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Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Posts: 23
Location: Spain
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 05:13
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Changing boot sequence witout enter BIOS?
For most simple PC users enter the BIOS is to much misterious.
(More enough when they are not english spoken)
I know to change boot sequence from BIOS is the cleanest way to boot a Puppy CD, but when that is not an option:
Are there any way to force CD boot just when HD but has started? May be through GRUB?
In fact I don't want to change the BIOS.
May be even more transparent. Something like:
1. Normal HD boot.
2. Boot intercept -> look at CD drive: Is Puppy there? Then boot Puppy. No? Then continue normal HD boot.
No text, no options, no delay.
And all that installed (and uninstallable) from a little app: PpDSlnch.exe, Pp98lnch.exe, PpXPlnch.exe
Why? Motivations.
In my quest for an EasyPuppy (Puppy for not very able PC users, or not PC users still at all) I find that BIOS setup is beyond their possibilities.
I know PuppyWin98 (very interesting) and I have a Puppy HD NTFS isntall on my machine but by the other hand, a live-Puppy or a multi(session)-Puppy, are the best solution for them (a clean, secure and safe way to pupping without any possibility to harm their machines).
I think 80% of EasyPuppy users have DOS, Win95, Win98 or WinXP on their machines.
And I need a way to make them boot theirs CD without asking them to enter the BIOS.
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Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 05:57
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If the first boot device is A (or drive A is before the HD) then you can use a floppy to boot to the CD-ROM
The way I set my computer up is first boot device is CD-ROM
If there is no bootable CD-ROM disk in the drive, it boots the hard disk.
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Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 06:01
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I think that in messing with the BIOS is too much for a user then no way should they be installing ANYTHING that messes around with the MBR...cos that's the only way what you propose could happen
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Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 07:43
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"Let them eat cak"
Only joking . . .
Dunno if being able to access Linux files from Win is of any interest . . .
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Joined: 25 May 2005
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Location: Manila
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 08:12
Post subject: Floppy OK
Bruce's solution is useful - even newer machines with floppy drive are configured to boot from floppy first.
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Joined: 29 May 2005
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Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 10:26
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raffy... newer machines come without a floppy.
Sirexel. In principle your idea seems simple. Actually something like you are describing would be more complex for a new user as you would have to configure it for the particular hardware configuration they have. What if they have two CDs? what if one is SCSI or USB? An inexperienced user would have no clue why would that matter.
As I said in a different thread. Don't assume that inexperienced users (or non english speaking users) are dumb or living in a void. Do you know how to use the BIOS because you are more intelligent than they are?
Motivated and curious inexperienced users will learn how to do it (as you did the first time).
Inexperienced users that just want to turn on the computer and don't care about what or how it does it, will ask a friend or call technicall support.
I still don't think that your mythological gran'ma exists. People either don't want to depend on someone else, in wich case they try to learn. Or they don't want to learn and accept that they will have to depend on someone else.
My question again: Have you EVER met such a computer user?
Actually, if they are so inexperienced, how did they get to know about Puppy in the first place?
- They bought a linux magazine: they are curious users willing to learn
- A friend handed them a copy: They are not isolated and have someone to ask to
- This is their first computer ever and puppy came preinstalled: They don't even need to care about the BIOS, puppy is already there.
Conclusions can only be correct if the premisses are.
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Joined: 04 May 2005
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Location: Arizona USA
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 12:14
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The BIOS directs the CPU to begin executing the code at the beginning of the hard drive, where resides the Master Boot Record, or MBR for short. Among other things, the MBR contains a program called a bootloader, for loading the OS(s) contained on the hard drive. The bootloader in turn jumps the CPU to yet another location on the hard drive, where there is a file which contains the next step in the loading sequence for Windows. If that file could be moved, and, say, GRUB substituted for it (with GRUB cofigured to point to the new location of the Windows file which was moved, for booting Windows,) would that work?
See? Nothing to it.
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Joined: 29 May 2005
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Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 18:05
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My point is that installing, understanding and configuring grub is much more difficult than going into the bios and changing it.
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Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 18:13
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rarsa wrote:
My point is that installing, understanding and configuring grub is much more difficult than going into the bios and changing it.
Right on...and changing the BIOS isn't forever
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Location: Spain
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 18:40
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rarsa wrote:
My question again: Have you EVER met such a computer user?
Of course. But I would rather prefer not to personalize because the we start talkin on a particular case, and that is not very usefull.
Anyway, just as an example, one of my best friends is one of this users.
He is just a worker building houses, he doesn't speak english. He is very simple and practical.
He likes to play old PC wargames, like Panzer General II. He uses word to write contracts, email to play wargames by email, and Explorer to browse Inet to find something related with Bar�n Rojo (a heavy rock group).
When a new wargame shows he wait a couple of years to buy it, because he knows that a new game costs 50 � and only 8� ater that time. He has money but he is no hurry because there are a o of old games to play with meanwhile.
Now he uses Windows XP home edition. He would prefer to use Win98 because he is more confortable with it, but it lacks drivers for his printer (a gift) and his TV card (but just now he has not an antenna plug for it).
I talked him about Puppy Linux and he was skeptical because he feels 'Linux is harder than windows or otherwise all people would migrate to Linux'.
He hat to learn Windows XP but he would prefer not to do it.
He musted learn how to install Windows 98 because 'it can not run flawlessly for more that a couple of years witout to reinstall'. (He install a lot of demo games that always let some kind of problems after uninstall).
I entered his BIOS, changed the boot sequence, and I asked him 'try to open your DVD film (somebody borrowed him).
He doesn't like to enter the BIOS. He doesn't understand anything on there and he is feared to damage his machine. He knows how to change the boot sequence because he needed that to install Win98 but anyway he is awkward.
He asked me how would he recomend Puppy to a friend if both them doesn't know to enter the BIOS.
I said him:
'Well It is easy. You must hit "borrar" just at the begining, after the first logo. Well. Sometimes it is "suprimir", altough sometimes it is F2, F8 or F12. Although in my laptop it is "Acces IBM. You just have to look on the screen to see what it says. DEL is "borrar", I don't remember how it is "suprimir"... The rest, ok, just read the screen but, ops! you have just half a second to scan through twenty understandable lines to search something like 'press X to enter BIOS''.
'Then you are inside. Try to search something like '*whatever* boot *whatever*. Use scroll key to higlight it, altough sometimes it is RePag, AvPag, or TAB. Then Enter, altough sometimes it is right cursor.
Search someting like 'boot sequence'. Sometimes is just a list like C,A, CD-rom. Sometimes is like 'first device, second device...'. Change the orther to put CD-rom in first place. How? Well, sometimes with cursor, sometimes TAB, Av/Re Pag, with 'x' to include or exclude a device the change the order...
OK. You got it. Exis and save: sometimes F10 or F12 and the answer Yes or No, when it asks if you want to save and exit, or exit without save changes. Just read the screen. Oh sorry, you don't understand english!'
If you think this is easy or practical just copy and paste in the Wiki and you have a new HOW TO. My friend says 'no way' and his friend never will know Puppy.
Altough this is not a great lose for Puppy comunity it is an example why Puppy can not reach more people.
Windows it is preinstalled in (near) all machines and thousands of owners
have never enter BIOS.
If it would be a way to change the boot a Puppy CD without to enter the BIOS just double clincking a little EXE depending on your windows version, that can be done by every newbie user.
If not, may be a HD install it is the answer.
Anyway, may be changing the MBR is the only solution, what I think it is not a preblem for them:
1. They never heard about it, so they can not feel any fear about that.
2. An unistall program should exist to restore MBR.
It is too late now I must sleep. I will continue how could my friend play the movie and how he feel about that.
Thanks. And remmber mine are just suggestion with all my gratitude to real Puppy developers.
'Puppy will be extremely friendly for Linux newbies.'
in Puppy
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Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 18:56
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In your friends situation running puppy isn't going to give him any gains if he simply wants to do what you say. And the time spent trying to run his games under linux would just not be worth the effort.
Just a builder..........pull ya head in. Without builders you freeze cos you got no place to live, without honest,caring skillful builders you die because the building around you falls on your head.
Without tradesmen ya all (inserted bad word here)
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Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 4839
Location: Manila
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 20:00
Post subject: No complaint
People who are installing Puppy in Windows are not complaining:
(it also has links to the Windows 98 install)
Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice?
Get the sfs (English only)
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Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 3053
Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Sat 27 Aug 2005, 23:10
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sirexel: Your friend is the perfect example of a user unlike the ones you are describing.
He is lucky to have a friend (you) that can help him to change the BIOS. That was my point.
One thing to consider is that thankfully there are options, Windows is one of them and that's a good thing.
Some people want, like or need Windows, others don't. Puppy (or Linux in general) cannot be everything to everyone.
During a regula day I use Windows XP, Windows 2000, zOS (Mainframe OS), Puppy and Fedora (another linux). I would not expect Puppy to behave like the others. It has it's own place.
As a good friend, I would be helping someone to use Windows XP more effectivelly if that is what they need.
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"I had him do one piece," Kaepernick told reporters last week. "I really liked it and I've been going to him ever since."
The first tattoo, on his throwing shoulder, was Psalm 18:39, which reads, "You arm me with strength for battle."
The good fortune isn't lost on Andrion, who says he came to the United States in 1990 after growing up poor in the Philippines, often sleeping on a dirt floor, eating only bread for breakfast and walking the 1 1/2 miles to school in flip flops that didn't match.
Kaepernick's tattoos became a topic of debate after AOL columnist David Whitley wrote on Nov. 28 that an NFL quarterback shouldn't look like a convict.
"NFL quarterback is the ultimate position of influence and responsibility," Whitley said. "He is the CEO of a high- profile organization, and you don't want your CEO to look like he just got paroled."
Andrion laughs, saying Kaepernick is everything you'd want your kids to be.
Andrion, who says he's never made more than $28,000 a year, wants to focus on building his business and passing along his good fortune by offering apprenticeships to anyone with a desire to learn the tattoo trade.
"Give them a chance to be who they want to be," said Andrion, who declined to disclose how much the quarterback has spent on his tattoos.
Hanging in the shop is a picture of Kaepernick and Andrion, who had just put the finishing touches on his favorite of the quarterback's tattoos, the one that reads, "God Will Guide Me." Part of that one will be visible to viewers on Kaepernick's left bicep. Other illustrations include scripture verses and the slogan "Against All Odds."
Andrion ponders what's next for his business while driving the 30 miles to work each day in a 1998 Honda Prelude whose odometer reads 188,000 miles.
Not even Kaepernick's friendship, visibility and promotional possibilities are enough to prompt a change of football allegiance for Andrion.
"I'm a Patriots' fan, bro," he said. "Colin knows."
But come Super Bowl Sunday, Andrion said, he's willing to become a 49ers fan, just this once.
"I'm really going for him," Andrion said. "He puts money in my pocket."
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Baltimore, MD, October 26-30, 2012
Information Curation
Jenna Jacobson
Monday, 6:30pm
Various information models have been developed to explain information practice; however, this paper suggests the changes brought about by social bookmarking in a Web 2.0 environment require a new type of information practice, which I call information curation. This paper also provides an academic analysis of Pinterest, a new social networking site, as a case study to explore information curation. Information curation describes an alternative type of information practice to account for the social networking, identity construction, and creative expression of the information curator.


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Monday Morning Offering - 97
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Good morning, good God!
I've spent a lot of time over the past two weeks
pondering and praying over and writing
of the Heart of your Son, Jesus...
It's been a blessing to look into his Heart,
to imagine its breadth and depth,
to peer into a heart so selflessly there for me
and for everyone who was, who is, who will be...
As I opened my eyes to Jesus' Heart
I couldn't help but look at my own, too,
and to see how my heart needs to grow
in so many ways...
So this morning, Lord,
I offer you my heart
with all its needs and weaknesses...
I offer you a heart too often intent
on its own desires, Lord:
give my heart ears, eyes and a desire
to know the needs of others
and the will to put theirs before my own...
I offer you a heart that's often stingy,
clinging to what I have, hanging on
to things I don't really need:
give me a heart ready to give itself away, Lord,
a heart ready to share the bounty that is mine...
I offer you a heart holding on to its hurts, Lord,
nourishing grudges and resentments:
give me a heart that nurtures peace
with you,
with those who have offended me
and with those I have offended...
I offer you a heart sometimes stuck in my yesterdays,
other times fearing my tomorrows
and not often enough living in the day you have given me:
give me a heart attentive to you presence, Lord,
for today is the day you have given me,
the day you meet me, speak to me, listen to me,
the day you walk with me...
I offer you a heart that sometimes gives itself
in the wrong way, to the wrong one or the wrong thing,
at the wrong time:
give me a wise heart, Lord,
and your counsel to guide my choices
on the paths my heart takes...
I offer you a proud heart, Lord,
a heart that often thinks too much of itself,
sometimes without thinking much at all;
I offer you my heart often blind to my faults
and my failure to see my own sins:
humble my heart with your Word, Lord,
and let me know my need for your Heart's mercy...
I offer you a heart that needs help, Lord,
and I ask you to open my heart
to those whose hearts meet mine this day:
render me open to what their hearts offer
and open mine to offer them whatever I have to give...
With thanks for the gift of your holy and generous Heart,
I offer you my prayer this morning, Lord,
and all the days of the week ahead...
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- AnonymousJune 14, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Excellent way to start monday Monring. Thanks for the prayer that applies to me too.ReplyDelete
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I am grateful for all of the time and thoughtfulness you put into this blog- and everything you do-ReplyDelete
and I am glad these Monday Morning Offerings are back...
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Absolutely Beautiful. Boy, if I could write like that, that is what I would say!:)ReplyDelete
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(sorry, had to say it- and just for the record, this is not my real name)
great MMO- thanks.
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What's News: Russia is close to a deal to sell sophisticated air defense systems to Syria's Assad, Israel says. The man suspected of kidnapping three women in Cleveland faces charges of kidnapping and rape. And what are the best airlines for using your frequent flier miles. Photo: AP
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FORT VALLEY, Ga. - Georgia Southwestern scored 25 runs giving up just one to Fort Valley State Thursday afternoon in doubleheader action as the Lady 'Canes swept the Lady Wildcats to improve their record to 11-5 on the season.
Game 1: GSW 11, FVSU 1
In the first game, the Lady Hurricanes jumped out to an early 5-0 advantage after four innings of play.
Fort Valley State scored their only run of the twin bill in the bottom of the sixth inning to inch closer.
GSW quickly responded scoring six runs in the top of the seventh inning to easily put away the Lady Wildcats 11-1.
GSW's bats lit up for 13 hits on the outing with senior Janna Anderson and sophomore Shelley Sweatt pacing the Lady 'Canes with three hits a piece while junior Mason Moreland accounted for two hits of her own for the Blue and Gold.
Junior third baseman Jordan Miller and Anderson each had two RBIs for Southwestern.
GSW (10-5) starting pitcher Allison Pastor (6-2) had a dominate outing for the Lady Hurricanes as the junior threw a complete game, giving up three runs while striking out nine.
Game 2: GSW 14, FVSU 0
The Lady Hurricanes were just getting started as Southwestern proved to be even more dominate in the second game as the Blue and Gold scored 14 runs on 10 hits and shut out FVSU for an easy 14-0 shortened, five-inning victory.
Moreland paced GSW (11-5) with four hits and three RBIs on the outing giving her a total of six hits on the afternoon.
Starting GSW pitcher Erin Vick (2-2) was credited with the win for the Lady Hurricanes as the junior tossed five innings, striking out six Lady Wildcats.
Southwestern's 14 runs were the most runs scored by a Lady 'Cane team since a 14-4 triumph of Brewton-Parker College on Feb. 6, 2011.
Georgia Southwestern looks to continue their four-game winning streak as they travel to take on ninth-ranked Rollins College Saturday afternoon in doubleheader action starting at 6 p.m.
This will be the second meeting of the year as the two teams split the doubleheader at Lady 'Cane Field earlier this season.


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Cutting time spent sitting down could increase life expectancy by up to 2 years, a life table analysis showed.
Limiting time watching television to less than 2 hours a day added 1.38 years of life, and cutting total sitting time to less than 3 hours a day increased life expectancy by 2 full years, Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and I-Min Lee, MD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, reported online in BMJ Open.
The prevalence-based, cause-deleted analysis measured relative risks of all-cause mortality in association with sitting and television viewing derived from a meta-analysis of studies looking at that relationship and from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from the 2009-2010 survey for sitting and the 2005-2006 study for TV viewing.
The cohorts included a combined 166,738 respondents followed for an average 9.28 years, and included mortality measures and breakdowns of time spent engaged in sedentary behavior. How time was broken down varied among the studies and included time as a fraction of a person's day or absolute hourly measures, although all studies stratified time by three levels (most, median, and least).
The NHANES prevalence data is representative of the noninstitutionalized, nonpregnant U.S. adults 18 and older. The questionnaires divided sitting time into less than 3 hours, 3 to 5.9 hours, and 6 or more hours a day. The TV time survey used breakdowns of less than 2 hours, 2 to 3.9 hours, and 4 or more hours daily.
The pooled relative risk for sitting and all-cause mortality was 1.45 (95% CI 1.39 to 1.51) for those who spent the most time sitting versus those who spent the least, and 1.18 (95% CI 1.14 to 1.21) for those who spent an average time sitting versus those who spent the least.
For associations between television viewing and all-cause mortality, the pooled relative risk was 1.49 (95% CI 1.22 to 1.82) for those who watched the most television, and 1.17 (95% CI 1.04 to 1.32) for those who watched an average amount of television, versus those who watched the least, respectively.
Katzmarzyk and Lee noted that the gains in life expectancy for sitting (2 years) and television viewing (1.38 years) came from adjustment from the most or median amounts of time (half or more of a patient's day, or 3 or more hours) spent on the sedentary behaviors to the lowest range.
They added that this effect on life expectancy is theoretical and that further research into health outcomes is required.
They noted, however, a number of mechanisms that could explain the association of sedentary behaviors and mortality, including increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The authors noted two limitations in their study: use of self-reported data that was subject to error and recall bias, and the assumption of a casual relationship between sedentary behavior and mortality.
They added that future research could "determine the causal pathways between sedentary behavior and health outcomes that have the potential to impact mortality rates."
The authors declared that they received no funding from any outside agency -- public, commerical, or nonprofit.
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Password list
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Encryption keys
Leave encryption keys of all encrypted disks, sticks, cards, online storage, virtual images
Private images/movies
All images/movies/multimedia you would like to share after you pass away.
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Master password
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Promoting the gay agenda, without coming right out and saying so.
LOVED this movie. People get so focused on sexuality. What I got from the film was the fragilness of life, not taking anything for granted. Being open and loving and kind.
It was a dumb story line that went nowhere. Not worth the price of a ticket.
The plot subtly suggests that her love for this person is genderless, therefore whether she comes as a she or a he it doesn't matter...a premise for selling homosexuality.
Imagining what the writer and producer were thinking while creating this garbage of a film...
Let's use this pathetic and completely made up 'gender identity' bullshit as the main subject in our movie. Just think of all the liberal sjw morons that will hand over their money. Can't wait Every Day 2- Tranny's and the gender pay gap
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Seib & Wessel: Full Stephen Hadley Interview
In an interview with WSJ's Jerry Seib, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says the U.S.'s inaction in Syria has made the situation worse but President Obama can secure public support for getting involved if he pushes a case.
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the ... Syrian Pro answer questions about the Obama agenda will look at the mall outside and lost today ... on Jerry Sithe of The Wall Street Journal happier with us and joined ... today by Steve Hadley former National Security Advisor longtime next security expert ... to talk about Syria ... Steve thanks for being with this nice to be here ... other ... situations Siri gets worse the conversation about within the U S these to be more involved giving her the is a soccer team is growing louder ... is it time and European for the US to get more involved in Syria ... it's past time by a longshot ... and should be ... to have done some things probably a year or more ago if we can we be in a much better situation than the and now ... with the Prius not just about Syria ... what were talking about his ... serious descending into sectarian violence and chaos and that sectarian violence ... spilling outside Syria's borders to de stabilize Lebanon ... Iraq Jordan potentially Turkey ... that switch me he is an issue here are we seen the beginnings ... of the meltdown of the Middle East in sectarian violence ... that's the strategic significance of Syria and it's something we should of been intending to ... at least the year ... so ... given that that's where we are now what do you think the options are what a reasonable set of options menu for the president this ... a lot of people say well we you know there's a choice between diplomacy you were doing some kind of military action my own view is ... that yes he would be nice to get to the point where outside the parks ... and elements of his regime and the opposition workout some kind of accommodation ... some kind of the interim arrangement ... until you get to elections in the kind of process and legal institutions of long term ... my concern is that we can get there ... from where we are now ... Saad thinks he actually can wait this out ... and the regime is still fairly coherent ... it has the equipment that comes from Russia and ... Iran as diplomatic choice for ... support from Russia and China ... and a Secretary Kerry is right in thinking she use the calculation of us now ... I'm you can get to some kind of people managed care ... how do you do it right you know I've been arguing for about a year ... now we are to be arming ... those elements of the opposition between that ... to support the Syrian national coalition in the air inclusive message ... series for all Syrians all minority groups ... I'm and those military groups that support that approach and not times in the ... al Qaeda elements in the extremes we are to be ... providing arms to those groups so they have the wherewithal to protect the ill and the liberated hearings ... and then ... to to to begin to ... really overthrow the US the key ... question at this point becomes can you separate ... those guys the good guys out from the bad guys is that still possible if it ever was ... it's the it's possible ... it's always imperfect you always don't know enough about the opposition groups ... I didn't read something about a month or so ago people said well you know the Libyan we knew the opposition was back ... in Serie it's a complete mess will that's now what we were saying yes to that of the best for you never know enough about this is the general interest and the ... military commands that he can tease ... him and affiliations free Syrian army ... that's a pretty good place to start we know something about those people if you look it increases statements ... they're all the statements we want a leader to be making one inclusive Syria ... no truck with the extremists ... willing to look to some kind of diplomatic outcome ... but ... you know they are it's not as if Times are not getting into Syria ... the Russians in the rain Aeon's are supplying the regime ... and many Gulf states any individuals in the Gulf are supplying ... opposition elements but they tend to be the most extreme opposition elements ... in goose opposition elements that have the chance of being part of a more inclusive Syria ... a more positive outcome are starved for weapons that's where we need to step in ... and right that that the mill proposed for the other arguments that effort made against intervention essentially this that the U S as the Supercar does not have the option of getting a little of what the US gets involved in arming the opposition it owns the Syrian problem ... and then maybe it in your proposition to fix up Syria wants this is all over but I think you know the United States being the nice things were the only a serious problem anyway cause of one I describe it if we ... do not ... take some kind of action is can it be stabilize the whole Middle East ... and that's a problem for the United States and our allies ... you can't run away from this problem ... in one of the problems we had in the views we ... topple Ghadafi ... and and really walk away from ... and what you have now is a long border situation where the opposition groups ... armed groups there are running roughshod in the country that we are getting and some obligations ... bound by air own interests the day after US goes my only point is ... the longer it takes to get their day ... the worse the day after he's going to be ... everything people instead ... of of reasons not to harm which does it lead to more violence ... in the lead to more extremism and open the door for al Qaeda ... all that is happened I would argue because we have not know ... so I'm not talking about intervention I'm talking about the step of arming the opposition and gives an air defense weapons ... so they can create their own no fly zones ... I'm not calling for American boots on the ground I'm not calling for an American style intervention ... 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Desperate Coyotes pay visit to stingy Bluesby Mike G. Morreale
COYOTES (18-17-7) at BLUES (24-16-2)
Last 10: Phoenix 5-2-3; St. Louis 7-3-0
Season series: This is the third of three meetings this season between the two teams. In the most recent clash on March 15, St. Louis Blues rookie Jake Allen made 28 saves to preserve a 3-0 victory at Scottrade Center. Forward Chris Stewart had two goals and one assist in the win.
Big story: The Phoenix Coyotes' slim playoff hopes took a hit on Monday following a 4-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. Phoenix had earned a point in eight of its previous nine games prior to the loss. With just six games remaining, the Coyotes are in 11th place in the Western Conference with 43 points and would likely need to run the table to avoid missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in four years.
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Coyotes: Faced with a must-win against the Sharks on Monday on home ice, the Coyotes were outshot, 24-7, and outscored, 3-0, in the second period on the way to being shut out for the seventh time this season. Goalie Jason LaBarbera made 37 saves standing in for injured goalie Mike Smith, who sustained a lower-body injury in practice on Sunday and was unable to make it through Monday's morning skate.
"What frustrates me is when you have situations when you don't think we're playing as well as we can," coach Dave Tippett said. "We don't have enough players impacting the outcome of the game in a positive way. We've got too many players that are just taking up a spot right now."
Blues: The Blues halted a two-game losing streak and helped coach Ken Hitchcock earn career win No. 600 in the National Hockey League following a 2-1 shootout decision over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Andy McDonald and Alexander Steen scored shootout goals and goalie Brian Elliott made it stand. Despite the victory, St. Louis has not scored more than two goals in any of its last six games, relying on the stellar play of Elliott and Allen to begin the month. Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester scored his first goal as a member of the Blues to pull his team into a 1-1 tie with just 13 seconds left in the second period.
Who's hot: Elliott rebounded strong after allowing two goals on 24 shots in a 2-0 loss to Chicago on Sunday with a 22-save performance in a shootout win over the Canucks two days later. The 28-year-old goalie is 6-1-0 in his last seven decisions with a 1.00 goals-against average, .963 save percentage and three shutouts.
Injury report: Left wing Lauri Korpikoski (upper body) and goalie Smith (lower body) are listed day-to-day for Phoenix. … St. Louis forwards Scott Nichol (lower body) and T.J. Oshie (foot) are questionable while goalie Jaroslav Halak (lower body) is out.


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It was a battle of the Saints Friday night as the SJA Saints took on the St. Peter Saints at the St. James High School.
St. Peter came out strong hitting a three-pointer and grabbing a steal from SJA to get a two-point bucket, taking a five-zero lead just minutes into the game. Brandts got things rolling for SJA hitting a baseline jumper to start off their offense.
Towards the end of the first half SJA's Julia Beckius went out with an injury and didn't return for the remainder of the game. The Saints were down by eleven at the half with a score of 34-21.
"Julia (Beckius) had some torn ligaments in her hand," said Head Coach Adam Schroeder. "She will be okay and will be playing in our game against Mountain Lake Area."
Leading the scoring for the Saints was Allison Brandts who had eleven. Aubrey Eckstrom followed with eight, Bailey Trickel had six, Emily Bottem had four, Amelia Collier grabbed three and Kimberly Carreon had two.
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Graduate seminars in Developmental Psychology
Personal Summary
Research interests include the development of mothers and the relationship between mothering and child development. Additional current interests focus on the effect of leadership on the development of organizations.
Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1982
M.S. Auburn University, 1978
B.A. The University of Texas at Austin, 1974
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Kamman, T., Muir, L., Koester, L., and Dimitrov, D. (2005). Linking Maternal Perceptions to Behavior: Nurturing attitudes and facial expressions of affect. Parenting: Science and Practice, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 237-258.
Muir, L. and Dimitrov, D., (1999). Changes in Maternal Perceptions From Pregnancy Through the Second Year, Presented at the American Educational Research Association.
Muir, L.E. (1993). Feeding choice and transition to motherhood. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, LA, March 1993.
Muir, L.E. (1992). Maternal sensitivity: Behavior and cognition. Infant Behavior and Development, 15 (Special ICIS Issue), 598.
Fletcher, R. & Muir, L.E. (1992). Heart rate during mother- and father-infant interaction and temperament. Infant Behavior and Development, 15 (Special ICIS Issue), 419.
Muir, L.E. (1990). Nausea in early pregnancy and later maternal attitudes and behavior. Infant Behavior and Development, 13 (Special ICIS Issue), 536.
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Coach Over Bogus Takedowns, Trademark Bullying
from the nicely-done dept
Without investigating the validity of its allegations, Coach wantonly accuses consumers of infringing its trademarks by selling counterfeit Coach products. Coach apparently monitors online retailers such as E-Bay, looking for ads from consumers selling second hand Coach products. In response to such ads, Coach delegates a New York law firm to launch a threatening letter to the consumer. These letters accuse the consumer of trademark infringement, threaten legal action, and demand the immediate payment of damages to Coach in "settlement" of Coach's threats. At the same time, Coach (or its New York law firm) informs the online retailer that infringing merchandise is being sold on its website. In many cases, this causes the online retailer to involuntarily remove the allegedly infringing ad, and to disable the consumer's online account. This destroys any chance the consumer had to sell the Coach product second hand, and otherwise damages the consumer.We've definitely seen attempts to use trademark law to block the legitimate sale of secondhand goods. It's a bad trend that needs to be stopped, and hopefully lawsuits like this might do the trick. Unfortunately, in the past few years, we've seen some really underhanded tricks used by producers to effectively block secondhand sales and first sale rights through legal trickery. It's not clear if that kind of defense will be used here.
In many cases (such as that of the lead plaintiff identified here), Coach's allegations of infringement are flatly false. It appears that Coach fails to conduct even a minimally reasonable investigation into its counterfeiting claims before threatening legal action. For example, the lead plaintiff identified in this Complaint is a former Coach employee, who owned, and tried to sell, genuine and legitimate Coach products It was entirely legal for her to do so. Coach's threats against her were false, reckless, and unwarranted.
The lawsuit itself wants a declaratory judgment that selling legitimate Coach goods secondhand does not infringe... but also includes a defamation claim, pointing out that accusing someone of infringement when it's not true could be seen as libelous. That part seems like a stretch, but I'll be curious to see how the court rules.


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With this franchise deteriorating fast one can look forward to its replacement. Maybe Star Trek can up their game and take over as the premier franchise.
The weak and impotent Luke Skywalker is bested by an untrained, almost kind of Jedi, and then saves the day at the end. That's consistent.
One would expect it to be at lest as good as the previous ones, which were average.
Poor story and acting wasn't particularly good.
Worst Star Wars to date.
Next time I'll wait outside the theater until the movies over and then collect the kids. This was tough to sit through.
I thought the last two Star Wars were bad but they outdid themselves this time.
It would be okay to watch this if you knew ahead of time that you wouldn't have to pay for it.
It was somewhere between awful to mediocre.
Definitely resides in a dustbin of failures.
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Affluent Americans have realized that economic uncertainty is the new normal. But they are feeling more hopeful as they take greater control of their financial lives.
Although more than half of wealthy Americans, 54 percent, are still worried about being able to meet their financial goals, 94 percent of them think that they are better prepared to cope with the kind of economic volatility they have endured for several years, according to the Merrill Lynch Affluent Insights Survey released today.


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CenterPoint Energy Thinks Your Fish Tank Is A Meth Lab, So Police Kick In Your Door
You'd think between the reactionary CenterPoint Energy subcontractor who smelled vinegar and got worried, the police officer who asked for a search warrant, and the new-to-the-bench judge who signed the warrant, someone would have stopped to say, "Wait, what exactly did you smell? Something vinegary, huh? Yeah, that's not a meth lab." (After all, we were able to find two decent descriptions of what a meth lab smells like in less than a minute.) Instead, a 54-year-old former nurse and her 49-year-old husband were handcuffed and told to sit in their living room and not speak to each other while the warrant was executed.
"Ohmigod," Adams said as she recalled police breaking down her door and flashing the search warrant. "I just kept saying to them, 'you've got the wrong house.' "
Roehl said the drug task force was acting on a tip from a subcontractor for CenterPoint Energy, who had been in the home Friday to install a hot water heater.
"He got hit with a chemical smell that he said made him light headed, feel kind of nauseous," Roehl said.
The smell was vinegar, and maybe pickling lime, which were clearly marked in a bathroom Mr. Adams uses to mix chemicals for his salt water fish tank.
"I said, 'I call it his laboratory for his fish tanks,' " Mrs. Adams said, recalling her conversation with the CenterPoint technician. "I'm looking at the fish tank talking to this guy."
Police say there was no extended investigation, just an interview with the subcontractor.
"Police raid suspected meth house, only find fish tank" [Kare 11] (Thanks to Kristopher!)
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Holly Hitchcock 12/30/2006 6:22:26 PMI love the simplicity and clear reflection. Just Lovely! #579868
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DETROIT, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Text messages have been a powerful tool for federal prosecutors in the corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, observers say.
"What's in the text messages is both contemporaneous and tells you what was going on," Peter Henning, a former U.S. prosecutor who now teaches at Wayne State, told The Detroit News. "Documents don't have a faulty memory and they don't make deals."
Kilpatrick, his father Bernard, Bobby Ferguson, a longtime Kilpatrick friend who had contracts with the city, and Victor Mercado, former head of the Detroit water department, face a long list of charges, including bid-rigging and kickbacks.
This week, defense lawyers got a good taste of how devastating the text messages can be. Their use in trials is unusual because most are deleted quickly, but in this case thousands were retrieved.
Johnson Akinwusi, a prosecution witness, told the jury he worked with Ferguson to steer what is known as the Heileman contract, a $7 million job to build a recreation center. The defense did a good job on cross-examination of making his testimony look doubtful, the News said.
On Tuesday, jurors got to see a text message to Ferguson from Vincent Anwunah: "Your team got Heilmann."
The message was sent June 18, 2003, the day before the Detroit Building Authority awarded the contract.
Then there was Ferguson's text the next day to Christine Beatty, Kilpatrick's chief of staff and chairwoman of the building authority: "Thank you, I love you, you are for (sure) my sister." Ferguson sent the text several hours before the authority voted on the contract.


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"Slackware is one of the oldest (arguably *the* oldest) Linux distributions still around today. It is the pet project of one Patrick Volkerding who, love him or hate him, has ruled his distribution with an iron fist since the beginning. This is fine if you agree with his choices, but like all dictators, Patrick doesn't always make decisions based on the good of the populace, but rather sheer unmitigated ego. Here is my experience with his latest iteration, Slackware 11." More here.


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Hip-Hop/rap – recommend me some great records?
'Ello, OK, so I've decided I like rap more than I thought, on my walk to work I want to start checking out some uplifting, euphoric, lyrically clever rap music. My INCREDIBLY limited taste so far means the only artists I have on my Ipod are:
Kanye West, Jay-Z, Biggie and Jhest … really like those though
Recently started listening to Finally Famous by Big Sean
Loving it. I Do It is MASSIVE.
well the obvious place to start is the 36 Chambers
then work your way from thereAntpocalypsenow this'd this
also try this, my favourite song from Wu-Tang related stuff
Gravel Pit is a tune.
Lets not hear anything against it.Silkyskillz11 and Severed799 this'd this
i wasn't
but let's not be silly
it's a great pop song
we can all agree on that
This thread is going to get pretty embarrassing pretty quickly.
Loads of middle class suburban white kids pretending they have any idea about a predominately black music genre (and culture).
Just stick with Liquid Swords by GZA (because he once played an ATP promoted concert).
- JaguarPirate this'd this
Not sure if that's anywhere near as embarassing as spending your life trolling an internet forum
of middle class suburban white kids.
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientelle
and Fishscale are both amazing.
MF Doom is great to get into too, especially on Take Me To Your Leader by King Geedorah and Madvillainy by Madvillan.
Album of the Year by Black Milk is a great recent one.
For more experimental stuff Clouddead maybe?plasticniki this'd this
Just put 36 Chambers on thanks to whoever said it
Haven't listened to it for about 2 years. Unreal.
GZA - Liquid Swords
i still like Guerillas in da mist by Da Lench mob, and the first two Pharcyde albums are "Dope".
Pharcyde are pretty much
everything a suburban middle class white kid first getting into rap could want:
- plenty of humour and silliness
- social conscience without being preachy
- introspective bedwetter rhymes
- great beatz
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
I'm a big fan of How I Got Over by them too.
Otherwise, Illmatic by Nas, Tical by Method Man, Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx by Raekwon.
I know next to nothing about rap
But bloody love the first Jurassic 5 album and Spectrum by Quannum projects.
Madvilliany by Madvillain
it Takes a Nation of Millions by Public Enemy
Paid in Full by Eric B and Rakim
36 Chambers by Wu Tang Clan
Low End Theory by Tribe Called Quest
Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop by Diamond
Step in the Arena by Gang Starr
Bizarre Ride II by The Pharcyde
Funcrusher Plus by Company Flow
Should do the job for starters on the classics.
For up to date try Good Kid M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamaar
^ this to these suggestions
this year I just can not get enough of El-P - Cancel for Cure. Looking like album of the year material.
'Uplifting, euphoric' rap music sounds horrible.
I dunno, whoever's collaborating with Calvin Harris this week. Or the shitefest that is Pitbull.
Treat yourself to some classics, if you're just starting out
Get some of:
Outkast - Aquemini
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Mobb Deep - Infamous
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt/Blueprint
UGK - Ridin Dirty
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising/De La Soul is Dead
Scarface - The Diary
Nas - Illmatic
Wu-tang Clan - 36 Chambers
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Not exhaustive by any means, but that should give you a fairly good cross section of golden era rap.
If you're looking for stuff from the last couple of years, you can't go too wrong with
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, M.A.A.D city
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Danny Brown - XXX
Big KRIT - Krit Wuz Here
Action Bronson - Dr Lecter
Main Attrakionz - 808s & Dark Grapes II
Roc Marciano - Reloadedanal_schwarzenegger this'd this
Schoolboy Q - Habits and Contradictions
probably my favourite hip hop album of this year, next to Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music.tphrthms this'd this
Starting List:
Wu Tang Clan- 36 Chambers
Madvillian- Madvillainy
GZA- Liquid Swords
Ghostface Killah- Iron Man
Mobb Deep- The Infamous
A Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory
Danny Brown- XXX
Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid, Mad city
Kendrick Lamar- section 80
Action Bronson- Blue Chips
Death grips- The Money Store
Shabazz Palaces- Black Up
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Q-Tip - Amplified
Outkast - Aquemini
Random Axe - Random Axe
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Talib Kweli - Quality
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Mr. Lif - I Phantom
Missy Elliott - Under Construction
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Heiroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night (fucking youtube 'Luchini' :o )
Blu & Exile - Beneath the Heavens
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot
Arsonists - As the World Burns
Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2 ('Jealousy' :o )
Quasimoto - The Unseen
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt II
Pete Rock and C.L Smooth - The Main Ingredient
Non-Prophets - Hope
Mobb Deep - Murda Muzik
Dr. Dre - The Chronic.
Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die
tried to stick to great ones that hadn't been mentioned
not *strictly* adhering to OP, but just 'cause no-one else is.
Roots Manuva - Run come save me LP / Awfully Deep LP
De La Soul - 3 feet high and rising LP
Tone Loc - Loc'ed after dark LP
that is all
second for the cold vein
one of my favourite albums ever.
has no one mentioned j dilla????? try donuts - mainly instrumental and amazing. also madlib (in all his guises).
It's all good having big lists
But what is the one essential? Not including the obvs from Biggie, Dre etc.
Ctrl+F Aesop Rock
Gah. Supreme middle class white boy here, but Skelethon is easily my album of the year. It has also unlocked the door to hip hop for me and its all i've been listening to fo the past week or two.
Both Nia and Blazing Arrow.
I fucking love Blackalicious, one of my favorite acts of any genre, haven't seen them get much love on here though strangely.
Doesn't help that they've been on hiatus for over half a decade
But they got nuff love when they were going, particularly amongst the indie crowd.
Both really strong records though, for sure.
Five I always go back to one way or another:
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Nas - Illmatic
Recent stuff in the vein of those five:
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city and section.80,
Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions,
Killer Mike - R.A.P. music,
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up,
Danny Brown - xxx,
El-P - c4c,
A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP,
Joey Bada$$ - 1999,
TheeSatisfaction - awE naturalE.