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(4:14 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Alcoa Inc. AA, -1.08% shares fell in the extended session Thursday after the aluminum producer's quarterly earnings fell short of Wall Street estimates. Alcoa shares declined 2.5% to $10.43 on heavy volume. The company reported a net loss of $2.3 billion, or $2.19 a share, on revenue of $5.59 billion. Excluding one-time items, Alcoa would have reported earnings of 4 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet estimated 6 cents a share on revenue of $5.36 billion.
Family Dollar plummets premarket on sullen outlook
(7:26 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Family Dollar Stores Inc. FDO, +6.59% reported its first quarter profit fell to $78.0 million, or 68 cents a share, from $80.3 million, or 69 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 3.2% to $2.50 billion, from $2.42 billion a year earlier, the wholesaler said Thursday. Analysts had expected earnings of 69 cents a share on revenue of $2.51 billion, according to FactSet. The company's top line was pressured in the most recent three months, with second-quarter same store sales dropping 2.8%. The firm warned it sees same-store sales falling in the low single digits in the current quarter, and a per-share earnings range of 85 cents to 95 cents. Shares in Family Dollar slid 9.6% in premarket trading, according to FactSet.
Supervalu third-quarter profit rises, sales fall
(7:16 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Supervalu Inc. SVU said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit rose to $31 million, or 12 cents a share, from $16 million, or 8 cents a share, a year earlier. Net sales edged down to $4.01 billion from $4.05 billion in the year-ago period. Net earnings from continuing operations in the period were 12 cents a share and adjusted net earnings from continuing operation came to 13 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 14 cents on sales of $4.05 billion. Chief Executive Sam Duncan noted that the company still has to improve its sales trajectory. Shares of Supervalu inched up 0.3% in premarket trade.


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The Marikana Massacre and the Crisis of Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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Since the historic 1994 democratic defeat of apartheid, South Africa has seen 18 years of rule by Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) Party. What has this meant for poor and working people? South African organizer Mazibuko Jara will contextualize the recent August 16th massacre of 34 striking platinum mineworkers at the Lonmin Marikana mine and the subsequent wave of mineworker strikes that continue to this day.
Last week, the ANC government released results of a national census confirming that socio-economic inequalities inherited from the apartheid era persist, including the fact that white families earn 6 times the average income of black families. Moreover, nearly a quarter of South Africa's population is unemployed, while the unemployment rate for black youth is believed to be double that. This ongoing inequality epitomises the crisis facing South Africa 18 years into ANC rule and provides the context from which to understand the mineworker strikes.
Mazibuko is a former spokesperson for the South African Communist Party and an activist involved in LGBTQ, HIV/AIDS, and rural struggles. He is part of the Democratic Left Front which has actively supported the mineworker struggles.
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Reasons for Economic Hope Emerge
The U.S. has emerged from the dark tunnel of financial distress in a better position to shoot forward than many believe, if it figures out how to do a few things to take advantage. Jerry Seib discusses on The News Hub. Photo: AP.
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... I ... the ... present Obama campaigning this week on twice to focus on long-term economic growth as we knew the fifth anniversary of the financial meltdown I'll what is the key to a site ... says that while Americans are still discards about the economy and that always the country to spring forth ... I'd Jerry was a pleasant happy on the show thank you Brian much for being map ... his aam ... but some reasons for us to be optimistic ... I with some pilots love your optimism ... let's cut through them ... in case there ... well you know one that I side is that today but the country Spencer this long dark tunnel of recession and recovery from recession ... probably the worst in three quarters of this entry ... but big is as we emerge from the other side of Americans as you've noted deftly not convinced were out of the woods here or by any means they they read ... remain ... pessimistic about about the economy in many ways but if you look ... at some of the systemic improvements have been made along the way through the pain they're significant particular ... household in corporate debt has been reduced significantly ... I in our household debt is back to where was in two thousand and three which is before the bubble that created all the problems ... op ... corporate debt is in national terms is in the numbers are out the best of them the last twenty years ... there's plenty of cash on on balance sheets for corporations to invest once they recover some more confident so ... it's the kind of factor that can create a little bit of a boom when confidence returns track and we've also got something that you and I've been talking about with ... with with the continued to my amazement energy independence it is ... possible ... yet they were not there yet and he now has a ways to manage an event of North America is probably at this point energy independent U S is a net exporter of oil products refined products in ... an oil products like that ... aam and is now ... producing more oil for its own consumption than it imports ... is a game changer is all happened because of some a lot to some extent new Pfizer also a lot of served ol' American ingenuity that's created ... an oil and gas boom fracking a shale technology things like that ... and that changes that of the equation considerably in so once there's a recovery that's real and thus more robust than Noah got now ... I there's a different energy picture was changes of the economic picture a significant way ... and on the other thing that health care inflation has has these Salgado wife ... but the but the dial is not less if the Swans ... writes it is less worse than the the inflation rate and in health care is three point nine percent the last couple of years so it's now one year that's a fluke it's a little bit of a sustained ... production that's well below what was a decade ago probably about half what it was a decade ago ... and part of that is because people are just getting less ... on health care in a recession that part of that is that I think both the government ... and businesses in the healthcare industry are figuring out ways to hold down health costs of actually are working so ... that's the big driver of deficits is a big driver of the of anti competitive pressures on companies ... if that problem is getting fixed the least a little bit too little extent ... than that changes the game for lots of people for the country and for businesses as well it improves the ability to rebound once the recovery would take that ... match I that that that make the reasons the optimistic but are a couple of things we need to take advantage of all the new suburb reforming education systems K and reform the tax code ... that both big jobs with which one is more important of which one is possible ... well I think in the short-term changing the tax code is probably more important also more do wonder they hear Pres Obama talk about this this week and he's embarking on a week long conversation which is to try the shift ... of economic base with some these longer term issues away from the old ... stimulus ... versus austerity debated say was that the steals of long-term ... corporate tax changes are medium to long term issue intersection consensus to do it ... if people are not just around the political system ... to doing that I think somebody other things and take a little bit of a little bit longer and I think you know for example ... research spending to infrastructure spending those are two things a longer term investments how can ... interesting stuff much upon Oslo morning Jerry's column ... on all Mesilla


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8:00 pm
Oregon Field Guide "Wallowa Backcountry Huts" This episode heads into the Wallowa wilderness and visits huts where hikers can take a break from the weather.G
8:30 pm
Travelscope "Germany's Holiday Markets" Travelscope celebrates the season with Joseph's explorations through Northern Germany's Christmas markets where there's more than baubles and trinkets to the joy of Christmas. D
9:00 pm
Richard Bangs' Adventures With Purpose Geneva and the Matterhorn: Quest for the Water Castle In the 11th installment of his Emmy-winning ADVENTURES WITH PURPOSE series, renowned adventurer Richard Bangs explores the Rhone River, Lake Geneva and the Matterhorn regions of Switzerland - the country known since Medieval times as the "water castle" of Europe. On his quest, Richard uncovers how the Swiss harnessed the Rhone to light Switzerland and its neighbors, power some of the world's most efficient rail systems and quench the thirst of millions, while still managing to preserve this precious resource. D
10:00 pm
Globe Trekker "Puerto Rico" Zay visits San Juan, the El Yunque National Forest, the Camuy River Caves National Park and the coffee-producing central highlands. He discovers why Puerto Rico is known as the "island of enchantment," boasting sun-kissed beaches, dramatic mountains, a rich colonial history and distinctive music.G
11:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "Designing Idaho" Architecture tells us who we are, where we came from, and what we value. Our buildings tell us that like nothing else can. This hour long program explores Idaho's architectural heritage, its history and its place in the sun. We travel the length and breadth of the state, exploring some of Idaho's oldest and grandest buildings -- like the Cataldo Mission and the Paris Tabernacle -- as well as some of Sun Valley's finest residences. We also visit Wallace, Chesterfield, and Boise. There's even a wonderful Sandpoint tree house and a southern Idaho straw bale mud house that are remarkably eloquent.G


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Kenny Rogers 20 Greatest Hits
QRS Cat #662035
Love Lifted Me
We've Got Tonight
Scarlet Fever
Love Or Something Like It
She Believes In Me
Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer
You Were A Good Friend
The Gambler
Through The Years
Daytime Friends
You Decorated My Life
Till I Can Make It On My Own
Reuben James
Coward Of The County
I Don't Need You
Something's Burning
Love Will Turn You Around
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Kenny Rogers 20 Greatest Hits
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Peg + Cat "The Honey Problem/The Penguin Problem" The Honey Problem - Peg's Pizza Place. The 3 Bees will produce honey for Peg and Cat's super-popular honey cake - but only if Peg and Cat will dance for the Bees in a certain pattern! Primary Content: Weight. The Penguin Problem - The South Pole. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "Shiny and Snakes/Tiny Loves Flowers" Shiny gets over her fear of snakes when Tiny challenges the Nature Trackers to meet the ultimate snake: the Sanajeh, a huge Cretaceous snake from what is now India. Dad takes the kids on the Dinosaur Train to find Sana Sanajeh, who may be huge, but turns out to be quite friendly. Once Shiny and Sana become friends, Shiny returns home with the knowledge that snakes aren't scary - they're just another part of nature! Tiny is horrified when her favorite buttercups all wilt, so Mom takes her and the family to the Big Pond, where she remembers seeing a whole lot of buttercups in bloom. D
10:00 am
Sesame Street "3 Cheers for Us" Zoe, Elmo, Telly, and Slimey are the Sesame Street Cheerleaders - they just need to find someone to cheer for. Educational Objective: Emotional Development. D
11:00 am
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel's New Friend/Same and Different" Daniel's New Friend: Daniel and Miss Elaina meet Prince Wednesday's cousin Chrissie during a playdate at the castle. As they play "knights," they discover that, although Chrissie needs some help walking, they are the same in many ways. Same and Different: While Daniel is playing dress up with his friends at school, he feels different when he realizes that not everyone has a tail like him. D
11:30 am
Sid The Science Kid "Discovering Darkness" On an early morning, Sid wakes up while it's still dark outside. Sid and his friends investigate and observe what happens when a light source is completely blocked--creating darkness. It turns out everything stays the same in the dark, because darkness is just the absence of light. D
12:00 pm
Super Why! "Thumbelina" Where is Pig's beloved stuffed hippo? He's looked high and low but Henry Hippo is nowhere to be found! The Super Readers shrink down to the size of ants and join teeny tiny Thumbelina on her GREAT BIG adventure to find her missing brother. They assist Thumbelina in her mission and Pig gets a helping hand along the way. Educational Objectives: To learn that you don't have to do things alone, explore the alphabet, practice the magic of spelling, and use the power to read to change the story. D
12:30 pm
Caillou "New Places and New Things!" Caillou and family go on a trip on Helen's boat, an old friend of Mom's. Caillou is surprised to find there's a whole house packed into the boat. Caillou learns about wind and sails, and even gets to steer the boat too! When Mom and Dad are getting ready to go out to a restaurant, Caillou doesn't understand why he can't go too! He's disappointed until Julie the babysitter suggests they make their own restaurant, complete with menus! When Caillou accidentally breaks one of his toys because his room is a mess, Mom suggests a way to make cleaning up fun: with colourful stickers and a chart. D
1:00 pm
Thomas & Friends "Snow Stops Play" No Snow For Thomas - It's a snowy day, but Thomas doesn't want to wear his snow plow. So he decides to hide it and pretends he doesn't know where it is. Sir Topham Hatt has no choice but to leave Thomas in his shed and send Emily out to clear the tracks instead. D
1:30 pm
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel's New Friend/Same and Different" Daniel's New Friend: Daniel and Miss Elaina meet Prince Wednesday's cousin Chrissie during a playdate at the castle. As they play "knights," they discover that, although Chrissie needs some help walking, they are the same in many ways. Same and Different: While Daniel is playing dress up with his friends at school, he feels different when he realizes that not everyone has a tail like him. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "Mulch Ado About Nothing/What Goes Up" The Renkins teach George the proper way to create compost for the garden after he makes a mess.G
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Martha Puts Out The Lights (Pts. 1 & 2)" Martha gets people to sign a petition to ban fireworks, but Helen and her friends are devastated.G
3:00 pm
Peg + Cat "The Honey Problem/The Penguin Problem" The Honey Problem - Peg's Pizza Place. The 3 Bees will produce honey for Peg and Cat's super-popular honey cake - but only if Peg and Cat will dance for the Bees in a certain pattern! Primary Content: Weight. The Penguin Problem - The South Pole. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "Leslie Makes It Big/Mouse Brain Take-Over" LESLIE MAKES IT BIG - When Mr. Big gets hauled off to jail, his assistant, Leslie, takes over to carry out their latest evil plan-building the most powerful mind control device ever! Will Mr. Big help WordGirl defeat Leslie, or will Leslie become bigger than Mr. Big? Vocabulary Words: Ridiculous, Assume. MOUSE BRAIN TAKE-OVER - Just as WordGirl is about to give TJ, the winner of the "WordGirl Synonym Contest," a tour of her secret hide-out, she discovers Dr. Two-Brains' is going on an all-out cheese rampage. This time he's more evil (and more mousy) than ever! Vocabulary Words: Abandon, Dilemma. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Ground Hog Wake Up Call" Aviva tries to prove that groundhogs have amazing creature powers, but instead falls into a deep sleep, leaving the Kratt bros to discover all about hibernation. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "And They Counted Happily Ever After" The kids use numbers and a system to keep track of a large number of golden eggs to free a King.G
5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "When Home Is A House of Cards" Ruff sends Sammy and Sam to the MSPCA to make a promotional video. Noel and Jay meet up with a famous card stacker to build a tower of cards. D
5:30 pm
Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, stocks fall hard on February's first day of trading leaving some investors to wonder where they can find protection. And, auto sales stall as the harsh winter weather depresses demand. But will business soon bounce back?. D
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Antiques Roadshow "Detroit, Hour Two" Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Noel Barrett are at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum to explore model cars made by Hudson Car Company. Among the treasures found are Marvin Gaye's 1964 passport; and a signed photo album of President Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet and Senate, valued up to $100,000. Part 2 of 3G
8:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow "Eugene, OR - Hour Two" Host Mark L. Walberg joins appraiser Jeffrey Schrader at the Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill, site of the former Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, to discuss the history and current values of World War I uniforms. Highlights include: a circa 1800 New England Chippendale chest-on-chest; an 1846 map of Western America; and an early 20th-century Russian presentation sword from the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, purchased by the owner for $500, and valued between $75,000 and $100,000. Part 2 of 3G
9:00 pm
Globe Trekker "Paris City Guide 2" Justine strolls through the Luxembourg Gardens, discovers eclectic artwork, and uncovers culinary secrets at the Cordon Bleu. Meanwhile Adela wanders through the Musee d'Orsay, chats with British designer Vivienne Westwood at the couture shows, and tours the Palace of Versailles.G
10:00 pm
POV "American Promise" Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, New York, turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who are making their way through a prestigious private school. For 13 years, they chronicle the boys at Manhattan's Dalton School while presenting complicated truths about America's struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity.G


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The Bluffton High volleyball team continued a stellar week Wednesday night by sweeping rival Hilton Head Island 25-20, 26-24 on the road.
The Bobcats (9-5) split the day's matches, falling to Savannah Country Day 25-22, 21-25, 25-18 earlier in the evening.
The victory over Hilton Head added to the momentum Bluffton picked up in a pair of important road wins over Wando and Summerville on Tuesday. Wando entered the match ranked third in SCHSL Class AAAA and Summerville was the Bobcats' first region opponent of the season.
Bluffton cruised through the first game against Hilton Head, with Mackenzie Cooler serving nine consecutive points en route to a 16-6 lead. The Seahawks made a late run to get within four, but Cooler finished them off with an easy kill for a 25-20 victory.
The lead changed hands 16 times in the second game and Hilton Head served for the win leading 24-23. Bluffton came through with a kill to tie it back up, then scored two points to close it out.
Cooler made it 25-24 with the last of her 12 kills and a Seahawk return error provided the deciding point.
Jordan Franklin added nine kills for the Bobcats, who will play at a tournament in Brunswick, Ga., this weekend.


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Okayama prefecture [1] (岡山県 Okayama-ken) is in the western Chugoku region of the main Japanese island Honshu.
Okayama Prefecture is known as the "Land of Sunshine", because it has more sunny days and fewer rainy days than most other prefectures in Japan, making it a very liveable area, but also quite nice for travelers. The prefecture is famous for its fruits, particularly its peaches and grapes. Over half of the peaches sold in Japan come from Okayama. It is also famous for its textile industry, with over half of the school uniforms in Japan produced here, particularly in Ibara and Kurashiki.
Other destinations
Generally, the people of Okayama speak standard Japanese. There is an Okayama Dialect, but it is rather weak in comparison to the Kansai or Aomori Dialects.
Get in
By plane
Okayama Airport (OKA)[2] has flights to Tokyo (1 hr), Sapporo (2 hrs) and Naha on Okinawa (2 hrs). There are also international flights to Shanghai and Seoul (both 1.5 hrs), Dalian, Beijing, and Guam.
By train
Okayama is a hub for trains: it's a station of the San'yo Shinkansen line (along with Kurashiki) connecting Kyushu and Hiroshima towards Osaka, and there are frequent departures south on the Marine Liner across the Seto Inland Sea to Takamatsu and other points in Shikoku.
By car
The Chugoku Expressway passes through Tsuyama and Niimi.
Get around
Hot Springs
The most famous hot springs in the prefecture are Yubara Hot Springs, Yunogo Hot Springs, and Okutsu Hot Spring, all located in the northern part of the prefecture. Each of these make great getaway destinations to relax and rejuvinate.
If these are too far out of the way, you can also try Niimi Chiya Hot Springs in Niimi or Asagiri Onsen in Takahashi. The Seto Ohashi Spa Resort in Kurashiki is not a real onsen however, it offers a variety of ways to relax, including a variety of baths.
As you might expect from a grape-growing region, Okayama is famous for wine (at least in Japan). There is "Sapporo Okayama winery" that represents West Japan.
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 04:31
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Open letter to Distrowatch/Ladislav Bodnar.
Subject description: In relation to : http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070625&mode=9#comments
I have received a fair amount of feedback around the piece you published about
Puppy Linux on Distrowatch and the comments you posted afterwards.
I have been running the board at a loss for a few years and have always tried to
ensure it is the most diverse environment, creating many areas for anything from
political discourse to just general bitching and even multi-language help.
In the over two years I have running it I have only ever banned ONE member, and
I have managed to bring together many conflicting views and demographics.
An example …
I do believe my board is different … However, early this year a group did form,
pushing their own web-sites and trying to fork the project. They where never
banned or censored on the forum, although they where from other sites after
they succesfully used your site to try to fragment the community.
It is out this group that this FUD comes from …
But these people are still posting freely to my forum, because ...
FUD is fine, as long as people get to weigh it up against the real world and can
judge it at face value … As the facts tend to become apparent.
However, what you have done is give this particular piece of FUD a platform to
transcend this, as the contrast is NOT immediately available … And you state
you did this due to the fact that the story stuck a chord with you because of
your own experiences with ANOTHER board.
I hope you see the obvious problem with this reasoning (!).
And it is specially ironic considering it was YOU who censored my releases
of Mean Puppy (eventually causing me to abandon the project - thanks).
I would like to think you'd do some due diligence … Have a look at the forum
and what I have tried to do, and maybe even issue an apology. But somehow
I suspect that'll never happen.
So I'll just leave you with the knowledge of what you have done …
And hope you feel in some way accountable.
I eagerly await the piece on the evils of murgaLua.
Without prejudice
John Murga
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Apparently I was wrong.
This letter will be published on next week's distrowatch weekly.
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 05:40
Post subject: Real effort, real support
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Mean Puppy was one of our fastest Puppys. It used Opera so was not for me but many people recognised the innovation and I always thought you would combine MurgaLua and MeanPup . . .
Oh well.
Glad you did an open letter. I started one (so it is a bit raw - see below - it contains the original piece and my comments)
The good news, is the bad news has been good. We were 23 on Distrowatch (7 day listing) now we are 13 - this normally happens only with a new release.
Just recently Borat (aka Ladislav) was contemplating abandoning Distrowatch. Even though I was banned for a while from posting in the comments section, I love Distrowatch, it is biased and unfair. Why was I banned? Probably my humour does not come over. Who knows. Distrowatch is a personal effort and interpretation. I do not believe Ladislav is being unkind or malicious, he is an amateur journalist who loves Linux. Good luck to him. Maybe we can look forward to an even better Distrowatch?
One year with Puppy Linux (by Mark South)
The sad tale of how the hope and excitement of a promising distro turned to fear and loathing in Linux land.
Puppy Linux Most distro reviews focus on installing and using one release of a recent distro. But when people decide to stick with a distro, or abandon it after a longer period of use, the reasons are more to do with the entire distro experience, which includes the distro technology, its package management, the size and reliability of its package repositories, the ease and speed with which bugs are reported and fixed, the quality of the documentation, and the social experience of being part of the distro's community, as exemplified by its forum and IRC channels. Here I relate my personal experiences with Puppy Linux over the course of approximately one year.
The sad thing is that Mark has created more interest in Puppy through this article, then I could through being positive. I resign as Puppy publicity officer (and official cructacean) and offer him the post . . .
I hated Puppy Linux the first time I saw it on my screen. Well, why was it on my screen in the fist place, you may very reasonably ask? The time was early 2005, and I had been spending some of my spare time searching out and testing small Linux distros for use on older computers. Where I live in Switzerland, there are numerous home users (including many of my friends and neighbours) still running Windows 98 on modest hardware, and finding a Linux distro that they could easily convert to seemed like a worthwhile use of the aforementioned spare time. Also, I had recently become acquainted with Knoppix, which had impressed me with the power and potential of live CDs. I had also already tried Damn Small Linux (DSL), which (in spite of its appallingly naff name) had been interestingly usable on my already-ancient Toshiba portable from the mid-1990's, although it would only run in live mode on that machine, and simply refused to install at all.
I too was an avid user of Knoppix, turning it from a live CD into a full Debian hard drive install. I regularly test out and download other distros. Puppy used to be very plain. It was also one of the few distros that seemed radically different in how it worked. Puppys potential seemed in place. I regularly went to the Puppy community and web pages to learn about other distros I was downloading and for general Linux information.
The Puppy community were the most helpful to new users and that is still the case. Puppy was function above form. The substance worked. It seemed to have working software at a time when Linux distros included unfinished or not working software. It was developed as a working Linux, running fast in Ram. That suited me because I knew window dressing is the minor part of Linux and the bulk of Vista. Is the core working?
Puppy was designed to be an English only distro, so language and keyboard support is a bonus. Language support has been applied and we now have Puppy derivatives such as Hacao Puppy with tens of thousands of Vietnamese users and Chinese, French, Italian and other languages being supported with specialised derivatives. The main Puppy forum hosted by John Murga, supports a variety of languages.
So when I looked back through the distro release announcements on DistroWatch and observed that Puppy 0.9.7 was less than 60 MB to download, I didn't have to think very hard about giving it a try. Naturally, I was expecting it to be something like DSL. I was totally disappointed. The display was stuck at a clunky-looking and somewhat flickery 800x600 (even though my display would do 1280x1024), and there seemed to be no way to get onto the net without using a dial-up modem. To clinch matters, there was a freaking SEAGULL on my desktop! If the seagull hadn't clinched things already (and pretty much everyone who's ever lived by the sea knows what I'm talking about
, things were made even worse by the fact that after I removed the Puppy CD and rebooted, there was a file called PUP001 that had been written to my hard disk's first partition entirely without my permission. I promptly tossed the Puppy CD into the round file and resolved never to allow any kind of Puppy near my beloved computers ever again.
It takes more than a seagull to keep me from the sea. When I started using Puppy, vesa was the norm. It now also supports xorg. For about three months I would occasionally try Puppy and think 'This would be good but the scrolling is too slow'. Luckily a comment from the forum ('simple forum' at the time) helped and Puppy sped up. So it was working. Could I put up with Dillo though; the very fast but archaic browser? Maybe.
Well, it turns out that even the strongest resolutions don't always stand up well against everyday human curiosity. Fast-forward the clock ahead to early 2006. It was now about a year since I had first tried Puppy. It was a new calendar year and I was inclined to forgive and forget, especially since Puppy's version number had passed the magical milestone of 1.0 in the meantime. The release announcement promised that 1.08 was full of new stuff, and besides that there didn't seem to have been any fun new live CDs released in the past couple of weeks, so what hardcore distro junkie could resist? So I downloaded the ISO and burned that fateful CD.
I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised. Well, that's an understatement. I was impressed. And even that's an understatement. I was delighted to see how far Puppy had come during the course of the year for which I had left it entirely out of consideration. The new live CD booted smoothly and ran quickly. After answering a few start-up questions about mouse and keyboard, the system was up and running. There was a simple wizard interface to set up the network, and another to set the desktop resolution to 1024x768, correct for the machine I was using. There was also quite a useful choice of software available in the menus. The window manager and general graphical design were still pretty basic and really quite ugly (and that blasted seagull was still lurking around somewhere!), but looking beyond that to the actual functionality of the system gave me a strong sense that Puppy had entered onto an interesting trajectory that could, in time, make it a really important and useful distro.
An innovative new Puppy is released every 6-8 weeks. This can only happen because of the intrinsic simplicity of the 'designed from scratch' development used by Barry Kauler, assisted by a growing team of Puppy developers. EZpup is a Puppy enhancement that adds XP, Vista and other themes that are familiar and attractive. Mark Ulrich's background changer allows the Seagull and other backgrounds to be easily changed. Pizzapup and Grafpup (now a separate distro) were the first puplets or Puppy derivatives that focussed on good looks. Some of our intrepid Puppys (Puppy users) have got compiz fusion (Beryl) and Matisse 3D environments running and we support Enlightenment and KDE too. In fact Puppy is now gorgeous. The community edition Viz used transparent glass icons and a clean IceWm layout.
When this Puppy started up, it brought up a web page in a modest browser, namely Dillo (sadly now deceased, and deeply missed by many small and light distros). The page contained a selection of links that directed the user to the Puppy home page (informative), the project's documentation Wiki (thin), and the main user forum for Puppy. Now, I had always tended to stay away from forums of all kinds because of the high levels of flaming and social ignorance that they often contain. But, what the hang, I had already broken a resolution by just booting the CD. So over to the forum I went. I lurked for a few days while I picked up useful tips and tricks on how to get the best results from Puppy. At the same time, I was experimenting with a new capability that had appeared in Puppy 1.08, which was the ability to use a multi-session CD and have the session saved back to the live CD in place of needing to save to a hard disk or a USB key. Neat as the multi-session CD idea was, there turned out to be several complications in getting it to work properly, so I registered on the forum and began asking my questions. The responses I received were generally very helpful and so I persisted (although I never actually did get the multi-session CD to work until after Puppy 2.0 came out).
I was the first person (after Barry created it) to try the multi-session. It was an amazing concept. Very useful. Run from CD and save data to CD. Very few distros can do that. On this very first test on different sides of the globe with different equipment, the principle worked and has been honed ever since.
The forum is helpful and is paid for and hosted by John Murga who also develops MurgaLua which is in both Puppy and Damn Small Linux.
As I hung about in the forum learning the quirks and strengths of Puppy, I began to notice that many of the questions being posted by other Puppy newbies were about things to which I knew the answers, so I began getting involved with helping others to get better results from their Puppies. I saw this as giving back to the community a fair share of some of the help that I had already received. Besides, the more I used Puppy, the more I came to appreciate its almost unique mix of small size, efficient use of resources, compatibility with a wide range of hardware, and genuinely useful range of built-in applications, and the more I became an enthusiast and a dedicated supporter of the Puppy project.
Yes indeed. That is the experience of many of us. I never thought of myself as a Puppy expert but realised that by helping out on the wiki I would learn. Now I have my own 'Linux Tmxxine' Puppy derivative.
So when Barry announced that he was beginning work on a redesigned Puppy, to be designated as Puppy 2.0 and based on the 2.6 kernel series, I eagerly joined the alpha testing programme, downloading and trying out each new alpha as it was released. The pace of development was exciting, with a new alpha being released almost every week or so. The mood in the forum was intense and highly competitive. Every participant wanted to be the first to get their test reports in, and to be the one to flush out the most bugs, especially because the earliest test reports were the most likely to be the ones to be acted upon. If you waited 24 hours to download and run an alpha of Puppy 2.0 you may as well not have bothered, someone else would already have been there ahead of you.
Like Puppy we run fast and frisky. Many people still run Puppy 1.08r1 and Puppy1.09CE because of inherent stability and simplicity. Puppy was at its peak when Barry more or less rewrote and implemented Puppy in a new way, giving the community wider hardware support and even more included software
Finally, after what seemed like an age, but was, in reality, only a few weeks of test programme, Barry released Puppy 2.0. It was fantastic. Here was a 60 MB ISO image that could be downloaded in a few minutes, burned to a CD in a few more, and booted up and running in another five minutes after that. There were wizards to set up Ethernet, wireless, sound, printing, and so on, and they all worked pretty well. The running system could be installed to the hard disk or a USB key, or you could simply run from the live CD and when you chose to shut the system down, it would ask you whether you wanted to save the settings to a save file on the hard disk, a USB key, or even the CD itself (if you had burned the CD as multi-session). While the system was running, it fitted entirely into memory, so long as the machine it was running on had at least 128 MB of RAM. This meant that the newest Puppy ran respectably quickly as a live CD on systems that would have struggled to run heavier distros, even if they had been installed on the hard disk.
It is all about the distro. The rest is fluff.
By now I was thoroughly convinced of the potential for Puppy to be a near-universal solution for revitalising numerous computers that had become too old and too slow to be able to run either "redmondware", or even the majority of other Linux distros. I had become an enthusiastic advocate of Puppy, deliberately promoting Puppy to other Linux users, to my everyday acquaintances, and to the DistroWatch readership. For example, I was one of the first to nominate Puppy for the monthly DistroWatch award, which was eventually given to Barry in late 2006.
Well done and well deserved. Barry promptly spent the money on new testing hardware and offering to support some of our mirror providers and site hosters. Barry does not seem to have much money and yet continually pours time and resources into Puppy.
During this phase I had developed, thanks to the intensive alpha testing phases, quite a lot of experience in making Puppy run on a variety of hardware. I had even managed to make it run on a 133 MHz Pentium with 40 MB RAM, which was not as simple a task as one could have hoped, and which involved a certain amount of preliminary trickery with Smart Boot Manager and a TOMSRTBT floppy! By this stage, instead of mainly asking my own questions, I was mainly answering questions in the forum, especially those related to getting Puppy to boot, run, and install. And here is where I committed my first major mistake.
It all started innocently enough. A new user on the forum posted a question about booting Puppy, saying that the boot was hanging at the message "looking for puppy on hdc...." When I first saw the thread, one of the forum moderators had already replied, saying that the D was probably a bad burn, and they should burn a fresh one and try again. However, I knew better, being quite familiar with that message from one of my own testbed machines. So I replied as well, saying that in cases like this, it was worth trying booting with "ide=nodma" to turn DMA access off. This did actually turn out to be the solution to the problem, so at first I was filled with that pleasant feeling that one gets when one has been able to help someone else by leveraging one's own store of experience, at very little cost to oneself. I was so wrong.
No I think you were right.
That is what many of us do. The community includes an incredible diversity of experience and information. Puppy deserves far wider support. It grows so rapidly in terms of the code. A problem with the forum or an inability to get a Swiss keyboard working immediately is solvable. Use the forum you started, if you feel John's has problems.
With hindsight, I realise that I should have expected what followed, but hindsight wasn't available to me at the time. Shortly after this episode, my posts began vanishing from the forum. I would post a reply to a thread, see it in the thread, and a few minutes or hours later it would be gone. Posts to inquire if there was anything wrong with the forum were met by responses that said "the posts don't always go through if you make a mistake while sending them, or if you refresh the page too soon, etc, etc." It isn't only the private detectives among my readership who have already deduced that these explanations were coming from the same moderator with whom I had had the temerity to disagree on a technical matter. When I complained to the forum owner about my posts being randomly deleted, he asked me to show him proof. Which I couldn't easily do, since a vanished post doesn't look like much! I did begin quietly asking around among other forum users, and was even more dismayed to discover that I was not the only victim, and that several other people were having their posts silently deleted.
So become a moderator and help out. I am sure some of my posts have gone missing. Reasons are from my mistakes (using preview and forgetting to submit), postings being moved by Flash to try and ensure threads are in the right place (that can be disconcerting). I am a forum moderator myself for two or three forums but have very few powers. If I asked for more I would probably get them. It would mean more work. The current situation of being a moderator and doing nothing is easy enough even for a lazy lobster. The new 'spam catching' coded by John Murga seems to be working BUT it might be deleting peoples posts. I really hope not. John Murga has kept a very open door but that means the potential for abuse is open too. It is even possible that either John Murga or Flash are dedicated to restricting your helpful posts because they want only their helpful posts to be seen. That is possible. Not likely. The reason this forum is so good compared to others, is because of the hard efforts behind the scenes of John Murga and Flash.
The records show how much cheerleading I did for Puppy, and the positive results for the project. In October 2006, Barry received an award from DistroWatch, which he used to support the various hosting efforts being managed by himself and others in the Puppy community.
Well overdue and much appreciated award. I too nominated for the award.
Around this time, under the huge load caused by numerous newcomers interested in Puppy, the Puppy forum began to go down (or, more frequently, simply slow down so far as to time out on every request) almost routinely. There was no unified strategy that the community chose to implement. Different groups reacted differently. Barry himself stopped visiting the main forum and set up his own forum, for Puppy developers only. Astonished as I was at this turn of events, I suggested that Puppy, like many other popular distros, should have its own forum at LinuxQuestions.org. Bary gave his agreement in principle, and so I went off and conducted the necessary negotiations with Jeremy at LQ.org. This included getting links to LQ.org from the Puppy site, as well as setting up several other Puppy regulars with special accounts at LQ.org. The main forum was eventually moved to a better server and the problems decreased in severity, but the LQ forum was an invaluable backup during the long phase during which Puppy had no effective forum of its own.
It wasn't the only backup forum. I had an emergency forum. Other forums appeared. We became overloaded and out of his own pocket, John Murga moved the server to a new host and we were OK again. About every 3 months I go to the LQ forum. It did not replace the Puppy forum, so clearly Johns forum is preferred by most people. Keeping a forum running and spam free is a full time job and I feel that both John and Flash have kept it open, tidy and spam free. It has proved a popular and useful resource. They deserve full credit for the success and usability we experience.
Barry continued making changes and enhancements to Puppy through all of these tribulations. Occasionally he asked for suggestions. I particularly asked for support of RTL818x wireless drivers, which were eventually included (although I never did get any of my Realtek wireless cards to work with Puppy, alas). Along with several others on the main forum, I also requested that the Swiss keyboard map should be built in to Puppy - the Swiss keymap is different from both the German and French keymaps - but this never happened. The only result of my request was that one of the forum moderators told me that I should edit my Xkbdlayout in xorg.conf. This rather missed my point. I didn't want only to use a Swiss keymap myself, I wanted to be able to distribute Puppy to my friends, neighbours, acquaintances, and business associates. They all use Swiss keyboards here in Switzerland, so without a Swiss keymap there was no point in me promoting Puppy to my potential Linux market.
Not everything can be done and prioritised. Any distro soaks up developers and offers of help. In fact from reading the forum it seems that you were given considerable, help and support. Could you be offered more? No doubt.
At this point, any reader is wondering something along the following lines: "Puppy has included some neat tools for remastering the live CD, why not just include a Swiss keymap file and build a new ISO for distributing in Switzerland?" Obviously, that was my first thought. And here is where my enthusiasm for Puppy took another blow. Once I considered distributing a remastered Puppy, the first step was to read carefully through the licence on Puppy. It was not a pleasant surprise to realise that Puppy was under a purely proprietary licence! It's easy to fall into the habit of considering the GPL to be a relatively unimportant part of a Linux distro's attributes, until the absence of the GPL stops one from distributing one's changes. Instead, in this case, I would have needed explicit written permission from Barry to distribute a remastered Puppy. I obviously wasn't the only one who felt restricted by the licence, because about this time there were a couple of other people agitating for Barry to open the licence, including Nathan Fisher, who distributes Grafpup, a derivative of Puppy. Barry did eventually announce on his developer blog (in response to a direct question from me) that he had changed the licence on his proprietary components to the LGPL. By the time that had happened, though, my relationship with Puppy had already taken a fatal turn.
In 2005 I asked for permission to use Puppy as the basis for Linux Tmxxine. It was granted. It is quite possible I was entitled to it anyway. I have no idea. Barry is wary of marketing and licensing politics. Internal community squabbles are something that he just does not care about. Too busy improving Puppy.
We have had people insist on source code and licensing clarity in a very unhelpful way and it is true we never much bother reading legal documents. I always thought LGPL stood for 'Let's Get Puppy Linux', which everyone should. Puppy is Free and Open Source. Nathan Fisher has replied to your misunderstanding at grafpup.com. Puppy code is written mainly by Barry but considerable portions are now written by others. I use Puppy and not Suse, Mandriva, Xandros and other commercialized Linux because of Puppys open and free nature.
What you are really saying is Barry is not a licensing expert. Barrys web site skills are also limited (though they have improved greatly). His code and good nature makes up for it.
Barry has provided a wealth of tools and support enabling others to build their own versions of Puppy. He is not a 'bread head'.
My posts, as well as those of others, were continuing to vanish, while the forum moderators (whose posts never vanished spontaneously, strangely enough) continued to deny all knowledge. A new thread in the forum was begun by someone with the title "Suggestions for Forum Improvement", and I posted a suggestion, with a note at the end asking anyone who saw my post to quote it before it vanished. The next thing, my post was moved to a different section of the forum, under "Totally Off-Topic Conversations"! Some other forum members complained in the original thread. Their posts were also re-filed as off topic. It got rapidly worse. I received a message from the forum owner, quoting my request that others quote my posts before they were deleted. He said "I don't know what you are trying to do" and issued me with a banning order. I would have thought it was obvious that I was trying to avoid having my posts vanish with no trace....
John Murga is deleting your posts? Threatening to ban you because you are reporting posts as missing? The motivation is? You are providing more helpful postings than him? He does not post much. Maybe he is just mean? After all his version of Puppy is called MeanPup. So it is possible. It is also possible that wires have crossed and something else is going on. Wouldn't it be great to find out what?
Well, I still kind of like Puppy the distro, but I no longer run Puppy at all. Linux isn't just about the distro. It's about the community that one learns from and shares with, it's the ability and freedom to take a distro as a base and change it for one's own needs. It's about being valuable and respected based on one's own contribution, not just sucking up to forum moderators, even when they are wrong. I'm still somewhat sad that all the fun and potential of Puppy was eventually flushed away by the sum total of the bad experiences. But the year I spent with Puppy not only taught me a little bit about Linux, but it taught me a lot about people, and it taught me that choosing a Linux distro is about a lot more than reading package lists.
We all have a lot more to learn. Puppy is a great distro. We have a great forum, with improvements always being possible. Is what you say true or representative? I am sure you have experienced posts being moved, I have - maybe some of them have even gone. I don't know. Let's find out. Maybe you give up too easy?
Anyway enjoy your new role as publicity officer . . .
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Firstly, I am going to be as open as possible in this comment as it is most likely my last and not because you wish to ban me but because I have decided not to continue paying ransom to these telecom/cable industries.
When I first came to this forum there was a sense of being. I like many felt included and like any other semi-normal person I wanted to help out any way I could just as I have always tried to do regardless of the facts. I asked for mod status |DENIED|, I thought maybe I was to new and had not built any trust.. As time went by I got along with everybody yadda yadda...
Time proved to be the key, people associated porn with my name on the wiki |LOBSTER|, my post were being edited |LOBSTER| and guess who got mod status before me and after the fact that this came to light ? |LOBSTER|. I also noticed that since I expressed some outrage that my post were being deliberately moved wherein others post who did'nt fit the topic as mine had did not seem to get priority like mine.. |FLASH| But, unlike lobster I do have some respect for flash whether or not he knew that, and that still stands. And time went by, and those who voiced themselves or did'nt agree with the status quo whether it regarded off-topic post or puppy related post did not seem to be making ground in order to gain mod status, remember first I wanted mod status to do my part but then my quest was to create a balance amongst the mods so that things could be on an even flow.
This is not detailed enough, but for those who frequent the forum for the past 2 yrs. know these things whether or not we look at it the same is a different matter. But, in my opinion you have openly supported censoring and blocking, so much that people do not have to be banned in the sense you speak of but that you ban them with your actions.
Like yourself, I am a critic of distrowatch I think it could do better, but to state that this was a concerted efforts amongst those who oppose your way or if this was in some way distrowatch's fault is plain ignorant and just like you and your mods to accuse without proof. This is not the first time and certainly will not be the last.
As for Mr. Kauler, it is clear that he is complicit with the practices you all impose upon this community. By doing nothing he is complicit. Though I do recognize he tries to stay out of these things. In fact, because of concerted efforts by the community we were able to move to the 2.6 kernel (which I regret), we were able to move the scripts in puppy more over to gpl/lgpl and we were able to help push puppy in what we all believe is the right direction. While ultimately this was his decision I'm sure the communities input helped. So for Barry to not have spoken up is really not normal for him, I would expect better from him.
Mr. J. Murga I've always been kind with you, but you are wrong and it is you who needs to apologize.
Heaven is on the way, until then let's get the truth out!
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 05:59
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klhrevolutionist wrote:
Firstly, I am going to be as open as possible in this comment as it is most likely my last and not because you wish to ban me but because I have decided not to continue paying ransom to these telecom/cable industries.
I've heard that before
klhrevolutionist wrote:
Mr. J. Murga I've always been kind with you, but you are wrong and it is you who needs to apologize.
As always there are several points of view around this ...
I feel I have been kind with you, I feel I have done my best to ensure you could express your views freely over the years, and I feel I have been fair.
I feel you have taken advantage of this, conspired and insulted.
Even if I did want to apologize about something it is not clear from your post what I should even be apologizing for ...
But it is good to know that as ever you are in possession of the truth, and that somehow I am wrong.
(Again, not sure about what - Although I AM SURE I am wrong about many things
So if you want to go ... Great, I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
I don't have the energy to play these games anymore.
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 07:37
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I just wanted to say thanks for the speed and the many improvements from Timeouts? etc.
Generally, it is always a pleasure to come here.
Was it just over a year ago that we came out of the Dark Ages
with the result that over 99% of the time the posting here is brilliant.
Keep up the good work.
I appreciate it, as no doubt do many of the silent majority.
I believe that diversity thrives here.
Some have wit, some be twits..I hide amongst the latter.
In the litter....ha! ha!
And we have adopted a few Boofheads as well.
Move on, I say to those who feel they are belittled.
You probably are not worthy.
Let go. We loves you all...but obviously not this week.
Barry in his palace in the outback shows what Aussies do best when they put their minds to it.
Just do the job mate.
While some mean spirited Galahs, and or parasites carry on and bemoan
that Puppy has now turned into " The Hound of the Baskervilles ", he keeps pluggng away.
That's why we won the Americas Cup from the Yanks.
And weren't we happy about that. Dangerous as underdogs we are.
And when we sank in half in 1995...after the initial shock......... we said
" She'll be right mate" ...because that's what Aussies do..get on with it.
" During a challenger trial race on March 5, an Australian boat suddenly split in half and disappeared below the water in less than two minutes, becoming the first yacht in America's Cup history to sink. Fortunately, all crew members were rescued. "
To all of those too numerous to name who have contributed to this
great project.....good on you.
One loose sprocket can abort the Rocket.
For a one man band, Barry plays a mean trumpet.
But when the whole band begins to play...Wow, that's some music fellas.
Still no matter the venue, it's always better playing to a receptive audience. Or one you can win over to listen to you.
I go from fixing Windows machines, often with the newest Puppies,
and just smile at the madness of MS.
And when I try some of the opposition releases I find nothing special to attract me. But competition is good.
It forces change, some good some not.
To me Puppy is something very, very special.
Barry reminds me of Professor Julius Sumner Miller.
He makes the drab interesting.
In finishing here is a quote from that nutty professor himself..
" To finish up, who better than the man himself, who gave this bold goal in the preface to a book of Q & A's, Millergrams which were taken from The Australian's questions. "
"The hope I have here is simply summed up: To stir your imagination, awaken your interest, arouse your curiosity, enliven your spirit - all with the purpose of bringing you to ask, as young Maxwell put it, "What's the go of it?" - or, as Kepler had it, "why things are as they are and not otherwise". Or, more simply in my own phrase, why is it so?"
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 07:57
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Some people think 'free speech' means that you get to be an enormous pain in the ass (self-editing here...) and everyone else has to deal with it.
With freedom comes responsibility. Use the latter or risk losing the former.
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 08:02
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cthisbear wrote:
Keep up the good work.
I appreciate it, as no doubt do many of the silent majority.
I believe that diversity thrives here.
Some have wit, some be twits..I hide amongst the latter.
In the litter....ha! ha!
And we have adopted a few Boofheads as well.
Move on, I say to those who feel they are belittled.
You probably are not worthy.
Let go. We loves you all...but obviously not this week.
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 08:34
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The silent majority wonders what all the fuss is about.
The silent majority hopes this fight doesn't kill the Puppy.
Only those without sin may cast the first stone.
If one has moderated a forum (I have) that one appreciates the efforts of moderators and can easily forgive almost anything.
Bottom line: Get a life.
I love my Puppy Linux.
Felicitations & Facilitations, Rev. John G. Derrickson
Wrote fast. Goofs happen. Tell me.
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 09:07
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JaDy wrote:
The silent majority hopes this fight doesn't kill the Puppy.
Well this member of the hitherto silent majority says "Not a chance'. Puppy is far bigger than a bit of a hissy fit between a couple of the community members.
PS. Sorry but I read maybe 10% of that big post up above. I hope I am not barking up a completely different tree to what it is on about. Either way, I sure as hell ain't going to read that whole thing. There's too much code to hack, and hopefully a future and a life to be had.
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 11:46
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To: Bugman, Jady, & Getnikar,
You three? I think you've summed it all up nicely and succinctly, and while doing so hit the nail on the head. Two thumbs up guys.
I particularly liked yours Bugman. LOL! How true!
My take? Life is just too dang short for all of this, Puppy is far too big, and there's just waaaaay too much fun out there to be had playing with Puppy Linux! Take it from me, a guy who's managed to live 3 years past his "expiration date". I credit that to #1: My grandchildren whom I love and adore, plus how active they keep me and, #2: All the fun I've had with Puppy and Linux in general.
Keep the faith John! "Yea, and this too shall pass."
Proud user of LXpup
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 23:12
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I did take the time to read the entire thread above and found it typical of many situations that occur because of unclear communication or assumptions. I'm sure we can all provide many examples where this has happened in the past and I'm sure it will continue to happen in the future.
For many years I ran a node on FidoNet (3:640/712), they had a very good saying "One should not be excessively annoying and one should not be easily annoyed".
Puppy is a great distro. It is by far the best operating system I have ever used when considering size, functionality and simplicity. There are many great systems, I just like puppy best. My poor burner has suffered from the many copies I have distrubuted.
To Barry and all that have contributed, thanks and keep up the excellent work.
It has been mentioned before but life is too short and you are a long time dead. There is no point arguing over opinions, no body ever wins.
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Posted: Fri 29 Jun 2007, 23:36
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John, it looks like you have more friends than you knew. Don't lose sleep because some grouch says something bad about this forum, or Puppy, or you. For one thing, I doubt that many of the people this forum caters to will ever read it. And even if they do, most of them will make up their own minds. Who they gonna believe, him or their two lying eyes?
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Posted: Sat 30 Jun 2007, 00:53
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And what does Barry think about all this?
Changing the subject totally, those who lurk on the Puppy Forum and/or read Distrowatch Weekly News, will know of some recent controversy. Getnikar summed it up nicely (in this thread http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=19393):
"Puppy is far bigger than a bit of a hissy fit between a couple of the community members"
Regarding John Murga, my experience is that he has his head firmly on his shoulders, a solid, reliable bloke. John has paid for and maintained the forum, which gives a strong indication of the kind of person he is. He is also extremely busy with his own business. I imagine right now he's pretty cheesed off with all the crap from various individuals.
30 June 2007
Now you know
. . . require more controversy?
Good news - a new test of Puppy Dancer (2.17) - not even Alpha but many interesting things - this Sunday 1 July 2007
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Posted: Sat 30 Jun 2007, 01:16
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Thanks Barry, John and Flash. You guys are suberb - we couldn't ask for more!
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Chapel Hill, N.C. (Oct. 21, 2004) - The East Tennessee State men's tennis team completed day one of the Wilson-ITA Mideast Region Championships today in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Senior Federico Ochoa (Manizales, Columbia) took the first win of the tournament for the Bucs. He faced Winthrop's Alejandro Portugal in the first qualifying round and defeated him in three sets 7-5, 5-7, 6-4.
In the second round, Ochoa met Peter Shults of Duke in the second round, but was eliminated in a hard fought 6-2, 6-0 loss.
In doubles, Oscar Posada (Valencia, Venezuela) and Felix Insaurralde (Asunci�n, Paraguay) took on Davidson's Russ Burns and Donald Miles, but were defeated in an 8-6 decision.
Though the pair was eliminated in doubles, the two will also compete for ETSU in the singles main draw in which, Posada has been seeded No. 13.
The Bucs continue action tomorrow as they begin day two of the Wilson-ITA Mideast Region Championships at 8:00 a.m.


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From my daughter's materials I see that the SAT score difference is nearly 100 points, isn't it? That's pretty big. And UF has a much bigger pool of students at the top (national merit scholars), which gives it more national prestige. I think that there are major differences in national reputation. For example, UF is an AAU member with a university president with a national reputation. FSU has a former football player and state politician hardly known outside of Tallahassee as president. Look at US News and NRC reputation rankings based on reputation score. UF does substantially better in almost every program than FSU. Also, visit their web sites. UF promotes itself as a serious research university. FSU promotes itself as a sports school in a state capitol that has some research. I see a big difference, to the extent you might be buying the prestige of the university, which should be a factor in deciding where to go to school. Perhaps I am introducing some privincial bias. But I did attend FSU and I am from S. Florida. UF is clearly the top choice for most of the top HS students in S. Florida. Most of my daughter's HS classmates are going to FSU becuase they did not get into UF. Everyone she knows who got into UF is going -- save a few mmusic types and some misguided kids with parents who are FSU boosters. Unfortunately, at present FSU is seen as the party school alternative to UF, for those who did not get in. The law schools are much more even, but there is no real competition between the universities if we are talking about undergraduate or graduate programs more generally -- UF beats FSU in almost every area (music and performing arts the exception).
FSU isn't considered an overall weak university. Their average incoming GPA for college freshmen is a 3.8. UF's is a 3.9. The SAT/ACT scores are almost the same(Uf has a very slight edge). Speaking as someone who works in graduate admissions in FL,I can say that FL ad-coms consider these two schools to be the strongest in the state.However,that's FL. The rest of the nation,except for maybe parts of the SE,doesn't give a damn about either school.Neither of them will help you get a job in NY. You're better off going to a 4th tier in NYC. Neither school has any pull outside the SE.
The one area where I think it will still take quite a bit of time for FSU to catch UF is in its alumni network. Rankings may flip-flop, but I think it will take more than 5 more years for the good ole boy network of the south to be affected by the change, IMHO.


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Miranda Lambert, Green Day Lead Singer Teaming for Phil Everly Tribute at 2014 Grammys
The Grammys are known for out-there musical match-ups, but who could have seen this coming? Miranda Lambert will join Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day, on stage for a tribute to Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers at the 2014 awards on Sunday.
During a special In Memoriam segment, country's own Lambert will join rocker Armstrong for a performance to honor the late Everly, who passed away on Jan. 3, just before his 75th birthday. Reports say the two will perform 'When Will I Be Loved' by the Everly Brothers.
"It's really cool to perform this song," Lambert admits (quote via Examiner). "I've been doing the Linda Rondstadt version of 'When Will I Be Loved' for a long time."
Now she's in a whole different ball game as she tries to perform the original version of the song with a rock legend.
"Doing the original version is really cool. To do with with Billie Joe Armstrong I've never really [performed] with someone from a totally different genre," she adds. "We were listening to Billie Joe and Norah [Jones] on the way here, and his voice sounds so amazing on this kind of music. We're so excited about this collaboration. We've been texting. I think it's gonna be really cool."
Lambert doesn't just have a unique performance lined up — she's also up for a few 2014 Grammy awards. The star is up for Best Country Song, but is also racing against hubby Blake Shelton in the Best Country Solo Performance category, both for her No. 1 single, 'Mama's Broken Heart.'
And she couldn't be happier.
"I'm so thrilled to have a Grammy nomination with such a great song," she reveals. "'Mama's Broken Heart' is one of my favorite songs I have recorded."
See Lambert's performance with Armstrong at the 2014 Grammys on Jan. 26 on CBS at 8PM ET.


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New Country Music Releases – April 2012
The new country music releases for April 2012 begin with a new album from Rascal Flatts, who will put out 'Changed' just two days after the ACM Awards on April 1. Their new song 'Banjo' is almost a Top 10 hit, and the trio has said the remaining songs are amongst the best of their career. It is sure to be a great summer on the band's American Band Tour.
Albums packaging Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash songs are also due in April 2012, as is a new project from Texas country hitmakers the Josh Abbott Band. 'Small Town Family Dream' will follow up 2010′s 'She's Like Texas,' which put multiple hits on the Texas music charts.
Finally, the April 2012 New Country Music Releases list wraps with newcomers Kip Moore and Lee Brice, who will drop albums on the same day. The men represent the future of country music. Brice's song 'Woman Like You' is one of the hottest country songs on the radio. It took years for his debut album to finally hit stores. Thankfully, fans don't have to wait as long to hear what he's been working on since he recording writing 'Love Like Crazy' the album.
New Country Music Releases April 2012:
April 2
'An Evening With … Dolly'
April 3
Rascal Flatts, 'Changed'
Johnny Cash, 'Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth'
April 24
Josh Abbott Band, 'Small Town Family Dream'
Kip Moore, 'Up All Night'
Lee Brice, 'Hard 2 Love'
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Overall Restaurant – Rating: 4 ½ out of 5 – If you search Sweet Life Patisserie (755 Monroe Street, 97402) on Google, you'll find an average rating of 4 ½ stars with 386 reviews. For the most part, I agree. I love the place and its atmosphere. I make a trip to Sweet Life with my friends almost once a month. Yes, I have a HUGE sweet tooth; I've probably been there at least 15 times since I've lived in Eugene. It's a great place to chill with friends. I can't exactly give the place 5 stars because I've had more fail desserts than winners. They have so many desserts and treats to choose from, it's hard to figure out which one to choose. After going there so many times, I've learned that there are definitely some desserts you should just avoid ordering.
What I've tried:
Mixed berry smoothie – Rating: 2/5 – It tasted like a margarita without the alcohol. Okay, so a virgin mixed berry smoothie/margarita should be decent, right? Nope. It tasted like watered down fruit juice with an off-after taste.
Raspberry cremosa – Rating: 4/5 – Loved the cremosa and the raspberry taste, but I'd avoid sweet drinks with sweet desserts. It's a sweetness overload! Stick with water or milk.
Lemon bar – Rating: 5/5 – If you like lemon bars (love it or hate it type of dessert), then this is a good lemon bar to try. The tart taste of the lemon bar is very well- balanced with a good amount of confectioner's sugar. Yum.
Pumpkin cookie with frosting – Rating: 3/5 – Pumpkin desserts are kind of iffy to me. The pumpkin cookie was slightly too sweet and had a tad bit of nutmeg spice.
Red velvet cupcake – Rating: 2/5 – I read this article discussing the necessities of an authentic red velvet cake and the red velvet cupcake at Sweet Life didn't seem to have any of the listed components, besides being red. The frosting was definitely not cream cheese.
Strawberries-topped cheesecake – Rating: 4/5 – Rich, a tad bit heavy but the strawberry topping balances the richness of the cheesecake.
Chocolate cream pie – Rating: 1/5 – No, don't do it. What happened? The chocolate custard was way bitter, but had no taste of chocolate. It tasted more like cheap coffee ground. I am a chocoholic, but the chocolate custard just did not taste like chocolate. I was thoroughly disappointed. I took three bites hoping it'd start to taste better, but just ended up taking home the majority of the slice hoping to fix it somehow.
Tiramisu – Rating: 2/5 – Their Tiramisu tastes funny. I've had better Tiramisu from Fred Meyer's, Safeway or even Cash N' Carry's frozen cake.
Cream cheese brownie – Rating: 5/5 – Oh my gosh, yum. My go-to dessert. So rich and so decadent. It totally satisfies my sweet tooth. My friends had theirs heated to make it even better. Warm or not, the brownie is delicious either way!
Brownie sundae – Rating: 5/5 – I saved the best for last. I've been to Sweet Life so many times, but once I discovered this dessert, I have not been able to try anything else. You can create your own brownie sundae by picking your choice of brownie and topping it with your choice of gelato. My favorite all-time combination: cream cheese brownie topped with dark Venezuelan chocolate. The turtle brownie topped with Tahitian vanilla gelato is amazing too. Describing this makes me want some right now. Yum!
Overall, Sweet Life is a great place to go to satisfy your sweet tooth, but be aware that not everything they offer will do the trick!
Check out Sweet Life Patisserie's website for their menu and other information: http://www.sweetlifedesserts.com/
Here is urbanspoon's reviews of Sweet Life:
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WYCUP Winners Tout Program's Value and Influence
There's Still Time to Register for the 2009 WOCCU Program
April 14, 2009
MADISON, Wis.-Alison Carr worked for Point West Credit Union in Portland, Ore., U.S.A., when she was nominated for World Council of Credit Unions' WOCCU Young Credit Union People (WYCUP) Scholarship Program in 2006. Being named a winner at first was a surprise to Carr, but no more so than the benefits she realized from receiving one of WOCCU's top honors.
"I wasn't listening when my name was first called, but the resulting experience has dramatically changed my life," said Carr, who now serves as director of learning events for CUNA & Affiliates' Center for Professional Development. "Winning the award was highly emotional for me, and the advantages I've gained in career development have been enormously beneficial."
The WYCUP Program, open to credit union professionals age 35 and under, is still accepting nominations for the 2009 program. Recipients will be recognized at WOCCU's World Credit Union Conference, July 26-29, in Barcelona, Spain. Nominations will be accepted through Monday, June 15, from credit unions and credit union groups affiliated with WOCCU member organizations. (See www.woccu.org/members for a list of WOCCU members.)
WOCCU is committed to ensuring the future sustainability of the international credit union system by recognizing and promoting its next generation of leaders. The WYCUP Program is open to individuals who have already made significant contributions to the development of their own credit unions, regional or national credit union systems and have demonstrated the potential to employ their unique talents at the international level.
"The WYCUP honor has provided confirmation of my beliefs in the cooperative movement and increased my commitment to my job and to the credit union system," said 2008 winner Rachel Milan, director of marketing and community investment for Teachers Credit Union, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. "I have become more confident in my work, which fuels my desire to help our credit union grow during these difficult times."
To be eligible for the scholarship, nominees must: 1) be sponsored by their credit union or credit union organization to attend WOCCU's 2009 World Credit Union Conference in Barcelona in July (www.woccu.org/Barcelona09); 2) be 35 years of age or younger on January 1, 2009; and 3) submit a completed nomination form with all necessary supporting materials to WOCCU no later than June 15.
"Winning on the actual day was such a huge buzz," said 2008 winner Nicholas May, IT operational manager at Community CPS Australia Ltd. in Adelaide. "I feel a new confidence within myself, have built a new network with credit union professionals from other countries, and I'm forging a real bond with credit unions in my own country."
WOCCU will award the WYCUP scholarship, which consists of an all-expense-paid trip to the 2010 World Credit Union Conference, to five recipients at the 2009 conference in Barcelona. All WYCUP nominees, regardless of award status, will be formally recognized in Barcelona and invited to take part in events organized specifically for participants age 35 and under, including a special networking session. Conference registrants in this age group also qualify for a discounted registration fee regardless of whether or not they compete for the scholarship.
"If you're passionate about the contribution you make to the credit union movement, you'll find WYCUP a wonderful experience," Carr said. "You quickly realize we're all unified in the challenges we face. I really appreciate WOCCU's commitment to continue making this opportunity possible."
For more information on the WYCUP Scholarship program and to download a nomination form, visit the WOCCU Website at www.woccu.org/wycup.
Contact Liliana Tangwall, email@example.com, or (608) 395-2043, if you need additional information.
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Larry Dean Robertson, 61, passed away Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013 at his home.
Larry Dean Robertson, 61, passed away Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013 at his home. Visitation with family present will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Kirby-Morris Funeral Home. Celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Family Worship Center in El Dorado. Burial will follow at Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
Larry was born April 7, 1952 in El Dorado, the son of Rollin and Dorothy (Tatum) Robertson. He attended El Dorado schools graduating with the class of 1971. He was united in marriage to Mary E. Williams on Aug. 25, 1978 in El Dorado; she passed away Aug. 25, 1995. Larry was a vehicle maintenance supervisor at the El Dorado Correction Facility. He loved to spend time with his grandson Rollin. Larry also spend time doing bike club events, dock-dogs, hunt, fish and work in his garden.
Survivors include daughter, Mallory (Darrell) Marshall of Colwich; sister, Karen Robertson of Wichita; and grandson, Rollin Robertson. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A memorial has been established with the Park Avenue Baptist Church in El Dorado. Condolences to www.kirbymorrisfuneralhome.com.


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Located in Chiba/Japan the amazing Villa SSK by Takeshi Hirobe Architects is designed in the geometric form of a hexagon (also referred to as a heptagon), a mathematical 7 sided construction. 2 levels are built within the center of the large hexagonal shell, overlooking the coastal waters at the end of its plot. The significant outer walls of the building rise and widen upwards and out, creating a shape that associates with a diamond. Wooden panels and beams create the segmented curvature of the wall and roof planes while glass facades cap the north and south elevations oriented
towards the ocean and mountain views. a home that appears to change and contort with every viewing angle. Takeshi Hirobe Architects have truly created something special with Villa SSK.
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On a gray and rainy day, twenty minutes from Oslo's city center, the walls of the world championship Superpipe glowed in the mist. The stage was set to perfection. Mist and rain might not sound like ideal conditions, but it makes for a great pipe contest, as the moisture makes the snow run even faster, allowing for epic amplitude.
Besides a primo pipe, fast snow, and a solid field of riders (notable absence: a certain ginger ninja) the most progressive aspect in Oslo is the scoring system. Judges score runs on a trick-by-trick basis, with the four best hits counting, for a maximum of 60 points, then award up to 40 more points for an overall flow score. 'Flow' being an overall impression based upon technical difficulty, execution and amplitude. During the action replay, the screen flashes the trick name and score for each hit, as well as how it matches up against tricks done on that part of the wall by other riders. Throw in some super slo-mo and you've got a super slick TV production, a transparent judging format and less hating on the judges (maybe).
The ladies kicked things off, and once again Kelly Clark took control from the start, nailing a run with the extra amplitude and technicality that has allowed her to dominate the discipline for so long. But, the gap is closing and it's no longer the formality it used to be. In second, the tiny Spaniard Queralt Castellet pulled a solid backside 900 and wrapped up with a frontside 1080 that was bigger than her first hit – props. Gretchen Bleiler pulled together a run that included a rare Frontside 900 to Backside 900 combo to finish up in third.
For the men speculation about who would end up on the top spot had been rife all week long. The balance between technical difficulty and amplitude is a tricky one, and it's pretty frustrating to watch. For example, one of Frederik Austbo's insanely high and stylish frontside alley-oops was scored lower than a head-high, hip wiggling, no-grab 1080. And that was a frequent occurrence. But the main subject for discussion: did Iouri "Ipod" Podladtchikov get robbed by Louie Vito at the last Dew Tour, and would his greater amplitude be enough to outgun Louie's quadruple double combo this time around?
The first round saw all riders coming out all guns blazing, and combined with the super fast snow it made for some intense runs… and slams. That was until Ipod arrived and threw down his A-game run. His run consisted of a double Mctwist 1260 to frontside double cork 1080 to double cork Cab 1080 to frontside 1080. Boom. With his long wavy hair and aristocratic facial hair, Ipod might look like d'Artagnan, but there's nothing cavalier about his halfpipe riding. Afterwards, Ipod joked: "It's pretty much as much spinning as I can do"
Matt Ladley ended up in second place, and hot damn does he go huge. His first hit frontside 1260 was ballistic, and where most would start big and gradually get smaller, Ladley just kept going higher. His Haakon flip on the last hit was something else. Going that much bigger with a relatively small rotation and great style sure is enjoyable to watch in a discipline that's becoming increasingly filled with rapidly gyrating whirlybirds.
Louie Vito got third and judging by the "Hi Hater" scrawled on the palm of his mitt, some of the judging gossip has been getting back to the Tiny Dancer, however it didn't stop him from throwing down a clean second run with enough style and amplitude to silence the critics. That run consisted of a double crippler, a sick double backside Rodeo 900, Frontside 1080 double to cab 1080 double. But, it wasn't the cleanest or biggest run of the day, and Louie knew it.
Ipod's winning run.
Kelly's winning run.
1. Iouri Podladtchikov 90.8
2. Matt Ladley 87.6
3. Louie Vito 86.9
4. Taku Hiraoka 86.3
5. Nathan Johnstone 85.8
6. Christian Haller 82.4
7. Ryo Aono 80.3
8. Benji Farrow 77
9. Markus Malin 75
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1. Kelly Clark 86.6
2. Queralt Castellet 85.6
3. Gretchen Bleiler 82.9
4. Rebecca Sinclair 74.7
5. Cilka Sadar 74
6. Elena Hight 69.7
7. Ursina Haller 66
8. Soko Yamaoka 60.7
9. Nadja Purtschert 33.6
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At the end of the summer, I traveled to Haiti to spend a couple of weeks visiting projects with Heifer Haiti staff. For previous posts on my trip, see my page.
From the time he was a child and on into adulthood, Louis Desira walked to a river two kilometers away from his home in Maniche to get water for the day. The round-trip walk lasted at least an hour and a half, not counting the time it took to put the water into containers.
Now, thanks to Heifer's From the Ground Up project, Louis shares a water cistern with four other families, all of which are members of CODEDPE. The cistern is located at a church next door to Louis' house, which provides much easier access than the river two kilometers down the road.
Louis is a tailor, and a good one at that. He specializes in pants and dress shirts.
"Now I have more time to make clothes," said Louis, who has been a tailor for more than 40 years. "I don't have to stop making clothes to go get water."
When I asked Louis if that means he can make more clothes to sell, he quietly replied, "No, it allows me to make a better product and make my customers happier."
In addition to being more convenient, the cistern also provides access to cleaner water. According to a report from Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante, the New York University Law School's Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, "close to 70 percent of the entire (Haitian) population lacks direct access to potable water at all times" and "the problem is actually worsening..."
Although Heifer's is known for its expertise in livestock management, our projects extend even further than that to meet the specific needs of the community. In Haiti, that means Heifer's projects might address a community's lack of access to water in one way or another, as is the case with Louis in Maniche and also with Prosper Kunius and Telfort Monestinein Terrier-Rouge.
Prosper and Telfort are members of the Livestock Cooperative of Terrier-Rouge (KOET) near Ouanaminthe and the border with the Dominican Republic. In addition to receiving two bulls to improve the quality of their cattle, the cooperative received a water pump and a generator so the animals can have a consistent water source.
"Our members are very satisfied with the water pump," Telfort said. "It helps us keep all the cows alive because during the dry season, we would lose cows (before)."
Louis, Prosper and Telfort are just a few of the people working with Heifer to not only secure access to basic needs like food and water but also to lift themselves out of poverty. To learn more and to support Haitian families, please visit the web page for Heifer Haitis newest project, REACH.


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From the cloud to the ice, and beyond, the NHL and SAP are committed to revolutionizing the sport of ice hockey. With NHL.com/stats and endless possibilities of player / puck tracking, fans are being engaged like never before.
New York Giants
The New York Giants are an NFL team with four Super Bowl championships, most recently winning in 2011. On Giants gamedays at MetLife Stadium, fans venturing to the SAP Plaza have the chance to interact with Giants alumni and Paul Dottino of CBS New York as they break down the winning insights of the upcoming game.
New York Jets
The New York Jets are an NFL team that plays in the AFC East Division at MetLife Stadium. The Jets won Super Bowl III in 1969 and were founded in 1960 as the AFL's New York Titans. On Jets gamedays, fans in the SAP Plaza have the chance to interact with Jets alumni and Jeane Coakley of SNY as they break down the winning insights of the upcoming game.
San Jose Sharks
SAP helps the San Jose Sharks® organization run at its best by improving performance at the SAP Center and in the day-to-day operations of the organization.
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Women's Tennis Association
SAP tracks more than forehands and backhands on the WTA Tour. SAP works with the WTA on a global scale to collaborate on innovative technology and analytics solutions to enhance the sport of tennis for players, coaches, media and fans.
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- On the field – SAP is improving player preparation and performance through real-time, data insights
- In the stands – SAP is reinventing the fan experience at games, in stadiums, and across mobile devices, providing insights and engagement opportunities that bring them closer to their passion
- In the boardroom – SAP is simplifying back-office operations, enabling leagues and teams to become more profitable and successful