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How to destroy your home's air quality...
I bought a mid 70's ranch in 2003 which was not in a great state of repair. The first winter was brutal; windows leaked, doors leaked and the heat pumps would run continuously to maintain 67 degrees. Humidity would drop to 5-10% in the winter and run as high as 50-55% in the summer.
I did what any good homeowner would: over the next two years I replaced all the windows, installed new heat pumps, sealed and replaced ductwork, put weather stripping on doors, put gaskets behind electrical plugs and used about 30+ tubes of caulk.
About a year after doing these things we noticed that odors seemed to accumulate in the house and at about that same time my daughter had an increase in her asthma. Humidity is now well controlled in the winter but seems to rise rapidly if the house is not ventilated during the non-cooling/heating season.
In 2011 I installed wood flooring in about one third of the house (1000 square feet of flooring). Ever since then we have experienced a series of chemical smells. I have had eye and sinus irritation ever since. I suspect outgassing from the flooring or cement used to install it.
I hired a guy to perform a blower door test because I suspected the house was too airtight. At 50 pascals my air change rate was 3.43 with a calculated 'natural' air change rate of about 0.17 which is about one half of the ASHRAE recommended minimum. Yes, it's way too tight! I never dreamed that so little work was going to result in that level of air tightness in a mid 70's home!
I am now looking at the requirement to add an energy recovery ventilator to provide a decent ventilation rate in the house with a self-installed cost of about $1200 plus the electricity to run the thing at about $15 per month. This is going to pretty well offset any energy savings my improvements gave me.
Now I wish I had just kept my old leaky windows so none of this would be an issue!
So, before you go off into any energy retrofits I highly recommend you obtain an air change rate from a blower door test first to prevent the creation of an indoor air quality issue.


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Even as President Obama cast a veneer of caution over the Keystone pipeline's northern half, he quietly expedited dozens of similar projects. By Steve Horn | September 7, 2013
While President Obama made a big deal out of delaying the northern half of the Keystone pipeline's construction, he compensated by signing an executive order to expedite similar infrastructure projects everywhere else. (Photo/Matt Wansley via Flickr)
Large segments of the environmental movement declared a win on Jan. 18, 2012, the dawn of an election year in which partisan fervor reigned supreme.
On that day President Barack Obama kicked the can down the road for permitting TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline's northern half until after the then-forthcoming November 2012 presidential election.
"Northern half" is the key caveat: just two months later, on March 22, 2013 – even deeper into the weeds of an election year – President Obama issued Executive Order 13604. Among other key things, the order has an accompanying memorandum calling for an expedited review of the southern half of Keystone XL stretching from Cushing, Okla. to Port Arthur, Texas.
The day before, March 21, Obama flew on Air Force One to a pipe yard in Cushing – the "pipeline crossroads of the world" – for a special stump speech and photo-op announcing the executive order and memorandum.
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It is hard to choose… I love the pull-along toys you suggested, they are great! Especially the penguins!
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Earp Named VP of Western Sales Region for Von Hoffmann
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Press release from the issuing companyST. LOUIS, July 8 -- Von Hoffmann Corporation, a leading North American education and commercial printer has named James Earp, Vice President Western Region Sales of Von Hoffmann Corporation. Earp comes to Von Hoffmann as a proven leader with 25 plus years of print industry experience. Prior to joining Von Hoffmann, Earp held the position of Vice President of Sales Western Region for Quebecor World. Prior to Quebecor World, Earp held positions at Rand McNally, Ringier America and Edwards Brothers. "We are very pleased to be adding James to our Management Team and look forward to James's contributions on the West Coast," said Jack Field, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing. "I am confident that James will help focus our efforts at creating value for both our customers and owners. Earp earned a BS in Printing Management from Georgia Southern University.
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I am a tenured associate professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida. I am the author of "The Food Section: Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014) and a co-author of "Mad Men & Working Women: Feminist Perspectives on Historical Power, Resistance and Otherness" (Peter Lang, 2014). I was the 2014 Winner of the Carol DeMasters Service to Food Journalism Award for my book and research blog about food journalism history. I am currently under contract to write the book, "Politicking Politely: Well-Behaved Women Making a Difference in the 1960s and 1970s." I recently had the article "New York Culinary Community of Jane Nickerson, Cecily Brownstone & James Beard," published in the journal NYFoodStory. I have upcoming publications for 2015 in the Middle West Review, published by the University of Nebraska Press and in the Columbia Magazine of Northwest History. I have published more than 30 articles about women and journalism history. Until recently, I was the Vintage Cocktail columnist for OKRA, the magazine of the Southern Food and Beverage Institute. I continue to write about the history of cocktails for Edible New Orleans magazine. In the summer of 2014, the Poynter Institute featured the research that instructor Lance Speere and I published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. I am currently the vice head/research chair of the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. I will head the division beginning in the fall of 2015. I am also a member of the Publications Board for the American Journalism Historians Association. In 2014, I spoke at the Food + Tech conference in New York City, at the Association of Food Journalists in Memphis and at the SPJ-sponsored Excellence In Journalism in Nashville about my research. My 7-year-old blog, "WomensPageHistory", was cited in the Columbia Journalism Review and the NPR food blog, The Salt. The blog has more than 266,000 page views. I also blog for We're History and Ms Magazine about my research.
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With all the costs involved in weddings, budget-conscious brides are often looking for ways to save money wherever they can. One of the areas to look at is the cost of the wedding cake. Guests are always eager to see (and eat!) the wedding cake, but it's easy to go over budget. I'm here to tell you it's 100% possible to have your cake and eat it, too. Find out how to design a beautiful wedding cake without blowing your budget. (more…)
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Looking for truly unique, jaw-dropping wedding cake ideas? I've scoured the internets in search of just what you're looking for, and I have to say I am pretty impressed with these designs. Epic drip cakes, stunning marbled fondant cakes and realistic geode wedding cakes. These are the wedding cake ideas that you've been searching for, the ones that are going to keep your wedding hashtag ruling Twitter and Instagram long after your big day. (more…)
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Saying "yes" to the man of your dreams is easy. Making up your mind on what to register for? Now, that's tough. Take a look at our top 5 must-have wedding registry items to stock your new love nest with. Personally, I registered at Bed Bath & Beyond because they have literally everything you need. Target is another great option or even Amazon. (more…)
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At Wilton we like to party with personality! For each celebration we first consider the occasion and the person we are celebrating. Jenny, one of our product managers, is a girl with style, elegance and does not shy away from bling. Our Breakfast at Tiffany's theme was inspired by our new party products, and it fit Jenny's personality! (more…)
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As summer ends and fall approaches, the sound of wedding bells fills the weekend air. It's wedding season! My best friend just got married this past August and asked me to make cupcakes for her rehearsal dinner. So being the person I am, I couldn't just make plain cupcakes, I wanted to make Bride and Groom Cupcakes! (more…)


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License Plate Reader Helps Catch Chatfield Car Thief
Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - A local man with a long criminal history ended up behind bars again over the weekend, thanks to a high tech device.
An Olmsted County patrol deputy was parked near Rochester Saturday evening when his license plate reader pinged as a car drove past. The activated device indicated the vehicle had been reported stolen from Chatfield. The deputy went after the car and pulled it over.
The man driving the car admitted he stole it. 29-year-old Cody Haakenson told the deputy he needed a ride and found a car with the keys in the ignition on a Chatfield street Friday. The deputy also found some meth and stolen property in the car.
News item from Rochester police: man being sought for pouring bleach on girlfriend.
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Elsewhere I explored a method for quantitatively evaluating hopes. Below, I'll briefly review the method, next suggest that a similar method is available to evaluate fears, and then, demonstrate how hopes and fears can be linked.
Starting with hopes, the principal meaning for 'hope' given in Webster's New World Dictionary is: "a feeling that what is wanted will happen; desire accompanied by expectation." Equivalently, therefore, 'hope' is what mathematicians call "expected value", philosophers and economists call "utility", engineers call "risk", and gamblers call "payback". Thereby, 'hope' can be estimated quantitatively: if some value (e.g., a monetary value) can be placed on what's desired, then 'hope' is the assigned value multiplied by the probability that what's desired can be achieved.
It might be useful to illustrate the method with a couple of examples.
For the first example, suppose you assign the value of "having a good day" to be $100. Further, suppose you estimate that the probability that you'll have a good day, today, to be quite large, namely, 90%. Then a quantitative evaluation of your hope that today will be a good day is the expected value = (value) x (probability of its being achieved) = $100 x 90% = $90; i.e., you have quite a large hope that today will be a good day.
As another example, suppose that you assign the value of your life to be $1 billion, that you have cancer, and that the best information available suggests that there's only 1 chance in a million that the therapy will be successful. Then the hope that you'll assign to your recovery has a value of only $10^9 x 10^(-6) = $1,000.
Now, consider fears. Webster's prime definition of 'fear' is
a feeling of anxiety and agitation caused by the presence or nearness of danger, evil, pain, etc; timidity; dread; terror; fright; apprehension…The Oxford-American Dictionary gives for 'fear':
A definition of 'fear' that I think improves those definitions and that reveals the symmetry (or anti-symmetry) of hope and fear is the following:
- an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat…
- (archaic) a mixed feeling of dread and reverence
- (fear for) a feeling of anxiety concerning the outcome of something or the safety and well-being of someone
- the likelihood of something unwelcome happening…
fear is a feeling that what isn't wanted (i.e., what's dreaded) will happen; dread accompanied by expectation.If that proposed definition of 'fear' is accepted and if values and probabilities can be estimated, then as in the case of hope, fear can be evaluated quantitatively.
To illustrate, consider examples similar to those used above.
For the first example, suppose you continue to assign the value of "having a good day" to be $100. Further, suppose you estimate that there's a 10% probability that, today, you'll have a bad day. Then a quantitative evaluation of your fear that today will be a bad day is the expected value = (value of a good day) x (probability of not having a good day) = $100 x 10% = $10; i.e., you'll have only a relatively small fear that you'll have a bad day today.
As a second example, consider again the case that you have life-threatening cancer. Suppose that you continue to assign the value of your life to be $1 billion and that there's only 1 chance in a million that the therapy will be successful, i.e., that the probability of your dying is 0.999999 . Then the fear that you'll die can be quantitatively evaluated as (value of life) x (probability of dying) = $10^9 x (0.999999) = $999,999,000, i.e., your fear of dying is very large.
If the above, proposed definition of 'fear' is accepted, then at least in simple cases and for a single event (or possession or similar), a link becomes apparent between fear and hope and with the assigned value of the event. Mathematically, the relationship can be seen starting from the following steps:
(i) Hope = Value x (probability of realizing that value), and
(ii) Fear = Value x (probability of failing to realize that value).
Now and for what follows, consider those relatively simple events (or possessions or similar) for which the value either materializes or doesn't materialize, i.e., ignore "partial realizations". In such cases, from the definition of 'probability':
(iii) Probability of realization = [ 1 – (probability of failure of realization)].
So, substituting the definition (iii) into either (i) or (ii), e.g., into (i):
(iv) Hope = Value x (probability of realizing that value)
= Value [ 1 – (probability of failing to realize that value)]
= Value – Value x (probability of failing to realize the value)
= Value – Fear, or
(v) Hope + Fear = Value .
In words, the result is that, for a rational person, the sum of the magnitudes of one's 'hope' and 'fear' associated with a single event (or possession or similar) must be the total value placed on the event. Therefore, in that sense and for such cases, hope and fear are complementary. The result is a quantitative restatement of Spinoza's qualitative assessment:
There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.As an illustration, consider again the hope that you'll have a good day. Above, I estimated this hope to be (value = $100) x (probability of having a good day = 90%) = $90. Elsewhere above, I also evaluated the magnitude of the fear that you would have a bad day to be (value of good day = $100) x [probability of having a bad day = (1 – probability of having a good day) = 10%] = $10. Thus, consistent with result given by Equation (v), above, your hope of having a good day (= $90) plus the magnitude of your fear of not having a good day (=$10) sum to the value you placed on having a good day (i.e., $100).
More complicated illustrations deal with the fear of Hell, the hope of not going to Hell, the hope of Heaven, and the fear of not going to Heaven. As a first step, consider fear of Hell. For this case, suppose that the value I place on my not going to Hell was the huge sum $10^(100) and suppose I put the probability of my going to Hell (based on the likelihood of such a clerical concoction actually existing) to be 10^(-500). Then the magnitude of my fear of going to hell would be $10^(100) x 10^(-500) = $10^(-400) = 0.000000 (continue on for a total of about 400 zeros)…1 ¢; i.e., not worth a second thought. The other fears and hopes associated with Heaven and Hell are similarly not worth a second (or a second's) thought.
Thus in practice, obviously the key steps in realistically evaluating hopes and fears are to define realistic values for what is desired or dreaded, respectively, and to obtain realistic estimates for the probabilities that what's wanted (hoped) and what's dreaded (feared) will be realized. In contrast, those people who chase the will-o'-the-wisp of Heaven or tremor at the thought of Hell are like children of the age of "the terrible twos": adamant about knowing what they like and dislike but incapable of realistic evaluations of associated probabilities; they're driven by emotion untempered by reason.
Undoubtedly, much of the blame belongs to the clerics of the world. Either they're too ignorant to evaluate relevant probabilities or, similar to all con-artists, for their own profit they purposefully ignore relevant probabilities and promote resulting, unrealistic hopes and fears. In the end, though, adults who are taken-in by such snake-oil salesmen must accept responsibilities for their own lives: as all con-artists know, you can't cheat an honest man. Yet, pity the poor children of the world (especially in Muslim countries): before they're able to realistically evaluate probabilities on their own, they're indoctrinated with an absurd hope of Heaven and a horrible fear of Hell.
Surely to any loving god (if only there were one!) a special place in Hell is reserved for clerics who concocted and promote the hideous idea of Hell. As Robert Ingersoll said:
All the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable, grew, blossomed and bore fruit in this one word, Hell.Before 2000 BCE Ptah-Hotep admonished against it: "Let no man inspire men with fear…" Four thousand years later Ingersoll added:
Fear paralyzes the brain. Progress is born of courage. Fear believes – courage doubts. Fear falls upon the earth and prays – courage stands erect and thinks. Fear retreats – courage advances. Fear is barbarism – courage is civilization. Fear believes in witchcraft, in devils and in ghosts. Fear is religion – courage is science.As science continues to progress, I expect that (within a century or so) humanity will be able to purge itself of essentially all ideas about any supernatural Heaven and Hell. More quantitatively, since I place the value of purging humanity of such ludicrous ideas to be very large, say $10^(15), then even if the probability of it occurring within a century is only one in a million, then the value of my associated hope for humanity is $10^15 x 10^(-6) = $10^9 = one billion dollars – which, for me, reflects quite a bit of hope! And I admit to being an optimist, i.e., to focus on the hope that humanity will succeed in ridding itself of all organized religions rather than on the fear that it won't.


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Ipswich: Convenience store burgled
PUBLISHED: 19:15 07 August 2014 | UPDATED: 19:15 07 August 2014
An Ipswich convenience store had cash stolen from it during a burglary.
Two men entered Raja Stores in Cavendish Street between midnight and 1.30am on Wednesday August 6.
The first was white, between 20 to 30-years-old and was wearing a dark coloured baseball cap, dark coloured jacket, black tracksuit bottoms and white and black trainers.
The second, also white and aged between 20 to 30-years-old, was wearing a grey hooded top, black coloured tracksuit bottoms and black trainers.
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Creativity with wonderful word clouds
I've just created this beautiful word cloud (via jasondavies.com word generator) from words that I've used in my blog.
And yay!! The top 7 words that stand out the most are:
Words, Writing, Content, Creative, Web, Nia, Freelance and….um…. Fish!
Phew! Being that I'm a freelance web content writer (who focuses on creativity with words), a Nia fitness teacher, and a lover of creativity, I say 'thank you' to this word cloud for re-affirming my 'work' focus.
In Nia, we call this work focus our 'livelihood' – the way that, by investing our time, consciousness and energy on a chosen focus, we receive both a financial reward, and also a wider 'cosmic' salary that's not subjected to tax! The 'cosmic' salary in Nia is the reward that comes from practising and sharing the 'joy of movement' and from choosing pleasure over pain.
What is the 'cosmic' salary from my web content writing I ask? It has to be the joy I experience in putting words together in order to help others and their businesses get noticed.
Back to creativity with word clouds.
Word clouds come in all shapes and sizes, in all colours and fonts, and you can use as many or as few words as you want to.
Just think of all the uses that word clouds can be used for!! I know what my next one will be focused on …….. NIA!
Happy 'word-clouding' everyone!
PS : Oh, and where does the word Fish fit in? For a few years now I have been helping my (sadly now deceased) cousin, James Gibbs, to sell, market and promote his beautiful Fish Art.


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Noosh Named To iSource 100
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Press release from the issuing companySanta Clara, CA - June 18th, 2003 - Noosh, Inc. today announced that iSource Business Magazine named Noosh to its prestigious list of the top 100 e-Procurement providers. Compared to 2001 -- when three other print management solutions besides Noosh were named to the list - only Noosh made this year's list. In all, a total of just twenty-four companies from the 2001 list made a repeat appearance on the 2003 list. "Our editorial team and advisory group selected Noosh among the winners because they are leading the way in helping traditional companies make their supply and demand chains more effective and efficient in the print management arena," said Julie Murphree, Editor-In-Chief of iSource Business Magazine. "Being a repeat iSource 100 indicates solid business solutions that are obviously meeting customer needs." The iSource Business editorial staff began reviewing candidates earlier this year. They conducted interviews with at least two customers that had worked with the candidate over the past six to twelve months in order to assess benefits delivered. Criteria used for judging candidates included: 1. Ease of use 2. Customer service responsiveness 3. R&D program activity 4. Return on investment 5. Supply and demand chain efficiencies 6. Comprehensive of solution 7. Adaptability of solution 8. Implementation time 9. Provider's financial stability 10. Ability to provide a clear solutions development roadmap 11. Ability to provide a tailored solution based on different business requirements 12. Ability of software to collaborate with other disparate systems The final list of the iSource 100 was selected by the editorial and advisory board staff of iSource Businees and will be included in the June/July issue of iSource Business Magazine, as well as on iSourceonline.com. In the same issue, Editor-In-Chief Julie Murphree will contribute an article highlighting what it takes to be an enabler in today's market.
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Hats off to this DVM who has taken a stand on a growing menace. Hopefully other vets will do the same and speak for their patients who cannot speak, and for their customers who are the biggest losers in this bloody battle.
I know there will be a backlash against him. I applaud his courage.
- October 7, 2015 at 7:37 AM
- Dayna Hamilton said...
Oh My Gosh!!! A veterinarian who is not afraid to speak out!!!!! Amazing!
- October 7, 2015 at 8:38 AM
That is exactly what pit bulls are. Excuse dogs.
It's not the breed it's the owner.
It's how they were raised.
They weren't socialized properly.
The victim did something to provoke pibble.
The pit bull was protecting his territory!
Pibble just got neutered.
The victim had a seizure, and pibble was trying to help.
Pibble somehow got out.
I know there are thousands more excuses, but I could be here all day.
- October 7, 2015 at 9:38 AM
Integrity ROCKS1 Great vet
- October 7, 2015 at 12:03 PM
Wow guys, Thanks. Didn't know how to enter my name here, being old and all!I have two more pit bull stories from yesterday and today, but hey, use your imagination. It's the breed and the owners as well. A lot of nice owners, nice caring people, for sure, but many sit on a powder keg and don't know it!! Swayed by the media who use the pit as the media darling flavor of the month, people want to have one in part I think to rescue them or to show civil disobedience against sane society
It seems to be a problem among society today to say anything against pit bulls, criminals, or certain ethnic, religious groups. The owners are often very zealous in their defense, for in an obscure way they are defending themselves. Try to give one up to a pit rescue as a client did when his pit attacked his other dog...even they won't take them. Here in Indy I was told they have to go to dog pound, THEN they will be evaluated before being found a new home. The fact that they have to be evaluated says something. Then I was told by a volunteer that the owner should give up his other dog instead!! Oh well, the microwave beeper just went off, so I got to eat. One last thought here. Today at 12:30 we put an aged, really nice pit down for liver cance. A nice dog, rare, but nice. Five minutes later we delivered a little yorkie puppy via cesarean section. Life goes on. Just wanted to leave on a happy note.
- October 7, 2015 at 12:36 PM
- Decatur AL livin nt to 4 pits said...
Anonymous 12:36pm - I assume that you are Dr. Douglas Skinner. Hello and I'm honored to have your comment on my blog. As an older grandmother I struggle with how to use this computer every day and I make mistakes on it daily. I found the blog dogsbite.org online after new neighbors moved in next door. On one day we had a rather quiet peaceful street and overnight there was a pit breeding operation with "all that comes with it" next to the bedroom side of our house. My husband and I stepped into the world of pit bull advocacy the likes that we had never seen before and didn't even know existed previously.
We are simple country people that had owned dogs our entire lives. Yes, life goes on. I just lost one of my basset hounds, Jessi Mae,11, to lymphoma cancer. My other male basset, Jake,12, has cancer also. The past 6 years has been nothing but a struggle to make sure my 2 slow old bassets did not get attacked ...let alone my husband or myself or our grandchildren.
You have an honest, plain-spoken style in your writing that is very refreshing. Thank you for freely speaking your opinion. There's too many victims out there both human and family pets. I hope we hear from you again.
- October 7, 2015 at 1:31 PM
I cannot walk a chihuahua without looking over my shoulder... just never know when a pitbull attack will occur. The chihuahua is like a "canary in a mine shaft"... without the chihuahua... the pits might attack me! How can civilized society allow pitbulls?
- October 7, 2015 at 5:00 PM
- Farmer Jane said...
Thank you, Dr. Skinner. Vets are often heard repeating the lies and myths that the nutters use to put all of us and our pets in danger. It made sense to me. If a pit type dog attacks a family pet, and that pet lives to make it to the vet, the damage is usually so catastrophic that the bill is in the thousands. Veterinarians make a ton of money on the pit trade. It's good to hear that not all vets are happy to cash in on the bloodshed. Stay strong. You will hear a lot from the other side about this, and it won't be nice. I wish you lived near me. I need a good, honest vet.
- October 9, 2015 at 9:06 AM
- Ken Quin said...
Don't forget "it was startled."
- September 15, 2016 at 4:57 AM
- Ken Quin said...
Dogs have been put on a pedestal. I have nothing against dogs, but frankly, this is a weird trend. Pit bulls, I could easy live without.
- September 15, 2016 at 4:59 AM
- Ken Quin said...
I wouldn't want to walk any dog today. Pit bulls are everywhere.
- September 15, 2016 at 5:14 AM
- Ken Quin said...
If a bad owner makes a bad dog, it's time to jail owners who have dogs that injure others, including other pets. If a person injures a pet, It's a crime of abuse and cruelty. If a person has a dog that injures another pet, the owner of that dog should be charged as if they themselves committed the crime.
It is unfair to all of society that pit bulls and fighting breeds are excused for acting naturally, and the owners are excused because they claim not to know this is this breeds natural behavior.
If you don't know the traits of the breed, the breed should not be in your possession.
Blood sport dogs enjoy blood. Why is that impossible for some people to comprehend?
- September 15, 2016 at 5:52 AM
- tmarielbs56 said...
Wow a vet with integrity speaking the truth about these dogs! It has been three months since I was severely mauled. I would do it all again to save my precious grandson. When we were talking the other day he was telling me how he felt when the pitbull knocked him down and bit his ear. Every time I feel down about my scars, I think of him and what those scars represent. Thank you
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James (Jamey) Clements Jr., P.E. has joined the staff of Sentell Engineering of Tuscaloosa. Clements comes to Sentell Engineering after the dissolution of engineering and surveying firm CSS Mullins LLC. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in civil engineering technology and holds a professional engineering license from the state of Alabama. He has been practicing engineering since 1991. Clements is married with two children and lives in Tuscaloosa.
Leon Manning has joined First National Bank of Central Alabama as senior vice president-director of marketing. Manning, who has 24 years of banking experience, will be responsible for planning, implementing and managing the bank's marketing efforts throughout West Alabama.
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A native of Pickens County, Manning received his degree in finance and banking from the University of Alabama. He is also a 2004 honors graduate of the American Bankers Association School of Bank Marketing and Management. Manning and his wife, Jennifer, have three children and live in McShan.
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Thanks to…
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I'd be lying if I said that some recruiters don't use the "two years" benchmark to screen candidates out. Some do. Especially when they receive a high volume of applications, as it's an easy (albeit kind of oversimplified) way to narrow down the applicant pool. But, if you're able to convey your knowledge in a way that makes it easy for a prospective employer to see how your unique abilities would complement their needs, you stand a decent chance of surviving this initial test.
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You'd be surprised to learn what can qualify as "relevant experience." Muse writer Lily Zhang says to focus on transferable skills, clearly stating your "ability to contribute directly."
Internships, projects you completed while earning your degree, or jobs where you were charged with similar responsibilities all count—especially if you're targeting entry-level opportunities. It's really pretty simple: If it's in the description and you've dealt with it in some capacity, be sure to include whatever "it" is on your resume.
How do you know if you're wasting your time? By keeping it real. If you don't have any transferable skills (unlikely unless you're doing a major transition) or if the number of years outlined in the posting is way more extensive than anything close to what you've experienced in your career thus far (like 10 years when you only have one), you may want to think twice about dedicating time to that particular application.
Ultimately, whether or not you qualify is more about the full package you offer, not some arbitrary period of time.
Most hiring managers are going to be way more excited about an applicant with a clear passion and demonstrated exposure to some of the key elements of the role they're trying to fill than a candidate who has the exact number of years they decided to include on the listing. Don't let the fact that you don't meet every single criterion in a job description hold you back.
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Waking up will be a little easier for caffeine fiends Tuesday.
Several coffee shops and chains across the country are offering free cups of joe or special promotions to celebrate National Coffee Day.
Here's where you can get your fix:
Starbucks: Celebrate National Coffee Day with the launch of "Starbucks One Tree for Every Bag Commitment" which honors the families and farmers behind your cup of morning coffee. Over the next year, every time someone buys a bag of coffee in a Starbucks store, a tree will be planted in a community that needs one on their behalf. Starbucks is also planting 1 million coffee trees in farming communities that need help.
The Coffee Bean: The chain is offering half-off ice coffee, flavored ice coffee and iced Americano drinks.
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Dunkin Donuts: Free medium hot or iced dark roast coffee.
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Molecular mechanisms of memory storage; molecular basis of sleep/wake regulation.
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Social behavior and communication in animals (especially nonhuman primates), animal cognition
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Encoding of complex motor behaviors; auditory/motor integration; neural basis of vocal learning
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Computational models of action, language and graphics
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Formal syntax, modern and historical Germanic syntax, statistical patterning of syntactic usage
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Speech perception and production, category formation
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Historical linguistics, Indo-European, morphology
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Language evolution, language variation and change, cultural evolution, experimental semiotics, social interaction
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Cortical organization for visual perception and recovery of visual function
Danielle Bassett
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Anjan Chatterjee
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Maria Geffen
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Neural basis of perceptual decision making and perceptual learning in non-human primates
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Daniel Swingley
Word recognition and lexical representation in infants and young children
Sharon Thompson-Schill
Cognitive neuroscience, functional neuroimaging, memory and knowledge
John C. Trueswell
Language processing, eye movements in reading, visual perception
Deena Weisberg
imaginative and scientific reasoning in young children and adults
Dean Foster
Machine learning, natural language processing, statistics
Visiting Scholars
Thomas Francois
Readability of French as a foreign language using natural language
Anna Papafragou
Linguistic theory, language acquisition and conceptual development; cognitive science
Researchers and Lecturers
Ann Bunger
Language acquisition and processing; event representation; syntax-semantics-cognition interface
Alistair Isaac
Philosophy of Psychology (especially perception and psychophysics), Cognitive Science, History and Philosophy of Science, and Bounded Rationality (especially probabilistic models of bounded agents)
Stephen Isard
Computer speech synthesis and recognition
Stephen Judd
Robot vision, complexity theory, number theory, network science
Seth Kulick
Biomedical information extraction, syntax & Tree Adjoining Grammar
Justin Mott
Lead Annotator/Technical Assistant, English Treebank projects; Annotation Consultant, Arabic treebank
Eleni Miltsakaki
Natural language processing; Penn Discourse Treebank; anaphora resolution; discourse connectives
Beatrice Santorini
Syntax, phonology, linguistic structure
Georgia Zellou
Experimental acoustic and articulatory phonetics, laboratory phonology, and psycholinguistics.
Christine Boylan, IGERT Graduate Trainee
Cognitive neuroscience, language and communication
Emily Bray
Animal cognition and behavior with a focus on dogs
Sarah Johnstone
Lexical representation and lexical semantics, sentence comprehension, and the relationship between static lexical representations and real-time, incremental language interpretation
Andy Gersick, IGERT Graduate Trainee
Social influences on animal behavior and cognition; responsiveness of non-human communication systems to changes in social and environmental context
Jennifer Gillenwater, IGERT Graduate Trainee
NLP; machine learning
Constantine Lignos, IGERT Graduate Trainee
Computational models of language acquisition, cognitive modeling, computational linguistics
Sarah Maguire, IGERT Graduate Trainee
Neurobiology and evolution of vocal learning in songbirds
Emily Pitler, IGERT Graduate Trainee
Computational linguistics; machine learning
Carlos Santana, IGERT Graduate Trainee
Language and philosophy of mind; animal communication and cognition
Isaac Schamberg
Evolution of social behavior and their genetic correlates using a non-human primate model, the gelada
Kobey Shwayder, IGERT Graduate Trainee
Phonology, phonology-morphology interface, algorithmic and computational modeling of linguistic (especially phonological) processes


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The Twits, Mr and Mrs Twit, are two of Roald Dahl's most mischievous and revolting characters—a couple who have become uglier and more twisted as years of playing horrible tricks, especially each other, have come home to roost.
House of Twits is a game adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl book and gives you the chance to get your own back on the horrible couple—poking Mrs Twits glass eye, feeding Mr Twit worms and putting Giant Skillywigglers in their bed. But be careful not to make them too mad or things could get ugly—well, uglier.
In the game you get to explore the Twits' house, including the filthy kitchen, Mr Twit's shed and even the ghastly bathroom—and by playing tricks on the pair you can unlock new rooms, mini-games and win lovely new pranks to try out.
As well as adapting the amazing Roald Dahl story and characters, we had the exciting but daunting task of recreating the wonderful Quentin Blake artwork—taking the characters from 2D to 3D for the first time. Download the app and find out how we got on.


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Pictured: Oleander
Poisonous to: Cats, Dogs
Level of toxicity: Generally moderate to severe
Common signs to watch for:
- Drooling
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Abnormal heart rate
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Weakness
- Collapse
- Tremors
- Seizures
- Death
Oleander is an outdoor shrub, popular for its evergreen qualities and delicate flowers. Found commonly in warm locations (e.g., along highways in Hawaii, California, Texas, etc.), all parts of this plant are poisonous to multiple species (e.g., dogs, cats, humans, horses, cattle, etc.). Oleander contains naturally-occurring poisons that affect the heart, specifically cardenolides or bufadienolides. These poisons are called cardiac glycoside toxins, and they interfere directly with electrolyte balance within the heart muscle. The following plants are known to contain glycosides (please see specific plant for more information):
The toxins within these plants are similar to digitalis or digoxin, a common heart medication used in both human and veterinary medicine. The level of poisoning varies with the particular plant, part of the plant, and amount consumed. All parts of the plant are generally considered toxic – even the water in the vase has been reported to cause toxicosis. Clinical signs from ingestion include cardiovascular signs (e.g., abnormal heart rhythm and rate), electrolyte abnormalities (e.g., a life-threatening high potassium level), gastrointestinal signs (e.g., nausea, drooling, vomiting, etc.), or central nervous system signs (e.g., tremors, seizures). In severe cases, an expensive antidote, digoxin-specific Fab fragments, can be used for severe, life-threatening cases.
Poison type: plants
Alternate names: Nerium oleander, white oleander, cardiac glycosides


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2013 MLS Season, Week 1: What To Watch For
- Posted by Drew Epperley
- On February 28, 2013
- 2 Comments
- 2013 MLS Season, 2013 Week 1, Features
Ah…we're back. The MLS season is here after what felt like a really short break. Like I've discussed with several folks around the league, the offseason really isn't nearly as long as it use to be or feel. Before it seemed to take ages to get from November to March but now, it only seems like a blink of an eye.
Just as in seasons before, Thursdays usually mark the start of the week's previews around these parts. I like to spread my posts out a bit by doing a longer preview on Thursday followed by game predictions on Friday. Two posts, two days, and hopefully enough information for you all to take into the weekend.
I still have my bold season predictions for tomorrow to write but so be on the look out for those.
Just like I have linked in several posts this week, to find all of my season preview material, look no further than to this link right here.
Kicking things off in Philly
The Philadelphia Union and Sporting Kansas City get us started this season with the league's first regular season game. The Union welcome back Sebastien Le Toux to the lineup and local defender Jeff Parke. They hope to slow down the attack of Sporting KC in the opener. SKC has gone through some changes this offseason but in my book they are the favorite to win the Eastern Conference yet again this season.
The Union need to control the game from the start. John Hackworth still has some work to do with his roster in my mind which could cause some issues on Saturday with a SKC team that looks fairly set from top to bottom. The big driving force in this game will be the defense of the two clubs. Both are very good. But can Philadelphia slow down the likes of Graham Zusi, Claudio Beiler, and CJ Sapong? I'm not totally convinced that they can right off the bat but this will certainly be an interesting game to watch on Saturday afternoon.
Canadian Cup preview
It seems as though the annual matchup with Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps is going to be an early season one. But really this one should be worth a few minutes of your time this weekend just because of how much of a train wreck Toronto could still be to start the season. Vancouver comes into this game with some fresh faces and a guy up front in Darren Mattocks that could really take control over this game from the start.
Speaking of Mattocks, can he really lead this club on offense this season? I've had that question for a while about him but the key for him will be maturing on and off the field. If he can get a little more mature and stay out of the red card trouble that hurt his Rookie of the Year chances in 2012, then I'd expect double digit goal numbers from him this season. As for this game, he should get on the board with a Toronto defense that is still a work in progress.
New Look Dallas against a new look Rapids
The Colorado Rapids head to Frisco to face FC Dallas in some what will likely call a rematch of the 2010 MLS Cup. Don't call it that. These two teams are so much different from that 2010 Cup that only a few players even remain on both sides from that game.
Still, this will be a fun one to gander at on Saturday evening. Dallas has a new look with a 4-4-2 formation that will pit former MLS MVP David Ferreira on the wing, yes the wing. Schellas Hyndman hopes that a brute central midfield pairing of Bobby Warshaw and Andrew Jacobson will be enough to handle Colorado's young and quick attack. Dallas will also be welcoming back Kenny Cooper, who has bounced around MLS a bit in the last couple of years after leaving Dallas for Germany in 2009.
Dallas has all the makings of being a good team this year IF a lot of things happen. Colorado on the other hand has plenty of injury issues to deal with from the start of the season. If their defense doesn't step up to the challenge this weekend, this could be a potential blowout.
Chelis makes his debut with Chivas USA
Again I will say it, Chivas USA will at least be one thing this season: interesting. Jose Luis Sanchez Sola or Chelis may not be getting a ton of respect for what he has done this preseason but that is mainly because this club wasn't good at all last year and not many are counting on the sudden change to a Mexican-American team will be good enough to start the season.
The Goats welcome the Columbus Crew into the Home Depot Center on Saturday night. The Crew have a few new faces of their own and hope to be a contender in the Eastern Conference this season. As long as their front duo of Jairo Arreita and Federico Higuain stay healthy and continue to produce in the manner that they did briefly in 2012, this could be a dangerous team out of Ohio.
But for me the story here is Chelis and how he handles his roster. He has a huge influx of talent from the Chivas mothership in Mexico and a few other faces that some will recall from other MLS squads (Josue Soto anyone?).
Rare double coaching debut in Portland
Typically when a coach debuts it is just him. One coach debuting at a time. But as luck would have it we'll get a rare double debut on Sunday when Mike Pekte and Caleb Porter debut for their respective teams. The New York Red Bulls hope to get off to a good start on the road against Porter and his Timbers' squad.
Both teams went through a bunch of change over the offseason, including their coaching change. Porter and the Timbers dumped a bunch of players and picked up few good MLS starters and one new DP in Diego Valeri. If Valeri can get the Timbers attack off to a good start on Sunday, it will open up some doors for what Porter wants to do with his club. Getting the most out of guys like Darlington Nagbe up front will also be key.
New York on the other hand will hope that the pressure doesn't fall too much on their midfield. Juninho was a clever signing this offseason but how he handles the fake grass at JELD-WEN will be interesting to watch. Same goes for Thierry Henry, who has been known to skip away games due to the field turf.
Quick hits on the other games:
D.C. United at Houston Dynamo – A nice rematch of the Eastern Conference finals. D.C. may be without Dwayne De Rosario for the opener due to a possible suspension.
Montreal Impact at Seattle Sounders – Could this be the year for Sigi Schmid and the Sounders? A big test to start out with Montreal, a team that will either be really good this season or very mediocre.
Chicago Fire at LA Galaxy – Two big clubs squaring off in the opener. LA hangs their forth MLS Cup banner but the eyes will be on Robbie Keane leading this squad. Chicago made plenty of good moves in the offseason but were they enough?
Real Salt Lake at San Jose Earthquakes – Can the Goonies rise again? More importantly can their defense hold up for 90 minutes so they don't have to score so many goals late? Also, with RSL, how will they be with their new look roster? Big year for both squads.


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The Glasgow postgraduate experience through an international lens
This is a guest post by Sara Hosseinzadeh (@sarahoss70), a third year neuroscience PhD student in the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation at the UofG. The good, the bad and the sideways rain: the Glasgow postgraduate experience through an international lens
What would you give up for your PhD? A few years of your social life? Presumably. Your precious evenings and weekends? Probably, at least sometimes. But what about your language or your culture?
Although I grew up in the UK, I was actually born in Iran. We moved here as a family when I was six for my dad to do his PhD. Every time I struggle with mine, I wonder how he managed his with hardly any money, broken English and two small children at home. The pros and cons of immigration are intensely debated in contemporary politics, but one industry which consistently thrives on the international exchange of talent and information is academia.
This post honours those international students who enrich the UofG postgraduate community both academically and culturally. We asked three of these students to share their experiences and offer some insight on life as an International PGR.
Aziz, Kuwait
Moving to the UK for me was a matter of career ambition. I am a medical doctor, and I want to go into research. We don't have any PhD programmes in public health in my home country. And here, I am only six or seven hours from home, so my family can visit.
I have three daughters back in Kuwait, who are eight, five and two. Coming here with the whole family wasn't really an option—it wouldn't be fair for my wife to quit her work. However, being away from my children is very tough. My youngest child now associates my name with the FaceTime ringtone! Whenever she hears it, she says "baba" (dad) and looks around. I've been married now for eight years, and suddenly leaving after six years of marriage… it's not a conventional starting point for a long distance relationship! Hopefully we can manage it.
I'm always looking forward. I want to know my field more. I can't say I want to be an expert because this would be a big claim, but I would like to know my field much more. Especially because back home we don't have a lot of public health professionals.
One thing that surprised me was the weather. And I thought living alone would be easier; renting an apartment, getting around, groceries, cooking…you don't feel these things unless you go through it. But thankfully I have no regrets, because I know that this is a transitional state.
Aziz is one of around 50 Kuwaitis currently studying at the UofG. While there is no dedicated society for students from Kuwait, there is a student-run Middle Eastern and North African Society; their motto is "Ahlan wa Sahlan" (You've come to stay with family). The University also offers a dedicated International Student Support service. While we are proud that the UofG's strong international reputation in medicine was able to attract Aziz, we do understand how hard it is for him personally. Do you have any advice for Aziz on long-distance parenting?
Muna, Iraq
I worked as an assistant lecturer in Baghdad before moving here. I'm in my third year now, studying biomedical engineering.
I can't say it was easy, but now after two and a half years I'm more comfortable. To be honest with you, when I first moved here I expected a little more. More training, more facilities... for instance, I was a bit surprised that my lab here is downstairs in the basement, with no windows and noisy construction work going on outside! The good part is that I've managed to learn a lot by myself. When you don't find something you have go and find it by yourself, or hunt down the people that can help you.
I didn't know much about Glasgow before moving here. I researched the place a bit online and it seemed nice—though I didn't expect the weather! When I first moved, I found the culture here to be very different from what I was familiar with, but people here are very friendly. My neighbours were so helpful when I moved in. They welcomed me and showed me the area and stuff, and I became friends with most of them so I visit all the time. They even brought me an egg at Easter! So, aside from the weather, the environment is very nice. I was scared that people wouldn't accept me here because of my hijab, but thankfully there was nothing to worry about. Sometimes I would get a bit scared on a bus or something, when someone was looking over at me, but then they would just smile!
Something that does make me a bit uncomfortable is that the people here like to gather at night, usually in bars. Those environments are just not familiar for me, so I usually politely decline. It bothers me when people around me are drinking alcohol, I don't feel safe. So that separates me from my colleagues a little bit. After 27 years of being raised a certain way and doing things a certain way, it's hard to change that overnight!
Another thing I had to get used to was the organisation here. Everything has to be by appointment—very precise, very strict. Having said that, people are also calmer here. I think middle easterners have a bit more of a temper, but here everyone is relaxed and always calm. Always a cup of tea—everything will be solved with a cup of tea!
Luckily, all that construction is an expansion of the University's campuses, bringing with it new buildings, facilities and services. There are also a lot of training opportunities on offer; during your PhD it is up to you to identify your needs and seek them out. A good place to start is your college: Arts, MVLS, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences. We are glad that Muna has found Glasgow welcoming, and we understand that it can be a big culture shift for some people. If there are any activities you are uncomfortable with we recommend you tell your colleagues and suggest an alternative (they may simply not be aware). There are also faith based student societies, like the Muslim Student Association, and if you are among the roughly 20 students joining us from Iraq, the Scottish Iraqi Association is active in Glasgow.
Alberto, Spain/Germany
I'm from Murcia, in the south of Spain, though I currently live in Cologne, Germany and am about to move to Glasgow for my PhD in computer science.
My wife and I are currently getting ready to move with our one and a half year old child. In the meantime, we have gotten to know Glasgow and Scotland through the internet and documentaries. We have looked at neighbourhoods, apartments and nurseries, and we have "surfed" Glasgow over google street view. We have even virtually been to some museums!
I have lived in a few different countries in the past. Every time I move I feel my mind expand with new accents, languages, food, climates, conversation topics, landscapes … and each time the moving process gets easier and more pleasant.
I am already impressed with the community at the UofG, just through emails and MyCampus. I'm definitely looking forward to getting involved in a proactive community with so much support and exchange of ideas. I think it is very important to get involved in the community around you. It's like the shelves of free books dotted around Cologne, where you can bring or take whatever books you fancy. Often, I have discovered books that were fun and even useful; I like to think that I have left useful material for other people as well.
We don't know what will come after Glasgow, we try to live in the present as much as we can and go with the flow of life.
We can't wait for Alberto to join us. Over 200 Spaniards come to the UofG every year and the city is dotted with Spanish restaurants and bars, so we are sure he will discover both new experiences and little tastes of home. If you are moving here with your family like Alberto, be sure to check out the new UoG Young(ish) Parents network, co-founded by PGR blog editor Stuart Wilson.
Thanks to Aziz, Muna and Alberto for sharing their stories. Are you an international student? Do you have any experiences or advice to share? Please comment below! Also, while we can't promise the sunshine and warmth of Kuwait, Iraq or Spain, Glasgow does have some nice weather...and yes, some sideways rain, but that keeps the flowers and ducks happy, and we rarely go below freezing in the winter.
Feature image by Βethan (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), via Flickr; images of Aziz, Muna and Alberto supplied, all rights reserved.


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On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 12:32 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Neil Williams wrote: > > > I was never particularly clear on why "Custom" was a bad name to use. > > Actually "distribution" was the worst part of the old name. ok > Before we have another round of discussing names: Could everybody > who is really interested in the projects please have a look into > the paper[1] and see if they identify with the things described there. ack > IMHO Emdebian does not really fit into this. That's why I mentioned the flavours - traditional Emdebian is different, but that is what will be the Crush flavour. Grip will be straight Debian, just with smaller packages. > To be a Debian Pure Blend > everything has to be inside (pure) Debian. For Emdebian Grip, this does apply (albeit that the scripts themselves are in development and waiting for the Lenny release before being uploaded). > We just try to make sure > that people understand this fact. If you would like to call Emdebian > a "Custom Debian Distribution" this is perfectly fine now because this > term is now not covered any more by a concept we are using which Emdebian > does not really fit into. You see, that's my problem - Emdebian Crush is very customised. Crush will take out big chunks of Debian (like perl :-)) and Crush involves cross-building (or rebuilding) all relevant packages. Emdebian Grip is quite different - Crush will be based on Grip (in that the files taken out by Grip will also be taken out in Crush) but Grip *only* removes files from packages, it doesn't change the functionality or behaviour of the packages themselves. The files concerned are /usr/share/doc/package/*, /usr/share/man/*, /usr/share/info/* etc. and Grip will make use of TDebs, DEB_VENDOR and Dpkg::Class as that support becomes available. Grip also sets Recommends to off. Packages can be "gripped" after download from normal mirrors but that loses the benefit of reducing the size of the package cache data and reduced sizes of the downloaded packages themselves, so Grip will support a customised mirror with fewer, smaller, packages. I guess what are talking about here is the mirrors. Do all Blends use unchanged Debian mirrors? If so, what are Blends blending? Emdebian Grip will use the same kind of support as Blends - a customised installer that uses the Grip mirror, customised package selection (XFCE as the default "desktop" install), customised install setups (ext2 preferred over ext3 as many Grip devices will be solid state storage). As such, Emdebian Grip could be the ideal choice for putting Debian onto a netbook like the Aspire1 and Eee. Once things start to work, I'll be using my Aspire1 to test Emdebian Grip and then see about working with the Eee team to iron out the details. The idea will be to get a Debian install onto a netbook without having to change the defaults or fiddle around with post-install configuration - i.e. a USB/net installer that does the right thing, out of the box. Emdebian Grip *is* intended to be Debian, just 20% smaller (maybe 30% if I can get it that small) and with support for the kind of tweaks that small devices might need in order to run Debian (like ext2 and XFCE instead of ext3 and GNOME/KDE). The intention is to have Grip generation entirely automated, even working as a repository update hook. Emdebian Crush is a derivative, yes. When released, it will be described in the form: Emdebian 1.0 (based on Debian 5.0 "Lenny") etc. I'm hoping that Grip will be seen differently - as a normal Debian install, just smaller. Whatever changes might be necessary to actually deploy Grip, I will be seeking to fold those changes into the relevant Debian packages. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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