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Besides new lighting control products entering the marketplace, marketing efforts by these product manufacturers are on the rise.
After we squeeze every watt out of lamps, ballasts, luminaries, and light levels, where else can energy savings be found? The answer is literally at our finger tips: turn the lights OFF. With all of the development and attention paid to reducing energy in lighting systems, the fact still remains that turning lights OFF is the most cost effective means of capital savings and energy conservation available. However, doing so requires human activity that, like a weatherman, is not always reliable.
Switching strategies
OK, so what are these lighting controls that are going to save owners energy dollars? Let's take a look at the most simple: the snap switch. Snap switches (single pole, 3-way, and 4-way) can be used individually to switch all of the lamps in a room, or they can be used in tandem to provide multi-level switching control. Dual control lighting, designed in one of two ways, provides the opportunity to reduce light levels and subsequently lighting energy loads in a space when full light output of the lighting system is not required.
Zone switching. Zone switching allows control of luminiares in front room-back room, side-by-side, or special task configurations. The advantage of zone switching is most apparent in large spaces such as multitask labs, open offices, multi-congregational sanctuaries, and multipurpose gymnasiums where lighting can be switched off in the zones where tasks are not performed. The disadvantage of zone switching is that it limits movement. Tasks cannot occur in more than one zone sequentially without switching lights as an individual moves from one task zone to the next.
Split swishing. Split switching or inboard/outboard switching is used in place of zone switching to provide three levels of even illumination where three lamp fluorescent luminaries are used. The advantage of split switching is that light levels can be reduced while still maintaining even lighting throughout the room. Three levels of light (one lamp on, two lamps on, or all three lamps on) provide considerable flexibility for daylight spaces or for spaces with tasks that require several different light levels but do not require full range dimming.
Split switching can also be incorporated into 2- and 4-lamp luminaire configurations. However, only two light levels can be achieved from these applications. In 4-lamp luminaries, the options are two lamps ON, or four lamps ON. Technically, you could switch all four lamps individually, providing four light levels if that degree of flexibility is justified. However, ballasting and balancing the light output may make this an undesirable choice. It may seem obvious, but it's important to note that 2-or 4-lamp split switching can reduce the energy consumed by half when full light output is not required.
Compact fluorescent downlights have become a major player for 2-lamp switching schemes. While 2-lamp electronic dimming ballasts for compact fluorescent lamps are becoming increasingly available and in popular use, 2-lamp switching of downlights provides a cost effective alternative to dimming, where full range dimming is not required.
In our designs, we use split switching almost exclusively in classrooms and of-rices where multiple levels of lighting are typically required. We also use split switching in healthcare facilities with overnight patient rooms. Corridors with high daytime light levels can typically be reduced by half for night time use. Sleeping patients and reduced caregiver activity make this a good energy saving alternative with a very low initial cost. (See advanced lighting control strategies on page 57.)
Dimming controls
The second most simplistic method of lighting control and energy savings is to turn the lights down. Control technologies are currently available to dim incandescent and discharge lamps. While dimming is a very common practice for incandescent control, fluorescent dimming is beginning to be pursued seriously by several fluorescent ballast and control manufacturers. You should note that while energy can be saved in dimming systems, the energy saved by dimming incandescent lamps or discharge lamps is not proportional (below 40%) to light level reductions; more light will be lost than energy saved. In other words, the lumens-per-watt ratio (efficacy) of the system decreases as the energy consumption via dimming decreases, but not at the same rate. (See [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1 OMITTED] on page 57 and [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 2 OMITTED].) In addition to system efficacy, the cost effectiveness (i.e. energy saved per dollar spent for dimming discharge lamps) should be scrutinized carefully where energy saving is the primary requirement for the space. Where full range dimming is required, the cost of dimming discharge lamps versus the cost of dimming incandescent lamps versus meeting energy requirements is left to the professional judgment of the lighting specifier. In an increasing number of cases, the choice is very difficult and should be evaluated very carefully.
Incandescent dimming. In spaces where incandescent lighting is appropriate, so are dimming controls. Incandescent dimming, as simple as it is, is not without its technological changes. Early dimming controls were variable resistors that, from an energy point of view, wasted as much energy as they saved. Autotransformer (magnetic core and coil) dimmers replaced resistor technology by reducing voltage to the lamp, thereby reducing the total energy required for operation. Solid state dimming, typically found in today's applications, uses transistors or thyristors as switching elements to control the power input to the lamp. Solid state dimming comes in many packages, from single pole dimmer switches to larger multiscene preset controls.
While incandescent lighting in spaces is severely limited by most energy codes, applications for its use still exist. The primary, large-scale use of incandescent lighting is in performance and theological spaces where changing light levels and limited audible noise is essential. Consider religious sanctuaries, as an example. Often, they contain large voluminous spaces with ceilings at 30 ft or more above a finished floor. Here, dimming controls are essential to the basic requirements of the space.
Energy codes aside, we typically design sanctuaries for 20% more light than recommended. The reason is simple: the dimming systems (in most cases multiscene presets) are essential to the function of the space and, therefore, will be specified with or without a high illuminance lighting design. By over designing the light level, a 10% energy/dimming high-end cutoff can be programmed into the control system. The high-end cutoff will not allow light levels to be switched higher than 90% of full lumen output and can not be altered except by the facility lighting control manager. The 10% energy reduction will reduce light level by 20% but increase lamp life by 300%. That means that the life of a quartz lamp, rated for 2000 hrs, will be extended to an average of 6000 hrs, which is significant for a space that operates an average of 15 hrs per week and where relatively expensive lamps are difficult to replace.
The dimming of discharge (fluorescent and high intensity discharge or HID) lamps is more complex than dimming incandescent lamps. However, dimming controls for discharge lamps, and fluorescent lamps in particular, have been available for quite some time. The dimming of discharge lamps requires dimming ballasts working in conjunction with dimming controls.
Fluorescent lamp dimming. In the case of compact fluorescents, even the lamps must be specified (four-pin instead of two-pin) specifically to work with the dimming system.
The fluorescent lamp is a negative-resistive load that requires a ballast to control the electrical input for starting and maintaining operation. Dimming controls designed to reduce voltage input, as in the case of incandescent dimming, will extinguish the arc in addition to reducing lamp life.
Fluorescent lamps can be dimmed from controls designed for standard magnetic ballasts, magnetic dimming ballasts, and electronic dimming ballasts. Like a low voltage incandescent lighting system, a fluorescent dimming control must be matched to the technology for which it is specified. Standard magnetic fluorescent dimmers provide full range dimming to 40% of rated lumen output.
Magnetic dimming ballasts, available for only 30W and 40W lamps, can provide full range dimming to 10% of rated lumen output.
Electronic ballasts for dimming compact fluorescent lamps can provide full range dimming to 5% of rated lumen output.
Electronic dimming ballasts for long fluorescent lamps can provide full range dimming to 1% of rated lumen output. To date, only one manufacturer of long fluorescent dimming ballasts and controls offers reliable full range dimming to 1% of rated lumen output. Several new manufacturers of fluorescent dimming ballasts and controls have recently entered the market, and several more are expected to be on the market by year end.
Fluorescent dimming to date is not a low cost specification item; it's not for every space and it's certainly not for every budget. As noted above, only one low wattage electronic ballast has proven its reliability in the market. Few would argue that the technology, reliability, and manufacturer's support is worth the price if fluorescent lighting and dimming is appropriate for the space. Unlike incandescent dimming, where the controls and luminaries are so inexpensive that over designing the light levels can justify dimming both in energy savings and in maintenance, the initial and long term costs of fluorescent dimming must be carefully evaluated. Spaces where we have found justification for full range fluorescent dimming are in medical exam rooms, conference rooms, and in daylight spaces where lumen maintenance and photocell controls are likely to be employed.
HID lamp dimming. While HID dimming controls are currently on the market, the technology is still developing and the cost effectiveness of full range dimming remains questionable. HID dimming and control systems must compensate for lamp sensitivities such as warm up time, color shift, and lumen degradation, which are standard operating issues. Because of warmup time, HID lamps are slow to respond to dimming. Lag time from low illuminance to high illuminance can take as long as 10 min. Instantaneous response can be attained by some dimming controls, but in a very limited illuminance range.
The color shift of HID lamps varies between lamp types. Low wattage, clear metal-halide (M-H) lamps can begin a color shift to blue-green in the range of 80% of full lumen output. High wattage, clear, M-H lamps will begin to shift at about 60%. High pressure sodium (HPS) will begin a significant monochromatic shift to yellow at about 50% of rated lumen output. Indeed, lamp manufacturers may void the lamp warranty if the dimming and control system specified is known to threaten lamp life and/or induce unrecoverable color shifts.
Multilevel switching, often referred to as "Hi/Lo," is another form of energy and illuminance control for HID lamps. Typical systems will operate HID lamps at full light output and energy consumption and at a reduced light output and energy consumption. The primary advantage to this type of system lies in low traffic spaces where occupancy sensors can switch lights to low to conserve energy when the space is unoccupied. and switch them to high when a person arrives. Bi-level systems are also appropriate for atriums, where photocells can be used to reduce the light level when a significant lighting contribution from daylight is present. We have used bi-level switching in multiuse high school gymnasiums to meet energy codes and maintain high illuminance levels for competition basketball.
The most recent development by one of the oldest manufacturers of multilevel ballasts and controls is a tri-level switching system.
Multilevel lighting controls suffer the same problems as full range dimming: Lamps switch from high to low instantaneously, but switch back only to about 85% of full lumen output instantaneously. Also, in a multilevel lighting system, lamps must always be started in the high mode; only after the lamps are warmed up to full lumen output can they be switched to low. The lamp takes between 5 and 10 min to warm-up to full bright.
Most manufacturers limit noticeable color shift by designing multilevel systems that do not allow the low setting to be below the color shift point of the particular HID lamp. As with dimming ballasts and controls, lamp manufacturers may void warranties on products that threaten lamp life and color.
Low voltage lighting
Low voltage lighting specifications for accent lighting are increasing due to the relatively low input watts and high lumen output of the low voltage source (for example, a 50W halogen lamp rated for 950 lumens versus a common 50W A19 incandescent lamp rated for 750 lumens).
Low voltage lighting systems require low voltage dimmers and care must be taken to specify like systems. There are two types of low voltage transformers and, as a result, there are two types of low voltage dimmers. A magnetic low voltage transformer is an inductive load; it requires a dimmer that sees an inductive load. An electronic low voltage transformer is a capacitive load; it requires a dimmer that will see a capacitive load.
While line voltage lamps can be added to either system, the line voltage lamp, which is a resistive load, must be placed ahead of either the magnetic or the electronic transformer in the system.
Intermediate control technologies
Intermediate lighting controls include systems that incorporate timers or sensors to switch or dim lamps without human action. These controls include time clock controls, occupancy sensors, and daylight sensors. They can be used separately or in tandem in a space. Consider, for example, an office with significant daylight and a mobile occupancy. Occupancy sensors and daylight sensors can be combined to switch the lights OFF if the daylight illuminance level exceeds a preset illuminance level. The remaining lights can be switched OFF or ON by the occupancy sensor as people move through the space. A time clock could also be added to this scene by switching OFF the power supply to the room at a prescribed time. The primary disadvantage of this type of multisensor control is loss of control by the occupants; however, this can be resolved with advanced controls.
Photocells and timers
Including photocells and timers in a lighting design is an inexpensive way to ensure that lights are turned OFF when they are not required. Timers can be used to switch the lights OFF over a full floor or in an entire building before or after daily occupancy. Photocells will switch lights OFF if the daylight component of the interior lighting is great enough and switch lights ON when the daylight subsides.
Photocells. The types of spaces most often designed with photocell controls are atriums and sun rooms. However, any space with concentrated daylight present throughout the day is a candidate. Consider, for example, an office with predominantly east facing glazing. This space may not require electric lighting during the morning hours, but may require electric light in the late afternoon.
Lumen maintenance system. Photocell technology combined with dimming technology provides owners with an advanced lumen maintenance system, resulting in cost savings from reduced energy and maintenance.
What's a lumen maintenance system? It's basically a system that takes into account the natural lumen depreciation of a lamp, fluorescent lamps in particular. For example, if you assume a 30% loss due to lamp lumen depreciation, you can design a control system to account for this eventual loss. The initial lumen output of the lamp will be reduced by 30% and energy will increase during the life of the lamp to consistently maintain the 30% light loss. However, full energy will be consumed only at the end of lamp life, when the lamp has reached its rated lumen depreciation. Therefore, a significant amount of energy will be saved through out the life of the lamp, without a change in the light levels designed for the space.
Occupancy sensors
There are three kinds of occupancy sensors available: infrared, ultrasonic, and infrared/ultrasonic. They may be wall or ceiling mounted as individual units, or they can be specified as integral to a lighting switch. They are readily available from a variety of sources.
Occupancy sensors are notorious for switching lights OFF when rooms are occupied and switching lights ON from motion that is extraneous to the room or occupancy.
Sensors have varying range capabilities, in addition to sensing sensitivities. You should take care to select the right product for any given space. You also should be careful to select the right application for occupancy sensors. In spaces where fluorescent lamps are switched OFF and ON frequently, lamp life may be significantly reduced. (Remember, lamp life is rated at 3-hr starts.) While the lamp will gain usable life because it's switched OFF, you must decide if the OFF time will compensate for the reduced rated lamp life.
Occupancy sensors are best for small, infrequently used spaces such as rest rooms, conference rooms, storage rooms, copy rooms, and private offices.
A recent development in occupancy sensors is a personal occupancy sensor. This device (by one manufacturer) provides a 15A power strip containing six receptacles. Four of the receptacles are tied to a small personal motion sensing devise. When the sensor does not detect motion for a preset period of time, the four receptacles shut down power until occupancy or motion is detected once again. Task lights, radios, or video display terminals can be connected to the sensed receptacles while computers and clocks can be connected to the unsensed receptacles.
Advanced lighting controls
The most advanced control systems used today combine the technologies already discussed with microprocessors and low voltage relays to create some very powerful lighting controls.
The original low voltage systems started with momentary contact switches that controlled relays. By adding motor masters to control whole banks of relays, an entire floor of lighting could be switched OFF.
Now, an advanced lighting control can control each relay separately. The more relays employed in the system, the more control you have.
Advanced lighting control systems typically contain internal timeclock functions and can take input from occupancy sensors, interior and exterior daylight sensors, and momentary contact switches. The newest products will also take input from dimmers, which can control line voltage and low voltage incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps, and hi/lo switching HIDs. The dimming and control adds a very powerful dimension to advanced lighting control systems by replacing numerous components and independent systems with one advanced control system.
While the concept of lighting controls is not new, the controls themselves are the next logical place to look for developments in energy conservation. In addition to new lighting control products entering the market place, marketing efforts by lighting control manufacturers are on the rise. However, the new wave of control sophistication is not without draw backs. Ballast and lamp manufacturers are faced with the task of once again taking a closer look at technologies that can operate effectively with switching, dimming, and other energy reducing controls for discharge lamps used today.
Carla Gallina is Senior Lighting Designer with Hammel Green & Abrahamson, Architects and Engineers, Minneapolis, Minn.


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By Kelli B. Grant
Irene did some serious destruction on her tour up the East Coast, but some banking customers won't see extra damage in the form of account fees.
Chase will waive select fees for account holders in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York — the three Irene-affected states where it has branches — through Sept. 4. Until then, those customers won't be held liable for using another bank's ATM ($2), overdrawing their checking account ($34 per transaction, up to three per day), using overdraft protection ($12), or paying late on a credit card, business or consumer loan. (On a credit card, that saves up to $35.)
Wells Fargo will waive select fees for account holders in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York through Sept. 2. Consumers won't pay for using another bank's ATM ($3) or making an early withdrawal from a certificate of deposit (a minimum $25). A spokeswoman says customers with further hardship can call customer service for other assistance on a case-by-case basis.
HSBC says it is offering assistance on a case-by-case basis, which may include replacing debit or credit cards, sending replacement statements, waiving some account fees and offering free telephone payments (regularly $20). Account holders in affected areas should call the toll-free number on the back of their debit or credit card to request a waiver or other help.
A spokesman for SunTrust says the bank will offer extensions on loans for customers in Irene-affected areas, also on a case-by-case basis. Those borrowers should reach out to their local branch or call the bank's toll-free number for aid.
Capital One says it will offer assistance on a case-by-case basis, which may include waiving fees, reducing credit card APRs and devising special repayment plans. Customers can reach out to their local branch, call the bank's toll-free number or send a request online, a spokesman said.
A Citibank spokesman says in emergency situations such as this, it waives fees and provide access to cash for account holders in affected areas. Call customer service to request assistance.
Bank of America says it will offer a number of "hardship" programs to help customers in Irene affected areas. "Typically, we waive the fees," says a spokesman. Call customer service to request assistance.
Spokesmen for the banks said the decision was made to help consumers in areas where flooding and power outages may limit consumers' ability to reach a branch or access their account online, or prevent the bank branch from reopening. "We know this is very stressful for our consumers and we want to put in as much extra effort as possible to help them," says a Chase spokesman. Currently, 90% of the 1,015 New York-area Chase branches are already open, and most ATMs are working. An HSBC spokesman says just 15 of its East Coast branch locations remain closed due to storm damage. Bank of America expects minimal disruptions to its operations Monday, a spokesman says, and is deploying mobile ATM and banking centers to help customers in areas with widespread power outages where branches cannot reopen.
Update, 12:25 p.m.: This story has been updated to include a comment from Capital One.
Update, 12:40 p.m.: This story has been updated to include a comment from Citibank.
Update, 12:55 p.m.: This story has been updated to include a comment from Bank of America.
Update, 2 p.m.: This story has been updated to include a comment from Wells Fargo.

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Posted: Mon 13 Jun 2005, 17:28
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Need help with ctorrent134c and playing movies
Hello, this is my first post, and I must admit that I have zero experience with running a commmandline based bittorrent program. The absolute only reason that I staill have Windows 2000 still installed on my computer is that I enjoy being able to download a movie every day for my fiance when she gets off of work. I'm beeing honest. I've installed Puppy to my hard-drive and it really does meet all of my requirement, except I
1- cannot setup a working bittorrrent program
2- cannot setup a working Soulseek compatible program
3- cannot seem to setup a decent movie player (xine really is NOT good for movies, at least on my machine, it crashes EVEry time that I ask it politely to go into fullscreen mode... and the mplayer dot-pup does not work at all, no video, no sound, nothing.
So, I am in no way dissing Puppy, as I find it lightning fast and way more reliable then other distro's such as DSL, whic I've found to be slow and unable to actually last for more than three days without litterrraly corrupting itself and becoming unable to boot. All the Big name distro's run like garbage on my machine, which I find deppressing because I read all about how people with Way older and shittier computers are running fine. I REALLY like puppy, and I realize that I'm rambling, so could someone please create a HOW-TO guide for using Ctorent? btw, the links on the dot-pup page do NOT work, except fot the 134c realease....
Much love, cheers
Please help me, i'm an ignorant bastard...............
P3, 128mg ram, 700 megahertz processor, but I don't understand why everything runs SOOOO poorly excepy Puppy!
ps - i've tried searching for answers to my problem, but have found nothing. Either I really don't know what I'm doing ,or this is a concern worthy of consideration for us newbies
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Posted: Mon 13 Jun 2005, 17:56
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Firstly, welcome to the wonderful world of Puppy. Glad you like what you see so far.
As far as Ctorrent goes, I can't help you myself, as I probably know less than you ( although, being on dial up at the moment means that movie downloads are a bit ambitious for me ).
Gxine in fullscreen mode crashes. This is a known bug. Clicking on the maximise square will fill the screen, but with the window borders and taskbar still visible. A roll of black electrical tape around the monitor cures this, but it's not an ideal solution. !
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Posted: Mon 13 Jun 2005, 18:06
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Well, I'm glad to get a response so fast, I really appreciate that, I find it verry indicative of how the Puppy project works in general... Actual involvement, with the goal and emphasis being to help people understand and learn the absolutely amazing alternative to a marketing, capitalist-driven world of Microsoft and apple.... Point being, I really find it exciting, for reasons that are perhaps too personal to mention, to be able too actually do the stuff that I want to do on the computer without seeing a logo from a company that I litterally believe is not worthy of my day-old shit, fed to then with an intrevenous tube just for fun... long live the FREE, open-source software development experience, it truly is a kick in the face to company's such as Microsoft, who,. we all know, really, are a bunch of money-hungry BASTARDS in suits, giving the right people rim-jobs, while treating the rest of like f^cking tools... rambling again, soryyy, thank you.
much love, cheers
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Posted: Mon 13 Jun 2005, 18:26
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have you tried Mplayer?
Again, I have no experience of this one either, but it's available as a Dotpup download and might solve the fullscreen problem for you.
If there's anyone else on here using Mplayer then feel free to chip in and educate the pair of us !
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Posted: Mon 13 Jun 2005, 18:43
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Yes, i have tried the mplayer dot-pup, and I've gotten zero results with it. Nothing. It's a drag, because really, being able to play movies and such is important to me. I am perhaps (unrightly) assuming that everyone else knows what they are doing more than myself and somehow has gotten themselves set-up in such a way that they can do the things that they want to do, but I am looking for a real alternative to Microsoft that really works, because they actually piss me off. Thank you for the response, I appreciate it, and am looking forward to someone who has literall experience with this responding in a calm, reasonable, helpfll way..... c'mon, takle a newbie under your wing and help? I don't bite, and even if I did you could always get a tetnous shot!
Thank you Rich for being my welcoming commmitee, I genuinely appreciate that.
Much love, Cheers
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Posted: Mon 13 Jun 2005, 19:47
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i thought the ctorrent dotpup links to goosee were ok, but maybe they weren't ... they don't seem to be working now
i usually use ctorrent134c anyway ... it seems to work on vfat (Windows) partitions
i tried downloading a Knoppix iso today using ctorrent134c, and it wouldn't work on a vfat drive ... probably because it was a torrent that downloads a folder with 5 or 6 files in it
basically, you download the torrent file, put the torrent file where you want to download it, open an rxvt window there (right click the folder in rox-filer, and click Xterm Here)
for help, type ctorrent134c -h
to start the ctorrent program, type something like
ctorrent134c -B 400 movie.avi.torrent
-B 400 sets the maximum speed to 400kBs (up and down)
it won't download very fast if you use the default maximum speed
you may want to give it more ram ... the default it 16 megs
would give it 32 megs of ram
the default port is 2706
it will try ports from 2706 to 2106
to set it to use port 51234, for example, use this option:
-p 51234
so to download using a torrent file called movie.avi.torrent, using 32 megs of ram, using port 12543, at a maximum speed of 300 kBs, type:
ctorrent134c -C 32 -p 12543 -B 300 movie.avi.torrent
ctorrent may not always work ... if doesn't work well saving files on vfat drives
there's more information on the ctorrent web page
Azureus seems to work fairly well in Puppy ... you need to install Java first (about 84 megs installed ... they recommend the update 3 version)
screenshot: http://tinypic.com/5xn01w
mplayer works quite well on my 256 meg ram, 900 khz machine ... no problems running full screen ... your machine might be a bit too slow to run full screen (Puppy's vesa driver uses the cpu to rescale the picture)
do you get any error messages if you open an rxvt window and type
i can only upload 1 meg packages, so my mplayer dotpup package downloads binaries for another distro (DSL actually) ... it might have been compiled for i586 or i686 cpus, and may not work with your P3 cpu ... the Vector Linux binaries will also work in Puppy, i think they are compiled for i386 cpus
i don't know much about soulseek ... most of the Linux soulseek programs seem to use python ... Puppy doesn't have python, python is about 20 megs
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Posted: Mon 13 Jun 2005, 20:47
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This is what I get when I open a terminal and type gmplayer2
# gmplayer2
ln: /opt/mplayer: No such file or directory
MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.3.1 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 3)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.
Xlib: extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":0.0".
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
Xlib: extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":0.0".
[skin] file ( /opt/mplayer/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found.
Skin not found (default).
I've tried reinstalling mpaley, it just own't run fullscreeen - it crashes immediately..... however, 3 days ago when i installed it, I got absolutelt zero sound and zero picture, just wouldn't work....
Vectot Linux will NOT install properly onto my computer - every time, at the end of the installation and I have to reboot, it says HDD error -cannot boot from disc...
Perhaps, I'm beginning to believe, there is something wrong with my machine.... I mean, it runs everything slower than it ought to, but i can at least run VLC on windows and play movies allright... it pisses me off that I cannot replicate the same environment, because that's what my point is...
I don't mind having to type a lot more stuf in the command-line, i can deal with it if that's what it takes to overcome windows.....
Much love, cheers
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Posted: Tue 14 Jun 2005, 23:10
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Ok, have gotten some better results, but have decided to download 1.03 and see if i have any better luck.... can now get mplayer to play just about anything, just not full screen. Sorry for the delay, and thanks to those that have offerrred help - it doesn't fall on deaf ears. Will hear from me again, and look forwars to helping others once i know my ass from my bible, or so the saying goes....
'specially, thanks for the info on the on ctorrent.
Much love, cheers.
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Posted: Wed 15 Jun 2005, 00:13
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you need to have a /opt dir to symlink to, so mplayer can find the mplayer files ... i should add a line to create /opt if it doesn't exist ... i symlinked to /opt rather than /usr because Puppy sometimes cleans out /usr
if mplayer is till not working, try making /opt if it doesn't exist
(using rox or type
mkdir /opt
... then see if mplayer will run ... /opt should be in ram and will disappear when you reboot, unless you have an option 2 install
gxine does usually crash if you try to play a movie full screen ... mplayer seems to work ok on my machine ... your machine might be a bit too slow to play a movie full screen using a vesa driver ... another distro with a driver for your video card might work better
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Posted: Thu 28 Jul 2005, 21:31
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Well, since my last post I've learned alot in a short time about Puppy, and Linux in general.
I've managed to get Azureus up and running, and it seems fine.
Still no luck with playing video full-screen, but that could just be my machine.
However, since my last post it's come to my attention that ctorrent may not have been working properly for me because I was downloading to a FAT32 partition. I have since created a 10GB partition (ext3) and will continue experimenting.
For example, I much prefer wget to the Firefox browser for downloading large file - with wget, i'm allready in a position to md5sum the file....
Also, why use more resources than needed?
So, I'm giving Ctorrent another try.
(Question... Why is it called Ctorrent? Am I mistaken in believing that most C programs are written in GUI? Or am I way off? Guess it don't matter much...)
Cheers to you all
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mplayer should play full screen
you seem to have a missing /opt dir
you can install this bugfix and it should fix that problem:
i think that version of mplayer was compiled for i686 cpus (i didn't compile it myself) ... so it probably won't run on a 386 or 486 or 586
ctorrent definitely does not download properly to a vfat (Windows) partition ... ctorrent134c does seem to work on a vfat partition ... it prints an error message, but if you leave it running, it eventually seems to download ok ... though there can be problems with torrents that download more than 1 file
ctorrent is called ctorrent because it's written in C ... the original bit torrent program was written in Python ... Azureus is written in Java ... ctorrent is a lot smaller that the Python or Java versions, and probably uses less of the computer's resources
GUI is Graphical User Interface ... windows and buttons and scroll bars and things ... GUI's (as opposed to the text mode command line, like DOS), can be written in almost any computer language ... most of the Gnu-Utils command line programs (like ls, cp, mv, cd, md5sum, top ...) are written in C
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Thanks GuestToo.
I created the /opt directory, that doesn't seem to be my problem. Mplayer will play whatever I throw at it, just not full-screen. (good work with the patch, though!)
It starts to stutter and the sound stops synching up with the video.
On my debian partition, all is OK, except I'm using VLC to watch movies etc.
That's why I like the idea of having Xfree86 - in theory, I could copy files over and get the same results.
(also, I realize that I've come to some rather bizarre conclusions about C... guess that's bound to happen when you have no humans in real-time to discuss-learn things with.... I'm kinda regretting moving to The Island, only for that reason though...)
Thanks for the info, much obliged
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vesa drivers don't support picture scaling by the video card, so the cpu is doing all the work
to play a movie full screen probably requires at least an 800 mhz cpu
you can run mplayer from the command line (type mplayer2 rather than mplayer ... mplayer sends all messages to /dev/null to avoid filling up xerrs.txt) and experiment with the options, like which sound and which video driver to use
if you had xfree86 and the driver for your card, you would have hardware acceleration, and the video card would be doing most of the work
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That clarifies things for me, G2. Thanks. I have a 700mhz cpu... not in the best of health, either.....
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WBU students preparing for medical careers
PLAINVIEW - Martin Ortega kept his summer options open for several months, hesitating to make any solid plans. But in mid-April, his plans were made for him when he received word of acceptance into the Joint Admissions Medical Program.
Now he's in Houston, at the Baylor College of Medicine, participating in an intense summer program designed to provide him and the 68 other participants with extra academic and practical preparation toward medical school - even though it is three more years away.
JAMP, as it is called, is a special program created by the Texas Legislature in 2002 to provide support for economically disadvantaged students seeking medical careers. Summer programs are held after each academic year, then students are guaranteed admission into one of Texas' medical schools and substantial scholarships toward the expensive training.
For Ortega, who just completed his freshman year at Wayland Baptist University, the program is literally an affirmation from God. Ortega came to Wayland from his hometown of Midland, where his father, Martin Sr., pastors Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel. A couple from his church encouraged him to visit Wayland and he enjoyed the small classes and Christian atmosphere.
A strong Christian with a heart for missions, Ortega said he initially enrolled with the plan of pursuing a career in physical therapy, mostly because he knew the cost of medical school would be prohibitive. But the dream of being a real M.D. still lingered in his mind.
Dr. Adam Reinhart, assistant professor of biological and earth sciences at Wayland and pre-health coordinator, had set Ortega on a four-year plan toward PT school, mapping out classes and extracurricular opportunities to better prepare him. When he learned Wayland would have a chance to nominate students for JAMP - private schools in Texas only get to nominate on a rotation basis and only 10% of the places are reserved for private school freshmen - he immediately thought of Martin.
"I think this program is tailor-made for people like Martin," Reinhart said. "You have to be Pell Grant eligible, so it's really meant for students who may not be able to pay for medical school even if they got accepted."
Reinhart helped Ortega with the application process, a long online form which required an essay detailing Ortega's career goals and desires for the future. The field was narrowed and students called for interviews, with Ortega's at Texas Tech University. When word came he'd been chosen, he said he was amazed.
"I feel very blessed to be chosen, but I don't feel like it's a coincidence," Ortega said. "I really felt like (Wayland) was where God wanted me to be, and I can't think of anything more affirming than to be accepted into this program."
Ortega said the narrow window of opportunity for the honor makes it even more special. Application for JAMP has to be made during the freshman year, and had he come to WBU a year later or earlier, it would not have been the school's chosen year to nominate. It was, as they say, just meant to be.
"This program gives me a purpose," Ortega said. "I realize that all the honor and glory goes to God for this, and it makes me excited because I can see my purpose laid out before my eyes. I know God wants me to use this experience for his glory."
Ortega is interested in focusing his medical career toward family and community medicine or pediatrics. For now, though, his goals are making it through the intense 8-5 class days and shadowing opportunities this summer, keeping his grade point average high and keeping on track with his academic plans.
And he's not the only Wayland student making his summer count toward a degree. Reinhart said other students are taking advantage of programs that allow them to improve their skills and prepare for careers in the healthcare industry.
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A Randomized Double Blind Protocol Comparing Amphotericin B With Flucytosine to Amphotericin B Alone Followed by a Comparison of Fluconazole and Itraconazole in the Treatment of Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000639
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted : March 30, 2012
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To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of amphotericin B plus flucytosine (5-fluorocytosine) compared to amphotericin B alone for a first episode of acute cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS patients, and to compare the effectiveness and safety of fluconazole versus itraconazole.
At least 10 percent of patients with a low CD4 count and HIV infection will develop meningitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans. More effective treatments than the standard therapy need to be explored.
|Condition or disease
|Meningitis, Cryptococcal HIV Infections
|Drug: Itraconazole Drug: Flucytosine Drug: Fluconazole Drug: Amphotericin B
|Not Applicable
At least 10 percent of patients with a low CD4 count and HIV infection will develop meningitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans. More effective treatments than the standard therapy need to be explored.
Patients are selected by a randomization process to take amphotericin B intravenously (in the vein), for 14 days, and either placebo (ineffective substance) or flucytosine for 14 days. Then patients are again selected by a randomization process to take either (1) fluconazole for a total of 8 weeks plus itraconazole placebo; or (2) itraconazole for a total of 8 weeks plus fluconazole placebo.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|400 participants
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Double Blind Protocol Comparing Amphotericin B With Flucytosine to Amphotericin B Alone Followed by a Comparison of Fluconazole and Itraconazole in the Treatment of Acute Cryptococcal Meningitis
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 1997
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
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Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Interruption of myelosuppressive therapies and/or administration of erythropoietin, at discretion of investigator, to maintain hemoglobin = or > 7 g/dl.
- Adjunctive corticosteroids may be administered during the triazole phase for patients who develop Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and meet the prescribed criteria.
- Hydrocortisone, not to exceed 50 mg/day, during the amphotericin phase.
- Aerosolized pentamidine or systemic chemoprophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia should be given to all patients with a CD4 count < 200 cells/mm3.
- Antiretroviral drugs (including zidovudine (AZT), didanosine (ddI), dideoxycytidine (ddC)) after patient has tolerated oral triazole for one week (after 3 weeks of study treatment).
- Maintenance treatment (except for rifamycins) for other opportunistic infections such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, cerebral toxoplasmosis or mycobacterial infections, provided that their hematologic and hepatic values are stable and they meet the entry criteria.
Concurrent Treatment:
- Transfusion, at discretion of investigator, to maintain hemoglobin = or > 7 g/dl.
Patients must have:
- HIV infection.
- Primary episode of acute cryptococcal meningitis.
- Willing to participate in the study for a full 10 weeks and either be able to give informed consent or have a family member or guardian able to give informed consent.
Prior Medication:
Fluconazole prophylaxis, not exceeding 200 mg/day.
Risk Behavior:
- History of high-risk behavior for HIV infection (bisexual or homosexual men, intravenous drug abusers) and their sexual partners.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:
- Inability to take oral medication (if necessary, flucytosine and flucytosine placebo may be administered via nasogastric tube during the amphotericin phase).
- History of hypersensitivity to imidazole or triazole compounds.
- Active hepatitis (viral, drug-induced, or other) defined by progressive worsening of hepatic enzymes to grade 3 or 4 toxicity on at least two occasions.
- Comatose.
- Concurrent CNS disease which, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with assessment of response.
Concurrent Medication:
- Continued treatment with H2 blockers (ranitidine (Zantac), cimetidine (Tagamet), omeprazole (Prilosec), nizatidine (Axid), famotidine (Pepcid)).
- Antacids and didanosine (ddI) within 2 hours of triazole administration.
- Rifampin, rifabutin (Ansamycin), and other rifamycin derivatives, phenytoin (Dilantin), phenobarbital, or carbamazepine (Tegretol).
- Other systemic antifungal agents.
Prior Medication:
- Amphotericin, > 1 mg/kg, or fluconazole or ketoconazole, > 1200 mg, as prior treatment for current primary episode of acute cryptococcal meningitis or treatment started for this episode more than 72 hours prior to enrollment into study.
- Phenytoin (Dilantin), carbamazepine (Tegretol), phenobarbital, rifabutin (Ansamycin), rifampin or other rifamycins within the last 15 days.
Patients may not have:
- Inability to take oral medication (if necessary, flucytosine and flucytosine placebo may be administered via nasogastric tube during the amphotericin phase).
- History of hypersensitivity to imidazole or triazole compounds.
- Active hepatitis.
- Patients who are comatose.
- Concurrent CNS disease which, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with assessment of response.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00000639
|United States, California
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|Ucsf Aids Crs
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
|United States, Florida
|Univ. of Miami AIDS CRS
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|United States, Hawaii
|Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Leahi Hosp.
|Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University CRS
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|United States, Indiana
|Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Clinic
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|Methodist Hosp. of Indiana
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|United States, Louisiana
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|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital ACTG CRS
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|Bmc Actg Crs
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
|Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr., ACTG CRS
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, Missouri
|St. Louis ConnectCare, Infectious Diseases Clinic
|St Louis, Missouri, United States
|Washington U CRS
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States
|United States, New York
|SUNY - Buffalo, Erie County Medical Ctr.
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14215
|Beth Israel Med. Ctr. (Mt. Sinai)
|New York, New York, United States, 10003
|Cornell University A2201
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Univ. of Rochester ACTG CRS
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|United States, North Carolina
|Unc Aids Crs
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
|Carolinas HealthCare System, Carolinas Med. Ctr.
|Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
|Regional Center for Infectious Disease, Wendover Medical Center CRS
|Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, 27401
|United States, Ohio
|Univ. of Cincinnati CRS
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267
|The Ohio State Univ. AIDS CRS
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania CRS
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Pitt CRS
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|Study Chair:
|van der Horst C
|Study Chair:
|Saag M
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000639 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
MSG Study 17
11134 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|First Posted:
|August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 30, 2012
|Last Verified:
|March 2012
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Drug Evaluation
Drug Therapy, Combination
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Amphotericin B
Brain Diseases
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Meningitis, Cryptococcal
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Meningitis, Fungal
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
Central Nervous System Infections
Amphotericin B
Liposomal amphotericin B
Antifungal Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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I'm A Hornet from President ShonrockJune 24, 2014
June 25, 2014
- The Kansas Board of Regents unanimously approved the new Koch Center for Leadership and Ethics at Emporia State University on June 18; the new center was established from $750,000 of grants from the Koch Foundation, Koch Industries, and three ESU alums/Koch executives (David Robertson, Dale Gibbens, and Kim Penner).
- The National Teachers Hall of Fame officially dedicated the new Memorial to Fallen Educators on June 12th; hundreds of guests from around the country attended the ceremony including Andy Tompkins, President/CEO, Kansas Board of Regents and Ruthanne Buck, Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Education.
- Special thanks to Arthur Piculell of Portland, Oregon who has created the Rosamond Hirschorn Departmental Endowed Chair of Music Fund with a $500,000 gift in honor of his late wife, Dee.
- Last Friday, Moody's re-affirmed Emporia State's A2 rating with a 'stable' outlook; continued success related to enrollment growth, managing successfully our current debt service coverage, and building future reserves could upgrade the university to A1 rating!
- Last week's Kansas Board of Regents meeting included a brief presentation to Regent's Chair Fred Logan with a signed resolution by all 32 public postsecondary institution presidents of the new System-Wide Reverse Transfer program between 2-year and 4-year schools supporting seamless transfer for students and KBOR's Foresight 2020 goal of 60% attainment!
- The Kansas Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence has awarded ESU with $348,375 to support Undergraduate Research in Biomedical Sciences. This award primarily focuses on renovations for research space in the Department of Physical Sciences.
- Laura Patrick, team captain for the Lady Hornets, was nominated for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The winner will be announced in Indianapolis on Sunday, October 19.
- The Shonrocks, Karen and Michael, had the pleasure to serve as honorary Parade Marshals at the annual Americus Days parade pulled by DeWayne Bachkus on his vintage tractor! THANKS also to the Alumni Association and volunteers and Corky for participating!
- Undergraduate Admissions and local alums attended the 30th Anniversary Greater Kansas City Hispanic Development Fund Scholarship Banquet; the Office of the President through the 1863 Society matched $2,000 in scholarships for three new Hornets!
- 23rd Annual Induction Ceremony for the National Teachers Hall of Fame included inductees: Jan Alderson from Overland Park, Cynthia Couchman from Buhler, Marguerite Izzo from Malverne (New York), Gary Koppelman from Blissfield (Michigan), and Rebecca Palacios from Corpus Christi (Texas).
- Emporia State's Alumni Association recently welcomed three new board members: Courtney George '09 from Tahlequah, OK, Jessie Stinson '05 from Warrensburg, MO, and Brenda Vogts '81 from Canton, KS.
- Educators from around the state and region recently attended the Summer Institute for School Librarians; this event was coordinated by Mirah Dow, associate professor of Library and Information Management.
- Emporia State's football team was recently ranked #13 in the Lindy's NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 as well as #22 in the Sporting News NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25. The Hornets begin their season on September 4 against Missouri Southern.
- Denelle Hurd and Amir Cuffe, Emporia State Admissions Counselors, will host 13 Open Houses in Wichita and Kansas City throughout the summer. They will provide information about the admission process, majors, scholarships and housing information.
- Kaisa-Triin Karu, exchange student from Estonia, recently had an article published in a marketing magazine in Estonia discussing her experiences at Emporia State.
- Max McCoy, associate professor, recently had his paranormal mystery, Of Grave Concern, named as a 2014 Kansas Notable Book. The awards ceremony will be in Topeka on Saturday, September 13.
- President Shonrock presented ESU alumnus Edward Hammond a plaque commemorating the original six teachers at the Kansas State Normal School. President Hammond is retiring from Fort Hays State University with 27+ years of leadership and service to Kansas public higher education.
- The new Vice President of Development for the ESU Foundation is Shane Shivley. Congratulations Shane!
- Brian Obermeyer (B.S. 1994, M.S. 1996), was named an Ethical Hero by the Nature Conservancy. He was selected from 270 nominees within the Nature Conservancy as a person who acts ethically and with absolute integrity.
- The Shonrocks attended the first of the 60th Season Summer Theatre production, Blithe Spirit and look forward to future productions including: Nunsense (June 25-28), Too Many Cooks (July 9-12), and probably defer to the younger crowd for The Arkansaw Bear (July 23-26).
- Thirty (30) high school students participated in the 25th Anniversary Kansas Future Teacher Academy (KFTA); 2014 Kansas Master Teacher served as keynote the first evening and ESU Dean Ken Weaver served as closing banquet speaker; another great program coordinated by Bob Aman, Director of the KFTA!
- With $26.2 million in gifts, grants and pledges received, Now & Forever: The Campaign for Emporia State University is nearly 58 percent of the way toward its $45 million goal.
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You know what makes for a fantastic icebreaker at a party in Texas? Jokes about killing Californians in their cars. "You need to open fire on these vehicles immediately. Immediately. Not with 9 millimeters or AR rounds, you need to put mortars on those things, you cannot take any chances." Get it?
That pearl came from conservative blogger and regular Fox News guest Bill Whittle, and it drew some hearty laughter from the crowd at a rally for Sen. Ted Cruz over the weekend. The only things missing from his performance at this self-described "celebration of freedom and liberty" were a few spittoons and some celebratory gun fire.
Whittle was talking about how Californians are all descending upon Texas in droves looking for work. "They will change it and mess it up," he said (h/t Raw Story). "Don't let that happen. Just, just start shooting."
And don't even worry about getting in trouble. This is Texas, after all. Right, Bill?
"You'll stand in front of a Texas judge, he'll say 'did you shoot up that car full of Californians?' You'll say 'yes'. He'll say 'why?' You'll say "well, Your Honor, they needed killing." Voila, you just earned yourself a Texas medal.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Tom Lovell: Friends and Influences
After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree Lovell moved to New York where he shared a studio with Harry Anderson (below). He stayed for two years, but it was the height of the Great Depression and the going was tough. In 1933 he moved home to his parent's place in Nutley and converted a barn on their property into a studio.
In 1934 Tom Lovell got married. He kept busy with whatever artwork assignments he could find. His first big break came in 1937 when he once again went to New York with a new set of samples and, on the first day of visiting publishers, he landed two assignments - one for This Week and the other for Red Book. Lovell's work caught the attention of other publishers and gradually assignments began coming in from American, True, Cosmo, McCall's, Collier's and, as seen below, Woman's Home Companion.
In 1938 the Lovells moved to New Rochelle, New York. Here he met two illustrators who would become good friends and his "unofficial art directors"; Donald Teague (below)...
... and Mead Schaeffer (below). These two accomplished artists, both of whom had already achieved the pinnacle of success for an illustrator of those times (doing work for The Saturday Evening Post) must have been exceptional advisors for Lovell.
Both Teague and Schaeffer had themselves had the guidance of Dean Cornwell, and both were devoted to the master's philosophy of studious research, preliminary studies and trial compositions -- traits they must have passed on to Lovell...
... as will become apparent tomorrow when we look at Lovell's own working methods.
* James Gurney has a new post on Tom Lovell here.
* David Saunders has a photo and biography of Tom Lovell and many examples of his early 'pulp' artwork here.
* My Tom Lovell Flickr set.
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Leif, thanks for the spotlight on Lovell. I think he was one of the best of the mid-century illustrators. He had a long career, and it's hard to pinpoint the decade a piece of his was done because he was so timeless and consistent. He seemed to channel Sargent and Zorn, who were among his heroes.ReplyDelete
He was also generous with his help for younger illustrators. I once wrote him for advice on a couple of pieces, and he wrote back reminding me to keep down the chroma in skin tones and downplay highlights, so as to keep the figures from looking like "painted dolls."
Hi James;ReplyDelete
Thanks for all that great additional info! How lucky for you to have corresponded with Lovell and had the benefit of his advice. It had slipped my mind that you recently posted about Lovell - my apologies... I've added a link now at the end of today's post for those interested in taking a look. :^)
My dad subscribed to True Magazine (and bought occasional copies of Argosy) when I was a boy in the early-mid 1950s. I remember the picture of the whale ramming the Essex in the pages of one of the True magazines, as well as a number of the other pictures you've shared.ReplyDelete
I found them frightening and fascinating. I was too young for much of the subject matter, and many of the stark and lurid images stayed with me for years afterward. They indeed had a power and attraction, as you've said elsewhere, that isn't present any longer in magazines.
Thanks for the images and the sharing, Leif.
My pleasure, BP. And of course what's been pointed out already is how versatile Lovell was, to be able to do both convincing adventure imagery and beautiful romance artwork. I wanted to highlight that agin today by sticking that one piece from Woman's Home Companion in the middle of all that men's adventure bombast. That ability should not be considered too lightly. few illustrators could do both (or were allowed to by their clients). Thanks for your comment! :^)ReplyDelete
- Deiter of Venice, CA3:03 AM
Welcome back, Leif! Thanks for doing this great service that you do.ReplyDelete
That whale slamming the boat picture is amazing. Really evocative! Lovell was indeed an illustrative genius.
(I remember when True and Argosy were available at the drugstore all those ages ago.)


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Federal judge in Michigan strikes down marriage ban after landmark trial
March 21, 2014
Today, March 21, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman, a Reagan appointee, ruled that laws in Michigan prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying are unconstitutional. READ THE RULING HERE.
The decision from Judge Friedman in the case, DeBoer v. Snyder, came down after the first trial on marriage for gay couples since California's Hollingsworth v. Perry – and only the second since the first-ever freedom to marry trial in Hawaii in 1996. Following last year's Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Windsor, Judge Bernard Friedman is the ninth consecutive federal judge to issue such a ruling overturning state marriage discrimination on constitutional grounds.
Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, cheered on the ruling. He said:
The discriminatory ban is untrue to Michigan's – and America's – values, and the judge was right to strike it down. It's time that all committed couples in Michigan be treated with respect and dignity under the law, fully able to share in the freedom to marry and the responsibilities and protections marriage brings. Today's win comes after a full trial - complete with prosecutors and defendants, witness cross-examinations, and testimony from family experts on the well-being of children - which showed that opponents have nothing more than the same bogus claims they have recycled for decades. They were simply unable to provide a single legitimate reason why committed same-sex couples should be excluded from marriage. Michigan, like all of America, is ready for the freedom to marry.
It's already been a huge year for the freedom to marry in states across the country - Judge Friedman is the ninth federal judge in the past three months to rule in favor of the freedom to marry, after positive rulings from Judge Shelby in Utah, Judge Timothy Black in Ohio, Judge Kern in Oklahoma, Judge Heyburn in Kentucky, Judge Wright Allen in Virginia, Judge Garcia in Texas, Judge Coleman in Illinois, and Judge Trauger in Tennessee.
Learn more about the ruling - and all of the other 57 marriage lawsuits pending in court at Freedom to Marry's Litigation resource page.


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Organized by the students, the rally placed a direct call on the Department of Education to restore the nearly $400,000 in cuts to the school's Advanced Placement (AP) courses, sports and supportive services.
Lawrence Roodenburg, a senior at the school, helped organize the rally after first hearing about the cuts in the upcoming budget a few weeks ago.
"We said this is enough and we really need to do something about this now," Roodenburg said.
Roodenburg and his team of organizers were reportedly approached by DOE representatives prior to the rally and asked to cancel.
"It's kind of ridiculous that they're now pulling AP teachers, who usually teach two periods, to now one period," he said. "They're cutting 120 hours of class time and students can't be expected to do well on their AP tests if they're cutting half their class time.
Roodenburg held a sit-in at the principal's office when they first heard about the budget cuts. He added that they will continue to organize rallies until the cuts are restored.
Councilman Mark Weprin called on the DOE to restore the proposed cuts, and said the cuts were made because of an enrollment error on the part of the department.
"DOE made an error, and now thousands of students are left in the lurch in the middle of the school year," said he said. "By cutting funds to the school, DOE is unfairly punishing the students for its own mistakes."
A representative of the DOE refuted the claims of budget cuts at Cardozo High School.
"There were no budget cuts to schools in FY14," said the DOE representative. "School budgets fluctuate annually based on the number of registered students. There was also no error in enrollment."
While they claim that no AP programming will be lost at the school, the spokesperson added that they are, "working closely with Principal Martori to make sure that the school's programming is aligned with their budget."
According to the DOE, the school is 15 students below current enrollment projections and has until October 31 to get its budget set. The spokesperson added that principals are responsible to align their resources and manage the budget.
"Cardozo will be able to maintain its AP courses," assured the DOE representative.
As students filed into the yard at Cardozo High School last week, elected officials and school representatives gathered on the sidewalk.
Assemblyman Edward Braunstein said he was hopeful that any cuts to the program would be restored in time to save the AP classes.
"These students don't understand the funding formulas, they don't understand the bureaucratic back-and-forth, they just know that one day they came to school and their AP programs were cut," Braunstein said. "I think they're right to demand they continue the programs."
Braunstein said Cardozo students are receiving less funding per student than other schools in the area.
"I think it's a realistic demand," he said. "The ball is in the DOE's court. They have sole discretion on whether or not they're going to go through with clawing this money back."
Dana Horowitz, a junior and AP student, enrolled in the high school for their renowned college preparatory courses.
"We're hoping to see our AP classes brought back because if they're not, then our chances of getting into colleges are greatly jeopardized," Horowitz said. "It jeopardizes the future, of not only us, but all of New York City."
She explained that many of her AP classes like biology, social studies and calculus have already seen visible cuts this school year.
"Many classes, like AP Bio, that are two periods, have been cut down to one period so you have half the learning time," she said. "There's not enough time in the curriculum so your chances of doing well on the test are greatly reduced."
Cardozo senior Lance Brown isn't an AP student, however he said that he relies on the program for tutoring throughout the year.
"They help me, they tutor me with my subjects and my struggles," Brown said. "I want to help them save their classes. When you shut them down, you're shutting down a whole bunch of other programs too."


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Well, that was fast.
Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III already has had an MRI on a right knee that he injured during Sunday's win over the Ravens. Per multiple reports, a Redskins spokesman has said that the MRI showed no significant damage, and specifically no torn ACL.
The injury is being characterized as a sprain, which can mean a wide range of injuries to one or more ligaments.
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Arsenal fan and aspiring football writer Josh Pedley in Dublin's fair city......
While Wembley may be playing host to the Champions League final this year, the mouth-watering, bed-wetting prospect of Barcelona, who if being more than just a club wasn't enough are also champions of Spain for the third year running, and Manchester United, self titled 'Biggest Club in the World' and champions of England for the third time in four years, the actual real final, the Final's final if you like, was taking place across the Irish Sea in Dublin.
Yes that's right, Sporting Braga v FC Porto. Two teams from the same country, split by a mighty 30-odd miles, being made to travel all the way to Ireland to play the final of a competition that has about as much relevance nowadays as a mini-disc player.
Well, that's the impression you get living in England. A country where the top teams spend the first 6 months of the season giving the maximum 110% effort to try and qualify for the Champions League only to realise in March that its an impossible dream and then simply spend the remaining two months planning their summer breaks in Miami, while hoping desperately that their lack of interest means they will miss out on the opportunity of appearing in a primetime slot on Channel 5 on a Thursday night next season.
Yet the attitude on the continent could not be different. This is still a prestigious Trophy to win and is a place for clubs to put themselves on the map and ultimately for players to grab the attention of the bigger clubs who compete in the Champions League each year.
In this respect, Dublin was the perfect city to host Uefa Europa League Final, albeit despite its obviously crap name.
While there was never a chance of an Irish team making the final here, in the Aviva Stadium they have a top class venue for the occasion.Yet landing on O'Connell Street in the centre of the city at 5pm on Wednesday afternoon with just a handful of Porto fans hanging around and I was starting to worry if this may turn into the non-event it was built up to be. Where were the thousands of boozed up supporters, drunk on optimism and 5euro pints of Guinness?
After walking around the streets for 10 minutes or so and finding pretty much all the pubs empty I began to dream of how different the scene would be if, for example, PSV prevailed to get this far.
If this was what was happening on the streets, then what about on the pitch? These maybe two teams from the same league but that's where the similarities end.
After all, Porto are giants of Portuguese football and have just completed the league season with a not too shabby record of played 30, won 27 and drawn 3. Their coach André Villas-Boas is considered the most talented young manager since Jose Mourinho and in Falcao and Hulk they have two of the most sought-after forwards in Europe.
Meanwhile Braga have just finished 4th in the Primeira Liga and a massive 38 points behind their opponents. Yet they are arguably going through the finest period in the clubs history. After finishing second last season, Braga overcame Celtic and Sevilla to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League.
So my spirits were lifted considerably after jumping in a taxi and heading to the ground. With the Aviva Stadium being located a good 15 minute walk from the centre of the city, the streets were lined with both sets of supporters making there way to the game in harmony, singing together and drinking together with no animosity.
However there was never a chance of any trouble, mainly because the Porto fans outnumbered the Braga contingent by three to one. The streets and pubs around the ground were a sea of blue and white shirts and the chants of "Pooooorrrrtooooo, Poooooorrrrttttooooo…" were all that could be heard.
Once in the ground it also became apparent that it would be far from a sell out, a fact confirmed later with the attendance hitting 45,000, 6,000 short of capacity. With the ground starting to fill as the surprisingly impressive opening ceremony got under way the Porto fans began to find their voice and continued to sing through the whole 90 minutes. It was a shame though that the Braga supporters were in such low numbers that they were only heard briefly for 10 minutes during the first half. Which, unfortunately, was kind of like the performance of their team.
Braga made their intentions clear early on by sitting deep and soaking up the pressure. They also made it clear who they were threatened by most, as at least 3 players took their turn to see if Hulk, Porto's powerhouse forward, could do it on a cold May Wednesday night in Dublin.
A rhythm soon settled with Porto playing he ball across the defence, linking with the impressive Fernando in midfield and looking at any opportunity to slip the Columbian Falcao in on goal.
To be fair to Braga they managed to keep Porto to long distance efforts and it was a mis- placed pass just before half time which allowed Porto to break and then cross for Falcao to deftly nod home the only goal of the game, and also what was Porto's only shot on target.
Despite a brief spell of desperate pressure towards the end of the second half from Braga, complete with goalie up for corners, Porto were never in trouble and deservedly won their first European trophy since winning the Champions League in 2004.
While the game wasn't the greatest and the atmosphere was slightly ruined by the number of empty seats, Dublin is a great city and a perfect host for occasions like this. The beer is great and the pubs were made for pre and post match drinking. It's a shame they don't have a football team worthy of competing at this level or higher on a regular basis.