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CES 2018: NVIDIA Opens Up GeForce NOW Beta To PC Gamers
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | January 8, 2018 - 11:35 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: pc game streaming, nvidia, geforce now, game streaming, cloud gaming, CES 2018, CES
NVIDIA is opening up its Geforce NOW cloud gaming service to PC gamers who will join Mac users (who got access last year) in the free beta. The service uses GeForce GTX graphics cards and high-powered servers to store, play, and stream games at high settings and stream the output over the internet back to gamers of any desktop or laptop old or new (so long as you have at least a 25Mbps internet connection and can meet the basic requirements to run the Geforce NOW application of course - see below). Currently, NVIDIA supports over 160 games that can be installed on its virtual GeForce NOW gaming PCs and a select number of optimized titles can even be played at 120 FPS for a smoother gaming experience that is closer to playing locally (allegedly).
GeForce NOW is a bring your own games service in the sense that you install the Geforce NOW app on your local machine and validate the games you have purchased and have the rights to play on Steam and Ubisoft's Uplay PC stores. You are then able to install the games on the cloud-based Geforce NOW machines. The game installations reportedly take around 30 seconds with game patching, configurations, and driver updates being handled by NVIDIA's Geforce NOW platform. Gamers will be glad to know that the infrastructure further supports syncing with the games' respective stores and save games, achievements, and settings are synched allowing potentially seamless transitions between local and remote play sessions.
You can find a list of currently supported games here, but some highlights include some oldies and newer titles including: Borderlands 2, Bioshock Remastered, various Call of Duty titles, League of Legends, Left 4 Dead 2, Kerbal Space Program, Just Cause 3, StarCraft II, Resident Evil 7, KOTOR, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, Dirt 4 (just for Josh), Project Cars 2, Fallout 4, XCOM 2 (a personal favorite), PUBG, WoW, Civilization VI, and more.
While many of the titles may need to be tweaked to get the best performance, some games have been certified and optimized by NVIDIA to come pre-configured with the best graphics settings for optimum performance including running them at maximum settings at 1920 x 1080 and 120 Hz.
If you are interested in the cloud-based game streaming service, you can sign up for the GeForce NOW beta here and join the waiting list! According to AnandTech, users will need a Windows 7 (or OS X equivalent) PC with at least a Core i3 clocked at 3.1 GHz with 4GB of RAM and a DirectX 9 GPU (AMD HD 3000 series / NVIDIA 600 Series / Intel HD 2000 series) or better. Beta users are limited to 4 hours per gaming session. There is no word on when the paid Geforce NOW tiers will resume or what the pricing for the rented virtual gaming desktops will be.
I signed up (not sure I'll get in though, maybe they need someone to test with old hardware hah) and am interested to try it as their past streaming attempts (e.g. to the Shield Portable) seemed to work pretty well for what it was (something streamed over the internet).
Hopefully they have managed to make it better and quicker to respond to inputs. Have you managed to get access, and if so what are your thoughts? Is GeForce NOW the way its meant to be played? It would be cool to see them add Space Engineers and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion as while me and my brother have fun playing them, they are quite demanding resource wise especially Space Engineers post planets update!
Also read:
- NVIDIA GeForce NOW Initial Thoughts and Review @ PC Perspective (Note this is the Shield variant (formerlly GRID) which is separate from the PC / Mac aimed service)
Onlive has been grabbed by Sony and then immediately consigned to the garbage heap
Subject: General Tech | April 6, 2015 - 02:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: cloud gaming, onlive, sony, pc game streaming
Five years ago Onlive launched a beta of their online gaming system, allowing you to play games over the internet, without needing a high end PC. Ryan got his hands on the beta to try out and while it did work for him, there was high latency effecting his gameplay and when he mentioned that Onlive had a few words with him. It seems Sony dislikes the service more than anyone as they have just purchased the company and will be shutting it down in a month, without even offering to move the customers to Playstation Now. This effects not only the gamers but also the graphics manipulation service they offered to companies using the same infrastructure. It is always hard to be the first to try offering a new service and streaming has become a competitive business with a lot of companies with deep pockets offering similar services. There is one major up side for Sony, according to The Register Onlive possesses over 1000 patents for cloud gaming, which Sony can now use to further develop their services.
"Subscribers to the OnLive cloud gaming service have just 27 days of playing time left before the corporate servers that host their fragging sessions are to be shut down by Sony, which announced that it had acquired the service on Thursday."
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NVIDIA CloudLight: White Paper for Lighting in the Cloud
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | August 3, 2013 - 04:03 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nvidia, CloudLight, cloud gaming
Trust the cloud... be the cloud.
The executives on stage might as well have waved their hands while reciting that incantation during the announcement of the Xbox One. Why not? The audience would have just assumed Don Mattrick was trying to get some weird Kinect achievement on stage. You know, kill four people with one laser beam while trying to sink your next-generation platform in a ranked keynote. 50 Gamerscore!
Microsoft stated, during and after the keynote, that each Xbox One would have access to cloud servers for certain processing tasks. Xbox Live would be receiving enough servers such that each console could access three times its performance, at launch, to do... stuff. You know, things that are hard to calculate but are not too dependent upon latency. You know what we mean, right?
Apparently Microsoft did not realize that was a detail they were supposed to sell us on.
In the mean time, NVIDIA has been selling us on offloaded computation to cloud architectures. We knew Global Illumination (GI) was a very complicated problem. Most of the last couple decades has been progressively removing approximations to what light truly does.
CloudLight is their research project, presented at SIGRAPH Asia and via Williams College, to demonstrate server-processed indirect lighting. In their video, each of the three effects are demonstrated at multiple latencies. The results look pretty good until about 500ms which is where the brightest points are noticeably in the wrong locations.
Again, the video is available here.
The three methods used to generate indirect lighting are: irradiance maps, where lightmaps are continuously calculated on a server and streamed by H.264; photons, which raytraces lighting for the scene as previous rays expire and streams only the most current ones to clients who need it; and voxels, which stream fully computed frames to the clients. The most interesting part is that as you add more users, in most cases, server-processing remains fairly constant.
It should be noted, however, that each of these demonstrations only moved the most intense lights slowly. I would expect an effect such as switching a light on in an otherwise dark room would create a "pop-in" effect if it lags too far behind user interaction or the instantaneous dynamic lights.
That said, for a finite number of instant switches, it would be possible for a server to render both results and have the client choose the appropriate lightmap (or the appropriate set of pixels from the same, large, lightmap). For an Unreal Tournament 3 mod, I was experimenting with using a Global Illumination solver to calculate lighting. My intention was to allow users to turn on and off a handful of lights in each team's base. As lights were shot out or activated by a switch, the shader would switch to the appropriate pre-rendered solution. I would expect a similar method to work here.
What other effects do you believe can withstand a few hundred milliseconds of latency?
GDC 2013: AMD Reveals Radeon Sky Specifications
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 31, 2013 - 03:06 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: GDC 13, sky 900, sky 700, sky 500, RapidFire, radeon sky, GCN, cloud gaming, amd
Earlier this week, AMD announced a new series of Radeon-branded cards–called Radeon Sky–aimed at the cloud gaming market. At the time, details on the cards was scarce apart from the fact that the cards would use latency-reduction "secret sauce" tech called RapidFire, and the highest-end model would be the Radeon Sky 900. Thankfully, gamers will not have to wait until AFDS after all, as AMD has posted additional information and specifications to its website. At this point, pricing and the underlying details of RapidFire are the only aspects still unknown.
According to the AMD site, the company will release three Radeon Sky cards later this year, called Sky 500, Sky 700, and Sky 900. All three cards are passively cooled with aluminum fin heatsinks and are based on AMD's Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. At the high end is the Sky 900, which is a dual Tahiti graphics card clocked at 825 MHz. The Sky 900 features 1,792 stream processors per GPU for a total of 3,584. The card further features 3GB of GDDR5 RAM per GPU on a 384-bit interface for a total GPU bandwidth of 480GB/s. AMD claims this dual slot card draws up to 300W while under load. In many respects the Sky 900 is the Radeon-equivalent to the company's professional FirePro S10,000 graphics card. It has similar hardware specifications (including the 5.91TFLOPS of single precision performance potential), but a higher TDP. It is also $3,599, though whether AMD will price the gaming-oriented Sky 900 similarly is unknown.
The Sky 700 steps down to a single-GPU graphics card. This card features a single Tahiti GPU clocked at 900 MHz with 1792 stream processors and 6GB of GDDR5. The graphics card memory uses a 384-bit memory interface for a total memory bandwidth of 264GB/s. Although also a dual slot card like the Sky 900, the cooler is smaller and it draws only 225W under load.
Finally, the Sky 500 represents the low end of the company's cloud gaming hardware lineup. It is the Radeon Sky equivalent to the company's consumer-grade Radeon HD 7870. The Sky 500 features a single Pitcairn GPU clocked at 950 MHz with 1280 stream processors, 4GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit memory bus, and a rated 150W power draw under load. It further features 154GB/s of memory bandwidth and is a single slot graphics card.
|Sky 900
|Sky 700
|Sky 500
|Dual Tahiti
|Single Tahiti
|Single Pitcairn
|GPU Clockspeed
|825 MHz
|900 MHz
|950 MHz
|Stream Processors
|3584 (1792 per GPU)
|6GB GDDR5 (3GB per GPU)
|Memory Bus
|Memory Bandwidth
|Card Profile
Additionally, the Radeon Sky cards all employ a technology called RapidFire that allegedly reduces latency immensely. As Ryan mentioned on the latest PC Perspective Podcast, the Radeon Sky cards are able to stream up to six games. RapidFire is still a mystery, but the company has indicated that one aspect of RapidFire is the use of AMD's Video Encoding Engine (VCE) to encode the video stream on the GPU itself to reduce game latency. The Sky cards will output at 720p resolutions, and the Sky 700 can support either three games at 60 FPS or six games at 30 FPS.
In addition to working with cloud gaming companies Ubitus, G-Cluster, CiiNow, and Otoy, AMD has announced a partnership with VMWare and Citrix. AMD is reportedly working to allow VMWare ESX/ESXi and Citrix XenServer virtual machines to access the GPU hardware directly, which opens up the possibility of using Sky cards to run workstation applications or remote desktops with 3D support much like NVIDIA's VCA and GRID technology (which the company showed off at GTC last week). Personally, I think the Sky cards may be late to the party but is a step in the right direction. Even if cloud gaming doesn't take off, the cards could still be used to great success by enterprise customers if they are able to allow direct access to the full graphics card hardware from within virtual machines!
More information on the Radeon Sky cards can be found on the AMD website.
GDC 2013: AMD Announces Sky Graphics Cards to Accelerate Cloud Gaming
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | March 27, 2013 - 08:16 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: sky graphics, sky 900, RapidFire, radeon sky, pc gaming, GDC, cloud gaming, ciinow, amd
AMD is making a new push into cloud gaming with a new series of Radeon graphics cards called Sky. The new cards feature a (mysterious) technology called "RapidFire" that allegedly provides "highly efficient and responsive game streaming" from servers to your various computing devices (tablets, PCs, Smart TVs) over the Internet. At this year's Games Developers Conference (GDC), the company announced that it is working with a number of existing cloud gaming companies to provide hardware and drivers to reduce latency.
AMD is working with Otoy, G-Cluster, Ubitus, and CiiNow. CiiNow in particular was heavily discussed by AMD, and can reportedly provide lower latency than cloud gaming competitor Gaikai. AMD Sky is, in many ways, similar in scope to NVIDIA's GRID technology which was announced last year and shown off at GTC last week. Obviously, that has given NVIDIA a head start, but it is difficult to say how AMD's technology will stack up as the company is not yet providing any specifics. Joystiq was able to obtain information on the high-end Radeon Sky graphics card, however (that's something at least...). The Sky 900 reportedly features 3,584 stream processors, 6GB of GDDR5 RAM, and 480 GB/s of bandwidth. Further, AMD has indicated that the new Radeon Sky cards will be based on the company's Graphics Core Next architecture.
|Sky 900
|Radeon 7970
|Stream Processors
|Memory Bandwidth
I think it is safe to assume that the Sky cards will be sold to other cloud gaming companies. They will not be consumer cards, and AMD is not going to get into the cloud gaming business itself. Beyond that, AMD's Sky cloud gaming initiative is still a mystery. Hopefully more details will filter out between now and the AMD Fusion Developer Summit this summer.
CES 2013 Video: NVIDIA GRID Cloud Gaming Technology
Subject: Graphics Cards, Shows and Expos | January 9, 2013 - 11:46 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, nvidia, grid, cloud gaming, ces 2013, CES
Despite all the excitement about the NVIDIA Shield handheld gaming device at CES, the company was also heavily promoting its GRID Cloud Gaming Technology, marking another company that is promosing "game everywhere on everything". NVIDIA's claims of lower latency thanks to rendering and encoding on the same GPU have really yet to be verified as the hands-on demos they had at the show were running on local servers (not exactly a real-world test...).
NVIDIA isn't planning on releasing a self-branded service to the public but instead wants to sell servers to ISPs and service providers to increase density (more games per server) and performance. There are no current cloud gaming companies using GRID technology so it looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer to see it's true capabilities.
PC Perspective's CES 2013 coverage is sponsored by AMD.
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CiiNow Engineering Open Cloud Gaming Platform With AMD Radeon Graphics Hardware
Subject: General Tech | September 11, 2012 - 10:41 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: virtualization, radeon, onlive, gaming, cloud gaming, ciinow, amd
In the wake of OnLive going bankrupt and selling itself to new investors, a new cloud gaming company has emerged called CiiNOW. The company was founded in 2010 and now has 24 employees. It has managed to raise more than $13 million USD, but with a new investment from new chip designer AMD CiiNow is ready to go public with its software. Interestingly, instead of starting its own cloud gaming service, CiiNow is positioning itself as a Middleware company by selling its virtualization and gaming software to other companies. Those business customers would then use CiiNow's software to start their own cloud gaming services.
In the deal with AMD, CiiNOW will recommend AMD Radeon graphics cards to customers as well as supporting them on its software platform. According to CiiNow, its virtualized platform is able to run on any data center or cloud computing platform's hardware. While OnLive generally required specialized servers where the graphics card was dedicated to providing games to one (or a small number of) user(s), CiiNow claims to be able to provide up to eight 720p HD streams per server blade, and up to 272 HD streams per traditional server rack. On the user side of things, CiiNow has stated that gamers would need at least a Mbps internet connection in order to play the streamed games effectively. Company CEO Ron Haberman was quoted by Venture Beat in stating the following:
"One of the big issues with cloud gaming is that no one likes to talk about costs, we are more economical because we virtualize any hardware that fits underneath our software."
While the company has not gone into details about how the virtualization software works on off-the-shelf servers, they claim that it is an extremely scalable solution that can support rapidly growing numbers of end users without dramatically increasing hardware costs. It's impossible to say how well cloud gaming services based on this technology will work without more details or a hands on, but it is nice to see someone else take up the mantle from OnLive – especially with competitor Gaikai being bought out by Sony. CiiNow wants its technology to be used to deliver AAA titles to gamers over the Internet, so I'm interested in how they are going to pull that off using varying hardware with CiiNow's software layer running on top (specifically, the performance they will be able to get out of the hardware and how it will be sliced up between clients/gamers).
The company has said that games will not need to be ported to the virtualized software to work, only a DRM free copy from the publisher needs to be provided to load it onto the platform. Further, the cloud gaming provider using CiiNow's software will be able to support game pads and other controllers to interact with the streamed games. CiiNow does not list specific latency numbers on its site, but claims that it is using a low latency H.264 video stream to send the gameplay down to users. It remains to be seen whether or not it will be able to match or exceed NVIDIA's GRID technology in that respect, however.
There are still a lot of questions about how CiiNOW's software will work, and whether it will advance cloud gaming in general. Fortunately, you should be able to get some answers soon as the company's software is now available to the public, and we should start to see some new cloud gaming providers popping up based on the virtualization technology. Reportedly, the company has completed several trial runs in Europe and has potential customers in the US, Korea, and Australia. CiiNow claims that it could take around two months from when a customer orders equipment before its cloud gaming service can go live, so the first fruits of CiiNow's labor might emerge by the end of this year.
There is a preview of a cloud gaming service up on CiiNOW's website, but no partners with plans to launch gaming services have been publicly announced yet.
In the video below, CiiNOW CEO Ron Haberman introduces the company's new cloud gaming platform.
Continue reading for my speculation and brief thoughts on cloud gaming. Feel free to join the comment discussion (no registration required).
Gaikai Beta Available Now On Samsung Smart TVs
Subject: General Tech | July 4, 2012 - 12:15 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: onlive competitor, gaming, gaikai, cloud gaming
At AFDS, David Perry showed off the cloud gaming service Gaikai running on Samsung's Smart Televisions where he hinted that a closed beta might become available soon. Despite my concerns following the acquisition of Gaikai by Sony, the beta application showed up today as being available for download. We managed to snag a few photos of the app and the setup process, as seen below.
The Gaikai application tile in the Samsung Smart Hub
After upgrading to the latest (just released) firmware, which is version 1023.0 at time of writing, the application tile for Gaikai becomes available. The easiest way to upgrade the TV's firmware is to force an update by navigating to the TV's menu, then clicking on "Support," and finally selecting the Software Update option. Alternatively, users can download the firmware from the Samsung website and place it on a USB flash drive.
After clicking on the app tile (which is only shown for a few seconds at a time) in the Samsung Smart Hub, you can download it to your TV. After the application runs through a few tests, you are presented with an access code to use on the Gaikai.com website. After obtaining the access code, you will need to go to the Gaikai website and enter it. From there, you will need to go through a couple of steps and enter a few bits of personal information to sign up for the beta program. Right now, they are running a promotion where the first 150 people that sign up for (and are accepted into) the beta will receive a Logitech game pad. We understand the input requirement will be with any Xinput compatible controller, but Gaikai seems to favor the Logitech 310, 510, and 710 controllers, as seen when they gave a live demo to Engadget last month.
The Samsung Cloud Gaming application is currently at version 9.1121 and is a 20.4MB download. You can obtain the app from the Smart Hub, as mentioned above. If you don't see this firmware and/or the app, your set might not yet be supported or simply be too old to support the beta. The service is expected to require a 7000 Series or higher Samsung Smart TV. Initial support is for 2012 models, but that support may be rolled back to earlier units as the beta progresses.
Interestingly, this beta application and its accompanying firmware have both gone live with little fanfare from either company. If you own a Samsung TV and want a chance to get in on the beta, be sure to update your TV's firmware and sign up for the Gaikai beta as soon as possible. If you have managed to get into the beta, we encourage you to test out the service and join the discussion in the comments section below (no registration required).
Stay tuned for more information on the Gaikai Samsung Smart TV beta as we get it! As soon as we are accepted into the beta, we will try to test the service out and report back.
Sony Buys Out Gaikai for $380 Million, A Stormy Future for Cloud Gaming?
Subject: General Tech | July 2, 2012 - 02:03 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: sony, ps4, Internet, gaming, gaikai, cloud gaming
Gaikai, the streaming cloud gaming service was bought today by Sony Computer Entertainment. At this year's Fusion Developer Summit, Gaikai stated its goal to be the gaming service on all of your devices, from your cell phone to Smart TV. Interestingly, the recent buyout from Sony raises questions about the future openness of the platform.
Purchased for $380 million, Sony plans to combine its game catalog with Gaikai's streaming technology to provide cloud entertainment services. Gaikai CEO David Perry was quoted by The Verge as saying:
"We're honored to be able to help SCE rapidly harness the power of the interactive cloud and to continue to grow their ecosystem, to empower developers with new capabilities, to dramatically improve the reach of exciting content and to bring breathtaking new experiences to users worldwide."
The biggest question I have about the future of Gaikai is whether not not it will now be a Sony-only technology. At AFDS, Gaikai showed off the technology running on Samsung Smart TVs, though it remains to be seen whether Sony will continue to license the technology to other companies. Should it remain Sony-only, the company could use that exclusivity as a feature-add for its consoles, Google TVs, blu ray players, and televisions. They could further use Gaikai to power its future consoles or to bring its entire library of console games to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita gaming platforms. The Verge speculates that Sony could be using the technology to bring its back-catalog of PS1 and PS2 games to the current generation console, now that it is otherwise no longer backwards compatible with the older hardware. That sounds like a very plausible plan of action for Sony.
Will Sony bring Gaikai-powered cloud gaming to the PS3?
You can find more additional quotes and speculation over at The Verge. What do you think will happen to Gaikai's technology? Will Sony put it to good use or did they only buy it now to keep others from using it?
NVIDIA puts its head in the clouds
Today at the 2012 NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC), NVIDIA took the wraps off a new cloud gaming technology that promises to reduce latency and improve the quality of streaming gaming using the power of NVIDIA GPUs. Dubbed GeForce GRID, NVIDIA is offering the technology to online services like Gaikai and OTOY.
The goal of GRID is to bring the promise of "console quality" gaming to every device a user has. The term "console quality" is kind of important here as NVIDIA is trying desperately to not upset all the PC gamers that purchase high-margin GeForce products. The goal of GRID is pretty simple though and should be seen as an evolution of the online streaming gaming that we have covered in the past–like OnLive. Being able to play high quality games on your TV, your computer, your tablet or even your phone without the need for high-performance and power hungry graphics processors through streaming services is what many believe the future of gaming is all about.
GRID starts with the Kepler GPU - what NVIDIA is now dubbing the first "cloud GPU" - that has the capability to virtualize graphics processing while being power efficient. The inclusion of a hardware fixed-function video encoder is important as well as it will aid in the process of compressing images that are delivered over the Internet by the streaming gaming service.
This diagram shows us how the Kepler GPU handles and accelerates the processing required for online gaming services. On the server side, the necessary process for an image to find its way to the user is more than just a simple render to a frame buffer. In current cloud gaming scenarios the frame buffer would have to be copied to the main system memory, compressed on the CPU and then sent via the network connection. With NVIDIA's GRID technology that capture and compression happens on the GPU memory and thus can be on its way to the gamer faster.
The results are H.264 streams that are compressed quickly and efficiently to be sent out over the network and return to the end user on whatever device they are using.
Continue reading our editorial on the new NVIDIA GeForce GRID cloud gaming technology!!


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E-venting has a great post about the various different types of blogs people are doing to support their meetings. For our Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum in March, I plan to do kind of a hybrid of all four types that he mentions—on-the-scene posting from the conference, some back-end stuff about the operational aspects (of interest, since the attendees are meeting planners), some pre-event programming commentary, and links to stuff of general interest to pharma planners. Ambitious, I know, but I think it'd be the right mix for this particular group of participants. Of course, no one will ever comment, the pharma industry being pretty circumspect these days, but it's worth a try. It's what I'd find most interesting, anyway.
What would you find most useful in a blog about a conference you're going to? If you have any ideas, please drop me a line or leave a comment here.

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The Stanley Cup Finals have finally started with the Canucks winning in the dying seconds of the third period on a Raffi Torres goal from Jannik Hansen and the heads-up play of Ryan Kesler. When I was at Rogers Arena last night, I felt an energy in the building that hasn't been felt in a long, long time. Game one showed me a few things to indicate where this series could go.
Last night, I saw some good things, ,some bad things and certainly some odd things. Regardless of the strange happenings throughout the arena last night, the hometown team gave their crowds something to cheer about.
Alex Burrows got into a little scuffle with Patrice Bergeron last night which led into an alleged biting of Bergeron's finger. Bergeron and Julien complained to the refs, who didn't see the incident, about Burrows and wanted him tossed out of the series for a game or two. Who knows, perhaps Burrows was in the middle of a sentence in their chirping when Bergeron shoved his finger in Burrows' mouth? Maybe that's a way French-Canadians chirp at each other. Who knows, all I know is the NHL didn't seem to think it was suspension worthy, despite what some members of the media think. Ask yourself Pierre Maguire, if Gord Miller shoved his finger in your mouth during an argument, what would you do?
After Game 5 of the Western Conference Final, the braintrust at Rogers Arena thought it would be a good idea to have confetti fall all over the ice surface after the game winning goal. I wonder if the brainiac who decided it would be an awesome idea ever put on a pair of skates? I don't think so. It was nearly impossible for the players to skate around to celebrate the victory and it could have resulted in a potential injury to one of the players. It was a poor choice of celebration fodder. How poor? So poor that last night, I managed to take a picture of a pile of confetti atop of the cover of the walk-way of the visitors bench. Not only that, an official on the ice had to pick up a stray piece of confetti as it floated down to the surface. I am guessing the brain trust at Rogers Arena and the Canucks front office might want to make sure it doesn't happen again. Well, at least I hope.
Officiating, yet again
So 12 penalties were called in the first and second periods, but none in the third. I would say about 1/3 of those penalties called were pretty weak ( going both ways) and they should have just the teams play a little more. It would have made for a bit more of an exciting game and given it a much better flow. The NHL officials are yet again, consistently inconsistent.
Great Goaltending
Both Tim Thomas and Roberto Luongo have shown why they are both up for the Vezina trophy last night. Although I am sure, both would gladly concede the regular season honour to one another to win the Stanley Cup. Thomas dazzled the crowd with his acrobatic saves and his aggressive style. For a small man, he certainly covers the net very well, and for some of the Canucks in the early goings of the first period, too well. He set an NHL record for best save percentage in the regular season of .938. He broke a record held for 11 years by Dominik Hasek (Buffalo Sabres) at .936. He also can thank a post and crossbar aiding him and his team last night. Despite the late heroic goal by Raffi Torres he stopped 33 of 34 shots by the Canucks. He also faced better scoring chances than his counter-part, Roberto Luongo.
Even though Luongo didn't have to be as acrobatic as Thomas, he was perfect and acquiring his third shutout of the post-season, posting a 36 save effort for the night. His rebound control, and his efficient movements had Luongo help his team to this win. For those doubting Luongo in the earlier part of this post season, since Nashville, he has been stellar. Maybe just maybe, his critics might start showing him the respect, that I believe he deserves. Mr. Dangerfield, he is not.
Saw some really cool signs last night, some good, some dirty and but most creative. There was a couple of long banners passed around Rogers Arena last night that had "Go Canucks Go"
And of course, the Cup Final banner was hung from the rafters at Rogers Arena. I managed to get an excellent picture of it from my seat.
It was a great way to start the series, and I look forward to the upcoming games. I anticipate the drama that builds, the signs that come in, and the play between two very good hockey teams.
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"My Scottish Borders"
K is for:
and KINMOUNT WILLIE
and KINMOUNT WILLIE
Did you know that the children's colourful toy the KALEIDOSCOPE was invented by a Borderer?
David Brewster (1781-1868), was born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, and became a leading physicist renowned for his work on optics and polarisation.
The word "Kaleidoscope" is derived from the ancient Greek -
"Kalos" - beautiful,
"Eidos" - form or shape
"Skopea" - to look at or examine -
Thus observation of beautiful forms.
The town of KELSO, Roxburghshire was described by writer Sir Walter Scott as "the prettiest if not the most romantic town in Scotland". It lies in a picturesque setting at the junction of the Tweed and Teviot rivers and is full of architectural features with street names such as Woodmarket and Horsemarket reflecting the local economic interests.
The ruined abbey (one of four in the Borders) was built in 1128 and witnessed the coronation of the young King James III in 1460, following the death of his father at the siege of nearby Roxburgh Castle.
The spacious town square claims to be the largest in Scotland, with the elegant Georgian Town House built in 1816. The graceful five-arched bridge over the Tweed, built by John Rennie in 1803, was the model for London's Waterloo Bridge.
Floors Castle, Scotland's largest inhabited house, stands in parkland overlooking the Tweed. It was built by the architect William Adam, for the 1st Duke of Roxburghe in 1721 and later embellished by William Playfair. Despite its name, it is a large country house - not a castle fortress built for defence.
Massed pipe bands at Floors Castle
The lively programme of local events reflects the predominantly agricultural community, with the Border Union Agricultural Show, ram and horse sales, Kelso Races, point-to-point and the Scottish Championship Dog Show.
Heavy horses at the Border Union Agricultural Show
The story of Kinmont Willie is one the best documented episodes in the exploits of the Border Reivers.
William Armstrong of Kinmont was captured by the forces of the English Warden in violation of a truce day in 1596 and imprisoned in Carlisle Castle across the Border in England. Fellow Reiver Walter Scott of Buccleuch (known as "The Bold Buccleuch" - pronounced Buck-loo) led a band of men on a daring raid and broke Kinmont Willie out of the castle. Kinmont Willie Armstrong was never recaptured.
Here are a few verses from the 46 verse ballad to get a flavour of both the language and the story
They band his legs beneath the steed,
They tied his hands behind his back;
They guarded him fivesome on each side
And brought him ower the Liddle-rack.
My hands are tied, but my tongue is free,
Ands whae will dare this deed avow?
Or answer by the Border law?
Or answer to the bauld Buccleuch?
"And have they ta'en him Kinmont Willie,
Against the truce of Border tide
And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch
Is keeper here on the Scottish Side?
We crept on knees, and held our breath,
Till we placed the ladders against the wa'
And sae ready was Buccleuch himself
To mount the first before us a'.
"Buccleuch has turn'd to Eden water,
Even where it flowed frae bank to brim,
And he has plunged in wi' a' his band,
And safely swam then thro' the stream.
Follow the next stage of this A-Z Journey
through the Scottish Borders
L is for
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The Scottish Borders
The old counties of Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire
Do take a look at earlier posts in "My Scottish Borders
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A-Z Challenge C - Common Ridings and Carter Bar
A-Z Challenge D - Dryburgh Abbey, Duns Scotus and The Douglas Tragedy
A-Z Challenge E - Elliots, Earlston, Enigma Hero and Eyemouth Tart
A-Z Challenge F - Flodden, Fletcher and Flowers of the Forest
A-Z Challenge G - A Green & Pleasant Land and Galashiels
A-Z Challenge H - Hermitage Castle and Hawick
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A-Z Challenge G - A Green & Pleasant Land and Galashiels
A-Z Challenge H - Hermitage Castle and Hawick
A-Z Challenge I - Inspirational Land of James Hogg and Will Ogilvie
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Ravens defensive coordinator Dean Pees is very familiar with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
He's been part of the defensive staff in Baltimore for the last three seasons, which has meant three matchups with the Patriots, and he spent four years as the defensive coordinator in New England before moving down the Eastern Seaboard. That's given him a lot of time to study Brady and come up with an answer for the best way to slow him and the rest of the Patriots offense down.
"Hire Tonya Harding," Pees said, via NESN.com. "If they were getting off the bus, I'd spray water outside the bus and hope it freezes."
It's a good line, albeit one Bette Midler might not find so amusing. And we'd be remiss if we didn't point out a missed opportunity to reintroduce the name Jeff Gillooly into the national conversation.
We aren't expecting to see a shot Sunday of Tom Brady wailing about his knee in a hallway Nancy Kerrigan-style, although it would certainly make for an unforgettable image. Brady had a good game in the team's regular season matchup, but the Ravens won 31-30. One way they helped grab victory was limiting the Patriots' run game to 77 yards, their lowest total of the season thus far.
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Milford high school student stabbed to death
Looking forward to her junior prom and a bright future
MILFORD -- On the day of her junior prom, a Jonathan Law High School student was stabbed to death in a school hallway Friday morning during an apparent quarrel with a classmate who students said wanted to be her prom date.
Maren Sanchez, 16, an athlete and National Honor Society member, was slashed across the throat, face and chest shortly after 7 a.m., just before classes began, police said.
Teachers frantically attempted to stop the bleeding, an effort that was taken over by the EMS paramedics who soon arrived. But by 7:45 a.m., she was declared dead at Bridgeport Hospital.
For Sanchez, it was supposed to one of the happiest days of her young life -- she had even been elected prom queen.
"She was nice to everyone," said Emily Evans, 14. "You couldn't find a person who didn't know her."
Police said the 16-year-old male who assaulted Sanchez was taken into custody, and they said he was cooperative. Sources told Hearst Connecticut Media that the suspect's name is Chris Plaskon, and he will likely be charged as an adult.
The suspect was transported to Milford Hospital for psychological evaluation Friday and is expected to be arraigned Monday in Juvenile Court in New Haven.
The school was immediately placed on lockdown as worried parents rushed to the school. Classes were dismissed by 9 a.m. so police could investigate the attack.
By 9:30, school staffers said, Jonathan Law High was all but empty except for detectives examining the crime scene.
Students described an emotional scene, with people crying as police and paramedics swarmed the school.
Student Jill Davis, a friend of Sanchez, said Plaskon was an ex-boyfriend of the victim and that he had asked Sanchez to go to the junior prom with him that evening. When "she said no, he slashed her across the throat," Davis said.
On a Facebook page highlighting the school's prom dresses, Sanchez recently posted a photo of her dress, a teal-colored, full length gown with a slit on the side. "Yay ... so excited," she posted with a comment.
Police would not speculate on the prom date report, but said that they are investigating that angle.
"We'll get the bottom of it on how it happened and why," said Police Chief Keith Mello said. "The victim suffered multiple lacerations to her neck, chest and facial areas during the incident."
Detectives said they recovered a knife at the crime scene and executed a search warrant at the suspect's home.
Mello said it's unclear whether any students witnessed the assault, but it's possible that one or more of them saw all or part of the attack.
Student Christina DiCola said, "all I saw before they closed off the hallway was her, all bloody."
Police sources said a teacher held the dying girl in her lap until help arrived.
Sarah Golden, a 14-year-old freshman, said she was sitting in the main lobby with friends Friday morning when she was startled by several security guards running down the hall. Then she heard a voice on a walkie-talkie say someone had been strangled.
She was shocked when she learned about the stabbing.
"I was trying not to freak out because it was really scary," Golden said. "I just don't believe that something like that happened at my school. It's something that seems so unreal."
Golden's sister, Rebecca, a 17-year-old senior at the school, said she saw the victim lying on the floor surrounded by teachers, some of whom were crying. She said she didn't know what was going on at the time, and teachers directed her away from the victim.
Ben Buczek, a senior at Jonathan Law, described Sanchez as a student who "everyone liked," and who was a talented musician on the guitar as well as an accomplished student.
"There was nothing bad about her," he said.
Buczek added that Plaskon never displayed any violent tendencies and he didn't seem like the sort of kid capable of harming anyone.
"I had a class with him, and he seemed like a nice kid," he said. "Weird, but in a funny sort of way. Nothing out of the ordinary and you wouldn't think he could do this."
Students said Sanchez and Plaskon had been friends since they were in middle school.
Some students held a vigil Friday afternoon at Walnut Beach, where they brought Sanchez's teal green prom dress as a way to remember her. Many of the girls wore their prom dresses, and the boys wore their tuxedos.
Students also gathered around a large boulder at the entrance to the school parking lot. The rock was painted purple with "Maren" in white letters.
Elizabeth Feser, Milford superintendent of schools, said Sanchez was a "vibrant" student who excelled academically, was manager of the swim team and was "loved and respected" by her peers.
"We are obviously devastated by the loss of our students," she said. "She was very, very involved in Jonathan Law High, and she was an incredible contributor to the school."
Mello echoed Feser's despair over Sanchez's death.
"Any time there's a death, it's tragic, especially when it's a young person," he said.
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., offered her condolences.
"My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends as they deal with this terrible heartbreak," she said in a message to the media.
Mayor Benjamin Blake, who was away on vacation, also said he was shocked by the news.
"Our hearts go out to the family of Maren Sanchez, the 16-year-old junior at Jonathan Law High School who passed away this morning, and to those also affected by this tragedy," the mayor said in a message to the media.
Blake announced counseling services will be available throughout the weekend and he urged members of the school community and others to take advantage of them.
State Sen. Gayle Slossberg, D-Milford, was at the scene to offer her condolences.
"This is a terrible day here in Milford," she said. "We are all heartbroken. I spoke with the governor, and I can tell you that he stands ready with any and all resources that the state can offer to help us heal and to deal with this tragedy."
The school's junior prom had been scheduled for Friday night at Vazzano's Four Seasons banquet hall in Stratford.
Feser said, because of the tragedy, the junior prom and post-prom activities were postponed indefinitely. Feser said the prom would indeed take place at a future date.
Before the 11:30 a.m. news conference by police and school officials, many students were holding hands and crying.
The news conference took place in the K-Mart parking lot, about a block away from the school. By 3 p.m., the side streets adjacent to the school were crowded with news vans as television reporters prepared for live feeds for their evening news shows, using the high school as a backdrop.
Police and school officials stressed it was an isolated incident between two students and that the school was -- and is -- a safe place for children.
Mello said Plaskon has been charged with murder as a juvenile offender.
"The Milford Superior Court will follow up with a determination if the case will be handled as a juvenile or adult proceeding," Mello said.
Jonathan Law Principal Fran Thompson sent an email to students Friday morning expressing her shock and sadness.
It read: "It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that a beloved member of our student body, Maren Sanchez, has passed away. Maren was everything right with Jonathan Law. An honor student, active member of our school community and incredible young woman, her time with us was much too short but her spirit will be with us forever."
"We will have counselors and staff on hand throughout the entire weekend," Thompson said. "Anyone -- students, staff, alumni and community members are welcome to join us for support. The new gym will be open and I ask everyone who joins us to enter through the back lot into the new gym entrance."
Staff writers Amanda Cuda and Daniel Tepfer, and digital news editor Jim Shay contributed to this report.


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Florence Putterman is known for several things: her giant black glasses that conjure up images of late Vogue style editor and Old Navy pitchwoman Carrie Donovan; her crushed shell-and-sand canvases, dense with symbolism and color; and her relentless energy.
"I'm just in love with the creative process," says Putterman, sinking into the sectional sofa in her spacious Lido Shores home. "I think when you start out, you're painting pretty traditional things — landscapes, flowers … "
She gestures toward an early painting of tulips in a vase. The work couldn't be more straightforward or different than the frenzied abstract canvases with which Putterman, 82, is now identified. Other than the family snapshots covering her grand piano, the tulip painting is about the most common thing in
Putterman's home.
"Everything in here is going to be hanging in the show," Putterman says, referring to the survey of her work, which opens March 25, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design. The show is one of Putterman's largest exhibitions and includes more than 60 pieces of her work from 1949 to 2009. "Even my sculptures are going."
Something Putterman fans might not know is that the artist is a scavenger. She loves creating sculptures out of found materials. Her living room is filled with random and weathered bits of debris, including a crab trap pulled from the Gulf, a piece of decorative stone she found washed up beneath a bridge by her house, an old record holder and wood salvaged from a carpenter ant infestation at her second home in Selinsgrove, Pa.
"The most fun I have is when I find things," Putterman says, flipping through a 1981 issue of American Artist magazine. "I never cut anything in half. I just use what I find."
She opens to a lengthy feature on herself. The piece, which opens with a picture of Putterman standing in her spotless Pennsylvania home in corduroy bell bottoms, is titled, "An Award Winning Studio."
The headline — and pants — always amuse Putterman, mostly because she can't remember the last time her studio was that pristine, nor can she remember what happened to those corduroy pants.
The story came out two years after Putterman received a National Endowment grant to study the communicative symbols of Anasazi Indians in the American Southwest. The resulting monotypes — large-scale, on-site prints based on ancient petroglyphs or rock carvings — would provide the foundation for much of Putterman's work from the 1980s to now.
"Her original inspirations were the petroglyphs," says Jane Buckman, director of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts. "She was so moved by these marks that she was able to reach inside herself to find what would communicate her story. I think that's why people respond to her work. It demonstrates our humanness. It comes from a primitive place."
As a teenager, Putterman, who grew up in the 1940s in Brooklyn, N.Y., was told to pursue bookkeeping or stenography. Though she dreamed of becoming an artist and spent hours sketching, she received no encouragement from her parents or teachers. Like most women her age, it was assumed that once she married and had children, her time would be spent tending to household chores.
"I knew nothing about art," Putterman says. "I remember I made a sculpture out of Ivory soap in art class and my teacher told my parents she was going to flunk me."
So, Putterman majored in advertising and journalism at New York University, got married and had two sons. It wasn't until she moved to Selinsgrove and began taking classing from a Viennese artist in her neighborhood that she realized her artistic impulses had never waned.
She enrolled in graduate art classes at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pa., and in the summer, she sent her boys to camp so she could study photography, ceramics and printmaking at Pennsylvania State University. At 45, she was older than most of her instructors, and in 1973 she earned her master's degree.
"My advice to young artists is to keep plugging away," says Putterman, who last year published "Entwined Metaphors," a hardcover art book and autobiography. "If I didn't keep plugging away, who knows what I'd be doing? And always talk to strangers. You never know where it'll lead you."
"Florence Putterman: A Survey of Works, 1949 to 2009" runs March 26 to April 22, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, 6860 Longboat Drive S. For more information, call 383-2345 or visit www.ringling.edu/lbkca.
Contact Heidi Kurpiela at [email protected].
Florence Putterman is known for several things: her giant black glasses that conjure up images of late Vogue style editor and Old Navy pitchwoman Carrie Donovan; her crushed shell-and-sand canvases, dense with symbolism and color; and her relentless energy.


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I wasn't going to release another update as I was waiting for puppy 4, but the gestation period for the latter has been so long....
Anyway, I was playing with Hotpup wondering if it woud work in Xfce. The answer is yes, after a fashion. Hotpup automatically puts device icons on the desktop and double clicking one of these will mount the drive and open the file manager Thunar at the mount point. When a device is mounted the icon has a green dot in the corner. Double clicking on such an icon will open a question dialog with the option to open the file manager or unmount the drive. You can position the device icons by dragging them to a new location which should be remembered next time you boot up (except for removable devices like cdroms - they appear in the first free space on the desktop). I found that on faster machines I had to put a sleep =1 second after the start of the hotpup daemon in the .xinitrc file or the icons would not appear on the desktop. Users of older machines can probably comment this out.
While at it for R6 I updated Opera to 9.26
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Do you have any plans of a .pet for the modified Hotpup? I would like to add this feature to the 3.02 alpha with xfce that I have been working with. I hope that my request is not inappropriate.
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Welcome back, Gray!
Good to see you're continuing with Nop 3, not waiting for Dingo.
I've been using Nop 3.01 r5 with no problems - great.
EDIT! - Thanks to Cur Dog (see below) Hotpup.get now works in R5,
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the original rc.local0
.xinitrc must be restored, or if the live CD is left in the DVD drive it will keep running and flashing every five seconds or so. Also, the hotpup settings menu item does not seem to work, at least under these conditions
I had written:
When I tried the hotpup.get: (Yes, I know it was not specified for 3.01.), the desktop drive presentation worked beautifully. Very handy and intuitive. But, with two quirks -
1. When the splash screen starts this message appears: "Could not look up internal address for (none). This will prevent XFCE from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct by adding (none) to the file ?etc/hosts. Continue anyway? Try again?" If I "continue anyway" the splash proceeds and everything is fine except that
2. I had to use the network wizard again to have internet access.
But, yes,
an existing Nop 3.01 rev 5 config to rev 6 is of course the goal. I downloaded the full .iso for Nop 3.01 rev 6 (not the delta). It works if I start fresh (pfix=ram and save a new config file) but if I try to upgrade using my regular config file it does not, seems to run with no obvious changes. Sorry if I'm putting the cart before the horse.
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Posted: Wed 19 Mar 2008, 18:19
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I really appreciate you sharing the file. I installed and had the same issue that Henry has posted. I simply deleted the new etc/rc.d/rc.local0 that had been created and renamed the backup file that was created and rebooted with no issues. Now everything is working great.
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Posted: Thu 20 Mar 2008, 07:34
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Regarding the strange xfce error after installing the hotpupx.pet. Ahem, I , err, well, how do I put it ? Stuffed up! Dobby must now go and iron his hands.
The post install script modifies rc.local0 but in doing so made it non executable - hence the error. I have now corrected this and re-uploaded the hotpupx.pet file.
For upgrading to R6 only the pup_301.sfs file has changed. If you replace your existing sfs file the changes should filter through when you reboot - except for hotpup. The save file is dominant in the unionfs layers I believe and so changes to the .xinitrc file there will not be picked up. In fact the same is true for the /etc directory - so hotpup will not be there at all. You would have to install it using the dotpet!
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Posted: Thu 20 Mar 2008, 09:05
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Still no success on upgrading. Runs just the same whether I use the r5 or r6 live CD. Copied 301.sfs from r6 live CD. I wonder if the rev 6 .iso has the right 301.sfs?
Meanwhile, I used the new hotpupx. It is very nice! No problems whatsoever. I do appreciate how you quietly produce these simple, efficient solutions. I expect to be using Nop 3 for a long time, or until when and if Nop 4 appears.
So I am not in a big hurry to upgrade to ver 6 (I may try xdelta), but I doubt there is that much difference between Opera 9.25 that I'm using and 9.26. I've already updated Zigbert's various small apps., and of course have hotpup already,
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Posted: Thu 20 Mar 2008, 17:14
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Henry, yes it is the correct _301.sfs in the iso. Upgrading by replacing this file is very hit and miss - there are so many reasons why it could not work. It seems as though you have made most of the changes from R5 to R6 anyway.
Glad you like hotpupx, but I only made a few changes to hotpup - Dougal is the man to thank. I must confess I dont fully understand all the workings of hotpup - I know just enough to be dangerous. He He.
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OK, I found the problem. Ver 6 is now working.There was a backup copy of the r5 301.sfs close enough that it got picked up and used instead of the r6 301.sfs. I keep both versions on hand for a while, but forgot in this case to put them in their own folders for identification and insulation. It's hard to tell these apart - I suppose they can be renamed like pup_save files?.
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Post subject: Some thoughts on hotpup
Hotpup (thanks to Dougal, and Gray for the Nop adaptation) is very impressive. Having used it for a bit now here are some summary thoughts. It certainly helps newbs relate to their overall computer.
Something like this is attractive. Since day one with puppy I put up a set of drive icons to show with the green dot the mount status. Actual mounting was done with Pmount - still a good way, or automount. Most of my data files are on one drive, so I automount it and rarely need mount the others. See the upper screenshot at http://www.henrystrobel.com/linux.htm.
But now that I have used Hotpup for a couple of days, I think you are quite right to keep it as a petget option, since not everyone will need it, and the fact that the daemon keeps checking might be a little distraction. (Of course that can be turned off.) You might like to look at the second screenshot on
http://www.henrystrobel.com/linux in Nop. Mostly I use both the upper and lower XFCE panels and avoid the desktop and and double clicking as much as possible. Nop and XFCE are excellent.
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First I checked my current r5 config and all seems very fine using the r5 live cd, and has for a long time.
Then I upgraded this config (after backing up) with the r6 live cd and the new pup_301.sfs. (I know how to do that now ;-) Basically it works except that I noticed these problems -
1. epdfview doesn't run. Terminal says: segmentation fault
2. xine doesn't run. Terminal says: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4: invalid ELF header
3. openoffice apps (from sfs, work perfectly in r5) don't work. They start and the splash screen completes and the app immediately disappears. Terminal says, e.g.: swriter: command not found
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Here's a question related to hotpup. I was just looking around and saw this. It's way beyond me, but wanted to ask if this was at all realistic for Nop. Never mind if you don't have time.
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Hi, I am having problems with the r6 download from PuppyLinux, either the iso or md5sum is corrupt. I have downloaded twice and both times the md5sum doesn't match. The md5sum is the same in both cases.
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Hi fishy,
maybe I can troubleshoot the downloads; can you post the exact download links that you used, and the MD5 sums you got?
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There is something almost magical about the excitement that reports of the discovery of the bones of an English king, dead for centuries, produces. Despite the almost tumultuous reception given, in early 2013, to the confirmation that the remains of Richard III had been found in, the frenzy that greeted the news in January 2014 that bones probably belonging to Alfred the Great had been discovered in a box tucked away in a local museum for decades was still a surprise. There might be more of a debate over where Richard's bones should be laid to rest but Alfred's possible remains are as big a find – and will be arguably as big a tourism draw – as those of Shakespeare's great villain. Suddenly, England's long dead kings have got the X factor.
The fact that Alfred and Richard were very different monarchs with very different reputations only underlines the fact that it's royal history, not necessarily personalities or past representations of them, that is drawing in fans from around the world. Richard became the greatest villain in royal folklore while Alfred remains the only English king to be called 'the Great' but both have 21st century followers aplenty, waiting eagerly for the next instalment in their still unfinished stories. The massive interest in the discoveries of their remains (both trended on Twitter while Richard III has several Facebook pages dedicated to him now) only underlines how big a box office draw kings and queens of centuries past really are in 2014.
To have a king or queen buried in a location will bring global interest. Many of Britain's past monarchs and consorts, not to mention heirs and spares, are all neatly accounted for. A quick trip to Westminster Abbey or Windsor Castle will provide a good overview of British royalty in the last millennium and offer enough chances to read memorial stones to fill any historical day out. But a surprisingly large number of royal resting places remain unknown, or at least disputed, and the quest to find them and then claim them is well worth pursuing.
Richard and Alfred's stories are two great examples of how easy it is to lose track of where the once greatest lord in the land is lying. Many were buried in abbeys and monasteries and when Henry VIII began his programme of tearing them down in the 1530s, the bones of several of his predecessors disappeared in the confusion that followed. Richard III had been buried in Leicester after his death at nearby Bosworth Field in 1485 – his body had been taken to the city to help prove that he was really dead. After a public display and a private burial, Richard passed into history while the court and country focused on the reign of a new king. Richard's reign was told by courtiers to the new monarch, Henry VII, and the Tudor tale tellers were keen to spin a story of a man driving England to ruin through a chaotic and despotic rule. Richard and his grave were of little consequence and just a few years after his death, several different accounts of where he had been laid to rest already existed. It would take the historical detective work of the 21st century to finally locate his grave as having been at Greyfriars in Leicester, which by then lay in ruins beneath a car park. The dig to find the king, and the subsequent confirmation that his remains had really been found, no doubt attracted far more attention that Richard's original burial.
Alfred died as king of all he surveyed, much mourned and widely respected – according to the main source for his reign, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle of which Alfred was a patron and supporter. His reign had seen the fullest development yet of widespread defences against Viking raids, the beginnings of a navy, stability for his kingdom of Wessex, a stronger administration and a big push to encourage literacy and education. On his death he was buried in Winchester, his capital and his home, the centre of much of his life's work. But within a few years, Alfred's bones had been moved to a new tomb in the city before being moved again by monks in the 12th century to Hyde Abbey just outside the city walls. Alfred's grave was lost in the Dissolution of the Monasteries but it was believed that he may have been reburied at St Bartholomew's Church near what had been Hyde Abbey. However, carbon dating on remains found there showed them to be too young to be the king and a chance testing of a pelvic bone found in an excavation of the Hyde Abbey site turned out to be of the right era. At the moment, experts are trying to work out if the bone is that of Alfred or his son, Edward the Elder. But the very chance it could be Alfred is enough to get thousands excited and eager to hear the next instalment.
The good news for royal detectives is that there are plenty more missing kings and queens just waiting to be found. William the Conqueror's remains were lost although one bone is reported to have been salvaged and the final resting place of his great enemy, Harold Godwinsson, has never been definitively identified. Edward II was given a grand public funeral after his deposition and death but questions remained over whether he had really died at Berkeley Castle after losing his crown in 1327. But it's the fate of Edward V and his brother Richard, the Princes in the Tower that remains the greatest unsolved royal mystery of all. The discovery of their graves might answer questions that have occupied historians since their disappearance in the summer of 1483.
But it seems this new interest in royal resting places even stretches to those touched by the throne but not actually part of the monarchy themselves. Just this week it's been widely reported that the bones of Blanch Mortimer have been found in Herefordshire. Blanch was the daughter of Roger Mortimer, who helped Queen Isabella depose Edward II before meeting a traitor's end in 1330. If anything proves that royal graves are what everyone's talking about then it's this. Blanch wasn't royal and yet she's still big news.
But it also underlines just how big a tourist draw even a touch of royalty can be. In the same week that Blanch became more famous than she ever was in her lifetime, plans for a £4 million visitors' centre in Leicester, dedicated to Richard III, have been unveiled. The judicial review into where Richard's remains will be re-interred is due to take place early in 2014 but whether the last Plantagenet is laid to rest in Leicester or York, his tomb and museums linked to it will bring in eager visitors from miles around. A day before the visitors' centre design was shown off, an exhibition all about the quest to find Alfred's remains opened in Winchester. Holidaymakers, it seems, can't get enough of kings who popped their clogs in centuries past. England's dead kings have really got the X factor now.
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I am so happy that my contributor CP Choong is back with more sinfully delicious baking recipes.
In this post, she is sharing an utterly gorgeous, rich, buttery, and decadent Brownie Butter Cake recipe, adapted from Kevin Chai's "I love Butter Cake Too 2" cookbook.
CP Choong and I went to high school together, but we didn't know each other when we were in high school.
Our high school is the most famous Chinese girls school in Penang, attended by hundreds of students in each grade.
Fast forward to present time, CP and I finally met, through a mutual good friend, when I was back in Penang earlier this year.
I am just so happy that she is now my contributor and I can share her wonderful baking recipes with you.
She is an excellent baker and also a very talented photographer.
I absolutely love her food photography and her baked goods are truly top-notch.
If you read this blog, you will know that I love butter cake and my family really enjoys butter cake with coffee.
So, you can clearly see why I am partial to this brownie butter cake—it's butter cake, but better, because there is brownie at the bottom of the butter cake.
Just look at the photos, I am sure you can smell the buttery and rich chocolate aroma from the screen.
Put simply, this brownie butter cake is simply brilliant and irresistible.
This recipe calls for double baking: first, you bake the brownie, and then the butter cake that goes on top.
However, the time invested is well worth it when you sink your teeth into the rich, buttery, warm, chocolate-y brownie butter cake.
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New chip technology will increase acceptance and security of AAA credit cards for consumers traveling and spending abroad
ORLANDO, Fla., (September 10, 2012) – Americans traveling to international destinations have been challenged by the technology gap between magnetic stripe credit cards issued in the United States and chip-enabled cards widely accepted abroad. AAA, North America's largest leisure travel organization, announces the rollout of chip technology on its credit cards for current cardholders through our partner Bank of America.
"Chip-enabled cards will expand purchase options, add convenience and transaction security for Americans traveling abroad," said Siobhan O'Donnell, director, AAA Financial Services Sales and Marketing. "We are pleased to provide this new technology to cardholders which will enhance their international travel experiences."
Credit cards with chip technology, which is also known as EMV (EuroPayMasterCard Visa), are embedded with a microprocessor chip that encrypts and stores the account information. Many countries outside the United States have already converted from magnetic stripe to EMV chip technology.
AAA's new chip-enabled credit cards will continue to prompt customers to sign for transactions just as they would today. The cards also include the traditional magnetic stripe, which is used by U.S. merchants.
Current AAA credit cardholders are able to request the chip card option by calling the customer service number on the back of their card. Chip cards will be rolled out for new cardholders later this year. For more information visit AAA.com/creditcard.
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BRENDAN RODGERS says Liverpool's preparations for the trip to West Ham have not been overly disrupted despite having to spend a second, unscheduled night in Italy.
Liverpool's players and staff were forced to disembark their flight home after Thursday's Europa League win over Udinese when a surge in the left engine of the aeroplane left it grounded.
Rodgers' squad made the 30-mile journey from Trieste airport back to Udine, getting to bed at 2.30am, before taking part in a warm-down session in the hotel swimming pool.
They eventually caught a replacement flight to Merseyside yesterday afternoon, arriving home 14 hours later than anticipated.
Rodgers said: "It doesn't overly affect us . It's not ideal but we will have a final session on Saturday and will go to West Ham on Sunday with no excuse. We finished top of our group in a European tournament, so we're in a good moment and we'll take it into the game."
Rodgers has also taken a hands-on role in attempts to broker a contract agreement with Raheem Sterling, who turns 18 today and can now sign a long-term contract at Anfield.
I'm trying to help nurture these kids and money distorts the reality
"I'm trying to help nurture these kids and money distorts the reality, so I've ensured that I give my point of view on it," he said.


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erdvm1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 237 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
A new Veterinary critical care and Emergency facility needs a progressive styled logo to launch the marketing blitz. This logo will be used in our long term and short term marketing. It will be used on large marketing like signs as well as very small such as writing pens
We would like a comforting logo that draws attention from across a room. We Would not like much red but would rather more natural colors (earth tones) and would like a very small Aspen leaf in the design somewhere. Must reflect that this is specifically Emergency and critical care. We are looking for a design that embodies our core values of high quality veterinary emergency medicine, compassionate care, and a devotion to the greater good of the community.
The acronym for the Animal Critical Care and Emergency Centre will be ACCE (no C at the end)
Clear, crisp design
It is important to have something we can replicate on cards, and writing pens and on shirts
A cross that designates a hospital is good but not needed
Animals may work but are not needed
Please focus on the ACCE aspect and writing in Animal Critical Care and Emergency Centre at the bottom or side is also good
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Before we get to the ice cream it is only appropriate that we eat our vegetables first. My mother taught me well.
While the color of this dish might be one that only Oscar the Grouch approves of don't let the murky-brown hue taint your taste buds. This dish is rich and incredibly satisfying. The best part is that it uses a very common (and extremely nutritious) vegetable in an uncommon way.
Broccoli as a thick and creamy pasta sauce? You've got to be kidding me!
Oh I kid you not!
The recipe comes from, "Home Cooking" by Laurie Colwin. First of all if you have not read this book put it at the top of your to-do list. (Also add, "More Home Cooking"). Her writing is charming and light. She and I spent hours together sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee in hand as she told me about her life and the food that illustrates it.
Well, she wasn't actually sitting next to me but it sure felt like it.
My second favorite part of the recipe, with the first being the dish itself, is how she got away with writing it.
"Now to broccoli. How some people hate it! However, it turns into a sleek, rich pasta sauce. First you steam it. Then you saute it in dark green olive oil with two cloves of garlic until the garlic is soft. Then you toss it all in the blender with pepper, a pinch of salt, the jice of half a lemon, more olive oil and serve it on penne or ziti or fusilli with lots of grate cheese, and no one will suspect what is being served." (Home Cooking, pg. 60)
I love that there are no restrictions, no measurements and is left open to so much interpretation. She gives us the outline and lets us color in the rest and if we choose to color outside the lines, it's encouraged.
I followed the "recipe" fairly close except for the addition of chili flakes while sauteing (I left out the pepper). I uses oodles of Parmesan cheese to serve.
Now quick go make this so you can devour the ice cream and sorbet with a clear conscience knowing you ate your vegetables first.


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SOUTH EL MONTE >> Deputies made 67 arrests Saturday during the first day of the two-day HARD Summer 2014 music festival taking place at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, authorities said.
About 40,000 people were estimated to have attended the first day of the rave-style electronic music festival, with similar attendance expected Sunday, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said.
Of the 67 arrests made Saturday, 60 were for fake identification cards, sheriff's Deputy Johnny Jones said.
Six people were arrested on suspicion of selling drugs, Jones said.
And one person was arrested Saturday on suspicion of robbery after stealing an event staff shirt from the back of a worker, Jones said. The suspect was apprehended following the crime, which was apparently committed in an effort to sneak into the festival.
Statistics were not available for Sunday as the concert continued, but Jones noted there had been "a few" arrests.


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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI) —
Former NFL player Darren Sharper surrendered to Los Angeles police after an arrest warrant alleging he raped two women in New Orleans was issued, police said.
Sharper, who surrendered Thursday, had been free on bail following his arrest on charges of raping and drugging two women in Los Angeles when New Orleans police issued a warrant charging him with rape in that city last year, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Sharper now is accused of raping at least eight women, as well as committing sexual battery against a woman in Miami, the Times said.
Detectives and investigators with the Orleans district attorney's office also had an arrest warrant for Eric Nunez, 26, described as an acquaintance of Sharper.
New Orleans detectives learned two woman allegedly were assaulted by Sharper on Sept. 23, the Times said.
"New information uncovered also indicates that Nunez allegedly raped both women at the same location," said Remi Braden, a department spokeswoman.
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Sharper with two counts of rape and five drug charges in two incidents in October and January.
He is is under investigation in Las Vegas and Tempe, Ariz., the Times said
In the Los Angeles matter, Sharper, 38, has pleaded not guilty and was ordered to surrender his passport, remain in Los Angeles and avoid women.


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Corporate Treasurer
2000 Financial Statement
Greeting to All!
One of the duties of the Treasurer is to publish our financial information to the membership annually. The information used for this report is taken directly from the SCA's tax report (the 990) that is filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
The reason you are seeing 2000 information published in 2001 because of the scheduling of this report. It takes almost an entire year to collect, balance and correct all the information from all our reporting entities. This is every local shire, barony and guild that holds money in the name of the SCA as well as the Kingdoms and Principalities, the newsletters and the Corporate Office. This information is given to our accountant, who then produces the report for the Internal Revenue Service. This report is filed late in the year following the one which is being reported on.
As you can see, our organization continues to prosper financially. Much of the money that comes in is paid in as event fees, and most of that money goes right out as event expenses. Most of the rest of our income is membership and subscription fees, and that money is used to publish the newsletters and Tournaments Illuminated, purchase insurance, and support the Society structure. Our Kingdoms and other branches are all fiscally healthy and have enough funds on hand to carry out their activities.
Any questions you have about this report can be addressed to me at firstname.lastname@example.com - I'll do my best to answer if I can.
The following statement is a summary of the SCA's 2000 Form 990, Parts I and IV, as filed with the Internal Revenue Service in 2001.
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By Tom Bilodeau, Corporate Treasurer - firstname.lastname@example.com