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Too much wine and too many late nights, typical of tradeshow attendees, gave way to helping hands at TD Ameritrade's annual conference in San Diego from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2.
On the afternoon of the second day of the conference, a "couple of hundred" attendee volunteers participated in activities to help one of three charities supported by the clearing and custodial firm: The Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and The Foundation for Financial Planning. Events included building fences, putting "comfort kits" together to send to military personnel overseas and a 5K fun run. After completion of the day's tasks, TD Ameritrade donated $5,000 to each organization.
"We engage with each of the three charities on a national level, and each has a strong presence in San Diego, so we wanted the advisors to be able to see the results at the local level," said Kate Healy, the company's managing director of institutional marketing. "We had advisors, sponsors and interns participate, so it was really great."
Healy noted next-gen advisors, in particular, have a strong sense of volunteerism, as it is required in many schools today.
"We had registration filled for these events before the conference even started," she added.
Results of the efforts included 120 fences that were built, 156 runners for the 5K and 5,000 comfort kits put together for the troops.
"We had military personnel on site, and they were very appreciative," Healy said. "The kits included shampoo, soap, deodorant, shaving cream, razors—all the things they need but might not always get."
She said some advisors made it a competition to see who could construct the most kits, with some attending to four at a time.
The Foundation for Financial Planning concentrates on providing pro bono financial advice for families in need. Not only do they provide the advice, but they also provide advisors with training in pro bono work.
"They need the training and welcome the training," Healy said. "They have quite a few advisors that are helping out with advice in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, for instance.
"So many of the advisors want to give back, and either can't find the time, or don't know how to begin," she concluded. "It makes it much easier when we can bring it to them. It's embedded in our corporate culture and will continue to ramp up each year with events like these."

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Editorial series about police and the mentally ill.
The officers wear pins that read "Crisis Intervention Team." It's a coveted designation for Springfield police, representing what is widely acknowledged as the most forward-thinking law enforcement program in the country for dealing with calls involving the mentally ill.
Springfield is among more than 100 other Illinois departments that have started Crisis Intervention Teams, modeled after the program created two decades ago in Memphis, Tenn. They include the multi-jurisdictional East Central Illinois CIT, which represents Champaign, Urbana and University of Illinois police; and the Southwestern Illinois CIT, a regional program to meet the needs of rural departments. There are CIT officers in Rockford, Naperville and Quincy, as well as in Lake, Madison, McHenry, Rock Island and St. Clair counties.
Notably, no Peoria-area police forces are on the list.
That's not to say local police get no such training, but much of it seems of the old-school variety. In Marshall County, site of April's fatal encounter between a deputy and a suicidal man, Sheriff Rob Russell says his officers are trained at the Police Training Institute. Among other things, PTI teaches cops to determine whether a person poses an imminent danger. But unlike CIT, it doesn't delve deeply into why the emotionally disturbed may be aggressive, or how to keep them from threatening police. Russell said the county gets calls about people with mental issues almost every week.
The Central Illinois Emergency Response Team (CIERT) -- representing Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties and municipal departments therein -- has come under recent scrutiny for the shooting deaths of two men during armed standoffs. In fairness, CIERT members' jobs are tactical; even departments that use CIT retain similar teams. Nonetheless, the Memphis model might have something to offer. Just as Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy rattles off the physical training CIERT officers get -- bench presses, marksmanship, running with a shouldered weapon -- Springfield Deputy Chief Mike Geiger recites the psychological training his officers receive.
Of particular interest should be CIT's emphasis on non-lethal force, which CIERT officers used unsuccessfully in a Creve Coeur standoff.
"Beyond anything, it's an officer safety class," says Shelley Daunis, CIT coordinator for the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
Peoria's Police Department may be one of the best equipped in the area to deal with the disturbed. To his credit, Chief Steven Settingsgaard has made an effort to educate officers beyond the basics. In late winter, police met for a day with local mental health professionals and members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). "It was better than nothing," said local NAMI president Keith Stone.
Settingsgaard, who was approached a few years ago by CIT proponents, is comfortable with Peoria's setup, in which police rely on the mobile Emergency Response Service run by the Human Service Center. "They're full-time professionals," he says.
If the city didn't have ERS to give advice at a crisis scene, "I would be much more excited about creating a team of officers who are specially equipped."
The chief also sees problems with CIT: It ties up officers at scenes, costs overtime to train them, puts liability on police instead of private staff. Given that his police bid for their shifts, Settingsgaard worries that CIT officers would cluster in coveted time slots. "When I reviewed all this and weighed all the pros and cons, it was a step backward for us," he said. Fair criticisms, but so are these:
- The day of extra training Peoria police get is about what many departments, including Memphis, received 20 years ago. It's widely considered inadequate.
- ERS was called out a whopping 642 times last year in Peoria County, mainly by Peoria city police. In just the first half of this year, ERS was summoned to crisis scenes more than 430 times. Given that ERS must cover the whole county and is typically staffed by one person, that's dragging out response times, making officers -- and a person having a breakdown -- wait. The Memphis model cuts response to a few minutes.
- Though overtime is a concern, departments routinely pay to cover shifts while officers train for other special assignments. And CIT training itself is provided for free in Illinois and performed by local experts in the same city.
In Springfield, Deputy Chief Geiger couldn't be more enthusiastic. He says if it was his relative on the receiving end of a crisis police call, "I'd want the most highly trained service." Some departments don't want to go there, "but when I think about our own involvement, it's almost embarrassing it took us so long."
Geiger also notes that, like Peoria, Springfield police bid for shifts, but distributing CIT officers throughout the day hasn't been a problem.
"I just know what works," he says, "and I just know what's right. ... How could you possibly say, 'We don't need it?'"
Tomorrow: Conclusions about CIT and local law enforcement.
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As much as we enjoy lavishing our client homes with indulgent spend whenever budget permits, we also enjoy dramatic results when our paymasters' wallets are somewhat restrained. As we often maintain, it's not how much money we spend, but how we spend it that makes the biggest difference and, for many reasons (upon which we'll shortly extrapolate), today's before and after is perfect testament to this premise. Pre-transformation, the dowdy bedroom bore all the appeal of the cabin in Deliverance, and we're sure you recall the horror quotient of that particular movie.
The grim space desperately needed our input and we, of course, were happy to help. Before settling at our drawing boards, however, we listened intently to the wishes of our clients, a lovely young couple who aspired to an eminently lighter and fresher life. Being that they didn't have access to a cottage, they hoped we could somehow imbue their ramshackle city home with a little rustic flair. And so it came to pass that, with a little auspicious planning, careful shopping and an eye trained firmly on budget, we pulled off another minor miracle.
So why stripes? Well, aside from the fact we love 'em, stripes have almost universal appeal. To some, they conjure up images of bright, jaunty deck chairs set out on warm sunny beaches. To others they typify the sartorial restraint of business suits; all professional reserve and orderly decorum. To kids, stripes suggest candy and fun.
Whenever we compose our schemes, there's generally a stripe somewhere; in a bold wallpaper, for example, as a subtle detail in an elegant floor rug or a simple whisper in a single toss pillow launched onto an accent chair as a final embellishment.
Style explanations aside, let's look again at the economics of this scheme. We didn't remove any walls. We laid a natural sea grass floor instead of expensive lumber. We bought a "gently used" bed frame. And we farmed linens from the affordable fields of Ikea. Oh yes, and we used paint, lots of it.
Come on guys, slow down. Don't throw yourselves at a job unless you're 100-per-cent ready to tackle the undertaking with gusto; it makes far more sense to wait until budget and time are perfectly in tandem. Stopping and starting, mid project, makes little sense to us. Before moving ahead, we fix every problem and we make good all surfaces. Be under no illusion; in the world of C&J, even the simplest jobs are afforded the most critical scrutiny.
In this instance, our team carefully removed the dated wood wall panelling and then the textured finish from the ceiling. This done, new drywall and two coats of brilliant white paint were applied to provide a clean palette upon which to impose our brand new look.
Beds generally look best when positioned centre stage rather than stuffed in a corner like our clients' previous box spring. Opting for "centre stage" provides immediate focus and enough space to flank it with nightstands and lamps. Positioning a comfy sofa and a gnarly table in the solarium delineate it as a tempting seating nook, beset with lashings of hotel-like comfort. If your space is tighter, scale down to a loveseat or perhaps a comfy chaise longue. The Ektorp three-seater featured here costs just $549 from Ikea branches across Canada.
We purchased a pine four-poster. Pine, as a genus, is much more affordable than oak or mahogany and, as such, the naughty, sorry, knotty $500 bed frame made a perfect starting point.
To provide exciting new identity, we sanded the frame to remove the factorysprayed lacquer before recolouring it with two coats of white satin finish. The next stage in our reinvention was the addition of yellow banding in selected areas. To achieve this look, we used masking tape and a small foam roller.
Ah! Cool summery looks without breaking the bank.
Having discovered inexpensive yellow bedding in Ikea (it was this, in fact, that inspired our striped bed), we embarked upon a simple project. Buying a total of three sets, we kept one to dress the bed and took the others to a seamstress who used them to create Roman blinds, measured neatly into the window apertures. If you scan our back catalogue, you'll observe that we don't generally match window coverings to bed coverings; however, as the simple striped pattern is sufficiently low key, and because the sets were so affordable (much cheaper than buying stock fabric from elsewhere), we decreed it a sensible route.
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Textures like coir, sea grass and jute immediately impart a whiff of Ralph Lauren beach-style atmosphere, especially when teamed with signature stripes to bolster the look. What's more, their beautiful style notes add an extra tactile dimension. For further inspiration, browse the celebrated RL Magazine online at entertainment. ralphlauren.com/magazine. Prepare to swoon and lust ...
As is often the case, it's at final layering stage that projects start to properly "breathe." When detailing this scheme, for example, we spelled out our decorative objectives with simple artwork, shell pictures (matted in yellow to match the bedding), driftwood sculptures and a chunky wooden table, all of which provide a nod to everything coastal.
Hopefully, you'll be inspired by our zesty project, but if yellow's not your bag, don't panic; here are some simple alternatives. Perhaps our coastal vibe might better float your boat were you to substitute our sunny tone for baby blue? Or perhaps soft washy green? If you fancy amplifying drama, it would be similarly easy; replace our yellow specification with red. To complete the look, add a few shots of cobalt blue via toss pillows and throws and, hey presto! Ralph Lauren eat your heart out. Design flexibility, huh? Leave it to us.
Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are the hosts of HGTV's Colin & Justin's Home Heist and the authors of Colin & Justin's Home Heist Style Guide, published by Penguin Group (Canada). Follow them on Twitter @colinjustin or on Facebook (ColinandJustin). Contact them through their website colinandjustin.tv.


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Bad Saarow's virtually untouched landscape is the perfect setting for a health and fitness break or a family holiday. This elegant spa resort on Scharmützel Lake also offers a range of medical treatments.
Back in 1881 the writer Theodor Fontane recognised the value of this state-approved thermal and mud spa and enthused over its enchanting location. Set on Scharmützel Lake amid the Rauen and the Dubrow hills, the oldest spa resort in Brandenburg has a long and distinguished tradition.
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Television presenter and journalist Victoria Coren Mitchell went all in to scoop nearly £400,000 and make poker history tonight.
Coren Mitchell became the first ever two-time winner of the European Poker Tour (EPT) by winning the latest season of tournament in Sanremo, Italy.
She beat off 556 competitors to win a cash prize of £391,000 (476,100 euros) and a watch worth more than £4,000.
The BBC4 Only Connect presenter knocked out fellow competitor Jordan Westmorland and was left at the table with Italian Giacomo Fundaro. Coren Mitchell produced a hand to make poker history at the 98th EPT main event.
Following her win, the 41-year-old tweeted to her 230,000 followers: "I WON! I bloody WON!!!!!! Sorry for that language on Easter Sunday. But I WON!!!!!! That is at least partly thanks to the amazing support, God bless everyone xxxxxxx."
Earlier, she had written on the social media site: " Heads up!! I knocked out lovely Jordan Westmorland, now it's just me and Giacomo Fundaro for the title HOW IS THIS HAPPENING??."
Coren Mitchell became the first woman to win an EPT event in London in 2006 for £500,000 prize money.
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Last week's editorial (Just Let Me Code!) went viral and received literally hundreds of comments on the main developer aggregators and on this site. By and large, readers were very familiar with the frustration I expressed of not being able to code as much as I like because I'm spending time taming the tools that support my work: the IDE, the VCS, the defect tracker, test tools, and especially the build system. (I could just as easily have added the database, the deployment stack, the cloud, and so on.) My conclusion was that this tool-level complexity (as opposed to the complexity of the code itself) had turned programming into an operational activity rather than a creative one.
The pressing question is what can be done to restore a more favorable balance? The simple and obvious answer would be better tools, especially friendlier tools. It's also the least likely path to resolution. Tool vendors have several misperceptions that stand in the way. The first is a long-standing issue, which is "featuritis": the tendency to create the perception of greater value in upgrades by adding rarely needed features. I'll return to this in a moment. The second misperception is that many tool vendors view the user experience they offer as already pretty darn good. Compared with tools we had 10 years ago or more, UIs have indeed improved significantly. But they have not improved as fast as complexity has increased. And in that gap lies the problem.
That problem is most acutely felt by two groups: solo developers and those working either in SMBs or for-hire at a client site. Those least affected are programmers at enterprises, which can afford dedicated staff to manage the toolchain, including especially the build, the testing, and the production pipeline.
When considering the most affected developers, it's valuable to focus on what consultants do. They're often brought in and paid to get the job done fast and well. They incarnate rapid app development (RAD), and increasingly, they use omnibus solutions. Typically, these come from a single vendor and provide a top-to-bottom set of integrated tools. Progress Software's Pacific platform is an example of this, as is OutSystems. In both cases, there is some early learning of how the walled garden works, but once learned, rapid development is greatly facilitated.
Interestingly, both solutions depend in part on Platform as a Service (PaaS) clouds and I expect that long-term, this trend will be the principal solution. Toolchains will be assembled and run in the cloud by vendors who specialize in tool integration effectively filling the role of the enterprise IT staff who do this work at enterprise sites today. Several companies are already heading in this direction. The first one to provide a complete, integrated development toolchain with swappable components will likely enjoy a significant success.
For individual developers, the closest you can come now is using host platforms such as BitBucket or GitHub. Both are widely respected open-source hosts that also support private (that is, not publicly accessible) projects. They offer turnkey, integrated solutions for SCM, defect tracking, and code reviews. GitHub adds features more frequently than BitBucket, but the latter offers free private directories and offers integration with scads of existing tools.
For small development organizations, either the PaaS or the hosted options have considerable appeal and enough history to suggest that they provide plenty of lift.
But let's drill into the nub of the problem. The reason that so many tools have become unwieldy is that they chase after certain values that add complexity but not usefulness to SMB-sized projects. For example, in the conversation I linked to last time, XML co-developer Tim Bray was struggling with Gradle, a build tool we covered recently in Dr. Dobb's. Bray was complaining of having to read through a 60-chapter document to get what he needed. Hans Dockter, the primary developer of Gradle, responded that the product was designed principally for scalability. This is an important detail. If you're considering Gradle, is scalability the problem you're trying to solve? If not, you might well be giving up simplicity for a capability that will not be used.
If this observation sounds familiar, it comes from coding and is articulated as YAGNI (You ain't gonna need it.) The thrust of YAGNI is that you should not code features that are not immediately needed in the current sprint. Adding code and hence complexity for features you will possibly use in the future is an anti-pattern. While YAGNI is rarely discussed outside of coding, it should be extended to tool selection. Choose tools that do the least amount more than you need. If Ant is good enough for your builds, use Ant. If you need some scripting, use Gant. If you need hugely more scripting and greater scalability, use Gradle.
If Hudson or TeamCity work well enough for your continuous integration needs, you don't need anything more complicated. If Subversion is good enough and you know Subversion, use it. Don't be pressured by the perceived popularity of Git to adopt Git. (Obviously, if you want to explore Git for your own edification, I'm not recommending against that. But understand that that choice will add complexity to your other work.)
The principle of YAGNI is remarkably freeing when it comes to tool selection, even for enterprise shops. Not only does it do away with unneeded labor, but it often reveals that many of today's technologies du jour are hot because they're popular in small, but vocal segments. Chasing after the latest fad will only occasionally bring happiness, but will always add complexity. This is where a good architect can be particularly valuable to a team, choosing the technologies that fit the project needs without adding unnecessary capabilities. To do this well, architects need to be courageous, as they will always be opposed by vendors enamored of new product features and geeks enamored of new technologies.
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| 6.6°C Belfast
A congregation will gather at their Somerset parish church for Easter Sunday today, the first service to be held there since massive floods devastated the area.
While Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness, the parishioners of St Peter and St John's Church in Moorland have been unable to gather for worship for around 90 days.
Rector of Moorland, the Reverend Jane Haslam, said the church has been out of bounds since January as the village was first cut-off and then inundated itself.
But despite the Victorian building still needing work, the repair team has worked hard to make sure she can take today's service, joined by the Bishop of Taunton, the Rt Rev Peter Maurice.
She said: "It is around three months since we have had a service in there, there was a foot to 18 inches of water in it at one point, not as much as many of the houses but enough to do some damage."
Rev Haslam said that with the village population still spread far and wide as the clean-up goes on, she hoped the service would act as a focal point for the community.
Children from a local school in Bawdrip have made sure the churchyard is alive with flowers and last week members of the small congregation took an Easter egg to every house in the village.
She added: "The village is full of skips and rubbish and debris, it is just nice to have some sense of life and colour."
Fire and flood restoration specialists from Cornish firm Richfords are carrying out the work on the church.
Michael Cooper, its business development director, said: "The church is such an important focal point for the village that we are pulling out all the stops to put pews, hymn books and the organ back how they were in time for the main event of the Christian year.
"Getting the church open for worship again will act as a sign to locals that progress is being made."
Rev Haslam said villagers were overwhelmed at the support they have received from far and wide.
"It just shows that people are so committed and caring," she said.
"We appreciate all the help we have received from all around the country, it has been wonderful and gives us so much hope."


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In 1878, Ludwig II of Bavaria commissioned an extravagant palace to be built on idyllic Herrenwörth Island in Lake Chiemsee. Inspired by the French 'Sun King' Louis XIV, this fairytale showpiece now attracts millions of visitors every year.
In the 17th century, King Louis XIV of France was a champion of grandeur and decadence who presided over the most extravagant court in Europe . His Palace of Versailles provided the inspiration for many other residences of the European nobility. The absolutist ruler's most fervent admirer was Bavaria's 'fairytale king' Ludwig II, who did not just want to copy Versailles, but to surpass it. In 1873 he found the means to buy idyllic Herrenwörth island in Lake Chiemsee, the perfect place to let his imagination soar. Work on the fairytale palace, which would become a refuge for the melancholy king, began in 1878 to plans by the architect Georg Dollmann. The breathtaking interior is a work of pure extravagance in the French rococo style. The twenty state rooms open to visitors boast décor of the most exquisite quality: marquetry floors, carved panels, decorative features in stucco marble, opulent wall and ceiling frescos, and beautiful chandeliers and furniture. But the crowning glory is the huge hall of mirrors, an almost perfect copy of the original galerie des glaces in Versailles. The mirrored hall overlooking the garden is 98 metres in length. Wall mirrors, domed ceilings with fresco paintings, gilded stucco, 44 freestanding lights and 33 glittering pendant chandeliers add up to what must be the grandest banqueting hall in the world, reinvented here in Bavaria. Other attractions at Herrenchiemsee Palace include the Ludwig II Museum, which features state furniture, documents and sketches from building projects, correspondence with Richard Wagner and dioramas from his operas, and the Augustinian canon seminary with its abbey buildings. Just across the water, Fraueninsel island is perfect for relaxing strolls and boasts a Benedictine convent. In the lakeside town of Übersee-Feldwies stands the house of painter Julius Exter, one of the founding members of the Munich Secession.
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Brad Debates Genpo Roshi About Big Mind™
My publishers pointed me to this item on the Elephant magazine website. This matter is such ancient history to me that I'd pretty well forgotten about it. It has its origins in this article I wrote for Suicide Girls criticizing Genpo Roshi's Big Mind™ process, which is a very dangerous mind-control game masquerading as a gateway drug to Zen practice. Of course there are a vast number of spiritual scams out there and I don't usually point any of them out specifically. But since Genpo claims his process is related with Soto style Zen practice I wanted to distance myself from it as much as possible.
Anyway, that video of Ken Wilber licking Genpo's privates up there on that site I linked to above made me puke so hard I had to respond. Here is a video I made for that purpose. Enjoy!
Special thanks to John Graves for the music, Leilani Monfort for the superb camera work and, of course, Sock Monkey for a stellar performance.


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DETROIT – Ford showed off the next generation of America's best-selling vehicle Monday morning at the Detroit Auto Show.
The F-Series trucks will be completely redesigned for the 2015 model year, with enhancements like an aluminum-alloy body on a steel frame, LED headlights, spotlights on the side mirrors and a remote release for the tailgate.
The extensive use of aluminum allows Ford to shave about 700 pounds off the weight of the truck. The company says that weight reduction helps the new F-150 tow more, haul more, accelerate faster and stop quicker.
Ford says its new truck is also smarter, with features like a 360-degree camera view, which uses several cameras to show the driver every inch around the truck. There are also integrated loading ramps to make it easier to get things into the bed of the truck and LED lights embedded in the walls of the cargo box to better illuminate the bed.
Safety features on the new F-150 include things like automatic braking in curves when the truck senses that it's taking a corner too fast, inflatable seat belts in the second row seats, adaptive cruise control, a lane departure warning and a blind-spot monitoring system.
Powering the new truck will be one of four engine choices. there's a new fuel-efficient 2.7-liter engine with Ford's "EcoBoost" features, a regular 3.5-liter V-6, a 3.5-liter V-6 with the EcoBoost features and a 5-liter V-8.
Ford touts the fact that it entered a disguised F-150 in the Baja 1000 off-road race using the new 2.7-liter engine and the truck was able to run all 883 miles of the grueling course.
There's a lot riding on the new version since the F-150 and other F-Series models have topped the list of best-selling vehicles in the United States for the last few decades.
In 2013, Ford sold more than 763,000 of the trucks. By comparison, popular cars like the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and Nissan Altima each sell about 300,000 to 400,000 per year. Even GM's best-selling trucks - the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, which just underwent their own redesign - sold a combined total of around 660,000 in 2013.
Watch for the 2015 F-150 and its F-Series siblings in Ford showrooms by the end of the year.


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Posted: Wed 10 Oct 2012, 16:19
Post subject: Re: (issue solved) Is it possible too use an USB keyboard/mouse?
Hi Idolse,
Some feedback on USB keyboard/mouse not working after MPDPUP boots.
I used the Logitec cordless Desktop EX110 keyboard/mouse combination.
It works when my Gigabyte mobo GA-HA65M-UD3H boots.
When I press DEL during boot up, I can edit the mobo BIOS with it.
But when booting into MPDPUP the Logitec cordless Desktop EX110 keyboard/mouse combination does not work any longer.
I use a Logitec K260 cordless keyboard/mouse combination on my desktop.
When I use this K260 cordless keyboard/mouse combination with MPDPUP everything works fine.
So it's the Logitec Cordless Desktop EX110 keyboard/mouse combination that causes this trouble.
Although I only connect it with the USB connector too the USB socket (not using the PS/2 connector) it might have something too do with the split USB \PS/2 connection cable it uses.
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Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 03:56
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Hi computeraudio, Glad to hear you found the culprit and have it working well. I'll keep in mind this scenario next time I'm digging into how the keyboard drivers are handled, not sure if what you saw is a general Linux issue or related to the way mpdPup stores its' drivers.
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Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 10:52
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At last mpdpup working !
Hi Idolse
After a little break with Windows and Puppy Slacko to confirm my WaveIO and Laptop were working, and following
your trouble shooting instructions, I got my mpdpup up as well as remote with mPod. The CLI clients are really not user friendly, its the least one can say.
Just for the fun, last problem I stupidly encountered this morning was ... my DAC not powered
. At a certain moment you get nervous to have all the Linux stuff working and are not careful enough !
Next steps :
- finish the PSU for my WaveIO USB SPDIF converter which works very well btw
- understand why my Laptop is so audibly noisy when recharging and if possible fix it.
Thanks very much for your help.
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Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 18:57
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Hi Jean-Luis, Glad to hear you got it working - rest assured I've taken your experiences to heart and will be doing my best to see that future users can avoid those particular pitfalls.
Regarding the CLI clients, if you stick with Linux you may find that they grow on you. I didn't use any CLI clients when I first started working on this project, and only included them for completeness and to recognize the work of other developers in the MPD community. I now find that my main go-to clients are the most minimal, albumbler and mpc. If I'm home and listening to music I will generally have an ssh session going to switch up music quickly.
If I just want a random album I just type 'albumbler' at the CLI. (I also have it tied to a hardware remote) If I want a specific selection I go with mpc. For example a single cli line can clear the playlist and queue up a new album:
mpc clear && mpc search album albumname | mpc add && mpc play
It's not the shortest line in the world, but I often find it more convenient than going to an iOS device.
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Posted: Sat 27 Oct 2012, 23:10
Post subject: Brutefir?
Subject description: Trying to compile Brutefir
I am trying to get a working version of Brutefir on MPDPup. I've compiled and installed libfftw, and installed the Jack package for puppy, but I get a compilation error during the Brutefir compilation in bfio_jack.c.
Has anyone successfully compiled or installed Brutefir on MPDPup?
By the way, MPDPup was the quickest Linux install, and quickest manner of configuring MPD I've ever been through. Thanks for the good work.
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Posted: Sat 27 Oct 2012, 23:48
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Thanks, glad to hear the install went well.
bfio_jack.c appears to be related to JACK, which isn't part of mpdPup, so I think that error would be expected. Does the Brutefir configure script allow you to disable it? Worst case you could install JACK, but I think it would probably be better to use mpd to pipe directly to Brutefir.
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 09:51
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Hi ldolse,
I had installed a version of Jack I found in pet package format, but since Brutefir hasn't been updated in a few years it might be looking for the older Jack library. Nevertheless, I commented out the related Jack line in the Makefile and it compiled ok.
I am new to Puppy so am just starting to read how the packaging works. I see that one can use "compatible distro, which currently can be Slackware, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch or T2". Do you think a prebuilt version of Brutefir from one of these other distros might work in MPDPup?
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 10:25
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Yeah, Puppy can be built from the binaries of a variety of distros. mpdPup specifically is built from Debian Squeeze, and in general Squeeze packages should work from a binary perspective, although on rare occasions the various config files and extras may wind up in the wrong place.
I'm not sure if you're running on hardware that's capable of running X, Puppy has a graphical package manager built in, no CLI options though. The package manager is configured to use the Squeeze repositories by default, but in it's stock state nothing is populated and it's not particularly intuitive about how to get it working. At some point I'll write up a proper article on using it, but here are the basics:
launch the Puppy Package Manager (right-click menu or 'ppm' from rxvt/terminal)
Click 'configure package manager'
Click 'Update Now'
Follow the various prompts at the terminal(s) that pop up and let it download the databases/do it's thing (this will take a little while)
Click 'OK' to close that window once it's done, then close and re-start the Package Manager
When it comes back up it will still be empty, but now there will be multiple 'repo' options across the top of the Window. Choose the various Debian options to browse those repositories.
Use the radios on the left to browse categories, or just use the search box on the lower left to find your package.
Single click on the package name to bring up an install window, follow the instructions
I'm pretty sure it doesn't take care of dependencies automatically, you may need to install multiple packages, you can find the dependencies through trial and error or by using the
Squeeze package reference site
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 11:09
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Thanks for the package manager information, that will be helpful.
By the way, I had installed the wrong jack package. When I installed the package with the dev libraries, Brutefir compiled without problems.
Regarding running MPD -> Brutefir with pipe instead of Jack, it is much more difficult to get pipe output to work with Brutefir than using a Jack output to Brutefir. Also, the pipe output to Brutefir will strip off the ending of the last song in the playlist equivalent to whatever delay Brutefir has to run with (which depends on the size of your filters).
I also noted the following post by an MPD developer regarding why the pipe output is not enabled by default in MPD builds: "It is off by default because it is a hack, which does not match our quality standards. If users think that it should be turned on by default, then why not, but I'm not comfortable with supporting this plugin." So I guess Jack output is still preferable for Brutefir.
One more question... It seems most puppy builds do not support Firewire output. Do you have any plans to include Firewire in MPDPup?
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 13:01
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Thanks for the info regarding Pipe, I hadn't personally tried it, just saw it mentioned on a number of boards - I might disable it in future mpd builds if it's basically broken. Does using Brutefir as an ALSA plugin have similar issues (assuming it's an option)? That's the method a few users have tried with Sox, more info several pages back in the thread.
Regarding Firewire, I've been supporting whatever is in the kernel, if there is a specific kernel module for Firewire Audio that is maintained outside the main kernel just point me to the source code and I'll look into adding it. I don't have any Firewire DACs so I wasn't aware.
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Posted: Wed 31 Oct 2012, 06:20
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Subject description: WaveIO detection solved
Previously I had a problem with mpdpup not detecting my WaveIO usb interface on mpdpup power up.
This is now solved , it turned out to be very easy . The problem was solved by a bit of trial and error and almost no understanding – after looking on the waveIO forum a clue was seen, there was talk of using lsusb command to look at the usb bus.
This resulted in a list with the waveIO shown as ID 20a0 listed last as seen by testing with and without it connected . Simply re- locating the WaveIO with respect to the USB boot stick moved the waveIO to second last in the list and mpdpup auto detects it every time on start-up. The result of lsusb is now as below
There are only two items using the 3 USB ports on the PC. The last listed below is the USB boot stick. I have no idea what the others are with the same ID. Does this mean other items are sharing the usb bus ?
# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 20a0:4143
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0204:6025
Happy that problem is solved, if it happens to others, just try re-positioning the waveIO on the USB ports . I tried too long before this was found .
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2012, 14:32
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Hi, really glad that someone as created such an easy linux hifi dstribution, many compliments.
I've just installed mpdPup on virtualbox, but I've found some problems.
I've configured a static IP, but MPDroid, on my smartphone, cannot connect to it and secondly, Puppy hasn't recognized the hdds connectd via sata port.
Do you think that these problems are caused by virtualbox?
Normally I use a dedicated music pc with a pci soundcard and an hdd connected via usb. Do you think this setup could have any problem?
Thanks, and many compliments again.
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2012, 14:48
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I've never tried using Virtualbox. I use VMWare fusion for most of my development, but I use real hardware for normal use. If Virtualbox is anything like VMWare you need to make sure you're in bridged mode vs. NAT'd mode, otherwise all your virtual machines will be hidden from the rest of the network - that would explain the Android problem.
No idea on the SATA problem, but since that's such a basic thing I would think it also relates to Virtualbox.
Lastly audio is quality is degredated pretty heavily by the numbers of abstractions the VM environment puts between mpd and the actual hardware.
A dedicated PC with a PCI soundcard should be ok, the only thing is if your music is on a USB drive then I don't recommend using a USB stick for booting from the same bus, as the drive enumeration can vary each time the system reboots. Better to boot from SATA for the OS and keep USB just for the audio library.
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Posted: Tue 06 Nov 2012, 15:05
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I'm pleased to announce that I've finally wrapped up a new release. Posted on the Puppy Linux boards
. A lot of the changes are based on the trials and tribulations of the many users who have taken mpdPup for a spin, thanks for all your testing and feedback!
Some highlights:
of newbie proofing, enhanced wizards, new drivers
easy access to advanced mpd/alsa/driver tweaks for audiophiles
Optional inclusion of GMPC and various Web GUIs for users who want a built in user interface and are less concerned with minimal functions. These are disabled by default to keep the hardcore people happy.
Updated versions of MPD and many clients/codecs
And a lot more - check the new thread below for a more complete changelog; this thread has gotten a little long in the tooth, time for a fresh start.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – For four straight plays in the waning minutes, Notre Dame's defense was backed up to its 1 with its perfect season in peril.
And on four straight plays, Southern California got nothing.
"We're going to fight," linebacker Manti Te'o said. "That's our name. It doesn't matter where we are."
The Fighting Irish will be in Miami next. With another hard-nosed victory, they punched their ticket to the BCS championship game.
Theo Riddick rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown, Kyle Brindza kicked five field goals, and No. 1 Notre Dame secured the chance to play for the national title with a 22-13 victory over USC on Saturday night.
Everett Golson passed for 217 yards as the Irish (12-0) completed their first perfect regular season since 1988, earning a trip to south Florida on Jan. 7 to play for the storied program's first national championship in 24 years. Notre Dame's raucous locker-room celebration reverberated through the thick concrete walls of the 89-year-old Coliseum after an Irish win for the ages.
"I'm still in awe," Irish defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore said. "I don't think it's hit anybody yet. We're trying to relish the moment."
Although they did little with flash on an electric night at the Coliseum, the Irish woke up more echoes of past Notre Dame greats with a grinding effort in this dynamic intersectional rivalry with USC (7-5).
Notre Dame's impenetrable defense appropriately made that decisive stand in the final minutes, keeping USC out of the end zone on four plays from the Irish 1 with 2:33 to play. After three straight runs yielded minuscule gains, freshman Max Wittek threw incomplete to fullback Soma Vainuku, setting off a leaping, chest-bumping celebration on the Notre Dame sideline and in the Irish sections of the sold-out stadium.
"Well, that's who we are," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. "It's been our defense all year. Our offense is able to manage enough points."
After spending more than a decade looking up at the Trojans, the Irish are back on top of this rivalry with two straight wins in Los Angeles. The school of Knute Rockne, the Four Horsemen and Paul Hornung has new heroes now, from the Heisman Trophy hopeful Te'o to Kelly, who took the Irish from unranked to start the season to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the first time in 19 years.
"It's definitely a relief to be able to look at the big picture now, but it's a short window," said Te'o, who had a key interception and became the second Irish defender with three 100-tackle seasons. "We can enjoy this, but then we're going to have to get prepared for one more game."
The grind-it-out win highlighted an unforgettable season for the Irish, who began the year with questions about their relevancy and survived some uninspiring performances and nail-biting finishes with their unbeaten record intact.
Notre Dame is likely to face a Southeastern Conference opponent in Miami, but won't know their identities for another week. Alabama and Georgia play for the SEC title in Atlanta.
"The way we looked at it, if we won all of our games, at least we'd give ourselves a chance," Riddick said. "We've got super confidence as a team now."
With the Irish offense repeatedly stalling in the red zone against the Trojans, Brindza went five for six on field goals, even hitting a 52-yarder at the halftime gun. After Brindza's school record-tying fifth field goal put the Irish up by nine points with 5:58 left, Marqise Lee caught a 53-yard pass at the Notre Dame 2.
But after two pass interference penalties, USC failed on three straight runs and an ill-conceived pass against a defense that has allowed just 11 rushing TDs in 30 games.
"They've had a great goal-line defense all year," USC coach Lane Kiffin said. "They've done that to everybody down on the goal line. … It's just so hard to score touchdowns versus them. When the ball is on the 2-inch line, you'd think you could score touchdowns."
Wittek passed for 186 yards with two interceptions in his first career start for the Trojans, who completed their tumble from the preseason No. 1 ranking with four losses in five games in an enormously disappointing season. Wittek filled in capably for injured Matt Barkley, but USC is headed to a lower-tier bowl in the first year after its NCAA-mandated two-year postseason ban ended.
Lee caught five passes for 75 yards, yet still broke the Pac-12 single-season receptions record established last year by teammate Robert Woods, who had seven catches for 92 yards.
"For a freshman, Max did a great job," Lee said. "We just had a lot of mistakes again tonight. I made mistakes. We have to get better."
Barkley watched from the sideline in a grey hoodie with a sling on his right arm after spraining his shoulder in last week's loss at UCLA. The senior and Pac-12 career passing leader won twice in South Bend during his career, but never got to face the Irish at the Coliseum, sidelined by injuries for both visits.
Barkley still ran down the Coliseum tunnel with the rest of the USC seniors for their final home game. He participated in the coin toss, but could only watch while the Irish opened the game with three clock-consuming drives resulting in 13 points.
USC's much-criticized defensive caution under assistant head coach Monte Kiffin was exploited by the Irish, with Golson patiently finding the sags in the Trojans' pass coverage for 181 yards passing in the first half. Riddick went 9 yards for a TD in the first quarter, but USC also stiffened to hold Notre Dame to field goals twice in the red zone.
Notre Dame held its 12th straight opponent without a first-quarter touchdown, but Wittek found Woods for a 9-yard score on the first play of the second quarter – just the ninth touchdown allowed by Notre Dame all season long. The Irish took a 16-10 lead to halftime when Brindza hit the second-longest field goal in Notre Dame history.
Te'o made the seventh interception of his phenomenal season when Wittek threw directly to him on USC's second play of the second half. Both teams struggled to move the ball in the third quarter, and USC settled for a field goal with 9:20 to play just a few moments after Kiffin called a timeout right before a play that ended with Lee appearing to catch a pass on the goal line.


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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Great moments in Jewish parenting
41 comments:
- kath8562 said...
Oy, Vey....
- October 10, 2012 at 10:04 PM
I would give him an "A" for creativity and a perssuasive arguement, but an "F" in religious studies.
- October 10, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Scarred for life, these kids are.
- October 10, 2012 at 10:22 PM
Oh the HUMANITY!
- October 10, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Thousands of years from now, your confiscation of the Nintendo 3DS will sitll be spoken of...
- October 10, 2012 at 10:37 PM
"Mom when you say No to me it takes away my power and my happiness."
An 8 year old....
- October 10, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- Unknown said...
I am pretty sure that is how it happened.
- October 10, 2012 at 11:10 PM
- Lisa said...
What the hell? I'm a presbyterian with an evangelical education. I can get the story better than he did. Don't you dare give that Nintendo back. Make him earn it by getting the history right.
- October 10, 2012 at 11:28 PM
Ground him to his room; all electronics and other entertainment removed except for a copy of the torah, and a diet of nothing but water and matzo.
Then in 40 days and nights time ask him how's his "dignity."
- October 10, 2012 at 11:45 PM
- Moose said...
Cannot. Stop. LAUGHING.
I love your kids.
- October 10, 2012 at 11:46 PM
So taking away his Nintendo is religious persecution?
- October 10, 2012 at 11:48 PM
Go down Moses, way down to Promised Land, tell old Pharoah, oh, oh... to let my people go.
How does Dr. Grumpy take all this conniving after his day in cuckoo-land? Where do you hide the smile? My father managed to always keep a straight face, but his twinkly eyes gave him away every time, and the crinkles in the corners.
- October 11, 2012 at 12:27 AM
"Moses with a menorah" will be replacing "Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ" as my go-to oath.
- October 11, 2012 at 1:36 AM
Had to be Marie? Only a girl would be that dramatic
- October 11, 2012 at 1:48 AM
- Unknown said...
absolutely brilliant! I keep laughing every time I remember it :)
Im just happy that since you took away his nintendo he didnt manage to get mario in on the story as well!!
- October 11, 2012 at 2:10 AM
Lol. Smart kid.
- October 11, 2012 at 2:18 AM
Charles.....I think it would need to be water, matzo, a few enemas and Johnny on the spot.
- October 11, 2012 at 4:27 AM
We're mostly Agnostic-so the kids just get all pissed and slam doors. The Burning Bush argument would be a pleasant change. *puts teaching World Religions on list of things to do this week*
- October 11, 2012 at 4:41 AM
- Lisa H said...
Reminds me of one the best Passover songs ever- They Tried to Kill Us (wwe survived, let's eat) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34atu3WGUgc
Best line - Charlton Heston said"Pharoh you're a damned dirty ape".
- October 11, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- Mama D said...
My aunt got some hysterically mixed-up stories like that from kids when she taught CCD. Your kid needs some remedial Jewish history classes! ;)
- October 11, 2012 at 7:39 AM
Did you manage to hold the laughter in, or was more dignity lost?
I not only wouldn't give the DS back, I'd tell the Hebrew school teacher the miscreant needed extra help. Don't mess with mama-mama is sneakier and meaner than you, kid.
- October 11, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- If I tell you I have to kill you said...
- October 11, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Jules Someone said...
Moses with a Menorah is my Matisyahu cover band.
- October 11, 2012 at 9:47 AM
- Yankee Confederate said...
Sounds like Idol worship to me. Better wander the house for 40 years...
- October 11, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- Liz said...
Good Lord! I'm not sure I can even begin to count the number of biblical stories referenced in there! That is awesome and hilarious!
- October 11, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- bobbie said...
If 'twere Craig that said that, you could always just mess up his hair! That would REALLY hurt his dignity!!
- October 11, 2012 at 2:52 PM
- Val said...
Seconding "Moses with a menorah" to use as an oath. That was hilarious. XD
- October 11, 2012 at 2:57 PM
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- October 11, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- Cape Cod Step-Mom said...
My new favorite non-swear swear
- October 11, 2012 at 4:01 PM
- Steeny Lou said...
I'm with Lisa:
"Don't you dare give that Nintendo back. Make him earn it by getting the history right."
LOL! (We need a simple "like" or "thumbs up" button in here.)
- October 11, 2012 at 4:39 PM
So much for Hebrew school tuition.
- October 11, 2012 at 5:01 PM
- Amy said...
oh wow. Impressive. But, I always thought Moses was packin' a dreidel. Shows what I know. I also thing "Moses with a Menorah" is an awesome swear. My standard is "Judas H. On A Stick", at least MWAM makes sense. Thanks for sharing this.....
- October 11, 2012 at 6:53 PM
I think you need a new Hebrew School!
- October 11, 2012 at 7:59 PM
I assume he still has his i-pad, which he used to look up all that stuff on Google.
- October 12, 2012 at 4:13 AM
- Ms. Donna said...
Ok I have not stopped laughing, five minutes later. This should be a neuro test.(If you are not laughing, you need to be checked for death.)
As others have pointed out, there are errors in the story. I agree with the other posters that the Nintendo (Tool of Satan to some, big kid pacifier to others) should not be returned until the kid in question gets the Passover story right, and the Maccabees straight.
Let my people go, indeed!
- October 12, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- Ardosa said...
Is that comment bad enough to get close to the golden calf? does he then have to wander the house for 40 days (that's close to 40y child time) before he can be let into the promised land with electronics?
- October 12, 2012 at 2:18 PM
- pharmacy chick said...
LOL, a little Torah Review might be in order before the Nintendo is returned! hahahaha
- October 13, 2012 at 1:20 AM
I just love children and their creativity! It's never boring :DD
Kudos to whoever thought this up!
- October 13, 2012 at 11:36 AM
hmmmmm.....that's an interesting take on combining and adding to Biblical stories. Did he think you wouldn't notice?
- October 14, 2012 at 5:18 PM
- Packer said...
Cut the crap and just beat them instead.
- October 15, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Sounds like the 6th season finale of Doctor Who. That's what you get when you mess with a fixed point in time!
- October 16, 2012 at 3:36 PM


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'Wonder' What It's Like To Have Kids Stare At You?
A new children's novel begins in the voice of a boy who says: I know I'm not an ordinary 10-year-old kid. It emerges that the boy was born with a deformed face. Although he says: I won't describe what I look like, whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
August Pullman, Auggie to his family, is the central character in the novel "Wonder." We meet him after years of operations and homeschooling when he's finally going away to school for the first time.
The author writes under the pen name, R.J. Palacio. Friends know her as Raquel Jaramillo. And she says the novel grew out of a searing moment with her own children.
RAQUEL JARAMILLO: It actually came out of a chance encounter I had with her a little girl who looks very much like Auggie looks in the book. I was with my two children, and this was years ago now. And I was sitting in front of an ice cream store, and my younger son who was about three at the time was in the stroller facing. And it was just one of those terrible moments when my kids didn't react the way I would have wanted them to react.
And in order to spare this little girl's feelings, I ended up, you know, just kind of running away from the scene. And I kept on thinking about this incident and it kept on replaying in my mind. I honestly felt so badly about it, and I started writing the book that very night.
INSKEEP: So you create a school full of kids and teachers who have to deal with this very circumstance, when a boy nicknamed Auggie comes into the school. And when you eventually have his face described by one of the characters in the book, I guess one way to put it would just be like a normal face seen in the fun house mirror, nothing is where it should be. That's the kind of these were talking about here.
JARAMILLO: Pretty much, yeah. He was born with a facial deformity. There are many syndromes that cause different types of facial disfigurements. And in the book, he has a combination of a couple of different syndromes, which makes him something of a medical wonder.
INSKEEP: And one of the powerful things about this book is that you begin from the perspective of Auggie himself.
JARAMILLO: Well, I thought it was important to have a spin - this is primarily written for children. And I wanted them to be able to walk in Auggie's shoes, and meet him and see him, and feel through his eyes and his heart what it's like. And then what he looks like, in a sense, is very incidental to him. He really doesn't dwell on that very much.
What he dwells on is the reaction that people have to him, because all he wants is to be an ordinary kid. But he really can't because he'll always have people staring at him and reacting to him in a certain way. Then by the time we get to the point in the book where he is described, I think the reader just feels so protective of him that you don't really care anymore what he looks like, and you just want to help him. You just want to be friends with him.
INSKEEP: You know, if the other kids were just out-and-out awful to Auggie, it would almost be easier for the character to deal with. But kids are kind of subtle about it in ways that make it more excruciating. You even have one of the characters start mentioning a "Star Wars" character who has a burned face. I mean, there are all these little things that are done in class to make sure that he is reminded that people are looking at him.
JARAMILLO: Yeah. And unfortunately, you know, middle school is a tough time. And I don't know what it is about the middle school experience that turns kids into the "Lord of the Flies" kind of, but it just does to be that way. And more than that, what's really touching to me about ultimately what happens in the book is the extraordinary acts of kindness that end up happening, from those very kids who start out may be feeling one way.
Maybe because the expectation is that kids will be mean to one another. Whenever one kid shows any kind of kindness or is noble, it almost takes on an extraordinary act of courage. It feels, you know, you're really rooting for the kids who stand up for Auggie, in a way. And ultimately it's a feel-good book because it is a meditation on kindness and the impact of kindness.
INSKEEP: Now, you just use that word kind. You put a teacher in the book who keeps putting what he calls precepts, fundamental rules, up on the blackboard. And the first one was the most striking. And I'm paraphrasing here, but I believe he writes on the board: Given a choice between being right and being kind, choose to be kind.
JARAMILLO: Yeah, I love that.
INSKEEP: But it's a surprising choice to make because you would think they're the same thing.
JARAMILLO: Exactly. I think it's that choice that's so important. And I think that that becomes the subtext of the entire book. It's really not so much about bullying at all, in fact. It's really about how these kids just are - how Auggie comes into their lives and they all become better for it. And they all rise to the occasion.
INSKEEP: Now, one of your kids is going through middle school when you are writing this, correct?
JARAMILLO: Yes.
INSKEEP: It would be tempting to ask if his experience informed what you are doing. But I almost want to ask that the other way around. Did the act of writing this story start to cause you to think about your own son's experiences in different ways?
JARAMILLO: I think so. And I think it also caused me to go back into my childhood as well and wonder who I was. I think, not so much my son's experiences, but also relating to parents of my son's friends with whom, you know, we've all known each other for years. And seeing how in the fifth grade when old friends take divergent paths and friendships get broken, and kids that she knew since kindergarten and had many multiple sleepovers with, suddenly, you know, there's that split that happens as personalities are formed and changed and kids take on different personas.
And they did a lot of thinking about parental roles and what we do. Do we interfere too much? Do we not interfere? What the expectations are. I have a lot of friends who very much had the attitude, even if they knew that their kids weren't being very nice, it was more, you know, well, let the kids work it out for themselves. What I always thought about that is that there's usually some kid that's on the losing side of that equation. So it wasn't so much about my son's experiences or even mine. It was more about the social experience in general.
INSKEEP: That does underline how vividly we remember these times that get to be rather distant, as we grow older.
JARAMILLO: They do. And then they can come back at the drop of a hat. You know, you see a little girl in your son's school that reminds you of who you used to be. And you're like, oh, my goodness - or vice versa. You kind of realize that there are kids that you wished you'd gotten to know better, who were terrifically nice and maybe you didn't give them too much time.
It's tough to go back sometimes and think about who you were. I mean, I certainly was not a mean girl at all. And I pretty much, I think, was a very, very nice girl. But I think I could've been nicer at times, too.
INSKEEP: Well, Raquel Jaramillo, thanks very much for taking the time.
JARAMILLO: Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate it.
INSKEEP: Her pen name is R.J. Palacio and her new novel is "Wonder." And Young readers can discover more titles by joining NPR's Backseat Book Club. Each month, our program ALL THINGS CONSIDERED picks a book and takes listeners' questions for the author. This month's election is at NPR.org.
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