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For items listed as "In Stock", Sellers will mention the delivery time based on your location pincode (usually 2-3 business days, 4-5 business days or 4-6 business days in areas where standard courier service is available). For other areas, orders will be sent by Registered Post through the Indian Postal Service which may take 1-2 weeks depending on the location.
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Thai Language 2 (Postgraduate)
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Objectives and learning outcomes of the course
At the end of the course, a student should be able to demonstrate…
- an appropriate knowledge and understanding of Thai grammar beyond the beginner's level
- an appropriate passive and active command of Thai vocabulary beyond the beginner's level
- an ability to understand spoken Thai and converse on everyday topics
- an ability to read and translate into English short passages of authentic Thai written in a straightforward style
- an ability to translate straightforward passages from English to Thai, using correct grammar and spelling
- an ability to write short essays in Thai
- Knowledge and understanding of the role of language in general. and Thai in particular, in language-based scholarship and research (specific learning outcome for PG students)
Total of 22 weeks teaching with 6 hours classroom contact per week. An additional 12 hours will be spent in lectures/ tutorials over the 22 week period.
Scope and syllabus
The syllabus provides structured learning materials that enable the student to begin to engage with authentic texts
The series of special PG lectures with associated seminars structured around the six themes, Structure, Texts, Identity, Society, Translation and Transformation (provided for PG students studying different languages). Introduces students to general questions on the role of language in language-based scholarship and research and provides them with the critical and methodological skills to relate their language acquisition to the thematic aspects of the studies
Method of assessment
One three-hour written paper taken in May/June (50%); one essay of 3,000 words to be submitted on Friday week 1, term 3 (30%); one 15 minute oral examination (10%); regular assessed homework assignments (10%).

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So dunno how many of ya'll grew up on this game, but apparently it turned 25 two days ago. I didn't know it was actually younger than I was.
The best Mario brothers game was 3, the weirdest one, BY FAR, was 2 (though I stopped playing after Mario 64). But I mean the whole game is kinda weird isn't it? Eating mushrooms to grow big, flowers to throw fireballs, giant bullets, turtles and mushroom headed characters? Who the fuck thought of this shit?


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General questions about getting started with SilverStripe that don't fit in any of the categories above.
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18 June 2009 at 5:24pm
So if you didnt get the email, Silverstripe launched a partner program recently. Im guessing the team intergrated that map into their Silverstripe installation.
Is it possible for any of the team to go through how they intergrated that, or at least what they used to do it. I have a client that needs something very similar to that.
Thanks in advance!
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22 June 2009 at 1:54pm
Any devs care to chime in?
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22 June 2009 at 2:24pm
I imagine that this was done with the 'maps' module:
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It does not use the maps module. All it is is a custom google map (made on maps.google.com - including the markers) and embedded using an iframe. When we get more partners we update the map manually. Sorry guys no magic
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naw... but magic is fun!
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Trumbo went 2-for-4 with a walk, pair of RBI and stolen base in Thursday's extra-inning loss at Miami.
Trumbo went 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks' 14-4 win over the Rockies on Saturday.
Trumbo went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the Diamondbacks' 12-2 loss to the Royals on Tuesday.
Trumbo went 2-for-4 with a double in the Diamondbacks' 3-2 win over the Pirates on Sunday.
Trumbo is out of the lineup Sunday against the Phillies.
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The cell phone service providers Virgin Mobile and Verizon retain the content of text messages, according to a Justice Department memo obtained by the America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina. Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Nextel, and Virgin Mobile all retain information relating to text messages, such as who…
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AIF pushes back, slowly, on Glades studyWednesday, March 2nd, 2011 by John Kennedy
One of Florida's biggest business lobbies fired back Wednesday at the Everglades Foundation — disputing a four-month-old report by the environmental group which touted the economic benefits of restoring its namesake, fabled swamp.
"This report is nothing more than wishful thinking with no credible basis for the claims made by the foundation," said Barney Bishop, president and CEO of AIF. "It is impossible to support the foundation's assertion that the state will see $4 for every $1 invested in Everglades restoration. Further, it is impossible to even prove the economic benefits will ever cover the costs of the federal Everglades Restoration Plan."
The foundation in October released a report by Mather Economics which said construction, hydrology and other environmental work tied to the Everglades project was creating jobs and would continue to add value to the South Florida region for years to come.
The foundation aired a similar theme Monday when it released results of a statewide poll showing most Floridians want Everglades restoration to continue, despite Gov. Rick Scott's recommendation to reduce this year's funding form $50 million to $17 million.


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This is your chance to not only divert food scraps from landfills, but to reduce the amount of fossil fuels that would otherwise be used to truck waste to a landfill or industrialized compost facilities.
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On your scheduled pick-up day between the hours of 9am-5pm, a One Rev rider will empty and scrap out your tote. After all the collections are done compost is dropped off at the CSWD transfer center before it makes it's way to it's final destination at Green Mountain Compost. In addition to collection, we also offer finished Green Mountain Compost return every five pick ups throughout spring and summer.
Initial Start-Up fee is $15 which includes a latchable tote and a ten count of Bag to Earth compostable bags
Weekly service $8 a pick-up
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We also ask that customers inform us 24 hours prior to their pick-up if they will not be putting out there tote. Without that notification customers will be charged $6 as opposed to an original $8 or $10 for the transportation labor.
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Itanium chips reach ten year anniversary
The 64-bit Itanium chip, introduced as a challenger to the RISC systems that dominated enterprise shops at the time, hits the 10-year-mark next month.
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Good news for users of Windows Vista. According to figures compiled by PC Tools, the OS has experienced only slightly more vulnerabilities than Windows 2000, which appeared eight years ago when malware was far less common.
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Vulnerability-assessment and endpoint security firm eEye Digital Security is getting into hardware for the first time.
Windows DNS attack feared
Attackers may be planning an attack against Windows servers running a vulnerable domain name system service, according to security researchers.
Grisoft launches security software for small firms
Grisoft has launched two security products for small businesses that want simple management.
Hoster combines Windows and Linux
A Canadian Web hosting company is letting customers build Web sites running both Windows and Linux applications at the same time.
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IdealStor has released a 750GB capacity disk for its removable disk Backup Appliance.
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Lotus Notes now comes with a blogging feature for companies.
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Microsoft has released a beta upgrade to its file-and-application server recovery software, adding support for a number of its servers.
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DOE Announces Upcoming Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Webinars
June 20, 2012
EERE offers webinars to the public on subjects ranging from how to adopt the latest energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to training for the clean energy workforce. Webinars are free; however, advanced registration is typically required. You can also watch archived webinars and browse previously aired videos, slides, and transcripts.
Upcoming Webinars
June 25: Live Webcast on Electric Vehicles
The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled "Clean Cities' Electric Vehicle Summer 2012 Quarterly Discussion Webinar" on June 25, 2012, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. The webcast will describe the latest results from Ecotality's EV Project, which the Energy Department supported through the Recovery Act. The EV Project is collecting data from more than 4,000 plug-in vehicles, providing 105,000 miles of data daily, as well as data from more than 5,000 electric vehicle chargers. City planners, transportation analysts, and others interested in electric vehicle deployment can find out what the Department has learned from this data and how it can apply to their own electric vehicle community readiness projects. For more information, see the Clean Cities' webinar listings.
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July 17: Live Webcast on Community Renewable Energy Success Stories
The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled Community Renewable Energy Success Stories: Landfill Gas-to-Energy Projects on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, from 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. The session will highlight both the challenges and benefits of developing successful community landfill gas-to-energy projects at the Prairie View Recycling and Disposal Facility in Will County, Illinois, and the Perdido Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Project in Escambia County, Florida.
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June 19: Live Webcast on Low Platinum Electrocatalysts for FCEVs
The Energy Department presented a live webcast titled Brookhaven National Laboratory's (BNL) Low-Platinum Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) on June 19, 2012. Electrocatalysts developed by BNL scientists use less costly platinum and increase the effectiveness of fuel cells for use in electric vehicles. Platinum is the most efficient electrocatalyst for fuel cells, but platinum catalysts are expensive, unstable, and have low durability. BNL's newly developed electrocatalysts have high activity, stability, and durability, while containing only about one-tenth the platinum of conventional catalysts used in fuel cells, reducing overall costs. In addition, BNL has developed an innovative method to synthesize the catalysts. N.E. Chemcat Corporation, Japan's leading catalyst and precious metal compound manufacturer, announced that it has licensed both the electrocatalyst technology and the manufacturing process.
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Yes, the movie is as funny, outrageous and genre-deconstructing as many critics had promised, and well worth waiting for. But Sami Raimi's "Drag Me to Hell" also played like gangbusters to this crowd. Is it too smart to be a hit? Lionsgate knows how to handle a movie like this, which allows the audience to enjoy its sexy, exploitative, subversive E-ride through horror monsters past (and some demented new creations as well) as it sends up all the cliches of the genre.
The archetypes are there: the athletic hunk, the blonde slut, the brainy academic, the pot head joker and the brunette virgin. Who gets killed off first? Who survives? Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins are part of a mad-scientist plot orchestrating the situation from afar. What the hell is going on? Whedon and co-writer and director Drew Goddard begged us all not to give too much away.
At the Q and A, Whedon said he and Goddard wrote together holed up in a cabin in the woods, basically, to write their fantasy horror send-up, 15 pages each a day, in three days of fevered creation that was joyous and fun. "It was not easy escept that it was the easiest thing I've ever done," said Whedon. "Clearly on one level it's about being a writer. We picked these two guys to be us, manipulating people. Write what you know." The movie itself "was hard to make, actually."
Goddard insists that the movie "comes from a place of love...and 'fuck it.' If we could do what we wanted to do, we prayed somebody would let us make it. We just enjoyed doing it. It seems to have worked out."
Next up was a screening packed with acquisitions executives of the slapstick comedy "The Babymakers," based on a promising premise of a guy with lazy sperm who wants to get back his once-potent donations to a sperm bank so he can impregnate his wife. Well, Paul Schneider is a gifted and likable actor and even though the movie was badly executed and reaction was tepid, someone will buy it.
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i'm thinking cabin will do well, especially as a rental and on tv/cable. just from a couple stills and trailers it's looking weird, but in a fun cool way. i think people will pick up on that on some level and come out for it. seems like one of those that will be fun on the big screen with and audience and years later with friends on tv.


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Heidi Klum Hosts A Summer Run In Central Park
The Huffington Post Sara Gaynes First Posted: 07/31/11 11:46 PM ET Updated: 09/30/11 06:12 AM ET
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Heidi Klum started a challenge this summer to run -- outside!-- all over New York City. Last week she hosted one of her early-AM jaunts in Central Park for Team AOL! It was scorching hot, but nothing was better motivation than seeing Ms. Klum at the front of a pack of runners (all of whom were sporting tees with Heidi's face emblazoned on the front).
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Having smoke detectors in your home should be a no-brainer. After all, the consequences of not getting your family out of your burning home in time is pretty obvious, and smoke detectors are fairly inexpensive, readily available, and easy to install.
Smoke Detector Statistics
The importance of smoke detectors make the results of a 2008 phone survey easy to understand. It found that 96% of households in the United States reported that they had at least one smoke detector.
Unfortunately, the results of that smoke detector survey isn't corroborated by the fact that smoke detectors aren't found in just over 30% of home fires.
More smoke detector statistics:
- About two-thirds of the deaths in home fires are in homes that either didn't have a smoke detector (40%) or didn't have a working smoke detector (23%).
- Just over two-thirds of people report having battery-only smoke detectors, even though hard-wired smoke detectors with a battery backup are thought to work better and are more likely to sound an alarm during a fire.
- Many people don't know that they should replace their smoke detector every ten years.
- Most smoke detectors don't work because the smoke detector battery is dead or has been removed or disconnected.
Smoke Detector Tips
Fires are one of the leading causes of death in children. In 2007, 477 children died in fires, almost all of them home fires, which makes it important to learn about fire safety and prevention, with smoke detectors being a key part of your home fire safety plan.
You usually can't just put one smoke detector in your home and think you have done all you can do, though.
To keep your family safe, you should:
- Install a smoke detector in every bedroom of your home and in the hall that leads to one or two bedrooms, and make sure there is at least one on each floor of your home, even in your basement. You should usually avoid putting a smoke detector in an unheated attic and garage.
- Interconnect all of your smoke detectors, a feature on most newer hard-wired smoke detectors and wireless smoke detectors. Interconnected smoke detectors will all sound an alarm when any one of them detects smoke or a fire.
- Choose a hard-wired smoke detector that has a battery backup, so that it will work even if the power goes out. Hard-wired smoke detectors are reported to be more reliable in fires than those that are powered by batteries alone.
- Get a smoke detector that has strobe lights that flash and/or vibrates if there is someone with hearing loss in your home.
- Be sure your smoke detectors are installed properly, either in the center of a ceiling (although away from ceiling fans), or on the wall, at least 6 to 12 inches below the ceiling, and away from air vents, windows, or other high air flow areas.
- Choose a combination or dual photoelectric and ionization smoke detector, since each type responds best to different types of fires, or install each type of smoke detector in your home and interconnect them. In general, ionization smoke detectors are best for detecting flaming fires, while photoelectric smoke detectors are best for detecting smoldering fires.
- Replace your smoke detector batteries at least once a year and especially when you hear the warning signal that the battery is low. It might be even better to replace the batteries whenever you change your clock at the beginning or end of Daylight Saving Time.
- Test your smoke detector each month and replace it if it doesn't work or if it is already 8 to 10 years old.
- Regularly clean your smoke detector according to your smoke detector's instructions, which usually involves vacuuming around the outside of the smoke detector when you change the batteries.
- Move any smoke detector that causes too many nuisance alarms -- for example, if it routinely goes off when someone is cooking.
- Consider getting a smoke detector that includes a recordable voice announcement, which some experts think may be more helpful in waking children versus standard beeping smoke detectors.
Since your smoke detectors are simply early warning signals of a fire in your home, to be safe you also need a good home fire escape plan so that you can take advantage of that early warning and extra time and quickly get your family out of your home.
Best Smoke Detectors
Although there are many brands and types of smoke detectors, the best smoke detector is going to be one that is properly installed and has certain features, including that it:
- is hard-wired with a battery backup.
- can be interconnected with all of the other smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in your home.
- has dual photoelectric and ionization sensors (although it may be best to install an interconnected photoelectric smoke detector near the kitchen and near any bathrooms, since steam may trigger false alarms in the ionization sensor of dual sensor and ionization smoke detectors).
- has a mute or hush button to temporarily silence false alarms.
- includes a compliance label from a recognized testing laboratory, such as the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and/or National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
At this time, the only smoke detector that seems to have all of those features is the Kidde PI2010 hard-wired, dual sensor smoke alarm.
If you have a home security system, you may even be able to add smoke detectors and heat sensors to your security system so that your security monitoring company can notify you and the fire department if there is a fire in your home.
Smoke Detectors vs. Smoke Alarms
It is easy to get confused by all of the terms used when talking about smoke detectors, such as dual sensors, interconnected, ionization, and so on.
One thing that shouldn't be confusing is the difference between smoke detectors and smoke alarms. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but technically they are different. A smoke alarm actually consists of a smoke detector, which senses the smoke, and an alarm-sounding device to alert you that it detected smoke nearby. In addition to the smoke detector sensor in smoke alarms, separate smoke detector sensors are available that can be connected to fire control panels or other alarm systems.
However, practically speaking, if you go to the store to buy a smoke detector or smoke alarm, you will be getting the same thing.
National Fire Protection Association. Smoke Alarm Basics. Accessed October 2010.
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"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
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A very useful cross-platform calendar application
Moving along to something a-political today; I've been using a groovy little calendar application for a couple of months that I thought I'd share with you. It's cross-platform (works on Linux, Mac and Windows) and I've found it to be the perfect calendar/to-do application that sits on my computer desktop. It's called 'Rainlendar', and I discovered it on one of my Linux forums.
You can drag it around and put it anywhere on your desktop, and keep abreast of appointments and such at a glance. Rainlendar has many features and is highly configurable to show monthly, weekly or daily activities. It's very intuitive and easy to use. But check out the website, where you'll find everything you need to know.
There is a completely free version to download, or a more advanced paid version for a minimal price. I, of course, am using the free version of Rainlendar and it does everything I need at the moment. I've quickly become quite fond of this app. I hope you'll find it useful as well.
That's all for now.
WebMail Notifier fix for Firefox 6.02
Just a quick note for all Firefox users.
I use the 'WebMail Notifier' extension in Firefox to automatically inform me of new emails in my Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts when I open the Firefox browser. Yesterday, I noticed the Gmail notification stopped working, and it was driving me nuts! I checked in Firefox's Tools>Add-Ons>Extensions from the menu bar and went to the WebMail Notifier website, where I found lots of other people were having the same problem since Firefox upgraded to the 6.02 release. HERE is a quick way to fix the problem, by installing an update to WebMail Notifier from the website.
Now everything works again when auto-checking Gmail accounts. Yay!
Another Linux distro that I love: Zorin OS 5
Here I am back to talk about Linux again. I admit it; I'm addicted to Linux. I just can't help myself!
But all you Windows users reading this; please continue reading!
Lately I've been talking to a friend of mine about trying out some Linux Live CDs on his new computer, trying to figure out what would be the best distro for someone completely unfamiliar with the world of Linux, or any alternative to Microsoft Windows for that matter; and I stumbled upon Zorin OS. I'd heard of Zorin a while back at version 3; and while it seemed like another nice alternative Ubuntu-based distro, I didn't recall anything that made it stand out to me. But just recently I've started hearing more about Zorin OS on Linux blogs and articles. Zorin OS 5 came out on DistroWatch last week, and then I saw some youtube video reviews about it which peaked my interest (see links below).
So I downloaded an ISO from their newly-remodeled website and tried out the Live CD (DVD, actually; it's 1.1 Gb.) of Zorin OS 5 Core. There are several different versions geared toward different users, but this is the basic, generic version. I was immediately quite impressed! Even running from the DVD, Zorin OS was fast and responsive, almost as if it was installed on my hard drive. Compiz effects were enabled out of the box and looked beautiful on my 5-year-old HP Compaq Pentium 4 computer. Everything about this operating system feels very polished and professional. And even the core edition comes with a comprehensive array of software pre-installed. Most of the applications are ones I normally use, with the exception of the Google Chrome web browser, which I replaced with Firefox 5. Other software includes Brasero Disk Burner, Libre Office, Banshee Music Player, GIMP, Shotwell Photo Editor, Evince for Email and it also has WINE and Play-On-Linux software so you can run Windows programs and games in Zorin OS. All the multimedia codecs also come pre-installed. The Zorin developers have done a great job making this OS a very simple way for Windows users to get acquainted with Linux. Even the Start Menu is set up similar to Windows 7 (though since I've rarely used Windows myself, it reminded me of the KDE Start Menu). System sound effects are also enabled by default, which gave a slightly KDE feel to the OS. But all based on good 'ole highly configurable Gnome 2.32.
There are so many groovy little details that differentiate Zorin OS from Ubuntu here I can't go over every one. But for instance, when you minimize a running application to the panel, it gives a lovely thumbnail preview of the app on mouse-over. And the default Start Menu (upper left corner in my screenshot below) is also highly configurable. I think there are about ten different menu styles you can use besides the Windows-like default. (Again, see screenshot below). I totally love the Linux Mint Menu, but after getting used to the different variations in Zorin OS I've come to like theirs almost as much. There are many similarities between Zorin OS and Linux Mint; the attention to detail and ease of use make either of them excellent choices for Windows or Mac users to cross over to the Linux side!
My Zorin OS desktop after a little tweaking with my own desktop picture, moving the panel/taskbar to the top and using the Ubuntu Dust theme.
One of many possible Start Menu themes.
So, needless to say, after playing with Zorin OS for an hour or more I decided to install it alongside my Bodhi Linux installation that was already on this computer. And the installation went beautifully so I can now choose to dual-boot Bodhi or Zorin OS on start-up. This should work just as well with dual-booting on a machine running Windows, too. Of course Zorin OS comes with the Ubuntu Software Center and Synaptic Package Manager to easily install or remove whatever software you desire. I think the only thing I don't love about Zorin OS (I'm sorry, developers) is the Zorin logo. It just doesn't convey the sophistication and polish of the rest of the OS, in my opinion. But the distro itself is a thing of beauty to use. A light, fast and powerfully good alternative to Ubuntu or Windows.
I just worry a little about what the future will bring with Gnome 2.32 falling to the wayside to be replaced by Gnome 3. If the Zorin developers can continue with Gnome 3 without Gnome Shell, that may be great. Or I'm hoping Gnome Shell will eventually evolve all the features and configurability of Gnome 2.32 for future versions of Zorin OS. Whatever happens, I think Zorin OS has a bright future ahead of it!
Following is the video that got me intrigued with Zorin OS 5: Windows vs. Linux: the Desktop Comparison
And a couple more reviews:
Zorin 5 Ultimate Review – Ultimately The Best
Zorin OS 5 Core – Windows Styled Linux Distro Review
And to finish; something completely unrelated to Linux. This is such an insightful and humorous movie review that I must share it immediately:
Transformers 3 is a movie about how wrong you were to hate Transformers 2
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Backing up your data in Debian/Ubuntu derived distros
Today I want to discuss backing up your computer in case of major problems or when your hard drive conks out. Because ALL hard drives will eventually fail, often without much warning. Backing up your computer data (photos, music files, documents), system settings and software preferences is something we should all do on a regular basis so your information and precious memories aren't lost. And if you like to install different operating systems from time to time like I do, or just to do a clean install of a newer version of your operating system, having a recent back-up is indispensable.
When I started using Linux-based operating systems a few years ago (Ubuntu and Linux Mint) I looked around for easy to use back-up software with a graphical user interface (GUI). I'd had a Mac up until that time and was using a great application called Super Duper for OS 10.4. Silly name, but it worked beautifully! It Had a very easy to use GUI and explained everything that would happen depending on the options selected. With Super Duper I could clone my entire operating system to an external hard drive, including all my personal files. Then I could set it to do automatic incremental back-ups (only copying files to the back-up that had changed since the last back-up) at a certain time and day each week. It was really simple! And when my hard drive began making scarey noises after about seven years, I bought and installed a new hard drive and in less than an hour I had my entire system copied over to the shiny new HD and running like nothing had happened.
So I searched around for back-up software for Linux, and as usual I found many different options for saving my data. Too many, in fact. Because in the world of open source software there are a tremendous variety of methods for doing most anything, including back-ups! Some were a bit confusing; some were very geeky and involved lots of command line configuration. But there were also (and more so today) several point-and-click user-friendlier applications for running back-ups. So here's a run-down of a few of the many options available for Ubuntu and it's derivative distros, plus a couple for Windows and the Mac:
For doing a complete clone of your system there's the ever-popular Clonezilla, a Live CD you can run to make a bootable copy of your OS. There's also Remastersys, a command line utility that also has a GUI version for backing up your entire system, or even to create a bootable Live CD from your own system that allows you to save all your system settings and installed software to share with others (without your /home user data). The link is for a tutorial on using the GUI for Remastersys that includes another link for installing it. Last week I used the latter 'Dist' option in Remastersys to copy all the software I'd installed and tweaks I'd made to Bodhi Linux on a desktop computer. I then installed it onto my old laptop from the CD I made. It worked beautifully, saving a lot of time not having to reinstall all the packages from my original Bodhi installation. Many people use it to create their own Linux remix distros to share, or just to have a portable, bootable copy of your OS.
Another free and open source backup utility that works with Ubuntu and Windows is RedoBackup. I have not used this, but it looks really good. And I think I need to add something FREE that works for you Windows users, too. If there are any Windows users reading this, that is! Another popular option is Back in Time, a Linux snapshot tool that is similar to Apple's Time Machine backup software.
But when it comes to the tried and true backup and data syncing utility for GNU/Linux, Mac OS and Windows, and one that comes with all Linux distros, it is Rsync. It seems from my readings that rsync is probably the most popular and longest used utility for this purpose, whether it's for synchronizing files on multiple computers or creating a full backup. Originally I used rsync for backing up Ubuntu, after much research on the internet and in user forums. But now I use the much easier ('cause that's what I'm about) Graphical User Interface for rsync called Grsync.
The interface is pretty simple to use. Here's a sample of mine:
It works quite well, only copies what has changed (after the initial backup) and deletes files on the destination that have been deleted on the source. Plus you can create a document telling it what folders or directories to exclude from the backup, like my giant music folder that I already sync to another external partition. It also backs up to an external on-line source (gotta love 'the cloud') or using SSH shares, though I've never used that option. I just copy files to an external USB hard drive. So when I install a new OS, or newer version of my preferred distro, getting up and running again is very quick and easy.
So that's my spiel (shpeel?) on what I've learned about back-ups with Linux. And that's just the tip of the iceberg of what's available. Just do it often! You never know what disasters might befall your computer. I guess that's why backing up on-line or to removable media that's kept off-site is the best insurance against losing your valuable digital stuff!
Here's a few more useful links:
10 outstanding Linux backup utilities
It's World Backup Day: Here's How to Avoid Inevitable Disasters


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New Enterprise (Refit) design PICS
What do ya think. Just maybe the refit version of the Enterprise down the road.:cool:
That's actually a facinating concept!
But I'd really love to see an angled view on the nacelles, just to see how all those details play out in three dimensions.
That's really nice! I could see the nacelles being a tiny bit weightier, but it looks great otherwise. Did you make this?
Edit: ah nvm, I found the creator's DeviantArt page. There's more cool stuff there, including updated and colourised versions. :)
here's one in color. if abrams does decide to do a refit, this is the one.
Nice designs, but a refit? They just launched the damn thing! Talk about planned obsolescence.
Now that looks really nice! The Reliant looks a little undeveloped, but that's a class job on the Enterprise.
The primary hull, secondary hull and connecting dorsal look fine.
I'd just pop in the docking hatches. The one in the secondary hull would disrupt the line down its length. You wouldn't have much choice as that is the vertical face of the hull. The TMP Enterprise got this wrong by putting the hatch too far up, which meant a transport pod would dock at an angle to the deck.
If it were me, I'd tweak the pylons and nacelles.
This design works because you've got lines! Parts flow into each other. The Aston Martin of starships! Have you got a top and front view for this yet?
That actually looks really cool, thanks for posting!
But still, it just works the second you look at it. You don't have to convince yourself it works or let it grow on you.
Now there's a top and front view, I can give it some more consideration.
Yeah I'd buy it. I like it better then the current ship! Nice work!
no top or forward view yet. but i'm sure they are comming.
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The Bears are continuing their search for a wide receiver and will head to Athens, Ga., next week to work out Georgia wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi next week.
Massaquoi is a big receiver at 6-2, 210 pounds, and he performed well at his pro day last month, running the 40-yard dash between 4.47 seconds and 4.53 seconds depending on the watch. His broad jump is 10-7, and he's considered a high character guy as a captain for the Bulldogs. Massaquoi and North Carolina's Hakeem Nicks, another player the Bears are interested in, were high school teammates.
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Is Florida State sophomore safety Karlos Williams moving to offense?
"As far as Parks' replacement, the Seminoles look like they may be OK in that area. Safeties Nick Moody and Karlos Williams were listed at the position all season behind Parks. Battling through nagging injuries all year, Moody had relatively few chances to really alternate plays with Parks as he had been expected to do when the season began. Williams probably won't be playing the position in the fall, after coach Jimbo Fisher has hinted about moving him to offense at the start of spring practice. The speedy freshman didn't play a snap at safety this season, but was the Seminoles' prolific, agile kick returner on special teams. As a result of the way Williams returned kicks, Fisher wants to see what he looks like running in space on offense." (Emphasis mine) -- Coley Harvey, Orlando Sentinel
Harvey is the first of the beat writers to officially put on paper what's been known for a while (and hinted at by me numerous times): there's a decent chance Karlos Williams will move to offense this spring. Don't think the timing here with the mention coming after Mario Pender has enrolled is coincidental, either. Karlos was not going to beat out Terrence Brooks (or Nick Moody for that matter, assuming Moody doesn't move to linebacker for depth purposes) at safety, as I said. In fact, I had always maintained that I liked him better on offense. I thought he could be a good safety because of his physical skills, but I never thought his reactions/instincts were that of a defensive star. And he never played much pass coverage in high school because his team was so poor, and all opponents needed to do was run on them. Of course, I could still be proven totally wrong on this. He could turn out to be a fantastic safety, but I doubt it.
Where will Williams play if he does move to offense?
Harvey says running back. Harvey said "running in space", not running back. Apologies to Coley for my misread. I like him better at receiver. In any case, it doesn't matter all that much.
I think FSU sees it like this: he's not on pace to help the team at safety in 2012. He's the best athlete on the team. He has shown a special ability with the ball in his hands on kick returns the likes of which we've not seen since Vanover. He didn't wow anyone in practice with his play at safety, and didn't play any meaningful snaps there all season. If he gets an average of three offensive touches per game, that works out to ~40 opportunities on the year for a special athlete to change the game. And that's not including his kickoff returns.
If this works out, it could provide depth at the running back position. There's no guarantee that Chris Thompson ever takes another snap for Florida State after he literally broke his back against Wake Forest. And if the move indeed happens and Williams flourishes, well then you might see a different physical freak move from running back to linebacker.
Let's take a look at what Florida State's skill position players might look like if Williams does indeed move:
|RB C. Thompson !
|FB C. Abram
|RB D. Freeman
|M. Pender
|FB L. Pryor
|WR J. Gehres* @
|RB J. Wilder, Jr. $
|E. Beverly*
|FB D. Smiley* @
|WR J. Haggins
|RB/WR K. Williams
|K. Benjamin*
|WR R. Smith
|WR K. Shaw
|WR C. Green*
|M. Bracy
|WR G. Dent
|WR R. Greene
|C. Kourtizidis
|WR W. Haulstead*
|TE W. Tye*
|R. Louis %
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! = Not sure if Thompson ever takes another snap for FSU, if he redshirts to get stronger after breaking his back, or if he will be totally fine.
@ = Believe he has his degree and may be moving on.
# = Haulstead's status is still a bit uncertain as he has had two major concussions and has not faced contact in over a year.
$ = If Williams moves to offense and plays very well immediately, and Wilder doesn't improve, he could move to linebacker.
% = Not an FSU commitment, but many in the know believe the Auburn commitment will flip to Florida State on signing day. He may, however, end up on the defensive side of the ball.
That would be 23, though Louis is far from a lock and there is no guarantee that Smiley or Gehres are done. If Louis comes (and plays offense and not defensive back) and Smiley and Gehres are indeed done, that would be 21, which is a good number.
Another note: Look at how young most of FSU's skill talent is!
Inside, look at this awesome kick return by Williams. He has some serious physical ability.
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I had this dicussion with a friend and decided to share it here.
I think maybe the biggest overachiever of all time may be Buster Douglas
In more recent history I lean towards John Ruiz
Biggest underachiever, in my opinion, maybe Zab Judah.
I also lean toward Emanuel Augustus, but that is because he is my personal favorite.


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Updated Apr 21, 2014 - 12:57 pm
Suns president Lon Babby: 'Hard to argue that we're not right on the brink of being elite'
Originally published: Apr 20, 2014 - 5:05 pm
"Last year, everybody was pushing me in the back," Babby said. "Now, maybe they're patting us on the back."
The change in temperature surrounding the Suns is evident.
In April 2013, Phoenix closed out the regular season with the second-worst record -- 25-57 -- in franchise history. It's roster was filled with unhappy veterans and lacked a heavy dose of leadership. Interim head coach Lindsey Hunter looked lost in his brief stint at the head of the bench, and frankly the organization as a whole looked like a shell of the one that made five postseason appearances in six seasons from 2004-10.
Sensing changes needed to be made, Babby and the Suns parted ways with general manager Lance Blanks, and replaced him with an up-and-comer in Ryan McDonough.
The first-year GM then promptly went out and hired former Sun Jeff Hornacek before remaking the roster with 10 new players, including three acquired in trades -- Eric Bledsoe, Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee.
While the collection of new faces -- from the front office to the coaching staff to the on-court personnel -- couldn't deliver a trip back to the playoffs, they did just about everything else.
Phoenix recorded a 23-game turnaround in 2013-14, electrifying the league in the process with a young, exciting nucleus.
To say that Babby and the organization made a noticeable 180 would be a gross understatement.
The pats on the back these days are more than warranted.
"If you look around the league, there are probably a handful of teams that are as well-positioned as we are for the future," Babby said. "And that's mostly because of Ryan and Jeff and a front office that's operating at the highest level. We have a coaching staff that's operating at the highest of levels. We have a first-rate training staff. We've proven we can develop players and have a first-rate development staff. Our analytics are the vanguard of the league now.
"On all levels, we are well-positioned for the future. Now the challenge is converting that into more wins. We know that's going to be hard."
Repeating success and then building on it will certainly be a tough task for the Suns, but in a span of 365 days, they've proven that it is possible to go from the depths of despair to the brink of postseason play.
With plenty of cap space, at least three first-round draft picks at their disposal this June and big decisions looming thereafter on the future of free agents like Channing Frye, P.J. Tucker and Bledsoe, the Suns front office has noted that tweaking will be the key this summer, rather than full-blown turnover.
In Babby's estimation, the most-recent campaign illustrated the gap between Phoenix and the teams still eying a long run into June has been trimmed quite significantly.
In 2013-14, the Suns were a Cinderella story.
In 2014-15, he's hoping they will earn a slightly different label.
"Our goal hasn't changed," said Babby. "Our goal is to be elite. I've always defined that as legitimately competing for championships. You can't compete for the championships if you don't make the playoffs, so in that measure we're disappointed."
While that disappointment will unquestionably linger given that Phoenix dropped 11 games by eight points or less to the league's top eight teams, the feeling Babby admitted quickly turns to optimism when considering the potential for what lies ahead.
"It's pretty hard to argue that we're not right on the brink of being an elite team."
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While speculation has run rampant about who exactly Benedict Cumberbatch is playing as the villain in "Star Trek 2" -- with some folks utterly convinced he's Khan (or some kind of relation) -- it looks like J.J. Abrams is throwing it back even further, should this report turn out to be on the level.
Doing the rounds for "Dredd," which premieres at Comic-Con this week, Karl Urban spoke to SFX and when asked about working with Cumberbatch on the sci-fi sequel, he let a bit of intel slip out saying: "He's awesome, he's a great addition, and I think his Gary Mitchell is going to be exemplary."
As SFX notes, Gary Mitchell appeared in the original "Star Trek" TV series "Where No Man Has Gone Before." It was actually shot as a second pilot for the show, but wound up running as the third episode of the first season. Anyway, originally played by Gary Lockwood, Gary is a former Academy pal of Captain Kirk's, who gains telepathic and telekinetic, godlike powers. Spock advises Kirk to kill Mitchell, but he initially resists and tries to maroon him on a remote, industrial planet instead. But that effort fails and he's forced to take more drastic action.
So, is "Star Trek 2" really going to center around some friend of Kirk's with telekinetic powers? Is Gary Mitchell just a reference to the show in name only? Is this another classic Abrams piece of subterfuge? Or has Karl Urban truly slipped up? We'll see. It should be noted that Robert Orci recently told JoBlo that Gary Mitchell was not going to be one of the characters in the sequel. But he also said Megatron wasn't going to be featured in "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon" only for the robot to be a key character.
We'll find out eventually, but not at Comic-Con as Paramount is skipping San Diego this year. So talk amongst yourselves and wait until May 17, 2013 to find out. Watch "Where No Man Has Gone Before" below.
Nathanael | July 26, 2012 5:08 AM
I hope it's Mitchell. As delicious a villain as Khan was, he's already been done on the big screen. Why rehash it when TOS has so much villianous depth just sitting on the bench waiting to get into the game? As to the Mitchell character, there's gold in them thar hills -- lots of it -- just waiting to be mined. In the hands of an actor like Cumberbatch, Mitchell could make us forget all about Khan.
MichaelRene | July 15, 2012 7:40 PM
Gary Mitchell was an EPIC villain that was in a seriously wicked-awesome episode. If Cumberbatch is indeed going to play a nuTrek version of Gary, then this is GOOD news guys. Where No Man Has Gone Before was just as iconic an episode as Space Seed (Khan's Episode) ever was IMO. Space Seed got its follow-up in The Wrath of Khan, so maybe we'll get some kind of new spinoff take on Where No Man Has Gone Before this time. The idea of a big budget spinoff of that episode is pretty exciting actually.
sean | July 14, 2012 1:39 PM
Orci wasn't involved in the 3rd Transformers, why would he comment on the plot/characters?
Rusty | July 9, 2012 9:13 PM
As an old trekkie, my first thought was: Who the hell is Gary? The second was: What kind of a name is that? Behold - it is the Destroyer of Worlds; the Bringer of Chaos!! That's right - it's GARY!!!! I think JJ Abrams is just asking all the members of the cast, one by one, to start trouble on a monthly basis.
Bonnie | July 9, 2012 4:37 PM
Should of also mentioned because it's a fan site of Benedict's doesn't mean the person would of been told by him or people around him as Benedict doesn't have an actual fan site he is involved with to be in touch with. Some are in touch with the people who represent him but they would be the last people who would tell a fan site I would think. They give the info. on appearances and such. He's also not on Twitter.
Bonnie | July 9, 2012 11:04 AM
No one, esp. Benedict, has told anyone that he was playing Khan. Have not heard of any fan site of his saying that and if they did can imagine it's all been rumor and that's it. Gary Mitchell would make sense but Urban could of just bethrowing the name out for the fun of it.
Whoever he plays tho it's going to be great.
Powernerd | July 9, 2012 10:53 AM
Cumberbatch wears a starfleet-uniform in the spy-pictures. Would Khan wear a starfleet-uniform? Gary Mitchell would for sure...
Gueset | July 9, 2012 10:44 AM
Then why did they already do a license-approved comic book series about Gary Mitchell already?
Eowyn | July 9, 2012 10:06 AM
Eomer is soo dead if this turns out to be true. I was really hoping though that it was something/someone new. Let's try and contribute more to pop culture.
guest | July 9, 2012 9:46 AM
I dont believe its Gary Mitchell. Its a crafty way of getting people to switch off Khan. Its Khan. The woman who runs one of Cumberbatch's fansite let slip she'd been told he was playing Khan.


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Friday, August 21, 2009
Marmite sandwiches
The Dunwich Dynamo, a 116-mile nighttime bike ride from London to the Suffolk coast (FT site registration required).
Posted by Jenny Davidson at 8/21/2009 11:34:00 PM
3 comments:
- Rainmaker said...
Interesting, you always find neat links for random things I've never heard of. That'd be a fun 'race'.
- August 23, 2009 at 5:18 PM
- Danielle said...
I'm afraid to google "marmite" lest I be even more appalled at the things Brits consider food...
- August 23, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- Wendy said...
Bleah. Marmite.
- August 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM
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Please forgive me if this has already been posted as I am still learning to maneuver around the site and figure it out. Just saw that Tedford was fired at Cal. No surprise. However, my question to you all is this. Is our very own Ben Howland a mirror image, on the basketball side, of Coach Tedford.
Think about it. Both guys came in to rebuild programs from people who failed before them (Lavin/Holmoe). Both of them had incredible early success where they were knocking on the door of a National Championship in their respective sports. Both of them have failed miserably the past 3-4 years because they didn't have the type of players that made them a success early. Tedford needs a strong, pocket passing QB. Howland needs tough, dirty, players with heart. Tedford could never recruit another QB like Aaron Rodgers. Just couldn't do it.
Howland has gone away from recruiting the type of players that made him successful (AA, JF, LMR, etc). Hell, continuing the mirror image theme...............Cal just got done renovating their football stadium this year, and we just got done renovating our very own Pauley Pavilion this year.
The only question left is whether Howland will meet the same fate as Tedford. I don't think so because I don't see any way the Bruins can't be semi-successful with the talent they got, and for DG, that will be enough. Sad but true. Tedford is a good coach who will find employment elsewhere quick. Howland?? Not sure.


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And three songs from The Muppets made the cut.
Plus: Zooey Deschanel was sorta eating a raw dog when she heard her Grammy nomination announcement, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
Other people in the Justin Long vein?
We're just trying to understand.
After two years of marriage.
Plus: Heidi Klum's got moves, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
Well done, Zooey.
Airing after 'X Factor' could have hurt it.
See you later, Jess.
That was fast!
Zooey D > 'Glee.'
Zooey, tip your adorkable hat.
Zooey Deschanel's monster tweeting is getting the web all riled up.
Plus: Charlie Sheen, Zooey Deschanel, and Steve Buscemi blow up today's lineup on our daily late-night roundup.
It's on iTunes now and will be on Hulu next week.
Boy meets 'New Girl.'
Plus: Rashida Jones had to kiss a lot of girls, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
For 24 years, saying "nobody puts Baby in a corner" has been a surefire applause line.
Plus: Kyra Sedgwick is actually related to husband Kevin Bacon, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
Tell 'em, Zooey.
A good night for Zooey Deschanel and JJ Abrams, a bad night for Christian Slater and 'The Chicago Code.'
They're broken down by archetypes: the Rachels, the Buffys, the Cagney and Laceys ...
Plus: Zooey Deschanel.
It had escaped our attention that the two starred together in the 2005 TV movie 'Once Upon a Mattress,' but the Internet doesn't lie.
Mortimer: "You had a girl who was in love with you." Deschanel: "I could barely hear what she was saying. She was wearing bunny ears."


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NC appeals court upholds removal of ex-DA
Posted Oct 3, 2013 1:15 PM CDT
By Mark Hansen
A North Carolina appeals court has upheld the removal of former Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline for bringing her office and the county justice system into "disrepute."
Cline was ousted from office in 2012 after a judge found that she had made statements about then senior resident superior court judge Orlando Hudson with "malice and reckless disregard for the truth," the Raleigh News & Observer reports.
Cline had accused Hudson in court documents of retaliating against her by dismissing a murder case she had refused to drop. She called the dismissal of the case "an extreme abuse of power" and the beginning of a "corrupt" smear campaign against her.
A trial court judge who presided over Cline's removal proceedings found that the statements constituted "conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the office into disrepute," one of seven specific bases for removing a district attorney under state law.
The appeals court, in a 3-0 ruling (PDF) Tuesday, said lawyers who make derogatory remarks about judges are protected from civil or criminal liability unless actual malice is shown. "However, these principles only offer immunity from a civil suit for damages, not from other forms of discipline," Judge Sanford Steelman Jr. wrote for the panel.
Cline, who can appeal the decision to the state supreme court, could not be reached for comment. She is also awaiting a hearing in a pending disciplinary proceeding against her by the state bar.
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Court is back in session, and Judge Juge is back on the bench to finish answering the questions you, the mighty readers, submitted earlier this week. If you missed it, be sure to scroll down the main page for the mid-day edition of What Up With Dat? Answers - Part I: I'll Be the Juge of That.
Asked by Rob L.
What ever happened to the Fetch Monster?
I miss him too!! I still feel like that was by far the best post kickoff thing to watch, it was always hilarious. I feel like the Fetch Monster was always on a... ahem... short leash, no pun intended.
I've been a season ticket holder since the late 80's (well my parents initially, but I've since taken over the account) and I want to say Fetch was in the late 90's? Was it the Ditka era or Haslett era? I can't even remember anymore.
Anyway, I remember one time something happened and the dog blew it. It was either a loud bang/band in the stadium speakers or a player that tried to pet him, but the dog kind of freaked out, didn't retrieve the tee and the owner/trainer had to call him back to the sidelines. A team official then ran onto the field and got the tee.
I could be remembering part of this story wrong so old-time season ticket holders can fill in the blanks, but my memory is that the Fetch Monster after that mishap never saw the field ever again. It was very late in the season, in fact it might have been the last game of the year. He was not brought back.
I remember thinking that was crappy of the organization because it was an outlier and the dog blew it one time, and had had countless successful runs prior to that incident. They pulled the plug on him after one mishap. I remember being bummed. I wish they would bring it back. Watching some kid run out there is cool for him and his family, I guess, but lame for everyone else. The Fetch Monster was hilarious.
Editor's Note - Fetch Monster got pink-slipped in June of 2000, and apparently was axed by Arnold Fielkow. SOURCE
Asked by Hans D.
When did you start your Saints Nation blog and what led you to that as a hobby/obsession?
April 1st, 2008 was when it started. Probably not a coincidence that its birthday is April Fool's Day.
I am from Metairie and a lifelong season ticket holder and Saints fan. I am still a season ticket holder today and fly back for 3-4 games a season. I went to school for college in Virginia and have been here ever since 1999. I reside in Charlottesville, VA, today with my wife and son.
Anyway, after I had been away from New Orleans for so long, I lost touch with a lot of my Saints buddies and NO ONE up here roots for the Saints. I am as diehard now as I was as a kid, I invested in DirecTV immediately, fought city hall in Downtown Cville to get a satellite put on my condo's roof etc... but I had no one besides my parents to talk about the Saints with. My wife is from Baton Rouge and she's a big fan too, but I just had all the opinions about the Saints in my head that I mostly kept to myself.
So anyway, I spent most of my time on nola.com's forum interacting w/ fans, but if you've been there you know it's a ton of idiots. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I decided to start a blog where I could impose my thoughts on others and not have to deal with a lot of the uneducated fans that exist on nola.com.
Somehow it seems that SBNation is immune to the idiot fan, it's crazy. You know, the kind that says "cut Drew Brees, fire Sean Payton, decapitate Reggie Bush!" after every loss?
At the time I felt like my thoughts on the team were superior to the average fan, so I really felt like starting a blog and putting my two cents out there would enhance not only my experience as a fan, but hopefully a few other people as well. As I spend more time on CSC, though, I become less convinced I have that much to offer. Lots of educated Saints fans around these parts :)
Both asked by Friar B.
We already know Dave's profession here... but what about yours? Or the other moderators?
I can't speak for the other guys, for I am not sure what they do, but I am a booking agent for an agency called Sam Hill Entertainment up here in Charlottesville, VA. We mostly book bands for weddings, corporate events and college events nationwide.
I'm focused mostly on the wedding sector. If you ever know anyone getting married that needs a band, feel free to send them my way and I'll help them out and give them a Saints fan discount. We book bands in New Orleans, too. Our bands come from all over the country.
I'm fortunate in that I make my own schedule and it's a flexible job, so it gives me time to do other stuff I love like play tennis (I played tennis in college and had a reasonably successful high school career in Louisiana) and blog about the Saints.
If you could sign only one new (incoming) UFA this year, who would you sign?
Another great question. I've already told you about my penchant for an elite pass rusher, and while I realistically doubt Cameron Jordan can become the next Abraham, I'm hopeful and excited to see what he can do. If money was no object and I wouldn't have to worry about cap ramifications, to me the best available UFA is clearly Nnamdi Asogmuha. He plays at a position the Saints are deep at, though, and it's not a realistic guy to get. More realistically, I'd love to see the Saints get James Anderson of the Carolina Panthers. He's a tough and fast playmaking linebacker that would be a huge upgrade over what we've been used to from an athleticism standpoint. He had a very solid season last year.
Asked by Dan K.
Do you think the Saints will sign any free agents besides their own?
The Saints are going to be strapped for cash. A cap number hasn't been set yet, but regardless of the final number the Saints are going to be right up against it. They also need to sign both Carl Nicks and Drew Brees to long term extensions with huge bonuses, so while that could help matters in the short term, eventually those cap numbers will also inflate the bottom line. The short answer to your question is not really. I think the Saints will add some guys to the roster to fill it out, but I don't expect them to make any splashes on big names. They'll spend the little money they have available retaining their pieces.
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Th-th-th-that's all, folks!! Hopefully you enjoyed some of my answers. If you didn't, the good news is, you get Dave back next week.