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An accessible guide to communicating with children when a parent is at the end of life. Covering types of communication, language, sharing appropriate information, barriers to effective communication and developing communication skills, it will help professionals to support children through the challenges of coping with parental terminal illness. more »
2012, Paperback: £21.99/ $32.95Keywords: bereavement, cancer, children, communication, counselling, death, education, families, grief, health care, nursing, palliative care, parenting, pastoral care, social work, teenagers, youthwork
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Next Product »--- DISCONTINUED. (Verified 08/2012) RETAINED IN DATABASE FOR REFERENCE. --- Handi-Cassette II, model 1-07085-00, is a four- track cassette player and recorder designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision. This compact unit will play and record two-track or four-track cassettes at either 1 7/8 inches per second (commercial tape speed) or 15/16 inches per second (Talking Book speed). Playback features include variable speed playback with digital pitch control to allow adjustment of the pitch when playback speed is increased or decreased. Playback is through a built-in mono speaker or stereo headphones (included). The unit has a built-in condenser microphone and a tone indexing button to record an audible tone signal for indexing material. Other features include a tape motion sensing window; buttons with tactile symbols for tape operation; and an audible low battery warning in record mode. The unit comes with a manual in print and on cassette, plus a print/braille quickstart instruction sheet. POWER: Uses the included alternating current (AC) converter (included), a rechargeable battery pack (included), or four double-A batteries (not included). OPTIONS: Carrying case (model 1-07084-00), replacement rechargeable battery pack, AC adapter / recharger, battery clip, and stereo headphones. DIMENSIONS (HxLxW): 4 3/8 x 2.25 x 6.75 inches. WEIGHT: 21 ounces. WARRANTY: One year limited warranty. A two-year extended warranty is available. The extended warranty covers the machine only, accessories or the rechargeable battery are not included.
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WEST WINDSOR David Zohn was well aware of the pending meeting with West Windsor-Plainsboro South.
But, the West Windsor-Plainsboro North goalie had some other business to take care of before thinking about the Pirates.
Zohn was effective between the pipes and the Knights captured a 4-1 win over Hopewell Valley yesterday in the Colonial Valley Conference game played in the rink at Mercer County Park.
Zohn turned away 23 shots, the Knights (9-4-2, 7-1 CVC) offense stayed on the attack and the defense was just as effective.
The Knights jumped to a 2-0 lead and when Hopewell Valley (4-9, 4-5 CVC) scored North responded with two goal in the final four minutes of the second period.
Matt Strober led the way with a pair of goals and a pair of assists. Jason Kessler and Eddie Accetta each tallied one goal. Charles Singerhouse assisted on a pair with Greg Olsson and Kessler having one each.
Louis Jin scored the Hopewell Valley goal with an assist from Trevor Weidman.
We knew this would be tough and we didnt know what to expect from Hopewell Valley, said Zohn. But, we were able to stay with them and we came out on top.
The Knights are still alive for the Colonial Division title and they need a few more wins to lock up a state berth and they might be peaking at the right time.
It was a solid two-way effort, said North coach Bob Weiss. Finally, everything came together. The fore-checking was good and the defense did a good job of shutting them down. In the beginning I was a little worried wed look past this one. But, I told the boys we cant afford to give away any games.
It was a defensive struggle for the first 12 minutes before Accetta found the back of the net. Less than two minutes later Strober got his first. North then answered the HV goal with one by Kessler and then Strober capped off the scoring with a power play goal.
The Knights took care of business and now they can begin to focus on todays 6 p.m. face-off at MCP against South. The two played last Saturday in the David Bachner Foundation game and played to a 3-3 tie.
It is a huge rivalry, said Zohn of the meeting with South. All the fans come out. Everyone knows each other and we are all friends and its a fun game to play.
It is one of those games that go beyond talent and records.
The South games are so intense, said Weiss. The game the other night was fantastic. Every shift is full of that intensity. Its great for the kids and its great for the community.
Zohn is glad he has the community of players in front of him that bring that intensity every game.
Hopewell Valley (4-9, 4-5 CVC) 0 1 0 1
WW-P North (9-4-2, 7-1 CVC) 2 2 0 4
Goals: HV: Jin, WWPN: Strober 2, Accetta, Kessler.
Assists: HV: Weidman. WWPN: Singerhouse 2, Strober 2, Olsson, Kessler.
Shots: HV: 24, WWPN: 16. Saves: HV: Nick Johnson 4. WWPN: Zohn 23.


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Lastly, I would check on minor details and check on the overall appearance of the piece to make sure everything looks good.
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Q: You have a strong set of followers here at DBH, how do you go about promoting your self as an artist?
A: Usually, I promote on Facebook and through word of mouth. I also asked my friends to share and spread my designs in the internet, especially on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter.
Q: Which other design in the contest caught your eye and you felt was maybe your fiercest competitor?
A: A lot of artists were really good and they submitted really great designs. There were a number of artists that I felt were was going to win the contest like Nicebleed, Mathiole, Collisiontheory and Ohdoyle.
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A: Part of it will go into the bank, and a part of it will be spent on art stuff or things that I need to polish my drawing skills like a new laptop, books and a better graphic tablet. The other part will be for expenses and some of it will be for fun. A vacation also sounds nice.
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Generations of Baltimoreans have driven past it and had no idea what it was.
That big, gray tank that until Sunday morning loomed along the west side of the Jones Falls Expressway at the Cold Spring Lane exit stood 258 feet tall and had a circumference of 218 feet.
Local lore has it that the tank was used to store vinegar from a nearby manufacturing plant.
However, the Melvale Gas Holder, as it was called, was built 79 years ago in 1934 by the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, the predecessor of BGE to store natural gas that the utility made here in the city.
Natural gas is now delivered to Baltimore via high pressure pipelines, rendering the tank obsolete.
BGE's Rob Gould says Melvale had sat idle since 1997.
As the tank needed to be painted, a job that would have cost millions of dollars, BGE decided that it is time for the aging behemoth to go away.
Now the tank is a pile of rubble.
The tank was imploded just before 7:30 Sunday morning.
Residents in the area heard a loud boom as the tank imploded.
The sound was also heard at the WBAL studios on television hill which is about a mile away from the site.
WBAL meteorologist Ava Marie heard from Twitter followers who said they heard the sound from the explosion as far away as Parkville.
A WBAL Radio listener heard the sound from the implosion in Joppa.
Low clouds and fog threatened to delay the implosion.
A low cloud deck would have acted as a blanket, trapping the sound of the explosion closer to the ground, amplifying the noise for nearby residents.
Controlled Demolitions, Incorporated of Phoenix, MD waited for a thin broken layer of clouds to clear the top of the Candelabra Tower on TV hill, roughly 1,000 above the ground before imploding the tank.
The implosion still happened well within the window originally devised by CDI.
It's unclear what will happen to the site where the Melvale Gas Holder stood, but BGE has recently granted an easement through the property for Baltimore City to extend the Jones Falls hiker/biker trail.
As a precaution, part of the Jones Falls Expressway (I-83) was closed for a short while on Sunday morning for the implosion of the decommissioned BGE storage tank.
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The Urban Dweller is a monthly publication of Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN), 1290 Williams; 388-2716. THE URBAN DWELLED FEB. 'si aM-M-__-__M___H__-----HH Height Variance Victories Grant St. Project Redrawn The Denver Housing Authority (DHA) has announced it will not seek a variance from the City Park Mountain View ordinance for its housing project at 17th & Grant. Originally designed as a 34-story tower, DHA's plans had been modified to provide for "only" a 28-story stepped tower. The view ordinance restricts the height of buildings in this area to 15 stories. After CHUN and other neighborhood groups expressed their strong opposition to any height variance—especially by a public benefit corporation—DHA went back to the drawing board. The result was two 15-story buildings and an eight story structure, with no height variance needed. Mike Sears, assistant executive director of DHA, readily admitted that CHUN "played a good part in DHA changing its perceptions and taking a second look at its plans." DHA and Sears are to be congratulated for their willingness to work with the neighborhood. More housing is needed in North Capitol Hill and downtown, and CHUN looks forward to continued cooperation with the Housing Authority. HEy You! ItsTiMeToRenew Remember to renew your CHUN membership. Use the handy form on the last page of this newsletter. There's not a better deal in the neighborhood! Civic Center Ordinance Will Not Be Violated The Larken Development Group, a Canadian organization, has withdrawn its request for a variance from the Civic Center height control ordinance. Larken has sought a variance as part of its development of the Centre Theater property on 16th Street. A variance was issued by the Board of Plan Enforcement Review and Variation (Review Board) in October, 1980, contingent upon Larken Development's obtaining a bulk structure variance from the Board of Adjustment. After failing to get this bulk structure variance, Larken redesigned its building so that it would no longer need such a variance, but would still require the height variance. A second variance request was then filed with the Review Board. CHUN objected strenuously to the first variance granted by the Review Board, and filed a lawsuit against the Board in November, 1980. The suit alleged the Board had acted arbitrarily in granting the variance because the developer had presented insufficient evidence to support a variance. The City of Denver attempted to have CHUN's lawsuit dismissed because CHUN did not appear at the hearing to consider Larken's variance request. CHUN was prepared to argue that it had no duty to attend because the Review Board had given inadequate notice of its meeting. M Continued on page 4
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The focus of the Fueling North America's Energy Future study is to understand the potential consequences of two major developments and to offer a forum for fact-based rational discussion and debate.
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Cellar/Tasting Notes Were always on the lookout for delicious, inexpensive red Bordeaux, and the exceptional 2009 vintage has produced quite a few terrific examples Chateau Gravelier is definitely one of them. The Gravelier vineyard is situated in the heart of the Bordeaux AOC area and encompasses 25..
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Can a cup of coffee change the course of a student's life? It can if the person who prepared it is Dalisha Phillips, a site coordinator at Communities In Schools of Seattle. After one of her first jobs, a part-time stint with coffee king Starbucks, Phillips found work that allowed her to teach barista skills to homeless students. Her role with a local nonprofit organization was to teach culinary skills in a classroom setting, and then later supervise the students in a working café. She provided those students with on-the-job training and helped put them in a better position for employment. And it was in doing this work that Phillips found her passion for helping young people.
"I see a lot of myself in the students so I can really relate to them," said Phillips, who understands what it feels like to not fit into a traditional public school system. She admits to being the class clown in high school, but kept up her grades and eventually was able to enroll in a community college. She then majored in psychology at Carroll College in Montana, and became the first in her family to graduate with a bachelor's degree.
It was while browsing Craigslist job ads that Phillips came across one for a Communities In Schools site coordinator. "It was a light bulb moment," she said about reading the job description. "I thought it was a great way to combine my skills and my passion for working with youth."
In the December of 2009, Phillips landed the job as the site coordinator at an alternative high school. But six months later, the program she was working with lost its funding due to budget cuts. Then at the start of the 2010-2011 school year, she became the Diplomas Now site coordinator at the Aki Kurose Middle School. Diplomas Now, developed by Communities In Schools, Talent Development at John Hopkins University and City Year, is a school turnaround model designed to address and support the most challenged middle and high schools.
At Aki Kurose, Phillips manages a caseload of about 60 students who receive targeted stay-in-school interventions. The Diplomas Now model is focused on attendance, behavior and coursework, and Phillips is making strides with the middle school students in all of those areas. Improvement in attendance has been particularly noteworthy, thanks to a creative initiative Phillips started. She placed a gigantic attendance board by the entrance of the school to serve as a visual for all the students to see what the school is doing about attendance. Aki Kurose beat out 70 other schools to win the national Get Schooled Attendance Challenge for improving their attendance by 3.7 percent in October and November 2011. As a reward, the students were treated to a performance by singer, songwriter and actor Ne-Yo.
Phillips also coordinates the Stuff the Bus campaign – a program started by Communities In Schools of Seattle that she inherited when she arrived at the middle school. She has expanded the annual supply drive over the past two years and the program currently provides for more than 9,500 students in 32 Seattle public schools. In 2011, the drive collected more than 50,500 school supplies and $40,000 worth of furniture donations, and engaged 40 community partners and 121 volunteers.
Phillips said she finds it very rewarding to be an advocate for young people who don't have that in their lives.
"I know the work we do is tough," said Phillips. "But on Monday mornings I go straight to the front of the school to greet the kids and give out hugs. I do it to show them there is someone at school who is excited for them to be there."


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Melodies of Christmas punctuate the season at Proctors
SCHENECTADY — Brightly lit Christmas trees, the unmistakable crunch of a candy cane, heart-to-heart talks with Santa at the mall and frosted gingerbread houses — these are all hallmarks of the holiday season.
But for residents of the Capital District, the annual "Melodies of Christmas" concert has become every bit as memorable and sentimental as any time-
honored Christmas ritual.
The first concert, put on 33 years ago, was organized as a means of raising support and awareness for Albany Medical Center's fledgling children's cancer center. Now, "Melodies of Christmas" offers four performances at Proctors Theatre, all of which sell out.
The concert series is sponsored by Freihofer's, Price Chopper and CBS 6 News.
Lisa Jackson, news director for CBS 6 News, said the net proceeds from the concerts and promotional efforts of the sponsors add up to about $300,000 each year.
"The cumulative total raised over the years is $6.5 million," she said. "A few years ago, Albany Medical Center renamed its children's cancer treatment center the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at the Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center, which is a terrific tribute."
The tradition was spearheaded by the late Jim Delmonico, station manager for WRGB, who had a granddaughter fighting cancer. Jackson said that though the youngster lived outside of the region and was receiving treatment elsewhere for her illness, Delmonico decided to reach out to officials at Albany Medical Center, who were in the beginning stages of recruiting a director for its new children's cancer services.
"It was perfect timing," Jackson said. "The hospital was facing an uphill challenge to build trust with parents in terms of having (children) treated locally for cancer. Up to that point, children had to go to Boston or New York for treatment."
The "Melodies of Christmas" inaugural performance in 1979 featured the Albany Symphony Orchestra. From 1980 on, however, the concert has been performed by members of the Empire State Youth Orchestra, comprised of the best high school musicians from the Capital Region, the Berkshires and Vermont. Continued...
Rounding out the orchestral sound is the Empire State Youth Chorale, which is created every year just for "Melodies."
The result is "75 of the best high school vocalists from the Capital Region and beyond," Jackson said. "It's really a story of kids helping kids; they work their tails off in the chorale and orchestra every year. And during rehearsals, a doctor from Albany Medical Center comes to speak to them, letting them know how important their efforts are in helping cure kids. They really get why they're doing this."
Jackson said people turn out for the show year after year not only because it promotes a worthy cause, but because it's the genuine article: a glitzy, professionally produced Christmas pops concert performed in the most dazzling of styles.
"There's lots of eye candy woven into the show," Jackson said. "Ballerinas, specialty acts, costumed performers — it's the largest out-of-studio television production between New York and Montreal."
WRGB donates all of the production work for the concert, filming segments of each performance on eight cameras and then racing the footage into post-production.
"Melodies of Christmas" airs Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on WRGB and its sister station, CW 15.
This year's performance will feature the jazz group Big Medicine, Celtic harpist Martha Gallagher, the Northeast Ballet performing selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" and students from the Orlando School of Dance performing choreographed skits.
"Melodies of Christmas" contains a dazzling lineup of performers to be sure, but Jackson said the true stars make their way onto the stage for the final number of the evening — nearly two dozen children and young adults who are cancer survivors, thanks to treatment at the Melodies center.
"They come on stage and everyone sings 'Silent Night.' It really is a very poignant moment," she said.
The Melodies of Christmas Continued...
Where: Proctor's Theatre, 432 State St., Schenectady
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $25; call (518) 346-6204 or www.proctors.org
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Compiling and disseminating information and data on international organizations has been one of the UIA's core activities since 1907. This vast resource of information is published in the Yearbook of International Organizations - the most comprehensive reference work and information resource on international non-profit organizations and associations worldwide.
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- Type A: Federations of international organizations
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- Type B: Universal membership organizations
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Type II
This typology is used to add a second level of structure to Type I.
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c = conference series
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e = commercial enterprise
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g = intergovernmental
j = research institute
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s = information suspect
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See Types of Organizations for a detailed explanation.
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by private persons or organizations without participation or representation of any government. The term originated from the United Nations, and is usually used to refer to organizations that are not conventional for-profit business. NGOs can be organized on a local, national or international level (INGO).
See also the Wikipedia article Non-governmental organization
An IGO is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states, or of other intergovernmental organizations. IGOs are established by treaty or other agreement that acts as a charter creating the group. Examples include the United Nations, the World Bank, or the European Union.
See also the Wikipedia article International organization
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) defines an INGO as "any organization which is not established by inter-governmental agreement" (Resolution 288 (X) 27 February 1950), "including organizations which accept members designated by government authorities, provided that such membership does not interfere with the free expression of views of the organizations" (Resolution 1296 (XLV) of 25 June 1968).
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See Contents of Organization Descriptions for a more detailed explanation.
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The Union of International Associations is the editor of the Yearbook of International Organizations.
The following people contributed to the 2012/2013 edition:
John Ryan Brubaker Nancy Carfrae Rachele Dahle Carine Faveere Joel Fischer Sylvie Hosselet Martine Jacquemyns Frédéric Magin Jacqueline Nebel (Editor Emeritus) |
Leslie Selvais Marcel Sucaet Régine Toussaint Liesbeth Van Hulle (Editor-in-Chief) Clara Waldrich Judy Wickens Carol Williams Sebastian Weyrauch (computer support) |
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Some organizations included in the Yearbook of International Organizations are perceived as highly suspect by other bodies, whether because of dubious academic standing, questionable values or as a threat to public order. The editors do not act on such judgements which may be contradicted by others. However, in the case of the very small minority of bodies which seek to mislead through false claims, to defraud or to engage in covert operations, the editors endeavour to juxtapose items of information which draw attention to the questionable aspects of these organizations. The final assessment is left to the user. To avoid confusion, seemingly international organizations which exist only as a public relations activity of an individual are indexed but not described.
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Some geographical names used in this publication may not, strictly speaking, even refer to geographical areas. An example is groups "in exile", namely a group identifying itself by the name of a sovereign State but not actually present in that State.
Political changes over the years may lead to some questions in an organization's description. Briefly: countries referred to in an organization's description retain their old form when referring to a date prior to the change – for example, towns referred to in events prior to 1991 still retain their country as German DR (Democratic Republic) or Germany FR (Federal Republic), while subsequent dates refer simply to Germany.
The final evaluation of the information presented in the Yearbook of International Organizations must be left to users. They may be assisted in this assessment by whether a full description is included, by the amount of information it has been considered useful to include in the description, by the last date on which information has been received, and by the organization type classification.
The Yearbook of International Organizations, although originally covering only international organizations in the traditional sense, has broadened its scope in order to reflect international activity in a much more general manner.
The UIA has a mandate from the United Nations to produce the Yearbook, which includes all non-profit international organizations known to us, in particular those which are officially recognized by the United Nations or one of its specialized agencies. It therefore include national organizations which have been granted consultative status by one of the United Nations agencies or included on the UN Department of Information (DPI) List, coding them as 'internationally-oriented national' bodies.
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Compiling information for the Yearbook of International Organizations involves a year-round process of research and editing. Proofs of organization descriptions are sent out by post, email and fax for the organizations themselves to correct. The average response rate is 35%, ensuring highly reliable information. Proofs are supplemented with information from websites, annual reports, newsletters and other documents. Organizations that do not respond to the proofs are followed up with telephone calls, or researched via the Internet.
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Summer Ventis, "Controlled Burn", Installation: Monotype and Monoprint from Woodblock on Unryu Paper with Steel Structure, approx. 6'h x 10' x 20'.
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Joseph Resovsky, 20, says he wanted to make a point with this Facebook post but it could cost him a $1,000 fine and 30 days in jail.
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Posted: Wed 16 Mar 2011, 15:10
Post subject: up arrow hot key (solved)
Subject description: up arrow calls mtpaint
I found the same problem that eeevans616: "It seems mtpaint is hotkeyed to the up arrow on my keyboard . . ," and perhaps nancy reagan's problem. Really is a handicap working in the terminal. Tap the up arrow for a previous command and mtpaint takes a screenshot. Same thing on the bare desktop.
I found this line in /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal <Key keycode="111">exec:mtpaint -s</Key> and deleted it. The change did not take effect with "fixmenus," but it did with a reboot.
Up arrow is now free of mtpaint.
BTW running Turbopup Extreme v1 on a Gateway Solo 2150 451 MHz, 64MB Ram. Turbopup Ex. moves well on this computer. Still trying to get the sound working, but that has been a work in progress through other Puppy versions.
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Post subject: Single Click
Is there a way to change from double click to single click - for the GUI - in Turbopup?
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Post subject: Rox clicks
nickec .... I think what you are looking for is a Rox function. I change a double left click to open function..... to a single left click function this way:
Right click on desktop to open main menu
Open Filesystem .... ROX-Filer
RIGHT click on any icon in home-file window that opened.
Move pointer down to "Options" and click to open "options" section
The second menu item should be "Filer Windows" ... open that.
Under "window behavior" click on "Single-click navigation" to check-mark item.
Then move down to and open the "Pinboard" section ... under the "Pinboard behavior" section click on "Single-click to open" to check-mark item.
(This section may not be active in Turbopup as desktop icons are not displayed but most other Puppies use this for desktop function).
Then click on "OK" to save changes and close window.
Hope this works for you .... KJ
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Posted: Wed 15 Jun 2011, 21:01
Post subject: Calibre in Turbopup
Trying to get my nephew's dinosaur going for few more weeks. It is an old Pentium 1 (maybe) with 386meg of memory. Is Turbo the puplet to install? Lupu 520 works but is quite slow.
All they need is email for banking etc. calibre and transmission for books and movies. I did a frugal install on my own box to see if I could get calibre running but python and Qt are giving me fits as usual.
Direction or links to appropriate packages would be appreciated. Suggestions to a different pup for Frankenstein (cobbled out of 3 dead) greatfully accepted
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Posted: Thu 16 Jun 2011, 16:42
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ehmmm.. I wrote a similar topic on Puparcade forum, but it also applies to Turbopup, since Puparcade is based on Turbopup:
I have several geforce4 agp video cards and have no nvidia-96.43-k126.96.36.199.pet driver.
The sites having it don't exist anymore.
Has someone the nvidia-96.43-k22.214.171.124.pet somewhere?
Many thanks to whoever can post a link to it!!
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Re: Rox clicks
Thank you very much KJ. I appreciate your kind help.
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I believe Gray compiled the original Nvidia drivers, so if it doesn't work PM him, as he may be able to help
also later drivers here [may be backward compatible]
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Aitch, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I've done a lot of google and filewatcher searches for that .pet with no luck, but you had the working link!! I will try this .pet to see if it works with all the different geforce4 cards I have. I learned that make nvidia video cards work with linux drivers is a PITA but I will try if at least one does work.
I know http://download.tuxfamily.org/nop/ has nvidia drivers but they're too new and nvidia says they don't work with geforce4.
Someone should consider upload this .pet to puppy 4.20 repos (to extend old PCs life)
Thank you again.
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Posted: Sat 18 Jun 2011, 10:37
Post subject: Re: Calibre in Turbopup
Fishy wrote:
Trying to get my nephew's dinosaur going for few more weeks. It is an old Pentium 1 (maybe) with 386meg of memory. Is Turbo the puplet to install? Lupu 520 works but is quite slow.
Try Turbo Extreme and see how it goes. If it boots and speed is okay, then try Wary 5.1.2 which is intended for older gear. (Though I don't know about Pentium I's.) There is also the updated 2.14 series here you could try:
All they need is email for banking etc. calibre and transmission for books and movies.
Although you may think any old puppy should do, you may find a site needs an up to date browser addon, etc. Besides, how will they connect to the net? The older puppies may not accommodate wireless internet.
I'm surprised you have 386 MB of ram. That's plenty. But what speed is the CPU?
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Thanks to Aitch now my Toshiba laptop and its Geforce4 are working with direct rendering and 3D acceleration!
I installed the nvidia drivers posted above, restarted Xorg but I had a blank screen of death.
I had to hit ctrl-alt-bkspace, modify xorg.conf in this way:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go]"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0" # added this to get rid of blank screen
Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/EDID" # added this to get rid of blank screen
With the two options added I was able to start Xorg with no problems and with 3D acceleration OK!
I don't know what generates the EDID file, but without that option the screen goes blank.
Many thanks for the help!
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[EDIT] It's the year 2011 and Turbopup is still alive and kicking (the thread has reached almost 200 000 views !)
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I'm just beginning a trial of Turbopup--it does appear to be very lean and mean! I can't believe it is using 16mb at idle!!!!
I'm currently using a multisession DVD for fear that Turbopup will grab the existing Lucid Puppy 5.28 frugal files and goof them up (as Wary did when I tested it recently).
Of course, I backed them up...but...
If I use Turbopup in frugal mode, will it create it's own pup-save file?
I know I guess I could just try it, but to be blunt, I am a novice with Puppy and don't want to screw anything up.
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I'm just beginning a trial of Turbopup--it does appear to be very lean and mean! I can't believe it is using 16mb at idle!!!!
I'm currently using a multisession DVD for fear that Turbopup will grab the existing Lucid Puppy 5.28 frugal files and goof them up (as Wary did when I tested it recently).
Of course, I backed them up...but...
If I use Turbopup in frugal mode, will it create it's own pup-save file?
I know I guess I could just try it, but to be blunt, I am a novice with Puppy and don't want to screw anything up.
Yes it will create its own pup_save file, but unlike some other Pups it boots up without giving you a delay to enable you to choose a savefile and (depending on what other pup_save files you've got around), "accidents" can happen where it loads, or tries to load, the wrong savefile. I've found in the past that it's best to use it without any other savefiles around, at least not ones Puppy would recognise (i.e. ones with extension .2fs or .3fs). It's easy enough to change the extension of any others on the drive to something like .bak or .ffs..
Pentium III/866, 512 MB of RAM 80 GB hard drive running Puppy Cielo 5 "Wary" and Vector 7 Light.
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Hey... trying to get TurboPup running on a Latitude CPi
More info on the system is here --> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=579099#579099
A few issues so far...
(1) Boot screen does not permit me to enter extra parameters. Dunno if that's by design or by my hardware being crotchety. What I can say is, the one time I pressed F2 fast enough, I entered "puppy pfix=noram" and it shut down on me.
(2) Graphics card on this system is really special, it's a NeoMagic 2160 (never heard of 'em myself)... gotta have drivers for it, cuz if I go with Xorg, it can't tell what size screen I have and eventually just blanks the LCD, but if I go Xvesa, it's greener than a seasick alcoholic dragon
Any advice?
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How far to expand Medicaid coverage for poor people under the new federal health-reform law is turning into a major question in many states. In Washington, it is shaping up as a major question for the Legislature next year.
Majority Democrats and Republicans are sharply split, and their differences came into sharp focus last week during a legislative work session on health reform at the state Capitol. At issue was how far the state should go in providing taxpayer-paid health care for poor people who, if uninsured, drive up costs for everyone else by going to hospital emergency rooms.
Medicaid now serves nearly 1.1 million Washingtonians, and upward of 1 million more could enroll in January 2014 under the federal Affordable Care Act. Most of those costs would be paid by the federal government, although the states share would top out at 10 percent in 2020.
Doug Porter, director of the state Health Care Authority and overseer of state Medicaid programs, told a joint House-Senate committee hearing Wednesday that projections show new enrollment is likely to be closer to 328,221, and he believes any new costs may be offset by savings from better-managed cost and shifting some current state costs to the federal government.
It may be a wash, Porter said to skeptical Republicans on the committee during a three-hour work session.
The more you talk, the nervous-er I get, Republican Sen. Linda Evans Parlette of Wenatchee told Porter at one point in his presentation.
Porter discounted what some are calling the welcome mat effect in which people now eligible for coverage come into the system under pre-reform rules under which the state must pay half of the cost. Porter said most who would come into the system that way are children, who cost less. But reliable budget numbers are not going to be available until perhaps November, which is when the general election decides who is calling the shots in Olympia.
In the meantime, Parlette and Sen. Randi Becker of Eatonville want to slow down the states transition work under the Affordable Care Act. Parlette claims there may be huge state costs and is raising questions about how rural hospitals might be affected by the new rules that the state is still trying to interpret.
Becker wants assurances that clients in Medicaid would have access to doctors of their choice. But Gov. Chris Gregoire wants to push ahead as federal agencies work to interpret the new law while getting input from states such as Washington that are moving ahead, according to Jonathan Seib, the governors health-policy adviser.
Seib said there are risks if the state delays and is not ready to meet reform deadlines in January 2014. Democratic Rep. Eileen Cody, who chairs a health care committee in the House, also is pushing forward. She thinks the benefit of getting thousands more people covered outweighs the relatively small costs the state incurs after 2016.
From everything weve seen, itll actually save us money or at least break even I cant imagine we wont move forward, Cody said after the work session, acknowledging that the November election is weighing on the debate.
I think until after November were going to still have everybody posturing. Hopefully after that, we can just move on. Everybody will get over it, Cody said.
The party-line differences mirror those of the leading candidates for governor. Democratic Party nominee Jay Inslee says it is worth it to add potentially 400,000 people to coverage under a full expansion covering low-income people up to 133 percent of the poverty line, including childless adults at low state cost.
Inslee said the uninsured add $1,000 a year in insurance costs to everyone who has coverage now.
But leading Republican candidate Rob McKenna says he doesnt want to commit the state until he is sure the state can afford its share of the costs and pay for K-12 school upgrades. McKenna says that if elected, he would work with legislators to answer the affordability question. The same question is being answered in different ways around the country. Floridas governor has said no to an expansion, while others are considering their options.
And 13 states actually are reducing Medicaid services to deal with current budget shortfalls even before considering the federal reforms, according to a report last week by Kaiser Health News.