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If you're expecting Mike D'Antoni to bring "7 Seconds Or Less" to the LA Lakers, think again
D'Antoni said Tuesday on ESPN Radio LA (via SportsRadio Interviews) that his new team won't follow the high-paced script of the former Phoenix Suns.
"We were built small and quick and young and, yeah, we jacked some shots up in the early seconds. That worked," D'Antoni said of the Suns, who he coached from 2003-08. "This is a completely different team. This team will be more skilled, much bigger, a little older, much more experienced."
D'Antoni, who replaces Mike Brown and was chosen over Phil Jackson, could make his debut as early as Sunday, despite recent knee replacement surgery.
He said he understands fans who are skeptical that he, not the 11-time champion Jackson, got the job.
"Are you kidding me? I was surprised. In the sense of seeing the natural fit, or whatever, but you never know what happens or what goes on," D'Antoni said. "I know he's a great coach—has been, will be. One of the best, if not the best. I've got some really close friends that are Lakers fans, and they were disappointed. That's the way it goes. I'm going to do everything I can do to win a championship."


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Tuition at Everett Community College is calculated based on your residency status. EvCC follows state regulated criteria that must be met, as well as what documents are needed to verify residency status.
- Residency - Establishing a Bona Fide Domicile
- Residence Questionnaire Form
- Supported Documentation
- Deadline for Reclassification
- Determine where you are Independent or Dependent Student
- Out-of-State
- Non-U.S. Citizen Student requesting
- Absence Due to Educational Purposes Only
- Partial Tuition Reduction
Factors in Determining Residency in Washington State for U.S. citizens and permanent resident status
Establishing a Bona Fide Domicile – Residency
According to the Office of the Attorney General an individual must do everything a resident of Washington is required to do. Residency status is determined at the time your application for admission is processed.
The student must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident ("green card") or qualify for another non-citizen discount status (see Non U.S. Citizen Student section on this page). If the answers a student provides on the application indicate student is a non-resident and the student feels he/she is a resident, the student must download and submit a completed Residence Questionnaire form , and providing three pieces of documentation showing they meet the following guidelines:
- Students must prove they have established a Bona Fide Domicile in Washington State
- Lived in the state for a period of one year immediately prior to the first day of the quarter
Supported documentation verifying legal ties:
- Washington driver's license/Washington ID card (Required)
- Current Resident Alien Card (if non U.S. citizen)
- Most recent income tax returns
- Registration of your motor vehicle in Washington State
- Washington State voter registration card
- Employment in Washington State
- Bank Statement for checking/saving account indicating the date account was opened
- Mortgage settlement document, lease/rental agreement, or rent receipts
- Letter/receipts or benefits under Washington State public assistance programs
- Evidence of full-time employment (employer statement indicating date of hire and full-time status)
- Bills (utilities, credit card, cell phone, etc. of the previous calendar year)
- Financially independent for the current and prior calendar years
DEADLINE: Applications for reclassification in the current quarter must be submitted to the Enrollment Services office before the 30th calendar day of the quarter.
Please allow at least two weeks for processing.
Determine whether you are an Independent or Dependent student
According to RCW 28B.15.012, the term 'resident student' shall mean:
"Who has had a domicile in the state of Washington for the period of one year immediately prior to the time of commencement of the first day of the semester or quarter for which the student has registered at any institution and has in fact established a bona fide domicile in this state primarily for purposes other than educational."
- You have not and will not be claimed as a dependent on anyone's income tax return
- You have not received funds from another agency which requires residency in another state
Financially Dependent Student (Students 24 years of age or younger)
"If one or both of the student's parents or legal guardians have maintained a bona fide domicile in the state of Washington for at least one year immediately prior to commencement of the semester or quarter for which the student has registered at any institution."
- Your legal guardian has lived in the State of Washington for at least one year immediately prior to the start of the quarter for which you registered for classes
- You have been claimed as a dependent on the federal income tax return of the parent of legally appointed guardian or person having legal custody in the State of Washington
You and your parent or legal guardian need to submit the Residence Questionnaire form which can be obtained at the Enrollment Services Office or by downloading the Questionnaire form here . Student must provide picture ID and fill out the front of the form and parent; parent or legal guardian must fill out the back of the questionnaire form and provide three pieces of documentation (dated previous year calendar) to prove they have established a bona fide domicile in Washington. Please submit the form and three items from below:
- Parent current Resident Alien Card (If not a U.S. citizen )
- Parent WA State Driver's License or WA State ID Card
- Parent Income Tax return for the previous calendar year
- Parent Vehicle Registration
- Parent domicile documentation - proof of presence in Washington State for the past 12 months (lease, home purchase documentation, letter from landlord)
- Parent Bank Statement or letter indicating when account was opened
- Parent Voter's Registration card
- Parent Bills (utilities, credit card, cell phone, etc. of the previous calendar year)
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- Current Permanent Resident Alien Card, front and back (may qualify for resident tuition after 1 year in Washington State. Prior to 1 year may qualify for tuition reduction.)
- Current I-94 Departure Record stamped with either "temporary I-551 "Refugee-Asylee Status,or Parole" (may qualify for non-resident tuition reduction.)
- Non-U.S. citizens who hold E, H, or L Visas. The resident parent or legal guardian or a dependent non-citizen student must provide a copy of their immigration status document as well (May qualify for resident tuition after 1 year in Washington State.)
- All other visa types (including B, C, D, F, J, and M please contact International Programs at (425) 388-9289
- Complete the HB 1079 Affidavit, if the student meets the Affidavit qualifications. Contact Tetiana Chyrka in Enrollment Services for the Affidavit.
"Non-Resident student" "shall mean any student who does not qualify as a "resident student" under the provisions of this section and RCW 28B.15.013, a non-resident student shall include:"
- A student attending an institution with the aid of financial assistance provided by another state or governmental unit or agency, thereof, such non-residency continuing for one year after the completion of such quarter
Absence due to educational purposes only
For all Washington residents who had attended an out-of-state college or university, they need to submit the Residence Questionnaire form along with additional documentation.
- Proof that they had a bona fide domicile in Washington prior to leaving the state
- Proof from the out-of-state college or university demonstrating they paid non-resident tuition. If it was a private school, provide verification of enrollment
- Proof of maintaining all ties with Washington State (See list of documents - above)
If you have questions contact Residency Coordinator, Tetiana Chyrka, via email at email@example.com; or by phone at (425) 388-9222, or visit Enrollment Services office located in Parks Student Union 201-A. All other students are considered to be non-residents for tuition-paying purposes.
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The recently released "Dairy Heifer Raiser, 2011" study, from the USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System, provides an overview of the management practices used on heifer-raising operations.
Among the results, the study sheds light on the practice of using a single needle to vaccinate multiple heifers:
Almost four of 10 operations (38.8 percent) vaccinated two to 10 heifers with each needle.
One-fourth (25.2 percent) vaccinated 11 to 20 heifers before changing needles.
More than 30 heifers were vaccinated with a single needle on 14.6 percent of operations.
The study authors warn that using a single needle to vaccinate multiple heifers can result in transmission of certain diseases. In addition, needles used on multiple heifers eventually become dull, resulting in tissue trauma, pain and the possibility of broken needles.
Source: Dairy Heifer Raiser, 2011, National Animal Health Monitoring System


text: Road to refs' settlement strikes nerve with Wyant By Mitch Vingle September 27, 2012 Story Share FRED WYANT was more than a standout quarterback for WVU - a captain, in fact - back in 1955.In the 1980s and early 1990s, Wyant was Ed Hochuli. He was Mike Carey.He was one of the most recognizable figures in the NFL as a lead official. In all, he spent 27 years in the league.Of late, though, Wyant has been disgusted by the events surrounding the NFL and its lockout of officials.He wasn't disgusted by the lockout, which was mercifully settled late Wednesday night. He wasn't disgusted by the replacement refs, or even the missed calls - right down to the controversial game-ending Packers-Seahawks play that ESPN has seared into our brains.What ticked Wyant off was the firestorm of criticism before the settlement by announcers and analysts like Mike Tirico, Trent Dilfer and Jon Gruden. Especially Gruden, who said, "There's just too much at stake. Officials shouldn't be deciding the outcome of this game.""I just couldn't watch the announcers," Wyant, now 78, said. "What was Gruden as a coach, 50-50? He can't be serious when he says one play decides the outcome of a game. Green Bay's quarterback was sacked eight times in the first half. I don't think I've ever seen that many in one half. But the talk was of the officials. No one said anything about that offensive line."Gruden, for the record, was 57-55 at Tampa Bay and 95-81 overall. But one can understand Wyant's point.Now? Wyant is pleased the strife is past, but the path to the settlement struck a nerve. "It takes five years for someone to become an official," he said. "It takes five years to become comfortable [in the NFL] and to have those [in the NFL] feel comfortable with you."The game is so fast, the rules have to be interpreted so fast, I thought [the replacement officials] weren't bad. Let's face it, they were in college Division III. At those places you play hard, but you play more for fun."I mean, they were only at this for three weeks. If [Division II West Virginia] Wesleyan plays at Seton Hill, there might be 100 people there. Then you take those officials to Monday Night Football?"Wyant earned the right to blow the whistle on the proceedings. After starring at WVU, he officiated high school, West Virginia Conference, then major-college football. (He remembers his first game of the latter category, Furman vs. Presbyterian.) He worked three different major-college conferences and high school football - at the same time for a bit. Then, eight years in, he grabbed an opportunity to jump to the NFL."We had an association then, not a union," Wyant said. The Weston native made around $3,000 a game in 1993, his last season. With the new contract, officials will begin making an average of $173,000 per season starting in 2013. Still, Wyant said, no one, especially the analysts, will be happy. "The guys who were out there weren't doing bad," Wyant said of the replacements. "They made mistakes, but you need to get together when you have a rule book like that. The NFL can change rules in the middle of the season."What people don't understand is what the rule says and how the league wants it interpreted can be two different things. Yet [announcers] are getting upset and sitting there reading the rule."What they ought to do to get perfection is have instant replay on every single play. Absurd? Yes it is. It would take two days to finish a game. But that's what they should do if they're so hell-bent that everything's gotta be perfect."Wyant said the entire setup was absurd."I would hope they took the best officials from that division," he said. "But we don't know how many were line judges and made into back judges. It was a near impossibility."I remember I'd go through five possible scenarios in my head per play. Physically I'd be OK after, but mentally I'd be whipped. I'm telling you, it takes five years." Wyant turned it around."I've been thinking about this and if they took the NFL officials and threw them into Division III, I'll bet they'd have the same kind of problems. They might not know the rules. They might over-officiate. And one thing's for sure: You can't see everything."Thankfully, though, the lockout is over. Wyant, who lives in Star City, can stop appearing on radio talk shows over the topic. He can resume playing slo-pitch softball. (At 78, he pitched 21 innings last Thursday.)Also, Wyant can stop hearing the announcers' chirping."I remember when I'd officiate Pittsburgh Steelers games," Wyant said. "I was friends with [ex-WVU and Steelers announcer] Jack Fleming. After the games, he'd always come down to see me. He'd always ask me about calls and I'd always explain them to him. Then he'd tell me what he thought."One day, I finally said, 'Jack, why do you always ask me if you always have the answer?' He always wanted to tell me what he thought."And not much has changed.Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 YWCA Charleston's Women of Achievement to be honored in March 3 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 4 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 5 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis Ex-GW player coaching Purdue linemen Previous Story Hurricane seeks 2 in a row over Capital Next Story


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Wizards reportedly working deal with Lakers for Butler
By DAVID ALDRIDGE
Philadelphia Inquirer
LAS VEGAS - The Washington Wizards, stung by the loss of free agent Larry Hughes to the Cavaliers, may be able to stanch the sting.
Sources involved with the discussions say that the Wizards are talking to the Los Angeles Lakers about a sign-and-trade deal in which forward Kwame Brown, the top pick in the 2001 NBA draft, would go to the Lakers in exchange for swingman Caron Butler.
The Wizards have other options on the table that could bring them a much-needed big man in return for Brown, but Butler would make a lot of sense.
Butler has been available during most of his yearlong stay in Los Angeles. If the Lakers move him and, as expected, release forward Brian Grant in order to save money under the luxury tax, they would have precious little to show for their blockbuster trade of Shaquille O'Neal to Miami.


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The air crew responded to the 300 block of S. Almansor Avenue in the City of Alhambra to assist in searching for a suspect wanted for assault with a deadly weapon and sexual assault. After ground units reported that the suspect possibly was hiding in a nearby residence, containment of the area was established. The suspect was found hiding in the attic of the location and taken into custody.


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This is a pocket sized version of the famous Bowling-Ball-from-Attache-Case trick!
The idea is simple- you produce an item from this flat case, an item that is OBVIOUSLY much larger than the case! How is that possible??
Your spectators will be truly startled when you show this small FLAT case, open it, and take out a full size ROUND golf ball. Or a small flower. Or coin after coin after coin, until you have removed a pile of coins much too large to have fit inside the case.
This is a real mystery puzzler with great comedy potential!
Best of all- IT'S EASY! If you can hold the case in your hand, you can do the trick!
This effect is similar to Tenyo Four Dimensional Trunk.
And that's all you need!
Use this case to produce your business card. It is about the size of a business card case, so you can open it as if to take out a business card. Instead, begin removing larger items, one after another, until you finally produce your business card. Use this case to introduce the first golf ball for a Multiplying Golf Balls routine. Take the first golf ball out of this case, then proceed to multiply the balls in your hand.


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A real way into a virtual world
New technologies are bringing virtual reality closer to actual reality.
Most of us associate avatars with gaming. But despite much of the virtual world remaining a fantasy far away from reality, businesses are looking at how to implement the technology to improve professional life.
From virtual offices to classrooms to embassies, environments that mimic the real world are becoming simpler to create.
Dan Simmons investigates whether avatars and virtual reality are increasing in importance.
The Robots and Avatars exhibition runs until 27 May 2012 at FACT, Liverpool and tours Romania, Slovenia, France and then the Asia Pacific region from 2012 to 2014.
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Ajax is a JavaScript based technology that allows a web page to fetch new information and present itself without refreshing the page. The idea behind Ajax is to make the web page more responsive and interactive from the user's point of view.
Normally, a web page must be refreshed to view new information. For example, when you fill out an online form such as a credit card purchase online, some sites need you to click next to let you know if you filled out something incorrectly. However, with Ajax, not only can the form let you know if you filled out something incorrectly, but it can also let you know if you've already made a previous purchase, or if your credit card was expired. Another example of useful Ajax is viewing online maps. Before Ajax, Google Maps required you to click the arrows to navigate their maps, and the page had to reload in order to see the new portion of the map you were interested in. However, Google Maps now utilizes the power of Ajax to fetch the new portions of the map and "redraw" the page where the map moves.
If you already know about Ajax, and want to use it in a plugin you are developing, skip to AJAX in Plugins.
Because of its responsiveness, Ajax technology is being adopted by all sorts of websites -- and WordPress is no exception. Currently, the core of WordPress uses Ajax only in the administration screens. For instance, Ajax is used for instant updates when you are doing comment moderation, and when you are adding and deleting items from lists such as categories, blogroll, and posts; Ajax is also the technology behind the auto-save functionality on post and page editing screens. Several themes and plugins also use Ajax; for instance, some post rating plugins use Ajax to store the visitor's rating in the database and then display an updated average rating.


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Oct. 30, 2009
Big Time Texas Hunt Winners Announced
AUSTIN, Texas — Ty Chumley was due for a bit of luck after losing his home and most of his belongings to Hurricane Ike.
Chumley, a tugboat operator from Nederland, bought one chance in this year's Big Time Texas Hunts Grand Slam category; it was the first time he'd ever entered. He won.
The winner of this year's Big Time Texas Hunts crown jewel, the Texas Grand Slam hunt package, receives four separate guided hunts for Texas' most prized big game animals — desert bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer, pronghorn antelope and mule deer.
"I haven't hunted deer since I was a kid and I lost most of my guns in the hurricane," said Chumley, who will embark on the first of four big game hunts-of-a-lifetime in early December as winner of this year's Texas Grand Slam special drawn hunt package. "I'm a fisherman, but this will definitely get me started back into hunting."
Chumley joins 16 other lucky sportsmen who are making special plans for hunting season as winners of this year's Big Time Texas Hunts. The hunters were selected by random computer drawing from applicants in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department program.
All told, hunters bought 72,688 Big Time Texas Hunt entries during this year's sales period through the Oct. 15 deadline. This generated about $704,507 in gross revenue to support wildlife research, habitat management and public hunting.
Following are the winners of this year's Big Time Texas Hunts.
- Grand Slam — Ty Chumley, Nederland.
- Premium Buck Hunt — Kelly Nunn, Austin.
- Exotic Safari — Michael Masera, Houston and Jeffrey Pumphrey, Midway, Kentucky.
- Whitetail Bonanza — Lawrence Ringley, McKinney; Gene Finn, Granger; Daniel Boschert, Dallas; Randy Ansley, Forney; Sammy Kelley, San Antonio; Robert Peterson, Temple; John Ehrhart, Highland Village; Charles Salazar, Houston; James Denny, Lockhart; John Massey, Kerrville.
- Big Time Bird Hunt — Phillip Barry, Highland Village.
- Waterfowl Adventure — Donald Tousley, Wichita Falls.
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For the last month or so I've been changing the hell out of my throw to try to get more distance (with mixed results), and I have started to release the disc further to the right (throwing RHBH) than I was before. However, those throws when the disc goes a bit further to the right it tends to go further.
After watching some videos, I've noticed that when most of the pros x step on a drive their last step is not straight at the target but off to the left of the target a bit. What about when standing still? Should I be lining my feet up straight at the target or is it ok to line up left a bit of the target? I'm basically wondering if this pulling off to the right is indicative of bad form or if it's ok and I'm lining up incorrectly.


text: Girls' crossover bikini set in bright stripe Item E4618 Color: BRIGHT OCEAN AQUA Size: 2 All sizes are US sizes. 2 Size Charts Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Prices do not include taxes. Add to Bag Wishlist Add to Bag Add To Wishlist share: size & fit Product Details Made from our supercomfortable, fast-drying, fade-resistant fabric, this cute two-piece is ready for cannonballs, boogie boarding and games of Marco Polo. Polyamide/elastane. Lined. Hand wash. Import. Online only. Item E4618.


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If you've seen a horse like this one please let me know. So far I haven't found anyone who reconizes it. Its 3 ft long and 1 ft wide, and 38and a half inches high at the top of the ears. It appears to be fiberglass or something, and the horse part is made in two halves. They are separating slightly on this one. Any information would be very much appreciated. Thanks.


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Democrats Unveil Plan for Illinois House Districts
(With additional reporting from Illinois Public Media)
Hoping to cement their control of the Illinois House, Democrats on Friday released a plan for new legislative districts that would shuffle Republicans into unfriendly territory while making the most of Democratic strongholds.
Under the Democratic proposal, many Republicans would be thrown together in new House districts and forced to decide whether to challenge a colleague or run elsewhere.
Some districts are drawn to be as Republican as possible, ceding those seats to the GOP but freeing up other territory that would be friendlier to Democratic candidates.
Other proposed districts would consolidate Democratic areas. The Springfield and Decatur areas, for instance, are now represented by Republicans but the new map would carve out the most Democratic parts of the region and link them, creating a district likely to turn blue.
The proposed House map may have placed at least two east central Illinois Republicans in the same district. Chapin Rose of Mahomet and Bill Mitchell of Forsyth currently live in what would be a new 101st district that would push west into Macon and McLean County. A large part of Rose's current district, including southern Champaign County, would be in the 102nd district, while further south, Mattoon and Charleston would be in a transformed 110th district.
The plan for House districts comes a day after Senate Democrats released a similar proposal for their seats. A plan for new congressional districts is coming soon.
Political boundaries have to be redrawn after each census to reflect population changes. The result shapes Illinois politics for a full decade.
Democrats control the Illinois Legislature, so they should be able to pass whatever they want without taking Republican concerns into account. Gov. Pat Quinn would be likely to sign any plan sent to him by his fellow Democrats.
When given the chance over the years, both parties have drawn legislative maps that helped their candidates and hurt the other side. Still, House Republicans said they hoped this year's bipartisan cooperation on the state budget would have carried over to redistricting.
Instead, they see the Democratic proposal as so unfair it could complicate resolution of the budget and other legislation.
"When they stick it to you, you can't just completely set that aside," said Rep. Sidney Mathias, R-Buffalo Grove.
Democrats released the proposal after the House had adjourned for the weekend. They provided no details on the racial or political composition of the new districts.
They plan a Sunday hearing where more detail may be available and critics can air their concerns.
House Republicans are calling the map's late release disingenuous. Democrats sent it out lat Friday afternoon. House Republican leader Tom Cross said Democrats should have released the map earlier so voters could digest it before a scheduled hearing this weekend. Cross said he wants more hearings before the General Assembly votes on the new map.
The legislature is set to adjourn May 31st.


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You want to know what Sporting News did in 2011 that was really stupid? We bet against Alabama by picking LSU as our preseason No. 1 team.
We know, we know—what fools!
And here's the real kick in the pants: We weren't smart enough to learn from that mistake. We actually repeated it—Tide no, Tigers yes—in 2012.
And that really makes Week 10 salt-in-the-wound time around these parts. But, dang it, we'll persevere … unlike, chances are, a certain purple-and-gold-clad team on Saturday in Death Valley.
With that, let's do some Big Game Hunting, starting with the top five matchups on the board. (All games on Saturday unless otherwise noted. All times Eastern.)
1. No. 1 Alabama at No. 5 LSU (8 p.m., ESPN). As if the Tigers (or the Tide … or, by now, perhaps even you) care what we have to say anyway. They know how good Alabama (8-0, 5-0 SEC) is. They see how challenging it'll be to get the job done against the nation's top-rated defense, most efficient quarterback and best head coach.
"They have talent and they're well-prepared. You can see it's the team that deserves to be the No. 1 team in the country," Les Miles said this week.
But LSU (7-1, 3-1) hasn't given up its own championship dream yet.
"We need to do this better: We need to play for us," Miles said. "We owe ourselves our best effort."
2. No. 2 Oregon at No. 18 USC (7 p.m., FOX). Let's not play the common-opponent game, because, if we did, we'd simply wind up pointing out that the Trojans (6-2, 4-2) just lost to an Arizona team that had earlier been destroyed by the Ducks (8-0, 5-0) to the tune of 49-0. And who would want that?
Look: When your quarterback is Matt Barkley and his targets include Marqise Lee and Robert Woods, you can beat anybody, anywhere, anytime. USC did that, in fact, a year ago in Eugene—a 38-35 surprise over what clearly was a more complete Ducks team.
"They're going to get their share of catches," Chip Kelly said. "You've got to negate them."
3. No. 16 Texas A&M at No. 17 Mississippi State (noon, ESPN). What a difference a week makes. The Bulldogs (7-1, 3-1 SEC) took their predictable beating at Alabama, and now the oddsmakers have installed them as chopped liver: seven-point underdogs vs. the Aggies (6-2, 3-2). And in Starkville, no less.
Sure, the 7-0 version of MSU probably was overrated given its unimpressive schedule. But how does a blowout loss to Alabama—which could happen to absolutely anybody, especially in Tuscaloosa—give us a definitive read on Dan Mullen's team?
"You always define yourself in November as a team," Mullen said.
That's the fact, jack. As the Aggies will learn one week from Saturday when it's their turn to be "defined" in Tuscaloosa.
4. Oklahoma State at No. 3 Kansas State (8 p.m., ABC). Very quietly, the Cowboys (5-2, 3-1 Big 12) have gotten on a roll since their loss on Sept. 29 vs. Texas. This isn't just the nation's leader in total offense we're talking about. OSU's defense allowed a total of 38 points in wins over Kansas, Iowa State and TCU.
All of which scares the Wildcats (8-0, 5-0) how much?
Bingo—not at all. Good answer, people.
5. No. 21 Nebraska at Michigan State (3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2). "The stakes keep going up," Bo Pelini said this week, "and you have to be ready to answer the call."
That's been a huge problem during Pelini's four years as coach of the Huskers (6-2, 3-1 Big Ten). Will this team be a different story? If so, it has to go on the road and beat a talented, physical Spartans team that's riding the feel-good moment of an overtime win at Wisconsin in Week 9.
Of course, all a Sparty victory does is help hated rival Michigan win the Legends Division. That's awkward.
Four of a Kind: Streak-busters?
1. Miami (4-4, 3-2 ACC) has lost three straight home games to Virginia Tech, which is in line with all the trends in this watered-down rivalry that resumes Thursday (7:30 p.m., ESPN). But the Hokies (4-4, 2-2) aren't trending well at all in 2012. A win for the Hurricanes would kick open the door to a Coastal Division title.
2. Guess how many victories Iowa State (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) has in 76 all-time meetings with Oklahoma (5-2, 3-1). Got a number? Chances are, you guessed high.
Five. Almost unbelievably, the record is 5-69-2. Paul Rhoads called the record "dismal"—an insult to all things dismal. But he also knows his team can be kind of tricky to beat, especially in Ames. No. 14 Sooners at Cyclones (noon, ABC) isn't in the bag for Bob Stoops just yet.
3. Michigan at Minnesota (noon, BTN) is a historical mismatch unlike any other in the Big Ten. The Gophers (5-3, 1-3) have lost 37 of 40 to the Wolverines (5-3, 3-1) and haven't beaten them since 2005. But Brady Hoke isn't blowing smoke out of his Little Brown Jug when he calls Jerry Kill's team "vastly improved." No reason this one shouldn't be competitive.
4. Ole Miss (5-3, 2-2 SEC) has played very well for the past month. No. 7 Georgia (7-1, 5-1)—winner of nine straight in this series—had better take the Rebs seriously this weekend in Athens (3:30 p.m., CBS).
Three Things I Don't Want to Know Yet But Am Afraid I Already Do
1. Much of the magic has seeped from 13th-ranked Oregon State (6-1, 4-1 Pac-12), and not only because the Beavers lost last weekend. They had a great thing going before quarterback Sean Mannion got hurt, and it got even more magical when second-stringer Cody Vaz excelled. But then Mannion came back and struggled last weekend at Washington, and now Mike Riley's turning back to Vaz due to "the integrity of competition" and … a team just plain loses something once quarterbacks start shuttling in and out of the huddle.
What that means is that the Beavers—still capable of beating every team left on their schedule—also could lose to any of their next four opponents, starting with Arizona State (5-3, 3-2) in Corvallis (10:30 p.m., ESPN2).
2. What makes No. 10 Clemson at Duke (7 p.m., ESPN2) so interesting is that the teams haven't met since 2008. So Tigers fans will see a far more talented collection of Blue Devils (6-3, 3-2 ACC) than they remember—but also bear in mind that Clemson (7-1, 4-1) is a much-improved program itself. Upshot: no shot for the Dukies.
3. We're going to go ahead and call TCU at No. 23 West Virginia (3 p.m., FOX) the Big 12 Bummer Bowl. Feel free to join us. It's not that the Mountaineers (5-2, 2-2) or the Horned Frogs (5-3, 2-3) are bad teams, but Year 1 in the Big 12 has simply been, for both teams, a bummer—and there's no reason to believe either team is going to be able to relight its fire in 2012.
Two Underdogs You Definitely Should Bet Your House On
1. Texas +7 at No. 20 Texas Tech (3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2). Mack Brown lost his first meeting with the Red Raiders in 1998, but since then his record in the series is 11-2—not bad at all. Both teams are 6-2 overall and 3-2 in Big 12 play, but it's Tech with the good rep this season and the Longhorns the bad one.
Those reps mean nothing. Brown is highly confident this week—saying Texas will "get better here at the end of the year"—and that confidence makes us want to get behind the more talented team in this game.
MORE: Is Mack Brown still the man for the Texas job?
2. Tulsa +7 at Arkansas (12:21 p.m., SEC Network). News flash: The Hogs (3-5, 2-3 SEC) lost their last game. That means they're bad again. Terrible, even. Seriously, there's no way those players can have enough motivation left. You know what else? Tulsa (7-1, 5-0 C-USA) is pretty good.
One More Thing
Who knows how many more touchdowns current Heisman frontrunner Collin Klein will amass—with his arm and his legs—against an Oklahoma State team that's playing well defensively but has a history of getting rolled by top offenses?
Speaking of the Heisman, watch Braxton Miller run wild as No. 6 Ohio State (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten) hosts dead-on-arrival Illinois (3:30 p.m., ESPN). There is virtually no chance the Illini (2-6, 0-4) will do anything but help the superstar quarterback's candidacy.
Meanwhile, the belief that linebacker Manti Te'o has a shot to win it is more widespread than ever. Pittsburgh (4-4, 1-3) at No. 4 Notre Dame (3:30 p.m., NBC) is almost as much about Te'o and his remarkable journey as it is about the Irish's attempt to move to 9-0.
But do you know who has the best Heisman opportunity of all on Saturday? Alabama's AJ McCarron. This guy has 18 touchdown passes and zero interceptions. No matter how good his teammates are, he's still their leader—and a pretty cool, impressive one at that.
And if he leads a victory in Death Valley? Look out. He'll emerge in every bit as strong a position as Tide running back Trent Richardson was this time a year ago.


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Slax is a Live operating system based on
Linux. Live means it runs from an external media without any
need for permanent installation. Slax boots from USB mass
storage devices such as Flash Drive keys as well as from
regular hard drives and CD/DVD discs. Simply plug your
device in and boot from it. Entire Slax operating system
resides in a single directory
/slax/ on your device, making
it easier to organize with your other data.
Slax provides KDE4 desktop environment already preconfigured for the most common tasks. Included are applications and tools for data recovery, multimedia playback, instant messaging, web and more. Slax has zram support activated by default, which is a new technology for automatic RAM compression. Thanks to it, Slax runs on computers with as low as 48MB of RAM (in text mode). You can put Slax on wide range of different filesystems, including EXT (ext2,ext3,ext4), btrfs, and even FAT and NTFS.
When Slax is started from a read-only media such as CD/DVD, it keeps all system modifications in memory only, and all the modifications are lost when you reboot. On the other hand, if you run Slax from a writable device such as USB Flash Drive, it stores all changes there, so all your configurations and modifications are restored next time you boot, even if it is on a different computer. This feature is known as Persistent Changes and you can read more about it in a separate chapter.
You probably noticed that Slax is available for 32bit and 64bit processor architectures. The 32bit version is designed to run on very old computers (as old as Intel 486; that dates back to 1989). It will run properly on brand new computers too, but it is limited in the amount of RAM it can see . max 3GB of RAM will be accessible, even if your computer has more. On the other hand, the 64bit version has no such limits, but will not run on computers older than a few years - your CPU must understand 64bit instructions in order to run it. So in general, if you plan to use Slax on very old computer, or you seek for a system with maximum possible compatibility, then choose 32bit. If your intention is to use Slax on brand new machine, you'll better go for 64bit. And if you don't know your target hardware, go for 32bit to be sure that it will run everywhere, keeping in mind the fact it won't see more than 3GB of RAM (which is sufficient in all common cases).
|Slax 32bit version
|Slax 64bit version
|i486 or newer CPU, all Intel processors
and AMD processors will work
|An x86_64 CPU, like AMD Athlon 64, Opteron,
Sempron, Intel Core 2/i3/i5/i7, and others
|48 MB of RAM for text-mode
256 MB of RAM for KDE desktop
|64 MB of RAM for text-mode
256 MB of RAM for KDE desktop
|CD or USB drive to boot from
|CD or USB drive to boot from
|network card, sound card
|network card, sound card
Slax is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation. Slax is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; use at your own risk. The GNU GPL license requires that all source codes are published so others could reuse it, modify or learn from it. You can trust me, this is very good idea - without it, there would be no Slax at all. Slax source code is publicly available for download. Furthermore, Slax itself shares a lot of code with Slackware, whose source code is as well publicly available.
If you plan to run Slax from a CD or DVD
disc then you need to download Slax as an ISO file. In fact,
the ISO file is a complete image of a CD, so what you need
to do is to burn it to a CD/DVD media. Actually it doesn't
matter if you choose CD or DVD, both will just work. The
most important part is that you can't burn it as a regular
file. That wouldn't work. Instead, you have to burn it as a
disc image. In Windows 7 for example, just right-click the
ISO file and select
Burn disc image from the context menu.
On older windowses, you'll need some special software for
the task, for example you can try Free ISO Burner. When
done, put Slax CD/DVD disc to your CD/DVD drive and reboot.
You may need to press some key to show a boot menu while
your computer starts and select to boot from CD/DVD. That
magic key which shows you the boot menu is usually
Esc, consult your BIOS documentation or watch onscreen
instructions when your computer reboots to make sure.
In order to run Slax from USB device or
from hard drive, you should download Slax as a ZIP
archive. When downloaded, extract the ZIP archive
directly to your disk's root directory. It will create a
single folder
/slax/ on your device. When
done, one more step is required in order to make the
drive bootable: navigate to
directory on your USB device or hard disk and locate
bootinst.bat file there. This file contains
boot installer program, so just run it by double clicking
at it, it will make all the necessary changes to your
device's master boot record so your computer's BIOS could
actually understand how to boot Slax from your disk.
Next follow the same procedure like if you were booting from CD - reboot your computer and choose to boot from the USB drive or hard disk in your computer's boot menu. Again, you may need to consult your BIOS documentation to find out how to boot an operating system on your computer from your desired device.
Before Slax itself starts loading, you can
see a big clover image in the middle of your screen. This is
the boot logo. It is displayed for a short while, and you
have exactly four seconds to press
Esc key during that time
in order to fine tune the way how Slax is going to boot.
Esc will invoke a simple boot menu like the
Run Slax [*] Persistent changes [*] Graphical desktop [ ] Copy to RAM [ ] Act as PXE server
You may use this menu to disable
persistent changes, make Slax run in text-mode only, copy
Slax data to RAM during startup or start Slax as a PXE
server. Use arrow keys to navigate and
key to select (toggle) any option. When done, press
Enter on the "Run Slax" item to
By default, Slax detects if you run it
from a writable device. If yes, then all the changes you
make to the operating system itself are saved and
restored next time you boot. If your device uses FAT
filesystem, which is most common on USB flash drives,
then all file modifications to Slax itself are saved into
a special file
changes.dat, which is created
on your boot device in
directory, and grows automatically in size up to 4GB. If
your boot device uses a native Linux filesystem such as
ext4, then the changed files are saved natively to
/slax/changes/ directory without any need
for intermediate changes.dat file. If you, for any
reason, do not like persistent changes, simply uncheck
the appropriate boot option and your Slax will start
using the default 'fresh' configuration and won't save
any modifications. It may be useful also in cases you'd
like to test something system-wide, since you can always
revert to the default state by simple reboot (in case
things screw up).
The file
changes.dat is designed to work
even on FAT filesystems, which are commonly used on most USB
flash drives. Unfortunately FAT is limited to 4GB file size;
for that reason, persistent changes can't grow more. In case
you need to save more, please format your storage drive with
some Linux filesystem such as EXT4 or BTRFS and install Slax
to it. Slax will be able to save changes natively and will
be limited only by the actual capacity of your device.
Persistent Changes functionality does not (of course) affect
files on hard drives in your computer. If you modify these
files, they will always be modified regardless of your
persistent changes settings.
When Slax is running, it reads system data
from the device it booted from. If you're using Persistent
Changes then Slax even writes data to your boot device.
Unplugging or ejecting it would make the operating system
crash. Due to that, you can unplug the boot device only
after your computer is switched off or reboots to other
operating system. Similarly, if you access your computer's
hard drives while running Slax, those will stay mounted and
will be marked as 'in use'. Be sure to always shutdown Slax
properly, either from KDE menu or using
poweroff or
reboot commands, and always wait until the system ends.
Especially if you have Windows installed on your computer,
those will detect improper shutdown of your hard drives and
may warn you about that.
There may be situations though when you
need to unplug the boot device as soon as possible while
keeping Slax running. This is indeed possible; it
requires your computer to load (copy) all Slax data to
RAM memory during startup, so it is accessible even after
your boot device is no longer plugged in. In order to put
this "Copy to RAM" feature into action, make sure the
boot option in Slax boot menu is checked (to copy data to
RAM), and the option Persistent Changes is unchecked (to
skip writing your changes to the boot device). The time
needed to start Slax will increase, since it will need to
copy the entire
/slax directory from CD or
USB to your computer's memory, but then it will run Slax
from there, letting you disconnect your boot device. Your
computer will need at least 512 MB of RAM to hold all
Slax data while still having enough free RAM for the
operating system itself. Remember that even if you run
Slax from memory, you have to properly shut it down when
needed in order to safely unmount your hard drives (if
All modern computers nowadays support PXE, which allows booting of an operating system over network interface independently of data storage devices (like hard disks). Slax fully supports PXE booting. How to do that? One computer will act as a server, so just boot Slax on it from CD or USB and make sure to have the appropriate boot menu option "Act as PXE server" checked. Slax on the server computer will provide DHCP, TFTP and HTTP services to enable PXE booting for other computers in your network. Now turn on all the other computers (clients) and make sure to select PXE boot in BIOS boot menu. All the client computers will autodiscover Slax PXE server and will load all needed data from it. Slax will start on all clients over network.
Boot parameters (also known as cheatcodes)
are used to affect the boot process of Slax. Some of them
are common for all Linuxes, others are specific for Slax
only. You can use them to disable desired kind of hardware
detection, to start Slax from hard drive, etc. To use
cheatcodes, press
Esc key to activate boot menu during Slax
startup as usual, and when you see the boot menu, press
A command line will appear at the bottom of the screen,
which you can edit or add new boot parameters at the end:
|Disable ACPI
|Disable all hardware auto detection
|Load Slax data from specified directory
or even from an ISO file
|Mute sound on startup
|Activate Copy to RAM feature
|Activate Persistent Changes feature
|Enable Slax startup debugging
Separate commands by space. See manual pages
man bootparam for more common cheatcodes.
The text-mode offers wide variety of system tools you can use. These tools are of course available
in the graphical user interface as well, you just have to run them in terminal window such as
konsole or
xterm. Here are some of the tools which you may find most useful:
gzip and
|Reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding
bzip2 and
|Compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text compression algorithm
xz and
|Compression utility based on the LZMA algorithm ned by Igor Pavlov as part of 7-Zip
zip and
|Compression and file packaging utility compatible with PKZIP (Phil Katz's ZIP)
cpio and
|Programs to manage archives of files
unarj and
|Command line tools for unpacking .arj and .lha archives
|Portable lossless data compressing utility aiming for very fast decompression
Disk utilities
|Partition table manipulator for Linux, which supports only MBR (Master Boot Record) partitions
|Partitioning tools for using GUID Partition Table (GPT), rather than the traditional MBR
|GNU disk partitioning tool, which can resize partitions with existing filesystems
hdparam and
|Utility for listing and potentially changing ATA/IDE and SCSI disk parameters
|Logical Volume Manager version 2. With LVM, you can extend, resize, or relocate storage dynamically
|Utility program for creating, managing, and monitoring Linux MD (Software RAID) devices
Hardware monitoring tools
|Dumps computer's DMI table contents. This table contains a description of the system's hardware components
|Monitors the temperatures, voltages, and fans of Linux systems with hardware monitoring devices
|Controls and monitors storage devices using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
|Collects data from your system and presents an overview to help optimize power savings.
Filesystem utilities
|Tool to build a Linux or other supported filesystem, such as: ext2/3/4, reiserfs, btrfs, xfs, jfs, ntfs, fat, and more
|Utility to check and repair the supported filesystems (see above)
|Allows the adjustment of various tunable filesystem parameters on Linux ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems
CD ripping/burning software
|Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA) extraction tool, commonly known as a 'ripper'
|burns proper disc-at-once (DAO) audio discs. In DAO mode the disc is written in one shot
|create ISO9660/HFS/Joliet CD-ROM images (so called .iso files)
|burn CD/DVD discs on most ATAPI and SCSI CD-R drives
|Formats DVD±RW and/or DVD-RAM discs
System utilities
|Utility to retrieve cpufreq kernel information, may be used for overclocking
|A small tool which allows to modify cpufreq settings, may be used for overclocking
|Lists information about files that are open by the processes running on the system
|process viewer that is similar to the well-known "top" program, but provides much more features
Data recovery tools
|Copies data from a file or device to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors
|Remote file sync program
|Simple editor for searching and editing files in hexadecimal mode
Networking tools
|Shows and manipulates routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels
|Dumps traffic on a network
|Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor
|Displays bandwidth usage on an interface by host
|Network diagnostic tool, which combines ping and traceroute
|Utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol
|Monitors activity on the network and provides statistics
Wireless tools
|allows you to configure and show information about wireless networking
|small tool to query the state of the rfkill switches, buttons and subsystem interfaces
|WPA Supplicant for Linux with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN)
Windows shares support
mount -t cifs
|command to mount a windows share so it appears like a local filesystem
Other tools
|OpenSSH server and client
|full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes
|Midnight commander file manager which includes FTP/SCP client, hex viewer and text editor
|Terminal program (command line GUI)
|Document viewer supporting PDF, ODT, XPS, Tex DVI and more
|Remote desktop client for connection to Windows desktops
|Desktop sharing VNC server and client
|Music player and organizer
|Movie and video player
|Archive utility
|Image viewer with support for image formats JPG, PNG, and more
|Image bitmap editor
|Powerful text editor
|Intuitive file manager similar to Windows explorer
|Screen capture program. Is invoked automatically by pressing
Print Screen key
|Instant messenger supporting Facebook, Jabber, Google talk, ICQ, AIM, MSN, and more
|Internet web browser from Mozilla
|Card game suite with 12 different card games including Klondike, Freecell, Golf and more
|Sudoku game providing 21 different modes of sudoku, roxdoku, and more
|Calculator with support for science mode and statistic mode
|Screen magnifier
Slax modules (also known as bundles) extend Slax by additional software or data. Slax modules differ significantly from other Linux packages you might know, so it is important to explain that difference. Contrary to other packaging systems, Slax modules do not need unpacking. They are used in the packed form. Instead of installing, Slax modules are activated. In technical terms, that means mounted and added to aufs union as a new branch. But don't worry if these technical details mean nothing to you, you don't need to care about it at all in order to use Slax modules.
There are several ways how to obtain Slax
modules. Probably the easiest is to search at Slax website
in the Modules section and download your desired module from
there. Modules are divided into several categories for
easier navigation. Each item has links leading to 32bit or
64bit version, so make sure that the architecture version
you're downloading matches your Slax. If unsure what
architecture is your Slax using, see
/etc/slax-version while running Slax to find
that out.
Offline module activation is performed when
Slax is not running. You can activate module (a file with
.sb extension) by copying it to
/slax/modules/ directory on your boot device.
All modules copied there will be automatically activated
during Slax startup. Removing the module (the file with .sb
extension) from
/slax/modules/ directory will
uninstall it so it is not a part of Slax any longer.
Online module activation is performed when Slax is running, directly within Slax system. You can either use Software Center to activate and deactivate modules on the fly (currently in development) or you can use special commands, as explained in the next section.
You can use command line tools to manage
modules while running Slax. Run
konsole or
simply login into the text mode prompt first. From there,
use the below described commands to activate a previously
downloaded module as well as to deactivate any module which
is no longer in use. You can also search for modules in the
repository and you can even activate a module which is not
downloaded yet.
To search in Slax repository for your desired software, use:
slax search [ keyword ]
where [ keyword ] is the name of the
software you're looking for, or just a keyword describing
it. You may even use several keywords enclosed by quotes,
such as "keyword1 keyword2 keyword3". After you hit
Enter, you'll get response from Slax server
with a list of modules matching your search criteria. As an
example, if you search for "editor" keyword, you may get an
output similar to the following:
root@slax:~# slax search "editor" elvis:Elvis is a text editor jed:programmer's editor joe:Joe text editor jove:Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs nano:Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone vim:Vi IMproved
As you can see, the first word before semicolon is a module name, and the rest is a short description of the given module.
If you wish to see some more detailed information for any module, use the following command:
slax info [ name ]
where [ name ] is the name of the module
you're interested in. Lets assume, for example, that you
wish to get some more details about the 'vim' module. Using
slax info vimcommand, you will get some similar
output like the following:
root@slax:~# slax info vim name: vim version: 7.3.645 required bundles: maintainer: Tomas M
last update: 2012-12-22 21:46:15 categories: console, editors size: 6544 KB description: Vi IMproved ...
As you can see, there are several details about the module, like name, version, other modules required to run this one (none for vim at the moment), maintainer name and email address, last update date, category where the module belongs to, size of the module (approximate) and some longer description (which has been truncated in this example).
When you find a module you were searching for, you can download it by using the following command:
slax download [ name ] [ dir ]
where [ name ] is (again) the name of the
module you're downloading, and the last parameter [ dir ] is
the directory where you wish to save the module file. It may
be, for example,
/tmp or
(current directory). Beware that the module will be saved
under a filename prefixed by ID, such as /tmp/124-name.sb.
It is wise to preserve the numerical prefix since Slax
Software Center relies on that in order to recognize what
modules are currently activated. After the modules is
downloaded, the current filename (including the numerical
prefix) is printed on the screen.
Use the following command to activate Slax module:
slax activate [ file or name ]
If the given parameter [ file ] exists and is a readable file, it will be activated. If you provide [ name ] instead while the [ name ] is not any existing file, the module of the given name will be firstly downloaded and activated afterwards (if available in the repository, of course). Technical details of module activation are explained in Slax Internals section. Yet there is one important detail which needs to be noted here.
It is not technically possible to activate
a module while it resides inside the active AUFS root
filesystem (which is the effective root filesystem in Slax).
Due to that, all module files need to be moved outside the
AUFS root. But don't worry, Slax does everything for you
automatically during the activate operation. This is mostly
noticable if you download a module using the web browser in
Slax, it gets stored in your Downloads folder, and the
activation command will move it to
/mnt/live/memory/modules or to
/mnt/live/data/slax/ when it is writable.
Slax modules are made mostly by Slax users themselves. To ensure quality and transparency, the only way to contribute a module is to submit so called build script. The build script is a short bash script which handles the entire module creation, starting by downloading appropriate source codes from the Internet, unpacking them, configuring, compiling and packaging. As soon as a buildscript is submitted to Slax server, it gets processed on the server and binary modules are created for all supported Slax architectures automatically. All build scripts are available for download.
If you just wish to compile some software for Slax for your own use, then you are free to make it by hand, not using any build scripts at all. But if you like to share your software with other Slax users, you are required to write a proper build script. Binary modules are not accepted to the repository.
Each buildscript has to contain several variables defined in order to let the automatic build system understand what software is it going to compile, what is its version, what category should it assign to, where to download source files from, what other Slax modules should be activated in order for the software to compile, and so on.
To make it easier for users to create build
scripts, there is a template available in Slax. It contains
description of each required variable and further
instructions. The template is stored in
/usr/share/slax/template.SlaxBuild. To make
sure you are always using the most recent build script, it
is recommended to download its newest version by issuing the
following command:
slax buildscript download template
The newest version of template buildscript
will be downloaded to
template.SlaxBuild in
current directory.
You can download current build script for any module available in the repository. That way, you can easily discover how is the software configured or compiled. You can also examine existing buildscripts to learn some tricks or examples how to configure or compile software on Slax, but remember that some of the methods used in someone else's build scripts may be not recommended or may be even discouraged. The following command is used to download build script for existing module:
slax buildscript download [ name ]
where [ name ] is the name of Slax module
for which you're downloading the buildscript. The script
will be saved to
name.SlaxBuild in current
Each build script has to produce files to
be installed (e.g. by compiling downloaded source codes) and
put them to
${SLAX_BUNDLE_TARGET} directory.
Full directory tree has to be created inthere. For example,
if your build script is intended to produce a module with
application in
/usr/bin/application, then it
has to install (copy) the 'application' binary to
There may be some cases when you need to
run some comand after module activation or before
deactivation, for example to start a service after the
module is activated, or to stop it before it gets
deactivated. Simply echo the command to
${SLAX_BUNDLE_TARGET}/run/activate.sh or
respectively. The content of these scripts is executed when
After your build script is ready to be shared with others, feel free to upload it to Slax server. Remember that the entire script will become publicly available. All submitted build scripts are subject to GNU GPL license. Ensure that your build script runs properly on a fresh Slax system without any additional modules. Then you can upload your build scripts to Slax server, using:
slax buildscript upload [ file ]
where [ file ] is path to your build
script's file. The real file name on disk doesn't matter
since the build script will be always stored under the name
specified in
SLAX_BUNDLE_NAME variable, which
is defined inside the build script. When you upload your
build script, you'll be prompted for password, and all
further write operations with this build script will require
you to enter the password again. This ensures that nobody
else will be able to modify or delete your build script on
the server using
slax buildscript update or
slax buildscript delete.
If you're writing build scripts to produce Slax modules, always bear in mind that there will be other users using your module. Here are some of the best practices you should follow in order to make your modules smaller, easier to install, and more useful for Slax users:
If the software you're compiling requires other libraries, which are not absolutely essential for the software to run properly, always check if there are some compile-time options to compile it without the given dependency. If the compilation requires perl or python or other module but the software itself runs without it, make sure to distinguish compile-time dependencies and do not include those in regular dependency list.
Always remember that Slax modules must work
on 32bit and 64bit versions of Slax. The build script has to
be universal so it produces usable module on both
architectures. Always set
before running configure script (where applicable), make
sure to use proper parameters for configure, like
./configure ${SLAX_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS} and for
cmake, like
cmake -DLIB_SUFFIX=${SLAX_64_FLAG} ..
Write good description in your build scripts. The better description you write for your module, the easier it will be for other users to find your module (by fulltext search) and to understand what is it useful for. First line of the description serves as short description, which is listed at Slax website. The other lines of the description are interpreted as a single paragraph.
Lots of software comes with big
documentation. If possible, avoid inclusion of this
documentation in Slax modules. The reason is simple, almost
nobody reads that anyway. Keep man pages, since those are
widely used, but also just the necessary ones. Some
applications may have the docs in
some in
/usr/share/gtk-doc, or even somewhere
else. Removing the HTML/PNG documentation is highly
recommended. In general, you can keep the documentation in
the module if it is of a reasonable size, for example like
5% of the size of the final module. But if the documentation
files are making the module 2MB bigger then is should be
removed, unless it is necessary for the module to work
Keep translations in
/usr/share/locale. This directory contains
translations for most software. Slax is a multi-language
distro and there are many users who choose to download Slax
which speaks their own language rather than in English.
Keeping translations will make the software speak the
different language automatically.
If the software in your module provides
GUI, make sure that user can run it through Slax menu. All
you need to do is to create special file with .desktop
extension in
/usr/share/applications/. Modern
software will install this desktop file automatically, but
some applications will need you to make it on your own.
Furthermore you may even need to tweak the existing .desktop
file with 'sed' to edit categories, to ensure that the menu entry is visible
in correct section. In order to create your own desktop file for your
module, include the following in your buildscript:
mkdir -p "${SLAX_BUNDLE_TARGET}/usr/share/applications" echo "[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=${SLAX_BUNDLE_NAME} GenericName=Short Description of the app Icon=icon_file Exec=command_to_execute --optional-parameters Categories=Application;Game" > "${SLAX_BUNDLE_TARGET}/usr/share/applications/${SLAX_BUNDLE_NAME}.desktop"
All Slax data files are located on the boot media in a single directory. It is no surprise that the name of that directory is 'slax'. All the magic happens inside. Here is an overview of simplified directory structure; directories are red, some interesting files are mentioned as well, using italic:
When your computer's BIOS boots Slax, it actually just runs SYSLINUX boot loader. The boot loader itself is stored either in file isolinux.bin or ldlinux.sys, depending on your boot media - CD/DVD uses isolinux.bin, USB disk or hard drive uses ldlinux.sys.
As soon as the SYSLINUX boot loader is executed, it learns what to do next from its configuration file (you guessed it) syslinux.cfg. In Slax, this configuration file contains instructions to show some cool boot logo and optionally provide boot menu if the user hits a key before timeout. When the timeout counter reaches zero or the user exited boot menu, SYSLINUX boot loader loads two files into memory: vmlinuz (Linux kernel) and initrfs.img (base root filesystem). The progress is indicated by continuous stream of dots printed on screen. Once the files are loaded, the vmlinuz binary is executed to start the Linux kernel.
Under normal conditions (when a standard Linux distribution is starting from a hard drive), the Linux kernel would mount root filesystem from the hard drive and /sbin/init would be executed as the main process which takes care of system startup. In Slax, the situation is different - there is no hard drive to mount the root filesystem from, yet the kernel surely needs some init process to be started. For that purpose, Slax carries a base filesystem in initrfs.img file - it is a compressed CPIO archive with some directories and files inside, including core Linux tools (commands) and the desired init.
So after the Linux kernel has successfully initialized and has a full control of your computer, its last task is to find the mentioned CPIO archive in memory (it was loaded there from file initrfs.img by syslinux boot loader as you surely remember), extract it (into a memory area which acts as a temporary root filesystem, called initramfs) and execute temporary /init process from there.
At this moment, we have a fully initialized Linux Kernel running, initramfs area in memory is populated by a temporary root filesystem with just the most basic Linux commands, and temporary init just started.
Having the temporary root filesystem in initramfs is not ideal, since it doesn't support pivot_root system call - an important operation which will be used later in the boot up process. We need to switch from initramfs to something else. To do that, the temporary init firstly mounts a tmpfs filesystem over /m, moves all files and directories in there including the init script itself, and uses switch_root to make this tmpfs /m the new root and to restart the init itself from there too. Blue star denotes the directory which is moved.
No matter how strange this whole action looks like (we've ended up with the very same directory structure like before, it seems like no improvement at all), the change is significant. Since now, the temporary root filesystem is on tmpfs instead of initramfs, and thus pivot_root operation will be available when needed in the future.
You may be wondering why is the current root filesystem still labeled as temporary. It's because we're still at the very beginning of the construction phase and we'll just build the real root filesystem later, as explained below, by combining Slax compressed data images to AUFS union.
Before the init process could start to search for Slax data on available devices, it needs to setup the working environment. The proc and sysfs filesystems are mounted over /proc and /sys respectively. Some important kernel drivers such as aufs, squashfs and loop are loaded using modprobe, and device files are created in /dev directory by mdev command. Path to the mdev binary is also echoed to /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug, to make sure that the Linux Kernel automatically creates new device files in /dev for all the newly discovered disk partitions as soon as they become available later. That is specially needed for partitions on USB devices, since those can take few seconds to fully initialize.
As soon as storage devices are accessible through device files in /dev, blkid command is used to filter out only those which can be mounted (which contain a filesystem known to the running kernel). The devices are examined (mounted read-only over /memory/data/) one after another, until a valid Slax data directory is found. Then, all files with .sb extension (Slax Bundles) are processed - for each Slax Bundle, a directory is created in /memory/bundles/ and the bundle (which in fact is a squashfs compressed image file) is loop-mounted over it. In the diagram below, squashfs content is green.
Various parts of the final root filesystem are now mounted read-only under separated folders in /memory/bundles. Core Linux system utilities and libraries such as /bin/bash or /lib/ld-linux.so are located in /memory/bundles/01-core.sb/, files related to KDE desktop environment can be found in /memory/bundles/04-kde.sb/, and so on. Combining them into a single root filesystem, which is even writable, is only possible thanks to AUFS - an union-like filesystem developed by Mr. Junjiro Okajima. AUFS is capable of taking several folders (so called branches) and combining them together to a single directory. That is exactly what happens next, the separated parts are combined, together with a directory /memory/changes/, to AUFS union, which gets mounted at /memory/union.
The empty directory /memory/changes is writable, thus the entire AUFS mount in /memory/union happens to be writable as well. All new or changed files inside the union are copied-up to this empty directory before the system creates or modifies them. Since the directory for changes resides on tmpfs (that is in RAM), all new and modified files are stored in RAM and thus are lost on reboot.
Yet if Slax is started from a writable media such as USB device or hard disk, it recognizes that and mounts the writable drive over /memory/changes before it is joined with the other branches in union, which effectively means that changed and new files will be stored on the boot device rather than in RAM, and reboot won't erase them. This feature is called Persistent Changes and can be turned on or off by a boot menu setting.
At this point, fully writable final root filesystem has been built in /memory/union. The temporary init's life is coming to its end. It uses pivot_root and chroot system calls to make /memory/union the new root, transferring the temporary tmpfs root to /mnt/live/ in the new root. Blue and green stars at the diagram below denote what moves where. Finally, the real /sbin/init from aufs root filesystem is executed. The booting of Slax operating system just begins.
The root filesystem is writable and we could install new software packages while running Slax just the usual way, by unpacking them. Yet there is another possibility to add new files and directories to Slax on the fly without installing any packages. Thanks to the fact Slax is running with AUFS as root, we can take some other squashfs compressed filesystem, loop-mount it over a directory which resides outside of the aufs tree (for example over /mnt/live/memory/bundles/name.sb/ which is on tmpfs), and then issue a remount command which adds the newly mounted directory to aufs as a new branch.
All the files and directories from the new squashfs module will instantly appear as like if they were installed in the system from the beginning, while decompression is done on the fly, only for the files which are actually accessed.
Similarly, we can remove a previously added AUFS branch (mounted squashfs) from the aufs root by another remount command. The files which were part of the branch will instantly disappear from the system, which effectively uninstalls the package.
When Slax is shutting down either for reboot or for system power off, it performs all the standard tasks as every other Linux would do, like unmounting all partitions mounted by the user, terminating all processes, and so on. But since the boot device may be still mounted and used for persistent changes at the very end, some more steps need to be done before the real power off is issued, to ensure the boot device is cleanly unmounted.
Instead of turning the system off at the moment when init thinks it should do that, Slax executes a cleanup script which resides in /mnt/live/lib/cleanup. This script calls pivot_root and chroot as we know it in order to change the root filesystem back to the tmpfs again. That is exactly the opposite of what was described in the sections called Switching to the real root.
When root filesystem is switched back to tmpfs, 'telinit u' is executed to inform the current init process to terminate (it would otherwise block the union from unmounting) and re-execute the cleanup script as a new init. The union is no longer blocked since there are no open files and no running processes on it any longer. It is properly unmounted, all loop-mounts disconnected and the boot device is cleanly ejected. At the end, the computer reboots or shuts down, depending on what the user intended to do.


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Honestly, I'm not surprised one bit by the reaction of some, how it has devolved into a discussion about homosexuality and how it is considered "right or wrong" ( by some ) based off of IMHO outdated definition of certain words.
Could the Nets have signed Collins as a PR stunt to get some Media attention?
Could the Nets have signed Collins cuz they needed some Frontcourt help?
Could the Nets have signed Collins cuz they needed some Frontcourt help while getting some PR / Media Attention?
The answer to all of these questions is "Sure, it's entirely possible". The reality is that we do not know what the real motivation the Nets chose to sign Collins to a 10-day contract over others. But I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt to the Nets and just assume that it was for legitimate reasons ( cuz they actually needed Frontcourt help ) and not for the reasons that some may have suggested ( for PR reasons ).
I applaud those that stood up and decided to speak up for what they believe and they think is right.
For those that I disagree with, I know that it is a matter of opinion ( which you are entitled to )........so I will leave your words as that...just a matter of opinion and nothing else.
This thread has gone the course that I expected it to go given where the majority of where most PD responders likely comes from ( I'm referring to those that live in Indiana/MidWest where I think that it is a more Conservative part of the Country ).
With that said:
My guess is that this thread won't last that much longer.....probably another 9 days at most.