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The death penalty or capital punishment is the punishment by death for a crime. Currently 58 countries worldwide allow the death penalty (including the U.S.) while 97 countries have outlawed it. See public opinion
Abortion is a medical procedure resulting in the termination of a human pregnancy and death of a fetus. Abortion was banned in 30 states until the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. The ruling made abortion legal in all 50 states but gave them regulatory powers over when abortions could be performed during a pregnancy. Currently, all states must allow abortions early in pregnancies but may ban them in later trimesters. See public opinion
Euthanasia, the practice of ending a life prematurely in order to end pain and suffering, is currently considered a criminal offense. See public opinion
On June 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the denial of marriage licenses violated the Due Process and the Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The ruling made same sex marriage legal in all 50 U.S. States. See public opinion
LGBT adoption is the adoption of children by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons. This may be in the form of a joint adoption by a same-sex couple, adoption by one partner of a same-sex couple of the other's biological child (step-child adoption) and adoption by a single LGBT person. Joint adoption by same-sex couples is legal in 25 countries. Opponents of LGBT adoption question whether same-sex couples have the ability to be adequate parents while other opponents question whether natural law implies that children of adoption possess a natural right to be raised by heterosexual parents. Since constitutions and statutes usually fail to address the adoption rights of LGBT persons, judicial decisions often determine whether they can serve as parents either individually or as couples. See public opinion
Genetically modified foods (or GM foods) are foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. See public opinion
In 2016, France became the first country to ban the sale of plastic disposable products that contain less than 50% of biodegradable material and in 2017, India passed a law banning all plastic disposable plastic products. See public opinion
Fracking is the process of extracting oil or natural gas from shale rock. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which fractures the rock and allows the oil or gas to flow out to a well. While fracking has significantly boosted oil production, there are environmental concerns that the process is contaminating groundwater. See public opinion
In November 2018 the online e-commerce company Amazon announced it would be building a second headquarters in New York City and Arlington, VA. The announcement came a year after the company announced it would accept proposals from any North American city who wanted to host the headquarters. Amazon said the company could invest over $5 billion and the offices would create up to 50,000 high paying jobs. More than 200 cities applied and offered Amazon millions of dollars in economic incentives and tax breaks. For the New York City headquarters the city and state governments gave Amazon $2.8 billion in tax credits and construction grants. For the Arlington, VA headquarters the city and state governments gave Amazon $500 million in tax breaks. Opponents argue that governments should spend the tax revenue on public projects instead and that the federal government should pass laws banning tax incentives. The European Union has strict laws which prevent member cities from bidding against each other with state aid (tax incentives) in an effort to lure private companies. Proponents argue that the jobs and tax revenue created by the companies eventually offset the cost of any awarded incentives. See public opinion
Proponents of deficit reduction argue that governments who do not control budget deficits and debt are at risk of losing their ability to borrow money at affordable rates. Opponents of deficit reduction argue that government spending would increase demand for goods and services and help avert a dangerous fall into deflation, a downward spiral in wages and prices that can cripple an economy for years. See public opinion
A Universal Basic Income program is social security program where all citizens of a country receive a regular, unconditional sum of money from the government. The funding for Universal Basic Income comes from taxation and government owned entities including income from endowments, real estate and natural resources. Several countries, including Finland, India and Brazil, have experimented with a UBI system but have not implemented a permanent program. The longest running UBI system in the world is the Alaska Permanent Fund in the U.S. state of Alaska. In the Alaska Permanent Fund each individual and family receives a monthly sum that is funded by dividends from the state's oil revenues. Proponents of UBI argue that it will reduce or eliminate poverty by providing everyone with a basic income to cover housing and food. Opponents argue that a UBI would be detrimental to economies by encouraging people to either work less or drop out of the workforce entirely. See public opinion
A tariff is a tax on imports or exports between countries. See public opinion
In 2011 the level of public spending on the welfare state by the British Government accounted for £113.1 billion, or 16% of government. By 2020 welfare spending will rise to 1/3rd of all spending making it the largest expense followed by housing benefit, council tax benefit, benefits to the unemployed, and benefits to people with low incomes. See public opinion
5 U.S. states have passed laws requiring welfare recipients to be tested for drugs. Proponents argue that testing will prevent public funds from being used to subsidize drugs habits and help get treatment for those that are addicted to drugs. Opponents argue that it is a waste of money since the tests will cost more money than they save. See public opinion
Bitcoin is a type of digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank. Bitcoins are stored in a digital wallet, which is like a virtual bank account that allows users to send or receive bitcoins and pay for goods or services. Bitcoin is anonymous, meaning that, while transactions are recorded in a public log, the names of buyers and sellers are never revealed. See public opinion
An offshore (or foreign) bank account is a bank account you have outside of your country of residence. The benefits of an offshore bank account include tax reduction, privacy, currency diversification, asset protection from lawsuits, and reducing your political risk. In April 2016, Wikileaks released 11.5 million confidential documents, known as the Panama Papers, which provided detailed information on 214,000 offshore companies serviced by the Panamanian Law Firm, Mossack Fonesca. The document exposed how world leaders and wealthy individuals hide money in secret offshore tax shelters. The release of the documents renewed proposals for laws banning the use of offshore accounts and tax havens. Proponents of the of the ban argue they should be outlawed because they have a long history of being vehicles for tax evasion, money laundering, illicit arms dealing and funding terrorism. Opponents of the ban argue that punitive regulations will make it harder for American companies to compete and will further discourage businesses from locating and investing in the United States. See public opinion
The U.S. currently levies a 35% tax rate at the federal level and an average tax of 4% at the state and local level. The average corporate tax rate worldwide is 22.6%. Opponents of argue that raising the rate will discourage foreign investment and hurt the economy. Proponents argue that the profits corporations generate should be taxed just like citizen's taxes. See public opinion
Australia currently has a progressive tax system whereby high income earners pay a higher percentage of tax than low income tax. A more progressive income tax system has been proposed as a tool towards reducing wealth inequality. See public opinion
The federal minimum wage is the lowest wage at which employers may pay their employees. Since July 24, 2009 the U.S. federal minimum wage has been set at $7.25 per hour. In 2014 President Obama proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 and tying it to an inflation index. The federal minimum wage applies to all federal employees including those who work on military bases, national parks and veterans working in nursing homes. See public opinion
In January 2018 Germany passed the NetzDG law which required platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take down perceived illegal content within 24 hours or seven days, depending on the charge, or risk a fine of €50 million ($60 million) fines. In July 2018 representatives from Facebook, Google and Twitter denied to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary committee that they censor content for political reasons. During the hearing Republican members of Congress criticized the social media companies for politically motivated practices in removing some content, a charge the companies rejected. In April 2018 the European Union issued a series of proposals that would crack down on "online misinformation and fake news." In June 2018 President Emmanuel Macron of France proposed a law which would give French authorities the power to immediately halt "the publication of information deemed to be false ahead of elections." See public opinion
Flag desecration is any act that is carried out with the intention of damaging or destroying a national flag in public. This is commonly done in an effort to make a political statement against a nation or its policies. Some nations have acts that ban flag desecration while others have laws that protect the right to destroy a flag as a part of free speech. Some of these laws distinguish between a national flag and those of other countries. See public opinion
A term limit is a law that limits the amount of time a political representative may hold an elected office. In the U.S. the office of the President is restricted to two four year terms. There are currently no term limits for Congressional terms but various states and cities have enacted term limits for their elected officials at the local level. See public opinion
Single-payer healthcare is a system where every citizen pays the government to provide core healthcare services for all residents. Under this system the government may provide the care themselves or pay a private healthcare provider to do so. In a single-payer system all residents receive healthcare regardless of age, income or health status. Countries with single-payer healthcare systems include the U.K., Canada, Taiwan, Israel, France, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. See public opinion
In 2018, officials in the U.S. city of Philadelphia city proposed opening a "safe haven" in an effort to combat the city's heroin epidemic. In 2016 64,070 people died in the U.S. from drug overdoses - a 21% increase from 2015. 3/4 of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. are caused by the opioid class of drugs which includes prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. To combat the epidemic cities including Vancouver, BC and Sydney, AUS opened safe havens where addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of medical professionals. The safe havens reduce the overdose death rate by insuring the addicted patients are given drugs that are not contaminated or poisoned. Since 2001 5,900 people have overdosed at a safe haven in Sydney, Australia but no one has died. Proponents argue that the safe havens are the only proven solution to lower the overdose fatality rate and prevent the spread of diseases like HIV-AIDS. Opponents argue that safe havens may encourage illegal drug use and re-direct funding from traditional treatment centers. See public opinion
U.S. law currently bans the sale and possession of all forms of marijuana. in 2014 Colorado and Washington will become the first states to legalise and regulate marijuana contrary to federal laws. See public opinion
In April 2016, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order which restored voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons living in the state. The order overturned the state's practice of felony disenfranchisement, which excludes people from voting who have been convicted of a criminal defense. The 14th amendment of the United States prohibits citizens from voting who have participated in a "rebellion, or other crime" but allows states to determine which crimes qualify for voter disenfranchisement. In the U.S. approximately 5.8 million people are ineligible to vote due to voter disenfranchisement and only two states, Maine and Vermont, have no restrictions on allowing felons to vote. Opponents of felon voting rights argue that a citizen forfeits their rights to vote when they are convicted of a felony. Proponents argue that the arcane law disenfranchises millions of Americans from participating in democracy and has an adverse affect on poor communities. See public opinion
Since 1999, the executions of drug smugglers have become more common in Indonesia, Iran, China and Pakistan. In March 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed executing drug traffickers to fight his country's opioid epidemic. 32 countries impose the death penalty for drug smuggling. Seven of these countries (China, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore) routinely execute drug offenders. Asia and the Middle East's tough approach contrasts with many Western countries who have legalized cannabis in recent years (selling cannabis in Saudi Arabia is punished by beheading). See public opinion
Private prisons are incarceration centers that are run by a for-profit company instead of a government agency. The companies that operate private prisons are paid a per-diem or monthly rate for each prisoner they keep in their facilities. There are currently no private prisons in South Korea. Opponents of private prisons argue that incarceration is a social responsibility and that entrusting it to for-profit companies is inhumane. Proponents argue that prisons run by private companies are consistently more cost effective than those run by government agencies. See public opinion
President Obama recently declared that the U.S. will accept 10,000 refugees from Syria. The U.S. has been under pressure from its Syrian allies to help out with the crisis in which 3 Million refugees have fled Syria in the past year. Those in favour of accepting refugees believe that the U.S. has a duty to join its allies in Europe and accept at least 10,000 refugees. Opponents argue that the U.S. should stay out of this crisis and accepting refugees from the Middle East leads to a risk of letting terrorists into our borders. See public opinion
In most countries, suffrage, the right to vote, is generally limited to citizens of the country. Some countries, however, extend limited voting rights to resident non-citizens. See public opinion
The U.S. constitution does not prevent convicted felons from holding the office of the President or a seat in the Senate or House of Representatives. States may prevent convicted felons candidates from holding statewide and local offices. See public opinion
In 2015 the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015 (Kate's Law.) The law was introduced after San Francisco 32 year old San Francisco resident Kathryn Steinle was shot and killed by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez on July 1, 2015. Lopez-Sanchez was an illegal immigrant from Mexico who had been deported on five separate occasions since 1991 and been charged with seven felony convictions. Since 1991 Lopez-Sanchez had been charged with seven felony convictions and deported five times by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Although Lopez-Sanchez had several outstanding warrants in 2015 authorities were unable to deport him due to San Francisco's sanctuary city policy which prevents law enforcement officials from questioning a resident's immigration status. Proponents of sanctuary city laws argue that they enable illegal immigrants to report crimes without the fear of being reported. Opponents argue that sanctuary city laws provide encourage illegal immigration and prevent law enforcement authorities from detaining and deporting criminals. See public opinion
Multiple citizenship, also called dual citizenship is a person's citizenship status, in which a person is concurrently regarded as a citizen of more than one state under the laws of those states. There is no international convention which determines the nationality or citizen status of a person, which is defined exclusively by national laws, which vary and can be inconsistent with each other. Some countries do not permit dual citizenship. Most countries that permit dual citizenship still may not recognize the other citizenship of its nationals within its own territory, for example, in relation to entry into the country, national service, duty to vote, etc. See public opinion
The American Civics test is an examination that all immigrants must pass to gain U.S. citizenship. The test asks 10 randomly selected questions which cover U.S. history, the constitution and government. In 2015 Arizona became the first state to require High School students to pass the test before they graduate. See public opinion
Skilled temporary work visas are usually given to foreign scientists, engineers, programmers, architects, executives, and other positions or fields where demand outpaces supply. Most businesses argue that hiring skilled foreign workers allows them to competitively fill positions which are in high demand. Opponents argue that skilled immigrants decrease middle class wages and job tenure. See public opinion
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power station. Since plans for a nuclear power plant at Carnsore Point in County Wexford were dropped in the 1970s, nuclear power in Ireland has been off the agenda. Ireland gets about 60% of its energy from gas, 15% from renewable and the remainder from coal and peat. Proponents argue that nuclear energy is now safe and emits much less carbon emissions than coal plants. Opponents argue that recent nuclear disasters in Japan prove that nuclear power is far from safe. See public opinion
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The Acid Sweat Lodge
the inception of the acid sweat lodge. "Organized for the increase and dissemination of outsider knowledge"
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Founded in late 2003 and heartquartered in France, we are non-profit and independant.
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Anime World Order Show # 39 - Death Note, D. Gray Man, AWA, and That Show Nobody Else Watched
There are officially too many good videogames coming out right now, but we resist the urge to slack off just barely. Daryl talks about The Twelve Kingdoms, Clarissa gives us her thoughts on the first few episodes of both Death Note and D. Gray-Man, and we somehow manage to talk about our experiences at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2006 in 30 minutes instead of 2 hours.
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We were going to write in the rest of the show notes, but these videogames aren't going to play themselves, okay?! Well, the ones that aren't Final Fantasy 12, anyway.
Introduction (0:00 - 23:28)
We've got three copies of Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid Volume 1 to give away, courtesy of Funimation. It's simple: just email us your name and address (and while you're at it, include some feedback about the podcast!) and then we'll choose the winners at random from the entries we receive by the 16th or so. Actually, the 16th is Thanksgiving, isn't it. Eh, whatever; we're otaku who live in isolation. To us, Thanksgiving is just another day! If we were smart, we'd choose the winners randomly from the people who've added us as favorites on Podcast Pickle, but we're not. Oh yeah, and we answer your emails: somehow, discussion on Rumiko Takahashi turns into discussion on Akira Toriyama. No wonder Keith Allison sent us this:
Let's News! (23:28 - 31:49)
We talk about Vertical's licensing of the manga Terra E or Toward the Terra by Keiko Takemiya the writer of some shonen ai stuff, HOWEVER Terra E is NOT shonen ai. Gerald is furious with the movie because his VHS tape of it died five minutes before the end forever depriving him of knowing the outcome. Production IG is also continuing the 70's robot show Raideen which was remade previously in '96. Also, Japanese companies are not being paid on their licenses, perhaps because they're insane on their licensing costs.
Promo: R5 Central (31:49 - 33:14)
Mike's just a little despondent over the news that the Wachowskis are going to be the ones making the upcoming live-action Speed Racer movie. The GAIM promo was originally what was in this space, but then everything got thrown into disarray when we heard that Rym and Scott pronounce it "Gee Aim."
Review: The Twelve Kingdoms (33:14 - 53:49)
Daryl summarizes it this way: it's like Fushigi Yuugi. Only it doesn't suck. This was another excellent newer show that was pretty much ignored by the vast majority of anime fans, which is a crying shame because it's awesome. If you're into epic fantasy tales of political intrigue, this is the show for you.
- Anime News Network's entry for The Twelve Kingdoms - come on otaku, Aya Hisakawa is the voice of the main character! And it's got Takehito Koyasu playing the role he always plays! In fact, there's a lot of famous seiyuu in this, so you Hitoshi Doi types HAVE to watch it now!
- Twelve Kingdoms Encyclopedia of Terms - both in English and Japanese; the index page is a 404 so I'm just linking to the "K" page because there's a lot of entries there and it inspires dread
- Incomplete fan translations of the novel which picked up where the anime ended: The Shore in Twilight, The Sky in Daybreak Vol 1, Vol 2 - too bad the translation was never completed
Early Impressions: Death Note and D. Gray-Man (53:49 - 1:04:11)
By listener request, Clarissa's gone ahead and checked out some of the new shows currently airing in Japan so we can talk about something new for once. Here's what she thinks so far about these two anime adaptations of popular Shonen Jump series.
Promo: Eeeper's Choice (1:04:11 - 1:05:03)
Eeeper bought each of us copies of the Region 2 DVD of Only Yesterday just because we complained on an earlier episode that Turner Classic Movies aired it but there's still no R1 DVD. We figure the least we can do to pay him back is play his promo.
Con Report: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2006 (1:05:03 - 1:33:58)
Nobody else in the Orlando area who goes to AWA seems to enjoy it at all except for us. This is mysterious and terrifying. Anyway, AWA was Daryl's first convention, and it's still his favorite. Listen on and discover why!
Promo: Otaku Generation (1:33:58 - 1:34:24)
OG's got the right idea. Take goofy excerpts from your podcast and make THOSE your promos, that way you can have TONS of them. We should rip that idea off from them just like how we rip everything else off from them! Only we'll claim we ripped off Dave and Joel instead. BRILLIANT!
Closing (1:34:24 - 1:39:38)
This segment STINGS, and that's a shoot! Next week, we're actually probably just going to put up the rest of Clarissa's take on the Fall 2006 season, but the week after THAT is when we'll stick to what we said here. Gerald is going to live up to William Bradford's expectations by reviewing "obscure bootleg anime from the 80s" since he'll be talking about Future Police Urashiman. Daryl's going to review obscure non-bootleg anime from the 80s since he's going to talk about a movie he likes that everyone else hates (other than crazy old men who refuse to get broadband), The Dagger of Kamui. Finally, now that Daryl caved in on reviewing Fist of the North Star, Clarissa's caving and reviewing Jojo's Bizarre Adventure! Just Part 1 for now, otherwise it'd take up the entire show.
You know who'd make a good Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/Fist of the North Star character? That's right: Carl Horn!
The flattened-out pointed hand is the most vital element to mastery of both Hokuto Shinken and Stands alike.


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Moving current system from flash to SD
From Openmoko
This is an attempt at describing how one can "backup" or move an existing current system running in the FR flash NAND to the micro SD card, in order to boot from it. See associate thread here.
Typical scenario :
- running 2007.2 from flash
- want to install OM 2008.8 without loosing the "backup" 2007.7 in cas of need, to be booted from SD
Necessary steps (to be confirmed, don't try this unless you know what you're doing !) :
- Establish a running system on SD (see Booting from SD)
- reboot from that alternate system on SD
- from that system on SD, transfer content of flash to a backup dir on SD (provided SD is big enough to hold 2 systems)
- flash with new system
- reboot under newly flashed system
- remove old system from SD's root (the one which was booted in before to do the backup)
- move the backup from the backup dir of the SD to the root of the SD
- change what's necessary in the backup (/etc/fstab ?) so that it will work when booted on SD
- similarly adjust kernels available on SD
- test the dual-booting from flash or SD
More details about each steps needed.
Backup of system in flash to a backup dir on SD
Assuming one has booted from a system on SD already, this would create a copy of the root partition in the freerunner's flash to a "/backup-dir" directory, on the SD.
# mkdir /mnt/memroot/ # mkdir /backup-dir # mount -t jffs2 -o ro /dev/mtdblock6 /mnt/memroot/ # this for a freerunner # cp -a /mnt/memroot/. /backup-dir/.
See Partitions for details of the partitions in flash (hence the /dev/mtdblock6).
Attention : there are problems copying certain files with cp -a : check that your backup and original are identical !
You might better off using one of the following ways to perform copying (please correct if not working)
# cd /mnt/memroot; find . -depth | cpio -pdmv /backup-dir/ # cd /mnt/memroot; tar clf - . | tar xvlpf - -C /backup-dir/
Transfer kernel to FAT partition
See inside /boot, where you should find a "/boot/uImage-2.6.24" image, ready to be put on the FAT partition to be used by u-boot.
You should verify it's a "u-boot/PPCBoot image" with the command "file"


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Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York
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- 1963 May 24: The profession of faith by Archim. Philaret was received in the Archbishop's Chapel by Abp Sava of Sydney, Bp Anthony of Melbourne and Bp Dionysios of Nazianzos (GOA).
- 1963 May 26: Archim. Philaret was consecrated by Abp Sava and Bp Anthony. Due to protests from committee members of Sts Peter and Paul Church, Bp Dionysios was asked not to participate in the consecration.
- 1964 Through the suggestion of Abp Sava, Bp Philaret was appointed First Hierarch of ROCOR.
- 1969 Metropolitan Philaret issues the first of a series of "sorrowful epistles" to the primates of the local Orthodox Churches condemning forays into ecumenism. ROCOR enters into communion with the Old Calendarists under Archbishop Auxentios of Athens.
- 1985 November 8/21: Metropolitan Philaret reposes in the Lord.
- 1998 The remains of Metropolitan Philaret are found to be incorrupt.
- 2001 Two traditionalist jurisdictions, the HOCNA and the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church, hold separate glorification services for Metropolitan Philaret.
- 2004 Petitions are sent by members of the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile to glorify Metropolitan Philaret as a Saint.
- 2008 Metropolitan Philaret is officially recognized as a Saint within the ROCiE, and is glorified in New York by the ROCOR Provisional Supreme Church Authority and by the Russian True Orthodox Church in November.
Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York
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Fishing and Boating Tips
With such a vast system of estuaries, bays, creeks, flats, near-shore and offshore waters, and freshwater lakes and canals, it's knowing where to cast your line that can make all the difference. Whether you are looking for the most consistent multi-species action or a likely snook or redfish spot, Naples, Marco Island and the Gulf Coast Everglades have nearly endless options for the avid angler.
Fishing Regulations
For more information on fishing regulations in Florida, be sure to familarize yourself with the current Florida fishing regulations. Regulations cover what species of fish you may fish for and keep, open and closed seasons, slot size regulations and more. Find the July-December 2017 edition of the Florida Saltwater Fishing Regulations Guide here. Find all information and regulations about Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission's FWC Florida Saltwater Fishing page. For guidance on regulations covering freshwater fishing in Lake Trafford, canals and other lakes, familiarize yourself with the FWC Florida Freshwater Fishing rules.
For information regarding the tides schedule during your stay, visit the Local Tides Schedule.
Fishing Licenses
If you are visiting you will most likely need to obtain a Florida saltwater or freshwater fishing license, depending on what type of fishing you are interested in. Short-term visitor licenses are available.
You do not need a license to fish from Naples Pier, since the City of Naples maintains a blanket license for the pier. If you are fishing from the beach next to the pier or anywhere from land, or if you are out in a boat, you must have a Florida fishing license. If you are a customer of a professionally licensed charter fishing guide and you are on the chartered boat, you do not need a license. If you are fishing from a kayak, even if you have hired a kayak fishing guide, you will still need to have your own license. Children UNDER 16 years of age do not need a fishing license. Be sure to read up on all the information you need about who does and who doesn't need a non-resident visitor fishing license in Florida.
You may purchase a non-resident recreational fishing license good for three days ($17), seven days ($30) or for one year ($47) at GoOutdoorsFlorida.com or by calling 1-888-FISH-FLORIDA (347-4356). You may also purchase licenses in person at any Collier County tax collector's office or at Walmart, Sunshine Ace Hardware and other bait-and-tackle shop locations.
If you plan to keep any of your catch for dinner, you must be aware of current regulations covering open and closed seasons, as well as slot sizes for legal fish. Take time to study the rules for Florida Saltwater Fishing and undstand in what months in the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Gulf Coast region particular species are closed, meaning they must be released alive. During the open season for snook, if you wish to keep a legal-sized fish, you must also have purchased a Snook Stamp Permit with your non-resident fishing license.Back to top of page


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Amira's Story
Learn how to better understand and manage your finances and access financing through Amira's story example.
Learn how to better understand and manage your finances and access financing through Amira's story example.
Learn about how to create and analyze your balance sheet, which is a snapshot of your business at a certain point in time.
Review these budgeting techniques to evaluate your business's performance. The article focuses on how to develop a budget and how to use it as a control tool.
Examine in detail how a healthy business can turn into no business in a matter of months.
The cash flow sensitivity analysis helps forecast changes in receipts and disbursements.
Use this worksheet to plan your cash flow.
Learn how to prepare a cash forecast to see where you may need additional funding in the future.
Learn four easy steps to control your costs and increase the profitability of your business.
This ratio measures the ability of the business to pay off all short-term debts and borrowings using the value of current assets (stocks or inventories, cash, and short term loans).
This ratio measures the extent to which the assets of the business are funded by loans and other borrowings including trade creditors.
This ratio measures the extent to which the owners' equity (including retained earnings) is available to fund the debts of the business.
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DreamMaker Remodeling Franchise Available in Denver
DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen remodeling franchise expands to meet demand in Colorado
The DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen remodeling franchise is booming. Average franchisee revenue was up more than 23 percent in 2013, and average revenue was up double digits again in 2014. DreamMaker franchisees have been able to leverage the technical, coaching, and marketing strengths of the brand to take full advantage of the strengthening housing market and the growing demand for remodeling.
We currently are seeking franchisees for Denver, a very strong real estate market. According to FortuneBuilders, the average Denver home climbed 10 percent in value during 2014. Increasing home prices boost the remodeling industry in two big ways: customers can tap into home equity to pay for desired upgrades, and remodeling projects deliver more value upon resale.
Denver is a strong remodeling market for another fundamental metric in the remodeling business — its housing stock is hitting peak remodeling years. The 2010-12 American Community Survey reports that a large majority of housing units in Denver were built before the 1980s. The same research group also reports that the median age of housing stock in Colorado is 30 to 39 years. This is important because remodeling needs hit a peak when homes hit 25 to 35 years old, and the need generally stays high thereafter.
So why start a DreamMaker remodeling franchise?
Demand for remodeling is growing, and many entrepreneurs who are drawn to construction, real estate, or design are looking for ways to start a remodeling business in Denver and other parts of the country. Remodeling is an exciting business. It allows you to transform customers' lives by improving the look and function of their homes, to engage your mind in problem-solving, and to show your creativity and craftsmanship through great design and execution.
It can be a tricky business, too. Many remodelers struggle to juggle the myriad duties that go into running and growing a strong remodeling business. Though homeowners trade "remodeling nightmare" stories, those bad experiences usually don't happen because of remodelers who are bad people. Delays and mistakes muck up the process of serving customers, and remodelers underbid each other to win jobs — which unintentionally strips away the margins they need to keep their businesses strong and their customer service levels high.
DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen can help you start a remodeling business in Denver and give you advantages that help you avoid pitfalls and take full advantage of growth opportunities. We are a nationwide franchise system that is headquartered in Waco, and we have been helping remodelers start new businesses and improve existing businesses for more than 15 years.
We were recently named to the 2015 Franchise Times list of top-performing franchise systems, and we were the only full-service remodeling franchise to make the list. Our concept is designed to start with the kitchen and bath, and it has the ability to handle additional projects as a franchisee's confidence builds to maximize marketing dollars and develop lifetime customers.
Meet DreamMaker franchisee Steve Betts
Steve Betts was a banker before he became a remodeler; he made the switch in 2006 and says it was a great career move. He owns DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen locations in Lubbock and Amarillo in Texas and was working for a family-owned bank when he learned about DreamMaker. Steve had helped the bank manage properties, so he knew about hiring and managing contractors. He was handy, sure, but he had never been a professional builder or remodeler. So what convinced him to start a remodeling franchise?
"I always wanted to own my own business. Over the last year or two I was at the bank, I worked with the person who had the DreamMaker franchise in Amarillo. He told me he loved DreamMaker, that it had transformed the way he did business and he was making good money doing it."
After a tough few years during the recession, his business turned a corner in 2013 and began to grow very quickly. "It blew past my long-term goals for what I hoped the business would do," he says. You can read a profile of Steve here.
What makes DreamMaker different?
DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen works to help franchisees achieve strong margins and quality of life. Strong margins allow remodeling business owners to hire great help — carpenters, salespeople, designers, office staff — which allows them to run the business while working reasonable hours, not the 70- to 80-hour weeks that are typical in the industry. Typical gross profit margins (before fixed cost) are 20 percent; DreamMaker franchisees had average margins of more than 40 percent in 2013.
DreamMaker offers extensive systems, coaching, vendor relationships, and tactical support to help remodeling company owners grow and manage their businesses. We support franchisees nationwide from our headquarters in Waco, Texas.
DreamMaker is guided by our Code of Values, which lays out a philosophy for running a meaningful and honorable business. The values — and our efforts to live by them — have helped attract quality franchisees, quality employees, and wonderful customers.
Who we're seeking
We work hard through our conversations with franchise candidates to make sure we will be able to help you achieve the goals you have for your life and business, and that you will be a good fit for our culture and systems. Great partnerships are a blessing, and these are the seven things we look for when we evaluate a potential DreamMaker owner:
Drive. You must be motivated to succeed. DreamMaker can provide you with well-crafted systems, but it will be up to you to build your business. We're here to help, but the fire to succeed needs to come from you.
Heart. We want people who value others enough not to trample them in their rush to success. We look for people who want to build a better community, and who want to succeed by helping others — employees, customers, and their community.
Focus. Businesses have many moving parts, and it's important to set goals and use benchmarks to help you achieve.
Coachability. Entrepreneurs often seek novel ways of tackling business challenges. We respect that, and the problem-solving skills of franchisees have helped DreamMaker flourish — but at the same time, it's important to be able to step back, absorb, and implement the lessons that DreamMaker already has learned and is eager to pass on.
Willingness to follow systems. DreamMaker's systems have been honed for decades to help you achieve your goals. There is no need to reinvent the wheel — that only delays success.
Values. We look for people who have integrity, respect others and are focused on improving lives for others. Our Code of Values™ is foundational to DreamMaker's culture.
Support at home. We want to make sure your loved ones are behind you so you will have the support you need as you start and begin to grow your business.
Fill out a form to download our free franchise report
DreamMaker's free franchise report includes:
- Details about startup costs and financial performance
- An in-depth look at the business model
- Management team bios
- DreamMaker's history
- Industry projections
- Stories and comments from DreamMaker remodeling franchise owners
Header Photo Credit: Max and Dee Bernt, "Denver Cityscape," – flickr creative commons


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Former One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she is planning to run in this year's federal election.
Ms Hanson says she believe there's no "representation" of Australian life and people in parliament.
"I'm going to put my hand up. I'm going to apply for the job and hopefully the people think that I'm the best person for that job to represent them," Ms Hanson told the Seven Network.
Ms Hanson said the rising costs of electricity and the 457 visa system are the issues which concern her most.
"Water is a huge issue in this country and that needs to be investigated, along with the costs of electricity. I don't think the government is doing enough to understand that people are hurting," she said.
Ms Hanson, who served in federal parliament from 1996 to 1998, said her political comeback was "not about revenge".
"I went to jail, it took me over two years to get over, and it's that determination that I feel can keep me going. Why give up for something I feel that is right," Ms Hanson said.
Ms Hanson narrowly missed out on a spot in the NSW upper house in 2011.
She said she had lost on preferences before because politicians didn't want "someone like me in there who's going to bring them to accountability".


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Gabriel Aubry Drops Restraining Order Against Olivier Martinez
Olivier Martinez grabs a bag of groceries from Bristol Farms on Sunday (December 2) in West Hollywood, Calif.
Earlier in the week, Gabriel Aubry, the ex of Olivier's fiance Halle Berry, dropped his restraining order against him after the infamous Thanksgiving brawl that occurred.
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Gabriel's lawyer reportedly told news sources that he did not need the restraining order anymore, according to TMZ.
This past week, Halle, Olivier, and Gabriel settled their feud amicably via their lawyers.


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|2012-11-29, 02:28
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Come on, girl working on a market, there is a chicken, setting will probably (hopefully) be something interesting. It gives me major iyashikei vibes.
At any rate, I'll be fine with whatever it is since it's Yamada directing an original show for Kyoani.
|2012-11-29, 08:30
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Wow, an original series from KyoAni. I wonder how it'll work though since part of KyoAni's perfectionism is in its very detailed adaptation. Well it doesn't look like they're branching out anyway since this is still all within KyoAni's sweet spot so I'm sure it won't be anywhere as bad as Munto TV.
|2012-11-29, 10:58
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
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As for Haruhi, I'm sure they'll make more but it's clearly not on their priority list.
|2012-11-29, 11:40
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I don't think this could be a disaster, Reiko Yoshida is a good writer. She worked for Aria and Tamayura and is currently composing the very nice GuP. She and Yamada should also know each other pretty well after doing two seasons and a movie of K-On!, including a lot of original content.
All I'm waiting for now is some animation footage, it should come soon enough since they don't have much time until air.
|2012-11-29, 22:15
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In the preview the girl awfully reminds me of Mio and its a good one for character designs but story wise. I hope for more substance but if not then it will be a good past time anime to watch if there isn't anymore to watch or do.
Production wise. I hope for better.
|2012-11-30, 07:16
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Story from Animax:
At a certain shopping district in a town, you'll find a rice cake shop owner's daughter, Tamako, a loveable first year student in high school pressing rice cakes. Tamako spends her time enjoying the badminton club with her friends Midori and Kanna at school and developing new rice cakes as well as helping the shop at home.
On the other side of the street is a rival rice cake shop owner and his son, Mochizou. Their fathers tend to fight like dogs and monkeys, but Mochizou and Tamako have been childhood friends. Mochizou has secretly given his heart to Tamako, but she hasn't recognized what he's doing. With both Mochizou and Midori in love with Tamako, there's often battles unfolding around her.
Tamako loves the other shopkeepers like they were her own family. She surrounds herself with a lot of people. Everyday is busy for the district, but the busiest time of the year is the end of the year. Oddly though, Tamako's birthday is New Years's Eve. Every year, the entire shopping district holds an event to congratulate her. The timing is awful for Mochizou, who wanted to give her a present up until now.
Mochizou is suddenly in high spirits. "This year I'll definitely do it!"
-At the same time that dazzling bird (cockatoo) suddenly appears in the shopping district. The shopping district is getting busier and busier for Tamako and pals. A different year than normal is about to begin.
Source (Thanks Ikari Gendo for pointing this out to me)
Edit: summary has been pulled from Animax's site. Yaraon and otaku.com have confirmation it was up.
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|2012-11-30, 07:31
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I have to admit that I'm a little surprised by a solid plotline. I didn't want to assume from the just two pictures from the official site but they did gave off a K-On!-type story to me. Glad I didn't make that assumption.
With how well they made a lively school festival in Hyouka, I'm looking forward to what their busy shopping district is going to be.
|2012-11-30, 07:33
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Join Date: Jun 2007
That story sounds pretty shoujo-like, which is a surprise. At the same time, it also sounds like it has the potential for a huge supporting cast and very energetic scenes, which is really exciting! I hope KyoAni makes the town feel populated, homely, and lived-in.
Ahhh, I can't wait. Well, that's not completely true, since I have Chuunibyou in the meanwhile .
|2012-11-30, 10:12
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Story sounds good. Didn't expect it to have such a strong focus on romance, especially not...
|2012-11-30, 10:25
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Animax's summary is back up, but they also added their January schedule. Tamako Market premieres on Animax on January 30 (Wednesday) at 22:00 and re-airs at 27:00 that night. This is different from Chuunibyou, which airs at 22:00 on Thursdays.
To clarify, this does not mean it is the first airing (that's Tokyo MX as listed on the site), but it's when Animax will start airing it.
|2012-11-30, 11:21
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Moderate Haruhiist
That little bit in Animax's synopsis (when compared to ANN's) sure puts a different spin on things. So her friend is ALSO in love with Tamako? Yuri and Hetero, in my Kyo-Ani?
|2012-11-30, 11:36
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|2012-11-30, 11:53
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About 2 years ago I joined a team to help grow a product. At the time, they were Agile….very Agile. Deep in my mind, however, I had a secret plan. Yes! I schemed and plotted like a proper evil Disney villain. My plan was to get this team to stop being Agile.
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This course is the "Intermediate" course written at a college freshman level. The objective of this course is to: (1) provide a foundation that will meet naturalistic and atheistic teachings; (2) provide up-to-date, logical, and factual data so that students can answer questions that tend to disturb them in trying to deal with their friends and the world in which they live; and (3) provide teachers with a wide-range, accurate, open-ended method of teaching this area of great concern. A complete teacher's guide is available.
This course was place on-line in order to facilitate a wider and easier access to the course. Here is how it works: Each of thirteen lessons is listed below. Starting with lesson 1, read the required materials (all materials are provided on-line) and then answer the question sheet provided with each lesson. The easiest way to do this is copy and paste the questions to a word processing program (Word, WordPerfect, Notepad, etc.). Once you finish answering the questions, e-mail the questions/answers to John N. Clayton as a text e-mail, NOT as an attachment or HTML format. We will not accept any email containing attachments. Leave spaces between each question and answer. The answers will be graded and commented on and returned to you. Then you may proceed to the next lesson.
This course was placed on-line by Darrick Dean with the permission of the Does God Exist? organization. All course materials © John N. Clayton. Go to the Does God Exist? Web site for more information on the organization, for a catalog of materials or if you wish to take the hard (paper) copy of this course. Report any technical mistakes or errors with the pages here.
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6. Why Did God Create Man?
7. How Did God Create Man?
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Five students on board
One Ionia Public Schools student was taken from the scene with minor injuries following an accident that left the bus tipped on its side near Graff and Dildine roads Thursday, according to a press release by the Ionia County Sheriff's Office.
The accident occurred at about 3:15 p.m. as snow was falling and road conditions deteriorated, which is believed to be a factor.
IPS Superintendent Patricia Batista said she understands the bus was traveling on Graff Road and attempted to go around a curve in the road. However, with the dense, wet snow the driver, who has been identified as Mary Groom of Ionia, could not make the corner.
Batista added the parents of the students were notified and the district will conduct its own investigation.
The bus driver was able to remove the students safely from the vehicle and a homeowner allowed the group to take shelter from the weather, the press release said.
A second bus arrived soon after the incident to take the students home, and the tipped bus was uprighted with the help of Ruehs Wrecker Service.
Ionia Central Dispatch, Michigan State Police, IPS Transportation Department and Ionia Department of Public Safety assisted at the scene.


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Another day down at the Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race. Today was hailed as the "Queen Stage" and it certainly lived up to that moniker. We rode 38.24 miles and climbed 8,912 feet! Here I (David) am trying to stay upright on a side-slope & rooty trail (most of the pictures are of me, since Chris was usually way ahead of me and had time to set up camera shots)!
The tree branches grabbed at our arms constantly as we battled our way across Squirrel Gap. The trail has been called "half-track" because it's not wide enough to justify the name "single track". But at least the weather was perfect this year, instead of last year when this stage was cold, wet, and generally miserable (made especially so since I broke one of my pedals halfway through the stage). Here I am battling through the foliage (I'm right in the middle, hiding Where's Waldo-style):
Fire roads served to ferry us from one section of trail to another all day. This sounds like a pleasant break from the brutal single track, but in fact Todd (the race promoter) uses the technical ease of the fire roads to get away with making them 7+ mile climbs. Below you can see me suffering up climb number three (today). You may also notice the odd protuberance from the top of my helmet–that's our GoPro HD Helmet Hero camera, which we used to shoot some cool footage from the stage today (we'll post a movie on our Youtube channel soon):
Our closest rivals (with whom we are engaged in a fierce competition for who gets to be last place in the team competition) Tom and Karen were celebrating a wedding anniversary today. Here Karen showcases her trademark good humor and optimism on top of Black Mountain, despite having just gone through a half hour of hike-a-bike (and calling it hike-a-bike really doesn't do it justice):
We had to push our bikes a quite a bit today, but small consolation was the view from the top on the way to the Black Mountain descent. Here we are posing with our GT Sensor 9rs, which we put through quite the workout today:
We finished the stage today in 5 hours 44 minutes, an improvement of an hour and half over last year! Here's a map of the stage, showing the out-and-back course:
And here's the elevation profile (those last peaks are the hike-a-bike sections, leading to that final ripping descent off Black Mountain):
We'll be up early tomorrow to catch the shuttle to the start of Stage 3, which includes the fearsome Farlow Gap (although Todd says it has an overblown reputation, as the hard part is only about 100 yards of rock ledge dropoffs… onto more rocks).


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Post subject: Chrome Browser
Doesn't Chrome start a new instance of the rendering engine for each tab opened? This is what gives it stability with "rogue tabs/webpages". So that's going to be a problem on any resource limited hardware like the Raspberry Pi. Presumably the complexity or otherwise of the webpages open in the tabs also has an effect.
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Could be complexity - could be version of Chromium. I have had 5 or 6 tabs open in other Rpi Chromiums run . . . either Arch or a later than Squeeze
After trying to use 'Links' (I still have nightmares) just using Chromium is like geek heaven
Just got
Gparted working
- see Barrys 3 libraries and my 4th needed library
in comments section
(gosh I am almost a developer)
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Here is a video of Sap alpha2, recorded in alpha2 and uploaded from alpha2
Sadly it is only a partial screen capture - but that is due to the settings- you should see gparted working - oh yeah 'come on' . . .
. . . did I mention alpha2 is out?
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Micko kindly send me an improved ffmpeg recording script - I did also have one from a couple of years back, Micks worked better.
USB keydrive appeared on desktop when plugged in.
We haz 'sneakernet'
I think I have worked out what is slowing and locking up Chromium
'Flash' (not the saviour of this universe)
No change there then . . .
Gtkdialog seems to be working OK
tried an old script and changed the base of gtkdialog3 to gtkdialog4
and it worked . . .
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Alpha2 is great!
Usb drive detection works.
Gtkdialog3 and 4 works.
Xsane (with usb scanner) works.
Cups (printer connected to router) works.
German keyboard layout works.
Psync works.
After first tests, I can see only one small glitch. After disconnecting usb drives, the drive icons doesn't disappear.
And no luck with sound, although I installed snd_bmc2835. But haven't tested much.
All in all, really great work, Berry.
@Mick and jamesbond,
yes, using cli worked. Thanks. I was able to extract, but didn't install because Alpha2.
Now reading the new MagPi.
Ich verwende "frugal", und das ist gut so.
Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
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also noticed USB stayed on desktop but just glad to have USB support. . .
I installed snd_bmc2835
from wiki:
6. Audio possibility -
what does aplay -l give you?
If it lists multiple cards, you can select the audio out by running:
aplay -Dplughw:X filename.wav
X is the card you choose from 0 to n
been looking at Ted
and siag office
and even Abiword beta
for any potential alternatives to Libreoffice . . .
Any suggestions? (these might be an add on in package manager not in Puppi)
Barry mentioned that Libreoffice might be too big for Puppi on Rpi
Before I forget:
Has anyone removed the Puppi SAP SD card and used a second card as a storage hard drive?
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there must be something vital missing from my life. i have never found a need to have or use libreoffice.
i dont even know what in it so cant be sure of what substitutes i am using. puppy already has most everything i need. just add java and portable opera and i am away. occasional video editing in openshot or kendive. sometimes messing in blender or in xampp or added games. i must just be easy to please.
presentations? is that what i am missing? printing?
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I tried the alpha2 sap6-5.96 today and see some clear improvements!
The arrow keys are responsive: you can move the cursor on the screen, you can position the cursor before a letter and use the delete key to erase the letter, and you can use the up and down keys to scroll through previous commands in the console now. Surely a labor-saver!
I again tried CUPS for my HP Officejet 6500 e709n printer. This time I got the HPLIP driver package for HP printers from the Debian arm repositories, and was able to get a driver specific for that model...and a test file from Geany printed correctly.
The Puppy Package Manager still seems to be struggling to do its thing...it seems to want to install the program again after it reports having successfully installed it. Maybe I am doing something wrong.
I tried Sylpheed. An updated version 3.2.0 was available, which I accepted. I put in the details of my email account, downloaded a bunch of messages, and successfully sent a test message. So it seemed to be working O.K. on an initial small test.
I was able to open 5 Tabs in Chromium browser, but beginning with the third tab, things became progressively more sluggish. With the 5th tab things appeared to freeze, but with clicking on the "X" the 5th tab closed after 4-5 minutes. I think if I had tried to open a 6th tab I would still be waiting. The "cpu utilization meter" hovered near the top of the scale. I got some interesting numbers with the "free" command:
urxvt alone 48692 bytes free, 0 bytes swap used
urxvt & 1 Chromium tab, 3900 bytes free, 128 bytes swap used
urxvt & 2 chromium tabs, 4780 bytes free, 1196 bytes swap used
urxvt & 3 chromium tabs, 3848 bytes free, 6712 bytes swap used
urxvt & 4 chromium tabs, 2956 bytes free, 13616 bytes swap used
urxvt & 5 chromium tabs, 2228 bytes free, 98664 bytes swap used
Yesterday aarf said it sounded like the problem was insufficient RAM, and 2000 bytes doesn't sound like much reserve to open a tab and do much with it.
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is there a way to hook one of these arduino shields to the pins
QUADRAM 512MB at $24.95
sort of destroys the cost advantage.
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News item
VLC player won't run on Raspberry pi because it has ARMv6
VideoLAN mobile team has finally launched the BETA version of its VLC media player named Neon for Android phones. It is available of all Android-based smartphones and tablets
An application most widely used on the desktop that has wide array of supported video and audio codes and can play almost any video is now on Android.
This player was recently released on iPhone.
However this app is only available for users with Android 2.1 or higher devices and will run on ARMv7 CPUs that support NEON media-processing engine.
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Posted: Tue 03 Jul 2012, 23:48
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Yesterday I did an update of the ppm
(it took nearly two hours)
Was looking for an alternative to Chrome
in Debian Squeeze main
Not so sure there is one I prefer . . .
I did not install Iceweasel (yes I have read the Debian manifesto) or surf.
Java and python dependent browsers - not for me.
Not too inclined to find opera-mini.
Barryk is getting more tabs open in Chrome/Chromium (not sure which is the OS and which the browser and Google in an effort of 'no-evil' disinformation is blurring the line)
I also tried using the sync setting facility, so you can have bookmarks and setup the same across devices using Chrome
Not too successful and Seamonkey has something similar though less advanced.
My inclination would be to use Chrome as a modern, mega browser. Familiar to many.
Guys if you have a chihuahua, will you be putting a solar powered webcam + raspberry pi on it? Just an idea. A camera is one of the first planned daughter-boards
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Whilst time travelers prepare to generate their own Higgs field
I downloaded xcowsay . . . been playing about with that . . .
. . . there is no cure . . .
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Posted: Wed 04 Jul 2012, 14:59
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@ Lobster
I tried
aplay -Dplughw:X filename.wav
, and yes, it works a little bit. This means, I get sound, but also some underrun errors (some drop outs) and after ~30sec it freezes.
Installed Aqualung, but it doesn't find any sound device. Well, not so important by now.
Also tried to update PPM, but after downloading the files, every line looks like
program name /usr/local/petget/find_cat: line1: syntax error: unexpected "("
eowens2 wrote:
The Puppy Package Manager still seems to be struggling to do its thing...it seems to want to install the program again after it reports having successfully installed it.
Also here. Choosing "Cancel" stops installing the 2nd time. First times I thougt that it was me, being less patient. Or my keyboard. Often it forgets a letter or a key "hangs" (like pressed permanently). I don't think, that it's a mechanical problem, too many different keys are involved. If I'm alone with this problem, it's nonetheless probablly my keyboard.
On the positive side, it seems to be easy to
boot sap6 from usb hd
. Also to use a swap partition there (you still need partition 1 of the sd card).
I think, antiloquax posted about that before, but can't find it
i just copied the content of mm0p2 to a free partition of a usb hd and changed in cmdline.txt
(the partition where my Puppy files are), and rootfstype=ext4 to rootfstype=ext3. At first run it took ~6 sec. longer (41sec. instead of 35sec.) Now I deleted the content of mm0p2 and also the swap partition on the sd card (I have one on the usb hd). Works fine.
Edit: Nice video today, Lobster
Ich verwende "frugal", und das ist gut so.
Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
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Posted: Wed 04 Jul 2012, 16:49
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Thanks Rolf
Looking forward to alpha3. Looks like Barry has many tricks from no swap drive, fast file system etc - oh yeah.
USB keydrive was temperamental - several versions of the desktop icon and I could not transfer files from SAP to the drive - though I managed it the other way - onto the Raspberry Pi.
Another issue. On my early Debian (pre SAP) the image took up the whole screen - now it is partial both on the later Debian and consequently Puppi.
I did try using ffmpeg to record the video but without full screen success
xcowsay is a lot of fun - check it out
The video was run from a rather flawed bash script
recorded on Ipad and uploaded and edited on youtube
I will upload the script after I get it working a bit better.
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I have Pi (the real type)
I can't get sound to work over hdmi but I can over analog. (May be the really cheap telly and hdmi cable
modprobe snd_bcm2835
amixer cset numid=3 1
The "1" on the end forces analog.
Tried a DVD, plays, unwatchable
Tried a CD, excellent
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GRANDVIEW – The Grandview School District's current maintenance and operation levy, approved by voters in 2009, will expire at the end of 2014.
As a result, the school district's finance director, Brad Shreeve, this past Tuesday presented the school board with information that may lead to the proposal of a replacement levy.
He told the school board directors that the district must be prepared if it is to propose a replacement levy during the February 2014 special elections.
Shreeve has recommended a four-year levy be presented to voters.
The replacement levy would expire at the end of 2019.
Shreeve said, "We run levies to leverage funds to maximize levy equalization funds."
He said the Grandview School District asks voters to approve maintenance and operation levies to bridge the gaps between what the state funds and what community members expect in education.
Levy dollars are used for curriculum, highly capable programs, technology, student transportation, athletics, field trips and staffing needs.
Shreeve said once a levy is approved, the school district reviews the needs of the students and schools to determine where the money will be best utilized.
Grandview residents are with the current levy paying just more than $1.75 for every $1,000 of assessed property value when paying property taxes. That is just more than $17.50 for a home that is valued at $100,000.
For every dollar collected Grandview receives approximately $3.14 because of state levy equalization funds. If voters approve a new levy that translates to about $3.67 million for the Grandview School District annually.
Shreeve said he hasn't recommended a levy amount yet to the Grandview School Board, but wants the board members to begin thinking about the needs of the district before the beginning of 2014.
The school board has not yet decided whether or not to propose a replacement levy during the February 2014 special elections.
"This (presentation) was just to give the board an idea of the numbers we are looking at," said Shreeve.
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In 1934, motivated by civic pride and a love of baseball, entrepreneur and industrialist Powel Crosley, Jr. purchased a financially strapped Cincinnati Reds franchise. Crosley brought stability and innovation to the Reds. During his nearly three decades of stewardship, the Reds organization introduced night baseball to the Major Leagues, saw the expansion of its home ballpark, solidified the grand Cincinnati Opening Day tradition, hosted two All-Star games, fielded some of the most memorable teams in club history and strengthened its position as an integral part of the civic and cultural fabric of Greater Cincinnati.
The Powel Crosley, Jr. Award honors individuals who have exemplified the Crosley spirit of dedication and devotion to the ongoing success of the Cincinnati Reds during extended careers of service to and achievement with the club. The contributions of these individuals have been vital to the Reds organization sustaining its position of prominence and respect in the game of baseball and the community.
The Reds clubhouse manager since 1968, Bernie Stowe began his Reds career as a clubhouse boy in 1947. Since that time, Stowe has been the best friend a Red could have, devoting countless hours to ensuring that Reds players' equipment and uniform needs are met and that the clubhouse is a comfortable and enjoyable place for players to prepare for the game and wind down afterward.
A part of three of the five World Championship teams in Reds history and six of the franchise's nine pennant-winning clubs, the excellence of Stowe's work has been recognized by his selection as equipment manager for four National League All-Star teams. In 2003, the Reds clubhouse at Great American Ball Park was officially named after Stowe to commemorate his years of service and his role as a living link to over six decades of Reds history.
Gene Bennett began his association with the Reds organization as a minor league player in 1952. He moved into a part-time scouting position following the 1958 season and gradually saw his responsibilities increase until he was promoted to scouting supervisor for Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Indiana in 1975. His many notable signings include Reds Hall of Famers Don Gullett and Barry Larkin, All-Stars Paul O'Neill, Jeff Russell and Chris Sabo and longtime major leaguers Charlie Leibrandt and Dave Tomlin. Larkin, O'Neill and Sabo were regularly in the same lineup during the Reds' World Championship season in 1990. Bennett has also served as an advance scout at the major league level for the Reds and has supervised countless amateur try-out camps. In 1992, he was named Special Assistant to the General Manager. A 14-time winner of the TOPPS Scout of the Month Award and recipient of the TOPPS All-Star Scout Award in 1988 and 1995, Bennett was elected to the Middle Atlantic Major League Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame in 1996.
From his hiring in 1967 until his retirement in 2005, Sheldon "Chief" Bender's lifetime of accumulated baseball knowledge impacted virtually every aspect of the Reds player development and personnel departments. Serving in a number of positions over the course of his nearly 40 years with the club, Bender spent the bulk of his tenure overseeing Reds minor league operations. Under his watch, the Reds farm system enjoyed the most fruitful period in club history, producing Reds Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Dave Concepcion, Ken Griffey, Sr. Don Gullett, Mario Soto, Tom Browning, Eric Davis and Barry Larkin. The talent that emerged from the farm system under Bender's direction was critical to the Reds championship seasons of 1975, 1976 and 1990. The Reds annual Minor League Player of the Year Award is named in his honor. In 1998, Bender was crowned the "King of Baseball" by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues for his long and successful career of service to the game.
In December of 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nippert joined with 12 other Cincinnati investors to purchase the Cincinnati Reds, beginning a four-decade long ownership interest in the club that is the longest in Reds history. Assuming majority ownership in 1973, Mr. and Mrs. Nippert presided over the most glorious period in franchise history that saw the Reds win four division titles, two National League pennants and two World Championships in seven seasons.
Mr. Nippert was credited for remaining behind the scenes, astutely entrusting gifted general manager Bob Howsam and his staff with the day-to-day operations of the club, providing the resources necessary to maintain what was widely considered the finest organization in baseball. Reds players looked fondly upon Mrs. Nippert for her devotion to fostering a family atmosphere within the organization, an environment that they believed contributed greatly to the team's success.
The Nipperts sold their majority ownership interest in the club in 1981 but retained a minority interest that is still held by Mrs. Nippert , who has also maintained the Nippert family's great philanthropic tradition that benefits countless individuals and organizations throughout the Greater Cincinnati community.
One of the city's great baseball ambassadors, Chuck Harmon began his association with the Cincinnati Reds in 1952 when he was acquired by the club after five successful campaigns in the Minor Leagues. Harmon made the 1954 Reds roster as a utility player and was called on to pinch-hit on April 17 in Milwaukee. When he stepped into the batter's box, Harmon became the first African American to wear a Reds uniform in a regular season game. Harmon spent three seasons with the Reds and retired from the game in 1957.
Harmon has spent most of his post-playing career in Cincinnati and is one of the city's most recognizable and beloved figures. A fixture at Reds games for decades, he is one of the team's most steadfast and enthusiastic supporters, promoting the team and the game with uncommon dedication. A plaque in his honor was dedicated at the entrance of Great American Ball Park in 2004, one of the many tributes he has received in acknowledgment of his esteemed place in Reds history.
Chuck Harmon's tremendous courage, strength of character, professionalism and humor are readily evident to all who come into contact with him. His life has been defined by overcoming obstacles through hard work and willpower, all the while keeping constant his unbridled love for the game. The Reds organization and all of baseball have been enhanced immeasurably because of his presence.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Liberal Fall Strategy: A Caution
Don Martin's column is titled "New Liberal strategy — keep Ignatieff out of Ottawa". I think the internal enthusiasm fails to recognize one simple fact- summer is over. In the summer, Parliament isn't sitting, there is NO reason to be in Ottawa. However, with a raucous fall session awaiting Parliament, the idea that Ignatieff will be awol, conducting a marginally covered town hall, while important issues are debated, brings with it the most obvious or risks. Frankly, this strategy risks undermining all the perceived "leadership" gains.
There were a few times last session where Ignatieff was out of Ottawa, during key debates. Do we remember how that went, and the damage it did? Where's Iggy, why is Rae at the forefront, where's the leader, who's running this party? The other parties will be quick to seize on Ignatieff being away, should the opportunity arise. The media won't be following him on a bus, they'll be in Ottawa, and if Ignatieff isn't around, his leadership image will take a hit.
I loved the jeans, the ball cap, I thought the Liberal team proved itself smart and quite capable. However, I also believe that we've extrapolated that temporary feel good period and it's led to a needlessly risky fall strategy. Ottawa is the game, there is no other arena and the opposition leader gets the most traction where that action exists. Ignatieff will get some local coverage, he will get some national coverage, he will get some "on the road" soundbites, no question. That said, it seems pretty obvious from here how those perceived positives can be quickly undone. Factor in the "it gets old" component, the story loses its new, fresh appeal and Ignatieff might look like he's nowhere.
Right now, the thing the Liberals need is a strong leader, leading a strong, united, capable opposition, give all the appearance of a government in waiting. I'm just not sold with the idea that "getting out of Ottawa" addresses our current need, and in the end the strategy may just produce a few self inflicted wounds.
Two cents.
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- penlan said...
I get your point. Remember Harper is now going to do a tour this Fall as well (copycat) & having MI in Ottawa while Harper's away just might look really good.
- 7:43 PM, September 16, 2010
- Steve V said...
"having MI in Ottawa while Harper's away just might look really good."
But, in saying that, you've just provided why the opposite might be really bad.
It's a question of degree, being away to much might backfire.
- 7:55 PM, September 16, 2010
- ottlib said...
Remember Don Martin is the same pundit who stated Conservative members are happy about the idea of the defeat of the Gun Registry bill because it will propel them to a majority.
Except when the Conservatives do something so outrageously stupid he cannot ignore it Don Martin is a Conservative supporter. He does not want to see a Liberal government or Liberal success so anything he writes about the Liberals should be suspect. Incidentally, the Liberals know this. They know he will spin anything they say in a negative light so he probably does not have any sources within the inner circle.
BTW, I wonder is he still believes the Conservatives are happy about the prospect of the Registry bill being defeated considering Mr. Baird's statements today?
- 8:43 PM, September 16, 2010
- Steve V said...
I like Martin. He's an equal opportunity critic, that cuts to the chase. All Martin does in this column is repeat the known agenda. The Liberals have said Ignatieff will spend lots of time on the road, so I'm not sure I understand the point ottlib?
- 8:56 PM, September 16, 2010
- Gayle said...
I thought that column was quite positive. No doubt certain Blue conservative bloggers are going to complain about how biased Don Martin is.
I also think he calls them the way he sees them. I do not alwasy agree, but I have never thought his columns reflected any bias.
- 12:39 AM, September 17, 2010
- Malcolm Barry said...
There is a time and place for everything and if the house is in session, Leaders should be there. Ignatieff can handle himself as he is an intelligent person ands voters are realizing this. On special occasions he may have to be out of Ottawa and that is acceptable.
- 8:52 AM, September 17, 2010
- jad said...
I thought the whole point of the summer tour was to give Ignatieff an opportunity to practice and develop his skills as a leader so he didn't get embarrassed so much when he has to go up against the other leaders in Ottawa.
Since the handlers want to keep him out of Ottawa a bit longer, I guess the practice didn't go so well.
- 11:09 AM, September 17, 2010
- Steve V said...
- 11:34 AM, September 17, 2010
- JF said...
I dunno, I rate news columnists on the "Spade is a Spade" basis...
A: Do they call a spade a spade?
B: Do they do so regardless of who holds the card?
IMO Martin rates "ok" on that basis. He'll call out folk on every end of the spectrum albeit I thinks he cut's the Tories a bit more slack then the others. But when you compare him to guys like Coyne* or Spector (Who'll villify non-tories at the drop of a hat and frequently stay silent or call a spade a heart when it's tories holding the card) he'll look like a paragon of journalistic integrity.
*Note on Coyne: HE's a pertisan hack but at least he's a well written partisan hack.
- 12:12 PM, September 17, 2010
- Gayle said...
"I thought the whole point of the summer tour was to give Ignatieff an opportunity to practice and develop his skills as a leader so he didn't get embarrassed so much when he has to go up against the other leaders in Ottawa."
No. It was to give him practice on the campaign trail, which it did.
- 9:06 PM, September 17, 2010


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HAVELOCK � Robert Trent was walking his children to the bus stop Wednesday morning when he noticed another man walking down the road. He instantly recognized him as a Havelock man who had been missing for more than 24 hours.
HAVELOCK � Robert Trent was walking his children to the bus stop Wednesday morning when he noticed another man walking down the road. He instantly recognized him as a Havelock man who had been missing for more than 24 hours.
�I always pay attention to the news, and the city of Havelock had it all over their Facebook page,� Trent said.
The search for Steven Daniel Tompkins, 28, of Havelock, ended when Trent noticed him shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday on South Forest Drive.
�I started talking to him and gave him some water,� Trent said of Tompkins, the subject of a statewide silver alert on Tuesday. �He said he had slept in his car all night, but we know that�s not right.�
Trent, a Cherry Point Marine, notified a passerby to contact authorities, who arrived along with rescue personnel. Diane Miller, city spokeswoman, said Tompkins had bug bites and was suffering from dehydration but was otherwise OK.
Tompkins was reported missing early Tuesday morning. A statewide silver alert was issued later in the morning for the man who is believed to suffer from some form of dementia or other cognitive impairment, according to information from the N.C. Center for Missing Persons.
Authorities had located Tompkins� 2003 Nissan Maxima on Tuesday morning parked on the side of Railroad Street in Havelock with the keys still in the ignition, Miller said. The location is near a wooded area that is part of the Croatan National Forest.
Havelock police and Havelock Fire and Rescue personnel used four-wheel ATVs to look for Tompkins on Tuesday along clear lines and a trail in the forest. Morehead City police tracking dogs assisted, as did personnel aboard the Pedro search and rescue helicopter from Cherry Point.
The city also received help in the search from the Newport Police Department, Craven County Sheriff�s Office and Carteret County Sheriff�s Office. The Cherry Point base mobile command center was also sent to the scene at the intersection of Creek Drive and Railroad Street.
Authorities searched until about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and were returning to the area Wednesday morning to continue the search when Trent spotted the man.


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Not a word was uttered about climate change during the three US presidential debates, but President Barack Obama got back on the global warming bandwagon as soon as the polls closed. In his victory speech, he announced: "We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet."
The President's words were carefully chosen to resonate with people still traumatised by Hurricane Sandy. In the days before the election, global warming alarmists jumped on Sandy as evidence that global warming is already here, is bad, and is going to get worse. New York's billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, cited Sandy as the reason for his last-minute endorsement of the president on the grounds that he was more likely to care about the issue than Mitt Romney.
The facts are exactly the opposite of the claims. We are currently in the middle of the low phase of the Atlantic hurricane cycle. There have been far fewer major hurricanes in the past few years than the long-term average. Even though Sandy did a lot of damage, it had been downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm by the time it hit New York City. Scientists calculated that it was the 17th most damaging hurricane in the past century. To make just one comparison, three much stronger hurricanes hit the US in less than two years in the early 1950s. Why didn't the public back then demand action to stop climate change?
Leaders of environmental pressure groups, who had complained bitterly about the president's failure to make climate change an issue in the campaign against Romney, quickly claimed that this brief nod to their holy of holies was in fact a major commitment to the energy-rationing agenda for Obama's second term.


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Dr. Wieslaw Binienda
University of Akron professor and chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. Wieslaw K. Binienda, is the 2011 Outstanding Technical Contribution Award recipient from the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Binienda accepted the award at the Aerospace Division's Earth and Space 2012 Conference in April in Pasadena, Calif.
One of the highest honors for the Aerospace Division, this recognition is awarded to an individual who has contributed substantially to advancing the state of the art in aerospace engineering, sciences and technology, and space exploration and construction with application to civil engineering.
Binienda has received several awards, fellowships and certificates for his professional expertise. In 2010, he was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers Outstanding Professional Award and The Louis A. Hill Jr. Fellowship for his distinguished record of community leadership, service and philanthropy. Among his many credentials, Binienda is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Aerospace Engineering.
For more details about Binienda's research and academic contributions, visit his College of Engineering Web page.
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