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We need to rework some plumbing on a pool, and the level of the pool is 3-4' above the plumbing. Obviously we need to drain the pool, but the problem with that is that the valves aren't working, and we can't shut off the skimmers, which are sucking in air. So far, attempts to blocks the skimmers have been unsuccessful.
Seeing as how we don't have an extra pump to bring in in order to drain the pool, the best plan that we've had so far is to just simply cut the plumbing (which we will have to attempt to stop from leaking) and put temporary pipes in that will connect the pump to the bottom of the pool.
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New Year's Eve: Pulsar Countdown
17 November 2008
We are working on a program to mark the beginning of IYA using a pulsar as a clock to count down to the moment of midnight on 31 December.
The pulsar would be observed with the Parkes radio telescope in Australia, and a display of the signal sent to locations in Australia.
We would be able to make the signal available, at standard videoconferencing resolution, to up to 10 other countries: you would simply dial into a mcu unit as if you were running a videoconference.
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HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). HIV weakens and slowly breaks down the body's immune system. That leaves you vulnerable to deadly complications from an infection or certain cancers.
As HIV and AIDS battle your immune system, your central nervous system is also affected. HIV and AIDS both cause a number of neurological problems, also known as complications, in your nervous system. That's particularly the case if HIV progresses to AIDS, which occurs in the most advanced stages of HIV.
Today, antiretroviral medicines—when taken as directed—help to slow down the progression of HIV. They also help to slow the start of or to lower the risk for AIDS. Controlling HIV can also lower your risk for neurological complications of HIV.
HIV doesn't seem to take over the cells in your nervous system. But it does cause major inflammation in the body. This inflammation can harm the spinal cord and brain. It can also stop your nerve cells from working the way that they should.
Neurological problems may result not only from damage caused by the virus itself. But they can also happen from other side effects of HIV and AIDS, such as cancers, that are tied to these diseases. Some of the drugs used to treat HIV and AIDS can also cause neurological problems. In addition, certain genetic factors can influence the risk for neurological side effects from HIV medicines.
Neurological problems don't often set in until HIV is advanced, typically when someone has AIDS. About half of adults with AIDS suffer from neurological problems linked to HIV.
HIV can cause many health problems that affect the nervous system and result in neurological complications. Some of these health problems include:
Dementia. When HIV becomes very advanced, HIV-associated dementia or AIDS dementia complex can happen. These disorders impair cognitive function. This means that you may have trouble thinking, understanding, and remembering. This type of dementia can be life-threatening. It can often be prevented when antiretroviral medicines are taken the right way.
Viral infections. HIV can raise your risk for several viral infections that strike the nervous system. Cytomegalovirus infections can impair cognitive function and physical control (like the use of legs and arms and bladder control). They can also affect eyesight, hearing, and your respiratory system, causing problems like pneumonia. People with AIDS are also likely to get a herpes virus infection, like shingles, and inflammation in the brain and spinal cord. The condition progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is also caused by a virus. PML is aggressive and dangerous. In some cases, it can be controlled with antiretroviral medicines.
Fungal and parasitic infections. Cryptococcal meningitis is caused by a fungus. It leads to serious inflammation of the spinal cord and brain. A parasite can cause an infection called toxoplasma encephalitis. It often leads to confusion, seizures, and very painful headaches. Both of these infections can be deadly.
Neuropathy. This is most common in people with advanced HIV. The virus causes damage to nerves throughout the body, resulting in major pain or weakness.
Vacuolar myelopathy. This health problem occurs when tiny holes develop in the fibers of the nerves of the spinal cord. It causes trouble walking, particularly as it gets worse. It's common in people with AIDS who aren't getting treatment and also in children with HIV.
Psychological conditions. People with HIV or AIDS often develop anxiety disorders. They may suffer from depression. They may also have hallucinations and major changes in behavior.
Lymphomas. Tumors called lymphomas often strike the brain of people with HIV. They're often related to another virus, like the herpes virus. Lymphomas can be deadly. But good management of HIV can make treating lymphomas more successful.
Neurosyphilis. If an HIV-infected person also has syphilis that goes untreated, it can quickly worsen and harm the nervous system. It can cause the nerve cells to break down. It can lead to eyesight and hearing loss, dementia, and walking problems.
Once HIV starts affecting your immune system and health problems develop, various neurological symptoms can appear such as:
Sudden forgetfulness or confusion
Feeling of weakness that keeps getting worse
Changes in behavior
Problems with balance and coordination
Changes in your eyesight
Trouble swallowing
Wide swings in your heart rate or blood pressure
Diarrhea or loss of bladder control
A loss of feeling in your legs or arms
Mental health problems like anxiety and depression
While a blood test can diagnose HIV and AIDS, a number of other tests are needed to look at the different parts of the nervous system and diagnose neurological problems. Tests often include:
An electromyography and nerve conduction study to measure the electrical activity of the muscles and nerves.
Biopsy to analyze a sample of tissues and to help find tumors in the brain or inflammation in the muscles.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which uses radio waves and strong magnets to image the brain structures. This is the most powerful conventional imaging tool. It can spot brain inflammation, many infections, tumors, strokes, and tissue destruction within the brain and spinal cord.
Sample of cerebrospinal fluid to look for infections, bleeding, or other problems affecting the spinal cord or brain.
CT scan, which uses X-rays to reconstruct a 3-D picture of the brain. This test is faster and less expensive. But it gives less detail than an MRI scan.
Antiretroviral medicines are used to stop HIV from replicating and spreading throughout the body. They are also used to help lower the risk that it will cause damage to the nervous system.
Specific neurological conditions and complications are treated differently. Cancer may be treated with chemotherapy and radiation. Bacterial infections need antibiotics. Certain medicines may help with viral infections or nerve pain. Counseling and medicines, including antidepressants, may be used to handle some of the mental health problems linked to HIV.
Following all of your healthcare provider's recommendations, especially taking all antiretroviral medicines exactly as told, can help control HIV and prevent it from getting worse. Suppressing the virus with medicines can help prevent damage to the body, including nervous system damage and neurological problems.
Living a healthy lifestyle can help you better control HIV and prevent the progression to AIDS. Vital steps in handling HIV are:
Eating a healthy diet
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Richard Pagliaro's Tennis Week blog revealed the Nike outfit fashionista Serena Williams will wear for the 2008 Australian Open. The outfit: a "one-piece, white tunic-style dress adorned with royal purple accents over a pair of purple lycra biker shorts". Biker shorts. Wow. The 80s really are back! And in case you've forgotten…
Okay, so her use of lycra is more tasteful than Andre Agassi's. Props to her for pushing the envelope. She explained her design philosophy to Pagliaro:
"I want to look different. I'm OK if I have to wear a fabric that's not your basic nylon and spandex. Let's mix it up, try different fabrics. If I'm slightly uncomfortable, that's OK. I'm usually able to play through it."
And play through it she has. Remember that peksy bow on her U.S. Open dress? Friggin' tore that shit off when it started bothering her.
We can't wait to see white/purple outfit in action. In our minds, her 2007 Aussie Open look was the best of the year, so let's hope the '08 lives up.
Also, I wonder if there will be a "night" outfit?
BTW, Pagliaro was part of a small group of journalists who, while in town to cover the Davis Cup finals, took a trip to Nike's headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. for a sneak peek (how jealous are we?!) of the Aussie Open outfits and shoes to be worn by Nike's stable of players, including Roger, Rafa, and Masha.
(Serena pics via tennisweek.com; Agassi pics via BBC and CBC)
>> TSF's serena williams archive
>> 2008 fashion preview
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Smiling with the Hario hand grinder. Combine with the AeroPress below, and you can make world-class coffee on an airplane meal tray.
I dislike shopping, but I do love finding the perfect gift.
Finding that gift, though, gets harder with time. Those damn adults seem to already have everything. That includes me.
More salt and pepper shakers? Nah. Alternate versions of the shirts I got last year? No, thank you. In the eternal quest to eliminate clutter, I now give Santa a not-to-buy list instead of a wish list.
If you're having trouble thinking up killer (in the good sense) gifts, here are 11 goods that deliver.
Prices are estimates, I advise two of them thanks to obsessions (#1 and #10), and all of them have either changed my life or saved my ass. OK, almost all. A few were thrown in purely for fun…
#1 – CLEAR Card – $49 for six months (35%+ off of normal $79)
I first used CLEAR card in 2007. It's one of my secret weapons, and I never travel without it.
Hate the feeling of arriving at the airport and wondering if the security lines will take 5 minutes or 45 minutes…maybe longer? CLEAR allows you to skip security lines completely at enrolled airports (San Francisco, DFW, Denver, and more).
Now, I am never anxious going to airport. Uber takes 15 minutes from my door to check-in kiosk (eliminating parking), and I know CLEAR can get me through security in 5 minutes or less. Last time I timed myself during SFO rush hour, I was 25 minutes faster than the first-class line and more than an hour faster than the economy line… all with an economy ticket. Gift cards can be e-mailed or printed, and kids under 18 traveling with you go through the CLEAR lane for free.
#2 – Kershaw Ken Onion Leek Serrated Folding Knife with Speed Safe – $39
I have collected knives since taking pack trips through the Teton mountain range as a teenager.
This Kershaw knife with "open-assist" (basically a side-opening switchblade) is the most all-around convenient and useful knife I own. Fixed blade knives are awesome, and I own many, but the balance and utility of this Kershaw blade makes it my go-to default at home or on the road.
Be sure to get it with the serrated edge. Be sure not to leave it in your carry-on luggage. The TSA will make a frowny face otherwise.
#3 – Three Books, Three Eras
The Education of Cyrus (Cyropaedia) by Xenophon –
This was written a few years ago…in the 4th century BC. If you like Seneca or my other philosophical favorites, you'll like this one. It was introduced to me by Wofford College president Ben Dunlap, one of the best teachers I've ever met in my life. For those interested, here's his unreal Wikipedia entry. He embodies many of the lessons taught in The Education of Cyrus, as is clear in own his TED talk on lifelong learning and passion (the last 5 minutes are gold, if you need to skip around).
Levels of the Game by John McPhee –
John McPhee is probably my favorite non-fiction writer of all-time. He's written about everything from oranges to hardwood canoes, and he transforms every subject into page-turning fascination. In Levels of the Game, published in 1979, McPhee writes his first book on tennis. I'm not a tennis player, but I loved this short, 149-page book. The critics got it right: "This may be the high point of American sports journalism." (The New York Times) "McPhee has produced what is probably the best tennis book ever written." (Life)
The 4-Hour Chef by Some Long Islander –
Writing The 4-Hour Chef changed how I look at learning, passion, and creativity forever. In 2007, if I'd had the contacts I do now, I would have written this book before The 4-Hour Workweek. Accelerated learning is the foundation for everything I enjoy, and it's the force multiplier for everything in my previous two books.
Sidenote: If you'd like to explore the gear in the first 150 pages of the book, I've put it all here.
#4 – Amazon Prime + Roku + Escape to River Cottage – Around $152 ($79/year, $70, $1.99/episode)
I own an Apple TV, but I barely use it. Why?
Simple: An Amazon Prime membership gives me free 2-day shipping on almost everything Amazon.com, as well as 1,000s of free streaming movies and TV shows. To watch them on my TV, I just need the Roku box, which I also bought for my parents. It's dead simple to use.
The most inspiring and life-affirming TV series I've watched using Prime/Roku combo is the British Channel 4's Escape to River Cottage with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. If you've ever fantasized about escaping the city to live in the country and live off the land, you will love this series.
#5 – AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker – $32
For this beauty, more than 300 reviewer said something like this: "I have a drip coffee machine, a french press and a Krups espresso maker, and they are all officially retired thanks to the Aeropress."
If you combine it with a hand grinder and a non-stabby pocket thermometer, you can make the best coffee of your life on a plane flight…on the meal tray of a middle seat. I'm not kidding. Baristas often travel with an AeroPress for this reason exactly, and it takes less time to clean than a butter knife. Winning.
Extra trivia: The AeroPress was invented by the same rogue Stanford mechanical engineer who created the Aerobie toy craze.
#6 – BioTrust Low-Carb Protein Powder – $49.95
(Non-affiliate link)
I am always asked about protein powders, often related to my "30 within 30" recommendation of consuming 30 grams (g) of protein within 30 minutes of waking up. My dad, as one example, went from 5 pounds of average monthly fat loss to 17.85 pounds/month in the first month of adopting this habit.
But what to use?
For the last several months, I've used BioTrust low-carb protein powder, and I plan to continue doing so. It contains just 4g net carbs per serving, mixes easily with a spoon, and I find the combination of undenatured whey protein isolate, micellar casein, and other proteins easy to digest but filling enough to act as a (small) meal replacement. This is an unusual combo, and I regularly keep six or so jars at home, and I travel with two jars. During book launch, I used the "30 within 30" rule to sustain immune function while sleeping 2-3 hours per night at hotels around the country.
Be forewarned: I love the product, but like many companies, BioTrust has frequent e-mail follow-up for their related nutritional products. I'm allergic to e-mail and in elimination mode, so I opted out of this.
#7 – WaterPik Ultra Water Flosser – $45
I'll keep this one short.
I have hated flossing my entire life. Each year, I got a lecture from the dentist, and each year, I'd attempt flossing for 2-3 days and throw in the towel. No longer.
Using the WaterPik in combination with the free Lift app got me to floss consistently for the first time. Now, I look forward to it. Weird.
#8 – Jumpcut – Free
This free download saved my sanity. It is my small gift for you.
As a writer, I cannot tell you how many times I've copied something important to the clipboard, gotten distracted, then copied something else…losing hours of work! Damnation! At the very least, such mistakes meant frustration and feeling like a sad keyboard monkey.
Meet Jumpcut.
Jumpcut appears on your toolbar and saves around 40 items you've copied to your clipboard. You won't realize how time-saving (even life-changing) this is until you start using it. There are positive side-effects, too. Know all those temporary text files you use for notetaking for later in the day or whenever? Forgettaboutit — Jumpcut to the rescue. Special thanks to Maneesh Sethi for introducing me to this tool.
#9 – Splurge at The Billionaire Shop -$1,000,000+
Finally, a way for you to shop for your Danish Zenvo ST1 (limited to 15 in the world) online!
Ah, the conveniences of the Internet. No more shlepping down to your local Lamborghini dealership or waiting for helicopter catalogs. You can max out your AMEX black card here with one click, and that perfect X-mas gift will depreciate in 30 minutes more than the value of my current house. Enjoy!
#10 – Quarterly – My 4-Hour Obsession – $100/Quarter
Readers have been asking me for a box of physical goodies for years. So, my Lords and Ladies, I have created one with the start-up Quarterly.
Every three months — 4 times a year — you'll get a box full of my favorite things, my newest and favorite obsessions. Through my global travels, my guinea pig self-experiments, my extensive product testing, and adventures/misadventures, I'll find the coolest gems to share with you and pick the best for the box.
Tim Ferriss not your thing? A little too Ferrissy for ya'? Well, then… get off my lawn! But seriously, there are other cool folks to choose from, including Veronica Belmont, Mark Frauenfelder, Tina Roth Eisenberg (swissmiss), Jason Kottke, and Megan Collins. For gifting, you have the option of sending the gift confirmation directly (and immediately) to the recipient, or sending it to yourself so you can print or forward it as you see fit.
And Most Important of All…
#11 – What You Already Have – Priceless
The holiday season shouldn't be all about stuff. It should be about connecting with others and reconnecting with yourself. Don't get me wrong: I like toys and encourage you to play. Just don't get so lost in the X-Box that you skip a proper year-in-review introspection.
Looking back on the year, looking ahead to the next, ask yourself:
– What and who am I grateful for?
– What and who should I be more grateful for?
Remember that if you don't appreciate what you have now, nothing you get (e.g. house, jet, business, spouse, whatever) will make you happier, much less fulfilled. There's more to life than increasing its speed and size. Drive both without focus and your life will end up resembling the Exxon Valdez: unwieldy and hard to control.
In the new year, what will you remove from your life? What will you learn and teach? What will you simplify?
Just as I recommend these questions, I'm asking them myself.
Happy holidays, all!
Wishing you and yours the most joyous of holiday seasons,
The Tim Ferriss Show is one of the most popular podcasts in the world with more than 900 million downloads. It has been selected for "Best of Apple Podcasts" three times, it is often the #1 interview podcast across all of Apple Podcasts, and it's been ranked #1 out of 400,000+ podcasts on many occasions. To listen to any of the past episodes for free, check out this page.


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Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 14.0101 - 14.0103.
Specific programs included in this major:
- Applied Engineering
- Engineering, General
- Pre-Engineering
Careers You Qualify For With This Major
- College Engineering Teachers
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
- Nuclear Technicians
- Power Plant Operators
- Robotics Technicians
Schools That Offer This Major
|Anoka-Ramsey Community College - Cambridge
|Anoka-Ramsey Community College - Coon Rapids
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|Central Lakes College - Brainerd
|Century College
|White Bear Lake
|Inver Hills Community College
|Inver Grove Heights
|Minnesota North College, Itasca
|Grand Rapids
|Minnesota North College, Mesabi Range - Virginia
|Minnesota State Community and Technical College - Moorhead
|Minnesota State University, Mankato
|Minnesota State University, Mankato-Edina
|Normandale Community College
|North Hennepin Community College
|Brooklyn Park
|Rochester Community and Technical College
|Saint Paul College
|St. Paul
|St. Cloud Technical & Community College
|St. Cloud
|Winona State University
Related Majors
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
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- Biochemical Engineering
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- Biomedical/Medical Engineering
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- Civil Engineering
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- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
- Forest Engineering
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- Industrial Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Mining and Mineral Engineering
- Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Ocean Engineering
- Operations Research
- Paper Science and Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Polymer/Plastics Engineering
- Surveying Engineering
- Systems Engineering
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In Minnesota, your school may have developed a Program of Study in this career area. A Program of Study is an academic and career plan developed by your high school to help move you towards a career and college path. A Program of Study can help you:
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SEFFNER — The sinkhole that took Jeffrey Bush's life will be his final resting place.
Officials ceased recovery efforts Saturday evening after determining the soil surrounding the house over the sinkhole was too unstable to support attempts to find his body.
The four-bedroom home will be demolished today, with Bush still underneath. The decision came just hours after two neighboring homes were deemed compromised by the sinkhole.
"We can no longer sustain the rescue effort. At this point, we have to move beyond the rescue to a demolition phase and securing the site," Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill said.
Merrill said the sinkhole is a chasm extending down 50 to 60 feet. Bush, 37, tumbled into the ground Thursday night after the sinkhole opened beneath his bedroom. A full day of work Saturday produced no new details on his whereabouts.
Initially, a microphone and small camera were lowered into the hole, but yielded no results. No one has set foot on the property since the sinkhole opened.
The possibility of a cave-in and the entire home collapsing makes any effort to go inside too dangerous, said Ross McGillivray, of Ardaman & Association, a geotechnical engineering firm working at the site.
Buddy Wicker owns the house. Wicker's granddaughter lived there, along with five others. They escaped the collapse unharmed.
Wicker said he was disappointed to hear that Bush's body would not be recovered, but understood why.
"I don't want to see any other person get hurt," he said. "There has been enough hurt."
The unstable ground at 240 Faithway Drive will make demolition tricky. Any work will have to be done from the sidewalk, Merrill said.
During demolition, workers will attempt to save some of the family's belongings by moving sections of the home to the road. Then they will try to fill the hole.
"If we can get the house off of it, there is the potential we can fill the hole with gravel and sand and stabilize it," McGillivray said.
Two homes on either side of the sinkhole were deemed unsafe earlier Saturday.
Testing at both homes determined they were potentially unstable, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ronnie Rivera said. The residents of those houses, accompanied by firefighters, were given 20 to 30 minutes to gather their belongings.
"The soil conditions are very similar to the soil conditions of the sinkhole area," McGillivray said.
Though the houses have not yet been condemned, the families may never be able to return.
Meanwhile, residents at other nearby homes were preparing for the worst. Chris Holloway, 21, lives at 244 Faithway — two houses down from where the sinkhole opened.
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"We already have all our stuff packed," he said. "We're ready to go."
Even if his house is deemed stable, the family doesn't want to take any chances.
"My grandfather has already said that after all this is over, he's selling the house."
Earlier Saturday, Jeremy Bush — who tried to rescue his brother when the earth opened — put flowers and a stuffed lamb at a makeshift memorial near the house and wept. Friends and family dropped off balloons and flowers.
Not being able to recover his brother's body was his worst fear.
"They say it keeps getting bigger and I don't think they're going to find him," he said. "I think he'll be in that hole forever. ... I lost my brother. I lost everything."
Workers wearing safety harnesses used specialized equipment Saturday morning to bore into the ground to determine the extent of the sinkhole.
Engineers began doing tests at 7 a.m. By 10 a.m., officials moved media crews farther away so experts could perform tests on the home across the street. They found no evidence there of unstable soil.
By Saturday evening, crews had determined the sinkhole remained about 20 to 30 feet wide but continued to grow.
There does not seem to be any immediate danger to other structures in the neighborhood.
"We feel the conditions are isolated and there is no indication from the probes that it is anywhere else," McGillivray said.
Experts are still working to determine the exact cause of the problem.
"My opinion is that this sinkhole has been forming for a while," McGillivray said. "It may have been caused by erosion of soil down into the limestone."
Larry Madrid, of Madrid Engineering, said figuring out the extent and cause of the sinkhole is difficult because of its location directly underneath the house.
Wicker said he never noticed any signs of a possible collapse. Usually, McGillivray said, cracks will form in the walls if there is sinkhole activity. But at this home, the problem may have been hidden below the concrete slab, he said.
The construction of the home, as well as a thinner than usual slab, may have played a role in the collapse, he said.
County officials have gone so far as to inspect storm drains as a potential cause but that was inconclusive, county spokesman Willie Puz said.
According to the Hillsborough Property Appraiser's Office, 678 properties in the county are currently experiencing sinkhole activity. Another 558 properties have been repaired from sinkhole damage in the past. All of those properties are given a reduction on assessed value.
Those interested in donating to the families affected by the sinkhole can go to firefighter-relief.com, according to Fire Rescue officials.
Shelley Rossetter can be reached at email@example.com or (813) 226-3401.


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The Bills Pay Off
Lauraine Leblanc
Eye Arts Scrutinizer
For those of you who only read the first sentence of any review, I say, go see The Bills. Thanks for reading. For the rest of you:
In 1991, I saw the Pogues play live. In fact, I saw the Violent Femmes open for the Pogues that night. That was pretty epic. Since then, I've seen lots of guys (and gals) on various stages doing some amazing things. But I've never seen anything like what The Bills did tonight. And apparently, they're going to do it again tomorrow night.
The Bills, a folk-roots quintet from British Columbia, played the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. in Arcata, Tuesday, Sept. 24. Lucky for you, they're playing again Wednesday, Sept. 25.
The Bills are Adrian Dolan (fiddle, piano, accordion, vocals), Chris Frye (guitar, shakers, lead vocals), Marc Atkinson (mandolin, guitar, vocals), Richard Moody (violin, viola, vocals) and Scott White (upright bass, vocals).
These five guys play "roots music," drawing inspiration not only from North American folk music, but European traditions, Latin American rhythms and Romany songs. They cover traditional tunes in their own arrangements, and write brilliant heart-rending ballads. The Bills have twice been nominated for JUNO awards (the Canadian Grammys) in 2003 and 2005. If they were American and played pop, you would have their names tattooed on you by now.
You may have noticed that each member of The Bills plays multiple instruments (okay, except for Scott White, but, hey, he's the guy that left the band, toured as a chef d'orchestre with Cirque du Soleil and then returned to the (Bill)fold for this tour, so let's cut him some slack) AND sing in four, no, what? five part harmony. They do all that brilliantly. Each member of the band is clearly a master musician and they each fully commit their years of experience to crafting a performance that soars like their voices.
Also, did you notice? TWO fiddlers! Playing at the same time.
The Bills' Playhouse shows are part of their California tour promoting their new CD, Yes Please, and during the show, they played most of that recording. Tonight, they broke our hearts with "Pandora's in Flames," made us laugh at "The Plant Song," rocked us to "Blackberry, Ivy and Broom" and then brought it home with "Bamfield's John Vanden" (the latter from a previous release, Let Em Run.) In between, there was some Django Reinhardt, Ukrainian folk dance and a whole lot of heart.
Don't miss a chance to experience one of the best bands to hit Arcata, or anywhere. These are The Bills you'll be glad to see. Thanks for reading all the way through.
Tickets $15 general and $13 for students, Humboldt Folk Society and Arcata Playhouse members, and are available at Wildberries Marketplace and Wildwood Music. The Bills also teach a workshop in Vocal Harmonies for Roots Music (something about which they know a thing or two) on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for just $15. To sign up for the workshop, reserve tickets or for information call (707) 822-1575.


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Sender(forum.ultravnc.net) needs to work with their IT support and fix their SPF records(DNS records). Can you please forward these details to the customer and ask them to fix them on their end.
I could see the emails from the sender "email@example.com" got blocked at our email gateway since the Sender ID/SPF PRA check for this domain "forum.ultravnc.net" is getting FAIL.
The SPF record identifies which mail servers are permitted to send an email on behalf of the domain (forum.ultravnc.net). Here it is getting FAIL since we have received these emails from different mail server IPs (220.127.116.11*) which are not published in "forum.ultravnc.net" DNS SPF records.
Our gateway drops the SPOOFING emails when the SPF check gets FAIL. Please forward this information to "forum.ultravnc.net" and ask them to fix their SPF DNS record by including the IP RANGE/SUBNET(220.127.116.11*) (OR) an INCLUDE statement to their SPF RR("forum.ultravnc.net" needs to work with their IT Department"). Please get back to us if you need any further details.
SPF CHECK AGAINST "forum.ultravnc.net"
The mail is being restricted due to a violation of a sending mail RFC (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4408), the email will come through fine once this organization has fixed the violation.
Emails are coming from "*@forum.ultravnc.net" and this domain DON'T have any SPF/MX RR published/added to their EXTERNAL DNS. The sending domain should have SPF records in their Public DNS as per Business Standard mail best practices (RFC). Customer needs to publish/add SPF RR on their EXTERNAL DNS with the list of IPS they use to send the email to the users.
For more details, Please check:- "http://www.open-spf.org/"
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10 Things You Didn't Know About Red River Gorge
Kentucky's Red River Gorge is world-famous for its rock climbing and is a popular destination for camping, hiking, and backpacking as well. Nothing new there. So what don't you know about the Red? Goatman shall elucidate:
1. RRG could have been turned into a lake, but was saved by a protest hike.
Back in the 1960's, there was a dam proposed in the area for the purpose of flood control. A group of concerned citizens with the help of the Sierra Club arranged the Dam Protest Hike of 1967. On November 18th, groups were led on a hike of the Red to showcase its unique beauty.
2. RRG is registered as a National Natural Landmark.
The fight to keep the gorge from being drowned led to its inclusion as a National Natural Landmark, as well as being included on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also a National Archeological District and the Red River itself, as of 1993, has been declared a National Wild and Scenic River.
3. RRG is home to one of the earliest examples of agriculture being utilized by prehistoric peoples.
With unique rock shelters, RRG is the home of approximately 664 prehistoric and historic archeological sites, some dating back 12,000 years. Examples of early seed gathering and storage have been found in the gorge, as well as everyday items such as baskets and moccasins. For this reason, RRG is a National Archeological District.
4. RRG is one of many supposed sites of John Swift's Lost Silver Mine.
You may be familiar with the campground bearing his name and the beautiful trail named Swift Camp Creek, but did you know that John Swift was a real man and, according to his journals, he found and consequently buried a fortune in silver. The directions he left are vague (with markers like "by a creek") and many other sites claim his silver for themselves.
5. RRG is home to an endangered plant that is unique to the rock shelters of the area.
That's right. Real treasure does exist. Namely, the White-haired Golden Rod (Solidago Albopilosa). This flower only grows in one place and that place just happens to be right at RRG. Unfortunately, the number of plants is declining due to human trampling. Take a look at it, memorize it's shape and color, and please, keep your big feet off of them!
6. RRG is also home to three endangered animals.
The Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) , the Virginia Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), and the Red Cockaded Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis) all make their home in and around RRG and are all on the endangered species list. Unfortunately, the bat population is being decimated by White-nose Syndrome, a fungal infection that can infect entire colonies of bats. However, you can do your part by not disturbing the caves in which the bats make their home, especially in the winter. If a bat is awakened from its hibernation, it may lose enough body fat in being active to not survive the winter. Be mindful!
7. Kentucky has its very own long trail, the Sheltowee Trace, that goes right through the heart of RRG.
You may have seen the blazes on the trees of a white turtle and wondered what that was all about. That, my friend, is the path of the Sheltowee Trace, a ~300 mile long trail leading from Morehead, KY in the north all the way down to Big South Fork on the KY-TN border. A hike on the trail will take you through Cave Run, Cumberland Falls and, of course, RRG. Don't have time to hike all 300 miles at once? There's a group that meets to do it 30 miles at a time over the course of a year.
8. The Clifty Catman is stalking you.
The Clifty Wilderness encompasses the eastern and northeastern sections of the gorge and is home, according to legend, of the Clifty Catman. This creature is the size of a horse, has the skeletal structure of a large cat, the skin of a human and a beautiful baritone singing voice with which he leads hikers astray. Be wary! If you catch a glimpse of the Clifty Catman and live to tell the tale, please comment and let me know what sort of warding talisman you had in your possession.
9. The Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition is buying property to preserve cliff line.
Thus far, two areas have been purchased: the Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve (PMRP), 750 acres, and The Miller Fork Recreational Preserve (MFRP), 309 acres. They also host trail building days during the summer which are a lot of fun with a great group of people. Get involved here!
10. The Red River Gorge Trail Crew hosts trail building/clean ups every second Saturday of every month.
A great way to give back to the area that has brought so much joy, RRGCC helps preserve and maintain the gorge so that it will be beautiful for generations to come. They work with the U.S. Forest Service and information concerning volunteering can be found here!
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Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com Kid Rock ended up being one of presidential candidate Mitt Romney's biggest celebrity supporters in the run up to the election, and the vocalist revealed on the Howard Stern Show how he managed to warm to the buttoned-up politician. According to CBS Detroit , Rock and Romney met in person before the musician decided to publicly lend his support. He told Stern that it was important to him that Romney was "not just a rich guy who wanted to become president to out-do dad." He explained, "I know what it's like to want to be better than your father. Of course, I'm getting these 'I really want to help America' [answers], and I said, 'Cut the s—, this is my living room. This isn't going to leave here." Once Romney addressed the commitments he had specifically toward Rock's hometown of Detroit, the pair began to bond further. Rock says that while he dipped his toes into the political arena by publicly supporting Romney, he's not necessarily into right wing politics. "I'm less into government," explained Rock, who added, "If gay people want to get married, I don't give a f—." He went on to add, "It's OK to stand for something … I've got friends who didn't vote. I want to smack them upside the head." With the election behind him, Rock is more focused than ever on his hometown. As in recent years, he's backed a drive to provide families in need with Meijer gift cards for the holidays. Plus fans will be able to catch him kicking off the United Way holiday campaign by performing at halftime of the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day game. Kid Rock's ' Rebel Soul ' album arrives in stores Nov. 19. [button href="http://loudwire.com/kid-rock-new-single-lets-ride/" title="Next: Listen to Kid Rock's 'Let's Ride' Single" align="center"]
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Militants in the Gaza Strip pounded southern Israel with rocket fire on Thursday, killing three people as the Israeli military pressed forward with a second day of intense air raids and naval attacks on militant targets. With Israel threatening to invade the Palestinian territory, the heaviest fighting between Israel and Hamas in four years showed no signs of letting up.
The fighting, which began Wednesday when Israel assassinated Hamas' military chief, brought life to a standstill on both sides of the border. Gaza's streets were mostly empty as the Israeli air force continued to strike targets. Residents across southern Israel remained huddled indoors or close to home, ordered by authorities to remain close to a network of public bomb shelters.
The deaths in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi were the first in Israel since it launched its operation and raised the prospects of even fiercer Israeli retaliation. Israel has been systematically targeting rocket stores in Gaza and claims to have taken out dozens of launchers. Israeli leaders have said they are prepared to broaden the operation to a ground invasion if necessary, though there were no signs of extraordinary troop movements along the border.
"The military will continue acting to establish deterrence against Hamas and to return the calm," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said during a tour of southern Israel. He praised citizens for coping with the "tough moments to come."
Following the assassination of Hamas mastermind Ahmed Jabari on Wednesday, Israeli tanks, gunboats and aircraft struck dozens of sites across Gaza. A total of 15 Palestinians, including seven civilians, have been killed and more than 100 people wounded, according to Palestinian medical officials. Among the dead were three children.
Explosions rocked Gaza throughout the day on Thursday as well. Few in the territory's largest urban area, Gaza City, came out following the call for dawn prayers, and the only vehicles plying the streets were ambulances and media cars.
Most Gazans remained in their homes, following developments on Hamas-run TV and local radio stations. Many also provided updates on their Facebook and Twitter accounts, providing news about airstrikes and rocket launches. Others shared prayers and called for militants to stand tough against Israel.
"My little 4-year-old boy keeps asking me to pray with him every 10 minutes, saying, 'Mama. Let's pray together to Allah in order to be safe,'" one woman, Ghadeer Ahmad, wrote on her Facebook account.
While streets were quiet, bakeries and groceries remained open. No food shortages were reported, and electricity, which suffers frequent outages even during normal times, remained sporadic. Many families keep home generators to maintain power.
"I am trying to calm my children when they hear the sound of explosions," said Zainab Nimr, a 33-year-old mother of three. "We have enough food and water for four days, so I asked my husband to go out and get extra supplies. No one knows when this will end."
Thousands of people, including top Hamas officials, braved the threats to attend the funeral for Jabari, who had long topped Israel's most-wanted list for his role in deadly attacks and building up Hamas' formidable arsenal. Dozens of residents stood solemnly outside their homes or on their balconies as the procession walked by.
"We want to kill in the name of God," chanted mourners as angry gunmen fired automatic weapons into the air. Hundreds of people raised their index fingers in the air, chanting, "God is great."
"This crime will not weaken us. It will make us stronger and more determined to continue the path of jihad and resistance," Hamas lawmaker Mushir al-Masri said in a eulogy. "The enemy opened the battle and shall bear the consequences."
Israel said Jabari's assassination was the start of a broader offensive, launched after days of rocket fire from the coastal territory. It was Israel's most intense attack on Gaza since a full-scale invasion four years ago, also in response to rocket fire.
Despite the similarities, much has changed since then. Hamas has beefed up its arsenal with more powerful and far-reaching missiles. Israel, meanwhile, has deployed a first-of-its-kind system that shoots down incoming rockets. Officials say the "Iron Dome" system is believed to have a roughly 80 percent success rate.
Israel also faces a much-changed region. Following a popular uprising last year, Egypt is now governed by the Muslim Brotherhood, which has close ties with Hamas. Egypt's new Islamist government has so far honored a 1979 peace deal with Israel. But it is far cooler to Israel than ousted President Hosni Mubarak was.
In an initial protest, Egypt recalled its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday. Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr also spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton late Wednesday, asking for "immediate U.S. intervention to stop the Israeli aggression," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Tensions have also heated up along Israel's northern border as the civil war in Syria has begun to spill over into the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Earlier this week, Israel twice fired in response to stray mortar shells that landed in the Golan.
Israelis were ordered to remain close to shelters or fortified rooms in their homes as air raid sirens wailed throughout the day. Police said two men and a woman died after a rocket struck their four-story apartment building in Kiryat Malachi. A 4-year-old boy and two babies were also wounded.
Israeli media reported that the victims had ignored orders to protect themselves.
"We lost people today who could have been with us if they had just followed instructions," said Avi Dichter, the Cabinet minister in charge of Israeli civil defense.
Hamas announced a state of emergency in Gaza, evacuating all its security buildings and deploying its troops away from their locations.
Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets on several locations in Gaza early Thursday, warning Gazans to stay away from Hamas, other militants and their facilities.
The Israeli military said Hamas fighters and other militant factions, undeterred by the air attacks, bombarded southern Israel with more than 180 rockets. The Iron Dome, meant to detect rockets headed toward populated areas, intercepted about 30 of them, the military said.
Israel declared a state of emergency in the country's south, where more than 1 million Israelis live within rocket range, instructing people to remain close to fortified areas. School was canceled in communities within a 40-kilometer (25-mile) radius of Gaza.
People living in areas along the frontier were ordered to stay home from work, save for essential services, and shopping centers were closed. Israeli police stepped up patrols around the country, fearing Hamas could retaliate with bombing attacks far from the reaches of Gaza.
Batya Katar, a resident of Sderot, a community that has been a frequent target of rocket fire, said streets were empty there.
"People won't be outside. The minute they assassinated the Hamas military chief we knew an offensive had begun. We were waiting for it, and it's about time they did it. We have the right to live like other countries in the world," she said.
Israeli officials said Wednesday that a ground invasion was a strong possibility in the coming days if Hamas didn't rein in the rocket fire. Mid-morning Thursday, there was no sign such an invasion might be beginning. But the Israeli military was cleared to call up special reserve units—a sign the operation might broaden.
The Israeli military released a series of videos showing black-and-white footage of its targets being struck: weapon depots and rocket launching pads.
The military said it destroyed dozens of the militants' most potent rockets—the Iranian-made Fajr, which is capable of striking Israel's Tel Aviv heartland—as well as shorter-range rockets. In all, the military estimated Hamas had 10,000 rockets and mortars in its arsenal before the military operation began.
Earlier this week, Israeli defense officials warned they were considering resuming a controversial practice of assassinating senior militants. Wednesday's killing of Jabari was an indication they were serious.
Hamas, meanwhile, has complained in recent months that Israel was trying to "set the rules" on the battlefield. Officials said the group stepped up attacks on Israel in recent weeks to put Israel on the defensive.
Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since seizing control of the territory five years ago, has also drawn criticism that it was going soft as it focused its efforts on building its government instead of battling Israel. Hamas, formed a quarter of a century ago as a resistance movement committed to Israel's destruction, has killed hundreds of Israelis over the years.
Hamas accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of launching Wednesday's operation to win votes in the Jan. 22 parliamentary election. But major Israeli parties, including the dovish opposition, all lined up behind Netanyahu.
In Washington, the United States lined up behind Israel. "We support Israel's right to defend itself, and we encourage Israel to continue to take every effort to avoid civilian casualties," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.
President Barack Obama spoke with Netanyahu and the two men agreed Hamas needs to stop its attacks on Israel to allow tensions to ease, the White House said.
Obama spoke separately to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, given Egypt's central role in preserving regional security, the White House said. The two men agreed on the need to de-escalate the conflict as quickly as possible.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for calm and urged both sides to respect international humanitarian law.
The Israeli operation drew new condemnations on Thursday from Turkey and Iran, Muslim countries that both have good relations with Hamas.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul "strongly" condemned Israel and criticized Washington for supporting Israel. Turkey's once close ties with Israel have collapsed over an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship in 2010.
Iran, a major backer of Hamas, called the Israeli operation "organized terrorism." Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast urged the world to cut ties with Israel.
Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cut short a trip to Europe to deal with the crisis. Abbas wrapped up meetings in Switzerland before rushing back to his base in the West Bank, said Palestinian official Saeb Erekat. He had been scheduled to go to France.
Abbas lost control of Gaza to Hamas militants in 2007 and now governs only the West Bank. Still, he claims to be president of all Palestinians.
Federman reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writers Karin Laub in Gaza City, and Aron Heller and Lauren E. Bohn in Jerusalem also contributed to this report.
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Time for a New Puppy: Puppy Linux 4.3
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard? Windows 7? Forget it. The coolest OS release of the year is Puppy Linux 4.3. By now you already know that I have a soft spot for Puppy Linux, so for me each new release of this nifty little distro is a cause for a minor celebration. And the freshly-baked Puppy Linux 4.3 is no exception. In fact, the previous 4.2 release left me somewhat unimpressed, so I've had especially high hopes for the 4.3 version coordinated by Barry Kauler himself. Let me tell you straight away -- I wasn't disappointed.
Despite the minor version number bump, the new release represents "a massive upgrade, right from its very roots to topmost branches." Puppy Linux 4.3 is built using an entirely new system called Woof. This system allows you to build Puppy Linux from the binary packages of any distro, including Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and Slackware. Barry Kauler also designed a new package management system, called the Puppy Package Manager, which is able to deal with packages from other distros. Puppy Linux 4.3 is based on the 126.96.36.199 kernel configured for SMP (multi-processor) systems which also works fine on single-processor machines. The kernel supports the ext4 filesystem and is patched for Aufs2 (advanced multi-layered unification file system).
Puppy Linux 4.3 comes with a few new applications. My favorite among the newcomers is CPU Scaling Ondemand, a simple graphical tool that allows you to control processor frequency. This tool can come in handy if the processor in your machine is running hot or you want to increase the battery life of your laptop by reducing its processor speed. Bcrypt GUI is another nifty graphical utility that lets you easily encrypt files and documents. The brand new BootFlash tool offers a more straightforward way of creating a bootable Puppy Linux USB key. In addition to the SeaMonkey browser suite, Puppy Linux sports its own PuppyBrowser lightweight browser based on the gtkmozembed library in SeaMonkey. In Puppy Linux, the new browser is used for viewing local HTML help as well as accessing CUPS (the printer server), PPLOG (the blog engine bundled with Puppy Linux), and QUISP (the CGI software for generating dynamic Web pages). The Fotoxx photo editing and viewing application has been replaced with Viewnior, a lightweight viewer which supports basic editing operations such as rotate, flip, and crop. The new Aqualung music player takes care of your music listening needs. It supports the MP3, WAV, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis formats and lets you manage podcast subscriptions. You can also use it to play and rip CDs. The desktop had a minor facelift, and it now sports slick icons and the new Polished-blue GTK theme. These are just a few highlights of Puppy Linux 4.3. For further info, read the official release notes and visit the related thread at the Puppy Linux forum.
Macpup 511Macpup is based on puppy which has great features of puppy plus some extra functionality.Check out http://ubuntumanual.org/pos...pup-511-puppy-with-an-attitude.
puppy video choicesI have used many versions of Puppy over the last three years. Xorg works with most onboard video (it can be tested to verify it will work when the live CD is booted). I have only had to use VESA when an nvidia video card is installed.
Also note that Puppy was never meant to be installed even though the newer version can save several large files to the hard drive to reduce boot times. Most Puppy versions load very fast on any recent PC.
I have used Puppy many times to repartition & format (even NTFS) hard drives because it does it quite fast.
I often used Puppy to jump on the internet for quick browsing without waitng for Windows or larger Linux distributions to boot.
Puppy makes junk computers useful again!Puppy is a fantastic Linux for older computers. Right now I have it installed on a couple machines: P-II / 266 mhz / 256M and P-III / 450 mhz / 512M. These boxes are basically "give-aways" in today's market, yet with Puppy they're still very useful. About the only iimitation I've encountered is that the P-II is too old to run video very well (the P-III runs video fine). What a great distro for refurbishing older computers!
Puppy rocks!I switched to Linux about two years after knowing nothing else but Windows, so that was a big step. I started with Ubuntu, but switched to Kubuntu soon after (KDE rules!). I still use that on my main computer although I am also very content with Linux Mint that I am running on a test computer.
Recently someone gave me an old laptop, a Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic Mobile 360 from 1999, which had Windows 98 on it. I knew none of the distros I work with would run on this laptop, so I looked around. I tried a lot of distros (about 7, I think) meant for older computers, like Damn Small Linux, Vector Linux and a few others I can't remember. None of them worked. The last one I ended up with was Puppy, which did boot and run, but it didn't run very well. It was really slow.
I read that most of it's work is done in RAM so I took at look at it. This laptop is a Pentium 2 366 mHz with 64 MB of RAM inside it and that was just not enough. So I upgraded it with some second hand memory chips, it now holds it's maximum 256 MB, and Puppy runs perfect now.
I downloaded a custom version of Puppy with the latest Firefox installed, which is what I use a lot. Aside from that, I managed to put Wine on it and run Mailwasher Pro (the only program I know that can bounce mail right from the server), which also runs very well.
The only thing it doesn't do well is flash video, like on Youtube, but I can live with that limitation. That's what you get with old hardware. A PIII that I tried it on does work, so there's your proof.
Still, I chat, email and surf the web on that old thing, and thanks to Puppy, I am now looking into turning more old PC's into working machines again. Keep up the good work!
puppyPuppy 4.3 is truly awesome and fast. I have been using the puppy versions of linux of various hues
for the last one year. I have tried almost all popular versions of linux and I vouch that that the 4.3 is the fastest of them. The only problem I face is auto detecting my blue tooth mobile as I am not sure whether the puppy linux is configured for bluetooth. I have found Mint linux autodetecting my nokia mobile and making file transfer easy. Of course If I need office application compatible with MS office I have to use Puppy Truecrypt 4.2 which is little bulky with 370 MB.
Govindan , CISA
Puppy 4.3 is exceptionalIts a amazing fast distro and its my 2nd encounter. It has great impact upon me that why should we looking for good looking slow distro while we can go for a super fast distro that is the difference between a dial up connection and a broad band connection.
for more visit http://www.linux2u.co.cc
Puppy Linux is great!For me the neatest thing about Puppy is that it can use a Windows device driver to run my cable modum. I'm more or less computer challenged, so the idea of trying to install a device driver in a Linux operating system was a bit scary. I use Cox Cable, and so when I called them up they told me that "We don't support Linux". I thought that would be the end of it until I read a few articles in Linux forums and found out that "We don't support Linux" actually means "We won't answer any questions about Linux." They didn't tell me that their system will work just fine if you can get your computer set up properly. With Puppy, when I started looking for the internet connection setup area I found a menu item marked "use a windows driver". YEA! I clicked on that and then popped in my cable modem's installation disk. Even though the disk was made for Windows XP, Puppy found the driver and installed it. Bingo! I was on the internet perfectly in minutes. What a neat little distribution.
Puppy playing DVDs on a Pent 266Mhz with 128 RAMAnother awesome release. Do not laugh but I was able to run 4.3 on a Digital 300 PC. Specs Pent 266Mhz, 128Mb RAM, 4MB VRAM Matrox Mystique, DVD-ROM, and 3GB HD. Able to play Hulk movie flawless. Keep up the great work!!
Puppy 4.3I came around to Puppy Linux through a spin off called Grafpup about 3 years ago. Since then, I've been trying distros left and right from both big and small players in the field, sometimes installing for a while, other times just running from the live cd to get a glimpse. I run a powerful Mac with OS X, an IBM P4 with a major Ubuntu derived Linux distro. But the one I use the most, day in and day out, is an old IBM Netvista which has always had a Puppy install on it. Puppy is addictive in it's simplicity, speed, and letting you, the user, have full control over every aspect of it's computing process.
All thanks to Barry Kauler who's maintained is original goal of an all around user friendly and very small distro with all the trimmings that will work on just about any old computer.
PuppyI am a button pusher with almost no knowledge of how Os's work beneath the GUI. That said when my windows xp went belly up after nasty virus infection, I was able to use the Puppy Live CD to salvage my personal files. I also found that I an use puppy to make a back up on my hard drive and was able to do a restore on another winTel box that had gone bad after after a windows update.
Puppy also recognizes dial up modems that other types of Linux do not.
In short Puppy is installable and usable by someone whose prior computer experience is noodling with windows. Puppy seems to work right off the disk.
PuppyRus - Russian Puppy. take a look, pleasePuppy 4.3 is really nice and fast
and there are many pupplets( not yet based on puppy 4.3
Russian puppy is here
i believe you would be interested, Dmitri
MultiuserPuppy Linux has another user by default called "spot" which is limited user, you can run applications as limited user by typing "su spot" in terminal then you can launch apps from that terminal as "spot" user. There are also puplets which are working on full multiuser enviroment like this one: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=343034#343034 It's based on 4.2.1 and you can createusers, log into X and run most apps as limited user.
Single User Mode OnlyPeople need to know that puppy only runs in single user mode.
This is great for many people, but not all.
It can be a surprise if you install it and don't know.
Still - it's a great distro for small machines.
Thanks for letting us know!Glad I heard about it here. I ran it in Virtualbox to try it out - make sure to use XVESA if you do this; Xorg didn't seem to work for me (you choose during Puppy setup).
But I love it so far - some really cool Puppy-only apps in there, like a neat online TV viewer with great presets. It also has a fast way to add your own channels.
Love the wallpaper, too!
Puppy LinuxI am not a linux geek. I prepare taxes for a living. That said I had a few old laptops that were basically bricks.
I heard about ubuntu and loaded it into the old laptops, and low and behold they were useful tools. Well kinda, one old laptop strained under ubuntu.
I found pupply linux and ran it from the CD and that laptop ran great. I did installed puppy linux on the harddrive and have been very happy with.
I have tried other distro's like slackware. Yes I was able to install it. But since I aint no geek, I find Puppy linux has the perfect balance between being user friendly and being a slim down OS.
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COCHRANE, JOHN JAMES, engineer, land agent, auctioneer, and politician; b. c. 1827, probably in Scotland; d. 6 March 1867 at Victoria, B.C.
John James Cochrane apprenticed in Scotland as a millwright and engineer; his first employer, the manager of Shotts Iron Works, Edinburgh, described him as "a young gentleman of great intelligence, ability, energy and skill." Cochrane subsequently worked for several years for the Board of Northern Lighthouses in Scotland as a superintendent of construction of several difficult projects.
Cochrane arrived in New Westminster, British Columbia, at the end of 1858 with letters of high praise from his former employers. For a period of six months he worked in and around New Westminster as a civilian surveyor and engineer under Colonel Richard Moody*. This employment ended when Governor James Douglas*, because of budgetary difficulties, ordered in the summer of 1859 that all civilian surveyors be dismissed and their work be taken over by Royal Engineers.
Cochrane subsequently moved to Victoria, where he soon became an active and well-known resident. At first he was employed by the government, and he undertook such assignments as superintending the construction of the Race Rocks lighthouse and inspecting work being done at Pemberton Portage on the new Harrison Lake – Lillooet route to the Cariboo gold mines. Soon afterwards he entered the real estate and auction business. His excellent training and experience continued to be recognized and he was appointed an assessor of real estate for Victoria in 1860, a member of the Victoria Harbour Commission in 1861, and a member of the General Board of Education of Vancouver Island in 1865. He entered politics, and from 1864 to 1866 was the member for Saanich in the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver Island. He took a leading part in the successful effort to have the capital moved from New Westminster to Victoria in 1866.
Cochrane died suddenly, aged 40, leaving a wife and four children.
PABC, John James Cochrane correspondence. Daily British Colonist and Victoria Chronicle, 8 March 1867.
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My old Mayo woman told me one day that something very bad had come down the road and gone into the house opposite, and though she would not say what it was, I knew quite well. Another day she told me of two friends of hers who had been made love to by one whom they believed to be the devil. One of them was standing by the road-side when he came by on horseback, and asked her to mount up behind him, and go riding. When she would not he vanished. The other was out on the road late at night waiting for her young man, when something came flapping and rolling along the road up to her feet. It had the likeness of a newspaper, and presently it flapped up into her face, and she knew by the size of it that it was the Irish Times. All of a sudden it changed into a young man, who asked her to go walking with him. She would not, and he vanished.
I know of an old man too, on the slopes of Ben Bulben, who found the devil ringing a bell under his bed, and he went off and stole the chapel bell and rang him out. It may be that this, like the others, was not the devil at all, but some poor wood spirit whose cloven feet had got him into trouble.


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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison faced tough questioning on the witness stand Monday morning about the effects of TomorrowNow's intellectual-property theft on his company.
Dressed soberly in a dark jacket and black turtleneck, Ellison was questioned first by David Boies, an attorney for Oracle, and then was cross-examined for about 40 minutes by Greg Lanier, an attorney for SAP, whose now-defunct subsidiary TomorrowNow is at the heart of the lawsuit.
Oracle sued SAP after it discovered TomorrowNow had been stealing applications and support software from an Oracle website. SAP has acknowledged the theft and the trial is about how much it should pay Oracle in damages.
Ellison's testimony was intended to show how valuable his company considered the stolen software to be and how much Oracle would therefore have charged SAP to license it legally.
Boies asked Ellison what factors Oracle would have taken into account when determining the price for such a license. "There's one overwhelming consideration and that's how many PeopleSoft and JD Edwards customers we would have lost to SAP," Ellison replied.
He told the court that TomorrowNow's services could have enabled SAP to steal as many as 30% of Oracle's PeopleSoft customers and 10% of its Siebel customers. Based on the price Oracle paid for those companies, SAP would have had to pay Oracle $4 billion for a license, Ellison said.
But under cross-examination, Lanier disputed Ellison's assertion that Oracle felt threatened by the TomorrowNow acquisition or that it was worried about losing customers to SAP. No evidence has been submitted to support those assertions, he said.
"There's not a single public or private, internal or external PowerPoint, speech, slide, e-mail or scribble on a napkin that says any of that, is there?" Lanier asked Ellison.
"I had those discussions with people but I don't tend to write those things down," Ellison replied.
Lanier also noted that only 358 of Oracle's 10,000 PeopleSoft customers switched to SAP after the TomorrowNow acquisition.
"You don't know why any specific Oracle customer left Oracle for TomorrowNow, do you Mr. Ellison?" Lanier asked.
"No, I don't know the specifics for any given customer," Ellison replied.
And 358 is "nowhere near 30% of PeopleSoft's customers, is it?" Lanier asked.
"No," Ellison replied.
Judge Phyllis Hamilton's courtroom on the third floor of the U.S. District Court in Oakland, California, was crowded when Ellison was called to the stand at about 8:30 a.m., with an overflow of a few reporters sitting on the floor taking notes.
Ellison identified himself as "Lawrence Joseph Ellison" and said he was born in 1944 on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. He moved to the Bay Area in 1964, he said, and founded Oracle in 1977.
Oracle has about another week to present its case, after which SAP will have two weeks to present its defense. The jury is expected to decide by the end of the month how much in damages SAP should pay.


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Wolves are considerably better imitators than dogs.
Credit: Walter Vorbeck
Although wolves and dogs are closely related, they show some striking differences. Scientists from the Messerli Research Institute at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna have undertaken experiments that suggest that wolves observe one another more closely than dogs and so are better at learning from one another. The scientists believe that cooperation among wolves is the basis of the understanding between dogs and humans.
Wolves were domesticated more than 15,000 years ago and it is widely assumed that the ability of domestic dogs to form close relationships with humans stems from changes during the domestication process. But the effects of domestication on the interactions between the animals have not received much attention. The point has been addressed by Friederike Range and Zsófia Virányi, two members of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Vetmeduni Vienna) who work at the Wolf Science Center (WSC) in Ernstbrunn, Niederösterreich.
Wolves copy other wolves solving problems
The scientists found that wolves are considerably better than dogs at opening a container, providing they have previously watched another animal do so. Their study involved 14 wolves and 15 mongrel dogs, all about six months old, hand-reared and kept in packs. Each animal was allowed to observe one of two situations in which a trained dog opened a wooden box, either with its mouth or with its paw, to gain access to a food reward. Surprisingly, all of the wolves managed to open the box after watching a dog solve the puzzle, while only four of the dogs managed to do so. Wolves more frequently opened the box using the method they had observed, whereas the dogs appeared to choose randomly whether to use their mouth or their paw.
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To exclude the possibility that six-month old dogs fail the experiment because of a delayed physical or cognitive development, the researchers repeated the test after nine months. The dogs proved no more adept at opening the box than they were at a younger age. Another possible explanation for the wolves' apparent superiority at learning is that wolves might simply be better than dogs at solving such problems. To test this idea, the researchers examined the animals' ability to open a box without prior demonstration by a dog. They found that the wolves were rarely successful. "Their problem-solving capability really seems to be based on the observation of a dog performing the task," says Range. "The wolves watched the dog very closely and were able to apply their new knowledge to solve the problem. Their skill at copying probably relates to the fact that wolves are more dependent on cooperation with conspecifics than dogs are and therefore pay more attention to the actions of their partners."
The researchers think that it is likely that the dog-human cooperation originated from cooperation between wolves. During the process of domestication, dogs have become able to accept humans as social partners and thus have adapted their social skills to include interactions with them, concomitantly losing the ability to learn by watching other dogs.
Story Source: Materials provided by Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
Journal Reference:
Friederike Range, Zsófia Virányi. Wolves Are Better Imitators of Conspecifics than Dogs. PLoS ONE,2014; 9 (1): e86559 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086559


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April 20, 2017, Ithaca, NY – All living things – from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals – need phosphorus. But extra phosphorus in the wrong place can harm the environment. For example, when too much phosphorus enters a lake or stream, it can lead to excessive weed growth and algal blooms. Low-oxygen dead zones can form.
Runoff from agricultural sites can be an important source of phosphorus pollution. To help evaluate and reduce this risk, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) first proposed a phosphorus index concept in the early 1990s.
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"The idea is to account for the characteristics of a field, and help evaluate the risk of phosphorus runoff from that location," says Quirine Ketterings, lead author of the new study.
The new index structure improves upon previous approaches. It focuses on the existing risk of phosphorus runoff from a field based on the location and how it is currently managed. Qualities like ground cover, erosion potential, and distance to a stream or water-body all come into play. The index also highlights best management practices to reduce this risk.
"The new index approach will direct farmers toward an increasingly safer series of practices," says Ketterings. "Higher-risk fields require more and safer practices to reduce and manage phosphorus runoff."
Ketterings directs the nutrient management spear program at Cornell University. She and her colleagues used a combination of surveys, computer-generated examples, and old-fashioned number crunching. They used characteristics of thousands of farm fields to develop the new index. Involving farmers and farm advisors was also a key step.
"As stakeholders, farmers and farm advisors are more likely to make changes if they understand why," says Ketterings. "Plus, they have experience and knowledge that folks in academia and in governmental agencies often do not."
This field experience can be vital. "Involving stakeholders in decision-making and getting their feedback makes the final product more workable," says Ketterings. "It may also prevent mistakes that limit implementation and effectiveness."
Ketterings stresses that the previous index was not wrong.
"Farming is a business of continuous improvement and so is science," she says. "The initial index was based on the best scientific understanding available at that time. Our new index builds and improves upon the experience and scientific knowledge we have accumulated since the first index was implemented. It is likely this new index will be updated in the future as our knowledge evolves."
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"We wanted the new index to be practical to use," she says. "The best index has no value if people cannot or will not implement it."
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Value (in dollars) of state's first Prudhoe Bay oilfield lease sale in 1969: $900 million
Dollar value today, adjusted for inflation: $5.65 billion
Population of Alaska in 1968-69: 294,600
Year that an Alaska Permanent Fund bill first passed the Legislature: 1975
Governor who vetoed Alaska Permanent Fund legislation: Jay Hammond
Year Alaskans voted by constitutional amendment to establish permanent fund: 1976
Governor who championed permanent fund constitutional amendment: Jay Hammond
Value (in dollars) of initial permanent fund investment: $734,000
Initial investment value today, adjusted for inflation: $2.98 billion
Population of Alaska in 1975-76: 409,800
Market price of a barrel of oil in November 1976: $8.69 ($35.18 in today's dollars)
Year Alaska Legislature repealed state income tax: 1980
Year of first PFD check distribution: 1982
Value (in dollars) of first PFD check: $1,000
Adjusted for inflation: $2,387.35
Population of Alaska in 1981-82: 464,300
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Year (and value) of smallest PFD: 1984 ($331.29)
Year (and value) of largest PFD: 2008/$2,069
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Value of 2011 PFD: $1,174
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Basis of PFD check: Formula that accounts for five-year average of Alaska Permanent Fund earnings and size of Alaska population, minus cost of program operations
Who appropriates funds for Alaska PFD distribution: Alaska Legislature
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Number of 2012 Alaska PFD recipients: 646,805
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Value (in dollars) of Alaska PFD checks paid out by state to residents since dividend program inception: $20.1 billion
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The Supremes grew up in times of major social change for both African Americans and women. What challenges did each have to overcome?
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They all had to learn to deal with adversity in some form or another and in the end learn to stand on their own two feet. They had to overcome society's view of their lives and find inner strength to change their own pathways.
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It was very surprising to me to learn of the degree of racial prejudice that existed in southern Indiana at that time. I grew up in northeastern Ohio, and there was some prejudice, but ours was more subtle. The blacks had their own neighborhoods, and their children were the majority in their local schools, along with a few poor whites. Whites were careful not to sell their homes to blacks to keep them out of white neighborhoods, but our hospitals were not segregrated. I'm glad the author chose to tell about those times in Indiana, because many people think that type of prejudice existed only in the South.
Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean had to deal with being black AND female...a double whammy. I think that's why they sought to identify themselves with the Supremes, even taking their name. Motown music was hugely popular in the sixties, and black women were gaining success and recognition as singers across America.
Also, women during that time were not accorded the respect they are given today. Only a minority were highly educated and in professional careers, most were homemakers. Some were exploited sexually, like Barbara Jean and her mother; others had cheating husbands like Clarice. It's no coincidence that one of the greatest hits of the sixties was Aretha Franklin's song, "Respect." It became the rallying cry for all women, black and white.
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Barbara jean had to deal with the problem of not being able to be with Ray as racism in the country was leading to riots and threats from bigots like Ray's brother. She had the racism of Lester's family who wanted light skinned members. She had illegitimacy, poverty and lack of family as well as the shame of being sexually abused. Clarice had a mother who believed the worst that could happen was not to have a husband. She had a church that taught her to feel she had to stay with a husband who humiliated her. She had to choose between a career and a marriage. Odette was the lucky one because she had emotional and physical strength and the love of parents and a good husband. The novel didn't dwell on racism as it affected her directly.
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