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The maker of the forthcoming Daft Punk action figures is opening up about his interactions with the group's camp.
Developer Tsubasa Utsumi tells MTV News that his company, Bandai's Tamashii Nations, worked with Daft Punk's management to create the dolls. He says the group's representatives were completely in charge of which adjustments to make on the design of the figures.
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This mother's open letter to 'mystery man' at Brewers game will restore your faith in humanity
(Jonathon M. Seidl) "Dear Section 113, Row 17, Seat 22."
That's how the open letter from Sarah Kooiman to a man at a baseball game in Milwaukee starts. And while many open letters usually end with a grievance, this one is different: it ends with a heartfelt thank you for what the "mystery man" did at the game.
Kooiman is a mother of three young boys, and on Sunday she and her husband took the kids to a Milwaukee Brewers game at Miller Park using tickets from her husband's job. She was nervous.
"The weather was absolutely perfect for a day at Miller Park, but my anxiety level was still high because – let's face it – I was bringing THE CHILDREN," she wrote on her blog on Monday. "Not just the big kids, not just one of them, but all three boys. Together. At the same time."
And her fears were somewhat realized.
"Isaiah was jacked up for his trip to the ballpark and his behavior reflected that," she explained. "Every thirty seconds came pleas for cotton candy, sunflower seeds, popcorn, ice cream, balloon animals, face paint, and other such nonsense. Micah behaved like, well…..Micah and Thomas didn't have a seat so he was basically crawling all over the place for the entirety of the game."
Surrounding fans, she worried, would be upset. But that's when she noticed a man in front of her who appeared to be on a date being anything but annoyed [emphasis added]:
But you were not annoyed by the number of times you were jabbed in the back as Thomas crawled like a monkey from seat to seat. Instead, you turned around and frequently engaged in conversation with my children, proclaiming that Thomas would be stealing his big brothers' girlfriends in about 15 years so I had better be ready.
You couldn't have been older than 24 or 25 and you were clearly at the ballpark yesterday to spend some time with the lovely young woman you had your arm around. Still, you made it a point to chat with Isaiah and encourage him to try to catch a foul ball and even took it upon yourself to race him down to the Brewers dugout three times in the middle of innings in the hope of getting a game ball tossed his way. You promised my son, "We will get you a ball, kiddo." (For the record, Daddy also brought Isaiah down there and struck out as well.)
Later in the ninth inning, she explained how the man brought young Isaiah down to the dugout one more time and promised to get him a ball. But alas, it didn't work. No ball.
Then came the surprise.
"That's when you knelt down and gave him a Milwaukee Brewers baseball," she wrote. "His eyes lit up, he took it from you slowly and you told him, 'Hey, I promised you a ball.'"
"Thank you for what you did for my son at Miller Park on a beautiful Sunday afternoon," she said. "As we were preparing to leave the stadium, I reached out my hand to offer my sincere thanks for your act of kindness. To my surprise, you pulled me in for a hug."
It all shows the importance of small acts of kindness, Kooiman said:
It can be so easy to forget sometimes how small acts of kindness can have such a huge impact on our fellow humans. Holding open a door, offering a seat on a bus or subway, paying for a stranger's coffee. All teeny little choices that can become a bright spot in an otherwise difficult day.
But you did more than that, sir. You made my boy feel like a rockstar. You didn't have to. You chose to. And I am sincerely grateful to you for it. When my wiped-out children were tucked into bed last night, I took a few minutes to thank God for you. I asked that He bless you and draw near to you wherever you were. I prayed that the Lord would encourage you and honor your kindness by bringing joy to your heart.
Now when Kooiman originally posted the letter early Monday she had no idea who the man was, and she was hoping to find him. Well, thanks to the new age of viral media, within hours she had a name.
"I went to work at 4:00 this afternoon and put my phone in my purse while I waited tables," she wrote in an update around 10:30 pm Monday. "When my shift was over, I looked at my phone and was surprised it had not actually blown up from the amount of Facebook messages, Tweets, and emails that had been bombarding my inbox. And among them? The name of the Mystery Man who had given Isaiah the baseball. As soon as I had a chance, I sent him a message on Facebook to personally thank him for the extra mile he went for us."
In another update less than an hour later, she said they had talked via Facebook messages.
"I have successfully contacted the person who gave Isaiah the ball via Facebook and he is being very gracious about this whole thing," she wrote.
Kooiman initially didn't want to give out his name on her blog, but she did identify him to local TV station WTMJ-TV. His name? Chad McLaughlin.
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Compiling Python bindings with MSVC
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This tutorial explains you, how you can build cspython, _cspace, and CEL blpython plugins with MSVC. First, I assume, you succeslfully compiled CS (and optionally CEL). You can find the comlete guide to do this in the manual. Get python packages from the official site, and download a Windows binary package. Install it. I tested this tutorial with Python 2.3.5 and it will not work with Python 2.5!!! Finally, download the correct cs_pyth.cpp from here. Extract the zip file, and copy int your CS/plugins/cscript/csypthon directory. Yes, rewrite the original file. Preparation finished.
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1. Run MSVC IDE.
2. Go to the Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->VC++ Directories Select Include files above. Click to New Line icon, and type or select your Python"2X/Include directory.
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Click to the File->New->Project... and select Win32 console application template. Add a name to your solution (csypthon is ideal), select the location of your project.
Click to the ok. Now click to the Application settings. Set as DLL project and check the Empty project box. Now click to the finish button.
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in one prioject. All project settings is the same, like in the previous, but you don't need any rc file. Additional settings are here: manual. When you copiy cspace.pyd int oyur CS/scripts/python directory, you can run turial1,2,3 python scprits. Try it.
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ORIGINALLY POSTED JULY 18 ~~ Three of Georgia's State Parks – Little Ocmulgee, Amicalola Falls and Florence Marina ~~ are currently in the Top 10 list vying to be named "America's Favorite Park" and win a $100,000 grant. The contest is part of the America Is Your Park campaign which encourages families to get active outdoors.
Americans will decide which park wins by voting at Coca-Cola's LivePositively.com website, uploading photos and videos of their favorite park, and checking in via Facebook Places. In addition to the top park receiving a $100,000 recreation grant, Coca-Cola will also award $50,000 and $25,000 to second- and third-place parks. These grants will help restore, rebuild or enhance recreation areas where people can play and be active.
"We are so excited about this contest and what the grant money could mean to our visitors," said Georgia State Parks Director Becky Kelley. "If everyone in Georgia took the time to vote and rallied their friends and family to do the same, we have an excellent chance of winning. The money could be used for hiking trails, fishing docks, picnic areas or any number of projects that our visitors could enjoy for years to come."
While the contest is open to any national, state or local park, it was a smaller state park in Minnesota that won last year. Bear Head Lake State Park received more than 1.6 million votes and beat out hundreds of other parks for the title of "America's Favorite Park." Their visitors helped spread the word, conducted voting drives and energized online social networks to beat out even Yellowstone and Grand Canyon national parks.
Georgians can learn about their state parks at GeorgiaStateParks.org then vote at LivePositively.com. Citizens can vote as many times as they wish until the contest ends September 6, 2011.
Fans of Little Ocmulgee State Park in McRae, Ga., have been organizing Facebook "power votes" where they encourage friends to vote at specific times of the day. Amicalola Falls State Park in the north Georgia mountains has been spreading the word through Appalachian Trail websites. The Friends of Florence Marina State Park, based in Omaha, Ga., has organized email campaigns to their volunteers. Currently the three parks are ranked 2, 3 and 7 respectively.
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Imam Rabbani has stated that the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as)WILL BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY, and that this appearance had not taken place even though 18 years had passed since the beginning of the century in his time:
But this birth is not that which will appear at the coming of the Mahdi (as). THAT IS BECAUSE HIS APPEARANCE WILL BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY.Eighteen years have currently gone by since the beginning of the century. (Imam Rabbani, Letters of Rabbani, Letter no 381, p. 1184)
Imam Rabbani's reference to "HIS APPEARANCE WILL BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY" MEANS THAT THE PORTENTS OF THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BEGIN TAKING PLACE AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear immediately at the beginning of the century, that Islamic moral values will prevail at once and that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be recognized by people as soon as he appears.
As Imam Rabbani says, JUST ABOUT ALL THE PORTENTS OF THE COMING OF HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) OF WHICH OUR PROPHET (SAAS) SPEAKS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE 30 YEARS BETWEEN THE YEAR 1400 AND THE PRESENT (These portents are explained in the coming parts of the book).
Imam Rabbani's use of the term "EIGHTEEN YEARS HAVE CURRENTLY GONE BY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY"is most significant. With these words, Imam Rabbani indicates that had Hazrat Mahdi (as) appeared, he would himself, as a person of knowledge and foresight, have felt and realized Hazrat Mahdi (as) through the luminosity of his faith from the fact that the portents of his coming having taken place during the 18 years since the beginning of the century. The fact is, however, although 18 years had gone by since the beginning of the century on Imam Rabbani's time, the portents of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) had not taken place, for which reason he had not yet appeared.
Therefore,Imam Rabbani is not saying or implying that Islamic values will prevail the world as soon as Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears and that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will therefore be recognized by everyone that sees him. But he notes that wali (saint) people like him possessed of profound knowledge will be able to recognize Hazrat Mahdi (as).
It can also be seen from statements by Said Nursi that not everyone will recognize Hazrat Mahdi (as) when he first appears, that he will not be known despite being among the people, and that ONLY PEOPLE WITH KNOWLEDGE AND FORESIGHT WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HIM FROM THE RADIANCE OF HIS FAITH, THE PROFUNDITY OF HIS FAITH AND THE MAJESTY OF HIS FAITH:
However, as we said, this world is the arena of trial. The door is opened to the reason, but the will is not taken away. SO, WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS [Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as)], and even the terrible antichrist, APPEAR, MANY PEOPLE AND HIMSELF EVEN WILL NOT KNOW TO START WITH THAT HE IS THE ANTICHRIST. THOSE INDIVIDUALS OF THE END TIMES [HAZRAT MAHDI (as) and THE PROPHET JESUS (as)] WILL BE KNOWN THROUGH INSIGHT AND THE LIGHT OF BELIEF. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Words / Twenty-Fourth Word - Third Branch - pp. 354-355)
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, like Imam Rabbani someone possessed of knowledge and foresight, stated in his Letters that the Prophet Jesus (as) will not be recognized by everyone when he returns, and that HE WILL ONLY BE RECOGNIZED BY STUDENTS OF DEEP FAITH AROUND HIM, BY THE LUMINOSITY OF HIS FAITH:
... WHEN JESUS (AS) COMES, it is not necessary that EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW HIM TO BE THE TRUE JESUS (AS). His elect and those close to him (his close followers with deep faith) will recognize him through the light of belief. It will not be self-evident so that EVERYONE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Letters, Fifteenth Letter)
NEITHERIMAM RABBANI'S WORDS NOR THE DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN BY SAID NURSI MEAN THAT THE MORAL VALUES OF ISLAM WILL PREVAIL THE WORLD AS SOON AS HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) APPEARS OR THAT HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL IMMEDIATELY BE RECOGNIZED BY EVERYONE.If the moral values of Islam were to prevail across the world as soon as Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears, then everyone would immediately recognize and identify him. Hazrat Mahdi (as) would not then encounter any difficulties under such circumstances. The fact is that the hadith of our Prophet (saas) unequivocally state that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not be recognized by the public and that he will resemble the Prophet Joseph (as) in that regard, that he will face difficulties and pressure and that he will be exposed to all kinds of danger, such as murder, like the Prophet Moses (as), difficulties and pressure, conspiracies, imprisonment and exile, and that he will live in occultation:
... THEN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) RESEMBLES THE PROPHET JOSEPH (AS), AND PEOPLE WILL SEE HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] BUT WILL NOT SEE THAT HE IS HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] AND IT IS CERTAIN, as Hazrat Ali has said, HE WILL NOT BE SEEN UNTIL THERE COMES A PROCLAMATION FROM THE SKY.(Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani p. 167)
Abu Bashir says: I heard Imam Muhammad Baqr (as) say: "HE WHO POSSESSES THIS MYSTERY [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL HAVE THE SUNNAH OF FOUR PROPHETS… I SAID, WHAT IS THE SUNNAH OF JOSEPH (AS)? AND HE SAID: IMPRISONMENT AND OCCULTATION. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 191)
Imam Zayn al-Abidin stated:"There are some similarities between our Qaim [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] and Allah's Messengers. He has similarities to each one of the Prophets Noah (as), Abraham (as), Moses (as), Jesus (as), Job (as) and Muhammad (saas). He has similarity to NOAH (as) in having a long life; to ABRAHAM (as) in having his birth being hidden and his staying away from the public; TO MOSES (AS) IN HIS STATE OF FEAR(THE INTENSITY OF DANGERS DIRECTED TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS); HIS BEING FACE TO FACE TO ALL KINDS OF DANGER LIKE MURDER, PLOTTING, ARREST, TAKING INTO CUSTODY AND EXILE) AND HIS CONSTANTLY SPENDING HIS LIFE IN OCCULTATION; to Jesus (as) in people being in conflict about him (some people will say Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come while others will say he will not); to Job (as) in being delivered to salvation after trouble (Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also suffer many difficulties, oppression and trouble; however just like the Prophet Job (as) he will be saved by Allah's mercy); to Muhammad (saas) in his appearing with his sword [our Prophet's (saas) holy relics which are his sword, standard and mantle will be with Hazrat Mahdi (as)]. (Sheikh al-Saduq, Kamal al-Din, p. 322, Section 31, Hadith number 3)
Sadr al-Sayrafi says: I heard Imam Abu Abdullah Jafar Sadiq say: He said: "THE OWNER OF THIS TASK [THE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL HAVE A RESEMBLENCE TO JOSEPH (AS)]." AND I SAID: "IT IS AS IF YOU ARE TELLING US OF AN OCCULTATON OR ASTONISHMENT." (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani p. 189)2009-05-23 20:49:51


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Katy Perry criticizes Chief Keef song 'Hate Being Sober'
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Katy Perry is not a fan of the new Chief Keef song, "Hate Being Sober." The pop star took to her Twitter account earlier this week, saying she'd just heard it on the radio and it gave her "serious doubt for the world."
Just heard a new song on the radio called "I hate being sober" I now have serious doubt for the world.— Katy Perry (@katyperry) May 21, 2013
She's now apologizing to the rapper but sticking to her ground when it comes to content that glamorizes alcohol and partying. On Thursday, Katy tweeted that she didn't mean to offend Chief Keef and didn't even know it was his song at first. She continued, saying that she just has "a general opinion on our generation's desire to be constantly intoxicated." To make sure there were no hard feelings, Katy added, "Believe me, I'm a lover not a hater."
Mr. Keef! I'm sorry if I offended you. I heard a lot of people guesting on the song & didn't even know it was you in particular. Actually...— Katy Perry (@katyperry) May 24, 2013
I'm a fan of your "Don't Like" video tbh. I was really just having a general opinion on our generations desire to be constantly intoxicated.— Katy Perry (@katyperry) May 24, 2013
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Bette Midler to perform at Oscars
Bette Midler will take the Oscar stage for the first time ever next month as a performer.
Organizers for this year's Academy Awards say they're thrilled to have the two-time Oscar nominee on board for the festivities, adding their belief that she will make the Oscar telecast "an especially moving evening."
Midler previously released Oscar nominations for Actress in a Leading Role for For The Boys and The Rose. Last year she portrayed late Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in the hit Broadway production I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers.
The 86th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 2nd with Ellen DeGeneres as host. ABC will televise the event live from coast to coast.
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Omarion announces new album title
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Omarion is changing things up for his first album since signing with Maybach Music Group.
This week, the singer revealed that his next album will be titled Sex Playlist. He made the announcement in a video teaser on his new website, TheSexPlaylist.com.
The trailer also included a snippet of a song from the album, which Omarion promises will be coming soon.
Last year, Omarion release the second chapter of his "Care Package" mixtape series. Omarion was also featured on the first and second volumes of the Mayback Music Group's compilation album series.
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Gerard Way calls new song My Chemical Romance's 'Eulogy'
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Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way says the band's new song "Fake Your Own Death" is essentially its eulogy.
The track will be released on the group's upcoming greatest hits album May Death Never Stop You, and Way said via Twitter that he considers it the "final fully realized collaboration" between the members of My Chemical Romance. He adds that looking back now, he knew "internally" that it would be the band's last, noting that he felt "an odd sense of sadness and loss" while he was writing it.
"Fake Your Death" Somewhere in the liner notes for "May Death Never Stop You", there are written statements (cont) http://t.co/Jd0p2QOpSo
— Gerard Way (@gerardway) January 21, 2014
Check out the full statement below:
"Fake Your Death"
Somewhere in the liner notes for "May Death Never Stop You", there are written statements about each song on the collection. These statements were contributed by the members of the band and reflect their personal thoughts on the songs (dispersed to members at random). There is however, one song that bears no statement.
I consider "Fake Your Death" to be the "last MCR song", and to me, it is absolutely the final fully realized collaboration between the members of the band. Oddly, or fittingly, it was written while the Los Angeles Kings beat the New Jersey Devils and won the Stanley Cup, though this did not inform or inspire the song as I was unaware (along with James and Doug) that this was happening and have only a small interest in sports. After the game, the rest of the band had arrived at the studio where we added elements to its existing structure, fleshing it out some more, and it started to form.
What was not so obvious at the time was that the song was, and would serve as, a eulogy for the band, though I should have known it from the lyrics. I think internally I did, as I felt an odd sense of sadness and loss after hearing back the words on top of the music. I also felt a strange sense of pride in how honest it was, and could not remember a band recording a song of this nature, being so self-aware. Ending felt like something honest, and honest always feels like something new.
So it will exist, and it is no cowardly act to release something of this nature, but a service to those who believed in a band that did not compromise, and a wave goodbye to all. And yes, it is fucking heartbreaking.
And while I don't believe the lyrics of the chorus today- I did at the time, which to me is a core ingredient to the music of MCR. And it is through that belief, and yours, that we were able to achieve many beautiful things.
-G.Way, Los Angeles, 1-20-14
My Chemical Romance called it quits back in March of last year after more than a decade together. Their final project, May Death Never Stop You, is scheduled to hit stores on March 25th.
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Welcome To Bowdoin Career Planning.
If It Seems Familiar, It's Because You Were Once Here Yourself.
Remember when you were looking for your first job? Today, there's a new crop of Polar Bears who could benefit from your wisdom and professional associations. Bowdoin Career Planning is successful in part because of the contribution of our alumni. For example, last year alone, more than 100 alumni helped Bowdoin students achieve their dreams through on-campus events.
Bowdoin Career Planning is here to assist alumni, too. Here, you'll learn how you can help Bowdoin Students find the right career path or job — but you can also access valuable career resources for your own professional development.
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As you know, being part of Bowdoin is like having an extended family — we're a strong community with a common bond and a shared commitment to the common good. Just as you may have in the past, today's graduates depend on this strong connection to help them get started.
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(NEWSER) – The latest headline-getting theory from Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of the two Boston bombing suspects: She thinks the marathon attacks may have been staged. "That's what I want to know, because everybody's talking about it—that this is a show, that's what I want to know. That's what I want to understand," she says in an interview with CNN, adding that she thinks the blood shown in pictures of the aftermath is actually be paint. (According to Mediaite, she likened the whole thing to a "really big play.") "America took my kids away from me," she says.


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Brett Eldredge scores 2nd number one with latest single
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Brett Eldredge is back at the top of the chart. Billboard.com says the singer's latest hit, "Beat Of The Music," is the new leader on the Country Airplay chart.
The success of his latest single gives Eldredge his second consecutive number one, following "Don't Ya," which held the top spot on the chart for two weeks last August. Both songs are from Brett's debut album, Bring You Back.
Eldredge is having success with "Beat" north of the border as well. The country star tweeted Monday that the clip to the song had become his first number one video in Canada.
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Saturday, October 05, 2013
Bring your furry and feathered friends to the Ascension church yard for a special blessing: cats, dogs, birds, other domestic pets or farm animals, and all God's creatures are welcome. Animals must be leashed or caged and under control of a caretaker at all times. Co-sponsored by: Church of the Ascension-Episcopal, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church of Frankfort.
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21st July 2012 04:03 PM #1
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Natural Birth Control - Natural Family Planning
Recently I've had quite a few questions come up about how to avoid pregnancy without using hormonal birth control, so I thought I'd just go ahead and create a post about how we used Natural Family Planning with 100% effectiveness for 7 years, during some of my most fertile years (from age 20-27).
When my husband and I were first married, we took a class at a Catholic hospital on natural family planning. We had one on one coaching which made it seem so natural and gave me so much confidence in what we were doing. They taught me how to watch for signs of fertility and then I would track my cycle, and they would review my chart to be sure we were doing everything right.
In general, as soon as I saw any signs of fertility we stopped making love, and abstained for a week (or he pulled out, but they don't recommend pulling out because pregnancy can still occur from pre-ejaculate fluids). I saw 5 days of fertile mucus, and then we abstained for 2 days after ovulation (2 days after going dry) because the egg only lives for a maximum of 24 hours. For me (in my 20's) the first sign of my fertile window was when I saw the clump of mucus - later as I got older, I didn't see the clump, but noticed thinner, fertile mucus as my first sign. Whatever the first sign was, it was when I went from being dry, to having some kind of a change in my mucus.
The nice thing with this method is that my husband (who was the one who didn't want a child at the time) could tell when I was fertile - it was much easier for him to glide without added lubrication. So he would often say "are you fertile right now?" And I would say "yes" (hoping he wouldn't ask...). He also counted days, and my periods were like clockwork, so he always had a sense of when I was going into my fertile window.
We used The Billings Method, which, when used correctly, can be just as effective as the birth control pill.
Scientific studies indicate that with proper instruction and motivation, the Billings Ovulation Method in actual practice is 99.64% effective.
(Dr. Catherine Bernard, Ob. Gyn., Family Life Centre, India)
My husband and I used this method of fertility awareness for 7 years and it was 100% effective... and the nice thing about this method is that when you are ready for a baby, it will usually happen very quickly. All you have to do is reverse what you've been doing in order to get pregnant. This is the biggest reason I conceived the very first month we tried - I knew my cycles VERY well.
It wasn't hard - it wasn't anything I ever even thought about. But when I wiped or when I saw that clump of mucus on my underwear, it was my body's way of telling me "you're going into your fertile window" and then I'd get wetter and wetter and then all of a sudden I'd just go dry. All I did was make a small notation on my calendar each day during my fertile window. It was that simple.
I studied it well the first month, and I took the class. I did all the charting during the first couple of months just to be sure I was doing everything right. But once I knew what I was doing, it was really, really simple to read those fertility signs.
We used the Billings Ovulation Method and the website even offers a toll free number for those in Australia (there are classes for those in other countries as well).
I think the class was $25 - but that was 26 years ago. It was the best $25 investment I ever made in my health. Losing my mom to breast cancer at the age of 16 was devastating to me. I later learned that the breast cancer she had was hormone driven, and I know that adding hormones to the body (i.e. birth control) sets women up for having a higher chance of getting breast cancer. That was something I was highly motivated to avoid.
If you have any questions feel free to ask - or if you just want to talk we're hear to listen.
Warm regards,
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HI Kate,
I am a mother of three beautiful kids. However, I plan to have them and not have #4, 5 or 6 - if you know what I mean. Anyway, one thing I love about this forum is that I get so many new information, talk to people openly about pregnancy, birth, ovulation and all of that openly. The info you gave was absolutely what I was looking for. I even read at one of your threads of the same subject the detailed ovulation cycle of a woman. I found that interesting and even talked about it with my husband.
I am in my early 30's and never tried any artificial contraceptives. It was because of rumors of its bad effects on women like gaining or losing weight and other abnormalities. I even heard of a friend developing a tumor due to taking pills. So when I read your post, it was like a message sent from heaven that I needed at the right time.
Thank you Kate for the information and thumbs up to you and to other senior members of the forum for a job well done. Do continue to inform us all.
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Hi MumO'Three,
So glad you're finding the information helpful. Feel free to post any questions you may have as you watch your fertile signs during the month. It will become "second nature" but sometimes at the beginning you can have questions.
Warm regards,
7th August 2012 04:38 PM #4
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Thank you so much for this post Kate! I have recently returned to natural family planning after a brief stint of hormonal birth control. I am hoping to take a class soon myself, but this information is so helpful.
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Hi Kate,
Do you know how well this works whilst breastfeeding?
11th October 2013 10:26 PM #6
I just wanted to reply with some information about breastfeeding and birth control/ menstrual cycles.
If you are exclusively breastfeeding on demand (and your baby will be 6 months or younger) then this is around 98% effective at stopping your menstrual cycles and so the majority of women would not be fertile at this time anyway. This is even more the case if you co-sleep and babywear. Women who mix feed (i.e. feed their babies some breastmilk and some formula milk) could get their period back 4 weeks after giving birth although it depends on how much formula milk the baby has.
If you 'breastfeed ecologically' (i.e. on demand in the day an night and have your baby near to you at most times e.g. co-sleeping) then the average time for your periods to return is 15 months postpartum. So again the majority of women would not be able to get pregnant in this time.
To come back to your question, when you breastfeed anything is really considered normal in terms of periods. Once your baby is over 6 months old you may have occasional periods, no periods, or fairly regular periods. It really depends on how regular your monthly cycle becomes (and if your body has become fertile again after giving birth) as to whether you would get the cervical mucous changes you would expect with regular monthly cycles (as described by Kate above).
How old is your baby?
Warm wishes,
17th October 2013 06:15 PM #7
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Hi Kate,
Does breastfeeding prevents a woman to become pregnant? How is this so? Because for few instances, some of my friends got pregnant even if they breast feed their child. Your answer will be appreciated.
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18th October 2013 06:38 AM #8
Dear Sherryl,
Breastfeeding stops a woman being fertile (temporarily) in almost all cases provided: the baby is younger than 6 months, the mother is exclusively breastfeeding (i.e. only breastfeeding and giving the baby no other solids or liquids including water, as per the World Health Organisation recommendations), the mother is and has breastfed on demand (in the day and night). This infertility (i.e. lack of ovulation and so periods) is increased if a mum co-sleeps and babywears. A small percentage of women (around 2%) would still ovulate, and so be able to get pregnant, even if they practised all of the above.
Does this answer your question?
Warm wishes,
26th October 2013 03:28 AM #9
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LJ shared some good statistics. I would also add that you would need to avoid the use of a dummy/pacifier so that all of the baby's sucking needs are met at the breast. If the breast is being stimulated enough, it will give signals to the body telling it that mum is nourishing herself and a baby, and the body will know that it should not ovulate so that the mother does not have to nourish a baby in the womb. Too much demand for nutrients from mum can sometimes compromise the health of mum and/or baby.
Many mums find that using a dummy/pacifier with baby after breastfeeding is well established (at least 6 weeks of age), allows mum to get more rest. I personally had times when my babies wanted to suck, so I would put them to the breast, but then they would get too much milk and end up throwing it up. In this case, a dummy/pacifier allowed baby to suck/soothe herself without taking in too much milk.
I will say that most mums are busy with work or other things, and because they are so busy, they simply don't take the time to put baby to the breast as often as baby needs to suckle. I really tried not to use dummies with my babies very often, and every one of my children rejected them at about 5 months of age.
If there is a concern with nipple confusion, then you can offer a clean finger for baby to suck on. But again, anytime baby is sucking on something other than the breast, ovulation could return.
Warm Regards,
29th October 2013 07:19 AM #10
Yes good point Kate - thank you very much for adding this.
It is 'ecological breastfeeding' i.e. breastfeeding on demand and using nothing else for the baby to suckle on in addition to baby wearing and co-sleeping which prevents ovulation most reliably and for the longest time period.
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Thanks for replies
Bubs is 3months and I don't usually get periods back for first year of breastfeeding


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Tornados announce softball schedule changesMarch 28, 2011
The Tornados softball team made four changes to their schedule in the next two weeks
Brevard, N.C. – The Brevard College softball team released a tentative schedule of their make-up games for the remainder of the season. The Tornados have made four changes to their schedule, as they try to make-up their conference doubleheader with Catawba College.
The doubleheader scheduled with Catawba College has been set for Sunday, April 3rd at the Brevard College Softball Field. The Indians will travel to Brevard for a 1 p.m. start time.
Brevard's doubleheader with Lincoln Memorial University has been moved from Monday, April 4th, to Tuesday, April 5th in Harrogate, Tennessee. The doubleheader at Neely Field is set for 2 p.m.
The non-conference doubleheader with Johnson C. Smith has been moved from Thursday, April 7th to Friday, April 8th at Biddleville Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. First pitch for the opener is set for 4 p.m.
The final change to the Tornados' schedule is their South Atlantic Conference doubleheader with Tusculum College on Wednesday, March 30th. The doubleheader has been moved to Tuesday, March 29th due to the forecast of rain in Greenville, Tennessee on Wednesday afternoon. The opener of the twinbill is set for 2 p.m. at Red Edmonds Field.
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As Weed Hits Mainstream, Businesses Brace for 4/20
April 20 isn't just a holiday for stoners: In a world where recreational marijuana is legal in eight states, it's basically the entire Christmas shopping season rolled into a single day for pot businesses.
"We're just expecting to get slammed," the owner of a smoking room in Colorado tells CNN. One expert expects to see an increase in business of 30% to 40%, especially as some marijuana retailers are offering discounts of up to 50%.
It's no wonder Thursday is being called a "really good time to stock up" for potheads. Here's what else you need to know about 4/20:
- There's a lot of incorrect information floating around about the origin of the term "420." Mental Floss sets us straight, revealing that it started in 1971 with a group of California high-schoolers whose personal slang—referring to the time of day they met up to smoke—caught on with the Grateful Dead.
- But do we really need 4/20 as a rallying point anymore? That's the question Rolling Stone asks as the legalization of weed goes mainstream. Snoop Dogg, for one, says yes, calling it one of his "favorite days."


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Precise Review
Precise Pangolin Review
- I installed and evaluated Kubuntu (KDE) and Ubuntu (Unity) side by side in May 2012. I was drawn in by the Ubuntu marketing, but after a full evaluation stuck with Kubuntu (KDE). Why? The KDE desktop can be customised to look and function like Ubuntu Unity pretty easily, but in comparison Ubuntu Unity can't be customised to look and function like KDE (without a tremendous amount of effort). I use Kubuntu for a wide variety of servers, desktops, laptops, netbooks, and now as a television interface (from a laptop with remote control). While Ubuntu Unity held a lot of promise for this variety of platforms, I have found that it is actually trying to re-invent the KDE wheel and is playing catch-up on everything but a tablet (for which it is specifically designed).
- As an example, a significant complaint for Ubuntu Unity users has been the inability to easily customise the sidebar. Of course, this has been possible in KDE/Kubuntu since KDE 4 came out. The menu (and/or panel) bar can be moved and any app or widget added to it, resized, or manipulated in a large variety of configurations, and there are several dock applications available, as well. It only took me 5 minutes to replicate the appearance of the Ubuntu sidebar in Kubuntu, and the Kubuntu panel has a lot more functionality and flexibility than the Unity sidebar has, too.
- Although I tried the Kubuntu Netbook interface, I don't see the advantage to it. The default KDE desktop already has widgets that have a hundred different ways to customise them. In contrast, the KDE Netbook workspace is difficult to customise.
- I went to Oneiric from Lucid completely last year and have been extremely happy with it. It was not as stable as Lucid (which was a superlative incarnation) but did a lot of things (mainly available apps) that were not available to me in Lucid. (I never went from Lucid to Maverick or Natty completely because they just didn't work well enough.) This review concerns my comparison of Precise to Oneiric, therefore.
Below are the steps I took to run Precise. I initially tested on a single-core AMD 64-bit processor at 2 MHz with nVidia graphics (and an old monitor) with a wired ethernet connection to a DHCP-capable router. I then tested on a multi-core 64-bit laptop with a wireless connection. I have successfuly used both DHCP (dynamic) addressing and static IP addressing. I have now installed on 12 different computers (some that have not been updated in years), both i386/i686 and AMD64 versions, with a variety of wireless cards and graphics cards (including integrated Intel graphics, ATI, and nVidia). I have only needed to make one major tweak (on two 9-year-old computers for which no drivers existed to monitor the heat sensors on their motherboards). With a minimum of intervention, all 12 computers are running well with Precise (including some that have not been successfully updated since Jaunty). This is the widest variety of hardware I have ever been able to use with Kubuntu.
Installation steps
- I did not try a direct upgrade from Oneiric to Precise because I have never been successful with direct upgrades in the past. On all my computers I already have a Kubuntu Oneiric (or older) installation, and I left it on its own partition while I installed Precise in a new partition. This allowed me to transfer files and settings from the Oneiric partition to the Precise partition (and to make sure Precise was working, before shrinking the Oneiric partition to a minimal size as an emergency backup).
- Using KDE Partition Manager in Oneiric (or from a LiveCD), I therefore created a blank partition (I usually create a partition within the extended partition, which is the last of the 4 "DOS" partitions on my hard drive) with enough space for a new OS (mimimum 25-30 Gb). (I don't use an independent /home partition because a lot of the settings for the OS are particular to that OS only and are stored in the /home partition. Sharing the /home partition becomes problematic for me, after a while, as the common files in /home are changed by each OS that accesses it. However, I don't see a problem with a /sharedfiles partition). If there is not a separate partition that is used for shared files, then the Precise partition should be made much larger at the outset.
- While logged into the Oneiric OS, I adjusted my /boot partition's Grub Legacy config file ( /boot/grub/menu.lst ) and created an entry that will chainload the Grub2 bootloader stored in the new partition. (For the first time, a simple chainload +1 command from Grub Legacy to Grub2 was accepted by Grub2.)
- For most of my installations I used Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Alternate CD, which I put onto a USB stick using the Startup Disk Creator from my existing Kubuntu Oneiric. (Installing from a USB pendrive "stick" instead of a CD / DVD is three times as fast. I could install from USB only on computers that allowed booting from a USB "floppy" drive, of course, but this was possible even on my 10-year-old computer.) The text-based Alternate CD installer is much faster than the regular Desktop CD, IMO, but of course doesn't allow you to run Kubuntu in "demo / trial" mode. Except on 32-bit computers, I used a 64-bit version (since none of my regular apps require 32-bit versions any longer).
- I also tried the "Regular" Desktop LiveCD, and the installation interface is much cleaner and streamlined than in the past. The user variables are entered in an installation screen while installation simultaneously commences, allowing user variable input at the beginning (instead of at different stages of the installation process). After completing the initial user input, this allows for an unattended installation thereafter. That is a big improvement and is very, very nice! (In fact, my only objection to the "Regular" LiveCD installer is the occasionally odd English usage and the slightly confusing and non-standard arrangement of the partition manager options, but these are very minor cavils). Furthermore, the installer now provides the option to install "restricted" packages for mp3 and Flash capabilities (something I usually do later with sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras anyway).
- I also tried installing Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS (I use a 64-bit version) followed by the kubuntu-desktop (sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop). I occasionally install a server version for 2 reasons: 1) I do "headless" server installations (especially in virtual machines) from time to time, and it is worthwhile to first troubleshoot server installations without a GUI, and 2) it is often faster and more efficient to install a server without a desktop. A server installation takes me about 18 minutes (compared to a desktop installation, which can take a little more than an hour). While this used to be my major method of installation, though, I no longer recommend it (unless a pure "headless" server is intended). The Alternate CD ends up being a faster route overall, and all server functions are available from the desktop versions as well, so that for many servers I no longer need to install a server version at all.
- I installed Kubuntu Alternate (or Ubuntu Server) to its freshly created partition. (When installing the Server version I only install a minimal version without any added packages or tasks, in the interest of speed). I never install Grub2 to the Master Boot Record. My computers all have Grub Legacy in a standalone boot partition, since Grub Legacy does not require an OS to function (and can chainload the bootloader of every type of OS). In contrast, Grub2 requires a complete OS in order to function and if the (K)Ubuntu OS installation gets screwed up, so does Grub2 (and then you can't boot the computer). I tried to use Grub2 as the primary bootloader on one new computer to see if things had changed, but a new bug in Grub2 (version 1.99, which comes with Precise) caused the computer not to boot and I was then forced to re-install Grub Legacy to a /boot partition as usual (and then set the MBR to use it). I DO always install Grub2 to the partition in which the (K)Ubuntu OS is installed (so that Grub2 manages the bootup for the (K)Ubuntu OS in that partition) and then merely allow Grub Legacy to chainload Grub2. For example, if the (K)Ubuntu OS is installed to /dev/sda6, I install Grub2 to /dev/sda6 only (and NOT to the Master Boot Record, which is also referred to as /dev/sda in the Desktop LiveCD installer).
- After finishing the installation on some computers with nVidia graphics cards, I received a "FREQUENCY OUT OF RANGE" error that flashed 4 times before completing the boot. (This error usually disappeared once the Kubuntu-desktop was completely installed, however.) It was possible, but not eventually necessary, to suppress this error by editing /etc/default/grub and uncommenting (or editing) the graphics mode line to read:
- and editing the relevant line (using sudo nano /etc/default grub) to read:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nouveau.blacklist=1"
- or
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset"
- After Grub2 is updated (sudo update-grub) and the computer is rebooted, the error no longer appears.
- Unlike with previous versions of Kubuntu, I had no problems on my systems that have integrated Intel graphics cards and needed to make no adjustments.
- While logged in at the server command line the first time I personally like to set a password for the root user using sudo passwd root (so that someone else who might log into the computer later can't do it instead). If installing a full Kubuntu system, I do this later from a command-line terminal.
- When installing the Server version first, I update and upgrade the server (sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade) to make sure all the server components are current. Then I finally add the Kubuntu desktop (sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop). When I reboot I have a fully functional Kubuntu system. (Kubuntu-desktop installation time: 35 minutes).
- On two computers with nine-year-old motherboards (with no drivers (for CPU scaling and fan control) available for the heat sensors on those motherboards), I received the "powernow-k8: failing targ, change pending bit set" error every few seconds (which started to fill the logs). I adjusted the ONDEMAND module using these instructions.
- The KDE desktop used in Precise has some new idiosyncracies. You can now establish different types of desktops (called "Activities") depending on the purpose of your computer. This is actually pretty cool, especially for mobile or "kiosk" devices. You can establish an Activity optimised to display slides or movies on the desktop (in fact, there is a pre-designed Activity for this purpose). One thing that annoyed me, though, was that the upper-right "Cashew" has the name of the Activity showing. However, if the widgets are un-locked, the Cashew can be slid over to the right and the name of the activity will be hidden that way.
- There are a lot of customisations to the desktop that can be done at this juncture, and I won't go into them. I happen to like DejaVu Sans 10 for my default font (Settings -> System Settings -> Application Appearance -> Fonts -> Adjust All Fonts), and set that right away. I also turn off all the advanced (Settings -> System Settings -> Desktop Effects) until my system is tuned, since they slow down things considerably. I don't use a modem or bluetooth, so I remove both these modules (sudo apt-get remove modemmanager and sudo apt-get remove bluedevil), since I haven't found an effective way to disable them in the settings.
- I did some final tweaking of my Grub2. I happen to like the graphics included with grub2-splashimages (especially the plasma-lamp Tesla coil), and installed one using this suggestion. At the same time I secured Grub2 using this suggestion. I then updated Grub2 (sudo update-grub).
- Once everything is set up, Precise initially ran a bit more slowly than Lucid did. I turned off startup services I do not need (System Settings -> Startup and Shutdown -> Service Manager -> Startup Services). I also installed Bootup Manager (sudo apt-get install bum) to turn off some other programs I did not wish to automatically start at boot. This did not help appreciably at first, but after a few reboots I guess the configuration changes were stored and the system was faster!
- One of the first things I do is to create a menu item to be able to launch the Dolphin file manager as the root superuser. I copy the Dolphin menu item, rename the new menu item to "Dolphin as root" and change the command to:
kdesudo dolphin %i -caption "%c" %u
- I then add both the regular Dolphin menu item and the "Dolphin as root" menu item to my panel for easy access. (Because I do a lot of stuff in the command terminal, I also add the Konsole Terminal menu item to the panel at the same time.)
- In Precise I am no longer able to automatically launch the Kate text editor from "Dolphin as root", which is one of my most common tasks (to edit configuration files). This problem did not occur in Oneiric. Whenever I attempt it, the error appears:
KDEInit could not launch '/usr/bin/kate'
- The workaround involves adding a Root Actions Servicemenu to Dolphin which allows functions (including text editing with kate) as the root superuser. I add this service menu to both instances of Dolphin (regular and "Dolphin as root"). This solution is detailed here.
- After installation, Network Manager was disabled by default ("unmanaged") on my system. In this "unmanaged" configuration, I was able to manually configure my static IP settings as I have been accustomed. There is a change in that I no longer edit resolv.conf directly but add my dns-server list directly to /etc/network/interfaces as discussed here.
- If I wish to activate Network Manager and allow it to manage the settings, I use the advice detailed here.
- On my wireless laptop, Network Manager worked at installation (in DHCP mode) without any additional configuration. However, I was able to customise the wireless connections to accept static ("manual") IP addresses and custom DNS servers wihout a problem. This is the first time Network Manager has reliably worked for me with wireless connections, and I did not need to install Wicd (as I have in the past).
- I used the "Install Firefox Browser" option from the Kubuntu menu to install Firefox 12. I configured Firefox and turned off the annoying SSL certificate name in the address bar. I then added my favourite add-ons: NoScript, AdBlock Plus, Bookmark Favicon Change, Hide Tab Bar with One Tab, Download Helper, and Menu Editor. I still use AdBlock Plus and Noscript routinely, but have to be careful about the settings, since AdBlock and NoScript now try to "whitelist" a range of sites and "allow non-intrusive advertising" unless you turn off the behavior. I also turned off updates for the add-ons.
- Firefox allows Bookmarks to be exported and then imported. I therefore exported my Firefox bookmarks from Oneiric, copied them from Oneiric to Precise, and then imported them into the installation of Firefox in Precise.
- I installed Thunderbird with the Enigmail and Lightning Calendar extensions. I was able to copy my ~/.thunderbird folder directly from Oneiric to Precise and it maintained all my settings, addresses, and emails!
- I still use Firestarter, simply because it is easier for me to turn off and on depending on my task. However, Firestarter uses an old logging system and the newer kernels have changed logging systems. To accommodate Firestarter (and other older programs that still use the old logs), I used the solution here to tweak the logging system to accept the old style of logs. Then Firestarter didn't complain about the logs any longer.
- Installed PulseAudio Volume Control and PulseAudio Preferences (sudo apt-get install pavucontrol paprefs). There is a new plasma widget (sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-veromix) to control Pulse Audio volume, but I haven't tried it yet.
- Installed my default printer in CUPS (K Menu -> Settings -> System Settings -> Printer Configuration). Though my printer was automatically recognised on my network, I first needed to install special packages and CUPS drivers for proper printing, scanning, and faxing functionality. I also set a custom media size for printing that allowed 0.5 inch margins for letter-size documents (since the CUPS default is "no margins").
- Installed kubuntu-restricted-extras, libdvdcss2, and libudf.
- Tweaked k3b to use growisofs so that large data-volumes (> 3.5 GB) could be written to DVD. See this section.
- My favourite programs came next: Gimp, DigiKam, Xsane, VLC, Kaffeine, MPlayer, mencoder, ffmpeg, Handbrake, k9copy, Avidemux, Audacious, Audacity, EasyTag, Calibre, Skype, Choqok, Konversation, Krdc, Etherape, FileZilla, ClamAV, Tor, Virtualbox, Skulltag, Internet Scrabble Club, Kajongg, Gweled, and Stellarium. (Some of these required adding custom repositories.) I copied my ~/.filezilla folder from Oneiric to Precise so that I could use the settings (for reference only, though, as the new version of Filezilla crashes if the folder is just moved directly).
- I started and adjusted Firestarter after all the apps were seen to be working properly. Some common outgoing ports that ought to be opened/unblocked/"allowed" are 80 (HTTP), 443 (HTTPS), 53 (DNS), 993 (secure IMAP), 465 (secure SMTP), 123 (NTP).
- To the panel bar I added icons for the menu items I use most frequently. I hid the system tray icons I don't like to see, adjusted the clock a bit, and added the weather widget. Voila! The Kubuntu panel bar is far more powerful than anything in Unity (and can be dragged to any screen edge using the Panel Options -> Panel Settings)! Further, I can press ALT-F2 and bring up the text-based launcher (which they have only recently created for Unity).
- After backported updates, Precise now has a simple screen locker available as a lockable screensaver (System Settings -> Display and Monitor -> Screen Locker). I now use this screen locker, but prefer my own image as the background. I therefore adjusted the screen locker image using the advice here.
Bottom Line
- The Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Alternate CD on a USB drive rapidly became my favourite installation vehicle, and this is what I ended up using on multiple (now over 10) different computers. I was able to install Kubuntu Precise Pangolin on all of my computers.
- I only needed to make one hardware tweak; all the rest of my hardware works without problems (including multiple graphics cards). The implementation of Network Manager is finally reliable in all configurations. This is a major leap forward.
- A single bug in Dolphin (so that the Kate text editor can't easily be opened when running Dolphin as root) is a step backwards, but a workaround (the Root Actions Servicemenu) is available, so this isn't a major problem. (So far) I haven't found a single app (from previous versions) that doesn't work in Precise.
- k3b does not work for me when burning DVDs larger than 3.5 Gb. (This has something to do with the utilities used to record large-data DVDs, and k3b has removed the ability to customise the utilities.) This is an unpatched limitation and for me is the biggest problem with this version of Kubuntu. However, there is a workaround using the growisofs record package (see here).
- Update 5-2014: With backported updates, Precise is quite similar to the newest Trusty version. Most of the earlier problems have been fixed but new ones appeared and the system seems to run a little more slowly. After a trial of the recently-released Trusty Tahr backports, I preferred the original Precise Pangolin and did not update the remainder of my computers with the Trusty backports.


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Whats the signal strength?
Hi All, I can't post in the wireless section so I hope it's ok to ask here.
I've been following this guide:
hxxp://thew0rd.com/2008/08/19/tutorial-cracking-wep-using-backtrack-3/ <--- note the xx's
and I've run into a problem.
When trying to generate packets from the AP to crack I find that I'm not getting any. It's reading the packets just fine I've collected many of them, however I'm not getting any of the ARP packets and airodump is showing that I'm not getting any data.
I was able to get a couple of data packets ( 14 in total ) when trying against one AP but obviously that isn't enough. Is it the AP that's the problem (weak signal?) or is it something on my end? Is there any other techniques to generate packets for cracking purposes?
I'm using the intel 3945 chipset and backtrack 3.0 any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Whats the signal strength?
The signals are very weak and very unreliable which after doing some more reading is likely my problem, which leads me to my next question;
Is it possible to turn my linksys wireless router into a repeater or some kind of signal booster?
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19th July 2013 04:17 PM #1
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Unexpected toys
Somtimes we buy expencive toys, but children don't play them or play only for 15 minutes.
And sometimes paper box from this toy attracts more than the toy . So what are favorite toys of your kids that initially were not a toy, but settled in your home for a long time?
28th July 2013 05:00 AM #2
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Chasing the cat seems to be his favorite thing.
4th August 2013 08:36 PM #3
This thread made me smile. I can certainly relate to this! Some of the more expensive toys myself and my husband have brought our children have not held their interest, whereas they often play for hours with free household objects.
I have found that children of around 2 years and older like to play 'make believe' or 'pretend play'. This is actually an important part of their development. This means that any 'toys' which allow children to copy jobs that the adults do are likely to be popular. My children (aged 2.5 years and 9 months) like to play with Tupperware boxes from my kitchen as well as plastic spoons and pretend they are cooking. One of my eldest's favourite games at the moment is to play shops. This simply involves pretending to buy household objects across a table and taking it in turns to be the customer and shop keeper. Ultimately, he is practicing functioning in the real-world and he enjoys copying what he sees his mum and dad doing.
Indeed, I believe that if you give children your full attention then any game will be stimulating, fun and worth-while for them. My son has learnt to count to 10 and we have made up games where he jumps around the room pointing to objects and counting to 10.
How old are your children and what are their favourite games at the moment?
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Stephen Pope
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Dr. Stephen Pope was born in Athens, Georgia and spent most of his childhood in South Georgia and Alabama, with two years of high school in Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh. It was there he began working at age 15 for a veterinarian and shifted his focus away from medical school to vet school, with his heart set on Auburn. He returned to Alabama and graduated high school from Charles Henderson in Troy, Alabama in 1985. He then entered Auburn University as an undergrad, earning his B.S. in Biology in the pre-vet program. In 1988, he started vet school at Auburn and graduated with his DVM in 1992. Immediately afterwards he started work as an associate vet with Pets are People, too in Dunwoody, part of a three hospital practice that grew later to five clinics in the Atlanta area. In 1997, he switched to ER and continued as an ER vet until the summer of 2006, when he accepted the medical directorship and moved back to day practice. He lives in Buford, Georgia with his two guinea pigs, Gertie and Butters. His interests are cooking, going to movies and comic/toy collecting.
Growing up I knew few things outright at a young age, but two of those things were: 1. I was going to be a doctor when I grew up and 2. I was really fascinated by animals. I knew the first one because my grandmother told me so, constantly. I knew the other because I spent a good deal of time with my grandparents on their farm in south Georgia with my own pony, a mustang named Blackie, and thirteen dogs, at least one of whom was also named Blackie. Also, because my favorite show was €œMutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom€ and Marlin Perkins was my hero. What I didn't know then, or really give any thought to, was that I could make both myself and my grandmother happy in one swoop, by becoming a veterinarian. It had never occurred to me then. I didn't realize this until I met Greg Serra.
Greg lived across the street from my aunt in Pennsylvania, where I moved to in high school for a couple of years. He was my age, in the same grade, a friend of the family and worked in an animal hospital, along with his brother, as a kennel boy. He was a meek, friendly, math whiz of a kid with blazing red hair and a Ford Falcon. We became fast friends and shared many a late night battling it out in Risk and playing baseball on his ColecoVision. Not long after meeting he asked me if I'd like a job replacing his brother who was leaving for college and I thought the extra money could come in handy. I said of course, so at the age of fifteen I got my first real clock-punching job and started working the kennels with Greg.
By the time I turned sixteen, I announced to my grandmother and my aunt that they could still have a doctor in the family, but it'd have to be on my terms. Despite the noise and the smells and the back-breaking labor in the kennels, I knew I had found my calling. My usually hard to please grandmother took it in stride and in her broken English, Greek-laden accent took to calling me €œDr. Dog€. By seventeen I was accepted into Auburn and started my journey towards fulfilling my dream.
Eventually, I moved back to Alabama and soon after starting my second year of undergrad, I got a phone call telling me that Greg had died in a car wreck, alone on a dark and winding Pennsylvania back road. I was eighteen. It was the first time I lost someone so close to me in age and in spirit, and I have never stopped mourning that day. Two years later, I got my acceptance letter from Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine and 25 years later, here I am, practicing the craft I had finally chosen and chased so many years.
So to answer why it is I do what I do, you can definitely appreciate both my grandmother, GiaGia Fannie, and Marlin Perkins for laying the groundwork. You can thank all the vets who encouraged me along the way. You can give a shout out to the many clients and pets that have touched and affected me on my journey. But the one person who deserves the most credit, all of my thanks and my eternal gratitude is my friend Greg, who put it all together so many years ago and gave me the one gift I never knew I wanted. For without him, I don't know where or what I would be, but it most certainly would not be a successful and blessed veterinarian.
Thanks, Greg. You are missed.