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In a letter to the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops, Archbishop Burke, then the Ordinary of St. Louis, Missouri, now
Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, revealed the results of his review
of the history and canonical status of devotion to Our Lady of America.
See the original letter.
31, 2007 —
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed
Virgin Mary
To the Bishops of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops:
Dear brothers in Christ,
During the November meeting of our Conference of
Bishops, you may have had occasion to view the statue of Our Lady of
America, which was displayed in one of the meeting rooms; and to receive
one of the Our Lady of America prayer cards or other information about
Our Lady of America, which was available, thanks to the devout lay
faithful who made the arrangements for the display of the statue. The
faithful involved in the promotion of the devotion to Our Lady of
America have asked me, some months ago, to review the history and
present state of the devotion to Our Lady of America, in what pertains
to its canonical status. Finally,
The devotion to Our Lady of America has its source in
private revelations to Sister Mary Ephrem (baptized Mildred) Neuzil, who
was born in
Having reviewed the correspondence between Sister Mary
Ephrem and her spiritual director of many years, Monsignor Paul F.
Leibold, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, who later
became the Bishop of Evansville and, then, Archbishop of Cincinnati, it
is clear that the devotion,
The coat of arms symbolically represents the substance
of the private revelation received by Sister Mary Ephrem, namely,
The contents of the private revelation received by
Sister Mary Ephrem were published in a booklet, first in 1960, and,
again, in 1971. Both of these editions were published with the
Imprimatur of Archbishop Leibold. A final edition, with some new
contents, was published in 1989. The new contents were added at the
direction of Father Edmund Morman, S.V.D., the last chaplain of Our Lady
of the Nativity Convent at New Riegel. Father Morman was sadly killed in
an automobile accident on February 17, 1986.
As Archbishop of Cincinnati, Archbishop Leibold
commissioned a wooden plaque with the image of Our Lady of America,
which he gave to the cloister at New Riegel, at which it was displayed
for many years in a public area. He had the wooden plaque created for
the specific purpose of its use in processions at the New Riegel
Archbishop Leibold also authorized the Weberding
Woodcarving Shop at Batesville, Indiana, to carve a statue of Our Lady
of America. The statue was carved for Our Lady of the Nativity Convent
at New Riegel, Ohio, at which public devotions to Our Lady of America
were regularly celebrated.
Other bishops have permitted the public display of a
statue of Our Lady of America for devotion. For instance, the late
Bishop William G. Connare of Greensburg permitted a statue to be
displayed at the Carmel of the Assumption at Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Also, a statue of Our Lady of America was carried in procession in the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in
Washington, D.C., on several occasions by the Apostolatus Uniti and
other groups. On May 31, 2006, a statue of Our Lady of America was
enthroned at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of
the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama, by the Franciscan Friars of
the Immaculate. The statue which was enthroned at Hanceville is the very
same statue which Bishop Connare authorized for public devotion at
A specific request of Our Lady of America was that her
statue be placed in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception. There is a providential connection between Sister
Mary Ephrem and the late Archbishop Bishop John Francis Noll of the
Diocese of Fort Wayne, who is celebrated as the Apostle of the National
Shrine. The principal apparitions of Our Lady of America to Sister Mary
Ephrem took place in the chapel of the Precious Blood Sisters Convent in
Kneipp Springs Sanitorium, near Rome City, Indiana. Archbishop Bishop
Noll, who died in 1956, maintained a summer residence at the Sanitorium,
within a few hundred feet of the place of the apparitions. While the
National Shrine is the largest shrine in the world at which there was
not a previous apparition, the private revelation to Sister Mary Ephrem
very much confirms the mission of the National Shrine.
The prayer attached to the devotion also
received the imprimatur of the then Monsignor Leibold, Vicar General of
the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Archbishop Leibold was Sister Mary
Ephrem's spiritual director from the time that he was Vicar General of
the Archdiocese of Cincinnati until he died in1972. Archbishop Leibold
was always clear that the approved devotion had its origin in private
revelation received by Sister Mary Ephrem over many years.
What can be concluded canonically is that the devotion
was both approved by Archbishop Leibold and, what is more, was actively
promoted by him. In addition, over the years, other Bishops have
approved the devotion and have participated in public devotion to the
Mother of God, under the title of Our Lady of America.
Although the devotion to Our Lady of America has
remained constant over the years, in recent years the devotion has
spread very much and has been embraced by many with special fervor.
Seemingly, as has been suggested by Father Peter Damian Mary Fehlner,
F.I., in his homily of August 5, 2006, at the Shrine of the Most Blessed
Sacrament in Hanceville, the moral crisis of our time, which demands a
new teaching and living of the virtue of purity, has found an especially
fitting response of loving care from the Mother of God in her message to
Sister Mary Ephrem.
Some have raised with me the canonical question
regarding the status of Our Lady of the Nativity Convent in Seneca
County, Ohio, which has been the residence of any remaining member of
the suppressed contemplative branch of the Congregation of Sisters of
the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. In response, I observe that the
canonical question has no bearing on the devotion or its approbation.
As one deeply devoted to fostering the devotion to Our
Lady of Guadalupe in our nation, I have wondered about the relationship
of the devotion to Our Lady of America to the devotion to Our Lady of
Guadalupe. Archbishop Leibold, in fact, raised the question with Sister
Mary Ephrem. Sister Mary Ephrem responded that Our Lady of Guadalupe is
Empress of all the Americas, whereas "Our Lady of America, The
Immaculate Virgin," is the patroness of our nation, the United States of
America. The two devotions are, in fact, completely harmonious. As our
late and most beloved Pope John Paul II reminded us, Our Lady of
Guadalupe, Mother of America and Star of the New Evangelization, draws
all of the nations of America into unity in carrying out the new
evangelization. Our Lady of America calls the people of our nation to
the new evangelization through a renewed dedication to purity in love.
I hope that the above may be of some help to you in
responding to questions regarding the devotion to Our Lady of America.
May the Immaculate Virgin intercede for the intentions
of our dioceses and our nation. With fraternal gratitude and esteem, I
Yours devotedly in Christ,
(Most Rev.) Raymond L. Burke Archbishop of Saint Louis
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Lets bring back the following...
1. Lady head scarves. If we were in the animal kingdom, the headscarf blowing in the wind would be a flag for other animals to know adventure awaits. Also it's a sign you just had your hair did
2. Men who wear fedoras like it's their job-- because they're fucking gondola drivers. Ashlee Simpson, Monsieur Buble, and The Jonas Three (what they'd be called if they were a band in the 50's) what's your excuse?
3. Our own vintage childhood clothing. Like Fire blogger Lisa Peet sent in this killer vacation pic with her mom, Rhoda (my future child's name) in Venice in 1966. She writes: "Don't I wish I had a stylin' red coat like that again." She's not alone. This weekend I went shopping at my parents' house and went back to Brooklyn with 2 vintage Ralph Lauren blouses from my prep school pre-teendom. They must have been huge on me then slash I'm an underdeveloped 31 year old, because after a little dry-cleaning they fit like new and they are way Sylvia Plath era stylish. I also snagged a bomber jacket from when I was 12 and obsessed with "Empire of the Sun" ("I can bring anyone back, anyone" is my "donna martin graduates"). It's brown leather and has faux patches that imply I flew planes in WWI. That got me thinking of an idea: SEND ME PICTURES OF CLOTHES YOU WORE AS A KID THAT YOU WISH YOU STILL FIT INTO. It's a little spin-off idea I'll call, I WAS A CHILD STYLE ICON
2 comments:
- Nicole said...
Headscarves should come back, they rock. Also, I have absolutely no clothes that I would wear again. I cry a little whenever I see pictures of me in my acid wash skinny jeans with matching jacket.
I linked to you, as I was writing about Pina Coladas: girlinaboyhouse.blogspot.com
- February 8, 2010 at 9:24 AM
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yayayay! thanks nicole! ok that is a hilarious post! love your blog
- February 8, 2010 at 10:26 AM
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The Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate wants to change the way that the state allocates its electoral votes in presidential elections. Instead of the typical "winner-take-all" approach, he would like to adopt the system used by Maine and Nebraska, where the winner of each congressional district gets the electoral vote of that district. If such a change were implemented, then it would probably shift about 10 electoral votes to the Republicans. No Republican has carried Pennsylvania since 1988 (George H.W. Bush), but the GOP always wins many congressional districts in the state. In a happy coincidence, both houses of the State Legislature are controlled by the Republicans. And the Governor is a Republican. So this change may well happen.
And the word out of Nebraska is that it is now considering a change to winner-take-all. The common thread: It, too, is run by Republicans. And Pres. Obama won the electoral vote in NE-2 in 2008.
Agreed. This is almost as bad as Massachusetts changing the law to prevent a Republican Governor from filing Senate vacancies, and then changing it back to allow a Democratic Governor to do the same.
Gerard:Now there is nothing wrong with changing the way that a state awards electoral votes. Moreover, there is a good argument that the Maine/Nebraska system is more equitable. The problem is that changing the rules when you know which party will benefit is not fair.
Say again? Any time you change election rules, one party is likely to gain over the other. Either the rule change is or is not equitable.
The Dems have no equitable basis to challenge the PA change from a first past the post system to a proportional system based upon congressional district because they have been championing this system in NE and ME and a similar plan to proportionally divide up electoral votes according to the national popular vote.
FWIW, I personally prefer the traditional first past the post system and the electoral college because it forces presidential candidates to pay attention to smaller states like my Colorado.
The GOP plan may be too clever by half. The plan is being considered not only in PA, but also in several midwest states, all of which Obama is currently losing on the way to a Carter-level wipeout. The GOP plan may give Obama a bit less than half of the EVs in these states.
If the electoral vote was proportional then sure it would be pretty fair, except for rounding errors, and if every state did it. but this isn't that. Then again at this late date what difference does it make who the president is beyond tone and style?
I suppose it depends about what you think about gerrymandering more generally. If you say, "Well, that is just a part of politics that has a long pedigree," then what Pennsylvania wants to do is fine. But if you think gerrymandering is a problem, then you would take the opposite view. I guess my view is that at a minimum we should not be expanding that practice to the Electoral College.
If the electoral votes were proportional to the amount of popular votes, that would be laudable. Having it linked to congressional districts, however, is an awful idea and anti-democratic (small d, this system would probably benefit the Democrats in my very gerrymandered state). The sooner we elect the President by nationwide popular vote, the better.
I am not at all sure that gerrymandering congressional districts necessarily translates into gerrymandering for the presidential race under the GOP plan as there is no direct correlation between the two types of races. There has been a great deal of ticket splitting between Congress and the President over the past generation.
It would be interesting to learn if the PA GOP legislature is taking both kinds of races into account in drawing their redistricting maps.
This appears to me to be a step away from gerrymandering, or anyway something similar to it. Granted, it's a step away taken at a time when it appears the gerrymandering analogue benefits the other party, but it's still a step in the right direction.
Maybe when the parties swap control it would be changed back. That would be an appropriate time to complain. Not now. They're doing the right thing, and not even for the wrong reason; The victim of an injustice is entitled to act to remedy it.
If it's about justice, divide the electoral votes proportional to the popular vote in the state. Making anything dependent upon congressional districts lets local interests block the will of the people entirely just by redrawing lines. We need less political gaming in the election process, not more.
Bart and Brett:
Actually, if you look at the maps you'll notice that Democrats are much more packed together than Republicans, in part because of the 1982 amendments to the voting rights act and in part because of a more urban tilt. There are very few Republican districts above 65%, and quite a few Democratic ones. The Maine-Nebraska plan, if it had been applied to every state, would have resulted in Republicans winning the electoral college while losing the popular vote in 1960, 1976, and 2000. The 1976 case is a particularly egregious case, since Carter won the national popular vote by 2 percentage points. I'd need to check the math, but I believe that in every election since the 1960's it would increase the number of electoral college votes going to the Republican.
This appears to me to be a step away from gerrymandering, or anyway something similar to it.
Uh, no. Under the current system, the partisan process by which district lines are drawn is completely irrelevant to the Presidential election process. This change would make those partisan gerrymanders extremely significant.
The Electoral College is at least defensible on the basis that states are sovereign units. But congressional districts are just arbitrary divisions created through a political process.
Michigan 1892 redux: presumably they think Obama will likely win the state, but not all the districts. See here. Maybe unfair, but clearly constitutional under McPherson.
I agree that the demographics of the Dem Party and current voting rights law makes it easier for the GOP to gerrymander. The Dems are primarily an urban party disproportionately made up of ethnic and racial minority groups. The GOP can then make urban and minority majority districts without engaging in really egregious map making while accomplishing the voting rights mandates to create racial electoral ghettos.
I'd like to add another variable to the mix. To the extent that proportional allocation of electoral votes would make third party or independent candidacies more effective, it would thereby increase the odds that no candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes. That would leave the election of the President up to the House of Representatives voting by unit rule.
The part about weakening the two party duopoly is a very, very good thing. But the part about unit rule in the House completely undoes that advantage. It's the exact opposite of proportionality.
What's the population of Maine and Nebraska? What's the pop. of PA? The result of the proposed change is the neutering of the PA vote. The odds of a republican winning the electoral college and losing the popular vote would go up, a lot.
No it would not be equitable, it would simply be legal.
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Determine whether a salivary biomarker of physical fatigue, referred to as the fatigue biomarker index (FBI), can discriminate a control group from a sleep deprived group when saliva is collected under controlled conditions. The study expands on previous work examining changes in the composition of saliva during periods of prolonged exercise.
Thirty (30) young adults (14 Control [CON]; 16 Sleep Deprived [SDEP]) were monitored for mood state (Profile of Mood States [POMS]), cognitive performance (Stroop Color-Conflict Tests), and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue over a 48-h period with sampling at 3-h intervals. Trials lasted from 06:00 on day 1 (time = -3 h) to 09:00 on day 3 (time = 48 h). Levels of salivary biomarkers were calculated from liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) data. Statistical comparisons were made using Wilcoxon rank sum tests with a Bonferroni correction to limit type 1 error. Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to evaluate the ability of the various parameters to distinguish the SDEP population from the CON population.
Longitudinal analysis demonstrated significant between-group differences in all three parameters. ROC analysis demonstrated that cognitive performance tests and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue distinguish the SDEP population from the CON population.
A previously identified salivary biomarker of physical fatigue may provide an alternative method for discriminating sleep deprived from rested individuals. The salivary biomarker of physical fatigue holds promise as an objective measure of sleep deprivation, perhaps eventually removing the reliance on self-reported sleep diaries and/or repeated polysomnographs for longitudinal tracking of sleep quality and/or diagnosis of sleep disorders.
Michael DJ; Valle B; Cox J; Kalns JE; Fogt DL. Salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue as markers of sleep deprivation. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(12):1325-1331.
There are relatively few objective methods for the diagnosis and longitudinal monitoring of sleep disorders.1,2 At present, clinicians rely primarily on patients' self-reported levels of sleepiness, as well as expensive, time-consuming, and relatively intrusive overnight polysomnographs (PSG).3 Other objective methods proposed for use in sleep medicine include actigraphy, electroencephalography (EEG), multiple sleep latency test (MSLT), reaction times, pupillography, melatonin levels, metabolic rate, body temperature, heart rate, and heart rate variability.2,4–6 While each of these techniques has proven promising, none has yet been adopted for the routine diagnosis and monitoring of all sleep disorders. Given the wide range of sleep disorders and the large number of other diseases which also alter sleep,2,7 it is clear that there is a need for additional objective measures of sleep health.
Insufficient sleep impairs a number of specific functions, as well as an individual's general quality of life. Symptoms arising from sleep loss include increased propensity to fall asleep in inappropriate settings, inability to concentrate, impaired cognitive ability, slowed reaction time, reduced vigilance, headache, mood changes, and fatigue.8,9 Numerous studies have demonstrated that the levels of impairment arising from acute and chronic sleep deprivation are similar to those observed in individuals with elevated blood alcohol content.10–14 The social and economic consequences associated with untreated or improperly treated sleep disorders are significant.15,16
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: Previously, we described changes in the peptide composition of saliva during periods of prolonged physical exertion. Here, we determined whether similar changes in the peptide composition of saliva are associated with sleep and/or sleep deprivation.
Study Impact: At present, daytime sleepiness is assessed either by self-report, e.g. Epworth Sleepiness Scale, or by expensive and time-consuming clinical tests, e.g., multiple sleep latency test. An inexpensive and objective method to measure sleepiness would significantly improve a clinician's ability to diagnose and/or treat sleep disorders.
The need for objective methods to diagnose and/or track sleep disorders is especially important in circumstances when individuals are motivated not to report truthfully either their amount of sleep or their level of fatigue. For example, financial pressure might motivate an individual to misreport sleep and/or fatigue, such as in a career field where pay is dependent upon hours worked, e.g., an airline pilot or long-haul truck driver. Alternatively, social pressure might motivate an individual to misreport sleep and/or fatigue, such as for an individual who is part of team, e.g., a member of an elite military unit or sports team. In these circumstances, self-reported values of sleep and/or fatigue might differ significantly from true levels, thereby endangering the individual and others around them.
Recently, we have reported that physical fatigue changes the composition of saliva. Specifically, we found that the ratio of two endogenous salivary peptides changed significantly as individuals became more fatigued due to prolonged physical exercise.17 The amino acid sequences of both heptapeptides were determined in our previous work. One peptide had the sequence GGHPPPP (657.7 Da), while the other peptide had the sequence ESPSLIA (715.8 Da). Both of these peptides arise naturally from the family of proteins known as the salivary proline-rich proteins (PRPs).18 The specific ratio of peptides we reported, termed the fatigue biomarker index or FBI, was calculated as the abundance of GGHPPPP divided by the abundance of ESPSLIA. When the ratio is constructed in this way, the value of the FBI decreases as fatigue increases, much like pH levels decrease as the concentration of protons in solution increases. Our primary interest in developing this technology was to provide the US military with an objective measure of fatigue arising from physical activity. The value of this technology in military settings was highlighted by a previous study showing that an individual's FBI value at the start of training is useful as part of a model for predicting the outcome of training for candidates entering Special Forces training within the United States Air Force.19
Here, we report findings from a preliminary investigation of changes in FBI values during periods of sleep deprivation. Previously, we used data from the same study to investigate changes in cognitive performance20,21 and heart rate variability.20 While this study was designed to mimic typical conditions experienced in a military, rather than civilian, setting and included only a relatively small group of young, healthy adults, the results are promising and suggest that the small peptide composition of saliva can be used to monitor an individual's sleep.
We recruited men between the ages of 18 and 35 years for inclusion in the study. Potential subjects included healthy (asymptomatic) college students, ROTC cadet trainees, and recreational (non-varsity) athletes self-reporting as healthy and fit enough to enter basic military or first responder training, non-smoking, free of disease, and not taking any psycho-tropic medications or dietary supplements that would alter neural or metabolic function. Subjects meeting our eligibility criteria were asked to read and sign an informed consent document approved by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research of the University of Texas at San Antonio. This committee approved this study and provided oversight of all human research procedures.
All protocols were conducted in the Exercise Biochemistry and Metabolism Laboratory of the Department of Health and Kinesiology at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Consented subjects completed a basic medical history screening form, a standard physical examination, skinfold body fat analysis, and a clinical graded treadmill stress test with electrocardiogram to identify preexisting heart conditions that could compromise safe participation and determine aerobic fitness level via indirect calorimetry (TrueMax 2400, ParvoMedics Sandy, UT). Final selection of subjects was dependent upon normal clinical results and history as determined by a participating physician indicating eligibility for safe inclusion in the study. During the health screening session consented subjects were familiarized with all testing planned for the subsequent 48-h protocol.
Eligible subjects (n = 35) were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 experimental groups: (1) control (CON; n = 16) or (2) sleep deprived (SDEP; n = 19). (Note: Analysis of saliva samples was limited to subjects who completed the entire study [CON = 14; SDEP = 16]). The 48-h protocol took place ≥ 1 week following the health screening and familiarization session. The aim of the protocol was to increase fatigue gradually and safely over the course of 48 h. In the present study, we employed a modified version of a 24-h protocol we developed in which participants experienced sleep deprivation and were evaluated for cognitive performance and fatigue level every 3 h.21
All participants reported to the laboratory at 06:00 following an 8-h fast that excluded caffeine or other stimulants. They immediately received a small standardized breakfast (375 kcal) with water. For the purpose of analyzing data in this study, we define 06:00 as Time = -3 h. Data for the 48-h period were collected every 3 h from 09:00 on day one to 09:00 on day 3 (17 data collection points total). Every data collection point was 2 h post-prandial and post-fluid ingestion. Total dietary food and fluid intakes were controlled and provided at levels considered normal for the subject's age, weight, and daily activity level, allowing subjects to remain hydrated (data not shown).
Participants assigned to the CON group were allowed to sleep between the hours of 22:00-09:00, although they were awoken at 00:00, 03:00, and 06:00 and remained awake for approximately 1 h for data collection. Participants assigned to the SDEP group were monitored throughout the 48-h period and were not allowed to sleep. Schedules for data collection, as well as food and water intake, were identical for both groups. During non-sleep hours between data collection periods, all participants maintained a controlled but fixed daily schedule of very light activities (e.g., watching movies, studying, or reading).
Every 3 h during the 48-h period, subjects were weighed (in shorts and shirt, sans shoes). Before the subsequent collection of data, subjects then sat quietly for 20 min.
After the quiet period, subjects completed the Profile of Mood States22 (POMS) survey for assessment of fatigue level and Stroop Color-Conflict Test23 (Stroop tests) for assessment of cognitive performance. While the Stroop tests are known to be influenced by learning effects, they were selected for their ease of administration to groups of the size used in this study. The most relevant POMS factor for our investigation was that of "fatigue." This factor is determined by the sum of Likert-style scoring of seven subjective feelings ("worn out," "listless," "fatigued," "exhausted," "sluggish," "weary," "bushed"). No time limit was given to complete the POMS survey. No performance feedback was provided to subjects for the survey. For the Stroop tests, subjects were instructed to read aloud as many items as possible in 45 s during each of 3 conditions (word, color, incongruent color-word pairs). Instructions for the Stroop tests were repeated at every data collection point. The number of correct responses for each 45-s test was recorded and no performance feedback was provided to subjects for the tests. The Stroop tests comprise 3 separate tests: color, word, and color-word. We added results from the 3 Stroop tests to calculate a "cumulative cognitive performance" score. We have previously demonstrated that the POMS fatigue factor tracks the decline in Stroop test cognitive performance during a 24-h fatiguing protocol including combinations of sleep deprivation, exercise, caloric restriction, and dehydration.21
Immediately after each data collection period, subjects were fed a small sandwich, raw vegetables, and cookies (300 kcal) with 0.4 L of water. The same meal was provided every 3 h to avoid possible digestion-related fluctuations in vagal tone following a large meal.
Saliva samples (∼10 mL) were collected by passive drooling of clear saliva. Samples were placed on ice after collection and transferred to a -80°C freezer for storage until time of analysis. The salivary analyses have been published in detail.17 Briefly, raw saliva was processed through a series of molecular-weight-cutoff filters selected to remove components of saliva greater than ∼10 kDa. The amount of protein in the remaining solution was quantified (bicinchoninic acid [BCA] assay), so that a fixed amount of protein could be injected per sample (4 μg). To target the peptide components, we used a mass-specific tagging approach to label free amines in solution. Specifically, samples were labeled with light and heavy isotopes of acetic anhydride. The difference in mass of the 2 isotopes arises from the presence of protons or deuterons in all positions of both methyl groups in the acetic anhydride. By labeling 2 different aliquots of the same sample separately with the light and heavy variants of acetic anhydride, it was possible to identify those components of saliva with a free amine. These components appeared as pairs of ions separated by predictable masses in a mixture of the differently labeled samples. Once samples were labeled and analyzed by liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection, we quantified levels of a previously identified biomarker of physical fatigue,17 referred to as the fatigue biomarker index (FBI). As a ratio of ion intensities for 2 different salivary peptides, the FBI is resistant to trivial sources of change, e.g., the amount of material injected.
All statistical analyses were completed using R (R24; version 2.9.0; cran.r-project.org). Wilcoxon rank sum tests were used for pairwise comparisons between groups at each time point (Figure 1) and across averaged data (Figure 2), with a Bonferroni correction applied to limit the risk of committing type 1 error. Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves were also used to assess cross-sectional data using the pROC package for R.25 Our a priori significance level was p < 0.05.
Subjects were evaluated every 3 h during the course of the study. (A) Levels of the salivary biomarker of physical fatigue remained similar across groups through the first hours of the study, and then changed significantly during the hours after the first night of sleep. Both groups showed a significant increase around midnight on the first day of the study, while only the CON group showed a similar, though muted, increase on the second day of the study. (B) Cumulative scores on the Stroop tests, shown as percentages relative to the subject's initial scores, remained similar across groups until the early morning hours of the second day. Scores for individuals in the SDEP group dropped significantly after the first evening, whereas scores for individuals in the CON group remained relatively constant. The initial upward slope seen in both groups is likely to do a learning effect. The absence of significant differences during these early time points suggests that the size of the learning effect was similar for both groups. (C) Self-reported fatigue levels drifted higher with time in both groups. Previous analysis using linear mixed-effects modeling showed a significant positive slope for both groups. With the statistical approach used here, groups did not differ significantly until late on the second day. *indicates significant difference between groups.
Sleep deprivation led to significant changes in self-reported fatigue level, cognitive performance, and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue. Subjects were evaluated every 3 h during the course of the study. (A) Levels of the salivary biomarker of physical fatigue remained similar across groups through the first hours of the study, and...
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Values for self-reported fatigue level, cognitive performance and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue are shown by group for the data collected between 09:00 and 15:00 on the second day of the study. Each point represents average data for one individual. Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) analysis suggested that salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue can identify sleep-deprived patients with reasonable specificity and selectivity (area under curve, 92%). Self-reported fatigue levels and cognitive performance tests also performed reasonably (area under curve, 77% and 88%, respectively).
Salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue efficiently detected the effects of sleep deprivation. Values for self-reported fatigue level, cognitive performance and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue are shown by group for the data collected between 09:00 and 15:00 on the second day of the study. Each point represents average data for one...
By using a 3-h sampling interval, this study provided relatively high resolution temporal data to evaluate changes in parameters of interest, namely self-reported fatigue level, cognitive performance, and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue. Self-reported fatigue levels were derived from the profile of mood states (POMS) survey; cognitive data came from the Stroop color-conflict tests; and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue were measured according to the previously described fatigue biomarker index (FBI). Longitudinal data are shown for all 3 parameters and both groups in Figure 1. While significant group differences were observed for all 3 parameters, the patterns of change differed. Significant between-group differences appeared first in the Stroop tests in the early morning hours after the first overnight period. Significant changes in the FBI followed soon after, while significant differences in POMS fatigue level were not observed until the early morning hours of the second overnight period. Whereas the significant difference in cognitive performance remained relatively stable after the first overnight period, differences in salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue were transient, lasting 6 to 9 h after the first overnight period of sleep deprivation. A significant difference in salivary biomarkers of fatigue reoccurred during the second overnight period.
In addition to analyzing changes in parameters as a function of time, we also evaluated the ability of each of the parameters to discriminate the sleep deprived population from the control population. To make the plots shown in Figure 2, data from the window just after the first overnight period (D2-09:00 through D2-15:00) were averaged for each subject, and then plotted by group. We used this window because it is the most relevant testing window for a future clinical test, assuming testing during traditional U.S. business hours (09:00-17:00). significant between-group differences were observed for 2 (FBI and Stroop) of the 3 parameters. Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) analysis suggested that cognitive performance tests and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue performed well when trying to distinguish members of the SDEP and CON groups.
Here, we have compared the impact of sleep deprivation on three different parameters: self-reported fatigue level, cognitive performance, and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue. The effects of sleep deprivation on the first two parameters have been described extensively elsewhere by us20,21 and by others,9 while salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue have been described only recently,17,19 and it was not yet known how they would be affected by sleep deprivation. We observed significant longitudinal changes in all three parameters, and two of the parameters, cognitive performance tests and salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue, also performed well in cross-sectional tests.
During the initial part of the trial, the pattern of change for the FBI was similar for both the control and sleep deprived arms of the study. Unexpectedly, both traces included a significant increase in FBI values, suggesting a significant decrease in fatigue level, near midnight during the transition from day 1 to day 2 (Figure 1A). A similar, but blunted, increase is seen in the control arm at close to the same time in the second night (day 2-day 3 transition). These unexpected results suggest that the FBI may be affected by circadian rhythms, the hierarchy of oscillators that regulates a wide range of human behavior and physiology.26 In humans, the circadian system includes both a central pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), and a series of peripheral components.26 The operation of these oscillators has been described at the cellular and molecular level, and a number of studies have demonstrated the tight relationship between the circadian clock, hormone secretion, and metabolism.26–29 In saliva, there is evidence of large-amplitude circadian rhythms for concentrations of several inorganic ions.30 Other components of saliva including cortisol,31 melatonin,32,33 and a variety of metabolites29,34 also follow circadian rhythms. In contrast, the circadian rhythms for salivary proteins in unstimulated saliva appear to be smaller in amplitude with a wide spread in acrophases, thereby removing significant oscillations from population data.30
Of the salivary components examined to date, melatonin has proven most promising as a direct measure of circadian rhythm.33 Specifically, the dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) marker appears to be a robust measure of circadian rhythm even in the presence of confounding factors,32 perhaps leading to its eventual use in clinical settings for the identification of circadian rhythm sleep disorders.35 In contrast, levels of cortisol in serum and saliva are known to be influenced by a number of factors in addition to circadian rhythms, including a variety of acute and chronic stressors such as insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, depression, and chronic fatigue.36,37 While the exact relationship between measures of salivary cortisol and measures of sleep remains unclear,38 there have been a number of intriguing findings. Of particular note is a previous report describing an association between cortisol and fatigue/physical symptoms.39 Specifically, a population study of older adults identified significant associations of fatigue/physical symptoms with two different measures of cortisol, wakeup cortisol and cortisol awakening response (CAR). The reported association between low wakeup cortisol levels and increased fatigue/physical symptoms39 later the same day agrees with observations of diminished morning cortisol levels in studies of individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).40,41 In the case of some sleep disorders, dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has even been suggested to have a causative role.36 For example, nocturnal salivary cortisol levels are consistently elevated in insomnia,42 providing support for the hypothesis that insomnia arises from hyperarousal of the HPA axis. In other sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea,36 changes in cortisol are believed to be secondary. However, the wide range of external factors influencing salivary cortisol levels may limit their utility in the diagnosis of sleep disorders.
At present, the mechanism(s) regulating the generation of the peptides of the FBI remains unknown, and it remains unclear whether levels of these peptides might also change in response to other stressors besides sleep deprivation. Given the potential presence of circadian rhythms and the lack of understanding about other potential influences affecting levels of these peptides, FBI measurements should be interpreted carefully.
Given the increasing and varying needs of researchers, clinicians, patients, regulators, lawmakers, and insurers, several other approaches to quantifying sleepiness are also under development.43–45 Methods to quantify sleepiness have arisen from various behavioral, electrophysiological, genetic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies of sleep and sleep deprivation. Methods of quantifying sleepiness have been proposed based on changes in behavioral factors such as response time6,46 and other measures of attention, as well as various electrophysiological factors such as changes in the power for a particular type of electroencephalographic wave.47 Other methods for measuring sleepiness have focused on changes in the composition of serum,48 saliva,49 cerebrospinal fluid,50,51 exhaled breath, and exhaled breath condensate.52 Inflammatory factors such as IL-6, TNF-α, von Willebrand factor, and C-reactive protein53,54 have drawn considerable attention. A gene expression study identified salivary amylase as a biomarker of sleep drive in both fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) and humans.49 Indeed, heterozygote individuals with a single copy of the c.22G > A (rs73598374) polymorphism for adenosine deaminase differ significantly from homozygote individuals with respect to vulnerability to sleep loss, exhibiting both a reduction in sustained attention and an elevation in salivary α-amylase activity during periods of prolonged waking.55 Although many of these measures of sleepiness appear promising, the lack of specificity among many, if not all, of the sleep reporter and regulatory substances identified to date has led some to suggest that proper measurement of sleepiness will ultimately require simultaneous monitoring of numerous analytes.54 While the peptide components of the FBI are more likely to be sleep reporter than sleep regulatory molecules, they might still be well-suited for inclusion in a multi-analyte approach to measuring sleepiness.
Despite the limitations discussed above, the promising results presented here suggest that salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue might provide useful clinical information with respect to patient sleep health. Potential uses include diagnosing sleep disorders and/or longitudinally monitoring fatigue arising from sleep deprivation. The former would help clinicians make diagnoses based on objective measures, and the latter would allow physicians to select the most effective treatment strategy for various sleep disorders. Salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue might be especially well-suited for diagnosing specific types of sleep disorder. For example, diagnosis of paradoxical insomnia, which is characterized by a significant mismatch between self-reported sleep data and objective measures of sleep obtained from polysomnographs,4 would be much easier if clinicians had a rapid, inexpensive method to evaluate a patient's sleep history. In other sleep disorders, such as periodic limb movement, arousals from sleep are not perceived by patients suggesting that self-reported sleep data will not be accurate,56 highlighting the need for objective measures of sleep. The technology described here might also be well-suited to phenotype patients with various polymorphisms associated with enhanced vulnerability to sleep loss, much like the use of sAA described above.55 Overall, the FBI provides clinicians with an additional objective measure to guide the diagnosis and/or treatment of sleep disorders.
The present study aimed to examine changes in salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue during a period of sleep deprivation. While the data are promising and suggest that salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue may be a useful and objective method to monitor sleep deprivation, the study also has a number of limitations. For example, the sample size is relatively small, and the participants were young and relatively healthy. While subjects were asked about their sleep history, the study did not include a comprehensive evaluation of subjects to exclude all sleep disorders. In addition, our choices of instruments to evaluate cognitive performance and self-reported fatigue level—Stroop tests and POMS survey, respectively— may not represent the most sensitive tools for detecting changes related to sleep loss. Future studies will aim to study salivary changes related to sleep in subjects of much more varied demographic background and health condition.
In conclusion, we report here that the loss of sleep leads to significant changes in levels of a salivary biomarker of physical fatigue. If these preliminary findings are confirmed in future studies, salivary biomarkers of physical fatigue hold promise of providing clinicians, regulators, and patients with a fast, convenient, and relatively inexpensive method to diagnose and/or monitor sleep disorders.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Funding for this study was provided by the U.S. Army through a Phase-II STTR grant to Hyperion Biotechnology and the University of Texas San Antonio (RDE-COM, STTR W911SR-07-C-006).
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text: If you are looking for _free_ batch systems, you should choose SGE. --- Mikhail Kuzminsky <kus at free.net> wrote: > III. Some SGE minuses > 1) Do not support "multiclustering" I believe you can setup multiple "SGE_CELL"s to partition your cluster (I've never played with that before) Or you can use Globus, or other 3rd party scheduler on top of SGE. > 2) The schedule algorithms are restricted to only one > default (this is inconsistent w/Chris Black message, as > I understand) You talking about SGE 5.2.x? Chris Black must be talking about SGE 5.3, which has several advanced nice scheduler features: http://www.hardi.se/products/literature/sun_grid_engine.pdf > > IV. Some SGE pluses > > 1) Reliable work Ron Chen has been talking about the new shadow master on the SGE mailing list. which he said will improve fault tolerance, but I've never heard anything yet... > 2) Globus Grid is integrated (?? is it correct ?) correct. > 3) There is support of job migration > Also, you may want to look at job arrays, which is not available in PBS. (the other batch system which has job arrays is LSF) You can download the SGE source from: http://gridengine.sunsource.net Rayson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/


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It's ScuttleButton Time!
What if everyone who was in this country illegally decided to try their hand at solving ScuttleButton each week? Would they be able to stay? Would that be considered "amnesty?"
Those questions gnawed at me as I put together the latest puzzle. ScuttleButton, of course, is that once-a-week waste of time exercise in which each Monday or Tuesday (or, as some like to call today, "Thursday") I put up a vertical display of buttons on this site. Your job is to simply take one word (or concept) per button, add 'em up, and, hopefully, you will arrive at a famous name or a familiar expression. (And seriously, by familiar, I mean it's something that more than one person on Earth would recognize.)
For years, a correct answer chosen at random would get his or her name posted in this column, an incredible honor in itself. Now the stakes are even higher. Thanks to the efforts of the folks at Talk of the Nation, that person also hears their name mentioned on the Wednesday show (by me) and receives a Political Junkie t-shirt in the bargain. Is this a great country or what?
You can't use the comments box at the bottom of the page for your answer. Send submission (plus your name and city/state — you won't win without that) to email@example.com.
(Why do people keep forgetting to include their name and city/state?)
And, by adding your name to the Political Junkie mailing list, you will be among the first on your block to receive notice about the column and the puzzle. Sign up at firstname.lastname@example.com. Or you can make sure to get an automatic RSS feed whenever a new Junkie post goes up by clicking here.
Good luck!
By the way, I always announce the winner on Wednesday's Junkie segment on TOTN. But with it now less than a week until the next show, your window for getting your answer in is smaller.
Here are the buttons used and the answer to last week's puzzle:
I Survived Ken Rudin's First 50 — A friend made this button under the ridiculous assumption that Ken Rudin could possibly be that old.
Viva Che — Che Guevara was the South American revolutionary and key figure in bringing Fidel Castro to power in Cuba in 1959. He was captured and executed by Bolivian forces in 1967.
two hands holding up a dove — Familiar peace button during the Vietnam War, circa 1967.
Pro worker/pro union/I'm voting Gray Davis — Davis, a Democrat, was elected governor of California in 1998 and re-elected in 2002; the following year, he was ousted in a recall campaign that brought us Arnold Schwarzenegger.
So, when you combine 50 + Che + dove + Gray, you may just very well end up with ...
Fifty Shades of Grey. The 2011 erotic best seller that is, by some accounts, steamier than my Political Junkie column.
OK, yes, I kinda cheated with this one. Literally, the buttons say 50 SHADE of Grey, not Shades. But given the answer to the puzzle, you can't possibly expect me to be ashamed I altered the rules.
Anyway, the winner, chosen completely at random, is ... Becky Howard of North Syracuse, N.Y. Becky gets not only the coveted Political Junkie t-shirt — but the Official No Prize Button as well!
And don't forget to check out this week's Political Junkie column, which focuses on the end of the love affair between the Republican Party and Hillary Clinton, as well as the breakup between Fox News and Sarah Palin. (Plus, updates on the suddenly-open Senate seats in Iowa and Georgia.) Click here to read the column.


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Arun Viswanathan is a Technology Lead with the Java Centre of Excellence in SETLabs, Infosys Technologies, Bangalore. He works on Java and Java EE technologies. He can be reached at [email protected]
Mashups are an architectural style that combines data and/or content from different data sources or sites. Mashups are normally differentiated based on the use, architecture style, and data. While consumer mashups have been in use for a while, we're now see them moving into the enterprise. In a general sense, what differentiates a consumer mashup from an enterprise mashup scene is that enterprise mashups are built following standard guidelines such those promoted by the Open Mashup Alliance (OMA), a standard model proposed by mashup vendors.
The OMA is a federation of some of the top vendors in mashup space. The alliance has been set up with the aim to have a standardized, consistent, and interoperable way of developing and deploying the mashups. The principles of the organization are open and the specification and runtime implementation are made available to anyone to use through the Creative Commons License.
The OMA defines an Enterprise Mashup Markup Language (EMML) which is used to define mashups in a standardized manner. The mashup defined thus can be deployed in any of the mashup runtimes which is implemented as per the specifications provided by the OMA.
In this article, I examine at the importance of OMA, the mashup architecture proposed by OMA, and the ease with which developers can create, deploy, and test a mashup developed as per the EMML specification.
The Need for Standard Mashup Development
There are several reasons why I think a standard mashup development platform is a necessity:
- The mashup space is fragmented with lots of vendors. Currently there is no single dominant mashup platform.
- All applications do not provide a web API which is the one of the main inputs for a mashup.
- There is also splintering of widget models developed by large enterprises.
- Access to accurate data sources within the network is required in a consistent manner.
The mashup marketplace is still developing. Since there was no dominant platform there was a need to provide a standard way of developing mashups to accelerate their use. A unified mashup model:
- Can increase the software quality
- Lower cost of IT since they wouldn't need to develop their own ways of mashing
- Bring about a standardization and consistency of approach
- Help drive innovation
- Improves the portabilit of mashup designs and allows interoperability of mashup solutions, thus reducing the risk and cost to organizations that are adopting enterprise mashups.
- Provide an easy way to create mashups from different sources
The Enterprise Mashup Markup Language (EMML)
OMA defines an XML markup language -- EMML -- for creating enterprise mashups. EMML is declarative mashup domain-specific language which eliminates complex and procedural programming requirement to create mashups. It is an open specification and the language is free to use. EMML will thus remove any vendor lock-in and allows portability of the mashup solution. OMA has released the EMML specification, EMML schema, and an open source reference implementation where EMML scripts can be deployed and tested. Figure 1 illustrates the EMML architecture.
An EMML file is the mashup script that has a ".emml" extension and uses the Enterprise Mashup Markup Language. The mashup script defines the services, operations and responses to be constructed based on the results generated. The input to the EMML script could be through any of the data sources such as XML, JSON, JDBC, Java Objects or Primitive types. EMML provides a uniform syntax to call any of the service styles -- REST, SOAP, RSS/ATOM, RDBMS, POJO or web clipping from HTML pages. Complex programming logic is also supported through an embedded scripting engine which supports JavaScript, Groovy, JRuby, XPath and XQuery. The EMML script is then deployed on to any J2EE compliant application server where the EMML runtime has been deployed. The mashup is then accessible as REST service using a URL with the mashup name. The Mashup service returns the result in XML format.


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Slax author's Blog (RSS)
Slax based on Debian?
No I'm just kidding, Slax will be based on Slackware forever :) However, I'm now just working on interesting project which aims to build a Live OS by using Debian and Linux Live Kit (the software which I wrote to produce Slax out of Slackware). This will help improve Linux Live Kit to be more compatible with debian-based distros, and the best part is that I'm going to be paid for that work :)
I tried to make new Slax version a week ago (using Slackware as a base, of course), but found (again) some problems which I wasn't happy to fix myself (those are mostly related to KDE task bar, which makes crazy things if pre-configured and started on different screen sizes).
I am more and more thinking about GETTING RID OF THE FUCKING KDE ENVIRONMENT since I don't like it any longer! (Sorry for the rude language, you know me, I say everything straight.) KDE is at the moment the best desktop I know about, but some other ones are (in my opinion) starting to be very close to KDE (like Gnome3 or Cinnamon) so switching to something else might be an option for the future. Or maybe wait for KDE5, who knows :)
User comments
...My personal suggestion : switch from "KDE" to Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment - "LXDE".
Jako alternativu za KDE bych být Vámi zkusil Razor-qt - http://razor-qt.org/
Great news (new Slax version)! Thank you!
Maybe it is worth to collect donations for Slax?
Can you throw out the KDE Panel (temporarily)?
Can add E17 with normal theme?
Some others may indeed be more workable/efficient, like Qt+E17.
(Themes should be available separately, just like apps.)
If only we could separate WM/DE issues from apps, like LinuxBBQ does with 53 window-managers via browser-tech ... API needed?
Or just suffer on, with Xfce or Consort/Mate ...
I've read of a live smaller Linux based on Debian, uses the Trinity Desktop (fork of KDE3) called exeGnuLinux. I've downloaded an iso, but haven't tried it yet. Might be able to get some ideas from exeGnuLinux though.
Maybe you should cosider Openbox (+Tint2, etc.)?
what about xfce?
I would stick with KDE. It's traditional in Slax and I like it :-). I think that after resolving those small annoying issues, it will be great like KDE3 in the old days. Moreover, if you move to another desktop environment, it will need a lot of tuning and customizing to get it to the state, in which is the current KDE4.
But maybe I am too oldschool and I don't like changes :-).
Hello Thomas, it's good to hear that you are working on Slax. Does the it work if you leave the task bar in the default settings? Also did you try the new KDE 4.11? Maybe if you report it to the KDE team they maybe able to fix this upstream problem that you are facing. I see that Aaron Seigo and Martin Gräßlin are very responsive in the KDE G+ community https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102942756287167879504 maybe they could know about an easy fix for this problem.
I always report the issues I experience with KDE using their official bug tracker, and none of the issues were resolved ever, as far as I remember. Maybe KDE 5 will be better :)
Excellent news! I've been trying to get the live kit to work with Debian (Ubuntu) for the last few months but no success. Hope this project of yours will release soon! Oh and for Slax - Cinnamon please! Easily the slickest DE and as I read the next release will not depend on Gnome at all. If not Cinnamon, then just plain Gnome shell. Thanks!
Just a wish ... could you make it possible to sort modules by date (just so one can see what is new, at a glance)? (Btw, sorry for posting here, but the requests section is still under construction ...)
Tomas do you have the bug IDs that you reported? I didn't face these issues with the task bar in any of the computers that I tested Slax but I could try to reproduce the error and try to talk to them to resolve the issue.
If KDE will be dropped, I'll vote for simple and lightweight environment like OpenBox (maybe with lxpanelx as panel and taskbar) or E17.
I vote for Cinnamon.
It would be cool to use Openbox with Crunchbang style : http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/adding_crunchbang_features_in_another_distro
Any style is better than none.
I am compiling kernel 3.11.6 for Slax 7.0.8 and got Syslinux-6.0.2 ready for it...
Making everything module as possible as i can. So people can seperately add or remove them to allow/disallow or speed up boot time... (No need of X drivers if i dont use X, or same as sound...)
KDE has some issues, right. One of them is org.kde.networkmanager applet in taskbar. Causes black screen after login... KDE Launcher restarts itself couple of times and it fails...
I have created a script to install Slax into HD. Slax is slightly basic and well configured out-of-box version of slackware. You can copy-move it to elsewhere and run it. Portability, stability, speed and ease-of-use is makes it tail at ubuntu or other most used distros...
With the pxe server, i had a project to boot entire system with complete-basic development environment C, C++ within minute. I wasnt far to success but new releases suspended my work.
Slax supports deb / rpm and txz install already, also allows modules to add/remove. Basicly.
I made it to work with touchscreens, with interactive boards in Turkey. (Government have put them into classes, but they're running Win7 Pro. Also there is no chance to get in built-in linux [They put our national operating system / Pardus but it is fake! It is really a Debian with make-up... Which is i have proof of it.] No keyboard, no selection button, touchscreen not yet working in boot option mode. There is just a counter, counts from 30 and boots W7.)
I set up slax pxe server with small amout of ram (512) just serving basic webpage about status of server, objectives of project. And the PXE.
Modules and touchscreen drivers are ready to go. Have a hostname system that allows to name each class, poweroff or reboot machines, 0-latency updating. (Put new file into server, when all machines booted, they will be updated through pxe)
No need of internal hard drive, built in i3 processor and 2gigs of ram are enough.
No viruses, no worms, no shit. There is no change to change or modify operating system or desktop from client. But in server... Everyone has small amount of cloud storage on server, has webpages with php support. in schoolname.k12.tr/~name.surname also got account and have access to this development environment.
DISTCCs are installed, so any compilation can be done with approx. 50 computers with identical processors, ram and peripherals...
Hey, doesn't seem to be a forums for help? I'm trying to use a webcam in Skype. I have the most recent slax version, downloaded Skype, put it in my modules folder, plugged in my usb webcam (Logitech QuickCam E 3500 PLUS) and then restarted. It shows in the video devices options tab in slax that I have a "UVC ..." selected webcam. However all that shows up in Skype is a black screen. I have the disk but yeah.. Obviously only works in windows. I can't get windows. I'm running my entire Dell Latitude D610 laptop off a 4gb flash drive cause my hd got corrupted. Can I get any help on how I might be able to get my webcam working? My life depends on Slax and getting this webcam to work, lol... Seriously though.
If you can't find someone to help you with Skype camera, I suggest you try Porteus OS.
Slackware 14.1 is drawing to a close. Maybe Pat and the Slack team will fix the majority of the issues you're having.
If I remember slackware news snippets they too are considering axing KDE4. Slax 6.x was great as it was capable of running on much older hardware with KDE3. I am using porteus now for this reason for this reason. I would like to suggest that options be available for a range of WM's. E17, LXDE, for the meager computers, Mate or XFCE for mid level traditionalists and Cinnamon or other for well outfitted computers.
Possibly a build system again would be best for this sure to ensue discussion?
KDE4 should have never been. KDE3 was just about the best desktop environment I have ever used. Its too bad the developers abandoned it for a much less worthy replacement. I had Slax 7.0.x with KDE4 running on a tablet but KVKBD was not installed or in repo so I tried plasmoid keyboard. What a joke. It was taller than my screen. Unusable. The list of KDE4 bugs will always be endless, yes. Time to move on. I too would love to see a LL kit for debian.
hey thomas, maybe you could take a look in this:
maybe yoy can use some of their work on tweaking kde even more in slax
can't wait to see a debian live version made by you
will you be posting it somewher?
I vote for KLyDE too. :D
Hello Thomas, I start to use slax daily, coming from Debian, found your job impressive, im playing with slax and hard drives to use as only system, maybe is time to make some script to setup on hard drives, even in companion with MS-windows and standalone, there are a lot of people that can´t use linux at all and your distro is amazing for newcomers from MS-win.
PD. sorry about my english.
KDE4 is largely OK, but if you strip it that much problems are inevitable.
The Skype problem should be solved by
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype
This is from slackbuilds.org, search for Skype (and hope that Slax has v4l1compat).
Tomáš M. Kdy přidáš na stránku tlačítko "Donate" nebo "Flattr", aby ti mohli fanoušci vyjádřit svůj dík za tvou těžkou práci? ;)
Main reason I am not using slax 7.x is exactly KDE 4.x implementation.
In live OSes I have tried, I like KDE 4.x at backtrack linux.
Another one downside in slax 7.x is the lack of easy to find and ready to use bundles. "Unofficial" bundles in repository saved me a lot of time by testing the app without the need of install. Yes, I know it is easy to make bundles (have done some), but the way I use slax (As faster than light swiss knife solution), ready to go software bundles (even with some bugs) are essential. Maybe with linux live kit it is fixable, but I have liked slax, exactly because I don't have to bother with that kind of stuff. It was:
download iso
put it on USB/HDD/SD
download bundles with needed software
do some minor fixes
do the job
remove unneded software with one click or two
download other bundles with software
do another job
and it worked for me on many different machines and configurations out of the box, without being resource hungry.
I am still using slax 6.x with KDE 3.x with great pleasure, but the hardware support issues are naturally more frequent.
I hope debian version will be more like slax 6.x
Try KDE Trinity, we can have Slax 6 but up to date :)
Awesome news about debian! I would also like to see a switch away from kde. XFCE and Gnome are in my opinion nice alternatives, also Openbox+Tint2 is great, but I think razor-qt and lxde should wait until the merge for lxde-qt is complete!
BTW: A steam module would be great scince one could easily make a steambox running of USB and with the persistent changes updating and changing the game folder to an external device would be great.
i had try build a live-linux on debian7 and it boots ok
I like mac style. would you like to develop one?
Hi Tomas M. Even though you have decided to use another window system in the new slax version, please don't get rid of KDE. I suggest you, just to make KDE as a module and give us a possibility to use it in Slax if we want to. The KDE is even not needed to be configured.
The reason is that many of the users use Slax as a working system instead of a testing system. We will use Slax for quit a long time after we booted with it. So it is much better that Slax has the same configuration as our "real" working system and it will be bad that we use another windows system that we are not familiar with (@Prcek has already mentioned it). For the people like us, we do not need the default KDE configuration because we have made them ourselves.
So, please just compile KDE as a module and let us be able to play with it.
Thank you!
I would vote for XFCE. It appears the Debian team might stick with it.
I know there is a variation of Mepis that is being built by their community members that will be Mepis XFCE.
I think XFCE is becoming more popular.
Maybe not drop KDE altogether, I like KDE too .
Just my two cents.
i tried to install slax on my usb disk but i couldnt.. i clicked on bootinst.bat file but error appeared.. error window says: it cannot be found substructure of ''VBScript'' comand file for 'I:/slax/boot/runadmin.vbs'' comand file.
sorry for translation mistakes, its language was not english..
how can i solve this problem and can i install slax on my usb?
PureOS is already a debian live build with Linux Live Kit, contact Marc from the forum for details.
You can test my script debs2lzm too ;)
Hi Tomas, any update on the linux-live for debian?
I like Slax as an OS. It is the most beautiful KDE distro I have seen so far. It has the things that I love most about KDE and extras stripped off. The only problem of Slax is that Slackware and thus Slax lacks many needed software. For example, I couldn't install ibus and ibus-m17n in Slax.
Arch linux on the other hand has a wide collection of software in their repository. I hate Slackware for the lack of software. I could see KDE in Slax but Slackware gives me a headache sometimes. But I love Slax. I think that's the way linux distros should be -- small, efficient and fast.
Despite this fact that KDE is sluggish and in some cases buggy. But to tell you the truth it is the most user friendly and complete Desktop ever.
However other choices are at hand, and to my taste XFCE is the best for Slax concept. As it is not as simple and raw like LXDE and not as heavy and fancy as Cinnamon and Mate or big or useless like razor-qt.
Any way, I really respect your priceless effort on preparing Slax.
Mate is solid. How about Razor Qt or the upcoming LXQT? I bet if you shipped with Mate you could get some free exposure from their website. PLEASE don't switch to Arch, whoever posted that Slackware doesn't have enough packages has obviously never heard of Slackbuilds, Slackpkg+, or compiling from source. Long live Slackware!
LXDE or XFCE are my votes
Tomas and fellows, to leave the kde is leave all the programs who are made for it too.
One thing who i like in SLAX is your complete modularity. The solution is make new module.
If kde4.x is give head ache, stay using kde3.x. But, slackware are in constant alteration. This is not easy to follow!
More important is the compatibility modules with new and old hardware. You are thinking in a new software who do not play in kde?
How to burn ISO for CD to USB from SLAX downloads.
I use free utility Rufus for Windows (search on Google). This is for the first time only. Run SLAX from USB, add for example a program, turn Slax off. Then I use UltraISO for Windows (search on Google for torrent or for portable version), mark all USB files and folders and save as ISO in any folder. From now you can save all next changes by UltraISO and burn to USB by UltraISO (bootable, write disk image). It takes a few minutes, but you will have SLAX snapshots from zero to the last modification. My zero snapshot was 242 MB, last working 1100 MB (Libre Office and a few programs).
Hi Tomas,
I am Electronic eng. I want run Slax on A13-OLinuXino-WIFI :
Are you can help me to rebuild slax for A13.
A13 is ARM Cortex-A8 and use on mobile, tablet, DVD-Player, DVB and ...
Hello there.
I'm having a hard trying to access to my local Wife Network.
I have a Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini Card and a Marvel Yukon Ethernet Controller.
The thing is that it seems that the adapter is unable to recognize the wireless network, even though I'm very close to it.
Does this has to do with SLAX not recognizing the WiFi adapter or maybe there is no support for my WiFi card.
I was thinking of downgrading back to SLAX 6 but that is like going backwards on what we supposed to know is "Updates".
Waiting for your response!
Have you heard of the KDE fork called Trinity?
It is out on a couple of other distros and forked from the last version
of KDE 3. One distro I have tried out is Netrunner and the other is
Exec Linux both run Trinity.
nice news , i like slax but my pc dont like kde4. Maybe you creation slax with e17 or lxde.
As long as the desktop is stable and has the usual desktop conventions (so, something like Cinnamon, MATE, or XFCE), I don't really care what desktop appears on the next Slax release.
I use Slax as the standard environment in the classes that I teach, so my main concern is that it is a traditional desktop. Something with an application menu and a system tray, and some basic integration.


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Molly Mesnick's Gray Chevron Nursery
Jillian Harris and Molly Mesnick Collaborate on a Modern Gender-Neutral Nursery
Jillian Harris and Molly Mesnick Collaborate on a Modern Gender-Neutral Nursery
It seems like just yesterday that we shared the details of The Bachelor season 13 contestant Molly Mesnick's baby shower. Fast-forward a few months, and Molly and Jason Mesnick are now parents to baby Riley Anne and are proudly showing off the nursery they designed with a lot of help from their good friend — and former Bachelorette star — Jillian Harris.
"I knew that I wanted the room to feel crisp, fresh, and not-so-baby. Not knowing the gender of baby Mesnick, I also wanted the colors to be neutral," Molly shared. "Jillian took my feedback and a few examples of rooms I liked from Pinterest to come up with the most incredible vision board."
The resulting nursery is a beautiful mix of modern and classic with neutral colors that didn't scream yellow. Click through to see all of the fine details found throughout the room.