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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2016, 05:44
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I can not find the online version of the FAQS
There you go, just in case...
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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2016, 10:47
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- Could I use Secondlife which only supports 32bit wth 84bit Fatdog or do I need to add some extra files, which I noticed in the package manager?
Use SFS manager and download 32-bit compatibility SFS.
- Do Seamonkey, Chrome and Firefox all use the same base code.
1. Seamonkey is self-built, version 2.47 uses Gecko 50 engine, the same as the one used in Firefox 50. But they don't share the engine (if you have seamonkey and firefox installed, there are 2 copies of the Gecko 50 engine).
2. For firefox, you have the choice of using official binary (requires GTK3), or our own self-compiled one (works with GTK2). Get the official one from Control Panel, get our self-compiled one from the repo.
3. For chrome, you can download the official binaries from Control Panel.
If so what alternative browser is recommended as more secure?
Security is in the eye of the beholder
The question is, "secure from who?"
- Is Mono available?
No ... we can do with a contributed package (I saw snayak posted a request for this too - but for a much older Fatdog).
The wine (package or SFS) both contains wine-mono, but of course you need Windows tool to use it, so perhaps that's not an option.
- Openshot?
Yes, though it's the older one, version 1.4.0 I think.
I am a bit wary of installing Fatdog to a spare hard drive as last time (installing the Slacko64) it messed with the Ubuntu MBR and boot file (no doubt my mistake)
I remember that. It wasn't your mistake. It was Ubuntu's mistake. But I have worked around that anyway, so it should be safer now.
I will be using composer in Seamonkey for HTML editing to further my plans to build a time machine (keeps me out of trouble)
Seamonkey Composer in general works well, but it's not bug free. Especially once you start using the more advanced features. We too use Seamonkey to maintain the Fatdog FAQS and web pages.
And drunkjedi already posted the link where the online FAQS can be found.
@Billtoo - thanks for testing.
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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2016, 12:43
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I will be using composer in Seamonkey for HTML editing to further my plans to build a time machine (keeps me out of trouble)
If it is of the Dr. Who variety, can you please, Lobster, take me with you when it's done? (
provided we're goin' forward and not back!
) The human bio things are becoming more unbearable (or maybe I am) as I get older.
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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2016, 12:54
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@fatdog team: Great job.
For now only a minor problem: at startup on a HP G62 appears
rfkill: wlan soft blocked
To connect I have to use
rfkill unblock wlan
and everything (wpa_supplicant, etc) works perfectly.
This did not happen in 710b2 (was the hp_wmi module included?).
On another HP Pavilion g6 no problem and wlan works correctly at startup.
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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2016, 14:08
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Sound in VLC clips, every half-second. Card is ALC3227 analog.
Sound works in MPlayer.
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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2016, 15:36
Post subject: Choice of which version Firefox is best
Regarding the two available versions of Firefox from the repo
that is v50 and Nightly 38.5.2esr,
please clarify as I am confused by the info.
Per instructions after downloading GTK3, is GTK3 for allowing my choice of Nightly to work and update,
or is GTK2 solely allowing for v50 to work and update.
Frankly I think it's all a muddle as I can't find an easy way to update
Nightly, but I can see in Control Panel that v50 will update.
Clear as mud, please assist.
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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2016, 20:51
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Sound in VLC clips, every half-second. Card is ALC3227 analog.
I can only guess, VLC might be trying to use the wrong video acceleration. Try opening VLC and then Tools - Preferences - Video and use the "Output" pull-down to select a different video acceleration method. Start with X11 video output. If that doesn't help you could try opening VLC then select Audio - Audio Device and try a different output device. If that helps may be able to set that device as the default using the Fatdog Set Default Sound Card in the control panel. Besides mplayer, Xine is also in the Repo, but I think VLC has the best GUI. In September I compiled VLC-3.0 from git, if all else fails you could give that a go, it's
Regarding the two available versions of Firefox from the repo
that is v50 and Nightly 38.5.2esr,
please clarify as I am confused by the info.
Per instructions after downloading GTK3, is GTK3 for allowing my choice of Nightly to work and update,
or is GTK2 solely allowing for v50 to work and update.
Frankly I think it's all a muddle as I can't find an easy way to update
Nightly, but I can see in Control Panel that v50 will update.
You only need to install gtk3 if you want to download or update the official version from Mozilla, which is what is offered if you click on Firefox in the main menu.
If you use Gslapt to install Firefox or just download the Firefox package directly from the repo (ibiblio web site) then you don't have to install anything else, GTK2 is installed by default.
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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2016, 21:10
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This did not happen in 710b2 (was the hp_wmi module included?).
Yep it's still in there. But the kernel is updated to 4.4.35. Old bugs fixed, new bugs inserted might apply in your case with this kernel update. You can go back to the 4.4.21 kernel used in Beta2 if you want. It's
Download vmlinuz-4.4.21 and replace the kernel for final. Also download kernel-modules.sfs-4.4.21, rename it kernel-modules.sfs and replace the one in the initrd or just click on it to mount and copy the lib folder to /.
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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2016, 05:35
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Thanks very much for online FAQS and very comprehensive response from JamesBond.
Secure from whom ... is a good question. Mostly advertisers, phishers, data collection bots, low level stuff. Seamonkey with changed parameters should be fine.
I have told my buddhist cyber companions about Fatdog
but they are mostly non-geek
Regarding Time travel technology, we are moving towards quantum tunneling as a method of communication from future to past reception. This in itself totally transforms society BUT enough of that ...
I am finding Geany is sufficient for editing HTML at present. Just a great editor. Wonderful to be using Rox again too.
Here is Buddhist Page I did with Geany
... enough of that too ... Pah! BACK TO FATDOG!
I am going to install it to HD - very carefully, Good news about Openshot support. Will Check out the SFS.
Thanks again guys.
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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2016, 07:00
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Hello kirk
kirk wrote:
In September I compiled VLC-3.0 from git, if all else fails you could give that a go,
Being nosey, I noticed that when you did it, but I don't touch anything there and it didn't move to packages. A couple of questions:
Is it useable? vlc/master-daily has not produced any builds on launchpad for quite a while.
Is it necessary to delete any of the existing VLC installation, e.g. plugins, before doing the installation?
Ther reason I'm interested:
VLC 2.2.x doesn't work properly with either of my CPUs.
VLC 2.1.x works with my Athlon II X2 240 (2x2.8GHz) but not with my Braswell N3150 (4x2.08GHz)
There seems to be a longstanding buffering/timing bug in VLC, when using YADIF 2x deinterlacing, that causes lots of skipping even at relatively low CPU loads.
Currently, I use gnome-mpv + libmpv with the existing ffmpeg in xenialpup64. That can play all of my PVR recordings properly by fair means or foul, in full screen. Gnome-mpv is quite primitive, though.
Thanks for Fatdog.
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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2016, 07:08
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TEMP SOLVED... The immediate workaround was to open the files, in this case PDF, from the former Fatdog(sda6) file system in the PDF viewer, and then save a copy to the new Fatdog in SPOT.
Then I could upload the PDF as attachment.
I am still looking into what is what concerning this
I am experiencing a new challenge.
First of all I did encrypt my savefile this time, so that might be somewhat connected to this challenge.
When I installed this version of Fatdog, I just deleted all the other files from my former installation (fatdog710beta2), apart from the savefile. The savefile i kept with all files at Sda6, and just made a x in front and after the filename of the savefile in order to make it not seen by boot session.
What happens now is that I got a shitload of PDF documents in that folder and also on my USB.
Before I could drag files around to SPOT and from there attach them as email attachments and send them at FB and what not.
Now the only way I can get files uploaded if to go to my own email and download a copy to /download/.
The files from both the former savefile and the usb, even if copy or move to SPOT, and the same files, I can not upload them
This goes for both FB and Gmail. Somewhat is seems that its rights this is about. But i never had this problem before.
Any views on this?
Buddy likes the Fatdog64 and the good old, yet new 5.2.8.X
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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2016, 08:37
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@Buddy: I think the files that fail to upload have insufficient permissions/ownership.
It's better to copy the stuff you want to upload into
instead of just
The "Downloads" directory is special in Fatdog, because ownership of every file/dir you put there gets automatically changed to 'spot:spot'.
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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2016, 09:13
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You are totally correct SRF... That did it..
But just out of curiosity... Its not the first time I do this. When i upgrade to latest Fatdog, I never keep the savefile as I always think that its good with a fresh start.
So what strikes me is that this never happen before in my usage of fatdog. And I have been using the last 5 releases as my main OS be it a beta or not. I was always able to upload files from spot and not just from /spot/downloads.
Now since its no longer a barrier for me with you assistance, its like not a problem, but more like a thing i just like to understand.
But at said, its the first time i use encrypted savefile, so my immediate first thought goes to that.
Buddy likes the Fatdog64 and the good old, yet new 5.2.8.X
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Still having a great experience with FD710 final.
I've installed it to a recycled machine mentioned here before, and plan to give this to someone who just needs a machine at home for web browsing and email. The machine had been discarded as too small and slow for anything beyond 32-bit Windoze XP, but is useful and responsive under FD710.
After thinking about explanations they will need to use this, I've decided to convert the current installation using a save file to a save-to-directory installation. Is there any convenient way to do this, or should I just go through a complete new installation from scratch?
My thought has been to copy the save file to a flash drive, where it won't be clobbered, then wipe the partition clean and do a new install. I would then mount the save file, and copy all the packages installed and other changes. Except for the change of installation method I don't want to change anything else I've done. See any problems?
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This is my first time using the site and I see a lot of creative designs. I really need a logo for an upcoming sales pitch I will be doing shortly.
The target market is primarily Information Technology professionals. Several of our clients are local governments.
Since the name is long (HAL Technical Support Services, LLC) the logo can just use the letters HAL or if the whole name is used in the logo then I would prefer to see HAL in large letters and Technical Support Services in smaller letters. The logo should not have more than 3 colors. If the logo incorporates an abstract symbol it should go to the left of the company name. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. The look of the logo should be clean and professional not like a cartoon. Do not use clip art.
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It's from Perspective: Carnegie Mellon's Jesse Schell on Mobile and the Art of Game Design:
I've been thinking a lot about augmented reality. I've been thinking about how very soon all the scattered data about us on the web will be consolidated in ways that will shock us. Someone will hold their smartphone up as they walk by my car, my house, or my person, and suddenly get information about my life, my interests, and my family. This is going to make us feel like our privacy has been violated, even though no new data is being shared -- rather, the old data that is already out there on Facebook and on the web is going to be consolidated in unexpected ways. We'll be like Adam and Eve biting the apple, and suddenly realizing that we're naked.


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Monday through Thursday at the Monarch Room in New York City, executive chef Michael Citarella prepares his off-the-menu burger, the Monarch Burger. It's 8 ounces of all-natural, ultra-premium beef ground from a single steer with a 20% fat ratio. It's served on a toasted caraway-seeded bun with aged cheddar, bibb lettuce, beefsteak tomatoes, and Monarch's special sauce.
We visited Michael's kitchen, where he showed us how to make the juiciest burger right in your own home.
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Birdhead explain their design inspirations: "Photography is Birdhead's major creative medium. Our work is based on shooting numerous photographs inspired by our daily life, which really drives us to understand 'the meaning of time' implied by photography. This understanding arises not only from the moments when we shoot the images, but also during the process of developing the negatives, enlarging the film in the darkroom, and through the process of developing the actual photographs. When we look at all our images, emerging on photo paper, that's when the feeling of time elapsing begins to become apparent. Swatch makes products which are connected to time, so it felt very natural for us to design a watch for Swatch. In our design, we focused on the meaning of 'time' as we understand it. The enlarged particles of silver salt, the use of film photography, as well as the significant focus we gave to the packaging, have all been collectively explored to create our overall design. The watch and the packaging feature an image of a flying bird which is composited by enlarged particles of silver salt. This print is taken from a photograph in our book 'Birdhead 2006, Xin Cun' and four chapter titles we used for this book, which are four Chinese characters: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The pattern on the watch's surface is part of this print, which we cut out."
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2 arrested on sweepstakes charges in High Point
High Point police cracked down on sweepstakes operations this week by arresting two people on Main Street.
Wednesday evening, police executed search warrants at Pot of Gold sweepstakes at 2610-107 S. Main St. and 311 Sweepstakes at 3021 N. Main St.
Gregory Todd Warren, 42, was arrested at his sweepstakes operation Pot of Gold on Plaza Lane. Warren was arrested on misdemeanor charges of gambling, operation and possession of slot machines, and conducting and promoting electronic sweepstakes.
A few hours later, Jennifer Dawn Moreno, 41, was arrested at her job on Wednesday for gambling and conducting and promoting electronic sweepstakes. Both charges are misdemeanors. Moreno is an employee of 311 Sweepstakes.
Chief Marty Sumner said this is the beginning of the enforcement of the statute that declared sweepstakes as unlawful in High Point.
"When the Supreme Court upheld the statute as constitutional late last year, I waited the entire month of January to see if any more appeals or injunctions were out there," Sumner said. "Many places voluntarily closed their doors."
At both locations, numerous items pertaining to the running of an illegal sweepstakes operation were seized as evidence, including the computers on which the operations were run.
Sumner said just because a place says "sweepstakes" on the outside, it does not make it illegal. Each one has to be investigated.
"There are 10 other places like these still open in High Point. I've dispatched a letter to these places, and they won't get any further notice," Sumner said. "As long as it's illegal, we'll investigate, and when we have evidence, we'll bring up the appropriate charges."


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Desperation shows in Albany's failed Nassau-Suffolk fix
A failed effort in Albany to tie $70 million in new revenues for Suffolk to a plan that would allow Nassau to circumvent a state control board and borrow $192 million shows the increasing desperation of both counties.
Suffolk County needs the money to avoid adding to a budget gap estimated to reach $250 million by the end of 2014.
In Nassau County -- which has a significant cumulative budget gap, too -- an ongoing political dispute has stopped efforts to borrow so the county can begin paying back hundreds of millions of dollars in refunds for successful assessment challenges.
Monday, one Wall Street agency lowered Suffolk's bond rating, while another changed the county's fiscal outlook to negative.
Meanwhile, in Nassau, county officials are waiting resolution of a federal lawsuit on freezing county salary rates and a state suit on having towns, villages and school districts pick up a portion of assessment refund costs.
So far, Nassau's come out on the short end on both. If the trial court decisions stand on appeal, Nassau could be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in wage-freeze refunds alone.
It is hard not to consider the counties' fevered attempts to find fast, temporary and desperately needed revenue without looking back at the tenure of former County Executive Thomas Gulotta.
Gulotta was Nassau's county executive when the lack of fiscal planning hit the fan. That's not to say Gulotta wasn't smart; he is. Or that Gulotta, early in his first term in office, didn't know the kind of measures it would take to help right Nassau's finances; he did.
Early on, Gulotta considered, but never proposed, an increase in the county portion of the property tax. But the notion died on the vine because higher-ups in Gulotta's party, the Nassau GOP, objected.
Thus Gulotta entered a period in which his administration began seeking out new, and creative, forms of revenue.
For a while, Gulotta's administration prided itself on success. The county took in revenue by selling some county property. It securitized millions of dollars of tobacco settlement money, a mechanism that offered some cash upfront in exchange for giving up more cash later.
There were attempts to sell the county hospital and nursing home. Eventually, both were transferred to a public-benefit corporation, although in the deal the county ended up getting millions of dollars to help its finances.
The insanely high expense and damaging fiscal consequences of successful property assessment appeals were issues even back then.
As time passed, revenue sources became scarcer, as payroll, benefits and pension expenses kept growing. At one point, Nassau -- one of the nation's richest counties -- veered close to insolvency.
Fast forward to now -- and to not one, but both Long Island counties scouring Albany for short-term, Band-Aid solutions.
For Nassau, it was an attempt to get past the Nassau Interim Finance Authority and Democratic county lawmakers. For Suffolk, it was the latest in a series of attempted one-shot solutions, such as selling the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility, gone awry.
Albany leaders say both measures may come up again. And maybe because of superstorm Sandy expenses, both counties should do some short-term borrowing -- although for Nassau it ought to be NIFA-approved.
But there's a lesson from the Gulotta years that leadership in both counties ought to take into account: Short-term fixes alone can amount to no fixes at all.
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The Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment – or LATFOR for short – released its suggestions for new State Senate districts last week, and the governor promptly promised to veto them.
Legislative district lines, from Congress all the way down to the City Council, have to be redrawn every ten years following the Census to accommodate for changes in population and demographics.
While LATFOR is made up of members from both parties and non-politicians, whichever party is in control generally controls the process, and in the case of the State Senate, that's the Republicans.
And in this case they set out to screw the Democrats, particularly in New York City.
In Queens, for instance, LATFOR created a State Senate district in Northeast Queens that would force incumbent state senators Tony Avella and Toby Ann Stavisky to run against each other, as well as another that would force fellow incumbents Michael Gianaris and Jose Peralta into a contest.
It would be an especially sticky wicket for Gianaris. The proposed new district includes only a small piece of Astoria and Gianaris' old State Senate district, and combines it with the majority of Jose Peralta's current district in large sections of Corona and Jackson Heights.
The new district would be close to 60 percent Hispanic, a distinct edge for Peralta, in addition to the name recognition he already enjoys in the area.
But things would be awkward behind the scenes in an Avella-Stavisky race. The new district includes much of Avella's current State Senate district, an area that he also served in the City Council, and he is a very popular legislator and would have a great chance at holding on to the seat.
However, Stavisky's son, Evan, is a major figure in The Parkside Group, a consulting firm that does big business with the Queens County Democratic Party, so Stavisky might actually get the backing of the party, which doesn't mean as much as it once did, but still comes with a lot of resources.
But all the fun isn't just in Queens. Down in Brooklyn, LATFOR drew up a district that would force Eric Adams and Velmanette Montgomery to go after the same seat. Both are sitting state senators with strong support.
Another interesting thing to note in Brooklyn occurred in State Senator Martin Malave Dilan's district, which stretches from North Brooklyn to Cypress Hills. Or rather, it's interesting to note what didn't happen.
Dilan was actually a member of LATFOR, and coincidentally all of the creative gerrymandering that happened all over New York City seemed to be a non-issue for him - his district didn't change hardly at all!
Membership has its privileges, we guess.
But all of this is really just fun on paper. It looks Governor Andrew Cuomo will veto LATFOR's suggestions, and it will be back to the drawing board, either with a redo for LATFOR, or a new set of district lines from an independent redistricting commission, which is what Senate Democrats are pushing for.
And, we have it from a political insider up in Albany,that all of these changes to New York City is really just a big red herring to keep the Democrats occupied while the Republicans go after what they really want: a drastic redrawing of a district in the Buffalo area to protect a new Republican state senator, and the creation of an entirely new district in the Albany area that would be favorable to Republicans.
Both would help the Republicans keep the razor-thin majority they currently enjoy in the State Senate.


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At a press conference on affordable housing today, the Guardian asked Mayor Ed Lee about San Francisco's favorite pinata: tech buses. The monstrous private shuttles, which daily whisk tech workers away to Silicon Valley, currently use Muni bus stops without paying fines, like most private autos do.
In Guardian News Editor Rebecca Bowe's article in the print edition of the Bay Guardian this week, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency spokesperson Paul Rose tells her that although there is a proposal in the works to regulate them, the SFMTA won't profit a single dime from the plan.
"We are developing these policies to better utilize the boarding zones for these shuttle providers," Rose said. "What we're trying to do is provide a more efficient transportation network."
But everyone in San Francisco who has ever ridden Muni knows that it struggles to run on time, and chronic underfunding is a perennial Muni problem. It even hurts the city's bottom line, depressing our economy by over $50 million a year, according a report from the city earlier this May.
The report also highlights the cost to overhaul Muni between now and the year 2020: over $167 million would be needed to overhaul the system.
So why not make a few bucks from tech companies using Muni stops, who, according to the city, cause Muni delays?
We asked Mayor Ed Lee that very question at a press conference today. You can listen to his answer in the audio embedded below, or read the transcript for yourself.
San Francisco Bay Guardian: "Housing is one aspect of this, but transportation is another. The MTA's plan to deal with tech buses is cost neutral. Is that a missed opportunity to get additional funding for Muni?"
Mayor Ed Lee: "Not a missed opportunity. That's the essence of that 2030 task force, transportation task force, that we put together where they send a report to me, I'm in a process of reviewing all aspects of that.
Muni officials themselves were directly involved in producing that very comprehensive review along with our Planning Department and many in fact all of the departments here had implemented them.
Transportation is not just about Muni, it's about all the modes of how people get around the city. You can't forget that, because that's a really big part of the task force's work.
How to get people walking. How to get them bicycling safer and more. How to get cars less, and the cars that do, get them through where they have to go without stalling and congesting.
How do you invest in Muni? In its assets, in its transportation, in all of its aspects. How do you work with taxis and all the other car-sharing and automobile sharing companies. It's not just about taxis, by the way. I hear from my taxi friends as I walk around City Hall, they don't want to be left behind so we want to bring them in to see the new exciting use of Uber carshare and Lyft… all of those modes have to be paid attention to at the highest level, including investing in the assets of Muni.
I want Muni to be the choice."
Earlier in the press conference Lee voiced his opposition to all of the hatred pointed at tech companies.
"People, stop blaming tech, tech companies," he said. "They want to work on a solution. I think it's unfortunate that some voices want to pit one economic sector they view as successful against the rest of our challenge. The reality is they're only eight percent of our economy."
We tried to ask a follow up question, but at the end of his answer on Muni, the mayor's spokesperson Christine Falvey told the Guardian "We're going to go on a tour now, this is off topic."


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The Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) network, along with the Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE), is planning an EGAP Learning Days workshop in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This meeting aims to support PIs in developing experimental research designs. It consists of workshops focused on critical aspects of impact evaluation designs or experimental interventions and workshops to assist participants with their own research designs. It will take place at New York University, Abu Dhabi from January 3-5, 2017 and the full agenda will be posted soon.
We invite young professors, post-doctoral fellows, PhD candidates, or policymakers (in charge of the design and/or impact evaluations of public policies) from Africa that use or seek to use experimental methods in their research to apply. Applicants must have a background in social sciences as well as basic knowledge of statistics and/or econometrics. Finally, please note that the workshop´s language is English; applicants should feel comfortable reading and exchanging ideas in English. To ensure a fruitful exchange, 10 applicants will be accepted.
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On Jan. 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship, was captured by North Korea.
One person from each side of the battle died, and the 83 crew members were tortured and starved for 11 months, until the ship's commander, Capt. Lloyd Bucher, "confessed," although his confession contained a pun.
The ship remained in North Korea, which eventually docked it near Pyongyang, and turned it into a tourist attraction. Visitors can take a tour of the ship, and then watch a 20-minute video officials filmed of the North Korean view of the capture.
But now the Pueblo is missing, NKNews.org. reports. A tour company, Koryo Tours, discovered the disappearance after employees returned from a trip. There is evidence the ship was in place on the Taedong River recently.
It could be under renovation at the Fatherland Liberation Museum, said NKNews, but they don't know. It would seem that if such a symbolic vessel was going to be moved, the government would send a press release to people who would notice if it went missing.
Efforts to repatriate the ship to the United States have failed. In 2000, negotiators offered it during diplomatic talks with then-Secretary of State Madeline Albright, who was visiting. Later, in 2005 and 2007, Sen. Wayne Allard, who represented the ship's namesake county in Colorado, made attempts to bring the Pueblo home. There is still no resolution.
But there have been some interesting developments. Earlier in November, Rick Rogala, who was a seaman's apprentice on the Pueblo's crew, spoke to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune about his letter-writing campaign to repatriate the ship.
Rogala, who is now the treasurer of the Sarasota County Veterans Commission, told the Herald-Tribune he'd like to put the incident behind him, "but knowing they're charging admission to go aboard an American ship in a place like North Korea--it's like an open wound that can't heal."
Yesterday, the Yonhap News Agency revealed that a White House delegation visited Pyongyang in August, possibly to ask them to not mess with the South Korean presidential elections.
If the conversation is confirmed, it could be a baby step toward bringing the third-oldest commissioned ship back to American waters.
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I was politically confused for a while. I am still not a big huge fan of the left side of the spectrum because I am concerned with illegal immigration and there are single mothers who are abusing the government benefits. Yes, our ancestors maybe illegal immigrants, but things were different than they were now, especially when I am fearing that I am going to be replaced by an illegal immigrant for cheap labor.
It's good to find a group like this. It seems that among groups of atheists either on the net or my local friends IRL, atheists are automatically assumed to be some sort of fuzzy left. Perhaps this is because they feel driven by the bad behavior of the religious right.
Religion won't fix our problems, but neither will expansive government.
I follow the Minarchists form of Libertarianism. It is a libertarian capitalist political philosophy. In the strictest sense, it maintains that the state is necessary and that its only legitimate function is the protection of individuals from aggression, theft, breach of contract, and fraud, and the only legitimate governmental institutions are the military, police, and courts. In the broadest sense, it also includes fire departments, prisons, the executive, and legislatures as legitimate government functions.
Minarchists argue that the state has no authority to use its monopoly on force to interfere with free transactions between Individuals, and see the state's sole responsibility as ensuring that contracts between private individuals and property are protected, through a system of law courts and enforcement.
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TIME Article on 'Annoying Orange' Phenomenon Includes Comments from Prof. Jeff McCall '76
December 3, 2012
A TIME magazine article on "Annoying Orange" videos, which started as an online sensation and spawned a series on the Cartoon Network, includes comments from Jeff McCall, professor of communication at DePauw University. The piece by Anita Hamilton notes that while The High-Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange has been a hit since it made its TV debut this summer, online viewing of the web videos has declined.
"Audiences are very fickle," Dr. McCall tells the publication. "It would be natural to have some decline in the web traffic partly because it is on TV and partly because it loses some of its charm because it is on TV. Once it goes mainstream, people think 'I'll look for something else that's novel and doesn't label me as a traditionalist.'"
Access the story -- "YouTube to Boob Tube: Dane Boedigheimer's Annoying Orange TV Show Has Kids Hooked" -- at TIME's website.
A 1976 graduate of DePauw and the author of Viewer Discretion Advised: Taking Control of Mass Media Influences, Jeffrey M. McCall is frequently called upon by major news outlets to discuss media matters. Over the weekend, the Indianapolis Star published his op-ed on media coverage of the 2012 presidential campaign. Last month he was quoted in a MarketWatch article on TV's All in the Family, and was cited in an October 31 Los Angeles Times report.
Professor McCall is the faculty adviser to WGRE. He and his students were featured during halftime of the national telecast of the Monon Bell Classic on AXS TV November 10. The video is embedded below.
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Father's birth date
Response to Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!
The mission this week:
1) What day of the week was your Father born? How you found out
Tuesday [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=1915&country=1]
2) What has happened in recorded history on your Father's birth date (day and month)?
How you found out, and list five events.
a) 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
b) 1173 - Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.
c) 1778 - Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits
d) 1854 - Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"
e) 1915 - British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis
f) 1945 - US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
g) 1974 - Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres
3) What famous people have been born on your Father's birth date?
How you found out, and list five of them.
a) 1915 - Haim Alexander, composer
b) 1919 - Ralph Houk, baseball manager (Yankees, Tigers)
c) 1927 - Robert Shaw, England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday)
d) 1957 - Melanie Griffith, actress (Working Girl, Milk Money, Now & Then)
e) 1963 - Whitney Houston, Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time, Bodyguard), (d. 2012)
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Small business owners are hoping you don't forget the little guy this weekend.
After shoppers flock to the mall and large retail chains on Black Friday, many are hoping customers participate in "Small Business Saturday."
"In order to compete with the big boys," said Suzanne Roberts, who owns her own store, Suzanne Roberts Inc., in Snider Plaza in University Park.
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Roberts said she can't offer the big discounts like major stores, but to lure customers into the store, she is offering something.
"Our special is nothing like theirs. At 20% off, that's a big special for us," Roberts said.
Vickie Brown, who owns Love Tennis, also in Snider Plaza, is doing the same thing.
"Right now, we are having a sale. We moved it up just about three weeks. We usually do it just before Christmas, but we thought for Small Business Saturday we were going to offer 75-percent off of past seasons of Stella McCartney and Adidas is 30-percent off," Brown said.
Both women said it's important for shoppers to remember small businesses in order to support the local economy.
They also point out customers won't have to deal with the hassle of long lines and crowded aisles.
"It's so intimate with the customer and we have our clientele base where we get to know the customers one-on-one. So it's not just a come in and shop. We really get to know you," Brown said.


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It is not a merger. It is not an acquisition. It certainly isn't an aggregation. No, the coming together of Savant Capital Management and The Monitor Group, announced Wednesday, is a combination creating a new company, Savant Capital LLC.
The firms' principals believe the new company will create not only a bigger fee-only RIA firm—with $2.7 billion in AUM and nearly 90 employees—but will also provide a solution to three dilemmas that face many pioneering RIA firms: how to provide continuity for clients, a growth plan with succession overtones for the principals, and a path to ownership for the next generation of advisors.
Those principals—Tom Muldowney, currently Savant Capital Management chairman and principal; Glenn Kautt, president and chairman of The Monitor Group; Brent Brodeski, CEO and principal of Savant Capital Management; and Richard Bennett, Savant Capital Management principal and COO—will form the board of managers at Savant Capital LLC, which will be based in Rockford, Ill., currently headquarters of Savant Capital Management, and will begin its new life with 10 offices in four states and will serve clients in many more states.
In an interview on Wednesday with AdvisorOne, Muldowney, Kautt and Bodeski spoke of what prompted the firms to sign a definitive agreement to form Savant Capital LLC, their plans for growth and why their model might well prove attractive to similar RIA firms.
Muldowney (left) notes that many such principals who formed now-successful RIA firms decades ago but who may now be "60-something" are faced with a challenge when it comes to solving those three dilemmas. "We're faced with three choices," Muldowney said. First, RIA firm principals can go with an aggregator who can offer "a lot of money" but also will exercise much control, and "lets the owner slip away."
The second option, he says, is "to never sell the business, because the annuity value [i.e., the cash flow] of the business is more than the sales value," Option number two, he argues, also poses a distinct "disadvantage to clients and the next generation of advisors."
The third option is to make an internal sale to current staff. That's far from optimal, according to Muldowney, because these firms, he says tongue in cheek, have "become accidentally valuable, making it near impossible for the second generation to afford" such a sale. In addition, he says, there's the "clumsy" tax consequences of selling a firm. So, he says, "Glenn, Dick, Brent and I brainstormed for quite a while."
The two firms began talking six years ago under the aegis of the Zero Alpha Group (ZAG), says Kautt, the international association of independent advisory firms of which both firms are long-time members. Those casual talks got serious only a year ago—and in the process they realized, said Muldowney, "We don't have to sell if we can combine our firms and run it like a publicly held company even though it's a closely held firm."
That led to the signing of the definitive agreement on "Monday night at about 9:00," said Muldowney. Kautt pointed out that the next stage in the combination is to follow the regulatory steps, including notifying both firms' clients of the combination, which he said would likely happen by the end of June. However, integration of the two firms "begins now" and that "we're giving ourselves up to a year."
Kautt (left) stresses that the arrangement is not a merger or acquisition, but a new LLC company that will issue shares to the current owners of both firms with "no liquidity event" thus avoiding the tax consequences, but will also provide the combined company with the ability to share the best practices of both firms, "like we've been doing at ZAG" while supplying "more bench strength."
In the Zero Alpha Group, says Kautt, each member firm tends to share "innovative, out-of-the-box solutions to the issues we all face, so it was not a surprise to me that one of the conversations we had was with Savant." They realized that "we've got lots of different ways we can end our game and businesses individually, but is there something better? So we've come up with this idea which is commonplace in publicly traded companies, but is new in the RIA space."
Bodeski said that many transactions under the three options outlined above "are done to create liquidity or take chips off the table," while in the Savant Capital scenario, the four founders are "looking to build something new and relevant and national in scope." Moreover, Bodeski says the capital structure of the new firm "allows for broadening ownership over time and creates a platform for other companies with similar mindsets." In the release announcing the combination, Muldowney said "we will continue to keep our strategic growth options open."
Bodeski further points out that both firms were financially healthy—"there's not a fuse burning here"—and that both "didn't have to do anything; we're extraordinarily cash-flow positive." In addition, he says the cultures of both firms are "near carbon copies" including the underlying core values, and that "there's extreme alignment; there's nothing of substance that isn't in alignment."
As for where the new company expects to see growth, Muldowney suggested it would come from the two companies' complimentary strengths. "The average client at Monitor is twice the size" of the average client (as measured by AUM) at Savant, he says, "so they go deeper on philanthropy." Monitor also does tax return preparation for clients which Savant, while it has tax planning expertise, has never provided to its clients. As for Savant's complimentary strengths, Muldowney notes his firm has a trust company and a retirement plan division, and has also been successful in serving lower net worth clients.
In the release on the announcement and in the interview, the men said employing the best practices of the two firms will allow Savant Capital LLC to expand the new firm's service offerings to clients, helping to ensure long-term business continuity while retaining their shared philosophy of a fiduciary, client-centric approach.
In the interview, the three men also lauded the two outside consultants who shepherded the combination process: John Furey, principal at Phoenix-based Advisor Growth Strategies, LLC, the strategic advisor to the deal and David Selig of San Francisco-based Advice Dynamics Partners, the M&A advisor.
Furey (left), said Muldowney, was very helpful in "framing this discussion, and inventorying the commonaliities and differences" of the two firms. Kautt acknowledged that whenever "you have two organizations coming together, there are always personal concerns and agendas," but called Furey an "excellent facilitator on deciding what the 'Got-to Haves' and 'Want-to-Haves" were of the different parties. Such facilitated conversations, admitted Kautt, "could devolve into an emotional wrestling match; but John minimized it. That's how we were able to come up with this new idea."
In the announcement of the deal, Selig said, "This has the potential to be the largest RIA-RIA combination of 2012," and that "the days when transactions of this type were only possible for the large acquirers are in the rear-view mirror. Exceptional wealth managers like Savant and Monitor have realized that joining forces is not only possible, it is an excellent part of a well thought out growth strategy."
Commenting on the broader implications of the partnership, Dave DeVoe, founder and managing partner of DeVoe & Co., said that consolidation of the industry is gaining momentum as more RIA firms develop national or multi-state footprints, listing other RIA firms with "national footprints or aspirations" such as Aspiriant, Mariner, Beacon Pointe and The Mutual Fund Store.
The transaction, DeVoe said, "underscores the growing sophistication of RIAs in mergers and acquisitions. They are using M&A to achieve business goals and objectives beyond growth." He said that RIAs and consolidators, or aggregators in Muldowney's words, have been the dominant RIA acquirer categories for the last seven years, and that "these two groups are likely to continue to dominate." However, he expects that "we will see regional and national banks re-enter the market over time. Their engagement will likely help drive up valuations, as they generally come to the market with attractive offers."


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Kansas Professor's Suspension Over NRA Tweet Draws Rebuke
The University of Kansas is coming under fire from a free-speech watchdog group for suspending a journalism professor over his controversial tweets about the National Rifle Association.
David Guth, an associate professor of journalism, was put on indefinite administrative leave on Friday for implying on Twitter that he wished violent harm upon the families of the NRA.
Hours after last week's Washington Navy Yard rampage, the professor reportedly tweeted: "#NavyYardShooting The blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters. Shame on you. May God damn you."
A spokesman for the NRA called Mr. Guth's remarks "disgusting" hate speech and called for his firing. By the week's end, the chancellor of the public university had ordered his suspension "in order to prevent disruptions to the learning environment for students."
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a Philadelphia-based group that advocates for free speech on college campuses, came to Mr. Guth's defense in a letter emailed to the chancellor on Sunday.
"While KU is free to speak out against Guth's comments, it may not, consistent with its moral and legal obligations under the First Amendment, punish him . . . .


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NEW YORK, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) today announced that Ron Bentsur , the Company's Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the upcoming 25th Annual ROTH Conference, to be held March 17th -20th in Dana Point, California. Mr. Bentsur's presentation is scheduled to take place on Monday, March 18th, at 10:00 AM PT (1:00 PM ET).
A live audio webcast of Mr. Bentsur's presentation will be accessible from the Investor Information page of the Company's Website at http://investors.keryx.com. An archived version of the webcast will be available following the conclusion of the live presentation.
About Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals is focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of medically important pharmaceutical products for the treatment of renal disease. Keryx is developing Zerenex (ferric citrate), an oral, ferric iron-based compound that has the capacity to bind to phosphate and form non-absorbable complexes. Keryx has completed a U.S.-based Phase 3 clinical program for Zerenex for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia (elevated phosphate levels) in patients with end-stage renal disease, conducted pursuant to a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreement with the FDA, and Keryx expects to submit a New Drug Application with the FDA in the second quarter of 2013 and a Marketing Authorization Application with the EMA in mid-2013. Zerenex is also in Phase 2 development in the U.S. for the management of phosphorus and iron deficiency in anemic patients with Stages 3 to 5 non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease. In addition, Keryx's Japanese partner, Japan Tobacco Inc. and Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has filed its New Drug Application for marketing approval of ferric citrate in Japan for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Keryx is headquartered in New York City.
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English Rugby
Johnson quits as England manager
ESPNscrum Staff
November 16, 2011
After weeks of speculation, Johnson calls time on his England post%]
Martin Johnson stepped down from his position as England team manager on Wednesday afternoon but refused to blame the players for his decision.
Johnson confirmed English rugby's worst-kept secret when he announced he would not renew his contract, which runs out at the end of the year, at a press conference at Twickenham. It was a widely anticipated decision after a disappointing World Cup campaign in which England were eliminated by eventual finalists France at the quarter-final stage - to fall below their stated semi-final objective - while off-field controversies further undermined Johnson during the tournament in New Zealand.
A drunken night out in Queenstown, which resulted in Mike Tindall being fined £25,000 by the RFU earlier this week, headed a number of indiscretions that Johnson admitted he could have done without. But despite that the former World Cup-winning captained refused to blame his players for his exit after three and a half years at the helm.
"The off-field stuff didn't help," he said. "It portrays the team in a bad light and not in an accurate light. But we gave people the opportunity to report things as they did.
"I don't know about being let down. Of course it didn't help, we didn't want that reputation. I warned the players if they open the door slightly it will get fully opened. They did that. "How that affected performances on field no one can answer."
Johnson said he would leave without any regrets adding that he felt it was in the best interest of English rugby that he moved on.
"I've given this a huge amount of thought since we returned from the World Cup and didn't come to this decision lightly," he said. "I think it's in the best interests of myself and the England team that I don't continue on into next year.
"It's been a fantastic three and a half years. I've worked with some fantastic players and a great coach and and management group. On field I think we made huge strides. The players we brought in over the past 12-18 months have become first-choice established.
"They have been to a World Cup and won a Six Nations. Part of me regrets leaving the job in these circumstances. There is unfinished business and a feeling to put things right. "But I won't leave with any regrets."
RFU elite rugby director Rob Andrew, who joined Johnson at today's press conference, denied he would follow him out the exit door. "No I'm absolutely not considering resigning," he said. "In terms of the department and the structure of the professional game - that's my role in this.
"My job is to run the department, not just the playing side of things."
Andrew stood firm in the face of some heavy questioning about his position and instead looked to praise Johnson for a tenure highlighted by this year's Six Nations success as well as victory in Australia last year.
"Martin has worked tirelessly to develop this England team, from a position where the team needed a great deal of rebuilding following the 2007 World Cup," he said. "A whole new group of players has been introduced to the demands of Test match rugby, including: Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole, Courtney Lawes, Tom Croft, Tom Wood, Ben Youngs, Danny Care, Manu Tuilagi, Chris Ashton and Ben Foden.
"They have experienced winning in the southern hemisphere against Australia and winning the Six Nations title for the first time since 2003. They have also suffered the huge disappointment of the World Cup in New Zealand, and how many of these players respond to this disappointment will define their careers."
Andrew refused to comment on who was likely to replace Johnson with names such as former South Africa coaches Jake White and Nick Mallet and Northampton boss Jim Mallinder linked.
"The Professional Game Board will meet to review England's Rugby World Cup performance and Martin has obviously contributed fully to that," Andrew said. "All aspects of the management and coaching structure will be reviewed, and until then it would not be appropriate to talk about a replacement for Martin."
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
7 comments:
- Dave Miles said...
Hahaha! The truth is revealed!
- November 19, 2009 at 4:37 AM
- Debbie Barr said...
- November 19, 2009 at 8:07 AM
I just assumed that what you were always doing.
- November 19, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Wow, our comic hero in full motion!
Well, where else are ya gonna get all those great ideas from? Do whatcha have to, I suppose! (:
- November 19, 2009 at 7:42 PM
- Nathan said...
Hey everyone (this really is Nate, the monster's stepped out for a minute)
I just wanted to let everyone know that I got the "Fragrant Ring." The cool thing was, I didn't have to spend all my souls--I traded the Brass Telescope to "Sparkly the Crow" in world 4-1, the skeleton island with those big floating manta ray things.
It's pretty sweet, it slowly ups your MP when equipped. I wish there were more ring slots, because right after that I found the "Regeneration Ring" which does the same thing, only it fills your HP, which is obviously WAAAAAAY more helpful.
Oh, look at the time! Back to my novel...
- November 19, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Hey Nate! My mom and brother want to know what game you're playing because they think it's pretty sweet! And yeah, I stay up just to read the new comic every night!
- November 19, 2009 at 11:45 PM
- Nathan said...
Demon's Souls for PS3, rated "M" for Mature.
I can't recommend it to anyone who is:
A) Under the age requirement.
B) Not interested in a REALLY difficult game. (no joke, this is an old fashioned, die-a-million-times, Japanese, no save points kinda title. Just the way I like 'em!)
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Kim Kardashian has topped a new list of the most-searched celebrities online.
The fashion mogul, who is dating Kanye West, has wrestled the title from last year's winner Justin Bieber to become Bing.com's most searched person of 2012.
The Baby hitmaker falls to second, while other superstars making the top 10 include Rihanna, Bieber's rumoured ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, and Taylor Swift.
Also receiving special mentions were Beyonce and Jay-Z, whose baby arrival was crowned the most-searched celebrity event of the year, followed by the birth of Jessica Simpson's daughter Maxwell, and Whitney Houston's death.
Additionally, the U.S. presidential election, the London Summer Olympic Games, and South Korean rapper Psy's Gangnam Style music video all made the list in the category of most popular news stories.
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Debris from Halley's Comet gives birth to an impressive sky show during May's first week.
One of the year's best meteor showers makes its appearance in early May. The Eta Aquarid shower peaks the morning of May 6, although the number of "shooting stars" should be nearly as high a morning or two before and after. Observers under a dark sky can expect to see between 20 and 30 meteors per hour — an average of one every 2 or 3 minutes — at the Eta Aquarids' peak.
And conditions should be close to perfect this year. According to Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael Bakich, "The waxing crescent Moon sets well before midnight, leaving the prime observing hours close to dawn Moon-free." For the best views, find an observing site far removed from city lights.
The meteors appear to radiate from a spot in the constellation Aquarius. For those who live near 40° north latitude, this radiant rises in the east around 2:30 a.m. local daylight time and climbs nearly 20° high by 4 a.m. Morning twilight begins to interfere soon thereafter, so the best views should come around 4 a.m. For observers closer to the equator or in the Southern Hemisphere, the radiant climbs much higher before dawn, so the shower could produce 50 meteors per hour.
These meteors began life as tiny specks of dust ejected by Halley's Comet during its innumerable trips around the Sun. Over the eons, these particles spread out along the comet's orbit. Every May, Earth runs through this stream of dust. The particles hit Earth's atmosphere at 148,000 mph (238,000 km/h), vaporizing from friction with the air and leaving behind the streaks of light we call meteors. All the dust particles burn up high in the atmosphere, some 50 miles (80 km) above the surface. None of the particles in any meteor shower is big enough to survive its trip through our atmosphere and reach the ground.
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