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[March 04, 2014]
By Brian Ellsworth
CARACAS (Reuters) — Jailed Venezuelan
opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez urged sympathizers on Monday to
maintain street protests against President Nicolas Maduro as the
country's foreign minister prepared to meet the United Nations Secretary
Lopez, who was arrested on February 18 after helping launch a
nationwide protest movement, demanded top officials including the
interior minister resign over the use of force against demonstrators
in violence that has killed at least 18 people.
"We must continue the peaceful struggle. There is no reason to give
up our fight," said Lopez in a message read in a video posted online
from an undisclosed location by a party colleague who is also wanted
in connection with the unrest.
"They will never defeat those who refuse to give up."
Opposition leaders called for another march on Monday after bringing
thousands onto the streets on Sunday, despite the Carnival holiday
that usually draws Venezuelans to the beach.
Several thousand people gathered in the well-heeled Las Mercedes
district of Caracas and marched to the local office of the
Organization of American States.
Protesters in the wealthier east of the capital have clashed nearly
every day with National Guard troops in confused melees that
generally kick off in the early evening.
The demonstrators set up improvised barricades of debris and burning
trash that are usually cleared by the next day.
There are no signs that the unrest, which Maduro excoriates as a
U.S.-backed coup effort, could overthrow his government or force him
to resign, despite widespread discontent with soaring inflation and
rampant crime.
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Elias Jaua, who met on Monday with U.N.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Geneva, said the protests were not
peaceful demonstrations but rather dangerous and vandalistic
disruptions of public order.
"Venezuela's people have been subjected to a continuous attack over
the last month that seeks to make the state look like a human rights
violator," Jaua said in a speech.
"They are trying to paint a picture of generalized chaos and
indiscriminate repression to justify a foreign intervention in our
internal affairs."
The U.N. said in a statement that Ban expressed hope for reduced
tensions and the possibility for dialogue.
The continuing protests have helped motivate the opposition, and
even prompted solidarity from Hollywood stars including Jared Leto
and Kevin Spacey during Sunday's Academy Awards.
Anti-government street activism during 2002 helped briefly topple
socialist leader Hugo Chavez, who died a year ago from cancer, but
similar efforts afterwards failed miserably.
A two-month national strike launched that same year which included
marches almost every day ended up bolstering Chavez and weakening
the opposition.
Protests in 2004 that were nearly identical to those of today helped
the government paint its rivals as saboteurs willing to do anything
to seize power.
The current protests are facing both natural attrition and criticism
from within opposition ranks, especially the tactic of improvised
street barricades.
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One recent video filmed in the central city of Valencia shows
opposition sympathizers in a well-to-do neighborhood attempting to
clear debris from a road, while exchanging insults with residents
who insist on restoring the barrier.
"How many diseases are produced by this?" asks one woman standing in
an ash-filled street blocked by wooden pallets and concrete rubble.
"If we're going to talk about politics, who voted for this? I
"What could be more of a dictatorship than what they're doing here?"
chimes in a second angry neighbor.
Another woman is seen bleeding from a slash in her forearm,
apparently after trying to move metal debris from the barricade.
Maduro sought to take the wind out of the demonstrations by
extending the four-day Carnival holiday to six days, though politics
has permeated many visits to the beach.
Opposition sympathizers filled social networks with pictures of
empty beaches, while state television broadcast footage of festive
revelry and traditional costume parades.
Mock tombstones and crosses were set up on a beach in the wealthy
eastern town of Lecheria. Local media said they were removed by the
pro-Maduro state government, then set up again by opposition
On Sunday night security forces clashed with protesters in Caracas'
posh Plaza Altamira, a frequent focus of rock-throwing rallies.
National Guard troops, seeking to dissuade the demonstrators, blared
Venezuelan folk music for several hours through loudspeakers mounted
on a truck.
Cybernauts at the same time lobbied movie stars on Twitter to speak
out about the situation at the Oscars, intermingling images of
teargas clouds rising from the plaza with shots of Hollywood actors
in black-tie garb on the red carpet.
The security response to protests has become the primary motivation
for demonstrators, overtaking complaints about Venezuela's ailing
Annual inflation reached 56 percent last year and the central bank's
index of product scarcity recently hit a record high, even though
the price of oil, the country's main export, has remained in a
comfortable range of $100 per barrel.
Maduro decries an "economic war" backed by Washington, but his
critics say the situation is the result of a failed system of
currency controls and nationalizations that have strangled the
private sector and left the economy dependent on dozens of bloated
state-run enterprises.
(Additional reporting by Jorge Silva and Carlos Garcia Rawlins in
Caracas and Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva; editing by Daniel Wallis,
James Dalgleish and Meredith Mazzilli)
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An attorney for Michael Jackson's family told jurors Tuesday that concert promoter AEG Live hired the doctor who administered the fatal dose of a powerful anesthetic and that the company now should pay for the singer's death.
Brian Panish told jurors that AEG should have to pay non-economic or personal damages of $85 million to each of Jackson's three children and $35 million to his mother.
This marked the first time in the nearly five-month-long trial that the Jacksons have placed a number on damages they are seeking from the entertainment company.
Those figures could be dwarfed by the economic damages, however. Panish told jurors they would have to sort that out, but he showed them a slide that reminded the panel that an expert witness testified the singer would have earned $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion if he had lived, from new music, tours, endorsements and a Las Vegas show.
"We're not looking for sympathy," Panish said. "We're looking for justice, full and complete."
Panish, speaking in a much more low-key manner than when he took testimony, quoted Abraham Lincoln and the Book of Exodus during his day-long closing argument.
He also went straight at the question of Jackson's culpability in his death. "It's about shared responsibility," he said. "Michael probably has some fault…. I'm not going to deny that Michael used prescription drugs and that people told him it's risky to use propofol."
But he said that unless Dr. Conrad Murray, who gave Jackson the anesthetic for 60 days to fight insomnia, had been hired by AEG, Jackson would still be alive.
"No Murray, no AEG, no propofol, Michael's still here," he said.
The Jacksons have sued AEG over Jackson's death, saying the entertainment firm negligently hired and supervised Murray. AEG maintains that the doctor worked for Jackson, and any money the firm was supposed to pay the doctor was an advance to the singer.
AEG attorneys are set to make closing arguments Wednesday, and the case could be in the jury's hands by the end of the week.
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(Age 7+ but can be read to younger children) This creative story caught my heart and my imagination because it is innovative and heartfelt, but unsentimental. It is such a beautifully written and uniquely illustrated book for young readers; more fable than science fiction. It would be perfect as a 'read-together' because it has lots of appeal for adults as well as children. I was riveted myself and wished I was reading it aloud to a grandchild. On a vacation when I finished The Wild Robot, I was so excited when I discovered the sequel was immediately available from Overdrive, so I just kept on reading with The Wild Robot Escapes.
The story opens when Roz, a very special robot, finds herself marooned on a remote island. She is equipped to learn and increase her knowledge (as most AI inventions are), but she finds that in order to survive she will need the help of the animals on the island and that means learning to communicate and live with them in community. It's a heartwarming and page turning read, full of great values, humour, self-sacrifice, tolerance, love of nature, resilience, and love. This book does not shy away from the realities of painful things in our lives, and indeed the first book ends with a cliff hanger. The sequel picks the story up seamlessly and also introduces another world that Roz needs to adjust to and then figure out how to escape from.
Peter Brown is a nature enthusiast and one day realised that the yearly instinctual activity of animals in the wild had a somewhat robotic aspect. Every year the animals went through the same routines and were almost programmed to do the same activities to survive and thrive. That is what gave him the idea for writing a story about a robot that interacts with animals. There's a hugely interesting article by the author himself as he talks about the process of writing and illustrating this series: click here.


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Triple Shoot - Coach Manny Matsakis guest appeared this week to put up a series of posts on his "Triple Shoot" offense. (Sample flavor diagram and video below.)
Check out all four parts in the series:
- Triple Shoot Part 1: History and Overview
- Part 2: Run game and play-action passes
- Part 3: Passing game and exotics (screens)
- Part 4: Conclusion and timeline
Goliaths, Gladwell, and Davids: I was also somewhat fixated on the new Malcolm Gladwell article. If you can only read one thing, read David strategies and Goliath strategies, though this post highlights a good point as well.
Assortments: Also check out some of the assorted links and notes posts here and here. Lots of good links to other sites in those, and also discussions of Rich Rodriguez and Michigan's quarterback situation, Gus Malzahn, the BCS, and of course, some Mike Leach odds and ends.
That's all for now. I'm out of pocket for the weekend, so feel free to leave any comments discussing any of this or anything else -- including ideas for future posts.


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Film Noir File: Lupino, Spillane light up Summer of Darkness
By Mr E Man and Mark Harrington
The Film Noir File is FNB's guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The times are Eastern Standard and (Pacific Standard). All films without a new review have been covered previously in Mr E Man and can be searched in the FNB archives (at right).
Pick of the Week: Summer of Darkness sizzles on
You know the drill. Each Friday, throughout June and July, running from dawn to dusk and back again, TCM is screening practically every classic film noir you can think of. This week, the dark list includes "D.O.A." and "Raw Deal," plus the talents of writers Mickey Spillane and A. I. Bezzerides, director Robert Aldrich and actor Ralph Meeker (as private eye Mike Hammer), all of whom took part in that Eisenhower-era masterpiece "Kiss Me Deadly." And though Spillane may have disliked the picture Aldrich made from his violent paperback best-seller, most noir buffs love it. Count us in!
Also, there are terrific turns by that magnificent dame Ida Lupino as both actress (in Nick Ray's and Bezzerides' "On Dangerous Ground") and director (in Ida's classic B suspenser "The Hitch-Hiker"). Curated and hosted by the Czar of Noir, Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation and the Noir City film festivals, TCM's Summer of Darkness is one festival of classic dreams and movie nightmares you won't want to miss.
Friday, July 10
6 a.m. (3 a.m.): "Follow Me Quietly" (Richard Fleischer, 1949). Neat little B thriller about the manhunt for a crazed killer. With William Lundigan and famed acting teacher/blacklist victim Jeff Corey.
7:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m.): "A Woman's Secret" (Nicholas Ray, 1949). Nick Ray directs, and Herman Mankiewicz writes, a kind of cut-rate "All About Eve." With Maureen O'Hara and Gloria Grahame.
9 a.m. (6 a.m.): "Side Street" (Anthony Mann, 1950).
10:30 a.m. (7:30 a.m.): "Black Hand" (Richard Thorpe). Gene Kelly vs. The Mafia.
12:15 p.m. (9:15 a.m.): "Armored Car Robbery" (Richard Fleischer, 1950).
1:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m.): "Caged" (John Cromwell, 1950). Before there was "Orange Is the New Black," there was "Caged." One of the best and grimmest of the "women's prison" pictures, with Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Hope Emerson, Jan Sterling and Jane Darwell.
3:15 p.m. (12:15 p.m.): "D.O.A." (Rudolph Maté, 1950).
4:45 p.m. (1:45 p.m.): "Destination Murder" (Edward L. Cahn, 1950). Joyce McKenzie vs. The Mob.
6:15 p.m. (3:15 p.m.): "The Tattooed Stranger" (Edward Montagne, 1950). N. Y. murder, investigated. With John Miles.
8 p.m. (5 p.m.): "Red Light" (Roy Del Ruth, 1949). A vendetta noir sandwich with George Raft and Raymond Burr. Hold the (Virginia) Mayo.
9:45 p.m. (6:45 p.m.): "Kiss Me Deadly" (Robert Aldrich, 1955).
11:45 p.m. (8:45 p.m.): "On Dangerous Ground" (Nicholas Ray, 1951). Ida Lupino plays a blind country girl who lives with her brother. She meets a psychologically scarred cop (Robert Ryan) when her brother becomes a suspect in a murder. With a taut script by A. I. Bezzerides and moody, poetic direction from Nicholas Ray, "On Dangerous Ground" is an unforgettable film noir.
1:30 a.m. (10:30 p.m.): "The Hitch-Hiker" (Ida Lupino, 1953).
2:45 a.m. (11:45 p.m.): "The Blue Dahlia" (George Marshall, 1946).
4:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m.): "Raw Deal" (Anthony Mann, 1948).
Monday, July 13
9:45 a.m. (8:45 a.m.): "The Bad Sleep Well" (Akira Kurosawa, 1960). A great, savage crime drama, set in the world of corrupt and murderous Japanese corporate businessmen. With Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori and Takashi Shimura. (In Japanese, with subtitles.)
Wednesday, July 15
12:30 a.m. (9:30 p.m.): "The Night of the Hunter" (Charles Laughton, 1955).
4:15 a.m. (1:15 a.m.): "Pitfall" (André de Toth, 1948).


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Posted: Sat 26 Oct 2013, 22:08
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Just for your interest: I have uploaded some new SFS Modules.
- can now work with single and multiple files
- a presentation program, which reminds me at powerpoint (needs XorgHigh installed)
- latest Version from SFR just as SFS Module
- Audio, Video, CD and DVD Media Suite, containing the Applications written by rcrsn51
- a QT based MP3, OGG, AAC and Metaflac Gain Program
Lots of postings meanwhile happened...
mikeb wrote:
Well have fun RSH.... irrepressable....
I do!
Markups added by me.
Pelo wrote:
LazyPuppy loaded on precise
I usually now load on the fly oldest puppy on recent distros.
I am running lazy puppy with Precise.
Why ? I am far from my home and only wifi works. Lucid cannot connect wifi with my computer, but Precise does.
I only
load the Lazy SFS on the fly
and with the desktop program, i choose a lazy pup theme and background. The result is a distro in french.
Pelo wrote:
Menus are in french.
As Precise is upgrated with french language, even lazy programs are translated !
Foolish, no ?
Menu is a sum of both distros.
greengeek wrote:
Nice work!
How do you get this to work?
(How is it possible to run the Precise sfs and the Lazy sfs at the same time without something like virtualbox?). Thanks.
No, I don't think this is foolish - as long as it isn't done while using the favorite personal save file. I did use this "art of using sfs files" first in the beginning of LazY Puppy. Used sfs was the main sfs from Muppy 08.3F (had to convert it to squashfs version 4 first). Did grab some applications from the Muppy for the use in LazY Puppy. Was a good way to figure out, what will work and what won't.
Just run the Puppy and load LazY Puppy's main sfs by sfs_load. That's all.
But not all .desktop files will appear in the menu, because of the specialized LazY Puppy Menu Categories!
All "Open With" entries should be there, so one can use the SFS P.L.U.S. functions by right-click action!
By the way:
This is exactly the way I do usually update my Osiris Studio, which is a LazY Puppy Derivative with XorgHigh, Jack-Audio and all necessary Audio Applications (like Ardour, Audacity, Rosegarden etc.pp.) installed.
When developing I do use my private LazY Puppy which is around 130 MB in size. The Osiris Studio is around 300 MB in size. After development is finshed I do a remaster of LazY Puppy, booting the new remastered LazY Puppy again, loading the Osiris Studio main sfs file by sfs_load and doing a remaster immediately - which works very well, because of the same kernel versions (18.104.22.168).
sunburnt wrote:
Sorry to hear your variant is gone RHS. And another one bites the dust...
The ISO and SFS files are still available to download and will stay as long as possible. But I will not publish a new version.
To publish a new version is too much work for me to do and would make me responsible in a way, I don't want to be responsible - because: I'm still a newbie and there is these and that what can't be done by myself. Just running out of knowledge...
sunburnt wrote:
I appeal to you to preserve the "details" of what you have created here.
Much custom code has been created for LazyPup that shouldn`t be lost.
It`s truly unique, steps further in development than ChoicePup which came before.
This is exactly what I'm currently trying to do.
By now I do have a 19 MB LazY Puppy SFS file. When loading this sfs file by sfs_load into a fresh clean Puppy, I'm allowed to use around 95% of my private LazY Puppy's functions (which is currently a lot of more than the 2.0.2-005 WebVersion has installed).
The last 5% are added after installing a combined Openbox-Tint2 PET. It would be ready then for a remaster to be named LazY Puppy.
What doesn't work is the LazY Puppy Boot Options, because this needs to edit the initrd.gz. Though they aren't really needed anymore.
My target is to make the modular concept of LazY Puppy available for any other Puppy (execpt FatDog) just by a SFS Module!
Actually it works really fine, but lots of scripts are still only in DE. So, still much work to do...
Beside this I'm working currently on a
WebPage for LazY Puppy
and its related stuff (found this option by the LxPup Thread).
sunburnt wrote:
### A newer version based on Raring would be the next step.
# Perhaps a new partner will step forward and offer to take up the banner?
Providing the effort and any new code required to make a Raring variant.
It would seem not too difficult for someone familiar with Pup builder scripts.
Like anything, the first few are the learning phase, and then it`s old hat.
Newer version should then to be build easily by anyone who knows how to load a SFS, doing a remaster and keeping stuff from /etc and /root when remastering - hopefully (works over here already)
So, the user can choose his Puppy (on whatever OS based) to use all of this and I'm not responsible for the issues of the used OS. Just for the SFS's Applications.
If there will be any new Puppy in the future... ... ...
mikeb wrote:
@sunburnt...the neat stuff is used here on a daily basis
sunburnt wrote:
Puppy is for the most part a one-man-show. Many of them...
Yes, and so is LazY Puppy.
sunburnt wrote:
Doesn`t it seem that cooperation for common good is best?
Could be best, but is not necessary the best generally.
I doubt, LazY Puppy would be LazY Puppy if there would have been a LazY Puppy Development Team or Group.
On the other Hand, some of LazY Puppy's benefits could be possibly way smarter as it actually is, with some more efficient programmers joining such LazY Puppy Development Team.
mikeb wrote:
How much of the ideas in Lazy puppy will actually ever get utilised in precise??
Actually NONE.
mikeb wrote:
Are we off topic
the last saviour wrote:
I'd just noticed a funny calendar in Pwidget.
I remember having this already in September 2012...
mikeb wrote:
A toast to Lazy Puppy ... I always liked the name
For about one year I did nearly daily think about to change its name. Luckily I didn't do it.
smithy wrote:
Sometimes it might be better to programme alone, and my thinking is that RSH could have been sidetracked by comments and suggestions which might have diminished his vision of what the Lazy Puppy system was to be?
This might have happened, when there would have been a LazY Puppy Development Team. Though, while I'm programming alone, I've had almost an opened mind (and opened eyes) to suggestions made somewhere on the forum. What did fit into my vision and/or looked like a useful addition, I did try to adopt to LazY Puppy.
- the User-Modes and Menu-Suite are a result of a suggestion made by
- the SFS P.L.U.S. Applications are a result of a suggestion made by
(it just took LazY Puppy 528-4's SFS Handling to a next level)
- VarioMenu is made by
Thanks for all the interesting posts an insights...
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Yo.... the joy of modularity. I even can share my slax modules with puppy 4 now and even the save is an sfs..... we are obsessed.
You iz not stopping (or hiding so others do the work for a while
) you are evolving
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MochiMoppel wrote:
RSH wrote:
Please, do have a look again into /etc/rc.d and you'll find 3 (three) rc.shutdown files.
As there are:
I'm using this to switch a option to create a save file (if wanted), which is able to be switched on/off by LazY Puppy's Shutdown-GUI.
I used your shutdown GUI. I selected to reboot and I also selected the create save file option: The screen went black and the computer became unresponsive. Had to do a hard reset. Again my point: You replaced a perfectly usable standard solution with a ...OK, never mind.
Coming from the "A vote for a modular use of Puppy Linux" thread.
This could have been possibly a not yet reported bug in the EN version, since I'm developing in DE and then turning it into EN.
Reason of "not yet reported" could have been strictly modular use (as I suggest) by LazY Puppy users or even nobody is using LazY Puppy.
I doubt, it would be the last!
Ok. Just checked this out.
Booting LazY Puppy 2.0.2-005 EN Version, installing my GPRS USB modem, connecting to the web, loading Firefox 7 and entering murga forum, quit Firefox, doing a reboot (activated option to create a save file in Shutdown-GUI).
Save file was successfully created. No black screen. Reboot offers the Firefox already loaded, online after plugging in GPRS modem and connecting via GPRS connect.
Don't know what was going wrong as you did try this on the your computer.
Currently posting from the rebooted LazY Puppy 2.0.2-005 EN version, previous created save file in use!
/etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE wrote:
#ATADRIVES is all internal ide/pata/sata drives, excluding optical, excluding usb...
ATADRIVES='sda sdb sdc '
#ATAOPTICALDRIVES is list of non-usb optical drives...
ATAOPTICALDRIVES='sr0 '
#these directories are unionfs/aufs layers in /initrd...
#The partition that has the StArtLPx2save file is mounted here...
#(in /initrd) ...note, /mnt/home is a link to it.
#this file has extra kernel drivers and firmware...
#complete set of modules in the initrd (moved to main f.s.)...
#Partition no. override on boot drive to which session is (or will be) saved...
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Ok. Just checked this out.
I should not have done this!
I'm still online with this EN version, as I have noticed yet, the Easy Online Updater is telling me, there is no internet connection available and therefor the search for updates was exited.
Though, it should have found some update packages provided.
Might have to check this later - much later.
He he. That's just somehow funny to use this "long time no seen" LazY Puppy Version in EN...
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Posted: Sun 17 Nov 2013, 04:45
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Lieber RSH
I only download this one and found it doesn't work at all.
My people are somebody who will move to crowded city because I have promised them the refuge in the big UFO station.
Now I'd found at least 5 aliens who live in Thailand. They are from Triangular constellation.
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the last saviour wrote:
Lieber RSH
I only download this one and found it doesn't work at all.
Ok, I will check this.
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RSH wrote:
the last saviour wrote:
Lieber RSH
I only download this one and found it doesn't work at all.
Ok, I will check this.
I have made some testings and have found out:
- it seems not to work, when the music files are stored inside a sub-directory of the submitted/used directory
- it seems to work fine, when such sub-directory is submitted/used
If this will not work, try to use the original versions (those to install) from rcrsn51.
The SFS is just a collection of those original files with some icons added and .desktop files edited for DE users.
Nothing was changed on the original scripts.
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Subject description: Installation on USB
Lazy Puppy looks very good, so I wanted to install it to a USB stick.
I followed the instructions, i. e. made a CD with the ISO.
Booting from CD was okay, then I tried to install Lazy Puppy to the USB stick.
But LP does not detect neither USB sticks (nor any SD cards, only solid disks), so the installation process stopped.
What's wrong? Any hints?
Thanks in advance!
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Can you please, post a screenshot of your complete desktop with plugged in usb stick?
Got an usb drive icon on the desktop?
If so, mount it before running the installer.
Got used any USB 3.0 stuff?
Won't work.
Got an usb drive icon on the desktop?
If so, mount it before running the installer.
He he, shit.
No, don't do this!
Mount the CD drive !!!
Sorry for confusing...
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Subject description: Installation on USB
I'm booting from CD, so it mounted from the beginning, I think.
But as you can see from the screenshot [/img], the file manager shows the CD, but there are no icons for any usb sticks.
Today I found even more that there are no network drivers loaded.
Thanks for your help!
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From your image I can see, you are using the DE version. So, we might better go to the
DE Forum
for this.
Please post there and include some data, like:
- Type of Computer
- - include data of hardware plus date of construction/build
- Type and version of used USB Stick
You can use PupSysInfo (use View summary report standard) for this.
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Thank you RSH for your answer.
Hi all;
I've just found a cheap trick to fix the bug in Nathan Wallpaper Setter. Hope someone hadn't reported this fix yet.
After freezing, go up one directory to Share, then go to any sub folder and then go back to the Background folder again. That's all.
Happy New Year 2014 to you.
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Now I'd found at least 5 aliens who live in Thailand. They are from Triangular constellation.
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I'm impressed with this forum. I came from Debian/Crunchbang Linux & Arch, and i used Slacko in my old PC for 3 months.
Now, i'm reading about puppy internalls, and... it is really incredible, what a nice creativity i found here. Really, i impress with users own implementations.
I never heard about SFS's on Debian/Arch world. I want to change my distribution, and Puppy seems to be the best option for me. But, now, i prefered before to read more technical info.
I can't finish to read it at all. It's a true knowledge forum.
All puppy users, seems to be familiarized with this topics, the SFS system, and puppy installation methods.
Maybe, someone can answer my basic questions:
1) What is the impact of the speed of the app, using SFS in comparation with a normal installation using a classic package manager? I read that sfs uses unionfs to mount programs in layers. And i don't know, if this mode have impact on speed.. (global and/or in the app).
2) Similar to the first point, if you have 14 SFS running at the same time, there is a lost of speed?
3) SFS's are portable, but, duplication of internal contents are considerable?
4) SFS's system, can allow to use multiple versions of apps, with no-conflicts?
5) SFS' seems that system is always clean. Like a first fresh installation always... it is ok??
5) Finally, what are the limitations of SFS, and advantages or disadvantages?? Because, from my point of view, there are 90% advantages, and 10% of ... not very important disadvantages..
Really, at this point, SFS seems to me, a "revolutionary package method".
Sorry for my english.
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1. and 2. Never noticed any.... have average 20-30 sfs loaded on pentium 3 machines and runs as expected. The union seems to have no penalty...if there is its more to do with decompressing the contents of the sfs.. If the sfs are loaded to ram as I do then that more than compensates for any slowdown.
3. thats depends on how they are built. If they are built for a particular system then duplication would be avoided same as a pet/deb and so on. If there is the odd duplicated library its of no consequence.
4. Thats more to do with construction.. An app can have its own library versions if system variables are used to point to them. So not an sfs feature as such. The files are layered transparently into one filesystem...which is the idea.
5. The cleaness depends on if you have a save system like a save file. But definately clean in so far as removal is always 100%...good for testing and updating. I happen to use a sfs for saves on puppy.
6. Not sure really.... not useable in a full install but as it turns out even that is possible. sfs versions are not backward compatible..ie one made for system x will not load for an older one even though the software inside might actually work.
Slax might be an interesting one to look at... the full system layering approach you will see in there ...
Hope that clarifies
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Talking Your Tech | Dr. Phil
- Bought iPads for his production staff
- Uses social media to find show topics
- Steering book buyers to his son's online store
Phil McGraw, TV's Dr. Phil, has a new book out this week, Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World, but you won't find it in a bricks and mortar bookstore. The syndicated TV host is bypassing traditional stores for online exposure at first, using the power of his TV and online audience (20 million weekly TV viewers, 2.5 million followers to his Facebook and Twitter accounts) to bring folks to thebooknook.com, a site owned by son Jay McGraw.
We met Dr. Phil at the set of his TV show recently on the historic Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood.
'Life Code'
"I've got a very devoted audience, and I like having that connection with my viewers. I like that they'll have the book before everybody else. Tech has made this possible, where Jay can compete with publishers like HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, which wouldn't have been possible without technology.
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Even Dr. Phil is addicted. "Have you noticed how it eats time?" Sitting down at the computer, "I'll answer a few e-mails first ... then you look down, and see an hour and half has gone by, and you haven't touched what you sat down to look at. It's a black hole of time."
iPads for the staff
McGraw bought one for every member of the production staff. "I used to get a notebook about 250 pages thick for the show, but now I'm paperless. I can pick up the showbooks from anywhere I am in the world. If I'm flying, I can download them, and on the plane I can flip through them and make my notes right there. So I have gone over to the dark side in that regard."
His gear
Beyond the iPad, he recently switched from a BlackBerry to an iPhone 4S, but he misses typing on a physical keyboard. "This was very traumatic for me to switch over. I was like high speed on my BlackBerry. You know what they (Apple) did wrong? They didn't put enough distance between the space bar and the lowest row of numbers, especially when you have a thumb like a Cro-Magnon. I reach for the "B" and hit the space bar, and it can't guess what I was trying to do."
The dark side of tech
While writing some of his books on his Apple laptop and Windows desktop PC, he has lost chapters he was working on due to tech snafus. "It just shuts down, and I lose 4½ hours of work. I go into a panic." He's since learned about how to Auto Save his documents. "I love it when it works, and it scares me to death sometimes. You get inspired; then you get a tech glitch, and it can all change."
With more than 1.5 million "likes" on Facebook and 1 million followers on Twitter, McGraw is active about responding to fans and using social media to find topics for the show. "I get a lot of feedback from viewers about content we're doing and what they think about what we're doing on the show. It's a pretty good pulse."
His online cause
Tech has escalated bullying to new heights. "They used to bully in the playground or lunchroom, but the keyboard bullies follow them home, where they can be brutalized. It wasn't an issue 10 years ago like it is now. Tech has changed bullying dramatically." McGraw has devoted several episodes of his TV show to the topic of online bullying in a bid to raise awareness of the issue.


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The SCA has 21 Kingdoms (regional chapters) located around the world. The populace in those Kingdoms devote their free time to tournaments, festivals, educational collegiums (classes), feasts, revels, and all sorts of arts and sciences dating from pre-1600s western Europe. We try to bring the best of the Middles Ages back to life, by making an attempt at the proper clothing (we'll provide help with that), or learning calligraphy, fencing, dancing, or whatever Middle Ages activities you find interesting.
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2010 has seen a ton of books released already that I'd love to read, from The Politician by Andrew Young to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. (I happen to be passionate about books, of course – perhaps your passion is films or video games or gadgets or music or something else entirely.)
Five years ago, I would have rushed to the bookstore and picked up these titles in hardback. I would have been completely impatient to read them, so I would have just thrown down the $20 or so, picked up the hardback, and headed home with it. About twenty percent of the time, I would have read the book once, stuck it back on a shelf somewhere, and ignored it as it gathered dust. The other eighty percent of the time, I wouldn't even have read it before it started gathering dust on the shelf.
Why did I do this? There were several factors – I didn't have the time I wanted to have to read, for one – but the biggest one was what I like to call the "cult of the new."
Simply put, the "cult of the new" is the willingness to pay a premium price for whatever the newest releases are. When something new comes out, you're inordinately focused on it because it's new. It pops up again and again.
If a new restaurant opens, you have to visit it even if the reviews are mediocre.
If a new book or album comes out, you have to pick it up.
If a new car is released, you can't help but swing by the dealership to scope it out.
It's a very expensive routine. You constantly overpay for things in terms of their actual quality – instead, you pay a premium for the "new." You pay new release prices for DVDs and for film tickets. You pay hardcover prices for books. And, in the end, you get far less for your dollar – or you dig yourself into a financial hole.
Some people do it with some level of social justification – they need to keep up with (or keep ahead of) their friends. To them, I say that if your friends value you only because of what's on your shelves or where you ate last night, there's not much depth to the friendship.
Others do it to feel good about themselves, so that they feel current. This is perhaps even more dangerous, because you're tying your self-esteem and happiness to material things and short-term experiences. Without a constant influx of these things, you begin to feel bad about yourself. True self-worth comes from within, not from external things, and it took me a very long (and painful) time to learn that lesson.
It took me years to break out of the "cult of the new." Here are some of the things that really helped me.
I adopted a firm rule about buying such new things – I don't. Excepting gifts for others, I simply don't buy new releases, period. I don't pick up books for myself until they're in paperback. If I do happen to read a hardback I like enough to keep around for multiple readings, I still wait until the paperback comes out.
If I truly must read something that's brand new, I visit the library. I'm a very heavy user of our local library's book reservation system. Yes, sometimes I don't get hot new releases in the first month they're out. However, I do get them eventually and, quite often, I get them faster than I expect (because other readers check them out for much shorter periods than expected). You can do the same thing with movies – sign up early to rent a new release from Netflix, for example.
I also swap frequently with my friends. If I do receive a book as a gift that I think a friend will like, I loan it out. Similarly, they'll loan their new releases to me. This way, a new release given to me as a gift is often like two or three of them, since I have friends with which I share interests and can trust in terms of swapping books. One's social network, if filled with compatible, good people, can be a very valuable resource.
I learned to love exploring the archives. If I find an author I like, for example, it's much cheaper to dig through his or her older books than it is to charge out and buy the new releases. Take Richard Russo, an author I discoverd a few years ago (and subsequently hooked my mother on). Rather than rushing out and buying myself his newest work in hardback, I used PaperBackSwap to read a multitude of his older novels. The cost for these older books was trivial, but I was still able to deeply and fully enjoy his writing without paying that "new" premium. I explored Douglas Coupland in a very similar fashion.
When I finish a book (or a game, or a movie…), I first turn to my own shelves. I don't insist on finding the thing I want to read/play/listen to already on my shelf, but quite often I find it anyway. I'll spy a book that just speaks out to me, saying "read me…" in its own special way. So I pick it up and I suddenly have free entertaiment that I'm deeply enjoying.
Some set of these techniques work no matter which form of the new you're chasing, whether it's restaurants or trading cards. Whatever it is, if you can seek out other avenues for your passion than the shiny new thing, you'll almost always receive a big thank you from your wallet.


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Call it Meat Street, Carnivore Corner, Cholesterol Crossings or, in my case, simply heaven. In Las Vegas lies an intersection where a man can stand and take his pick from three venerable providers of U.S. Grade A prime beef cooked to perfection.
Sometime between the invention of the internal combustion engine and the free-glass-with-every-fill-up promotion, the oil industry determined that a group of filling stations clustered on a corner--far from diluting business--seemed to generate more of it. Las Vegas seems to be testing the gastronomic equivalent of that theory with the confluence of Ruth's Chris, Morton's and Del Frisco's within a block's radius of the corner of Flamingo and Paradise roads
Locals had already called Flamingo Road, with its lineup of eateries from the Strip to Paradise Road, Restaurant Row. When Morton's (in May) and Del Frisco's (in July) joined Ruth's Chris near Paradise (pun unavoidable), that distinction was locked in.
Over the last couple of years, steak wars have been waged across the United States as Americans have returned to a taste for beef following a disastrous dalliance with rabbit food. Beef demand rose 5.2 percent in the first half of 2000 compared with the same period in 1999, according to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Steak houses, from upscale to down market, in cities from Philadelphia to Portland, Oregon, have battled each other for their share of the meat market. It seems only fitting that Las Vegas, a town born of excess and testosterone, should be the next major battlefield.
Not that steak is anything new to Vegas. Certainly, one assumes, the carousing of the Rat Pack was fueled, at least in part, by red meat. And steak of the $4.99-buffet-special variety has long been a staple of the city. Furthermore, virtually every casino now boasts a steak restaurant. But it's hard to imagine that chops houses face off so pointedly against each other in Las Vegas (or anywhere else in the country, for that matter).
Established in 1989, long before the other two steak havens, Ruth's Chris seems little perturbed by the arrival of its competitors. "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," vice president Roberta Thompson quips. And, besides, she predicts, the rivalry will only bring more diners out her way from the Strip. "The more traffic, the better for all concerned."
Michelle O'Hala, marketing manager at Morton's, says that its move from the Fashion Show Mall to the corner of Flamingo and Paradise was prompted by the need to find a new location after the mall remodeled. The corner offered a free-standing venue on one of the busiest junctions in town, she says. The company knew Del Frisco's would be joining the party before the move, but "that didn't matter either way in the decision."
For Del Frisco's part, cofounder Dee Lincoln says that in its long search for a Las Vegas location, the restaurant was looking for a free-standing venue with drive-up capability. That left out the Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard), she says. Paradise Road was a destination that Del Frisco's was already interested in because of the feeling that it would cater to the fast growing convention business. Although Morton's opened first, Del Frisco's planned its move to Vegas earlier. Lincoln doesn't seem to mind that the restaurant suddenly finds itself plopped into a center of competition: "Any time you have additional restaurants in an area, it drives appeal and it's a win-win situation."
So, whether by design or serendipity, meat lovers now have one convenient nexus in Las Vegas from which they can choose three great steak meals.
3925 Paradise Road 702/796-0063
Reviewed only a week after opening its doors last July, Del Frisco's quickly raised the bar for steak eateries in Las Vegas. Its level of food and service are a testament to the kind of quality control that the owners maintain as the small chain grows (this is its fifth location). The pampering begins immediately after you step out of your cab and enter through the foyer in back of the low-slung building. Sit down and you're attended by a phalanx of wait staff, bringing water, hot bread, cold drinks. Ask them to leave you alone and they discreetly disappear until they mystically divine you need service again.
Like all great steak houses, Del Frisco's indulges its patrons to excess, but never to a fault. Appetizers are large, but not meal killers, and lean toward seafood (oysters, crab cakes, much shrimp) with the welcome inclusion of beluga caviar (available in servings up to 8 3/4 ounces).
The sea is also well represented on the entrée menu (Australian lobster, halibut with citrus vinaigrette, salmon with Tchoupitoulas sauce), but you don't come to Del Frisco's for that. What you do come for are its signature cuts like the 24-ounce prime Porterhouse and Double Eagle strip steak (bone-in, 26 ounces). These are meat masterpieces and showcase the high-quality Midwestern beef that is delivered twice a week. A personal favorite is the cut that is almost apologized for on the menu. An asterisk next to the prime rib eye (16 ounces) notes that while it's flavorful, it's also well marbled.
"Don't order it if you want a lean cut of beef," the menu warns. Do order it, however, if you want the sensation of completely savory, buttery meat lingering on your palate for the entire evening. The waiter stresses that the steaks are cooked "true," which translates to a little rarer than you might be used to. One carnage complaint: no Béarnaise sauce.
Collecting trophy wines at auction is a passion for Lincoln and it spills over into the cellar at Del Frisco's, which has been recognized in other locations with such honors as the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Predictably for a steak house, it excels in the categories of big bold red wines, and regions in California and France are best represented.
While not as grandiose as the 16,000-square-foot New York venue, which opened only months earlier, the Vegas Del Frisco's has a sort of crisp and clean clubbiness to it. Wainscoting offers the prerequisite wood of the genre, without the concomitant dreariness of full wood paneling. Force yourself to fit in a strawberry and ice cream parfait and amble over to the darker, but roomy cigar lounge. There you'll find a selection of such premier hard-to-get smokes as Fuente Fuente OpusX "A" ($200), Padrón Anniversary Exclusivo ($25) and Ashton Virgin Sun Grown No. 1 ($25). If you're a regular you can rummage through your private locker. Order from the selection of superpremium whiskeys (running heavily to Scotches) and listen to the piano player's rendition of "As Time Goes By." Play it again, Dee.
400 East Flamingo Road 702/893-0703
One of the comforts of Morton's is the consistency of quality and service from location to location. You can walk into its Singapore restaurant and expect to get essentially the same dining experience as you had in Boston the week before. The hobgoblin of this consistency is the famous Morton's tableside menu presentation.
Your waiter arrives with a cart piled with meat sealed in plastic wrap, as well as vegetables and a live lobster. In a very scripted and wooden manner he runs through the cuts of aged Midwestern meat Morton's serves, from the huge Porterhouse (one-third filet mignon, two-thirds New York strip steak separated by a bone) to the diminutive filet. Then he shows you some of the salad offerings and explains how easy it will be to eat the lobster after it is sliced and cracked. The disadvantage of this is you tend to space out on what he's saying as you start to wonder how old that sirloin is that he's holding and whether the lobster should be reported to the humane society. The advantage is the first-timer gets an idea of what kind of overindulgence he'll encounter at Morton's.
You see exactly how big a three-pound lobster is as it twitches away in front of you and realize that, if by some bizarre twist that's not big enough, you could have a five-pounder. The Porterhouse could serve three. The potatoes are football-sized. A tomato at Morton's could be a filling lunch for some.
The Morton's experience begins to shine once the preliminaries are taken care of. The signature Porterhouse is, of course, a special experience, but may require a note from your cardiologist to eat on your own. Among the smaller cuts, the filet isn't as good, but comes with a nice Béarnaise sauce (you can wheedle sauce, including beurre blanc, for other cuts than they were intended). The Cajun rib eye is the sleeper on the meat menu, which also includes veal and lamb chops. Salmon and swordfish are available as well.
It is in the vegetable sides and appetizers that Morton's trumps Del Frisco's. Broccoli arrives bathed in Hollandaise. Beefsteak tomato salads prove that size does matter. The lobster bisque stands out among the savory soups.
The wine list is also quite large, but not as fully realized as at Morton's in New York and San Francisco. Its retinue of California Cabernets is broad but relatively safe and young, with wines such as Beringer, Caymus and Opus One. The large list is impressive.
The cigar selection doesn't reach the high bar that Del Frisco's has set. The proferred brands--Davidoff, Montecristo, Macanudo and Partagas--are aimed at a milder palate. Cigars are enjoyed in the woody bar room that also excels in whiskeys and after-dinner drinks.
The wait staff, while quite attentive, seems to be always trying to sell you more food, even if you've tried begging off. In retrospect, you might deem that a favor, however, as you relent and sinfully dive into the chocolate velvet cake.
3900 Paradise Road 702/791-7011
Of the steak corner trine, Ruth's Chris is easily (with 69 outlets worldwide) the most well represented outside of Vegas. True to the restaurant's origins (founder Ruth Fertel bought Chris Steak House in New Orleans and changed its name per her contract when she switched locations), it, like all the chain's other venues, does steak-house fare with a Louisiana flair. Dishes such as shrimp Remoulade, Louisiana seafood gumbo and bread pudding with whiskey sauce dot the menu, which brags that true to "New Orleans Style, we serve you portions generous enough to share."
Also true to the Big Easy roots is its decidedly casual atmosphere. This is in part by design, but must also be a function of its strip mall location and comparatively pared menu. One probably doesn't come to Ruth's Chris expecting the same big-night-out experience that is the promise of the other two restaurants in this steak continuum. Not that formality of dress or manner is much of an issue in Las Vegas. Just don't expect to be seated near a lot of people wearing suits and ties. On the other hand, that refusal to stand on form affords one advantage that the other two steak houses don't: service at lunchtime.
Ruth's Chris makes much of its particularly gluttonous steak preparation. The aged Midwestern beef is seared at 1,800 degrees to lock in flavors and then served in sizzling butter on a scorching 500-degree plate. Aside from the obvious safety concerns (waiters make a point of warning patrons about the intense heat), one wonders how such a cholesterol tonic goes over in these days of political correctness. The waiter says few opt for their meat without the butter and some brave souls actually ask for more.
The deep wine list, while not cutting-edge, stands out among the testosterone-laced steak house collections of reds with its many mature and established Napa Cabernet Sauvignons, such as Opus One and Caymus Special Selection. The Bordeaux list is liberally laced with first growths such as Château Margaux and Château Lafite Rothschild.
An otherwise lackluster cigar list is brightened by the occasional Arturo Fuente Short Story or Hemingway. The Havana Cigar Company, which stands next door and stays open late, is a frequent choice for Ruth's Chris diners, who can drop in for cheaper smokes and walk them back to the restaurant's well-stocked bar for after-dinner drinks.
Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S. 702/693-7223
Endowed with the best view of any Vegas steak house, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Prime sits on the edge of the Bellagio's fountains where diners can watch the water-and-light show while they chomp away. Inside, the Michael De Santis décor--purple velvet walls, marble floor, sky blue drapes, massive chairs--seems a little fussy for those expecting a chop shop. So might the menu (heavy on sauces, and the recommended steak is a strip plastered with six pepper corns). Well then, raise your expectations. Excellent humidor. Cigars are to be enjoyed on the deck.
3767 Las Vegas Blvd. S. 702/862-4100
This New York institution travels well to Las Vegas, where its curbside location is not as sprawling but has captured some of the saloon ambience of its East Coast counterpart. The steaks are breathtakingly big, seafood appetizers excellent and the wine list extensive. The wait staff is friendly and fun. A waiter points to his girth to back up his recommendation of a sirloin steak. The wine list asks diners to "make an offer" for Opus One.
Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. S. 702/732-7256
Somehow the caricatures of local Vegas characters on the walls of The Palm in the Forum Shops at Caesars don't have the same impact as those at the original New York Second Avenue version. There's little else to hoot about, though, if you're a fan of this chain. Same saloon atmosphere, juicy steaks, pastas, fish dishes and enormous lobsters. Humidor leans toward the mild side.
The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S. 702/414-3737
This Emeril Lagasse restaurant in the Venetian was named for the Delmonico of F. Scott Fitzgerald's New York, but only after the celebrity chef opened a New Orleans eatery of the same name. That must explain the hint of Creole on the menu. It doesn't account for the stark Holden and Dupuy décor with its Tuscan-modern overtones. Never mind. The touch of schizophrenia works. Steaks are aged wet and dry. The wine list includes some umpteen-thousand-dollar stunners alongside Emeril's own Red-Red Wine.
New York-New York, 3790 Las Vegas Blvd. S. 702/740-6450
Appropriately placed in New York-New York Resort & Casino, Gallagher's is faithful to the style of the Big Apple original, if not to the rundown atmosphere. Chunks of steak hang in meat lockers at the entrance, a testament to the exacting wet-and-dry aging process the restaurant uses. Photos of sports and entertainment figures of old (Babe Ruth, Gary Cooper) hang in frames on the wall. Diners sit in half-round banquettes.
The Four Seasons, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. S. 702/632-5120
The steak house at the Four Seasons, while not as spectacular as Charlie Palmer's Aureole in Mandalay Bay, is still a respite from the clubby entrants in the genre. Only three cuts are offered of steak (filet mignon, bone-on strip steak and rib eye) on a menu that includes caramelized chicken, lamb sirloin and halibut with prawn ravioli.


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Microsoft's Nadella reshuffles senior executives
SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft Corp on Monday named three executives to its cloud, devices and Xbox gaming divisions in one of new Chief Executive Satya Nadella's first management shakeups.
In a public email, the world's largest software maker promoted Scott Guthrie to head of the cloud and enterprise group, the $20 billion division that Nadella helmed before replacing Steve Ballmer as CEO in February.
Former Nokia Oyj chief executive Stephen Elop – at one time considered a candidate to replace Ballmer – will join Microsoft as executive vice president of the devices group, reporting to Nadella, after Microsoft closes its $7.2 billion acquisition of the Finnish device manufacturer. The two companies announced the transaction in September.
Microsoft also named Phil Spencer to lead its Xbox operation, reporting to operating systems group chief Terry Myerson. As the head of hardware, Elop will also play a role in developing the Xbox, Nadella said in the memo.
Speculation has mounted for years over the fate of the Xbox business, which has been deemed a potential candidate for a spin-off by some analysts and Microsoft insiders. Bloomberg reported last year during the CEO search that Elop, then the front-runner to replace Ballmer, favored a sale himself, although his thinking may have evolved since.
Nadella, who unveiled Office for Apple mobile devices at his first public appearance last week, signaled that he would shift the company's emphasis away from prioritizing its Windows operating system at the expense of other initiatives.
"As I said on my first day, we need to do everything possible to thrive in a mobile-first, cloud-first world," Nadella said in an email. "The announcements last week, our news this week, the Nokia acquisition closing soon, and the leaders and teams we are putting in place are all great first steps in making this happen." (Reuters)


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Pure. Horror. Awesomeness.
Five young people take to a dilapidated cabin in the woods in order to help Mia (Jane Levy) kick her heroin habit. Her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez), a friend who's an RN (Jessica Lucas), and another friend, Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) and his girlfriend (Elizabeth Blackmore) all vow to look after her over the next few days and not allow her to leave. A few hours in, however, the five detect a foul odor in the cabin, which leads them to discover a trap door to a basement they never knew existed. There, they find a number of animal carcasses hung from the ceiling in ritualistic fashion… and a thick, tightly packaged book, wrapped shut with barbed wire.
Inquisitiveness gets the better of them, and when the book is unwrapped it's revealed to be an ancient tome with a cover made of sewn human flesh, filled with strange writings, pictures of demonic rituals, and blood writ warnings not to read from its pages. Throwing caution to the wind, however, Eric reads aloud from the book and unwittingly releases an evil entity.
It's then that all Hell breaks loose.
When I say all Hell breaks loose, I mean it, too. From the moment they read from the Necronomicon, all manner of injury and death awaits the five youth. There's a seemingly endless barrage of possession, beatings, stabbings, amputations, and shootings… it's a wide variety of pain and carnage that ensues. Demons hiss and heckle as the insanity unfolds. As the unaffected fight the possessed, there are shotguns, nailguns, broken glass, pliers, and chainsaws brought into play. The cabin becomes the scene of a close quarters struggle for life and death.
"Evil Dead" has plenty of Evil, and plenty of Death. Absolutely horrific things unfold onscreen. It's borderline torture porn that these people endure, with an exquisite frosting of demonic possession. The victims struggle to understand what's going on, then struggle not to get killed. All the while, there's the looming threat that they could succumb to the demonic spell that's fallen over the cabin. I watched it all with a wide-eyed glee.
The cast was adequate, I don't particularly have any raves to hand out for the acting. In fact, my one mild disappointment of the film was Shiloh Fernandez's David, who I felt was lackluster. The others are fine, however, and Jane Levy has a couple of memorable moments.
Director Fede Alvarez is the real star of the show, here. The camera is alive, tracking the victims almost as if it were stalking them itself. It rushes and zooms around at times, reminiscent of Raimi's work in the first film. At others, he focuses tightly in on someone's horrified face. But it always seems to be exactly where it needs to in order to maximize the horror of the situation. He includes numerous nods to the original in order to satisfy fans of the property, then proceeds to unleash an updated, superior film that feels like a celebration of what horror films can be.
"Evil Dead" will certainly delight all fans of horror. It's gory, and gruesome; soaked in blood and filled with dismemberment, all in the best of ways. It's a great remake and a great horror film. It's the first film this year to make me say "That's a top ten candidate".


text: This is a thread that I've wanted to start for a while. I like to get good stuff. It doesn't all have to match or be from the same brand. Some brands have some good stuff, while other stuff they make is total junk. So, if I were to gear up with the best item for each necessity, what are the top reccomendations? I'll start. MSR offroad jacket. I've had this thing for ten years or so, always have worn it when riding dirt bikes in the woods. It has a few small holes from thorns and such, but after a lot of crashes in the dirt, it is still in pretty good condition. Faded badly, but still worn all through winter and keeps me warm and dry. I've had MSR MX pants in the past also, and they are just as tough. This stuff lasts a long time. Other responses and reccomendations can be for body or bike. So what items did you buy that you have really gotten your money's worth? What stuff has outlasted your expectations?


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McIlroy, Woods share weekend spotlight
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DORAL, Fla. - As if quitting in the middle of a golf tournament didn't bring Rory McIlroy enough attention, it might not let up on the golf course.
McIlroy has been going through damage control the last five days after his abrupt departure when he was 7-over par through eight holes and decided to call it quits at the Honda Classic. After an apology to Sports Illustrated, he faced the media on Wednesday and took all the blame.
"I actually think in the long run, Friday will be a blessing in disguise," he said, referring to the day he withdrew last week. "It was like it just sort of released a valve, and all that pressure that I've been putting on myself just went away. And I was like, 'Just go out and have fun. It's not life or death out there. It's only a game.'
"I had sort of forgotten that this year."
Paired up
The world's No. 1 player won't be able to escape the spotlight when the Cadillac Championship gets under way on Thursday at Doral.
This World Golf Championship tends to group the top players in the world ranking, meaning McIlroy gets to spend the opening two rounds with Tiger Woods and Luke Donald. And while McIlroy's behavior was questioned last week, it's his game that has been the most curious.
He played with Woods when both made their 2013 debut in Abu Dhabi, and the 23-year-old from Northern Ireland had rounds of 75-75 to miss the cut. Woods also missed the cut that week because of a two-shot penalty, though he flew halfway around the world the following week and won at Torrey Pines for his 75th career win.
McIlroy had a sloppy performance on Dove Mountain and lost in the first round of the Match Play Championship, then made it through only 26 holes at PGA National. He lost track of the hours he put in at The Bear's Club over the weekend, hopeful that he can sort out the problems with his swing.
His expectations for the week?
"Just work on my swing," he said as he walked out the door after his news conference. "Try to get my swing back."
Woods is coming off a mediocre performance in the Honda Classic, failing to break par in any of the four rounds on his way to a tie for 37th. He is a three-time winner at Doral and had never finished out of the top 10 until he withdrew after 11 holes last year with tightness in his left Achilles tendon.
'Move on'
Woods can appreciate the scrutiny McIlroy faces. He also had some sound advice.
Keep going.
"We play week after week," Woods said after nine holes of practice on the Blue Monster. "Once one week ends, you have to move on the next one. And we're on a different venue and different golf course. For me over the years, I've just put it aside and moved on, whether it was good or bad, whether I won the tournament or missed the cut, whatever it may be. You move on and get ready for the next event."


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For the past few days I was quite down physically, emotionally, and psychologically. The past few weeks has been quite challenging because three different groups have been consulting me about the same matter, and initially I wasn't sure that they were all related then in the process I realized these groups were consulting about the same matter. They're all in three different sides, well technically speaking, but the other two are on the same side, one on a personal level and the other one on a macro perspective. This has taken a toll on me both physically because meeting them is a tedious thing, psychologically because a lot of what was happening between them involves a lot of psychological warfare and deception, and emotionally because somehow one can't get involve and become friends to some of them and of course one worries also especially if the reading or analysis of the chart shows something that is not nice.
Then a reader sent me a message who recently bumped into an employee of a professional Feng Shui consultant. And because my reader used to be a valued customer of the said Feng Shui consultant, the employee told her that his boss is really angry with me and blames me for the closing or downsizing of the Feng Shui stores in the Philippines. The employee further told my reader that it seems like it has become a personal mission of this Feng Shui consultant to malign me and bad mouth me in any possible way. And why is he sharing this with her, because he is looking for a job and wanted to work for my reader, so I think I will give the whole story some leeway for an exaggeration but still these things does get into you.
On top of that, another valued reader and friend for some reason stumbled into an issue and somewhat felt a little aloof. Of course, people surrounding him who doesn't know him will be quick to judge, I'm just thankful that at the end all the positive things that happened prevailed for him to know and accept the truth. On top of that there was some sort of a miscommunication with a reader from Australia.
You see all these things sort of got to me and for a while I was thinking whether I should still continue writing or not. I have already written more than 800 articles, and even before I sort of feel that I might have written enough. So I thought I'd stop already or maybe stop on my 1,000th article.
Then I get another miracle and it all becomes clear again why I continue to write, despite of the anger of some people who are against these things, despite the attacks of some bashers, despite of some of my own shortcomings, I continue to write because of the miracles of the people who continue to believe and who continue to hope for miracles.
This particular miracle got to me because the persons involved waited for 17 years for it to happen.
Ben is an Uber driver. I met him October last year (that's according to Ben) when my own driver was absent and I had to take Uber and we got into talking in the car because of a heavy traffic. I was with a friend at that time when Ben casually told us his story.
Ben is a single father of two. He lives on his own because his ex-wife is with their only daughter in Canada. His daughter, who happens to be his eldest, is now 25 years of age. My friend and I asked him why he didn't live with them; he said he chose to stay because of his 'true love'. His first wife has since remarried.
Ben said that he was not in – love with his ex-wife, he said they both got drunk and in the process he got his ex – wife pregnant and they bore a daughter. He said while his ex – wife is really not a bad person, they can't seem to get along well especially ex – wife is a bit of a nagger. When their eldest was only a year old ex – wife left for Canada and made a promise to get them as well. Ben is the first to admit that ex – wife is a smart woman, and a hardworking one so when their daughter was about 7 years old they got their papers from Canadian embassy granting them permit to live in Canada with ex –wife who at that time was still his legal wife.
However, in the past few years Ben met another whom he had an affair with. Ben said he was contemplating separating with his wife then so that he can be with Lot the woman he is having an affair with. But Ben admits while he loves Lot he was racked with guilt for his wife. Nevertheless, she got Lot pregnant and knows that she has to do something about it.
Ben made a decision he will leave his wife so that he can be with Lot. But Lot wants Ben to talk with her father first, who has never liked Ben. So Ben and Lot's father met. During that meeting Ben told his Lot's father that he has decided to talk to his wife so that can properly separate and that he wish to marry Lot and take responsibility for the child. Should Lot and his father decides that they should not be married, he will still take responsibility of the child and give part of his salary from his job with Max's Restaurant to provide for his child with Lot. The father was very amiable during that meeting, to which Lot was absent, and requested for Ben to give them a week to decide. And during that week, he told Ben not to see Lot because he doesn't want her daughter to be confused and wants her to decide properly whether she wants to be with Ben or not. He told Ben that he would personally get in touch with him at his work. Ben said at that time they still don't own mobile phones.
A week passed and he didn't hear from Lot and her father. Halfway thru the second week he went to Lot's house and he was met by Lot's father who told him that Lot doesn't want anything to do with him. He pursued Lot several times but Lot never once went out to meet him. Until the barangay told him that should he visit the place again he will be charged. Soon he found out that Lot's family moved to a different house. He doesn't know where.
But to be fair with his wife, he told her the truth and told her that he will not be joining them in Canada. So when his daughter left he explained to her why he was staying and told him she might have a sibling soon. That was 17 years ago last year and he has never heard of Lot again. He said he has been searching for on Facebook to no avail. He doesn't even know whether their child survived or not and if it did he doesn't know whether it is a boy or a girl.
Ben said he has never been with anybody else since then.
I just recently wrote about the Traditional Sutra Amulet (TSA) when I encountered Ben and was told about this story. My girl – friend who was with me at that time got really affected and told me we should do something for Ben. I decided to give Ben a TSA, and my friend who is a believer and just had a miracle from her Vajrapani Ruel pitched for half of the cost of donation for the TSA.
We got Ben's number and he got ours. But of course we didn't hear from each other again.
And so the past week I was feeling down and I got a call from Ben. To be honest, it's been almost a year and I don't remember him anymore. But Ben would help lift me out of that feeling of being down and he reminded me why I write about these things.
You see after 17 years Ben met Lot again and after 17 years he met his son! They now live together and will be married soon. So what happened?
After meeting Ben, Lot's father went home fuming mad and told Lot to forget about Ben because Ben told him that while he will support their child financially, he will not acknowledge the child because he is married and is scheduled to leave for Canada! Lot was really heartbroken with this piece of news and so when her father suggested that she goes live with her uncle (his father's brother) and auntie in Novaliches (a place quite far from where they live which is in Rizal) she agreed. That's where she gave birth and soon his parents also moved to Novaliches and they lived next door to the Uncle and Auntie who took care of her while she was pregnant.
She didn't know that Ben went looking for him but he was constantly sent away but his parents and that finally they threatened to charge him for continuously badgering them. When Lot's son was 13 years old Lot's father has a heart attack and before he died he told Lot that should he see Ben again she should talk to him. Lot said why should he when he has abandoned them, but Lot's father just said that maybe Ben has repented, although Lot thought this was curious she just decided that this was all just musings of a dying old man.
When Lot's son was 15 years old, he told his mom that he wants to meet his dad, but Lot told him to just leave Ben alone and that he has nothing to do with their life. She even refused to give him Ben's name.
Last week of October 2016 Lot's son had an idea to make a Facebook account for his mother, and he thought he'd put in the relationship status 'Complicated' in the hope that when Ben sees his mom's account he will contact them. Little did he know that Ben would from time to time search for Lot on FB and he did see the account made by their son for Lot.
When their son saw Ben trying to add and chat Lot, he had a gut feel that this could be his father and saw he told his mom about the FB account he made for her and about the man name Ben who was trying to get in touch with her. Lot got so angry, angry like she has never been before. And so their son knew then Ben was his father. But Lot also asked for the details of the FB and he soon chatted with Ben.
She decided to meet Ben first and when Ben called her 'Balot' again, a pet name Ben created for Lot, she knew that she was still in love with Ben. And the rest is history. Ben said he is now trying to establish a good relationship with his son. He said it was not easy but they're both trying. Ben and Lot will get married soon. Ben said he forgot about the TSA and never attributed everything to it. But when cleaning the house, Lot saw and asked him about the TSA, and he told him the story. They realized that their son put up the FB account a week after Ben got the TSA. And so that sealed their belief that it was really because of the TSA that they got back together. Ben wants me to be their godfather on their wedding. I felt I was too young to be their godfather but I still said yes. It's a miracle that they got back 17 years after and my girl – friend who is going to be a godmother will want to witness the wedding that is 17 years in the making.
With this story there is another miracle, and that is the miracle of Ben sharing with me their story at this time. It helped me to stay on track to continue writing what I write. Will I stop on the one thousandth post? I don't know but in the meantime Ben and Lot's story is one of the reasons why I write and share these things.
If you wish to know more about the Sutra Amulet (A Special Recite – A – Sutra Article) Series you can click on the links below:
- The Many Benefits of A Sutra: How A Sutra Can Be Use As An Amulet (A Special Recite – A – Sutra Article)
- "The Diamond of Perfect Wisdom Sutra" Is One of the Holiest and Most Powerful You Can Keep: A Special Recite – A – Sutra Article
- Getting Rid of Bad Luck and Bad Spirits With the Use of A Traditional Sutra Amulet: A Personal Testimony of A Reader (A Special Recite – A – Sutra Article)
- Recite – A – Sutra (9): A Sutra Called Avatamsaka Sutra and Powerful Amulet Called Avatamsaka Amulet that Dispels Off the Hindrances in Our Life's Luck!
- Marital Problem Fixed, Financial Problem Solved with the Unexpected Coming In of a Huge Amount of Money / Problem with Bank Loan Reversed: Two Personal Testimonies of Two Readers with Two Different Sources of Miracles! – And Why Do I Write About Miraculous Personal Testimonies?
- Money Luck or Financial Luck Blessings Received in About 15 Days Upon Receiving the Vajrapani Ruel and A Copy of the Traditional Sutra Amulet: A Reader from Dubai Shares Her Personal Miraculous Testimony!
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- A Business Deal That Brings In A Huge Financial Miracle and Improves Physical Health: A Personal Miraculous Testimony of A Reader About the Traditional Sutra Amulet.
- The Miracle of Receiving Money from An Aunt: A Financial Miracle of A reader Who Got the Avatamsaka Traditional Sutra Amulet!
- Count the Living and the Good News: The Lesson of My Nephew's Death and the Story of A Reader Who Experienced Health and Financial Miracle from the Vajrapani Ruel and the Avatamsaka Traditional Sutra Amulet!
- Becoming a Full Fledged Lawyer and Academic Excellence Attributed to the Traditional Avatamsaka Sutra Amulet and the Vajrapani Ruel: Simple Miracles Shared by EV.
- Unexpected Money for Treatment of Cancer and Other Miracles: A Personal Testimony of a Non – Reader and Non – Believer About the Traditional Sutra Amulet, Illness Suppression Amulet, Vajrapani Ruel!
- The Miracle Experienced By My Account Officer: How the Traditional Sutra Amulet Gave Her Family The Financial Boost They Need!
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