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Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD and Mandriva One 2010: Reviewed and Compared
I'm used to reviewing one distro at a time, and that has worked quite well. You could read a review and assuming it is well written and detailed, decide whether to download and install it on your PC. For this review, however, I'm doing a two-for-one – revewing and comparing two very popular distros. For the reader, I think it makes it very easy (or easier) to evaluate distros. So for this combo-review, I'm taking on Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD and Mandriva One 2010.
Ubuntu and Mandriva are two of the most popular desktop Linux brands. Both are backed by commercial entities. Ubuntu by Canonical Ltd., and Mandriva by Mandriva. Both are free to download and use, and have a vibrant, online user community. Ubuntu is a GNOME-based distro, while Mandriva One has separate iso images for GNOME and KDE desktop environments. In order not to compare apples to oranges, this review features Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD and the GNOME edition of Mandriva One 2010.
Any review should always begin from the beginning – the installer, or the installation procedure. And that's exactly what I'm going to do here.
So, let's being – from the very beginning.
The Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD installer is supported on 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. The installation process is just a simple, six-step routine. No support for LVM, RAID, and disk encryption. By default, Ubuntu creates one main partition, using the ext4 file system. The installer gives you the option to boot into the Live environment, or to install it on your PC, bypassing the Live environment.
Ubuntu desktop boot screen
The Mandriva One 2010 installer is a Live CD with the option to install to hard drive from the Live environment. With Mandriva One, you have to boot into the Live environment. The installer is supported only on 32-bit platforms. During installation, you have the option to configure NTP (manual configuration is default). LVM, soft-RAID, and full disk encryption are supported.
Mandriva One 2010 boot screen
THE EDGE: At the installer level, Mandriva wins easily – no contest here. When evaluating a Linux or BSD desktop operating system, you want to make sure that it has support for LVM and disk encryption. LVM is not a must-have for every user, but in today's computing environment, you need disk encryption. Why is disk encryption that important?
The Mandriva One installer is less automated than the Ubuntu Live CD installer, and offers more advanced options. With the Mandriva installer you have the option to choose between using GRUB or LILO as bootloader, with GRUB as the default. Ubuntu installer does not give you a bootloader option. GRUB is it.
One of the most annoying aspects of the Mandriva One installer is that it lacks a 'back' button. You either move on to the next step or you cancel the installation. This problem was brought to light in a review of Mandriva Powerpack 2009, and no one at Mandirva has bothered to address it.
Mandriva installer. Hey, where's your 'back' button.
As simple as it is, the Ubuntu installer gives you the freedom to go forward or backward as many times as you like.
Both distros are using the same version of GNOME (version 2.8). There is nothing especially remarkable about the default wallpapers. Ubuntu's is as bland as you are going to find on any desktop operating system, and Mandriva's is no better. But as the saying goes, one man's meat is another man's poison. If you want to see what a good desktop wallpaper and configuration looks like, take a look at Hymera Open.
Ubuntu desktop screenshots are available here, and those from Mandriva One here.
The Edge: Let me repeat: One man's meat is another man's poison. If you want to, you may sex up the Ubuntu desktop with Cairo-Dock, and do the same for Mandriva.
Ubuntu – Aside from the stock set of games, desktop accessories and system tools that comes with any GNOME desktop, Ubuntu installs the following by default: F-Spot Photo Manager, the GIMP, Empathy IM Client, Evolution Mail, Firefox, Transmission BitTorrent Client, Totem Movie Player (with GStreamer backend), Rythmbox audio player, and GNOME-Sound-Recorder. There is, of course, Brasero Disc Burner, and OpenOffice.org office suite.
Mandriva – Mandriva also ships with the usual set of GNOME utilities and desktop accessories, but not a single game application is installed, not one. Ok, so games are not installed, but you do get the following: Ekiga Softphone, Empathy IM Client, Epiphany and Firefox Web browsers, Evolution Mail, OpenOffice.org office suite, F-Spot Photo Manager, the GIMP, Eye of GNOME, Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor, Kino, Totem Movie Player (with GStreamer backend), TVtime Television Viewer, Cheese Webcam Booth, Rythmbox audio player, GNOME-Sound-Recorder, and FM-Radio Tuner.
The Edge: Mandriva One obviously packs more useful software than Ubuntu, but why the absence of games? Any application not part of the default installation is likely available in the repositories. In terms of default installed applications, I'm yet to review a distro that tops Sabayon.
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Mandriva has an excellent control panel, it also runs most all media files (using "restricted").
All Distros have their strong points. What distro you end up choosing is you own personal preference.
Windows work great (except the consent attacks, the MS monopoly, spying and other issues), but Linux somehow seems to advance faster. We URGE YOU, THE USER TO EXPERIMENT, YOU WILL FIND THE "PERFECT DISTRO". At least Linux systems allow you to decide what is best. Please do not take the communities efforts for granted.
Thank you sincerely a devoted Linux User. Peace
My favorite since 2004 has been Ubuntu. Now I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 and I like it. Cant understand what problems mr Keith Stracchino experienced. Ubuntu is by far the easiest OS I've ever installed. It find all my hardware without problem. The only problem I've experienced with Ubuntu is a thermal program in 9.10 that bring down my computer unexpectedly. After installing Ubuntu 10.04 the problem disappeared. This is a beautiful distro with lots of new goodies. For me its Ubuntu 4ever!
Since I have become disenchanted with MS and its expensive bloatware, I decided to try a Linux distribution. Following "good" advice I obtained a Ubuntu source disk and attempted to install the OS from it. Well, well, despite all the eulogies about the ease of use of Ubuntu, I have been unable to install it, even starting from a clean HDD. (Low-level formatted to ensure no clashes.) Yes, my hardware meets all of the requirements specified, and then some. To put it mildly it has not been a pleasant experience, I have wasted too much time and have now abandoned Ubuntu completely! I'm still trying to decide my next move. It was to have been Mandriva, but after reading the comments here, I'm dubious about that too. Perhaps Debian is the way to go.
I can't speak for Mandriva never tried it but Ubuntu just works. I haven't found anything wrong with it either despite updating 7.04 several times to 9.04. It won't run som M/S games true but that's the only thing I'm now using Windows for. Oh and some sites that are only coded for IE (yes I could fix that) and some flash stuff.
There is no such thing as a perfect distro of anything including Windows 7 which is on a laptop I purchased.
I have tryed Mandriva One 2010. But it take some time to learn Mandriva. The problem for them I think they have the best in the Powerpack version.
Why pay for it when you can get all (mediacodecs etc) in Linux Mint 8 or Pardus 2009 for free?
To install thoose in Ubuntu 9.10 are very easy to if you compare with Mandriva.
Interesting comparison. I used PCLinuxOS for a good while, a few years back, and found it excellent. It got me hooked on Linux.
PCLOS is to Mandriva what Mint is to Ubuntu (roughly). Having had a positive experience with PCLOS, I tried out Mandriva and found it a buggy mess.
PCLOS dated quickly, however, and I found myself using the Mint version of Hardy (8.04). Absolutely sterling!
Now I'm using newer hardware and Ubuntu 9.10, and having played with Mint 8 on a variety of hardware and in a vm I'm kind of wishing I'd waited a bit and gone with that. Not because Ubuntu is terribly flawed, but because it has small annoyances that Mint has fixed, and Mint is a bit more aesthetically pleasing.
Bottom line is that Ubuntu just works, and just works everywhere. Mint adds a bit of polish and follows the release cycle.
Mandriva more often than not has major issues that are simply showstoppers, and as much as I would have liked to have stayed with Mandriva/PCLOS I just had to go with what worked AND stayed up to date.
So when I read a review that compares Ubuntu and Mandriva, and comes out in Mandriva's favour, I have to scratch my head. Why then isn't Mandriva top of the pops at Distrowatch, or 'up there' by any other rule-of-thumb measure. The punters vote with their feet.
Try using Mandriva as your general purpose desktop,on a variety of hardware, and see how far you get, and how quickly you get there, if at all, rather than just doing a superficial point by point comparison. Then you might arrive at a more realistic conclusion.
Thanks for the time taken to compare these distros. On my spare computer- Windows won't install on it- I've installed Ultimate Edition 2 {Ubuntu 904 based} and after 5/6 years of trying Red Hat, Mandrake/driva, KUbuntu, etc. have yet to find one that does everything and installs all hardware. And doesn't BREAK while updating or installing extras. Let us know when you find the perfect NON MICROSOFT OS which will run MS games and apps.
there is no "PERFECT" linux distro. but i am pretty sure that MS is also not a "PERFECT" OS… in fact MS is the CRAPPY OS out there compared to LINUX…
Programmed To Crash!…
Then,Have The Junk Breathing Down One's Neck!
I rather like the idea of…
No `Perfect' Operating System!
Because…That's what makes it so…
Exciting and Fascinating….OM.
This comment's a little late, but I just wanted to say thanks for the article. I'm not going to argue the finer points, because I can't. I'm a newbie to Linux and this article helped me a lot.
Greetings David.
2013 is Rolling along!
So….What's your point of view about…
Linux and Open Source…Up to Date?
November 14, 2009 at 11:55 pm
"If that's the case, all three editions should have the same installer. The Free and PP editions solve the 'Back' button issue by giving you an opportunity just before the packages are installed to make changes to all the configuration options."
The installers are quite different for the ONE discs…There is a reason for that… (but a "back" button WOULD be nice)
Much of the ONE install is configured at first boot. MANY (if not most) things like network config etc can be configured and tested in the live environment… and survive the install.
This is a big feature.
At one point you could even install additional software in the live environment that would also get installed, IIRC, not sure if that still works or was just a feature of the lovely MCNLive discs.. (Their build in remaster and USB install capability is still unbeaten, I use MCNLive Toronto" to this day like I used to use Knoppix CDs…)
I was an Ubuntu Netbook Remix user (9.04) and after switching for the 9.10 UNR I had a hard time to configure wireless networking with no success. 3G networking worked out of the box. So I decided to try Mandriva 2010. Everything worked out of the box in my Lenovo S10. So, for me, according to this experience, Mandriva is the today's Linux SO. Just to remember: this wireless issue in UNR is known and the workaround requires more than basic linux skills.
This is the first time I've ever heard someone way that Mandriva Uses Network Manager. Mandriva uses drakconnect, which is far from being network manager. Though they look the same in the systray they are not the same. drakconnect has been around and working more fully than network manager for quite some time.
With drakconnect you can connect your system from the command line. Network Manager has no such ability. With Mandriva you still have the ability to use ifup and ifdown commands. Try that with NM.
To say that they are the same is a complete fallacy.
I have been very very very impressed with the 2010 version of Mandriva. It seems that every year Mandriva releases a distro that is |_| close to perfection .. but there is always ONE thing that screws it all up. I have yet to find that one thing for this release.
>Ubuntu is a GNOME-based distro, while Mandriva >One has separate iso images for GNOME and KDE >desktop environments.
Shall I be the one to tell you about Kubuntu? Or Xubuntu? Or any other of the Buntu family?
How many times did you read your second paragraph before you finally convinced yourself that it made sense?
Mandriva is widely known as the best KDE4 experience around,… so of course you wont cover that. Wtf?
Are you going to find the best XCFE distro around and then test it on another desktop instead?
As for:
>Both are backed by commercial entities. Ubuntu >by Canonical Ltd., and Mandriva by Mandriva.
Sorta truth. Canonical is a company started out of the good will and deep pockets of a sugar daddy. It will one day achieve positive cashflow.
Mandriva is a publicly held company that has to deal with stocks, investors and all that stuff.
Sure, they are sort of similar but one is a one-off project that cant be replicated without the unlimited pocket of a benefactor while the other could be seen a a template (of what not to do in business!) for maybe other distros to try.
(This is written on Kubuntu9.10.)
Just a few words
Section 'Multimedia playback'
To install vls in Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install vlc
in Mandriva
# urpmi vlc
In 'Security Posture' I wouldn't compare Apparmor and Msec. Apparmor, SELinux, and Tomoyo could be compared.
In 2010.0 Mandriva Linux is using Tomoyo and Tomoyo Gui configuration tool is the very first GUI implemented for it.
A few points:
It's not that 'no one from Mandriva bothered' to implement an installer back button, it's an intentional choice. MDV's installer used to include a back button; it was found that this was at the root of more installer breakage than any other single feature. So it was removed in a rewrite a few years ago. Yes, it can be a bit annoying that it's not there, but the trade-off is that the installer is far, far more robust than when it had one.
CUPS is left off the Mandriva live CDs for space reasons. If you use the Free or Powerpack editions, or the network install, you will get it. It is a shame that it's missing from the live images, but if it were added, even more important bits would have to be taken out.
Mandriva does not use NetworkManager. It uses its own desktop network applet called net-applet, and the convenient configuration interface available from MCC is called draknetcenter. The underlying configuration layout is based on the traditional Red Hat-style network config files, and – unlike NetworkManager – the Mandriva configuration tools are fully and transparently compatible with this layout, so you can use old-school or shiny GUI tools interchangeably.


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Home > Safety > Passenger Safety > For Certified Technicians > Tech Update > July 2013
Tech Update – July 2013
Passenger Safety, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
in cooperation with Texas Department of Transportation
Earning CEUs Online – New Online CEU Opportunity
Provided by: The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Passenger Safety Project
Many technicians cannot afford to be away from their job to attend in-person CEU sessions. Earning CEUs online is one way to meet the requirements from the comfort of your own home with no added expense. If you have an Internet connection, you can complete the courses at your own pace when you have time. Up to five CEUs earned online can be used towards the six CEU re-certification requirement.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Passenger Safety Project is offering five online tech update courses that will provide 1 or 2 CEUs each. It is the online version of the Tech Update Workshop offered by Passenger Safety on April 9, 2013, in Bryan and across the state via video conferencing. The course, titled Tech Update 2013, Parts 1-5, is available at: http://extensiononline.tamu.edu/courses/volunteers.php. Simply register and get started earning your five online CEUs and staying current in the field at no charge.
The sections include:
- Part 1: "Myth Busters" and "What's New in Child Safety Seats"
- Part 2: "New CRSs and Unique Features"
- Part 3: "LATCH, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
- Part 4: "New Trends in Vehicle Technology"
- Part 5: "Case Study: Growing Up Healthy, Wealthy and Wise"
Other online CEU opportunities can be accessed by logging into your technician profile at http://cert.safekids.org. Once logged in, scroll down under your ACTION ITEMS and select ONLINE CEUs.
Still need to earn one more CEU to make your six required CEUs? Just read two Tech Updates and take the associated quizzes. They are available at http://www.cpsboard.org/ceus.htm#tu. You can also earn 1 CEU by reading three peer-reviewed journal articles. More links and options are available online.
Changes in Curriculum and Fees Coming in 2014
- New Curriculum: In 2014, we will launch a newly revised curriculum. The student manual is completely updated, geared to adult learners and organized so you can easily find what you need. The new full-color manual will be released in concert with a number of online resources, including videos and other tip sheets.
- Course Fees: On January 1, 2014, certification course fees will increase from $75 to $85. This modest adjustment, the first since 2009, will cover the cost increases for customer service, printing, shipping and fuel surcharges, and making improvements to the online system.
- Recertification Fees: Recertification fees will remain at the current level. We recognize and appreciate that many of you provide safety seat inspections on your own time, and we made it a priority to keep those fees unchanged.
Traffic Safety Facts Annual Report
Fatal crash data from FARS and nonfatal crash data from GES are presented in this five-chapter report.
- Chapter 1, "Trends," presents data from all years of FARS (1975 through 2011) and GES (1988 through 2011).
- The remaining chapters present data only from 2011. Chapter 2, "Crashes," describes general characteristics of crashes, such as when and how often they occurred, where they occurred, and what happened during the crash.
- Chapter 3, "Vehicles," concentrates on the types of vehicles involved in crashes and the damage to the vehicles.
- Chapter 4, "People," is the largest chapter of this report, with statistics about drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and pedalcyclists.
- The last chapter of the report, "States," contains information about crashes for each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Read more at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811754AR.PDF.
Lives Saved by Electronic Stability Control
In 2011, electronic stability control (ESC) saved an estimated 634 lives among passenger car (PC) occupants and 411 lives among light truck and van (LTV) occupants, for a total of 1045 lives saved among passenger vehicle (PV) occupants. This estimate of lives saved is a substantial increase over the estimated 876 lives saved in 2010 and the estimated 705 lives saved in 2009. Read more at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811750.pdf.
Taking Time to Educate Grandparents
Researchers often provide us with information that may help us influence the caregiver at our fitting stations or check-up events to modify some of their behaviors in protecting their children. This is an example of how we can apply what is learned during research to our curbside communication with families, especially grandparents.
In a recent study, "Grandparents and Child Passenger Safety," published in Accident Analysis and Prevention, researchers wanted to compare child passenger safety (CPS) practices of grandparents versus parents and determine grandparents' opinions on car safety seats, barriers to use, and ways to transport grandchildren safely. A total of 1758 parents transporting 2713 children, and 284 grandparents transporting 391 grandchildren were included in the study.
While most drivers were buckled up and used car seats, almost 25% of parents and grandparents chose the incorrect seat to transport the child, and greater than 68% had at least one harness-related error. Grandparents were more likely to have looser lower anchor straps or seat belts and have children younger than 13 years in the front seat.
The focus group of grandparents had a favorable attitude toward child safety seats. They acknowledged the need for their grandchildren to ride buckled up but believed that car seats were hard to use. They also may have had physical barriers (e.g., arthritis, back pain, mobility, decreased strength, and vision problems) to installing and using car seats.
Both grandparents and parents were equally likely to choose and use appropriate child safety seats. Compared to parents, grandparents were more likely to travel with their grandchildren in car seats installed with looser harnesses or an installed CSS with looser seat belt or lower anchors. Grandparents were more likely to have a child younger than 13 years in the front seat. The use of community resources, such as permanent fitting stations, could help grandparents improve a grandchild's travel safety.
To learn more about this study, review the abstract at http://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_393975_19.
Source: Grandparents and child passenger safety. O'Neil J, Bull MJ, Slaven JE, Talty JL. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2012; 49C: 354-359.
Submitted by Kim Herrmann, Safe Kids Worldwide (Ft, Myers, FL).
12,849 Lives Saved in 2010 by Seat Belts and Child Restraints
In addition to the 12,546 lives saved in 2010 by seat belts (occupants age 5 and older), 2306 lives were saved by frontal air bags (occupants 13 and older); 1550 lives were saved by motorcycle helmets; 550 lives were saved by the 21-year-old-minimum-drinking-age laws; and 303 lives (age 4 and younger) were saved by child restraints (child safety seats and lap/shoulder belts).
An additional 3341 lives would have been saved in 2010 if all unrestrained passenger vehicle occupants 5 and older involved in fatal crashes had worn their seat belts; if all motorcyclists had been helmeted, then an additional 706 lives would have been saved.
More details are in NHTSA's Traffic Safety Facts: Lives Saved in 2010 by Restraint Use and Minimum Drinking Age Laws, February 2013.
Read more at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811580.pdf.
Vehicles and Their Safety Features Guide Now Available
NHTSA's new booklet called "Playing It Safe with Kids and Cars" includes an extensive list of vehicle makes and models and their safety features, guidelines for choosing the right car seat, an explanation of NHTSA's ease-of-use ratings to help parents evaluate car seat features, tips for installing car seats properly, and warnings about the dangers in and around vehicles.
Read more and download the Guide at http://1.usa.gov/ZBL5iR.
Conferences (includes Pre-conference Dates)
- Kidz In Motion
- Location: Santa Ana Pueblo (Albuquerque), New Mexico
- Dates: August 26-29, 2013
- For more information: www.kidzinmotion.org
- Maine Child Passenger Safety Conference
- Location: Freeport, Maine
- Dates: September 8-10, 2013
- For more information: http://1.usa.gov/Zw0r61
- Midwest Regional Child Passenger Safety Conference
- Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Dates: September 9-10, 2013
- For more information: firstname.lastname@example.com
Re-Certification Reminder
NEW!! The Safe Kids website now has a special FAQ section dedicated to seat checks (for recertification). Go to http://cert.safekids.org/ResourcesFAQs/FAQs/ImATech/SeatChecks.aspx.
You may re-certify up to four months before your certification expiration date. Avoid problems—don't delay!
Basic re-certification requirements and deadlines:
- Five seat checks approved by a certified instructor (you may use the technician proxy option). You can do the checks at any time during your certification cycle as long as they are entered online and a certified instructor approves them before your re-certification date.
- Community education (choose one):
- Participation in at least one two-hour checkup event with at least one other CPS technician using any standardized checklist to provide documentation, if needed.
- Provide at least four hours of community education. Examples include making presentations to parents, educators, kids, organizations (such as PTAs or law enforcement), or other stakeholders who are not technicians.
- A minimum of six hours of CPS technical continuing education units earned and reported
during a current two-year certification cycle.
- You cannot carry over CEUs from one period to the next, even if you have accumulated more CEUs than are required.
- You can record CEUs any time during your certification cycle, but they must fit into one of the five approved categories and meet content requirements.
- Register and pay the re-certification fee before your certification expiration date.
To get to the payment screen, you must have:
- Completed all five seat checks (entered and CPSTI approved).
- Entered at least six CEUs.
- Entered your community event information.
Once all three are done, you will see a "Click Here to Continue" button that will take you to the payment screens.
Once your registration is complete, your re-certification will be processed in two to four days.
Remember to Update Your Online Profile at the Safe Kids Website
Safe Kids Certification Website – http://cert.safekids.org
Techs can log in to update their profile and enter re-certification information. Please remember to change your bookmark to reflect this new address.
Sources: CPS Express April–June 2013
Last updated: 31 October, 2013
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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday to curb insider trading by members of Congress and the executive branch, but not without the usual political acrimony thats become a staple of Capitol Hill.
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act breezed through the House on a 417-2 vote, with Reps. John Campbell, R-Calif., and Rob Woodall, R-Ga., casting the dissenting votes.
But some lawmakers from both parties grumbled about what wasnt in the bill designed to prevent House members, senators, senior congressional staffers and senior administration officials from trading stocks based on information they obtain during the course of their work.
I voted for it. I like it, but I dont, huffed Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tenn. Its STOCK Act Lite. Its better than nothing, but they sold it short.
The bill was similar to one the Senate passed last week. But House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., stripped out a key provision that would have required people who collect so-called political intelligence _ government information that can impact markets and stock prices _ and sell it to Wall Street or Washingtons K Street lobbyists to register in a fashion similar to how lobbyists do.
I am grumpy, said Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York, the ranking Democrat on the House Rules Committee. Shes pressed Congress for years to do something about insider trading and authored her own version of the STOCK Act that had nearly 300 co-sponsors.
This is really a ridiculous farce, no question about it. This (political intelligence) is an industry that makes $400 million, and as far as we know it could be much, much more. Why cant they be as regulated as regular lobbyists? Slaughter said.
Cantor defended his decision and contended that other alterations made to the bill, which were done in private, actually made it stronger.
I think it is a provision that raises an awful lot of questions, Cantor said of the scrapped political intelligence provision. I think theres a lot of discussion and debate about who and what would qualify and fall under the suggested language that came from the Senate.
Cantor added: The political intelligence piece is outside of this body, and were talking about us and the perception that has gathered around our conduct.
Some House members agreed with Cantor. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., said the political intelligence language in the Senate bill is too broad.
Weve got to do something. This is about our integrity, our character, West said. Weve got to police ourselves.
Still, Cantors action left Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, angry enough to publicly criticize the Republican-controlled House.
Its astonishing and extremely disappointing that the House would fulfill Wall Streets wishes by killing this provision, Grassley said in a statement Wednesday. If Congress delays action, the political intelligence industry will stay in the shadows, just the way Wall Street likes it.
Democrats pounced on Grassleys statement. Slaughter vowed to get the provision re-inserted if House and Senate conferees meet to resolve differences between the two bills.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said, Senator Grassleys remarks are stunning, and a stunning indictment of the House Republicans.
But in an election year in which Congress approval ratings are in the low teens, lawmakers readily voted for the Cantor-authored legislation, anxious to prove to voters that they can be tough on themselves.
House and Senate members received extra motivation following a CBS 60 Minutes segment that suggested that lawmakers and their families may have financially benefitted by making investments not broadly known to the public.
Pelosi voted for the bill, even though it included a provision that was a dig aimed directly at her. The so-called Pelosi Provision bans lawmakers from using their position to get special access to initial public offerings of stock, or IPOs.
The provision was added after 60 Minutes questioned whether Pelosi and her husband benefited from an IPO from Visa in 2008 about the same time Congress was considering new regulations for the credit card industry.
Pelosi said she and her husband did nothing wrong and their investment had no connection to the bill.
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Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a great weekend. My weekend was action packed with "the house". We started painting the ceilings this weekend and I had to clean the whole house before paint starts on the walls (today). We are still having window problems – we had some more rain along with a couple of new leaks – grrrrrrr.
We had a lot of help at the new build with sweeping, cleaning and vacuuming. It was greatly appreciated. A zesty in law spent the whole day on Sunday pushing the broom, scraping the seam filling mud off the floor and vacuuming. You gotta love great help! Needless to say I didn't spend much in the kitchen but we did manage to eat. I wanted to share with you a old time recipe that I am guessing everyone has tried.
Now this is a super dish for leftovers, a great casserole in the winter and even better a pretty healthy dish over all. I know this has ground beef on the bottom but if you are a vegetarian you could simple substitute out the beef for scrambled tofu or just use other vegetables such as eggplant, zucchini or even squash.
- 1 1/2 lbs ground round beef
- 1-2 cups vegetables – chopped carrots, corn, peas
- 1 1/2 – 2 lbs potatoes (3 large potatoes)
- 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup beef stock
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- Salt and pepper
- Peel and quarter potatoes, boil in salted water until tender (about 20 minutes).
- While the potatoes are cooking, add ground beef and sauté until no longer pink.
- Add the carrots and let them cook until warmed through.Add salt and pepper.
- Add half a cup of beef broth and cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, adding more beef broth as necessary to keep moist.
- Add corn or peas near the end of the cooking process before adding to the casserole dish.
- Mash potatoes in bowl with remainder of butter, add the milk to give some extra flavor and season to taste.
- Place beef and vegetable mixture in baking dish. Distribute mashed potatoes on top. Rough up with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely.
- Cook in 400 degree oven until bubbling and brown (about 30 minutes). Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown.
Zesty Tip: There are a couple of tips that I would recommend with this dish. Utilizing a can of vegetable soup is a great idea if you don't have beef stock on hand. It gives a nice flavor and keeps it moist. Another idea is to rub a little milk and butter on top of the potatoes to ensure they get nice and golden brown.
My final idea, which I have yet to try, is to attempt this recipe with a "SWEET POTATO" topping. I can only assume this would be delicious.
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I am really impressed with the results of my latest giveaway from Friday and I am really grateful for all your nice comments. They really are fun to read! I was thinking of a crazy idea and I wanted to run it by you to see what you thought. What do you think if I get 350 comments on the giveaway that I actually give TWO Design Makeovers. Let me know your thoughts and then tell all your friends and see if we can reach that number.
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It is hard for the discerning baseball fan to cull through the mountains of data that follow baseball players these days. A simple look at Baseball Reference, Baseball Prospectus, or Fangraphs can send you through a tailspin. Let's face it, many of us are beyond obsessed when it comes to regular baseball much less fantasy baseball. So, what follows is a quick tutorial in how we can utilize some fairly complex data to help us on draft day. I've picked out Albert Pujols, but you can use this same methodology on just about any player. When using these numbers it is important to put them in their proper context. When many of us were writing research papers in school we were taught the difference between primary and secondary resources. For our purposes, batted ball statistics are like the primary source. Primary source data can be dry and more difficult to use. After all, the secondary sources have already done the hard work for us. Fantasy baseball is built on those secondary sources (...
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Bump any updates? I just got my GT500 today thanks Hobby Lobby 40% off. Pretty simple kit Revell could have done a much better job. Lots of stuff to research to make better.
1/12 Shelby GT500 build...on hold for the moment.
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 01:12 PM
Nope, sorry. Not any updates. I have put aside this build for another build...I get bored too quickly with builds and need to jump back and forth to keep myself interested.
Posted 29 June 2012 - 06:55 PM
Im going to use your pics a refrence to my build of this car if thats ok....
Posted 29 January 2013 - 03:21 AM
Hey Brodie I just got this kit on Sunday have you worked in yours at all since your last post? Your engine is insane so far can't wait to see what you do next
Posted 29 January 2013 - 08:17 AM
I actually traded it a few weeks ago, so this build is never going to progress. LoL
Posted 29 January 2013 - 04:51 PM
you seem to trade everything! lol


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3A No. 1 Greensburg fell at Batesville 72-65 Friday, meaning the Marauders will likely be ranked No. 1 when the polls are released Monday — provided they can get past Howe tonight.
"It doesn't mean we stop working," MV coach Steve Lynch said of his team's possible elevation to No. 1, "but it's a nice reward for the hard work."
The Marauders moved to 11-0 on the year and 4-0 in Hoosier Heritage Conference play, keeping pace with New Palestine, which defeated Pendleton Heights on Michael Morris' buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
Mt. Vernon would need no such heroics, limiting the Lions to one field goal in two separate quarters Friday in Memorial Gymnasium.


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Ranger Rick
Joined: May 2004
Location: Euclid, OH
Oddometer: 2,088
Positive Bike Selling / Buying Experiences
There have been numerous threads about the crazy shit that happens when you are looking to buy or sell a bike. So how about a few positive stories to even things out?
OK, I'll start.
Today I just completed the sale of my much loved 1150GS to Sean (he found my bike on the MOA site) from Baltimore who did a fly and ride. The negotiation was a little screwy with him first by getting me to come down a couple hundred on the price, which was OK as I priced it to allow for a little dickery. The price we settled on I felt was fair for both of us as my bike came with a lot of extras but did have almost 80,000 miles. I agreed to pick him up at the airport and to make sure the bike was worthy for the 400 mile ride back to Baltimore. We agreed on the following weekend. Then the fun began.
He calls me 2 days after we entered into a verbal agreement telling me his Credit Union is giving him grief over a loan for a 9 year old bike with 80,000 miles and that he is sorry that he might not be able to complete the sale. I say, no problem I have other interest, I know the bike will sale, thanks anyway. I then start to talk to potential out of town buyer #2 who had expressed interest but hadn't made an offer yet. He tells me not to worry that if he offers to buy he has cash and will let me know in a day or two. Still no deal.
Not 15 minutes after exchanging emails with #2, I get an email from Sean tellig me that the CU relented and gave him the loan so the sale is on again. He also PayPal's me $500 for good faith. I send an email to #2 to let him know and he is good about it.
Now I had asked #1 to bring cash for the balance as he is out of state and my bank wouldn't immediately cash the check but put a hold on it. He agrees and all is well untill I get his phone call 2 days before his arrival to tell me that his CU is an electronic bank only and doesn't have cash on hand. WTF??? I think about it for a few minutes, and tell him that I have trust that he is not going to screw me and to just bring a cashiers check from his CU. All is well again.
This morning I pick him up at the airport, bring him to my home to see the bike for the first time (other than pics) and he is elated, telling me it is much nicer it is with even more goodies than he expected. I then show him a few things that were not included in the sale and he wants to buy my AStitch Tank Panniers for my $50 asking price. He doesn't have enough cash and asks if he can just write a check? I say sure, as by now we have gotten to know each other and I trust him. He proceeds to write me the check and when I look at it, it is for a couple hundred more than the panniers. He then tells me that I have been so good about everything and the bike is better than expected so he wanted to give me my original asking price. WOW! That has never happened before. Usually the buyer finds a little defect and tries to get an extra hundred knocked off, not the opposite! I told him if I knew he was going to do that I would have just given him the panniers.
So we head to the DMV to sign the title over and for him to get a temp tag to ride home with. I make a nice gesture back by picking up the $20 tag cost and then on the way home I stopped at the ATM to pick up a little cash as I was going to ride with him a bit till lunch and I needed cash. He then asks me how much the tolls are on the turnpike as he forgot to hit the bank up before leaving Baltimore and only has $20 cash, his checkbook + credit cards. So I give him $40 back so he will have some cash for the ride home and we rode together for a bit as he headed home. When we split, he had the most humongous shit eating grin on his face, he thanked me again and off he went.
So, have you ever had someone insist on paying you more for a bike you were selling him?
Lets hear about those positive bike buying / selling experieces!
Rick G
Any Road Any Time!
2011 BMW R1200R - The Redhead with Big Jugs I have always wanted!
2009 Vespa GTS Super 250ie - Just for Kicks & Giggles
Cochetopa dreamin'
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: Colorado
Oddometer: 584
i've sold my last 3 craigslist bikes to the first/only person that's contacted me, they've shown up with cash and on time.
it CAN happen!
Joined: Dec 2010
Location: Salem,OR
Oddometer: 96
Buying my TW200 went pretty well. My friend alerted me of the ad at around 9 PM on a Thursday night. I called and talked to the owner and everything sounded good. He was a 3 hour drive from me. He owned a muffler shop and had the bike at the shop and said he was there all day. I told him I would be there around noon Friday. I called Friday morning to confirm he still had it. He laughed and said yes it was still there.
Me and my buddy showed up, the bike looked great. I didn't have my endorsement yet so my buddy took it for a test ride. I rode it around the parking lot. He was selling because he bought a newer t-dub from one of his friends.
I asked how firm he was on the price, he laughed and said the ad had been up less then 24 hours he was pretty firm. I told him I wanted to go have lunch and I would get back to him. He told us about a good pizza place and off we went. We came back and he asked if I wanted to make an offer. I offered $50 less then he was asking he accepted.
I was excited my first motorcycle! He handed me a workbook from the Team Oregon class and said I should take the class to get my endorsement. I told him I planned on doing that.
I got a good deal, and he was a great guy and easy to deal with. Same buddy and I just took another road trip to get him a Husky SM610, it was another good experience. It always seems like the good deals are far from home!
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2009 Suzuki DR650
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Joined: Jun 2011
Location: Mukilteo, WA
Oddometer: 114
When I bought my KLR650 the original owner had all of the service records, the manual, the tool kit, a cover and he knocked a bit off the price when he saw my DOD decals and we shot the breeze for a good half hour as we went over all of the paperwork to make sure everything was right. The bike was better than listed and had another 18 months of warranty on it, and only had 2000 miles on it, too. The older guy who had it wanted to get his feet wet into adventure touring but couldn't handle the seat height and bought another Goldwing.
2009 Kawasaki KLR 650 /// 2000 Suzuki DRZ400S
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2012
Location: Pocono Mt.s PA
Oddometer: 174
In fall of 2007 my buddy was riding around a 2001 Suzuki Marauder 800cc cruiser.
I've known him since I was about 4-5 years old.
In February 2008 he said he wanted to sell it, 10k on the odometer.
The next day I paid 2k cash and got a bike. Put 14k miles on it, crashed it once at 15 mph on cinders in may 2008, superficial scratches on the bar end and peg.
Sold it 3/13 w/ 24k miles for 1,800.
In all my craigslist/autotrader transactions I've found if you read between the lines you can get great smooth deals. 3/12 I got an 04 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 5 speed, 91k miles, in almost perfect condition for 5,300.
Joined: Apr 2007
Location: Southeast Michigan
Oddometer: 922
In all my craigslist/autotrader transactions I've found if you read between the lines you can get great smooth deals. [/QUOTE]
From reading the ad and a quick phone call, you can usually filter out most clowns. I have purchased a couple of bikes on Craigslist and one from the Flea Market 2000 miles away sight unseen and all sellers were fine to work with.
Don't buy from or sell to idiots. Life is too short.
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2011 335i
1989 911
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2012
Location: Pocono Mt.s PA
Oddometer: 174
Stupid people are stupid, and shady people are usually not the sharpest.
The kind of person I would like to buy a bike from is the kind of person who can operate a camera and take okay pictures of their item.
The kind of person I want to buy a bike from is someone who knows the basics of grammar and can spell at least at a sixth grade level, and writes in sentences.
If someone can't figure out how to communicate in our written language I don't want a machine they took care of.
louder, louder, louder!
Joined: Aug 2007
Location: Oakland, CA
Oddometer: 1,689
I'm a lot better at buying bikes than selling them.
I must be a Craig's List Asshat Magnet. I've been trying to sell a Ninja 650 recently. I bought it cheap - it was crashed and had a lot of deferred maintenance. I did all the maintenance and put new tires on it, added luggage, and rode it for a year. I'm selling it cheap, too.
The worst one of all was a little Chinese girl (I asked, not generalizing), she couldn't have been more than 5' tall, and couldn't lift it off the sidestand. But she kept dickering aggressively, offering less than half what I had advertised it for. She kept saying it was too heavy, and then low-balling me. WTF? I finally had to tell her that I wan't going to sell it to her at all.
When they say Harleys are for 1%ers, I don't think they mean guys who sell crank and get in bar fights any more.
Joined: Sep 2010
Location: Walking my dogs
Oddometer: 209
God is awesome
Ranger Rick
Joined: May 2004
Location: Euclid, OH
Oddometer: 2,088
OP here.
We are getting a bit off track. This thread is about POSITIVE experieces. We have enough threads about wackos.
Rick G
Any Road Any Time!
2011 BMW R1200R - The Redhead with Big Jugs I have always wanted!
2009 Vespa GTS Super 250ie - Just for Kicks & Giggles
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jun 2008
Location: Durango CO
Oddometer: 2,919
I purchased me first bike, a drz400, off craigslist and rode the wheels off it.
I also got my 640ADV off an inmate, drove three hours tooled around a parking lot and paid cash for it. Took it to Baja a month later.
Also got my XS1100 off craigslist which I turned into a brat bike
I was selling my 2000 RM250 named "earth muffin" that I rode as a trail bike through college. It was pretty clapped out when I got it, and I sunk an obscene amount of money into it trying to turn a Japanese MX bike into a European trail bike. It eventually blew up on me, I rebuilt it, threw more money at it and smashed a radiator first time out. I bought an actual European trail bike in the mean time (well traded my 640 Adventure for one stupid me) and so it sat until I got a new radiator, fixed that rode it twice and the bolt that holds the main gear to the crankshaft backed out of the case. (This happened once before to myself and at least once to the PO but I didn't pick up on it when I bought it. It was torqued properly and lock tighted under my watch) So I cleaned out the trans once again, tack welded the bolt onto the main gear so it couldn't back out, put it all back together and threw it up on the Craigslist for parts. Some Brotocrosser was interested and had the money so I met him in the highschool parking lot, he had a broken arm from wadding his last bike, his wife was driving him since he was in a sling and was about to have a baby on the spot. I rode it around for him, made sure he knew it was a timebomb and loaded it into the truck for him. Done deal.
I Sold the Husky I traded my adventure for to an inmate who drove three hours to a localish riding area and I met him there about an hour from me. We did a 20 mile single track loop together and he took it home. I put the cash in my camel back and went and rode an other 40 miles.
I just bought a 950Adv off craigslist, ad was up for less than an hour but when buying adventures I usually have ten or so sell out from under me before i can get to them so I told the guy I'd be there the next morning with cash. Drove nine hours, rode it around a little bit, and loaded it into the truck. If i'm doing that I assume if it blows up it's all part of the fun.
trust your gut and it's pretty straight forward, if someone starts giving you a hard time pass on them. someone else will be interested in your deal.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure
No bike does everything perfectly. In fact, no bike does anything until someone gets on it to ride.
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Just got this from a gent here in Texas the Friday of MotoGP in Austin. We hauled it around in the bed of my buddy's pickup the entire weekend.
As we drove up I could see it was pristine, looking at how well kept the seller's house, property, shop and other bikes were and after conversation I was ready to just hand over the cash. My buddy suggested I ride it first so I did, for about 100 yards.
Pic from it's first run with me. 'Gonna put a lot more miles on it than the 1,600 it had.
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Joined: Sep 2009
Location: Lake Stevens, WA
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Bought my bike from an inmate here
In October or November of 2011(can't remember now), I sent a $500 deposit via paypal to ADVBilly to secure the purchase of his outrageously farkled 2009 DR650 that he had listed in the fleamarket. The bike had been on the market for a little while, with interest but no sale. Billy didn't try to dicker with me on the price, he simply offered me a deal on the bike I couldn't turn down. Turns out, he had read my ride report, got inspired, and then decided he needed a DR650 with all the goodies. So he bought one, farkled it out, and then promptly bought an F650GS. Selling it to me was better than selling it to someone else he said!
This is while I was holed up in Azogues, Ecuador, 80% done with an 8 month trip from Seattle to Argentina on my then current 2007 DR650.
A month and a half later I flew home to the Seattle area from Buenos Aires, Argentina where I had just sold my '07DR650 to a 24yr old Australia. Then a full month later flew down to Alabama after a work contract to pick up the new bike. It was everything he said it was going to be and then some. He picked me up at the airport, and took me out to his hunting cabin where I met his father in law and several of his friends. We stayed out at the cabin (by cabin, I mean lake house...) and drank beer and Billy fed me with the southern hospitality that is common to the area. I.E. Steak and Shrimp Gumbo and more food then I needed, all while taking me on two different 100mi day trips around the area before on a solid sunny morning, I took off and road across the country to get my new to me bike back home to the homestead just north of Seattle, WA.
Not only did Billy hold the bike on a simple $500 deposit, he sent the second set of wheels that came with it to my house. The wheels were worth more than the deposit. I could have left it there and came out ahead. But no. He stored the bike, for nearly 3 months until I was able to come get it. He then accepted a check for the bike, as there wasn't a local Key Bank branch in Alabama. He then packed up my extra shit and mailed it home for me, while I rode home on the bike.
Best buying experience that I've ever had.
This is how it looks now.
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I brought a 2009 Honda 230l from a guy in Ma. It had 1200 miles on it and the engine ran well. I provided 3350 for it and am happy with it.
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Now that is what I am talking about. Great story!! (two posts above)
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This weekend was extremely busy at work so I didn't have much time to put the headphones on and enjoy the new Motorhead album.
My fantasy football draft was Saturday. I'm defending champ so I showed up, trophy in hand, to start my title defense. That killed Saturday until 2pm.
My daughter's birthday party was on the holiday so we spent the afternoon Saturday and most of Sunday running errands and preparing all the party fare. Not much time was left for some good old fashioned Metal and blogging.
So, after a few days off from the computer and stereo, I'm back. I scored the new Iron Maiden album, A Matter Of Life And Death, for $11.88. Not a bad price for a CD/DVD combo. I passed on the CD single for The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg for $8 as I always seem to acquire the Maiden singles on Ebay a few months later at a better price. I also passed on Blind Guardian's new album because the last couple of albums have left me cold.
I ordered the new Taz Taylor Band – Welcome To America from NEH Records. It should be in any day now. Any album with Graham Bonnet on vocals is going to be good so i expect Taz Taylor to be, the reviews have been excellent.
Hopefully, I will have a Motorhead review up by the end of the week. I'd also like to get a Maiden review out too while it's fresh in everyone's mind.
The NFL season starts Sunday and I will be at Gillette Stadium watching my Patriots destroy the Bills. I've been a season ticket holder since 1992 and going to the games on Sundays are a great way to unwind and pig out on barbeque. I'll post some NFL and Fantasy Football throughout the season.


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An honor code or honor system is a set of rules or principles governing a community based on a set of rules or ideals that define what constitutes honorable behavior within that community. The use of an honor code depends on the idea that people (at least within the community) can be trusted to act honorably. Those who are in violation of the honor code can be subject to various sanctions, including expulsion from the institution. Honor codes are most commonly used in the United States to deter academic dishonesty.
In America, the first student-policed honor system was instituted in 1779 at The College of William & Mary at the behest of Virginia's then-Governor Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson had graduated from William & Mary in 1762 and inked a basic honor system for his college.
Jefferson later envisioned a similar honor system for his University of Virginia; it was at first based on strict laws limiting student behavior, but later based on student self-government. However, he never lived to see it in practice there. UVA's early years were marked by contentious relations between students and the faculty, which culminated on November 12, 1840, when John Davis, a professor, was shot to death in an attempt to quell a disturbance on The Lawn. Davis refused to identify his assailant, stating that an honorable man would step forward on his own. On July 4, 1842, William & Mary alumnus Henry St. George Tucker, who had replaced Davis on the faculty, proposed that in the future, students sign examinations in the form "I, A.B., do hereby certify on my honor that I have derived no assistance during the time of this examination from any source whatsoever. The idea succeeded with the students. The wording of the honor pledge has changed over time, and the definition of what constitutes an honor offense has evolved as well, at times including matters such as smoking, cheating at card games or insulting ladies. As of 2006, an honor offense is defined as an act of lying, cheating, or stealing, performed intentionally, of sufficient gravity such that open toleration of the act would impair the community of trust sufficiently enough to warrant expulsion of the offender. Despite the evolution of the system over the years, UVA's Honor System is rare in that it is administered entirely by the University's students. Princeton has also maintained an entirely student-run Honor Code since the beginning of their Code in 1893.
However, Jefferson's vision of a student self-governed system remains largely unrealized at other universities. Most schools adopting honor codes limit their application to the academic realm. More comprehensive systems -- not unlike Haverford's and Davidson's-- where students ratify and enforce social and academic codes, are rare.
Today, some of the most notable and most stringent honor codes exist at the U.S. federal military academies--the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy (see Cadet Honor Code), and the U.S. Air Force Academy. The military academy honor codes not only govern the cadets' and mid-shipmen's lives at the academies, but are deemed essential to the development of military officers who are worthy of the public trust. As such, the codes are not limited merely to academic situations or to conduct on campus; cadets and midshipmen are expected to live by the codes' ethical standards at all times. Furthermore, they may not tolerate violations by other cadets or midshipmen--toleration itself being a violation of the code. Under the academies' honor codes, violation of the code is generally dealt with by dis-enrollment of the offender.
Another school with a very strict honor code is Brigham Young University. The university not only mandates honest behavior, but incorporates various aspects of virtuous living: drinking, smoking, drug use, and premarital sex are all banned. Also, the code includes standards for dress and grooming. Men must be clean shaven and men and women cannot wear short shorts or other revealing clothing.
Enforcement of honor codes differs from campus to campus as well. UVA opts for a student-run honor code which involves student input and is generally limited to academic concerns. Haverford College holds an honor code which is ratified (or not) by students yearly and run by an elected body, Honor Council. This code is concerned with an academic as well as a social component, demanding equal respect among students, in contrast to the military academies' focus on hierarchy. Davidson College also holds a dual honor code. An urban legend surrounds the Davidson code stating that a student was put on trial for not reporting an extra can of soda dispensed by a vending machine. Princeton University has maintained a student-run Honor Code for over one hundred years, unique in that regard among Ivy League schools. Vanderbilt University has also been governed by an Honor Code since its founding. Freshmen students attend an honor code ceremony to protect the traditions and academic integrity of the university. A plaque of the honor code is engraved in the student life center with a quote by once-Chancellor Madison Sarratt, "Today I give you two examinations, one in trigonometry and one in honesty. I hope you pass them both, but if you must fail one, let it be trigonometry for there are many good men in this world today who cannot pass an examination in trigonometry, but there are no good men in the world who cannot pass an examination in honesty." The University of Texas School of Law sets its Honor Code as a first step in the obligation of its students to the legal profession: "All law students are harmed by unethical behavior by any student. A student who deals dishonestly with fellow law students may be dishonest in the future and harm both future clients and the legal profession. In keeping with this approach the honor code in the grand scheme of the legal profession, honor code violations are reported to the State Bar of Texas and the violator's home state bar, thus creating an impediment to licensure. Texas Law is unique in that regard.


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Lincoln's Ghost Walks - Legends and Lore
Take a 90-minute nighttime tour of sites throughout Springfield that are linked to spirited stories about Lincoln's life and death. Founder Garret Moffett based the tour partly on local lore about Lincoln's visions and dreams, as well as on reported ghost sightings.
Illinois State Fair
Enjoy 10 days of thrills and excitement at this family-friendly fair featuring world renowned concert artists, food, carnival rides, livestock shows, agricultural exhibits, contests, educational displays, free entertainment, harness racing, auto racing and much more.
14th Annual International Route 66 Mother Road Festival
Come take part in a celebration of America's Highway, Route 66, at the 14th Annual International Route 66 Mother Road Festival. More than 1,000 cool cars will roll into the heart of Springfield's historic downtown this September. Enjoy music, entertainment, great food and a great time, as well as visit some of the nation's most popular automotive aftermarket vendors. It's a wonderful event for the whole family!
Candlelight Tour of New Salem
Bring the family to experience New Salem village after dark. Interpreters in period clothing will welcome you into the reconstructed log homes of the historic village where Abraham Lincoln lived for six years.
Fall Festival at New Salem
Typical autumn life on the 1830s Illinois prairie will be demonstrated. Costumed interpreters will demonstrate daily tasks such as candle dipping, butter churning, soap making, basket making, spinning wool, gardening, natural dyeing, and fishing with nets. Demonstrations of meat smoking will take place in one of the log village's period smokehouses, and wild game cooking will be demonstrated in the log homes. Visitors can step down into the cellar at the tavern to see how fruits and vegetables were preserved during the winter.
4th Annual Prairie Land Heritage Steam Show & Fall Festival Days
View antique tractors, period demonstrations from blacksmiths, plowing, threshing, baling, grinding and molasses production. Enjoy train rides, tractor pulls, great food and a HUGE flea market.
68th Annual Morgan County Fair
Carnival, food, talent show, pageant, live stock, tractor pulls and live entertainment.
Jacksonville Main Street's Pumpkin Fest
Join them for free family fun! Children and adult costume contest, pet costume contest, pumpkin decorating, food, games and entertainment.
History Comes Alive
Daily Living History Programs at the Lincoln historic sites and throughout downtown Springfield. Most programs are free. For a complete schedule, go to visitspringfieldillinois.com
Jacksonville Oktoberfest
Sponsored by Jacksonville Rotary Club at the Morgan County Fairgrounds. Come out for children and adult games, weenier dog race, wine and beer tasting, washers tournament, entertainment by The Waterloo German Band and The Heidelberg German Band as they perform music in the tradition of the German Beer Hall playing polkas, waltzes and big band music from the 1920's to 1980's pop music. DJ music will play through the rest of the day.
32nd Annual Pilot Club Holiday Home Tour & Tea
Visit beautifully decorated homes, sponsored by the International Pilot Club of Jacksonville.
31st Annual Cruise Nite and Classic Car Show
One of the largest Cruise Nites in Illinois. This event brings in classic and antique autos for a full day and night of fun for the whole family. Attend the car show on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and cruise from that evening from 5-9 p.m.
Undying Words 1858-1865
A powerful look at Lincoln's greatest words and how they helped end slavery in America. "Undying Words" explores the most important speeches of Lincoln's career, showing how his views on slavery evolved as he sought to hold the country together. One hundred fifty years after the Civil War ended and Lincoln died, this exhibit shows what was at stake for the slaves, soldiers and families caught up in the crisis Lincoln devoted himself to ending.
17th Annual Prairieland Chautauqua
Modeled after traditional Chautauquas, featuring musical shows, historical storytellers and reenactments portrayed by professionals and communal suppers. First Christian Church.
Annual Harvest Fest - Downtown Petersburg
Harvest Fest is a major fall festival in the heart of Petersburg, IL on the historic square and features a huge parade, street vendors, live music, a large antique car show, games, contests, children's attractions, fresh food and BBQ and much more.
DAR Governor Duncan Mansion Annual Ice Cream Social
Annual Ice Cream and Dessert Social, held on the lawn of the Governor Joseph Duncan Mansion. Presented by the Reverend James Caldwell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Suggested donation includes cake, ice cream and beverage. All proceeds to benefit the renovation of the Duncan Mansion.
Beaux Arts Ball - Jacksonville
A proud tradition of the community, this gala brings out the finest in the city's youth for a wonderful ball and coronation of king and queen of the event. Largest annual fundraising event for the David Strawn Art Gallery.
Traditional Music Festival
Performers from all over the Midwest will entertain on such instruments as mountain and hammer dulcimers, concertinas, bones, autoharps, fiddles, banjos, and guitars. There will be a large clogging platform provided outside the village, which will be filled with cloggers starting at noon on Sunday.
Cass County Fair
Held at the fairgrounds in Virginia, IL, and featuring a queen pageant, tractor pull, demo derby, antique tractors, livestock exhibits, livestock auction and kids games and activities.
A Fiendish Assassination
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum unveils a breathtaking collection of items related to Lincoln's murder and funeral in an exhibit called "A Fiendish Assassination." Opening April 2, the exhibit includes many items that have never been seen by the public before, including two medallions that adorned Lincoln's hearse.
Abe's Trail Trek
Trail run consists of a 5k, 10k and 15k run on trails through Lincoln's New Salem. In addition to the terrain of the 5k course, the 10k and 15k courses will take you past an 1800's reproduction flatboat, grist mill, up and down more than 150 steps, past a pioneer cemetery and on to the Finish Line at the museum.
36th Annual Robbie McEvers Memorial Golf Tournament
The 36th Annual Robbie McEvers Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at the Links Golf Course. This free tournament for junior golfers attracts over 350 players each year.
11th Annual River Country Quilt Show
Quilters throughout the area exhibit an impressive number of quilts, wall-hangings, antique quilts and much more.
Cheeseburgers in Paradise with Wine Margaritas & Jimmy Buffet Music
The Annual Cheeseburgers in Paradise Festival is always a big hit with Wine Margaritas & a Jimmy Buffet Cover Band. The music is fantastic, the Cheeseburgers are the best and don't forget our famous Wine Margaritas! Bring your friends and enjoy the summer sounds of Jimmy Buffet music along with your favorite drinks in the natural setting of Hill Prairie Winery.


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Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines and Vietnam Airlines are already members, while SkyTeam has also held talks with India's Jet Airways.
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Help Feed our 4-Legged Friends!
Hunger can become a mutual problem for pets as well as their owners, especially when the owners are homebound.
Donations of dry dog food and dry cat food are being accepted for the companion pets of Meals on Wheels clients.
For more information, call Senior Citizens, Inc. at (912)236-0363
Come see us at Heros for Heros 5K!
We will have a booth with Doctors and Technicians (who we think are pretty heroic themselves!) at the Heros for Heros 5K supporting Operation Saving Jake on March 15th, 2014.
We support the Humane Society of Greater Savannah!
We'll be setting up a table at the Annual Dog Lover's Walk at the Landings on March 22, 2014. Come see us and help support the homeless animals!


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Day 5 of not working. A blog could get used to this.
Sorry about the posting silence. Lots of birds, trees, water and sky – but no wifi.
Happy Fourth of July eve!
Sitting on the dock of the ba….lake
03 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in I need to tell you about this right now Tags: cabin, Family, Fishing, New York, Photograph, travel, Vacation
Day 5 of not working. A blog could get used to this.
Vacation part deux
29 Jun 2013 2 Comments
in I need to tell you about this right now Tags: Car, Driving, Earth, Family, humor, Life, Luggage, Packing, Photograph, Subaru, SUV, travel, Vacation
Wishing I drove a big, fat, earth destroying SUV right now…
Don't worry – the Subaru is so weighted down we'll only be able to go 20 miles an hour.
Time Out
24 Jun 2013 Leave a comment
in Brave New World Tags: Blogging, humor, island, Life, Photography, travel, Trip, Vacation
It isn't just a Madonna song anymore.
It's what this blog is doing. Or more importantly – not doing.
Just a mini break.
A short rest.
A small respite.
You get the picture. (Incase you didn't I included photos)
Just trying to make you jealous.
Just a little bit.
Later suckers… With your jobs and responsibilities and what not.
I can't relate. Not for 2 more days.
Grab Bag
17 Jun 2013 2 Comments
in Brave New World Tags: Beach, Bus, End of the School Year, Family, fish, Gift, Halloween, humor, Summer, Teacher, Vacation, Yankees
The last few days of school are here. No more lunches I didn't make. No more papers I forgot to sign. No more reading logs I forgot to send in. Phew. It's been a long year.
I can't wait to go into summer mom mode. Summer mom is so much nicer and calmer than, say, holiday-crunch mom – or worse yet, new-school-shopping-at-the-last-minute mom.
I asked my boy what we should get for his teacher as a thank you gift – lord knows she deserves it. He had just finished telling me about "John the bus driver". He's a Yankees fan with 3 grandkids. He likes to fish and go to the beach. He loves candy and once he let all the kids eat leftover Halloween candy on the way home. Thanks John. Ok – so I'm set with what to get for John.
Me: "But what about Mrs. S?" I say. "What does she like?".
The boy: "ummm. She wears sweatshirts everyday."
Me: "ok, like team sweatshirts? Does she love the Eagles or Phillies or something?"
The boy: "No. Not really. They're like jean sweatshirts. All different colors."
Me: "uh huh. ok."
This exchange made me think of another exchange, one even less helpful than this one, about 12 years ago.
I had just joined a very tight-knit group of event planners who seemed to have a million inside jokes, were constantly making fun of each other, worked insanely hard, and had a great time to boot. The leader of this pack was a woman who would go on to become one of my closest friends, but who at that point, wanted very little to do with me. To gain some brownie points, I wanted to buy the perfect gift when her birthday came around. I asked one of the other gals that had known her the longest what she liked. Here's the list she emailed me:
- Pugs
- The Spanish Language
- Traveling
This is not a joke. This was the list. WTF. What was I supposed to do with this list? Pugs? The Spanish Language? Come on!
Once I got over the outrageousness of it – I laughed my ass off.
To this day, when someone asks me what to get for someone else, I have to hold myself back from saying,"the Spanish language or pugs".
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in I need to tell you about this right now Tags: Cars, DC, Easter, Holiday, humor, Life, Monument, Museums, Photography, Smithsonian, Traffic, travel, Trip, Vacation, Washington DC
We took a quick trip to DC after Easter – literally. As in we cleaned up, packed leftovers, said goodbye to our family and hit the road.
My husband and I have both been to DC often, but just for work. From train to conference room to train. This was an all out tourist trip.
We landed in the capital at the stroke of 11pm. After miles and miles and miles of traffic, here's what we saw heading into our hotel. Pretty friggin cool.
For the next two days we traveled by trolley, monument to monument, museum to museum.
It was cherry blossom festival time but a late snow meant no blooming trees (actually there were a couple but we couldn't see them with all the Japanese tourists surrounding them. True story).
This is Julia Child's kitchen. Recreated spoon by spoon at the Smithsonian. This was my favorite monument in all of DC. Cluttered. Utilitarian. Completely unMartha. It was awesome.
Thanks Easter bunny.
5 Star Problems but a **** ain't one
05 Mar 2013 3 Comments
in Brave New World Tags: America, Asia, Beach, Europe, Family, Hawaii, Holiday, Hotels, humor, Kids, Life, Peru, Pool, transportation, travel, Tropics, Vacation
I have a problem.
A Tripadvisor problem.
It happens every year.
At about this time, my mind and body starts craving/dreaming/needing a vacation. Somewhere different. Preferably to a place where trains are called metros and where you can stay in a flat instead of an apartment. Or maybe a tropical turquoise retreat where I can drink from a coconut and lay on beach.
A place where I can be Vacation Mom and Vacation Wife. The one that doesn't worry and nag and yell and order. The one that lets you buy obscenely pricey gum from the gift shop and stay up until you feel like falling asleep. The one that doesn't care if anyone has brushed their teeth or combed their hair. She's awesome. I miss her.
But in order to transform into this groovy, go-with-the-flow chick we need to get the hell out of dodge first.
And in order to do that we need to find a place to go.
And every time we find a place I am compelled to that damn website to check out the reviews.
It never ends well for me.
Everyone has an opinion, and I read every last one.
MaryS from Wichita thinks the rooms at a certain resort in Puerto Rico aren't clean enough.
George from New Jersey didn't like any of the restaurants but loved the pool at his hotel in Hawaii.
clevergirl8 from Texas loved Peru but had a horrible time with customs at the airport.
I try to focus on just the positive. You can't make everyone happy, I say to myself.
But then I toss and turn and doubt. And doubt.
Are people just really really picky?
I realize that I could never have been one of those people backpacking through Europe or Asia or Idaho. I need research. Data. Background. I need to know that others have gone before me and had a good time. Or not.
So we'll make our plans for vacation and it'll be very exciting, but deep down I'll be thinking about MikeP from Albany, who thought Dublin was beautiful except for the hotel concierge who was a bit grumpy the whole time.
I give Tripadvisor.com 3 out of 5 stars. Lots of consumer information which usually results in the firm knowledge that no matter where you are going or what you are doing – it could have been better somewhere else.
Night Riders
21 Feb 2013 2 Comments
in I need to tell you about this right now Tags: Car, Driving, highway, humor, Life, Nature, Photography, travel, Vacation, Vermont
I've never done an all nighter. Not even in college. So, last Saturday night, well into my 40s, I did it. We had 3 short days to enjoy in Vermont and my daughter had a dance she couldn't miss. So around midnight, we loaded up the kids and left. In 6 hours we'd be having breakfast in our favorite spot in town.
My husband drove. We had coffee. We had snacks. We were on our way.
I fell asleep before we hit the highway.
To be fair, I did get up a few times. So it wasn't a deep sleep. Does that count?
Here I am waking up at 2am…
And 6:30am…(apparently I slept thru an accident that set us back an hour)


text: YNHHS hospitals nationally recognized for healthcare equality The national Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation has recognized Yale New Haven Health member hospitals for their commitment to equitable, inclusive care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients and their families, who can face significant challenges in securing adequate health care. Bridgeport, Greenwich and Yale-New Haven hospitals are among 464 healthcare facilities nationwide named "Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality" in the Healthcare Equality Index 2013, an annual survey conducted by the HRC Foundation, the educational arm of the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization. Leaders in LGBT healthcare equality meet key criteria for equitable care, including non-discrimination policies for LGBT patients and employees, a guarantee of equal visitation for same-sex partners and parents, and LGBT health education for key staff members. "We're honored to receive this recognition, which reflects our commitment to providing compassionate, patient- and family-centered care to every member of the diverse population we serve," said Peter Herbert, MD, senior vice president, medical affairs, Yale New Haven Health System. "Every one of our patients and each of their loved ones is an individual, and we respect their cultures, backgrounds and values," said Gayle Capozzalo, executive vice president, Strategy and System Development, YNHHS. "Having employees with a variety of cultural and individual differences helps us better serve these patients and their loved ones," continued Capozzalo. "Diversity — in the communities we serve and our workforce — is an important part of the identity of Yale New Haven Health and its member hospitals. Honoring that diversity is an important part of our mission to provide the best, most compassionate care to everyone who comes to us for care."