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Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2008, 17:33
Post subject: Download Difficulties
I have tried through the week to download Mini-Muppy and Minisys-Linux and Add-ons for 008.2 from both sites. I keep getting incomplete files or files with incorrect MD5 sums. Download speeds are also kind of slow.
Are these downloads available anywhere else? Any advice?
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Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2008, 18:35
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wget -c --referer=http://puppyisos.org http://puppyisos.org/isos/2008-01-to-06/Muppy-008.2/pfiles/Mini-Muppy-008.2-EN.iso
wget -c http://puppyfiles.ca/puppyisos/isos/Muppy008.2/Mini-Muppy-008.2-EN.iso
If the download stops and does not continue, interrupt wget with "ctrl - c" and start the same command again.
Then wget continues where it stopped before.
wget is more reliable than using webbrowsers.
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Location: Canada
Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2008, 18:54
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puppylinux.ca is having a problem with a main server/pipe out of Calgary.
It will be fixed in the near future.
My apologies.
Be not afraid to grow slowly, only be afraid of standing still.
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Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
Posted: Fri 08 Feb 2008, 08:33
Post subject: Burning Live-CD
I can't seem to find Burniso2cd in the distribution.
What should I use to remaster a Live-CD
Note: I did add Burniso2cd to /usr/sbin and attempted to add
prog "Burniso2cd burn iso file to CD/DVD" "mini-cd.xpm" burniso2cd
to the menu.
Looks fine, remastered OK....but the menu entry above is no longer in the menu. What should I do to not loose it?
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Posted: Fri 08 Feb 2008, 18:50
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You can use pburn, which is the standard-cdburner in Muppy.
I had bug-reports concerning other burning-utilities like burniso2cd (problems with Xdialog), and so focus on pburn.
What do you think of pburn?
From which Puppy did you take a working version of burniso2cd?
To add a program to the menu, create a .desktop file for it in /usr/share/applications.
Use pburn.desktop as template.
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Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
Posted: Fri 08 Feb 2008, 23:24
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MU wrote:
You can use pburn, which is the standard-cdburner in Muppy.
I had bug-reports concerning other burning-utilities like burniso2cd (problems with Xdialog), and so focus on pburn.
What do you think of pburn?
From which Puppy did you take a working version of burniso2cd?
Pburn looks nice, burns to a CD, but will not write to my DVD drive, with either DVD+RW or DVD-RW.
Not sure what version...if you had it in the 008 version then t was from there.
MU wrote:
To add a program to the menu, create a .desktop file for it in /usr/share/applications.
Use pburn.desktop as template.
Thanks....I copied that file in from another distro...works fine.
The time display is hosed....while I set the system for -5, while the display shows the correct time...it says +5. Weird.
Thanks so much for this version....Having Open Office and Firefox that handles Java is very helpful...and the wine lets me run some of the windows stuff I need.
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Posted: Mon 11 Feb 2008, 14:35
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Does this have the newer ALSAs?
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Posted: Mon 11 Feb 2008, 15:10
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It is the one from Puppy 3.01.
alsactl --version
alsactl version 1.0.14
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Posted: Mon 11 Feb 2008, 15:25
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MU wrote:
It is the one from Puppy 3.01.
alsactl --version
alsactl version 1.0.14
Is there any way to update it to 1.0.16?
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Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2008, 02:51
Post subject: Muppy 008.2 feedback.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the wget tip - that fixed the download problems. Some questions and observations about Muppy 008.2:
I am running an HP Pavilion tx1000 laptop with twin AMD Turion processors and 2Gb memory, 713Mb Swap partition. I have to tweak xorg.conf to get the screen to display, by adding an extra definition for screen1, but I need to do that for basic Puppy 3.01 anyway. nVidia installs quickly with no problems.
The first time I booted 008.2 from CD I allowed it to pick up my previous 008 save file. I needed Thunderbird and Firefox so I thought it would be easy, but I got strange results after the files were upgraded. It worked but CPU quickly went to 100%, and Rox opened very slowly (10-15 second delay) , so I reverted to a clean install with a new save file and those symptoms disappeared. With the .sfs file mounter I can get some files I need from previous versions. Too bad you lost the background file with the red maple leaf (it was called Poets something) - I liked it.
Each time I boot 008.2 the initial screen displays with the "MiniSys" logo, then more than 20 seconds passes before the task bar, conky, clock and icedock appear on the screen. Is this delay unusual? My system should be fast enough i'm thinking. After downloading and rebooting with the add-ons.sfs file I found that the delay goes away. Curious.
I tried pcmanfm - you're right about it quitting when you try to open folders containing large or many images. With Xfe on the desktop anyway I find this switch between file managers a bit redundant. I think I like Xfe better than pcmanfm but you probably have your reasons. Is it connected with gtk1 and gtk2?
I have not tried pwget but it should make downloading easier especially as you can specify where to download the file (I ran out of space a couple of times using wget in a terminal). Xwget "help" and "About" don't display on my machine. Netsurf can't display - but you can use Rox to navigate to the folder.
Minisys-Linux: I'm not sure what this is for or what it does.
I downloaded the add-ons.sfs file and booted with it.
Widgets: I looked at clock, calendar and weather. Got my city code from weather.com but it didn't update the applet ( I got N/A ...loading). Calendar shows holidays but you can't enter your own events. Clock is OK but not as good as analog clock. Have you seen what TazOC has done for analog clock in LighthousePup (based on 2.15CE)? It seems a bit more flexible if it can be ported to 3.01.
Mark, overall I like what you are doing with Muppy - it's full of extra functionality - I'm looking forward to testing each app as the need arises. I don't think widgets bring any increased functionality to the desktop, but I guess some people like the appearance (and Vista has them) so it's a function versus form kind of thing. Keep the versions coming and I'll do my best to test them out. CUPS didn't work very well last time so that's next for testing.
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Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2008, 03:36
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Muppy is a bit slow at startup because it runs "fixmenus".
The next version will use a patch for quicker startup:
However this does not explain, why it takes 20 seconds, while with the addon.sfs it is quicker.
I'm a bit irritated by that.
Deskletts: shure, only eyecandy. But many people love it, but it will remain optional (in the addon, not in the base).
Background - hmm.. why is it gone
Must search why it was removed. I quite like it, too.
I had made some test-updates here, and that worked ok so far.
But you never know, how instable things become, especially if you had installed own programs before.
I wish I had a solution for that.
A while ago I started writing an "import-wizard", so you could import some settings from an old pup_save.2fs.
So it would become very easy to start with a new one.
However there remains the risk, that automated steps like in a wizard oversee things.
People are chaotic, and do not use "/root/my-documents" to save everything.
This makes it difficult.
But I will keep an eye on this issue.
The clock:
no, had no look yet.
If I find some time, I will look at it.
Thanks for your detailed report of your impressions and experiences, they are very welcome
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Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2008, 20:43
Post subject: Muppy - The Next Version
Hi Mu
I discovered your excellent Muppy derivative of Puppylinux some time ago. I especially the sharp, crisp looking icons and desktop look.
Other Puppy derivatives seem look fuzzy to me. I also like the apps you included, Firefox, OpenOffice, XMMS, etc.
I have yet to get any sound from the current version of Muppy, Puppylinux (3.01) or the previous version. I've spent many hours and several posts to this board trying to get the ALSA sound module to work and have essentially given up.
The only Puppylinux version where the sound works for me is the current version of PizzaPup based on Puppy (v2.?) and the current Alpha4 version of Puppylinux (Dingo).
My question is; since the official version of Dingo will probably be released in March-April, will you be updating Muppy based on that version
so I can finally hear Muppy ?
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Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2008, 22:05
Post subject: Alsa Sound
When puppy 2.14 came out I was having unresolvable sound problems.
What fixed things for me was to change the slot for the sound card. You could try moving your sound card to a different slot or swap it with another if you've no room. No idea why it worked but it just did.
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Posted: Fri 15 Feb 2008, 08:16
Post subject: Problems with Muppy 008.2 Standard DE
Hi MU,
i've downloaded the german standard edtion and am trying to use it on my business pc.
The following problems occur with using the live-cd:
1. Using of XORG failled completely. Whatever resolution i'm using with xorg-wizard the screen went black and nothing happens any more.
2. Using the XVESA i was able to get through to the desktop. There, i was unable to do anything because of the high system load. It seems that the loaded python is overloading the system. After killing python it worked a little better but the system load remained high and working is not possible.
My pc is a Dell Optiplex GX280, Pentium 4 2,8 Ghz, with 512 MB ram. I think it should cope with muppy even from a live-cd. Graphic card is onboard with an Intel 82915G chipset.
Do you have any suggestion how to handle this?
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Posted: Fri 15 Feb 2008, 09:08
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please try the mini-version without addons.
It has no python.
When you have high system-load in the standad-version, click on the symbol left beside the clock on bottom.
This will open "gps" , a processviewer.
In gps, use "continuous refresh" , and sort by CPU-usage.
Then you will see, what is so slow.
You can kill that process from gps.
Please tell me then, what it was.
The python-deskletts produce high load at startup, but only for a short moment.
On my Pentium 700 it is acceptable.
So there must be something else wrong, as your computer is much faster than mine.
No, no soon upgrade planned to Puppy 4.
Maybe single packages from it.
But it is so completely different from 3, that I fear that it could be instable with all the many addons I made for Muppy.
Also translating everything again is not very encouraging.
Most of Puppys scripts do not support localization, so it takes weeks to translate them again.
I find it more important, to develop own addons now.
I also will look if it mabye makes more sense, to upgrade Muppy with libraries from the upcoming Slackware 13.
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has any one ever gone through this?
Unfortunately yes.
My ex was very abusive and I went through 9 months of hell with that bastard - he choked me, kicked me when I was pregnant, hit, took my money, used me etc.
As for taking my money, I received a $30,000 payout and it was gone within a year. He took advantage of me and basically "brain-washed" me.
He then had the nerve to date my best friend and do exactly the same to her.
Are you ok hon? *hugs*
my mother dealt with this her first marriage. the guy used to twist her legs around each other and the dr said one leg was longer than the other. he locked her in the house and would not let her out, and made her wear mens clothing on top of the beatings he constantly gave her. finally, one day, after about a year of this all, he busted the corner of her lip and she looked in the mirror and saw blood, she took him by his throat, put him up against the wall, and kneed him in the balls so hard that he slithered down the wall and when he could actually move from the floor, he left her for good.
my advice to you girl, do the same, dont let anyone ever make you feel weak and like you are any less of a woman, you are strong and need to show him that. so go make him infertile! xoxo
far out. thank god it didn't turn out like that for me, i'm not good with pain, well on a good note it's gonna cost him to get the dents out the roller door of his garage.
Well, I too have been through it. I was married to an abusive man. We were together in all, 3 1/2 years. Thats 3 1/2 years too long. I had my nose broken at least 2 times, bruises all over me. Several black eyes from the nose being broken, a separated shoulder, etc. But even worse sometimes than the pain is the emotional and mental abuse. He made me feel worthless, no, actually he TRIED to make me feel that way. But guess what? He didn't succeed! I finally left! The night he broke my nose the worst (I am really not sure of the other times, because he wouldn't take me to the hospital) but this time he was going to let me go to the hospital on the condition that he didn't have to go in, ha! I wish I would have went, but at the time my cousin worked in the e.r. and I was embarrassed. Well, I came up with a plan. I was going to send him to get me a coke from a gas station about 5 miles away. Yes, this worked, because by then he was in that sugar & spice, I;m sorry bull crap. Well, I was going to take my car and fly outta there. But, when I tried to open the door of the house, I couldn't. He had a chain from the door to the edge of the porch. Well, I finally thought to pop open the screen out of the bedroom window. But by the time I could do that and realize that I was up high, I got scared that it was time for him to be back, so I chickened out. Well, then comes the usual sugar and lace b.s. where he apologizes like crazy and buys me things. Ha! I finally left not long after that! I could write a book about all the things he did to me. My only regret is that I never had him arrested. Wish I would have. I haven't seen him in years (thank goodness!) but I heard he was remarried. That poor girl! I know from my own experience that we women sometimes think that the guy will change or that we can help them. Nope. Not in most cases. They have a disease, an illness, whatever you want to call it. And its not gonna change, except maybe for the worst. Oh and he tried every trick in the book to get me back: I will go to therapy; I will go to church; I will buy you a new car, etc. My domestic violence counselor predicted every on of those things, except maybe the car, but it could be any random good gesture. But he sux and I don't even let him have the privilege of crossing my mind much. That was about 6 years ago and I am happily married to the man of my dreams. ANd for all you women out there, I want you to know that it can be better. Life can be better and you DESERVE better. So if anyone ever wants to talk to me or needs advice, support or just a shoulder (internet shoulder, lol) please feel free to talk to me. Maybe we could start some sort of support group or something. Have a great night girls! I love yall all on here, its the best site!
Oh, and I am soooooooo sorry that my above was so long!
We woman are strong! Each one of you deserve the best & no less! We are woman, hear us roar! :twisted:
Dang it, I wish I had thought of those things, just kidding. I was too scared to even try to hit him with anything cause he was huge, as in into bodybuilding huge. He overpowered me by about 125 more pounds. I was afraid if I kicked him where it hurts, I wouldn't be able to run fast enough. I was always scared. I dreaded him coming home. Being strangled, kicked in the stomach, back, etc. that **it is bananas, lol. No seriously, I wish there would be some way that he could feel what I felt in every emotion: physical, mental, and verbal. Oh well. Life goes on. We girls are strong and deserve freedom & happiness! You go girls, all of you who have wrote on this forum. I am proud of you all. Domestic violence affects so many, the woman, the kids, the family, etc.
Yeah, love does make you do crazy things,lol. Fortunately for me I didn't end up with another abusive person. I have heard about that cycle as well. I finally found my prince charming. He treats me the way a woman should be treated. His granny had a lot to do with that. He admires his granny like crazy and she had a hand in helping raise him and she taught him to respect women. I thank God for sending him my way. I have been so happy with him. I know it sounds cliche, but like the song goes, "God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you..." Rascall Flatts. Have a great day girls, I gotta get back to work, lol. :cry:
WOW!!! i must have missed this topic!
Hands up for all the ladies who's been down and got up to fight back.
When i was dating my ex bf, i just realize that he practically abused me mentally. He sometimes treated me like an ugly duckling, saying stuff like i can get another girl 10x better than you etc..
Finally! I got out from that relationship after found out that he couldnt decided his mind over this one girl. That's it! I just said "bye bye baby!"
I cried and cried, took some sleeping pill and hope the pain went away..But the next day i still got up. I decided to go to my friend house that day and found out that my best friend been abused by her boyfriend. She almost fell to the gutter because that guy pushed her. Little did i know that her boyfriend slapped her couples of times and calling her "bitch". So we both ended up crying together.
I couldnt forget that day!
The happy story afterward now : WE both get married to a nice man. She already has two kids, her husband is wonderful. He's soo patience and just loving her soo dearly. My husband is wonderful too.. He's just simply my bestfriend now. We talk about everything, even my swapping schedule..:) Usually he just laughed and start talking about his products and i ended up fall asleep...
Soo...for all who's still in abusive condition. Please get out of it ASAP!! There's a better world outside your fence...
My baby's dad was abusive, primarily sexual (no way I'da got knocked up otherwise).
I send you :hugs: and all I can say is get out! It is SO important to report him (I didn't, and now my daughter will be abused because of it) so that the next girl will have it a little easer, or maybe there won't be a next girl. I think the other women who've been abused will agree with me. If you have one mark, report him asap! Best wishes!
sorry to hear your story... i hope your mom gets stronger and happier every day. don't ever settle for someone like that, you girls all deserve better!
I am saddened by this Tiff , you are a gorgeous loving beautiful strong girl , and a survivor , you should not have to go through this and you do not deserve it , you always put others before yourself and make everyone around you happy
I hope you and Pops are doing well , babe , I will send u a msg ok honey
Love you always my favourite Adelaide girl
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I hope you can get them. I love these kits as well as Hunky Dory. Please let us know.
Time out Holland, closes it's doors, too sad. These products are beautiful! TFS!
I thought you said there were plenty of these! I went to get them and they were gone. So sad!
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We're working on it. We have an email into them just in case they have more. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Recently received an order and am very pleased with it. We have lost our Archiver stores and now have only JoAnn's Michaels and a new Hobby Lobby. Wish they would all update their products as some still carry wood stamps that I bought 6 yrs ago. Thanks to Paper Wishes, you do have some nice stamps and dies!!
I agree, it is so sad to see the smaller companies have to close their doors! Thanks to PAPER WISHES for bringing their products to the US for all of us to enjoy! I went to go scoop up this webisode money saver, and it's ALREADY GONE! dratz! :-( Enjoy to all those who were fortunate enough to purchase this kit!
Awwww.. isn't it always the way, when you see something you love that there is limited quantities?? These are so amazing and I love the unique card shapes! May have to get this one!!
What lovely cards! Thanks for bringing Time Out Holland and Hunky Dory to America! It's so fun to find different items from which to choose!
That's so sad. I hate when smaller companies that make great products get edged out. There are to few companies like Paper Wishes that gives them a chance.
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An Offer You Can't Refuse
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n the five years it took to develop energy-efficient lighting technologies and build Lumion Corp., a Wilmington, Delaware, holding company whose operations are in Toronto, co-founder Terry Mocherniak managed to raise a dollar or two. After an initial seed investment of $150,000 by Mocherniak, his brother and his father, he raised $600,000 more through two government grants. Another $1.7 million came from an institutional venture capital fund.
This money allowed Lumion to fund its production line, but by the summer of 1996, the company had shifted away from manufacturing toward a strategy of licensing its technology for electronic ballasts and lighting control systems. "The upshot was that to do this," says Mocherniak, "we needed $750,000 to $1 million to bring the technology to its completion."
Mocherniak had found that venture capital investors wanted too much hands-on involvement--they wanted to control the company's financial management--so he decided not to take that route again. With relatively modest capital requirements and a track record to match, a traditional public offering wasn't feasible, either.
"Our best bet, in light of Lumion's stage of development and the amount of capital we needed," says Mocherniak, "was to raise money through an exempt public offering."
David R. Evanson, a writer and consultant, is a principal of Financial Communications Associates in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Art Beroff, a principal of Beroff Associates in Howard Beach, New York, helps companies raise capital and go public.
What's The Deal?
The exempt stock offering--also known as a Regulation D offering--Mocherniak utilized deals with state and federal securities laws. At the federal level, stock offerings to the public of $1 million or less in a 12-month period are exempt from these laws.
"The importance of this exemption cannot be underestimated," says Douglas Lurio, principal of Lurio & Associates, a Philadelphia law firm specializing in securities law. Specifically, he says, filing a registration statement to comply with stock sales under the Securities Act of 1933 and the periodic reporting associated with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 requires legal and accounting expertise (read: fees) that are unrealistic for most early-stage or smaller companies. To take advantage of the federal exemption for small offerings, companies only have to file a Regulation D Form, a simple fill-in-the-blanks affair that can be completed in 15 minutes.
Each state has securities laws, too. But like the feds, states also offer exemptions for small public offerings. By taking advantage of exemptions at the state and federal levels, companies like Lumion can raise capital directly from investors without the stifling demands of legal and accounting compliance that only larger enterprises raising a large amount of capital can reasonably afford and negotiate.
What's tricky is that while the federal exemption allows for the sale of up to $1 million of securities to an unlimited number of individuals, exemptions offered by the states are more restrictive regarding the number of investors who can buy shares and whether the company can advertise its offering, for example. (For more on state exemptions, visit http://www.carrollpub.com, which contains an index of state Web sites you can search.)
According to Tom Stewart-Gordon, publisher of the SCOR Report monthly newsletter, there are several options companies can use for an exempt offering. Texas companies, for example, can take advantage of the federal exemption but can register their shares using a single uniform filing in 46 states with what is known as a SCOR (Small Company Offering Registration) form.
However, the SCOR form is just as complex as the federal registration, which many companies were seeking to avoid filling out in the first place. The best bet, according to entrepreneurs like Mocherniak, is to avoid registration in your state, if possible, and structure an offering that is compatible with whatever exemptions are offered by the states in which you plan to sell stock.
For instance, with Lumion, Mocherniak took advantage of the federal exemption, as well as the exemptions offered by Florida and New York, to raise $750,000 by selling common stock at $1 per share to investors in those states only. (Lumion also sold stock to foreign investors--sales that are also exempt from federal securities laws.) Contact an attorney well-versed in exempt stock offerings before attempting this option.
Manifold Benefits
Reflecting on the offering, Mocherniak says the exempt offering structure was the perfect vehicle for Lumion to raise capital at its stage of development. First, he says, the fact that Lumion did not have to rely on investment bankers or brokers to get the deal done was a big plus. "With direct access to investors offered by the state and federal exemptions," he says, "we were able to tap our own networks of friends, family and business associates to get the deal done."
Mocherniak adds that by completing an exempt public offering, Lumion was able to hold down the costs of raising money. "[Not needing] audited financial statements to do the deal was a big plus," Mocherniak adds. "Overall, our audit and legal expenses were $60,000--not trifling, but a far cry from the $500,000 we might have spent on a full-blown IPO."
Mocherniak also found the due diligence associated with exempt stock offerings more compatible with the time constraints of running a company. "We created a comprehensive offering memorandum telling prospective investors just about everything they might need to know about the company." The memorandum, combined with conversations with investors, was all Lumion needed to raise capital, he says. By contrast, the due diligence conducted by his earlier venture capital investors, says Mocherniak, "left me feeling bruised."
Another advantage was that Lumion's new investors, although serious about making money on their investment, are essentially passive and rely on management to build value. Mocherniak's venture investors were at the other end of the spectrum. "Overall," says Mocherniak, "I found their hands-on style intrusive."
Looking For Liquidity
One of the greatest challenges of raising capital has to do with liquidity. For many investors, the test of whether to invest hinges not just on the future success of the enterprise but also on the ability to get their money out of the deal. For this reason, some form of resale mechanism, no matter how primitive, can increase the likelihood of successfully raising money.
Exempt public offerings can accommodate this need by trading on Nasdaq's Bulletin Board stock market. You can enjoy this benefit without being required to provide the audited financial information that Nasdaq National Market or SmallCap Market denizens must. Another option is to have a stock broker keep a "book" of potential buyers and sellers and try to match them when orders materialize. This is more rudimentary than the Bulletin Board and, as a result, less helpful when trying to raise money.
Since most states have restrictions on the resale of unregistered securities, trading an exempt stock offering deal on the Bulletin Board isn't a slam dunk. But Colorado, Florida, New York and Washington, DC, allow for the resale of shares; as a result, some companies sell a small amount of shares to investors in those states, commence trading on the Bulletin Board, and use this rudimentary aftermarket mechanism as a selling tool to raise additional capital from investors in other, perhaps more restrictive, states.
Lumion used the absence of a restriction on the resale of unregistered securities in New York and Florida to get his company's shares offered on Nasdaq's Bulletin Board. "Once trading commences, we can purchase coverage in journals such as Standard & Poor's Corporation Records to gain clearance for investors in nearly 30 other states to buy shares that are already trading on the market," says Mocherniak. After companies publish their trading information in investment journals, restrictions on sales are lifted.
Mocherniak says he doesn't entertain any illusions about how active or liquid the market for Lumion common shares may be. But he feels the existence of a trading market, no matter how fundamental, will assist the company in raising capital later.
"We hope to conduct a larger public offering within two years," Mocherniak says. "Whatever following we can develop now will help."
Though Mocherniak appeared to move Lumion through the complexities of securities law exemptions with relative ease, he advises would-be followers in his footsteps to get good legal counsel. "The exemptions are there to help ease the task of raising capital, and they do work," he says. But with 51 regulating bodies--the federal government and 50 state governments--the task is still fraught with challenge. If you're in the viewing audience, he says, "You definitely don't want to try this at home."
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As Web Services Librarian for the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, I receive frequent requests for us to place links to other organizations on our site. In order to have some consistency in deciding whether or not to link to external sites, a policy was developed by my colleagues and I, and submitted to …Read More »
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No football fan needs to be reminded that a match lasts 90 minutes or slightly longer. But while that hour and a half is plenty of time for a player to make his mark, precious few are capable of remaining effective for the whole duration.
It takes a special kind of energy and focus to maintain standards from start to finish - so imagine France's fortune to boast two such livewires in Florian Thauvin and Lucas Digne. That the dynamic duo have two lungs like everybody else is almost a minor miracle.
The industrious pair have excelled for their country at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013, helping Les Bleuets advance to the quarter-finals, where they will face Uzbekistan. France's marathon is far from over yet, which means Thauvin and Digne – winger and left-back respectively – will have to keep their foot on the pedal for a little while longer. "It's true that since we play on the wing, we can't allow ourselves the slightest easing-off and we're constantly working hard," Lille defender Digne explained to FIFA.com.
"My first priority is to defend well, but I also have to do everything I can to help out offensively. That's the job of a modern full-back. The coach gives me his instructions, but there's also an element of intuition, knowing when you can get forward and when to hold back so as not to unbalance the team."
Playing in a more advanced role, Thauvin faces the opposite conundrum. Like a good wing partner, he quickly expanded on his team-mate's theme. "It's true that a striker stays up front and a centre-back stays central to do his job, but we need to have the legs to do both," added the 20-year-old, who will continue to perfect his understanding with Digne next term after swapping Bastia for Lille.
"The instructions to fall back and help defensively are very important, giving you a certain responsibility. Obviously, to keep going at this rhythm every three days means that how you recover is crucial," he added. Digne could hardly agree more: "In general, I sleep really well after a match."
France have never won this tournament and we realise we have what it takes to do it, this year more than any other.
The defender no doubt enjoyed particularly sweet dreams after France's superb 4-1 victory against Turkey in the last 16, with many predicting a nightmare for Les Bleuets in front of the host nation's passionate supporters.
"We played a perfect match," said Digne. "Although we had a little trouble in the group stage, we're already in the quarter-finals, so we can be satisfied. And I get the impression that we're getting better and better." Turkey would surely attest to that as well, with the home side having possibly expected a less polished display from opponents who drew 1-1 against USA and lost 2-1 to Spain in Group A.
"What changed between that game and the ones before it? It was a decisive match and we had no room for error," explained Thauvin. "This was a benchmark game for us. Everything worked and we put all our heart into pulling off the best performance possible." Perhaps, but it would only be fair to point out that the two friends have been putting their heart into their football for quite some time now, both in terms of their extraordinary work rate down the left and at key stages in their careers.
Thauvin nearly had no career to speak of, in fact, his progress having been interrupted by physical problems. "I suffered a serious back injury when I was younger and I almost stopped playing," he said, recalling his early days at Grenoble.
Thankfully, he was able to make a full recovery. "When you dream of having a professional career, that's a huge blow, but I kept on working towards becoming a professional. Since then, I've been aware that everything can change quickly and that gives me the strength to fight for every ball."
Digne has so far managed to steer clear of any such setbacks – at least on a personal level. Instead, he derives motivation from the example of his older brother, a former Lille youth academy member who brought his sibling on board with Les Dogues but had to quit the game after injury.
"He had a lot of quality, but he got injured and never regained his previous level and never got the chance to break into the professional squad," said Digne. "I know that he's now living his dream through me, and that gives me the strength to never admit defeat."
The two southpaws will therefore be raring to go against Uzbekistan as they look to take another step closer to the final in Istanbul. Having come this far, neither player will be content with anything short of lifting the trophy.
"Our goal has been clear since the start," explained Thauvin, a huge admirer of Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho but who feels closer in style to Angel Di Maria. "France have never won this tournament and we realise we have what it takes to do it, this year more than any other."
Few would dispute that given the pedigree of the teams still involved, with Brazil and Argentina having failed to even qualify and Colombia, Mexico and Portugal all suffering early exits. In their absence, Les Bleuets now look to be one of the hot favourites alongside Spain.
"Of course, the fact that certain big teams aren't here makes the tournament more open," said Digne, who pinpoints Philipp Lahm as the model full-back. "Either way, whenever you start a tournament you go there to win it, whichever teams are there at the starting line."
As for the finishing line, any athlete will tell you that the competitor who crosses first tends to be the one with the most juice left in his or her legs. Able to draw upon the resources of tireless wing pair Digne and Thauvin, France could yet be leaving everyone in their dust.


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BOSTON -- This month's end-of-session rush of legislating on Beacon Hill may include an effort to jumpstart the Southfield project in Weymouth, Abington and Rockland.
Lawmakers representing the three towns are on call for the potential arrival of legislation to facilitate the further development of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station, after years of starts and stops.
Weymouth Town Council President Patrick O'Connor said Mayor Sue Kay on Thursday night is scheduled to present a term sheet to the council reflecting her work with the firm Burns & Levinson on details for the project moving forward under developer Starwood Land Ventures.
In a presentation in February, Starwood said the project calls for a maximum 2,855 residential housing units and up to 2 million square feet of commercial development, but not less than 900,000 square feet.
Weymouth Sen. Robert Hedlund said Tuesday he was not optimistic about a bill arriving in the Legislature until now.
"It is likely this week that it will be a reality that we will file something," he said.
O'Connor, who is also legislative liaison on Hedlund's staff, said he expects legislation could be filed Friday or Monday. "I'm a big supporter of the project," O'Connor said. "It's the largest development in the history of Massachusetts, south of Boston."
The bill is expected to narrow the powers of the South Shore Tri-Town Development Corporation to zoning, rename the organization as the Southfield Redevelopment Authority, and restore more power to the three communities that will host the development.
The deal will call for the state to provide $40 million to complete the construction of an east-west parkway, while Starwood will pay for a wastewater treatment plant, also estimated to cost about $40 million. Hedlund said the latest arrangement will also reflect adjusted project timelines and financial arrangements for Weymouth.
Describing himself as an "incremental supporter" of the project, Hedlund called the management of the effort to date under Tri-Town "completely broken" and said he views significant management reforms as a requirement.
Last week, Hedlund criticized Tri-Town, which was created in 1998, for "trying to terminate" Starwood as Southfield's master developer and for failing to accomplish its goals over the years.
"There is a lot at stake with this redevelopment and we are almost out of time in the legislative session," Hedlund said in a June 30 statement. "This project is not just important for Weymouth's future, but for the South Shore and Massachusetts' economy as a whole. There is a lot of money at stake. There are a lot of jobs at stake."
In April, Reps. Ronald Mariano of Quincy and James Murphy of Weymouth joined Hedlund in writing a letter to Kay urging her to "focus on the consensus" and reminding her of the July 31 end of formal sessions for the year.
The lawmakers wrote, "The end of the two-year legislative session is approaching on July 31, with many other pressing issues to be considered between now and then. If this matter is going to find a place on the agenda in time to receive a proper vetting, this stage of the process will need to begin soon."
Informal sessions run from August through December and most bills can advance during those lightly attended sessions as long as no one objects.


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Notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had his request to see his wife and give her a hug denied by Brooklyn federal court judge Brian Cogan before his trial is set to begin.
Guzman has been in solitary confinement for nearly two years after he was extradited to the United States to face charges stemming from over three dozens murders that authorities have linked to him. Prosecutors argued that allowing him any contact, even with his wife, could allow him to plan an escape like he did two previous times while being held by Mexican authorities.
Cogan said that he was "sympathetic to the request" and pointed out that Guzman's behavior while in custody has been "exemplary, and he has displayed considerable grace under pressure." But in the end, Cogan said that he had to deny the request.
"The same concerns that warranted their implementation in the first place still exist today. If anything, this is especially true on the eve of trial, when the reality of the potential liability defendant faces if convicted may be setting in and his motivation to escape or threaten witness might be particularly strong."
Guzman is being detained in a high-security federal prison in Manhattan while his trial is being held in Brooklyn. Authorities are taking no chances when it comes to his security, shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge and transporting him with a large caravan of law enforcement vehicles, including an ambulance.
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Brentford 0-1 Brighton (08:03:11)
We sent roving reporter Nick Goodwin to Brentford to watch the mighty Albion....
Since EFW's last League 1 outing in February, Brighton and Hove Tika Taka FC have notched up five league wins, scoring four goals in four of those games to boot. Minor blips at Franchise FC in the league and Stoke in the cup have quickly been forgotten. Time for Brentford to put a spanner in the works then.
Why do you say this, crazy fool? Mid-table team who have just been tonked 3-0 at the weekend putting a spanner in the works? Well here's why. And here. You see, despite EFW Towers laughing in the face of loonies who spout superstition and all things supernatural, Brentford away is jinxed. Fact. Here's the science : 0-0, 0-1, 0-4, 0-4, 0-2. But I'm a mere beginner and so had to turn to King of EFW, Danny Last, to recount a wondrous tale involving legend Garry Nelson before the Griffin's spell was cast.
The Bees find themselves slap bang in the middle of the table, almost certainly too far off both the play-offs and the relegation zone to send any hearts-a-fluttering in the league. But their season has not been without fireworks. An exciting dispatch of Everton in front of the cameras in the League Cup was one of five (five!) penalty shoot outs that they've been embroiled in so far this season, with the short trip to Wembley still to come for the final of the Johnstones Paint Trophy. With the relatively safe position in the league, recently appointed boss-till-the-end-of-the-season Nicky Forster (I was wondering when you would get to him – Ed) has a decent chance to make a go of his start in management without the added pressure of fighting a relegation battle. Planning for Brentford's 2011-12 league season starts here. We wish him well. Forster, of course, joined Brentford from the Albion, with a loan spell at Charlton sandwiched in between, and scored a remarkable 51 goals in 119 appearances for the blue and white stripes. There's also added interest with the recent public acknowledgement by Brighton's Jake Forster-Caskey of the support that Nicky, his step-dad, has given him whilst growing up and embarking on his playing career.
Brentford are also in what is still a select, but growing, group of clubs to be owned, or part-owned, by their fans. The group of blokes we spoke to outside the Princess Royal pub on a sunny day last season had all paid into the pot that made up the majority shareholding that is Bees United. A future EFW column or two in its own right no doubt. Coupled with this new set up are plans to build a new community stadium about a mile from Griffin Park. This site is visible from the Kew Bridge to Brentford pub crawl route that EFW took tonight, and although plans are stalled and at the early stages, it's potentially going to be an interesting and pioneering project that will be worth following.
Did I say pub crawl ? Oh yes, so I did. Brentford, being closest to an overhead rail station rather than a tube, has always generated circa 73 pages of posts on North Stand Chat, with the Ruffians keen to know how to get there, what pubs to go to, what time the dry cleaners shuts, that kind of thing. As you by now know EFW prides itself on meticulous, Territorial Army-style reconnaissance and preparation ahead of every game. And today was no different. Seagull 1 (yours truly) was coming in from central London, Seagull 2 (Loud Ross) from Harrow, so Gunnersbury tube, and the Pilot pub nearby, was our first port of call. An early start in a backstreet boozer didn't present the best of atmospheres of course so after a quick pint of Seafarers (what else?) it was off to the magnificent Bell and Crown. It was still early enough to enjoy some of the early Spring sun on the Thames, washed down with some sun-inducing Fullers Chiswick. We had to remind each other that we weren't here for the duration and dragged ourselves towards Kew Bridge for the delightful time warp that is the Express Tavern. Remember what I said just now about meticulous planning? Well, last season we turned up to this place on a Saturday lunchtime and it was closed! No such trouble this time around :-
" Express Tavern "
" Hi, I'm just ringing to make sure that you are open early Tuesday evening as we're planning to make a visit "
" Yes, we open at half past five "
" Ok, great, so you're open and half past five "
" Yes, that's right "
" Smashing, we'll see you at half past five then. On Tuesday "
Click, brrrrr….
The magnificent Bell and Crown. *applause*
Loud Ross County
Worth it for the boozer?
Our plan to walk straight to the ground was curtailed by our inability to walk past the warm and welcoming Watermans Tavern, which was the first pub of the afternoon to contain a good number of home and away fans. This pub serves the local Irish community well with plenty of Black Stuff and Murphys pumps shining from the bar, and Irish sport shown regularly. We fondly recalled watching Sussex win their Twenty20 Cup semi-final in this pub before last season's game. The food is also tremendous with a rollicking good Bangers and Mash (£5.50 to you my good fellow) polished off by Loud Ross in under six minutes.
Wanting to get off to the ground not too late we forfeited the next pint of IPA and made a beeline (tut tut) for Griffin Park. Now, eight paragraphs into our report, here it comes, are you ready? The obscure fact of all facts that is so unobscure that even my three year old knows it : Brentford has a pub on EACH CORNER OF THE GROUND! Yep, sorry, but it's impossible to stop the words jumping right out of my fingers. We've never managed to complete all four at the same fixture and tonight was no different, so it was straight to The Griffin, the traditional 'away' pub. Although this is generally where the most vocal of away fans congregate prior to games, none of the pubs are off bounds to either sets of fans, and all of them contain a mix in varying degrees. Unfortunately the overwhelmed bar staff were unable to serve us a pint within three minutes so we bolted past the on looking horse-police to the other corner of the away end and into The New Inn. Not sure which part of this place is 'new', maybe it's just the youngest of all four pubs, but we got served straight away by very friendly staff and we were settled for the final pre-match slurp. After a very strange encounter with a Brighton fan in the gents who claimed to be an attendee of our board meetings and started reeling off all sorts of information about contract details between Bloom and Poyet we had to get some fresh air.
Did you know that Griffin Park has a pub on ever...[snip - Ed.]
Google street view of the Braemar Road before the match, tick
You like that did you? Have another on me
So, to the game. After a ten minute queue around the block to get in we made kick-off with three minutes to spare. And then it All. Came. Flooding. Back. Terracing, where have you been? This has been the first, proper packed-in standing game we've attended for quite a while (Peterborough was roomy in comparison) and my how much of a difference it makes. The noise, the passion, the chants, the shocking view, what more do you want? Some highlights for you, and I make no apologies for this being a list :-
· Upon realisation that Gus had changed our style for this game to a more traditional approach : " We want our tippy-tap, we want our tippy-tap"
· From the 34th minute until half-time, non-stop (and still in my head) : the Elliott Bennett Heartbeat song, da da da da da, da da da da da
· Disparaging (but tongue in cheek) chants already being sung about the forthcoming split between the new North and West Upper Standers
· After the miss that we knew would miss : " Penalties, penalties, we're the famous Brighton and Hove Albion and we're shit at penalties" (Albion have missed six of out of ten penalties this season)
· Tremendous " One Marcus Painter " singing whilst he lay prone for 5 minutes and then was stretchered off for what, thankfully, turned out to be nothing too serious
· The lone, and ultimately successful, attempt by a chubby teen in the Brentford stand nearest us to get himself ejected from the ground. 8 police officers required, overtime claimed
· And last but not least, upon receiving the usual unoriginal, homophobic chanting from a group of spotty pwoper nawty lads at the station, " Tracksuits from Matalan, tracksuits from Matalan"
As mentioned above we took some time to absorb the fact that Triangles were out for this game. Clever counteraction from Gus? Yes, I think so in the end. The pitch was shocking and as we saw at Orient some teams are now combating quite well our passing game, so this was maybe an attempt to surprise Forza Forster. It worked, just. Not the most technically adept of games, but good proper football nonetheless, both teams creating mainly half-chances after our initial domination of the first half of the first half.
My one shot of our stand from above the heads came out all blurred, gutted.
After Murray was bundled over in their box we prepared ourselves for the inevitable penalty save that would follow. And lo and behold I just managed to see, whilst peering between the ears of the punters in front of me, our crossbar and the roof of our stand, the ball rebound off their keeper. Boo. But it wasn't too long before that jinx was broken, and I guess in the only way these sorts of things can be, with a ridiculous goal. Murray would have been proud of the finish by the Bees defender which cued The Surge. It took us a few seconds to remember that you're meant to run into that gap in front of you on the terrace when you score, and push and jump and shout and turn and push and jump and shout and turn. And this we did with beaming smiles. Brentford never really gave us the nervous stomachs that the closing stages of games like this often do and our confidence was confirmed when the final whistle was blown on 97 minutes (to accommodate the previously mentioned Painter pause.)
Just before we zoomed off to catch the first train back we were able to witness the joyous fist-pumping of Poyet to us behind the goal, gritted teeth an'll. I think this one meant a lot to him and he has said as much in the post-match interviews to be found elsewhere.
So, despite our shouts of 'We'll never play you again', of course we will sooner or later, maybe at Griffin Park, maybe at a new Community Stadium. At least we can now go a few seasons without losing here in the league and hold on to the memory of our hero, Mr O. G.
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It's been an exciting week for me here on Jalopnik. On Tuesday, that piece on BMW losing its way prompted readers to passionately argue about the brand's direction. Yesterday's Miata piece prompted a flurry of reader responses, ranging from praise to curse words. And now, here I am, talking about the Subaru Outback, which will undoubtedly prompt readers to think: I wonder what's on Autoblog today.
But I strongly suggest you stick around, because today's story is a tale of deceit and trickery from Subaru, noted manufacturer of replacement head gaskets and, occasionally, automobiles.
This all started recently when a friend asked me, an obvious expert, for advice on a new car. Any regular readers out there (a group that largely consists of my former colleagues, who huddle around their computers and laugh about how I turned down a 911 company car for this) know I hate getting asked for car advice, largely because you're only an expert if you agree with peoples' pre-conceived notions. As a result, most car advice conversations I have tend to go like this:
Other Person: I'm interested in a reliable sedan with good gas mileage.
Me: What about a Mazda3?
Other Person: I was thinking more along the lines of this 2003 Saab with no title I found on Craigslist.
Me: I don't think that's a good idea.
Other Person: Well, I found Car & Driver comparison test from 2002 where it beat the Cadillac Catera. So I'm going with that.
In this particular case, however, I felt obligated to give my advice to the person asking, in part because she's a friend, but mostly because she's currently driving a hybrid. I'm always willing to give advice to hybrid drivers, though this advice usually comes in traffic, accompanied by a raised middle finger.
Anyway: she mentioned that she wanted something a little bigger than her hybrid; possibly a station wagon like the Subaru Outback. This, dear readers, sent me off on an angry tangent that I will now share with you.
Now, before we go any further, I want to say that I was born and bred in the great state of Colorado. (Motto: "Only YOU can prevent forest fires by fully extinguishing your blunts.") I remember, as a child, when the Subaru Outback debuted. First, a babysitter had it. Then an aunt. Then my teachers. Then my friends. Pretty soon, there was no way you weren't driving an Outback, unless of course you were driving an Impreza service loaner while the dealer replaced your head gaskets. (Prediction: there will be at least one comment thread about how Subaru head gaskets aren't that bad.)
The point of mentioning my Colorado heritage is that it means I'm allowed to insult the Subaru Outback, much in the same way that racial minorities are allowed to use racial slurs, but anyone else who uses them will be angrily called out in a Facebook status. (Prediction: there will be at least one comment thread about how this is an annoying double standard.)
So, the Subaru Outback. Some of you know it as a raised Legacy. Others know it as that Japanese car with the enormous fenders. But me? I know it as a midsize SUV.
That's right, ladies and gentlemen: I'm telling you that the Subaru Outback, the station wagon that gives us all hope that maybe station wagons aren't dead, the station wagon that outsells every other station wagon on the market combined, isn't actually a station wagon. It's all just a marketing scheme concocted by the same people who once took a long look at their lineup and said: Why don't we offer our midsize sedan as a pickup truck?
For proof of the Outback's SUVness, I turn to the usualcompact SUV crowd. This includes the Ford Escape, the Honda CR-V, the Toyota RAV4, and, when people remember it, the Mazda CX-5. This is a listing of those SUVs, the Outback, and their heights:
Ford Escape: 66.3 inches
Honda CR-V: 64.7 inches
Mazda CX-5: 65.7 inches
Toyota RAV4: 65.4 inches
Subaru Outback: 65.8 inches
That's right: the Outback "station wagon" stands just as tall as today's compact SUVs. Now, let's look at length:
Ford Escape 178.1 inches
Honda CR-V: 178.3 inches
Mazda CX-5: 179.3 inches
Toyota RAV4: 179.9 inches
Subaru Outback: 189.0 inches
So the Outback isn't only as tall as a compact SUV – it's also nearly a foot longer. It's even a little longer than a Toyota Highlander, which I think we would all agree is a midsize SUV, or – if we were thinking like a German luxury brand – a midsize grand sports activity tourer.
With these numbers in mind, how does the Outback get away with its station wagon image?
It isn't gas mileage. The six-cylinder Outback has the same combined fuel economy as the all-wheel drive Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander, roughly defined by suburban mothers as: I thought it would be better than this. It's not pricing, either: the Outback won't save you any money over most SUV rivals.
So if it's not a wagon in size, and if it won't save you money over an SUV, the wagon image must come from Subaru's own marketing. But why would Subaru market the Outback as a station wagon? Why would they try to convince Americans, who are known for hating wagons just as much as they hate neighbors with unkempt shrubbery, that they're selling a station wagon?
The answer is simple: if the Outback were an SUV, it would be just another SUV; yet another boring model that competes with the Highlander, or the Honda Pilot, or the Ford Explorer. But as a wagon, it presents an alternative. Your friends all have SUVs. Your neighbors all have SUVs. But you? You decided to buck the trend of buying a big vehicle we can't see over in traffic. You decided to buy something practical, not fashionable. You decided to buy a car, not a big SUV. You decided to buy… into a huge marketing scheme.
Good luck with your head gaskets.
@DougDeMuro is the author of Plays With Cars. He operates PlaysWithCars.com. He owned an E63 AMG wagon and once tried to evade police at the Tail of the Dragon using a pontoon boat. (It didn't work.) He worked as a manager for Porsche Cars North America before quitting to become a writer, largely because it meant he no longer had to wear pants. Also, he wrote this entire bio himself in the third person.