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Pastry chefs from New York and Pennsylvania face off for a chance at national acclaim
Three pastry chefs will go head-to-head in Verona next month to see who will win the title of American Culinary Federation Northeast Region Pastry Chef of the Year, sponsored by Plugrá European-Style Butter. The competition takes place at Turning Stone Resort Casino on March 18, during the 2013 ACF Northeast Regional Conference (March 17-20 in Verona). The winner will advance to the national competition in Las Vegas from July 21-25.
The ACF Pastry Chef of the Year award recognizes a pastry chef who displays a passion for the craft, has an accomplished reputation in the pastry field, and has helped educate others by sharing skills and knowledge. At the regional competition, chefs will prepare four portions of a hot/warm dessert. They will have 15 minutes to set up, 60 minutes to cook, 10 minutes to plate the dessert and 15 minutes to clean up. Judges will evaluate cooking skills, taste and professionalism. The winner is announced at the awards gala on March 20.
Here are the 2013 candidates:
Andrew Comey, CEPC, CMB, of Kerhonkson, is executive pastry chef at Diamond Mills Hotel, Saugerties, and his goal is to make the hotel's The Tavern at Diamond Mills a destination spot for Hudson Valley tourists. Comey graduated from The Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park) with an associate degree in culinary arts and started as a pastry chef at the Omni Parker House Hotel (Boston). In 1996, he moved to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, as executive pastry chef for Caneel Bay Resort. He was captain of U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Culinary Team, which competes against 18 Caribbean countries annually, and was filmed for PBS "Great Chefs of the Caribbean." In 2000, Comey returned to the U.S. as executive pastry chef at Mohonk Mountain House (New Paltz). He became a certified master baker in 2008. Comey is an ACF national member.
Tammy Lynn Fuchs, CEPC, of New Alexandria, Pa., is executive pastry chef at Rolling Rock Club, (Ligonier, Pa.), where she has worked since 1997. She oversees a staff of three and assists the executive chef with cost control and menu planning. Fuchs graduated from Westmoreland County Community College (WCCC) (New Kensington, Pa.), with an associate degree in baking and pastry arts. She has attended classes at The Culinary Institute of America and Carpigiani Gelato University (Winston-Salem, N.C.) Her work experience includes baking/pastry-arts instructor at WCCC and Christopher's Sweet Shop (Murrysville, Pa.), where she was the specialty and wedding cake decorator. Fuchs has won two bronze medals and one silver medal in ACF-sanctioned chapter competitions. In 2008, she received ACF Laurel Highlands Chapter's President's Award, and the chapter's Chef of the Year Award in 2010. She received the Alumni Award of Excellence from WCCC's alumni association in 2009 for outstanding career achievements.
Maria Iacovitti, CEPC, of Buffalo, is a pastry chef instructor at Erie Community College. She works with culinary students to produce baked goods for the school's cafeteria and restaurant. Iacovitti graduated from Niagara County Community College with an associate degree in culinary arts. She is working on a bachelor's degree in business management and economics from Empire State College. Iacovitti has 20 years of industry experience with 10 years specializing in education. Iacovitti's past work experience includes pastry instructor at NCCC and executive pastry chef at The Buffalo Club. In 2008, she helped develop the expansion of the pastry-arts program at NCCC. She has been an inspiration to many of her students, and helped culinary student Lisa Cook get an internship at Carlo's City Hall Bake Shop (Hoboken, N.J.), where TLC films "Cake Boss." Iacovitti is a member of ACF of Greater Buffalo New York.
Hundreds of chefs, foodservice professionals and students will attend this year's culinary conference in Verona. There will be educational seminars, culinary demos, networking and social functions, culinary competitions, meal events and more. For information, visit www.acfchefs.org/events or call 1-800-624-9458. Follow conference happenings on Twitter @ACFChefs or #ACFNE or on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ACFChefs.
National and regional sponsors of the 2013 ACF events series are: Alabama Gulf Seafood; Allen Brothers; American Roland Food Corp.; American Technical Publishers; Barry Callebaut; The Beef Checkoff; BelGioioso Cheese Inc.; Campbell Soup Company; Canada Cutlery Inc.; Central Region State Beef Councils; Clemens Food Group; Custom Culinary Inc.; Ecolab; Gordon Food Service; Idaho Potato Commission; Idaho Preferred; Irinox USA; Johnson & Wales University; JTM Food Group; Kentucky Beef Council; Lactalis Foodservice; Maines Paper & Food Service Inc.; McCormick For Chefs; MINOR'S; Mississippi Beef Council; Mississippi Seafood Marketing; NEWCHEF Fashion Inc.; North Carolina Beef Council; Plugrá European-Style Butter; PreGel AMERICA; R.L. Schreiber Inc.; RC Fine Foods; Riviana Foods; S&D Coffee; Sysco; Tennessee Beef Industry Council; Tyson Food Service; Unilever Food Solutions; Victorinox Swiss Army Inc.; Virginia Beef Industry Council; Vitamix Corporation; Winston Industries LLC; and Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.
The American Culinary Federation, Inc., established in 1929, is the premier professional organization for culinarians in North America. With more than 20,000 members spanning 200 chapters nationwide, ACF is the culinary leader in offering educational resources, training, apprenticeship and programmatic accreditation. In addition, ACF operates the most comprehensive certification program for chefs in the U.S., with the Certified Executive Chef, Certified Sous Chef and Certified Executive Pasty Chef designations - the only culinary credentials accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies. ACF is home to ACF Culinary Team USA, the official representative for the U.S. in major international culinary competitions, and to the Chef & Child Foundation, founded in 1989 to promote proper nutrition in children and to combat childhood obesity.
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Before I scare anyone away from udon, the link Stephanie includes below shows a MUCH easier way to make them.
single bento boy's link in this thread: http://www.justbento.com/forum/foodie-movies got me watching the movie "Udon"
Within minutes I started drooling and hankering after the kind of udon I'd eaten in Takamatsu.
I went back to a recipe I'd used before: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fg20010701rl.html - worth reading to get an idea on how the weather affects the amount of salt you should use
But I'm not convinced this describes the best way (I largely ignored everything this time and came out with my best tasting udon yet!)
One change was that I used 100% strong bread flour, not the mix suggested - but this was because I just didn't have any cake flour or regular all purpose flour. So I still haven't worked out yet what the optimum blend is for home made udon.
So far I've learned that the initial dough needs to be really 'dry'. I nearly managed it yesterday, but it wasn't quite dry enough (something that only becomes apparent when it sticks to the plastic bags or at the end when you try to separate the cut strands). I couldn't see how I could get the dough dry enough and then knead it by hand. Today I found a video that shows how it's done. So I tried making Udon again using this resource and I'm satisfied enough to want to share my findings here.
Taking my cue from that initial recipe, and bearing in mind that my family's tastes are for udon with a very firm 'koshi' bite:
1/2 kilo white bread flour (I suspect that incorporating a less glutinous flour, such as cake flour, will result in noodles with a softer texture - the Japan Times instructions about mid-gluten flour are probably a better way to start)
225 ml water (I used filtered water)
3 teaspoons salt (I prefer sea salt)
First stage:
Empty the flour into a large bowl. Dissolve the salt into the water and incorporate it into the flour. You should end up with a 'dry' dough that can barely hold itself together. If there is too much water, add more flour to compensate.
Form the dough into a ball by scooping the lot into a small plastic bag and pushing everything together inside it.
Second stage:
Place a mat or towel onto the floor, transfer the ball of dough into a large, clean, sturdy plastic bag (be sure there are no logos that will transfer ink onto the dough) and place it onto the mat. You can add another towel or mat onto the top of this.
In your bare or stockinged feet, press out the dough into a flat circle. Roll up the flattened dough and tread it out again. In the clip the dough is flattened and rolled up again a total of five times.
Third stage:
Remove the the trodden dough from the plastic and transfer it to the large bowl. Knead it for about a minute and form into a round ball (or two round balls). Put into a plastic bag and leave to rest for at least 10 minutes - I'd suggest an hour minimum.
Fourth stage:
This is the part where you tread out the dough ready for rolling. Put the dough ball back into the sturdy plastic cover and tread out as perfect a circle as you can. The clip shows you a good technique to doing this, but the circle you end up with will be smaller as less flour has been used. Please read the next part as you may want to make two circles at this stage.
Fifth stage:
Rolling out udon is very different to rolling any other pastry I've come across. You need to form a 'swiss roll' with the rolling pin in order to get the surface area of the dough to increase. The clip does an excellent job of showing how it's done. Just bear in mind that with a shorter 'Western' rolling pin it's easier if you only try rolling out a portion of the dough at a time, my tip is to aim for a rectangle rather than a square in order to get long noodles.
With the cutting - when folding the rolled dough be sure that each layer is generously dusted with flour so that it falls apart easily after cutting. Try to do this somewhere cool away from any heat sources - prising apart 'melted together' noodle strands individually is really tiresome!
As the rolled out dough has been folded to make the cutting easier, the main task now is to try and cut it at 90degree angles to the edges and folds of the dough and make the cuts uniform in their wideness. The sharper and bigger the knife, the easier it is. So far, I've never done this part with a wooden block (as the clip shows) and just used my eyes as a guide. My noodles are usually a bit 'kinky' but that's fine for now, eventually I hope to improve. Udon expands a little in boiling water, so don't make them too wide (perhaps half the width of your little finger, or less if your hands are large).
Separate the noodles into long strands and shake off any excess flour. Arrange them into piles for boiling.
Sixth stage:
Cooking - I don't know what the optimum water to noodle ratio is, but I do know that the noodles shouldn't be too crowded in the pot. Boil up a generous amount of water in a large pot, and if that pot isn't huge, put half the noodles into the boiling water. Gently stir once in a while so that the noodles don't stick to the bottom. Generally, they seem to take 13 to 14 minutes to cook, but do test them first to be sure they're ready.
Once done, transfer to a sieve/colander and run under cold water and rinse them thoroughly. This, apparently firms them up. You can serve them cold or put them into hot water or broth for at least ten seconds to warm them up again.
To serve:
There must be hundreds of ways to serve udon. However, as these are freshly made and therefore 'special' you might like to try them this way: Drop a drained portion (warm or cold) into an empty bowl, add some good quality soy sauce, a dribble of rice vinegar, some freshly sliced spring onion/scallion and perhaps some toasted sesame seeds.
I hope I've made it clear that I'm very much a novice when it comes to making udon. Despite the instructions being so long-winded the process isn't very hard and it's a lot of fun to do (I can't wait to be doing this with my own child). It would be wonderful to find out how other people make udon, I'd love to learn from others' experiences. Any comments on the techniques I've described would be very welcome.
1/2 kilo white bread flour (I suspect that incorporating a less glutinous flour, such as cake flour, will result in noodles with a softer texture - the Japan Times instructions about mid-gluten flour are probably a better way to start)
Using cake flour sounds interesting, I may try experimenting with whole wheat pastry flour (since that is the only type of flour I have) once I run out of packaged udon noodles. Thank you to you and Maki (http://www.justhungry.com/2006/01/imbb_22_kitsune.html) for inspiring me to make noodles, it has been a while
Using cake flour sounds interesting, I may try experimenting with whole wheat pastry flour (since that is the only type of flour I have) once I run out of packaged udon noodles. Thank you to you and Maki (http://www.justhungry.com/2006/01/imbb_22_kitsune.html) for inspiring me to make noodles, it has been a while
Cake flour has a low gluten content, so although the original recipe I used suggests using it if you can't get all purpose (mid gluten) flour, substituting it entirely with cake flour sounds like a lot of hard work to me, and will result, I suspect, in a very soft, unchewy noodle. Whole wheat pastry flour, also having a low gluten content, may be very difficult to work into noodles. I would be very sad if you got disheartened on your very first try.
I've made soba noodles before (I even hope to attend a class in Tokyo next month - http://www.edotokyosoba.com/kyoshitsu-fun.html ) and soba flour has little if any gluten. There are very special techniques involved to get the flour to form a dough and the resulting noodles are much less elastic. Nothing like udon at all.
Here's a clip showing how soba is made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsB9Vk6f1EY
Notice that the bowl is larger and much wider than the bowl used for udon. The liquid poured into the soba/buckwheat flour is hot, and the aim is to gradually tease the flour into coalescing into a dough, first by forming 'breadcrumbs' then by coaxing these into larger crumbs until, gradually, it all comes together. As you can see from the edges of the soba dough when it's being rolled out, the dough is very delicate and fractures easily. The gentleman in the clip is extremely skilled and makes it look very easy, but glutenless noodles are a real art!
If you do want to try making udon with whole wheat flour, perhaps you can combine it with high gluten bread flour in the 60% bread flour to 40% wholewheat flour ratio suggested by the Japan Times article. Much of the soba noodles available are made combining the non glutinous soba flour with glutinous wheat flour, it's just so much easier this way.
Fresh noodles in general are something I really enjoy, so I would have figured out something to make it work, but thank you.
The main reason I do not make noodles a whole lot is the mess. I know what a mess egg noddles can be, so I would think that would be the case for other noodles. And to be quite honest most times I do not want to be bothered and I just go for store bought, but it is a nice treat every so often.
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Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is surgery to remove the inside part of the prostate gland in order to treat an
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Alternative Names
TURP; Prostate resection - transurethral
The surgery takes about 1 hour.
You will be given medicine before surgery so you dont feel pain. You may get one of the following:
- General anesthesia: You are asleep and pain-free
- Spinal anesthesia: You are awake, but relaxed and pain-free
The surgeon will insert a scope through the tube that carries urine from your bladder out of the penis. This tube is called the urethra. A special cutting tool is placed through the scope. It is used to remove the inside part of your prostate gland using electricity.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
Your doctor may recommend this surgery if you have benign prostatic hyperplasia (
Prostate removal may be recommended if you have:
- Difficulty emptying your bladder
- Frequent
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- Bleeding from the prostate
Bladder stoneswith prostate enlargement
- Extremely slow urination
- Damage to the kidneys
Before you have surgery, your doctor will suggest you make changes in how you eat or drink. You may also be asked to try taking medicine. Your prostate may need to be removed if these steps do not help. TURP is one of the most common type of prostate surgery. Other procedures are also available.
Your doctor will consider the following when deciding on the type of surgery:
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Risks for any surgery are:
Blood clotsin the legs that may travel to the lungs Breathing problems
- Infection, including in the surgical wound, lungs (
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- Reactions to medications
Additional risks are:
- Problems with urine control
- Loss of sperm fertility
- Erection problems
- Passing the semen into the bladder instead of out through the urethra (
retrograde ejaculation) Urethral stricture(tightening of the urinary outlet from scar tissue)
- Transurethral resection (TUR) syndrome (water buildup during surgery)
- Damage to internal organs and structures
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You will have many visits with your doctor and tests before your surgery. Your visit will include:
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diabetes, high blood pressure, heart or lung problems, and other conditions
If you are a smoker, you should stop several weeks before the surgery. Your doctor or nurse can give you tips on how to do this.
Always tell your doctor or nurse what drugs, vitamins, and other supplements you are taking, even ones you bought without a prescription.
During the weeks before your surgery:
- You may be asked to stop taking medicines that can thin your blood, such as aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), vitamin E, clopidogrel (Plavix), warfarin (Coumadin), and others.
- Ask your doctor which drugs you should still take on the day of your surgery.
On the day of your surgery:
- Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before your surgery.
- Take the drugs your doctor told you to take with a small sip of water.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital.
After the Procedure
You will stay in the hospital for 1 to 3 days.
After surgery, you will have a small tube, called a
You will be able to go back to eating a normal diet right away.
You will need to stay in bed until the next morning. You will be asked to move around as much as possible after that point.
Your health care team will:
- Help you change positions in bed
- Teach you exercises to keep blood flowing
- Teach you how to perform coughing and deep breathing techniques. You should do these every 3 to 4 hours.
Tell you how to
care for yourselfafter your procedure.
You may need to wear tight stockings and use a breathing device to keep your lungs clear.
You may be given medication to relieve bladder spasms.
Outlook (Prognosis)
TURP relieves symptoms of an enlarged prostate most of the time. You may have burning with urination, blood in your urine, urinate often, and need to urgently urinate.
Roehrborn CG. Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Med Clin North Am. 2011 Jan;95(1):87-100.
McVary KT, Roehrborn CG, Avins AL, et al. Update on AUA guideline on the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. J Urol. 2011 May;185(5):1793-803. Epub 2011 Mar 21.
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Cowboys News: Cowboys Cut Nine, One To Go
The Dallas Cowboys have cut nine players and will have to cut one more by tomorrow. That will bring the roster total to 75. On Saturday they will have to cut 22 more players to bring the count to the league-mandated 53-man roster.
Players that were cut include:
RB Jackie Battle
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Jamaica Rector has missed the past three weeks with a knee injury. Last year Rector was awesome in preseason but didn't play much after that. Jackie Battle is also injured but I think we all knew Tyson Thompson was going to get the spot as the 3rd running back. Both Rector and Battle were given injury settlements.


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2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner - Project Venture ToyPosted in How To on March 1, 2009
Project Venture Toy
Our Tacoma project is moving forward with the rear of the truck sitting on new leaf springs and a D60 rear axle. This month we turn our attention to the front suspension.
All-Pro Off-Road has been building Toyota-related parts for about a decade and we chose to try out their Taco Supreme solid-axle swap kit. The setup comes with all the necessary bracketry and hardware to rid a Tacoma of its independent suspension and rack-and-pinion steering, and put a coilover-sprung live axle in their place. A full set of suspension links is provided and the kit uses Walker Evans coilovers to provide a supple ride and a wide range of tuneability.
Our first step was to torch off all the IFS bracketry and grind the frame rails clean in preparation for our new front axle and suspension. We positioned the Solid Axle D60 on jackstands and began the process of lining things up and checking measurements. The All-Pro kit is designed to work specifically with the company's custom Toyota/D60 hybrid axle, so we had to make some modifications to mate the links and brackets to the Solid Axle Dana 60.
The link brackets were tack-welded in place and everything was adjusted to align the axle and check for clearance. We found we had to deviate from the All-Pro instructions in our case to accommodate the much larger pumpkin of our D60. After getting components in the locations we thought would work well, we cycled the front axle up and down and articulated it to check for clearance between the links, axle, frame and oil pan.
Was it easy putting this axle under a Tacoma? Well, no. Getting the bulk of this axle to clear everything, provide good up-travel, and still keep the truck down to a decent ride height took some careful placement and repositioning of the parts to make everything fit well. We think we're there and the results should be worth the effort. The All-Pro kit is well designed and the hardware provided is all high quality. The components fit well and are mostly easy to align and assemble. Our difficulties arose from our deviation from the axle it was designed for.
Follow along with the photos to see more details of the process we took to go from a meek IFS rig to one with a much more capable suspension and room for some bigger tires. With the front suspension installed, it'll soon be time we get this Tacoma on some wheels and tires, and present its new stance. Check out the next installment of Project Venture Toy to see our choices along with our progress on more steering and brake components.
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DETROIT -- It's that time again -- the time when journalists covering the North American International Auto Show bring out clichéd phrases such as "it's that time again" and "the cars are the stars."
For the next two days, allow me to be your eyes, ears and -- when visiting Nissan's fragrant display -- nose on the 20-acre show floor. I also intend to eat large quantities of free food, all on your behalf, of course.
This is my ninth consecutive year covering the Detroit show, which has gone from grandiose to gloomy and back again. By now, I have a good idea of what to expect:
- Every automaker will announce plans to gain market share this year.
- Roughly 3 percent of the 6,000 credentialed journalists in attendance will be actual journalists.
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- At least one reveal will be horribly botched, to the great amusement of actual and pretend journalists alike.
- Chrysler will do something wacky.
- Ford will get jealous of all the attention Chrysler is getting.
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Chinese outbound foreign direct investment (ODFI) was the largest on record in December, demonstrating Chinese companies' increasing appetite for foreign assets and a balancing out of the country's cross-border capital flows.
Having been the world's largest recipient of foreign direct investment over the last decade, China has begun to return the favor.
Chinese non-financial ODFI totaled $14.7 billion in December and $24.7 billion in the fourth quarter, Ministry of Commerce data released on Wednesday showed. That is up from $17.1 billion in the third quarter and $15.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011.
(Read More: Soft Power: China's Wanda Eyes US Hotel, Movie Deals)
The most recent monthly and quarterly totals are the highest since MOFCOM began publishing quarterly data in 2009 and monthly data in 2010.
December was also the first month on record in which outbound FDI exceeded inbound FDI. Non-financial inbound FDI was $11.7 billion in December, down from $12.2 billion in December 2011.
For full-year 2012, OFDI was $77.2 billion, up from $60.1 billion in 2011 and only $12 billion in 2005. Inbound FDI was $111.7 billion, down from 2011's record high of $116.0.
Analysts say rising labor costs and slowing growth have decreased China's attractiveness as a destination for FDI. Countries like Vietnam and India are now the preferred markets for many investors to establish low-wage manufacturing bases.
At the same time, authorities have supported Chinese companies to invest abroad as part of their decade-old "go out" policy designed to develop national champion firms that can compete with Western multi-nationals.
(Slideshow: Top 10 Countries for Chinese Investments)
There was no breakdown given for the destination of Chinese overseas investment, though previous analyses have concluded that China's overseas investment is spread fairly evenly around the globe. MOFCOM's spokesman said on Thursday that investment to Russia, the United States, and Japan had grown the fastest in 2012.
Big Deals
Monthly FDI and OFDI data is typically volatile, and it was unclear what accounted for the big jump in December. It is also common for MOFCOM to record deals for their statistics weeks or months after the deal is announced.
Chinese state oil major CNOOC's $17.7 billion purchase of Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen was the largest deal signed this year, according to the Thomson One deals database, but the acquisition is still pending approval by U.S. regulators .
The second-biggest deal in 2012, also announced in December, was the purchase by a consortium of Chinese investors led by New China Trust Co Ltd of International Lease Finance Corp from American International Group.
Part of the surge in OFDI was also likely to have reflected efforts by firms or wealthy individuals to evade China's capital controls.
China's closed capital account mean that Chinese residents are restricted from transferring money overseas if they want to buy financial assets, property, or make direct corporate investments not approved by MOFCOM.
A Reuters analysis showed that hot money outflows accelerated in the second half of 2012.


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- Quantity: 12 Piece Set
Kit Includes:
(2) Front Lower Ball Joints
(2) Front Upper Control Arms with Ball Joints
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(2) Front Sway Bar Links
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(2) Front Inner Tie Rods
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Note: When replacing steering components, it is recommended to have a professional alignment performed on the vehicle afterwards. This will ensure proper tracking and even tire wear.
step : Removing the Wheel (0:48)
- Pry off the center cap with a flat blade screwdriver
- Loosen the 21mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
step : Loosening the Outer Tie Rod (1:22)
- Turn the wheel
- Remove the 21mm nut from the outer tie rod
- Leave the 21mm nut on a couple threads
- Hammer the knuckle until the outer tie rod loosens
- Set the outer tie rod off to the side
step : Loosening the Strut (1:50)
- Remove the 18mm nut below the sway bar link with an 18mm wrench and an 8mm socket and ratchet
- Hold the 20mm nut on the bottom of the strut with a 27mm socket and ratchet
- Loosen the 30mm nut on the bottom of the strut with a breaker bar and piece of pipe
- Remove two of the 15mm nuts on the top of the strut
- Leave the other 15mm nut on the top of the strut by a few threads
step : Loosening the Axle (3:03)
- Remove the hub nut cap with a pair of pliers
- Remove the 13mm hub nut
- Replace the 13mm nut by a few threads and tap the nut with a hammer to push the axle through
- Remove the nut
- Have an assistant hold the brakes
- Remove the 12mm bolts from the axle with a 12mm 12-point socket
step : Removing the Axle (4:12)
- Remove the 21mm nut from the bottom of the upper control arm
- Thread the 21mm nut on
- Loosen the upper control arm with a hammer
- Remove the nut
- Manuever the wheel knuckle to the side without straining the brake lines
- Remove the axle
step : Removing the Strut (6:00)
- Jack up underneath the control arm
- Remove the bolt on the bottom of the strut
- Pry the strut out and remove it
step : Removing the Control Arm (6:30)
- Remove the nuts on either side of the upper control arm with a 21mm wrench and 21mm socket and ratchet
- Leave the 21mm bolts on by a thread
- Hold the upper control arm in place and remove the bolts
- Remove the control arm
- Step 8: Installing the Upper Control Arm [7:26]
- Insert the upper control arm into place
- Insert the 21mm control arm bolts in place
- Preliminarily tighten the 21mm nuts
step : Installing the Strut (8:00)
- Insert the strut into place
- Insert the 15mm nuts to the strut to hold it in place
- Pry the strut into the lower control arm
- Insert the bolt into the strut
- Preliminarily tighten the nut on the bolt
- Tighten the 15mm nuts
step : Reinstalling the Axle (7:49)
- Insert the axle into place
- Insert the upper control arm into the wheel knuckle
- Tighten the 21mm nut
- Tighten the 12mm bolts into the axle
- Torque the 12mm nuts to 60 foot-pounds in a crossing pattern
- Tighten 13mm hub nut
- Torque the hub nut to 20 foot-pounds
- Tap the hub nut cap into place
- Re-clip and realign any lines that may have come undone
step : Reinstalling the Outer Tie Rod (9:27)
- Push the outer tie-rod up through the wheel knuckle
- Replace the 21mm nut
- Torque the 21mm nut to 111 foot-pounds
- Tighten the bolt on the upper control arm
- Torque the upper control arm 21mm nut to 111 foot-pounds
- Tighten the 18mm nut to the sway bar link
- Jack underneath the control arm
- Torque the lower strut bolt to 150 foot-pounds
step : Reattaching the Wheel (10:16)
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts to 120 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
- Reattach the center cap
It's recommended to seek an alignment after finishing this repair
Tools needed for replacement:
- Floor Jack
- Jack Stands
- Hammer
- Rust Penetrant
- Vise Grip Pliers
- Ratchet
- Torque Wrench
- A Piece of Pipe (for leverage)
- Flat Blade Screwdriver
- Pry Bar
- 27mm socket
- 8mm Socket
- 12mm 12-Point Socket
- 30mm Socket
- 15mm Socket
- 13mm Socket
General Tools
Materials, Fluids, and Supplies
Pliers, Cutters & misc Wrenches
Ratchets & Related
Screwdrivers & Related
Sockets - Metric
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Posted: Thu 13 Feb 2014, 21:02
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kpfuser wrote:
Hi jrb,
Thank you for your quick reply, your warm welcome, and your encouraging words. Nevertheless, despite the above, I am sorry to say that your post added a new big disappointment with Puppy to a string of older ones.
To clarify matters, I was led to believe that I could update software (Firefox mostly) by using the Ubuntu repositories and thus keep my installation current so as to avoid the multiple problems I am experiencing now because of a hopelessly outdated version of Firefox. However, your post put paid to such foolish dreams.
Anyway, since life with Puppy seems to be an endless string of compromises and work-arounds, let's see if anything can be salvaged from today's shipwreck with your kind help. For starters, is it possible to install a
version of Firefox in a manner analogous to the one you describe for Opera? In fact, any manner whatsoever will do as long as I end up with the most
version of Firefox and no unresolved dependencies. If I can get as far as this, perhaps my resolve will be rekindled allowing me to better cope with the travails that will undoubtedly follow. So what is the verdict?
OK, if that's what you have to have here is how to do it.
Go to
. Download whatever version of Firefox 27 you prefer. Put it in a place that is easy to access.
Start Barebones Precise. Find firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 and click on it. When you extract it you will have a folder called firefox. Go into the folder and click on the firefox executable and you will be online with the latest stable firefox. I've just done all this and it is running fine.
To set up the browse icon first right click on the firefox executable referred to above, choose Rename.(don't rename it!) Instead highlight everything in the rename box. In my case /mnt/home/firefox/firefox. Once highlighted right click on it and choose Copy.
Now go to /usr/local/bin and right click on defaultbrowser. Choose Open as Text. Get rid of mozstart and paste in what you have copied from Rename. Now the browse button will open firefox.
One Caution: if the firefox folder is on the partition that you are going to save your pupsave to then you should create your pupsave first before changing defaultbrowser! The path to the executable will change after creating a pupsave.
I won't describe how to put firefox on the menu, that is much more complicated and I don't have time right now.
Its been a while since I used Firefox or Seamonkey this way but as I recall they will automatically nag you to update. If not go to Help - About Firefox and it will automatically check to see if you have the latest version and offer to update for you.
That should do it. Good Luck. J
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Posted: Fri 14 Feb 2014, 18:16
Post subject: The pup closest to Ubuntu precise and alternatives
Hi kpfuser,
As jrb pointed out, barebones puppies are least likely to have built-in the dependencies which Ubuntu applications require to function. I'd add that the absence of dependencies is true for all puppies: its just more obvious in "barebones" versions which, by design, have left out files standard puppies contain.
A "Ubuntu compatible" puppy is not a stripped down "Ubuntu". It is a Puppy built from ubuntu binaries which --
if you install all the necessary dependencies
-- should be able to run a Ubuntu application which would run under the version of Ubuntu from which the binaries were obtained. The creators of Ubuntu applications, however, assume that the Ubuntu they are building for will have built-in the standard files of that version of Ubuntu. Often, this means the gnome desktop, and all the files required for that desktop to function. Or the KDE, Xfce or Lxde desktop.
The least resource consuming Ubuntu, requires (I think) about 4 Gb or hard-drive to install. A standard Puppy comes as a compressed file of about 150 Mb, give or take 50 Mb, which expands into Random Access Memory requiring (give or take) about three times its size. To go from Ubuntu to Puppy, something has to give, and those somethings are primarily the "eye-candy" desktops and the infra-structure to support them, together with Ubuntu's package control system.
Although with a Ubuntu-compatible Pup it is frequently possible to run Ubuntu applications which have few dependencies, sometimes --especially the more complex applications-- that may require you to download and install almost all the .debs which constitute the infra-structure of a Ubuntu.
Don't allow these facts to color your opinion of Puppy. The Ubuntu "brag" of 10,000 plus packages is misleading. Most of those packages are "nuts and bolts", not applications. Currently, about the only activities I can not undertake in Puppy is doing my taxes and running Dragon Naturally Speaking under wine. And I can't do the former under Ubuntu either. Check out the Additional Software section of the forum and you'll find something to fulfill almost any function. Or do a "well-minded search"
plugging in the name or category of application and the Puppy version you're interested in.
With the Slacko, Raring, Precise, and especially Carolina Pups able to do almost anything, I'm not sure why you wanted a "barebones" puppy: "lack of RAM?". RAM is cheap, there are video tutorials demonstrating how to install it so that even a klutz like myself could do it. Annoyed by having items on your menu you'll never use? Browse to /usr/share/applications and delete the desktop files. Or better still, open the desktop files in your text editor (right-click the file and select open-as-text) and change the category argument to some meaningless word. Either way, the menu entry is gone. The apps themselves take up almost no hard drive space, and unused no RAM.
Take a good look at Carolina. Unlike most Pups, it's built with an "adrive" which contains most of its applications. But you can run it without the adrive, (just delete it or move it) in which case it will only have the geany text editor and, of course, a package manager and the applications needed to get online; in essense a "barebones" pup. From such barebones Pup you can (1) install any application you want from perhaps the most extensive repo of any Puppy; (2) download SFSes or build them with PaDS (search for it) from pets you've downloaded; and/or (3) build an adrive of just the applications you'll always use. The only downside of Carolina is that it doesn't support the infra-structure (glibs) which will enable Post Version 12 of Chrome (and its cousins) to run.
But if you really want a Precise Puppy which is very compatible with Ubuntu, even to having a fully functioning synaptic built in, try jejy69's lxpup-aptget-test.
Obtaining a separate firefox menu entry. See,
. But jrb's instructions are much easier --thanks jrb, I learned something from you again-- unless you need a separate firefox menu entry. The easiest way if you can put up with desktop clutter and having it often buried under open windows is to just drag the executable from /mnt/home/firefox to the desktop. You can make it prettier by right-clicking the desktop icon, selecting "icon" and dragging an appropriate icon into the dialog box.
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Posted: Sun 16 Feb 2014, 19:06
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mikeslr & jrb
Thanks for mikeslr's very informative and educational post. I will certainly follow the suggestions made. However, I would like to clarify the following point first: Does the fact that my laptop is a 64-bit machine affect the options available? If yes, how?
I am utterly embarrassed to admit that for about three years (since I bought it) I was not aware of this fact, but somehow it happened.
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Posted: Sun 23 Feb 2014, 14:55
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kpfuser wrote:
mikeslr & jrb
Thanks for mikeslr's very informative and educational post. I will certainly follow the suggestions made. However, I would like to clarify the following point first: Does the fact that my laptop is a 64-bit machine affect the options available? If yes, how?
I am utterly embarrassed to admit that for about three years (since I bought it) I was not aware of this fact, but somehow it happened.
The majority of machines built in the last 5 years are 64-bit, 32-bit OS's run fine on them. Doesn't work the other way though. A 64-bit OS won't run on a 32-bit machine. 64 is supposed to be a little faster, I've never noticed any difference. My favourite office suite, Softmaker, is only available in 32-bit so I stick with that.
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Posted: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 13:27
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HI, jrb.
You wrote:
> 64[-bit] is supposed to be a little faster, [but] I've never noticed any difference.
I believe that that statement should be the subject of a thread in the off-topic section!
Je suis né pour aimer et non pas pour haïr. (Sophocle) /
I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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Posted: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 17:59
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Well, since 64-bit machines can run 32-bit os's and since I am not sure whether a 64-bit version of barebones puppy is available, I think I'd better stay in 32-bit land for now whatever the speed issues may be. So acting on this, I downloaded firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 as directed, copied it to a usb stick, and took it to the laptop running the barebones cd intending to copy it to the Desktop. Alas the latter continues to play punks with me. I stare at it on my laptop's screen but I cannot find it in the file tree under /root. What's going on? Is this a joke of some sort?
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Posted: Tue 25 Feb 2014, 01:00
Post subject: Try the following steps to get firefox
kpfuser wrote:
Well, since 64-bit machines can run 32-bit os's and since I am not sure whether a 64-bit version of barebones puppy is available, I think I'd better stay in 32-bit land for now whatever the speed issues may be. So acting on this, I downloaded as directed, copied it to a usb stick, and took it to the laptop running the barebones cd intending to copy it to the Desktop. Alas the latter continues to play punks with me. I stare at it on my laptop's screen but I cannot find it in the file tree under /root. What's going on? Is this a joke of some sort?
If I follow the above correctly, you now have a Puppy running from a CD and the firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 file on your USB. First, you can't run firefox until you unpack it. Second, you can't see it in /root because it isn't there. I don't recall if you decided on which Puppy you are running. If you're still running Barebones-NOP then follow the instructions below relating to thunar.
The following assumes you are running a frugal install
and have created a SaveFile
. If your file manager is rox, you'll see drive icons above the taskbar and --as you haven't mounted the USB-stick yet-- you can safely plug and unplug it to determine its name. After you plug it back in, click it to mount it. You can't see anything on any drive or partition until you mount it, except for your Home partition which is automatically mounted. [There's also an application on the file-system submenu named pmount for mounting partitions].
If your file manager is thunar, open it, first without and then with the USB stick plugged in, noting the folders which appear in thunar's left panel each time. After plugging the USB-stick in, click the folder which represents it.
Following either of the above instructions, you should now see the firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 file on your USB-stick. Left-click it. [I'm not currently running NOP. If Lef-clicking doesn't open your archiver, try right-clicking the file]. Your archiver app will offer to unpack it. Select "All", click Extract (you may have to click the down arrow at the far right of the tool bar to see it) and accept its defaults. It will create a folder named "firefox."
Open a second file-manager window
to /mnt/home. Rox always shows it as a mounted desktop drive icon. Thunar refers to it as home in its left panel. Drag the firefox folder from the USB stick to your Home partition and select Move under rox. Thunar won't ask and will just copy it to /mnt/home. You can delete the old folder once it's been copied.
Then install the attached pet by downloading and clicking it. It will create a menu entry and enable you to assign firefox to a launcher on one of Xfce's panels if your running Barebones-NOP.
If you have not and do not intend to create a SaveFile, let us know. Obviously, you won't be able to follow the above instructions as you won't have a Home partition. And don't install the pet. Similarly, let us know if you running your Puppy as a Full install.
Creates menu entries for firefox run from folder on /mnt/home.
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Posted: Tue 25 Feb 2014, 05:24
Post subject:
Thank you for your post.
To put things in perspective, I do not intend to install barebones to hd. I want to add to the basic cd the software that I need and then remaster and run it as a live cd. Of course, the software addition followed by remastering will be done in stages to simplify the overall task and reduce the risk of loosing too much work in case something goes wrong at some point. This is what I have done with all versions of puppy I have used over the years. There will be no full or frugal installation and no savefile either.
To carry out the above, I was following jrb's instructions. Thus, using a different laptop, I downloaded firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 and copied it to a usb drive. Then I plugged this drive to the pc running the pristine unmodified barebones live cd. As jrb suggested, I was intending to transfer firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 to a place where I could find it easily. The first place that came to mind was the Desktop itself. So I mounted the usb drive and copied firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 intending to paste it to the Desktop. I expected to find Desktop at /root/Desktop. Unfortunately it wasn't there. To make the story shorter it wasn't anywhere else I looked in. So my sole question at the moment is, where can I find Desktop in the directory tree of barebones? OK, it may not be absolutely necessary to know this in order to proceed with jrb's instructions, but failing to find the answer to such a simple question riled me to no end. So where is Desktop hiding? The answer to this question should be enough for now.
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Posted: Tue 25 Feb 2014, 12:23
Post subject: Including firefox in a remaster withoug using a SaveFile
Subject description: Location of desktop folder
Hi again,
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See screenshot of Desktop folder within the root folder. Thunar window on the left; rox on the right.
I've never tried to, but I guess it's possible to remaster without first creating a SaveFile. I would think that doing it that way would greatly increase your workload. And most importantly, you'd have to
firefox rather than just run it as an external program. Never having installed the versions I've downloaded as compressed files from Mozilla, I looked for instructions which I found @
. Translating them the Puppy environment, and as you have no prior firefox installed, they read as:
1. After decompressing the firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 file in your Desktop directory, move the resulting firefox folder --which is named firefox--to /opt.
2. Open a terminal and type, Code:
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
I'm sure you're aware of this, but for others who find this thread attempting to accomplish your objective of remastering without having first created a SaveFile, you'll have to remaster before shutting down since the firefox installation would only now exist in RAM and evaporate as soon as you shut down. Even if you had created a SaveFile, during the remaster process when offered the opportunity to modify root, you would have to do so --deleting the root directory created automatically in the build directory and copying root from your actual system*-- as the root automatically created is taken from the puppy_xxx.sfs of the ISO and does not contain your modifications.
* I supposed it is possible just to copy your modifications to /opt and the /usr/bin/firefox symlink into their corresponding locations under root in your build folder. But I've never done that.
Although I can appreciate that some fans prefer running a remastered Puppy without a SaveFile for security reasons --thereby avoiding any possibility of having a corrupted system-- might I suggest that not working with a SaveFile during the remaster process seems a little extreme. As the only possible means by which something could get into your build not already existing somewhere on your system is via the internet, it should be sufficient to unplug your lan cable and/or disconnect from a wireless connection. Working with a SaveFile means that in the event of an error you don't have to start from scratch.
P.S. Looking at the files and folders in the extracted firefox folder, I don't think the above instructions are sufficient to create a menu entry. You can test by restarting X. If a menu entry doesn't appear --while there are other methods-- perhaps the easiest is:
a. Install the pet I provided in the previous post.
b. browse to /root/my-applications/bin, right-click the firefox script file --not the png file-- and select open as text.
c. edit the line which currently reads 'exec /mnt/home/firefox/firefox "$@"' to read
exec /usr/bin/firefox "$@"
exec /opt/firefox/firefox "$@"
d. Save.
e. restart x.
If you use the second "c" option, you can delete the /usr/bin/firefox symlink.
P.P.S. I've never looked for the Desktop folder before creating a SaveFile. Maybe there isn't one. If not, leave the firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 file on your USB stick and decompress it there. Then move the created firefox folder from the USB-stick to /opt.
Short Version:
1. Decompress firefox-27.0.1.tar.bz2 where ever it currently is.
2. Move the firefox folder (created by step one) to /opt.
3. Install pet provided in prior post.
4. browse to /root/my-applications/bin, right-click the firefox script file --not the png file-- and select open as text.
5. edit the line which currently reads 'exec /mnt/home/firefox/firefox "$@"' to read
exec /opt/firefox/firefox "$@"
6. Click Save.
7. Restart X.
Location of Desktop Folder -- screen shot from Carolina with rox installed. Thunar Window on left, rox on right.
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Posted: Wed 26 Feb 2014, 09:34
Post subject:
Thank you for your last post. Please let us concentrate on a single issue this time, i.e., that of the missing Desktop in my barebones installation (Precise Puppy 5.4.3 barebones 0.2). Your attached screenshot shows what I would expect to see in my installation too. However, the screenshot I attach shows that this is not the case. Any idea why it should be so?
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Posted: Wed 26 Feb 2014, 09:53
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Ooops! My screenshot seems to have gone to meet my Desktop. Let me try once again in case its size was the problem.
A genuine disappearance act or am I missing something?
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Posted: Wed 26 Feb 2014, 15:36
Post subject: The Mystery of the Missing Desktop Folder
Hi kpfuser,
I don't have a definitive answer for you regarding where your Desktop folder disappeared to, only some observations and suggestions.
I don't have Barebones-anything currently on my computer. But I booted into three Puppies, after editing their listings in the Grub4dos Menu.lst so that their kernel lines read :
kernel /
*/vmlinuz psubdir=
* pmedia=atahd pfix=fsck,
Not the actual text
, employed as a
for raring, precise and carolina
** causes boot into Safe-Mode, that is without loading a SaveFile.
Both raring and precise are pemasu's upup derivatives. Both revealed that their default structure did NOT include a Desktop folder under /root. Carolina, on the other hand, does have a Desktop folder under /root built into its default structure. Like Barebones-NOPs, Carolina uses the Xfce-Thunar combination. So, some Puppies are built with, and some without, a Desktop Folder under root.
When I boot into upup raring or upup precise, allowing either to load their SaveFiles, both do have a Desktop Folder under /root. Examination of their contents revealed only files relating to applications I installed under Wine. Apparently installation of some applications will automatically create a Desktop Folder under /root.
This capacity of a SaveFile to modify Puppy's structure suggests two possibilities: Somewhere on your system –hard-drive(s), USB-stick(s)-- is/was a SaveFile. (1) At the time you moved the compressed firefox file to Desktop, your Puppy had booted loading --without your being aware of it-- a SaveFile with a Desktop Folder at /root. Now that SaveFile isn't loading, so the Desktop Folder doesn't exist. Alternatively, (2) now a SaveFile without a Desktop Folder at /root is loading without your knowledge.
Perhaps someone with greater knowledge of how Puppies work can think of other possibilities. Perhaps not. But as your intention is to remaster the Puppy so that it will only contain those files and applications you want, solving the mystery isn't as important as making certain that the remastered Puppy doesn't contain, buried somewhere, a useless Desktop Folder and compressed firefox file.
If your intention is to build your Pup without using a SaveFile, I would add pfix=ram to the kernel line of your boot argument. It doesn't matter if your using Grub or Grub4dos; only that the last part of that line ends with pfix=fsck,ram or pfix=ram. [fsck performs a file-structure check; ram instructs to boot without a SaveFile. If you include both, there's no space, only a comma, between them]. Booting pfix=ram will assure that a SaveFile isn't inadvertently loaded. It will also enable you establish whether the native structure of your Pup has, or doesn't have, a Desktop Folder at /root.
If you decide to utilize a SaveFile during your remastering process, than I would suggest you initially boot pfix=ram. When you shut down you'll be asked if you want to create a SaveFile. Create one giving it a unique name. The next time you boot into Puppy, if there is another SaveFile on your system, the boot process will be interrupted and you'll be asked which SaveFile you want to load. The location of the unwanted Savefile will be identified, and after completing the boot with the SaveFile you want, you can delete the unwanted SaveFile.
Hope this helps,
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Posts: 114
Location: Williamston, SC
Posted: Sun 27 Apr 2014, 13:06
Post subject: Any New Barebones?
Subject description: looking for somethiing a little more up-to-date in the precise/wary llines
hey guys,
been a while since i've been here and was just wondering if there have been any barebone variants since the precise 5.3. Been using it and liking it but want something a little more updated now - precise 5.7 or wary 5.5 maybe?
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Posts: 13363
Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
Posted: Thu 01 May 2014, 00:46
Post subject: Re: Any New Barebones?
Subject description: looking for somethiing a little more up-to-date in the precise/wary llines
e_mattis wrote:
hey guys,
been a while since i've been here and was just wondering if there have been any barebone variants since the precise 5.3. Been using it and liking it but want something a little more updated now - precise 5.7 or wary 5.5 maybe?
Hi, Eric.
Maybe start looking here:
and work your way backwards? There has to be something...
Just a thought.
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I was born to love and not to hate. (Sophocles)
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Posts: 898
Posted: Tue 13 May 2014, 03:23
Post subject: 4.31max an update of 4.31 barebones by JRB
Hi guys,
Having been a fan of JRB's 4.31 barebones effort I decided to have a go at updating it and keeping it barebones as a 80meg download.
I have updated GTK2 to 2,18.3, pango 1.22.3, glibc 2.10 jasper update , pixman update updated wpa_supplicant and dhcp, Shinobar's ffmpeg, libpng12 and libpng14, libreadline update, libjpeg 7 and 8 etc as well as Rerwin's upgrade_pack_22.214.171.124-20110905.pet. Allows you to installer newer software like latest Firefox. So have fun with this - believe the pango and GtK update makes a difference and this is still barebones with no browser so enjoy building something. Appearnace is the same as the regular 4.31 and apart from the updates is JRB's excellent work so thankyou JRB and Shinobar and Rerwin.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A coalition of advocacy groups including the Texas chapter of the powerful National Education Association issued failing grades Friday to U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, saying they haven't defended public schools or reformed a flawed federal immigration system.
Also getting F's were fellow Republicans and U.S. Reps. John Carter and Roger Williams, as hundreds of teachers and labor activists rallied on the state Capitol steps despite frigid temperatures.
A large sign hoisted by shivering demonstrators featured photos of Cornyn, Cruz, Carter and Williams under the words "Report Card" and a large red "F" circled, as if by a teacher. The subjects listed were education, immigration reform, health care and voting rights.
Demonstrators also chided the four for failing to promote labor rights and extend health insurance to poor families across Texas and the nation.
"Cruz, Cruz, have no doubt, together we will vote you out!" the crowd chanted, even though Cruz was only elected to his six-year term in 2012. The mantra was then repeated for Cornyn, the Senate's minority whip, who is up for re-election next year — but doesn't appear to face any major challengers.
"It's time to change our business in Texas. It's time to be about kids," said Rita Haecker, president of the Texas State Teachers Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association, the country's largest teacher union.
Most education policy is set by the state Legislature, not Congress. Facing economic doldrums in 2011, lawmakers in Austin voted to cut $5.4 billion from Texas public schools — but they restored much of that as the economy improved this year.
Other speakers implored Cornyn and Cruz to support the U.S. Dream Act bill, which would grant permanent residency to students whose parents brought them to the U.S. illegally. There also were calls to raise the minimum wage.
Further drawing demonstrator ire Friday was a law passed by the state Legislature requiring voters to show picture identification at the polls, which activists say is really an attempt to suppress voting among minorities and the poor in Texas.
"These issues are not partisan, as some make them out to be," said Ken Zarifis, president of the advocacy group Education Austin. "These transcend all labels."
In response to the rally, Cornyn said he had "been fighting tooth and nail to protect Texas families from the consequences" of the White House's signature health care law.
"We should be united in the effort to replace it with patient-centered reforms that truly will boost access and bring down costs for all Texans," Cornyn told The Associated Press in a statement Friday.
Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier struck a similar tone when asked about the rally, saying "it's unfortunate these groups choose to ignore Senator Cruz's leadership in pursuing policies that will spark economic growth and opportunity for Texans and all Americans, particularly the effort to defund Obamacare."
Nelson Linder, president of the Austin chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said all the different activists need to unite and mobilize voters to change Texas' officeholders.
"We can't do this as individuals," Linder said, "but what they fear is each of us embracing each other's causes and changing this city, this state and this country."


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – In the regular-season finale for both squads, nationally-ranked No. 1 Springfield College defeated No. 13 MIT, 25-19, 25-22, 25-17, in men's volleyball action on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers (24-12) and the Pride (29-3) await their postseason fate for earning one of three an at-large bids to the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship which will be hosted at MIT from April 26-28. The national selection show announcing the nine-team field will air on www.ncaa.com on Sunday, April 14 at 8:30 p.m.
With the first set tied at 10, Springfield surged ahead on the strength of a 5-1 run. An exchange of points ensued before an ace by senior Matt Hohenberger (St. Louis, Mo.) and a kill from sophomore Alex Klein (San Diego, Calif.) narrowed the gap to three (19-16) for the Engineers. The Pride replied by scoring six of the next nine points to win the set.
MIT jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the second stanza courtesy of strong serving by junior Paul Syta (Fairport, N.Y.). Springfield knotted the frame at 10 but the Engineers but together a 5-2 spurt to gain some breathing room. The Pride responded with a 9-2 run (19-17) which resulted in a timeout by the visitors. Following the break, a kill from MIT junior Ken Siebert (St. Louis, Mo.) led to an exchange of sideouts until a strike by sophomore Chris Omahan (Mount Vernon, Ohio) brought the Engineers within one (22-21). Springfield picked up the next two points but a hitting error kept MIT alive. The Engineers' attempt at extending the set was thwarted when the hosts registered a kill to clinch the frame.
The final set was a back-and-forth affair as it featured 12 ties and five lead changes. With the score tied at 14, a Springfield block ignited a match-ending 11-3 run.
Hohenberger paced MIT with 11 kills and earned its only ace of the day. Siebert recorded eight digs and seven kills while sophomore Andrew Busse (Mount Prospect, Ill.) posted seven kills and a .500 hitting performance. Klein notched six kills, followed by five from senior Patrick Vatterott (St. Louis, Mo.), and four from Omahan. Syta dished out 35 assists as freshman Brendan Chang (Laytonsville, Md.) collected 10 digs.


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On Bandila less than half-an-hour ago, the reporter was telling the story of the guy who took a bus load of people hostage. For five hours, the guy and the negotiator talked and talked and talked. The result was that towards the end of the day, only three hostages remained on the bus.
And then the reporter goes: " … and since it was almost night, the police decided to shoot the hostage taker."
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Ironically, this whole drama about police disregard for human life played out onboard a Genesis bus. Instead of protecting life, the cops just cavalierly took one from a person they probably thought didn't deserve to have it.
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I took the basic black well-prepared, and make new limits to the color. I always start with large spots, background and apply several coats of color from light shades to dark shades and well defined, and the light and bright accents effect.
A useful thing that I keep in my mind is that I respect the drying time, so I work simultaneously to two or more parts of painting.
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Line used is the curve, wanting them to capture sensuality by tortuosity and complexity of style in 1900.
Decorative shape also accentuates this style, both in opacity and by delimiting the full and empty space.
And the color used are the contrast blue orange and the resulting shading turquoise ocher , reddish brown with derivatives.
The liner is easy to do as long as you visualize the shape of the object that you have.
So I started with a rectangular base, I sealed the edges with the iron and backing … more reinforcement, and then we built sides, one small and one large.
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In retrospect I drew, etched, colored, painted .. I padded and assembled now, here's what I made :)
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Beer & Circus, Indeed…Posted by rtmsf on September 30th, 2007
Note: if you're not predisposed to a healthy dose of introspection and self-immolation with respect to college athletics, please skip this missive. We hate ourselves and everything we stand for after writing this.
Consider the following quotation:
If you were giving the [athletic] scholarship to an intellectually brilliant kid who happens to play a sport, that's fine. But they give it to a functional illiterate who can't read a cereal box, and then make him spend 50 hours a week on physical skills. That's not opportunity. If you want to give financial help to minorities, go find the ones who are at the library after school. (emphasis added)
These words were uttered last week in the New York Times by Rutgers literature professor William C. Dowling, who now finds himself embroiled in a brouhaha over the intent and implied racism inherent in his statement. Both the Rutgers university president and athletic director have condemned Dowling's remarks, and Dowling has shot back at both by accusing them of running an athletic program that openly exploits minority athletes for the university's gain.
Were it that Dowling was just another old white guy who is completely out of touch with racial politics as it relates to sports in the 21st Century, we might
summarily dismiss understand his statement here, but that's not the case. In fact, Dowling was arrested in the sixties during the freedom rides in the South and his statement above was elicited from a question specifically about minority activity in college athletics (Do big-time college sports provide opportunities to minorities?) – this guy is no racist. For better or worse, if you read his online c.v., you easily find that this guy is about as socially liberal and/or progressive as they come.
Rutgers prof William C. Dowling
But what his statement does is once again expose the dirty little secret of big-time college athletics, a secret that nobody outside of a few academics such as Dowling, Murray Sperber, Andrew Zimbalist and others seem willing to broach. You'll certainly never hear Dick Vitale or Brent Musberger on fall or winter Saturdays remark as to why Michigan football players average an SAT score of 834 vs. 1271 for the student body or why Duke basketball players average an 887 vs. 1392. Instead, you're just as likely to hear them refer to players at these schools as quintessential student-athletes who do things "the right way." After all, exposing the academic hypocrisy at elite institutions such as Michigan and Duke calls into question the integrity of the whole house of cards, and potentially weakens the cash cow on which Vitale, Musberger and others depend.
This is a complex and difficult issue, and we don't purport to know all the right questions to ask, much less the answers. But to paraphrase Lenny Kravitz, does anybody out there even care? Sure, the standard college fan's MO is that our guys are solid, upstanding citizens who go to class and caress kittens in their spare time, while your guys are animalistic thugs who don't even know where classes are held and spend their evenings involved in gunplay and misogyny that would make OJ (Simpson) proud. But it's not simply a matter of folks caught unawares – what's quietly whispered among other students and faculty is that the athletes as a general rule are treated differently than the rest of the student body. Class attendance usually isn't optional, but certain departments and professors are considered amenable to the greater good of the
university athletic department, and as such, athletes find themselves in Communications, PE and Sociology majors a disproportionate amount of the time. This doesn't even contemplate the seemingly endless allegations of university-cum-enabler academic fraud, from Florida State to Tennessee to Minnesota to Georgia and many, many others.
Nobody Here is Worried about Beer & Circus
And yet… despite our knowledge of this institutionalized hypocrisy by the universities, and despite the internal dyspepsia we experience when watching various players in interviews struggle with the English language, and despite the intellectual and moral disconnect of passing judgment on other schools' troubled players while minimizing and mitigating our own, we still watch the games. Michigan puts 110,000 fans into the Big House every fall weekend, and millions more watch from home. People like us write blogs devoted to the whimsy of whether Florida will win the SEC East or if Keven Durant will go pro. Yet it's telling that we're still waiting to hear where yet another incident of beer & circus mentality at a university has led to decreased fan interest to the point where they turn their backs on the athletic program. Incredibly, if anything, it appears that severe NCAA sanctions embolden fans' ire toward the dime-droppers and the NCAA rather than those students, faculty and administrators perpetrating the crimes in the first place.
The simple truth is that while all of us love to announce to the world that this stuff bothers us, the truth is that as college sports fans, we just don't care. Or put more specifically, we don't care enough to demand change, and we say this to be honest rather than flippant. Like many things in life, such as our gender's insistence that we value other characteristics in women besides attractiveness, the reality is that all of the other stuff is secondary to the girl's hotness. Sure, we like it when she's smart, caring, personable, etc., just as we hope our team's players will behave responsibly on and off the field/court. But what we really want is to win games (and get with the hottie) so that we can exult in the reflected glory of our team's success, and whether we do so in an ambiguously irresponsible or immoral manner is less important than the results measured in Ws and Ls. So while we completely agree with Dowling's point that a better way to assist minorities would be to find true student-athletes who excel in both the classroom and the gym, the harsh reality is that such a priority shift would likely turn the teams that we love into Stanford football (1-11 last season) or Dartmouth basketball (9-18), and what alumnus living outside of the ivory tower wants that?
Update: Dr. Sperber referred us to an article he recently wrote for the Chronicle of Higher Education called "On Being a Fan." This article crystallizes the internal conflict of "doublethink" that we feel when we spend our time watching and rooting for college teams while recognizing the hypocrisy of the system. Sperber states this much better than we can:
Such critics have always had logic on their side. But most have overlooked the inescapable reality that fan attitudes on college sports are beyond reason, even irrational, and that frequently they stem from childhood experiences and family bonding: Many of my students at Indiana said that their earliest memories included sitting on the couch with their family in front of the TV and rooting for the Indiana University Hoosiers. For many other fans, the attachment to a team connects to positive feelings about their college days — indeed, that is the basis of my own loyalty. To overturn such deep emotions with logic and reason is almost impossible.