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Venetian Riviera Day Pass to Venice
Includes: skip the line tickets for the Doge museum, a parking spot in the city centre, hop on hop off cruise ticket valid for 1 day and 20% discount on everything you want to visit in Venice (take a gondola ride or a walking tour through the city!)
For many Venice does not need an introduction. The city is one of the most popular cities to visit in the world. So many highlights which are a must to visit like the many canals, San Marco Square, the carnival and so much more!
A lot of people who are enjoying their holiday around Venice often take the effort to travel to Venice for a day or more. But Venice is a hectic city as well. There are many waiting lines for museums while you only have limited of time. Attractions are not located on walking distance. Traffic is hectic and parking expensive and difficult to find.
We have found the solution for that with the Venice Riviera City Pass to Venice! Maximize your precious time for your visit to Venice by organizing everything in advance. Simply order your Venice Riviera City Pass online and you're ready for all that this wonderful city has to offer:
• Skip-the-line entrance to the amazing Doge Museum
• Park your car in the city centre of Venice
• See more of Venice with the Hop on Hop off Cruise which stops at the biggest highlights of Venice while you are cruising through the Canals
• 20% discount on everything you want visit in Venice
How does it work?1) Select the date you want to travel to Venice.
2) Select the amount of adult and children.
What is important to know?You can determine your own schedule. The Venice Riveira City Pass includes open tickets for the Doge Museum so you can decide what time to go. The parking spot will be close to the Port of Venice so the most logical would be to start your trip with the Hop on Hop off Cruise. The cruise will will also stop at Tronchetto, Murano, Zattere and San Marco. At San Marco you can hop off to visit the Doge Museum.
The Hop on Hop off Cruise also stops all day at the port of Venice so if you feel like going back to your accommodation you can take the bus or car to get back to your accommodation.
After your reservation we will inform you about the procedure and the exact location of the parking garage, we will inform you how it works when you skip the line at the Doge Museum and where you can find the Hop on Hop off Cruise.
You will also get a discount code of 20%. So you can purchase the tickets for the Gondola Ride or an excursion. You can find the list with discounts that you can acquire beneath.
What is included?• Skip the line tickets for the Doge Museum
• Hop on Hop off Cruise tickets valid for 1 day with audioguide in many languages
• Parking spot valid for the entire day in the city centre
• 20% discount on everything else you want to visit in Venice
Advantages:1. Everything will be send by email.
2. You will skip the line and save a lot of time which you can spend enjoying Venice
3. You will save a lot of money
4. No stress in Venice but use Hop on Hop off Cruise tickets to hop on and off at the highlights you want
5. Start your city trip relaxed: park your car in Venice and don´t spend hours to find a parking spot
What else is important to know?Please wear appropriate clothing in Venice so you are able to visit the Doge Museum. These are monuments with clothing restrictions and they will ask you to leave when your clothing is not appropriate.
The Venice Riviera City Pass is everything you need for your visit in Venice!
Discounts - Venice
Island Boat Tour
Gondola Ride
Ca´ D´Oro Gallery
Ca´ Rezzonico
Accademia Gallery
Gondola Serenade and Dinner
The Three Island of the Lagoon
City Tour of Venice
The Golden Basilica
Photography Tour
Wine Tours
Gastronomic Tour to Friuli


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SCSO: Woman pistol-whips women, kidnaps one
Woman, man charged with kidnapping, assault
A woman was arrested early Tuesday after she pistol-whipped three women and kidnapped one of them at gunpoint, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said they were called to a home on Anchor Street just after 1 a.m. by a woman who said that 34-year-old Sae Jae Ellis kicked in the front door of the home and attacked her and two other women who were asleep in the home.
The caller said that Ellis hit her in the face with a pistol and then pointed it at her before she attacked another woman in the home, and then pistol-whipped 20-year-old Amber Smith and forced her out of the house at gunpoint.
The police report said that Ellis was accompanied by 22-year-old James Shields during the home invasion, and another man who drove the car they left in.
Smith said after she was abducted, Ellis repeatedly told her she was going to "die tonight." She said a second man she knows only by the name Max drove the car. She said Max dropped off her, Smith and Ellis, and they used another car to go to the Hidden Park Apartments on Spruce Street.
Deputies went to Ellis' last known address and found Ellis, Shields and Smith in a car at the Hidden Park Apartments. Deputies arrested Ellis and Shields.
Ellis and Shields are charged with kidnapping. Ellis is also charged with three counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.

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A huge congratulations and thank you to all who participated in this open innovation contest! This is truly "crowdsourcing" at its best — asking the community for its brightest ideas on how to improve life with diabetes.
At final toll, we received over 150 entries from participants describing themselves as:
- Students – in Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Biotechnology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biology, and Business
- Electronic and computer engineers
- Graphic designers
- Entrepreneurs
- Medical device design engineers
- User experience researchers
- Parents of Type 1 children
- Children with Type 1
- Spouses of diabetics
- Children of Type 2 parents
Participating universities included:
- UC Berkeley
- Harvard
- Stanford
- Northwestern University
- UC San Diego
- University of Maryland
- Iuav University od Venice
- UNAM (Mexico City's National University)
We judges spent HOURS reviewing all the uber-creative ideas, and this was no easy task, in great part because the entries were so varied that it often felt like comparing apples to oranges to pineapples and mangos. In other words, we had everything from slick, geometric combo devices to patient mentoring programs, board games, emergency lollipops and shoes that measure your glucose. Wow!
The core principle we tried to keep in mind when selecting our Grand Prize winner was: improving life with diabetes. What new idea would have the most meaningful impact on everyday life with diabetes for the largest possible patient population?
We are proud to announce that the $10,000 Grand Prize winner is something called:
Eric and Samantha are both graduate students at Northwestern University in Illinois, and had the joint vision for a "complete diabetes management system using the phones users already carry… integrating control of glucose meters, insulin pumps and logbooks into a single easy-to-use iPhone interface."
In other words, forget about carrying and using disparate diabetes devices! Why can't they all be housed in your mobile phone?
We had many iPhone-based entries, but what these two students have designed goes beyond a single logging, data calculation or learning application. Their concept stands out for a number of reasons:
- we believe the LifeCase & LifeApp solution is a glimpse of the future; they've taken the integration of diabetes devices to its fullest conclusion.
- …meaning the phone acts as a glucose meter, controller for your pump, and data logging application all in one, with built-in capability to share the data across platforms. The case even houses a lancet and test strip storage for a complete, all-in-one solution.
- as you can see, they've developed a great visual prototype of both the phone case and the software application(s).
- the system could easily be expanded to include continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).
- this system is not limited to the iPhone models, but could be implemented on any smartphone, and truly improves life with diabetes.
- and the wonderful thing is, the technology to make this system happen is all here and functional. It just needs some visionaries to push for implementation.
The winners will receive $10,000 in cash, a mini-workshop with Health and Wellness experts at the global design and innovation firm IDEO; and one free access ticket to the "innovation incubator" Health 2.0 Conference in October 2009 in San Francisco, CA. (All cash prizes are provided by the non-profit California HealthCare Foundation.)
Again, creativity abounded in this competition. So we judges aimed to single out something we found both innovative and potentially impactful where a good solution is sorely missing. We are proud to award this prize to:
Anyone diagnosed with diabetes as a child can tell you how strange and uncomfortable it feels to have to learn to poke yourself with a needle, and to be that "different kid" at school. Having a stuffed animal friend who also has diabetes is sure to help "normalize" the situation. To date, there are some stuffed bears who wear cloth pumps, but nothing particularly interactive. Jerry, on the other hand, has his own functioning glucose meter, can be given injections with a toy syringe, and can even "eat" glucose tablets and then give feedback on how he feels.
The judges felt that this interactive toy, and the accompanying web play space — something like Webkinz for diabetic kids? — could be an excellent teaching tool for newly diagnosed children. It's the kind of thing we could see being employed in hospitals around the country.
Design for America is a team of students from Northwestern University, including these individuals:
- Yuri F. Malina
- Kushal Amin
- Hannah Chung
- Can Arican
- Katy Mess
- Rita Huen
- Sourya Roy
- Justin Liu
- Kevin Li
- Mert Iseri
Congrats to this team! They will receive $5,000 cash, plus a consulting session with IDEO design experts.
We're pleased to award this prize to:
It's a relatively simple idea that no one's done yet: retractable insulin pump tubing. Brilliant! Enough said.
Congrats to Griffin, who wins $2,000 in cash — hopefully an incentive to follow up on his idea.
Again, CONGRATULATIONS and thank you. We hope to see these winning design concepts converted into commercial products that we can all get our hands on real soon!


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text: This chest x-ray shows coal worker's lungs. There are diffuse, small, light areas on both sides (1 to 3 mm) in all parts of the lungs. Diseases that may result in an x-ray like this include: simple coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP) - stage I, simple silicosis, miliary tuberculosis, histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma), and other diffuse infiltrate pulmonary diseases.


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A poignant photo posted on Facebook Tuesday showed Martin Richard, the 8-year-old victim in the Boston Marathon bombings, calling for an end to violence.
A friend of Martin's teacher Rachel Moo uploaded a photo of him holding up a sign that reads: "No more hurting people. Peace."
Obama: Boston Marathon bombings an "act of terror"; no suspect in custody"His message resonates powerfully today," Lucia Brawley wrote . "My prayer is that we all live by Martin's words, paying tribute to his too-brief, but immeasurably valuable life by following his example."The poster was made last May for Moo's second-grade class peace march, which was organized following the Trayvon Martin shooting.Martin was one of three people killed Monday in the bombings. He and his family were waiting for his father, Bill, at the finish line of the marathon. Both his mother and younger sister were critically injured as well."My dear son Martin has died from injuries sustained in the attack on Boston," Bill Richard said in a statement Tuesday, obtained by People. "My wife and daughter are both recovering from serious injuries. We thank our family and friends, those we know and those we have never met, for their thoughts and prayers. I ask that you continue to pray for my family as we remember Martin. We also ask for your patience and for privacy as we work to simultaneously grieve and recover. Thank you."On Tuesday, a second victim was identified as 29-year-old Krystle Campbell. Her father, William A. Campbell Jr., told Yahoo! News that his daughter was at the finish line with a friend, Karen Rand, to cheer on her boyfriend."My daughter was the most lovable girl. She helped everybody, and I'm just so shocked right now. We're just devastated," he said. "She was a wonderful, wonderful girl. Always willing to lend a hand."


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From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry stalks of cereal plants, after the grain and chaff have been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has many uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket-making. It is usually gathered and stored in a straw bale, which is a bundle of straw tightly bound with twine or wire. Bales may be square, rectangular, or round, depending on the type of baler used.
Current and historic uses of straw include:
- Animal feed
- Straw may be fed as part of the roughage component of the diet to cattle or horses that are on a near maintenance level of energy requirement. It has a low digestible energy and nutrient content. The heat generated when microorganisms in a herbivore's gut digest straw can be useful in maintaining body temperature in cold climates. Due to the risk of impaction and its poor nutrient profile, it should always be restricted to part of the diet. It may be fed as it is, or chopped into short lengths, known as chaff.
- Basketry
- Bee skeps and linen baskets are made from coiled and bound together continuous lengths of straw. The technique is known as lip work.
- Bedding: humans or livestock
- The straw-filled mattress, also known as a palliasse, is still used in many parts of the world.
- It is commonly used as bedding for ruminants and horses. It may be used as bedding and food for small animals, but this often leads to injuries to mouth, nose and eyes as straw is quite sharp.
- Biofuels
- The use of straw as a carbon-neutral energy source is increasing rapidly, especially for biobutanol. Straw or hay briquettes are a biofuel substitute to coal.
- Biogas
- Straw has been tested for use in a biogas plant in Aarhus University, Denmark. Straw has been processed as briquettes and feed into a biogas plant to see if higher gas yields were attainable. [1]
- Biomass
- The use of straw in large-scale biomass power plants is becoming mainstream in the EU, with several facilities already online. The straw is either used directly in the form of bales, or densified into pellets which allows for the feedstock to be transported over longer distances. Finally, torrefaction of straw with pelletisation is gaining attention, because it increases the energy density of the resource, making it possible to transport it still further. This processing step also makes storage much easier, because torrefied straw pellets are hydrophobic. Torrefied straw in the form of pellets can be directly co-fired with coal or natural gas at very high rates and make use of the processing infrastructures at existing coal and gas plants. Because the torrefied straw pellets have superior structural, chemical and combustion properties to coal, they can replace all coal and turn a coal plant into an entirely biomass-fed power station. First generation pellets are limited to a co-firing rate of 15% in modern IGCC plants.
- Construction material:
- In many parts of the world, straw is used to bind clay and concrete. A mixture of clay and straw, known as cob, can be used as a building material. There are many recipes for making cob.
- When baled, straw has moderate insulation characteristics (about R-1.5/inch according to Oak Ridge National Lab and Forest Product Lab testing). It can be used, alone or in a post-and-beam construction, to build straw bale houses. When bales are used to build or insulate buildings, the straw bales are commonly finished with earthen plaster. The plastered walls provide some thermal mass, compressive and ductile structural strength, and acceptable fire resistance as well as thermal resistance (insulation), somewhat in excess of North American building code. Straw is an abundant agricultural waste product, and requires little energy to bale and transport for construction. For these reasons, strawbale construction is gaining popularity as part of passive solar and other renewable energy projects.[2]
- Composite lumber Wheat straw can be used as a polymer filler combined with polymers to produce composite lumber.[3]
- Enviroboard can be made from straw.
- Strawblocks
- Erosion control
- Straw bales are sometimes used for sediment control at construction sites.[4] However, bales are often ineffective in protecting water quality and are maintenance-intensive. For these reasons the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and various state agencies recommend use of alternative sediment control practices where possible, such as silt fences, fiber rolls and geotextiles.[5]
- Burned area emergency response
- Ground cover
- In-stream check dams
- Hats
- There are several styles of straw hats that are made of woven straw.
- Many thousands of women and children in England (primarily in the Luton district of Bedfordshire),[6] and large numbers in the United States (mostly Massachusetts), were employed in plaiting straw for making hats. By the late 19th century, vast quantities of plaits were being imported to England from Canton in China,[6] and in the United States most of the straw plait was imported.[7]
- A fiber analogous to straw is obtained from the plant Carludovica palmata, and is used to make Panama hats.[7]
- Horticulture
- Straw is used in cucumber houses and for mushroom growing.
- In Japan, certain trees are wrapped with straw to protect them from the effects of a hard winter as well as to use them as a trap for parasite insects.
- It is also used in ponds to reduce algae by changing the nutrient ratios in the water.
- The soil under strawberries is covered with straw to protect the ripe berries from dirt, and straw is also used to cover the plants during winter to prevent the cold from killing them.
- Straw also makes an excellent mulch.
- Packaging
- Straw is resistant to being crushed and therefore makes a good packing material. A company in France makes a straw mat sealed in thin plastic sheets.
- Straw envelopes for wine bottles have become rarer, but are still to be found at some wine merchants.
- Wheat straw is also used in compostable food packaging such as compostable plates. Packaging made from wheat straw can be certified compostable and will biodegrade in a commercial composting environment.[8]
- Paper
- Straw can be pulped to make paper.
- Rope
- Rope made from straw was used by thatchers, in the packaging industry and even in iron foundries.
- Shoes
- Koreans wear Jipsin, sandals made of straw.
- In some parts of Germany like Black Forest and Hunsrück people wear straw shoes at home or at carnival.
- Targets
- Heavy gauge straw rope is coiled and sewn tightly together to make archery targets. This is no longer done entirely by hand, but is partially mechanised. Sometimes a paper or plastic target is set up in front of straw bales, which serve to support the target and provide a safe backdrop.
- Thatching
- Thatching uses straw, reed or similar materials to make a waterproof, lightweight roof with good insulation properties. Straw for this purpose (often wheat straw) is grown specially and harvested using a reaper-binder.
In addition to its current and historic uses, straw is being investigated as a source of fine chemicals including alkaloids, flavonoids, lignins, phenols, and steroids.[9]
See also
- ↑ http://dca.au.dk/en/current-news/news/show/artikel/vejen-fra-toert-halm-til-brugbar-energi-forkortes-markant/
- ↑ *The Straw Bale House: Suitability for the Eastern U.S.
- ↑ Adding Value to Wheat Straw By Anduin Kirkbride-McElroy. Biomass Magazine, 2007
- ↑ California Stormwater Quality Association. Menlo Park, CA. "California Stormwater BMP Handbook: Straw Bale Barrier." Best Management Practice (BMP) No. SE-9. January 2003.
- ↑ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Washington, DC. "National Menu of Stormwater Best Management Practices: Straw or Hay Bales." June 1, 2006.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Baynes, T.S.; Smith, W.R., eds. (1887). Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (9th ed.).<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). The American Cyclopædia.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>.
- ↑ Viv Biz Club: Compostable Plates
- ↑ Schnitzer M, Monreal CM, Powell EE (2014). "Wheat straw biomass: A resource for high-value chemicals". Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes. 49 (1): 51–67. doi:10.1080/03601234.2013.836924. PMID 24138469.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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Syrup-Soaked Cakes Worth Seeking Out at Titan Foods in Astoria
Your daily dose of something sweet.
If you're visiting Astoria to stock up on Greek food supplies, you shouldn't miss Titan Foods, where you'll find a great selection of feta and olives and flowing rivers of olive oil.
But I've noticed that even some loyal shoppers tend to ignore the store's bakery counter, which is a shame, as Titan makes some of the best Greek sweets in the neighborhood. By and large they're heavily soaked in syrup, which isn't always a great thing for flaky phyllo pastries, but does wonders for cakes.
My favorite of the lot is a sweet orange yogurt cake with a thin, delicate crust and an interior more like a sliceable custard than a typical cake. They call it Orangepita ($3), and despite similarities to orange-flavored samali, the cake is made with shards of phyllo, not semolina, the bakers tells me. It's sweet but full of orange brightness, and a heavy dose of orange zest adds a subtle bitterness to the custard. Is it pudding? Cake? Pie? It's sort of all three.
Also worth a look: Karidopita ($3), a tall, moist cake fortified with ground walnuts. The crumb is nubby like semolina but more wholesome-tasting, and the light brown syrup adds notes of molasses to the nuts. It's best taken with a cup of strong coffee or tea.
Despite the heavy doses of syrup, neither of these cakes is overly sweet. And if you can contain the mess, they keep well over several days. So on your next Astoria shopping trip, pick up some cake for the road. It'll do well with those olives and octopus.
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


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Posts Tagged with 'daito'
Rock Performance Video with Projection Mapping at SXSW
My friend Jared was posting about some amazing vicon motion tracking hardware a while back while they were setting up the performance for the Japanese musical group, "Perfume".
Apparently, Daito was responsible for some of the technical aspects of it. Read more »


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"Investors are fearful of further falloff that may morph this pullback into a correction, bear market or mega-meltdown," S&P Capital IQ's Sam Stovall writes in his latest commentary. "At the same time, they are fearful of reducing their equity exposure and altering sector weightings only to miss out on an impending recovery."
After a brief history of recessions since 1945, Stovall notes that today, "we believe investors are worried more about the discord than the decline."
"Investors look to Europe and wonder when and how the discord on debt will finally be resolved," he wrote. "This month's Greek elections were swayed by austerity fatigue, while recent German elections have been influenced by bailout fatigue. It now appears to us that the Greeks are playing 'chicken' with the other eurozone countries, believing it's worth bluffing for better terms. Indeed, since austerity and default are equally painful, the Greeks may have already come to the conclusion that default will end up being a cheaper and quicker solution to their debt problems."
Stovall (left) is of the opinion that a Greek default or exit from the euro would trigger consequences that would lead to global bank failures and renewed recession. As a result, he says logic would dictate that Greek politicians become more centrist in their thinking before the situation deteriorates further.
"Yet we believe the inability of global equities to mount more than an intra-day counter-trend rally, combined with the ongoing decline of oil prices, and the seemingly endless drop in U.S. Treasury and German bund yields to historically low levels, speak to the massive risk that the contagion is likely to spread."
So what should investors do?
"It has often been said that the greatest profits are made when blood runs in the streets," he wrote. "Therefore, those with high risk appetites may be willing to nibble on the near-term opportunities that history and technicals say may soon arise. One approach is to search among those left for dead. Indeed, the sectors and sub-industries with the worst performances during sharp market declines typically perform best during the recoveries. In other words, the worst shall be first."
He notes that from the S&P 500 recovery high from April 2 through May 18, the energy, materials, financials and information technology sectors have fallen by more than 11% each. Indeed, a few of these groups peaked well before the index did and are now far below their 200-day simple moving averages.
"Probabilities favor a near-term recovery that may offer tasty morsels for investors with high-risk appetites to nibble on," he wrote. "Should this decline be just the start of a new bear market, however, we will need to endure a lot more time and tide before it finally ebbs. For investors with low-risk appetites, recent polls indicate that it may be too risky to assume that cooler minds will prevail."
Read 10 Signs of a Springtime Stock Slump: LPL's Kleintop, on AdvisorOne.
Read PIMCO's El-Erian: Greek Euro Exit 'Probably Inevitable'.


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During a quiet morning at his hardware store, owner Jared Littmann strolled down an aisle to chat up a regular customer who was looking at smoke alarms.
"Good to see you. Let me know what you need," Littmann told Ben Derrick, a handyman for Annapolis Property Services, who was shopping at Littmann's K&B True Value hardware store in Annapolis.
Though he's in the store almost daily, Derrick said he didn't know Littmann will soon be sworn in as the Ward 5 alderman on the Annapolis city council.
Littmann hadn't mentioned it.
"So if I have any problems, I can take it to him directly," Derrick said when informed by a reporter. "That's good. I see him all the time."
Littmann, 40, is scheduled to take the oath of office just before the council's Jan. 14 meeting. In December, the Annapolis Democratic Central Committee selected him over three other hopefuls to finish the four-year term of Alderman Matthew Silverman, who resigned because of work commitments with a year remaining on his term.
Kitty Higgins, chair of the central committee, said Littmann's experiences as a small-business owner and an attorney in local government — along with his positions on environmental issues — made him the group's choice.
People who know Littmann have said that background, combined with a quiet and approachable demeanor, will help him in his first foray into political office.
In recent weeks, Littmann's been studying city government, council issues and the city budget, and meeting with officials.
He said he wanted to be more involved in improving the city where he lives and works, and demonstrate to his two young children, whose soccer and BlastBall teams he coaches, the value of public service.
"It is of concern to me that Annapolis does well," he said.
Environmental activists, who have met him through community initiatives and Earth Day activities at his store, said they are delighted with his selection.
"He sets a wonderful example," said Suzanne Pogell, who operates Womanship, a sailing school in Annapolis for women. Pogell said she knows Littmann through environmental work that included the MainStreets Annapolis Partnership, an organization that taps the support of a broad range of businesses.
"I think, as a business person, he understands that sustainability is good for business," she said.
Solar panels on top of his hardware store supply 15 percent of its electricity and will turn a profit in about five years, Littmann said, and the store also offers "green" products. Last spring, the store ran the sale of rain barrels and compost bins that is partly a city-sponsored program. During that campaign, volunteers demonstrated to customers how to use the products — and other accessories were available at the store. Littmann said he'll do it again this spring.
In terms of city issues, he said vacant storefronts trouble him, and he wants to look at city laws and policies to determine if they can send a message to attract and keep business. He said "it's a shame" the historic Market House at City Dock has yet to reopen, though city officials hope to see vendors move into the renovated market in the spring.
Littmann is a 1994 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied engineering and public policy. He then concentrated in environmental law at the University of Maryland School of Law, receiving his degree in 1997. In 2000, his legal career led him to the Montgomery County government's law office. He said he enjoyed the public-policy aspects of being the lead attorney for the county's solid waste division, along with code enforcement.
But after four years, his wife's family's business beckoned, and though he had expected a career in law, he found he loved the challenge of running a local store, he said. Now he owns the business and his in-laws are the landlords.
Mayor Joshua Cohen said those experiences give Littmann good perspectives.
"It is the last locally owned hardware store in the city," Cohen said, noting that Stevens Hardware by City Dock closed in December. "He interacts with literally hundreds of people a day, and that will serve him well as an alderman."
"One thing ... the Republican Party is very happy abou, is that he is a business owner. He certainly understands what it takes to run a business," said Bill Day, chairman of the Annapolis Republican Central Committee.
But that won't guarantee him a cakewalk in this year's election — if he decides to seek a full term. Littmann said that's a decision he'll make by June, after seeing how much time the job requires.
Day said he's heard a few Republicans have expressed interest in seeking the post, and he expects "at least one, if not two candidates" to come forward.
Before Silverman's election, Republican David Cordle represented Ward 5.
Now, of the mayor and eight aldermen, only one is Republican. But Littmann's new seat is one the GOP could target this year.
"Of all the wards in the city, it's probably the most conservative," said Mike Dye, former chairman of the city Republican Central Committee. "You are more likely to get a competitive race."


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WEAC President talks about next steps
WASHINGTON - February 20, 2011 -
The following statement was released this afternoon by Mary Bell, president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council. It can be attributed to Ms. Bell:
"It's clear from the turnout at events here in Madison and in city after city across Wisconsin that there's a movement afoot to fight for worker rights. Thus far, we have easily heard from more than 200,000 Wisconsinites who stand in support of teachers, nurses, EMTs, firefighters, correctional officers and public employees across our state.
"We have been clear – and I will restate this again today – money issues are off the table. Public employees have agreed to Governor Walker's pension and health care concessions, which he says will solve the budget challenge.
"But Governor Walker's bill goes too far and he has chosen polarizing rhetoric. He refuses to come to the table to discuss the issue our members care most deeply about: protecting their rights, as they are a voice for Wisconsin's students and their schools.
"Citizens have come out in force to support public workers in the battle to preserve their rights. Six days of events in Madison – where crowds have snowballed. The events have spread from the capitol to communities across the state where rallies, demonstrations and public forums are in full swing to enable citizens to voice their support.
"A fire has started – and we need to remain active in these efforts to have the voices of the people heard throughout Wisconsin. We will not be silenced and though we move to the corners of our state, our intensity grows.
"In my message today, I want to reinforce a fundamental fact: that the men and women of our union – the Wisconsin Education Association Council – are committed to serving their communities, schools and students. Our members are a voice for Wisconsin students and schools.
"Tomorrow they begin again in their schools and classrooms. Their voices will remain strong – and they will continue to be heard wherever and whenever they can. To educators whose contracts do not recognize Presidents' Day, we call on them to return to duty by day – and find ways to be vocal and visible after their workday is done. To those whose contracts recognize Presidents' Day as a holiday, we call on them to return to Madison. We send this message to Wisconsin's educators and parents as a show of good faith.
"We appreciate the solid show of support from Wisconsinites over the last week. It's has been heartening and inspiring – and I want to be very clear in that this fight isn't over. We will continue to be active and visible at the capitol and in towns across this state because we are passionate about preserving the rights of workers. We're continuing our call to all Wisconsinites – not just the workers directly affected – but our friends, neighbors and families – to look into their hearts and act to be sure that we have the Wisconsin we want to call our home – not just today, but tomorrow and well into the future. It is time for legislative leadership and an open dialogue in search of solutions, not division of our state. It is time for Wisconsin to move forward."
Contact: Christina Brey, (608) 213-3497


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Ben Stiller's Comedic Web Sensation, Featuring Some of Hollywood's Biggest Stars, Makes Its Television Debut Monday, February 25 at 10:00pm ET/PT, With a Third Season Premiere of "After Lately" Following at 10:30pm ET/PT During E!'s Mock Block Monday
Los Angeles, CA - January 28, 2013 - E! is expanding its weekly comedy offerings with the premiere of the hilarious, critically acclaimed, dating show spoof, "Burning Love." What began as a web phenomenon that follows charismatic, yet incredibly shallow, Mark Orlando (Ken Marino) as he embarks on a journey to find the kind of ever-lasting love that is only found on reality TV, will now be featured as a weekly series in seven, half-hour episodes. With a lineup of comedic heavyweights from film and television, including Kristen Bell, Adam Scott, Malin Akerman and Michael Ian Black, with special appearances from Ben Stiller (Executive Producer), Christine Taylor and Jennifer Aniston, the series brings the laughs and mega-watt star power to every episode. "Burning Love" will make its television debut Monday, February 25 at 10:00pm ET/PT, with the third season premiere of "After Lately" following at 10:30pm ET/PT during E!'s Mock Block Monday.
"E! viewers love clever comedy, and 'Burning Love' is a hilarious parody of one of pop culture's biggest franchises that is perfect for our audience," said Cyndi McClellan, President, Network Strategy and E! News, E! "We recognize that good content can come from anywhere and are excited to bring this popular web sensation to television in a meaningful way."
In the premiere episode, viewers meet handsome bachelor Mark Orlando, a 34-year-old fireman who is looking for that special woman who will ignite his flames of lasting love. Mark will be grilled on what he is looking for, and perhaps more importantly, what he isn't looking for in a partner. In his quest for true love, Mark will have the extraordinary opportunity to date 15 women ... at once. Among them are Titi, the wealthy fashion buyer; Carly, the WNBA assistant coach who is not 100% attracted to Mark; Annie, the optimistic kindergarten teacher; 84-year-old Agnes, and Lexie, an intense District Attorney who cites 'Fatal Attraction' as her favorite film. From standup comedy challenges and pool parties, to bubble-bath dates and roller skating outings, these ladies will be taken on an emotional roller coaster, with some handling the pressure better than others.
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OAKLAND, Calif. - After erasing what once appeared to be an insurmountable deficit, it has come down to this for the Oakland Athletics — one game against the Texas Rangers to decide the AL West title.
Travis Blackley allowed one run over six innings in a strong bounce-back performance that helped the A's move into a first-place tie with Texas by beating the Rangers 3-1 Tuesday night.
"As long as we believe inside this clubhouse and we know we can get it down, we're going to do it. I honestly believe we're going to win tomorrow," closer Grant Balfour said. "Nothing is guaranteed, but it's about as good as. I believe we can go out and get it done."
And who would doubt these rag-tag A's after the remarkable run they have had to get to this point?
A night after holding a raucous celebration after clinching their first playoff berth since 2006, the A's erased the last piece of what had been a 13-game deficit in the division race on June 30 to take a share of first place for the first time since March 29.
Blackley (6-4) gave up three hits and struck out five a week after the Rangers knocked him out with a five-run first inning in the shortest start of his career. He allowed only an RBI double to Josh Hamilton in his longest outing since July 24, just the latest surprising performance in an improbable season for the low-budget A's.
"I just went out there like I had nothing to lose and it worked out," Blackley said.
Derek Norris gave Oakland the lead in the fifth with an RBI single that scored a second run when right fielder Nelson Cruz bobbled the ball in right field for an error. Jonny Gomes added a solo homer in the sixth and the bullpen did the rest in Oakland's fifth straight win.
Sean Doolittle and Ryan Cook each pitched a scoreless inning and Balfour worked a perfect ninth for his 24th save in 26 chances. Balfour has three saves and a win in the last four days.
The A's will try to cap the comeback Wednesday in game No. 162 when A.J. Griffin (7-1) takes the mound against Ryan Dempster (7-3). Only four teams have won a division or pennant after trailing by at least 13 games.
"No one said it was going to be easy," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "We started out to play 162 games and now — tomorrow — it's 162. And we'll see what happens. We take it no different than we have been approaching it. We just haven't put our game together yet. Tomorrow we have to put it together. If we don't put it together, we still go to the playoffs."
The loser will go the post-season as one of the two AL wild-card teams, needing to win a one-game playoff with Baltimore or the New York Yankees on Friday to advance to the division series.
"This isn't Game 7 of the World Series. It's not win or go home," Gomes said. "We're going to play loose. We're going to have fun and just continue to pass the torch. Hopefully tomorrow we get our pitching, defence and homers. That's been it for us."
The Rangers, who had held sole possession of the AL West lead since April 9, never expected to be in that position. But now they need one more victory to win their third straight division title.
They had been counting on Matt Harrison (18-11) to wrap up the title but now need to survive one more storm Wednesday to do it.
Harrison had been cruising along, retiring 10 straight batters before running into trouble in the fifth. Josh Donaldson led off with a single and advanced to third on Brandon Moss' double. Norris then lined a single to right field that scored Donaldson with the tying run. Third base coach Mike Gallego initially held up Moss, but Cruz bobbled the ball for an error that allowed Moss to score.
Oakland tacked on an insurance run when Gomes hit his 18th homer with two outs in the sixth to make it 3-1, delighting the crowd of 30,660.
"He got two pitches up where he probably didn't want them," Washington said. "The one to Donaldson and the other to Moss. They were able to put something together in that inning and put some runs on the board. He fell behind on Gomes and he had to come in with a fastball strike and Gomes didn't miss it. There's the score right there. We put just one run on the board tonight."
NOTES: The A's estimated a walk-up crowd of 12,000. ... The gametime temperature of 87 degrees was the warmest of the year in Oakland. ... The other teams to come back from at least 13 games down were the 1914 Boston Braves, the 1951 New York Giants, the '78 Yankees and the '95 Seattle Mariners. ... Oakland reliever Pat Neshek will miss the final two games for the birth of his first child. ... Texas RHP Mike Adams rejoined the team after receiving a cortisone injection in his strained neck Monday. It is unknown when he will be able to pitch again.


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NBA: Rockets light up Pistons in season opener
AUBURN HILLS -- A few hours after signing a five-year, $80 million dollar deal with the Rockets, James Harden proved he may be worth every penny.
Harden ruined opening night at The Palace for the Pistons by exploding for 37 points, 12 assists, six rebounds and four steals in the Rockets' 105-96 win.
"I just wanted to get out there and play," Harden said. "All the talking, all the craziness that's happened in the last week, I just wanted to go out there and play basketball. I think I did a good job of helping my teammates and making them feel comfortable."
Oklahoma City dealt Harden to the Rockets late Saturday so he had little time to get acclimated to his new team, but that didn't stop him from stealing the show Wednesday.
"We would have thought he would have a tougher time as far as figuring out their offense," Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince said of Harden. "But they stuck to only a couple plays the whole entire game, which kind of helped him out and kept him in a good rhythm.
"We know what type of player James Harden is. The more he has the ball in his hands the more dangerous he is. Everybody knows what he did in his Oklahoma City days. It's going to make it even tougher with him being in Houston where he has the ball even more."
The Pistons led 81-72 heading in the fourth quarter, but Houston outscored Detroit 33-15 in the fourth to pick up the victory.
"What happened in the fourth, we played at a really poor pace," Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said. "A lot of half-hearted cuts, poor screening, not turning the corner in pick-and-rolls, not attacking, holding. We lost our rhythm. You go from holding them to a 17-point third quarter to the flood gates open and to give up a 33-point fourth quarter that's not a recipe to win."
"It was a circus out there the whole game," Prince said. "They hit 3s and went up then we came back, just going back and forth. We had a good end of the third quarter. They started off the fourth real well. (Carlos) Delfino hit some big shots. From that point on we just couldn't regain control. A couple bad turnovers here and there and our offense just went south.
"It's something I talked about before in the preseason, a young team you have to play consistent basketball. If you don't this can happen. We got a lot of work to do. Obviously we wish we could have got this game at home before we went on this road trip. It's just going to make it even more tough for us."
Brandon Knight had 15 points and four assists for Detroit (0-1).
Greg Monroe added 14 points and eight rebounds, Prince scored 12 points and Jason Maxiell had 10 points and eight rebounds.
Rodney Stuckey finished with nine points and six assists, but was just 1 for 10 from the field.
"Early on he had some great looks, he was right at the rim," Frank said. "He had one of those nights. We have to continue to look for different ways. He was more a by product of we became a little more disjointed with our rhythm. It's a flow, rhythm game. We had too much herky, jerk in our game tonight."
Detroit's bench outscored Houston's 36-27 led by 10 points from rookie Kyle Singler. Will Bynum scored nine, Kim English had eight and Jonas Jerebko finished with seven.
"Our bench gave us a great lift in the first half," Frank said. "I think we just played in stretches. When we made the run you had starters on the floor in the third quarter. ... This is the first step in a very, very long journey. But it's discouraging if we're going to be a defense first team and you give up (33) points in the fourth quarter."
Jeremy Lin had 12 points, eight assists and four steals in his Rockets' debut.
Omer Asik added 12 points and nine rebounds, Delfino scored 15 points off the bench all on 3-pointers and Chandler Parsons had 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Houston (1-0).
Things don't get any easy for the Pistons as they hit the road for a 10-day, six-game road trip.
"We are going to be in similar positions as we were today on the road trip," Prince said. "Hopefully this is a learning experience for us. ... A young team, it's going to be a tough task, but we just have to keep fighting through it. The most important thing is guys have to stay positive and we'll try to figure this thing out as quickly as possible."
Dave Pemberton covers the Pistons for The Oakland Press. Email him at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter @drpemberton.


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Saturday, October 6, 2012
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RIO DE JANEIRO - With their gyrating hips and feet that move so fast they dissolve into a blur, samba instructor Carla Campos' students are barely distinguishable from the swarms of scantily clad dancers in Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parades. What's make them different is where they come from: abroad.
While non-Brazilians have long shelled out hundreds of dollars for the right to dress up in over-the-top costumes and boogie in Rio's samba school parades, which wrapped up Monday in an all-night extravaganza, few in the so-called "alas dos gringos," or "foreigners' wings," know how to dance the samba well. They tend to bop along goofily in the parades while waving at the crowds of spectators.
Campos' students, mostly blonde women from northern Europe and the United States who stand out in a land of dark-haired dancers, are a different story altogether. Campos has built a career out of debunking the widespread myth that only those born and bred in Rio, the birthplace of samba, can actually learn the notoriously complicated and lightning-fast dance.
"I swear I have seen foreigners who not only danced as well as your average person here in Rio, but some who are even better than good dancers from here," said Campos, looking the part of a samba instructor in her unitard with white and electric blue stripes. "Sure, it's a hard dance, but it's ridiculous to think there's anything genetic to it. It's about hard work."
At her studio in Rio's tony Ipanema neighbourhood, Campos puts her students through their paces. They file in, swapping their sundresses and sandals for leotards, flippy little skirts and the towering but sturdy platforms required for samba.
Class starts with a series of hip-rolling exercises meant to limber up the pelvic region, where all samba's fancy footwork has its origins.
By minute 10 of the 50-minute lesson, sweat pours down the dancers' faces — and that's before the sambaing actually gets going in earnest. Once the feet start moving, beating an ever-accelerating tac, tac, tac rhythm into the parquet, the air conditioned studio becomes a sauna.
Campos developed her patented SambaFit workout, which combines samba steps with aerobics, about a decade ago. The idea for the class, which she also teaches at two high-end Rio gyms, was born during a trip to Finland, where she discovered a whole sub-culture of die-hard samba enthusiasts.
"The Finns were so passionate about it, they knew more about samba and danced better than many people here," Campos said, adding that those from Rio's moneyed elite have long tended to look down their noses at the samba as the dance of the lower classes. "I thought, 'we have this dance that people around the world think is marvelous, so we Brazilians have to learn to respect it, too.'"
Through her Finnish connections, Campos began giving private lessons to foreigners living in Rio. At first she had just a handful of expatriate students, but Brazil's galloping economy and massive off-shore oil discoveries have flooded the city with foreign workers in recent years.
When Campos opened her studio last year, a roster of around 40 students, all of them women and nearly all of them foreigners, followed her. Most have husbands or partners who were transferred to Brazil and are here on spouse visas that don't allow them to work.
"A lot of my students have had a really rough time integrating. They don't speak Portuguese and haven't made many friends here," said Campos, who gives the lessons in Portuguese, with a healthy dose of hand gestures and a sprinkling of simple English words. "Samba is their way of integrating Brazilian culture, and they throw themselves into learning how to dance it well."
That dedication is clear at the lessons. Even the shyest of students stare themselves down fiercely in the mirror, as if willing themselves to nail the steps. So much effort goes into the getting this that Campos periodically has to remind some to stop scowling and smile.
Despite the heat and the intensity of their concentration, every face in the class lights up when they rehearse the routine and song the group performed at the Sambadrome last week with the Academicos da Rocinha samba school. Feet get thrown into high gear. Faces are frozen into beaming smiles, and even those who can barely muster a "hello" in Portuguese belt out the lyrics to the school's theme song with gusto.
Student Mandy Gulbrandsen, a 37-year-old mother of one from Salem, Oregon, radiates excitement.
"I never, ever imagined I'd be dancing in Carnival in a costume that's so small that I should be wondering where it went," said Gulbrandsen, who moved to Rio about a year and a half ago with her husband, who works for Merrill Lynch. "I danced ballet and tap as a kid and that helps, but nothing prepares you for this."
Gulbrandsen said it took her about 10 lessons to manage to dance anything that even vaguely resembles the samba. Her British-born classmate Jane Strachey said it's taken her even longer.
"I've been taking classes for about a year, and my moves have definitely improved but I have to face the fact that I'm never going to dance like a Brazilian," said Strachey, who moved here with her husband two years ago. "When I went to my first Carnival, I thought these girls were so beautiful and I wanted to be able to dance like them."
"And 12 months later, I am, but 'gringo' style," she said, employing the Portuguese word Brazilians use to refer to all foreigners.


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Overindulge during Thanksgiving dinner? Get back on track with a hardcore circuit.
If you've got a set of dumbbells at home, or a wall-length rack at your gym, you can get in and out fast with this routine. you can use the same pair of dumbbells for every exercise.
Perform the exercises as a circuit. do one set of each without rest in between. afterward, rest one minute, then repeat for three total circuits.
1/ Clean and Press
Place the dumbbells on the floor in front of you and bend down to grab them while keeping your back flat and chest up. explosively extend your hips, shrug, and clean the weights up to shoulder level. Press them overhead. do 6–8 reps.
2/ Squat
Hold a dumbbell in each hand and stand. squat as low as possible without rounding your lower back. Perform 12–15 reps.
3/ Romanian Deadlift
Hold the dumbbells in front of your thighs with your feet hip-width apart. Push your hips back and bend forward until you feel you can't keep the arch in your lower back (it's ok to let your knees bend a little). extend your hips to come back up. Perform 12–15 reps.
4/ Two-hand Dumbbell Row
Bend forward at the hips as you did in the romanian deadlift and then row both weights to your sides. keep your eyes focused on the floor in front of you. Perform 4–6 reps.
5/ Pushup
Place a set of dumbbells parallel to each other on the floor at shoulder width. Get into pushup position holding the weights (as shown at left). Perform pushups with your hands in a neutral grip. do as many reps as you can.
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McCann gets encouraging report on shoulder
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Brian McCann understands that he is likely at least two months away from being cleared to play in a Major League game. But the Braves catcher was still encouraged with the update he received after his surgically repaired right shoulder was evaluated by the team's orthopedic surgeon Dr. Xavier Duralde on Saturday morning.
"They said everything is on schedule and that everything looks good," McCann said. "The strength looks good."
McCann will attempt to remain patient while going through a long rehab process that will likely keep him out of Atlanta's starting lineup for at least the first two weeks of the regular season. The six-time All-Star catcher was cleared on Saturday to begin hitting balls flipped by coaches or teammates who are positioned just a few feet away. He had been restricted to hitting off a tee over the past couple of weeks.
"Each day, I'm pushing it a little bit more," McCann said. "When I can throw a ball as hard as I can and wake up and not be sore, that will probably be my sign that I'm ready to play in a game."
McCann is slowly regaining arm strength. His throwing program moved him to a distance of 90 feet earlier this week. He completed one set of 15 throws on Tuesday and two sets of 15 on Thursday. He took it a step further by completing two sets of 25 on Saturday.


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- Cleanup in apps, menus and kilobytes.
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The changelog is not too long, but great stuff has come our way. Pnetnood has been replaced by patriots lameSMBexplorer. Last update of Pnethood was in april (if I remember correct), so this is really good news. You'll find it in the Network-menu. Tasmod and 01micko has created a clever tool - Startmount. It makes it easy to choose which drives to mount at startup. It has no menu-entry, but are reachable from pcc (puppy control center). New is also trios configuration tool for setting a startup sound (and shutdown). It is deactivated by default, but can easily be set from pcc.
Stardust 004 has reached 2 new goals:
1. Service management is 'complete' (as far as it is meant to be). You can now start/stop most background processes via pcc. The new stuff is that swallowed tray apps are configurable.
2. Tray management has reached a new level. Several tools in jwmconfig2 pack has been replaced by a rewritten Ptray.It now allows user to manage/edit up to 4 different trays. You should tray it out, it is powerful, - maybe too powerful......stupid actions leads to stupid results.
The underlying structure of tray-management is changed from Puppy 4.3.1. - so this Ptray is not plug'n play compatible with other Puppies.
There has been requests to install pcc on standard Puppy. It has now become flexible to only include links to installed apps, but it is still depending on some Stardust tools as the new Ptray. I will (in the future) release a startdust pack which includes all the modules to create a Stardust desktop. - pcc (with tools), jwmconfigs, icon-tools and rox-pinboard-tool. Pwidgets could be optional. Another issue is that Puppy 4.3 was built on Puppy 4.1, so updates (for Puppy 4.2) in theme-switcher, icon-switcher and fixmenus have not reached the official repo.
: I would be pleased if you give some feedback about the broadcom fix.
: I have not fixed the clock-hand-theme-bug (not forgotten).
Changelog since Stardust 003:
# Added lameSMBexplorer (patriot)
# Added Startmount (tasmod, 01micko) - mount drives at boot
# Added Pstartupsound (trio) - play sound at startup/shutdown
# Ptray is rewritten. It now handles all tray configuration.
# updated Pwireless2 (jemimah)
# updated Pseries
# removed Pnethood. replaced by lameSMBexplorer
# removed several scripts from jwmconfig2 pack. replaced by ptray
# PCC cleanup. Not hardcoded for Stardust. Should work with Puppy 4.x
# Bugfix: make vmlinuz executable. for broadcom fix. (thanks to trio)
# Bugfix: Worldtime widget didn't store settings. (thanks to tasmod)
# Bugfix 4.3.1: JWM tray configuration.
# Bugfix 4.3.1: JWM keyboard shortcut configuration.
If you have Puppy installed, you MUST run this with the prefix 'puppy pfix=ram'. Else, the Stardust desktop will not install.
username: puppy
password: linux
md5sum: a83eef65ef8d83d6f1f79fbe4c442dac
Here is the good old
Stardust icon-theme
updated for Puppy Stardust (thanks to 01micko)
The following list shows many items that is taken out of the iso. But, it is not as critical as it seems. Most of these are tiny apps, and you have not been aware of many of them. Simply because other apps do the job.
Aqualung has left, and Pmusic is back. Pmusic has evolved in both features and speed, so It is more a matter of longterm strategy. I hope it will be possible to build more around ffmpeg in the future. We could hopefully get rid of lidsnd, libsamplerate and maybe libxine...
Gadmin-Rsync is out as well, since it crashed on first run. I don't think Pbackup fill the backup issue completely. It would be wonderful if there exists a tiny but complete backup suit.
If you see something that you would have changed, added or removed, I will be very glad if you mentioned it. Because of my limited time, it would be best if you deliver the patch.... My knowledge of network/internet tools is close to zero, so these are nearly untouched.
Possible improvement is easy to see
- icon theme in vector graphics for space saving.
- alternative multimedia tools using ffmpeg.
- hunt more files we don't need.
- upgrade gui in some of the scripts.
- extend the control center.
- replacement of Gparted (901kb)
- boot Puppy with pfix=fsck
- compile mhwaveedit without libsndfile
- driver adds/updates
- ...
This is meant to be a full featured user-oriented Puppy....Though, I have to admit that the biggest modem drivers is removed.
So what's added
- Stardust desktop environment - including pcc (Puppy control center), desktop configuration tools and Pwidgets
- Pwireless2 (replaces Pwireless)
- ATI graphic drivers
- Broadcom wifi drivers
- Pmusic (replaces aqualung)
- woo-ff
- printoxx
- floppy-formater (replaces floppy-format.sh)
- getez (replaces PmirrorGet)
- acpid
- gtkmoz (replaces PuppyBrowser)
- Pupradio (replaces pstreamvid)
- seahaven
- lameSMBexplorer (replaces pnethood)
- pstartupsound
- startmount
And what does the Stardust-generator change
- Install desktop at first startup rather than keep it in the iso to save space
- snap desktop icons - medium grid
- simple Pmount facelift
- Xlock is fixed
- start pCD instead of defaultmediaplayer when click on audio-CD icon
- seamonkey buttons
- defaultaudioplayer is changed from aqualung to pmusic
- Updated P-series
- Net-setup goes to Pwireless2 for wireless configuration
- CD/DVD wizard is cleaned up
- Darker background color in: rxvt, geany, abiword
And of course, something had to leave
*** Programs ***
- aqualung
- libmad
- madplay
- burniso2cd
- cdp
- cgtkcalc
- didiwiki
- e3
- floppy-format.sh
- gcolor2 (color chooser)
- gdmap
- gexec
- gfnrename - maybe better than PRename, but this is bash and easy updated.
- glightoff
- gtkdialog markup editor - devx ???
- gtklogfileviewer - Does any script use anymore ???
- gtksourceview
- Net-setup (old version)
- nicoedit
- pcdripper
- Pdisk - could maybe be in use by some wizard
- picpuz
- pictureviewer
- pmirror/mirdir
- pmwget (PMirrorget)
- pnetnood
- pplog
- pstreamvid
- ptooltips - tool to show tooltips in gtkdialog - not longer in use
- PuppyBrowser
- PuppyPdf - Abiword does exactly the same
- Pwireless
- quisp
- rsync / gadmin-rsync - crashes on first run
- securetelnetshell
- tile
- waveplay - linked to aplay
- xAutoconnect - Pwireless2 should do the job
- xcalc
- xclipboard
- Xconsole
- xfontsel
- ycalc
- zfind
*** Trimming ***
- cdrkit - Pburn has very few dependencies
- libsnd (only mhwaveedit (aqualung) use libsnd)
- jwmconfig2
*** Control panel has ditched some ***
- countrywizard
- XserverWizard
- wizardwizard
- And plenty of menu items
*** Graphics ***
- All wallpapers
- some Gtk-themes
- All Icon-themes
- many mini-icons
*** misc ***
- some apps NOT in control center has also lost their place in the menu
--> sfs-version-converter - warnings pointing to it is changed.
--> Pstopwatch - Ptimer should be enough.
- some documentation files
- some audio files
- the biggest modem drivers
- many fixed fonts
Puppy 4.3.1 Bugfixes
- JWM tray configuration.
- JWM keyboard shortcut configuration.
- Xlock - Lock screen.
- Kill pid of wallpaper setter when closing window.
- Shutdown / Reboot from menu after NFS error.
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Hi, i have tried the multi-user version of Pizzasgood so far it was good.
I am using your puplet( v 003) and it was also cool especially the compactness of Puppy Control Center. So far, I don't have any problem to these puplets.
Is there any possibility that this add-on (mutiple user logins) feature be included in your stardust series? I don't know about integrating this functionality to the puppy releases. Is there a pet somewhere?
I will also try this new Stardust v 004. Thank you.
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trio: I would be pleased if you give some feedback about the broadcom fix
Ok, I will, downloading now
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Hi zigbert I made a very small version of XChat for Quirky that saves 600kb compressed over Ayttm
It might work on Stardust, they could always install Ayttm later on if need be.
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Odd.... StartMount does not work for me. Recognises the drive correctly (sda3) but fails to mount it. Wlan0 is seen as etho1, and little icon is missing in boot config screen. Guess it is in the wrong place.
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Wlan0 is seen as etho1
Can you send me iwconfig output? That is not supposed to happen.
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Wlan0 is seen as etho1
Can you send me iwconfig output? That is not supposed to happen.
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Hmm, actually that's not the problem I thought it was. I presume it works?
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Hmm, actually that's not the problem I thought it was. I presume it works?
Sure it does, but you know what? using this system, it takes way longer each boot before I have a working wifi connection than in generic 4.3.
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Multiuser is not the focus right now. The target of Puppy Stardust is to be stable and conservative, rather than dancing on the bleeding edge.
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(and all others)
I want to explain the 'nature' of Puppy Stardust.
Stardust is not a normal Puplet. It is not built from unleashed, woof or a remaster. I have made a script that unpacks a Puppy iso, makes changes, - and rebuilds it. For what reason????? - To be flexible of the Puppy-base. Now it is Puppy 4.3.1, tomorrow maybe another. This is the reason why I don't like touching core files. - A patch must be patched another time when the base changes. You made a patch for Pwireless2-2.5. I noted that I have upgraded to 2.6, and you made a new patch. jemimah then released 2.7 (which is in Stardust 004), and I should have noted again...... Dear Trio, it would be an endless patch-job........
It must be said; There is some patching in my stardust build-script. I don't patch packages, but instead makes the patches using sed..... An example is the improved alignment in Pmount. I could have done a lot more by rewritten some of the gui-code, but I really don't want to redo coding every time Barry releases a new version of Pmount. Instead I let sed make simple fixes of what I think will work in the following Pmount releases.
BTW, did the broadcom work out of the box?
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I don't know anything about chatting, but I see that ayttm supports many protocols, and xchat only supports irc. Have you got any feedback about this.....???
It would sure be wonderful to loose 600kb
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DaveS wrote:
and little icon is missing in boot config screen.
What are you referring to ?
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|24th May 2006, 01:58 PM
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Mark Inglis Leaves Climber to Die
A team of climbers including double-amputee Mark Inglis passed a dying climber on Mount Everest and decided to leave him there to die. Not surprisingly this decision has generated some flak.
On one hand....
Few of us watching from our armchairs are well-equipped to judge this situation.
Mark says he had to put his own life first, and helping the climber would have been a futile and dangerous gesture.
Apparently the dying climber was not properly equipped. If so, it's not fair going into such a dangerous environment and expecting others to risk their lives bailing you out.
On the other hand....
Sir Edmund Hillary says he should have helped, and Sir Ed is probably qualified to comment.
Helping other people is something good people do, even if it does seem futile.
Mark's feat will always be marred by this incident. Finding the climber was always going to spoil a successful climb. A double-amputee trying to rescue a dying climber would have made a far more heroic story than simply reaching the summit. Mark might have made more history for himself if he had tried, even if it was in vain.
A very tricky and tragic situation. I'm not going to pass judgement.
|25th May 2006, 02:15 PM
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Wow, after I posted the entry above this really became a hot topic. It was the lead item on the 6 o'clock news and featured story on Campbell live.
Lots of interesting things have come out of it but incident remains mired in unknowns and a general lack of understanding. I also notice that conflicting versions of the story have surfaced (what a surprise).
One thing I predicted has certainly come true with avengeance - Mark Inglis' successful summit climb has been completely overshadowed by the fact that his team left a man to die. Sadly, that's what will be remembered. Whether or not the man had died (and it sounds like a given), I wish the event could have been remembered for a heroic rescue attempt.
|4th December 2006, 04:26 PM
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mark inglis
mark inglis did the right thing. he put his life first before that david guy. if david was already dieing then there is no point saving him, especially when he has taken all his equipment off. david would of frozen to death aniway in a few hours. there is no need to make bad commints on mark inglis.
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|6th June 2007, 10:12 AM
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Mark couldn't have done anything to help David, After watching the doc on discovery it was clear there was nothing that could have helped the guy and there wasn't much room to move either. Mark isn't a bad guy and he wasn't the only one that walked past him. Max tryed to help the guy but he couldn't do anyhting either (i think it was this guy or else it was another guy on Everest at the time)
|5th September 2007, 02:51 PM
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Mark Inglis
Well would you go back and save a died man n keep on trying to climb the mountain with him on the back
|17th December 2007, 10:41 PM
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Mark Inglis could do no more than what he had done
If you guys watch the Discovery Channel's "EVEREST- Beyond the Limit", you could have a better picture of that have actually happened during Inglis encounter with David Sharp, the late British climber.
In my humble opinion, he have done what he could, while struggling himself with the extreme condition going down from the summit. Even Dave's teammates left him out, knowing that nothing much could be down to save other's life up there except oneself. Inglis could barely walk down, as he got more frosbitten on his already amputated both lower parts of his body.
You guys should watch the 7-episodes stories of courage of the climbers, and for the first time the summit conquest have been real timely broadcasted in the television.
|19th December 2007, 05:12 AM
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who are we to judge?
As it was said before.. so easy for journalists sitting comfortably in their chairs in NY or wherever to give their opinion about could have or should have been done on Everest that day..
Have they ever tried climbing a moutain except to get a sun-tan during their hollidays skiing in a nice resort?
I just read an article on explorers web..trying to lynch Russell.. saying he is a bully and so on and so forth.. that he can't be trusted etc...
Well .. it seems to me that the guy was pretty affected too by the loss of his sherpa and by the loss of David Sharp..
A bully ?? maybe ? but hey.. charisma is what is saving clients lives up there ..
Of courses they paid so they want to get to the summit even against the leader's and sherpas's advices..So yes, being a bully in these circumstances is definitly a good thing.. because if i am afraid of having my ass kicked.. well... i listen twice and I obey!
And what if he really wants to keep this side of the moutanin for his business and avoid having a bunch of amators opening just next to him and having their clients get killed under his nose?
Back to Mark.. i am sure it was absolutly possible for him to save the poor guy : he could have carried him down on his back after so many hours climbing and trying to descend..(well.. after all who said that 2 missing legs were a problem?) Just rememeber the first part of the documentary with this poor Indian guy who almost died and how "easy" it was to get him down from a much much lower altitude...
He could have given more oxygen.. and died himself .. so at least they would have died together and .. well.. two dead bodies (or three as the sherpa was helping too giving his oxygen)are better than just one don't you think?
He could have called for the airforce.. but ooh yes, no animal nor aircraft can get up there...
What puzzles me is why is there only a polemic about Discovery Channel's expedition members?? Why don't the media accuse by name the long list of 40 climbers and sherpas who passed close to this poor soul?
Well.. it seems to me that it is the best way to sell some paper.. exactly what was reproached to Mark and his fellow climbers.
And what uses it is to accuse anyone? Is there anybody qualified to make an investigation about deaths at these altitudes? who knows exactly the facts and circumstances, the speed of the wind, the heartbeat of the climber? The number of red cells in their blood, the amount of owygen left in their tank,their altitude sickness state at that exact moment?
Why is there no mention of the guys team-mates?? And what difference would have it done? (hem.. by the way, one of his teammate died just after he summit himself too.. so that makes 2 dead bodies for one team coming down from the summit and no dead body for Russell's team... stange...)
People going there know they can die and they pay big bucks for it.. THAT puzzles me and i don't understand this kind of passion.. and that's what it is still called the last big adventure on earth..
As for David Sharp.. let me pay him my respects and give his familly my sincere condoleances..
I am sad to know that the stupid medias trying to sell papers saying that your son could have been easily saved ar adding to your suffuring..
Shame on the everest indeed.. but on those who want to sell a story from a nice office chair !
(and sorry if my indignation kept you reading that long)
|12th January 2008, 01:34 PM
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Mark Inglis
I have been climbing for 30 years. There is a long standing tradition and ethical code of helping those in trouble - even if it costs you the summit. Time and time again, climbers who had a shot at a summit have abandoned it to help others in need. I find it remarkable that Inglis depended upon help from so many others himself. As Inglis stated: "He wasn't a member of our expedition, he was a member of another, far less professional one"....what a hero...
Inglis is an ego freak and self-promoting profiteer. He SHOULD be remembered for what he chose to do on Everest. Climbing reveals who we really are...Inglis had hoped to used limping up the hill as a basis to make money...a horrible motive. I pity the man. He represents the worst in mountaineering.
Hillary on the other hand represents the best in mountaineering. Hillary will be remembered for his kind nature, generosity, compassion and humility. Sir Ed made the world a better place. Inglis just demonstrated how selfish a human can be.
|3rd September 2007, 12:56 PM
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Mark Inglis
I think he did the write thing to leave the man is wasnt like he was gona go and carry him up the mountain would you do that
|10th September 2008, 06:25 PM
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I support mark!
Mark Inglis is a double amputee. There were many other people in his team alone, and many others had passed this man bfore him, when he might have been in a better condition. None of these people helped him, and it would have been easier for most of them! On mt Everest, its a 'care for yourself' place. mark simply didn't have the super human powers to have helped this guy. If you think he didn't even care, then read his book, 'Legs on Everest'.
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Washington, D.C. - Orchestras now have an extra week to submit applications for the Access to Artistic Excellence, Part One. Due to technical issues with the Grants.gov website beyond the agency's control, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will accept Access, Part I application materials through March 19, 2009.
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President Obama signed a catch-all spending bill passed by Congress this week, which allocates $155 million for the NEA, an increase of $10.3 million from last year's funding level. Thank you for contacting Congress in support of the NEA! Advocacy efforts by orchestras in 2008 were closely coordinated with national efforts by the entire arts community, resulting in continued advances in NEA funding.
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In March 10 remarks announcing his education policy plan, President Obama said, "It's time to give all Americans a complete and competitive education from the cradle up through a career." The plan emphasizes early childhood education, performance pay for teachers, local school innovation, and lifelong learning opportunities. Orchestras, as local partners in strengthening arts education in the schools, have been calling for national, state, and local policies that ensure that every student has access to a complete education - one that includes comprehensive education in the arts.
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Behrathas, Aehnkantos, cease to deplete from this consumption. Welcoming in all thriving flesh. Become ethereal to wander through Uraitahn. Welcome to Uraitahn, the path between your vale and Shamballa. Become ethereal. Carry on.
[Solo: Funderburk]
Deep within the bowels of the Hallifalacious' waste, the fulcrum of a practiced past emanates within my mind's eye. Escape from eternity is borned in my essence. The key to the light is with the guardians. A compensation of legendary dimensions. "Here in Uraitahn, the path between my vale and Shamballa, I have become ethereal. I will bring you the last talisman."