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Posted: Thu 14 Mar 2019, 19:49
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I'm preparing to install this one for test run. I like the idea of it being an independent build with it's own repo but with easy to create new package recipes.
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Posted: Thu 14 Mar 2019, 20:25
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Hi, all.
Has anybody tried MIYO, a Devuan derivative?
Hi musher,
Yes, briefly about a year ago. It looked good but I wasn't able to set up internet access on it, so I didn't stick with it for long.
No go, then.
Thanks, Col. Panic.
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Posted: Thu 14 Mar 2019, 22:06
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Has anybody tried MIYO, a Devuan derivative?
Yes I have Musher and it is a great distro with openbox and awesome desktops available for 32bit machines and there maybe 64 bit editions.
Devuan community is a rather nice
You will probably have to install .deb for your wireless otherwise a great building block. I have ASCII Awesome version installed on a hard drive which I use with my Dell D620.
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Posted: Sun 17 Mar 2019, 02:21
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I installed void linux to a 8GB usb stick using their lxde iso (using on my 2008 core-2 duo HP Elitebook 2530P 2GB RAM machine):
After downloading above, wrote it (as root user) to my usb stick (which was being recognised as device /dev/sdb) via command. IMPORTANT to note well if you do this that you use the correct /dev/sdx location of your own usb stick...:
dd bs=4M if=void-live-x86_64-20170220-lxde.iso of=/dev/sdb && sync
That included code to boot the usb stick onto usb stick itself (will work on grub4dos via my hard-disk menu.lst later). So I then booted that live version of void linux from my usb.
Next problem was that I use wifi from my laptop to internet (no ethernet cable), so had to work out how to connect the running live voidlinux to my wifi... Anyway, no user-friendly network manager by default (though choice of three such network managers becomes available for download once properly installed), but dhcpcd and wpa_supplicant programs are available for commandline use. So initial connection of wifi (when using as live distro) not so easy for those not familiar with commandline (and more), but proved okay once I read up on required commands.
Voidlinux does not use systemd nor standard sysvinit, but instead uses 'runit', but that was interesting... Basically, I just followed the many instructions/commands required for setting wifi connection up as given on voidlinux Wiki page here:
for dhcpcd stuff for my wifi interface (named wls1), followed by wpa_supplicant stuff, here:
for the case of my wifi connection which uses WPA-PSK:
Just to increase the chance I understood what I was doing, I also read up on runit here (but didn't really need to do that):
So, yeah, at this stage, getting it working directly from the usb live install was not for the faint of heart...
But here I am posting from Void Linux LXDE x86_64 live iso, via wifi connection, following the above... and I have to say that is extremely interesting/impressive distribution with an equally impressive/interesting package manager (XBPS) that I'm planning to learn more about now (though not a lot of apps pre-installed - Firefox, pcmanfm, lxterminal and more are though; iso size is medium big, but that seems to me to be cos lots of firmware included and iso contents maybe could be squashed more vigorously for download purposes - no big deal there):
@sc0ttman: I imagine you might be interested in taking a look at the above too (because of its pkgmanager) if you haven't already done so.
I could see me adopting Void Linux, for my own future linux dev plaything/interest distro (whilst keeping Pups and Dogs for the rest of my family distributions).
By the way, I installed scrot from void package repositories for making attached screenshot. The commands I used were (first one to sync the repository database to local machine I think...). I found that the scrot dependencies (e.g. giblib1) were automatically fetched... yeah...:
sudo xbps-install -S
sudo xbps-install scrot
I also installed mtpaint to quickly scale the screenshot.
sudo xbps-install mtpaint
Whist still using this as a frugal usb install, I intend installing by void instructions to own partition - I guess that is a full install. I have no idea at this stage how to get persistence of changes for frugal live installs anyway, which doesn't imply it couldn't be done - I just don't know enough.
Anyway, been using this all day. Solid as a rock; more solid than anything else I've been using recently actually, so I'm going to work with this one a lot more now. My advice is not to be put off by initial difficulties or not being your usual frugal install experience - Void Linux has a lot going for it above all that - especially, I feel, that XBPS package manager and its amazing flexibility.
EDIT: See my post below for continuation to full hard drive install:
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Posted: Sun 17 Mar 2019, 14:19
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I've just installed the latest version of ELive, a Debian-based distro which uses Enlightenment 17 as its window manager. I was disappointed to find that it didn't load Enlightenment properly when I booted it up, but I installed Openbox and it's working fine now with that instead.
The software is quite old (Firefox 52 and LibreOffice 22.214.171.124), but I like Terminator, Enlightenment's terminal with its neon flashing cursor, and the distro seems quite economical on resources. It also uses zsh as its shell, which is a refreshing change from the near-ubiquitous bash.
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.
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Posted: Wed 20 Mar 2019, 18:56
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Tried out the Crostini project Linux apps (Beta) for Chrome OS, on my Acer R11 Chromebook. Using the default Debian 9 Stretch container. It's a good start. Once turned on, you get the terminal, and then you apt-get install any debian package you want. The gui apps get an icon just like other Chrome apps, so you can just launch them alongside your other Chrome windows/apps.
Some work fine like CLI apps and mtpaint. Others which more directly access the hardware not so good. Like VLC, very choppy video and no sound yet in Linux beta. And Wifi tool LinSSID fails to launch. By comparison, the much more mature Android on Chrome OS works very well. MX Player plays HD video and sound just fine, and Wifi Analyzer shows all APs in the area. You can see them in the screenshot happily running alongside Linux apps on Chrome OS. Even runs my Android smart home IoT apps.
Previously, you had to use the crouton chroot to get more complete Linux experience on Chromebook. Or install Linux on another partition. I actually have all of them installed on this R11 at the same time: Linux Apps, crouton Xubuntu, and dual boot to Gallium OS partition.(Ubuntu).
Once they get the hardware support and bugs more worked out, the Linux on Chrome OS will make this platform a complete computer for casual user and developer alike. Already, the Gallium OS future and development is in doubt. And while great, the kind of buggy and insecure crouton (in dev mode) can be avoided in the future. Solid full desktop Chrome browser, Android apps and Linux apps all on one PC. And you also get Google assistant built in to boot, for easy voice control of your smart home apps.(or big brother Google spying on you...)
One thing about Chrome OS on a Chromebook is this thing is fast. Not just responsiveness but also lightning fast startup and resume. I didn't yet get Puppy or Fatdog working on this R11, but they both work on my other Chromebook C740. But really they can't compete with the native Chrome OS for speed and ease of use, or even Gallium OS. For me, the Linux desktop has arrived a long time ago, and it is a Chromebook. Now with containers and better security.
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Posted: Fri 22 Mar 2019, 13:57
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musher0 wrote:
Colonel Panic wrote:
musher0 wrote:
Hi, all.
Has anybody tried MIYO, a Devuan derivative?
Hi musher,
Yes, briefly about a year ago. It looked good but I wasn't able to set up internet access on it, so I didn't stick with it for long.
No go, then.
Thanks, Col. Panic.
You're welcome musher, please bear in mind though that I'm just one person with an old (and ailing) computer Just because I couldn't use the internet in Miyo with my computer doesn't mean that no one else will be able to with theirs.
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.
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Posted: Mon 25 Mar 2019, 05:28
Post subject: Void Linux and the mysteries of grub2...
Following on from my post using Void Linux live usb here:
Well, I've finally taken the plunge and installed LXDE version of Void Linux to my harddrive ext4 partition /dev/sda7... Had a lot of trouble getting void-installer to do the install though (something I didn't understand about when to press OK and when to press Change). Anyway, it installed and boots nicely - but a problem... owing to my not understanding when to press OK and when to press Change I somehow have installed grub2 over my Windows 7 boot loader (it seems). I have previously always had Win7 bootloader chain loading grub4dos and everything else booted from there, but now I've lost that so can only currently boot grub2!!!
Oh dear, cos I know nothing about grub2 and actually know nothing much about Win7 booting either - I don't know if I'll ever be able to get Win7 dual booting, which is a pain though I never generally use it anyway... I will have to find out how to make grub2 boot my XenialDog64 frugal install though since that has all the main tools I use in it - I will have to ask Fred if he knows how (i.e. grub2 config for XenialDog64).
Meanwhile I'm stuck with Linux Void which may be a good thing since it forces me to work/learn with something new for a wee while at least (but poor old Win7 - how do I also get that back!!!).
EDIT: Fixed for xenialdog64 at least in my post below:
and in my post immediately after that link.
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Will not booting Puppy on a Stick from Usb Port and applying Grub4Dos to your Harddrive restore the possibility to boot again on your Hardrive ?
Not quite sure ... can not remember exactly .......once i had similar Problem but remember weak... i somehow applied Grub4Dos while booting a Puppy on a Stick from Usb Port to my non booting Windows Harddrive ....and so restored the Boot .
Please correct me someone one if i am wrong ..........
........just an Idea .
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Posted: Mon 25 Mar 2019, 06:17
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Will not booting Puppy on a Stick from Usb Port and applying Grub4Dos to your Harddrive restore the possibility to boot again on your Hardrive ?
I've no idea - I don't think I had grub4dos on mbr though, I think it was Win7 bootloader which then loaded grub4dos (wee or something).
Anyway, I have XenialDog64 back now (tho not Win7 as yet...), by some luck trial and error (I don't know if I need insmod ext2 below - I just copied that line from elsewhere, and I originally had hd0,4 but for some reason needed hd0, msdos5. Truth is, I have no idea where msdos5 is defined or why hd0,4 didn't work):
menuentry 'XenialDog64 on /dev/sda5' {
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
linux /xenial64/casper/vmlinuz from=/xenial64/ noauto changes=EXIT:/xenial64/casper
initrd /xenial64/casper/initrd1.xz
Anyway, it works...
EDIT: Yeah, didn't need the insmod ext2 line, still works... So I have XenialDog64 on /dev/sda5 and Void Linux as a full install on /dev/sda7, where the /boot/grub.cfg is. Now to think about if Win7 can also be 'woken up' - no big deal if it can't tho.
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Posted: Mon 25 Mar 2019, 06:32
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From my above post...
Oh well, oops... I just discovered that on installing Void Linux, my 250MB /dev/sda1 partition was auto-reformatted so there goes the boot stuff for my Windows 7 install on this machine (that's what was in there sigh). Oh well. I do have another machine with similar Win 7 arrangement... maybe I can copy files across to /dev/sda1 and fix things somehow, but I really doubt it.
If I was really desperate I do have a complete back up of the original Win7 partition scheme and all on an external drive which I could get back with recovery disc (I've done it once long ago, but can no longer remember the ins and outs of it). More likely I won't bother and just free up even more space by deleting what's left of Win7 which I really never use nowadays.
Just shows you though - sometimes you got to be careful...
At least I've got XenialDog64 and Void Linux dual booting via grub2 now though (despite not understanding grub2 at all). I more than expect I could trick it into loading Pups now too, though I really should read up now on how grub2 works...
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Posted: Mon 25 Mar 2019, 15:24
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I had a full install of Void for while - until the HDD died a death.
Got a smaller SSD now, so haven't re-installed. I managed to skip the grub2 bit, and was able to use grub4dos. But I have had problems with over-zealous installers before now, so tend to be really careful about partitioning and bootloaders. If I can't fully control either, I just cancel.
scsijon was having a dabble with xbps. Maybe have a read of this:
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Posted: Mon 25 Mar 2019, 19:16
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I had a full install of Void for while - until the HDD died a death.
Got a smaller SSD now, so haven't re-installed. I managed to skip the grub2 bit, and was able to use grub4dos. But I have had problems with over-zealous installers before now, so tend to be really careful about partitioning and bootloaders. If I can't fully control either, I just cancel.
scsijon was having a dabble with xbps. Maybe have a read of this:
Thanks for that link, Keef, I didn't realise scsijon had been planning to use xbps and maybe runit with quirky. Surprised to hear about the legal issues and earlier troubles with void linux; I suspect these matters are sorted out. I'll certainly make a git copy.
What I'm really looking-for/thinking-about is not a quirky or puppy version using void, but rather a 'doggified-void'. So real void using xbps but with all the Dog functionality, which includes a lot of Puppy utils too (via gtkwialog so can work when dash being used as shell in void) and something like Porteus boot so can alternatively use as live frugal distribution too.
I'm not too bothered, as it turns out, to have at least temporarily wrecked my Win7 boot on my system; all my other stuff boots okay using grub2 instead of grub4dos so I'm fine with that. As a matter of interest do you have the grub4dos menu.lst you used to use with void? Do you know the kernel command arguments that can be used with it at boot time?
So void linux full install working nicely for me (with frugal xenialdog64 on other partition that I can boot into for various maintenance tools I'm used to). Of course there are things I don't like about full installs - mainly if I break it I don't generally have the simple squashed frugal files to easily reinstall a base version. However... what I've done now void going so nicely for me (and I utterly love xbps package manager, and runit boot mechanism), is to boot into my xenialdog64 system and created a squashfs backup of my full void install (simply using mksquashfs); I used to do similar in the past with other Linux full installed distro but using compression with tar.
voidlinx.org forum didn't seem to be working a few days ago when I looked, but seems to be fine now (forum link on voidlinux.org takes you to reddit section) - I'm reading stroke posting to that forum now.
I took several attempts to use void-installer to successfully make full install from LXDE live usb to harddrive with LXDE coming up correctly at boot time. I have no idea what steps I did different but maybe the unexpected warnings in following old but great notes about void contain the answer (?):
NOTE: I'm finding my full install of Void Linux speedy. Might just be a first impression though - I haven't tried any performance benchmarks.
What I first want to now do is prepare a void package for gtkwialog so I can start adding Dog and Pup util apps. Using gtkwialog rather than gtkdialog means these util apps will still work whether underlying system shell being used is dash or ash or bash or whatever.
But... will I move to Void Linux for my daily OS? I doubt it. Reason is that I find XenialDog64 just too good - with my own additions, it contains pretty much everything I need (including great utilities). Would take forever getting my Void install up to that standard (and would take up a lot of space on my drive since its a full install, and I only have an 80GB harddrive on my computer so every GB counts. But I'll keep Void for playing with - I really like xbps pkg manager, as I said; very interested if a Void Dog or a Void Pup were made but that could be a LOT of work...
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I just added "root=/dev/sdaX" to the kernel line.
Don't think I tried any other additional arguments.
The menu.lst is backed up somewhere, but it was probably:
title Void Linux (full install)
uuid xxxxxxxxx
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdaX
vmlinuz was a symlink as they are usually named vmlinux-x.xx.xx-blahblah
I might have another play with it soon, but will stick it on an external drive
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If you really want to know what Void Linux is and how it differs from other small (or big) distro offerings, I recommend reading this article from one of Void 'Team' players:
Bottom line is that Void is much more popular in reality than any DistroWatch ranking would suggest.
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As I mentioned last week, I have been attending an adult institute class held in our stake. Last week's assignment was to look for the hand of the Lord in our lives each day.
I will admit that at the end of the day I have been somewhat--what? Not exactly discouraged, but also not amazed, you know? Like I have thought, "Well, I saw this thing (usually something of a spiritual nature), but that's not really unusual for my life." It sounds really ungrateful to say it that way, and I am very grateful. But I guess I've been frustrated that I am unable to see some of the small things that I know must be there.
Today everything kind of culminated for me as I pondered the entire week. This will be a long post, but I felt that I should write down the things that have been opened to my understanding this week (and especially tonight). I am extremely grateful for the blessings I receive and recognize; I do try to be grateful for things all the time, but tonight my cup runneth over.
My friend, Amber, and I were talking about The Biggest Loser (of all things!). On this week's episode, the contestants had to go shopping for just $10 a day. I remembered a time when all of our children were very small, and our MONTHLY budget for all six of us was $60. We received assistance through WIC, and that helped immensely for things like milk and cheese and cereal.
But I also remembered a time when my mother-in-law, Ruth, called me. She said that her sister's neighbor wanted someone to come and pick as many peaches off their tree as they possibly could or they were just going to go to waste. The kids and I loaded into the van, along with several large boxes and buckets. We picked peaches to our hearts' content, and I literally bottled peaches every day for that entire week.
The same thing happened another year, when a neighbor invited us to come get all of her peaches. Again, I bottled for the entire week, and we had peaches for a year and some more.
Someone once called me and said, "I don't want to store these bottles any more. Do you want them?" I don't think I've ever had to buy bottles to can produce in.
Once my friend Charlotte called. She said, "I have a client whose tomatoes have been very prolific this year. Would you like some?" I think I went home from her client's house with about two bushels of tomatoes that night. Between those and what was in our garden, I bottled enough tomatoes to get us through an entire year of soups and sauces.
What struck me this week was how merciful the Lord had been to us at that time. And also, how blessed I have been this week to have this brought to my remembrance through the Holy Ghost. A two-fer!
Our Taylor was set apart as a missionary 6 months ago today--did you know that? The letter that came from Taylor this week was a little bit down and frustrated. My brain knows that he is being cared for and watched over; I know that it is important for him to learn these lessons; I know that he is and will be OK. But my mommy heart has been tender. It just wasn't that long ago that I could gather him in my arms and kiss his owies better. In the extreme, I could pull out a bandaid! :) Now he is hundreds of miles away; and even if he were here, there would not be anything I could really do to "fix" this. In fact, I would not be doing him any favors to take away these growing boo-boo's, as they are important to his progression and growth. My head knows these things, but my heart still hurts a little bit.
But, oh! how grateful I am to be his mother! I'm so glad he is where he is, doing what he is doing and learning what he is learning. I KNOW (and this is a sweet gift from our Father in Heaven) that he is being carefully watched over and guided and taught.
Spencer and I went to dinner last night, and part of our conversation was about each of our children: their talents, their personalities, the things they've taught us, the ways they've influenced each other, and their differences. We wondered about the kinds of adults they would be when they had more age and experience. We realize that they have choices to make--daily--that influence who they are becoming and who they will become.
Today I thought about the marvelous blessing that it has been to LANDON to have his sister and brother serving missions. He has shared experiences with us that help us to see that he has a testimony and is not afraid of standing for the right, often boldly. We came to know and love his friend Tanner in a special way, and I know through the Spirit that that experience--instigated and followed through by Landon--is a direct result and blessing of having missionaries serving in the field.
Plus, I got to go to dinner with my best friend! Another two-fer!
My boss's father passed away on Sunday. Most people, I think, have bosses who are meaningful in their lives only as a co-worker. My boss is a cherished friend. We have shared many sweet experiences with one another as my grandfather and his father--near the same ages--have fought the good fight and endured to the end of their mortal journeys. Like my grandpa (for whom I am also feeling very tender), Dean's dad struggled near the end. It truly was a blessing for his spirit to be released from his old, worn physical body. Still, that doesn't stop his family from aching with the loss of one so dear. And that has made me a bit heart-heavy. Again, I wish I could help to somehow ease the hurt. It is a helpless feeling. I was wishing I was more like my mom, who would be able to see something to do or know just what to say.
And then I thought, "Wow! I have a great mom!" Yet another two-fer!
It has surprised me how watching Dean and his family has played at my heartstrings in regard to not only my grandpa but also my grandma, who has been gone now for 16 1/2 years. I am incredibly thankful for the influence of these (and many other) wonderful, loving, extraordinarily GOOD people in my life. I recognize that much of who and what I am today is due in large measure to my grandparents, who influenced my parents for good in so many ways. I am so grateful!
Another sweet thing that has happened with the death of Dean's dad is that we have had the opportunity to touch. That sounds creepy or weird, but it's not meant to be. Here I have this cherished friend. We share laughter and tears (mostly mine ;) ) and spiritual conversations. But we are very careful to keep our relationship appropriate, and we never touch. But at the viewing last night and at the funeral today, we were able to hug and shake hands, just to share our love and concern for one another. And just to prove that it's NOT creepy or weird, we did that with our spouses standing right next to us. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow we will not touch--we each adore our spouses and our friendship is just that. But for a tender moment, it is sweet opportunity.
It is also a marvelous blessing to know of God's plan for our happiness and salvation. How blessed are we to KNOW that life has meaning and purpose? Extremely! We know that our associations do not end with death.
It is also wonderful to know that many of our associations did not begin with birth. Through tender and very personal experiences this week with a couple of my friends, I have come to KNOW (again through the Comforter) that these people are my spirit brothers and sisters, and we knew and loved and grew together in our premortal lives. I'm so thankful that Heavenly Father put our paths back together for a season in mortality, even though our human-year ages are quite disparate.
Tuesday night was our ward temple night, and that was a tender mercy for me. Because of things leaving my heart feeling burdened, it was absolute JOY to think that we had the blessing and opportunity to attend the House of the Lord. I am grateful that Jesus Christ is willing to take our burdens upon Him, and I am thankful that in the temple I feel the conduit to allow me enough peace and faith to actually give my burdens to Him.
I am also awed to know that in spite of my lack of full faith or my stubbornness or whatever it is, He will still love me, forgive me, and help me at every possible opportunity! How I love my Savior!
These are the big things, but there are dozens--maybe hundreds--of seemingly small things which I have noticed this week. Health, home, employment, food, adorable children, beautiful music, the scriptures, the sun (oh! how thankful I've been to see some sunshine and blue sky this week!), a good car, my family, many dear friends, covenants, laughter, reading. The list is long and amazing.
In the end, you see, I was not completely missing seeing God's hand in my life. Perhaps what is most apparent is that God is there so much, so often, so completely, that I take for granted the amazing gifts and blessings He gives me.
There. My cup runneth over.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
The Lord's Hand in My Life
As I mentioned last week, I have been attending an adult institute class held in our stake. Last week's assignment was to look for the hand of the Lord in our lives each day.
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Labels: blessings, gratitude, The hand of God
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Overheard at Work
"That redhead up there said, 'Look, Mills, you wanna have dinner tonight, you better cool your jets.'"
The best part is I can TOTALLY hear Sister Mills saying this to her hubby!
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
When We Think Deeply and With Our Hearts
My good friend's dad passed away on Sunday. He was 88 years old. He'd been deteriorating over the past couple of years. He's literally been near death just two months ago -- in fact, my friend did not expect that his dad would make it to Christmas. Every day for the past two months has been a gift. Sometimes the gift was difficult, and sometimes it was joyful. My friend is blessed that his dad remained mentally strong through all of this, even when physically he was very weak.
My friend is sad. It doesn't matter how prepared you think you are. It doesn't matter if you've prayed for the suffering to end. It's still your dad.
One of those times when I wish I could fix it for someone else...
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Labels: death
Friday, January 25, 2013
Seeing God's Hand
Our stake is hosting an adult Institute class to discuss the topics that the youth will be discussing in their Sunday School, priesthood, and YW classes. It is being taught by a wonderful man from our ward, and it is held on Thursday nights. The first meeting was last week, and it was delightful; so I decided to go again last night.
We had wonderful discussion about and from the scriptures, and Brother Hughes gave us homework: Look for the hand of God in your life daily and write it down each day.
Yesterday we had freezing rain here. I don't remember ever experiencing freezing rain, but it was literally raining ice. I think you'd sort of have to see it to understand it. Anyway, I left home over an hour earlier than usual, and when I first left, it was just rain. By the time I was about halfway to work, though, it was ice. About 100 yards ahead of me I witnessed a full-sized pickup truck spin from the left side of the freeway to the right, back to the left side and back to the right again. Incredibly, the truck didn't hit any other vehicles, and it came to a stop just beside the guard rail on the right, facing oncoming traffic but out of the way. When that skid started, I hit my brakes, only to find that all I could do was skid. Fortunately I had plenty of room to pump (and thank goodness for ABS!) and slow, and so did the vehicles travelling behind me. Had it happened during my regular commute time, there would have been much more traffic, and the outcome would probably have been much different.
It could have been really ugly (more for the driver of the truck than for me), but I was reminded of something I'd been prompted to do before I left home, and I feel sure that God's hand was in my safety on that drive yesterday, based at least in part on my obedience to that prompting.
I told a number of people about that incident yesterday as we discussed the strange weather. You know what, though? After Institute when I came home and was doing my homework, it took me a few minutes to remember that specific experience when it came time to do my homework. I am really grateful to have taken the opportunity to ponder the day and recognize the hand of God in my life.
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Labels: Institute class, The hand of God, weather
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Presidential Inauguration
Don't worry--I won't wax political on you. But today I read that the President must be sworn in on January 20. Since that was on a Sunday this year, they opted to hold the inaugural "festivities" on January 21. But President Obama was still sworn in on January 20. Did you know that?
Neither did I. And this is why.
20 years ago today I was in labor. 20 years ago today there was NOTHING on TV on any channel except the Presidential Inauguration. 20 years ago today Bill Clinton was being inaugurated as our nation's president. I remember the day very well.
Only guess what? It seems that what we were all supposed to be watching on television (forgive me for not being interested that day) was just the FESTIVITIES. It wasn't even the real thing.
I'm kinda ticked, to be honest. It's one thing to watch the president get sworn in ON EVERY CHANNEL. It's another to watch a party. When you're in labor. All day.
I'm just sayin'...
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Labels: birthday, labor stories, Presidential inauguration, Taylor
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
A Tremendous Coup
I have actually been busy at work lately, which means less blogging. However, today I had to report my amazing success. First a little background:
When I first came to work--5 1/2 years ago--my boss's office was a MESS. There were papers strewn everywhere. I made it a priority to spend some time every day getting caught up with the filing. In doing so, however, I found that the files were filled with things that were nearly 20 years old. I brought the filing up-to-date and then I started bugging him about going through the files and getting rid of things. It actually didn't take too long before he was willing to do that. That exercise was actually very helpful for me in getting to know the business that was done there, what was important to the person I was working for, and not going crazy because of what I thought was a "mess."
At the same time, I was also supporting a group manager. The man is--to this day--one of my favorite people on earth. He is kind and gentle and sensitive. He is also a MASTER at his business. But organized he is not! One week he got sick, and I shut myself into his office for three straight days. I tidied, trashed, filed, organized, and deep cleaned. When he came back his initial reaction was delight, mostly because I had organized his family pictures on top of this Steelcase. Later that same day, he realized that things had been moved. By that time I knew the business, and I was confident that nothing important had gone away; but he was nervous. Luckily it took only a short time for him to realize that all was well.
The next assignment I had was in an office that had been occupied by three different people in about 6 months' time. There were files and duplicates of files. So I got busy and got things organized, archived, and general cleaned up.
Then I moved to my current position. That was 2 1/2 years ago. My boss has had about 18 huge binders in his office that were dated back to 1998. When I first dug into his filing, I asked him about those binders (and many others). I told him they were OLD. I reminded him that he had never looked at them. I got a lot of things organized and even tossed, but those many binders stayed. About a year ago we physically moved to another office and floor. Again we went through all of his files and binders. Again we got rid of quite a bit. But again we could not get rid of those binders.
The man is brilliant when it comes to systems, but for some reason he needs to keep a hard copy of everything. After a year in these digs, every drawer and every shelf has been filled to the brim. I started bugging him in November, telling him that we needed to go through everything and decide what was important to keep and what was not. It looked like the week of Christmas was going to be our opportunity, but he got sick.
You know what's coming, right? Today was the day! He set aside time for only me, and we went through the cabinets in his office. Finally FINALLY we got rid of those binders. I promptly stripped them of their materials and threw the innards into the shred bid. We emptied about 50 binders. The binders have been salvaged (to be re-used), the papers have been taken away by custodial services' shred service, and one entire cabinet has been emptied. My stack of things to file is tall, but not nearly as tall as the stack of garbage we tossed.
I feel like I just conquered the world!
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Labels: getting organized, work
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Sharing a Memory -- Jr. High English
Yup, you guessed it. Daily journal-writing. This is what Mr. McCormick used to tell us all the time.
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Department of Surgery faculty members, both physicians and scientists, are world-renown in their subspecialties. Faculty members are passionate in their clinical care and research practices, as well as being mentors for medical students and trainees. The department also invests significant funds to provide protected time and lab space for junior faculty to perform research.
Demetrios Demetriades
Republic of China: "1000 Top Scientistsâ , Republic of China., 2015
Republic of China: "1000 Top Scientists," Republic of China., 2015
FDA: Distinguished Service Award, 2014
American Heart Association: Lifetime Achievement Award , 2013
University of Thessaloniki: Honorary Doctorate, 2012
American College of Surgeons: Scudder Oration in Trauma, 2011
University of Athens: Honorary Doctorate, 1999
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He has published more than 670 peer-reviewed publications in referenced journals, three trauma atlas books, 6 books, and more than 140 book chapters. The "Atlas of Surgical Techniques in Trauma", received the 2016 first prize by the British Medical Association and has been translated in Italian, Albanian, Chinese and Japanese. The "Red Book of Trauma" has been translated into Greek, Turkish, and Chinese. The "Blue Book of Critical Care" has been translated in Chinese.
Dr Demetriades received 24 teaching awards, including the title of Master Teacher by the USC School of Medicine. In 2018 he was elected in the "Academy of Master Surgeon Educators of the American College of Surgeons". He has delivered more than 400 invited lectures in the United States and 40 other countries.
Dr Demetriades received numerous national and international awards and recognitions, including: Honorary Doctorate, University of Athens. Honorary Doctorate, the University of Thessaloniki, Greece. The Scudder Oration, the American College of Surgeons. The Lifetime Achievement Award, American Heart Association. Official Councilor, Korean Society of Traumatology. The FDA Distinguished Service award. Honorary Member of the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. "1000 Top International Scientists" by the Republic of China. Outstanding Service Award, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The International Gimbernat Prize for contribution in to Surgery, Societat Catalana de Cirurgia, Spain. Distinguished professor and British Journal of Surgery keynote lecturer, the Swiss Society of Surgery, Bern Switzerland. Vice Chairman International Trauma Rescue and Treatment Association, China. The "Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill" lecturer, by the United States Armed Forces and the American College of Surgeons. Member of the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators of the American College of Surgeons. Foundation Professor of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; Distinguished Professor Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Distinguished Lecturer of the Swiss Society of Visceral Surgeons. The Theodore Kocher" Distinguished Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland. Member of the Greek Academy of Sciences and Medicine. Commendations by the LA Board of Supervisors for contributions to trauma care in the County of Los Angeles. Numerous commendations by the US Navy for his contribution in the US Navy Trauma Training program. Honorary member of numerous national societies in many countries. Editorial boards of many journals


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Global Specialty Fuel Additives Market is Expected to Reach USD 7.02 billion in 2019: Transparency Market Research
06 Sep, 2013, 12:30 BST
ALBANY, New York, September 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Specialty Fuel Additives (Deposit Control Additives, Cetane Improver, Antioxidants, Lubricity Improvers, Cold Flow Improvers, Corrosion Inhibitors and Other) Market for Gasoline, Diesel, ATF and Other Liquid Fuels - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2013 - 2019", the global market for specialty fuel additives was valued at USD 4.69 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach a market worth USD 7.02 billion by 2019, growing at a CAGR of 6% from 2013 to 2019. In terms of volume the market was 1,201.8 kilo tons in 2012 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.3% from 2013 to 2019.
Browse the full Report with TOC at http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/specialty-fuel-additives.html.
Growing environmental concerns regarding the emission of toxic gases into the atmosphere during ignition of transportation fuel has been prompting regulatory bodies of various governments to mandate the use of specialty fuel additives. In addition, the growing consumption of biofuels in blending of liquid transportation fuel in the U.S. and Europe is expected to drive the market over the forecast period. However, growing demand for CNG and LPG as transportation fuels has been acting as one of the major factors inhibiting the market growth.
Deposit control additives dominated the additives market globally and accounted for over 35% of the total demand in 2012. The growing demand for detergents as additives in fuel is one of the major factors driving the sale of deposit control additives. Deposit control additives were followed by cetane improvers with 9.8% of the total demand in 2012. Growing consumption of ULSD (ultra low sulfur diesel) in North America and Europe is expected to contribute to the growth of cetane improvers over the forecast period. Cold flow improvers are expected to be the fastest growing additives at an estimated CAGR of 7.3% from 2013 to 2019. Growing biodiesel consumption in the U.S. is expected to drive the cold flow improvers market.
Gasoline emerged as the leading fuel, consuming specialty fuel additives, and accounted for 45.6% of the total demand in 2012. However, the demand for gasoline based specialty fuel additives has been witnessing growth only in the U.S. due to the country's growing consumption of gasoline. In other regions around the world, gasoline demand has been stagnant on account of which the demand for specialty fuel additives used in diesel have been gaining popularity. Diesel accounted for 45.3% of the total demand in 2012 and is expected to surpass gasoline to become the leading fuel consuming specialty fuel additives by 2019. Other fuels for which specialty fuel additives are being used include ATF, marine fuel, heating oil, etc.
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The 19th season of Top Gear wrapped up last night, which means it's time for speculation from everyone and their uncle on how the show can be improved. The Telegraph says that the show is getting tired and stale, and that Top Gear needs a new presenter, specifically a female. Balderdash and poppycock, I say. Top Gear needs nobody, regardless of gender.
One of the first signs that a show is heading for the end of its run is the addition of a new character. The Brady Bunch is probably the first example of this. The Brady kids started to get old, so they brought in Cousin Oliver to bridge the gap. The show was gone in six episodes. Itchy and Scratchy added Poochie. He only made it one episode before he was sent back to his home planet. Nobody even knew he was an alien! He died along the way to ensure he'd never return.
Yes, Top Gear has lost some luster as opposed to years past, but adding a new presenter to the mix would mean that the show has become self-aware. It realizes what tabloids are saying and is reacting to recommendations and public opinion. That isn't the Top Gear way and it never has been.
Hammond, May, and Clarkson have all become caricatures of themselves. Caricatures with ten years of chemistry.
Throwing someone new in the mix? In all likelihood it won't work out very well, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other factors. It's tough to just jump into a dynamic like those three have and be a voice that is both audible and respected. And if they were to chop one of the other three to add a new host, the chances of good chemistry would be even lower.
On 60 Minutes, Producer Andy Wilman said that Top Gear is a look into the male mind. It's kind of what the show is, at it's root. It's also flourished because Hammond, May, and Clarkson have that rare chemistry that is just so hard to find on TV.
Yes, the show has become more entertainment and less car over the years. Yes, it feels more scripted. Yes, some jokes are becoming tired. No, it isn't as good as it was five years ago.
But it still has its moments, and when they get it right, the show is still brilliant. It's natural that the brilliant moments become fewer and farther between over the years. I think Hammond, May, and Clarkson have the sense to throw in the towel when the show becomes totally stale instead of adding a new presenter.
Or maybe they'll just be blinded by the prospect of money and keep going until they croak.


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When the snow is coming down outside, there's nothing better than curling up in a cozy sweater with a mug of steaming tea. But don't settle for that old tea bag you found in the back of your closet – here's a collection of what's new, fun and elegant in tea time.
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We love these heart shaped cup and saucer sets. You can buy a set of 6 cups & saucers in assorted colors (bubblegum pink, banana yellow, lime green, pumpkin orange, turquoise blue and cranberry red). Available in two sizes.
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Mighty Leaf Tea Chamomile Citrus, 15-Count Whole Leaf Pouches (Pack of 3)
This line of specialized teas are packaged in "artisan-crafted whole leaf tea pouches" without any glues or staples, to allow for big pieces of leaves, fruits and herbs. Flavors like chamomile citrus and ginger twist will keep you coming back for more.
Everyone needs to feel special sometimes, which is when this clever mug from the Museum of Modern Art comes in. Designed by Yusuke Fujinuma, this mug has a Swarovski crystal built in to the "ring," so you slip on the cool gold band as you wrap your hands around the mug.
Sometimes a mug of fragrant tea is perfect on its own, but sometimes it's a venue for a sweet kosher buttery cookie on the side. These "world of thanks" cookies sold at Dean and Deluca (and made by Eleni's cookies) are as educational as they are delicious – teaching you how to say "thank you" in 5 different languages.
Lipton Pyramid Teas
Lipton has decided to replace the old school 'paper pillow' tea bags with the new 'Pyramid Tea Bags', invented by the Japanese years ago.
The pyramid shape of the tea bag gives room for the tea leaves inside it to expand. This allows you to have the 'loose-leaf experience', which adds to the luxurious experience of sipping a cup of these delicately scented tea bags. I was at a Brit Milah recently, and when they served these teas, I knew I had to find them and have them on my dessert table!
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The French believe that they made Cristóbal Balenciaga's career, but his biographer Mary Blume doesn't buy it.
"He was 41 when he came to France, and he was already extremely successful," says Blume, who has written "The Master of Us All: Balenciaga, His Workrooms, His World" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). "He came to Paris because of the [Spanish] Civil War."
Balenciaga was a mysterious man who avoided journalists like the plague, and did only one interview in his life, after his retirement. He would not have wanted it known that one of his business associates was his longtime lover, Wladzio Jaworowski d'Attainville. When asked to characterize Balenciaga's contribution to fashion, Blume says it was "simply to raise the level of aspiration."
In fact, for a certain kind of woman at a certain time, there was no substitute for Balenciaga. Bunny Mellon bought copiously from him, and he even made her gardening clothes; Mona von Bismarck, according to Diana Vreeland, didn't leave her bedroom for three days when he retired. At that time, Mellon wanted to begin patronizing a different designer, but since Balenciaga recommended Hubert de Givenchy, she went to him. One advantage Balenciaga had as a designer was that his sculptural shapes were forgiving for less-than-perfect figures.
"I was fascinated to learn that he really liked to work on rather fat bodies," Blume says.
In Blume's book, there is a photo of Balenciaga fitting fabric magnate Gustav Zumsteg's wife, Hulda, "who must have weighed about 200 pounds." The book also include photos of Balenciaga's greatest innovations: the twin-seamed sleeve, the melon sleeve, the sack dress, the baby-doll dress, the dress with a short-in-front, long-in-back hemline, the balloon dress and the wedding dress with a coal-scuttle headdress.
"He was a strange duck," the author continues. John Fairchild, a contributing editor to WWD, was one of Blume's sources, who, she says, was "very generous" with her. As a young man, Fairchild was head of the Paris bureau of WWD, and, in that capacity, he virtually stalked Balenciaga, positioning photographers at the newsstand where he bought his paper each morning and having artists peek into his curtained atelier to try to draw the designs taking shape. WWD often accused Hubert de Givenchy, a protégé, of being too influenced by the designer. Balenciaga's top vendeuse, Florette Chelot, who lived to be 95 and is referred to by her first name in the book, was another major source.
The difficulty, of course, was in tracking down possible sources before it was too late, since Balenciaga retired in 1968. As a teenager, Karl Lagerfeld saw an Irving Penn photo in Vogue of Lisa Fonssagrives in Balenciaga. It was the first time he had ever seen Vogue, and, Blume writes, realized then that "there could be a life for him in fashion." Emanuel Ungaro was an assistant at Balenciaga, while André Courrèges met his wife, Coqueline, there, and his former boss helped back his fledgling fashion house.
Florette, a very outgoing woman, was popular at Balenciaga partly for that reason — although she sometimes got into trouble with Le Maître for not being serious enough. It was Florette who noted that Barbara Hutton always drank during her fittings from a glass of "water" — which was really gin. "She would call Florette at 4 o'clock in the morning," Blume notes. Blume, who wrote about culture for the International Herald Tribune, has also published "Côte d'Azur: Inventing the French Riviera" and a collection of her pieces from the Herald Tribune, "A French Affair."
"He was such a perfectionist," she says of Balenciaga. "He was always ripping up sleeves. He was so incredibly watchful — he would be upset if he saw a woman in a restaurant in a Balenciaga with a button missing or the collar wrong."
"Sometimes clients attended collections with their husbands or lovers and the atmosphere could be pure Feydeau," Blume writes, "with someone like André Dubonnet skipping between past and present mistresses while prospecting for new ones."