text:
Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Mike Leake (CIN) threw four innings of shutout ball and Lance Zawadzki (SD) had three hits, including a solo home run and a two-run double, leading the Peoria Saguaros to an 8-1 victory over the Mesa Solar Sox at HoHoKam Park this afternoon.
This was the final regular season game for both teams, as the Phoenix Desert Dogs (East Division Champions) and the Peoria Javelinas (West Division champs) will play in the 2009 AFL Championship Game at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday. The Solar Sox finished in last place in the AFL East Division, with the worst record in the league.
Starlin Castro, Josh Vitters, and Michael Brenly were in the Solar Sox starting lineup today, and went a combined 1-11.
Castro hit 2nd, played six innings at SS, and got three ABs, grounding out all three times (4-3, 5-3, 4-3). He also made only his second error of the AFL season, a bad throw to 1st base. Castro finished the 2009 AFL regular season with a .376 batting average (6th in the league) and nine stolen bases (tied for 3rd).
Vitters returned to the lineup at 3B this afternoon and went 1-4, roping a double down the line into the LF corner with two outs in the bottom of the 4th. He also bounced out 6-3, popped-up to the shortstop, and was called out on strikes. Vitters finished the 2009 AFL campaign 9th in the league in hitting (.353).
Michael Brenly was the Solar Sox catcher today, and went 0-4, flying out to RF, striking out (swinging), popping out to the second-baseman, and reaching base on an E-6 in the 9th. Brenly went 1-13 over his last four AFL games and hit .240 overall.
LHP John Gaub and RHP Blake Parker (both vying for spots on the Cubs 40-man roster) made their final AFL appearances versus the Scorpions last night at Scottsdale Stadium.
Gaub struggled in his one inning of work, throwing 23 pitches, but only 11 strikes. He loaded the bases on two walks and an infield single, but was able to escape the frame with no runs scoring. Gaub struck out one batter (lefty-swinging SF 3B Brandon Crawford).
Parker threw one inning of shutout ball, allowing a two-out double before striking out Steve Susdorf (PHI) for the 3rd out.
LHP James Russell completed his AFL season on Tuesday, working a scoreless 9th. Russell pitched very well, finishing 3rd in the league in ERA (1.26) and tied for 2nd in WHIP (0.98). Russell had a 0.00 ERA over his last ten appearances, allowing eight hits and two walks while striking out 12 over that ten game span.
RHP Andrew Cashner made his final AFL start on Tuesday, and went three innings. He finished 10th in the league in strikeouts.
P - Stephen Strasburg (WAS)
C - Nevin Ashley (TB)
1B - Brandon Snyder (BAL)
2B - Marcus Lemon (TEX)
3B - Brandon Laird (NYY)
SS - Starlin Castro (CUBS)
LF - Colin Curtis (NYY)
CF - Grant Desme (OAK)
RF - Casper Wells (DET)
DH - Matt McBride (CLE)
MVP: Grant Desme
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Thanks for all the reports, Phil.
I see you've got Strasburg as your pitcher- is this a best performance list or best prospects or a combination of both?
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Hmm, maybe you should squeeze in one more AFL game report then ; )
Looking at his stats, you can see Strasburg's ERA is 'artificially' high. He rarely gave up fly balls, but managed to have three go out of the park. It wouldn't be possible to do that over a full season (give up 40 HR's with a 4:1 GB to FB ratio and all those K's).
In your mind is there any need for Straburg to pitch in AA next year (arbitration clock aside)?
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
"Strasburg was injured while shagging fly balls Thursday afternoon. He was then taken to a local hospital for X-rays, which revealed some inflammation in his left knee. The Nats released a statement terming it an issue that is "not considered serious," so he should be fine to continue his offseason regimen once the inflammation clears. He'll be good by the start of spring training."
Hmmmmmm. Thus began a series of freak injuries that dogged a career that held much more promise than it ever delivered.
If this ends up happening, he'll be mentioned along with Prior for more than his record-breaking signing bonus.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Mark Fydrich says "Hi"
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Thanks for the great write-ups all fall. It's a treat for me to read.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
It will be interesting to see how it plays out. Imagine if he is very good in ST then they decide to send him down anyway - the players may not be too happy.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Submitted by Old and Blue
Yes, Old, and Blue, I am the very best spring training/minor league reporter that has ever walked this earth. Why do you ask?
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
LMAO, well done.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Thanks as always Phil. I remember when you were just a poster here, seems so long ago.. =)
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
that grabes pic looks a lot like the Z pic from a while back...
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Thanks Phil, head over to the Woodshed in Mesa on Dobson and University and have some chicken wings and tell them the King Salmon sent you.
Cubs going after Castillo for Bradley and Milwood to the Mets
According to Phil Rogers, who filed this while waiting for Miller's Pub to open today.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Oh, I lost the link, but Keith Law of ESPN graced us all with his top 50 free agents. According to MLBtraderumors he says Marlon Byrd is not a starter for a contending team.
Which of course makes me wonder if what Keith Law was doing during the 2009 season while Marlon Byrd was a starter for a contending team, and Melky Cabrerra won the World Series.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Rank Player
31 Marlon Byrd
Age: 32 Bats: R Throws: R
Position: Center field/Left field
'09 team: Texas Rangers Status: Free agent (Type B)
.283Byrd is a classic fourth outfielder -- he doesn't play center field well enough to handle it on an everyday basis, but doesn't have quite the bat to play every day in a corner. His offensive line in 2008 was starter-worthy in a corner, but Byrd regressed in 2009; 25 regular corner outfielders beat his unadjusted .808 OPS. Plus, there's reason to doubt even that number for Byrd. Playing two years in a good hitters' park in Texas, Byrd has done much of his damage at home, posting a .290/.339/.415 line in 516 road PA over the past two years. A corner outfielder with a sub-800 OPS (that's light on OBP) who plays average to slightly above-average defense isn't a starter for a contending club.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Thanks, though that's going to get Rob upset (unless it's in the free bit which I doubt).
Since the Cubs are looking at him as a starter in CF - and even Law listed him as CF, and he played CF for a contending team which caught the ball better than expected in 2009, it doesn't make much sense to talk about him as a left fielder.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Any word on when 40-man roster moves will be made or at least what time the deadline is?
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
I'm sure AZ Phil has mentioned it in the last week, if you want to look around a bit. I want to say it's 15:00 EST...
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Not sure if you guys are on twitter (what a stupid name) but just saw this:
[email protected]_JonHeyman - how could the Cubs be a suitor for Holliday? They're already right up against their budget limit.
Not sure where TF MLBTR got that one (and I asked), but thought I'd share.
Either Jimbo has a helluva trade up his sleeve to free payroll, Ricketts is opening the coffers even further, or.....
Somebody's full of shit and trying to stir up business where there is none.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Heyman lists Cubs among possible suitors for Holliday. What is he smoking, and where can I get some??
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
T.R. Sullivan, Rangers writer for mlb.com says phil rogers 3 way trade rumor "not happening"
(translation, rogers is a big bs'er)
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Grabow deal is done--Heyman/Muskat--Twitter
Muskat says 2/7.5
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
I was reviewing Jeff Passan's FA list:
And there's a few guys I hadn't thought of before:
Brian Schnieder - if his defense is still good
Shawn Hill
Khalil Greene - who we discussed last year. A legitimate fielding SS.
Takashi Saito
Chan Ho Park
I think Saito's or Park's money probably just went to Grabow. The other guys I am talking about bringing in on ST invite type contracts.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Also from Heyman-- "• Cubs. New owner Tom Ricketts hasn't said how he will proceed. The general feeling is that new owners don't like to make waves, but they make big money and there are no guarantees."
I thought Ricketts already covered this?
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
He did, but Heyman is a national guy, not someone who agonized over every word of the introdcutory press conference like some of us.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Yeah, but he is aware that there must have been an introductory news conference, and that something about how they would proceed would almost have to be covered. I wouldn't think it would be difficult for him to find a transcript or adequate coverage to give him a flavor of what was said, so that he didn't blatantly lie by saying the Ricketts haven't said how they are going forward.
The media hasn't figured out how dumb Twitter makes them look by throwing casual, unfounded blurbs out onto the interwebs under the guise of "insider information."
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
In the back of my mind i think Ricketts is going to do something big to show he wants to win. Just an odd feeling of a big money free agent signing coming this way.
At worst he will go over the budget limit for a year to do it. He can fund that personally out of his own pocket.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
At worst he will go over the budget limit for a year to do it. He can fund that personally out of his own pocket.
Assuming that the Cubs are a corporation, no he can't fund anything personally out of his own pocket. He could, in theory, issue some new stock and buy it for a ridiculous price - 10 shares at $1 million per - or something then later have the corporation buy the shares back at a $1 a piece, and earmark those funds for additional player salary, but that's all pretty convoluted, especially if it is a corporation that is owned by a partnership.
Anyway, there's no reason to do that. According to Scott Boras the Cubs are making $100 million in profit a year, so they can easily add $10 million in payroll and still get an outstanding ROI on the $850 million purchase price.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Are the Cubs a corporation?
I thought they were a family owned entity?
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
I assume they're a corporation for liability reasons. They could be a partnership, though, and they could be a corporation owned by a partnership (which doesn't make any money so they avoid getting double taxed).
If no one knows maybe we should ask Musket.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
a question for the Mushbox
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
The Trib still owns like 5-10% of the team to help sale go through.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
That would tend to imply that it's a corporation, at least for now.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Helpful for the topic, I think:
If the Ricketts followed their plan, it sounds like a partnership that owns a corporation, of which the
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Helpful for the topic, I think:
If the Ricketts followed their plan, it sounds like a partnership that owns a corporation, or possibly a variety of corporations.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
On the Illinois Secretary of State website, The Chicago Cubs Baseball Club is listed as a Limited Liability Company.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Thanks for the additional research.
I don't even know what a LLCompany is. Any Illinois tax or audit accountants around that can answer?
With a 90 year old ball park you would assume the owners need some protection from a law suit in case a grandstand collapses and kills 312 people.
Back to the original point. It would be difficult, but not impossible to throw some extra cash to the company without aquiring some new stock. I'd be surprised if Tom has got $10 or $15 million lying around, anyway. It would make considerably more sense to take the money out of the company and show a tax loss than it would to invest his own money is some convuluted charity program.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
A LLC protects the owners personal property. If your business is a LLC, potential lawsuits can only be made toward the LLC, not the owner(s) themselves. In other words, a fan can't sue you and take your house if he slips on pee-pee.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Doesn't LLC typically stand for "Lesser Liability Corporation" though?
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Limited Liability Corporation
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
I see what you are saying. He put Limited Liability Company instead of corporation. I can only assume he meant corporation.
Because the Night belongs to Cy Young Winners
Does anyone else think Lincecum and Patti SMith look alike?
Vizquel to White Sox
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Muskat sings 25 or 4 to 6...(something like the song, just off key)
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Anyone know where we could get the latest details on additions to the 40 man? It seems like in years past it's just been sort of piecemealed togther until cubs.com puts up a new 40 man roster in 3 weeks.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Does this look accurate? I don't see Heilman on there so I'm not sure if this is up to date or outdated. I couldn't find a date on it obviously.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
nevermind. Sorry. That's only 33 players. My bad.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
That's the one I was referring to. At some point it will be updated, but I doubt it will be today or tomorrow, probably in a couple of weeks.
You can edit your comments (until someone replies) by the way.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Alright, thanks. I was lazy on the counting.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
No 40 man update at cubs.com but the Grabow Signing article.
He's the old man of the bullpen at age 31.
I'm sure this will work out fine
"I've had bone chips in my elbow for three years now," he said. "if you look at [veteran] pitchers, they usually have something going on in their shoulder or elbow. Throwing a baseball for all those years takes its toll. You learn to manage it."
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
No I meant Limited Liability Company. I always thought that LLC stood for Limited Liability Company which is kind of a hybrid between a partnership and a corporation.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
A limited liability company or A company with limited liability (abbreviated L.L.C. or LLC or W.L.L) in the law of the vast majority of United States jurisdictions is a legal form of business company that provides limited liability to its owners. Often incorrectly called a "limited liability corporation" (instead of company), it is a hybrid business entity having certain characteristics of both a corporation and a partnership or sole proprietorship (depending on how many owners there are). An LLC, although a business entity, is a type of unincorporated association and is not a corporation. The primary characteristic an LLC shares with a corporation is limited liability, and the primary characteristic it shares with a partnership is the availability of pass-through income taxation. It is often more flexible than a corporation and it is well-suited for companies with a single owner.
All according to the arbitrator of all things good and holy, Wikipedia.
Personally, according to that, I have my doubts that they are a LLComapy. But, again, I'd look for an accountant who works in the state of Illinois to really clarify matters.
Re: Sun Sets on 2009 Solar Sox
AZ Phil,
I was wondering what you project Jeffrey Antigua as. Do you think he has the potential to be a top of the rotation pitcher also what pitches does he throw? Last but not least, where do you rank him among other pitchers in the organization?
Recent comments
Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


text:
What is myeloma?
Myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells. Plasma cells are antibody-producing cells normally present in very small numbers in the bone marrow. In myeloma, a plasma cell population expands abnormally to large numbers. Myeloma is called "multiple myeloma" because multiple patches or areas of bone marrow are typically affected.
How will Bank On A Cure® affect treatment?
Bank On A Cure will allow researchers to determine sensitivity to specific existing and new treatments, susceptibility to toxic side effects and the contributing factors and/or a predisposition to myeloma. This knowledge may provide genetic tests that can direct the best therapy for each individual patient, and can also lead to new drug development and the potential for a cure.
What is DNA?
DNA is Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, which is a chain of four different building blocks that are arranged in different sequences that serve as a blueprint for cellular activity. Each nucleic acid is like a "bit" of information in a computer. The combination of the "bits" of information is what creates the blueprint for human cells. Infinite combinations and permutations of these four types of nucleic acid create the diversity of all life. Different sequences make each of individually unique; indeed, every patient has unique characteristics that impact their disease.
What is a gene?
A gene is a short stretch of DNA with a particular sequence with codes for one individual protein molecule. Although everyone has the same proteins, there are minor differences in the code from one person to another. These minor differences create the uniqueness of every individual. A change of a single nucleotide, sometimes called a mutation, or a polymorphism, creates a protein, which can have both a different structure and function than an otherwise identical protein.
What is a SNP?
A SNP is called a "snip" in research jargon: a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism or a change in a single nucleotide to create a unique new protein. These individual proteins lead to the different susceptibilities to cancer, as well as sensitivity to targeted anticancer therapies.
How is DNA collected for testing?
Every cell in the body contains the same DNA. A simple source of cells from which to collect DNA for testing are surface cells from inside the mouth called buccal cells. These cells can be collected by using a simple oral procedure called "swish & rinse." The advantage of the oral rinse is that samples can be easily collected by most people. Samples are then sent through the mail to a central laboratory for DNA purification and testing.
How will the patient DNA be used?
In the first phase of the project, the DNA is used to validate and establish the comprehensive myeloma DNA bank. In follow-up, targeted clinical trials, individual patient results will be used to determine eligibility. These trials will be designed to select the best treatment for each patient based upon the personal DNA profile.
How will patient confidentiality be protected?
Informed consent is required for participation. This means the patient has agreed to participate and complete confidentiality will be upheld within the HIPAA guidelines and local IRB requirements.
What happens to the DNA information?
Bank On A Cure DNA information is kept confidential as part of the DNA bank. The data from the Bank will be accessible to all interested parties wishing to participate in this international collaborative study, but patient information will not be individually identified. Participation requirements are reviewed and approved by both the Bank On A Cure Scientific Board of Advisors and the local institutional review boards (IRB).
What are the benefits of participation in Bank On A Cure?
People who choose to participate in the Bank will be an integral part of establishing a revolutionary, international, multi-institutional DNA bank which will offer hope to all myeloma patients- current and future. Participants will help Bank On A Cure reach its goals which include:
How do patients participate?
Contact the IMF at www.myeloma.org or by calling 800-452-CURE (2873), or 1-818-487-7455 outside the USA and Canada . Complete kits and confidentiality forms will be sent directly to patients for DNA collection.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Encanto residents feel snubbed by Civic San Diego
"We demand a more visionary project that brings together community benefits."
Dorian Hargrove 1:30 p.m., Oct. 1
Stairway in Montmartre, Paris.
Photo by Derek Ray
Posted April 12, 2013
Dorian Hargrove 1:30 p.m., Oct. 1
Julie Stalmer 11:30 a.m., Oct. 1
Walter Mencken 9 a.m., Oct. 1
Ian Anderson 5 p.m., Sept. 30
Dorian Hargrove 4:30 p.m., Sept. 30
Garrett Harris 4 p.m., Sept. 30
Matthew Lickona 3 p.m., Sept. 30
© 2016 San Diego Reader. All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission.
Each newsletter subscription means another chance to win!Close


text:
Now more than ever, we need your support! Become a Supporting Subscriber today.
Eric Roberts
Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 150
"Come back to bed... Master"
Outpost Gallifrey Presents:
Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 150
Running Time: 0:59:20
Eliza Roberts interviewed (speaking of her role in the 1996 movie along with Eric Roberts and his recent work with Christopher Eccleston), news, announcements, special communique from Starship Sofa, and more.


text:
on March 19, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Students must learn to respect authority
Any good teacher can handle 40 students. But the students must want to learn. They must respect authority. They must successfully complete the prerequisite for the class. They cannot be permitted to disrupt the proceedings, or to bully other students or the teacher. If students disrupt a class, curse at other students or those in authority, arbitrarily use a cellphone or cause general mayhem, they should be removed from the class permanently. No one-day or five-day suspension. It is not fair for the students who want to learn to tolerate this misbehavior.
The previous generation is lost. The present is close to being lost. The next generation has a chance if children can start to learn at age 3. If the environment, parents, racial problems or economic problems are at fault, they must be corrected or removed. Cooperation from the parents/guardians is a must. Teachers go to school to teach; not to be a policeman, a referee of fights or a disciplinarian. They are licensed by the state and trained in schools that are sanctioned by the state. The control problem seems to be in the hands of the authority: the governor, the state Education Department, the superintendent, the School Board and the principals. If they can't or won't correct the situation, they should resign or we will continue to have dire results.
These bad actors have been brought up with the idea that they do not need to study to get a diploma. Why worry or work? The government will supply you with free housing, utilities, food, clothing and medical care. If anyone steps on your toes – teachers, principals or other students – just violently rebel. Show them you can't be pushed around. Disrupt the class. Curse at supervision. Do as you please.
Joe Bauer


text:
Very dreamy, sweet, instrumental tune with classical piano sound, clarinet, harp, bass, strings. Happy sound specially for babies.
If you purchase this track please rate it, and if you use it in your project I would be grateful if you let me know. I'll post a link back to your project on my profile.
Both WAV and MP3 versions of the track are included in the download package. Thanks for your purchase!


text:
Top Definition
Pronoun: Tight and comfy, feels like home. WUML reference to vagina.
"lick that snüp"
-Richard Nixon
-Richard Nixon
লিখেছেন- theclassybass 18 de নভেম্বার de 2008
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
A overall wonderful and extremely lovealbe person.
You little sugar snups!
লিখেছেন- Elena the Sweet 12 de মে de 2006
the process of shortening "listen up!" into the shorter version of s'nup. usually yelled to get a large group of childrens attention
লিখেছেন- sccchhhteeeven 19 de জুলাই de 2009
An overall wonderful and extremely lovealbe person.
You little sugar snups!
লিখেছেন- Elena the Sweet 17 de মে de 2006
A dog trick. A piece of food (kibble, pancake, etc) is placed on the nose of a sitting dog. On command the dog flips the piece off its nose and catches it in its mouth.
"Snup it!"
লিখেছেন- mansbestfriend 31 de জুলাই de 2009
A pawn in the game of life, easily controlled or emotionally manipulated to the point of submission on every mission
"You got snupped hard on that occasion, why dont you have a cup of shut the fuck up mixed with concrete, you soft piece of shit"
লিখেছেন- 2stylsh 26 de জুলাই de 2008
Alternative to the F-bomb, created by Jeremiah Walsh to counter the excessive use of other alternatives.
What the snup?
Snup you!
Snup you!
লিখেছেন- Jordan 28 de ফেব্রুয়ারি de 2005


text:
Fair ~
High: 70°F ~ Low: 50°F
Friday, Sep. 30, 2016
In Honor of Kenneth James WeishuhnPosted Monday, April 16, 2012, at 8:10 PM
Becoming a parent is one of the greatest gifts that anyone can ever experience. As you're looking down at your baby, counting his fingers, stroking his hair, and holding him close you can't help but wonder how is it that you can love someone so much that till that day you never had officially met. Baby comes home and life has new meaning. You are a mother, this is your child, your little buddy, the greatest love of your life and you can't help but smile with admiration at your seemingly perfect bundle of joy. That feeling never leaves for a parent. There is a sense of pride in everything that your child does. Pride in his first poopy in the potty, pride in his first word, his first step, his first time on his bike, his first report card, or even his first year in high school. For a parent it never occurs to you that someone could find fault in your perfect creation or cause your child to find imperfection within themselves. Parents like to believe that we can protect our children no matter what the circumstance; after all that's our job right?
What parents never factor on is the ridiculous world of adolescence. We remember what it was like in high school but we tend to forget how cruel "kids" can be. All of us were either bullied in high school or were ourselves the ones that did the bullying. As adults we look back and laugh at the memories of slamming kids in the locker or how being called a "dork" gave you ambition to be the richest person coming back for the ten year reunion. Regardless if memories are good or bad, parents happily send their children to high school confident that the experience will be promising. Never does a parent imagine that the very person you believe to be perfect in every way, regardless of sexuality, speech problems, buck teeth, or early development will be singled out and pushed so far to the edge that he is unable to see the purpose and potential of his life. What teenagers can't seem to figure out, even with all their technology smarts, is that every life has value and no life has more value than another.
Words are not just words. They are imprints that you leave with a person for their rest of their life. Their tears stain not only their face but the face of every person they know and love. You're not just playing "a joke" or "being cooler", when you bully someone you are attacking a person in ways that you will never truly understand. At least not until your mature enough to know the difference between right and wrong. Every time a child calls another child a dork, geek, or even worse a fag, they are declaring to all those who are present that they are truly ignorant. However, no one will know the truth until years later. What you do and what you say has a profound impact on every person you come into contact with. Our children are often a reflection of ourselves because the values and beliefs we hold in our life; we instill in our children. The last thing that I want to see in my child is hatred, jealousy, and disrespect because that would mean that I unknowingly taught a useless trait that contributes nothing to the rest of the world.
The saddest part of teenage death from the result of bullying is that even though the bully may hopefully one day mature, they never get the chance to truly apologize to their victim. That guilt never will have closure and while your tiny mind might not understand that right now, I feel sorry for the day when it finally makes sense. In the tragedy that happened over this weekend involving Kenneth James Weishuhn, the incident is far more severe than just bullying. What happened was robbery. Your words robbed this boy of his first car, his first prom, his first day at college and a chance to be happy in his life. You took away a mother's son whom she loved more than herself. A father is now denied the right to bond with his son the way he envisioned for the future. You stole a brother from a sister who needed him. Your words and your superior actions stood right beside him, guiding him to make the worst decision he could of made in his life. One day when you are looking down at your own child, astonished by how perfect he or she is, you will understand what it feels like to have your heart live outside of your body. Regrettably, you the bully get a second chance in life and a chance to teach your child the valuable lessons you hopefully learned. What's tragic is that it took someone losing their life to understand the effects of what a bully can do. What's even more tragic is you will never fully appreciate the value of life, until that day you are counting your own baby's toes and kissing his forehead.
Kenneth James Weishuhn's death will not be in vain. He has opened the door to advocate for others who have no voice. He has called attention to an old issue that has become more intense and even more dangerous than ever before. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are opening up new avenues for potential bullying. To honor the man who has made a lasting impression in our lives, even before this tragic incident, we need to stand up and speak out against those who choose to hurt others. Cherish the memory of the boy we all knew and loved, but most importantly don't ever forget the message his memory brings.
Showing comments in chronological order
[Show most recent comments first]
Very well written and I agree with ya on this. It just breaks my heart. Words can not explain on how much my heart goes out to this family!
-- Posted by acerdj on Tue, Apr 17, 2012, at 6:12 AM
Very well put! This epidemic needs to end now!
-- Posted by SmallTownKid2 on Tue, Apr 17, 2012, at 12:44 PM
My heart is just breaking for Kenneth's family,I hope those who did the bullying are punished!! I am proud to say I raised my kids to protect not bully!!
-- Posted by lasitagail on Tue, Apr 17, 2012, at 2:34 PM
I raised my kids to fight back or stand up and fight for those who can't or won't.
-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Tue, Apr 17, 2012, at 4:59 PM
What's worse than finding out you gave birth to a child who will be hated for being homosexual? Discovering you created a bully, since the later is something you could have avoided, and you now have the possibility of seeing your grandchildren spend every day of their childhood with a sick monster.
-- Posted by A. View Point on Sat, Apr 21, 2012, at 5:36 PM
Behavior is the monster is what I'm trying to stress. Let's not preach to be hypocritical and become the bullies ourselves. Let's strive to know better and teach better and continue to "try" no matter what the circumstance!
-- Posted by leeceyplus3 on Sun, Apr 22, 2012, at 10:17 PM
Very well said...very sad that children don't realize that as they age and graduate they can avoid people that make them unhappy in their younger years and that their lives will get better...with suicide there is no getting past this moment in their lives...if they could only reach out for help (and recieve it) so they wouldn't cause so much pain to their loved ones and so much harm to themselves...
-- Posted by dream catcher on Fri, May 4, 2012, at 6:10 PM
Respond to this blog
Posting a comment requires free registration:
- Archives
- Blog RSS feed
- Comments RSS feed
- Send email to Alyce Townsend
- Login
My name is Alyce Townsend. I have lived in Spencer, Iowa for the last 6 and half years. I'm originally a small town girl from Primghar but moved to Spencer because of the big city shopping with small town appeal. Okay, maybe that's not the whole truth. I hate driving in snow. Living in Spencer allows me to never have to leave town in the winter! I'm a 26 year old mother of three children ages 6, 5, and 4. Yes, that's how old they are. Yes, I know. Please stop laughing. I am currently enrolled in Iowa Lakes Community College for my Business Degree with hopes for someday having my own online clothing store. When I'm not doing homework, chasing kids, or cleaning house I love to write. Writing is my release and I currently have been working on screenplays I hope will someday become Oscar worthy motion pictures. I must warn you that I do at times have a twisted sense of humor, so I hope that when reading my blogs of whatever topic I may joke about, you leave with a smile and a whole new perspective!
Hot topicsSkate Park Dilemma
(2 ~ 1:41 AM, Aug 21)
Uganda? You Gotta be kidding me is right
The Feeling of Christmas
A Smile in Unexpected Places
Pocket Knives On Planes?


text:
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Summerville Dream invites you to usher in the holiday season at its Third Thursday event from 5 to 8 p.m. on November 21, 2013! This month's theme is "Bury Hunger in Summerville," and what better way to begin the holidays than to share our abundance with others? In light of the theme, Parks Funeral Home is graciously providing a hearse at Hutchinson Square to collect nonperishable food items – anything canned, bagged, or boxed (just check those expiration dates, please). The food will go to two local organizations, HELP of Summerville and the Dorchester Senior Center, which will create some 300 Christmas baskets for our elderly shut-in neighbors. Think big – let's fill the hearse to overflowing! If each attendee brings in just one or two items, consider the difference we will make, based on an estimated attendance of a thousand. For those bringing in items, renowned storyteller Tim Lowry will give out codes for a free download of his rendition of Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
WCBD-TV Channel 2 will be broadcasting live, and the atmosphere will sure to be festive with performances from Windsor Hill Elementary School, Kelly's Dance, and musicians staged around Hutchinson Square, Short Central, and in front of Town Hall. Our downtown businesses will be open late and in the holiday spirit, too, with beautiful decorations and unique holiday gift items for you to get a head start on your shopping.
So invite your family, colleagues, friends and neighbors for a fun evening and show everyone that our town has the true holiday spirit – enough to Bury Hunger in Summerville! Can't join us? Four Green Fields, A Very Little Bookstore, and
People, Places, & Quilts also will be accepting food donations from Monday, November 18, through Saturday, November 23.
For questions or more information, call Summerville Dream at 843.821.7260 or contact email@example.com.
© 2016 The Berkeley Independent an Evening Post Industries company. All Rights Reserved.
Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Parental Consent Form.


text:
Systemwide Events Calendar
College of LLL - Spring 2013 - Film SeriesFebruary 20, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Manoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies
Boy (2010) - Dir. Taika Waititi, 87 mins.
Set on the east coast of New Zealand in the year 1984, Boy, an 11-year-old kid and devout Michael Jackson fan gets a chance to know his father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Professor Professor Alice Te Punga Sommerville (English) introduces the film and leads Q&A.
In English and Maori with English sub-titles.
Ticket Information
Event Sponsor
LLEA, Manoa Campus
More Information
Prof. Christina Gerhardt, (808) 956-4182, email@example.com, http://manoa.hawaii.edu/llea/?page_id=754
|Wednesday, February 20
|The Wellness Center - Fitness Class Schedule
Maui Campus, Pilina Bldg., Wellness Center
Manoa Campus, Harold L. Lyon Arboretum 3860 Manoa Road Honolulu, HI 96822
|TC- Memory Enhancement from Tai Chi (1 of 4)
Windward Campus, Hale Kuhina 115
|Spring 2013 Faculty Speaker Series: Rendering the Nation
Manoa Campus, Burns Hall 2118, East-West Center
|East-West Toastmasters Public Speaking Club Meeting
Manoa Campus, Sinclair Library 201
|Moving Forward: Transitioning Into College
Hawaii Campus, Manono Campus, Bldg. 379 Rm. 1
|Anthropology Final Oral
Manoa Campus, Saunders 437
|Biggest Loser | Workout Wednesdays
Honolulu Campus, Building 2-113 (Grassy Area)
|College of LLL - Spring 2013 - Film Series
Manoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies
|WRRC Seminar: A Roadmap for Best Practices in Microbial Risk Assessment of Water
Manoa Campus, Watanabe 112
|Chess Club at UH Manoa Meeting
Manoa Campus, Campus Center room 308
|Talk Story with David Heenan
Gordon Biersch, Aloha Tower Marketplace, 1 Aloha Tower Drive
|Mastering the MCAT
Manoa Campus, UHM Campus Center 307
|Clutter Free for Life - From Chaos to Order (Part 2)
Windward Campus, Hale Kuhina 106
- Highlighted dates have scheduled events.
- Select the date to view all events for that day.
Ongoing Events
- Scholarships Available!
- Lineage : A Family Tree of Printmakers
- The White Rose : nonviolent resistance against the Nazi regime
- Arts Exhibition: Ainu Treasures: A Living Tradition in Northern Japan
- Biggest Loser Challenge
- SAPFB Fall 2013 Funding Applications Available
- Picturing the Ryukyus: Images of Okinawa in Japanese Artworks from the UH Sakama
- 2nd Annual Honolulu African American Film Festival
- Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2013
- Manoas Got Talent


text:
Fasting and Vegan Food - Printable Version
+- The British Orthodox Church - Fellowship Forum (http://britishorthodox.org/forum)
+-- Forum: General Lounge (http://britishorthodox.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=11)
+--- Forum: General Conversation (http://britishorthodox.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=7)
+--- Thread: Fasting and Vegan Food (/showthread.php?tid=68)
Fasting and Vegan Food - Mark Fletcher - 21-02-2007
Those contemplating regularly eating vegan food as part of a fasting programme (as outlined in Our Daily Life) may have felt at some stage like losing the will to live. However, things are not all that grim if you persevere and shop around.
I am glad to have found that not all vegan products in my local health food shop are expensive, tasteless, bland, joyless affairs (though many of them are - vegan 'cheese' is vile, for example). Soya milk is quite nice, especially if it's sweetened. 'Dove's Farm' brand organic corn flakes and other products are surprisingly nice.
Think twice before becoming vegan though, should you feel very enthusiastic. I have tried to several times in the past, but have felt ill after a few months on each occasion and gave up. Unless you can afford good quality multi-chelated vitamin supplements and can be very "choosy" about diet, then perhaps it's a bad decision. Don't necessarily believe all the claims made by vegan propagandists in my opinion.
There are very good ethical reasons for becoming vegan, and I'm not in any way 'knocking it'. However, I do think that the Vegan Society is not worth joining for a variety of reasons, the most important of which is that it has some members who will do rather bizarre things in the name of 'Animal Liberation', however 'normal' they may appear. At the moment, I do eat meat regularly. I am shocked and saddened by the way animals are treated in so many different contexts. I should really stop eating it altogether, I suppose. Sadly, the smell and taste of sizzling sausages always makes my mouth water. Kyrie eleison and happy fasting.
Fasting - John Charmley - 21-02-2007
Dear Mark,
I fear that I am going slow but not altogether sure, hoping and praying that I am getting the spirit of this fast right, if not the letter.
My wife is fond of vegetarian food in any case, but it seems to me that it is more important that I make sacrifices than that I stick to something at which, at this stage of my development, I will fail. So, I have given up biscuits, chocolate, alcohol and red meat completely. This hurts, much more than giving up dairy produce (of which, apart from a little milk, I partake of sparingly in any event), and in that sense reminds me that I am making a real sacrifice!
Equally, I find it, at this stage, impractical to abstain from all food until the evening, so I confine myself to the lightest of lunches; this prevents me keeling over - and stops any sense of spiritual pride developing, because I know that if I were more advanced than I am, I would be able to manage this; it is something towards which I aim.
I hope, as Lent goes on, to get closer towards what I should be doing, but no red meat, chocolate or alcohol are real sacrifices, which I offer gladly as an earnest for those I would like to make but am too weak, at this point, to make.
Not good, I guess, but trying! (And praying).
In Christ,
True Fasting - Fr Gregory - 22-02-2007
Fasting is less about food than it is a state of mind. I have been to Coptic gatherings at which the most amazing and exotic ?meat? and ?fish? dishes have been served, followed by extravagant ?cream? cakes?.all strictly vegan, of course, but absolutely not fasting food. Those who give up, say, meat and dairy products (which they find easy) but keep on enjoying other things (which they would find harder to give up) are not really fasting. A little fasting which is done in the right spirit, mindfully and intentionally, is far better than ostentatious ?weeping, wailing and ashes? fasting. The latter suggests spiritual pride rather than asceticism. Fainting from hunger to demonstrate ?spirituality? likewise does not suggest true fasting.
All spiritual disciplines have to be applied in the spirit of true Christian asceticism: they are means, not ends. If I obey the rules of fasting with a rigor and strictness, but lack charity or forgiveness to others, I may as well be eating roast beef and sherry trifle.
Spiritual discipline must also be applied with economy (in the Orthodox sense) and should be subject to the guidance of a Spiritual Father (the more appropriate Orthodox concept than Confessor).
The concept of Economy (Gk: oikonomia) is in contrast to that of the strict application (Gk: akribeia) of the law. It does not allow for the law to be ignored or set aside simply because it is generally or in an individual case inconvenient (for example, ?I prefer to have breakfast before the Liturgy?). Nor can the most important laws be abandoned (for example, a man cannot, even by economy, have two wives simultaneously!).
Economy recognizes that the purpose of the law is essentially spiritual, and intended to guide towards the spiritual life rather than, by threats of punishment, to compel conformity (at least in appearance). This purpose is perhaps summarized in the words of the Prophet Isaiah:
?A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax [more accurately, ?a dimly burning wick?] shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth? (Isaiah 42.3)
which are quoted by the Evangelist Matthew:
?A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory? (Matthew 12.20).
The law, and the care of the Church, should bind up the reed so that it can be renewed and grow to its full capacity; it should be to breathe life into the smoking flax (or renew and add oil to the dimly burning wick) so that its flame can burn bright.
All of us are, in various and different ways, bruised reeds and dimly burning wicks. The heavy-handed application of the law can break and extinguish us. A gentle application of the law, used as a guide administered in love, and taking into account the specific needs of the individual?s spiritual life, can give life and light.
We too must accept our own individual ?bruisedness? and ?lack of oil?. We are not called to be lazy and indifferent in the discipline of our own spiritual lives, but we are called to be gentle, realistic and loving. Yes, we have to love ourselves! Remember the commandment to love your neighbour as yourself? If I do not love ? that is, show care, compassion and concern to ? myself, how can I love my neighbour.
Better, therefore, to give up a little with humility as an act of love than to put on sackcloth and ashes and live on stale bread and water!
On vegan and vegetarian food generally: a well-balanced and nutritious vegan or vegetarian diet usually takes more effort and knowledge to establish because most of us have been brought up on a meat diet. Simply eliminating meat or fish can lead to nutritional problems. Good vegan and vegetarian diets are as healthy, and probably more healthy, than the alternative, but they require a good basic knowledge of food to ensure adequate protein is consumed, and to provide appropriate sources of vitamins (e.g. B12) that are often lacking in a non-meat diet. There are some excellent basic vegan and vegetarian cookbooks available that provide good nutritional information. I am essentially a vegetarian ? by which I mean, I do not normally eat meat, fish or poultry. The exception being that, if I am offered food and to reject it would cause offence, embarrassment or real inconvenience to my host, I will eat it without comment. I suppose for me, taking up meat would be the equivalent of a vegan fast!
Fr Gregory
Fasting - John Charmley - 22-02-2007
Dear Fr. Gregory,
Many thanks for your helpful words. I am glad to be reassured that fasting in the right spirit is what we ought to be doing. Certainly every time I am tempted to lapse into my normal routine and do not, I get a kind of jolt, and the effort required to stick with what I am doing certainly seems to require a new spirit of discipline.
My aim is that as I get used to what I am doing and it becomes less of a discipline, I should try to become a little more strict by giving up something else; but, as I read recently, trying to imitate monastics and others with long experience of ascetic practice is a form of foolishness for those less used to these things - rather like trying to run a marathon when running for the bus is your usual daily routine.
In Christ,
fasting and vegan food - kirk yacoub - 22-03-2007
The great Syriac Orthodox scholar and theologian Bar 'Ebroyo (Bar Hebraeus) wrote that:
"Fasts are held in homage to Christ, to the Mother of God, to the Apostles; they are a form of thanksgiving and a petition for blessings
and grace..."
It is in this spirit that we should approach Lent. Too much discussion regarding vegetarian or vegan diets brings with it the danger of forgetting that abstention from all meat and dairy products is not an end in itself, but rather a physical means towards a spiritual end.
Lent is an inner struggle, the objectives of which are the weakening of fleshly lusts, the training of the will to overcome the nagging demands of whims, giving the spirit the opportunity to overcome mundane desires so that, cleansed, the spirit can conquer the flesh. Self-observation during Lent reveals to us the depths of our usual self-indulgence,as well as how little we really need to eat in order to live an active life.
The struggle is not an easy one. The stomach grumbles, relentless advertising tempts us. Our thoughts dwell on food. If we crave vegetarian
or vegan substitutes this means that we are really craving the original.
Persistent self-observation will show us that frequently we are "hungry" for no other reason than to fill a gap, though not a gap in our stomachs, but a gap in our lives. A similar role is played by the desire for "better" cars and gadgets, by the thoughtless viewing of television, by the purchase of a glossy magazine which we flick through and toss aside a few minutes later.
Lent strives to enable us to replace the ephemeral and ultimately unsatisfying worldly objects with which we fail to fill this gap in our lives,
with the eternal, fulfilling and spiritual practices of prayer, meditation and good works.
Life in the Church during Lent does not concentrate itself on admonitions against gluttony and the advocacy of various diets. In the Syriac orthodox Church, alongside fasting (hopefully practised in the undemonstrative spirit
commanded by Christ), the Lenten Gospel readings are the same every year, concentrating our hearts on the inner meaning of five of Christ's miracles and the parable of the Good Samaritan; evening prayers are focused around repentance and God's infinite mercy.
Therefore, during Lent, we should not think about food except to give thanks to God for the bread, fruit and vegetables that we eat. Those unpalatable truths we learn about ourselves should act as a spur to strive
to deepen our relationship with God.
This is because the road of Lent does not end with a sigh of relief and a return to bad old habits. Lent ends with Holy Week, the commemoration and celebration of the saving Passion and glorious Resurrection of our
Lord and our God Jesus Christ.
Kirk Yacoub
Fasting - John Charmley - 22-03-2007
Dear Kirk,
Many thanks for sharing these reflections with us; they direct our thoughts where they truly need to be.
It is a good reminder of St. Isaac's words:
Quote:It is a hard thing to be a slave serving the body
What you say about the purpose for which we fast is so helpful. It is, after all, a part of our spiritual training, and, to quote again from St. Isaac:
Quote:A little endurance in the face of small matters will hold back danger when serious ones come; for it is not possible to overcome great evils without a small victory over trifling matters.
That fasting should be, for so many of us, no small matter, is itself a sign of how much we need His help and that of His Church.
Again, thank you for such an interesting post.
In Christ,
Thanks - Mark Fletcher - 22-03-2007
Thanks for such a moving and illuminating posting, Kirk. I am light years away from anything resembling the demonstration of your level of understanding of Orthodoxy and fasting. It certainly gives me something to aim for. I would be interested to read many more of your postings (should you feel moved to make them) as they have an authenticity and potency about them which is really rather refreshing. Thanks again.


text: Please can anyone give info on resort and places to eat. We usually go to calan forcat/blanes and love it we have the option of a villa in Punta Prima and dont know what to do try a new resort or stick with what we love. Any advice greatly appreciated


text:
Open source makes it possible for anyone to design their own computer
Could the Girl Scouts position themselves as a tech giant?
Now that full-fledged computers are approaching the size of a USB Flash drive and are being sold for less than $75, my interest in designing a Linux computer of my own has been re-awakened.
As an educator, I would stock that computer full of free creativity and learning software, logic puzzle games, tutorial screencasts, engaging multimedia and artwork created with open source software. Naturally, I would use Linux as the operating system for that computer.
No matter how hard I worked designing such a computer, finding purchasers would not be easy. People are naturally wary of spending money on a computer designed by an unknown entity. So I started thinking, could I volunteer my time to support some well-known entity to sell a very affordable, very lightweight Linux computer that would benefit students worldwide? This entity or organization would need to composed of millions of smart and energetic youth and parents who already collaborate effectively to raise funds for their cause. I'm thinking the Girl Scouts of the USA.
Imagine if the Girl Scouts designed their own Linux computers. Right off the bat you would have 2.3 million minds working on the project. That's not including the 879,000 adults who are involved in supporting them. Can three million minds design an awesome computer? Most assuredly yes.
And if that computer were sold in large numbers, the profit margin for the computer need not be large. Maybe $5 or $7 per computer. That's a vast difference from the 100% profit margin that Apple charges for its computers.
Let's take this idea one step further. How about if the Girl Scouts offered multimedia advertising space on their Linux computer—in a way that does not intrude on the general usage of the computer. Such advertising might focus on educational and other community supportive products and services, with a discount to woman-owned businesses. The advertising revenue could push down the price of the computer even further.
In thinking about the prospect of a Girl Scouts' computer, I visualize a television advertisement with individual Girl Scouts appearing on screen saying: "Apple, meet your new competitor. We're the Girls Scouts. 3 million minds strong. Are you ready?" Substitute any other computer manufacturer's name for the next Girl Scout who appears on the screen.
Computer companies maximize many things when they design their computers. One thing they don't maximize: the educational benefits that can occur from the computers they sell. For too long they have omitted excellent educational software, tutorial screencasts, and other learning materials from their computers.
Thanks to open source software, the mainstream computer companies do not have a chokehold on computer design. Anyone can now jump into the game. Standing on the shoulders of giants—the programmers worldwide who have created Linux—the Girl Scouts could be poised to be the greatest tech giant of all.
The process of designing this computer would itself be a worthy use of Girl Scouts' time. Some scouts would create tutorials about programming in Python and Scratch. Some would create tutorials about Inkscape, Blender, Scribus, OpenShot, and all the other wonderful open source programs out there—not to mention the open source programs that have yet to be invented. The yet-to-be invented programs will find a fertile soil in which to grow.
I broached the idea of a Girl Scouts Linux computer to several people I know. One of the smartest among them lit up at the mention of this idea. In my imagination, I have been trying out this computer and I like what I see. And I believe this is an idea whose time has arrived.
5 Comments
I'm not sure about the aggressive advertising. Girl Scouts don't diss Oreo to sell their cookies. They rely on family to buy a couple and maybe a bunch at the office, or retail entrance. By the way, GS cookie margins are larger than the 10% you're suggesting.
In many ways what you are suggesting is One Laptop per Child in a commercial way. Or the Raspberry Pi project with a established marketing arm and a built in customer base. The majority of scout families will buy an inexpensive computer each year so kids don't feel bad. Since you don't want to deal with support and limit defective returns (including user inability to understand the OS), this will have to be an appliance with conservative specifications.
I'm not saying it can't be done. A Linux based computing appliance in the $50 to $100 range sold by Girl Scouts could easily move two million units. You take pre-orders (like the cookies) and manufacture to demand. I'd go even further by having the scouts charge for and provide support and education. What better way to get girls involved in tech by making it part of their responsibilities as scouts?
I like your idea, Phil Shapiro. Maybe sell for $10-12 a 4 Gigabyte USB Flash Drive pre-installed with an approved Girl Scout Linux distribution. Use Linux Live USB Windows program to install a linux of your choice to a blank USB Flash drive.
The beauty of PuppyLinux is that you keep your programs and your data portable with you on the flash disk drive or a CD-R drive.
I like Puppy Linux myself, because it is very small and has most of the features you have detailed out above.
http://www.puppylinux.org This is one of the 360+ Linux Distributions supported by Linuxliveusb.com
PuppyLinux Precise also supports installing programs from
Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04.1 package repository.
Precise Puppy is built from Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04.1+ binary DEB packages, hence has binary compatibility with Ubuntu and access to the vast Ubuntu package repository. Couple that with Puppy's tiny size, speed and ease-of-use, and this is one incredible pup!
So start with selling a USB flash drive with Linux preinstalled that Girl Scouts could sell for about the price of two boxes of cookies.
Check out
http://www.aliexpress.com for one of many ARM based touch screen tablet computers from China based on android Operating System for your $75 to a $100. PuppyLinux has been ported to support ARM cpu's like the Raspberry Pi.
With a tablet having a bluetooth interface, one can add a bluetooth keyboard and mouse for inputing information to the tablet computer. (versus being just a consumer of video and games )
These are my 2 cents to add to the discussion, Phil. I believe you could start with just a USB Flash drive loaded with Precise Puppy 188.8.131.52 to boot from on regular x86 based PC computers. Then in future move to a full ARM tablet computer pre-loaded with Precise Puppy 5.4 for about $85
Anyone reading this note, can start today with a single USB Flash drive and the LInux Live USB WIndows Program to play with PuppyLinux.
Alternatively one can download Puppy Linux .ISO file and burn to a CD-ROM disk using the windows program ISORECORDER to burn an .ISO image file directly to a CD-R Disk. There are torrents for downloading Precise Puppy LInux and Retro-Precise Puppy LInux here.
After booting the PuppyLinux CD-ROM, one can use PuppyLinux install tools to install directly to a USB Flash Drive.
Happy Linux Computing Everyone!
Ps. I also recommend looking a www.linuxmint.com too
for a wonderful linux experience, yet at 3 Gigabytes is much larger than PuppyLinux at 150 Megabytes.
Great idea. You might want to get in touch with Ken from the project previously known as Helios, now Reglue. http://linuxlock.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/major-change-takes-place-at-heli... I'm sure he'd be able to provide you with some advice and inspiration.
This is an awesome idea - definitely similar to One Laptop Per Child, so their lessons learned would be extremely valuable.
What if the Girl Scouts were setup to sell the computers? Perhaps the OS were tablet-friendly Android distribution, and they could sell tablets as well as laptops?
I am a lifetime Girl Scout and remember cookie selling as an exercise in goal-setting, but also marketing - I had to understand why people really wanted the cookies, what they were looking for and what value the cookies provided (they're tasty, but more importantly the donations helped us go camping and learn skills, so the money was the real focus in that case). A Girl Scout who learns the value of computer access and the educational opportunities they unlock, and who learns those value points well enough to sell, would have a level of ownership of computing that is really difficult to establish in young girls right now.
Maybe we'll fix the ridiculous gender gap in Computer Science after all!! :)
I do not approve of the further commercialization of the Girl Scouts. I think the idea of continuously selling computers is foolish. Unlike cookies, computers are not consumables. I think a custom Linux distro that actually benefits the Girl Scouts, like that teaches forestry and other skills, would be a great merit badge project. That would address a big failing of our education system, getting more girls interested in computer science.


text:
Developers of DTC Genetic Testing Are...
Wall Street Decline Takes Its Toll...
Quadruple Helices Appear To Have Role...
LC-MS Gains Favor Due To the...
In a recent GEN article (May 1, 2012, "Step Up for Biotechnology"), Ron Cohen, M.D., president, CEO and founder of Acorda Therapeutics, proposes changes in five government policy areas "that would go a long way in fostering biomedical innovation in the U.S." I agree with him. Dr. Cohen considered the macro environment, so I would like to discuss how changes in the micro environment could also foster innovation.
Specifically, I am focusing on small companies, including startups, that possess highly innovative technology and have excellent growth potential except for counterproductive biases of the founding entrepreneurs, which thwart the success of the enterprise. Unfortunately, one can have the best technology platform and go under from mistakes that are really easy to correct.
The purpose of this article is to share my experiences concerning the most frequent, readily correctable problems that CEOs from small companies face. The problems and the fixes I am discussing here are ones that are quite obvious, but it seems in some cases the entrepreneur CEO would rather shoot himself than take the appropriate action. Failure to correct the situation or undue delay in doing so has prevented both startups and ongoing enterprises from raising capital and, in some cases, has led to dissolution of the company.
The examples provided are from companies that I have encountered in my consulting practice. For the past 19 years I have advised CEOs, primarily from small to mid-size companies, regarding strategy and operations. Sixty-nine of these companies range from startups to enterprises with fewer than 50 employees and revenues under $5 million. These companies span a wide variety of industries, although 33 of them are from the biotechnology sector. Moreover, in each of the problem categories discussed below, around half of the examples involve biotechnology companies.
More than 10% of the companies in the 69-company sample did not raise the funds they desired because their CEOs were overly concerned about dilution. Two of these companies, both with ongoing operations and possessing excellent technology, turned down multimillion-dollar financings and went bankrupt. In both cases the CEO owned over 50% of the company and refused to be diluted below 50%.
In two other cases, involving startups, the owners never received any outside financing because of the piggy factor, and as a result never got their businesses off the ground. Both startups had attracted angel investors who would have invested in them if the owners had been comfortable with dilution. Other companies in the sample never lived up to their potential simply because the CEOs were unwilling to accept the requisite dilution and refused investment capital. As a result, these companies just stopped growing.
This problem is about as common as the piggy factor. I can recall several startups with exciting technology, where the CEO was overly focused on bringing in business before securing investors and therefore spent little or no effort on completing a business plan. As could be expected, these startups folded due to lack of financing.
This problem, though, is not limited to startups. I have dealt with CEOs of ongoing enterprises that are also too focused on the demands of their current operations to take the time to complete a business plan. As a result, their businesses have stagnated due to lack of capital.
I have worked with at least a half dozen companies where a key employee is more of a problem creator than a problem solver but is considered by the CEO to be irreplaceable. The so-called irreplaceable employee may be very knowledgeable and/or highly creative, but the offsetting cost is a company morale problem and excessive time demands upon upper management.
In every case I have witnessed, the irreplaceable employee shares little key information with other employees who would benefit from such sharing, apparently because that makes him indispensable. In all but one of these companies, where the key employee still remains, once the key employee left, not only did the morale problem and management time demands vanish, but the job that the irreplaceable employee had filled was now accomplished better than it had been before.
It is commonly accepted not to put all your eggs in one basket, but taken too literally has hurt another half-dozen companies that I know of. One company acquired technology that had nothing to do with the company's own proprietary technology. Outside investors were not interested in investing in a small company with two completely different technologies. Commercializing both technologies simultaneously drained the company's funds, particularly because of the learning curve required to profit from the acquired technology. Eventually, the acquired technology was abandoned.
Two other companies were each trying to commercialize at least three different technologies and ultimately had to settle for just one. Then there were three startups whose business plans anticipated commercialization of multiple unrelated technologies. Needless to say, all three startups had to focus on a single technology before obtaining investment capital.
Factors key to success of startup businesses include sound business planning, sufficient investment capital, strong management skills, creative talent, and, ultimately, products and/or services that satisfy unmet or underserved needs. The problem areas described above deal with deficiencies in business planning, obtaining investment capital, and/or management skills. The deficiencies were really simple to fix.
With respect to the piggy factor, all the CEOs of the underfunded companies had to do was to accept dilution, which in my opinion was not excessive. With respect to the business plan put on hold, again all the CEOs had to do was make business planning a high priority. Regarding the irreplaceable employee, it is simply better to proceed sooner than later to replace that employee. In every case organizational performance improved once the problem employee left the company. Finally, regarding loss of focus, it wastes investment capital, so one should think carefully before branching out in unrelated directions.
All of these fixes are simple, yet resisted mightily by entrepreneur CEOs. Moreover, close to 40% of the 69 small companies with which I have worked have suffered because they did not make the necessary fixes in a timely manner. In summary, while much can be done at the macro level regarding changes in government policy to foster innovation, as Dr. Cohen has proposed, much can be done at the micro level by the entrepreneur CEO to jump-start innovation.
J. Leslie Glick, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is an independent corporate management advisor.
J. Leslie Glick, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is an independent corporate management advisor.
To save this item to your Favorites,
log into GEN Select.
We'll be sure to take you back here after you do.
Not a member of GEN Select?
To comment on this article,
log into GEN Select.
We'll be sure to take you back here after you do.
Novum Pharma recently raised the price of an acne cream by over 3,900% in less than a year-and-a-half and Mylan increased price of EpiPen from $100 to $608 . Do you think pharmaceutical companies need to be subjected to price controls?
Be sure to add [email protected]
to your Address Book or Safe Senders List.
here for instructions.
If you have any questions about your subscription, click
here to email us or call at (914) 740-2189.
You may also be interested in subscribing to the GEN magazine, an indispensable
resource for everyone involved in the business of translating discoveries at the
bench into solutions that fight disease and improve health, agriculture, and the
environment. Subscribe
today to see why over 60,000 biotech professionals read GEN to
keep current in the areas of genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, biomarker discovery,
bioprocessing, molecular diagnostics, collaborations, biotech business trends, and
© 2016 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News All Rights Reserved


text:
Report on Third Plating for "Shizuoka Forests of the Future Supporter System"
- A project based on collaboration between Hamamatsu City and Shizuoka Prefecture to support the regrowth of the Enshunada coastal forest -
In March 2007, Yamaha Corporation joined with Shizuoka Prefecture and Hamamatsu City as part of its environmental protection activities to support efforts to aid the regeneration of the Enshunada coastal forest, becoming a "Shizuoka Forests of the Future Supporter." With this, Yamaha Corporation will pursue a five-year plan to assist in the regeneration of the Enshunada forest, which has suffered severe damage from pine weevil infestation.
This report details the third time that employees of Yamaha Corporation and Yamaha Group companies have conducted afforestation activities.
On the day of planting, Yamaha employees were joined by family members, and by members of the general public who had been invited through promotions, bringing together a total of approximately 130 people. Preceding the work, the opening ceremony, Mr. Katsuya Nakamura (Deputy Manager, General Administration Division, Yamaha Corporation) offered a greeting to those in attendance, which was followed by a speech from Mr. Hideharu Mizuno, director of Hamamatsu City Parks & Green Areas Department. In front of everyone present, Mr. Nobuaki Ishibashi of Shizuoka Prefecture, Office of Forest Resources, Environmental Protection Division, the head office for the Shizuoka Forests of the Future Supporter System, also presented us with a certificate which had been awarded on October 23 for our 2008 activities.
Due to the lack of rainfall over summer seedlings planted last year had encountered rather severe conditions. To compensate for this in part, a total of 150 seedlings of seven different native varieties were planted this year, including Ubame oak, Japanese Cheesewood, and Camphor. As with every year, the task of digging holes and moving earth was an arduous one, but perhaps because this was the third time that this activity had been carried out, work went smoothly and planting finished ahead of schedule.
After the planting, participants were treated to an environmental lecture from Ms. Chinatsu Nagashima of the Hamamatsu Park Management Division, learning about the role of seaside protection forests, and the afforestation of pine damaged and broadleaf forests in recent years, which has been the primary goal of our activities. This year's participants utilized compost and mulch produced as a byproduct of the System Kitchen production processes at Yamaha Livingtec Corporation. These materials are provided to public park facilities free of charge, and are used in many locations.
In the future, Yamaha employees will work in concert with regional organizations in activities such as afforestation and maintenance, helping to create a coastal forest that serves in a disaster prevention capacity as a windbreak and protection against tidal surges, and also provides health and recreational facilities.
Date of activity
October 24, 2009
Hamamatsu City Enshunada Kaihin Park Seaside Protection Forest
Approximately 130 employees of Yamaha Corporation and Yamaha Group Companies (including family members), members of the general public, and personnel from Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture and gardening companies.
Planting 150* broadleaf saplings 0.4-1.5m in height in deforested areas damaged by pine weevils
- *The Shizuoka Forests of the Future Supporter System
- A system instituted by Shizuoka Prefecture with the goal of encouraging business participation in forest preservation activities.
Under this system, businesses obtain the right to display an authorized label (the Smile label) in recognition of their efforts, have their contributions weighted against their carbon dioxide emissions, and receive a certificate of acknowledgement from the prefecture.
Mr. Nakamura
(Deputy Manager, General Administration Division, Yamaha Corporation)
Mr. Mizuno
(Director, Hamamatsu City Parks & Green Areas Department)
The certificate received from Mr. Ishibashi of the Shizuoka Prefecture, Office of Forest Resources, Environmental Protection Division
Group photo of participants
Planting the seedlings
The environmental lecture
(Ms. Nagashima, Hamamatsu Park Management Division)
The completed planting


text:
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Recently I paid homage to the most misunderstood digit of them all in Tall Man.
So, in order to be fair, I need to head down under. I'll be the first to admit it: Toes get a bad rap.
They're kept in the dark most of the time in tight, cramped confines. And if I'm being honest the reason I don't like feet is because of ugly toes. I haven't seen a pretty toe yet.
Hammer toes, toes as crooked as a dog's hind leg, toes covered with more corns than the Nebraska prairie … toes are flat out ugly.
There is an obvious hierarchy among the toes that isn't specifically clear among the fingers.
While the fingers have the leader in the thumb, the other four digits get their own moments to shine.
For example, with a thumbs-up, it's all good. When you have to get at something hard to reach you "pick" Pointer.
Nothing says "I love you" better than ring man, and when you need a loyal and true friend to swear never-ending allegiance, you look no further than Pinky.
Then, of course, there's the much-maligned Tall Man and we've talked about him plenty enough.
There's no question of the pecking order among the toes. In fact, the toes are a lot like the Jackson 5.
The big toe is obviously Michael, and who cares about the other four? We'll let Tito and Marlon fight it out to see who gets stuck with the pinky toe.
If you think about it, though, it is the tiniest toe, the pinky toe that is the most valiant. It is the toe that has the most fun. It got to go "Wee, wee, wee, all the way home," while the others went to the market and had roast beef, or stayed home and had none.
The pinky toe is the last line of defense among the toes. The big toe takes the lead, but it is the pinky toe, sometimes just a little nubbin of flesh, bone and a sliver of nail, that brings up the rear. It has the other toes' backs, and it won't hesitate to take one for the team.
It was my pinky toe that threw itself in harm's way when my wayward foot stubbed a solid cherry wood dining room table leg. It was the pinky toe that took one for the team that day.
I took the errant step while racing from the living room into the kitchen to answer the phone. Ours was still tethered to the wall in those days. I hit the chair leg and heard "CRACK!"
My breaking toe sounded like a double to the gap.
I looked down to find the obedient four toes all in line with the big toe leading the way. My pinky toe faced crookedly in the opposite direction, fallen, mortally wounded, broken and turning purple fast.
I called the hospital and explained my dilemma. The ER nurse replied with a number "$375," and the magic words, "$500 deductible."
I was on my own.
"Be sure to bite down on a towel," she said as we hung up.
So I bit down on the towel and grabbed my wayward Piggy. And we went "Wee-wee-wee, all the way home."
To this day I can't pass a Rooms to Go without breaking out in a cold sweat.
© 2016 The Berkeley Independent an Evening Post Industries company. All Rights Reserved.
Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Parental Consent Form.


text:
You are here: Home /
Publications /
AER: Agricultural Economic Report /
Tobacco and the Economy: Farms, Jobs, and Communities
Stay Connected
Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER-789) 44 pp, November 2000
Public health policies intended to reduce the incidence of smoking-related disease adversely affect thousands of tobacco farmers, manufacturers, and other businesses that produce, distribute, and sell tobacco products. This report assesses the likely impacts of declining tobacco demand, and identifies the types of workers, farms, businesses, and communities that are most vulnerable to loss of tobacco income and jobs. The dollar impact on the farm sector of a reduction in cigarette demand will be smaller than that experienced by manufacturing, wholesale, retail, and transportation businesses, but tobacco farms and their communities may have the most difficulty adjusting. Many tobacco farmers lack good alternatives to tobacco, and they have tobacco-specific equipment, buildings, and experience. Most communities will make the transition to a smaller tobacco industry with little difficulty, because tobacco accounts for a small share of the local economy. However, a number of counties depend on tobacco for a significant share of local income.
Keywords: tobacco, tobacco income, tobacco industry, tobacco farmers
In this publication...
Need help with PDFs?
Last updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
For more information contact: Fred Gale, Linda Foreman, and Thomas Capehart


text:
Law Student Organization Fair
- When:
- Location:
- School of Law
- Room:
- Lobby
- Description:
Interested in finding out how to get involved in law student groups? Drop by the mid-year Student Organization Fair in the Law School Lobby!Browse the tables of information and speak with organizational leaders. A sampling of the groups you'll find:· Phi Delta Phi· Black Law Students Association· Family Law Association· Latin American Law Student Association· Phi Alpha Delta Law· Asian Pacific American Law Students Association· Criminal Law Association· Federalist Society· Military Law Association
- Contact Name:
- Rebecca Bainum
- Contact Email:
- firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
A toxicology report found methamphetamine in the system of an infant who died in December, Oakdale police said Wednesday.
The child's mother is a person of interest in the baby's death, but no charges have been filed, according to police.
The mother called authorities on Dec. 11 after the child became unresponsive.
The baby was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Investigators said they originally thought the child died from sudden infant death syndrome.
The District Attorney's Office is reviewing the case.


text:
Top Definition
A smoking hot chick, she gets better with age. The total package. Professional and classy when in the public eye, but a vast ocean of pleasure lies beneath her clothes.
Holy shit, I met this smart hottie at the bookstore. She was a total Melany!
di tony123456789 17 febbraio 2010
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
The sweetest most precious girl in the universe. Her smile will make your heart melt and her eyes will have you daydreaming.
Omg, I just l just can't get Melany out of my mind!
di EliBoo 12 agosto 2014


text:
The 6 Worst Pieces of Sex Advice on the Internet
#3. Change Your Sheets
Darrin Klimek/Digital Vision/Getty Images
If I were giving advice on how to become a better lover, I'd suggest getting drunk and seeing how different from one another your partner's holes taste, but I don't have any medical or sexual experience that hasn't been resolved in therapy sessions, so what do I know? I'll tell you what I know -- changing your sheets is a lame-ass suggestion for improving your love life. But here we are.
This article on WebMD, the Internet's pre-eminent self-diagnostic hypochondriac's wet dream, is linked to two sex experts, so you'd think the advice would be pretty solid. And yet the required word count must have been looking as hard to grasp as a unicorn when it came time to flesh out the section on redecorating the bedroom when the suggestion to pick up the dirty laundry and try out some new sheets came up.
A good rule of thumb for sexual endeavors is that if your sex life has decayed to the point where changing the sheets is needed to spice it up, then it's time to pack it in and become some kind of monk or competitive StarCraft player, because you've just been misusing your genitals this whole time anyway. Alternately, if new sheets get you off, then maybe you could try new wallpaper or a new texture of toilet paper, because you get off so easily that you probably don't even need a partner.
#2. Don't Oversex a Booty Call
Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
The article this tip comes from was written by Ricardus Domino. I like to think he has a number of stories about being pulled over by lady cops and having to "work off" a ticket, and maybe one or two about the time Scarlett Johansson's car broke down outside his house so he had to sex her until AAA showed up. And AAA was a sexy Russian spy whom he also sexed, and then sent to prison. And he visited her in prison and sexed her and the busty warden, Areola Du Bosomlube.
Ricardus has all kinds of tips for making a woman experience intense pleasure, such as stimulating her G spot, her deep spot, and her R spot. Are you familiar with those last two? Of course you're not, because that shit's straight gibberish. Well, in fairness, the "deep spot," or anterior fornix erogenous zone, is a real place way the hell up in there that can be pretty pleasurable for a lady. That R spot thing is just made up shit, though, so let that set the tone for the rest of this piece of awesomeness.
After nearly 2,500 words devoted to telling you to stimulate the G spot from both inside and outside, and how biting her entire lower jaw will turn her on, he then gives you a warning. So important is this warning that he prefaces it in boldface type -- you must never use these tips on a woman you are not serious about. Do you want to know why? "You can REALLY create a powerful sexual addiction in women if you do, and you don't want women you're seeing only casually to get too attached to you."
So you see, it's for the benefit of you and, yes, womankind that you not use all of Ricardus' incredible tips on a lady you're not committed to, because you're going to ruin her fragile psyche if you do. Your sexings are going to be so good that the very idea of her not permanently owning you after that will probably make her shit applesauce and adopt like 70 cats.
Bite those jaws responsibly, kids -- you don't want to be breaking too many hearts out there.
#1. Pray
Creatas/Creatas/Getty Images
This tip is one of the rare ones offered up for ladies that isn't one of those mind-blowingly preposterous Cosmo tips everyone enjoys making fun of that seem to have been written by human-hating robots.
Straight out of Mom Life Today, the sexiest website I can think of offhand, comes 10 tips to make you a better lover by sundown! Depending on what time of day you access the site, this list could be an intense whirlwind. The first nine tips include things like "flirt" and "tell your husband you're horny," which I guess make sense and can help get everyone on the same page -- pretty standard stuff. And then right down there at No. 10 comes the saddest Hail Mary play of sexuality you'll ever see on a list of hump-making tips -- prayer.
Tip 10 suggests that, supposing the entire list up to this point hasn't worked for you, including the tip to brush your teeth, you may want to consider directing your attention to the Almighty. Ask God to tell you how to become a better lover. Ask God.
If divinity is your last hope for special boner fun, then please give God a break and just nap. Did you know that people pray to God when they're dying in hospitals? When they're starving and diseased and bleeding and alone and desperate? They're trying to grasp at what they feel is a supreme force of creation, a thing so powerful that through its own will it came to be, the only conceivable force in all of time and space that could make itself exist, and from that single act gave birth to the vastness of all time and all things. And then you come along, with your freshly brushed teeth, your damp and half-shaved crotch, your willingness to not rape anyone (or at least apologize for it afterward if you do), your new sheets, and your knowledge of some shit called the R spot, and you say, "Lord, if you have a moment amid the infinite number of tasks that necessarily must be flowing from the very essence of your being at all times, and if your intellect is even something that would register the meaningless needs of a human being on one of the innumerable planets making up the entire universe, do you think you could maybe make it so that anal feels better than getting a free sundae and maybe actually ends in the production of said free sundae? In your name, amen."


text:
first of all I want to congratulate for the new website. Awesome!
And secondly, I'd thought might be good to have sort of collective thread for new website.
I just looked around and some first impressions:
you mean on the main forum listing page, ja?
ja, we had that during betaphase..some people would expect a single click to solo a tag as they wouldn't expect to be able to multi-select tags. if you get the idea of multi-selections of tags it feels quite natural that a click toggles a tags selection. and a hard press (doubleclick) solos a tag.
klicking the vvvv-logo in the upper left you reach the main vvvv-portal site usually interesting for first time visitors / non-registered users. as soon as you're registered you'd set your bookmarks to the home/activities page and take that as your entry-point to the site giving you an overview of what has changed since your last visit
you can relate forum posts to nodes. if you start a forum topic from a nodes reference page by clicking "start a forum thread about this node" that new thread will be automatically related to this node, means it will be listed on the nodereference page. also you can manually relate a noderef-page to a thread by just typing a node-name in the autocomplete input field..
wow, smart. can we please get an overview of all new features?
Hey patrick,
a good starting point is the website section in the documentation. But perhaps we can compile a list of the new features.
gude vvvvebmaster,
a compilation would be very much appreciated!
edith sez: maybe it's the mobile device rendering but, how to bookmark a forum thread? speaking of mobile device html rendering-a-ding, the shoutbox loses it's send button after completely loading any page (mobile safari on iOS 3.1.2). i am happy to help testing more on this platform as it occurs often to me, needing access to yourstrulydotorg even though the vvvv-pc has no internet access ...
danke fein!
ai patrick, the website section is exactly meant to provide an overview of all new features. it wouldn't make sense to me to compile another list. everything (i haven't forgotten about) is already there.
i'd like to point out my favorite though: see Request Review as explained on the bottom of About the Documentation
ok, makes sense. i couldn't deny the lazyness within my request. so how 'bout mobile devices then?
@joreg: Cool features. Sounds like you guys put a lot of Gehirnschmalz in it.
yay danks,...you know, we tried..let's see how it all works out..
Mmmh, actually I dont like this collapsed text stuff in a thread. Needed some time to recognise it and only if you are eager enough to read everything. Isnt it possible to visualise, that its collapsed. Like with plus/minus or arrows. May be answer is marked in different color.
I prefer to have a quick overview of all texts. And a thread split in two or more sites isnt my favour.
But now Im quiet. I dont wanna puit your awesome work into bad light.
me 2.
also me 2.
for the rest i start to like vvvveb 3.0
Hi frank and kalle,
just for clarification: you'd like all posts of a thread on one page (even if the thread has a lot of posts), and also you don't like only the answer being shown for a thread that has solutions. Is that right?
@frank: of course you may write as many suggestions as you like, we're always looking to improve the site, so just go ahead. If you suggest stuff that many community members like, it's quite probable that you'll see it implemented in the future.
Thanks for your feedback up to now.
seems like th eimage button in the toolbar doesn t work...
img should be working again now. thanks.
i'm also leaning toward frank and kalle regarding the collapsed thread, solution only view.
maybe it's possible to insert a link "jump to solution" or something like that after the first post, so the quick solution lookup function doesn't get lost, but the thread integrity/flow is preserved, also? you could also give solution-tagged post a light green background for visual differentiation.
failing that, maybe a preference setting to switch it off?
btw, what happens if more than one answer is marked solution? never seen that so far, i think.
is it only me or are there others experiencing this as well?
we have now changed the bevahiour in a way that you can show all answers very quickly via javascript. if you do so, the resolving answers will be tinted in green. what do you think?
looks grrreat :-)
while we're in the website thread, what happened to woei's proposal during the beta period of a new "clear list" button? with all the activity now it would come in handy :-)
it's on our "bonus" list of features to implement in a next phase. can't promise when that will be though.
+1 for "clear list"
i tried this on a mobile android browser and it works just like on windows/firefox: topright, just slightly below a pages title there is a button add bookmark. it is only ~10% visible but is still there and clickable. on mouse-devices a mouseover shows the buttons 100% so they are easier to find, but it still should work on you mobile. or are you facing other troubles?
@vvvvebmaster: New collapse thing is much better. Thanks.
I like this linking to node-reference option, but its quite unhandy to get correct node name, which is going to direct to reference page. Isnt it possible to have a sort of pull down menu or autofill to get quickly your nodename. I know its not an easy part, but could be soooo useful and convenient. (May be more to be a xmas wish....;)
nice idea.. for now i figured that the best way to link a node is to write its name like:
Renderer (EX9)
and then select the whole nodename and press the node link button:
@frank: I think this would be a great addition to our "things to optimize in future" list. Can't promise anything, but sounds like a real useful function to me.
hhhm the list would be quite long; means lot of data.
loading the new node reference is no fun via UMTS.
perhaps if you press CTRL-F1 on a selected node in vvvv, it's name gets copied to the clipboard.
kind of analog to ALT-F1
doesn't work but, more important there seems to be no send button for the shoutbox.
@kalle: Indeed that wouldnt be great. May be more in the google direction: while you type in letters it suggests words. Its somehow AJAX driven, and only traffic if needed. I bet there are some scripts flying around there.
edit: just stumbled over one: http://digitarald.de/project/autocompleter/
frank: that is definately possible but as I said, something for our todo list.
question: is it by design that, when getting an email about a thread subscription, that you get the first post of the thread written in the mail, and not the first unread/new post?
I got a question about the RSS feeds here. Subscribing to http://vvvv.org/home/activities/feed you get all activities. Say, I'm keen on reading the Forum activities, but I don't care for the shoutbox … what feed do I subscribe to? Another question, I really fancy article previews (summaries? excerpts?) for the RSS feed, not a redirect to the originary website.
patrick: two possibilities.
If that doesn't work, let me know.
thx vvvvebmaster, works as advertised! alas, the rss feeds only a title and a link to continue reading the 'article' on the website, there is no summary or excerpt shown. thus it's not possible to evaluate whether the article is of interest or not … i'd love to see this improved!
I think the varying headers take too much attention and space. Making it more compact (maybe just black with the logo) would increase readability and make it easier to focus on the information on the site.
Eben, sebl. That kinda kicks in my suggestion to provide a summary/full first post of a forum thread in the RSS feed.
Bitte lieber vvvvebmaster … danke :)
and also chimes with my post from 18/08
btw removed the solution flag from this one post, since there's so many with good info/solutions in here..
i like the new vvvvebsite a lot - good work!
one very, very small thing: the feed for screenshots only has links, but it would be nicer with inlined images (i want to watch the great work by the vvvv community directly through an rss reader)
i know there are millions of more important things, so i can apply this change myself if someone dares to grant me the access rights ;p
yeah, dEp's post is an addition to
what's the use of an rss feed if there's nothing to read but the title?
good morning btw!
I have changed the Q&A feed as well as the Blog feed to display the whole entry in the feed. It isn't very well formatted though and the images and extra content show up sort of awkward. I will put in some work sometime in the near future, but for now I hope your needs are satisfied. Let me know what you think.
I have tried the new Display Suite and it can be a quick alternative to nodes/views overrides, and panels. Not really a purists' choice but it can come handy in this situations.
He vvvvebmasta, thx for your work on the RSS feeds, they are much more usable this way! Any further work is of course appreciated.
BTW, it seems there is no way to scroll my bookmarks in the bookmarks shade; ie. when you have more than can be displayed in one row, the rest isn't visible. Irritating … Do you see a way to fix this?
Thx and frohes Nois 2011!
nice new website, still getting the hang of it.
is http://vvvv.org/node/add/release-note really supposed to be public? or is it talking about all kinds of release notes, not just the core ones?
following up your requests for better rss support this is to let you know that I've cleaned up the blog and forum rss feeds and made the activity feed more useful. let me know if you still have wishes.
I'd like to see a shout tag button @ vvvv » Home » Activities like in the Blog section.
just to add 2 cents, on ie9, the main menu is flickering and disappearing, i think it's somehow linked to the prev/next buttons of the screenshots.
@desaxismundi: due to technical reasons I can't add a shout button. The only thing that will work is excluding shouts altogether from the activities. we're discussing this at the moment so something might change in this list but it might also stay the way it is.
@sapo: I'll check this as soon as I have a PC with ie9 near me. does the main menu not flicker if you're not on the startpage? I know this isn't a real solution, but of course we recommend using firefox or chrome :)
ah, and perhaps it's possiple or still performant to make the vvvv.org/home/activities entry-length longer - perhaps 40 instead of 20 entries? best would be a lazy-load thingy imo.
it's because i think most people hang around on this starting page and some topics get kinda lost if they move too fast to the second page.
sebl, we changed that, see if it suits your needs.
ouh, feelin honoured - yes, i think that's better now, thanks
another usability-one: can we please have the search results sorted by thread (not by post like now)
anonymous user login
~3d ago
~3d ago
~4d ago
~5d ago
~5d ago
~5d ago
~5d ago
~5d ago


text:
Small cast iron incense burner and holder from Japan has a textured surface and a traditional tripod base, perfectly proportioned for use with our home altar furniture during meditation and Buddhist shrine offerings. Fill with rice, sand, or ash for offering incense. 2 1/4" dia., 2 1/4" h
Order any time: 800.794.9862 . FAX 978.620.1352 . www.dharmacrafts.com Contact Customer Service©2000 - 2016 DharmaCrafts, Inc.


text:
- Text Size:
- ASmall Text
- AMedium Text
- ALarge Text
Police have released the name of the man killed in a shooting in the 9800 block of Eastern Avenue early Monday.
The incident happened at about 3:30 a.m. Kansas City Police Captain Steve Young said police were initially called to the scene for a disturbance.
When officers arrived they found a gunshot victim in front of the home. Joel White, 44, was killed.
A second stabbing victim was also found at the scene. Young said the stabbing victim was treated and released and is expected to be OK.
One person has been taken into custody, Young said.