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Vice Admiral Lyle Bien to Grads: 'Nurture Your Conscience'
It was a Saturday afternoon and my almost four-year-old son was in his Batman costume, pretending to fly from one room to another, when I asked him to tell me about superheroes.
"Superheroes are strong, and brave," he said, holding his arms up. "They wear uniforms with capes so they can fight the bad guys and save people. And they have special names, like Batman," he said pointing at the yellow and black "bat" emblem on his chest.
"Superheroes are the good guys," he said, thinking for a minute. "And most of them can fly."
So then it's true, I thought to myself.
* * *
This is the story of a kid from the tiny town of Veblen, S.D., who went to college thinking he might want to be a pastor. Instead, after graduation, he answered America's call to serve and spent the next three decades protecting and defending her from the bad guys.
Commencement Remarks
Read the transcript of Vice Admiral Lyle Bien's remarks at the 2012 Commencement ceremony.
His uniform is decorated with distinguished stars and stripes. He goes by a special name, too. He doesn't have a cape but he can fly. And he is, without question, one of the good guys.
This is the story of Lyle Bien, class of 1967, a real-life superhero.
Bien grew up as one of seven kids on a cattle ranch outside of Veblen in northeastern South Dakota. After his father died during Bien's sophomore year in high school, he helped his mother and siblings run the ranch before coming to Augustana intent on becoming a pastor.
With his studies underway, Bien ended up changing course and switched his major to biology. His plan was to learn all he could about plants and animals in order to return to his family's ranch and make the operation even better. He also had thoughts of becoming a veterinarian.
Six months before graduation, with the Vietnam War raging overseas, he received a letter. The letter. He'd been drafted.
He wasn't surprised. And, he wasn't scared, either.
"The reality was, the nation was at war. In 1967, it wasn't such an unpopular war yet. America was asking her young men to help. If you were able-bodied, it was nearly a certainty that you were going to end up in Vietnam. And really, when you're 22 and single, you're bullet proof, right? The prospects of war – the horrors of war – they didn't factor in that much. [In my mind] that was happening to someone else."
What happened next would shape the rest of his life.
"I always had a fascination with airplanes so I thought well, maybe I could do that – fly an airplane."
He went to the military recruitment office in Sioux Falls and quickly noticed a very large poster of an F-4 Phantom hanging on the wall – at the time the U.S. Navy's premier fighter aircraft. Bien pointed to the poster and told the recruiter, "I want to do that."
The recruiter looked skeptical.
"He looked at me and said, 'well, that's great, but flight training isn't a guarantee. Of those that make it, only a small percentage get jets. Of those who get jets, only a fraction will get to fly the Phantom.'"
Bien thought for a second, then said, "Sign me up."
From there, Bien flew to Minneapolis, met with a U.S. Navy recruiter, took his physical and signed up to become a naval aviator.
Twenty months later, he was flying combat missions in Vietnam in the F-4 Phantom under his official superhero call sign, "Ho Chi," a name given to him by his comrades based on the similarity of his last name and that of Ho Chi Minh, the then North Vietnamese president.
"I always think back to that day when I hear people say, 'I'm just not sure I have what it takes.' I'm a living example of that old cliché that says 'you just never know unless you try.'"
The Aviator
Bien didn't plan on a career in the military. As he says, one thing led to another and it just sort of happened.
"I planned on staying in for three years and, at the end of my three years, I was in the process of getting out. At the same time, the Navy was building the F-14 Tomcat. At the end of a combat tour, an official came up to me and said the Navy had singled me out to fly this new aircraft. I agreed, thinking that, eventually, I would go back to the ranch. Then I got married and decided to stay in longer. I ended up doing it for 31 years – and it was the most wonderful thing I could've ever done."
Over those next 31 years, Bien would go on to become the highest ranking naval officer in South Dakota history. Before he retired in 1999 at the rank of Vice Admiral, Bien had logged an astounding 5,500 hours in fighter aircraft, completed 1,300 aircraft carrier landings, and flew in 225 combat missions over North and South Vietnam.
In the 1980s, he served as a "Top Gun" flight instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School in Miramar, Calif. During that time, his squadron flew some of the jets shown in the blockbuster film "Top Gun" starring Tom Cruise.
He has commanded an F-14 Fighter Squadron, two Carrier Airwings, the Nimitz Carrier Battle Group and the Naval Space Command, Dahlgren, Va. From October 1990 to March 1991, he was the senior Navy striker planner for Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. He was also in command of the Nimitz Battle Group throughout her response to the Taiwan Missile Crisis in 1996.
He served in the J-3 on the Joint Staff, and was the Deputy Commander-in-Chief for United States Space Command, where he chaired the Senior Warfighter Forum (SWarF) that led to the Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) program.
He has been a member of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Graybeard Panel on National Missile Defense since its inception in 1999. He works extensively in the related areas of space-based Communications, C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), and Global Missile Defense. He was a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, National Security Space Architect Board and the U.S. Naval Space Panel on FORCEnet and Naval Space and Communications. He was appointed to a year-long Congressionally directed study of the future of National Security Space Launch and is a member of the U.S. Strategic Command's Strategic Advisory Group (SAG). He was also a member of the Congressional Independent Assessment Panel on Space (Allard Commission).
He is the recipient of 23 medals and citations in recognition of his military service. In 1995 he was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award and, in 1997, he was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. He served on the Augustana Board of Trustees from 1998-2009; received the President's Award in 2000; and received the Trustee's Award in 2004.
Looking back on his early days in the Navy, Bien speaks with sincere fondness about the gifts of military service.
"The military teaches you an immense level of responsibility. You can be an 18-year-old fresh out of high school and, after 13 weeks of boot camp, you assume huge responsibilities for yourself and for the people around you. It's pretty heady. I don't know any other occupation in America that imposes that level of performance on young people. The military is proof that if you give people the tools and the opportunity to excel, more often than not, they will. The military has mastered the art of extracting the best and the most from people."
Bien also credits his South Dakota roots and Midwestern work ethic with much of his success as an officer.
"Naval aviation is about grit and a willingness to work until there's nothing left of you to give, at least in the early days. I figured, if you grew up where hard work and near constant labor was the norm, why not do that in your profession, too."
"I believe there's a sense of independence and self-sufficiency that's true of people in our part of the country. When it's all on your shoulders – ships, fleets, and airplanes – it's probably a good thing if that isn't the first time something major has been on those shoulders. When you grow up in the middle of nowhere – with no father, with no corner store to buy milk at – you have to be responsible, independent and self-sufficient."
"I think in South Dakota, folks have an innate sense of decency. That old Norwegian work ethic is still alive and well and it gives way to people who kind of know who they are early in life and end up as self-assured and compassionate adults. When those folks are asked to lead others who need leading and mentoring, they're most often successful."
So, in 225 combat missions, was he ever scared?
Yes, he says, but not of death.
"I saw people die. I saw the bullets and, philosophically, I imagined there could be one with my name on it. I just always hoped that wasn't the case. Navy aviators suffered significant fatalities. We also had prisoners of war who suffered horrific torture. Knowing those kinds of things, we knew we were living on the edge. My greatest fears, however, were of screwing up or becoming a prisoner. I most often avoided the former and thankfully avoided the latter"
Emotions aside, Bien says the non-stop training he endured as a naval aviator made it easier to weather the physical rigors of combat missions.
"There's this saying: 'train like you fight; fight like you train.' We go through our whole military careers training and being focused. At some point, invariability, you use those skills in combat or in direct support of combat. It was a continuation of what most of us had done for a lot of our adult lives. There is similarity between peace and war because you're so well trained. The only difference between Navy flying and combat is the addition of bullets. I don't want to lessen the rigors or emotions of combat but, as far as employing your skills, [the Navy tries to] make training as close to combat as there is and we've been pretty successful."
And, what's it like to maneuver a multi-million dollar airplane on and off an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean?
In a word, difficult.
"I believe it's about the most difficult thing you can ask an ordinary human being to do. There are very few things that you do so repetitively, where the dangers are so high and well-known, and which demand such an extraordinary level of precision on the part of the participant. Naval aviators know they're living on the edge. They live with fear. Every time I landed on a ship I felt a huge adrenaline rush and this marvelous sense of doing something that relatively few people have had the privilege of doing – it's really grand stuff."
Compassion and Camaraderie
Far beyond his skill as an aviator and a leader, Bien is known by his comrades and colleagues for his sense of character and his compassion.
In 1999, at a ceremony in honor of his retirement aboard the USS Constellation, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jay L. Johnson said this about Bien:
"What has never changed ... is Ho Chi the man. As he rose through the ranks, he never lost his charm, good nature and concern for others that was born on the ranch lands of South Dakota. Ho Chi Bien is one of those rare individuals whose goodness is elemental. He's the most genuinely compassionate man I know, and I'm one of thousands who feel that way."
For Bien, it's simply a matter of fact. He sees compassion as part of his nature and, fundamental to his job.
"You cannot persevere in a people-dominated profession like the military unless you have a well-defined sense of compassion. I'm not talking about coddling people. I'm talking about compassion sufficient to be forgiving of human frailties. I was willing to let people fail so long as they were doing their best, and were committed to not repeating the same mistake."
"When I think of my 31 years as a sailor, I don't think of the number of landings I completed or the promotions I earned. I think about all the young sailors that were my responsibility. Some were disadvantaged kids from broken homes. In many cases, they were poorly educated, high school dropouts who had been in trouble with the law. Over months and years, they were put in positions of responsibility, were held accountable and received life experiences. I had the chance to watch them grow into patriotic, responsible people. That's a joy beyond measure. If Uncle Sam got his money out of me it wasn't because I was a great sailor or could fly an airplane or run a portion of a war. It was because I took thousands of people at a time and made them better people than they were before. Today, when sailors track me down as they prepare to leave the service or move to the next command and say 'you changed my life,' well, it brings tears to my eyes."
His Inspiration
Today, Bien and his wife, Cathy, divide their time between San Diego, Calif., and Veblen. They were married more than 39 years ago, after Cathy suffered a spinal cord injury that left her a quadriplegic.
She is, he says, his inspiration.
"What people view as adversity can also be a blessing. She and I, we have this really deep and serious bond. There's no other word I can think of to better describe her than grace. She endures. She tolerates her condition with absolute grace. People are hugely inspired by her. They look at how disabled she is and their first reaction is to pity her. Then they look at how cheerful she is, and they're inspired."
She's taught him, Bien says, that disability can even be a virtue.
"She would tell you – there are people in much worse shape than she is, many of them able-bodied. She's made herself well by her own sheer will. Sure, having people around you who care for you and love you helps, as does her personal faith. But in the end, you ask yourself, 'do you wish to be a happy and fulfilled person despite your challenges or not?' In Cathy's case, we know how she answered that question."
To the Class of 2012
At commencement earlier this spring, after he received his honorary doctorate of humane letters from Augustana, Bien addressed the 370 members of the class of 2012 by sharing with them "Things I believe."
"I believe that Scandinavian blood, even in small amounts, can make women beautiful; I believe that money and material things are a poor measure of a man's worth; I believe that the earth and her resources are very finite and that if we continue to abuse them as we have for the last couple centuries we will eventually make earth uninhabitable; I believe that of all human traits, humility is amongst the most endearing, in great demand, but in short supply; I believe that Government handouts and entitlements can destroy the self-sufficiency of societies just as surely as hand feeding can destroy the instincts of animals in the wild; I believe that a lifelong quest for knowledge is noble. But knowledge without courage and common sense loses its value; I believe that eternity is a long time. And if you are planning to spend yours in the bosom of a loving God, then shouldn't you get to know Him in this life?; I believe that a firm handshake, a genuine smile, and looking directly in someone's eye can often convey sentiments, messages and emotions far greater than words; I believe there are occupations that are as much about romance, awe, grandeur, inspiration, and imagination as they are about labor. I hope your life and your life's work are rich in those qualities?; I believe that cigarettes, tattoos, and piercings are bad … and that if you practice them to excess, you'll soon enough regret your choice; I believe that if you are American and can stand through our National Anthem and not get goose bumps then you need to go back and re-study the history of the American Civil War; I believe it takes many ills to foster a revolution, but just 140 characters to make it spread; I believe that bad things happen to good people ... and I don't know why. But I do know that enduring misfortunes with grace can build a reservoir of strength that cannot be exhausted; I believe the 536 national level elected officials currently in Washington, D.C. are failing your trust, and through self-serving partisanship and unstatesmanlike decorum are placing the future of this republic in peril. I hope those you elect will serve you better; I believe that most employers value those hard-to-teach qualities of loyalty, character, commitment and hard work over more trainable skills; I believe that when things go badly for you and it's your fault, failure to shoulder the blame is to invite reoccurrence; I believe there are a lot of evil people in the world, many in positions of leadership. Ignoring their motivations or potential for ruin is to be dangerously naive; I believe that luck and timing account for a lot of good fortune; I believe that adapting to change may be good for your business, but that preserving tradition is good for your culture; I believe there is magic in Augustana College and that it is indelibly imprinted in you and will advantage you every day of your life; I believe that the one word that best describes the people I cherish the most, the institutions I admire the most and the societies I root for the most is simply: goodness."
Well said, Ho Chi. Well said, indeed.
Return to The Augustana magazine.


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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 08:22
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greengeek. I use sfs load Rox right click solely to load sfs. It does not matter where it resides. But...it is not automatically reloaded after reboot...if it does not reside in /mnt/home.
About bootmanager sfs loading. I suppose the same mechanism is valid with it. Placing the sfs to the /mnt/home is the right location.
Rox right click sfs load is handy tool.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 09:28
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starhawk wrote:
This is more bug report than anything else...
Attempted to use the Intel driver (requires reboot) after failure of VESA driver to work... both gave same symptom. TEST_X_NOW works fine... until one clicks "OK" button at which point there is a black screen with blinking cursor. Nothing else happens AFAIK -- waited a few minutes -- keyboard is unresponsive (tried ctrl+c, esc, ctrl+alt+bksp, ctrl+alt+del) and the only way out is a hard shutdown.
Noted that the CPU heatsink felt extraordinarily hot as I was rebooting... might want to see if there's code in there somewhere that could cause the CPU to get stuck in a loop or somesuch.
Of course it might just be my hardware... but I'd appreciate it if you could check the code just in case it isn't
Pemasu, have you had a chance to look at this? Note that it's popping up long before tinkering with WMs/DEs. I just want to make sure whether it's my hardware being fussy or not
that's all.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:28
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greengeek wrote:
I just want to add a bit more info about my problem with LibreOffice (loaded from quickpet) not appearing in the document menu - and if possible I would like someone else to confirm whether or not what I am seeing is normal.
If I place the Libreoffice sfs into the /home directory it works correctly and is still available in the document menu after rebooting. However, if I place the sfs into the /root directory it does not seem to load and there are never any Libreoffice entries in the document menu (even though the bootmanager seems quite happy to let me select the sfs regardless of which of the two directories it is in...)
Am I violating some rule by trying to have an sfs in /root rather than in /home? Is the bootmanager only capable of loading the sfs from /home and not from/root?
Have you tried a symlink?
Right-click -> copy -> Link Relative from the physical location /root to the virtual location /home ?
BTW: Why would you want to clutter and enlarge /root with a SFS? I ask because I am always trying to keep the Personal Storage space demands small by moving stuff out and symlinking it - if effective and necessary.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 11:16
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Starhawk. I can change to vesa driver when I let xorgwizard to choose the resolution. I have quite quirky new laptop now. It has native resolution of 1920x1080, other working choice for me is 1360x768.
I used in console: xrandr ....to check what resolutions I can use and then I edited xorg.conf straight to get that lower resolution.
Barry`s xorgwizard didnt had that choice....it had 1366x768 which didnt work. I think that new xorgwizard is quite quirky also.
Editing xorg.conf straight has been more useful for me.
But...xorgwizard and choosing vesa and letting xorgwizard ie xorg to choose right resolution and vesa driver was in use.
Greengeek and Edoc. The problem is with quickpet and the pupmode.
If you download sfs application with it, it downloads it to the /root. sfs_load script does not offer moving the sfs to the /mnt/home or to the root directory of puppy folder with pupmode 3 ie with full install and usb media with savefile.
So....the problem happens with certain pupmode and sfs downloading with quickpet. The manual moving of the sfs application to the /mnt/home is needed.
When I boot hdd frugal installation without savefile ie pupmode 5, the sfs_load script asks the sfs application copy - move choices and moving or copying of the sfs application is semiautomatic. I believe that with hdd frugal install with savefile ie pupmode 12, the same question will be asked.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 13:02
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I got it
Here's what works on my hardware, to enable the
(1) Boot pfix=ram.
(2) From the firstboot wizard, select what you want, but make sure you check the "Run xorgwizard" box.
(2) Let X restart.
(3) Select the "intel" driver from within xorgwizard. "Let X Choose" your resolution
(for me it chose 1024x768) then make your savefile and reboot.
(4) Upon reboot, click the TEST_X_NOW button, click the OK button in the dialog that immediately pops up, and as soon as you see black screen with cursor, REBOOT IMMEDIATELY.
(5) After 2nd reboot, you will be back at the same place. DO NOT
select "TEST_X_NOW" this time -- instead, use the button next to it labeled "Fallback". The first option, which should have the make and model of your monitor in it (eView 17f2 for me) is what you want. This bypasses the X-Test which has some problems apparently (I've had plenty of trouble from it in the past).
(6) It should go straight to a desktop at this point. Voila!
The key, it seems, is to bypass the X test -- apparently X doesn't like tests any more than I did in high school
X can get away with being more stubborn tho, it seems
Worth noting -- I have not checked to see if Fallback works without the TEST_X_NOW trap... at this point I'm also not really interested in finding out (although if someone asks, I'm willing to try) since I've FINALLY got the bastard working.
EDIT: Figured out what it is -- using the
driver buggers text mode stuff
just did CTRL+ALT+BKSP to try and invoke a different WM and got the blinking-cursor hang again. Very strange.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 13:18
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pemasu wrote:
The problem is with quickpet and the pupmode.
If you download sfs application with it, it downloads it to the /root. sfs_load script does not offer moving the sfs to the /mnt/home or to the root directory of puppy folder with pupmode 3 ie with full install and usb media with savefile.
So....the problem happens with certain pupmode and sfs downloading with quickpet. The manual moving of the sfs application to the /mnt/home is needed.
Pemasu - thanks for looking into this. Much appreciated
edoc wrote:
Why would you want to clutter and enlarge /root with a SFS?
Good question - in fact the sfs will take up exactly the same amount of disk space regardless of where I put it because my /home directory and my savefile (containing the /root directory) are on the same partition.
However, I have found that my son tries to tidy up the /home directory by removing files and directories he does not understand - including sfs files. I have trained him to leave the frugal folders and their contents alone (he has a psychiatric condition which can be hard to work with...)
Therefore, putting the sfs files in /root would be a good way for me to have the flexibility offered by bootmanager, while keeping such critical files away from prying eyes.
Unfortunately it seems that bootmanager handles /root and /home differently...
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 14:41
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Starhawk. It sounds like there is bug with xorgwizard and related scripts with your setup.
It would be good if you could report about your problem to the Barry`s blog or pm him and for example post the link to your post.
Right click the posted icon and you can copy the url link of your post.
If there is need to have more information, you could provide it.
Upup Raring has standard latest woof scripts. Nothing changed.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 14:47
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I'll PM Barry right now -- never can remember the password that I set up for his blog comments...
Also thanks for explaining how to get Post URLS -- I've never been able to figure that out!!
EDIT: BarryK, you have a PM.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 14:57
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Starhawk. I have been a little slow today. Tough day. Anyway...I just started to think your gma500 graphics. And xorg intel driver attempts.
gma500 probably does not work with xorg intel driver. The working ones are modesetting ( best resolution but no acceleration), or vesa driver.
Xorg intel driver is no good for you. At least it has been so as long as I know. So....xorgwizard black screen and so on are quite expected behavior. I believe the xorg driver reverted to modesetting or vesa driver with your attempts to load xorg intel driver.
I also wonder what you are trying to accomplish with your attempts. gma500 is quite poorly supported in Linux. Latest gma500 kernel module driver and xorg modesetting driver produces working combination. You cant expect to have all options with your gma500 graphics chip.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 15:09
Post subject: Re: Wireless Question regarding Raring 3.9.9.x
mikeslr wrote:
Raring does not appear to be as capable as other pups in picking up wireless signals.
I have noticed odd behaviour with several pups regarding wireless detection - but have not been able to pin down the reason - I see poor detection on the first "scan" but improved detection on the second and third scan.
Due to this variability I stay away from frisbee and always use the classic wizard - clicking the scan button manually - and I just watch how many wireless networks are detected on each scan pass.
What I see is often only one network detected on the first scan pass (or none at all...) and an increasing number on the next scan pass. My gut feeling is that the detection power (Rx dB??) starts low and increases on next pass. I don't know if this is a hardware function or somehow written into a script somewhere - or maybe it is possible that routers can detect a weak incoming signal and boost their transmission power somehow. I don't know what triggers this behaviour but I just know that I get much better performance when I drive the scan manually like this.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 15:20
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@Pemasu --
Here's what I'm trying to do and where I am now, technologically speaking.
Right now my main system runs win7
I want to move to Puppy.
I don't like the look of JWM at all
it's a little simple for me. My first GUI love is and always will be GNOME 2 (MATE counts, as a continuation of it).
I have no real way, except by a miracle, of exchanging the motherboard I have (the PICO820 that I linked you to, earlier) for another one of similar size but different (better and/or more compatible) graphics -- and I would be extremely hesitant (at best!) to replace it with a larger board. I got the board on eBay for a song -- my best friend paid for it as an early birthday present so that I could have it, since I didn't have the $85 to pay for it myself (I rarely have more than $30 to spend at any time). The other forum I'm on is a computer enthusiast forum for people with hyper-powerful systems that they like to push even beyond already-impressive factory specs. They don't care (much) about dinky computers that are energy efficient; they'd rather game all day on their insanely powerful systems that need kilowatt-plus power supplies and liquid cooling setups...
As for selling the board... the last time I sold anything on eBay I
money. The fees are amazingly deadly to one's wallet. I'm not doing that again, it's worth neither the effort spent nor the money earned.
So, given that, what I'm trying to accomplish is to make for myself a GNOME 2 or MATE Puppy that will work on what I have. Once I have that going I'll try to 'move in' and see if I can close Windows and leave that world behind... I've only been wanting to do this for a couple
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 15:28
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According to this article...xfce or lxde would be good candidates for you.
Gma500 support is still mess.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 15:31
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LXDE and I don't get along... I'm not hot on XFCE either, more for looks than anything else (it's blue when I want orange, lol) but I can give it another chance, I guess.
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Posted: Tue 20 Aug 2013, 18:25
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Now I remember what I didn't like about XFCE... I'll be damned if I can get themes and icons to work! Using jejy69's XFCE for slacko... which works perfectly fine as long as you don't mind it being about as pretty as a well-used dumpster
When I'm feeling less thoroughly demoralized I'll try arj_pup's XFCE SFS work-in-progress... but to quote Han Solo, "I've got a bad feeling about this..."
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Hi pemasu
JFYI - suspend/resume works now - many thanks - regards Ray
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Chuck's continued investigation into his father's dealings leads him to an unlikely event with Manhattan's elite. Serena and Steven decide to reveal their romantic histories. With The Spectator in jeopardy after Dan decides to publish elsewhere, Nate must make a difficult decision to keep it in business. Meanwhile, Georgina pushes Dan to choose a worthy person to date to boost his image.moreless
Blair must make the big choice between Dan or Chuck; Lola reflects on Nate asking her to move in with him; Lily makes a final decision regarding her marriage.
Serena must be Blair's double when Blair finds herself needed in multiple places at once; Chuck enlists the help of both Ivy & Lola in order to carry out a revenge plot; Nate sorts out his future with Diana Payne.moreless
Diana and Jack have a deep dark secret; Chuck investigates to find out what is really going on; Dan gets an offer to study abroad in Rome.
Blair and Dan throw out a big party for them to come out as a couple, Gossip Girl may ruin Lola's biggest dream; Serena and Diana have a face-off.
Serena is determined to turn Lola into the next "it-girl" of the Upper West Side, starting with trying to persuade Lola to model at a Kiki de Montparnasse Lingerie show. Meanwhile, Chuck reached out to Blair for advice about his past. Diana Payne's return to The Spectator starts a power struggle with Nat for control, while Lola reacts with jealousy; but everything is not what it appears. It is discovered that Chuck paid Blair's dowry to get rid of Louis' family. Also, Rufus and Lily have a falling out after Lily goes behind Rufus' back to play a simply scheme to remove Ivy from their penthouse.moreless
Chuck thanks his uncle Jack for saving his life. Blair and Dan try to take their relationship to the next level. Lily has tries to adapt to living in Brooklyn while Ivy adapts to her new life on the Upper East Side. Serena takes on the role as Gossip Girl from the package Georgina left her.moreless
William van der Woodsen returns to the Upper East Side to deal with a family emergency, while Blair fears Cyrus has found a loophole somewhere in her prenup. Also, Georginia and Chuck band together with a mischievous plot, leading to an unpredictable finish.moreless
Famed improv troupe, The Upright Citizen's Brigade, selects excerpts from Dan's book to perform. Blair endeavors to save her friendship with Serena by trying to prove her suspicions aren't true.
As Valentines Day is in full swing on the Upper East Side, Blair takes it upon herself to play Cupid. Among all the loving feelings Georgina decides to cause trouble, by gate-crashing Nate's Valentine's party. The drama of the party continues as an event that secretly unfolds there shocks Serena.moreless
"The Backup Dan" begins with Blair and Dan successfully fleeing all the way to the airport to make their escape from New York. Elsewhere on the Upper East Side, Georgia has discovered some scandalous gossip and her newly revealed nature means she will not be letting it get away from her.moreless
As Blair prepares to walk down the aisle, Chuck tries to come to grips with losing the love of his life. Michelle Trachtenberg returns as Georgina to cause trouble, plus other surprises in the 100th episode.moreless
It's Blair's bachelorette party, but others scheme behind her back to ruin the night. After discovering the truth behind Chuck and Blair's car accident, Nate and a surprising ally, gather the evidence. Meanwhile Serena and Dan pretend to be together again to protect someone close to them.moreless
Blair confides in Serena about what happened after her car accident with Chuck. Meanwhile, Nate investigates possible foul-play causing the accident. Lily hires a private detective to track down Charlie. And Blair gets a wedding-dress fitting by Vera Wang herself!moreless
While Lily throws a coming out to society party for Charlie, Serena and Dan try to amend their friendship. It is now time for Blair to choose between Louis and Chuck, she receives help from Dan who has an agenda of his own. Max still tries to leak Charlie's story and at the end of the night she slips Gossip Girl information that could turn deadly.moreless
Lily, Charlie and Serena anticipate a party thrown in CeCe's honor. Nate takes on a new role at the Spectator, and his first big job is of someone he knows very well. Meanwhile, Blair turns to an unlikely source for help.moreless
Serena plans a dream bridal shower for Blair, but she has to plant false information about the event so that Blair does not find out. Chuck and Dan spend the day together to forget that they were not invited to Blair's shower. Nate and Serena find something about Diana and struggle with how and when to use it.moreless
The gang attend a performance of Punchdrunk's provocative theater experience, "Sleep No More," which translates into masks, anonymity and some surprising romantic twists by the end of the evening. Meanwhile, Diana's target is Serena in her quest to ruin Gossip Girl. Dan is out on his book tour, but things are not as they appear to be to his friends and family.moreless
Blair makes a competition to fill her bridesmaids spots in her upcoming royal wedding. Meanwhile Nate is tired of keeping the secret of his relationship to Diana, so he decides to use Charlie to make Diana jealous. Serena's boss wants to acquire the film rights to Dan's book, so Serena has to put her personal feelings aside to close the deal.moreless


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There are plenty of books filled with tips about single-handed sailing. I confess, I used to believe that it was bit excessive for writers to publish an entire book about single-handing, an example of the microscopic analysis that occasionally weighs down sailing. A chapter maybe, even a long section, but a whole book about being alone—after all, sailing is still just sailing regardless of crew size. Of course I spouted this opinion after a lot of experience sailing with crew and very little sailing alone. Therefore, it came as a surprise to find that I was completely exhausted after a day and a half of single-handing. The problem was, I still had 800 miles to go. With fatigue making even simple thoughts seem like great revelations, I realized that I had been too casual in my preparations for delivering a Beneteau First 38 from Virgin Gorda to Ft. Lauderdale.

An emergency back home forced my crew to change her plans and catch the first flight out of the islands. I was anxious to be on my way and had little enthusiasm for rustling up new crew off the dock, a process that is often fraught with risk anyway. I phoned the owner—a friend—and told him that I was considering coming back alone. He contacted his insurance agent and then called me back; if I wanted to single-hand it was OK with him. I hastily provisioned and cleared the dock.

The early summer passage from the islands to the mainland is usually ideal. Prevailing southeasterlies are warm and moderate, and the current gives you 15 - 30 free miles every day. The lumpy silhouette of the islands dropped beneath the horizon just before sunset. We, the boat and I, were easing along with a poled out genoa and main paid well out. Aside from the rolling and occasional slatting of the main, life was good. I dropped below to make a sandwich when I felt the boat suddenly lurch to port. "Come back," I said out loud. "Come back, come on," in a flash I was back in the cockpit. It was too late to prevent a noisy jibe. But the backed sails didn't concern me. I stared in disbelief at the broken autopilot belt. Without an autopilot single-handed sailing quickly loses its charm and becomes a lot like work.

In my haste to get underway I failed to check for a spare Autohelm 3000 belt. Darkness was minutes away. The first priority was to get sailing again and I went forward to free the whisker pole that was tangled in a preventer line. Several times I had to dash aft to the wheel, to bring the boat up into the wind, only to have the sails back again before I could clear the line. I was beginning to understand that single-handed sailing requires a little more planning, you can't just bark orders back to the helmsperson.

I also noted that my harness wasn't shackled to the jack lines I had rigged before leaving port. I had to slow down and think, not just react. There is no margin for error when it comes to falling overboard when you are alone. Frustrated, I dropped the pole and soon had the sails drawing nicely in a freshening breeze. I was perched at the helm, a position I would maintain through the night.

I was a prisoner in the cockpit because I just could not make the First 38 steer herself for any length of time and maintain a course off the wind. I tried to lash the wheel with bungy and experimented with trim. The best tactic was to ease the main well out, and over trim the genoa, but this slowed us down and increased the likelihood of the boat rounding up. The night dragged on. I made several frantic dashes below searching for a spare belt. My best bet was a spare engine alternator belt and I decided that at first light I would fashion a jury rig.

I considered turning back to the Virgins, or detouring to San Juan, but I hate to backtrack once I've begun a passage. Besides, I had another delivery scheduled just days after my return. Tight schedules and sailing shouldn't mix, but they almost always do. In the morning I brought the boat hard on the wind and readjusted the autopilot motor to fit the alternator belt. It actually steered rather well and I boasted to the flying fish that I was still the king of the short-term solution. The wind died as the day wore on and I decided to take a quick swim while crossing over the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest spot in the Atlantic Ocean. A personal ritual, I always swim in the trench if weather permits, there is something about cavorting in 30,000 feet. Yet swimming alone was different. Although I had lowered all sail, I just couldn't relax. After a quick dip I was back on board and making way under power.

That evening fatigue became a factor. I simply had to sleep for more than 15 minutes at a crack. I felt guilty. Disregarding watch on your own boat is one thing but on a delivery, it is doubly irresponsible. Also, I was plying a route well traveled by cruise ships and I couldn't stop thinking about the possibility of a collision. I decided to steer farther offshore, adding miles to the rhumb line but lessening the likelihood of encountering a ship. I also increased my sleeping periods to 30 minutes. However, when the light of another day crept above the horizon, I was still exhausted.

On my third day at sea I realized that there was something to those books on single-handed sailing after all. Sailing alone required much more planning. Even simple tasks needed to be thought out in advance; when making sandwiches, make an extra one and stash it in the cockpit. When going forward to free a fouled lead, consider rigging a preventer line just in case the wind changes. It is critical to conserve energy and limit your chances to make stupid mistakes.

By day five I had established an efficient routine. I was sleeping in 30-minute intervals in the evening and cat napping in daytime. I was preparing all the day's meals at one time, and not putting anything off that turned up on my daily deck and rig inspection. Seven days from Virgin Gorda I spied the familiar tanks that stand sentinel over Port Everglades. I had already decided to throw a book about single-handed sailing in my sea bag to read on my next delivery.

A Few Thoughts on Single-Handing

1. Gear makes a difference for the single-hander. Obviously furling sails and power winches lighten the work load for sailing alone. Also Radar with guard zone alarms are helpful but never let a clear Radar screen lull you into not personally scanning the horizon. The most important piece of equipment for the single-hander is a reliable self-steering system. Carry a backup system and spare parts as well. Remember, sophisticated gear can be a mixed bag, simple systems still are the best.

2. Shorten sail earlier and try to avoid getting caught with too much sail up. This is a general rule of good seamanship but especially valid when sailing alone. Be sure that your sail control systems are well laid out. While I am not usually a fan of leading all controls aft, it makes sense for single-handers.

3. Single-handing requires more planning and less reacting. If you are considering a short passage, a week or less, do as much work as possible before you shove off. Pre-cook meals, pre plan routes, make notes on the chart, etc.

4. Conserve energy and develop a workable sleep pattern. I found that sleeping in 30 minute intervals provided me with enough sleep in the night only after I started conserving my energy and cat napping during the daytime hours. Staying rested will be one of your biggest challenges.

5. Choose routes that take you away from shipping lanes and areas of coastal traffic. Even if you have to add miles or alter destinations, sailing alone will be much easier if you are truly alone at sea.


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Free Press is still up in arms over what the reform group calls the Federal Communications Commission's "back room" meetings with big corporations to cut a deal on net neutrality rules.
"Despite public outrage and repeated promises of transparency, the FCC continues to meet behind closed doors with the largest companies to negotiate a secret deal that would short circuit public participation in policymaking that will shape the Internet for a generation," declared Free Press's Josh Silver in a message just sent to us. "The great irony here is that the FCC's 'transparency' policy is part of the negotiations behind closed doors."
Which stakeholders
We've been following this story since late June, when the news first surfaced about these meetings. They don't seem to be related to any single FCC proceeding. Rather, the focus is on some compromise deal on Internet nondiscrimination rules with which everyone can live, possibly enacted over on Capitol Hill, rather than via the Commission.
"Some stakeholders have shared their ideas with staff at the Commission, including ideas for legislative options," FCC Chief of Staff Edward Lazarus wrote on the FCC's blog. "To the extent stakeholders discuss proposals with Commission staff regarding other approaches outside of the open proceedings at the Commission, the agency's ex parte disclosure requirements are not applicable."
Lazarus' point here is that since ex parte rules only apply to specific rule-making or inquiry proceedings, the FCC's disclosure rules technically don't apply.
But for "secret," "closed," "back room" meetings, these have been remarkably open affairs. Here's the sordid history of these allegedly clandestine gatherings, summaries of which we found as plain as day on Lazarus' blog.
June 22
A small battalion of corporate biggies piled into the offices of Lazarus' office to talk up "details relating to prospective legislation relating to open Internet principles." The attendants included representatives from Verizon, Google, Skype, and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, but it also included a rep from the Open Internet Coalition, which includes Free Press.
June 23
The next day the same crew had themselves another session. Markham Erickson of the Open Internet Coalition sent in a summary of the conversation, which touched on the following issues:
- Prohibitions on blocking legal content and interfering with attachment of nonharmful devices;
- Possible legislative language for a nondiscrimination principle;
- Treatment of specialized services;
- Transparency of broadband Internet service performance and network management practices;
- An enforcement regime to protect consumers; and
- The applicability of the principles to wireless platforms.
June 24
Of course it wouldn't be a picnic without the Motion Picture Association of America dropping by. Ars readers can doubtless guess what was discussed, but here's the thumbnail for the record:
"The purpose of the meeting was to discuss possible legislative proposals, in particular stressing that reasonable steps taken to address the transfer of unlawful content would not violate open internet principles," an MPAA wrap-up of the meeting concluded. The June 22/23 group also dropped by again for another conversation on the same bullet points.
June 28
Sprint showed up on the last Monday of June. As we've reported, the company is in sync with general telco opposition to the FCC partially reclassifying ISPs as Title II common carriers, but less vehemently so than AT&T and Verizon. Sprint's big issue is connectivity with those latter companies.
"In particular, Sprint emphasized the need to ensure access to data roaming and IP/VoIP interconnection" with other carriers, Sprint's summary of their conversation explained.
July 12, 14, and 19
Next, Google, Skype, and the Open Internet Coalition had their own session with the FCC, which mostly focused on possible legislative ways to ban the blocking of legal content. Two days later the NCTA, Verizon, and AT&T checked in for another meeting.
Then on July 19 a very mixed group gathered to offer solutions. The guests included the MPAA, the Directors Guild of America, Public Knowledge, and the Center for Democracy and Technology—the last two organizations were often at odds with the positions of the first two.
According to MPAA's summary of the meeting, they discussed:
- Concerns that open Internet principles apply solely to lawful content;
- Concerns about the FCC's jurisdiction over copyright law;
- The importance of respecting privacy and protecting free speech;
- Concerns about the possible implications of a nondiscrimination principle on the jobs, incomes, benefits, and creative output of Americans employed in the creative and entertainment industries.
The latest: on July 23, the June 22 group did a repeat performance of their prior discussions.
These conversations have all been earmarked in the FCC's two main net neutrality proceedings—broadband reclassification and open Internet proposals. But because they go beyond specific agency rules and deal with ideas for Congressional action, the Commission has more leeway to pick and choose with whom they wish to meet.
In that sense, they're less open than normal FCC gatherings, and it's unclear whether other groups are going to get their chance to tell the agency what Congress should do. But if everybody ran their "secret" meetings the way the Commission is running them here, Washington, DC would be a much more transparent place.
Since we posted this story, the FCC has revised its public list of these meetings. The roster now includes conferences with the American Cable Association, XO Communications, T-Mobile USA, CTIA - The Wireless Association, Clearwire, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Andrew Jay Schwartzman of the Media Access Project, The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Free Press.


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Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War is a set of books that contain the soldiers and sailors that lived in Massachusetts and Maine. Remember Maine was part of Massachusetts and did not become a state until 1820. I bought this set of books a few years back.
The records are now also available online at the Mass.gov website. Here is the link. Below is the text that can be found for Benjamin Foss in this book.
Foss, Benjamin. Private, Capt Stephen Smith's (Seacoast) co.; enlisted Sept. 16, 1775; discharged Dec. 31, 1775; service, 3 mos. 22 days; company stationed at Machias; also, Capt. Joseph Libbie's (9th) co., Col. Benjamin Foster's (Lincoln Co.) regt.; enlisted June 23, 1777; discharged July 16, 1777; service, 23 days; company ordered on duty for defense of Machias and adjacent rivers when ship "Ambuscade" lay in the harbor; also, Capt. Stephen Smith's co., Col. Benjamin Foster's (Lincoln Co.) regt.; service between July 16, 1777, and date of discharge of company, Oct. 10, 1777, 13 days, at Machias when British ships lay in the harbor; also Capt. Reuben Dyer's co.; enlisted July 29, 1777; discharged Nov. 24, 1777; service, 3 mos. 27 days; company raised for expedition against St. Johns, N.S., and Machias; also, certificate dated Machias, Dec. 12, 1777, signed by Capt. Reuben Dyer, stating that Capt. Stephen Smith, Muster Master for Lincoln Co., paid said Foss and others in Capt. Dyer's co., the bounty allowed them for engaging to serve on the expedition against St. Johns; also, Private, Capt. Stephen Smith's co., Col. Benjamin Foster's regt., service between Dec. 4, 1778, and Jan. 4, 1779, 3 days, at Machias; also, Lieut. John Scott's detachment, 6th Lincoln Co. regt.; service between Aug. 31, 1779, and Nov. 20, 1779, 11days, at Machias; roll endorsed "service at Penobscot."
Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War. A compilation from the archives, prepared and published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in accordance with chapter 100, resolves of 1891. (Vol. 5, p. 882). (1899). Boston, MA: Wright and Potter Print., State Printers.


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For most of us, it's winter. Which means it's soul-suckingly cold. But for this week's Shooting Challenge, we're celebrating all of those frozen motifs—ice, snow and frosty breath. For this week's Shooting Challenge, show us freezing cold.
The Challenge
Take a chilling photo. Use any winter motif—ice, snow or anything else you can think of that conveys cold.
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It can be tough to get that perfectly exposed shot of snow. The secret? Try overexposing it by a stop or two so it glows to your lens like it does to your eyes.
And for those of you who aren't surrounded by ice and snow, maybe try to make an ice filter. It's a fun way to instantly freeze any scene. Or just find a way to creatively freeze and photograph ice.
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Our lead shot is from a past ice challenge. It's by John Kilmister, who used his HTC Desire (this was 2011, OK?) to photograph a macro-esque shot of a frozen trailer tire. The effect looks like some frozen alien world.
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1. Submissions need to be your own.
2. Photos must be taken since this contest was announced.
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4. Email submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com, not me.
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Send your best photo by Monday, January 21st at 10AM Eastern to email@example.com with "Freeze" in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs, and use a FirstnameLastnameFreeze.jpg (970px wide) and FirstnameLastnameFreezeWallpaper.jpg (2560px wide) naming conventions. Include your shooting summary (camera, lens, ISO, etc) in the body of the email along with a story of the shot in a few sentences. And don't skip this story part because it's often the most enjoyable part for us all beyond the shot itself!


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Christianity's Living Core is Theological Argumentation and Not Miracles
Jesus argues with his parents. (Luke 2: 44 - 50 & John 2: 1 - 4)
Jesus argues with the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes.
Jesus argues with the common Jewish people he came to teach.
Jesus argues with the Apostles.
The Apostles argue among themselves.
The Jerusalem Jewish Jesus sect (under James and Peter) argue with the Hellenists.
Paul argues in his letters against Peter.
Paul argues with unnamed Judaizers and boasts that he only preaches the truth in his churches.
Paul argues with Barnabas and John Mark ending with their splits.
The Early Church Fathers argue amongst themselves over who is really orthodox and who is heretical.
The Western Christians argue with the Eastern Christians over dogmas and who is really the true Church; ending in a split forming the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox traditions.
Catholic Monastic Orders argue, fight (in some cases kill members of the other Orders) and split into new traditions under the Pope.
Luther argues with the Catholic Church labeling the Pope as the Anti-Christ and splits.
Calvin argues with the Catholic Church and with Luther and splits.
Henry VIII argues with the Pope ending in a split and starting the Church of England.
Puritans argue with both Catholics and Protestants and sail to the New World to get freedom of religious truth: But only as they themselves under stand Biblical truth.
Once the issue of freedom of religion was established in the United States, the "Made in American" new Christian religions argued their way into existence: Mormons, Seventh Day Adventist and Christian Science.
The five present day Book of Mormon sects attack and argue with each other. The Branch Davidians split off from and argue with the regular Adventist Church and the Christian Science argues with Unity Christianity.
Alexander Campbell travels the early 19th century United States and argues with the established Christian sects and churches over Biblical orthodox truth starting the Campbellites.
Christian Fundamentalist argue with Christian Liberals.
The King James 1611 Version (The Textus Receptus) group argue and debate with Westcott - Hort's eclectic Greek text.
For the last 2,000 years, Christianity has survived by argumentation and its so called debate to established the real orthodox Christian truth.
Based on its cantankerous tradition, it is little wonder that the Dark Ages commenced after Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Rome Empire.
People such as JP Holding, Joe Hinman, Jason, District Super. Harvey Burnett and many Christians who stop by DC to challenge postings are simply only doing what the earliest New Testament traditions (The Pauline Corpus) demand that should be done: The argumentation of the illusive orthodox Christian truth.
In my next post, I'll present a radical new thesis as to how Christianity was born and why, by its very nature, it is so argumentative.


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The word "tacky" is a Southern colloquialism. It was coined by a wealthier or more refined and educated class for general application to those who were not sheltered by the branches of a family tree, who were "tainted." Those who were wealthy and yet had no great-grandfathers were "tackies." The word was used both in contempt and in derision. It is now nearly obsolete in both senses. There are no aristocrats in the South now, and therefore no "tackies." No man who has the instincts of a gentleman is spoken of as a "tacky," whether he can remember the name of his grandfather's uncle or not. But it has its uses. It is employed in describing persons of low ideas and vulgar manners, whether rich or poor. It may mean an absence of style. In dress, anything that is tawdry is "tacky." A ribbon on the shopkeeper's counter, a curtain in the bolt, a shawl or bonnet, a bolt of cloth fresh from the loom may be "tacky," because it is cheap and yet pretentious. In Louisiana the inferior grade of Creole ponies are known as "tackies." [Horace Ingraham, Charleston, S.C., in "American Notes and Queries," Feb. 15, 1890]
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There's no better way to spend a Dodger off-day than working on an SoSG puzzle - and I've teed up a good one for you today! Untangle the cryptic image below and you'll be rewarded with a magic message which, once fulfilled, will solve all the Dodgers' problems and guarantee them their first World Series Title in 20 years (what's Monday without a little hyperbole?).
While I won't provide any specific instructions on how to solve it - that would defeat the purpose now, wouldn't it? - I will leave you with these initial thoughts:
1) Printing out the image might help you work towards a solution.
2) If you don't have a color printer, find some other way to indicate the players in red, as color does matter.
3) It's not a "word-play" puzzle.
Good luck!UPDATES:
Hint #1 (11:00am PT): Think along the lines of a popular children's activity/puzzle.
Hint #2 (11:05am PT): Think 'Dodger Power Rankings'.
Hint #3 (1:15pm PT): It's a dot-to-dot variant for which baseball-reference.com might come in handy...
Hint #4 (3:51pm PT): It basically is a dot-to-dot. And see Hint #2.
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A creative thinker with a sweet life, the former speaker just wasn't ready for the repetitive grind of a White House bid
These days, it's painful talking to longtime friends and admirers of former House speaker Newt Gingrich. The overwhelming view is that they hate to see what is happening to the Georgia Republican, yet all knew that his campaign would end up a train wreck.
Whether one likes or agrees with Gingrich (I like him but don't necessarily agree with him that much), he clearly is one of the brightest, most thoughtful, and engaging political figures to come along in a generation or two.
He has a thousand ideas a month, some good, some not so good, but always thought-provoking. His brain is always working, and he is the living embodiment of thinking outside the box.
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Gingrich has created a unique brand: a one-man think tank, concept-promoter, and intellectual provocateur. Name anyone in either party or any part of the ideological spectrum that plays the role he plays.
Yet even many who like him the most knew from the beginning that this campaign wouldn't end well. Creativity and discipline are pretty close to mutually exclusive.
Gingrich soars off the charts on the former but can frequently stray from the latter and sometimes roam off at the worst moments.
That's one of the reasons he is always fun to listen to. He is not like the jukebox-style politician that we so often see, punch a pair of buttons and you know exactly what they will say and how they will say it.
He has developed a great life since stepping down as speaker in 1999. There is an array of entities that make up what has commonly become known as Newt Inc.: a staff, vehicle, and platform to promote his ideas and travel around the country supporting causes he believes in and allowing him to make a ton of money.
He's debating policy wonks one minute and Fortune 500 CEOs the next. Let's face it: He's built a sweet life.
Watching him with his wife, Callista, by all appearances he has a great marriage and was quite happy with his new life.
I bumped into them a few years ago at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Fla. After a speaking engagement elsewhere on the Gulf Coast, they were spending a weekend at the Ritz, just having a nice weekend, sitting around the pool, reading, and relaxing.
He seemed to have it all and was happier and more content than I ever recall him being as speaker.
Another time sitting over drinks at another resort, I walked away with a cocktail napkin full of book recommendations from him and ideas for my website. I have seen few political figures with the zeal and enthusiasm for life and ideas he has. He seems happiest when he is holding court about ideas, issues, and alternatives.
But Gingrich has long had a burning desire to run for president, a desire that no amount of convincing from friends could persuade him otherwise. No matter how great his life was, it seemed it would be incomplete if he didn't at least try to become president. It simply was an itch he had to scratch.
The challenge, of course, is that he tried to marry his great post-speaker lifestyle with running for president, two things that if either is done right are absolutely irreconcilable. You can't have great vacations, sleep most nights in your own bed, have other people deal with raising money, or speak only on lofty subjects and in the long form.
You can't take things at your own pace and seriously run for president, no matter how tempting it might be to try.
From a lifestyle point of view, campaigning for president sucks.
If you are running for president and your life doesn't suck, you obviously are not making a serious bid for the White House (or didn't have much of one before).
It means very few days off, very few nights at home, hundreds of hours of dialing for dollars and begging before groups large and small for money, and countless, mindless stump speeches, saying the same thing over and over again, trying to sound earnest and engaged every single time.
Spend a day with a top-run presidential candidate and it becomes clear: It is about as unglamorous and grinding as it can be. It's about little sleep and bad food. It's about mindless chatter with people you would rather not be talking to. It's about flying commercial for as long as possible so that your campaign can afford to buy voter lists of previous Iowa caucus attendees.
It is about doing what you have to do, not cherry-picking the events that sound fun or intellectually challenging.
In short, Gingrich wanted to have his cake and eat it too -- run for president while keeping his life interesting and maintaining a high quality of life. You can't do that.
His senior staff tried an intervention and failed. They were committing themselves to working on a serious campaign and saw that he wasn't.
Talking with those who know Gingrich well and care a great deal for him, it is clear they are not thinking about whether his campaign has any chance or not. Rather, they wonder to what extent will he damage the unique brand he has become, that once this campaign is over, will the brand be tarnished by an embarrassing run that doesn't ever get past the starting gates?
It is about him coming to terms with reality and then developing an exit strategy -- probably a self-effacing one -- that gets him back as close as possible to where he was before this career detour took place.
Gingrich is a proud guy. Where this is going next, if he continues, won't be pretty.
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We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.2 Corinthians 4:7-9
Every Christian is a vessel God has uniquely created for sharing a treasure with others. This treasure, referred to as the gospel of Jesus, is contained in "fragile clay jars" so it's "clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves." Paul uses the phrase "fragile clay jars" because as humans we are easily broken and we struggle with the most basic details of life. Yet we are called to pour out our treasure so that the world comes into contact with God.
God's works flow naturally from a person whose life has been totally committed to him. The key is to give liberally of what we've received, knowing that the Lord will continue to fill us so that we are never totally empty nor constantly overflowing. Instead, our container will be full of holes that continuously pour out the love of Jesus. As long as we are being filled by God daily, we will never have a problem serving those he wants us to serve (see Galatians 6:10).
However, these clay jars can eventually become empty from lack of use. Empty vessels serve little purpose other than taking up space. And the Lord does not want us to simply exist. As pastor Rick Warren has correctly noted, each person has been made for a purpose. When a follower of Christ is not connected to the source of these gifts, his or her desire for serving God and other people diminishes.
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Classes, not jail: Protestors cancel 'living wage' action
Guests at the Courtyard Marriott on Main Street are sleeping easier now that protesters who had picketed in front of the hotel every week for more than two straight years have agreed to a ceasefire.
The protesters, organized by a Charlottesville-based non-profit group, opposed low wages paid to hotel employees at the Marriott and other national hotel chains and had been pushing for a "living wage" of $8.65 an hour.
Though the Living Wage objective has not actually been met, an olive branch extended through a new alliance between hotels and Piedmont Virginia Community College (and mediated by the City of Charlottesville) offered enough of a compromise, says Joe Szakos, executive director of the Virginia Organizing Project. The group quietly stopped its protests in October while the details of the new program were being worked out.
"We got people talking, and we've given employees some hope of improving their situations," Szakos says of the early April agreement.
Employees from six local hotels– the Courtyard, the Charlottesville Omni, the Boar's Head Inn, the Cavalier Best Western Inn, the Doubletree Hotel Charlottesville, and the Hampton Inn and Suites on Main Street– will be eligible to participate, space permitting, in a new 10-week class at PVCC.
The hotels will pick up the $265 tuition and pay employees their regular wages for the time spent in class. For the pilot program, all 15 spaces were taken by students who will learn about various aspects of the hospitality industry, starting with computers.
Brett Darlington, general manager at the Courtyard by Marriott, says five of his employees decided to participate, despite the fact there is no guarantee of a raise upon completion of the course. But he says that doesn't mean it won't be worth their while.
"The people who take the initiative create their own value," Darlington says. "They are on their way to furthering their positions at the hotel." He says the hotel benefits too. "The faster we can develop people," he explains, "the more [employees] we will retain."
Michael Denson, restaurant supervisor at the Courtyard's Café 1201, is one of that hotel's five participants. At 38, he's been at the hotel for a year and a half, and in the hospitality industry for nine years. He hopes this course will help push him into "more of a management position than supervisory."
He rejects any suggestion that his employer is new to the employee-improvement efforts.
"Marriott is always working with us to try to help us improve ourselves," he insists. "It's a great place to work."
So would the hotels have provided such training even without pressure from protesters?
Both Darlington and Paul Maher, general manager at the Omni, say the protesters didn't prompt the hotels' decision to join the alliance. "We really thought there was a need," says Maher. "We hope that this program will create interest in a long-term hotel career."
But Charlottesville Mayor Maurice Cox says he thinks the protesting did make the difference, and not just because it "irritated the owners," says Cox. Most importantly, the protest caught the attention of elected officials who "did what we should do."
What the city did was bring the different factions together and facilitate the creation of the course. "The real trick," says Cox, "was relieving the pressure of protests. Lessening the tensions helped me tremendously in negotiations."
And the process of those negotiations, Cox hopes, has set a precedent that can be applied to other industries that often pay low wages, including contracting. "The city is ready and willing to participate," he says. And, he adds, "I would hope it doesn't take a year of protesting to get different stakeholders to the table."
But not everyone is thrilled with the outcome. Andrew Holden, a frequent protester at the Courtyard Marriott (who once chained himself to an Omni elevator), says that while the new class is certainly a step in the right direction, it's not a big enough step by a long stretch. Until every employee is paid the "living wage," which brings a family of four up to the federal poverty level, Holden says, he won't be satisfied.
"They should be paid fairly no matter what," he says. "It's necessary work."
And he says that while the Virginia Organizing Project may have agreed to back off protesting, he can't promise the same. Though his own activist organization, Citizens Against Global Exploitation, focuses more on international "fair trade" practices, if someone comes to him from one of the local hotels with a complaint, he promises, "We'll be right back out there."


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I went to a school which was populated with provably about 80 per centGujarati children (I come from a Gujarati background) at a guess. When my boy and I go to playgroup he is an, 'ethnic minority' by being in a broader group called 'Asian'.
So when I was at school I was not (by other kids) differentiated by the colour of my skin, but my caste. My classroom was made up of surnames such as Patel, Mistry, Thakrar or Shah. All Gujarati of course. We all knew we belonged to different castes and we knew that we spoke in different accents, our mothers cooked different tasting foods or simply varieties and some of us would be vegetarian and others not. Mild teasing was not uncommon, 'your surname is Tailor you can make my clothes when I grow up'. I think I could pick up on caste sometimes by physical appearance.
The caste system used to separate people vocationally, but no longer does. Well, not the people I know anyway. It created networks of people and they married within their caste, but that doesn't happen any more either. Idiosyncrasies of castes are now diluted with western accents, mixed marriages and just general evolution of culture. My 23 month will probably never know much about the caste system and I'm sure his friends will be much more international than mine were at his tender age. London offers that diversity doesn't it.
I am from the Lohana caste. Commercial people. Ironically I read economics at university, but really that nothing to do with caste. Coincidence. Lohana folk are said to fond of onions, and that's why I often got called one whilst growing up. But I was proud, I love a good onion.
Sweet and juicy with a sour tang. That's my salad. I've smothered pomegranate molasses over the onions and roasted them slowly so that they are sweet and sour and moist and slippery. I adore that smell. They work well with deep butter beans and my nutty and slightly spiced dressing. Go on, be an onion.
Ingredients to serve 4
20 baby onions, peeled and halved
4 tbsp pomegranate molasses
1-2 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 tsp sugar
A few handfuls of rocket leaves
2 tins of butter beans
2 tsp sumac powder
15g flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
15g garlic chives, finely chopped
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 cup plain yoghurt
4 tbsp tahini paste
1 tsp red chilli flakes
1. Coat the onions with the pomegranate molasses, sugar and a generous sprinkle of salt.
2. Lay the onions on some baking paper, drizzle them with oil and place them in the oven and roast them at 150 degrees for approximately 30minutes.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the butter beans, sumac, lemon juice, parsley, salt to taste and garlic chives.
4. To make the dressing, simply whip the yoghurt, tahini and chilli together.
5. Serve the salad on some rocket leaves with some lovely warm bread.


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