text:
Puppy Linux Discussion Forum
Puppy HOME page :
"THE" alternative forum :
The time now is Mon 10 Aug 2020, 07:57
All times are UTC - 4
Forum index
Advanced Topics
Puppy Derivatives
Pussy: potentially a Puppy with a perfect package manager
View previous topic
View next topic
Page 114 of 124
[1847 Posts]
Goto page:
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Posts: 1157
Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
Posted: Wed 24 Oct 2012, 23:33
Post subject:
re: Pussy Pie server edition lighttpd "bug"
Hi people, after using my Rasp Pi with Pussy Pie server installed i found something that isnt supposed to happen. The lighttpd webserver doesnt list directories and or files in directories, it only displays webpages and so any file you wanna share over the webserver must be directly linked to from the webpage. The behavior that i was aiming for is the webserver being able to serve files immediately once they are uploaded to the /var/www/ dir that lighttpd serves from.
Apparently its just a simple conf file edit and its all sorted. I will sort this out and upload the Pussy Pie server image again rather than provide a patch.
Ill post when this is done.
Back to top
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Posts: 1157
Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 00:03
Post subject:
Hi peeps
It looks like this Pussy DVD idea is going to change slightly. After finding myself thinking "i wish i was working on wheezy and not squeeze" way way way too much, i have decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and move this project over to a Debian Wheezy based system instead of sticking with Squeeze. The reason is there is so much more and better versions of good software that is available for Wheezy than there is Squeeze.
Also after the Pussy DVD was made i would go a head and start work on the Wheezy based Pussies so m jumping ahead of the cue and just going to start work on the wheezy base. I think this wont really add much time as most of this was research and i have been keeping a package list on my website of all the new things being added to Pussy DVD, and combine that with the apt/ dpkg status file of the Pussy Xtra, i can combine the 2 here and get Pussy Wheezy up and running.
The gap between the quality of software apps between squeeze and wheezy is just too big, wheezy is just that much better than squeeze. Altho Wheezy isnt the official stable yet, it is frozen... meaning that everything that will be added has been and there is a complete repository available for it and for all basic purposes this is ready to go.
ill keep yall uptodate with the progress of the new Pussy base. I dont know yet if im going to go straight for the Pussy DVD first, then release the smaller ones later or start small and keep adding to make the larger Xtra and DVD distros. I am also considering what to do about the whole 32 bit / 64 bit thing as well.
ill be back soon and let everyone know whats happening
Back to top
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Posts: 1157
Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
Posted: Tue 06 Nov 2012, 10:00
Post subject:
seems ive hit a bump in the road.
The debian squeeze live system had its problems but it seems to work just fine once you work out the whole live-rw thing, i was expecting the debian wheezy live system to be much the same but maybe slightly improved... and this would by all accounts be a likely assumption.
However the wheezy live system is so screwed up its hard to imagine using it, for one thing, live-rw is now called persistence....
no big change tho right?
the live system ignores the persistence file if there isnt a file inside it called persistence.conf and in this file is the list of the dirs you want the live system to remember on next boot.
the problem?
this means you will have to manually edit the config file for every dir you add that you want to keep persistent. And no, you cant have the / or /live listed as persistent as this would be too easy.
You cant just save stuff you have to constantly dick around like an idiot.
the other problem?
well this one is only minor but the live persistent system in wheezy doesnt actually work yet. Even tho there is documentation explaining everything and even if you do everything it says and then spend 3 or 4 days on the debian live irc chat support channel asking wtf is the problem, its impossible to get it to work.
Oh, you want persistence? You will need to get the latest iso. You already have the latest iso? then you need to wait longer for another release. Some users have found success using the sid system rather than wheezy.
Now the above situation wouldnt have worried me at all, except all the documentation said it works, it is working, its all fine, there is no issues. It doesnt say that no one in the world has actually got it to work and what annoys me more than all that is the fact i was treated like an absolute idiot on the chat channels because i constantly asked the same question for days and days and days asking for help, while others chatted on the channel, happily ignoring me.
The answer to my question? read the man pages. read the online documentation. And i did this time and time again. It wasnt till the 4th day that the debian live dev that was logged in the whole time and actually knew about the issues finally said....
h yeah, well it doesnt work."
why was it so hard to just say that to begin with instead of rtfm all the time? and why have documentation saying it works and have the entire staff tell you time and time again to read the f*** manual, when they all knew that it didnt work to begin with and it has never worked?
Wheezy based Debian live is dead in the water at the moment and Squeeze is just to old to be able to run all the new things that we need to add to it and upgrade it etc.
I will either need to move to a new live base such as Ubuntu... the thought makes me puke on myself and break out in boils of sulfur.
However, the Ubuntu base does use the tried and true method of the old school "casper" system and the iso's themselves can be booted in grub. Nooby would be in heaven and whip out his endless supply of leet bootcodes, and i mean that in the most honest sincere way as well..... seriously, using an Ubuntu live base would introduce all the sweet booting stuff that we would never have even considered using in Pussy. The only problem is Ubuntu is a bloated mess but the server stuff isnt as reliable as debian but the desktop stuff and new software selection is way better.
At the moment i am weighing up the options: stick with a Wheezy Live base and use Pussies own squashfs remastering scripts in the catroll-panel as the only source of persistence (USB and HDD installs will function fine but there would be zero persistence with live CDROM or DVD).
Use an Ubuntu live base. Ubuntu works the same way with the whole apt-get thing and there are many similarities under the hood but we will be sacrificing a noticeable amount of performance with RAM usage and disk size. However, this will bring alot of the bleedng edge features to Pussy, thus bringing Pussy into the same league as any leet desktop bling system on the planet.
Both options make me sick to the gut. Time for sickgut to choose the least sicker of the sick things that makes sickguts gut sick.
if you would like to have your say about preference here then please have your say. Sickgut would be pleased with any feedback at all. OMG im referring to myself in the 3rd person again, i think the absolute crapness of the current debian live thing has spawned yet another new personality.
Back to top
Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 2288
Posted: Tue 06 Nov 2012, 11:38
Post subject:
I will either need to move to a new live base such as Ubuntu... the thought makes me puke on myself and break out in boils of sulfur.
Don't know if you wanna learn a new dance.
$ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
deb http://www.daveserver.info/antiX/debs testing base main
deb http://debs.slavino.sk testing main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
Just comment out daveserver and slavinko or delete those lines and remaster a live antix instead with persistence using only the debian repos.
Posts: 666
Maybe disregard this post
I just noticed that.
Last edited by rokytnji on Thu 08 Nov 2012, 11:05; edited 2 times in total
Back to top
Joined: 29 Jun 2008
Posts: 10548
Location: SwedenEurope
Posted: Wed 07 Nov 2012, 10:49
Post subject:
Thanks Sickgut!
"Nooby would be in heaven and whip out his endless supply
of leet bootcodes, and i mean that in the most honest sincere way
as well..... seriously, " ...
They are not really my cheat codes I just "borrow" them from two other guys.
forgot name but something D4P or similar user name. He and the other fellow
had some 145 linux distros on external USB harddisk and they described it
on their homepages and I suddenly out of accident tested to simplify the code
by testing word for word to see what did happen and one version of my
cheat actually booted and I found several Ubuntu variations that also booted
but then I got too cocky and bragged about it on Ubuntu forum and
most likely they realized my cheat could be used for to be almost as root
and they hate such so they changed something internally and only those
Ubuntu iso that is from 2011 or 2010 will work and not all of them either
but a handful.
So good luck with your experiments. I would test out what Rokytnji suggest
anti and his buddy has done something very good with AntiX so if
the Ubuntu thing fails for you give AntiX a try.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
Back to top
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Posts: 1157
Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
Posted: Wed 07 Nov 2012, 11:01
Post subject:
nooby wrote:
Thanks Sickgut!
"Nooby would be in heaven and whip out his endless supply
of leet bootcodes, and i mean that in the most honest sincere way
as well..... seriously, " ...
They are not really my cheat codes I just "borrow" them from two other guys.
forgot name but something D4P or similar user name. He and the other fellow
had some 145 linux distros on external USB harddisk and they described it
on their homepages and I suddenly out of accident tested to simplify the code
by testing word for word to see what did happen and one version of my
cheat actually booted and I found several Ubuntu variations that also booted
but then I got too cocky and bragged about it on Ubuntu forum and
most likely they realized my cheat could be used for to be almost as root
and they hate such so they changed something internally and only those
Ubuntu iso that is from 2011 or 2010 will work and not all of them either
but a handful.
So good luck with your experiments. I would test out what Rokytnji suggest
anti and his buddy has done something very good with AntiX so if
the Ubuntu thing fails for you give AntiX a try.
you dont give yourself enough credit nooby, even if you just followed instructions from 2 other guys, you still improved upon it in a way that they couldnt do themselves. Also if you think that what you did isnt to be credited to you then no one in the puppy dev community deserves any credit either because they all use puppy that was made first by barryk. Just because someone did alot of what you do first doesnt mean your not an expert or that your knowledge isnt superior to the people doing it prior to you.
i personally think you should be like the official puppy to GRUB consultation officer or something.
Back to top
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Posts: 68
Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 06:46
Post subject:
rokytnji wrote:
Don't know if you wanna learn a new dance.
Wrong link! Must be:
Back to top
Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 2288
Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 11:06
Post subject:
cinclus_cinclus wrote:
rokytnji wrote:
Don't know if you wanna learn a new dance.
Wrong link! Must be:
Must have been the 666 thingy in my post. Fixed it. Thanks.
Back to top
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Posts: 1157
Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
Posted: Wed 14 Nov 2012, 15:22
Post subject:
still in limbo, the debian live squeeze is too old, and debian live wheezy doesnt work well yet. I am considering all the options, pussy will live, pussy will catch fish from the sky and birds from the ocean, just coz pussy is that good. When the new breed of pussy is done it will be so intelligent that pussy him/ herself will automatically frame your enemies for unlikely crimes and free pizza will constantly be delivered to your door 24/ 7. Pussy will rule the world, but right now pussy is finding the best 1337 base he can.
i heard that pussy was looking into ubuntu and or maybe a distro apt-get upgrade of the current pussy using its current live system but the rest upgraded to wheezy. I have not told pussy about antix yet but pussy will continue to be both sweet and awesome some time soon.
Ill post again soon when pussy and i have found a decent base OS live system for his soul to be transfered to.
in the meantime, i would like to thank everyone for their support for more than a year now.
Back to top
Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 2288
Posted: Wed 14 Nov 2012, 16:13
Post subject:
I have not told pussy about antix yet
This is a Testing Base Iso 64bit AntiX 12.5 alpha 2 install running JWM at the moment. Slim login screen uses F1 key to toggle between Fluxbox and JWM with or without rox desktop.
Just showing you maybe shortcuts for building Pussy. For a no X option hardcore Pussy build. Go for the core iso which has apt-get and ceni for network connection and mc (mindnight commander) file manager. I have done core iso installs also using xdm as login manager and fluxbox with lxpanels for toolbars.
Anyhows. Just to show what JWM in base iso comes with (just a little taste). Wallpaper is a Photo shot sent to me by a Linux buddy in Australia of the solar eclipse recently.
991 Time(s)
981 Time(s)
Back to top
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Posts: 1157
Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
Posted: Wed 21 Nov 2012, 23:19
Post subject:
Update on the new base for Pussy:
Ubuntu 12.04 is a LTS edition, meaning that it will be kept upto date for 5 years, thats nearly 4 and a half more years.
I dont know exactly what that means. Does it mean that only security updates are provided or does it mean that any new package that is submitted to Ubuntu for release in its repos is retro fitted to this aswell?
This may be asking stupid questions that i can google easily, but im just spitting at the moment, typing whatever is on my mind and thinking out loud about a few things and to show the ppl who use Pussy the things im actually considering.
There is a minimal remix of Ubuntu that is 187MB in an ISO, and the casper-rw live system it uses seems to function the same way as debian squeeze/ current Pussy as you just have a casper-rw file instead of a live-rw file. I really think some distros just change the names of things just because they can.
Altho this may sound promising, it has been confirmed by Ubuntu that their next release will not be a Live system or atleast a Live system with persistence. This is a major step back, they have also said their OS is so damn bloated that its no longer going to be CDROM sized. However, if we run with this LTS edition, there will be support available to users 'till the 4.5 more years runs out and thats an OK thing.
This gives us 4.5 more years of using the old school casper-rw (live-rw in disguise basically). And anything on earth and i mean anything at all you can possibly imagine is much better than dealing with mostly silent or rtfm bot devs on the debian live support channel.
The functioning OS with the 187MB ISO does seem promising enough, i estimate we could reduce that further to about 120MB or so with my slimming techniques. However this give you nothing at all, this the barest of bare console only OS. This is about 40% larger and i bet uses more RAM than the Debian Live Squeeze base that Pussy has now.
I am considering the 12.04 LTS base rather than the 12.10 as the LTS means we can be up and running and remain relevant for 4.5 years.
Ubuntu uses bigmem PAE kernels for its 32 bit varieties and so there is no disadvantage there.
Ubuntu has been my arch enemy for many years (8.04 was about the last good distro they had) and it makes me feel dirty and i mean rocking back and forth naked in the shower crying kind of dirty to even consider using an Ubuntu base.
This is about the most corporate Linux you can get, there is non free firmware in the kernel, there are probably backdoors in every second line of code and if there was ever going to be an active linux virus it will be written for Ubuntu and because its high profile, popular distros that use it as a base come under scrutiny. I kinda hope Pussy doesnt get popular while using Ubuntu as a base, it gets ugly because all of a sudden you cant get away with all the "grey" areas of copyright stuff and including non free codecs i your standard install. This is why Ubuntu cant play an mp3 out the box without an update and why Win98 can. Win98 can play a mp3 with no mods because the codec is included in the price, Ubuntu is free, no one pays jack and so the company supplying the codec will become irate.
Its so depressing to think that Windows 98 from 14 years ago does more stuff out the box than the current Ubuntu. There is also the line from the the Ubuntu devs that haunts me: "Ubuntu is becoming something OTHER than Linux" meaning the plan is to become incompatible with everything else and so if you get in the Ubuntu trap, no doubt you will have to pay to do stuff that should be free, just like Windows and Mac.
Im doing some more research but it seems the Ubuntu is the best option in an evil world.
Also i am looking at making Pussy able to access as much free media content as possible. All the WebTV and web radio stuff will be there and be free. I couldnt do this in the current squeeze base, everything needed a newer kernel and it was impossible to even compile the apps needed on squeeze and the squeeze repo doesnt have any good apps for this or the apps need to be run as a normal user rather than root and just crash with no output to tell you whats wrong. Owning Pussy and a internet connection should be just as good as having digital radio, cable TV, satelite TV and do everything else like that.
OK peeps ill check back when work has started.
Back to top
Joined: 08 Aug 2012
Posts: 12
Posted: Thu 22 Nov 2012, 13:32
Post subject:
Well but.. if you use ubuntu you will lose your soul
Back to top
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Posts: 1157
Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
Posted: Thu 22 Nov 2012, 21:47
Post subject:
Bob_the_plumber wrote:
Well but.. if you use ubuntu you will lose your soul
today at 12:40pm, i infact did loose my soul.
Been messing with the Ubuntu 12.04 mini remix iso. Everything seems to work ok andi reduced the 187mb iso to 155mb, still too big (this is just a skeleton) and managed to get the casper-rw persistence working.
However, i was curious about a Configuring network..... error
and an additional Waiting for up to 60 seconds to configure network.....
And a little searching revealed this is a known bug and there is no solution yet. You can remove all of the autodetecton network stuff and use nano and ifup and ifdown etc to assign ip's manually tho....
So, this is what i expected with Ubuntu. There is a pause that lasts for more than 2 minutes, the computer is doing nothing and its a known bug with the solution being "remove the network stuff". There is no other fix. This is just how it is, the OS seems like it would load reasonably quickly and then just stops for 2 minutes.
well its par for the course im afraid.
The absolute stupidity of Ubuntu and Debian Live Wheezy simply amazes me. I really thought that i had seen it all but obviously i had not.
Seriously considering if i should go the CentOS route or even slackware. They both have package management similar to apt-get altho the "yum" in CentOS is so damn complicated its like a step back. I havent used slackware to know how good their package management is, i only know that it exists. CentOS would give us immediate street cred for server stuff and slackware would get the attention of the ultra geeks that are twice as obese and have even less of a social life as me.
im not even disappointed. I knew Ubuntu can and could not ever be as easy as simple setting it up and using it how its supposed to be done and 100% of the time its 100% buggy and is completely worthless for absolutely every use other than to confuse Linux users and increase the sales of Windows and Mac and Android pc/ devices and or cause users to become so annoyed that they use pen and paper rather than a computer and play games on a PS3 or Xbox.
Back to top
Joined: 29 Jun 2008
Posts: 10548
Location: SwedenEurope
Posted: Fri 23 Nov 2012, 05:26
Post subject:
Don't take the following serious. How did this guy named Penk from Thailand
set up his xpud OS? He uses ubuntu as the base and get persistence going
and most likely he is root too? Just me guessing. I did a frugal install and
it works good.
He is on to other projects now but maybe one can still download
enough of his work to get how he did that?
Source Code - http://github.com/penk/mkxpud
grub4os menu.lst entry Sadly I am too laxy to check it out
but one or two of the following should work. They are for different iso
title xPUD 0.9.2
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/bzImage noisapnp lang=en screen=1024x786 initrd=driver.opt,codecs.opt,apps.opt
initrd /opt/core
title xPUD 0.9.2 boots with persist
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/bzImage isofrom=/xpud-0.9.2.iso noisapnp lang=en screen=1024x786 initrd=driver.opt initrd=codecs.opt initrd=apps.opt
initrd /opt/core
title xPUD latest xpud-10272010.iso boots with persist ? uses Chrome
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/bzImage isofrom=/xpud-10272010.iso noisapnp lang=en screen=1024x786
initrd /opt/core
title xPUD latest? xpud-10272010.iso
kernel /boot/bzImage noisapnp lang=en initrd=driver.opt,codecs.opt,apps.opt screen=1024x786
initrd /opt/core
There is a forum but almost none uses it.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
Back to top
Joined: 06 Oct 2012
Posts: 11
Location: Egypt
Posted: Thu 29 Nov 2012, 23:45
Post subject:
Hi sickgut
Sorry about your frustration with Debian wheezy .. for my assumption if Debian performance is getting to be unreliable, no wonder if users will move to other distros than Debian and Ubuntu like Mageia.
Forgive me for my random wondering ..I'm just a newbie .. but why LMDE 201204 is non of your choices..It has casper like ubuntu, and if I'm not mistaken it can be added to grub2 menu.
menuentry "Linux Mint Debian (LMDE) 64-bit" {
#linux /casper/vmlinuz rootfstype=vfat boot=live live-media-path=/casper quiet splash --
linux /casper/vmlinuz boot=live live-media-path=/casper quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
casper rw persistence can be added after boot.
There is a Dev got inspired already by Puppy and AntiX, and made a stripped version of LMDE:
Target Markets
Windows users, especially Windows XP users
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS users
Linux Mint users with computers that just barely meet hardware requirements
Puppy Linux users who want a larger software repository for the more specialized applications available
antiX Linux users who want better hardware/codec support for things like watching DVDs
Users of forensic/recovery live CDs
Back to top
Display posts from previous:
All Posts
1 Day
7 Days
2 Weeks
1 Month
3 Months
6 Months
1 Year
Sort by:
Post Time
Post Subject
Page 114 of 124
[1847 Posts]
Goto page:
View previous topic
View next topic
Forum index
Advanced Topics
Puppy Derivatives
Jump to:
Select a forum
Forum index
|___ House Training
| |___ Beginners Help ( Start Here)
| |___ Users ( For the regulars )
| | |___ Usuarios de habla Hispana
| | |___ Für deutschsprachige Anhänger
| | |___ Pour les francophones
| |
| |___ HOWTO ( Solutions )
| |___ Bugs ( Submit bugs )
|___ Advanced Topics
| |___ Additional Software (PETs, n' stuff)
| | |___ Package Collections / Repositories
| | |___ Browsers and Internet
| | |___ Business
| | |___ Compiling
| | |___ Desktop
| | |___ Documents
| | |___ Drivers
| | |___ Educational
| | |___ Engineering/Science/Simulation
| | |___ Eye Candy
| | |___ Filesystem
| | |___ Games
| | |___ Graphics
| | |___ Multimedia
| | |___ Network
| | |___ Security/Privacy
| | |___ System
| | |___ Utilities
| | |___ Virtualization
| | |___ Unsorted
| |
| |___ Cutting edge
| | |___ Multi-session live-CD/DVD
| |
| |___ Hardware
| | |___ Audio
| | |___ Networking
| | | |___ Dialup
| | | |___ Ethernet
| | | |___ Wireless
| | |
| | |___ Printers
| | |___ Video
| |
| |___ Puppy Derivatives
| |___ Puppy Projects
| |___ Next Puppy Development
| | |___ 4.x
| | | |___ Bugs (4.x dev)
| | | |___ Usability Issues (4.x dev)
| | |
| | |___ 5.x
| | |___ Bugs (5.x dev)
| | |___ Usability Issues (5.x dev)
| |
| |___ Localization Project
| |___ Documentation Project
|___ Taking the Puppy out for a walk
| |___ Announcements
| |___ Puppy Power
| |___ Suggestions
| |___ Misc
|___ Off-Topic Area
|___ Programming
|___ Security
post new topics in this forum
reply to topics in this forum
edit your posts in this forum
delete your posts in this forum
vote in polls in this forum
attach files in this forum
download files in this forum
Powered by
© 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
[ Time: 0.3492s ][ Queries: 12 (0.1906s) ][ GZIP on ]


text:
Personal Presentation Skills Required by an Interviewee
Presentation Skills Course Outline For A Better Lesson
As we know sometimes there's some people who's not so easy learn from some class or courses to make the a better person in performance. Sometimes they need something real to make them understand all of that thing. Step by step learning and very detail might be succeed to teach them about a new philosophy. That's why lately there's Presentation Skills Course Online held just to help people with this lack. In this class you will get a deep detail and real practicing between theory and how to implementation all of that things in your performance. With combination of an experience, patient, wise and smart teacher you will get anything you need to raise up your performance and give you a different improvement, so you can get your success in easy way without any struggle.
Presentation Skills Course Outline is a great breakthrough and a new discovery to help you become a great speaker and easy to handle anything along your way and moment as a speaker. If you already skillful with all of this stuff of perform in front of many people, i think that won't be hard for you to perform and apply all the theory given. Although you are an expertise that would not be a negative action and give you a minor attitude if you still choose and decide to learn from Presentation Skills Course Outline. You can add your reference and examine maybe there's a new things you can learn through this class. You can make some comparison with the other teacher from their experience, and get the point of view what exactly make them success with their carrier. How they can stand last a long carrier and still can give the best performance to be a famous speaker.
Absorb as much as you can from those trainer how they succeed with their experience will be a good new way out and solution from your bored, give a wide fresh air, renew your performance. Many ways and many things of knowledge you can absorb through this class. This class really a good breakthrough for all of you who working with this and must do a few things to perform in front of people. And for all of you who's a beginning, this class is a good choice to bring you into your success and avoid many disappoint action from your boss. You will learn step by step how to apply it in easy way and do some practicing. In this class you can do many failure and they will give you an evaluation which part of your performance that not fit with the situation or maybe you make some mistake when you trying to explain your purpose. Through this class you can do your mistake as much as you can until you bored, and the teacher will always direct and teach you how to do it in a right way.
For all of you a beginner you can absorb knowledge and practice as much as you can, do some brainstorming could be a good idea too. Some brainstorming with the teacher sometimes a good way out to help and make some easy way to learn every theory given in easy way for the mindset of the receiver. Because as we know every person has a different thought and different techniques to received anything inside their mind whether that's a positive and a good things or that's a negative and minor things. Every lesson and experience inside in our mind take an important part to consider to push the success and performance ability. And every people has a different point of view to see and learn everything.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been asked whether football rights holders can stop a company importing cheap satellite television decoder cards to allow games to be shown in pubs.
Football's European governing body UEFA has sued Euroview, which imports decoder cards from elsewhere in the EU allowing pubs access to matches from foreign television feeds at a fraction of the cost of paying for rights from UK broadcasters.
The High Court has said that the CJEU can resolve aspects of the dispute, in which UEFA claims its copyrights are being infringed.
It is the second such case to be referred to the CJEU from the High Court. The English Football Association Premier League (FAPL) and QC Leisure and AV Station are still waiting for answers to the questions referred to the CJEU in a similar case in 2008.
The European Union is founded on the principle that cross border trade should be free and unfettered, but the football rights market is based on the ability of sporting bodies to sell rights to broadcasters in each country for very different prices.
Because interest in English football is far greater in the UK than other EU countries it can demand a much higher fee from broadcasters here. Those broadcasters then charge householders and pubs fees to view games.
In the FAPL case it was estimated that pubs would have to pay £6,000 a year to Sky Sports for matches they could show via foreign-bought decoders for £800.
UEFA claims that its copyright is infringed when foreign decoding systems are used to show football matches in UK pubs without a licence from it. It said that if Euroview's practice was allowed to continue then whichever country had the cheapest access to a particular event would become the de-facto EU-wide broadcaster for it.
Euroview claimed that it was protected by Section 28A of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, a section which implements EU law on satellite re-broadcasting. This section gives a broadcaster immunity from copyright infringements that are temporary and essential to the operation of a broadcasting system.
QC Leisure and AV Station relied on the same argument in their case and the High Court said that because that case involved a clash of EU copyright and trade laws, the CJEU should be asked to interpret the laws.
Euroview asked the High Court to put its case on hold until the CJEU had ruled in the FAPL case because the questions to be asked would be very similar, but Mr Justice Kitchin, who had presided over both cases, said that questions should be referred in this case as well.
The Court said that if it refused to make a reference now it would be denying UEFA the chance to argue in front of the CJEU that the importing of decoding systems was against the law, and so ordered that the case be referred to the CJEU.
Copyright © 2010, OUT-LAW.com
OUT-LAW.COM is part of international law firm Pinsent Masons.


text:
Blacksburg Disc Jockeys (DJs) -
events for Weddings & more in Blacksburg VA
CMH Productions is a premier DJ and music production company serving the New River Valley, Roanoke Valley and the surrounding areas. We bring years of experience of producing all sizes and types of e... more dj info
2275 recent listing referrals for CMH PRODUCTIONS
Voted #1 Wedding DJ in the NRV... more dj info
402 recent listing referrals for Abe One Deejays of the New River Valley
Music, Music, & More Music is one of the top DJ Services in Virginia. Awarded 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 BEST OF VIRGINA from the Knot plus inducted into their Hall of Fame. Co... more dj info
2769 recent listing referrals for Music, Music, & More Music
Quest Entertainment has been a provider of top quality DJ services for over a decade. The Quest Crew has over 40 years combined experience between our DJs. Quest Entertainment specializes in disc joc... more dj info
2109 recent listing referrals for Quest Entertainment
DJ Rick Pruett Sound Service will provide personal consultation to cover all of the special events to occur during your reception. With Over 20 years of providing sound entertainment and mixing sound... more dj info
1812 recent listing referrals for DJ Rick Pruett Mobile DJ Service
Tunes for all occasions, 20-year experience doing events inside/outside and underground. Professional sound equipment with QSC, Bose speakers, Shure wireless microphones and Denon, Mackie mixers. Mu... more dj info
1589 recent listing referrals for Tunes You Remember
Your wedding day is a special time where family and friends come together to celebrate with you. We will help you create a unique atmosphere while you dance, laugh and enjoy unforgettable hours w... more dj info
1855 recent listing referrals for Asta DJ
Mobile DJ Entertainment.......more dj info
C~N~T Music Factory has been providing service since 1998 to all of Northern, Central, and Western Virginia. We are a full service Disc Jockey servi.......more dj info
Wayne V Entertainment is a Mobile Karaoke and Music Disk Jockey Service. We call it a service because it is your event and not our show. We serve Sou.......more dj info
The Table Rok DJs has been turning events out for nearly two decades. We cover a wide array of genres and are committed to making your event a success.......more dj info
One of Virginia's premiere Dj services, Forrest Fire Entertainment focuses on the client and guest experience. Every event is custom-mixed on the fly .......more dj info
Providing professional DJ and karaoke services to the New River Valley and surrounding areas. Offering competitive pricing, professional and friendl.......more dj info


text:
What goes around, you know, comes around. That's what came to mind yesterday when someone sent me a link to this post on College Candy wherein Charlsie, a new college grad, charts the difference between choosing a major and, sigh, choosing a life. Let's look:
Looking back, college didn't require a lot of serious decision making – even though I thought it did. For the most part, I made decisions about frivolous things such as: Should I wear pajamas to class today? Should I stick to rum and Coke or go for the Jager bombs? Should I go out tonight or should I spend time working on that eleven-page term paper? I know at times these choices sure stressed me out, but looking back, they really didn't matter the way post-grad decisions seem to.
First, it must be said: Call me old, but I'm more than a little flummoxed by anyone's choice to opt for a Jager bomb. But back to Charlsie. Our new grad then lists the decisions that lie in front of her: Where to live. Where to work. Grad school or law school. Prep for the LSAT or sign on for the full-time job offer with the big bucks and benefits — and extra hours beyond the normal nine-to-five.
Can't you just feel the angst? All of which brought me back to this very time last year, give or take a day. Almost one year ago when we launched our blog, the questions were the same as the ones that plague our Ms. Charlsie: Door No. 1 versus door No. 2. Risk or security. Passion or Paycheck. All of which echo our initial theme: It's great to have options. But dealing with them can be a bitch. As we wrote then:
… we're out to explore why the generation of women who have more options than our mothers ever dreamed possible suffers from a terminal case of grass-is-greener syndrome, perpetually distracted by what we're not doing. We're stressed. Restless. Constantly second-guessing ourselves. Always wondering what we left behind Door Number Two. And we can't figure out why.
It's a sign of the times, with much of this unspoken angst revolving around the pressure to choose, something old-school feminists might never have predicted. So how do we get past it? A shift in perspective might be a good place to start. Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman may have said it best: "There is talk about too many pressures and too many choices, it's as if the success of feminism was to blame, rather than its unfinished work."
We're up for getting on with the finishing, and we think the first step is to recognize our shared experience. So if this all sounds familiar, tell us about it.
Tell us about it, you did. Here's what we heard from Lauren:
I do, however, feel concern that I might be overlooking the one thing that is my "calling." From orchestra conductor to herpetologist to cartographer to photographer to writer, I've wanted to do it all. I also know that I can, we all can.
And from Marisa:
My sister used to tease me that I was on the semester system in life because I was always moving and changing jobs. But really I was just worried that I was missing my "true calling" or not doing enough to fulfill my parents' expectations after all that schooling. (Come to find out later that their only expectation was that I be happy.) Now I'm almost 40 and starting yet a new career (this one will be THE ONE . . . I hope). Looking back I can see how the choices and self-inflicted expectations led to a major paralysis in my mid-20′s…"
And Marjorie:
I majored in theatre in college, only to burn out on it and give it up after college. but now, every day, I think about that life, the performance life…and I wonder what I'm missing. What did I give up? Would I be happier if I had just stuck with it? Would I , could I be more fulfilled if I were doing it right now? Oy, it drives me mad and I keep hoping that maybe all of my going around about it will make me so nauseous I'll actually get sick (of myself) and do something….
…All of these questions resonate with me. It's so wonderful to have the plethora of options that we do…but I have no idea which way to go. Some of the stuff I have absolutely nailed down – I know what kind of clothes I like to wear; I know that I DON'T want to be a mathematician…
And Samantha:
The itching thought that runs though my conciousness is that it is ok to think or dream or believe a girl can do anything, yet the doing and execution is what can undo her. Coupled with a family and the people whose feelings and egos may be bruised and battered along the way. The absolute reality is that any job or hobby that evokes passion requires an equal if not greater sacrifice. That notion of 'What do you want to be when grow up', is not coupled with ok, you can do it, but it's going to be hard. Mom doesn't say 'Gee little Sammy that's great — so when you fall in love and get married make sure you can integrate all of your passion and dreams into your marriage.' That would have been the best advice anyone could have given me. Instead I plunged head long into a decision before I had the courage to really declare my dreams, AND the ramifications of those dreams.
The thoughtful comments from bright women rolled in throughout the year, all of which convince us that this analysis paralysis, this longing for the road not taken, the buyer's remorse that plagues us all is, one year later, still real. The solutions? The first step is recognizing we're in it together.
As for the forementioned Charlsie? She blew off the job offer and opted instead to concentrate on studying for the LSAT and applying to law schools. Good for her. So long as she lays off the Jager bombs.


text:
Gift Inspired by Family Legacy Impacts Today's Students
When Margaret Kordsmeyer chose to leave her estate to Augustana, she did so for two reasons:
First, because of her family connection to the College. Her grandfather, Conrad Matthew Christianson, a Norwegian immigrant, was a teacher at the Lutheran Normal School, formerly located on the Augustana campus in the late 1800s. Her grandmother, Julia Langness Christianson is a graduate of Lutheran Normal School (and also met her husband, Conrad, on campus). Her uncle, Lars Christianson, a WWII veteran, taught in the Augustana English department in the 1950s. And her mother, Johanna Christianson Kordsmeyer, is a member of the Augustana class of 1932.
The second reason: Her passion for education and its power to change the world. A graduate of Macalester College and Mankato State University, Kordsmeyer spent her life working as an educator, first as a German teacher and later as a special education teacher in Hastings, Minn.
After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, Kordsmeyer passed away in May 2012 at just 66 years old. Before her death, she made arrangements to donate her estate to Augustana to fund an endowed scholarship for education majors.
This year, six students were the benefactors of Kordsmeyer's $200,000 estate gift:
- Margaret Chernatinski, a senior elementary education major from Sioux Falls
- Erika Norris, a junior special education major from Spicer, Minn.
- Jane Sickler, a junior elementary education major from Brandon, S.D.
- Sarah Vermeulen, a senior elementary education major from Mount Vernon, S.D.
- Allyson Brown, a junior elementary education major from Dell Rapids, S.D.
- Aaron Dang, a senior elementary education major from Sioux Falls
Carla Griebel served as the administrator of Kordsmeyer's estate. She knew her well and spoke about her commitment to education.
"[In describing Margaret], probably one of the first words that comes to mind is 'peace.' Margaret was a very quiet person who seemed to dwell in a place of non-judgment, of appreciation of nature, of making few demands on anyone or anything. Material possessions were unimportant to her; her requirements for daily living were minimal," Griebel said.
"Education, books, learning – they were all high priorities for Margaret and her family. Her grandparents were both college professors, and her mom was a teacher as well," she said.
Earlier this year, the student recipients of the "Margaret Kordsmeyer Endowed Scholarship" wrote notes of thanks to Griebel in recognition and gratitude.
"I have had a passion for children with special needs for a long time and cannot wait until I get to make a difference teaching in the short future," junior Erika Norris wrote. "Because of your generous Margaret Kordsmeyer Endowed Scholarship and choosing me for it, I say thank you. You have helped with my tuition cost and I cannot expresses in words how much it means to me. Thank you again. God Bless."
"I am from small town, Mount Vernon, S.D. If it wasn't for generous donors like yourself I wouldn't have been able to create the amazing memories that I have here at Augustana," wrote senior Sarah Vermeulen. "I am currently finishing up my final classes. Come this spring I will begin a new journey of student teaching. Thank you for your kind donation that guided my education."
Learn more about how to support Augustana through planned giving.


text:
Guilmet sent down to make room for Gonzalez
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @britt_ghiroli.
ANAHEIM -- Miguel Gonzalez was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to start Tuesday's game against the Angels, with reliever Preston Guilmet optioned to Triple-A to clear a roster spot.
Gonzalez was optioned to Triple-A prior to the All-Star break to stay on track and to allow the O's to add another person to the roster during that time. He is coming off back-to-back eight-inning outings.
Guilmet, 26, has posted a 5.23 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 10 appearances for the Orioles this season.
Read More: Baltimore Orioles, Preston Guilmet, Miguel Gonzalez


text:
Dr. John Keller (On leave from 2018-2020)
Associate Professor
- Website:
- http://johnakeller.org
- Phone:
- 716.286.8639
- Fax:
- 716.286.8308
- Office Location:
- Dunleavy Hall, Room 356
Professor Keller joined the department in the fall of 2009. His Ph.D. is from the University of Notre Dame, and his primary areas of specialization are metaphysics and philosophy of language. He also has interests in epistemology, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind and the philosophy of logic, math and religion.
Focus of Teaching
Dr. Keller teaches Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, and Logic.
Current Research
Dr. Keller's current research is primarily on the topic of paraphrase and, in particular, the role that paraphrase plays in philosophical inquiry. Understanding this role requires thinking about the relationships between the mind and language, logic and rationality, words and the world. His interest in paraphrase is a manifestation of a more general interest in the philosophy of philosophy, especially as it pertains to debates about realism and anti-realism. His research in the philosophy of language is primarily on realism and anti-realism issues, the distinction between semantics and pragmatics, and the nature of propositions.
Educational Background
Ph.D., Univesity of Notre Dame; M.A., University of Notre Dame; B.A., University of California at Davis
Current Involvement
Professor Keller is a member of the American Philosophical Association and the Philosophy of Time Society.


text:
Christine Lagarde, the IMF boss who caused international outrage after she suggested in an interview with the Guardian on Friday that beleaguered Greeks might do well to pay their taxes, pays no taxes, it has emerged.
As an official of an international institution, her salary of $467,940 (£298,675) a year plus $83,760 additional allowance a year is not subject to any taxes.
The former French finance minister took over as managing director of the IMF last year when she succeeded her disgraced compatriot Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was forced to resign after he faced charges – later dropped – of sexually attacking a New York hotel maid. Read the rest of this entry »
Author Archive
Irish People Bullied into Voting Yes – An Explicit Campaign of Blackmail Waged against Potential 'No' Voters
We Lost.
A big thanks to all campaigners, in Ireland and many other parts of the world, who fought so hard.
Link to Results :
Here are some initial reactions :
Campaign Against the Austerity Treaty
Press statement – June 1 – immediate release
Irish people bullied into voting Yes
Referendum result is not a mandate for home and water taxes
Labour's way IS Frankfurt's way
The government and the EU have succeeded in bullying the people of Ireland into voting for a Treaty they do not want. This vote was based upon fear and the Yes majority is a hollow victory. Even amongst supporters of the Treaty there was an admission that the only grounds for supporting it were the threats of exclusion from future bailout funds. This was the only substantive argument presented by the government and the Yes campaign.
The referendum result today should not be regarded as a mandate to impose the household tax, the water tax and other austerity measures. Those who are being most affected by the austerity measures – cuts and tax hikes – have rejected this treaty in large numbers.
Labour's way is now exposed as Frankfurt's way: the protection of failing banks at the expense of ordinary working people. The Labour Party should take no comfort in this result. They will find themselves supporting cuts and taxes that impose the burden of the banking and economic crisis on ordinary people. The Austerity Treaty, and the austerity policies being currently implemented, will bring neither stability, recovery nor growth. Labour supporters will soon realise this.
Over the coming months the activists of the Campaign Against the Austerity Treaty will work with those who oppose the implementation of the austerity measures that are embodied in this anti-social treaty. We will continue to link up with like-minded movements across Europe in support of an alternative that prioritises full employment, social protection, peace and environmental sustainability.
Brendan Young.
An Explicit Campaign of Blackmail Waged against Potential 'No' Voters
The fiscal treaty was voted on in a referendum in Ireland yesterday and was approved by a margin of 60% to 40% (with a turnout of barely 50% of eligible voters).
The outcome of the referendum was largely attributable to the 'yes' side's focus on Ireland's access to the new European Stability Mechanism (ESM) – the fund to which Ireland would be expected to apply should it require a second loan from non-market sources (a first such loan – from EU, IMF and other sources – was contracted in 2010). The argument was endlessly repeated that a 'no' vote would deny Ireland the ability to apply to the ESM, and many people were doubtless convinced that this could be a risky proposition . Thus, the 'yes' vote is explained to some extent not by any widespread endorsement of the content of the treaty itself, but rather by an explicit campaign of blackmail waged against potential 'no' voters. As Paul Murphy, Socialist Party Member of the European Parliament put it, a 'yes' vote is "no endorsement of what's in this treaty and it's no endorsement of austerity. People are scared out there."
Things, however, will not get better or less scary for most Irish people any time soon. In fact, they will likely get worse. A 'breaking news' headline in one of the country's national newspapers this morning read: "Bad news back on agenda now vote is over", referring to the fact that issues such as the introduction of new taxes, discussion of which was cynically deferred during the referendum campaign, will come roaring back with a vengeance. Further swingeing austerity is to be imposed for years to come, copper fastened in place by the treaty's rules. Those who have borne the brunt of the cutbacks to date already understand this – working class communities tended to vote 'no' to the treaty, while the 'yes' vote was highest in middle- and upper-class constituencies; even one government minister conceded that the vote reflected a "class divide".
There is no disguising that the referendum result is a disappointment. However, the fact that the 'no' vote was 40% is, under the circumstances, a very decent showing, especially given that the three largest political parties (only two of which are in government), all major newspapers, business groups and various civil society elites were unanimous in their calls for a 'yes' vote. And it is worth bearing in mind that the fear factor discussed above pushed a lot of people into the 'yes' camp despite their opposition to the broad thrust of current policy. Nor can those who abstained be counted as having given the current regime a ringing endorsement. In other words, almost the entire weight of establishment Ireland could barely manage to persuade 30% of the electorate to back the treaty, and a good number of those did so only through gritted teeth and at effective gunpoint. The courage of those who voted 'no, coupled with what will inevitably be the growing anger and sense of betrayal felt by many of those those who voted 'yes' or who did not vote at all, provides a solid basis for developing a serious alternative agenda to, and mobilization against, the debt and austerity programme in the years to come.
Andy Storey
Eve of Poll Messages – Paul Krugman and Rónán Burtenshawe
Paul Krugman Says No to the Austerity Treaty :
NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMIST Paul Krugman has advised Irish voters to vote No in Thursday's referendum on the Fiscal Compact.
"I've thought about it, it's hard. I would say vote No," he said on BBC Radio 4 this morning. Krugman dismissed the suggestion that a No vote would anger Germany and see Ireland cut off from bailout funds or from the Eurozone.
"At this point the Germans need to face the reality that this cannot work and that the Irish, who've been such good soldiers in this crisis, if even the Irish say no then that would actually send a helpful message," he said.
Read More Here :
Paul Krugman Says Irish Voters Should Say No the Austerity Treaty
Rónán Burtenshawe Replies to Katherine Zappone :
On theJournal.ie on Monday Senator Katherine Zappone established her support for the Fiscal Treaty in an article titled, 'I've always fought for those who have the least. That's why I'm voting Yes.' For many of us who are fans of her academic and political work it will have been a disappointing read – laced with conformism, neoliberal logic and uncritical repetition of conventional wisdom which serves the interests of the powerful. The article requires a response – particularly because of its assertion that voting Yes serves the interests of the weakest in Irish society.
More Here :
This Treaty Does Not Serve The Interests of Those Who Have the Least – response to Senator Katherine Zappone
Good Advice from Slavoj Zizek
Good Advice from Zizek
…they could do worse than read this from Slavoj Žižek on Europe and the Greeks… passed on by Wu Ming for which many thanks…
On the choice between SYRIZA amd the right…
And, as is usually the case when a real choice is on offer, the establishment is in a panic: chaos, poverty and violence will follow, they say, if the wrong choice is made.
Here is the paradox that sustains the 'free vote' in democratic societies: one is free to choose on condition that one makes the right choice. This is why, when the wrong choice is made (as it was when Ireland rejected the EU constitution), the choice is treated as a mistake, and the establishment immediately demands that the 'democratic' process be repeated in order that the mistake may be corrected.
But it's his conclusion which is most important where he points to a depoliticised technocracy…
View original post 18 more words
Good Advice from Zizek
Campaign Against the Austerity Treaty
CAAT Newspaper Advertisement:
Link :
Link :
ATTAC Finland Demonstrators – Ireland Vote No for Us
European ATTAC Network Declares "we have to break with the neoliberal monetary order"
"Accept austerity or face chaos". This is the message sent by European leaders – such as José Manuel Barroso, Angela Merkel, Mario Draghi – to the Irish and Greek peoples.
View original post 187 more words
More Irish Government Financial Chaos
Christine Lagarde, scourge of tax evaders, pays no tax
A reminder that tax is only for little people :
From the British Guardian :
Link :
IMF Boss Lagarde, Scourge of Greek People, Pays No Tax
Christine Lagarde, scourge of tax evaders, pays no tax
IMF boss who caused international outrage when she suggested that Greeks should pay their taxes earns a tax-free salary
Kim Willsher in Paris
- guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 May 2012
European ATTAC Network Declares "we have to break with the neoliberal monetary order"
CAAT Newspaper Advertisement:
Link :
Link :
ATTAC Finland Demonstrators – Ireland Vote No for Us
European ATTAC Network Declares "we have to break with the neoliberal monetary order"
"Accept austerity or face chaos". This is the message sent by European leaders – such as José Manuel Barroso, Angela Merkel, Mario Draghi – to the Irish and Greek peoples. Read the rest of this entry »
UNITE MANDATE and the CPSU Call for No in the Austerity Treaty Referendum
Three major trade unions with combined membership of more than 100,000 have issued a strong call to vote no in Thursday's referendum on what they are calling the austerity treaty.
The Civil and Public Service Union (CPSU), Mandate and UNITE trade unions represent workers across the private and public sector and a wide range of industries from retail to transport and finance.
UNITE Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said:
"The Treaty is only about austerity and does not have any provisions relating to growth."
"It has been rushed in as a panic measure. No less than ten Euro zone countries have now slipped back into recession."
"The problem with the treaty is that it enshrines the very policies that have caused that recession to get deeper and more damaging."
"Ireland has a chance to say No, and to pull Europe back from the brink of economic self harm it has been engaged in to disastrous effect over the past three years."
Mandate General Secretary, John Douglas said that the Fiscal Treaty if passed will not create one job:
"On the contrary it will legally lock down Irish economic activity at its current levels, and may even shrink domestic demand further leading to mass unemployment, decades of emigration and sow the seeds for future social conflict.
"This Treaty has nothing to do with 'good housekeeping' or 'managing the household budget'; it is about copper fastening into an internationally legally binding agreement, decades of austerity, social exclusion, mass long term unemployment and emigration – and a continuation of attacks on workers' rights and the welfare system. It is not about what is good for Irish citizens, or the citizens of Europe, it is a treaty of the Right for the Right!"
CPSU General Secretary Eoin Ronayne said:
"The Treaty amounts to writing into law the failed policies of the neo liberals who got us into the mess we are in."
"Why on earth would lower and middle income people vote to make their lives even worse than they already are"
"What the ordinary citizens of the EU need is a sustained and comprehensive growth package putting money back into their pockets so that they can spend in their local economies generating jobs and protecting existing employment"
"Nothing in this Treaty will do that and a NO vote is the only way for people to stand up and say we've had enough of what got us into this crisis and that it's time for change"
Each of the three unions has been working with activists and workplace representatives to encourage debate among members and present a balance to the government messaging that there is no choice but to say yes. Read the rest of this entry »
The Austerity Treaty Will Not Work
Michael Burke, writing in the Irish Left Review says
There are many reasons to vote No in the forthcoming Treaty on the austerity pact. One of them is that it is simply unworkable
More Here :
Why the Austerity Treaty Will Not Work – Michael Burke Irish Left Review Article


text:
In fact, some White Sox people cringed when Williams began talking openly about "rebuilding."
"We are not rebuilding," one of them said forcefully.
More from the "White Sox people":
Third, the word in both the international scouting community and among White Sox people is that the Sox could be very involved in the bidding for 26-year-old Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who should become a free agent next month.
Kenny Williams wants the "White Sox people" to stop talking about the White Sox.
Other White Sox links:


text:
Opening remarks:
Thank you Alex and thanks everyone for joining us today and being part of a really big announcement for our club. This year will go down as a year of change for the Columbus Crew. New ownership has invigorated our organization. I've described it as refreshing. It's in this environment that is my pleasure to introduce Gregg Berhalter as the new Head Coach and Sporting Director of the Columbus Crew. We talked about this process being extensive. We interviewed a diverse and broad range of candidates. The assistance of Frankie Hejduk and Andrew Arthurs was invaluable in the process, and I think it was an exceptionally well done and efficient process. Leadership was an important factor in looking at candidates, and Gregg's vision really resonated with all of us is the search committee. He has a clear vision, he has a detailed plan, he has a voice to communicate that plan and he has the personality and the attitude to inspire those around him to rally around that vision and that plan. He's very highly respected in the industry. We talked to a lot of people in the soccer world, and Gregg was lauded as a really quality choice for this position. He has a tremendous pedigree, a vast amount of experience – European, domestic, national team and Major League Soccer. All of these qualities make him a perfect fit with our brand moving forward. We're very excited about Gregg joining our team, and I would like to turn it over to our Chairman Anthony Precourt for his remarks.
Opening remarks:
It's an exciting day for the Columbus Crew. I don't think this process could have gone any better. I am thrilled with the announcement today that Gregg Berhalter will be our next Head Coach and Sporting Director. I also want to thank Mark McCullers and Frankie Hejduk and Andrew Arthurs for their contributions to our search committee. They did a fantastic job. Everyone brought a specific point of view – Frankie as a player who has played under a number of high-quality, high-caliber coaches, Andrew from the perspective of how our Sporting Director and Head Coach would interact with our Academy and Youth Programs, Mark with all of his perspective of being a part of the club for the last 15 years and our Senior Executive and our GM. I'm just very pleased with what Gregg is going to bring to the table. I think it's a game-changer. We've got an author for our new book, which is about getting back to our winning ways, building a consistent culture, having repeatable processes in place to be a relevant team in Major League Soccer once again. I was thrilled and I would also just like to turn it over to Gregg at this point in time. This is about Gregg, so let's get started talking with our new Head Coach and Sporting Director.
Opening remarks:
Thank you, guys. First of all, I want to say that I am extremely excited about this opportunity to join the Columbus Crew. It's a club that I have admired from a distance for some time. There are a few things that stood out to me when deciding to take this job. First and foremost, I would say, is the energy brought to the club by the owner, Mr. Precourt. Just walking around and talking to the staff and talking to people, you can see that they are excited about the future. That was definitely a strong point. The tradition associated with the Columbus Crew – the Crew stands for success. They've had success, they've a championship, they've won Supporters Shield's, and it's definitely a club that has tasted success. They have a long tradition with Mark McCullers being there since the beginning. Not too many clubs have that type of stability in their leadership. The fans and the manner in which they support their team – I have been lucky enough to play against the Crew and play in Crew Stadium with the National Team, and it's an amazing environment. It's an environment that is very pro-the-home-team and special to play in. Finally, the current roster – I think that there is a good foundation of youth and experience on which to build. These are all items that made this job exciting to me. In terms of my role, I see my role will give me the flexibility to structure the technical side of the organization as I see fit. It will streamline the decision-making process and integrate the player acquisition with the technical department. This is, for me, crucial, because we want to be efficient. We want to be able to make fast decisions and we all want to be on the same page, and I think tying this together will do that nicely. In terms of the current roster, I believe have a good group of guys and I am excited to work with them. Watching them play, watching all of the video, it's guys that I believe we can improve but also they share that same vision with me in terms of how the game should be played. As far as I'm concerned, I'm eager to start working with them and get going as I join the Crew.
On how the initial contact was made between the Crew and him, and how the interview process went:
It was a call out of the blue from the Owner, Mr. Precourt. He said, 'what do you think of this idea?' In the initial phone call, I wanted to know more about him and know more about his vision for the club. I think that was extremely important for me. Once that was communicated, I felt very confident that I wanted to continue on with the process. From the standpoint of the interview process itself, it was a very professional process. They brought me in, I was interviewed by five people and given a good tour of the club and shown how the club works. From all of that, it made a very good impression on me.
On what he has been doing since leaving Hammarby IF, and what specifically about Anthony Precourt's reinvigoration and vision that made him decide to take the job:
After I was dismissed from Hammarby, I took a step back and I evaluated basically the year-and-a-half work to see what was good and what could have been improved, and then after that I went throughout Europe and studied different clubs. I met with a lot of different people in Europe. I studied youth academies, I studied first team, I studied the structures within the teams and within the clubs. It was a good time. It was a good time to get away. After my (playing career) and starting to coach I haven't had a break like this in over 20 years, so that was beneficial for both me and my family. Then, after talking to Mr. Precourt, right away I think we were on the same page in terms of where he wants to go with the Crew and how he thinks it needs to be done. This is something that obviously we have first team success as a first and foremost goal in mind, but it's also developing the whole structure of the club. We're looking forward to doing that, bringing a real structure, a real professionalism in to the Columbus Crew.
On how Gregg's plan for the structure of the Crew jives with the vision he has for the club:
I mentioned that for several years now we've been talking about the need to move the General Manager responsibilities off of my plate and into the competition division of the organization. This was the time and Gregg is the right person to do that. We're always looking at ways to improve the player experience and to provide the resources that are necessary to make our club a success and to give our coach the opportunity to succeed. Gregg is an innovative person. He is a progressive coach, so he brings a lot of those ideas and concepts to the table. It just makes since for an organization to have him guiding that part of the club.
On how he plans on adjusting to MLS rules when it comes to management:
I have someone in Mark McCullers that has been doing awhile will help assist me with that and helps teach me with that role. Also, I'm looking to bring someone in in a different position: Director of Soccer Operations. That person will be responsible for working with me to take advantage of some of the rules and to maximize efficiency in that area. That's something that we've already been studying, and it's obviously crucial to the success in MLS.
On how far away he is from hiring a Director of Soccer Operations:
I think there are a couple candidates that we have in mind, and I am looking for someone that I can work closely with and I think is perfect for the job. It might take a couple weeks.
On why Berhalter is not in Columbus for the announcement and what is unprofessional that needs changed:
We had initially planned on making this announcement in mid-November – next week – but we started to think about treating our other finalist candidates with respect and the fact that we didn't want to hold them up anymore from pursuing other opportunities, specifically Brian Bliss. We just felt a decision had made that Gregg was our guy and we wanted to contact the other candidates that we were speaking with. Also, time is of the essence for us as a club. By making a public announcement this week, it will enable Gregg an extra week to start to build his staff ahead of other MLS clubs who are in the process of identifying their new head coaches and building out their staffs. From a timing perspective, Gregg was wrapping up a trip in Barcelona. He was visiting FC Barcelona for several days, touring the club, the first team, and we felt that was a very good experience for him and will benefit our club. From a travel logistics perspective, for ourselves and for Gregg, Gregg will be moving to Columbus by next week, getting his family out here and getting settled. We just felt like it was appropriate to make an announcement this week and have an introduction next week, which is a little bit different than the way we ultimately would have liked to have done it, but those were reasons why we did it.
On his philosophy and what he is planning to bring to the Crew on the field:
My philosophy has been developing over the last years. You can pick up things here and there, but that's pretty much individual. That's something that I'm looking forward to expressing with the team. What you can learn a lot about at these clubs is their structure and how they work and how they communicate between each other and how they make decisions and how the academy is formatted and little things within the first team you can pick up – operational things. That's what I was focusing on the most. I think that for me to go to Barcelona and pick a training exercise, you might not have the same context when you bring it back to your team, so you have to be careful with that. From the other aspect of how they're structured, it's really impressive and it's really good to see high-level clubs at work because it's a good model to study.
On how his philosophy has developed and what he envisions when he puts a team on the field next year:
I see good pieces, to be honest. I see some good quality within the team, and I think that the team can be relatively successful in a short period of time because the pieces are there. There's technical players, there's players with speed, there's players with strength. It's a good mix. Of course we're going to look to improve the roster, but I'm pretty pleased with what I see already.
On his who his biggest coaching influences, and who he has emulated most, and the "Gregg Berhalter" style of play:
That's a good question. Thanks for asking that. I think that's important. In my time at Hammarby, you have these ideas of how you want the team to play,and then you get there and work with the team and some of the players fit a little differently and you have to change that a little. You have to be willing to adapt to what you are given. I would say that my style is a style of ball possession, of quick attacks, looking to get behind the defense and moving the ball quickly. I know that's easier said than done, but by putting players in the right positions and getting them to think about their positions on the field you can achieve that. It's an offensive orientated style. I want fullbacks to get forward and really push the attack, and finally when we lose the ball I want to create pressure so that we can win the ball back quickly. I think that's an important aspect of it. In terms of my coaching mentors, I was lucky enough to play for some good coaches in Europe, and I think I took something from all of them. However, I'd say the coach I took the most from was Bruce Arena in Los Angeles. You're all familiar with him and he's had tons of success in the MLS and with the national team, and it's his man-management style, it's his ability to make the hard things simple and to really get his teams to perform when they need to. That's been something that's been an inspiration to me, and because of that I keep in contact with him regularly for advice and to pick his brain on certain things.
On his immediate priorities:
My first priority is to reach out to the players. Because of the collective bargaining agreement, the players have off as of today, so it's going to be difficult for me to physically be there and talk to them, but I want to reach out to all of them either through phone or email and hear from them and talk to them a little bit. That's the first thing. The second thing, obviously I want to put together a staff. I've had a little bit of time to start gathering my thoughts and thinking about that, but that's going to be my focus in the next month. Then, moving forward, things go quickly. You have the re-entry draft, you have the college tournaments that are finishing up in November and then you have to prepare for the SuperDraft, so there's a lot of activities that I'm going to need to focus on in the upcoming months.
On what areas of the roster need to be addressed this offseason:
I don't think it would be right of me to start calling out individuals on the team this early in the game. We're going to look at the whole roster, we're going to evaluate the whole roster up and down and look to improve it obviously. I think that some positions could need more improvement, some need less, but we're obviously going to determine that as we move forward in the next couple of weeks.
On the how he plans to further develop the Crew's youth system:
I'm going to be working with Andrew Arthurs on that. He's doing a great job already. When I look at the players coming out of the Crew it's exciting, and I think it can only improve. I believe in this area, I believe in the area surrounding Columbus, I believe in Ohio and its ability to produce players. I'm excited at that process and my first thing will be to evaluate the work that's being done already and then move from there. With guys like Wil Trapp, Matt Lampson, it's definitely quality guys to move forward with.
On what offensive changes he sees being made and what gives him confidence that he can be more successful offensively in Columbus than he was at Hammarby:
First of all, in Hammarby, to understand the situation a little bit, every opponent that we played, that's their biggest game of the year. We're facing 11 guys in their box trying to defend to prevent goals. Having said that, in the 15 games this year that I've coached we've outshot teams by 150 shots. We were an offensive power without actually getting the goals. That comes down a little bit to quality. I believe that there is quality in the team to score goals. Obviously, we're going to look to address that a little bit, but there is some quality when you look at guys that have put up decent numbers – Dominic Oduro and Federico Higuain – there are some guys that can score. I'm excited to work with these guys. There's some things you can't teach players, and we have guys that have qualities that you can't teach, which is a good thing.
On how he plans to get up to speed with the roster, given that players have departed:
This happens all the time when a coach comes in the offseason. Coaches are presented a lot of times during the summer break or winter break, so they haven't been working with the guys. Having said that, I've watched over 15 games of the Crew this year and I'm somewhat familiar with the players and their style, I would say the most familiar I could be without coaching them live. I feel like I have a good grasp on the roster, and although this does come quick you rely on sources you have in the MLS, you rely on a staff that's going to be in place to help you out with that. Moving forward, I'm pretty confident that I know what I'm working with.
On how the hiring process unfolded:
We started out by reaching out to a number of people we respect within the soccer circles, people at the [United States] Soccer Federation like Dan Flynn and Sunil Gulati, Hank Steinbrecher; speaking with folks that know the Crew well – Brian McBride, Brad Friedel, (Guillermo Barros) Schelloto. Andrew Arthurs has a perspective on high quality college coaches and Mark (McCullers) has a perspective as a GM knowing about high quality MLS assistants over his 15 years and Frankie (Hejduk) as well as a player. We called a lot of people, we brainstormed as a group and put together a broad list of candidates that covered former MLS head coaches and assistant coaches, international players, international coaches, college coaches, and we just started the process of building that list and making phone calls. We set up a scoring system, a rating sheet with a bunch of criteria that we wanted to make sure we had a filter for evaluating our candidates and we had a number of interviews in person in New York and Columbus and a number of other places. We had a very, very thorough process, talked to a number of people and cross-checked and referenced all of our candidates' backgrounds, met with them in person multiple times.
I think you covered it. We had a broad list. We had a filter and we continued to whittle the list down, and we talked to a lot of people that we trust in the industry to get feedback. At the end of the day, our search committee was very effective and clearly as we sit Gregg emerged as the clear fit for us.
I'm really honored. There was tremendous interest for this job. We had a number of truly exceptional candidates, and it says a lot about Gregg that he emerged as our first choice, our number one choice, our first offer. It's wonderful that we were able to have him be our new Coach and Sporting Director.
On his soccer network and how that affects where he may seek out future players:
It could affect it, because you rely on quality information. When you have an established network, you get quality information. That could be an aspect. I know that there will be a lot of agents from Europe reaching out to me to recommend players and we'll take a look at that. I believe that we want continue to focus on Central America, South America and Europe in terms of where we're looking for foreigners, but then you also have domestically. A lot of the players are coming from America in the league and we want to focus on that and we want to know the American market as best as we can to be able to make good decisions on players.
On whether or not he contacted Eddie Gaven before his retirement, and if he will be allowed to sign another Designated Player:
I didn't have a chance to reach out to Eddie. I know him from playing with him on the National Team and I respect him. I think he had a great game and he's the type of player that I wanted to work with, but if a guy's heart isn't in it anymore, you can't force him. He's a good guy, he's been around awhile and he knows what he wants at this stage of the game. I wish him all the best, and he'll be fine with whatever he does. In terms of the Designated Player, we'll look at that situation. I don't think it's something that's a requirement right now, but we'll certainly look at it. We want to bring in someone that can make an impact, and that's what's most important. If it happens to be a Designated Player, then so be it, but we're going to look at a whole bunch of options to come up with the right person.
On Eddie, Eddie was a decisive individual. He came in that morning and told everybody that he was retiring. Told the team, told the coaches, and he wanted a press release out that day. He was ready to make it final, so we didn't really have much time to try to arrange for a call with Gregg.
On the candidacy of Brad Friedel:
We don't really want to get into conversations around other candidates. We want to talk about Gregg, but Brad (Friedel) was a serious candidate, and had formal conversations with him. We have great respect for Brad, he was an excellent candidate.
On Gregg Berhalter being described as "data driven":
I would first say that as a coach you want to get as much information as you can about what is happening on the field, and a lot of that is with your eyes, a lot of that is with video and a lot of that is with data. I believe it is an underdeveloped area in soccer right now. Some of the bigger clubs are starting to use that and starting to look at this more intensely, but if you look at pro sports across America, they are virtually all using data to help get more information on players. That's what we'll do. We use data from a physical standpoint, from a performance standpoint, across all boards for the simple reason of just to get a better picture of what is happening.
Across our entire organization, one of the themes is that we want to be more scientific in our approach. We've made great strides in the last several years in being more scientific in our marketing approach and our marketing analytics, so that resonated in terms of Gregg's vision and using data, using technology, using analytics to help provide information in context to make our club more successful. He's very plugged into, I've used the term progressive theory in soccer, so I think that's part of the buy-in to what he brings.
You're only as good as your information, not to mention our owner is steeped in analytics from his own background.
On if his plan was always to come back to MLS and if he talked to Bruce Arena at all about this opportunity:
I think as a coach, you look at opportunities. For me, I never looked at what country it is and that was as a player and as a coach. I was looking at the opportunities. Like I said, I wanted to find a lot out about the Crew, a lot about what direction they're headed before I decided it was something that I would be interested in. In terms of Bruce (Arena), I absolutely talked to him about it. I rely on conversations with him a lot, and he had a lot of positive things to say about the organization and about the people working there. We talked about a whole variety of things in terms of me taking this job.
On why he felt giving the Head Coach the role of Sporting Director was a good move for the organization:
We talked a lot about different structures, and the structure needed to match the person's skill set. I feel overwhelmingly confident that Gregg was the man to handle both. Just the way his soccer mind is and when you talk to him, you can just see that he has the perspective of a Sporting Director and a Head Coach. I think it is efficient in terms of making decisions, it creates a sense of accountability and I talk a lot about our culture. Culture is everything to me, and with Gregg to be able to hand pick his assistant coaches, the scouting department and build out the soccer operations for our club and be able to have his touch all over it will be I think ideal over the long run in building a culture that will help us be a consistent winner and have repeatable processes year in and year out. I feel very comfortable that Gregg has the right skill set to assume both of those roles.
On his feelings about the 2013 season and his expectations for 2014:
To me it's been an absolute thrill and a blessing to be a part of the Columbus Crew family and the Columbus community. It's been the most exciting period of my entire life, and I've just had a lot of ideas bubbling and circulating. I've been on the road a lot working hard on behalf of this club to position us for a very successful season next year going into 2014. I'd like to thank Brian Bliss at this time for dealing with the adversity of going through an interim coach in the middle of the season. It's been a tough year. We didn't make the playoffs, we let go of Robert (Warzycha) and Brian brought some energy to the club and they played pretty well. They had some adversity with Pipa's injury and the red card, which led to a 4-4 record, but we saw signs. The club played hard to the last game. I was very proud of our guys, and we have a tight, solid locker room. We've got a lot of very good players and now we have, I think, the brightest young soccer mind in Major League Soccer and a very strong roster and we've got some exciting players in the offseason to build and improve upon our roster and improve upon our fan experience and our player experience, and I think there's a lot of things to be excited about.


text:
Sign up for early access today and get premium features as they become available!
* Available for a limited time to early access students
If you are unhappy for any reason, email us within 30 days of purchasing a premium account, and we will give you a full refund. It's that simple. No strings attached.
Currently we accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. You can pay via a credit card or debit card that has any of those logos. You may need to call your bank to ask them to authorize the transaction if you are located outside of the United States. We also accept PayPal.
Nope! You pay once and have 5 years access!
No, all transactions are run through PayPal. We do not store anyone's credit card information.
Yes! We respond to customer requests as quickly as possible (usually within 1-2 business days if not sooner). You can use the "Help" tab on the Dashboard or email us at email@example.com.
Anyone can use Magoosh, but it's best for individuals who fall into one of the following categories:
Don't see your question in this list?
Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we would be happy to help!