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Ñāṇa wrote:Alex123 wrote:Does this suggest that 5 sense consciousness still function in Jhāna, but that they do not disturb the person in Jhāna?
Well, the five sense faculties still function, but since the object-support of jhāna is a mental representation, it's accurate to say that the functioning consciousness is mental consciousness. As MN 38 Mahātaṇhāsankhaya Sutta informs us, "Consciousness is reckoned by the particular condition dependent upon which it arises."
MN 101 wrote:"And how is striving fruitful, how is exertion fruitful? There is the case where a monk, when not loaded down, does not load himself down with pain, nor does he reject pleasure that accords with the Dhamma, although he is not fixated on that pleasure. He discerns that 'When I exert a [physical, verbal, or mental] fabrication against this cause of stress, then from the fabrication of exertion there is dispassion. When I look on with equanimity at that cause of stress, then from the development of equanimity there is dispassion.' So he exerts a fabrication against the cause of stress where there comes dispassion from the fabrication of exertion, and develops equanimity with regard to the cause of stress where there comes dispassion from the development of equanimity. Thus the stress where there comes dispassion from the fabrication of exertion is exhausted & the stress where there comes dispassion from the development of equanimity is exhausted.
manas wrote:it just occurred to me that for most of us, asubha is just a visualization, rather than direct seeing, at this stage - thus it is a fabrication / volitional formation. But it works in overcoming arisen lust in the mind. So maybe, while working at cleansing the other hindrances from the mind, we could also skilfully fabricate things, so long as we don't attach to any of them as 'self' or as 'belonging to self', and let go of them once their purpose has been fulfilled? (Just my idea, but maybe ask Ven. Thanissaro himself for clarification!)
Goofaholix wrote:I don't beleive they are asking you to use imagination at all.
They are asking you to feel(not imagine) the vibrations and rhythems throughout the body. The problem is when we are given an instruction like observe the breath our habit is to isolate the breath in one part of the body and ignore the rest of the body, sometimes you need to do this to establish concentration. However the next step is to feel the whole body breathing, the whole body vibrates and changes with each breath you just have to feel it, and to do this we have to un-blank out the rest of the body so conciously looking at each part can help you do this.
Then slowly bring your attention inward, focusing it on the various aspects of the breath... These elements come from the bases of the breath. The First Base: Center the mind on the tip of the nose and then slowly move it to the middle of the forehead, The Second Base. Keep your awareness broad. Let the mind rest for a moment at the forehead and then bring it back to the nose. Keep moving it back and forth between the nose and the forehead — like a person climbing up and down a mountain — seven times. Then let it settle at the forehead. Don't let it go back to the nose.
From here, let it move to The Third Base, the middle of the top of the head, and let it settle there for a moment. Keep your awareness broad. Inhale the breath at that spot, let it spread throughout the head for a moment, and then return the mind to the middle of the forehead. Move the mind back and forth between the forehead and the top of the head seven times, finally letting it rest on the top of the head.
Then bring it into The Fourth Base, the middle of the brain. Let it be still for a moment and then bring it back out to the top of the head. Keep moving it back and forth between these two spots, finally letting it settle in the middle of the brain. Keep your awareness broad. Let the refined breath in the brain spread to the lower parts of the body.
befriend wrote:actually breathing through the pores of the skin happens, when the mind is very tranquil and the respitory breathing stops.
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We ultimately did not learn a lot about the Boilermakers internal fortitude, we discovered just a little. However, that wasn't Purdue's fault. It was mostly due to Northwestern and its inability to do, well, much of anything.
The Boilermakers dismantled the Wildcats 74-43 in front of 13,445 fans, and the victory was a decisive and dominating as the scoreboard indicated.
"We've been struggling in scoring," Northwestern coach Bill Carmody said. "Purdue has been struggling also, but they came out tonight and we weren't able to contain them."
The Boiler Nation had to have been glad to see that this team, disappointing to this point in the season (13-14, 6-8 Big Ten), had life.
Purdue never trailed, and after being put through a week of basketball torture by coach Matt Painter, showed effort. The Boilermakers out-rebounded Northwestern 48-23 and limited the Wildcats (13-15, 4-11) to just 28.6 percent shooting.
"I just wanted our effort to be better," Painter said of his pre-game hopes. "I thought our effort was better and that showed on the glass in chasing down long rebounds and getting to loose balls."
Purdue's recent play had left a lot to be desired. The Boilermakers were in the midst of a three-game losing streak, and in their past nine defeats, each has been by double digits.
I was of the belief that Sunday's game would give an indication as to whether this group of players had mentally checked out on the 2012-13 season. However, due to Northwestern having done so, it's hard to get an accurate read on the Boilermakers.
A better evaluation on the tenacity and "Purdue pride" factor of this group will be realized when Painter's guys travel to Iowa on Wednesday (8:30 p.m., Big Ten Network), where they will face a team that actually still has a pulse.
"We've really been struggling," Carmody said.
Yes, you are coach.
Northwestern has been decimated by season-ending injuries to senior Drew Crawford and graduate student Jared Swopshire, who had a combined 34 starts this season. On Sunday, the Wildcats missed a couple of early lay-ins, allowed some baskets at the other end and then essentially called it a night.
Purdue is the ninth-best (or fourth-worst, depending on your perspective) 3-point shooting team in the league (30.7 percent), but against Northwestern the Boilermakers looked like Loyola Marymount reincarnated.
Purdue shot 83.3 percent (not a typo) from long range in the opening half, and finished having made 7 of 15 shots from beyond the arc.
Again, not to take away from Purdue's effort and production, it did what was needed. However, its remaining games with the Hawkeyes, against Michigan, at Wisconsin, and a home finale against Minnesota, more than likely will be much more difficult. However, senior forward D.J. Byrd is confident that the Boilermakers have at least figured out what works.
"This shows what we can do when we crash the boards," Byrd said. "When we do that, we're active on defense. We can play with the highest caliber teams. Hopefully, we can build of this and get into Iowa."
The Boilermakers haven't demonstrated the ability to play with a "high-caliber team" this season. But they'll have an opportunity to demonstrate – for real this time – what they are capable of the next time they step on the court.


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Hinske is a big boy 6' 2" 230 lbs. he has left handed power and can play third with out throwing the ball away a few times a week. His first three years are like Kearn's first three years so I feel Hinske still has a high up side.
Hinske is a big boy 6' 2" 230 lbs. he has left handed power and can play third with out throwing the ball away a few times a week. His first three years are like Kearn's first three years so I feel Hinske still has a high up side.
I suspect you're right. Ricciardi's also got a JimBoesque need to "win" trades. So a deal where teams swap burdens probably isn't going to appeal to him.Originally Posted by Boss-Hog
For my part, though, my interest in the deal (if I were DanO) would begin and end with Danny Graves as the return part of the equation. Without that 2005 cash savings the deal makes no sense to me.
Wait until the year after next year.
Kearns is 24 and Hinske is 27. Kearns at a much younger age has posted OPS of 907 819 and 740 much better than Hinske.Originally Posted by Redmachine2003
Even as bad as Kearns was in 04 he was 60 points higher than Hinske.
I look at Hinske as a left handed A. Boone. With a little more power. Kearns and Hinske was drafted the same year and made the same rise through the system (in time wise) They both are young enough to develop even more then what they have and injuries have slowed both down.
Interesting situation that DanO is in on this. Actually, I like the idea of Hinske for Graves. Of course, from reading the article, I thought it was going to be for some minor leaguer for Hinski and the Blue Jays paying a major part of his salary. Hinske's number have obviously lowered because of his injuries the last two years. I think he will be worth his contract, if he stays healthy. But I am more interested in how Kearns is looking at third. Because I think Kearns could be worth more than Hinske, but will that be at 3rd or OF? But if DanO waits until Jan to evaluate Kearns, then the Hinkse option will long be over with. And DanO doesn't strike me as making fast decisions.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
I think O'Brien isn't seriously considering Kearns as his third baseman in 2005. It would be nice to have Kearns be able to play third if Miley ever gets in a pinch during a game with his bench.
As for Hinske, don't you think he might be able to improve on his stats especially with Chris Chambliss working with him? Look what Chambliss did in one season with Pena, Dunn and even Casey. Don't you think working under Chambliss could help Hinske too?
If you think small, you'll go nowhere in life.
I believe the lesson this FO learned is that long term contracts are a very sticky subject. The last thing they would seem to be willing to do is take on another team's albatross to relieve short term salary. If anything, those on this board are advocating dumping our own long term contracts for short term strain and long term relief, and this seems closer to the FO's strategy.Originally Posted by REDREAD
However, as with all contracts, their terms eventually end. There is always the "grin and bear it" approach.
And this is where the big question mark comes into play. O'Brien has Casey believing the opportunity to compete is still here and strong, sidestepping the whole trade demand demon. In all reality, either the Reds are planning on resigning Casey to a much cheaper contract after 2006, or they plan on trading him. With both Graves (7 million) off the books in 2005, and Casey (8 million) off in 2006, the Reds are due for even more payflex, possibly without conducting one single trade.
Granted, we do not get any talent in return, but one thing everyone seems to lose sight of in there incessant woes about these long term contracts is, as Redread pointed out, the term stops eventually, and that eventually is finally soon.
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Record In Games Attended, 2007: 2-1 (1-0 GAB, 1-1 Jake)
what has Hinske's ERA WHIP and K ratio last year?
nuff said?
Nothing to see here. Please disperse.
Maybe that's the secret, the Reds will convert him into a pitcher.Originally Posted by deltachi8
Hey, that's the ticket. The Reds just need to acquire pitching and ignore improving anywhere else.Originally Posted by deltachi8
Trade Dunner for a stud starter, trade Griffey and sign a stud starter with his salary, trade Casey and sign another starter ... then watch the Reds proceed to lose games 2-1 rather than 8-7.
I'd love to see the Reds improve their pitching, but I'll settle for improvement ANYWHERE on the diamond. The pitching isn't the ONLY problem on this team.
Its just the biggest one. I think there are in house options at 3B which are fine IF the team rehabilitates.fixes. whatever you want to call it it's pitching staff.Originally Posted by Steve4192
Its not that I think Hinske is a bad player or worthless, just not waht the Reds need to rigt the ship.
Nothing to see here. Please disperse.
Which is why I'd only be interested in him if he came with that $3.25M attached. Then the Reds would have a 3B AND money to pursue starting pitching.Originally Posted by deltachi8
Wait until the year after next year.
Don't know if this has been posted but here goes:
Kearns taking next step
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Austin Kearns will follow a daily workout plan over the next two months with an eye toward playing third base when he reports to spring training next year.
By Marc Lancaster
Post staff reporter
Dan O'Brien's words were cautious as usual, but the Reds general manager's message was clear.
The Austin Kearns experiment has been judged successful enough not only to morph into a full-fledged offseason training program for the former right fielder, but also to turn the Reds' attention away from trying to acquire an established third baseman.
O'Brien said Wednesday consultations with the coaches who oversaw Kearns' 10-day stint in the Instructional League that ended last week resulted in a conclusion that sufficient progress had been made to move forward.
Freddie Benavides, the Reds' minor league infield coordinator, and Randy Whisler, the Reds' first base coach and infield instructor, worked with Kearns in Sarasota and are putting together a daily workout plan for Kearns to follow from the first of November through the end of December.
"We're going to give that to Austin," O'Brien said. "He is committed to giving this his best shot, and that is the key right there.
"He's got an indoor facility of some sort he's got access to in Lexington. He is going to follow through on the program, and then probably in early January we're going to reconvene, he and Randy Whisler, and try to make an assessment at that point as to additional progress that has been made so that we can then make a determination as to the next step."
Barring an unforeseen setback -- either some sort of injury or a sudden change in attitude by Kearns -- it's likely the 24- year-old will enter spring training in mid-February slated to play third base.
The Reds are trying to keep the pressure off Kearns and leave their options open, but it appears finding a third baseman from outside the organization has dropped significantly on the front office's offseason to-do list.
"I would have to say that, based on what took place in the Instructional League, it causes us to make some adjustment in our priorities, in terms of looking at our club needs," was how O'Brien phrased it.
That statement takes plenty of steam out of the rumors emanating from Toronto the past few days that the Blue Jays might trade third baseman Eric Hinske to the Reds. The 27-year-old was the American League Rookie of the Year in 2002, but his production has dropped dramatically in the last two seasons just as his contract is reaching big-money territory.
Hinske signed a five-year, $14.75 million deal after a rookie season in which he hit .279 with 24 home runs and 84 RBI. In 2003, while dealing with a hand injury, those numbers dipped to .243 with 12 homers and 63 RBI. He was healthy in 2004, appearing in 155 games, but hit .246 with 15 homers and 69 RBI.
Hinske's contract calls for salaries of $3 million next year, $4.325 million in 2006 and $5.625 million in 2007, which would be a hefty commitment for the Reds to take on, especially with top prospect Edwin Encarnacion perhaps a year away from the majors.
Asked specifically about Hinske, O'Brien had little to say.
"There really is nothing to comment on," he said. "We've had discussions with every team, save probably those in the postseason, and it's the preliminary looking at our prospective needs, strengths, weaknesses and seeing if there are any particular matches. But it's all been on a preliminary basis and there have been no specific names on any front with any club brought into the equation at this time."
Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi told the Toronto Star he wouldn't comment on rumors.
In the meantime, O'Brien and assistant general manager Dean Taylor spent this week making the rounds at the World Series, laying the groundwork for more serious trade talks at the general managers' meetings in November and baseball's winter meetings in December. Finding help for the pitching staff is the main focus, O'Brien said.
The Kearns situation will work itself out.
"Phase One, we were encouraged," O'Brien said. "We'll see where Phase Two leads us."
Publication Date: 10-28-2004
If you think small, you'll go nowhere in life.
Then what exactly are you talking to all those clubs about, DanO? I mean if you haven't mentioned any names in those discussions then it's difficult to imagine you were talking about baseball, as you'd invariably run into the subject of players, who come complete with names, if baseball was the topic of conversation."We've had discussions with every team, save probably those in the postseason, and it's the preliminary looking at our prospective needs, strengths, weaknesses and seeing if there are any particular matches. But it's all been on a preliminary basis and there have been no specific names on any front with any club brought into the equation at this time."
Clearly phrases like "no specific names" and words like "discussions" or "talk" mean different things to DanO than it does to us lay folk. DanO's assertion that he's burning up the phones constantly, but never delving into specifics is bull and, as such, I don't see any reason why we'd take his word for it on these matters. For instance, if he were to say, "I've never discussed Eric Hinske with the Blue Jays," that would not mean he didn't have substantive talks with the Blue Jays about Eric Hinske. It would mean he hasn't traded for Eric Hinske at this very moment, which is information we already possess.
Now I don't blame DanO for making sure that everything he says amounts to nothing, it's a virus that's run rampant through our entire society, but it does mean I don't have to put stock in a single word he says.
Wait until the year after next year.
Anyone out there know Hinske's minor league #'s AA andAAA? WOY where are you?
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Maybe I'm the last to know about this, but this is a great site for buddhist podcasts:
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Cloud Computing: What Are the Security Implications?"
Dr. David McClure
Associate Administrator
Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies
General Services Administration
PROTECTION and SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES
October 6, 2011
"Cloud Computing: What Are the Security Implications?"
Chairman King, Ranking Member Thompson and Members of the Subcommittee:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the General Service Administration's (GSA) leadership role in ongoing efforts to enable and
accelerate adoption of secure cloud computing across the federal government. Cloud
adoption is a critical component of the Administration's plan to improve management
of the government's IT resources. The IT reforms we have underway are enabling
agencies to use information more efficiently and effectively, delivering improved
mission results at lower cost.
Cloud Computing Adoption in the Federal Government
Before I discuss the security of cloud computing, and the Federal Risk Authorization
and Management Program (FedRAMP) in particular, I would like to make a two
important points. First, cloud computing offers a compelling opportunity to substantially
improve the efficiency of the federal government. It moves us from buying and
managing physical assets to purchasing IT as a commoditized service. Agencies pay for
only IT resources they use in response to fluctuating program demands, avoiding the
expenses of building and maintaining costly IT infrastructure. When implemented with
sound security risk management approaches, cloud computing also ensures more
consistent protection of the government's IT infrastructure, data and applications.
Second, practical use of cloud computing offers substantial performance benefits for the
government. Federal agencies are moving to consolidate and virtualize the more than
2,000 federal data centers. Cloud technologies provide an ideal path forward to
maximize value in IT investment dollars while substantially lowering costs – an essential
focus given federal budget constraints. Case studies we have collected from agencies
point to benefits that include:
tangible cost reductions (data storage, web hosting and analytics performed on the government's vast data repositories);
enhanced productivity (shifting workforce to more high value process improvements, problem solving, and customer service excellence);
greater flexibility and scalability (enabling CIOs to be much more responsive to
pressing service delivery expectations); and
improved self-service capabilities (on-line streamlined commodity-like purchasing
for IT resources rather than long, arduous IT acquisitions).
GSA is playing a leadership role in facilitating easy access to cloud-based solutions from commercial providers that meet federal requirements. This will enable agencies to analyze viable cloud computing options that meet their business and technology modernization needs, while reducing barriers to safe and secure cloud computing. We are developing new cloud computing procurement options with proven solutions that leverage the government's buying power. These cloud procurement vehicles ensure effective cloud security and standards are in place to lower risk and foster government-wide use of cloud computing solutions such as virtualization technologies for government data centers, cloud email, disaster recovery/backup, and infrastructure storage. Useful information about cloud computing and available solutions is accessible from our web page, Info.Apps.gov.
GSA's Federal Cloud Computing Initiative was started and is managed under GSA's e-Government program. In FY10 and FY11 GSA's Federal Cloud Computing Initiative (FCCI) Program Management Office (PMO) focused on five primary tasks:
Establishing procurement vehicles that allow agencies to purchase IT resources as commodities, culminating in the award of the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Blanket Purchase Agreement under GSA Schedule 70 to 12 diverse cloud service providers
Addressing security risks in deploying government information in a cloud environment - resulting in the development of the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)
Establishing a procurement vehicle that will allow agencies to purchase cloud-based e-mail services, which created GSA's Email as a Service (EaaS) Blanket Purchase Agreement
Supporting the government-wide collection and assessment of data center inventories, and assisting agencies in the preparation and execution of plans to close and consolidate data centers. Current work includes developing a comprehensive data center Total Cost Model for agencies to use to analyze alternative consolidation scenarios, enables data-driven decision-making for infrastructure cost and performance optimization. Operationalizing a data center
marketplace that would help optimize infrastructure utilization across government by matching agencies with excess computing capacity with those that have immediate requirements is also being pursued.
Creating apps.gov, an on-line storefront that provides access to over 3,000 cloud-based products and services where agencies can research solutions, compare prices and place on-line orders using GSA's eBuy system Initial funding provided by the e-Gov Fund has allowed GSA to be an effective catalyst for secure cloud technology adoption governmentwide. However, there are critical
activities that still need to be accomplished to fully realize the significant cost savings and productivity improvements that GSA can help agencies achieve. The continuation of these cost-saving initiatives is dependent on FY12 eGov Fund budget levels and decisions.
FedRAMP: Ensuring Secure Cloud Systems Adoption
Cloud computing – like any technology – presents both known and new risks alongside the many benefits outlined above. To address these risks in a more uniform and comprehensive manner, we will soon launch a new government-wide cloud security program – the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). The primary goal of the Administration's Cloud First policy is to achieve widespread practical use of secure cloud computing to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness of government. Today, each agency typically conducts its own security Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process for every IT system it acquires, leading to unnecessary expense, duplication and inconsistencies in the application of NIST derived security controls testing, evaluation, and certification procedures. According to the 2009 FISMA
report to Congress, agencies reported spending $300 million annually on C&A activities
At GSA, we have worked in close collaboration with cybersecurity and cloud experts in NIST, DHS, DoD, NSA, OMB, and the Federal CIO Council and its Information Security and Identity Management Subcommittee (ISIMC) to develop FedRAMP. An OMB policy memo officially establishing the FedRAMP program is expected shortly. The intent is to strengthen existing security practices associated with cloud computing solutions which, in turn, will build greater trust between providers and consumers and accelerate appropriate adoption of secure cloud solutions across government. Accordingly, FedRAMP establishes a common set of baseline security assessment and continuous monitoring requirements for FISMA low and moderate impact risk levels using NIST standards that must be adhered to by all cloud systems. Figure 1 illustrates how
FedRAMP will address three fundamental challenges with how the federal government approaches ensuring cloud security.
Ensuring Consistency and Quality in Cloud Security Certification and Accreditation
FedRAMP approves qualified, independent third party security assessment
organizations, ensuring consistent assessment and accreditation of cloud solutions
based on NIST's longstanding conformity assessment approach. As noted above,
security C&As are currently performed with varying quality and consistency. This is true
for situations where a third party service provider is contracted to do a security
assessment of a CSP provided system, product or service and where government
security organizations perform the work themselves. As a result, trust levels are low for
reusing this work across agencies.
To address this challenge, FedRAMP will require that cloud services providers be
assessed using these approved, independent third party assessment organizations
(3PAOs). The 3PAOs will initially apply for accreditation through the FedRAMP PMO
and be assessed using established conformity assessment criteria developed by NIST.
This will ensure higher quality assessments, done much more consistently, using
agreed upon FedRAMP security assessment controls. This can save millions of dollars in expenses borne both by government and industry in running duplicative assessments of similar solutions by each agency.
Building Trust and Re-Use of Existing C&A Work
All IT systems, including cloud solutions, must receive an Authority to Operate (ATO)
from the buying agency before they can be made available for purchase and implemented. The ATO is based on a thorough review by agency security professionals of the security packages submitted following the C&A process described above. To accelerate cloud adoption and enable C&A re-use, FedRAMP will provide a single, provisional authorization that can be used by all agencies as the basis for issuing an ATO. If additional security assessment evaluation and testing is needed for specific agency cloud implementations, the C&A should only address any additional controls needed above the existing FedRAMP approved baseline.
FedRAMP establishes a Joint Authorization Board (JAB) that reviews all cloud systems that have been assessed by approved 3PAOs using FedRAMP controls and processes. The JAB membership consists of CIOs and Technical Representatives from DOD, DHS, and GSA. The JAB reviews the C&A work and decides whether to grant the "provisional authorization" – a seal of approval on the C&A work. The security packages, assessments and documented decisions will be accessible within government from a secure central repository. While each agency must grant its own ATO for systems under its control, FedRAMP will facilitate greater use of an "approve
once, and use often" approach, leveraging more ATOs across government.
Moving Towards More Real-Time Security Assurance
FedRAMP shifts risk management from annual reporting under FISMA to more robust continuous monitoring, providing real-time detection and mitigation of persistent vulnerabilities and security incidents. Using the expertise of industry, NIST, NSA, DHS and ISIMC, nine initial continuous monitoring controls have been identified that are among the most common persistent threat vulnerabilities in cloud and non-cloud systems environments. Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) must agree to near-real time reporting of continuous monitoring data feeds to DHS and/or agency Security Operations Centers (SOCs). We are finalizing data reporting details, with the expectation that the process will eventually use automated data feeds to maximize efficiencies and timeliness. When done in addition to the C&A evaluations, this will result in valuable situational cyber awareness -- a relevant and timely picture of a CSP's security posture. In addition, this approach provides visibility of prompt mitigation and tangible evidence of resolution; ensuring quick steps are taken to minimize threats to government data and operations.
There is strong support and demand for stronger cloud security from agencies seeking to adopt cloud services, as required by the Administration's Cloud First policy. Industry cloud services providers need to know the specific cloud security capabilities for which they are accountable. They also desire more efficiency in how C&As and ATOs are leveraged government-wide to avoid unnecessary, duplicative, costly security evaluations. Ensuring IT security is an ongoing challenge. We fully expect to make improvements to the process based on collaboration with all key stakeholders, including industry, lessons learned and the continuous evolution of security standards and controls based upon the careful, deliberative work of NIST.
FedRAMP will be launched in phases that incrementally build toward sustainable operations and allows for risk management by capturing ongoing lessons learned and process improvement. Initial rollout will occur this Fall. Initial Operational Capabilities will have limited scope and cover a relatively small number of cloud service providers. Full operations are expected to begin next Spring with more robust operational capabilities and larger intake of cloud service providers for FedRAMP review and approval. Late in 2012, we expect sustaining operations to scale by demand using a privatized board for 3PAO accreditation. We will discuss the rollout in more depth with the Congress, government executive branch agencies, industry, and the public prior to the initial launch date.
Considerable progress has been made in adopting successful cloud solutions. 'Cloud computing' is now an accepted part of the federal IT lexicon. However, there continues to be a need for more thorough understanding of cloud deployment models, unique security implications, and data management challenges. Agency executives should not focus on cloud technology itself; rather, they should focus on the desired outcome driving the need for cloud adoption delivered in a secure environment.
FedRAMP will provide a sound, cost-effective framework for secure cloud computing. CIOs need to work with their line of business executives and program managers to develop and deploy effective cloud roadmaps that address pressing agency mission needs, taking into account appropriate security and risk management. Agencies should analyze business needs and identify cloud solutions that best fit their requirements by making secure cloud adoption part of an overall IT portfolio management and sourcing strategy. Consistent with the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy, NIST is currently working on the first draft of a USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, to be released for public comment in November, 2011. If linked to cloud provider products and services, it would greatly assist in this decision-making. Mr. Chair man, thank you for the opportunity to appear today. I look forward to answering questions from you and members of the Subcommittee.


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Sanitation to collect harmful household products at Staten Island disposal event
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you're unsure of how to properly dispose of potentially dangerous household products, let the city Sanitation Department take them off of your hands.
The agency will hold a SAFE Disposal Event -- standing for solvents, automotive, flammables, electronics -- on April 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Parking Lot F, near the main entrance of the Staten Island Mall in New Springville.
Only items considered New York City residential waste will be accepted, including auto fluids, batteries, electronics, glues, medication and paint products, and items with labels like danger, warning or caution.
The "DANGER" label represents the highest hazard level.
Homeowners can also bring other items they believe may be harmful.
Attendees may not unload their vehicles outside of the event area.
Materials collected will be recycled, blended for fuel, or sent to licensed hazardous waste treatment facilities for safe disposal.
Further details are available by visiting, www.nyc.gov/safedisposal or calling 311.


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Samsara is so difficult to deal with because everything is so pointless I just feel despair when I let go of indulging in sensual pleasures even though I understand they are completely meaningless.
Can people share their experience with the Jhana's and your experience with it in helping to deal with the difficulty of samsara? Can people share with me their experience with their realization of the pointlessness of life, the suffering of life and how they dealt with the following despair that followed this realization that we are bound to such a useless existence of suffering while the goal of nirvana seems so far away.


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Ice dams in Massachusetts are an ongoing nuisance and are causing extensive damage to soffit cavities, fascia boards, roof sheathing, gutters, and to the most outer portion of living area walls. This ice build-up can absolutely be alleviated, but every house tends to have a different situation as to why this ice dam is there in the first place. First, I'd like to explain how this massive ice mound forms on the most outer edge of your…Continue
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RAIL services in and out of Tendring have been seriously disrupted after a person was hit by a train at Weeley.
The incident happened this lunchtime and affected services from around 1.30pm.
Train operator Greater Anglia said all lines were blocked at Weeley.
"Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed at short notice," said Greater Anglia.
"An estimate for the resumption of normal services will be provided as soon as the problem has been fully assessed."
A replacement bus service was put on between Colchester and Clacton.
The line was reopened by 2.40pm.


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I noticed that the non-Hybrid 07 Altimas continue the no-radio-antenna approach (I have an 03 and appreciate not having to worry about it getting snagged in carwashes etc).
Looks like the Hybrid, however, has a "diversity antenna" on the roof...is it a function of some interference that the NiMH battery puts out that messes with the conventional no-antenna design? Any engineers out there?
Just curious.
Also - I read that if you get the Tech package, that you get some readout on hybrid performance. Is that just some graphic readout of efficiency? SO envious of you guys who have one already!


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Kelly Semrau, SVP of global corporate affairs, communication and sustainability at SC Johnson, is the newest board member at the American Cleaning Institute (ACI).
The group, previously known as the Soap and Detergent Association, confirmed her appointment at a recent meeting where Amway's Catherine Ehrenberger and Sasol's Tom O'Brien were also appointed to new posts.
Ehrenberger, vp of research and development, quality and regulatory at Amway, was named board chair and O'Brien, group vp and general manager as Sasol, was named vice chair.
The organization is comprised of companies who form the $30 billion U.S. cleaning products market and is scheduled to hold its 2013 annual meeting January 28 through February 2 in Orlando.


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CTC Fife & Kinross
Welcome message for visitors:
In Fife and Kinross, due to the wide distribution of our members, there is no 'HQ Meeting Place' but we meet regularly throughout the year to enjoy cycling, not just in the local countryside, but also further afield depending on the enthusiasm of our members.
About The Group
How our runs are organised
We use a system of Rendezvous runs and these take place on a Saturday and on every alternate Wednesday. The Wednesday runs are Veterans' runs and are usually attended by retired members although all are welcome. We also have a few Sunday runs in the summer which are group runs, led by a rides leader, usually meeting in the morning at an easily accessible car park. This means we publish a Runs List which gives a meeting place and this could be in the open air, or in a café, pub, Community Hall or even in someone's home. When these take place in someone's home the Host/Hostess will provide the tea or coffee and members will bring a packed lunch. Open air meets means providing ones own drink and sandwiches but tea is available in Community Halls and we charge £1 for tea and the rent of the Hall.
These meets are arranged all over Fife and Kinross and we try to vary these so that they involve different routes. The meeting time is usually 12.30 and for the Rendezvous Rides members make their way singly or by arrangement in small groups.
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Yudron wrote:You could be right, Deep Blue Hung. Or it could be that the level of internet service at their rural center is just not suitable. At our center in in California, for example, we rely on satellite for internet. That's not suitable for webcasts, so our lama has to travel to a professional facility at some distance to do webcasts. The U.S. is far behind Europe in internet service.
I think for transmissions it could work. But for empowerment in the sarma style, where many foundations are required, webcast may not be worthwhile. ChNNR makes it work for Anuyoga. He has a lot of experience with this sort of thing.


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It's not thirteen weeks, it's threeAug. 27th, 2010 03:23 pm
Greg Wilson has this excellent post on Three Rules for Supervising Student Programming Projects. Anyone who ever works with students should probably read this, but I'm particularly enamoured of Rule #1, which puts something we've all known into a nicely concrete form:
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Rule 1: It's Not Thirteen Weeks, It's Three
This was the hardest one for me to learn, and it's almost always the hardest to get across to both students and their clients. University terms may be thirteen weeks long, but students are usually juggling five courses, and many have part-time jobs as well. That means they can only put eight hours a week into their project without sacrificing grades somewhere else. If you figure a full-time work week is 35 hours, that means students actually spend 8×13/35 = a bit less than three weeks working for you.
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It's still in the high 90's here in Phoenix, but I can't wait any longer for my favorite Fall foods. Sometimes I really think I live in the wrong climate zone for my personality and wants. I have a closet full of cute boots and thick sweaters and jackets that I only get to wear once or twice a year. My attempts at gardening have been futile for the most part due to the heat and horrible rocky "soil". And I love soups, chili's and bisques. It's not quite as enjoyable eating chili when it's 98 degrees outside in October. Oh well, I'll get over my "grass is greener on the other side of the hill" attitude and move on.
Thank you Deb at kahakai kitchen and Tina at Mom's Crazy Kitchen for hosting such a fun idea. Every sunday is souper sundays and bloggers from all over the world get the chance to share their favorite soups, stews, chili's and anything else you can slurp with a spoon. My bisque is linked up on her website this week. Hop on over for plenty of warm, feel good recipes to get you through the Fall and Winter months.


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Topic: Is pain inevitable?
I'm wondering because I haven't had any pain so far. Does it start in the later stages? Or is my case unusual? I've only been diagnosed since 8/07 and its now 12/21/07.
The only time I had pain was in the beginning when they were draining the bile to a bag outside of my body for two weeks. YUCK! ARG!


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A Day Without Bags
Heal the Bay is sponsoring A Day Without a Bag on December 20th in the Los Angeles area.
- More than 6 billion plastic bags are used in LA County each year. Because so few of them are recycled, the vast majority end up clogging precious landfill, littering public places and ultimately polluting our watersheds and oceans
- Disposable bags cost fiscally-strained LA County cities up to 17 cents per bag for disposal.
- Plastic bags are made from petroleum: Americans use over 380 billion bags every year, throwing away millions of barrels of oil.
With New Year approaching, we want all shoppers to make resolution to adopt more sustainable practices year round.
So, for those of you in LA (or anywhere for that matter), join us for a grassroots day of education and action. Challenge yourself as a holiday shopper by giving up single-use, plastic shopping bags for the day, in favor of reusable tote bags. Heal the Bay and all of the Reusable Bag Coalition partners are organizing a two-hour event at the Grove, with satellite operations within each of the four other Los Angeles County supervisorial districts (at participating retailers including all Ralphs and 99c Only locations). A press conference at the Grove and other locations (with celebrity and electeds involvement) will disseminate messages throughout the county. In addition, thousands of free, reusable bags will be given away to shoppers. For a list of locations go to www.healthebay.org/nobagday.
A Day Without a Bag is just one battlefront in the ongoing war against the scourge of plastic debris in our oceans and watersheds. It is primarily a vehicle for raising consumer awareness about personal choices -- come and be a part of it if you can.


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Topic: post op abdominal discomfort
hi everyone, my dad comes back from holiday today, he is seeing an oncologist on friday, and poss starting chemo soon. (he had a resection last oct) he is feeling alot better for some sunshine, the only problem he really has now is abdominal pain and discomfort which is so bad that he is not able to sit and walk upright without being in discomfort, the only time he does not feel this is when he is lying flat..his surgeon thinks it could be due to scarring? - the wound did take a long time to heal, he had a 'vac pack' which sucked fluid out of the abdomen because it was just puring out, this was largely due to the fact that he had 2 ops. has anyone else had abdo discomfort like this and can advise? - thanks jules


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A YOUTH GROUP helped young people come into the news for the right reasons after helping to repair a much used local bench.
Minchinhampton Youth Club, who faced closure in 2012 when council funding was withdrawn, gave up a Sunday morning to rescue the wooden bench which had become unstable after a build up of moss and lichen from overhanging trees.
The group of 5 youths were assisted by leader Andrew Brooks and Local Parish Councillor John Williams who said he was "really proud" of the kids' achievements.
"I noticed the seat was in a bad state, and something needed to be done because it stopped people from sitting outside. I mentioned it to the youth leader Andrew and it was really great the kids came along." said Cllr Williams.
The club is now thriving after coming back from the brink of disaster when funds were pulled. It survives thanks to the hard work of the youth team, who continue to strive to find the funding to keep the club alive.
Cllr Williams said the generous actions of the youths were well received in the community and one lady brought the group tea and biscuits. He added that he hoped actions such of this could help see a change of attitude towards young people.
"Young people don't get enough positive publicity for what they do; often what you hear is so negative. It would be nice to change that."


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How well do you know your favorite celebrities? Who's older: Demi Lovato or Selena Gomez? Adele or Kesha? Snooki or Kristen Stewart?
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Some stars seem older just because they've been around forever, while others are aging because they've been living the glamorous life a little too hard.
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Degenerative valvular disease common in older dogs
Q. Could you provide a brief review of mitral valve insufficiency in older dogs?
A. Dr. Jonathan Abbott at the 21st American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in Charlotte, North Carolina, gave an excellent lecture on mitral valve insufficiency in dogs. Some relevant points made in this lecture are provided below.
Degenerative valvular disease exceeds 90 percent incidence in dogs older than 9 years of age and most commonly affects the atrioventricular valves.The clinical manifestations usually result from mitral valve disease (MVD). The clinical syndrome of severe, clinically apparent mitral valve regurgitation is observed almost exclusively in aged, small breed dogs. The Chihuahua, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle, Pomeranian and Miniature Schnauzer are predisposed to the development of clinically consequential mitral regurgitation.
The incidence of degenerative MVD is particularly high in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. In dogs of this breed, MVD may be apparent at a very early age and in some individuals, the disease is severe and rapidly progressive.
How does that work?Gross structural changes of the mitral valve apparatus associated with MVD include nodular distortion of the leaflets as well as lengthening and sometimes rupture of the chordae tendinae.
These structural abnormalities prevent normal coaptation of the mitral valve leaflets and contribute to leaflet prolapse resulting in mitral valve regurgitation. When the mitral valve is incompetent, a portion of the left ventricular stroke volume is ejected retrograde into the left atrium increasing the volume and intracavitary pressure of the left atrium.
The regurgitant volume augments the pulmonary venous return that enters the ventricle during diastole. Mitral regurgitation, therefore, imposes a volume load on the left atrium and the left ventricle; dilation and hypertrophy of the atrium and ventricle follow as a consequence.
Ventricular remodeling causes further distortion of the mitral apparatus, which contributes to progressive worsening of mitral regurgitation. Afterload (the forces that oppose myocardial shortening) is low relative to the size of the ventricle and this, together with the increase in preload results in hyperdynamic ventricular performance. The altered loading conditions associated with mitral regurgitation are generally well tolerated; however, with chronicity myocardial dysfunction can develop.
The reduction in forward stroke volume associated with severe mitral regurgitation results in neuroendocrine activation. Specifically, sympathetic tone is elevated and unopposed by vagal restraint.
Additionally, the products of the renin cascade result in vasoconstriction and renal retention of salt and water. The latter contributes to volume loading of the cardiac chambers. Potentially, ventricular filling pressures rise, resulting in pulmonary venous hypertension and the development of pulmonary edema. Clinical signs of tachypnea, polypnea and cough predictably result from the presence of pulmonary edema.
In some small breed dogs with mitral regurgitation, cough develops in the absence of pulmonary edema. Mechanical compression of the bronchi by the enlarged atrium is likely to be an important causative factor in these cases. Reflex bronchoconstriction and mucus production associated with pulmonary venous distention may also contribute.
Signs observedCough is the clinical sign that is observed most commonly in dogs with clinically evident mitral regurgitation. Respiratory distress, syncope and abdominal distention resulting from ascites occasionally prompt veterinary evaluation. When the regurgitant volume is large, ventricular hyperkinesis results in a palpably dynamic precordium. The arterial pulse is often normal although very severe mitral regurgitation may result in a weak pulse. mitral regurgitation results in a systolic murmur that is generally heard best over the left cardiac apex.
Respiratory coughIt should be recognized that primary respiratory tract disorders, including bronchitis and tracheal collapse, often affect the dog population in which MVD is most common. Because the historical findings of cough and tachypnea are common to heart disease and respiratory tract disease, the clinical presentation of a small breed dogs with respiratory signs and a heart murmur presents a challenge. MVD is a common disorder that exhibits a broad spectrum of severity; only the minority of dogs with MVD develop clinical signs. Inevitably then, there are dogs in whom the heart murmur is incidental to the clinical presentation.
When confronted with an older small breed dog in which the primary complaint is cough, it is important to determine which, of airway disease or cardiac disease, bears the greatest responsibility for the clinical signs.
Although primary respiratory tract disease and cardiac disease can coexist, one of the two often dominates the clinical presentation. In most cases, the case history, physical examination and thoracic radiographic examination provide the information needed to make this important clinical distinction.
Other cluesA history of months or years of cough that occurs in the absence of dyspnea tends to support a diagnosis of airway disease. When cardiac disease is sufficiently severe that it becomes clinically apparent, it is generally progressive. Therefore, untreated dogs in which cardiac disease plays an important role tend to have a relatively short history; often, the clinical course progresses to include dyspnea.
The character of the dog's cough can also provide some diagnostic information. In general, a loud "hacking" cough is most often associated with diseases that affect the large airways such as extraluminal compression of the mainstem bronchi, chronic bronchitis or collapsing trachea. In contrast, cardiogenic pulmonary edema may cause a soft cough that is often associated with dyspnea.
The body condition of the dog can provide useful clues. Generally, dogs that cough due to heart disease or heart failure are thin. While exceptions certainly occur, obesity suggests that respiratory tract disease is primarily responsible for clinical signs. The vital signs may also be useful in distinguishing dogs that suffer primarily from cardiac disease from those with respiratory disease. Careful examination of the cardiac rate and rhythm is essential.
Healthy dogs often have a respiratory-associated arrhythmia that is evident on auscultation. In accordance with phasic variations in autonomic traffic, the heart rate increases during inspiration and decreases during expiration. This respiratory-induced sinus arrhythmia results primarily from fluctuations in vagal tone. When cardiac performance is impaired, vagal discharge is inhibited and sympathetic tone becomes dominant. Thus, in many dogs with clinical signs related to cardiac disease, tachycardia develops, and there is loss of physiologic respiratory-induced sinus arrhythmia. The clinical finding of respiratory-induced sinus arrhythmia is virtually incompatible with a diagnosis of heart failure and uncommon in dogs with severe heart disease. In contrast, many dogs that cough primarily due to primary respiratory disease have preserved and sometimes accentuated sinus arrhythmia.
What elseIn older small-breed dogs, the absence of a cardiac murmur is usually assurance that the cough results from primary respiratory tract disease. When present, the intensity of a cardiac murmur is important. In general, dogs with mild mitral regurgitation have soft murmurs and an increase in the intensity of the murmur typically parallels disease progression of mitral regurgitation.
While the relationship between the intensity of the murmur and severity of mitral regurgitation is inconsistent, severe mitral regurgitation almost always results in a loud murmur. Conversely, soft murmurs resulting from MVD are seldom of clinical consequence. The information provided by pulmonary auscultation is important but is seldom specific. Crackles, for example, result from the snapping open of collapsed small airways and may be heard in the presence of pulmonary edema. However, it should be recognized that the "dry" lungs of dogs with bronchitis or airway collapse can also produce crackles.
Radiographic evaluationMVD results in enlargement of the cardiac silhouette that is roughly commensurate with the severity of mitral valve regurgitation. The cardiac silhouette is typically normal when mitral regurgitation is mild while moderate and severe mitral regurgitation result in enlargement of the left atrium and left ventricle. In the lateral radiographic projection, this is apparent as an increase in the dorsoventral cardiac dimension - the heart is "taller" than normal resulting in elevation of the caudal aspect of the trachea and potentially, compression of the left mainstem bronchus.


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MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu announced that Matt Rubel will stay on as a member of its board of directors, despite his retirement from Collective Brands.
Rubel retired as chairman, president and CEO of Collective Brands earlier this month. Per Supervalu's governance principles, he submitted his offer of resignation as a member of the board of directors. On June 28, the company's Board of Directors unanimously rejected his offer of resignation.


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Connecting to the internet
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very helpful review, thank you! I have been using Slacko 5.3.1 but flash never works so i look fwd to this feature on PP. A long time windows user and find these puppy distros so refreshing and lite.
I ran Precise Puppy and installed Chromium and Google Chrome. When you try to run them they both say that you can't run them as "root" (administrator). I hear that there's a new option for running with fewer priviledges as a "fido" user. How do I do that or is there another way to run Chromium or Chrome as "root"?ReplyDelete
Puppy is compatible with ubuntu binaries, but, it's always better to install if possible, .pet or .sfs packages. That way you'll be sure it'll work with no problems. Here is chromium 22 .pet http://e-nautia.com/peebee/disk/share/chromium-22.0.1210.0-i686-1sl.pet
or sfs
and a fix for the flash outdated warning
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Open a terminal window and enter chromium-browser --user-data-dir.
Note that you should not use this solution for any other version of Linux. it is not advisable to run Chromium as an administrator.
In Puppy it is slightly different because everything is run as administrator and because of the way Puppy works it is ok.
Thanks Gary - the terminal window approach works great. I've been using it for a while now since you suggested it.Delete
If you'd rather not see the terminal window, you can also rightclick google-chrome -> edit item -> --user-data-dir=whateverdirname
I just tried this... it doesnt work. Just pops up the same error window telling me I cant use it with a root. This is the kind of crap that makes me constantly go back to windows.Delete
Thanks for a helpful review. I've had a glitch or two with audio volume on my puppy installation, but I plan to solve that and learn more about Precise Puppy.ReplyDelete
Puppy's insistence on running everything as root is what keeps me (and others) from using it seriously. Handy tool, but no good as a standard desktop.ReplyDelete
Well, its a big improvement over Slacko 5.3.1 as the above commented, but no matter what puppy distro i use i keep getting a error: script not responding, and the laptop just cycles endlessly until i turn it off and reboot, so frustrating. I think maybe it's the flash content still or something because some webpages are ok but others just sends it searching cd/hdd forever. Now my computer is old (2003) but seems to handle everything but this SCRIPT NOT RESPONDING thingy. Does anyone know why? Is there a fix other than buying a new updated computer?
this distro is starting out in the same way lucid puppy linux did only on an updated version of ubuntu
As a total Linux newbie utterly frustrated with Windows several years ago, I turned to Puppy Linux when my WinXP Thinkpad's OS got hopelessly corrupted, wouldn't boot and even multiple attempts at repairs/re-installs didn't work. I needed to wipe the HD, re-install WinXP, and start over from scratch but I needed a decent UI to get my stuff off it first as quickly and easily as possible. So I created a Puppy USB boot drive and booted into it. I liked what I saw and used so much, I never wiped the HD and never reinstalled WinXP. I just kept using Puppy. Years later now, out of my 3 home computers, 2 dual boot Linux/Windows, and I almost never use Windows (the other is a Mac, actually BSD Linux anyway). I have Puppy to thank for a non-intimidating introduction to Linux that led me down the road to leaving Microsoft and Windows behind; I use them only when forced to for documents in MS Office (which is actually pretty rare). I was already a big fan of OSS, Puppy just gave me that extra push. And even though I use Ubuntu now, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Puppy to other newbies eager to learn, and I still keep a Puppy USB drive handy because occasionally I still need it or find it useful to help friends' whose Win PCs are screwed up. Yay Puppy!ReplyDelete
I'm another convert; been using Puppy for about 18 months now. Still got a (locked-down) version of XP that runs all apps as 'portables'.....and three Puppies on the hard drive besides! (Plus two more on USB sticks.....did I mention that I like Puppy?)
The newest .sfs package of LibreOffice (ver. 5) will now handle MS's newest .docx format (nice one!) I only 'play around' with XP these days; I don't use it for anything serious. THAT'S where Puppy takes over. I run a 10-yr old Compaq Presario desktop (Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual-core, 3 GB RAM in dual-channel mode, 500 GB WD SATA HDD).....Puppy flies on this, and will give many bang up to date machines running Windows a damn good run for their money..!!
I've converted a couple of my mates, too; when they saw how FAST Puppy is, they were hooked.
Honestly, once you've experienced Puppy, you just don't want to go back. Needless to say, my XP is sluggish already, despite being re-installed less than a month ago...
I also have an elderly Dell Inspiron; an original 1100, from 2002.....P4, 1 GB RAM, 32 GB SSD. It's unrecognizable as the slow old S.O.B that it used to be with XP; IT flies, too..!
Being an old school fix it guy that enjoys thrift shops and bringing home other people's trash, I've revived old Pentium 2 and 3 machines with hard drives as small as 20GB thanks to Puppy Linux. Granted, not the speedsters nor elegant machines of today, but functional and all that the casual e-mailer, chatter, and solitaire player needs without having to break the bank to do it. Additionally, I've revived Pentium 4 computers for people by using Linux operating systems - Puppy and Ubuntu because Winblows simply wouldn't install without crashing. If someone has a Pentium 4 or like machine and Winblows just won't reinstall, don't give up, try Puppy or Ubuntu. They've worked miracles on "dead" machines I've been referred to fix.ReplyDelete
I just got Precise Puppy up and running on a IBM Thinkpad X20 which doesn't have more than 16GB of space and something link 256 MB of RAM. Not the speediest machine I ever used but I think it's gonna be alotta fun...thanksReplyDelete
I have been a Windows guy since 1997. I got irritated trying to learn how to use a MAC. With that in mind, WOW! Needed Rufus in order to install Puppy on a thumbdrive (bootable). Booted up in under 1 minute. You only have to click an icon ONCE and it runs instantly. I was already online - went straight to Facebook and was already playing Candy Crush - no update/install of Adobe Flash Player needed. Inserted an MP3 dvd into my dvd drive, and after selecting the song, it started playing. (someone said Puppy does not play mp3 - it works for me)
Didn't need to install drivers, updates or figure out how to configure my network.
Only issue, after 10 minutes of playing around - I don't know how to format a new hard drive so I can save my future downloads.
your tutorial is very useful.Linux is awesome.i am using it for 3 years.
I'm not able to watch a DVD, seems like the DVD Drive is recognized but the Mplayer and VLC player does not show the video - can you help?ReplyDelete
Can I ask have you tried more than 1 DVD to make sure that it isn't the DVD that is the issue?Delete
PrecisePup is super great. On my old laptop it does ok, better than XP did. But on an i5/8gb it was shockingly fast. Softmaker and Gimp opened as soon as I clicked on it -- no wait whatsoever. It's computing like you see in movies but never see in real life -- it just happens instantly.
And unlike Windows or normal Linux installations, when things go wrong (and they always do at some point), you can just delete the savefile and start all over again. It may take a few minutes to set everything up the way it was before, but compare that to reformatting the hard disk, installing from DVD, installing software and then setting things up -- 2 hours easy. And I don't even have to spend a few minutes setting things up; I make regular backups of my save file to another directory/memory stick. Now when things screw up, I just copy my latest saved savefile and everything is just like it was as of my last backup. Flawlessly fault-tolerant and my system is up and running in 20 seconds.
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The Greene Space at WNYC presents T is for Tom: StoppardÂ's Radio Works
Tom Stoppard, one of the most celebrated dramatists of his time, cut his dramatic teeth on radio dramas at the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s. This December, The Greene Space at WNYC kicks off "T" is for Tom, a four-part series of rarely performed early works by England's intellectually nimble playwright.
On Monday, December 6 at 7pm, "T" is for Tom will present performances of Artist Descending a Staircase - Stoppard's most famous radio work - about three artists who have quarreled about love and art for 30 years, and Albert's Bridge, a story of an idealistic young man who takes on the task of single-handedly repainting a town's bridge from end to end.
Additional plays in the "T" is for Tom series will be presented on:
Monday, February 28 at 7pm - Where Are They Now? (1968), Dover Beach (2008)
Directed by two-time Obie Award winner Jim Simpson, founder and artistic director of The Flea Theater
Monday, April 18 at 7pm - The Dog It Was That Died (1982)
Monday, June 6 at 7pm - In the Native State (1991)
"T" is for Tom is produced by award-winning writer Arthur Yorinks and Sarah Montague, producer of WNYC's Selected Shorts - whose first audio theatre collaboration in The Greene Space, The Fall of the City, garnered a 2010 Gracie Award for "Best Radio Drama" and 2010 Gold World Medal for "Best Drama Special" from New York Festivals. The performances will be preceded by a conversation with directors Yorinks and Montague, exploring the works and Stoppard's influence on modern theatre.
The December 6 plays will be performed by a cast of actors including:
· Brian Murray, Tony Award-nominated for his roles in The Crucible, The Little Foxes and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
· Simon Jones, best known for his role as Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
· Paxton Whitehead, in the upcoming The Importance of Being Earnest and previously in Absurd Person Singular
· Charlotte Parry, in the upcoming The Importance of Being Earnest and previously in Coram Boy
· Sandra Shipley, currently in After Miss Julie
The plays will be performed in front of a live studio audience in The Greene Space at WNYC. In addition, online audiences everywhere can tune in and hear Stoppard's radio theatre work via The Greene Space's live audio webstream, available at www.wnyc.org/thegreenespace.
"T" is for Tom: Stoppard's Radio Works, a part of A New Theater of Sound initiative, is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.
The Greene Space is WNYC's new multi-platform broadcast studio and performance venue, forging a new way to present exciting content by capturing the energy of live performance, the open access of radio, and the geographical scope and interactivity of the web. A unique destination for some of the most innovative artists, musicians, and thinkers, including Patrick Stewart, John Cameron Mitchell, the late Jill Clayburgh, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cornel West, Simone Dinnerstein, Chou Wen-Chung, Brentano String Quartet, Sting, Lou Reed, and Sonia Sanchez, The Greene Space allows in-person performance, radio, and web-based videocasting to merge seamlessly, fostering new audience possibilities and vibrant creativity.
A New Theater of Sound is a collaborative initiative between The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space and the Yorinks Theater Group to create, present, and explore multimedia theater whose narrative core is driven by sound. The initiative's mission is to experiment with and expand the boundaries of this unique theatrical form.
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KANSAS CITY -- Matt Duffy's whirlwind last 48 hours began with a demotion and a callup separated by less than 24 hours and was capped off by his first Major League multi-hit game and debuts at shortstop and third base.
"It's just been a wild ride," Duffy said, hours before starting at shortstop Saturday for the Giants against the Royals.
Just before Thursday's series finale with the Brewers, Giants manager Bruce Bochy informed Duffy that he had been optioned to Double-A Richmond. But Bochy also told Duffy to hang out with the team, in case Brandon Belt's headaches persisted. They did, and an hour before Duffy was scheduled to board a flight to Richmond on Friday morning, Duffy was recalled to take Belt's spot.
Bochy penciled him into the lineup at second base that same night. Duffy collected a pair of hits, including an RBI single in the team's 4-2 loss, and made his first big league appearance at third when he shifted there in the eighth inning. Finally, Duffy gave starting shortstop Brandon Crawford a respite Saturday, making his Major League debut at his natural position.
"It looked like he handled it well last night," Bochy said, adding, "He's a tough kid that can deal with some things that you have to deal with up here."
San Francisco originally called up Duffy on Aug. 1, after the infielder hit .332 in his first 417 plate appearances at Richmond.
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On November 12, 1989, the Council of the American Physical Society adopted a STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL NATURE OF PHYSICS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, the preamble of which states:
"Science belongs to all humanity and transcends national boundaries. As in the past, science can serve as a bridge for mutual understanding across political and ideological divisions and as a vehicle for the enhancement of peace. In particular, APS believes that it is important at this time to strive for more open dialogue among scientists to enhance international cooperation."
Recent calls initiated by some European academics to boycott Israeli scientists and the Israeli scientific community violate these longstanding principles. The American Physical Society reaffirms its commitment to maintaining open dialogue and promoting cooperation among scientists throughout the world. The APS strongly opposes attempts to isolate any scientific community.
The American Physical Society endorses the statement issued on August 27, 2002 by the International Council for Science: ISRAELI SCHOLARS: STATEMENT BY ICSU/SCFCS.