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At a time when Congress can't pass a budget and the president can't win approval of any important legislation, the public is indignant about the threat of an overreaching, all-powerful federal government that uses the IRS and the Justice Department to harass its enemies.
President Obama hasn't begun to fix the big problem of Washington dysfunction, but he moved Wednesday to respond to public anger and reposition his sinking administration. He fired the acting IRS commissioner, released emails on Benghazi and backed a shield law to protect journalists. It was fancy footwork in public-relations terms, but not a reaction to what's really ailing the federal government.
The crippling problem in Washington these days isn't any organized conspiracy against conservatives, journalists or anyone else. Rather, it's a federal establishment that's increasingly paralyzed because of poor management and political second-guessing.
What should frighten the public is not the federal government's monstrous power but its impotence.
Firing officials has its place in bringing accountability. What's really needed, as these latest episodes show, is adult supervision of the bureaucracy. This requires senior officials who are properly sensitive to political issues. But such officials have become so afraid of seeming to meddle that mistakes happen.
Where was the senior manager who should have stopped IRS employees from writing outrageous questionnaires and search queries targeting "Patriots" and "We the People"? Perhaps that person was wading through congressional messages urging IRS investigations of tax-exempt political groups.
Where was the top Justice Department official who should have checked a runaway prosecutor from issuing an over-broad subpoena to The Associated Press? The attorney general recused himself because of fear of a perceived conflict of interest. Perhaps lower-level officials were chilled by congressional demands for leak investigations -- and insinuations the administration was itself the guilty party.
The principal activity of the federal government these days is investigating itself. No panel is bipartisan and independent enough to escape the charge that it is covering something up. This accusation has been leveled against the review panel on Benghazi headed by Tom Pickering, former undersecretary of state, and Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Good grief, if these two are part of a conspiracy, I'm moving to Moscow.
If you unpack the various scandals swirling around Washington this week, you find a common theme of bad decisions by government officials, compounded by finger-pointing and second-guessing from Congress. Here are some moments in this chain of error.
� The IRS investigations of tea party-related conservative groups that began in March 2010 came a couple of months after the Supreme Court in Citizens United opened the way for corporate contributions to political causes. Garance Franke-Ruta, in her blog for The Atlantic, has identified congressional pressure on the IRS to investigate conservative tax-exempt groups. The unit that was supposed to make such determinations (located in Cincinnati in part to keep it away from political pressure) made an intolerable mistake in searching for right-wing groups using political terms. But the dragnet was hardly a secret: News reports appeared in 2012 about tea party complaints of harassment, at a time when some congressional Democrats were demanding that the IRS crack down harder.
� The Justice Department launched two special investigations of leaks in June after intense Republican criticism of intelligence disclosures. The probes focused on the sources for stories discussing the Stuxnet cyberattacks on Iran and a spy inside al-Qaida's Yemen affiliate.
Even a journalist can understand why officials get upset when such secrets are blown. But the GOP's larger motivation was its suspicion (apparently wrong) that senior Obama administration officials had organized the leaks. The administration's own leak obsession (fueled by fears of congressional criticism) led Justice officials to subpoena two months of records for more than 20 phones at the AP.
Why did Justice approve such a broad seizure when its own guidelines urge narrow use of reporters' records? Perhaps it was an egregious leak, jeopardizing a Western agent in place and infuriating the United States' closest ally. We don't know, because the administration has never properly explained its campaign against leaks -- fearing political backlash.
� Finally, Benghazi, the scandal that keeps on giving: This one began in the fog of war, so it's best to be cautious about assigning responsibility. But the administration did try from the beginning to spin the story to preserve its campaign theme that Obama had won the war on terror, and the GOP has been spinning it ever since, to the point that the blame game is beginning to chill operations in North Africa.
Another generation would have said: Let's get on with it. We say, let's have another investigation.
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At a time when Congress can't pass a budget and the president can't win approval of any important legislation, the public is indignant about the threat of an overreaching, all-powerful federal government that uses the IRS and the Justice Department to harass its enemies.


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Brown's billion-dollar budget trick
If you've ever wondered how to make a billion dollars vanish, see Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal.
For the first time in a long time, California is looking at a budget that doesn't require deep spending cuts and that doesn't have a deficit.
We found a convenient budget trick that helped make this possible.
Over the past decade, lawmakers have balanced the state budget in part by borrowing money from special funds, revenue that's raised by specific fees and taxes. Lawmakers have borrowed from those funds in the very lean times, and promised to pay them back.
Brown did this as well, and although he had planned last year to pay back special funds by $5.2 billion in the 2013-14 year, he now proposes to pay $4.2 billion. Turns out, says H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the California Department of Finance, that those special funds "had higher balances" or fewer needs than had been projected.
Interestingly, in November, the Legislative Analyst's Office projected that California would have a deficit in 2013-14 of $1.9 billion, absent the lower debt payments to special funds.
We're here, we're new: California's leading gay rights organization has taken some serious hits in the last year and now it has a new leader in John O'Connor.
He told us that people in the LGBT movement said he was "crazy" to take on the gig leading Equality California, despite the organization's legislative successes, because of its big Proposition 8 failure.
In the wake of all of that, including the hiring and departure of the previous executive director, the organization has moved its base from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
"We're not abandoning San Francisco by any means, just managing a statewide organization from a different location," O'Connor said. He previously was executive director of the LGBT Community Center of the Desert in Palm Springs.
About the new gig he said, "I wasn't looking for a job. But I wanted this job."
And for the future of the group, O'Connor said the United States Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality will be a big turning point.
"People want to see us succeed. They really do," he said.
That's amazing: The Golden State lost a treasure this week with the passing of Huell Howser, the public TV fixture who made countless programs about the obscure and fascinating people and places of California.
If we could, we would introduce a bill to build a statue of the guy - microphone and sunglasses included - on the Capitol grounds.
For the uninitiated, Howser, 67, was an irreplaceable TV presence who did some amazing reporting on the bric-a-brac of California's history and its people, and was a major supporter of California's public institutions. He died from undisclosed natural causes on Monday in Southern California.
The Tennessean who fell in love with his adopted state charmed people from San Diego to Eureka. His style has been playfully mocked by comedians and even on "The Simpsons."
Assembly Speaker John Pérez, D-Los Angeles, said he remembers watching Howser with his mom, Vera, being introduced to places she went as a child.
"Half of the fascination you'd have was in what he covered, and half of it was how he would react to it," Pérez said.
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But, this isn't a perfect world. In the more liberal states the Laws of Nature are minimized by the Laws of Man, and you don't have a right to protect yourself, your family, or property without making some accommodations for the invader. Even though the burglar — whose title could easily escalate to "rapist" or "murderer" in the home invasion — obviously does not have your or your family's best interests in mind, you must afford him a certain level of safety with your state-mandated "duty to retreat."
Duty to Retreat laws — or standard-setting rulings by the courts — require that you (the victim, not the criminal) forgo immediate acts of survival. The laws demand that you do everything in your power to avoid conflict and/or the use of deadly force. Before assuming the responsibility to protect your loved ones, you must resort to mandated cowardice by seeking retreat. Following that, the situation must escalate to the point that the courts see "reasonable" belief that injury and death could occur (if they haven't already due to the retreat) and then, and only then, can you take up the measures necessary to suppress the attacker. In some states — such as New York — the insanity of the law is taken even further to where you have to verbalize to the perpetrator that you intend to harm him so he knows that either he's on equal ground or you possess the advantage.
The fact that the attacked cannot display a weapon until the situation has reached critical mass is truly absurd. The seconds — or even minutes — associated with having to hide from an attacker can be the difference-maker for the physical safety, sexual safety, or life itself of the individuals whose home has been invaded. Dropping your defenses gives the one on offense — the criminal — the supreme advantage.
A law-abiding citizen has no understanding of what's going through the mind of an intruder. Really, he has no obligation to, either. The victim needs only to know that criminals are morally repugnant and that if they can break one law they can surely break another, even committing the sin of murder. But, many state governments see it otherwise. They want you to believe — and wrongly at that — that the individual who was demented enough to commit the initial crime of breaking into your home has no intent to harm you or your children; he only wants your property, so you really shouldn't harm him either.
It's the lunacy of such unconstitutional and unconscionable Duty to Retreat laws that led Florida and 20 other states to recognize the uninhibited right to self-defense with the Stand Your Ground law, which allows the attacked to utilize deadly force immediately — and without the friendly consideration of Duty to Retreat — as long as there is a reasonable belief of an imminent threat of death or bodily harm. Unlike the similar Castle Doctrine, which allows the same only in one's home (and sometimes, personal vehicle), Stand Your Ground allows the use of force in public. So the victim would be able to protect himself or his loved ones were he up against a break-in in his residence or an attempted robbery on the street.
Stand Your Ground makes perfect legal sense and perfect natural sense: It allows the prey to retaliate against the predator with force commensurate with that potentially levied against him; there's no need to take a wait-and-see approach, which could in most cases result in the injury, rape, or murder of the victim. Notwithstanding gun ownership rules, Stand Your Ground is one of the clearest state-level interpretations of some of the basal tenets behind our Second Amendment.
Under Stand Your Ground, the burden of proof falls upon the criminal who initiated the crime, not the law-abider who retaliated. That is in stark contrast to Duty to Retreat, whereby the criminal has the advantage because the victim is himself painted as a criminal (and is more likely guilty until proven innocent) because he must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he met all the necessary criteria before pulling the trigger.
Because of the more clear-cut and obstacle-free path to self defense afforded by Stand Your Ground, anti-gun zealots, through the obliging talking heads in mainstream media and pop culture, have been using the recent Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida as a reason to call for the suppression of Second Amendment rights. Florida has had a Stand Your Ground law in place since 2005, and the anti-gun crowd wants to paint the shooting of the boy as a tragedy indicative of the supposed flaws in the law, not to mention gun ownership as a whole.
They fail to see that George Zimmerman's questionable use of force by putting himself into a potentially dangerous situation (evidence shows that he pursued the boy, rather than the other way around) is not the norm; it is an outlier and perhaps a perversion of the law. In all other cases, Stand Your Ground has been used according to its intent. According to state records, there were 35 deaths per year from 2005 to 2010 under the Stand Your Ground law. All but one of the dead was armed, and his death was the result of his intimated threat of violence. So, in application, it works, as the courts found every one of those deaths "justified." If force had not be exerted by the survivors, chances are, there still could have been 35, or more, deaths, but those dead would have been the completely innocent citizens, not the criminals. That speaks volumes of the importance of Stand Your Ground.
But, the anti-Second Amendment folks want to look past that, and use the death of an unarmed 17-year-old to preface all debate about guns. They fall to understand that if Stand Your Ground — and all rights to self-defense — were thrown aside, more 17-year-old boys (and girls) will die or be maimed, raped, or mentally scarred because the criminal element will be left to invade homes and attack individuals unchecked, knowing that law-abiding citizens would have no means to protect themselves. Eliminating Stand Your Ground — and further restricting the Second Amendment — would take Duty to Retreat to a whole new level: Duty to Die.


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My position is that I don't really care about people copying code and answers from wherever. I'd like to see them provide a reference to the originator, but I don't mind if they forget or don't think it's worth it.
What I do mind is people copying questions that they don't understand at all (and I don't mean they don't understand what the answer is, I mean they don't even know what the question is and they wouldn't know what to do with the answer) and then pretend it's their serious question. That pisses me off because it takes time and resources from people who could be helping people with actual questions.
And in this case, it's pretty obviously intentional. Before this thread was started both guys had been repeatedly repremanded over a couple of months by various posters on their copy & pasting behaviour. They just ignore it or lie about it and hope nobody else notices.
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Payment delays remain a major issue in the British construction industry, while in Belgium the payment behaviour of the public sector remains bad.
European Football Championship 2016
Sector playing field: construction industry
Wales/United Kingdom: building performance does not match the success on the pitch
The UK construction sector accounts for more than 6% of British GDP, and employed 2.1 million people in 2015. The industry suffered heavily after the 2008 credit crisis, but has rebounded since 2013. Despite the recovery in output, construction is still affected by trailing effects of the past recession. This became evident in H1 of 2015, when construction insolvencies increased steeply. Some larger business failures had a knock-on effect, causing their suppliers and sub-contractors to go bust due to large sums of monies owed.The on-going problems are particularly noticeable in the tendering process, as during the downturn, construction companies took on contracts at conditions that were no longer sustainable in 2014 and 2015, mainly due to raw material price increases and higher labour costs. As many construction businesses are still working on such low margin legacy contracts, losses on contracts are still relatively frequent despite improving order books.
Belgium: subdued performance, in constrast to the 'Red Devils' performance so far
The rebound of the Belgian construction sector remains slow, as the industry is still underperforming compared to the rest of the economy. Since the end of 2011, 20,000 construction jobs have been lost, down to about 200,000 by the end of 2015.Belgian construction businesses suffer from high labour costs, especially when compared to construction businesses from Eastern Europe active in Belgium. Public initiatives to restrict unfair competition from foreign businesses and to reduce domestic labour costs in order to increase competitiveness had no real success so far. Construction output is expected to grow by just about 1% in 2016, and pressure remains on businesses´ profit margins.
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Wales/United Kingdom
Due to the upward trend in construction output since 2013/2014, builders are now able to be more selective in choosing which contracts to tender, and therefore have more influence on payment terms. However, this is somehow counteracted by increased labour and material costs, which have a negative effect on businesses' margins.
Construction businesses highly dependent on the UK solar sector are threatened by a major downturn after the government decided to cut the Feed-In Tariff by more than 80%. Insolvencies have already increased in this segment since the end of 2015.
Prospects for renovation businesses are rather positive, with orders showing an increasing trend due to the aged real estate stock in Belgium.
Perspectives in the new residential construction segment remain subdued, with the number of permits for residential buildings recording a year-on-year decline in 2015. Most construction companies in this segment expect a decrease in the construction and completion of new buildings in 2016.In the non-residential construction sector, a year-on-year decrease in the number of permits was recorded in 2015. Government investment remains low compared to the European average. Infrastructure building is still facing decreasing order books and prices. The public tendering business seems to be most affected in Wallonia.
Major strengths and weaknesses
British construction industry: strengths
Belgian construction industry: strengths
- Further construction output growth expected in 2016 and 2017
- Volumes are increasing across all segments
- Demographic evolution
- Aged real estate stock, need for infrastructure improvements (e.g. schools, hospitals, roads)
- Current low interest rates
British construction industry: weaknesses
Belgian construction industry: weaknesses
- Late payments in the sector
- Access to bank finance remains difficult for many smaller businesses or businesses subject to unattractive terms. This lack of funding affects SMEs that may need to resume investment, particularly in capital expenditure to cope with a growing market.
- Raw material cost inflation and lack of skills, now evident as work volumes pick up.
- Supplier support remains a big problem for those further down the supply chain.
- Competition from foreign builders
- Still low level of government investment
- High labour costs
Fair play ranking: payment behaviour and insolvencies
British construction industry
Late payments remain a major issue in the industry, especially from Tier 1 contractors, who have issues with legacy contracts themselves.
Non-payment notifications showed an increasing trend in 2015, and remain high in 2016.
Construction insolvencies are expected to level off in 2016 after an increasing trend in 2015.
Belgian construction industry
Payment terms of "60 days end of month" remain very common in the sector. However, some construction contractors (mainly large businesses) are trying to solve their liquidity issues by extending their payment terms even longer when paying their subcontractors.
Payment behaviour of public bodies remains bad, and it is still quite common that businesses ask suppliers for longer payment terms if they themselves are waiting for overdue payments from public bodies.
Overall, we observed an increase in payment delays in 2015. Given the difficult market conditions, the number and value of notifications of non-payments is expected to remain high.
In 2015, construction insolvencies decreased 8% year-on-year. It is expected that business failures decrease further in 2016, although at a slower pace. Despite the previous decreases, the overall level of construction insolvencies remains high, given the steady increases seen in the years 2008-2013.


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Let's talk Tour of California.
First, I was SO excited for this race. It was so cool too see all these big riders and teams talking about coming to the US and California. I was reeeally sad that I wasn't able to go to Cali to have a chance to see some of the riders I love so much.
It was crazy weird to see the peloton racing on American streets- I'm so used to watching them navigate small European roads, with roundabouts and weird road furniture. But I LOVED seeing the domestic teams and riders racing! Jeremy Powers, Jamey Driscoll, Ben Jacques-Maynes, Mike Creed, Mike Friedman, Bissel, UnitedHealthcare, Kelly Benefits Strategies- guys and teams I followed on twitter and read about in news were racing ON MY TV! So cool. And man, did they work their butts off. They were in all the breaks and worked hard in the bunch. I would've loved to see one of the domestic teams take a stage win or see a domestic rider in the top 5, but no luck.
The race did not get a lot of love at the beginning. What with the first stage being cancelled for weather and the second stage being shortened, the start of the race missed a lot of the fabulous scenery that is standard for bike races. The majority of the shortened second stage was raced through suburbs, so there wasn't too much to see. Many watchers were not impressed. There were lots of complaints about strip malls, parking lots, etc. I don't know if I was especially sensitive because it was a race in my home country, or if people were being extra mean, but all the hate was pretty upsetting! I mean, yeah, it's not super exciting and scenery isn't awesome, but don't a lot of bike races have this? Strip malls, parking lots, malls- the US isn't the only country to have those! And the race has only just started! Give it time! But as the race went on, and as it moved into the more mountainous and more scenery-laden stage, it definitely improved.
However, once Chris Horner soloed to the win on stage 4, I kinda lost interest. His lead was so big that it was clear no one was going to be able to catch him. All the riders I supporting were really far down on the GC, with no chance of even breaking into the top 3. Andy Schleck, my top favorite, barely seemed to be riding! And, I don't really care for Horner. Or Levi. They both seem like a nice guys, but they just doesn't do it for me. In addition, while it was cool to see RadioShack lead the race so decisively, I also don't really like RadioShack. Of all the American teams, it's the one I care for the least. So, after stage 4, I watched, but wasn't invested. BUT, it was still fun to watch, I loved seeing my American cyclists ride their hearts out, and seeing the top 5 spots occupied by Americans was pretty awesome! I'll watch again next year, hopefully from the sidelines.
OH, let's talk about the Shack Tour Tracker! Now, I don't like RadioShack much, but they had an awesome set up that allowed people to stream on the web AND on their smartphones/tablets. It was a great way to share the race and allow those without access to Versus a way to watch. I hope more races follow their lead!
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Now that we are officially into the holiday shopping period there are more new hip-hop releases than ever arriving on the Amoeba Music shelves. Some are brand new recordings while others are older (slept-on or forgotten) musical material that has been remastered and/or repackaged. As reported in the most recent Amoeba Weekly Hip-Hop Rap Up, new hip-hop releases last week included Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Gangrene (Alchemist & Oh No), Shady Nate, and Messy Marv, to name but a few.
This week's new releases, which are at Amoeba now (Tuesday, Nov 30th), include albums from two of today's more popular, high-profile rap artists: Flo Rida and Soulja Boy. Soulja Boy (aka Soulja Boy Tell Em) drops his fourth studio album, The DeAndre Way (Stacks on Deck/Interscope), which, in addition to the regular ten track CD, comes in a deluxe edition that features four bonus tracks plus a DVD. Meanwhile, Flo Rida's latest Only One Flo (Part 1) (Poe Boy/Atlantic) is the Florida artist's third studio album and the follow up to last year's full-length, R.O.O.T.S. Only One Flo (Part 1). (Note Part 2, which was supposed to drop simultaneously, has been postponed until 2011.) The new record clocks in at less than half an hour and features guest appearances from Akon, Kevin Rudolf, Ludacris, and Gucci Mane and includes the singles "Club Can't Handle Me" and "Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)."


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Withy the recent dire economic news from both the city and Albany, it appears again that education is one of the main areas that will take a fiscal hit. Laying off any teachers will prove to a very negative consequence, and certainly severely impact how well thousands of students will be taught.
Teachers work under extremely difficult conditions, ranging from overcrowded classes to lack of administrative support and classroom supplies. There is absolutely no logical reason to even consider laying off teachers; there must be an alternative way to approach.
The governor and the mayor need to work in tandem with the UFT to see to it that teachers are not laid off. Our profession is one that should be treated with a lot more professionalism and respect; we do our
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Do not mess around with education in this city,state,or nation!
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A credit card phishing site has been found running on one of Sony's servers, adding to the company's already extensive security based headache.
Users are encouraged to apply for a credit card on the fake site, which lives at hdworld.sony.co.th; although the site doesn't mention Sony at all, the URL may encourage confidence in unwitting consumers.
The company is still reeling from its last security breach, with the PlayStation store not even back online yet and the PlayStation Network having enjoyed over three weeks of downtime over the last month after hackers broke in and compromised users' credit card and personal details.
One thing after another
We're sure Sony will be scrambling to remove the dodgy site as we speak as F-Secure, which discovered the phishing site, alerted the tech giant to its existence.
This latest revelation comes after the company was forced to take the PSN password reset site down because it required users' email addresses and dates of birth to verify their IDs; information that had already been compromised by the hackers.
It looks to us like Sony needs to take a long hard look at all its security processes before another breach tips consumers away from the company altogether.


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Efforts to reduce Houston's chronic homeless population have cut the number of long-term downtown street-dwellers nearly in half since 2012, Mayor Annise Parker announced Wednesday.
"Two years ago, I announced that I intended to move the needle on homelessness in the City of Houston," Parker said. "Through our initiative, we have successfully placed more than 1,400 chronically homeless individuals into safe and stable permanent supportive housing."
Chronic homelessness is defined as someone who has been homeless longer than a year or at least four times in three years and have a disabling condition.
In 2012, when Parker first committed to housing all of the city's long-term homeless, 1,060 people lived on downtown streets. That number dropped to 768 in 2013 as the first elements of the initiative took effect, fueled by an infusion of federal funds. On Wednesday, Parker announced that January's annual count of the homeless tallied 529 people living downtown long term.
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No. 6 Nevada rallies past No. 20 Arizona State 72-66
By BETH HARRIS
LOS ANGELES (AP) Sixth-ranked Nevada played what might be its only ranked opponent of the regular season. The Wolf Pack knew a win could help bolster their case come March.
Yet coach Eric Musselman couldn't believe how his team responded to start the game.
"Coach mentioned at halftime, `You finally meet some talent and this is how you react?'" Caleb Martin said. "It kind of turned some guys up in the locker room."
Martin scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half, rallying the Wolf Pack past 20th-ranked Arizona State 72-66 Friday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic tripleheader.
"The second half showed our maturity and showed our experience with each other," Martin said.
Jordan Caroline added 16 points and eight rebounds for the senior-dominated Wolf Pack (9-0), off to their best start since the Division I era began in 1969-70.
"I thought we were going to win it the whole time," Caroline said. "We knew what we had to do."
Luguentz Dort scored 24 points and Zylan Cheatham had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Sun Devils (7-1), whose 20-game, regular-season, non-conference winning streak ended.
"We got a lot to learn from it," said Cheatham, who didn't score over the final 14 minutes.
Remy Martin's 3-pointer drew the Sun Devils to 64-63 with 1:39 to play, but Cody Martin got fouled and made both. After Dort made 1 of 2 free throws, Cody Martin's layup kept Nevada ahead 68-64.
Caleb Martin's layup tied the game at 48-all after the Wolf Pack trailed by 16 in the first half.
From there, Nevada outscored ASU 24-18 to complete the comeback.
"Nevada, they're older, they have a lot of seniors on their team and they've been a very good second-half team," Sun Devils coach Bobby Hurley said. "They found another gear in that half."
But the first 20 minutes belonged to ASU.
The Sun Devils stunned the Wolf Pack to start the game, racing to a 23-8 lead that included 11 points in a row.
"They came out as aggressive as any team that we've seen," Musselman said.
Nevada was just 8 of 25 from the floor in the half. The Martin twins combined for 1 of 9 shooting and four points. Caleb Martin missed all six of his 3-point attempts and neither twin had a rebound.
"We might be in a deeper hole than we should be at halftime, but with the guys we have we're not going to fold," Martin said.
ASU: The Sun Devils had 17 turnovers. ... They controlled the boards, 40-31.
Nevada: Musselman earned his 90th victory in his fourth season. ... Caleb Martin missed 9 of his 10 3-point attempts. ... The Wolf Pack was back in Los Angeles for the second time in a week, having won at USC last Saturday.
Nevada is one of eight undefeated teams remaining in Division I.
"Every night it's been like this for us with a tremendous amount of pressure," Musselman said.
After blowout wins for Saint Mary's and TCU in the night's first two games, the night cap was a thriller. Nevada and ASU had good turnouts by their fans who created a raucous atmosphere in cavernous Staples Center. "It felt like an NCAA tournament type of game," Hurley said.
ASU: At Georgia on Dec. 15 in the second of three straight road games.
Nevada: At Grand Canyon on Sunday to conclude a stretch of six straight on the road.
More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://www.twitter.com/AP-Top25
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Launched on June 19, 1943 from South Portland, Maine, where the ship was built at the West Yard of the New England Shipbuilding Corporation, the SS Jeremiah O'Brien is the sole survivor of the 6,000-ship armada that stormed Normandy on D-Day, 1944. It is one of two extant Liberty ships of the 2,751 in service during World War II. Liberty ships were usually manned by quickly-trained merchant seamen. The standard Liberty ship, including the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, was 441 feet and six inches in length, with a beam of 56 feet, gross tonnage about 7,176 and displacement tonnage 14,300. Named for the first American to capture a British naval vessel during the Revolutionary War, the O'Brien made seven World War II voyages, ranging from England and Northern Ireland to South America, to India and Australia. The vessel also made 11 crossings of the English Channel carrying personnel and supplies to the Normandy beaches in support of the D-Day invasion. After the war, the O'Brien was "mothballed" and laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, north of San Francisco.
In 1994 the O'Brien, in what was to be an epic eighth voyage, steamed through the Golden Gate, down the west coast, through the Panama Canal, and across the Atlantic to England and France, where the O'Brien and its crew (a remarkable collection of old salts whose average age was 70 and a few cadets from the California Maritime Academy), participated in the 50th Anniversary of Operation Overlord--the Allied invasion at Normandy that turned the tide of World War II in Europe.
SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a National Historic Landmark, is permanently moored at Pier 45, at the foot of Taylor St., in San Francisco. It has been rededicated as the National Liberty Ship Memorial and is open to the public daily, 9:00am to 4:30pm, except major holidays. The 2500-horsepower, triple-expansion reciprocating steam main engine is operated on Steaming Weekends (normally the third Saturday and Sunday of each month) so visitors can see the engine plant in action and take rides. Several San Francisco Bay cruises are scheduled each year, with occasional longer voyages to west-coast ports such as Sacramento. There is a fee. Please visit the ship's website or call 415-544-0100 for further information.
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The Grammy Awards scored its second-biggest audience since 1993 Sunday, while The Walking Dead scared up record numbers yet again.
Check out all the fashion hits and misses from the GrammysThe three-and-a-half-hour show expectedly fell from last year's post-Whitney Houston death telecast, which drew 40 million viewers, but it pulled in a solid 28.1 million viewers and a 10.0 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. The ceremony slipped four-tenths in the demo from last year and matched its 2011 rating.
Who violated the Grammys' dress code?ABC and Fox took big hits across the board, with Once Upon a Time (7 million, 2.2) and Revenge (5.07 million, 1.4) hitting series lows. Family Guy (4.6 million, 2.4) was the second-highest rated program of the night.The Grammys did nothing to slow down The Walking Dead though. The second half of Season 3 returned to 12.3 million viewers, dethroning the season premiere's 10.9 million as the all-time audience high. It also nabbed 7.7 million viewers in the demo, up 6 percent from the season premiere, making it the strongest basic cable telecast in history. The Walking Dead has averaged 6.8 million viewers in the demo this season, outperforming Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men and NCIS.8 p.m.
CBS: 55th Annual Grammy Awards 28.1 million viewers (10.0 demo rating) [8-11:30 p.m.]ABC: Once Upon a Time 7 million (2.2)Fox: The Simpsons 4.3 million (2.1); Bob's Burgers 3.4 million (1.8)NBC: Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday Special (R) 3.1 million (0.6)9 p.m.
ABC: Revenge 5.07 million (1.4)Fox: Family Guy 4.6 million (2.4); American Dad! 3.8 million (2.0)NBC: Saturday Night Live in the '80s (R) 2.5 million (0.8) [9-11 p.m.]10 p.m.
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SAMHSA is committed to closing the gap that persists between research and practice. To achieve this, SAMHSA has developed a series of KITs to helps states, communities, and organizations interested in moving best practices into the field.
These documents provide general principles and guidelines to assist in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of pharmacologic approaches to support the recovery of individuals with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.
Data shows at least 800,000 people with serious mental illness are admitted annually to jails in the United States.
SAMHSA has sponsored the development of a website to help States and community-based agencies put into practice two practical measures of program-level capacity to address co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders.
About Co-Occurring
Mental and substance use conditions often co-occur. In other words, individuals with substance use conditions often have a mental health condition at the same time and visa versus.
- Approximately 8.9 million adults have co-occurring disorders; that is they have both a mental and substance use disorder
- Only 7.4 percent of individuals receive treatment for both conditions with 55.8 percent receiving no treatment at all.
Integrated treatment works
Integrated treatment or treatment that addresses mental and substance use conditions at the same time is associated with lower costs and better outcomes such as:
- Reduced substance use
- Improved psychiatric symptoms and functioning
- Decreased hospitalization
- Increased housing stability
- Fewer arrests
- Improved quality of life
SAMHSA's supports integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders. Through SAMHSA grants, publications, technical assistance and support, SAMHSA has promoted integration at the State, community and agency levels.
This Website captures many lessons learned from States administrators and community providers who are working to improve services for individuals with co-occurring disorders. Work is focused in six areas:
There are many consequences of undiagnosed, untreated, or undertreated co-occurring disorders including higher likelihood of experiencing:
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Navajo Regional Behavioral Health Center is serving as demonstration site for integrated co-occurring disorders treatment in Indian Country. Learn more about their Co-Occurring Healing Center.
South Dakota has made considerable progress in improving services for people with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. The state has recruited more than 150 change agents to guide and sustain its statewide efforts.
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Start out Subbing
Advice on being a successful substitute educator—and why it's worth the effort
By Doug Provencio
|Suggested by Shawn Brock (Student member 2009), University of Nebraska at Omaha
Have you considered the possibility that you will begin your teaching career as a substitute educator? Maybe you'll be finishing up requirements for your credential and won't want to work full-time; or, it's possible you won't be able to secure a position in your area in this economic climate, but you want to start accruing classroom experience (and income, of course).
Starting out as a substitute teacher offers a lot of advantages: You'll see many schools, meet many students, and work alongside colleagues who have different classroom styles. You can learn a lot by teaching at more than one site. You'll also have scheduling flexibility, and moreover, it's easier and quicker to get hired for a day than for a full year.
So does that mean substitute teaching is easy? No. You'll face many challenges trying to project enough authority to teach effectively, learn how to teach better, maintain good relationships, and make sure your progress towards your own contract and classroom stays on track.
I'm an experienced, full-time "sub" currently working in Oakland, California. Let me put it this way: When I first started working as a substitute teacher, I always wore a necktie so that I wouldn't get asked for my hall pass. Of course, you'll need to have a lot more than the right clothing. These tips can help you lay some good groundwork for the rest of your teaching career.
Take charge as students walk into the room.Learn at least a few names and connections quickly. Students might not realize that knowing one name doesn't mean you know everyone right away. Then you have some more time to learn who everyone else is. Remind children that they already know the basic operations of the class.
Work the laws of inertia.
Minds in motion tend to stay in motion. Circulate; keep gently pushing and encouraging. Ask what idea or task should come after the current one. Appeal to instrinsic thoughtfulness. Teach flexibility by being flexibile yourself.
Follow lessons plans closely.
Beyond reading instructions left by the teacher, look for clues around the room about how a class has been building up to the current assignment. Reinforce the instruction that has come before you.
For better behavior . . .
be firm without being confrontational and selective without being unfair. Reward good behavior by building up students who are doing the right thing. It's an art form and it takes time.
You'll learn through your inexperience that experience counts.
It's built up over a lot of time in small pieces. Go for those small bits of learning instead of despairing that you can't get to it all at once.
Talk to your colleagues, even if they're only colleagues for a day.
Ask questions of teachers in the same grade or subject. Introduce yourself to the person next door. Say hello to any adult who works there.
Touch base with other substitute teachers.
Veteran subs or retirees might get more assignments due to formal or informal seniority systems; remember that this helps make sure they're still around when you have a contract and need a substitute of your own. Listen to what they've learned in their time around the block.
In time, subs who earn a good reputation will start to receive more requests. Keep learning by doing and observing, but don't lose sight of other goals. Make sure you're jumping through all the hoops to get that credential. Keep talking to people to get a sense of where full-time vacancies are, or will be next fall.
Could a long-term vacancy turn into a permanent position for you? Yes, but be real about the possibility that it might not. Talk to the administrator to find out what the chances are and what you have to do. After about a month, you should have a sense of whether or not it could work out.
Above all, remember your foremost responsibility is to teach in the moment. You are THE teacher for the day you're there. Don't just show up--use all the resources your brain and experience can muster.
Even when I was no longer a newbie at subbing, I was still wearing one of those ties teaching kindergarten once on picture day. I had built up good relationships at that school, and the staff put me in line with the class and bought me a set of photos. The photography company didn't know where to put me on the sheet, so I ended up looking like one of the kindergartners. With a tie.
Don't lose that inner beginner; it helps you relate to everyone around you, big and small.


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After Rox make it close, LA pulls away in ninth
Colorado pulls to within a run before Culberson drops ball in key spot
DENVER -- For the second straight game, the Dodgers demonstrated that they're a step ahead of the Rockies -- the way they've been heads and shoulders above everyone in the Majors in the second half of the season.
The Rockies ended Dodgers pitcher Ricky Nolasco's scoreless streak at 20 innings. However, a Dodgers team resting Hanley Ramirez and Yasiel Puig managed to score the most runs off Jhoulys Chacin in his last 11 starts en route to a 7-4 victory at Coors Field on Tuesday night in front of 25,807.
The Rockies (65-75) managed two runs and five hits off Nolasco (12-9), who struck out five. The game came a night after the Rockies knocked 11 hits in five innings off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw -- the most hits he had given up in his career -- but lost. Even more frustrating, Kershaw still walked away with a win.
Tuesday was another case of the National League West-leading Dodgers (83-55) making key plays -- after all, they're 36-8 since the All-Star break and on a 29-5 road run -- while the Rockies could be counted on for the key mistake.
"We just didn't play well, especially against those guys," said Chacin (13-8), who gave up four runs -- the most since he yielded four on July 4, also against the Dodgers. "They do everything right."
Baserunning misadventures by Michael Cuddyer in the sixth and Dexter Fowler in the eighth cost Colorado two rallies. After cutting the difference to 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth on Josh Rutledge's pinch-hit leadoff homer, the Rockies saw left fielder Charlie Culberson drop Mark Ellis' potentially inning-ending fly ball to allow three runs to score. The bases were loaded at the time because normally reliable Rex Brothers gave up two hits and a walk.
Even with Ramirez getting a day off and Puig sitting because he irritated a right knee strain on Monday afternoon, the Dodgers had enough. Carl Crawford had three hits, including a two-run single in the Dodgers' three-run second. The Rockies, meanwhile, never managed more than one run in any inning.
"What they're doing is finding a way to win," Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado said. "You watch their at-bats now compared to the beginning of the season, there are so many more quality at-bats. They're taking pitches, seeing the ball well.
"We compete with them. We do. We've just got to try to close it out."
Chacin was down 4-0 after five innings, but he battled through seven innings and gave up no more runs on nine total hits.
"I battled the whole game, but I didn't have my best command or movement on my fastball," Chacin said. "I left a couple balls up and they didn't try to do too much. They'd just go the other way."
Nolasco held the Rockies to one hit and one walk in the first four innings and had a 4-1 lead before Charlie Blackmon doubled and Chacin added an RBI single with two outs in the fifth. DJ LeMahieu opened the sixth with a double and took third when left fielder Crawford misplayed the bounce off the fence. Troy Tulowitzki drove him home with a groundout.
"I just attacked," Nolasco said. "Obviously, this is a dangerous place to pitch and a very good lineup. The key was my fastball in. If you don't do that, guys hang over the plate and it makes it easier for them."
After Tulowitkzi's RBI made it 4-2, Cuddyer singled. But Cuddyer tried to take off for second with Nolasco still holding the ball and was thrown out with room to spare, thus killing the potential rally.
"Cuddy's always looking for an edge, whether it's in the box or on the bases, and he had a read," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He saw it and he took off a little too soon."
After Rutledge's homer, Fowler -- in his first game back after missing six with a left knee bruise -- drew a walk and took second on LeMahieu's sacrifice bunt. But Tulowitzki lined to short and Fowler, still unable to move laterally as well as he'd like, was an easy mark for a double play.
"It's tough trying to plant," Fowler said. "Even on that bunt, trying to go back and forth is tough."
The strategy that yielded Rutledge's homer also backfired on Colorado.
Rockies All-Star left fielder Carlos Gonzalez, who had been out since Aug. 4 with a sprained right middle finger, entered in the eighth for defense. But with Gonzalez's finger still sore, the Rockies used Rutledge to bat for him. In the top of the ninth, Culberson -- an infielder who had outfield added to his duties in Triple-A Colorado Springs -- took over in left.
Ellis launched Brothers' pitch to left-center with the bases loaded. Culberson made a long sprint to the gap, arrived in time, but the ball ticked off his glove.
"So I'm like, 'All right, I'm going to catch it.' But I got to it a little quicker, a little better than I thought, because I've not really had to go after balls like that," Culberson said. "I was expecting it to be closer to the wall, but I started to pull up at the last second. Then I missed it."
Colorado added a run off Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario in the bottom of the ninth, but rookie Chris Withrow ended the game by striking out Corey Dickerson.


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Every night, while millions of Americans are fast asleep, clocks and wristwatches across the country wake up and lock on to a radio signal beamed from the base of the Rocky Mountains. The signal contains a message that keeps the devices on time, helping to make sure their owners keep to their schedules and aren't late for work the next day.
The broadcast comes from WWVB, a station run by the National Institute for Standards and Technology. WWVB marks half a century as the nation's official time broadcaster on July 5. Together with its sister station, WWV, which is about to hit 90 years in service, NIST radio has been an invisible piece of American infrastructure that has advanced industries from entertainment to telecommunications. (WWV's broadcast includes a wider range of information, including maritime weather warnings and solar storm alerts).
Most people aren't even aware that these stations exist, but they have a rich and fascinating history. Their future is uncertain, however, as newer technologies threaten to make them obsolete.
NIST is the government agency charged with developing the technology standards that underlie everything from data encryption to cholesterol tests. "We're in the business of weights and measures," said John Lowe, who directs NIST's time services from Boulder, Colorado.
At first glance, it's unclear why the people who test bulletproof vests and smoke detectors would be in the radio business. But as broadcast technology blossomed through the first half of the 20th century, the government quickly recognized the need to standardize radio. Manufacturers were churning out equipment left and right to deliver information over the air, but no one was ensuring that a particular frequency was the same in Maine as it was in Malibu.
Enter NIST, the folks who determine the length of a second. A radio signal is really defined by time, the number of peaks in a wave that pass by a point every second. The FM band, for instance, occupies the airwaves between 87.7 and 108 megahertz (MHz), or millions of cycles per second. Making sure that the dial on the radio in someone's home or car matches the broadcast signal demands that stations and receivers all agree on the same standard second.
WWV began broadcasting reference frequencies for signal calibration using equipment not that different from the chunk of quartz in a modern wristwatch. These days, though, a bit of quantum physics keeps the nation's signals in sync. Cesium-133 atoms within the NIST-F1 atomic clock oscillate a frantic 9,192,631,770 times per second, acting like the pendulum of a grandfather clock. By tuning into that oscillation, NIST defines the basic unit of time, and by extension, frequency. Over the years, the reference frequencies have been so finely calibrated that they are accurate to beyond a single cycle in a trillion.
Thanks to this ability to fine-tune broadcasts, AM and FM commercial radio exploded during the 1960s and '70s because more precise signals meant that more stations could be crammed into a particular range of frequencies. Listeners now had access to more music and programming than ever before. In a way, Lowe says, rock 'n' roll owes a small debt to the atomic clock.
In 1965, two years after going on the air, WWVB set out on a new mission to broadcast accurate time to the whole country. This seems downright quaint in an age when one can broadcast a photo of a sandwich halfway around the world in less than a second, but at the time it was revolutionary. Radio-controlled clocks let Wall Street traders certify stock trades down to the second, and power plants could avoid brownouts caused by out-of-sync switches. Heathkit, a popular manufacturer of hobby electronics kits, even sold an "atomic clock" you could build at home. It wasn't a true "atomic clock" of course, but it did receive a signal from one. Those were high times for time radio.
Then came the internet. And then GPS. The very industries that WWVB helped build suddenly threatened to make it obsolete.
Today, stock traders rely on computerized trading algorithms that measure success in milliseconds, choosing to synchronize their servers with NIST's internet-based time service instead of WWVB. And since GPS satellites carry their own atomic clocks, nearly all of today's time and frequency needs are served from space. For proof, look no further than the phone in your pocket, delivering time beamed down from orbit.
Despite these challenges, Congress thinks NIST's time radio broadcasts are still essential to national infrastructure and recently granted $16 million for signal enhancements (Lowe says they only used $100,000 and were proud to return the rest).
WWVB's value might have a lot to do with the type of signal it broadcasts and its location. While most commercial radio waves measure only a few meters between peaks, WWVB's low frequency signal results in a whopping five kilometer wavelength. These long-wavelength signals can reach around the curvature of the planet by clinging to the semi-conductive surface of the Earth. On a clear night, a radio-controlled watch can pick up WWVB's 60 kHz signal as far away as Patagonia or New Zealand.
The electromagnetic weirdness doesn't stop there. Large wavelengths require large broadcast antennas, and NIST's signal relies on a wire mesh suspended over their 400 acre antenna field. The soil chemistry beneath the antenna grid outside Fort Collins, Colorado is highly alkaline, which makes it a good conductor for electricity. Because it conducts so well, NIST can actually use the Earth as part of their antenna.
The ability to put out a continent-spanning time broadcast, Lowe explains, is what has kept WWVB going this long. Inexpensive clock radios and wristwatches, marketed as "atomic clocks", could be set each night by NIST's master signal. Yet despite this promise, radio-controlled timekeeping these days is mostly relegated to nightstand novelties.
But Lowe thinks that NIST's time radio will continue to find new uses. "Imagine all the alarm clocks in a hotel," Lowe explains. "They are notoriously wrong." WWVB's newly amped up time signals can penetrate buildings with ease – something that can't be said for GPS.
Lowe foresees a new world of applications for his time broadcast. Out of sync traffic lights will keep traffic flowing. Sprinkler systems will be immune to Daylight Savings errors, conserving water and avoiding penalties caused by watering during prohibited times. The eternally imminent "wired home of the future" will rely on every appliance and electronic device knowing exactly what time it is, and Lowe insists the days of clocks blinking "12:00" could be a thing of the past.
Despite these possibilities, it remains to be seen if WWVB can stay ahead of ever-cheaper GPS technologies.
The time-impaired should rest assured that even the folks behind WWVB don't always keep perfect time. WWVB broadcast engineer Matt Deutch admits he is sometimes late. "But I know exactly how late I am," he said.
The ubiquity of mobile phones means that most people now look to their pocket or purse instead of their wrist when asked for the time. As essential as time is to their lives, most Americans simply don't think about, where it comes from, only that it's always there. When it comes to keeping Americans on schedule, WWVB has quietly succeeded for half a century. As for what the future holds, only time will tell.
This post has been edited to correct the explanation of how long-wavelength radio waves travel long distances.


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Cory Goodbey put the cap on his "Where the Wild Things Are" tribute site, Terrible Yellow Eyes, yesterday.
"My goal all along for TYE was to honor the book and express my love for it in pictures because I just couldn't do it with words, no matter how hard I tried. I've been humbled by the response of so many incredibly hard working, gifted artists." — CORY GOODBEY
It's a phenomenal site. As a fan I love it because just about every image is a heart-breaker, or at least a grin-starter. As an art director, it is a priceless collection of artists' links. The contributions may have come to close but there are countless hours of exploration within it. Thank you Cory and everyone that participated.
Seen here: Luisa Uribe
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Terrible Yellow Eyes comes to a close.
Cory Goodbey put the cap on his "Where the Wild Things Are" tribute site, Terrible Yellow Eyes, yesterday.
4 comments:
- bill said...
It was a great experience to be part of. Cory did a great job bringing it all together and getting the whole thing recognition. How about Dr. Seuss next?
- Unknown said...
I submitted mine, and he didn't deem it worthy. What do you guys think? It seemed Corey picked a list full of pals and chose them to submit, leaving the others out.
- bill said...
Never met him, don't know him. Cory was extremely generous in giving his time and effort to this project. I'm not sure how he chose images for his site but as far as the gallery show it was the gallery itself doing the choosing. Plenty of things out there to submit things to. No need for sour grapes.
- Irene Gallo said...
I have had some experience in curating projects so I know the heartache of no being able to include everything you would like....or realizng after the fact that you would have changed some decisions.
Cory did a great job. There might be good work that needed to be left out for one reason or another, but the sum of his project is outstanding.


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Well, I mentioned on facebook that this party just about did me in, but it turned out great and I have so much to share. This post will set the scene for you…invitations, decorations and the cake. I will follow up with posts on the crafts, the mystery and the goody pack.
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Posted: Sun 05 Jun 2011, 06:26
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Before downloading, may I inquire whether or not VLC will work with this distro?
Since it does not appear to be included with the download, how do we go about installing it, if it can be used?
Am I correct in understanding Lobster's post, that Opera 11 works as browser for this "legacy" OS?
On windows 98, I must use Opera 10.10, and an older version of VLC, 0.86f, however, both work just fine, I must confess.
I found that the newer Linux versions would not work with my older video card, as you noted, however, on further examination, it turns out that it was NOT my 12 year old video card (Trident) that Linux (newer versions) choked upon, but rather, the even older color monitor. The monitor finally gave way, and when it did, I replaced it with a "new" monitor, only five years old, and voila, the same card, same Linux, worked fine.
Puppy, 4.x worked fine with that old monitor, but on inspection, I observed that the plug was missing several gold pins, evidently not part of the older specification, when that monitor was constructed, perhaps about twenty years ago...
With most current versions of Linux, I am unable to achieve a proper resolution with my newest monitor, (exceptions, Puppy, and PCLOS with the Drake control center), as I can do effortlessly with windows 98, i.e. 1280 x 1024. Something to do with HDMI I suppose, for I continue to use the old VGA plug....
I like everything about Puppy, old and newer versions, save for the fact that VLC does not install, at least, I cannot get it to work with VLC. I cannot understand why VLC is not included with the default, downloaded distro. I am way past willing to fool around with Aqualung and the rest of the defective streaming audio players. No VLC, no interest.
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Just got my first look, john - absolutely magnificent.
All those whimpering tw*ts should ditch their modern cr*p and search the skips & dumpsters for decade-old boards - it's all one needs with this masterpiece.
That bridge looks familiar - it isn't Syndey's steel, is it!
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Posted: Sun 05 Jun 2011, 11:06
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Hello caieng,
Legacy OS 2 comes with VLC 8.6 and Opera 10.10 by default. No need to install anything!
For the record Opera 11 with run but produces error messages when you close it.
Arrr Sage!
What can I say if I did a "Studio 4" (
) with Legacy OS 2, I'd use your last post as a Testimonial.
Sage says: Just got my first look, john - absolutely magnificent.
All those whimpering tw*ts should ditch their modern cr*p and search the skips & dumpsters for decade-old boards - it's all one needs with this masterpiece.
As for the bridge, I have no idea got the image in a collection of GPL wallpapers.
Legacy OS 2017 has been released.
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Posted: Sun 05 Jun 2011, 11:39
Post subject: vlc in puppy
Subject description: slightly off topic
Maybe veering off topic, but . . . for the benefit of caieng
VLC will certainly run in Puppy, or some Puppies at any rate. For a very recent rather good current example see snowpuppy.And of course it works in Legacy!
It may be considered a bit bloated for minimalist Puppy versions.
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Posted: Sun 05 Jun 2011, 14:58
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john biles
Oh dear no!
Tried Legacy OS 2, and it wouldn't boot on my hardware.
The last Puppy of yours I got to work is Teenpup Mini 2010 beta.
This is getting to be a habit.
I'm desperate to try your offerings, but cannot get them to boot!
Am I doing something wrong or what?
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Posted: Sun 05 Jun 2011, 16:00
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Thank you John, now downloading, will report back....
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Posted: Sun 05 Jun 2011, 16:36
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Hello John,
Thank you for your reply and your explanation of some of the background to Legacy OS2, although I believe I was aware of most of that already. Despite my limited number of posts I have been experimenting with Puppy for several years and my current test PC now has 24 Puppys on it. ( I just counted and was shocked)
I know It will boot and run only on so many computers out there and no Linux Distro will boot 100% on every hardware combo out there.
Although I would agree with you in general I still felt your Legacy OS2 should run on my PC as I can run 214 and 214X so I tried today and am happy to report I have it working.
So for the sake of others (including Sylvander who I see has just posted) I hope what I learned may be of some help.
1. As Legacy OS2 is based on the old Puppy 214 I tried frugal and full installs on both ext2 and ext3 partitions using the old 214 which worked fine on this PC. But there are certainly differences between 214 and Legacy OS2 (as there are with 214X from ttuuxxx) as far as booting is concerned.
2. A Full install (Normal as the Installer calls it) of Legacy OS2 boots with a grub2 stanza of
menuentry "Legacy OS2 full on hdb6" {
set root=(hd1,6)
linux /boot/vmlinuz PMEDIA=idehd root=/dev/hdb6
Obviously this was to my hdb6 partition. Change the number accordingly to where you install yours.
I have NOT tried it but I guess that using Grub legacy that would translate to
title Legacy OS2 full on hdb6
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz PMEDIA=idehd root=/dev/hdb6
3. Then I tried a Frugal (or Co-exist as the Installer calls it) install
Grub 2 stanza is
menuentry "Legacy OS2 frugal on hdb6" {
set root=(hd1,6)
linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd
initrd /boot/initrd.gz
Or in Grub-legacy land I guess that would be (but not tested myself):
title Legacy OS2 frugal on hdb6
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd
initrd /boot/initrd.gz
In the frugal install case I had to manually move the vmlinuz and initrd.gz files to be under /boot/ or I could not get it to boot. The other files can stay where the Installer put them.
4. Notice also that I
get it to boot even if the partition was ext3 not just ext2. ( I haven't tried using ext3 yet for a full install.)
Other things noticed:
5. The PC I am using (about 7 years old and with an SiS chip set which is always a challenge) has 2 HDDs and partitions up to hdb13. I noticed that partitions after hdb9 and sdb8 do not have a mount point or node in /dev/. This explains why I couldn't get it to run frugally in an hdb12 partition before but not why it runs in full mode in hdb12.
6. In either full or frugal mode PMount recognises a partition over the above limit eg hdb10 but generates an error when you try to open it. MUT also recognises them but crashes the system in Full mode when you try to open it. In either full or frugal mode trying to open one of these partitions will generate strange nodes in /dev/ afterwards eg /dev/hdb1216. I helped in a small way with 214X where we found some strange node issues so I guess this is a remnant of the original 214.
7. Also I guess another remnant of 214 is that Legacy will pick up and use a pup-save file and I believe a pup_214 file from
214 install that is hanging around on another partition of the same HDD. Long live sub-directories.
8. The suggestion on page 2 of this thread to use root=dev/ram0 works well for frugals but not for Full (Normal) installs.
Sorry for the long message but hope this helps someone who like me is trying to get this booting, now or in the future. By the way although I usually do frugal installs I do appreciate that frugal is not necessarily the way to go with a Puppy that has a 700MB pup-file.
But as I said before, thank you John for all your hard work.
NB edited to correct a few typos.
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Posted: Sun 05 Jun 2011, 21:00
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Hi John,
Many thanks, again, for your excellent work here. Installation was smooth, and uncomplicated.
Neither Opera nor Konqueror work with VLC, however.
VLC is installed, it is right on the desktop, but, when I seek to invoke it, by clicking on the aac+, OGG, or mp3 icons here:
nothing happens.
That's atypical in my experience.
Perhaps I lack skill with both older apps, and with Puppy, as well as Linux in general.
With win98, after installing the same old versions of opera and vlc, i.e. same versions as you placed on Legacy OS, there is nothing to configure, VLC works perfectly, in harmony with Opera. The user just clicks on the icon, and music is released from the dusty speakers....
I do appreciate your fine efforts, but, I cannot use Legacy OS as it presently functions.
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Posted: Mon 06 Jun 2011, 10:11
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Hi John, just wanted to say congratulations! I was just over at Softpedia, and you have the #1 linux download for the past 7 days, over 4400 downloads.
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Posted: Mon 06 Jun 2011, 10:15
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Don't know how many downloads from DW, John, but Legacy OS is #11 on the hit list
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Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 02:20
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Thanks, eternal-sunshine for your very detailed recipe on frugal-installing Legacy2.0 with a kennel of other kernels already loaded. Your notes on Grub issues and sub-directories have saved me a heap of hair loss - I wondered how to get around a stalling install, and had already PM'd JB before I saw this thread.
JB - in your debt, as ever - thanks for all your hard work here with Legacy...I'm closer to testing it now.
P.S. I agree with Sage - old boxes rock. They were built to last, back in them thar days...
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Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 02:31
Post subject: legacy os 2
Subject description: more testing
Tried to boot on a Compaq Armada E500 P3 laptop. Boot ground to a halt at 'loading isolinux. Disk error 4E, AX=4200, drive 9F.' Tried a couple of times. I was then able to boot a distro called zenix on this machine using the same brand of CDR, in this case badged by Verbatim, made by CMC.
Took the CD to a generic desktop, 1.7GHz Celeron. Initially got a similar message. 'Disk error 80, AX-4280 drive 9F.' Second run the process stalled at 'Loading Kernel modules . . . after Checking version. Take 3 booted to the desktop.
The good news was that wifi worked on this machine to an open access point. The wifi card has an Atheros AR5212 chip. No firmware required so the kernel in use must be supporting some Atheros cards at least. Will try to check on a setup requiring authentication.
By the way, the only chipset for which firmware is provided is Intel ipw2200. The wifi firmware usually located in /lib/firmware doesn't occupy a lot of space. Perhaps consider providing this in future or revised versions?
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Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 06:42
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Subject description: return of the P3 laptop
In fresh exciting news to hand the Armada E500 has booted Legacy OS 2 twice now. This from current live session. PIII at 600 MHz, 320MB RAM. No builtin network aside from a modem which doesn't seem to be recognised. However plugged in a 10MB 3Com PCMCIA card and connected to the wifi router ethernet socket and up on the web.
Some troubles with video. Xorg produced a hang - 'Legacy OS 2 is probing your video hardware - please wait'. I didn't have forever so rebooted. It was possible to get a console at this point but didn't seem to be able to login. Next pass was xvesa, which resulted in a squished up discoloured screen on about 60% of the LCD. From there the xvesa wizard got a full screen and a snippet of music. Huzza, sound and light!
As you can see Opera ran, and hence this post. Now can I get lspci copied here? Jolly good, albeit with some difficulty. At least the trackpad is working as mouse and not being too scatty. The ATI card seems to be problematic in several distros and the machine does have a tendency to start with shrunken video. No swap on the E500 which has Windows installed. I think it still boots . . .
sh-3.00# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E (rev 10)
00:09.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems WinModem 56k (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
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Thanks, eternal-sunshine for your very detailed recipe on frugal-installing Legacy2.0....
You are welcome. Glad it helped someone.
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Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 10:41
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Hello gnomic,
My test PC's range from 350mhz 192mbs of ram Tower up. I can't remember when Legacy OS didn't boot. It sadden me to see a number of users like yourself having this amount of trouble.
Hello eternal-sunshine,
Thank you for sharing your experiences I sure it would have helped someone.
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