told an audience at the Seaport World Trade Center. "Yet business is fundamentally good and has created more value in the world than any other institution."
Mackey, 59, is on a national tour to promote his first book, "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business." He was joined by his co-author Raj Sisodia, a professor of marketing at Bentley University in Waltham and the co-founder of the nonprofit Conscious Capitalism Institute.
The book makes a case for the "inherent good of capitalism," and pushes for a new age of leadership and higher purpose in the business world.
"If we allow it, I have no doubt capitalism will wipe out poverty and illiteracy," Mackey said. "Humanity has been lifted up by business and yet it has been completely hijacked by its enemies who create a narrative that business is selfish, and greedy, and exploitative."
For its most recent fiscal year, Texas-based Whole Foods Market Inc. reported that sales rose 16 percent to $11.7 billion.
Whole Foods operates roughly 350 stores, including 21 in Massachusetts, the chain said in a press release.
In November, Whole Foods bought leases for six Johnnie's Foodmaster grocery locations, with plans to remodel the stores and reopen them as Whole Foods some time later this year, probably in the fall. Those locations are in Arlington, Brookline, Charlestown, Melrose, South Weymouth, and Somerville.
Whole Foods is also looking to open two more Massachusetts locations at some point this year, one in Lynnfield, the other in Hyannis.
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For Educators
Lesson Plans and Resources Available
The Union or Secession Web Exhibition is an ideal place for educators to get primary sources to teach their students about the events leading up to the Civil War in Virginia. Using letters, newspapers, images, and speeches from the time, students can explore what average Virginians were doing and saying as the nation slowly, and not inevitably, moved towards secession and war.
A special section for younger users of the site is Callie's Mailbag. Presented in a style modeled after social networking sites, Callie's mailbag is a selection of letters written to a young woman in Campbell County, Virginia, between 1859 and 1861. Interspaced with gossip about friends and family members, news from school and home, her correspondents tell their opinions and fears concerning current events.
To help you lead your students through some of the important topics covered by Union or Secession we have developed a number of lesson plans.
Fugitive Slave Law, choose from two plans:
Sectional disputes over the enforcement of fugitive slave laws increased tensions between the North and the South preceding the Civil War.
Sara Lucy Bagby and the Fugitive Slave Law
VSOL: USI.9 (a), CE.1 (a, c, f, g), CE.2 (a), CE.6 (a), VUS.1 (a–c, f, h, i), VUS.7 (a), GOVT.1 (a, c, e–g), GOVT.4 (c), GOVT.5 (a, d)
NHS: Era 4 – Standards 2D, 3B, 4A; Era 5 – Standard 1A
The case of Sara Lucy Bagby involved an enslaved African American woman, her owner in Virginia, the abolitionist community in Cleveland, Ohio, and the enforcement of federal law.
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Perspectives on the Fugitive Slave Law
VSOL: USI.1 (a, b, e), USI.9 (b), CE.1 (a, c, f, g), CE.2 (a), CE.6 (a), VUS.1 (a), VUS.6 (e), GOVT.1 (c), GOVT.5 (a)
The law is often subjective and open to interpretation. Investigating a combination of primary sources and biographies of William Lloyd Garrison, Abraham Lincoln, Sara Lucy Bagby (a fugitive slave from Virginia), and James Coles Bruce (a slave owner and delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1861), students will compare varying views on enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry, choose from three plans:
John Brown's Raid is often cited as a significant turning point in the coming of the Civil War.
John Brown's Raid and Reaction in Virginia
VSOL: USI.9 (a, b), VUS.1 (a, b, c, f, i), VUS.7 (a)
NHS: Era 5 - Standard 1A
Reactions to John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, reflected increased sectional division over the future of slavery in the United States. Southerners feared further action by Northern abolitionists, some of whom voiced support for Brown and his cause. Inspecting an array of primary sources, students are exposed to the voice of Americans on opposing sides of the debate of Brown's fate.
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Investigating John Brown's Raid
US.1 (a, b, c), USI.9 (a, b), VUS.1 (a), VUS.6 (e), GOVT.1 (c)
Decades of compromise ceased as physical action replaced typical legislative action. Students analyze a series of images about the raid, placing them in chronological order. Two broadsides lead into a discussion of the abolitionist reaction to John Brown's impending execution.
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Voices from the Past: John Brown's Raid
US.1 (a, b, c), USI.9 (a, b), VUS.1 (a), VUS.6 (e)
Using letters and newspaper articles, students examine perspectives of Northerners and Southerners reacting to John Brown's activities. This lesson includes a SOAPS graphic organizer for comparing varying viewpoints.
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Virginia – North or South?
VSOL: VUS.1 (a–c, f, i), VUS.6 (e), VUS.7 (a)
Virginia was culturally similar but economically different than the states in the Deep South. Differences existed in agricultural production, manufacturing, and population of slaves. After analyzing statistical data about population, agricultural products, and manufacturing, students are able to better understand Virginia's unique position in the Union.
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Election of 1860 – Dividing Virginia
VSOL: USI.1 (a–c), USI.9 (b), VUS.7 (a)
Where did Virginians stand during on the presidential election of 1860? After reviewing the presidential candidates and their party platforms, students are asked to predict how citizens in three Virginia communities―Richmond, Alexandria, and Winchester―voted. Newspaper editorials, articles, and other statistics help students to understand what was valued by these communities, as well as the limits of liberty during this volatile time in American history.
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Federal vs. State—Who Has the Power?
VSOL: USI.1 (a, b, e), USI.9 (b), VUS.1 (a), VUS.6 (e), CE.6 (a), GOVT.1 (c), GOVT.5 (a, b)
One of the most fundamental issues in the formation of the United States was to have a balance of power. Checks were put in place so neither the federal nor state governments would have supreme power. Secessionists believed states had the right to break away from the Union because they compromised it. Anti-secessionists believed the Union superseded the ability for states to break away. The secession crisis was an issue of federalism.
This lesson begins by asking students to define federalism, and then explore how the issue of federal versus state power was argued by two participants in the Virginia Convention of 1861. The lesson concludes by asking students to analyze a political cartoon parodying secession.
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Social Contract
VSOL: US1.1 (a,b,e); US1.9 (b); VUS.1 (a); VUS.6 (e); VUS.7 (a); CE.2 (a); CE.6 (c); GOVT.1 (c); GOVT.5 (a)
This lesson looks at various opinions about who was the perpetrator of secession: North or South? It shows the divisiveness and diversity of opinion prior to the Civil War. Since the founding of the nation, there were very different perspectives on what the term "nation" and "union" meant. Students will look at the work of John Locke and how the term "social contract" has been used to explain better the system between the government and the people. A primary source exploration will enhance students' understanding of why Northerners and Southerners each thought the other was not upholding its side of the contract.
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Free African Americans During the Civil War
VSOL: VS.1 VS.7c USI.1 USI.9 VUS.1 VUS.7
What choices did free African Americans have to make during the Civil War? They occupied a tenuous position in Virginia's society, as well as the rest of the South. These conditions were exacerbated by the outbreak of the Civil War. Some free blacks supported the Union and hoped for their victory, hoping to gain greater rights for themselves. Others publicly supported the Confederacy. Using primary sources, this lesson examines the experiences for free African Americans in Virginia during the years of the Civil War.
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Impact of Lincoln's presidential election, the secession crisis, and outbreak of Civil War on enslaved African Americans
VSOL: VS.1 VS.7c USI.1 USI.9 VUS.1 VUS.7
The outbreak of the Civil War had a significant impact on most Southerners, including enslaved African Americans in the South. The enslaved African Americans had no rights, and they faced uncertainty with Lincoln's election and white Virginians' preparing for war. Some enslaved African Americans saw their roles change; some anticipated freedom as a result of Lincoln's presidential victory; and others took their liberty into their own hands. Students will investigate the status of enslaved African Americans in Southern society, along with the choice that enslaved African Americans made during the Civil War. Furthermore, through the use of primary source investigation, students will learn the roles that enslaved and escaped African Americans played during the Civil War.


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Have fun with today's roundup of tweets!
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People are telling singer Phil Collins "I Don't Care Anymore" about your music.
The former Genesis frontman and aging star announced last week that he was coming out of retirement, and would begin making music again very soon.
And the Internet wasn't very kind about that announcement.
A petition on Change.org simply titled "Phil Collins Must Be Stopped" has over 1,500 signatures.
Comments on the petition aren't too flattering.
Well, at least one demographic is excited Collins is making a comeback: Dads.
"I feel a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of dads suddenly cried out in terror."
"Phil Collins has come out of retirement."— Michele (@inthefade) October 28, 2015


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The Greatest TV Characters of All Time
List Rules Only fictional characters created for television programs
List of TV's most memorable characters, of all time, chosen by the Ranker community. What makes a character live on in the public's memory, even years after the original run of their respective TV programs? In some cases, it's the amount of depth that the show's writers, actors and other creators were able to bring to the character over the course of many years. For many of the greatest TV characters of all time, audiences feel like they get to know personalities like Dexter Morgan from "Dexter." Even after the show leaves the air, they may not want that relationship to end. (Thankfully, they don't have to, as many shows live on for years after their cancellation on DVD and in syndication.) The best TV characters are ones that you feel like you know and that you'd want to be friends with.
TV has brought many famous characters to life who have been extremely compelling, even if they are not entirely likeable. Viewers may not wish to know dangerous, shadowy figures like Tony Soprano, Vernon Schillinger, and Omar Little in reality, but following their exploits safely from the comfort of your living room can be appealing. Likewise, people who might be aloof or downright unpleasant in real life - think "Mad Men's" Don Draper or Al Swearengen of "Deadwood" - can prove charming, even admirable, when seen at a distance, with the subtext and intricacy that a top long-running TV show can provide.Who is the greatest TV character ever? This list contains the names of the greatest, most fascinating, and most enduring fictional characters from TV of all time. Be sure to vote for your favorites, and if some of your favorite popular characters aren't represented, go ahead and re-rank the list to contribute to the discussion.


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Pride of Portland
February 18, 2013
We benefit from our location in one of the world's most vibrant, livable cities. In turn, Portland profits from the many Lewis & Clark alumni who invigorate the metro area with their entrepreneurial spirit.
Amber Case BA '08
Named one of National Geographic's Emerging Explorers and Inc. magazine's Coolest Entrepreneurs Under 30, Amber Case cofounded Geoloqi, a mobile location services company that was acquired last year by the global mapping giant Esri. She has also spoken at MIT and written a book, An Illustrated Dictionary of Cyborg Anthropology. At 26, Case is also the youngest trustee in the college's history.
Patrick Fleming BS '92, Brannon Riceci BS '92, and Tim Parsons BA '91
A biology major who fell in love with art, Patrick Fleming channeled his creativity into the restaurant business. With classmates Brannon Riceci and Tim Parsons, he launched Boke Bowl, which delights diners and caters special events—including last year's Class of '92 reunion happy hour. Read more about their strategy and plans.
Kiel Johnson BA '09
Go By Bike, a business Kiel Johnson started in 2011, provides bicycle parking, rentals, and repair services to scores of Portland commuters each day. Johnson's "meeting space for a bike community" is one of only a handful of such entrepreneurial ventures in the United States. Learn what's next on his list.
Read more about how Lewis & Clark is equipping students to become entrepreneurs.
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Bow Wow On CNN: Telling Young Ones To Go Out & Vote!
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The First Mosque in China
· by Wang Daiyu · in History, Photographs
The Great Mosque of Guangzhou, aslo known also as Huaisheng Mosque or also known as the Guangta Mosque (Light Tower Mosque), is considered to be the earliest surviving mosque in China. It also has the earliest freestanding minaret in China. Some sources claim that it was built by the uncle of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Saad bin Abi Waqas.