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Q & A With Head Coach Denny Harper
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Already established as one of the top collegiate coaches in water polo annals, UC San Diego's Denny Harper recently added to his formidable legacy with career win No. 500, Sept. 20, against Cal Baptist. His 2008 club has positioned itself for a November run at an unprecedented 15th Western Water Polo Assn. (WWPA) championship which would bring with it a berth in the NCAA Final Four. The Tritons are 14-9, ranked seventh nationally and own victories over Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis and Navy, among others. Now in his 29th season at UC San Diego, Harper took time recently to talk about his team, his career and his sport.
Q: What did win No. 500 mean to you?
HARPER: To be fair, I think if you do anything for over 25 years you're going to have 500 of something. In this case it's 500 wins, which is certainly better than 500 losses or 500 disciplinary moments. It has made me a tad more reflective, but not much more. It does cause me to spend a moment thinking about how many great players we have had here at UCSD.
Q: Will you be around for another 500? What are your career plans at this point?
HARPER: Doubtful. If we do the math it took me 28 years to get 500 wins, if it takes another 28 years that will make me around 81. And don't think I will (or should) be coaching at 81. As far as when I may be done, as long as the University wants to continue to have me in this role, I can see myself going for quite a while longer as it still is one of the greatest jobs a person could ever have and I think our teams remain year-in and year-out very competitive, despite not competing on an entirely level playing field.
Q: What motivates you to continue coaching?
HARPER: I get hooked on the players. I think I've accomplished a great number of team and individual goals over the years, but the one thing that never changes is I get connected with my players and their families over a two-to-four, sometimes five-year period, and I get overwhelmed with wanting to see them through to graduation and then beyond. Corny perhaps, but that's the deal.
Q: Has the 2008 UCSD team played up to its capabilities so far this season? What is the potential of this team?
HARPER: We have had a good season to date, I would not say great. I anticipate that the greatness will emerge now for the final run to and through WWPA's leading to the Final Four. We have all the pieces needed to be a championship team.
Q: As always, the conference tournament is the key to your season. What will be the team's focus between now and the WWPA Championships?
HARPER: There is tons of parity this year both nationally and within our conference. It could literally come down to who made a play or two at crunch time or just some good old-fashioned luck to crown our champion. We have been there more than any other program in our conference's history and hopefully we can draw on that tradition and be in a position to be great when we need to be. We will, of course, focus on extra man offense and defense as that seems to dictate the outcome of most games these days.
Q: What are the biggest differences between Denny Harper circa 1980 and today's version?
HARPER: I'm probably much calmer about the chaos around me these days. There is something to be said about experience (regardless of what you do) and I definitely have plenty of that. I did realize some time ago that if a coaching career at this level was going to last over the long haul you had to walk that fine line of not compromising what you believe in, but at the same time realize that the kids you teach and coach now are not of the same generation as those when you started. When I first started it was 30 players will adapt to one, now it is much more about collaboration than a dictatorship. Being more mindful of that is probably the difference. Don't get me wrong, however; I'm still pretty "old school" with how our program's culture is.
Q: What do you feel have been the biggest changes in the game of water polo since you started coaching at UCSD?
HARPER: For starters, there are many more quality teams in the top 25. On any given day an upset can and does happen with much greater frequency than in years past. Unfortunately, what hasn't changed is it's the same giant scholarship programs year-in and year-out that are consistently contending for the national title. We helped (I think) make believers out of many other programs when we made it to the national title game in 2000 vs. UCLA.
Q: What rules changes, if any would you like to see implemented in the college game?
HARPER: We spend way too much time mirroring the FINA (Olympic) rules for our sport. About 1% of the guys who play NCAA ball go on to the National/Olympic level. We need to be more mindful and purposeful of doing what is right for the 99% knowing that any player who ultimately makes it to our National Team will be able to adapt to what ever the deal is at that time internationally.
That being said, there really are too many rule ideas to list. I will tell you one, however, that I happen to think is a great one that would help our sport grow. It is not my idea (possible rule change) but rather from Dan Smith, an Associate AD at Loyola Marymount. His idea could be referred to as the "Non-Hording Rule". Simply put, all NCAA Men's polo teams will have a roster limit of 25 or so. There are several programs known to horde players far beyond those limits. This would "free up" approximately 125 to 150 players, allowing other schools to garner more athletes and better athletes and improve the caliber of competition across the board.
Q: Who have been your coaching mentors? What coaches in other sports do you admire?
HARPER: My polo mentors were a mixed bag of characters. My first, Flip Darr was all about swimming in a time when over-training was the theme of the day. For four years I swam over 20,000 yards a day (two work outs) during swim season, only 15,000 during polo season. Yes, Flip was all about swimming, not much polo, but he did help define for me how important a good swim base is for polo.
The one polo coach I learned the most from, however, was from Dave Gray at Santa Barbara City College. I really think Dave, who was an All American swimmer and polo player from UC Santa Barbara, probably more than anything gave me the passion and intensity thing that I have on occasion been known for. Depending on where you come from, Dave can be given the credit or blamed for this influence.
Other coaches of influence of course are John Wooden, Bob Knight, Pat Riley and many other NBA and college basketball coaches, as well as a few of my own colleagues here at UCSD. I have also been influenced over the years by former teammates and certainly assistant coaches. I have also been influenced by playing for and/or observing some really poor coaches who showed me what not to do.
Q: How do you balance coaching and your family life? How do they complement each other?
HARPER: Well, like I mentioned earlier, there's something to be said about experience. While I'm mostly known for coaching water polo, those who know me best know that what I have done best up to this point is probably be "dad". I have 5 children, three boys ages 21, 18, and 10, and two girls 6 and 2. Yes, I am much more patient with my players these days, especially with the current generation I have as they are essentially the same age group as my two oldest sons. Coaching here and raising a family at the same time, while fiscally challenging, have complemented each other in ways I could never put a price tag on. Pair of water polo goals: $3,500, new caps: $1,800, suits $1,000, having your kids in the middle of a heated team meeting: priceless.
Q: What advice would you give a collegiate coach starting out today?
HARPER: Hopefully, you have picked a money sport! Hold onto your value system, but at the same time adapt over the long haul to generational changes. Get yourself a great assistant coach (you're only as good as those you surround yourself with) and lastly, start saving your money (if you can afford too) from day one so you can hopefully afford to retire at a reasonable age and not end up getting scraped off the pool deck after 35-plus years of coaching.
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Ron Larsen (USA Volleyball Assistant Coach) October 13, 2008
Jessica McGovern (Women's Soccer) October 6, 2008
Bre Schofield (Cross Country) September 26, 2008
Tony Fernandez (Men's Soccer) September 18,2008
Kimberly Carpenter (Women's Volleyball) September 12, 2008
A.J. Kotanjian (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2008
Peter Akman (Men's Soccer) August 21, 2008
Natasha Belak-Berger (Women's Soccer) August 15, 2008
Jake LaVieux (Men's Cross Country) August 8, 2008
Dr. Penny Rue (Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs) July 30, 2008
Michelle Torres (Women's Volleyball) July 15, 2008
Jon Pascale (Men's Soccer Head Coach) July 1, 2008
Julie Ertel (Athletics) June 16, 2008
Clint Allard (Men's Basketball) June 9, 2008
Jen Myers (Women's Crew) May 27, 2008
Casey Ryan (Men's Track and Field and Men's Basketball) May 21, 2008
Keith Noe (Baseball) May 13, 2008
Liz LaPlante (Women's Tennis Head Coach) April 30, 2008
Sydney Gstettenbauer (Women's Water Polo) April 22, 2008
Sarah Hendy (Women's Track and Field) April 17, 2008
Eric Leserman (Men's Volleyball) April 9, 2008
Danielle Lukk (Softball) April 4, 2008
Chris Franco (Baseball) March 24, 2008
Dan Perdew (Swimming) March 18, 2008
Evan Hsiao (Swimming) March 9, 2008
Eric Rubens (Men's Tennis) February 27, 2008
Melissa Ward (Softball) February 20, 2008
Cameron Sprowles (Fencing) February 13, 2008
Kim Hockett (Women's Water Polo) February 6, 2008
Trevor Decker (Baseball) January 31, 2008
Jordan Lawley (Men's Basketball) January 23, 2008
Jason Spangler (Men's Volleyball) January 5, 2008
Andrew Skewes (Men's Diving) December 26, 2007
Alexis Gaskin (Women's Basketball) December 17, 2007
Aubrey Panis (Women's Swimming) December 2, 2007
Andrew Hatch (Men's Basketball) November 26, 2007
Kevin Klein (Men's Cross Country) November 12, 2007
Kim Adams (Women's Volleyball) November 7, 2007
Ben Miller (Men's Water Polo) October 31, 2007
Alie Avina (Women's Soccer) October 19, 2007
Charity Elliott (Women's Basketball Head Coach) October 15, 2007


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Prep ends Ridgefield's 11-game win streak in hockey
BRIDGEPORT -- Moments after Ridgefield's one-goal lead disappeared in the third period Saturday afternoon at the Wonderland Of Ice, the Tigers escaped on a two-on-one break, a golden spot to reclaim the advantage.
But the shot that beat Fairfield Prep goalie Jack Taubl on the odd-man rush clanged off the cross bar, and not in. Within 15 seconds, as fate would have it, the Jesuits had the lead. Need a more forceful example of a swing in momentum?
Fairfield Prep added its third rapid-fire goal 23 seconds later for a 3-1 lead it protected to snap Ridgefield's 11-game winning streak that began on Jan. 11. The Tigers, who lost to Prep 3-2 in the season-opener Dec. 18 in Ridgefield, fell to 14-4-0 overall. The Jesuits, on a 9-1-2 run since Dec. 27, improved to 10-3-2.
Sam Sarath, Ridgfield's leading goal scorer, converted a power play goal early in the second period for the game's only score until Ryan Deering took a feed from Mike Ventricelli and scored one second after a Ridgefield penalty expired 4 minutes and 53 seconds into the third period. Within a half-minute, the Tigers barely missed on the two-on-one.
At 5:33, Prep's leading goal scorer, Matt Wikman, broke in on a partial breakaway and produced the goal that gave the Jesuits a 2-1 lead. At 5:56, Ventricelli knocked in the rebound of a Vincent D'Amore shot for a 3-1 lead and the final goal of the non-conference game.
"That goal (Deering's) switched the momentum of the game," said Shaun Gallagher, whose Tigers have failed to beat Prep in his six years as their coach.
Prep coach Matt Sather said the pivotal play was the Ridgefield shot off the cross bar on the two on one. "Right off that, we scored," Sather said.
"They started skating better," Gallagher said of Prep after Deering's equalizing goal. "They are big, they are deep, they play the game the right way."
The first two periods were not so eventful until the Tigers' power play goal. Taubl made the most impressive save of the first period on close-in shot in the sixth minute. Prep had the puck in Ridgefield's end more often than the Tigers did in the Jesuits' zone but few of Prep's shots were high-quality.
"In the first period, we were pretty bad in our end," Sather said.
Ridgefield had more of the puck and better scoring opportunities in the second period, culminating in Sarath's goal a few seconds after Prep failed to clear the puck on a penalty kill. After that, Ridgefield could not maintain its edge and Prep began to unveil its standard game.
"Ridgefield is a top 10 team," Sather said. "At this time of the year, the teams are so close. We cannot give away a first period like we did and expect to win like we did."
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Records: Ridgefield 14-4-0; Fairfield Prep 10-3-2. Goals: R--Sam Sarath; FP--Ryan Deering, Matt Wikman, Mike Ventricelli. Assists: R--Paul Garlick; FP--Ventricelli, Vincent D'Amore. Goalies: R--Patrick Sheehan-Delany (24 saves); FP--Jack Taubl (14 saves). Shots: R--15; FP--27. Highlights: Ridgefield power play 1-for-1; Fairfield Prep power plays 0-for-3.

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Geneva Round Up: Best of showby Garage Mike March 10, 2015
Big names, bold claims, wild production and concept cars.
This year's Geneva show was a veritable nirvana for fans of horsepower and performance. Here's MOTOR's pick of the best of show.
Audi R8 e-tron
While the second-gen all-V10 R8 range stretched Audi's sportscar ambitions to new heights, the all-electric e-tron version is a revolutionary game changer.
Unlike rivals from Tesla and BMW's i8, the flagship e-tron model brings dedicated electrification to a familiar and established series production hero car. It's as mainstream as hi-po EVs come.
And the numbers stack up favorably for Audi's sole rear-driver, too: 340kW, 920Nm, 0-100km/h in 3.9sec and a range of 450 kilometres.
Aston Martin Vulcan
Boasting over 600kW from its 7.0-litre V12 and circuit-only focus, the Vulcan joins Ferrari's FXX K, McLaren P1 GTR and the like in the super-elite club reserved for the world's most well-heeled petrolheads.
Absolutely bespoke in spec and construction, it's the new heroic poster boy that overshadowed another pair of exotic stunners at the Geneva show in the Vantage GT3 and the wild DBX cross-over SUV concept.
Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6
While Brit luxury carmaker Bentley kept the technical spec of its Geneva showstopper close to its chest, the EXP 10 Speed 6 packed enough wallop as a design concept to steal global media headlines.
The two-seater, two-door coupe looks to be Bentley's more performance-oriented pitch at the hyper-luxury market while tipping its hat to the marque's racing heritage of the 1920s and 1930s.
Indeed, the 'Speed 6' nomenclature suggests six-cylinder power, potentially boosted with forced induction and electrification if the wild concept gets a production green light.
Ferrari 488 GTB
While the Prancing Horse's latest mid-engine V8-powered sportscar was revealed weeks ahead of its public Geneva debut, the arrive of the 488 GTB is milestone in Maranello's road car linage.
By adopting turbocharging for the 3.9-litre bent eight, the 488 marks the swan song for Ferrari's great naturally-aspirated road car heritage.
However, the seachange isn't without its benefits-as-justification: a whopping 492kW and 760Nm translates to a significant hike in go-faster credentials and prowess over the outgoing 458.
The feisty berlinetta is also burgeoning with cutting-edged, allegedly F1-derived tech set to push the performance envelope of the 'everyman' Ferrari sportscar as hard as possible.
Glickenhaus SCG 003
This pair of road-going Stradale and race-spec Competizione customer cars is the upshot when a billionaire petrolhead thinks Ferrari, Porsche and McLaren are doing it wrong.
While the SCG 003 certainly packs a long list of heroic specifications, the minor revolution is its modular engine cradle design that allows a variety of plug-and-play engine opinions – from a twin-turbo V6 'race' to turbocharged V12 'street' unit – in a single vehicle.
Priced from $AU3.2million, it's a hyper-exclusive car by a billionaire for billionaires.
Honda Civic Type R
Among the army of Geneva giants, the humble Japanese hot hatch might seem like an odd Geneva motor show highlight.
But Honda self-proclaiming honours of offering the quickest front-driver money can buy is a return to form for a marque that, in recent times, seemed lost in a sea called Mediocrity.
While turbocharging shuns the Big H's naturally aspirated Type R traditions, the red-hot Civic arrived – finally – with a refreshingly bullish set of performance claims and a record-breaking Nurburgring Nordschleife video clip aimed at belting the hot hatch beehive.
Americanized NSX or not, its great to see a Japanese carmaker get its mojo back.
Koenigsegg Regera
If performance isn't all about all-dominating number crunching, someone forgot to tell Swedish concern Koenigsegg.
With the combination of its 820kW and 1280Nm 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 plus around 500kW and 900Nm from a trio of electric motors, the Regera produces a combined claim of over 1100kW and 2000Nm.
The big acceleration boast is that the Regera can hit 400km/h from a standstill in under 20 seconds.
Unlike the emerging raft of new-school track-only specials, the Regera is road going, lays on the luxury appointments, and approaches the hyper-hybrid powertrain format with focus on electric rather than petrol-fed motivation.
Lamborghini Aventador SV
As predictable as a SuperVeloce treatment is to a Raging Bull flagship breed, the most hard-core series production car in the Sant'Agata stable is still mana from supercar Heaven.
The Aventador LP750-4 SV foregoes trendy hybrid tech for tradition large-capacity petrol-fed pleasure: 552kW and 690Nm from 6.5 litres of bent twelve-cylinder fury.
Acceleration is a ridiculous 2.8sec for the 0-100km/h sprint.
While slightly more attainable than many of Geneva's superstar attractions, the rawest Lambo wearing rego plates will list for a frosty $AU882,650.
McLaren P1 GTR
Creating a pure race-spec version of what is arguably the mostly ferocious road car money can buy, the P1, is McLaren's latest stake at world motoring domination.
With an outrageous 735kW-odd from its petrol-electric-hybrid powertrain equipped with a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8, the P1 GTR could well deliver on its maker's bold "best driver's car in the world" claim.
The P1 GTR also stole the limelight from McLaren's other exotic debut, the 675 LT 'Longtail' race-infused road car.
Porsche GT3 RS
While the halls of the Geneva motor show were packed with pricier, more-powerful and more outlandish exotica, the hardest-core RS version of Porsche's hallowed head-kicking GT3 remains the purist touchstone for driving enjoyment.
The latest version might pack just 368kW and 480Nm from its naturally aspirated flat-six, and its PDK-only format might rub traditionalists the wrong way, but no other car on Earth translates relatively modest spec into such a ferocious and satisfying road or track experience.
The rawest and most transcendental driver's 911 yet? You bet.
Porsche Cayman GT4
Finally, Stuttgart waves its ultra-focused 'GT' wand over its brilliant 'affordable' Cayman sports car range.
While purists maintain (wrongly) that the Cayman isn't a 'real' Porsche, the GT4 offers, for the first time, the marque's finest motorsport-massaged experience in a sub-$200K package.
Finally, it seems, Porsche has delivered to the Cayman the sorts of robust output its wonderfully resolved chassis has always promised it could take in strides.


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Yesterday Wild Growth, the heal that generally makes up the biggest portion of our healing in raids got hit with the ole nerfbat. A flat 20% decrease to it's output, plus a glyph change that forces us to make a choice between it only hitting 5 targets (rather than the 6 we're used to) or having a 10 second cooldown (rather than 8).
Has the world ended? Are we now unable to keep up with raid damage? Will we be left out of progression raids because we're just not good enough anymore?
In a word, no. In two words, hell no. Those who were excellent druid healers in 4.2 will continue to be in 4.3.
Last night I got to see how the changes affected me on the first 4 bosses of Dragon Soul.
This is a pretty boring fight to heal. Everyone is all nicely grouped up and damge is predictable. It felt like most healers just got to lay down their Efflorescences, Healing Rains, HW: Sanctuaries and let them do all the work. The mechanics of this fight can cater really well to any healer class.
To be honest, I was a tiny bit shocked to see myself 3rd on the meters, but the difference between 1st and 3rd is very small. My healing breakdown looked like this:
This spell breakdown for this type of fight looks very similar to what I was seeing in Firelands. Wild Growth is still 30% of my healing. I didn't even use Tranquility here, sort of seemed like overkill.
Things I learned from this fight:
- I did use the Glyph of Wild Growth for this fight. The 10-second cooldown on WG threw off my timing a little and was a bit awkward to get used to. I will try this fight without it next week.
- The odd timing also threw me off on other things. I was only at 84% uptime on Harmony on this fight. That needs to be better.
- Blood DKs…gtfo. Seriously. Stop sniping all the heals.
Warlord Zon'ozz
Zon'ozz is a little more fun to heal. There are periods of heavy raid damage, along with a magic effect that needs to be dispelled, and a little more single target healing required to top off those who have just been dispelled.
Our holy priest kicked some ass on this one with all her great group/area healing spells. Also, the lightwell – we clicked it (good raid!).
My healing breakdown:
Again, nothing terribly surprising about the breakdown here. There are periods of very heavy raid damage where everyone is grouped up, so WG and Efflo are the obvious winners. There's also a fair amount of healing from Regrowth from topping up those who needed to be dispelled or had just been dispelled.
Things I learned from this fight:
- Your cooldown can beat up my cooldown. Divine Hymn kicks the shit out of Tranquility now.
A normal DH tick from a Holy Priest is hitting for almost 10k more than a tick of Tranquility. A crit is hitting for almost 20k more. Plus, the number of Divine Hymn ticks is affected by haste, meaning a priest can eek out 25 ticks normally, and likely 30 under the right conditions. Druids will always have only 20 of the big ticks, though we can gain extra ticks on the smaller HoT left behind.
- I removed the Glyph of WG on this fight. It felt much better to be able to cast WG every 8 seconds and I was able to get into a better rhythm. I did try the fight with the glyph on a couple wipes, but it didn't feel right.
- Nature's Cure is most definitely worth it here. There's a lot of dispelling to be done, and the quicker it can be done, the better.
Yor'sajh the Unsleeping
This fight was a bit of a whirlwind. There are a lot of different add colours to keep track of and abilities to know…but he died so quick that I never really got a chance to learn what was going on. Good job from the dps killing all the bad things before we had to worry about their effects.
This fight was very friendly towards the druid style of healing. Sometimes we were grouped up, sometimes spread out. There was a fair amount of movement going on and I felt my mobility gave me an edge here.
My healing breakdown:
Pretty standard breakdown. I'm actually happy to see that Wild Growth made up less than 25% of my healing here. It's always nice to see a diverse selection of spells doing the healing.
Things I learned from this fight:
- The description of this fight lists some very interesting mechanics, but unfortunately, we never had to deal with the really nasty ones, so the fight felt a bit too easy.
- Again, I did not use glyph of WG. Still felt good about that choice.
- It was almost a 7 minute fight, so I should be able to fit in a second Tranquility next time.
Hagara the Stormbinder
Hagara, kind of like Yor'sahj, sounds complicated on paper, but we managed to kill her quickly (even though I highly suspect many people didn't have a clue what they were doing).
Again, I feel this fight was tailored to druids. People were much more spread out than in the previous 3 fights making Wild Growth much stronger than some of the more range-limited group heals (whether we were supposed to be spread out or we were just flailing is another matter entirely). Our range of instant spells was also very handy when running around during Ice Wave.
My healing breakdown:
Only 21% of healing from WG makes me happy.
Regrowth is higher in healing done again because I did a fair bit of direct healing.
Things I learned from this fight:
- Blizzard needs to make up their mind about how many healers a typical fight needs. We had 6 and it was way too many for this. Two healers even died. As a group the healers were at over 60% overheal. Just not enough damage going out on this fight.
- I didn't use glyph of WG, still happy without it.
- Ice Tombs cause line of sight issues. Having all the tomb targets stack up in the middle – on top of the tank – is a bad idea.
Despite the nerfs, resto druids are still in a great place and fully capable of thriving in Dragon Soul. Wild Growth will generally make up a few less percent of our overall healing, but that's not a bad thing. Our biggest output cooldown has been slightly dwarfed by the Divine Hymn buffs, but we'll live. Just keep up Lifebloom, keep Harmony active and never stop casting. You'll be tearing up the healing charts in no time (while not standing in the bad and keeping your assignments alive, of course).


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It was a bittersweet day at the Organ Pavillion in Balboa Park.
In light to moderate rain, strangers carried single stemmed sunflowers. Children passed out orange wristbands with the "Chelsea's Light Foundation" printed on them.
And then, as if on cue, the sun came out.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Chelsea's Law, the legislation named after murdered San Diego teen Chelsea King. The law, in part, will enact a one-strike, life without parole sentencing option for the most dangerous sexual offenders. Because of a special emergency provision, the law will go into effect immediately.
"Today is a day to celebrate your support and passion and to let you know you helped Chelsea achieve her goal of changing the world," said Kelly King, Chelsea's mother, who wore a bright yellow dress to the ceremony.
The King family, who earlier this year moved to Illinois, was present at the signing along with other state legislators, including the legislation's author, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher.
During the ceremony, Fletcher recounted his first meetings with the King family and a conversation he had with Chelsea's father Brent King.
"I remember Brent saying 'you have no idea the power of my daughter. She is absolutely capable of anything'," said Fletcher, who at the signing turned to King and said, "today, you are right,"
"Because of Chelsea, everyone has joined together to solve a serious problem in our state," said Schwarzenegger. "I hope it offers some comfort to all of you here today. My heart goes out to you."
Chelsea's law will also increase sentences for forcible sex crimes, increase parole terms for those who target children under the age of 14, including lifetime parole, restrict sex offenders from entering parks, require sex offenders' risk assessment scores be made public through the Megan's Law website and revise California's mentally disordered offenders law.
At the signing, Schwarzenegger also announced his intent to sign three measures sponsored, in part, by Moe Dubois, the father of murder teen Amber Dubois. Those measures would enhance law enforcement training and response, statewide coordination and data sharing when children go missing.


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"It's imperative for Californians to conserve water immediately at home and in their businesses."
That's the message California's Department of Water Resources Director Lester Snow left Golden Staters on Jan. 29 as the state released its latest information on how much water this winter's snowpack holds.
It isn't pretty. The water content of the snow piled on the Sierra Nevada Mountains and elsewhere in the state sits at 61 percent of normal. The wet season has only two months left. "We may be at the start of the worst California drought in modern history," Mr. Snow said in a statement.
Even when the mountains see an above average snowpack, as they did last year, weather patterns during the following spring can leave as state high and dry. Last year, California experienced the driest spring on record, leading to the second dry "water year" in a row.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center offers little solace. It projects drought to persist or intensify across virtually all of California and much of Nevada through April. Similar conditions poke their heads into southeastern Oregon and western Utah.
Even in Washington state, which has seen a boatload of precipitation recently, the latest snow-water content levels are below normal at nine out of 11 federally managed sampling sites.
And California's major reservoirs? Lake Oroville holds only 43 percent of the water it normally stores at this time of year. Water sent to farms and cities from the Sacramento River Delta is also in short supply. Between dry conditions and environmental regulations, the Water Resources Department currently estimates that it will be able to send out only about 15 percent of the water people to farms and urban areas are requesting from the Delta via the State Water Project.
For those of us who don't rely on mountain snows as natural holding tanks for a large chunk of our water supply, it may seem odd to hear talk of drought when some ski resorts in the Sierras are talking 78 inches of packed powder.
The key is water content. A longstanding rule of thumb holds that 10 inches of snow holds an inch of water. But as anyone who has shoveled the stuff will tell you, there's snow (light and fluffy), and there's snow (wetter and heavier). Over at the CoCoRaHS blog (no, it's not a breakfast cereal), there's a tidy discussion of the range of snow-to-water values for the Rockies.
Suffice it to say that water managers are more interested in water-content numbers than in mere snow depth alone.
One long-term outlook
The picture for the region well into future isn't encouraging. A year ago, Tim Barnett and David Pierce, with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, published a study saying that Lake Mead stands a 50-50 chance of running functionally dry by 2021 if water demand in the region the dam serves isn't reduced and if carbon dioxide emissions, and hence global warming, follow a business-as-usual path.
Functionally dry means the dam will still have some water in it, but the level will be too low to reach inlets that steer water to spillways or to turbines that run the dam's generators.
Even if you count yourself among the category of folks who shake their heads and roll their eyeballs at the concept of human-triggered global warming, studies of past climate regimes in the Southwest show the region is prone to very long-term droughts that would make the Dust Bowl look like a cool spell.
Maybe that's why John Wesley Powell, best known for his post-Civil War expedition through the Grand Canyon by boat, insisted so vehemently (without success) that the Southwest needed to be surveyed extensively before it was opened to settlers.
He was worried about the availability of water and the sustainability of development in the area. Some issues haven't changed.
In an upcoming post, we'll look at a tool scientists are using to help water managers figure out the most effective strategies for reducing one Southwestern city's demand for water.


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Mexico claims it's beaten Michoacan gang, but new ones are forming
A certain calm has returned to once-lawless Michoacan state. Murder rates have fallen, some gangsters have fled to the hills and federal forces have captured or killed three of the top leaders of the feared Knights Templar drug cartel.
State and federal leaders are trumpeting their success. "The situation in the state has come under control," said Alfredo Castillo, the troubleshooter whom President Enrique Pena Nieto deployed a little more than four months ago to direct efforts to bring rule of law to troubled Michoacan.
But wander along the back roads of Michoacan state and it's hard to find residents who believe that a decade-long nightmare of criminal mayhem is over. Some say the Pena Nieto government has taken short-term measures to reduce violence without any effort to punish perpetrators. Others say gangsters already have begun to reorganize, even adopting a new name for their group.
"Who knows if they will return? That's the million-dollar question," said Andres Montelongo, a hardware store owner in Buenavista Tomatlan, a town in western Michoacan where crime-related violence had reached a height.
When federal authorities assumed control of Michoacan on Jan. 13, their goal was to quell rampant violence by the Knights Templar, a criminal gang deeply involved in the global methamphetamine and cocaine trade that had infiltrated the highest reaches of the state and local political and business communities. They also wanted to rein in an uprising by thousands of armed vigilantes who'd ousted crooked mayors and local police in dozens of towns.
Since then, federal forces have chalked up a series of successes, including arresting four mayors and the state's former acting governor for links to the cartel. The cartel itself appears to have disintegrated, with only its top leader, Servando Gomez, who's known as "La Tuta," escaping arrest. Earlier this month, authorities reported that he was hiding in caves.
What vexes many, however, is that hundreds of gangsters who initially fled to the hills have returned to towns to join the vigilante groups, saying they'd had a change of heart and now despise the Knights Templar.
"Many of them switched sides. That is to say, according to them, they repented and converted," said the Rev. Adrian Alejandrez, a priest in Apatzingan, a former stronghold of the drug cartel. "We have doubts about this because you don't just change from one day to the next."
The Pena Nieto government has worked as hard to defang and sow discord among the loosely organized vigilante groups — the popularity of which underscored the inability of the state to restore order — as it has to quell organized crime.
To co-opt the bulk of the vigilantes, who also call themselves self-defense forces, Castillo agreed with some leaders a month ago to give them uniforms and new weapons and to provide them jobs as members of a new rural police corps, with essentially no training or probes into their backgrounds.
On May 10, Castillo inducted the first contingent of 450 vigilantes into the new rural militia. Hundreds more were to be inducted by the end of the month. The same day, he acknowledged that federal forces had arrested 155 presumed former Knights Templar members who'd sought to join the vigilante groups.
At a temporary base in the town of Tepalcatepec, where the first rural militia took up posts, Cmdr. Arnulfo Valencia showed off his 9 mm Beretta pistol, and said he'd been given an AR-15 assault rifle as well. He pulled out a white card labeled "List of Rights" that would tell him what to read to those detained by corpsmen.
Valencia maintained that none of the 120 former vigilantes in the town's rural corps had ever worked for the drug cartel.
Even as rank-and-file vigilantes find jobs, some of the founders of the movement fear that the government is after them. Authorities jailed one, Hipolito Mora, a 58-year-old lemon grower, for just over two months on suspicion of ordering two murders. He was released May 16 after the government couldn't provide prosecutors with evidence.
Another leader, perhaps the most widely known, Jose Manuel Mireles, a charismatic physician with a shock of white hair, lashed out in an interview at what he said was a federal attempt to divide the vigilante movement with little regard for letting former gangsters into the new rural police corps.
"The federal campaign is a failure," Mireles said. "It is just theater. . . . There are many townships that continue to be invaded by the Templars."
Castillo, he said, "is not doing things as they should be done. Look at how he's given credentials, permits, uniforms, weapons and vehicles to the Templars. . . . This is not good."
Another priest, the Rev. Jose Luis Segura in the town of La Ruana, said that while the Templars had splintered, former members were creating a new crime gang.
"All the fragments are reorganizing, and that's how the new cartel was formed. It's called H3," Segura said. "That's the name they put on their trucks: H3."
That name is said either to be taken from the favored vehicle of one of the group's leaders, a Hummer H3, or to signify Third Fraternity, the heir to a line of crime groups that began with La Familia Michoacana, which reigned in the state in the last decade, and its successor, the Knights Templar.
The H3 coalesced around local vigilante leaders in the towns of Coalcoman, Buenavista Tomatlan, Huacana and Churumuco, the newspaper Excelsior reported May 6, citing a military intelligence document. It said the core of the group was made up of people antagonistic to the Knights Templar or associated with a cartel from neighboring Jalisco state known as New Generation.
Its leaders include Miguel Angel Gallegos Godoy, known as "El Migueladas," and Luis Antonio Torres Gonzalez, whose moniker is "El Americano," reportedly because he grew up in the United States.
Gallegos Godoy, a plantation owner from Zicuiran, had ties to a Templar capo, Enrique "Kike" Plancarte, whom federal forces killed in April. Gallegos had a falling-out with Plancarte last year and struck out on his own, and he's become a major methamphetamine producer.
Segura, the priest, said townspeople in La Ruana were frightened by the presence of the man known as El Americano, who was recruited into a leadership position in the new rural police but often moves with unidentified armed men.
"We all ask ourselves, 'What are we going to do?' " said Segura. "Not just us priests. You sense the concern. This is how it all started before, first with La Familia and later with the Knights Templar."


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(known as football outside the United States) is one of the most popular team sports in the world. Soccer also can be a way to encourage children to be physically active while they learn about teamwork and
With the growing popularity of soccer comes a greater number of injuries. However, the risk of injury can be reduced.
Soccer injuries in general occur when players collide with each other or when players collide with the ground, ball, or goalpost. They also may result from nonbody contact, such as from running, twisting/turning, shooting, and landing. The most common types of injuries in youth soccer are sprains and strains, followed by contusions (bruises). Most injuries are minor, requiring basic first aid or a maximum of 1 week's
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Soccer injuries can be prevented when fair play is encouraged and the rules of the game are enforced. Also make sure you have the right equipment and play safely.


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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox, January 13, 2012
Your pool is chemically treated, cleaned and covered - all buttoned up for the winter. Then you notice (!) that your solid pool cover seems to be slipping lower and lower into the pool.
If you have a mesh cover, you won't notice this slipping, but peeking through or under the cover - and the water level is not holding.
This is a problem - needs to be fixed.
Winter pool leaks can be more trouble than a summer pool leak, and if not caught early - can easily lead to larger problems. Here's why:
1. Without the support of the water beneath it, solid pool covers can fall into the pool, with the weight of rain and snow.
2. Mesh covers also need the support of water beneath them, during a heavy snow load. When water levels drop more than 12-15" below a mesh pool cover, and a heavy load of snow or ice is deposited, your mesh cover straps and springs may become deformed or break.
3. For vinyl lined pools, if too much water leaks out, and the water level approaches the shallow end floor, the liner may relax and pull away from the pool and floor. The cold weather makes this worse, as it causes the vinyl liner to shrink and pucker. Above ground pools may also risk wall damage without the water pushing outwardly.
4. Plaster pools have a risk of popping out of the ground - if the pool empties completely, and the water remains underneath the pool. Pools that are built in low areas, topographically, are particularly susceptible to damage from hydrostatic pressure beneath the pool shell - which can be so great, that it can actually lift the pool out of the ground!
5. Excess water in the ground surrounding the pool can freeze and cause "deck heave". As water expands, it can lift slabs of concrete, which may fail to come back down level, and may rip any caulking or damage joints between deck slabs. Excess water can also erode supporting soil around the pool and under pool decks, and cause problem as fill dirt is gradually washed away.
Now that I have made a case for the importance of fixing winter pool leaks, let's talk about how to locate and repair common winter pool leaks.
Locating Winter Pool Leaks
1. If you have a solid pool cover - make sure that your pool cover pump is not pumping pool water through small holes in the cover, beneath the cover pump. This can be quite common, so be sure to rule this cause out. If this is happening, reposition the pump and refill the pool.
2. Pool lights can frequently be a source of leaks. If your pool water level stabilizes near the top of an underwater pool light, you should consider this a strong possibility as the leak source. Remove the lamp from the wall and pull it up on deck. Place pool putty or light cord stoppers at the point where the light cord exits the light niche, through the conduit. Refill the pool and test.
3. Vinyl liners can leak almost anywhere. If you suspect a liner leak, the layman's method is to inspect carefully around the current waterline, looking for anything that looks like a small hole. Also look for small bits of debris that have been sucked into a hole in the liner. Using a leak testing dye for pool leaks can help you verify by squirting a small amount of dye in the suspected area. If the dye is sucking out of the pool, patch the liner in this area and refill the pool. ...
4. If no obvious holes are spotted, inspect closely all the places where the liner was purposely cut - skimmer, returns, light, steps. The gasketing or the faceplates can develop leaks as the weather turns colder and the pool walls contract a bit.
5. Cracks in a plaster pool, although uncommon, would certainly be a good place to check for a leak. With water temperatures being very cold, it is likely that you may defer this repair until spring. Fill the pool as needed to keep the pool cover intact and to prevent any chance of the pool "popping" out of the ground.
Winter pool leaks are no fun to find and fix. The water is cold and so is the concrete that you lay on. It is important however to keep the pool full, for the reasons mentioned above. If you cannot locate it, and want to wait until spring, keep the pool filled with a garden hose during winter, and be sure to pump off solid covers promptly, until you can fix this winter pool leak - in the spring!


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text: Thursday, May 31, 2012 Hospital-at-Home Model Gains Attention as Health Reform Evolves A model of care adopted in Australia, England, Israel, and Canada that allows patients who are chronically ill with acute medical problems to receive hospital services in their homes is gaining attention in the United States, says a Kaiser Health News article. Hospital-at-home programs fundamentally refashion care by "testing traditional notions of how services should be delivered when people become seriously ill." In most programs, physicians examine the patient daily, and nurses and aides visit up to 3 times a day, often for an extended period. Programs currently are offered by Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and through the Veterans Health Administration in Portland, Oregon; Honolulu; Boise, Idaho; and New Orleans. In a study of 3 hospital-at-home programs published in 2005 in Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers demonstrated that patient outcomes were similar or better, satisfaction was higher, and costs were 32% less than traditional hospitalizations. The programs in the study focused on people with 4 conditions—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and cellulitis. Resistance from Medicare and private insurers is the biggest problem these programs face, the article says. Traditional fee-for-service Medicare does not pay for hospital-at-home services, although individual private Medicare Advantage plans may do so. In addition, physicians may find the new model of care intimidating. Starting a program requires a considerable up-front investment of time and money. Furthermore, "keeping beds full is a financial mandate for most hospitals." However, that may change as hospitals and physicians form accountable care organizations that call for providers to restructure how health care is delivered while participating in the financial rewards and risks of those changes, says the article. Comments Dear Sirs, Would you mind telling me how to get this report? Many thanks in advance. Best regards, Julie Galodé Posted by GALODE on 7/5/2012 12:42 PM


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New York is filled with trendy single-item restaurants, but this new water-only café might take the cake, if only it sold any.
Molecule in the East Village filters New York tap water through a custom device and then sells it for $2.50 per 16-ounce glass.
The $25,000 machine makes "pharmaceutical-grade water" using a seven-stage process to produce "pure h20," according to the shop's website.
A spokesman for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection told The Wall Street Journal that New York tap water is already renowned for its quality.
"Public health experts agree that New York City tap water is among the safest, highest quality in the world, a standard we confirm through more than 500,000 tests each year," he said.
But Molecule founder Adam Ruhf dismissed that claim.
"I don't want chemicals in my water. I don't even want chlorine in my water. Chlorine is like bleach. Do you want to drink bleach? No one wants to drink bleach. So that's my opinion on New York tap water," Ruhf told the Journal.
In addition to being cleaner, Ruhf claimed his water tastes better. He said the taste difference is "subtle, but if you have a sensitive palate you can totally tell."
He called his water "fluffy" and said it finishes smoothly. Shots of vitamins, mixtures of herbs and roots and even pH infusions can be added to orders of the artisanal water.
"It's about treating water a little more consciously, mindfully and respectfully," the 32-year-old owner added. "We are trying to change the way people think about water."
But some critics weren't buying it.
"Calling all suckers. We're not sure what's more unsettling: the fact that an East Village business is selling tap water for $2.50 a bottle, or that countless idiots will probably buy it," James King wrote in the Village Voice.
"Molecule bottled water is 'pure' nonsense," Steve Cuozzo of the New York Post wrote.
Ruhf stood firmly by his water.
"Either you buy into it or you don't," he said. "There is a good concentration of people who would understand what we are doing without much explanation from the beginning," Ruhf told Manhattan local news website DNA Info.


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9 Best Strategies to End Corporate Rule
The power of corporations in politics and in our daily lives can seem insurmountable. They've got piles of cash, and no qualms about spending big to get their own way. The latest issue of YES! Magazine is a look at ways to shift the balance of power back toward real people. Here are nine strategies to put people back in charge.
1. Amend the constitution to end corporate personhood.
The Supreme Court says corporations have at least as many rights under the Constitution as you and I. We need an amendment that says rights are for flesh and blood people.
2. Dive into grassroots campaigns.
What happens when we put aside our partisan differences and take up a common cause? We stop polluting pipelines, get universal health care, and put economic fairness on the agenda. Grassroots power still works.
3. Hold corporations accountable to our laws.
There are powerful means already in place to hold corporations accountable: Deny them government contracts, revoke their charters, use lawsuits to hold them accountable for the damage they cause. We have the tools. We just need to use them.
4. Get past the propaganda.
Corporations have spent millions to convince people that false things are true. "Social Security is broke." "Tort reform will save us all money." Well-known "facts," not at all true. Get past the propaganda.
5. Support independent media and keep the Internet free.
Cell phones and the Internet have been key components of mass movements from Egypt to Europe to the United States. They're a threat to corporate power and oppressive governments. That's why corporations are working hard to limit access to phones and the Net. Citizen groups are fighting back—and winning.
6. Protect the commons from private interests.
The profit motive often gets in the way of the public good. The corporation that supplied electricity to Boulder, Colo., didn't listen when citizens asked for clean energy, so now Boulder's making its electricity a public utility. The things we own in common and the necessities of life shouldn't be owned by corporations. Time to take them back.
7. Vote. Build a strong democracy and put progressive leaders in office.
Even though corporations can now spend unlimited money in campaigns, we can make them tell where they're spending it. Publicly funded elections let citizens run for office without selling out. We trust juries with justice—citizen juries can also sort out false from true on campaign issues. And recall elections can keep runaway politicians in check.
8. Make your dollars matter.
The "Move Your Money" campaign is going big time. Cities, universities, and faith organizations are moving billions from the big corporate banks to local banks and credit unions. And you can make your personal finances—from everyday purchases to long-term investments—send a message that you're through supporting the big corporations.
9. Get creative to raise awareness.
Flash mobs, mud piles, mic checks, and singing in the courtroom. We can't spend as much money as corporations to spread our message. But we've got something no corporation has: Wit and soul.
- Check out YES! Magazine's Spring 2012 issue .
Where the infamous Citizens United decision came from and how to overturn it.
When companies are owned by workers and the community—instead of Wall Street financiers—everything changes.


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Several leaked images began circulating Thursday of what appears to be Apple's new line of iPhones and one of the smartphones is—you guessed it—a gold-colored iPhone.
(Read more: Why Apple needs a gold (or any other color) iPhone)
The images, shown below, were published on a Japanese website weekly.ascii.jp. Apple is reportedly going to launch its next-generation iPhone on Sept. 10, along with a low-cost smartphone rumored to be called the iPhone C. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company, however, has not yet confirmed an official release date or a cheaper iPhone model.
(Read more: Apple expected to show next iPhone on Sept. 10)
Rumors of a gold iPhone have circulated for a while now, but TechCrunch reported last week that a gold or champagne color would be coming out this year.
(Read more: Blinged out: New Apple iPhone may be gold)
Charles Golvin, a principal analyst at Forrester Research, told CNBC earlier this week that while he is not sure Apple will roll out a gold iPhone, the company will eventually have to begin to include color into its iPhone line.
"It's not a matter of if Apple will add more colors, but it's really a matter of when ... and what is that color going to be," Golvin said. "If you look at the competition and what they are offering, it's reasonable to say that Apple has reached the end of the line of just offering black and white."


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yviedubs necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 112 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Hi, I'm a new stay at home mum (37yrs old) with a 14 month old baby girl (called Ella!) We live on Bondi Beach in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. I'm originally from the UK.
Over the last year staying at home with my daughter I've come to appreciate the importance of getting out and about with your kid everyday, avoiding the mundane, trying new things and building a network of mums all in the local region.
There are plentiful events and stuff to do for mums in the local region, but there is no single source of this information. ellaslist.com.au will fulfil this need in a subscription newsletter format, The website will also be a place for mums to hangout, share experiences, write articles, get ideas, as well as holding advertised listings for baby sales, new product lines, R&R for mums, plus reviews and ratings of activities in the region.
It's for mothers with small children in the local region (bondi + other suburbs in the east of sydney), initially targeting mums with children age 0-2
We anticipate that this will expand quickly geographically and by age group i.e.mums with children up to the age of 15 years.
The mothers in this area are savvy, well educated, affluent, don't work or work part time. Age range from 28 to 45. A high proportion will have been born overseas or outside the local region, so have limited or no family support (their support network are friends and other mothers)
They are actively involved with their children's development, likely to be married, have household annual incomes of +$100,000 USD, word of mouth and recommendations are very important to these mums. They are trendy, follow fashion, read lifestyle and fashion magazines, are online savvy, use social networking sites regularly, prior to having children these women worked full time and were socially active. After having children they have not lost touch with their previous lives and see themselves as young at heart.
A logo that will be used on website and all marketing material.
Must contain the words 'ellaslist'
The logo must to be able to work on a small format , e.g. small banner ads, and be read easily when included as part of a sentence, e.g. 'Are you on ellaslist?'
Must appeal to trendy fashion conscious 35 yr old mums.
The site is for mums, NOT for children (no logo's with crayon colors or balloons please)
It should be distinctive and easily memorable.
It should convey a sense of urgency. e.g. 'Don't miss out'. 'Be the first to know'
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Not sure if this is the right place for this kind of feedback, but here goes - I tried to follow the instructions in the Puppy Linux Manual for installing Puppy to the hard drive. They're good but possibly outdated.
The "Installation-Frugal" section here http://puppylinux.org/main/Manual-English.htm#Manual05 explains how to use GRUB bootloader. I'm new at this but my understanding is that GRUB bootloader has been superceded by Grub4DOS.
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I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo L1300 with a CeleronM CPU with 1,4GHz and 512MB memory.
At first I tried Puppy Precise 5.4.3 but this version didn't worked because a CeleronM is apparently not PAE compatible. Then I tried the Retro version of Precise 5.4.3 and was amazed by it.
Everything was like I wanted from the beginning: A clean desktop, WLAN, Internet, accessing windows shares, a word processor, spreadsheet, all common video codecs, flash, java vm and many more. Wow!
Meanwhile I updated to Precise 5.6.1 and am still very excited. And I'm glad that the kernel in Precise 5.6.1 supports both PAE and NON-PAE processors.
I hope that Puppy Linux will continue to support old(er) computers in the future because I don't feel like buying a new PC and updating to Win7 or Win8 anymore.
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I just recently installed Precise Puppy 5.6.1 for an old eMachines T-1090 that has a Celeron 900 Mhz (Socket 370,) 256 MB's of memory and a Radeon 7500 64 MB PCI add on card. Before that it was using the onboard Intel 82810 graphics chipset.
Of all the lightweight OS's I've tried so far, Precise Puppy works the best on this system, even though the hardware is too old to handle videos.
One recommendation I would like to offer is that the Puppy Package Manager be reworked to where I am not asked a series of questions when I choose something to install. Questions like what server to download from and whether or not to install dependencies can be left up to the manager.
For those who want to be able to have these choices, an "Expert mode" button can be offered that would allow this. Otherwise the manager can handle the details. I like Synaptic a lot for this reason, it just does the job without bothering me.
Also, having a lot more software to choose from would be a great bonus. Currently, it's pretty slim pickin's as to what's available.
Best Regards...
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Posted: Fri 26 Jul 2013, 22:39
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Hello everybody,
I have tried a lot of different distros including Debian based and Slackware based, but I have only tried Puppy once. As I am typing this I am burning another ISO and will give it another look. The reason I am hesitant is that you are always running as root and I couldn't find a firewall, although there may be one I don't know about. I think the best thing about linux is all the choice it gives the end user, so why not let them choose if they want to set up a root account or not? That is about it, and thank you for a great distro. I know a lot of hard work goes into making it.
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Posted: Fri 26 Jul 2013, 22:57
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tropicalretriever wrote:
The reason I am hesitant is that you are always running as root and I couldn't find a firewall, although there may be one I don't know about.
While I'm not sure about the other versions, Precise Puppy 5.6.1 (and probably earlier, to some extent,) comes with a firewall, which a window, (either during a live session or upon installation to, say, a hard drive,) will offer to set up for you if Puppy detects and is able to use your ethernet or wireless device. If given this option, it's probably easiest, in most cases, to choose "automatic" unless you want to fine tune the parameters.
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Posted: Fri 26 Jul 2013, 23:36
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Thank you for your reply. I found the firewall and have set it up. I appreciate your response.
Kindest regards-
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Posted: Sat 27 Jul 2013, 00:39
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tropicalretriever wrote:
Thank you for your reply. I found the firewall and have set it up. I appreciate your response.
You're welcome, glad I could help
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Posted: Thu 01 Aug 2013, 08:46
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This just too dificult to install i would love an arcade edition with steam and thunderbird on it but its to damn difficult to install and nothing installs right please fix teh installer casue if I cant install it rihgt then i cant use it at all same goes for angel linux nothing works right for installing nice distro but dont install right.
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Posted: Thu 01 Aug 2013, 15:00
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kidx wrote:
This just too dificult to install i would love an arcade edition with steam and thunderbird on it but its to damn difficult to install and nothing installs right please fix teh installer casue if I cant install it rihgt then i cant use it at all same goes for angel linux nothing works right for installing nice distro but dont install right.
It is a bit more challenging than other distributions, I agree. I had to learn by trial and error with Gparted (which is probably going to be your first stop before installing,) and the boot loader before I was able to install it on the hard drive of the system I'm using it on. If you would like to give it another shot, let us know and we can give you a hand.
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Posted: Thu 01 Aug 2013, 23:35
Post subject: Puppy install = waggin' tail
Subject description: Precise 5.7 installed
Have had a pair of HP T5540 Thin Clients sitting around for a while. They've a VIA Eden running at 1GHz. I upped the RAM to 1GiB. The internal 44-pin header is populated with a 512MiB DOM or flash card. I'd previously run Slitaz 3 on one of them, but have never been able to get 'Taz 4 to run — something hinky with the graphics I suspect. I tried Puppy a looong time ago and set it aside. I've been tinkering with 44-pin adapters with a plan to install an SD card. While waiting for my parts from the River People, I went ahead and burned the two latest releases of Precise. The box supports PAE so I used the non-Retro version.
Installation was quick and fairly painless. I've ditched SeaMonkey for FF and installed UnPet. I don't need the combo-chat-mail-browse. Now I'm in the process of figuring out how to shrink my install down since the DOM has about 188MiB left free. Been uninstalling stuff I don't need using UnPet. I'm thinking this will make a dandy low-energy fanless torrent box, using an external NAS or USB drive as a target. Of course, I'll be acquiring only legal and public-domain files from the interweb.
I think this is a mighty nice distro for this application. Documentation is good, pop-up dialogues help neophytes like myself understand what's up, and tweaking is pretty easy. Everything important has worked "out of the box": network, sound, graphics. For now I'll be keeping one unit running Puppy. The other will get the 16GiB SD adapter and will get a "chunkier" install of some Debian-type distro (this I tested using a notebook drive adapted to the DOM header).
This is a fresh install so I'll keep messing with it until I break something. Maybe, as time goes on, I'll report back. Give it a few weeks to "age".
Good dog. Sit , stay.
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Posted: Mon 02 Sep 2013, 23:43
Post subject: If (or NOT) a Puppy Works on your Computer, let others know
Subject description: Newbies welcome -- No technical expertise required
Hi all,
I figure that if you multiply the number of different computer models --each with different motherboards, CPU, wifi adapters, sound and video cards-- by the number of puppy variants, you'll get a number in the hundreds of thousands. Almost invariably, your first question was "Will this Puppy version work with my computer?" By next year they'll be many more "Beginners" asking the same question. By next year they'll probably be 6 more Puppy versions. And there's a good chance that a couple of years from now you'll be thinking about buying a new computer and wonder whether any of the recent Puppy variants will work with it. Of course, you can ask, and some "Regular" may know, stumble across your question and answer. But there are many more users than Regulars.The information each user possesses has value. One way every fan can "pay for" receiving a great, free system is to "pay-it-forward" by providing information.
If you have a laptop, take the time to post the make, model and Puppy version which works fully, or almost fully, to the end of the PuppyOnLaptop thread.
If a Puppy version is still being developed and some essential function doesn't work, post that information on the thread discussing that Puppy. Essential functions are "boots to desktop," sound, graphics, ethernet and wifi. The Dev of the Puppy Version and those "testers" who follow his work are the people most likely to figure out how fix something which doesn't work. But even if they can't, future beginners and Puppy fans will know not to use that Puppy Version or, when possible, avoid that computer.
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Posted: Wed 11 Sep 2013, 11:46
Post subject: tiny c compiler
Subject description: A suitable compiler for inclusion in Puppy distributions as a binary
I run Slacko and Lucid from usb sticks. They just work and are blindingly responsive. So thanks to everyone who has made this possible. I can now carry my own PC in my pocket.
Could some consideration be given to including a binary of the Tiny C Compiler (tcc)? The GCC is HUGE and does not seem to fit in with the Puppy philosophy of having a small but pretty complete Linux which can be run from a usb stick.
I use the Windows version of tcc and find it does all I want.
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Posted: Thu 12 Sep 2013, 17:43
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Dear Rufus,
I use gcc every day and have used tcc when I was toying with the idea of creating a tiny BaCon pet that would include tcc. Peter van Eerten obliged me by including tcc as one of the compilers that can compile BaCon-generated c source. Unfortunately, I found that the tcc-produced binaries were huge, and I still don't know how to shrink them. I can produce a little GTK Bacon program using GTK shared libs, which I strip and then UPX and some weigh in at as little as 6k (using Bacon's PROTO and PRAGMA options, plus clever gcc compilation parameters). I have not found a way to come anywhere close to this using tcc. This means, in my limited testing, that while tcc is small, the progs it produces are not.
Perhaps somebody has some experience here and can give us some hints.
With kind regards,
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Posted: Fri 13 Sep 2013, 03:41
Post subject: tcc compiler
Subject description: tcc compiler: reply to vovchik
Dear vochik,
Thanks for the response. My interest is in having tcc included in a Puppy distribution so that I can run it from a usb stick just as I am doing now. The size of the binaries it produces is of less concern to me as my C program are a few hundred lines at most and for me gcc is a bit of overkill. I already use the Windows version of tcc from a usb stick and find it very good for my purposes. It just works! And that is the great thing about Puppy it just works!
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Sometimes I'll have Jeremy Kyle on in the background while I'm reading Plato's "The Republic" or studying the latest news of the FTSE index in the Financial Times (honest) and I look at it and think "Jesus, where on earth do they find these people?" and "Can't you see he's a lying, cheating scumbag? Just leave him you silly cow." But I have a new understanding for women on there, desperately clinging onto people who clearly don't care about them, because I was one of them (not actually on Jeremy Kyle, I think my story might be more worthy of Jerry Springer or Maury Povich, American talk shows are always so much more shocking that their UK counterparts).
For the last three years I have lived in a constant state of self doubt, confusion, pain and suspicion. I have questioned my every judgement, whether or not I was a bad person for my suspicions, and in the last year since the split I have also been struggling with the loss of two of the people I loved most in the world. But all of that finally came to an end last month with the admission from "The Man" (my partner of nearly twelve years and the father of my two precious children) that he had been cheating on me with "The BFF" (of nearly 15 years) for the best part of the last two years of our relationship.
So as it turns out "The Man" was not the man after all. And "the BFF" wasn't even an "F", she was an imposter posing as a best friend, a sister even, so that she could repeatedly come into my home and sleep with my partner while my children and I slept upstairs (Jerry, I'm waiting for your call).
It's fairly obvious when someone is cheating on you, we weren't given instincts for nothing. And when people you love lie to you, the pain is like an invisible iron ball, chained to your ankles and wrists from the very first moment of betrayal. You drag it around with you day in, day out, the shackles cutting into your skin and causing wounds that weep when your eyes can't cry. Sometimes you build some momentum, you get reassurance in the form of more lies and the iron ball rolls along behind you as if it wasn't there, but then you think you are safe to stop and take a breath and it comes crashing into you, knocking you over, bruising you yet again. The iron ball stays with you until the truth comes out, as it always does.
I dragged that iron ball around with me for the last three years. I was led to believe, by two people I adored, that I was a bad person for having suspicions, and that made me question who I was at the very centre of my soul. After the split I thought I could be free, but I was still attached to the iron ball, no matter how many times I desperately tried to start afresh, it was still there, weighing me down and preventing me from fully moving on. So it is with relief that this "news" breaks. The love that I was clinging on to, the love which was encased in this giant iron ball, has been released and I am finally free. My wounds are healing fast, leaving behind them scars that will remain as an eternal reminder of the lengths that some people will go to to avoid owning up to the kind of people they really are.
I have never believed in regrets, but when something like this happens, you can't help but wish you could go back to the beginning and start again, and wonder what would have happened had you made different choices, different decisions, listened to your instincts about people, not let others make you hate yourself, not been so naïve and walked away rather than stayed, ultimately not allowed yourself to be part of someone else's dangerous games. But, even though I feel like some walking talking freak show of a talk show guest, not being able to understand how the hell I wound up here, wanting to stamp my feet and say "I didn't deserve this", I have two beautiful boys and (now that the cream has floated to the top), a pretty amazing set of family and friends, who have kept me smiling throughout the whole thing. I know that if nothing else, I have done the right things, told the truth and always been a good person which means I can carry this experience with my head high. Karma, God, the universe, my kids, whoever judges us and decides what we deserve in this life and the next, judge away, I have nothing to hide.
I haven't written this earlier because I didn't know how. I was terrified by how monumentally duped I had been by two people I thought loved me, devastated at the realisation that two of the most important relationships in my life had been total shams and desperately ashamed at how I trusted two con artists over and above my own instincts. But I have put all of those emotions to good use, and have been busy removing the stench of their betrayal from my house and my life. Being stuck in my home, at the scene of the crime, meant that for a while all I could feel here was the poison they left behind. But with a lot of hard work, and the love of my little family, me, Son One and Son Two, we are quickly reclaiming this patch as our own, and for the first time ever it is beginning to feel like home. My house may have been the scene of the crime but unlike human beings, it can never betray me, and the comfort I now get from that is relief indeed.
This will be the final post on this blog. I need to strip away as much as I can from my old life and Write Or Wrong I'm Doing It Anyway was part of it. This is the final piece in the process of closure. I will be starting a new blog very soon, and I hope that you will follow me there, and share my adventures as I get back to being me. But this blog will be here for as long as the internet stands, just sitting there in the ether, and I could not leave it as it was, like an unfinished book, where the killer is never found or the loose ends have not been tied. This is a record of a part of my life, a constant quest for honesty, and the truth must always come out in the end. So this part of the story ends here, with the truth.
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Late Night War Reaches Hardball Phase
According to Nikki Finke, bald TV prick Jeff Zucker is so furious at Conan O'Brien's insolence that he's threatening to "ice" him and enforce the noncompete provisions of his contract, which would keep him off the air until 2013.
UPDATE: TMZ is now reporting that Jay Leno has inked a deal with NBC to return to the full 11:35 to 12:35 a.m. hour. Whether or not it will be called The Tonight Show will probably have to wait until O'Brien and NBC resolve their issues.
It's almost exactly like their last run-in at Harvard: Back then, O'Brien got cheeky with Zucker and played a prank. Zucker called the fucking cops. This time, O'Brien got cheeky by quite reasonably objecting to NBC's insulting, arguably contract-abrogating plan to push him back by a half-hour, and Zucker—who, if Finke's report is accurate, seems to be putting personal pique ahead of NBC Universal's corporate interests to just be done with this whole mess—is threatening to be as dickish as the law will allow:
To counter O'Brien's principled public statement which the late night host issued this week, Zucker "is threatening to ice Conan", according to his reps. "Zucker said, 'I'll keep you off the air for 3 1/2 years.' Which doesn't have a chance in hell of happening. What I really think Zucker wants is to hold him off the market for at least six months to a year until the dust settles and Leno is secure and Conan is squelched." One of the reps even compared Zucker to "Darth Vader" because the NBCU chief "has been so evil" about this.
O'Brien's camp, Finke says, is wrapping itself in the banner of the pimply, skinny, awkward (red-headed!), schoolkid standing up to the fat rich bully, which is appropriate enough under the circumstances. But a troubling whiff of naivete seems to have crept into O'Brien's thinking, to judge by what one of his team reps told Finke:
"Someone's got to show NBCU that big greedy corporate dickheads can't win," one of Conan's manager-agent-lawyer "Team Conan" representatives told me.
WARNING! THIS IS DEMONSTRABLY FALSE. Big greedy corportate dickheads always win. This won't end well.
So what happens next? Hopefully a massive, public, drawn-out lawsuit with lots of depositions and discovery, which is what will certainly happen if neither side backs away from their current positions. If NBC moves the Tonight Show start-time as promised and O'Brien doesn't show up for work as promised, NBC will consider him in violation of his contract and stop paying him, and O'Brien would presumably sue for the $60 million penalty his contract says he is owed if he's booted from the show (back in 2004, when the deal was inked, the New York Times described that penalty as "so substantial that the network surely had no intention of ever having to pay it, according to people involved in the deal." Ha!). NBC would countersue for an injunction preventing O'Brien from appearing on anyone else's air for the duration of the contract, and Nikke Finke would write "TOLDJA!"
The more mundane and likely outcome is that NBC will pay O'Brien some sum of money less than $60 million, and O'Brien will promise to stay off the air for some period of time less than three-and-a-half-years. And then O'Brien will get an 11 p.m. show on Fox, and it will fail. Everyone knows that the Tonight Show's ratings have suffered under O'Brien,
but a new analysis cited by the Associated Press indicates that it wasn't just a case of the new kid getting hazed by fickle audiences that aren't used to his "hip" humor: While his overall drop in November was a steep 25% among 25-to-54-year-olds, his biggest losses were in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles , urban centers that are supposed to be his home turf.
UPDATE: I completely misread the AP story cited immediately above. The ratings declines were for the local newscasts following Leno's show, not for O'Brien's. Which means they help explain O'Brien's consequent ratings drop, since his lead-in suffered. Apologies for the error.


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Ashlee Simpson is sending 2012 off with a bang!
The 28-year-old showed off her svelte figure in a tiny bikini as she splashed along the shores of Oahu, Hawaii on Saturday.
The singer and son Bronx (with Pete Wentz) joined pregnant big sister Jessica, her fiancé Eric Johnson and 7-month-old niece Maxwell Drew for a Hawaiian holiday.
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Satellite Images Appear to Show US Bin Laden Op Training Ground
(WASHINGTON) -- A civilian satellite captured what appear to be clear, overhead images of the North Carolina mock-up of Osama bin Laden's compound used by SEAL Team Six to train for the top secret mission to take out the al Qaeda leader.
The images, posted on several satellite imaging websites as well on the map function for the search engine Bing, show what looks like a brand new, mostly open-air building complex in the rural town in North Carolina that is strikingly similar to the layout of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
One satellite imaging website, TerraServer, provides DigitalGlobe images from different dates, apparently showing that the building was constructed sometime after Jan. 14, 2011, as reported at the anti-secrecy website Cryptome.org Tuesday. While one image reportedly taken from Feb. 15 shows several vehicles at the complex as well as what appears to be a construction crane, another from just two months later, April 30, shows no vehicles at all and the complex apparently abandoned.
[See Images of the Training Compound HERE]
The next day, President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a daring raid by American troops.
The final available satellite image of the compound, from November 2011, shows it has been completely leveled.
The book No Easy Day, which was written by a former Navy SEAL on the mission under the pseudonym Mark Owen, revealed that the elite team repeatedly practiced overtaking bin Laden's home at a look-a-like complex in North Carolina.
"Nestled in a remote part of the base, the practice compound was built to scale using plywood, chain-link fence, and shipping containers," Owen writes. "The level of detail on the mock-up was impressive. The construction crews at the base had planted trees, dug a ditch around the compound, and even put in mounded dirt to simulate the potato fields that surround the compound in Pakistan … The construction crew didn't ask why and never said no."
The CIA, which led the intelligence side of the bin Laden mission, declined to comment and the Department of Defense did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this report.
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