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What Does Your Employment Application Ask?
December 11, 2008
This is something every HR Manager or Hiring Manager should be able to answer. The Fourth Appellate District for the State of California provided some useful hints regarding questions on employment applications regarding marijuana use. See Starbucks Corporation v. Superior Court of Orange County, No. G039700 (4th App. Distr., December 10, 2008).
Labor Code Section 432.7 limits the information employers can seek from applicants regarding arrests and convictions.
No employer, whether a public agency or private individual or corporation, shall ask an applicant for employment to disclose, through any written form or verbally, information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in conviction, or information concerning a referral to, and participation in, any pretrial or posttrial diversion program, nor shall any employer seek from any source whatsoever, or utilize, as a factor in determining any condition of employment including hiring, promotion, termination, or any apprenticeship training program or any other training program leading to employment, any record of arrest or detention that did not result in conviction, or any record regarding a referral to, and participation in, any pretrial or posttrial diversion program.
Any person who violates this law is subject to a $200 penalty or actual damages, whichever is greater. If the violation is intenional, the penalty increases to $500 and is a misdemeanor.
Labor Code Section 432.8 (added in 1976) adds to the list of prohibited inquires any question regarding a conviction related to marijuana use two years from the date of conviction. In other words, employers cannot ask about marijuana convictions occuring in the last two years. Many standard employment applications ask about convictions. Period. In California, at least, the applications should exclude marijuana convictions unless the convictions occured in the last two years.
In Starbucks v. Superior Court, Starbucks was sued because an applicant who had not smoked marijuana and did not indicate he smoked marijuana did not get hired. He brought a lawsuit purportedly on behalf of those prospective employers who DID have marijuana convictions. The court through out the case because the plaintiff did not have standing. Since he did not have a marijuana conviction, he did not need to worry about the question on the application.
The court went on to provide some useful advice. While Starbucks had a disclaimer indicating applicants did not need to disclose marijuana convictions in the last two years, the disclaimer was buried "at the very end
of a 346-word paragraph, with a U.S. disclaimer, followed by a host of irrelevant provisions from states like Maryland and Massachusetts." The court had no problem with the language of the California disclaimer, but felt the placement was flawed. The court held, "Had Starbucks included
the California disclaimer immediately following the convictions question, Starbucks would have been entitled to a summary judgment in its favor on the reasonableness of the employment application."
What does this mean for California employers? First, make sure your employment application and hiring managers do not ask about marijuana convictions in the last two years. Second, if the employment application asks about convictions, make sure to include a disclaimer immediately following the convictions question clearly indicating applicants do not need to disclose marijuana convictions occuring within the last two years.
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text: Trimble introduced "My Connected Farm" at the NFMS this week, with Brian Stark talking with FIN Editor Karen McMahon. He describes the forthcoming product innovation to access and manage mapping applications in real time, precision farming data and vehicle performance, all in one package. Trimble also announced products for planting and spreading operations. Vehicle Sync seed-monitoring capability, application management and spinner speed control will help increase the quality of seed placement and improve communications.

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Sunday, January 08, 2012
16 comments:
- margothayes said...
Absolutely lovely pattern and yarn just menat to be knit into it.
- January 08, 2012
- Wendy said...
You're not going to believe this, but I cast on for the same thing as you yesterday morning!
- January 08, 2012
- Jenny said...
This might just be the cutest sweater pattern...ever. Love it!
- January 08, 2012
- Susan B. Anderson said...
Wendy! That is so funny. I can't wait to finish it up.
- January 08, 2012
I really should try that pattern! Lovely yarn ... can't wait to see it all finished :)
- January 08, 2012
- Tilonino said...
Nice :)
- January 08, 2012
- Lucy Chen said...
This sweater is so lovely!
I'm so jealous. I want the beautiful yarn, too. but it's so hard to buy the right yarn in China and the custom has made it too troublesome to buy anything from overseas...
- January 08, 2012
- Johnston4kids said...
I am planning to make the baby version for a new niece or nephew to come in June. The baby pattern is named Owlet in ravelry if anyone is interested. Just trying to decide on the color, leaning toward Madelinetosh Toast.
- January 09, 2012
- Brandi Schoch said...
I love this pattern.
- January 09, 2012
- Cambria said...
I knit one last year, but I wasn't as careful about gauge as I thought I was...and it fit like a sausage casing, lol. I'm looking forward to making another one (that actually fits this time).
- January 09, 2012
i loved knitting this sweater for my daughter. i'm betting you will like both the knitting and the wearing.
are you going to sew on buttons for eyes?
- January 09, 2012
- Innestemmen said...
Just have to try this pattern some time. ON the to do list! =)
xx From Norway;
Siv xx
- January 09, 2012
- Judi A. said...
It is so nice having you "around" more and knitting all kinds of different things. I'm sure your kids are enjoying your presence and attention more, too.....well....maybe. :-)
- January 09, 2012
- Kepanie said...
I've always liked owls esp. since Harry Potter. That'll be a cute sweater on ya.
- January 09, 2012
- Armida said...
That's such a pretty colour of yarn, it's going to look great. I'm so excited to watch your sweater progress. This pattern is one I have wanted to make for myself for a while now, but I haven't knit a "real" sweater yet, so I have to work up my courage first :)
- January 09, 2012
- Suzanne said...
I just love that sweater. Stephanie McPhee did one recently with just two button eyes and I have been smitten ever since. Can't wait to see yours!
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Charlotte, N.C. – The Coker's women tennis team continued their winning streak Sunday afternoon as they beat Queens University 8-1. The win improved their record to 7-4 and 4-3 in conference play.
The Lady Cobras started their domination early as they captured all three doubles points. Rachel Lemar (London, England) and Alyssa Blanchard (Columbia, SC) at No. 1 doubles and Cassidy Spencer (Wilkesboro, NC) and Lindsay Crighton (Florence, SC) at No.3 each defeated their opponents 8-2. Kendall Sigmon (Hilton Head, SC) and Ashley Pace (Clinton, SC) battled and won No.2 doubles 8-6.
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Create a functional Rasa UI chatbot demo from a phone call script To win this project you should have intermediate or expert knowledge of Rasa NLU and Rasa Core, using a Linux operating system on a server. Additionally, we would like for you to script this using Rasa UI, available at [log ind for at se URL] Rasa UI/NLU/Core development
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State Boulevard between Cass Street and Spy Run Avenue will be reconstructed to improve pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety. The project also will replace an 80-year-old bridge that's in disrepair and bring it to current standards. [ Read More Below ]
Federal regulations have changed since the bridge was built in the 1930's. To meet Federal flood requirements the new bridge must be built more than seven feet higher. The area of State Boulevard to be improved also has an unacceptable number of accidents. The new bridge and accompanying street enhancements will protect the neighborhood from flooding while improving safety for motorists and pedestrians.
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Well, a new season of "Survivor" has started, and yet again, it's going to be the most. exciting. ever. It would be nice, just once, to see a promo that said "it's pretty good - maybe not as good as the All-Stars season, but it's decent." That, I'd make sure to watch.
We start with paddling, as we have for pretty much all the Survivor seasons. Do they get to choose what they wear, or do the producers choose for them? Because I'm thinking the lady in the suit (Edna?) chose poorly. Also the girl with the short shorts. People made fun of Richard Hatch for the utilikilt, but at least it was practical.
The players from the prior seasons, which we all know about because they included it in all the promos, are Coach and Ozzy. The other players are enthused to see Ozzy, who is great at challenges and knows how to fish, and less so to see Coach, who himself admits that he needs to work on his self-righteousness and judgment, but promises to play with honor and integrity. They pick paint-filled eggs (what?) and Coach gets blue, for Upolu, and Ozzy gets red, for Savaii
I thought that the first challenge, between Ozzy and Coach, was unfairly biased towards Ozzy, who we see in the opening climbing banana trees like a monkey, but Coach held his own surprisingly well. Both require help from their teams to get through the puzzle at the end, Savaii being a lot more helpful, and Ozzy wins taro and flint for Savaii.
Savaii bond first by going for a swim and then realize that maybe they should be thinking about building a fire and where they're going to sleep tonight. Upolu is more practical, getting their shelter built, and agreeing, for now, to take Coach's direction, as it is his third go-round. Bonding happens afterwards, once the shelter is built. I know I'm more relaxed and happy when I know I'm not going to be sleeping on the ground with no cover.
Immunity Challenge time comes, and Upolu has a way better strategy than Savaii, and they pull out the win. The planning on how they got people over the wall is what made the difference. Things don't look good for Semhar, who insisted on throwing the coconuts for her team, and then sucked at it. This early in the game, that's all it takes to single out someone and make them the easy pick to vote off.
Back at the Upolu camp, Stacey walks right by the Immunity Idol while talking about how the Immunity Idol is probably right under her nose. Any future "Survivor" contestants, take note: if, while you are talking about the Immunity Idol, your cameraman turns away to take a close up shot of something close by, GO SEE WHAT HE'S LOOKING AT.
Semhar doesn't help herself any by being annoying and combative when they get back to the Savaii camp. The other option to vote out at tribal council is John, whoops, Cochrane, (all the good players go by their last names, don't ya know) who has distinguished himself thus far by being insecure about being half-naked and not being very strong physically. They take turns throwing each other under the bus trying to persuade their teammates to keep them, but ultimately, Semhar is voted out.
First impressions? I still don't know the names of half the people on this show yet. Coach is holding back the crazy pretty well at this point. Ozzy seems to be the most relaxed, easy-going person on the face on the planet. (I didn't watch any of the seasons they were on, so they have a blank slate from me at this point.)
People I liked: I'm surprisingly impressed by Mikayla and her capabilities - I wasn't giving someone who lists her profession as "Lingerie Football Player" much credit, but she was useful and drama-free. Mark is lovable and my early favorite, as long as he doesn't take the Papa Bear thing too far. Jim is a lying liar who lies. And sells pot legally. We'll see how far that gets him in the game (the lying, not the pot-selling thing; it's not like he brought any with him). He was going to go on my list of people I'm not hot on, but he grew on me as the episode went on, and especially when he called out Semhar.
People I'm not so hot on (it's way too early for hate or even strong dislike at this point): Pretty much just Brandon at this point. Brandon is Russell Hantz's nephew (he may have mentioned it once or twice…) and seems to have some issues with women, particularly hot ones.
Closing credits: Semhar doesn't get that it's a game, and we learn that everybody else in her tribe voted for her.
Next week: Cochrane is not good at physical tasks…some more, and Brandon talks about being Russell's nephew…some more.


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I would think you would want to check how small a batch it would make before you buy it. May be too big for home use. Randy
Who knows, maybe he can start a local bread business or become a commissary for fresh or frozen dough balls .
I would think you would want to check how small a batch it would make before you buy it. May be too big for home use. A ggod mixer would be used for so many other things than pizza, like cake cookies and more. Also keep in mind storage space and moving this bad boy around. I am sure it is a great mixer but it may have limited use.Scott, you didn't like the Electrolux?Randy
Les I am not sure but I think a food procesor will make excelant pizza dough. I know Steve uses it for the thin crust. If no one answers I will ask around. What does the owners amnual say?Randy
Rolling this kind of dough is not quite proper. Try hand streching Les.
Les,Good to have you back at the forum and participating again. I wondered how you made out with your countertop Baker's Pride oven.
I sometimes use a food processor (Cuisinart 14-cup) to make dough for a NY style and I found that I can get good results if I use only the pulse feature, and maybe a 20-second whirl at full speed at the end. One of the problems with using a food processor is that it has a high friction heat factor (mine is around 35-40 degrees F) that heats up the dough beyond the temperature (around 80-85 degrees F) that is considered optimal for dough fermentation.


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Now that my nose is back to the blogstone, I want to take this chance to tell you about a new and very special person in my life. A person who reminds me daily that I am never alone, and who stretches my capacity for compassion in an infuriating world.
I'm talking, of course, of Eldun, my Extremely Loud, Demented Upstairs Neighbor.
Eldun first came into my life about a month after I moved in. I paused at my front door and wondered if I had left my TV on. Which was odd, since the voices were in Spanish. Also, I didn't own a TV. After I got inside, I learned it was Eldun's TV, which was booming through the floorboards, and echoing around the courtyard, and vibrating the fillings out of my teeth. OK, I thought. This city is full of people who feel compelled to share their auditory interests with the rest of the solar system. About the only thing you can do is take comfort in the fact that someday they will be dead.
Then, about a week later, came the yelling.
I was on the couch reading when I first heard the voice, which was loud and clear enough to make me think part of my brain was seceding. But it was Eldun, screaming into the phone at some poor soul who wasn't contributing much to the conversation. The pattern was amazingly consistent:
- 20-second screed;
- 2-second pause;
- repeat.
This happened about three times a week. For hours, sometimes. And the frustrating thing--apart from, you know, the insanity--was that I couldn't understand a word of it. What was happening in this man's life? Who or what stirred such unrelenting passion? Was it a lover? A blackmailer? Verizon Wireless?
After about a month of this, I finally went upstairs to meet the Voice From Above. He answered the door sheepishly, jumbled gray hair and undershirt barely visible behind the door. He seemed to know immediately who I was and why I was there, and before I said two words he was all sorrysorrysorrysir. And he bowed a lot. I came downstairs satisfied that we had reached some sort of détente and enjoyed about an hour of peace--before some other poor sod was getting an earful.
Later, I got the lowdown from my super, who knows everything about everything. Eldun used to drive a NYC bus until he had a stroke while driving his route. There wasn't much damage, and no one was hurt, but he was impaired enough for the MTA to abruptly cut him loose. So now he's basically a shut-in, a man in his mid-50s who has no one and is suddenly jobless, frequently disoriented, and mostly deaf. And now he spends his days pacing in his rugless prison, filling the void with as much noise as his broken head can sense.
If Younger Me had been the one living beneath Eldun, I might have broken a dozen broom handles against the ceiling. As it is, I've learned to roll with it. Every once in a while, when he's particularly vituperative, I'll go try to talk him down. And if he starts up while the kids and I are piled into the couch watching a movie, I might hug 'em a little more tightly.


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Anything goes - Kanotix/Linux Art
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I have finally created a thread so all this is together as promised. I'll add to it as I make more. Feel free to add your own. I had a look at the Kanotix gallery but it's a bit difficult for my monolingual brain, perhaps somebody can move some of these onto it.
You may want to visit my
to get hold of everything too. You will also find more
generic debian art
there as well.
You can also find some demos
Cathbard's Linux Art
click on the image to download it
Tux Ice Pool
Tux Ice Pool
Tux Ice Pool Widescreen
Tux Debian Skating -
Tux Debian Skating Widescreen -
Kanotix Tux Druid
Debian Night Owl
Tux Defends Carmen Electra from the Evil Butterfly
KDE Swats Winblows
Kanopenguins 2006 Series
A Kanotix variation of
Nisse's Flying Penguins
Kanotix Penguins 2006
Kanotix Penguins 2006 (logo at top)
Kanotix 64 Penguins 2006
Kanotix 64 Penguins 2006 (logo at top)
Kanotix Penguins 2006 (1280x800)
Kanotix 64 Penguins 2006 (1280x800)
Kanotix 2006-2
Kanotix 2006 Eye in the Sky
Kanotix Debianpool 2006
The Whirlpool Galaxy with some artistic rendering.
- 17.03.2006, 10:30 Uhr
Cathbard's Linux Art
click on the image to download it
KDM Login Themes
Most kdm themes have alternate login boxes included
Kanotix Pirhanas
LeStat's Pirhana's
KDE Swats Winblows
Kanotix KDE Swats Winblows
Kanotix Penguins
Kanotix Penguins 2006 - blue logo
Kanotix Penguins 2006 - gold logo
Kanotix users:
apt-get install kdm-theme-kanotix-penguins3
Kanotix Penguins 2006 - no fish
Kanotix users:
apt-get install kdm-theme-kanotix-penguins2
Kanotix64 Penguins 2006 - no fish
Kanotix users:
apt-get install kdm-theme-kanotix64-penguins2
Kanotix Penguins 2006 - With User List
Don't forget to set a user icon in kcontrol>SystemAdminstration>LoginManager using adminstrator mode
Kanotix users:
apt-get install kdm-theme-kanotix-penguins1
Kanotix64 Penguins 2006 - With User List
Don't forget to set a user icon in kcontrol>SystemAdminstration>LoginManager using adminstrator mode
Kanotix users:
apt-get install kdm-theme-kanotix64-penguins
Kanotix Whirlpool
Kanotix Debianpool 2006
To change kdm themes easily:
this kdm theme manager
or Kanotix Users:
apt-get install kdmtheme
All of my themes are compatible with this utility.
Go into "kcontrol > System Admin > Login manager > Background" in administrator mode and change the image to the background used by the kdm theme you are using. This will give a more integrated feel to the boot process.
- 17.03.2006, 10:30 Uhr
Cathbard's Linux Art
click on the image to download it
Splash Screens
Bender Kanotix - Bender grasps for Kanotix whilst running from Winblows.
Uses Matt Groening's Original Futurama characters.
Tux Defends Carmen Electra from the Evil Butterfly
kanopenguins 2006a splash
Kanotix users:
apt-get install ksplash-theme-kanotix-penguins
kanopenguins 2006b splash
Kanotix users:
apt-get install ksplash-theme-kanotix-clouds
Kanotix Debianpool 2006 splash
- 25.04.2006, 17:05 Uhr
Miscellaneous Art
kanopenguins 2006 grub
CD Labels
Kanotix 2008 CD label
CD Jewel Cases
Kanotix CD jewel case front
Kanotix CD jewel case back
Kanotix Logo
Kanopenguins splashy
Kanotix users:
apt-get install splashy-theme-kanotix-penguins
splashy_config -s KanotixPenguins
Amarok Skin
Use "funky monkey" or these colours in a Custom Scheme
Foreground - #FFFFFF
Background - #02162B
New playlist items - #FFE9A0
XMMS Skin
Kanopenguins XMMS skin
click on pic to dl the deb or
apt-get install cathbard-xmms-kanotix-penguins -
if you have my repo enabled
To activate it just use the skins browser in xmms options.
Audacious Skin
Kanopenguins Audacious Skin
click on pic to dl the deb or
apt-get install cathbard-audacious-kanotix-penguins -
if you have my repo enabled
Konqueror Background
If you have my repo enabled just use:
apt-get install cathbard-konqueror-kanotix-watermark
otherwise just click on th image to download the deb.
Once installed it will be available in konqueror in:
View > Configure Background
Cathbard-Kanotix Icon set
Full Iconset. Installs as a full set in kcontrol.
Kmenu icons
There is also a winblows version of this icon
Kanotix Document
Kanotix Document icons
(designed for the offline FAQ page that appears on the desktop of the
live cd or any other kanotix specific page you access with konqueror)
White Firefox
White Firefox icons
Home icons
based on VanGogh's "Starry Night"
How to use these icons
Don't install these as a full icon set. (apart from my full set which is installable as a deb) They only contain the one icon (in all sizes needed for KDE) not a full set. I suggest that you simply open the archive and copy each icon into /usr/share/icons/hicolor/
/apps. The folder structure in the archive will make it clear which go where. You will need to do this as root. I recommend that you use the SuperUser mode Konqueror. It normally lives in kmenu>system>more apps. (or open a shell and type
and then
If you place them in these directories they will become available regardless of your scheme. The kmenu icon is now standard in Kanotix so a dist-upgrade will put it there if you use the standard set. I'll leave it here anyway so its easier for people to integrate it into their custom sets
Beryl/Compiz Themes
this font
These will import directly using the Emerald Theme Manager.
Tshirt Designs
A milestone has been reached. The Carmen Electra splash has now passed the 2000 download mark. Drinks all round on me !!!!
- 27.04.2006, 21:02 Uhr
There is no doubt, that yes, she is a honey for sure.
But how about a little eye candy for us Kanotix ladies ey ?
Just kidding , you don't have to go to the trouble to do that. I am sure I can figure it out. I just need to find a nice pic of a yummy man. Come on guys , shows us your abs (snicker) again kidding.
( thinking to herself) Okay, I have everything those young girls have .................It just hangs 2 inches lower is all.
- 27.04.2006, 21:38 Uhr
kanotix is still looking for someonr to create a complete theme for kanotix. if you are interested,
please come to irc #kanotix for some detailed talk on ideas.
- 27.04.2006, 23:59 Uhr
RE: hmmm
mt_deb hat folgendes geschrieben::
There is no doubt, that yes, she is a honey for sure.
But how about a little eye candy for us Kanotix ladies ey ?
Just kidding , you don't have to go to the trouble to do that. I am sure I can figure it out. I just need to find a nice pic of a yummy man. Come on guys , shows us your abs (snicker) again kidding.
( thinking to herself) Okay, I have everything those young girls have .................It just hangs 2 inches lower is all.
Love your sense of humor (humour)
- 28.04.2006, 00:25 Uhr
RE: hmmm
Thanks Piper
Big Grin !
- 05.05.2006, 15:00 Uhr
Until I sort out the gallery access I have added some extra flying penguins stuff in the first three posts. There is a wallpaper, two matching splash screens and a new kdm theme.
Just look for the kanopenguins 2006 tags.
Enjoy !!!
- 06.05.2006, 03:16 Uhr
Re: hmmm
mt_deb hat folgendes geschrieben::
( thinking to herself) Okay, I have everything those young girls have .................It just hangs 2 inches lower is all.
Deb, if mine hangs 2 inches lower, I'll be strutting around like the rooster that pwns the yard...
ps: had a look at your site... great work on the dolls!
- 06.05.2006, 16:02 Uhr
RE: Re: hmmm
LOL Stryder !!
Thanks for looking at my site too. It's fun to do when I have spare time. Haven't had much lately as it is Graduation time for my daughter ( Yippee, college, here she comes!)
- 06.05.2006, 16:36 Uhr
RE: Re: hmmm
You seriously have to get those images into the gallery! ( they are great! )
- 23.05.2006, 18:01 Uhr
Added a new wallpaper to the top post. It's the 2006 version of the Kanotix Debianpool.
Also two up-to date kanopenguins 2006 KDM themes. One has a gold kanotix logo and the other has the blue one.
- 24.05.2006, 16:04 Uhr
And two more splash screens. They are the two kanopenguins ones at the end of the third post. They might be bit dark I'm thinking, must have been listening to too much Cure. They'll probably look black on an ATI card
Let me know what you think.
Coming up: A complete theme based on the new Debianpool Wallpaper.
(I have too much time on my hands)
- 30.05.2006, 20:24 Uhr
I've changed the kanopenguins 2006 splash screen. The debian logo (the text) was too hard to see on a lot of machines i tested it on so I redid it.
Hope you all like it.
*edit* The kdm login theme for debianpool 2006 is now available and added to the second post.
- 31.05.2006, 19:14 Uhr
Still at it............. the Debianpool 2006 theme is now complete. There is now a wallpaper, a kdm theme and a splash.
Also, the latest Kanopenguins 2006 wallpaper is now in the in the wallpaper post.
- 03.06.2006, 16:35 Uhr
I have now posted a grub candidate in the 4th post. It is a work in progress still. comments would be greatly appreciated.
- 03.06.2006, 17:17 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
I have now posted a grub candidate in the 4th post. It is a work in progress still. comments would be greatly appreciated.
this looks fantastic! how can i put that into my grub?
- 03.06.2006, 17:27 Uhr
It's still a little big to work. I'll let you know when it's actually ready (tomorrow all going as planned).
The grub image is buried in the cpio archive /boot/message but you will need the latest grub that comes with 2006 to use a jpg.
This is a candidate for the 2006 release. I just want opinions on how to improve it at this stage. Does it need extra details like "Linux/GNU" or "Knoppix"? I don't want form to supercede function.
- 03.06.2006, 17:38 Uhr
well, ok, i'll wait for the 2006 release then.
i don't think you need to add an extra "GNU/Linux", you already have "debian" on it. and the grub screen is not for a detailed legal notice or something, imho
- 04.06.2006, 17:33 Uhr
Well the image is now usable if you have gfxboot3 which comes with Kanotix 2006. It's probably best to wait til it's all finished and there is a deb for it but if you know what you are doing knock yaself out.
- 05.06.2006, 12:00 Uhr
At Kano's request there is now a fishless version of the kdm theme in the second post.
Bye bye fishy
- 05.06.2006, 20:41 Uhr
Hi Cathbard
Great work! I love the Debianpool. A quick question (or request), is there any CD artwork available anywhere for Kanotix? My printer can print directly on inkjet printable CD's and I would love to be able to pop out a professional looking disc to give to someone instead of just scribbling Kanotix on a CD with a Sharpie.
Thank you again for all your great artwork.
- 06.06.2006, 07:37 Uhr
CD labels and covers? hmmm good idea. There are some jewel case covers in the gallery but they are pretty plain.
I've finished the kanopenguins stuff for now (barring any modifications that may be needed) so I might have a crack at it. Stay tuned..
- 06.06.2006, 12:44 Uhr
this would be great as cd label:
though the kanotix would get "holed", so someone should move it to the top... i don't know how it could be done?
- 06.06.2006, 17:06 Uhr
Give the CD label I posted in the 4th post a try. It should be the right size to print directly if I did it right.
- 06.06.2006, 23:23 Uhr
Thank You Cathbard!! It printed great!
- 07.06.2006, 03:57 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
I have now posted a grub candidate in the 4th post. It is a work in progress still. comments would be greatly appreciated.
I like the typeface in "Kanotix Piranhas" better - more modern. Also straight with upperlowercase rather than allcaps/italics works better, I think. Just a point of view. Nice work, BTW. I'm still using the Kanotix Piranhas login.
- 07.06.2006, 07:49 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
Give the CD label I posted in the 4th post a try. It should be the right size to print directly if I did it right.
it's cool, but it's only 336x336 pixels...
- 07.06.2006, 10:38 Uhr
I made the label small so it was ready to print directly at the size it is. I don't have a working printer at the moment to test it unfortunately so I am relying on feedback with this one.
The font used for the Kanotix logo is the official one that I was asked to use. It's not a good idea to change a company logo too often I guess.
- 07.06.2006, 12:32 Uhr
Ah, that's why you have used it all over. Shame if they are going to stick to it as a logotype.
- 07.06.2006, 14:02 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
I made the label small so it was ready to print directly at the size it is. I don't have a working printer at the moment to test it unfortunately so I am relying on feedback with this one.
well, i usually resize the cd label picture in openoffice draw. there i can put it to the right location on the paper, too. so a hi-res version would be cool! the more hi-res, the better!
- 07.06.2006, 17:47 Uhr
Now the cd label image you can see is presized and if you click on it it will DL one at the same resolution as the wallpaper.
I guess I'd better do a jewel case now...stay tuned.
PS: I completely redrew it.
- 09.06.2006, 02:31 Uhr
Everything looks great! I've managed to get everything to work, except the grub screen (which would be cool, but I can wait for that).
- 09.06.2006, 18:11 Uhr
The jewel case art is done. It will be a bit ink intensive so If you want a lighter one I could do another. I can't test it because my printer is on the fritz.
It will need resizing but the aspect ratios should be right.
- 10.06.2006, 14:23 Uhr
View (screenshots & demo-video), download and test Cathbard's
Kanotix Penguins
...and please: read the readme if you want to install it!
Bug: Kano's name is not
, but
, so please fix the grub-background image
- 10.06.2006, 19:47 Uhr
Cathbard, seriously cool ... i changed the splash and wallpaper already ...
- 12.06.2006, 10:46 Uhr
There is now a different back for the CD jewel case. It shouldn't drain your printer cartridges in one pass like the gothic dark one.
The grub image now has the oumlauts (or however that's spelt) over the o even if the preview doesn't.
- 12.06.2006, 14:01 Uhr
Cathbard you rock. The Debianpool 2006 KDM theme is great as it the background. Keep up the great work.
- 16.06.2006, 19:07 Uhr
Thanks. I now have a matching avatar
It's a shame I had to work within a 15k limit. His wing looked better with 10 frames than 2. You might notice that he has a fish tail. The Kanotix fish turning into a penguin perhaps?
- 14.07.2006, 14:07 Uhr
logo added
I have added the Kanotix logo without any shadows and a transparent background to the end of the 4th post for use in whatever it is needed for. I will post a larger one before long.
I hope it will be useful to somebody.
- 15.07.2006, 17:39 Uhr
Well i've been at it again. This time it's my first crack at a skin for XMMS. It's based on the kanopenguins theme and can be found at the end of the fourth post in this thread.
If I do more work on it I'll just update it and let you know
To use just copy it into ~/.xmms/Skins/ and activate it in the options in XMMS.
**edit** Well the ABC had a pink floyd special on so I'm still up at 5am. As a result I've redone some of this skin. If you've dl'd kanotix-xmms.zip get rid of it and dl the new one which is called kanotix-xmms1.zip so u can tell the difference. The mono/stereo indicator works how i wanted it now.
- 16.07.2006, 07:58 Uhr
The xmms skin looks sensational!
- 16.07.2006, 08:47 Uhr
Cathbard, do you take requests?
Variations on the backgrounds you've already created, that is?
- 16.07.2006, 13:27 Uhr
Thanks bluewater, I'm still putting the finishing touches on it but. Stay tuned. I'm almost done.
eco2geek hat folgendes geschrieben::
Cathbard, do you take requests?
Variations on the backgrounds you've already created, that is?
What did you have in mind?
**edit** The xmms skin is finished now (unless somebody finds a fault with it) and is now called kanotix-xmms.zip again. I hope you like it because it did my head in. Talk about fiddly.
- 16.07.2006, 18:08 Uhr
A background (or two) where there's just the swimming penguins, or just the cloudy sky. Three horizontal bands with three images in the background is a bit too "busy" for a desktop background, but that's just my opinion.
I love your avatar. Also, looks like you have the timer counting down by putting little white dots around the Debian spiral in the GRUB background, which looks very cool.
- 16.07.2006, 18:55 Uhr
I haven't got the original pic of the penguins or the clouds on their own. I can possibly get it off the guy that made it but I can't promise anything soz.
I can't take credit for that countdown on the grub. That part was acritox's work I think.
- 17.07.2006, 08:56 Uhr
i entered your list of fans
and used your gfx art too
big thx for your great (and hardly needed) optical upgrade for the poor looking original kanotix-release
- 19.07.2006, 11:10 Uhr
I created a
theme using one of your wallpapers, Cathbard!
You can download it
(slam: moved to our server for faster download)
instructions on how to install in the README file.
http://splashy.alioth.debian.org/wiki/doku.php?id=faq hat folgendes geschrieben::
Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add:
unstable main
Then run:
apt-get update
apt-get install splashy splashy-themes
oh, didn't know you already had done a splashy theme
just read it in post
http://kanotix.com/index.php?name=PNphp ... highlight=
that slam posted while i was typing my post here
(slam: his theme here looks better - forget mine.)
- 20.07.2006, 17:44 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
Before you install the new "kanotix-graphics"-package make sure that you have grub-gfxboot >= 3 installed!
Is there something wrong with my install? look:
boliva@HPbox:~/mysh$ apt-cache policy grub-gfxboot
Installed: 0.97-7
Candidate: 0.97-7
Version table:
*** 0.97-7 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/statu
boliva@HPbox:~/mysh$ apt-cache policy gfxboot
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.2.23-2
Version table:
3.2.23-2 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
3.2.23-1 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
3.2.14-2 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
3.2.14-1 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
3.2.11-1 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
3.2.6-1 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
3.2.0-1 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
3.1.0-2 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
3.0.15-3 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
2.5-12.1 0
500 http://kanotix.com sid/main Packages
Is it grub-gfxboot or gfxboot?
- 22.07.2006, 11:00 Uhr
Okay, I downloaded the gfxboot-theme-kanotix_0.2-2_all.deb file and installed it and its dependencies (gfxboot, gfxboot-theme-kanotix-2006-easter etc). Now how do I get it to replace the easter boot menu with this one? I tried the ln -fs message.hd /boot/message and the grub-install /dev/hda but the old boot menu still shows. Also, is there any way to get the "Kanotix Penguins 2006 - no fish " kdm theme to show the text in english (such as username and password)?
Edit:I changed the language to en in the kdmrc file.
Edit2:I figured out how to enable the gfxboot
- 25.07.2006, 09:44 Uhr
op4latino hat folgendes geschrieben::
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
Before you install the new "kanotix-graphics"-package make sure that you have grub-gfxboot >= 3 installed!
Is it grub-gfxboot or gfxboot?
You're quite right, I should have said gxfboot > 3 for the grub.
For the bootsplash, last time I checked acritox's bootsplash didn't work on kernel 2.6.17. I guess that will change if it hasn't already. I intend to have a play with splashy in the near future which should remove the necessity to patch the kernel like bootsplash does.
Sorry I took so long to answer you. I kept getting distracted.
- 25.07.2006, 22:37 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
For the bootsplash, last time I checked acritox's bootsplash didn't work on kernel 2.6.17
Yeah, any slh kernel won't work with bootsplash. It sees that only Kano likes bootsplash in his kernels
- 30.07.2006, 09:39 Uhr
Well splashy has hit debian/sid and me and slam have created one ready for you all. You will find it in the fourth post with all the other miscellaneous stuff.
Instructions on how to install it are in the readme file.
- 30.07.2006, 19:22 Uhr
RE: splashy
- 30.07.2006, 22:02 Uhr
Thanks Cathbard for the splashy and the instructions included in it. I installed splashy a couple of days ago and did not know I had to do the unfreeze and freeze stuff to get it to work. Keep up the good work.
- 30.07.2006, 23:54 Uhr
nice job, Cathbard! Your themes look great
:two thumbs up:
- 01.08.2006, 09:52 Uhr
kmenu icons
Thanks guys, well I'm still at it. There is now an iconset for the kmenu posted in the fourth post. To use it unzip the file and copy them into the icon folder you are using. This will be something like /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/
/apps if you are using the crystal set.
Each icon is labelled kmenu128.png, kmenu64.png, kmenu48.png etc. These must be renamed to kmenu.png and placed in the appropriate subfolder. (ie kmenu128.png becomes /usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/128/apps/kmenu.png)
- 03.08.2006, 08:40 Uhr
Does it ever end? There is now a kdm theme for you 64 bit users.
You will also find two brand new Kanopenguins kdm themes as well. These ones have a user list box for those of you that have more than one user and can't remember what their names are or are too lazy to type. I hope you like them because it wasn't easy. You find all three in the second post.
Feel free to vote on kde-look as well. It seems that this thread means that most of you download them without ever seeing them at kde-look. My DL count goes up but its alway very silent over there.
- 03.08.2006, 11:08 Uhr
And no apparently it doesn't end.
Now added is the cd art for the 64 bit version in the fourth post
- 03.08.2006, 14:51 Uhr
The list box kdm's had a bug if using timed auto-login. It has now been fixed so if you have downloaded it prior to this post download it again to get the bug fix.
The Kanotix 64 wallpaper is in the first post now too.
- 05.08.2006, 17:47 Uhr
I made some Firefox icons to match the penguins theme. They are in the fourth post.
- 06.08.2006, 04:54 Uhr
RE: Firefox
wow, the new kanotix stable will look really neat thanks to you. I also hope the default user name change to kanotix instead of knoppix
- 06.08.2006, 08:17 Uhr
RE: Firefox
that firefox icon looks a bit like the one on the nuovext icon set, but better! i'm not a big fan of the artwork included with easter (no big deal, it's easy to get it to look the way i want anyway), but with everything i see on this thread, it looks like the stable release will look really, really good. keep it up cathbard!
- 06.08.2006, 14:46 Uhr
You have a keen eye there hk47. I liked the nuovest ff icon and thought it looked good against the penguin theme but it lacked depth so I made one that had some.
- 12.08.2006, 17:39 Uhr
The Kanopenguins kdms (the no fish ones and the listbox ones) have been edited to make the Welcome to % note a lighter blue.
- 16.08.2006, 08:52 Uhr
OK, I'm a convert. Yeah, baby. Oh, yeah. Nice work, Cathbard.
In order to consolidate the current installation instructions, here they are. Please correct mistakes.
To install the new grub boot screen (as root):
- Make sure you have the packages "grub-gfxboot" and "gfxboot" installed and current. If you update them, reinstall grub (e.g. "grub-install /dev/hda" to put it on the MBR of the first hard drive; or "grub-install /dev/hdb1" to put it in the boot sector of the first partition on the second hard drive -- and
before you hit Enter!)
- Download and install
(with dpkg)
- If you get a message telling you that "/boot/message" is the wrong one, back it up (e.g. "mv /boot/message /boot/message.original") and create a symlink to the new one ("ln -fs /boot/message.hd /boot/message")
- Test it out!
To install the new bootsplash background (as root):
This will only work if you're running a kernel that Kano produced. If you have a kernel by slh (one that has "-slh-" in the name), it won't. (Thanks, op4latino.)
- Make sure you have the "bootsplash" package (and dependencies) installed. (You may need to let it uninstall "busybox-kanotix" and "kanotix-terminalserver" in order to install dependencies.)
- Download
- Download install-bootsplash-acritox.sh:
# wget -N
http://www.andreas-loibl.de/linux/scrip ... acritox.sh
# chmod +x install-bootsplash-acritox.sh
- Install a bootsplash theme other than the Kanotix theme, such as "bootsplash-theme-newlinux":
# apt-get install bootsplash-theme-newlinux
- Run "dpkg-reconfigure bootsplash", select the newly installed theme, and leave all the other choices at their defaults
- Run the "install-bootsplash-acritox.sh" script
- Install bootsplash-theme-kanotix-0.6-1_all.deb (with dpkg)
- Run "dpkg-reconfigure bootsplash" again; this time, choose the new Kanotix theme, and leave all the other choices at their defaults
- Run the "install-bootsplash-acritox.sh" script again
- Test it out!
- If you want to see the boot messages instead of the progress bar, change "splash=silent" to "splash=verbose" in /boot/grub/menu.lst
- 16.08.2006, 10:28 Uhr
Can someone please write a detailed description like this for the use of splashy too?
- 16.08.2006, 10:36 Uhr
spacepenguin hat folgendes geschrieben::
Can someone please write a detailed description like this for the use of splashy too?
http://kanotix.com/index.php?name=PNphp ... ht=splashy
there were more threads but i guess they are in the archive now.
also the splashy project itself has good docs:
- 16.08.2006, 16:59 Uhr
I think we should say that bootsplash only works if you boot with kano's kernel. If you boot with a slh kernel, it won't work. So in this case there's no other choice that to use splashy.
EDIT: eco2geek has already put a note about this in his how to.
- 16.08.2006, 17:43 Uhr
Thanks. It'd be bad if anyone wasted their time. Updated.
<edit> For you slh kernel users, it's very easy to use the splashy theme.
- Install splashy and company:
# apt-get update && apt-get install splashy splashy-themes splashy-theme-kanotix-penguins
(Make sure you
before installing it.)
- Configure splashy to use the KanotixPenguins theme you just installed:
# splashy_config -s KanotixPenguins
- That's it. (If it doesn't work, see the
Splashy FAQ
for troubleshooting.)
- 19.08.2006, 06:58 Uhr
Thanks for that eco2geek. I'll bring this to acritox's attention. The page that I direct you to regarding grub and bootsplash is his. I just look do the art really (well except for the easy stuff like the xml code in kdm's and the like).
Splashy is changing too thanks to Slam. The next versions will have more features thanks to his input.
With any luck Kanotix will become known for being nice to look at as well as being technically excellent. Any small thing I can do to help that is most gratifying.
- 19.08.2006, 12:56 Uhr
Great. No more bunny rabbit? Or unusual green?
- 21.08.2006, 10:28 Uhr
eco2geek hat folgendes geschrieben::
(Make sure you
before installing it.)
That's the hint I needed - thanks
- 25.08.2006, 12:03 Uhr
Don't knock Easter Tux!! My kids think he's great. My 2 year old in particular comes running every time I open the laptop asking to see 'tux penguins'
- 12.09.2006, 08:52 Uhr
There are new variants of the Kanopenguins wallpapers in the first post. They have the Kanotix logo on the top right so it doesn't interfere with the hdd device icons for people with more than 6 paritions.
- 12.09.2006, 13:40 Uhr
Nice gallery, Cathbard
You rock
- 14.09.2006, 03:25 Uhr
cathbard, just installed the new grub graphics, really nice looking stuff, thanks
- 14.09.2006, 04:45 Uhr
h2 hat folgendes geschrieben::
cathbard, just installed the new grub graphics, really nice looking stuff, thanks
And I just used your dist-upgrade script for the first time....also very nice, thanks
- 17.09.2006, 13:51 Uhr
EDIT: Added different sizes wallpapers and forum image
I just made one wallpaper to Kanotix, have a look.
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/6885 ... 200gg1.jpg
- 17.09.2006, 14:38 Uhr
Cathbard, the wallpapers are really nice - but too small
. Looks ugly pixelized on my display. Is it possible to make a bigger and widescreen version preferably in 1920x1200? A 1280x800 version maybe would do it too, then it is pixelized but at least scaled ok.
Josk, nice idea, same for you
- 29.09.2006, 12:39 Uhr
How about a german splashy version?
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/910/ ... undti0.jpg
- 30.09.2006, 07:22 Uhr
spacepenguin hat folgendes geschrieben::
Is it possible to make a bigger and widescreen version preferably in 1920x1200?
- 30.09.2006, 15:34 Uhr
A German splashy? Give me the translation and I'll see what I can do. (F2 doesn't work in this release, should be ok in the next splashy release)
As for a bigger version, I am limited a little by the size of the original background image but I guess I could do something with the correct aspect ratio when I get a chance.
- 02.10.2006, 19:54 Uhr
I have a proposal for a new style instead of plastik. I really like QtCurve (http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=40492). It exists a kde version and a gtk version, so both applications can look the same. moreover this style has many configuration options.
here is a screenshot to demonstrate it:
http://img97.imageshack.us/my.php?image ... ot2dl7.png
- 04.10.2006, 10:22 Uhr
Well I've had a crack at a beryl theme to go with the penguin desktop. You'll find it in the fourth post. (or click the piccy below.)
If you change it's name to Kanotix-Cathbard1.cgwdtheme it should work ok on compiz but I haven't tested it.
- 04.10.2006, 10:50 Uhr
RE: Beryl
Cathbard, I tried compiz but it has too many bugs for daily use. How did you install beryl and do you think it's more stable than compiz?
- 04.10.2006, 11:15 Uhr
You need the beta nvidia drivers, This is from IRC:
install the nvidia 9625 drivers and beryl with:
install-nvidia-debian.sh -c
wget -Nc http://kanotix.com/files/fix/beryl/beryl-mix.tar.gz
dpkg -i *deb
apt-get install -f
then, as user: beryl-manager, and see
http://www.kanotix.com/index.php?module ... utostartEN
for autostart
That is what I did. ^^There's a thread about aiglx in this section that is probably a better place to take problems. I do find it more stable than compiz but I'm using different nvidia now as well so ..........
- 04.10.2006, 11:21 Uhr
Thanks, Cathbard. I was about to buy an Nvidia graphics card anyway, so I can give it try very soon.
- 04.10.2006, 18:28 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
A German splashy? Give me the translation and I'll see what I can do.
The text in your pictures would read in german:
startup sequence: Startsequenz
shutdown sequence: I guess Abschaltsequenz
I'd prefer something different like I used on my example pictures:
background.jpg: Das Betriebssystem wird geladen = The operation system is being loaded
shutdown.jpg: Auf Wiedersehen = goodbye
an error has occured: es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten
switching to verbose mode: schalte in den ausführlichen Modus
press F2 for verbose: Drücke F2 für Details
As for a bigger version, I am limited a little by the size of the original background image but I guess I could do something with the correct aspect ratio when I get a chance.
That really would be great
@lordpatman: Da hat sich ja wer mein Kanotix-Icon gegriffen
What I don't like about qtCurve (just from the screenshots, haven't installed it: there is no up button on the slider bottom. Or is it configurable too?
Edit: Have installed it - no, it cannot be configured that way... I'd prefer
which is configurable in that way and can also nearly look like Plastik. But why not stay with the default look Plastik?
Mike Shepard
- 04.10.2006, 23:57 Uhr
I'm sorry for the stupid question but I don't use kde very often. How do I install your new peguin theme? I've tried to figure it out but haven't had much luck. Thanks much
- 05.10.2006, 09:41 Uhr
spacepenguin hat folgendes geschrieben::
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
A German splashy? Give me the translation and I'll see what I can do.
The text in your pictures would read in german:
startup sequence: Startsequenz
shutdown sequence: I guess Abschaltsequenz
I'd prefer something different like I used on my example pictures
Thanks. The reason we went with those words is because that's what the audio greeting says. "Initialising startup sequence" and that
the startup sequence. Same for the shutdown.
We were trying to be humorous in a geeky sorta way. Maybe it doesn't translate well.
Mike Shepard hat folgendes geschrieben::
I'm sorry for the stupid question but I don't use kde very often. How do I install your new peguin theme? I've tried to figure it out but haven't had much luck.
That's a loaded question. What kanotix are you running? You need a recent grub (gfxboot>3)
As far as I'm aware,
you have a fairly up to date kanotix then it's:
apt-get install kanotix-graphics
and then you may still need
wget -qO-
Then you should have the themes available in kcontrol. There is a kdm theme manager in System Admin and the splashes are in appearances and themes.
Things like the xmms skin and beryl have to be done manually by downloading the files from the first page of this thread (is it all still on one page?)
There's other hints buried in the pages of this thread too. I see that bootsplash may become standard in new Kanotix kernels too so acritox's script will work for all the bootsplash fans.
Mike Shepard
- 06.10.2006, 16:54 Uhr
I'm sorry, I should have stated that better. I am mainly interrested in installing the beryl theme. I wanted to know where to put the files. Thanks
- 06.10.2006, 20:26 Uhr
It doesn't matter where you put the emerald theme. I keep everything on one place but it doesn't matter. You just open the Emerald Theme Manager in Beryl-Manager and click Import. Then just navigate to the file and install it.
In reality it just creates a subfolder in ~/.emerald/themes for each theme but using the Theme Manager is easier.
I've made a second beryl theme now too. A gothic one with new buttons (drawn specially for it) that also goes with the penguin theme.
- 09.10.2006, 21:11 Uhr
Kanotix Document
I hate the standard mime icon for html on KDE. I thought an icon specifically for the startup faq document in live cd mode was called for. It could also be used for any kanotix specific thing you access with konqueror.
Just click on it to get the full set (also in the fourth post with all the others). The best place to put them is in the /usr/share/icons/hicolor directories. (ie /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128/apps ... and so on. The folder structure in the archive should make it obvious where they all go -and make sure you're root
) then they will be available if you change iconsets.
Hope you like it
PS: My Carmen Electra splash has now passed the 3000 download mark at kde-look.org and the wallpaper has passed 2000. It's amazing how many places that's shown up.
- 10.10.2006, 09:09 Uhr
...is it too good for me, the "White Firefox icons". I like this for Kanotix better there:
- 13.10.2006, 09:53 Uhr
I've been playing again. It's just another variation of the kanotix penguins but with different writing. Don't mind me, I was just being artistic. It's in the first post with all the others (or just click the pic below). It's at the bottom of the kanopengins series right above the debianpool wallpaper.
And for fun....This has gotta be useful for something. It has a transparent background and no shadows (except on the debian swirl) so it will paste into things easily. (Just click on it)
- 13.10.2006, 13:13 Uhr
...just that "debian" is trademarked (handled by SPI) and that the term isn't used purely descriptive in the graphic above, just like the debian logo itself.
- 13.10.2006, 14:13 Uhr
slh hat folgendes geschrieben::
...just that "debian" is trademarked (handled by SPI) and that the term isn't used purely descriptive in the graphic above, just like the debian logo itself.
We use the debian logo's all the time. I thought that this being a debian derivative would allow us to use debian stuff. The name debian never appears without the name kanotix beside it in a more prominent setting.
If there are restrictions in that area I need to know.
- 27.10.2006, 04:05 Uhr
I've been playing with a logo idea. I added them to the fourth post. They have a transparent background so adding effects will be easy.
I just noticed that it this thread has been viewed over 10,000 times. Godamn !!!
- 27.10.2006, 14:08 Uhr
10,000 times...a lot of views! Seems like this is a popular topic, Cathbard
- 29.10.2006, 21:04 Uhr
Now that's a cool logo, Cathbard - the blue swirl with the K and the penguin! IMHO looks better than the K on the konq logo. And apropos blue: The new Kanotix theme is so cool (I guess I've said that before
) - but when I open a window there are those shiny blue colors, especially the window decoration, that IMHO does disturb the good impression a bit. Why not use a Kanotix specific color scheme (and also a darker colored konq throbber - i.e. through a knx icon theme just containing the throbber in 16,22 and 32 and the kmenu buttons and inheriting crystalsvg and hicolor)?
- 30.10.2006, 06:57 Uhr
These are the colour schemes I made to go with the overall kanotix theme. I also have the beryl themes in the fourth post.
I use the second one. Just click on them to download and iimport by going into:
K>control centre>Appearances and Themes>colors>Import Scheme
and select the file you downloaded.
Hope you like them.
- 30.10.2006, 07:18 Uhr
the second one gives a 404
- 30.10.2006, 07:24 Uhr
devil hat folgendes geschrieben::
the second one gives a 404
oops. Try again.
- 31.10.2006, 04:50 Uhr
I need the German translations for these please:
press esc for verbose
An error has occurred
switching to verbose
- 31.10.2006, 05:30 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
slh hat folgendes geschrieben::
...just that "debian" is trademarked (handled by SPI) and that the term isn't used purely descriptive in the graphic above, just like the debian logo itself.
We use the debian logo's all the time. I thought that this being a debian derivative would allow us to use debian stuff. The name debian never appears without the name kanotix beside it in a more prominent setting.
If there are restrictions in that area I need to know.
- 31.10.2006, 07:26 Uhr
I've made the wallpaper in 1200x800 now for those that need it. It's in the first post with the others or just click the pic.
For those missing splashy words...is this correct?
press esc for verbose - drucke esc um details zu sehen (oumlauts over u in drucke)
An error has occurred - es ist ein fehler aufgetreten
switching to verbose - schalt in den ausfuhrlichen modus (oumlauts over u in ausfuhrlichen)
- 31.10.2006, 09:34 Uhr
hi cathbard,
just my two cents:
details sehen mit esc
ein fehler ist aufgetreten
in detailmodus schalten
(intentionally all small letters)
many thanks for your work
greetings, tom
- 31.10.2006, 12:02 Uhr
Look at slam's post
- 31.10.2006, 15:31 Uhr
press esc for verbose - esc für details drücken
an error has occurred - ein fehler ist aufgetreten
switching to verbose - wechsel zum detailmodus
Please take care of proper "Umlauts", and DON'T use capitals at all - we don't do that in the English version either (a question of style, not correct spelling).
- 31.10.2006, 23:02 Uhr
I agree with slam's first and second translations, but for the third I suggest
switching to verbose - in detailmodus wechseln
Imho it's better German
greetings, tom
- 12.11.2006, 03:31 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
I've made the wallpaper in 1200x800 now for those that need it.
Thanks Cathbard. But could you please remove the white stripe at the left? And add 80 pixels in width?
- 12.11.2006, 07:03 Uhr
Oh crap!! I'll get right on it. Guess who doesn't use that aspect ratio.
The German splashy should be packaged in the near future too, stay tuned.
**Edit** 1200x800 image has been edited now.
- 23.11.2006, 10:58 Uhr
Here is a sneak preview of the german splashy. I won't post it in the first page until the deb hits the repos but here it is for your perusal and german proof reading.
Click on the image to download it.
To install the theme, open a shell, change directory to where you downloaded it and type:
splashy_config -i KanotixPenguins-de.tar.gz
splashy_config -s KanotixPenguins-de
I am of course assuming you have a functioning splashy.
- 24.11.2006, 09:41 Uhr
right syntax
Hi Cathbard,
nice "german" Pictures, but the right syntax is:
"drücke esc um
zu sehen"
- 26.11.2006, 13:47 Uhr
The "s" has been added to the german splashy so just download it again. There are no capitals for design reasons. I know it's gramatically incorrect but grammar has no place in art.
You can uninstall the old one with "splashy_config -u KanotixPenguins-de". If you already have the first version installed it's probably easier to just replace the images in /etc/splashy/themes/KanotixPengins-de with the ones inside the new download.
- 26.11.2006, 17:24 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
**Edit** 1200x800 image has been edited now.
The white stripe at the left is nearly gone, thanks
But call me nitpicking - the image still seems to be 1200x800 instead of 1280x800? And when you open the image with e.g. showimg you'll see there still is a very small light stripe in the middle of the left border. I can live with it
- but wonder did you do the editing with gimp? With the latest gimp versions I have that problem too, my edited photos have that small white border which I cannot see in gimp.
- 27.11.2006, 05:58 Uhr
I told you I never use that aspect ratio. 1280 you say?
I've done it again, It has a new name now too so just delete the old one.
Kanotix Penguins 2006 (1280x800)
Kanotix 64 Penguins 2006 (1280x800)
*edit** and added a 64 bit version
- 27.11.2006, 17:54 Uhr
Thanks a lot Master Cathbard
- 22.02.2007, 09:06 Uhr
cd label
I just realised I had the wrong cd label on the first page of this thread. It has been fixed. Sorry about that.
- 20.09.2007, 09:26 Uhr
icon set
I've been playing. This is my own set, not the official one. It has a few extra goodies and some expeimental stuff. I will be modifying things and adding to it as time goes by and will inform you of updates here. I have a few ideas to try out.
Stay tuned.
Just click on the pic to download (18MB). It installs as a full kde icon set in kcontrol.
PS: New cd label on it's way.
- 20.09.2007, 11:22 Uhr
icon set
Mr. Browser says: object not found
- 20.09.2007, 11:31 Uhr
towo@Defiant:~/Downloads/Art$ wget -Nc http://cathbard.com/files/cathbard-kanotix.tar.gz
--12:31:10-- http://cathbard.com/files/cathbard-kanotix.tar.gz
=> `cathbard-kanotix.tar.gz'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »cathbard.com«.... 220.127.116.11
Verbindungsaufbau zu cathbard.com|188.8.131.52|:80... verbunden.
HTTP Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort... 200 OK
Länge: 21.733.533 (21M) [application/x-tar]
11% [============> ] 2.547.360 178.92K/s ETA 01:45
No Problem here.
- 20.09.2007, 11:36 Uhr
Download it again. I have actually made some major changes. Brand new filesystem icons. You're gonna love it.
- 20.09.2007, 11:50 Uhr
OK, now it works
- 20.09.2007, 12:13 Uhr
Matching Amarok skin:
click pic to download
It looks ok with the "funky monkey" Colour schem but for the full effect select a Custom color scheme in the Amarok Appearance configuration (the same place you import this theme) and use these colors:
Foreground - #FFFFFF
Background - #02162B
New playlist items - #FFE9A0
- 21.09.2007, 07:01 Uhr
New CD label. The hole in the middle won't cut through the middle of the penguins now and KANOTIX won't be obscured if it's in a paper sleeve with a window.
click on the pics to get the full image
- 21.09.2007, 10:06 Uhr
And for those that want rc tags here is rc7. I'll edit it as new ones come out.
click on the pics to get the full image
- 23.09.2007, 18:30 Uhr
New repo
My kanotix icon theme is in my new (still mostly empty) repo so if you like, you can add it to your list to make it available via apt-get and stay up to date as I work on it.
Just add the following to the bottom of your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb ftp://cathbard.com/ ./
You will have to be root of course.
You will also have to gpg sign it. To do that open a konsole and:
gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 4E3866DB
apt-key add /root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
Then you can start installing:
apt-get update
apt-get install cathbard-icons-kanotix
Now it should be available in the Appearances> Icons in your control centre.
My repo will always just be art and stuff, no programs that might interfere with your system.
PS: Also in the repo now:
Kanotix Penguins XMMS theme:
apt-get install cathbard-xmms-kanotix-penguins
When you go into the skin browser in xmms there are two directories listed that you have to click on, this will be in /usr/share/xmms/Skins.
Kanotix Penguins Amarok theme:
apt-get install cathbard-amarok-kanotix-penguins
don't forget to change the colours in amarok to those in the readme (/usr/share/apps/amarok/themes/kanotix-penguins/Readme) or use funky monkey.
Hint* Open konqueror and type this in the location field:
that will list all packages available since last apt-get update. Then just bookmark it and you can see all the new stuff at a glance, just run an apt-get update and visit the bookmark.
- 25.09.2007, 21:24 Uhr
RE: New repo
Very nice work, Cathbard! Especially your
Kanotix emerald theme
, which I've been using on other distros besides Kanotix.
- 22.10.2007, 05:29 Uhr
Thanks eco2geek. I must do some more emerald themes and put them into debs. My button making skills have improved recently so I really should knock up some new ones. I push my old machine too hard to run compiz (or whatever) so I always forget about it.
And now for something completely different:
What really ended the Ice Age
Tux Ice Pool
(just click on it)
Tux was drawn in inkscape and the rest was done in gimp. That's a frozen stream running into a frozen pool in New Zealand (a gpl image).
- 08.11.2007, 04:27 Uhr
Debian Night Owl
Something new:
Debian Night Owl
- 08.11.2007, 23:49 Uhr
RE: Debian Night Owl
- 18.02.2008, 14:48 Uhr
Tux Druid
And now - Tux the Kanotix Druid
Kanotix Tux Druid
click the image to download
- 20.02.2008, 02:04 Uhr
RE: Tux Druid
Congratulations! It's very good job!
- 26.02.2008, 15:38 Uhr
Debian Predators
Thanks Codo. Here's something new.
Debian Predators
- 03.03.2008, 15:33 Uhr
kanotix icon theme
i have installed kanotix icon theme on thorhammer, but there are other icons from another distro in it......
- 07.03.2008, 10:28 Uhr
Those icons aren't coming from my set. My set is for KDE and that looks like a gtk app to me which will be pulling the icons from somewhere else.
Sorry but I don't do gnomes, I can't stand the little blighters.
- 08.03.2008, 02:55 Uhr
Cathbard hat folgendes geschrieben::
Sorry but I don't do gnomes, I can't stand the little blighters.
- 08.03.2008, 10:50 Uhr
Kanotix default looks so good and so cool that I never looked for anything else.
Nice jobs by the way.
- 09.03.2008, 08:07 Uhr
Tux Debian Skating
Tux in some more Debian Art
Tux Debian Skating -
Tux Debian Skating Widescreen -
- 02.04.2008, 04:48 Uhr
I've repackaged the kanotix xmms theme for audacious so you can have it in both apps now (debian are dropping xmms in future releases, much to my chagrin):
Audacious Skin
click on pic to dl the deb or
apt-get install cathbard-audacious-kanotix-penguins -
if you have my repo enabled
- 03.04.2008, 12:29 Uhr
konqueror watermark
I've created a background for konqueror. If you have my repo enabled just use:
apt-get install cathbard-konqueror-kanotix-watermark
otherwise just click on th image to download the deb.
Once installed it will be available in konqueror in:
View > Configure Background
- 03.04.2008, 13:57 Uhr
konqueror watermark
thanks for your work Cathbard!
Alle Zeiten sind GMT + 1 Stunde
© 2003-2007


text:
So much that seems obvious to us today was once quite the opposite. I was recently reading It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs, a 1984 Chris Drumm chapbook of R. A. Lafferty nonfiction, and came across the following passage:
Science Fiction is a collection of guerrilla bands each challenging hte rights of the others to belong to the centrality. The band most challenged by the others is 'high fantasy', sometimes called 'Sword and Sorcery'. There is a lot of stylized sneering at 'S and S'.Which is interesting because today any reasonably read fan of fantasy understands that sword & sorcery is not the same thing as high fantasy. The usefulness of the term is essentially to sort works like Michael Moorcock's Elric stories and Fritz Leiber's tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser into one camp (sword and sorcery) and J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and George R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice into another (high fantasy). It's a useful distinction because the two groups really are engaged in distinct enterprises. The one is more playful than the other while the other is more serious than the one.
But back in 1979, when the essay originally appeared, such distinctions were very muddy. The difference between high fantasy and low fantasy (a term which, like S and S, has fallen out of popular use) seemed pretty clear -- high fantasy occurred in a created world and low fantasy occurred in our own. But Lafferty, who was nobody's fool, managed to conflate sword and sorcery with high fantasy and identify them both with heroic fantasy.
This was possible because back then there wasn't a whole lot of scholarship in the science fiction genre (and what there was, tended to be resented; "let's keep science fiction in the gutter, where it belongs" being a common rallying cry) and far less in the fantasy genre. If you wanted to look up a definition of sword and sorcery, you were out of luck.
Unless, that is, you had a copy of the April 6, 1961 issue of Ancalagon.
Ancalagon was what was then known as a "crudzine" -- term pretty much self-defining -- put out by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. In it, there appeared a letter from Fritz Leiber, suggesting "sword-and-sorcery as a good popular catchphrase for the heroic fantasy he and fellow fans loved.
The term might well have been forgotten (Ancalagon had a very small readership, but Philadelphia superfan (and later editor, publisher, agent, and pretty much everything else) George Scithers who got Leiber to expand upon the theme in George's prestigious heroic fantasy zine, Amra:
I feel more certain than ever that this field should be called the sword-and-sorcery story. This accurately describes the points of culture-level and supernatural element and also immediately distinguishes it from the cloak-and-sword (historical adventure) story—and (quite incidentally) from the cloak-and-dagger (international espionage) story too!So from the very start, sword and sorcery was defined as being equivalent to heroic fantasy. Leiber did not specify it had to occur in an invented world, so it was not identical with high fantasy, a term which I suspect was invented rather later in the game.
But why did Leiber choose Ancalagon of all publications to name a sub-genre in? I suspect he wrote more than one letter to more than one zine. That's only speculation, of course. Still . . . it might be worth your while to go through Great-Great-Granddad's stash of fanzines, just in case.


text:
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 18 (UPI) -- The United Arab Emirates, increasingly a major military power in the Persian Gulf, is stepping up efforts to develop its own defense industry.
In large part, it's doing this by making Western defense companies set up high-tech projects in the federation as a condition of lucrative arms contracts to diversify its economy from a dependence on oil and gas exports.
"It's a desire by the Emirates to become more self-sufficient," said Theodore Karasik, director of research at Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, a security consultancy in Dubai.
"In the last decade, the UAE has been the leader of this type of activity in the Gulf Security Council," the Arab regional alliance that also comprises Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain.
"It's the intention of the rest of the GCC countries to catch up," Karasik said.
That may well be but the Emirates is by far the most advanced in establishing its own defense industry, even more so than Saudi Arabia, the most powerful of the gulf monarchies, on the back of the billions of dollars they have spent on buying Western weapons systems.
A sizable proportion of the so-called offset defense manufacturing projects established in the Abu Dhabi and Dubai, respectively the economic and financial powerhouses of the Emirates, stem from major defense and aviation exhibitions they stage annually.
The 11th biennial International Defense Exposition, known as IDEX, in Abu Dhabi in February produced contracts worth $20 billion.
The Emirates' effort to secure offset deals has been boosted by the focus of Western defense contractors on foreign sales to compensate for stringent cuts in domestic defense spending by Western governments.
"A trend evident at IDEX is the need to establish full joint-venture relationships with local countries, particularly those associated with local governments and sovereign wealth funds," Oxford Analytica observed.
"At its root, the move toward joint venturing is driven by regional governments seeking organic defense capabilities, as well as questions by regional leaders about how long Washington will remain fully engaged in the region."
The Emirates, the world's fourth largest arms importer and riding on the back of high oil and gas revenues, is expected to spend nearly $13 billion on defense over the next three years compared to $9.3 billion in 2011.
The federation has several joint venture deals with global defense giants such as Lockheed Martin and the Boeing Co. of the United States.
A couple of months ago, the Tawazun defense company, owned by the Abu Dhabi government and a creation of the military offset program, announced a deal with Sweden's Saab to build advanced radar systems in the Emirates.
On Feb. 21, the last day of this year's IDEX, the Emirates military announced it would buy 1,000 of Tawazun's high mobility Nimr armored tactical vehicles designed for desert operations.
The Nimr is the first piece of military hardware system built entirely in the Emirates.
Abu Dhabi Ship Building, arguably the most advanced defense contractor in the GCC, has built two 420-ton landing craft for the Bahrain navy at the company's $30 million headquarters in the Mussafah industrial zone.
Along with Mubadala, established in 2002 as Abu Dhabi's investment vehicle in sectors as diverse as aerospace, energy, infrastructure and services, ADSB is in the forefront of building up an indigenous defense sector.
It was established in 1995 as a joint venture between Newport News Shipbuilding of Virginia and the UAE Offset Group, now owned by the Abu Dhabi government.
Its most important contract, for five of the six planned Baynunah class corvettes for the emirates' navy with ADSB's strategic partner, Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie of Cherbourg, France, is nearing completion.
Project Baynunah, worth $1 billion, is the Emirates navy's flagship naval procurement program, and points to the federation becoming the first Arab state to build its own navy.
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies, a Mubadala subsidiary, has a partnership venture with Sikorsky Aerospace and Lockheed Martin, both of the United States, in the Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Center.
Raytheon is expected to set up manufacturing plants when it upgrades the Emirates' Patriot missile systems, boosting a burgeoning defense and aerospace industry that's arguably the most advanced in the Arab world.


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BunnRee wrote:Hi Lack, I have one of those games 10174858 that keeps trying to load scripts.
lackattack wrote:Unfortunately the game log stopped recording information for turns taken during a period of 4 hours last night, from CC Time: 2011-11-30 19:20:00 to CC Time: 2011-11-30 23:20:00. The game log data is gone for good and cannot be recovered. The problem stemmed from the fact that we recorded the 2,147,483,647th log entry last night and that is a magic number for computers - the maximum size of an integer in some cases.
The good news is that attacks, point exchanges etc. were all calculated and processed correctly. Your games were not corrupted even though the logs might seem to indicate something is fishy.
After the recording of game logs had been restored there was still a bug that sometimes caused game log entries to repeat themselves over and over. This is now fixed as well.
Please note that some community scripts may produce errors or miscalculations when used with games that are missing game log entries.
Thank you and best of luck with your conquest!
Elmo9199 wrote:well, hope this is the last of this kind of bug.
ever heard of the Unix 2038 bug?
*EDIT: after some web searching about the Unix 2038, the same integer that crashed the game logs will also reset the time from 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038 to some time in 1901 in computers. it WILL crash computers. kinda like Y2K.
it WILL crash computers. kinda like Y2K.
drunkmonkey wrote:I'm filing a C&A report right now. Its nice because they have a drop-down for "jefjef".
jefjef wrote:
I don't much remember comps doing the Y2K crash.
Elmo9199 wrote:jefjef wrote:
I don't much remember comps doing the Y2K crash.
That's because the bugs were FIXED. In the Unix 2038 problem, 32-bit computers will run out of integers. In Y2K, the computers simply misread the year 2000 as 1900.
I'm not scared of my comp crashing, I'm scared of old, Cold War era comps that haven't been updated capable of launching missiles. Like the following:
Mertvaya Ruka is a old Soviet computer that can launch nukes. From Cracked.com:
In America, that might be the name of a horror movie or a masturbation technique. In Russia, it is the name given to the giant border-wide robot installed around the city of Moscow whose only job is to kill you and everyone you've ever loved. The robot detected that a nuke had just been dropped. Ol' Dead Hand would run signals up to the silos to double check that nobody was responding. Upon confirming that the people with their finger on the doomsday button were dead (or on a piss break, whatever), the system automatically launched all the Soviet weapons at the United States. No talk. No getting permission. Not even engaging Jimmy Carter in a stern dressing down to see if you could get him to give you New York City. Mertvaya Ruka launched immediately, and cut out the middleman. And the first guy. And the last guy. It was a doomsday robot, is what we're saying here.
While the Russians are unsettlingly quiet on the matter today, the mysterious UVB-76 radio transmission is believed to be part of Mertvaya Ruka, so it is generally believed to still be active in Moscow.
See that? a doomsday robot might malfunction.
king sam wrote:quit facebook stalking me... and Im a sailor all I do is drunk, cuss and make illegitimate kids when Im away from CC
dont sig that
Elmo9199 wrote:guys, i found out that now all data from that time period was deleted.
Evidence - http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=10137571
look for 2011-11-30 and you'll see data from 21:05:47 - 22:49:17, at the time the bug was in effect.
odd, huh
esiemer wrote:this glitch has ruined one of my most enjoyable games ever. we've been playing for over a year, and it has been tense, close, back-and-forth with none of the final 3 players able to gain advantage. then the glitch occurs in Round 163. we try to each skip a turn so that it is fair for the person we thought got skipped. this doesn't work, and then we learn the player was never skipped, but we can't see the log to determine what happened, and one player has come out strong enough to win now, after over a year of strategizing and near perfect gameplay, game 8284929 is going to end soon because of this glitch.
the only fair solution would be if there is some way to roll it back to the beginning of round 163.
i know there are bigger problems and injustices in the world, but this sucks.
esiemer wrote:this glitch has ruined one of my most enjoyable games ever. we've been playing for over a year, and it has been tense, close, back-and-forth with none of the final 3 players able to gain advantage. then the glitch occurs in Round 163. we try to each skip a turn so that it is fair for the person we thought got skipped. this doesn't work, and then we learn the player was never skipped
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Jan. 8, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In its New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) season-opener, the MIT women's basketball team fell to host Smith College, 60-30, on Wednesday night. Cheryl Kwinn paced the Engineers (3-7, 0-1 NEWMAC) with 11 rebounds, eight points, and two assists. Clara Yuan contributed six points, three steals, and three assists while Kristen Whaley posted six points, four boards, and a block. Jamie Simmons added five points to the Cardinal and Gray's cause.
The opening five minutes were closely played as a put-back by Kwinn knotted the score at eight and resulted in the game's fourth tie. A basket by the Pioneers on their ensuing possession sparked a 16-0 run. MIT countered with an 11-5 spurt that brought it within 10 (29-19) at the 3:37 mark. Smith tallied eight of the last 10 points to establish a 37-21 advantage at the break.
The Engineers trimmed their deficit to 13 (39-26) on a three-pointer by Simmons with 15:36 on the clock. The Pioneers rattled off 13 unanswered points before a free-throw by Sally Simpson ended an eight-minute scoring drought. The game became a defensive battle down the stretch as both sides combined for 11 points.


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A week later after I saw this commercial, I saw a link to an article and video on either Yahoo or MSN, about an airliner who was looking for ways to cuts cost. The article, Restroom Ransom? Airline mulls toilet toll, is a story about an Ireland airliner, who is considering charging a toll to customers for bathroom use.
In today's debit card and cash free society, this idea seems absurd and has the been the source of many jokes. I have flown in an airplane less than ten times during my lifetime, and have never used the airplane restroom. I intentionally try to take care of these needs prior to boarding the plane. I know how cluster-phobic it feels to use a bathroom on a bus like Greyhound, so I assume that an airplane bathroom experience would be worse. Despite my lack of experience in using airplane bathrooms, I would not want a toll to be charged for this service. One never knows when and where nature will call, so if nature calls while I am on a plane, I don't want to have to wonder if I have enough change for a toll.
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Tornado Touches Down In Queens, NY! (Footage)
"Heavy weather like tornadoes isn't as common in New York and points north as it is in the Midwest and the South, but it looks as though this Saturday may be an exception. The National Weather Service has already issued multiple severe thunderstorm and tornado watches and warnings for New York and New England. If you're skeptical about the possibility of twisters in New York (all the boroughs have had their share of such severe weather, but they're not going to give Oklahoma City a run for its money any time soon), Youtube user Roy Currlin's nearly 6-minute video of an apparent tornado blasting through a neighborhood in Queens late Saturday morning may give you some pause:" -http://observer.com
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Joe Woods Wins 2008 Melges 32 East Coast Championship, Named Boat of the Week!
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27 April 2008
Congratulations to Joe Woods and his Red Melges 32 as he is the 2008 Melges 32 East Coast Champion! After three very intense and challenging days of racing it was down to the wire competition for the fifteen strong fleet. Woods not only won the elite Melges 32 division, he also took home Sailing World's Annapolis NOOD Boat of the Week honors.
Eight total races were completed with Woods taking the win, ahead of Saturday overall leaders Marty Kullman and Mike Carroll on New Wave. For Jeff Ecklund on Star it was a progressive journey over the weekend to finish in third.
Stay tuned to this site as a full report will follow shortly!