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Posted: Wed 03 Oct 2007, 21:34
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Pebble v 0.4 - Bootsplash ALPHA
Subject description: This version has (poor/basic) support for animation
Pebble v 0.4 - Bootsplash (basic and bloated animation)
packages for Puppy 2.14 and Pizzapup 3.0.1
User says: "This is madness!"
Pizzasgood says: "
This. Is.
All jokes aside, this really is alpha software, and therefor I won't feel too bad if you install it on a critical machine and FUBAR it, resulting in getting fired from work, evicted, divorced, and bald to boot. In all seriousness, I'd advise you
using it at all. I'm only posting it because a couple people have been waiting months and
want animation, even if it's currently bloated and extremely basic. Actually, I'm scared that if I don't post this now, they'll come kidnap me and force me to finish. And that wouldn't be good: I hardly have time to do my homework as it is!
That said, it works okay my system.
Notice 1:
I have no idea how to use this with a full-hd installation of Puppy. Sorry
All others should work, though Multisession and LiveCD will require burning a new disk.
Notice 2:
The default animation this includes requires that you have 64+ MB of ram, or maybe about 64 + the size of your pup_xxx.sfs file (I'm not sure). If you edit the initrd.gz provided, you could set it to use the paw theme instead, in which case it would only need about a megabyte or three more than normal.
Pebble v0.4
Pebble is a simple bootsplash program. This version can handle animation, but it converts every frame into a pure raster image and stores them all in ram at the same time (that means having a 40 frame 800*600 image will use more than 50 mb of ram!). Not very efficient. That's why this is an alpha version
I will definitely fix that by the next version. As for the format of the animation, it's just a bunch of .jpg files in a directory (NO animated .gif files yet, sorry). They will be played in alphabetical order (specifically, the order that they appear when you do
for i in /<path>/*; do echo "$i";done
) so it's best to just give them numbers (like, monkey001.jpg, monkey002.jpg, etc.). For this to see them, they need to be in a directory at /etc/pebble/ of the
file (NOT your normal filesystem!!!). In that /etc/pebble/ directory will also be a file called "theme". Edit that to have the name of the directory. So if you put the images in /etc/pebble/monkey, the theme file would simply say
. No path info (that would break things).
There is no hotkey to disable the bootsplash while it's running, but you can use the
boot option to disable it on a per-boot basis. The normal boot messages are logged at /tmp/norm_boot.log. This bootspash will revert to text-mode at points where the boot process wants input (like choosing a save-file, inputting a password, etc). It resumes afterwards.
Okay, now for installation! I've put togeather packages compatible with Puppy 2.14 and Pizzapup 3.0.1. If you have a version based on 2.14 you may be able to simply use that package. Otherwise, you'll have to manually edit the scripts. I'll provide what info I can. Oh, by the way, the 2.14 package uses the same /sbin/init script as the Pizzapup 3.0.1 version, just with the PPFIX variable set to "pup" rather than "pza". It's nearly identical to the 2.14 script, but has some variables allowing for changing the 'pup' to other things, along with support for encrypted savefiles. So that means installing this won't interfere with encryption if you used it. For those who didn't, it won't change anything and is only about four extra lines or so, so don't sweat it
As you've hopefully noticed, those are not dotpups. This isn't something that can be easily made into a dotpup. Sorry
They are .tar.gz files, which we will manually extract. So, here are the step by step instructions.
1. Download the appropriate package. Place it somewhere convenient. I like to use /tmp/NewDir.
2. Extract it:
tar -xf pebble-v0.4-puppy214.tar.gz
3. Copy bin and etc to / (so they merge with /bin and /etc)
4. Replace your initrd.gz with the included one. With a Frugal install, it's probably at /mnt/home/ or /mnt/home/boot/. Just drop in the new one. With Grub, that's it. If you have Lilo, re-run lilo.
With a USB install, just drop the new one onto the drive and overwrite the old one.
For a LiveCD or Multisession, you'll have to use IsoMaster to edit the ISO file and then burn a new disk. Except don't burn it yet, there's more editing to do in the next step!
5. Edit your boot options to include
, where
is the framebuffer mode. With a Frugal install using Grub, the file to edit is menu.lst, probably at /mnt/home/boot/grub/menu.lst. You need to add the command to the kernel line, similar to this:
kernel /boot/pza-301/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 vga=795 loglevel=3 PMEDIA=satahd
With LiveCD or Multisession, use IsoMaster to edit the isolinux.cfg file in the ISO file. Add it to the append line, similar to this:
append root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.gz loglevel=3 vga=795 PMEDIA=idecd
With a USB install, edit the syslinux.cfg file on the USB drive, like so:
default vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.gz PMEDIA=usbflash vga=795
As for which mode to use, here's a simple list:
VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
As you noticed in my examples, I use 795 which is 1280x1024, but I don't remember what color depth it is. Just google framebuffer modes if you need any that aren't shown here. Also, vga=normal is what would normally happen, but the bootsplash is incompatible with that.
6: Cross your fingers and toes, then hit reboot. With luck, you'll boot to an animated rotating monkey head logo. If not, post a reply describing what you did and what happened.
If you want to modify the animation, you'll need to edit the initrd.gz file and replace it. This is a pain, especially since the nifty utility I set up tends to have issues with larger files. The most reliable way to do it would be to download the unleashed_core PETget for your version (which should be 2.14 since I'm not providing other versions of this until it's up to BETA level). Extract it somewhere. Go inside it's boot directory. Delete everything inside the initrd-tree directory (but not the initrd-tree directory itself!)
Now, take the initrd.gz file I provided and put it on the harddrive (or anywhere that isn't inside your pup_save.2fs file). Use gunzip to decompress it. Then mount it to /mnt/data like so:
mount initrd /mnt/data -o loop
Copy the contents of /mnt/data to the initrd-tree directory you cleaned out earlier. Unmount /mnt/data (umount /mnt/data).
Now you can change things around. Go back to the initrd-tree directory. Go into the etc/pebble directory it contains. You'll see a directory called 'monkey' and another called 'paw'. The monkey one is animated, the paw isn't. Those are themes. You can delete them if you want, it won't matter as long as you add a new theme. There is also a file named 'theme', which contains the
(not file name) of the directory of the theme you want to use. It will initially be set to monkey. When you add a theme, make sure you change this file to reflect the change!
The format of a theme is very simple right now. It's a directory containing a bunch of .jpg images (.png and .bmp might work too, haven't tried it. .gif will not however). They aren't special or anything, just normal everyday images. When booting, Pebble will cycle through those images in alphabetical order at 20 Hz, and will not resize them (it slows things down a lot right now, I'll fix that eventually). You can change the speed enable resizing by editing the bin/pebble script in initrd-tree. Up near the top is a line that looks like this:
extra="-z 20";
The '-z 20' sets the frequency. Just change the 20 to change the speed. For resizing, add an 'e' immediately before the z, like this:
-ez 20
You might also want to add an 'r' to it if you do that, it does something with aspect ratios (don't remember exactly what ATM).
But for now it's best to just make the images the correct size in the first place. It makes a huge speed difference.
Okay, so now that you're done configuring things, you can put it back togeather. Go into the boot directory again (one level up from initrd-tree). Open a terminal there. Run
That will create a new initrd.gz file for you to use. Make sure it seems a reasonable size (as in, it isn't like 120kb or something. The one I provide with 40 .jpg images is over 2mb). Now just do whatever you need to do to install the initrd.gz file (explained in the normal install instructions for Pebble above).
Good luck, and may Tux and the floating monkey head be with you.
edited 12-Oct.-2007: Fixed usb install. Thanks for the heads up poorani!
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Posted: Tue 09 Oct 2007, 09:29
Post subject: Animated boot screen in 2.14
Hi pizzasgood,
Thanks for your guidance. I have followed all what you told in the link:
But there is some error occur.
When i boot a puppy linux, after executing 'init' script in initial ramdisk that error occur.
Now executing 'init' script in initial ramdisk that error occur.
Error is:
ERROR:Can't find puppy on 'idehd' boot media
Exited to initial-ramdisk(/dev/ram0) commandline....
(the linux.guru can now debug, 'e3' editor is available)
/bin/sh : Can't access tty: job control turn off
Before this error the boot image displayed. Kindly reply me.
Moreover i didn't know how you referred the images in the /etc/pebble/monkey.
With regards,
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Posted: Wed 10 Oct 2007, 01:38
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Okay. I'll have to ask some questions first, and I apologize if they seem stupid, but I want to make sure I don't make any false assumptions.
Which version of Puppy did you use?
Does that version of Puppy boot correctly when you haven't added Pebble?
Which Pebble package did you download (the 2.14 one or the Pizzapup one)?
Also, which boot loader did you use? Please post its config file (preferably within [code ] tags or as an attachment).
From what I can tell, it didn't detect your pup_xxx.sfs (or pza_xxx.sfs) file.
it didn't could be a number of reasons, thus why I'm asking so many questions.
As for the images in /etc/pebble/monkey, it doesn't use anything fancy yet. The /etc/pebble/theme file contains the name of the directory to use, in this case
. Then it just loads them all in alphabetical order. So if you deleted all the monkey heads and put in images named
, and
, it will display
, then
, then
, then start over with
and keep cycling through like that.
It's easiest to just number them though, like I did with the monkey heads. Also, in the case that you have an image named
and another named
, it will load
first. It follows the same ordering that the
command uses.
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Posted: Wed 10 Oct 2007, 03:23
Post subject: Pebble with animation
hi Pizzasgood,
1.Which version of Puppy did you use?
I am using puppy-2.14 version
2. Does that version of Puppy boot correctly when you haven't added Pebble?
3. Which Pebble package did you download ?
4. which boot loader did you use ?
hi am asked about how are you increment a file name (boot image) to display in order at boot time.i want to display progress bar with image at background while booting puppy linux
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Posted: Wed 10 Oct 2007, 18:56
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Okay. I'll need you to post your syslinux.cfg file so I can try to find any errors with it.
So is it installed to a USB drive? I haven't tested that yet, but it should work. When you post your syslinux.cfg file I'll install 2.14 to my flash drive and see if I can track down this bug.
hi am asked about how are you increment a file name (boot image) to display in order at boot time.i want to display progress bar with image at background while booting puppy linux
Oh. Pebble doesn't support that yet. I can incorporate it into the next version though. It'll take two weeks max, probably just one, depending on how much homework I get.
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Posted: Thu 11 Oct 2007, 05:46
Post subject: boot screen(syslinux.cfg)
Hi pizzasgood,
In that syslinux.cfg i have used what you gave for USB in the link:
With a USB install, edit the syslinux.cfg file on the USB drive, like so:
"default vmlinuz initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=usbflash vga=795 "
We are eagerly waiting for your next release.
With regards,
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Posted: Thu 11 Oct 2007, 08:44
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Are the sources for pebble available? If so, where can I get a copy to try out?
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Posted: Thu 11 Oct 2007, 21:52
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Note: Most of the source wasn't written my be. I started with the source from the FBV image viewer and went from there. That way I didn't have to write any code for loading images or accessing the frame buffer. The majority of (possibly all, don't remember) my changes are in main.c, where I've changed how it runs by setting it to fork into a daemon, get instructions from /tmp/pebble-pipe, read /etc/pebble/theme to get the theme, load the images, and animate them.
current source:
This source already includes the code to not store the images in ram. You can re-enable the old method by running it with the -g parameter, which will eat more ram but run faster (won't re-load the images over and over).
Just run
to build the binary. Don't bother with ./configure or make install, because I haven't set them up yet (they're still the original versions from FBV). Also, don't bother reading any documentation that might be in there (unless you're curious about FBV). Even if I actually wrote up a readme or something, it's going to be out of date by now. Your best bets for documentation would be what I posted above and anything you could glean from the comments in main.c.
Also, you'll still need to use one of the packages I uploaded above in conjunction with this. This just makes the binary, but it doesn't include the pebble script, nor the changes to initrd.gz (dependencies, adjustments to /sbin/init, etc).
The reason it's such a mess is that I had no intention of posting the source code yet. When I finish the first stable release, I'll clean up the source and upload that, but for now I'd rather focus my sparse time on the actual code.
@poorani: Okay, thanks. When I get done reading through the forum I'll dig out my USB drive and see if I can figure out what the problem is.
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Posted: Fri 12 Oct 2007, 09:56
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Thanks very much. I've been working with various splash utilities lately and would like to see what you have going as well.
Please be a good (GPL) guy and mark your changes well by supplying a copy of the original files, or even better by putting all your changes together in a patch unless you really fork the project you are adapting. This makes it easier to help you out if when and if possible. I have modified many programs and it took me while to learn to keep good notes and diffs -if only for my own reference later.
Thanks again. e-mail me if you need anything:
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Posted: Fri 12 Oct 2007, 22:18
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Yes, I fully intend to get everything up to snuff eventually. And this is definitely a forked separate project. I intend it to be a long term hobby. I'm working harder for now to get a stable version up and out (Ecopup wants to include it in Puppy 3.03 CE), but once it can handle the progress bar style themes Poorani wants I'll be slowing down a lot, just working on it in between projects. I'll use it to learn more about image formats and writing to the frame buffer by rewriting it section by section.
@poorani: I think I found the problem. Try using this instead:
default vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.gz PMEDIA=usbflash vga=795
Let me know if that solves it.
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Just an idea but wouldn't be slightly easier to do this by writing a program that mostly runs with system calls, like a script?
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Posted: Sun 14 Oct 2007, 00:43
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That's how this works. The c code is for pebble-daemon, which does the actual work of displaying the image. But it's started and managed from a bash script named pebble, which sends start and stop signals through a named pipe, along with managing the logged messages. That script is symlinked as bootsplash, for readability in a script. So to start the splash screen from within, say, /sbin/init, you just add the command
bootsplash start
, and
bootsplash stop
to stop it. You need to stop it whenever the boot process needs to show data to the user, such as for keyboard choosing or an error. Then you start it afterwards.
Eventually, you'll also call "bootsplash next" or "bootsplash 3" or something similar to update a progress bar or whatever. The version I'm working toward for now won't have true progress bars (like where you could just give it a percentage like in a GUI app), but you could simulate it with images that you update at key stages of the boot process.
The script also takes care of disabling it if you use the nosplash boot option, so that you don't have to clutter the code in the /sbin/init script.
You still need to do some general modification to /sbin/init though, to redirect the output correctly. Instead of sending it to /dev/console you send it to "$NORMLOG", which the script will adjust to point at either /dev/console or a log file, depending on whether the splash is running or not. That way even though you can't see the boot messages you can still go back and get them later.
I do need to go back and clean some of that stuff up, but I'm going to wait until I port it to 3.00, because I'll have to redo the init script then anyways.
Tomorrow I'm going to try to spend a long amount of time working on this.
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I downloaded your sources and compiled them. I tested out the basic functionality of the app. Then I tried compiling the original sources (the main.org) file and found that it didn't work. So, I looked around on the web and found the authors homesite where the roiginal sources are available. I also found the app included in the ALT Linux distro -but with an extra patch which adds a 'nocenter' option and a few other minor changes. You may want to have a look at their sources if it helps you at all. I got them here:
Probably not too interesting to you since you are rewriting most of the code in main.c. Still, I have an idea that you could use some of the original functionality for the progress bar by using the 'nohide' feature to show small images for the progress bar itself which wouldn't overwrite the previous display. This seems to be what bootsplash does.
I like the little program and wonder why they don't use it in debian/ubuntu instead of splashy or usplash. It has no extra unusual dependencies and already includes the basic funtionality for managing splash images in user space.
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Posted: Sun 14 Oct 2007, 16:56
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I had ment the code having the system function.
void main()
system("*insert BASH comands here*");
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Nope, C is easier for this. C++ would be even better, but I'd have to convert things to make it compile correctly. I am considering converting it in the long run, but there's more important things to do for now.
I do have two lines that make system calls like that, mainly because calling ls was the easiest way I could think of to get an alphabetical list of all the files in a directory. I could do it within C, but it would be messier.
As of ten minutes ago, I had most of pebble-daemon sorted out for the stable release. I'll need to tweak some more still, but it's pretty much done. Staged animations, optional looping, and allowing the looped playback to start midway through the animation (for example, boy takes out yo yo and starts playing. It repeats in the middle, where the yo yo is already out, so he doesn't keep taking it out).
So next I need to adjust the pebble
to support staged animations, study and modify the /sbin/init from Puppy 3.01, and set up a basic demo theme to show how the features work (as opposed to the random images I'm been using on my machine for testing). Then I'll upload a new package. I don't know how much time I'll have this week to work on it though, and I'll be away from Friday afternoon until Monday morning. So I might not get it out until around the middle of next week.
But at that point it will mostly finished, other than testing and bug fixing.
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Coronado T-Bird students stormed the court and went wild.
And Mitchell, 18, basked in high school glory as his fellow students carried him off the court.
"Tears immediately came to my eyes, and it was just pure emotion," Clement Marcus said. "I'll take it to my grave. It was a community coming together. Forget the high school rivalry."
Amy Marcus stood in awe as the Coronado students carried her son on their shoulders like a sports superhero.
"I truly could not believe it when that happened," she said. "It was like an ocean wave engulfed him. Then we see them lift him up. Unforgettable."
Mitchell, a senior, has been one of the most loyal T-Birds on the Coronado boys' basketball team as a manager -- the guys who pick up balls, take players water, gather up warmups and do all the jobs players don't do.
"They are like family to me," said Mitchell, who has been a team manager for four years. "I love basketball."
From the first game this season, it was just as much Mitchell's dream to win a District 1-5A championship as it was the team's and his coach's.
He was such a big part of the team that Tuesday, as the players were preparing for their season finale against the rival Cougars, the players began to ask Morales whether Mitchell could suit up.
"I was already a step ahead of them," Morales said. "He earned it. Just to suit out was a great thing for him."
Morales told Mitchell during the daily shoot-around that he would be wearing No. 24, the same number as Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant.
"He was just bubbly in the car going to the game," Clement Marcus said.
Because it was the last regular season game, the team's seniors were honored before the game, and each one was given a game ball. Mitchell stood with the four other seniors.
"Just putting the jersey on was big enough for him," Amy Marcus said.
But Morales and his players had a more ambitious goal: Mitchell was going to play, and he was going to score.
"It was senior night, but it was more Mitchell's night to shine," senior David Velasco said. "We knew we needed to get a lead big enough so he could play."
With one minute, 30 seconds left in the game, Coronado led by 10 points. It was a lead, but any basketball fan knows 90 seconds is enough time for a few quick 3-pointers to erase it.
An undefeated District 1-5A record and championship would not be the same without Mitchell. Morales sent the senior into the game to a thunderous ovation.
"I really trust this team with big leads and small leads," Morales said. "I knew they were going to take care of Mitchell. I knew they were going to help him score."
As soon as Franklin got the ball, Coronado went on the attack. Coronado players told Mitchell to go to the other side of the court and get into his sweet spot so he could shoot.
As Mitchell waited for his moment, the T-Birds played four-on-five defense against the Cougars.
"We knew they were just going to jack up 3's," Velasco said. "Our goal was to play D(efense), get rebounds and get it to Mitchell."
After a Franklin miss, Coronado's players got the ball into Mitchell's hands, and he arched the ball for a 3-pointer and almost made it.
"My heart skipped a beat," Amy Marcus said.
She wasn't the only one.
"My eyes were watering up," Clement Marcus said. "I was screaming and as loud as anyone else."
At that point, the Coronado gymnasium rang as both T-Bird and Cougar fans chanted "Mitchell, Mitchell."
Franklin and Coronado went back and forth two more times as the clock quickly wound down. Mitchell did not run back and forth and waited for his time.
With 13 seconds left, Velasco grabbed a rebound and fired across the court to Mitchell, but the ball slipped out of his hands and out of bounds.
The ball belonged to the rivals.
Without coaxing, without greed, Montanez simply gave the ball to Mitchell.
"I just told him, 'Shoot it, it's your time,' " Montanez said. "I was just proud for him, that he actually got to play and get his first varsity basket."
Mitchell shot and missed, but Velasco was there to rebound not one, but three shots, each time feeding the rebound to Mitchell. Franklin players stood back and watched the drama unfold.
With about a second left in the game, Mitchell nailed it.
As the clock hit zero, the fans ran onto the court and to Mitchell. "They were running past me, jumping over chairs, I was just trying to get out of the way," Coach Morales said.
Those who remained in the stands were overcome with emotion.
"To see the Franklin players do that for him was just, well, there are no words for it," Amy Marcus said. "It was the most amazing moment of my life."
On the Franklin bench, Cougars coach Todd Bostic was proud of the character his players showed.
"It just shows that basketball is just a game," Bostic said. "There are so many other things that matter more than the game. That moment was bigger than the game."
Both Bostic and Morales had storied high-school careers and have begun their coaching careers with success. Both said Tuesday night's game will never be forgotten.
"Living your dream doesn't happen to a lot of people," Morales said. "To see the fans chant his name and cheer for him is something that we may never get to see again."
Bostic said Franklin students and teachers told him they were moved by the moment.
"There are only a few moments that I haven't forgotten from my playing days," Bostic said. "I can guarantee I'll never forget that moment with Mitchell as long as I live."
As Montanez walked off the court, Coronado fans congratulated him for his class act.
"All the Coronado cheerleaders came and told me 'Thank you,' " Montanez said. "I was just joyful that Mitchell got his chance."
Mitchell got one more standing ovation after the game at a Taco Cabana. Once the Marcus family got home, he was still on cloud nine.
"We got home and he was in the shower singing," Clement Marcus said. "I fell asleep with him still singing. It was a perfect night."
Mitchell ended the 2012-2013 season with two points, one rebound, one steal and a district championship.
"I love it; we needed the district title," Mitchell said. "I was very happy we won the game."
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Shakespeare Furnishes His House…
As we are products of our time and our culture, when we think about furnishing our house or our apartment we're often thinking as much about the furniture's design as its function. Furniture is considered a form of decorative art these days: it may even serve a symbolic or religious purpose, so when we go shopping for a bed, for example, we're in the world of designer furniture where furniture designers vie with each other for our attention. We may choose a theme, such as reproduction furniture of a particular era, or we may decide on a theme and shop around to match all our bedroom furniture to that.
When Shakespeare was furnishing his house he may have done one of two things: he may have had a bed made or he may have purchased a second hand bed. Second hand beds were not easy to come by because once you had a bed it stayed in the family forever. Unlike us, he couldn't go shopping in a huge furniture emporium or even in a local furniture shop, as there were no such places. He would have had to find a carpenter, explain what he wanted and the carpenter would make it.
The carpenter would get to work and make a bed according to the conventional design, which he was used to churning out. In spite of Shakespeare's huge imagination we would not have imagined anything other than an ordinary, functional bed. He may have asked for a marital bed for himself and his wife and he would have got one wide enough for two people with four posts that would accommodate curtain screens for privacy. He would have needed a table and chairs, some cupboards, and in his case some form of shelving for his books. He would have had to have a baby's cot and some smaller beds for the children. The kitchen table would have been quite large because families usually had more children than we do today. The table would have had a loose top which could be turned over and used on both sides. One surface was used for meals, and when the meal was over the top would be turned over, showing perhaps a less cut and scarred surface. That's where we get the word 'board' referring to lodging somewhere where meals are included, such as 'bed and board' or 'boarding house.'
Shakespeare would go to the carpenter's house, where the ground floor was a workshop full of timber and tools, the smell of sawdust, and wood chips all over the floor. The carpenter and his family lived upstairs. In Shakespeare's time everything was produced by craftsmen and that's how they arranged their work and domestic lives. Shakespeare, too, as he was growing up, would have lived like that. His father was a glove maker and the ground floor would have been taken up with glove making equipment and different types of leather. His father would have laid the gloves out on the windowsills to attract the eye of passers by. The shop windows that we pass every day are a development of that practice.
One of the things that we definitely know about Shakespeare is that the only thing he left his wife in his will was his second best bed. We know, therefore, that there were two main beds in the house. It seems a strange legacy, that second best bed, but if we knew something about the culture of the time it wouldn't be at all strange. If the family was well-off enough, as Shakespeare's was by the time of his death, there would have been a guest bed, kept as new and smart as possible, and the couple's marital bed would have been well used and less smart, due to years of wear and tear. So Shakespeare's wife inherited the bed where she had slept with her husband for years, and where her children had been conceived and born. So she was given the bed she was used to and from which she could never be evicted. Shakespeare had many visitors from London in those last years of retirement, often very distinguished men like Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick and other famous writers of his time. He was clearly house proud and wanted to make a good impression on his guests so having a nice bed was important.
As Shakespeare became more prosperous he bought more property and so he would have had to make several visits to carpenters. He was a well-known figure in Stratford and the carpenters would have gone out of their way to please him. Imagine Shakespeare walking into your shop. What a thought!


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Jeff Childers necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 370 diseños de 110 diseñadores freelance.
Brand new law firm. We intend to grow into full-service firm.
Name: ChildersLaw, LLC (currently, our printed logo features the "Law" portion of the name in reverse type with dark blue background, use of light-blue-greys and lower case for "llc" "phone" "fax" "url" etc).
Our key characteristics: Smart (as in intelligent); Open and Accessible; Trustworthy and Diligent. We make sure that everything we produce is perfect *and great looking* before we file it or send it out. We compete on quality of service and not price.
Featured Areas of Law (at present): For individuals: * Complex Individual Bankruptcy * Personal Injury / Defamation * Civil Litigation. For business: * Software Law * Business Bankruptcy * Contracts
We intend to compete against entrenched competitors who've been around for a long time. Therefore, we may need imagery that conveys solidity and establishment. We're smarter, faster, better. We use tech a LOT better than these older, slower competitors do, so we are more nimble and efficient. We do online research better than anyone. So, we want to convey our "high tech" focus.
Both individuals and business customers. For our personal bankruptcy practice, we are specializing in helping high net-worth individuals with complex needs (i.e. *not* a cookie-cutter service).
This project would have been for a full image/stationery/business card package except this site's guidelines appear to prohibit all of that in a single contest. But keep it in mind as you design our logo; we'll want to carry the design forward very quickly in a phase II for stationery and our web page.
We have a nice color laser and would like to print some stationery (not least because our Orlando office address is not fixed yet).
Deliverable: please provide the vector art plus jpg's in three sizes / resolutions for use in-office. Also a black and white version.
Please no cliche clip-art (scales of justice etc).
Colors: I like blues and greens, but feel free to be creative outside these colors. We will prefer a provider who can offer us a thoughtful color scheme that can be carried forward to our image package, website, and future materials we may develop.
I'm looking for a design that will cause folks who look at it to be thinking about us later that day.
I tend to subscribe to the theory that a business card should provoke a comment.
UPDATE: Here's a site with a large number of sample designs that may provide inspiration. Under no circumstances should you copy any design you find here. Link: http://www.scorpiondesign.com/Our_Portfolio.aspx
UPDATE 2: In general, I'm not a fan of the separate logo + firm name. I think that I'd prefer to see the visual elements tied together with the text. However I'm not ruling anything out - I will consider all designs unless otherwise explicitly stated.
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you have two important commands in Solaris
svcadm, and svcs. An easy Mnemonic is service admin, and service status, respectively.
svcadm is the solaris equivalent of the linux service while the svcs command can be said to be the equivalent of the service status command.
So, for the sake of demonstration, so we accidentally threw the following line into our SSH config file (/etc/ssh/sshd_config):
Hello Dreamincode!
so now we have the following in our config file:
... # Banner to be printed before authentication starts. #Banner /etc/issue Hello Dreamincode! # Should sshd print the /etc/motd file and check for mail. # On Solaris it is assumed that the login shell will do these (eg /etc/profile). PrintMotd no ...
then, we restart our service:
svcadm restart ssh
it will then spit out the following error:
bash-3.00# Dec 31 14:15:06 HOSTNAME svc.startd[7]: net work/ssh:default failed: transitioned to maintenance (see 'svcs -xv' for details)
Now isn't that nice? It gave us the next step to troubleshoot the issue.
so, instead of svcs -xv (which will give us the status of ALL failed services) we only care about ssh, so will do the following:
svcs -xv ssh
which replies:
bash-3.00# svcs -xv ssh svc:/network/ssh:default (SSH server) State: maintenance since Mon Dec 31 14:15:06 2012 Reason: Start method failed repeatedly, last exited with status 255. See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M sshd See: /var/svc/log/network-ssh:default.log Impact: This service is not running.
man svcs gives us the following explanation:
-v Without -x, displays verbose columns: STATE, NSTATE, STIME, CTID, and FMRI. With -x, displays extra information for each explanation. -x Displays explanations for service states. Without arguments, the -x option explains the states of services which: o are enabled, but are not run- ning. o are preventing another enabled service from running.
so, that is informative. It is set to maintenance. To find out why, we'll check the log it gave us:
cat /var/svc/log/network-ssh:default.log
to cut out all the other stuff and get to the relevant:
[ Dec 31 14:15:06 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/sshd start") ] /etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 65: Bad configuration option: Hello /etc/ssh/sshd_config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options [ Dec 31 14:15:06 Method "start" exited with status 255 ]
so, we now know that we have an error in our config on line 65.
since I am using vi, I will enter the following: :set nu to display line number, and scroll down to line 65 in our sshd_config.
After I delete the line in the config, and save the file, I'll clear the maintenance status of the service:
svcadm clear ssh
then restart it for good measure:
svcadm restart ssh
now, if we look at the status of our service:
svcs ssh
bash-3.00# svcs ssh STATE STIME FMRI online 14:29:45 svc:/network/ssh:default
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KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- The NFL's inaugural Pro Bowl Draft added intrigue, smack talk and entertainment to the roster selection process on Wednesday in Hawaii.
The day started with Andrew Luck being selected No. 1 overall by Team Sanders. (All Luck does is get picked first overall -- it's probably in his life contract.) Luck joins Chuck Pagano and his Indianapolis Colts coaching staff.
"I think it's going to be easier to deal with Chuck and coach Pep (Hamilton) and the familiarity with those guys," Luck said. "I'm excited to play."
The complete results of Wednesday's draft can be seen right here. Here are a few observations:
1) Team Rice, which had Drew Brees as a captain, continued to stockpile Saints players, adding Jimmy Graham with its first selection and then defensive end Cameron Jordan in Round 9.
"I'm sure for (Brees) he was just getting his weapons ready," Graham said of all the Saints being on the same team.
2) Alex Smith, the former No. 1 overall pick in 2005, was picked last. It was probably a first for Mr. Smith. Welcome to our world, sir.
3) Watching NFL players mill around for three hours is educational. It's evident that most of these guys enjoy each other, regardless of team. It was also good that there were -- as my father would say -- 'barley pops' to keep most of the men from meandering back to the hotel.
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5) Considering the Pro Bowl is known for providing little in terms of defense, it was surprising to see the run on cornerbacks happen early. Patrick Peterson and Joe Haden were picked in the third round (four rounds before Darrelle Revis). Antonio Cromartie was drafted in Round 11 for cripes sake!
6) Brandon Marshall keeps praising the skills of Alshon Jeffery. Apparently, the men picking teams heard him. Jeffery was picked 10 rounds ahead of Marshall -- the latter being taken in Round 16.
7) The day ended with a trade that sent Robert Mathis from Team Sanders to Team Rice in exchange for Brian Orakpo (and hopefully future considerations). The trade means we could see Mathis get the opportunity to wallop his teammate and franchise quarterback. But would he?
8) Drew Brees and Philip Rivers are on the same team again. Bolo ties for everyone!
9) To say Hawaii relaxes NFL players is an understatement. I didn't see one player deny an interview during the entire three hours and most were happy to talk about any topic. Refreshing.
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- The law requires voters to show a photo ID before casting ballots
Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court on Thursday took up a controversial case over the state's new voting law, which requires voters to show a photo ID before casting their ballots.
Court spokesman Art Heinz said the case, which is an appeal from a lower court's August 15 decision which upheld the law, is not expected to be resolved by Thursday.
At issue is whether the new requirement will disenfranchise voters during an election season that has already seen a series of high-profile legal challenges over voting procedures.
The law's opponents say the measure undermines potential voters and was passed without sufficient evidence of prior identity fraud.
Its proponents argue that the law instead strengthens voting procedures and protects against potential fraud.
Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, said the law, which he signed in March and was passed largely along party lines, "sets a simple and clear standard to protect the integrity of our elections."
After the hearing, Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of State Shannon Royer said, "It was clear by the lower court ruling that this law is absolutely constitutional.
"Many other states around the country have voter ID laws. Pennsylvania's voter ID law was modeled after Indiana, which was implemented back in 2008 and upheld on solid legal ground. And I'm hoping based on my observations of the justices today, that they'll come to the same conclusions," Royer added.
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Tennis is a good way to develop a flat stomach. Because tennis increases the number of calories burned, it helps to create a calorie deficit which forces the body to burn fat-tissue - including belly fat.
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About 10 minutes of tennis burns about 80 calories. In one year, this daily fitness workout burns a total of 29,200 calories per year - about 8.3 pounds of body fat. A significant proportion of this adipose tissue is likely to be stomach fat. In addition, many exercise programs improve ab muscle tone in the waistline area (the "six-pack" effect) to give the appearance of a flat belly.
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A daily tennis workout helps you to develop a flat stomach and improves your health. This is because intra-abdominal fat is linked to higher risk of serious disease.
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Intervention Trial of Culturally-Appropriate Decision Aids for Smoking Cessation
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01566097
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified March 2015 by Dong Wook Shin, Seoul National University Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : March 29, 2012
Last Update Posted : March 26, 2015
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Despite the establishment of various smoking cessation methods, including pharmacological intervention, only a small proportion of smokers who visit doctors choose to receive such assistance. Such under-utilization is especially apparent in some cultures, as in the case of Korea, where a government survey showed that only 0.5% of current or formal smoker reported they had been prescribed smoking cessation medication. Shame in asking for help for an addictive disorder has been recognized as one of the most recognized cultural barrier in Asian-American population. It is clear that culturally focused studies on smoking cessation is warranted.
Patient decision aids are tools that help people become involved in decision making by providing information about the options and outcomes and by clarifying personal values. Patient decision aids have been developed to help patients decide whether to quit smoking or not, or whether to use smoking medication or not. However, such previous studies have only been focused on western populations.
The main purpose of this study is to develop a culturally appropriate decision aid for smoking cessation for the Korean population, as well as evaluate its effect on their decision to use smoking cessation medication. The investigators expect that culturally tailored smoking cessation decision aids would increase knowledge about efficacy of smoking cessation, make people have more positive attitudes toward smoking cessation medication, encourage people to discuss about smoking cessation medication with their physicians. Ultimately the investigators expect it would increase usage of smoking cessation medication and enhance the quitting rate of smoking, which is a very important clinical issue.
|Condition or disease
|Cigarette Smoking Tobacco Use Disorder Nicotine Dependence Smoking Cessation
|Device: Smoking Cessation Decision Aids
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|400 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Development and Application of Culturally-Appropriate Decision Aids for Smoking Cessation in Korea: a Single Arm Intervention Trial With Historical Control
|Study Start Date :
|April 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2015
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|July 2015
Experimental: Intervention group
This study is cluster randomized trial, and the randomization level is physician. Current smokers seen by physician allocated into intervention group were provided with Smoking Cessation Decision Aids along with study questionnaires. The intervention was Smoking Cessation Decision Aids provided to current smokers.
Device: Smoking Cessation Decision Aids
The decision aids were developed through: 1) literature review; 2) qualitative interviews with Korean smokers from various backgrounds; 3) expert opinions. They were in the form of short educational videos (flash), displayed by Apple's iPad.
The decision aids contained the followings, in proper Korean social and cultural context:
The choices given in the decisions aid were:
No Intervention: Control group
Current smokers seen by physician allocated into control group were provided with only study questionnaires and usual care.
- Proportion of Smokers Who Are Prescribed Smoking Cessation Medication [ Time Frame: 1 month after viewing decision aids ]Patients who visited primary care clinic and health screening center were to be targeted for recruitment of the study. Current smokers seen by physician allocated into intervention group were provided with Smoking Cessation Decision Aids. The proportion of smokers who are prescribed smoking cessation medication within 1 month after reading Decision Aids will be compared with that of control group. The information will be recruited from medical chart.
- Abstinence Rate (Point Prevalence) [ Time Frame: 6 months after viewing decision aids ]Participants are assessed for their abstinence rate according to their choices via telephone interview, as the final outcome of the study. The abstinence rate of patients in intervention arm will be compared with that of control arm
- Proportion of Smokers Who Are Prescribed Smoking Cessation Medication [ Time Frame: 6 month after viewing decision aids ]Participants are expected to choose from various treatment choices after initially viewing the decision aids, from no treatment to smoking cessation medication. Proportion of smokers who are prescribed smoking cessation medication within 6 months after reading Decision Aids will be compared with that of control group. The information are assessed via telephone interview.
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.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- being age 18 years or older
- having smoked at least one puff in past 7 days
Exclusion Criteria:
- current enrollment in other substance abuse treatment program
- being pregnant
- being unable to communicate in Korean
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): NCT01566097
|Korea, Republic of
|Seoul National University Hospital
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 110-744
|Principal Investigator:
|Dong Wook Shin, MD,MBA,DrPH
|Seoul National University Hospital
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|Dong Wook Shin, Assistant Professor, Seoul National University Hospital
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|First Posted:
|March 29, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 26, 2015
|Last Verified:
|March 2015
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Tobacco Use Disorder
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Suicide has become a troubling phenomenon in Saudi Arabia, particularly among young people. The rise in suicide cases has been accompanied by growing rates of poverty and unemployment, as well as a lack of opportunities for Saudi youth. Recently, a number of stories have come to light in which cases of suicide involving young Saudis were linked to economic issues.
In 2010, statistics from the Saudi interior ministry indicated that there were 787 cases of suicide in Saudi Arabia in 2009 (approximately two per day), up by 39 from 2008. The statistics indicate that from 1994 to 2006, incidents of suicide rose by 185 percent.
Studies from three Saudi academics show that 84 percent of those who attempted suicide were under the age of 35, and 58 percent were male. In addition to these statistics, there is the reality that most failed suicide attempts are not counted in the figures.
The recorded number of suicides is undoubtedly well below the actual figure, due to the fact that families often refuse to send the body of a deceased relative for an autopsy. Similarly, many prefer to attribute death to "unspecified causes" without an autopsy, which makes the government data incomplete.
Suicide's Socioeconomic Links
The phenomenon of youth suicide is particularly distressing given the role of religion and social pressure in the lives of individuals. One would not expect suicide to reach epidemic proportions in a conservative country where killing oneself is strictly forbidden by religion.
Likewise, Saudi Arabia is a country rich in natural resources that would ostensibly provide great opportunities for its youth in terms of both education and work. We must ask ourselves why it is that many young people in a conservative and oil-rich country are unexpectedly resorting to suicide.
One would not expect suicide to reach epidemic proportions in a conservative country where killing oneself is strictly forbidden by religion.The first thing that comes to mind is the hardships faced by the youth in Saudi Arabia. While some media outlets have attempted to depict these suicides as the result of mental or psychological illnesses, many of the cases were directly linked to issues of poverty, unemployment, and perceived lack of future prospects.
This means that one of the motivating factors in this phenomenon is the dismal economic and social situation of a sizeable segment of the Saudi population. Those who do not take their own lives face daily hardships that no one should have to bear.
The rise in suicide rates has reopened the discussion surrounding the failures of economic development brought on by a combination of a lack of conscious planning, rampant corruption, and the complete absence of transparency and accountability.
Saudi citizens complain of a lack of services resulting from administrative and financial corruption and the continuous embezzlement of public funds that have led to a catastrophic failure in establishing sound infrastructure in the country, particularly in the education and health sectors.
These failures in development, along with poor planning, have produced unemployment, unequal distribution of wealth, rising poverty rates, and a lack of liberties in even the most basic matters of life. The combination of these shortcomings have led to many young people in the kingdom having a poor quality of life.
The rise in suicide rates also indicates the inability of the youth in Saudi Arabia to adjust to and accept this unpleasant reality. Suicide is one way in which young people rebel and reject their situation.
Suicide can be interpreted as a desperate form of protest attributed to a perceived inability to change the status quo. It stands in stark contrast to more proactive and effective forms of protest such as writing and posting videos on the Internet, marches, and demonstrations demanding change at the universities, and civil initiatives advocating a new culture and reality in Saudi Arabia.
As dissatisfaction grows, the youth increasingly seek to protest their situation in all ways possible, and thus, suicide becomes a form of protest that reflects the growing problems faced by the young generation coupled with a lack of practical solutions.
The youth are frustrated, and suicide is only one sign of their difficult circumstances. Others find negative outlets for their discontent in crime and various forms of self-destructive behavior that harm those around them as well.
Lack of Official Response
Young Saudis are no longer convinced by government propaganda. Such propaganda focuses on a complete cultural renaissance and Saudi excellence in a variety of fields, using stilted and hollow language that the young generation cannot relate to.
Moreover, talk of Saudis' higher standard of living in comparison with their neighbors does not fool the youth. Through the modern media they can see how much neighboring countries have surpassed their own with regard to some basic organizational and developmental issues.
Young Saudis are searching for real change that can reflect positively on their lives and grant them the opportunity to be free and express themselves. They also strive to make use of their country's resources to make life easier and solve the problems of rising housing costs, unemployment, poverty, and corruption.
They want their expectations to be understood and their demands for change to be met. They want someone to understand their language and how they express themselves and their needs.
The rise in suicide also reflects the inability of government officials to narrow the continually widening gap between themselves and younger Saudis.The rise in suicide also reflects the inability of government officials to narrow the continually widening gap between themselves and younger Saudis. They do not understand the language of the youth or their demands, and they still insist on using empty rhetoric.
The authorities' response is unpersuasive for young Saudis who think and express themselves in another language and want changes in keeping with the changing times. Saudi youth refuse to lie to themselves and pretend that all is well in the country when the situation is growing increasingly dire.
The abolition of youth forums such as TEDx NAJD and the Choosing Your Career Conference (CYCC) have emerged within the context of the absence of a shared language between Saudi youth and government officials.
This leaves the authorities with few tools with which to engage with young people. They resort to outdated methods that are no longer capable of having any influence except creating more frustration and anger among young Saudis.
Perhaps the response of some young people who attempted to hold the CYCC on Twitter instead confirms the difference in language and methods and the ability of the youth to overcome the old mechanisms of repression.
Trying to block and limit the youth erodes their spirit and exhausts their energies, which can only be detrimental to the country and its future. It does not appear that government officials are aware of the size of the problem created by fighting the youth and their expectations.
It is the mentality of those who only know how to operate on obsolete ideologies in dealing with new issues that creates the conditions for such desperate acts on the part of Saudis. Suicide rates are rising, and with them so is the anger of the youth and their rejection of the status quo.
What will follow can only be other forms of expressing this discontent.
By Badr al-Ibrahim
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In 2007, South Korea's Inbee Park finished 11th as a rookie at the Women's British Open at St Andrews. Six years on and she is back at the famous Old Course as the world No. 1 and attempting to become the first golfer — male or female — to win four majors in one season.
Following her victories at the Kraft Nabisco, the LPGA Championship and the US Open, the addition of a first British Open would rewrite history.
"It is nice to be back here in Scotland with three major victories," the 25-year-old from Seoul said. "There is a lot of pressure and everyone is talking about me trying to make it four in a row, but I'm getting used to it and once I am on the course I only think about golf."
Park spent last week back home in South Korea — and there was plenty of evidence of the rewards of her success. Not only was she the center of fans' attention, but she was also handed the keys to a red Ferrari.
"I've been given it for a year," she said, before returning her focus back to golf. "I feel as though I've already played two different golf courses. Yesterday [Monday], there was no wind. Today [Tuesday] was really windy and wet, and it was completely different."
"I have great memories of 2007. It was my first year on Tour and Lorena Ochoa won the title. At that time, she was the best player in the world," she said of the retired Mexican.
Park is known as a cool customer in the heat of battle and she admits that she is good at keeping her emotions in check. She has also learned over the years.
It was in 2008 that she made her first big breakthrough with a win as a teenager in the US Women's Open, but it took until last year's Evian Masters in France before she collected her second LPGA title.
"I was only 19 when I won that first major and I wasn't experienced" she said. "I needed a few more years to get used to everything associated with being a top player. I've matured as a person and my swing has also improved — that's the difference over the past year or so."
If Park does win on Sunday, there remains debate over whether her four majors this year can be classed as a Grand Slam. This year, the Evian Masters has been upgraded to major status for the first time and she plans to defend that title next month, but the term does not really matter — four in a row would be an incredible achievement and having the chance to add a fifth would just add to the story.
For world No. 2 Stacy Lewis, this week is a happy walk down memory lane.
Five years ago, the American won five out of five matches and led the US to victory over Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup at St Andrews.
"It's cool to be back at St Andrews," Lewis said. "When you've played well at a course, it always feels good. In the past, I've come to British Opens not knowing the courses, but I remember so much from 2008."
She also admitted having huge admiration for Park's standing in the sport.
"You would think winning two majors in a row would have fazed her, but she proved us wrong at the US Open. She just never seems to show any nerves," Lewis said.
Two weeks ago at The Open, there was much consternation that Muirfield is an all-male club in terms of membership. For Lewis, the more disappointing discrepancy in the golfing genders is the difference in prize money.
Phil Mickelson won £918,000 (US$1.4 million) at Muirfield — while on Sunday the winner at St Andrews will pocket just under £328,000.


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Mountain Wheels: Sexy Audi S5 wins with smaller, supercharged engine
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Making a Scott Bakula-worthy quantum leap last week from a garage-stuffing Ford Explorer to the sweet but petite, snow-racing Audi S5 Coupe, I had more than a few adjustments to make – and not just to the car's fighter jet-styled sport seats, which literally killed my back.
The new S5 also put me at about rear bumper level with most of the SUV traffic on the road, though with the optional Quattro permanent all-wheel drive system and some very aggressive, high-performance winter tires, the little Audi promised to offer as much high-speed, pass-beating confidence as even the biggest body-on-frame behemoth.
Introduced last year with a swath of updates to the A4 and A5 platforms, the two-door S5 shares the same svelte but elegantly rounded lines as the new A5, toughened up considerably with a punchy storm drain grille, aggressive (and optional) adaptive headlights plus brighter-than-ever LED lamps, as well as a complex, curb-level air splitter on the lower lip.
That's blended with pretty touches including aluminum caps on the side mirrors, thick aerodynamic lines along the rocker panels and a slipstreamed trunk and tail – and, of course, those larger-than-normal coupe doors, which call out for very large parking spots for comfortable entries and exits (especially with those super-low sport seats).
But the biggest news is what the S5 is missing, and what it got instead: The grunty, '71 Firebird-mimicking V8 has been swapped for a new supercharged, direct-injection 3.0-liter V6 rated for 333 horsepower and 325 lb.-ft. of torque.
In this instance of downsizing, it totally works – though you do need to put a bit of pedal into it to bring things to a boil.
Revved up (and redline is only 5,500 RPM), the engine can take you into seriously speedy territory with very few problems, even at the top of Hoosier Pass. With some fantastically sexy exhaust noises, especially when you paddle shift the S5's optional seven-speed S-tronic transmission into lower gears for an enthusiastic hill climb.
The more austere V6 also translated into cruising mileage in the high 20s, cresting into the 30s at times, which you'll appreciate when refilling it with required 91 octane.
The S model sport heritage is very much alive and can be further accentuated with the optional drive select and dynamic steering controls – a very sporty mode tightens the throttle and steering response for aggressive, dry road-oriented careening, or can lighten it for comfort mode (or you can dial up a combination of your own using the improved MMI interface).
Blend that with the Quattro system, set up for a standard 40/60 torque split through its sport-oriented differential, and it's a fearsome runner, capable as hell.
The principal issue, I might imagine, is figuring out which of the vast range of Audi automobiles suits your lifestyle and, more importantly, budget.
The S5 Coupe stickers at $52,300 but my tester's Prestige package (adaptive headlamps, a jarring but highly effective side assist warning light system that blinks when cars pass in your blind spot, plus navigation and a sterling Bang and Olufsen sound system) added $6,650 to the tab; adaptive cruise control, Nappa leather, 19-inch five-bar wheels and beautiful carbon fiber inlays for the doors and the center console catapulted the S5 to a tall $66,895.
I mention this because the S5 is still not a very large car and the sub-$70K range can get you plenty more real estate; Audi's litany of S- and even RS models means superb performance options across the entire line (the insane RS5, for instance, debuts at $68,900). Let your wallet be your guide, I guess.
As for the S5, two adult-sized passengers can be wedged into the rear seats – the front seats power-slide forward, and the rear seats are separated by a hard utility tray or the fold-down center armrest/ski pass-thru gate.
But driver and front passenger will have to sacrifice their own foot space to keep the rear folks happy.
Trunk space is more forgiving with 12.2 cubic feet, and even Volkl 177s can be loaded through the interior with right-elbow room for the driver.
The coupe's low roofline also means overly large A-pillars so cornering visibility is just a tad impaired. I would instead suggest going very fast in a straight line.
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COLUMBIA -- For the first time since 2004 and just the second time in Columbia men's soccer program history, a Cougar player has been named NAIA First Team All-American as released Monday by the national office in Kansas City, Missouri.
Senior Nikola Velickovic is one of just 11 men's soccer players from across the NAIA to earn the title of First Team All-American in 2012. Velickovic was a second team selection as a junior and a third team honoree in 2009 and 2010. He is the second player in history to be named as Vladimir Roganovic became the first in 2004.
Nikola, a defender, played in 17 games for the Cougars this season, posting three goals and two assists. For the past four seasons the Cacak, Serbia native has helped Columbia to 57 wins, 43 of those being shutouts, and three national championship appearances. A four-time first team all-conference recipient, Velickovic was also named AMC Freshman of the Year in 2009.
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The Billabong Pro Mundaka, Event No. 8 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, completed the opening eight heats of Round 1 today in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue.
Opting to run the man-on-man elimination Round 1 format, the Billabong Pro Mundaka played witness to some incredible drama today, with surfers fighting for both requalification and solid footing on the ASP World Tour ratings.
Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 24, former ASP World Junior Champion (2005) and 2009 ASP Dream Tour rookie, was the standout on Day 1 of competition, netting the high heat total of a 15.80 out of a possible 20 for a barrage of backhand turns, eliminating wildcard Hodei Collazo (EUK).
"Hodei (Collazo) is really dangerous," Bacalso said. "I know the mindset of the wildcard, and when I used to be one, all I wanted to do was shatter dreams. This is his home spot and to be honest, I was really scared going into this heat. Hodei got the one at the start, then I got one, then I had to wait until the end to pick up my second score. Stoked I did though and avoided the go-home elimination Round 1."
Currently ranked No. 19 on the ASP World Tour ratings, Bacalso currently leads the charge in the hunt for 2009 ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year, and will look to consolidate in the remaining three events this season.
"Michel (Bourez) and I are embroiled in a little Rookie of the Year race but it's all in good fun," Bacalso said. "I had a shocker in France, got a 33rd, and this event is all about redemption. I'm pretty happy with how this year is going, but I'm definitely looking to finish strong in these last few events."
Tiago Pires (PRT), 29, current No. 23 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, also brought fireworks to today's Billabong Pro Mundaka, eliminating tour veteran Phillip MacDonald (AUS), 30, in a hard-fought Round 1 heat. After nearly splitting his head open on an opening ride, Pires would rally, securing an 8.33 for solid backhand barrel before nailing the coffin shut with a 6.33 on the buzzer.
"At the start of my heat, the lip came down on me and my board hit me in the face," Pires said. "Fortunately there is no blood, but it's a good lump. There are definitely good waves on the bank, but they are a little inconsistent making things very stressful. I was able to dip into that little barrel for the 8.33 and I still needed another score. I just did my best to be patient and it paid off."
Finishing 3rd at the previous ASP Dream Tour event in France, Pires moved up 10 spots on the ASP World Tour ratings prior to today's debut at the Billabong Pro Mundaka, and the powerful natural-footer will look to improve even further as the European leg continues.
"The European leg is super important to me," Pires said. "I feel very comfortable at all of the spots and it's very important that I do well here. I had a good result in France and I'm trying to keep the momentum going through the rest of the season."
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 8am to assess conditions for a possible recommencement.
Heat 1: Jihad Khodr (BRA) 13.60 def. Roy Powers (HAW) 11.10
Heat 2: David Weare (ZAF) 13.50 def. Tim Boal (FRA) 7.17
Heat 3: Drew Courtney (AUS) 11.67 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 10.17
Heat 4: Tiago Pires (PRT) 14.66 def. Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 13.17
Heat 5: Ben Dunn (AUS) 13.16 def. Marlon Lipke (DEU) 9.10
Heat 6: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 15.80 def. Hodei Collazo (EUK) 10.96
Heat 7: Michel Bourez (PYF) 13.34 def. Damien Fahrenfort (ZAF) 10.00
Heat 8: Kai Otton (AUS) 13.84 def. Reubyn Ash (GBR) 11.50
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Heat 11: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Nathaniel Curran (USA)
Heat 12: Tim Reyes (USA) vs. Michael Picon (FRA)
Heat 13: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Nic Muscroft (AUS)
Heat 14: Dustin Barca (HAW) vs. Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
Heat 15: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 16: Jay Thompson (AUS) vs. Greg Emslie (ZAF)
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Heat 2: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 3: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. TBA
Heat 4: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 6: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. TBA
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Heat 9: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 10: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. TBA
Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. TBA
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When I decided to write about the best songs ever about cars, I had a few in mind but was quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number of great songs that pay tribute to the automobile. Seriously, I could fill a week's worth of blogs on this topic alone.
Being a rocker at heart, I'm going to give my absolute favorite songs that both fuel my passion for rocking out while capturing the essence of what it means to fall under the spell of steel and chrome.
You won't see any Little Deuce Coupes here or take any rides along Route 66. No one will drive a Chevy to the levy, and there will be no whining about getting a T-Bird taken away.
These, friends, are some of the best songs ever about cars (and I know there's a ton more, so let us know your faves!):
Red Barchetta, Rush
Don't we all wish we had uncles like the guy in this song? Every time I hear this song I can almost feel the speed and hear the sound of this old Ferrari.
Black Devil Car, Jamiroquai
Let the lyrics speak for themselves: "Riding around in my black devil car I can't hear a sound because my foot pushing down too hard."
The Distance, Cake
The story of a determined but lone race car driver… Ever feel like giving up on anything? Listen to this song!
I Can't Drive 55, Sammy Hagar
"When I drive that slow, you know it's hard to steer. And I can't get my car out of second gear! What used to take two hours now takes all day."
Well said Sammy, put the pedal to the metal!
Fuel, Metallica
The perfect song for driving fast is all about driving fast… Go ahead, quench your thirst with gasoline and turn up the stereo!
Your turn: What are your favorite car songs?