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All well and good...
This modding stuff is all well and good, but someone has to ask the most important question of all: WHERE'S THE BABE GONE????
You've got to admire Ivan Cover's soldering ability if not his ability to work out how and then cram no fewer than eight extra components into his Asus Eee PC. He also upgraded the tiny laptop's 802.11b/g Wi-Fi to 802.11n, but that's more about replacing an existing component with a new one rather than adding the functionality …
This modding stuff is all well and good, but someone has to ask the most important question of all: WHERE'S THE BABE GONE????
I think he's running his web site on it.
an example to asus..
well done, my son!
...but can he install thunderbird without completely borking it?
on a more relevant comment, it would have been cooler to scoop out the feeble contents of the battery case, and fuel-cell it. Ie upgrade from 2.5hrs battery life to something crazy like 20hrs.
He'll need it to run all those extra toys.
This is simply not good enough! We DEMAND the correct picture to be published with every Eee PC story! The innards of the machine photo just does not cut them mustard unless its being fondled by a blonde in a bikini!
why not put a 3G card in as well?
...am impressed...
No DVD-RW though?
It's all very well saying "let this be a lesson to you Asus!" but it doesn't touch on the economic aspects of the modding.
For starters Asus will have worked out what they could fit into the form factor at a certain cost/profit point, and more importantly still be able to provide a warranty for.
Most cars that come to market are build with parts that just about to do the job but can be improved upon, but this does not automatically mean it's a no-brainer for the manufacturer to add it themselves just because an aspiring modder has.
As great an achievement it is we have no idea what knockon effects these mods have to the battery life, the overall heat output or part cost, etc.
looks a bit fugly doesn't it - and I bet it's difficult to type on those circuit boards
What I don't get, is why so many people seem to be modding these little beauties. I mean, sure they're cheap enough, but wouldn't it be more practical to mod the hell out of something that was already a beast, and make it a behemoth?
Still, impressive work, wish I thought of it first.
Also, saw the story on HackADay 4 days ago...
Somone told me El Reg was running the Asus pic with no top on...Imagine my dismay etc etc
that the added functionality makes it a far more attractive proposition.
Has he upgraded the Eee babe to a D-cup too?
"but wouldn't it be more practical to mod the hell out of something that was already a beast, and make it a behemoth"
Not if your measure of "practical" is how big the thing is.
Besides, any idiot can expand a machine designed to *be* expandable. Sure it might be an impressive performer, but it's not "special".
And you can get thunderbird running on it very easily, or at least I did!
Where is the lovely Asus lady, I though El Reg didn't need news as an excuse??
And then you go and ruin it by putting Windows XP on it !
*smacks forehead*
A glass of Xubuntu for my Eee please.
this was posted on eeeuser's forum
A 3G card has been added already, and a touchscreen. (jkkmobile)
Apparently, for optimal use of the touchscreen, the desktop wallpaper of the EEE should be the bikini-clad girlie!
RE battery life, the great thing with this mod, is a bank of DIP switches for turning extra devices off when not required and the fact that the power source was taken from an off in standby pin.
The only one here who noticed the computer instead of the model in the old pic aren't I?
Now if someone comes up with a way to "mod" the shoddy build quality, the Eee PC would definitely be a winner. The form factor, for starters, is perfect for "on the go".
Hmm. Actually, a bit of extra glue and a couple of screws might fix some of the bigger issues, such as the keyboard module sliding under the edge of the case.
Why in god's name would you put a modem in there? Ran out of peripherals? If he's going for vintage, he at least could have stuck on an RJ11 to hook up the acoustic coupler.
I saw one of these puppies in Toys R Us last week (don't ask). Whilst he overall form factor is very sweet, very portable, and emininently suited to my requirements for a simple, portable, cheap, second computer, they're going to have to make that screen bigger before they get any of my money.
tho as a previous poster said, it needs one more awesome hack-a ridiculously overpowered battery.
I'd say, lose the modem, then work at disassembling some model airplane LiPO's into their individual cells and putting them anywhere there's space left. Or something
Solar Cells? One of those MHD generators Voyager uses? A crank system from the OLPC fiasco?
I completely mis-read this line in the article:
"Ivan's running Windows XP on his Eee, which makes driver support a little less hit and miss than the machine's own version of Linux."
Have you actually read the guys Wiki page and seen how much faffing was needed trying to alter Windows drivers from the wrong sources to get this thing working? In my experience, Plug and Play actually works in Linux because it can control a chip and not just the one with the given manufacturer ID.
I think that the only item on that list I'd be unsure about in Linux is the GPS receiver, but since it's running via a USB serial port, I can't imagine any difficulties there either.
You'd really rather hack a Windows driver than plug it in and use it??
Not all of us would want to open up a laptop and commit soldering, though I've had to do it a couple of times on an ancient 486, to fix the power connector.
But some of the ideas are tempting. A cheap USB hub and a USB flash drive, and I could have a useful improvement. And it does have a Mini-PCI slot: do I need a dial-up modem?
Come to think of it, it might not be so hard to combine a hub and a drive in an external case.
Thanks for publicising the ideas.
(You can set up an Eee to boot of the SD card. So your whole OS and data-set can be seperated from the machine.)
"Now if someone comes up with a way to "mod" the shoddy build quality, the Eee PC would definitely be a winner."
really? the one i saw/held/fondled/used was of a good build quality, i thought. certainly better than quite a few others i've got my hands on.
"Ivan's running Windows XP on his Eee, which makes driver support a little less hit and miss than the machine's own version of Linux."
what, you mean like running ANY linux box? selecting devices based on the drivers being present in your kernel/distro of choice is something i got used to a few years ago.
you might as well have gone with the tagline: "Linux in not-quite-as-easy-to-get-devices-for-as-Windows shocker!"
Great mods - provided you pick and choose which ones to install, otherwise it gets into laptop pricing territory. As it is, if you're going to void the warranty, a second hand Thinkpad X40 becomes more than a minor possibility..
but does it blend?
and where is the "does it blend" icon!
Are you still trying continuing with your one-man-campaign against the Eee? If what you described of the keyboard was the norm on these things then people would be complaining about it *everywhere*, so either you're lying or the one you used was badly abused before you got to try it.
He managed to hide 25kg of cemtex under the board.


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If you have Dell stock in your portfolio this week, your 401(k) is probably a little bit happier and healthier. The computer maker is to pony up some cash dividends, funded in part through aggressive cost cutting and a continuing expansion into enterprise IT and away from over-reliance on consumers.
Dell hosted its Wall Street analyst day in Austin, Texas, yesterday, going over a lot of the same ground that it went over back in April at an industry analyst meeting.
Dell, which has not coincidentally used a light blue logo, has been on an acquisition tear to buy up storage, switch, and systems software makers as well as Perot Systems a few years ago for services to bolster its position as an IT supplier to businesses of all sizes and across all geographies.
Because so much of the profit in the x86 business goes to Intel and Microsoft, this is about the only tactic Dell has as average selling prices for PCs plummet and tablets, dominated by Apple, eat into the PC business.
Dell cooked up this plan several years ago to set itself right, and that remains the plan looking out to Dell's fiscal 2016 several years hence.
The news ahead of the analyst day was that for the first time in its history, Dell will give a little cash-back reward to shareholders in the form of a dividend that weighs in at 32 cents per share per year. That's a dividend yield of about 2.7 per cent based on Dell's $11.86 share price ahead of the announcement, and based on the 1.76 billion shares outstanding, it will cost Dell $563m a year to pay out that dividend.
This is by no means a big dividend. IBM is now paying $3.40 per share per year after boosting its own cash payments to stockholders back in April; with IBM's current float, that works to more than $3.9bn in dividend payments in 2012.
Cisco first started giving a dividend last year, and raised it by 33 per cent to 8 cents per share in February, but with 5.36 billion shares outstanding,
Cisco is shelling out around $1.7bn in divvies. Microsoft pays 20 cents per share each quarter right now, or about $6.7bn, and Apple is getting ready to start paying a $2.65 per share quarterly dividend, or around $10.1bn per year, when it starts giving payola to shareholders in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Even with increased spending on research and development – which comes hand in wallet with wanting to own your own intellectual property – Dell figures it is generating enough cash to raise the target range of distribution of capital to shareholders from 10-to-35 per cent of free cash flow before the enterprise push to 20-to-35 per cent of free cash flow since the enterprise push and the institution of the divvy.</p
Dell generated $4.9bn in cash flow from operations in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 ended on May 4, even after getting a frightful haircut on revenues and profits. Revenues were down 5 per cent to $11.4bn in the quarter and net income was down 33 per cent to $635m.
Dell is not giving out a dividend now because business is so great, but rather because it was surprisingly tough but the company believes that it can get better.
Dell has made eight acquisitions in the past 12 months to bolster its presence in the data center, has doubled the number of engineers it has working on products, and has tripled the number of specialist sales people to 6,600 since its fiscal 2008 year, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell explained at the event.
In the quarter ended, where it seems Dell slashed prices to push revenues, the company nonetheless pulled 31 per cent of revenues and 50 per cent of margins in the quarter from "enterprise solutions and services," and that is why Dell keeps trying to look like Big Blue for those on a budget.
Starting on the software
Dell CFO Brian Gladden said in a statement ahead of the analyst day event that Dell projected the enterprise solutions and services business to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent through fiscal 2016, four years from now.
"We're saying here today in FY16 greater than 8 per cent operating income and a $15bn business with 10 per cent growth over that period of time," Gladden said during the event, referring to the enterprise solutions segment, which includes servers, storage, and networking.
"When you think about software, we're really just getting started. Today when you look at the run-rate of the acquisitions that we have and the assets that are in the portfolio today, [that is] about a $400m business. We're saying with acquisition and organic growth that that can be a $2bn business or bigger, obviously a strong growth rate and good profitability. That should be higher profitability as we scale and make that a larger business."
The services business should grow at around 6 per cent annually to $10.5bn, and other elements of the enterprise stack will grow much faster, bringing the average up to 10 per cent growth over those four years. It was $8.3bn in fiscal 2012, up considerably from the $5bn Dell had back in fiscal 2008 before the Perot Systems acquisition.
The PC biz sure as hell won't see that kind of growth. In fact, Dell is projecting something on the order of 2 per cent over that term, compounded.
And that is why Dell will be making cost cuts, Gladden told Wall Street that Dell will cut $2bn in costs over the next three years so it can afford the R&D bill and still generate cash flow and pay dividends and do stock buybacks.
He said Dell was already working to lower its overhead costs and squeeze out more supply chain efficiencies and had already chopped $180m in operating expenses in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. About half of the cost cutting will come from the PC business, by reducing SKUs and the number of different components it buys, freight consolidation and optimization, and moving manufacturing into western China, among other things.
Dell did not talk about layoffs as a means to reduce costs, but as El Reg reported last month, Dell's UK operation is giving the sack to an unspecified number of employees. If Dell is truly going to be like IBM, then it will be constantly doing "workforce rebalancing" and unloading employees out the back door as it adds them through acquisitions in the front door.
Dell is not planning on exiting the PC business – or rather the broader "end user computing" business – and expects that portion of its business to grow to around $47bn by the end of fiscal 2016. Dell did $47.2bn in PC sales in fiscal 2008 and $43.4bn in fiscal 2012, by comparison.
Dell will probably continue to do acquisitions, having done 18 deals since fiscal 2008 for a combined $10.8bn in cash. Those companies generated $9.3bn collectively over the past three fiscal years, and the revenues streams across those companies have nearly doubled since they were acquired. ®

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Shanghai, China, May 1, 2013 – Spain's Liliana Fernandez-Steiner and Elsa Baquerizo took silver at the opening event of the season, the Fuzhou Open last week. The pair is now at the Shanghai Grand Slam with their sights set on another medal on the eve of the Women's Main Draw beginning on Thursday.
Liliana and Baquerizo had an outstanding start to the season in Fuzhou where they equalled their best ever FIVB performance when they took silver at the Aland Open in 2012. The Spanish girls were satisfied with their progress through the tournament, but also learnt lessons that will only help them in the future.
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"Actually, our play has been very steady throughout the whole tournament. In the group phase we did a pretty good job, despite losing the last match. Then, in the next rounds we played at a great level. This situation helped us to reach semifinals after beating the Italian team (Ciccolari-Menegatti) and then we were able to reach the final match after winning against the Dutch team (van Gestel-Meppelink)," said Liliana.
"The final game was a little worse for us, as the Chinese team (Xue-Zhang Xi) were too tough on us with the serve from the onset. Maybe that was key in how the game went in terms of us being able to put some pressure on them."
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If you had $250,000 in cash under your mattress, would you leave it unattended and unchecked for weeks, or even months at a time while you passed time playing poker with your buddies at deer camp?
Why then, asks James Smith with Delta Rice Services in Cleveland, do some growers do exactly that with the valuable rice being stored in their grain bins?
"If you are going to store rice in a grain bin, check on it just like you would if you were storing money in that grain bin, because in essence that's what you are doing," he says.
In fact, he says, if more growers would treat their harvested rice crop the same way they treat the bills in their wallet, the quality discounts they get for stained grains could be avoided, or at the very least greatly reduced.
One pale stain can quickly drop the price received for rice by 70 to 80 cents per bushel, and the darker the stain the more it will be discounted by processors.
Stained rice often results from high- moisture grain being subjected to excessive high temperatures of 135 to 150 degrees without proper aeration and drying. The longer rice is stored under these conditions, the darker is can become.
"This type of damage is critical. Neither exporters nor domestic mills have any interest at all in discolored grains," Smith says. "Heat-damaged rice usually is sold for $1 per bushel to a processor for pet food, and dark stained rice with an odor is difficult to market at any price."
Smith says stain can occur in the combine, the grain cart, or the grain bin. It is not, he says, going to happen in the field.
"When growers harvest a rice sample with a moisture level greater than 20 percent, they'll often leave it in the combine for a few days before going back into the field. It's going to get hot in that combine, and the rice is going to stain."
Because rice needs aeration to avoid heat damage, Smith suggests avoiding harvest until the grain moisture level has dropped below 18 percent. He also asks his customers to avoid leaving rice on combines, grain carts or trucks for more than 24 hours if the moisture level is above 18 percent, or for more than 48 hours if the moisture level is above 16 percent.
"Once you put your rice in the bin at 17 to 21 percent moisture, you've got to level it off and put air to it quickly, or it is going to be disastrous," he says.
"You must also maintain the proper temperature and check those bins frequently, even when the moisture levels drops down to 15 or 16 percent."
Smith suggests pulling a grain sample routinely to check the temperature and the moisture level while rice is in a grain bin. In addition, he says keeping a moisture record book documenting moisture levels daily until the moisture reaches 12 to 12.5 percent at the top of the bin. Moisture levels should then be checked, and recorded, every two weeks.
"Rice may equalize, and moisture may increase one to two percent after drying has stopped for five to seven days.
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Hoiberg will remain the head coach at his alma mater through the 2022-23 season.
"When I returned to the University three seasons ago, it was a dream come true," Hoiberg said. "The progress that we have made so far has been very rewarding, but there is more work ahead. I sincerely appreciate the support that president (Steven) Leath and (athletics director) Jamie (Pollard) have given me. Ames is my home and Hilton Coliseum has given me countless memories as both a player and coach. I look forward to continue leading a program that Cyclone fans can be proud of."
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His record at Iowa State is 62-39 in three seasons. That includes a 26-26 mark in the Big 12.
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Rob, I'm not sure I understand. You still need a sync before you go to draw though, don't you? Should the application keep track of active and inactive VBOs (the GPU may be drawing with the active while the inactive VBOs are ready to be recycled)?Originally Posted by Rob Barris
I'm curious about your "dynamically generated batches". Do you generate the batches a frame or two in advance to ensure you have time to upload them to the GPU before you need to draw with them? I'd really like to be able to put all my vertex data directly into VBOs. Unfortunately, I have multiple LODs and I don't know which LODs I need until I'm finished culling. If I put all my LODs into VBOs, I'd have hundreds of MBs of VBO data. I'm struggling with how to fill VBOs with the correct subset of vertex data while giving the GPU enough time between the upload and the draw call...Originally Posted by Rob Barris


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War II Holocaust.
After addressing Germany's parliament Thursday, Benedict told
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wanted to take the place of the biblical God."
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happens when power is corrupted.
During his four-day visit, the pope has meetings with leaders of
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ecumenical service with Lutheran church members.
More than 250,000 people are registered to attend his Masses.
The first was open-air service Thursday night in Berlin's Olympic
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of the resurrection unto reward; in the preachings of the apostles, in
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righteous men.
I bind to myself today God's power to guide me, God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to teach me, God's eye to watch over me, God's ear to hear me, God's word to give me speech, God's hand to guide me, God's shield to shelter me against the seductions of sin.
I invoke today all these virtues against every hostile power which may assail my body and soul, against the cries of false prophets, against the black laws of heathenism, against the deceits of idolatry, against every knowledge that binds the soul of man.
Christ, protect me today against an untimely death that I may receive abundant reward. Christ with me. Christ before me. Christ behind me. Christ within me. Christ with the soldier. Christ with the traveler. Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me. Christ in every eye that sees me. Christ in every ear that hears me. Praise to the Lord of my salvation! Salvation in Christ the Lord.
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Every Rugby League fan looks forward to them, the Super League Play-offs. It's where hero's are made, villains are created and legends are made. Some teams come together and everything clicks just at the right time, for others, groups fall apart and the hard work put in the rest of season counts for nothing as they are eliminated early.
Who will win this season's playoffs, who will come out as a hero? GMS Academy member Alex Mitchell reveals who he thinks will shine and who will fall this season.
The bookies favourite's for the Super League title this season will be Wigan. After all, they have the players in Sam Tomkins and Josh Charnley. They also have the knack that only great team's have, to capability to beat any team in the league even if they play poorly.
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The have also been touted as a one-man team by fans and players such as Matty Blythe, signed by Bradford from Wire just a few weeks ago. This could be a very disappointing end to the campaign for a team that should do so well.
The dark horse this year, like so many other year's, is the Leeds Rhinos. No matter how poorly they may play going into the Play-offs they always find a new gear that makes them unbeatable. They have the talent and resilience. They are the ultimate Super League team, because of their Play-off record, which is unmatched. They have won the Grand Final a record 6 times, 5 of which have been in the last 6 years.
The stand-out player for the Play-offs will be Kevin Sinfield. He is the man who has made Leeds unbeatable in the Play-offs, whether it be 40/20 kicks to gain momentum or his impeccable goal conversion rate. Sinfield is the go-to man as far as the Play-offs are concerned. His performances in last year's Play-offs were recognised with the World Player of The Year Award.
Prediction- Leeds Rhinos 24 - 22 Wigan Warriors
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Alexandre Morin
posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 6:00 am
I would like to add parallel analysis (based on normally distributed random data generation AND on permutations of the original raw data set - together with the scree-like parallel graph) to the wish list for the following versions. I guess that with the Monte Carlo facilities already present in Mplus it should be feasible. With ESEM, Mplus has already taken a great lead over other programs for EFA. With PA facilities, I guess it would make this lead even greater.
Yes, various simple programs already exists to do PA on fortran, vista, SPSS, SAS but they dont always converge and all have inadequate missing data facilities (they mostly end up doing listwise deletion and, when you manage to avoid listiwise by imputing the data set, they often result in different results)... Anyhow, I guess Mplus could be first on this topic also !
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 6:30 am
We already have that on our list for after Version 6.0.
Alexandre Morin
posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 9:00 am
Thanks Linda! This is very good news!
Alexandre Morin
posted on Monday, October 25, 2010 - 4:15 pm
Hi again
Getting back to parallel analysis, there is two ways to doing it (step 1 is estimating the eigne values from the data, and step 2 is):
(1) Estimating the eigen value from a simulated data set of random variables (same n as the real sample, same number of variables). How would you specify the Model population input of the Monte Carlo feature to obtain random variables ? This can surely be done in Mplus ?
(2) The second way is by creating the "random variables" by permutations of the real data set. This probably cannot be done yet ?
Thank you
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, October 25, 2010 - 5:18 pm
If by random variables you mean uncorrelated variables, you can certainly generate that in Mplus.
Alexandre Morin
posted on Monday, October 25, 2010 - 5:29 pm
I'll try that and let you know how the results compare to other methods of conducting PA (i.e. O'connor macros for SPSS).
posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 9:24 am
Dear MPLUS team,
Will parallel analysis mentioned above by Alexandre Morin be implemented in MPLUS7? It would be very nice indeed to have yet another tool to combine it with the advantages MPLUS has over other software (e.g. missing data & ESEM) when it comes to factor extraction.
Thank you
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 10:31 am
Yes, this will be in Version 7.
posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 12:04 pm
Great! Thank you.
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LINBPQ is a Linux version of the BPQ32 Node, BBS and Chat Server components. Other BPQ32 applications may be added later. Although all testing was done on Linux systems (Raspberry PI running Raspbian and a PC running Ubuntu) it should work on other Unix systems.
LINBPQ normally runs as a console
application but
can be run
as a daemon. I usually have it set to run in a virtual console, started
Management is via a Web Browser.
The current version includes drivers for KISS, AXIP, BPQEther, Kantronics Pactor Modems, Telnet, SCS Tracker, SCS PTC, AGWPE, UZ7HO Soundmodem, WINMOR and an I2C Driver for PITNC on the PI. Others to follow. As AGWPE, UZ7HO and WINMOR only run on Windows, these must be run on a separate PC. The Linux Soundmodem can be used by configuring it to present a virtual KISS interface.
Note - The Tracker seems
to crash the PI - it works fine on PC linuc systems. This is under
The i386 Ubuntu version can be downloaded from
and the pi version from
The source will be available soon for those who want to try it on another platform.
I suggest you create a directory linbpq to hold the software and files. The simplest way to download is to use wget. You will need to make it executable.
chmod +x linbpq
If you want to use UDP or TCP ports below 1024, or the BPQEther
Driver, you must also set some capabilites on the file (or run as root,
wihch is not advisable). You may need to install setcap if it isn't
already on your system - sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin (or
the equivalent for your disatribution.
sudo setcap "CAP_NET_RAW=ep CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=ep" linbpq
You also need some web pages for the management interface. Create
directory HTML (capitals) under your linbpq directory, and download and
The Node configuration is read from file
bpq32.cfg, the
format of which is the same as for the Windows version. (note like all
Unix names it is case sensitive – BPQ32.cfg won't work).
You also need some web pages for the management interface. Create directory HTML (capitals) under your linbpq directory, and download and unzip https://dl.dropbox.com/u/31910649/HTMLPages.zip into it.
As serial port names are pretty variable in Linux, the code accesses them via symlinks in the linbpq directory to ports called com1 – com255. So, for example, to access a TNC connected to the serial port on the PI, enter
ln –s /dev/ttyAMA0 com1 (lower case!)
and specify IOADDR (or COMPORT) 1 in the bpq32.cfg.
As management is web based, you must have a Telnet port with an HTTPPORT line and a user record for yourself. Set the SYSOP flag on the user record – something like:
You may also need TCPPORT and FBBPORT lines for access using telnet or bpqtermtcp
The BBS config is stored in linmail.cfg. . This will be created when software first runs if it doesn't already exist. If you want to copy the bbs configuration from an existing bpqmailchat installation, there is a version of mailchat available from https://dl.dropbox.com/u/31910649/BPQMailChat.exe that will save your configuration to linmail.cfg in the MailChat folder when it closes.
The Chat Server config is stored in chatconfig.cfg. This will be created the first time the software runs, and can be updated using the web management interface.
If run without a parameter, ie ./linbpq only the node will run. If you add mail as a parameter, ie ./linbpq mail the BBS will be started. If you add chat, the Chat Node will be started. See below for details of how to run LinBPQ automatically when Linux loads.
You can also add the lines
to bpq32.cfg to enable the Mail or Chat servers
The management is via a Web
browser, I've tested
with Chrome
and Firefox, but others may work. Just point the browser to
host:HTTPPORT, and
the rest should be obvious. If you
access locally as 127.0.0.1 (not localhost)
you don't
need a password to access the mail pages. If not you will have to sign
in using
the user and password from the telnet port configuration.
Problems are likely in the early stages. Set your system up to create core files when a program fails if this isn't enabled by default. On my systems this needs the command
ulimit -c unlimited
I added it to file .bashrc
The following instructions were originally written for the Raspberry
PI, with the LinBPQ software running as user pi. The user name can be
changed to suit your installation. It is possible to run as root, but
this is not advisable
You can have LinBPQ start automatially when the OS is loaded, and restart if it fails. I suggest running it in a Linux Virtual Console - the examples use tty2, but you can change to suit you requirements The mechanism uses the init process, but the details depend on the disribution.
Create a script to run linbpq
cd /home/pi/linbpq
sudo -u pi mv linbpq.new linbpq
sudo -u pi ./linbpq
Set runbpq ax executable:
chmod a+x /home/pi/linbpq/runbpq
For Rasbian
Add the following lines to /etc/inittab
##Start LinBPQ on bootup and respawn it should it crash
BPQ:2345:respawn:/home/pi/linbpq/runbpq >/dev/tty2
Remove (or comment out) the line
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
For Ubuntu
Create a file bpq.conf in directory /etc/init
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
exec "/home/pi/linbpq/runbpq" >/dev/tty2
In directory /etc/init rename tty2.conf to tty2.save
For those unfamilair with Linux Virtual Consoles, the linux system has several console windows (usually 7) that you can switch between using the key combination alt/fn1 to alt/fn7. If you are running the X gui this nomally runs in 7, and you can switch to the others using ctrl/alt/fn1 etc. If you are accessing remotely, for example using ssh, there is a program conspy that allows to to interact with the virtual consoles.You''ll probably need to install it - eg sudo apt-get install conspy.
Install Spider following instructions in Pi Yahoo group
The following sets up the linux kernel ax.25 and NETROM code to
a link from LinBPQ to spider.
There are other ways of doing this, but this way only needs one callsign/alias,
and gives access to both local RF and network users.
Install socat, ax25-apps, ax25-tool
I've found that some systems run rc.local more than once, so the following instructiions have been changed from the original document
Add to /etc/rc.local
modprobe netrom
ifconfig nr0 down
nrattach netrom
ifconfig nr0 10.0.0.2 up
netromd -i -t 15
exit 0
Replace /etc/ax25/axports. /etc/ax25/nrports,
/etc/ax25/nrbroadcast, /etc/ax25/ax25d.conf. with the following
ReplaceGM8BPQ-1 and BPQDX with the call and alias you want to use for Spider
# The format of this file is:
# name callsign speed paclen window description
bpq GM8BPQ-1 1200 236 6 Link to LinBPQ
# The format of this file is:
# name callsign alias paclen description
netrom GM8BPQ-1 BPQDX 236 Switch Port
# The format of this file is:
# ax25_name min_obs def_qual worst_qual verbose
bpq 5 255 1 0
# ax25d Configuration File.
# AX.25 Ports begin with a '['.
# NET/ROM Ports begin with a '<'.
default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
ID=COM11 Link to Kernel ax25
Create a script to create the socat pair and run kissattach and LinBPQ
killall kissattach
killall socat
socat -d -d -ly pty,raw,echo=0,link=com10 pty,raw,echo=0,link=com11&
sleep 1
chmod a+rw com11
kissattach com10 bpq 10.1.1.1
sudo -u mv linbpq.new linbpq
sudo -u pi ./linbpq
Set runbpq as executable using chmod: chmod a+x /home/pi/linbpq/runbpq
LinBPQ includes an APRS digipeater/IGate, but not an APRS client. It is possible to run other APRS clients (eg Xastir), and configure the LinBPQ APRS code up to bridge packets to/from it.
This uses a pair of socat virtual serial ports, with one defined to the APRS Client and the other to LinBPQ
socat -d -d -ly pty,raw,echo=0,link=com5 pty,raw,echo=0,link=com6&
Add a KISS port definiton to bpq32.cfg - something like
ID=COM5 Bridge to XASTIR
Add the following to the APRSDIGI section. This assumes your APRS RF port is Port 1 and the virtual port is Port 2
APRSPath 2=APRS
Bridge 1=2
Bridge 2=1
Any packet received on Port 1 will be sent unchanged to Port2, and vice versa. Note this is not the same as if they were digipeated - the digi stings are not examined or updated. It looks to the APRS client that is has direct access to the RF port. The Client should not be set to digi anything - that is done by LinBPQ. The Client is just providing the messaging and display/mapping functions.
The TNC-PI is configured much the same as a normal KISS
port, but with the following line added
This will prevent the Node sending KISS Parameters, and thus overriding the values set using the pitnc_setparams program.
Note that SPEED must be set to 19200
TYPE is set to I2C instead of ASYNC, and IOADDR/COMPORT are replaced with I2CBUS and I2CDEVICE:
I2CBUS=0 ; 0 for Version 1 board, 1 for Version 2
I2CDEVICE=16 ; This is in decimal
John Wiseman G8BPQ
10th March 2013


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Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed he will put his name forward to stand as a Labour parliamentary candidate.
The human rights lawyer said he will seek selection in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency if the party does not run an all-woman shortlist.
Sir Keir was strongly tipped to fight the seat after former Cabinet minister Frank Dobson last week announced he would stand down at the 2015 general election.
He told the New Journal: "It would be an honour for anyone to succeed Frank Dobson. It will now be for the party to agree the process and timetable but if it is an open shortlist I intend to seek selection from members of Holborn and St Pancras, my home for over 15 years.
"Our constituency needs an MP who will continue Frank's principled campaigning, fight to get the Tories out of power and be able to influence a future Labour government. I believe I can bring my experience as a human rights lawyer, DPP and campaigner to do that. I am only too aware of the impact that politics has on the daily lives of all of us."
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World:Gotham's Finest
The Setting
Gotham's Finest is set in an alternate DC Universe Earth using various sources (Comics, Animated Show, Games, Movies, Etc.) as inspiration. Batman has vanished from the shadows of the city, very early in his career. Bruce Wayne's story has him listed that he was in a "car crash" for his current apparent handicap state. The various crime families and psychopaths that infest the city are starting to notice the disappearance of the Bat now and the city is becoming a cesspool of lawlessness once again. The game is primarily using the Christopher Nolanmovies Batman Begins/The Dark Knight as its main inspiration in the dark reality of the world and the fact that no other superheroes exist. This however doesn't mean that some of Bat's villains with superpowers aren't going to show up at some point. Much of how many famous faces develop in the city will be based on the PCs and their interaction with them. The game will be making use of the NWoD Storyteller system by White Wolf,Inc with a few minor house rules. Most of said house rules will be those noted in various NWoD supplements such as Mirrors and Armory: Reloaded.
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NFL Week 14 Power Rankings
December 11, 2012 by Brad Oremland • Print Story •
Five Quick Hits
* Has a team ever won the Super Bowl after firing a coordinator this late in the season? I don't know, but I doubt it.
* The Vikings' outspoken punter, Chris Kluwe, wrote "Vote Ray Guy" over the Pro Football Hall of Fame patch on his jersey. I applaud the idea, but Kluwe's got the wrong guy (so to speak). The selectors most open to enshrining punters are probably also the ones most likely to be skeptical that Guy is the best choice available. The available statistics don't suggest that he was uniquely successful. Tommy Davis, for instance, doesn't share Guy's notoriety, but a case might be easier to make for voters who don't remember Guy hitting the gondola.
* Week 14 saw 5 interceptions returned for touchdowns. The worst offender this season is Andy Dalton (4), followed by Drew Brees, Blaine Gabbert, Matt Hasselbeck, Andrew Luck, and Tony Romo (3 each).
* That list has old players, young players, good players, and bad players. I don't think it's a real meaningful stat, just interesting.
* ESPN showed a graphic that the Patriots have won 60 straight (61 now) when they have a halftime lead at home, stretching back to November 2000. That means Tom Brady has never lost a home game when the team was up after two.
What is up with NBC's highlights show this year? Almost every "highlight" is ground level, where you lose depth perspective and it's very hard to tell what's going on. That's the worst seat in the house you're giving us, you peacocks. It's weird, because the production of Sunday Night Football is very good. On to this week's power rankings, brackets show previous rank.
1. New England Patriots [2] — The offense is always outstanding, but the defense showed up big time on Monday night. Vince Wilfork, Jerod Mayo, and Rob Ninkovich all played at all-pro level. The Patriots are currently in line for the AFC's second seed in the playoffs, but if they win out and Houston loses one of its remaining three, the road to the Super Bowl goes through Foxborough.
2. Denver Broncos [1] — This is the first time all season they have dropped in my rankings. Naturally, it happens after a double-digit road win over a division opponent on a short week. The Broncos gained more than twice as many first downs as Oakland (30-14) and won time of possession by almost 15 minutes. What a bunch of bums.
3. San Francisco 49ers [4] — Converted just 2/10 third downs against Miami, and couldn't block Cameron Wake (3 sacks). They have a rough next two games, at New England and Seattle.
4. Houston Texans [3] — Embarrassing loss on national television, but they're 11-2. They've won six of their last seven, and they have wins over the Broncos, Ravens, and Bears. They got blown out by the Packers in Week 6 and rebounded with a 30-point romp over Baltimore. I'm not real worried. Matt Schaub was not at all sharp on Monday night, and I don't think Johnathan Joseph was totally healthy, but a couple bad breaks made the score look worse than it really was.
5. Green Bay Packers [6] — Seven wins in their last eight games. If Clay Matthews, Jordy Nelson, and Charles Woodson all come back healthy, this team could be a very serious threat in the postseason.
6. Cincinnati Bengals [7] — Looking at their playoff hopes, the loss to Dallas is obviously a huge disappointment. From a power ranking perspective, I'm not as concerned. The inconsistent Cowboys played one of their most focused games of the season, following the death of a teammate over the weekend. The Bengals even rise a spot based on the poor showings of teams like Atlanta, Baltimore, and Chicago.
7. Seattle Seahawks [12] — Set a franchise scoring record in their 58-0 win over the Cardinals. It was the 4th-biggest shutout win and 5th-largest margin of victory in NFL history. The Seahawks forced 8 turnovers and outgained Arizona by 339 yards. Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin each had over 100 rushing yards.
8. Baltimore Ravens [9] — Second straight loss, both on last-second or overtime field goals. The team responded by firing offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, who was praised for his early handling of Joe Flacco in 2008, but whose offense had largely stagnated since. Former Colts head coach Jim Caldwell, the team's quarterbacks coach, replaces Cameron. The timing is surprising, given that (1) Baltimore has a two-game lead in the AFC North and is a virtual lock to win the division, and (2) the team scored 4 touchdowns on Sunday. How do you blame the offense after you lose 31-28? The Ravens are 0-2 without injured linebacker Dannell Ellerbe.
9. New York Giants [15] — Great week for David Wilson (100 rush yds, 227 KR yds, 3 TDs), but the Giants are 2-3 in November and December, with tough road games against the Falcons and Ravens the next two weeks. Those teams are a combined 11-1 at home this season.
10. Atlanta Falcons [5] — Prior to this week, I never ranked them lower than 6th. The Falcons started the season strong, with easy victories over the Chiefs and Chargers, plus a win against Denver. Since then, they've been eking out close wins over mediocre opponents and losing division games. Other than that Week 2 victory against the Broncos, Atlanta hasn't beaten any team currently in playoff position.
11. Washington Redskins [14] — 4-0 since the bye, including three straight against teams in the playoff hunt. They would rank higher than this if I knew for sure that a healthy Robert Griffin III would play in Week 15. Griffin sprained his right knee in the fourth quarter of Sunday's overtime win, though he might play next weekend against the Browns. If RG3 can't go, Kirk Cousins would become the eighth rookie QB to start in the NFL this season. Cousins played well in very limited action against Baltimore, with a last-minute touchdown pass and a successful quarterback draw for the game-tying two-point conversion.
If I were Washington, I'd probably sit Griffin out a week. Get your star healthy and let the Browns try to gameplan for a QB with 11 career pass attempts. They'll need RG3 more in January than they will in Week 15.
12. Pittsburgh Steelers [10] — In Ben Roethlisberger's first game back from injuries, the Steelers are 2-4. Big Ben averages 192 yards and a 76.4 passer rating. Pittsburgh's failures this week fell largely on a defense missing Ike Taylor and Lamarr Woodley, but I believe his coaches let Roethlisberger play when he's too hurt to perform.
13. Indianapolis Colts [16] — Three wins in a row, and seven of their last eight. None of the seven wins was against a team better than 5-9, and only one was by more than a touchdown. The Simple Ranking System at Pro Football Reference (based exclusively on strength of schedule and margin of victory) rates Indianapolis as the 25th-best team in the NFL.
They got hosed on this week's pick-six — Andrew Luck's knee was clearly down, and I don't understand how that call stood after replay — but Luck holds some unfortunate league leads: most games with 3 or more INTs (3), and most multi-interception games (5, tied with Drew Brees and Brandon Weeden).
14. Dallas Cowboys [17] — Won four of their last five, including two close, comeback wins in a row. Last week, the Chiefs seemed to play better in the aftermath of the Jovan Belcher tragedy. This week, the same thing happened to Dallas after the DUI incident that sent Josh Brent to jail and took the life of 25-year-old Jerry Brown, Jr. In a perverse way, incidents like that may benefit struggling teams. Maybe when your worries and stress are focused on something outside the game, you don't overthink — you just go out and perform.
Dez Bryant's finger injury will probably mean the end of his season. I've dropped them below Indianapolis on that assumption.
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers [13] — Second three-game losing streak of the season, on the heels of a four-game win streak. Vincent Jackson had 131 receiving yards this week. The rest of the team combined had 58.
16. New Orleans Saints [11] — Hard to believe the same defense that smothered Atlanta in Week 13 gave up 52 to the Giants in Week 14. The Saints' offense committed four turnovers, the defense couldn't get a stop in the red zone, and the special teams coverage got humiliated. When they short-kicked to stay away from David Wilson, Jernel Jernigan returned a kickoff 60 yards to the New Orleans 25-yard line.
17. Chicago Bears [8] — This ranking is wrong. I'm just not sure yet whether it's too low or too high. All rankings in this column are current: Week 14-15 strength, not a summary of the season. Jay Cutler left Sunday's game with a neck injury and is considered day-to-day. We've seen pretty clearly that the Bears are not a good team without Cutler. If he doesn't play in Week 15, this ranking could look downright generous. Even with Cutler (mostly), they've dropped four of the last five, including a loss to the one team they defeated. In Week 12, the Bears beat Minnesota easily, 28-10. Two weeks later, in Minnesota, the Vikings won 21-14, but a late Chicago touchdown makes that look closer than it was.
18. Cleveland Browns [20] — First three-game winning streak since the 2009 season, when they won their last four in a row. Under Eric Mangini!
19. New York Jets [22] — Still in the playoff hunt. All their remaining opponents are 5-8 or worse, and they're only one game behind in the race for the last wild card.
The Jets didn't score until the second half this week, but Jacksonville went 2/16 on third downs and Mark Sanchez didn't have to do much. I don't know that Sanchez is any worse than he was when they went to the AFC Championship Game. It's just that this year, the run game and especially the defense have not been as strong. Against an awful team like Jacksonville, you saw the way the Jets would like to operate.
20. Minnesota Vikings [23] — Adrian Peterson has rushed for 100 yards in seven straight games, over 150 in five of them. He averaged over 5 yards per carry in all seven, scored a touchdown in six of them, and had a run over 50 yards in five of the seven. Peterson says he's shooting for Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record (2,105), which would mean 505 yards over the last three games, 169 per week. Even to hit 2,000, he'll need a touch over 133. That's not easy, even for a runner as gifted as Peterson.
21. St. Louis Rams [18] — I think I had the Rams overrated last week. It's not normal for a team in this part of the rankings to drop three spots following a win, even an unimpressive one.
22. San Diego Chargers [24] — They signed Danario Alexander on October 22. Over the last five weeks, he has 30 catches for 494 yards and 5 TDs. In most fantasy scoring systems, he's behind only Calvin Johnson and Dez Bryant during that stretch. Johnson, for what it's worth, has 779 yards in the last five games, 156 per game.
23. Carolina Panthers [25] — Cam Newton has three straight games with multiple passing TDs, no interceptions, passer ratings over 110, and at least 50 rushing yards. On the FOX pregame show, Howie Long spoke about how Newton and RG3 have changed the way teams evaluate quarterbacks. Griffin has more rushing yards (748) than Michael Turner or Ryan Matthews. Newton has exactly as many rushing yards (640) and touchdowns (7) as Mikel Leshoure. You could probably put the 49ers' Colin Kaepernick in the same category, though I'm not sure if he's more cause or effect.
24. Detroit Lions [19] — Fifth loss in a row. They were all against teams with winning records, and none were blowouts, but to stay in the top 20, you need to win at least once a month.
25. Buffalo Bills [21] — Fred Jackson injured a knee in the loss to St. Louis and will probably miss the rest of the season, which likely translates to increased touches for C.J. Spiller. Meaning no disrespect to Jackson, I doubt Bills fans are worried about a drop-off in the team's performance. Their Week 15 matchup, which counts as a home game, will be played at Toronto's Rogers Centre.
26. Philadelphia Eagles [31] — Won for the first time since September (they beat the Giants!), and Nick Foles had a nice game. But when you throw 51 times and take 6 sacks, you damn well better pass for 381 yards and 2 TDs, especially if the defense loads up to stop the run (Bryce Brown had 12 carries for 6 yards). Let's also keep in mind that Tampa Bay ranks last in the NFL in pass defense.
27. Miami Dolphins [27] — Five losses in their last six games. The Dolphins scored 20 points or fewer in all five defeats.
28. Jacksonville Jaguars [26] — Last month, I praised the move to Chad Henne (and Gabbert is on IR now anyway), but he has not played well. Henne has seen significant action in six games this season. In four of those six, Henne's completion percentage was under 50%. Sure, it's an overrated stat, but in today's NFL, completing half your passes is a basic standard of competence. Only three players all season have four or more games under 50%, with at least 15 pass attempts: Mark Sanchez (6), Andrew Luck (4), and Henne (4). Sanchez and Luck have started every game.
29. Tennessee Titans [28] — Jake Locker outrushed Chris Johnson this week, 51-44.
30. Kansas City Chiefs [29] — Jamaal Charles rushed for 165 yards in their 30-7 loss. How often does a player rush for 165 yards and his team loses? How often do they lose by 23? How often do they only score 7 points?
(1) Historically, not a whole lot. Since realignment, teams are 144-26 (.847) when they have a 165-yard rusher. This year, though, 165-yard rushers are 7-6.
(2) Almost never. It's only happened four other times in NFL history:
1. 1976: Bills at Colts. O.J. Simpson rushed for 171 yards but Colts won 58-20.
2. 1978: Browns at Bengals. Greg Pruitt rushed for 182 yards but Bengals won 48-16.
3. 1985: Falcons at Chiefs. Gerald Riggs rushed for 197 yards but Chiefs won 38-10.
4. 2001: Patriots at Panthers. Richard Huntley rushed for 168 yards but Pats won 38-6.
(3) Almost never. It's only happened four other times in NFL history:
1. 1982: Saints at Cowboys. Dallas won 21-7 despite George Rogers' 167 rushing yards.
2. 1998: Chargers at Chiefs. Chiefs won 23-7 despite Natrone Means' 165 rushing yards.
3. 1999: Steelers at 49ers. Steelers won 27-6 despite Charlie Garner's 166 rushing yards.
4. Huntley again.
31. Arizona Cardinals [30] — If you really want a summary of how badly they were beaten down, scroll up and read the Seahawks entry. The quarterback play is not NFL level. Arizona ranks last in the NFL in completion percentage, yards per attempt, passer rating, sack percentage, sacks, and sack yardage. I don't know if Vince Young specifically is the answer, but it is stunning to me that guys like Young are available in free agency and the team is playing John Skelton and Ryan Lindley. The trade deadline has passed, but how did they not make a move for Matt Flynn or David Garrard or Kyle Orton or someone?
32. Oakland Raiders [32] — On the bright side, they sacked Peyton Manning three times, tying his season high.


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Books Over My Head
More bookcases to love! I've rounded up some images of bookcases that extend over the top of doorways and windows.
No crazy styling ideas, just books in their myriad of colors and sizes. Having shelves above doors and windows is one of my favorite ways to utilize otherwise under utilized space. If you are lucky enough to have built in ones, fantastic. If not and you desperately need more room for books — take a gander above your doors and windows. Could you put a shelf up there?
Images: 1 via fatbrides, 2 via delikatissen, 3 Ellen Silverman, 4 via delikatissen, 5 via Home Sweet Home, 6 Richard Powers via Sarah Kaye, 7 via delikatissen, 8 via desire to inpire, 9 via somerset, 10 via white and wander
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Justin Lynwood Faulkner, 29, of Jacksonville, NC, died Monday, October 14, 2013.
Memorial services will be at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel with Dr. G. A. Roach officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Justin was born May 7, 1984, in Amarillo, to Stephen and Kathryn Faulkner. He graduated from Guymon High School in May 2002 and attended Southwest Kansas Technical School in Liberal, Kansas, graduating from the Welding Program in May 2003.
He was united in marriage to the love of his life and soul mate, Jena, on Dec. 20, 2004 in Guymon, Oklahoma.
Justin joined the Navy in 2004 and completed Basic Hospital Corps School in Great Lakes, IL. He served as a field medic with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. In 2005, he served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in Fallujah. Justin also served from the USS Whidbey during Hurricane Katrina. In 2006, he served from the USS Nashville LPD13 and assisted in the evacuation of Americans from Beirut, Lebanon. During this tour, Justin earned his Enlisted Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist pin. He additionally was awarded Warrior of the Week during this tour. He retired from the military in November 2012.
Justin was a loving and treasured son, husband, brother and friend. He will be missed dearly by all.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, John A. Mann and John A. Fulgenzi.
Survivors include his wife, Jena, of Jacksonville, NC; his parents, Stephen and Kathryn, of Borger; a brother, Dillan of Borger; his grandparents, Bill and Peggy Hagee, Doris Taylor and Kay Fulgenzi, all of Amarillo and Eugene Faulkner of Lubbock; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Jim and Diane Craven of Agate, Colorado; a brother-in-law, Jason Craven of Agate, CO; aunts and uncles, John and Joni Faulkner, Hans and Karen Speelman, Miles and Mandy Hagee and Holly and John Nelson; his cousins, Alexandra and Lauren Levin, Colton and Trevor Faulkner, Landon and Mika Sells and Hesston Hagee; his fellow Corpsman, Mario Gonzalez, Navy and Marine family; many other friends; and his beloved pets, Ace and Yogi.
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|President George W. Bush
This July 4, the United States celebrates the 229th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
President Bush says the national holiday is a time for Americans to come together and remember the ideals of liberty that led to the founding of the United States. He also urged Americans to celebrate the Fourth of July by honoring the sacrifices of the U.S. men and women in uniform and their families.
"On Independence Day, we are also mindful that the promises of the Declaration have been secured by the service and sacrifice of every generation," he said.
In his weekly radio address Saturday, the president reminded listeners that a new generation of Americans is defending the United States and its democracy against "determined enemies."
"At posts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and around the world, our men and women in uniform are taking the fight to the terrorists overseas, so that we do not have to face the terrorists here at home," he said. "And by freeing millions from oppression, our Armed Forces are redeeming a universal principle of the Declaration, that all are created equal, and all are meant to be free."
There are currently some 140,000 U.S. troops serving in Iraq, while another 18,000 are deployed to Afghanistan. The United States is home to 25 million military veterans.
Delivering the Democratic Party's weekly radio address, Senator Patty Murray from Washington State said the president's words of praise for U.S. troops are not matched by his administration's funding for basic necessities, such as armor for troops, or health care for returning war veterans.
"Due to their failures, we saw families raising funds to buy bulletproof vests for soldiers fighting in Iraq," Senator Murray said. "And now, due to their failures, we see that the VA [Veterans Administration] doesn't have the money to provide the needed medical care, when our troops return home."
Many Democrats, including Senator Murray, have been concerned for some time that the Veterans Affairs Department would not have enough money to pay for the medical treatment for injured troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, a charge the Bush administration had long denied.
Last week, the Veterans Affairs Department admitted it was short at least $1 billion this year. The Republican-led Senate quickly voted 96-0 to spend an extra $1.5 billion on U.S. veterans.