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Posted: Thu 27 Dec 2007, 20:39
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I don't think C-F can be used together with Metisse; IIRC C-F is a window manager for bog-standard X11 windowing system, whereas Metisse is a bundle: its own windowing system (
instead of
X11)and a specially-modified FVWM window manager to take advantage of the windowing system's extra capabilities.
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Location: Canada
Posted: Thu 27 Dec 2007, 20:44
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thx klu9
With the interest in wNOP..I think more is better...
EDIT: If I'm right you may see NOP and wNOP showing up in some ezines soon....but it's just a guess.
Be not afraid to grow slowly, only be afraid of standing still.
Chinese Proverb
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Posted: Fri 28 Dec 2007, 11:41
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re xdelta patches
a) I've created another one,
to update NOP-r2.iso to NOP-r3.iso
b) I've (temporarily) stopped seeding the torrent for the wNOP to wNOP-v0.2 patch and am uploading to Mediafire. My upload sucks, so hopefully more people can get the patch quicker from that download site.
Once I've completed uplaoding to mediafire, I'll resume seeding the torrent.
c) I've started a page on xdelta in the Puppy wiki: http://puppylinux.org/wikka/XdeltA
edit: corrected link to NOP patch post
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Posted: Fri 28 Dec 2007, 12:11
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ok, you can do an HTTP download of the xdelta patch now:
EDIT: MD5 for the patch
e0adac00289780d0ef528c6b62545af9 wNOP0.1_0.2.delta
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Posts: 54
Location: West Country UK
Posted: Fri 28 Dec 2007, 16:24
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Hi Tombh,
I have just tried wNOP 0.2 and I have to say "its a cracker". Thanks for sharing this.
It works well with my ATI Radeon mobility 9700 64mb card. Although I can't get the snow to work or drag the cube around with scroll button. But I will sort this (64mb permitting) when I have more time to play.
Bristol eh? "Where you to me babber?" Lol. Don't answer that or the Vista boys will headhunt you....with a sack!
Some friends have asked me to burn them a copy of Puppy. They live on a boat (near SS Great Britain) so I was going to give them Lighthouse pup. But now I've seen wNOP I'll give them that. It will make them think they've eaten the wrong kind of mushrooms!
Thanks again for wNOP and also to Gray for the splendid NOP.
All the best
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Posts: 422
Location: Bristol, UK
Posted: Sat 29 Dec 2007, 08:39
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@WhoDo: Right I've contacted raffy and I'll get stuck in there.
WhoDo wrote:
I was aware of Wow's dotpet, but was hoping for something that was a tad easier for the refugees to come to grips with - sort of an EZpup advanced version for those ready to move beyond basic look-and-feel but still in need of a helping hand. Does that make sense?
Yes certainly does. I was so incredibly happy when I *finally* got C-F to work in Puppy. So what your saying is really the primary aim and motivation for wNOP -- that anyone who likes Puppy and C-F should easily be able to use both at the click of few buttons.
I did consider working on a dotpet/sfs to begin with but an ISO just seemed to give me a lot more control, a fresh slate to work on as it were. C-F is quite a beast really and one of the biggest things is that it requires hardware accelerated graphics which, just that in itself, is a notorious thing to get going in Puppy. I think that will be quite an issue for any C-F dotpet/sfs, one thing that has crossed my mind would be upgrading MUs 3D Control Center. And yet another thing that could be complicated would be if an updated Xorg was needed -- I'm not sure how easy it is to just replace Xorg with a dotpet? Anyway I certainly think it's all possible, and well, if it *is* possible, then, you know the rest...
@klu9: Holy moly indeed! Good stuff. I've tested the delta patch and it works for me, although I haven't tried booting off the patched ISO, the md5s match anyway. I've updated the head of this thread and posted to your xdelta thread.
@Boo2themoon: Hey thanks
Glad you like it and it means your using local produce too!
Maybe snow's not working cos the 'Super' key (aka Windows key) is not working, you can change your keyboard model by going to Menu->Puppy Setup->Mouse/Keyboard Wizard->Advance Xorg Keyboard Configuration->Keyboard Model. PC104 usually does it for me.
Brizzle indeed me babber, off the top of the Gloccy -- I ain't scared of no Vista boys! Oh yeah a friend of mine is thinking of buying a boat in the docks, she says it's cheaper than houses anyway. But you can assure them that, all though it may appear so, no psilocybin was consumed during the development of wNOP.
And you like the Mighty Boosh! I luuuuuuv the Mighty Boosh. I think I've missed the last two epsidoes, the last one I saw was when Vince and Howard snogged! My favourite, perhaps ever, was the crimp off, sheer gold, crimping is amazing, my housemate always has snippets of crimp caught in his head,
ooh ooh ooh i did a twisty
ooh ooh ooh a tiny twisty
Crimpty Crimpty Now now
Crimpty Crimpty ask me how
In my mind even though you have signed yourself Boo, you're really Noel Fielding in cognito!
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Posted: Sat 29 Dec 2007, 12:04
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Hi Thomas,
xdelta.pet ran perfectly on v3.01..thx
Ok...did the xdelta patch....works like a charm (thx klu9)....md5sum had an error but I looked at the numbers and they were right...maybe an extra space or something...dunno.
wNOPv0.2 burned and runs ok though.
Tested on a All-in-Wonder ATI 9800 Pro (R350)....
I had a hang at xorg so did a control-alt-backspace and the xorgwizard finished correctly...dunno that one either...maybe because of no swap on test machine yet.
EDIT: the xorgwizard is a problem on my local machine not wNOP...sorry...
All in all...woofwoof!!
Be not afraid to grow slowly, only be afraid of standing still.
Chinese Proverb
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Posted: Sat 29 Dec 2007, 18:44
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Caneri wrote:
Ok...did the xdelta patch....works like a charm (thx klu9)....md5sum had an error but I looked at the numbers and they were right...maybe an extra space or something...dunno.
I'm pretty sure the MD5 issue is just formatting: of what's in the MD5 file, and of the filename of the MD5 file.
I think if one strictly follows the instructions found on the
MD5 wiki page
for **creating** the MD5 file, it works out OK.
md5sum puppy-puplet.iso > puppy-puplet.iso.md5
Main thing is the MD5's filename is just the ISO's filename with ".md5" or .md5.txt" on the end.
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Posted: Sun 30 Dec 2007, 15:45
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Well, I've tried, although searching in compiz wiki my graphics card didn't seem to be blacklisted, in wNOP it is
When I tried SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz-manager I've got:
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: Not present.
SKIP_CHECKS is yes, so continuing despite problems.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Starting emerald
/usr/bin/compiz (core) - Fatal: Root visual is not a double buffered GL visual
/usr/bin/compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
/usr/bin/compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
And simply running compiz-manager when restarting x
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: Not present.
aborting and using fallback: /usr/local/bin/xfwm4
** (xfwm4:4166): WARNING **: Another Window Manager is already running
Then I killed xfwm4, and the window borders disappear and windows got stuck.
Do you think it would be any possibility in the future, I could run compiz?
Anyway thanks tombh for your great work.
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Location: Bristol, UK
Posted: Sun 30 Dec 2007, 17:22
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@cf13: Thanks for trying, but it was as expected, failure on the "non power of two support", it seems to be the most common dependency that most older cards fail on. I'm afraid that future versions of Compiz-Fusion (and so wNOP) will probably not support card either
The best thing is to get a new graphics card.
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Posted: Sun 30 Dec 2007, 17:31
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@klu9, @Caneri: Oops, wNOP-v0.2.iso.md5.txt didn't have the filename at the end. Fixed now.
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Posted: Sun 30 Dec 2007, 18:27
Post subject: retronyms and a challenge
Your suggestion that all words, (except possibly "hoot" and "ugh",) are retronyms has the brain trust in conclave. Meanwhile, here's a new implementation challenge.
Edit: Almost forgot my original purpose for that link. Needed to explain the finding that as far as wNOP 0.2 is concerned a Matrox G200 is a dead badger, while a GeForce 4 MX is above the badger threshold.
Added: Now have wNOP 0.2 running and wobbling on a 350 MHz P II with 320 MB RAM and a GeForce 3 (nv20). Actually seems usable.
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Location: West Country UK
Posted: Mon 31 Dec 2007, 12:04
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Hi Tom,
Sorry for the late post, I've been to Shakespeare country for a couple of days, very nice.
wNOP is indeed local produce but downloaded from Canada.........Tiz a fantastically crazzy world!
Thanks for the "super" key and keyboard tips. I just tried it out and its snowing! Probably the only snow we will see in Brizzle. Gonna install Java next so my kids can play the all important Runescape.
Good luck to your friend who wants a houseboat. The boat itself will be no probs but moorings are as rare as a Linux virus! Another friend recently purchased two concrete barges from an auction. They seemed to be a bargain but because they came without moorings he is completely stuffed. They will likely end up as hardcore.
As for the Mighty Boosh, yeah luv em too. Although my avatar is really me. "its my look" A favorite episode would be difficult to choose but I recently re-watched "The priest and the beast" from series two. Featuring the Santana-esque characters Rudi, the psychedelic monk with a door in his head and Spider (so called coz of his 8 love pumps) the wild man of rock. Very funny and well put together, some great music too! Did you catch Jonathan Ross "crimping" on Jimmy Carrs show last night? Noel Fielding was there too, he seems to be on quite a lot of shows at the moment. Crimping is catching on!
Anyhow, best not let the Boosh hijack your thread any further.
I think Puppy is going to have a great year. With CF, xdelta patches, service packs, retro pups, CE innovations and Dingo etc, etc. Its going to be fun just tyring to keep up!
A very Happy New Year to you and anyone else reading this.
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Posted: Mon 31 Dec 2007, 16:55
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ok now..how do the rest of us watch The Mighty Boosh?
Sounds like "HitchHikers Guide"...any connection?
So give us a link to check it out.
Don't worry about wNOP coming from Canada..my family is from Carlisle...Lakes District...River Esk...Muncaster Castle..so it's still kind of local so to speak...just without the accent..lol
Be not afraid to grow slowly, only be afraid of standing still.
Chinese Proverb
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Location: West Country UK
Posted: Tue 01 Jan 2008, 10:07
Post subject: The Mighty Boosh
Hi Eric,
Here is a Mighty Boosh link for you
I couldn't find any full episodes but the clips should give you an idea of what they're about.
Thanks for hosting all things Puppy. It certainly makes finding stuff a lot easier.
Hope you enjoy the clips,
I guess I should mention that this is "off the wall" British humour with an adult target audience and may not be everyone's "cup of tea"
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I'm back now, and we're up and running with internet at home finally, although still having some problems with the wireless router -- any help? I could use it. I have Netgear and haven't been able to get my computer to play nice with it....
Andrea's finally got some gorgeous photos uploaded on her Flickr from our trip, although it's just a few -- part of her excellent 365 project. Expect more between the two of us soon. Just give us a wee bit more time. Still living out of boxes, boxes, boxes. Oh, and more boxes.
Here's a shot by Andrea, somewhere in Idaho. Graff headz reprezentin' out West:
Portland has probably the best indie bookstore EVER: Powell's. Me likeies. Here's me with Ezra:
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The promotion today announced that it has signed Sparks to fight at Bellator 23, which takes place June 24 at the Fourth Street Live! entertainment district in Louisville, Ky.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has since confirmed with the promotion that Sparks (5-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) meets Dave Hess (3-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC) in the non-televised "local co-feature" bout.
As with all Bellator shows, Bellator 23 airs live on FOX Sports Net, and highlights packages run the following Saturday on NBC, Telemundo and mun2.
Sparks, 36, was set to face the undefeated Lashley at tomorrow's "Strikeforce: Los Angeles" event. However, Lashley withdrew due to a knee injury. Sparks did not get a replacement opponent.
"We are happy to have an up-and-coming heavyweight like Ron taking part in the local co-main event of our Louisville show," Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney stated in the announcement. "Ron knocks people out and fans love to see that in the heavyweight division, so Ron should put on a great show for the fans in Louisville."
Sparks is a Louisville native and has finished all but one of his opponents by first-round KO or TKO.
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Amy's prize-winning portrait will be presented to the monarch to mark her diamond jubilee
An Axminster schoolgirl's picture of The Queen will be presented to the monarch as a personal gift to celebrate her diamond jubilee.
Amy Durrant, 10, from St Andrew's Drive, won her age category in the National Portrait of the Queen competition.
The contest was open to all UK schoolchildren to help create a pictorial legacy of the Queen's reign.
Amy's painting was entered by her art teacher at St Michael's Primary School in Lyme Regis where she is a pupil.
Amy said: "I'm very happy and I'm very proud of myself because I didn't think I could win it.
"I looked on the website and because I coloured it in quite well it stands out and the way I did the face was quite good."
Amy recently travelled to London to receive her prizes from the Mayor of Richmond, Rita Palmer, at a champagne celebration.
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Amy said: "It was quite exciting g. I have only been to London once before that I can remember with my grandma."
Amy's parents Kelly, a business support administrator, and Michael, who is serving in the army, travelled with her to the reception along with her sister Tori, 12.
Mum Kelly said: "The whole family is really proud of her.
"It's a massive achievement and her art teacher Sue Hammond is to thank for it because she entered her picture into the competition
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Judges for the contest included current "I'm a Celebrity" contestant and "Made in Chelsea" star Hugo Taylor, Surveyor of the Queen's pictures Desmond Shawe-Taylor and acclaimed artists Nicky Philipps, Jenny Caron Hall and Francis Hamel.
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Are you looking for the Reliable & Quality Carpet Cleaning Services in Essendon, it is carpet steam cleaning method which not only removes the bacteria, dirt, germs, moulds and other microscopic organisms but also destroys dust, soil and foreigner particles that may be toxic if you intake it. Not only this, but the technique of stain extraction is also quite useful that it restore the look of your carpet and increase its shelf life. You feel comfortable during its use like when you walk on it you feel a smooth and soft feeling. Apart from this, your home also becomes a pleasant place as it leaves a fresh fragrance due to hot water extraction.
Here are some general benefits of carpet steam cleaning.
Kill microorganisms:
Are you want to get rid of the tiny microscopic organisms hidden in your carpet? These microorganisms are growing in the inner layer of your carpets fibres, mattresses, curtains, and other households. These organisms can badly affect your respiratory system if they enter there. Therefore you have to remove these microscopic organisms as soon as possible from your carpet. There is only one best solution problem that you need to deal with any professional and reliable carpet steam cleaner in Essendon. Because in the Steam cleaning method, hot vapours use to kill these organisms.
Pretreatment for the Best Outcome:
Steam cleaning transmits fresh air without any traces of dirt because of the pretreatment requisite. In this method of cleaning, the carpet cleaner examines the entire carpets if any traces of spots, stain and dirt has remained behind. If they find out any traces of stains that left behind after the cleaning, the carpet cleaner instantly treats separately the outer part of the carpet that has the spot, stain or dirt with any cleaning agent before turning the extraction machine on with the hot water. This method makes steam cleaning as the best carpet cleaning method in Essendon.
Reduce the Growth of Molds
Moulds are also called the active allergens. These allergens are dangerous for the health of the human being. Because they cause various infectious disease to your family and pet, so it is necessary to kill them. If you want to keep your family stay safe and healthy, you need to take professional carpet steam cleaning deal regularly at least one time in a year to clean the carpet from these types of allergens. This method will help you to stop the growth of moulds and other allergens by decreasing the supply of oxygen, moisture and dust particles on the surface of the carpet.
Extends the Carpet Shelf life:
Do you want to save the money up to thousands of dollars in a year, you have to increase the shelf life of the carpet. You can get a long-lasting carpet only by taking a deal for the carpet steam cleaning method once a year. This method may keep the appearance of your carpet unchanged through the regular cleaning. There are many factors that may influence the cleaning duration of the carpet, such as the lifestyle of your family, the number of vacuum process, and the shades of your carpet.
Refresh and renew your carpet with a fresh feel:
The steam cleaning process returns your carpet to its life by deep cleaning of dirt and dust particles that often make the carpet look dirty and messy. Not only this, but it also makes your carpet as a brand new piece once again. You will feel happy and comfy while walking on your carpet as it gives a comforting feeling to your foot. It is because the hot water extraction process refines the carpet's fibre and make it soft. Despite this, it also makes your home comfortable and fresh by refreshing it because this method prompts a fresh aroma that is coming from your carpet fabric.
Destroys life-threatening Pollutants:
Most of the people do not know the apparently clean condition of the carpet still has a number of pollutants being grown within the carpet's deep layer. These pollutants may be any life-threatening organisms, such as dead bugs, pests, cockroaches, vermins and other poisonous insects or animal dandruff. These organisms may bite your children who keep playing on the carpet. Apart from this, your carpet might also have many toxic foreign particles. These particles might come from the outdoors and get stuck on your carpet surface. You can save your life from all these dangerous organisms and toxic particles by professional carpet steam cleaning.
Steam cleaning is an eco-friendly and secured method.
First and foremost, the steam cleaning method requires few amounts of water, as well as need a less quantity of chemicals substances while cleaning, unlike the other old cleaning method that takes a lot of time, chemicals and water. Apart from being a reliable cleaning technique for a healthy life, it is also an environmentally friendly method, because it needs only a few chemicals reagents. Therefore, it reduces the overall pollutants. So the wash down chemicals also reduce while cleaning, and less amount of waste product drain out in our ecosystem that converted back to the water supply.
If you prefer steam cleaning process for not only your carpet but also for other households like your countertops, tile, grout, hardwood floors and vinyl surfaces, you will ultimately decrease the chemical deposited in your environment which results in a shielded zone for you. Furthermore, you can also avoid more pollutants to contaminate the environment by taking this method.
Steam cleaning eliminates unwanted pet odours.
Pets accidents and pet urine odour inside the house, especially on your carpet, curtain and upholstery may be the sources of unpleasant odours in your home. You have pets in your home doesn't mean that you are living in the zoo. Steam cleaning method can eliminate all the unpleasant pet odours, like pet urine and pet dandruff from your home. Additionally, steam cleaning also removes the crystals of pet urine that become concentrated with time and give a more pungent smell. Besides this, this method also kills insects so that your pets stay healthy and happy.
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Non-Toxic Stain Removal Treatment
Are you worry about the sharp coloured stain of flavour drink? Sometimes, this stain looks terrible when it creates on the white carpet. However, you can remove these types of horrific carpet stain with the right treatments like commercial and home method to remove the tough carpet stains caused by the coloured beverage, blood spot, ink satin, etc.
Home carpet cleaning
You can try first at home to remove the stain on your carpet through some non-toxic methods. However, this method is not as efficient as commercial carpet cleaning. Following are the non-toxic methods to clean the carpet at your home.
Commercial carpet cleaning in Essendon
Commercial carpet cleaning is an alternative solution to clean your carpet. However, it is not useful in the day-to-day cleaning process. Only a few cleaning companies in Essendon are providing the eco-friendly service, and most of the companies claimed that they use an eco-friendly method, detergents and equipment to clean the carpet, but in reality, it is not.
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A company can conduct a proficient service if it has well-trained staff members. It takes a lot of money to install carpets in a house, so you need to prefer contracting with a highly skilled company. You should know how professionally the staff has trained? Our company has a well-trained staff. Our workers are proficient and can remove the satin, spots and dirt they know how your carpet should treat?
Quality of cleaning service:
You must ensure that the company you are dealing with cleaning arrangements has the highest quality level in its service. Our company ensure that the cleansers and other chemical substances they are using are not unhealthy for your pets, children and you. Additionally, we have powerful equipment and present-day gear to remove satins and for steam cleaning.
As you are welcoming the outsiders into your home, so you have to ensure that they are also polite before hiring an expert carpet cleaner. At Best Deal Cleaning Company, the staff is amicable and very respectful, even the entire administration are quite friendly and cooperative. We work with a positive attitude!
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By DAVID GREEN
Recycling got a whole lot easier in Fayette a few months ago.
When a metal cage was installed on the east side of the village garage last summer, recycling center coordinators noticed a change.
"It's really grown since the cage went in last summer," said David Metcalf, who has directed Fayette's recycling effort for years. "We seem to be picking up a few more people every month."
Rather than wait for the once-a-month opening of the center—9 until noon on the second Saturday of the month—residents are able to drop off #1 and #2 plastics, aluminum cans and "tin" cans anytime, day or night.
Volunteers will sort the items later for transporting to the proper recycling location.
Amy Mitchell said she's heard many good reports about the bin from community members, but there are some problems.
"There are issues that need to be addressed to make it a more effective system," she said. "The drop-off site is for 1 and 2 plastics, aluminum and tin only."
Glass, newspapers, magazines and cardboard should be brought in only when the center is open on the second Saturday. If left in the outdoor bin, paper products will become water-logged and glass will often break when deposited.
Volunteers have also had some problems with household trash left at the center.
Volunteers ask residents to follow these rules and suggestions:
1. Check for the triangle on the bottom of a plastic container to see if it is classified as #1 or #2. If it doesn't have that marking, it can't be recycled at the Fayette center and will be considered trash.
2. Bring shredded paper in a closed plastic bag.
3. Break cardboard boxes so they are flat.
4. Plastic shopping bags and egg cartons can be recycled.
5. Rinse out milk jugs well to prevent odor problems.
6. Although it is not required, sorting recyclables ahead of time helps volunteers with their work.
"We would like to thank our many faithful recyclers and those of you new to our recycling center for your part in helping our environment and our village," Mitchell said.
Volunteers are always welcome to help out with sorting and other tasks, Metcalf said.
"If I get three or four people it really helps," he said.
He started volunteering 12 years ago and now plays a very active role in Fayette's recycling efforts.
Twice a week he picks up cardboard at businesses and occasionally he receives a call from someone who has a lot of material to get rid of for one reason or another. Sometimes arrangements are made to open the center during the month.
"You just pick up odd jobs when you're retired," he said, joking about the many hours he puts into recycling in Fayette.
In case you're wondering if the community favors Pepsi or Coke, Dave Metcalf has the answer. He's handled thousands of cans.
"Fayette is more of a Pepsi town," he said.


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Q&A with The Candidate Author Robin Shope
- Staff Christianbook.com
- 2007 1 May
She's an 8th grade Language Arts teacher by day and an author by night. Still Robin Shope loves a good mystery and makes the time to read them.
She also writes what she loves. And The Candidate, her latest novel co-written with Susan Wales, follows in the same mystery – and murder! - vein.
In this interview, Robin discusses how long it took to write the third title in a three-part series, why it required research of maritime laws and scuba diving and what made her decide to use Delavan, Wisconsin, as the setting. ....
What led you to become a CBA [Christian retail] author?
I was in fifth grade when I learned the power of words. Always too shy to speak, I found my voice in written form. I met the Lord in my Sunday school class and knew I wanted to write about people who were lost then found their way to God. There is nothing more beautiful than a transformed soul. As a teen I filled one journal after the other, recounting snapshots of my day, my thoughts, and my prayers. Writing stories seemed to be an evolutionary process and I always felt if I weren't writing about Him, what was the purpose? Professionally I began writing articles ten years ago, and then started writing short stories. Having a book published was answered prayer -and that first novel developed into a three-book series. I didn't set out to be a CBA author; I wanted to be God's storyteller. Being a CBA author is a lovely bonus.
How did you come up with the concept for The Candidate?
The Candidate is the third book in the trilogy. Since the first book began in my hometown of Delavan, Wisconsin, with The Chase, I wanted to finish the series there. I knew that Barnum & Bailey Circus used to winter there. When elephants died, they put them out on the frozen lake and with the spring thaw they went down to the bottomland, where to this day, the bones still lay. Years back, the lake was drained and many artifacts were found from recent day to hundreds of years ago. That gave me a great idea! I thought, How about a buried treasure? And so the basic concept for the story was formed. Of course, we had to think of ways to use Jill and John. Since Jill had moved back home to run the town's paper it was natural for her to investigate and report. So how about a drowning that turns out to be murder? And what if the victim turned out to be a congressional aide? And what if a congressman was rowing the spotter boat when the murder took place just feet below the lake's surface? Hmm, how could a murder happen underwater without a witness?
Is any part of The Candidate factual?
Yes, the story is based on several true historical events that actually took place in Delavan. But the basic story is quite fictional. I also have real characters from the town in the book. Case in point is Gordon Yadon who is the town's historian both in real life and in my story.
How closely is this The Candidate based on your life?
I can't say it's based on my life, but I did bring in people from my past to help tell the story. The setting is my hometown, and most of the characters are drawn on people who live there. But I tweaked them all so they might have a hard time recognizing themselves.
How long did The Candidate take you to complete?
I began pounding out the outline a year and a half ago. Then Susan Wales and I discussed it before the final approval. The actual writing took about a year.
What is the symbolism for the title The Candidate?
The Candidate is none other than our hero, John Lovell, who leaves the FBI to run for the suddenly vacant congressional seat for his district.
Do you have a favorite character? Why?
My favorite character is the protagonist, Jill. She is resourceful, smart, and knows how to get her way in nearly any situation. Throughout the series, she changed from being a non-Christian, to a Christian filled with hope and strength. In this book, Jill finally knows who she is in the Lord. That is attractive.
How much research did The Candidate take?
The book took a lot of research. We had to learn about scuba diving and how the equipment worked. What lake bottoms looked like . . . what kind of fish would we see? What might we find? What are the maritime laws? We also spent a lot of time reading through Delavan's history trying to find the unique to tantalize our readers. Even in fiction you have to have historical facts correct to make it believable. This helps to pull your readers in to the book.
Is this a series?
Yes, this is the last book in a three-part series.
Do you prefer to write suspense and intrigue fiction?
I love a good mystery! And I write what I love to read.
What are some of the challenges you face as an author?
I face the lack of time to spend writing. Since I teach 8th grade Language Arts, I find myself correcting my student's papers instead of editing my own writing.
Are there any other new projects on the horizon?
There are always new projects for me. Presently I am selling like crazy to magazines. I also have a few mystery books I am working on, and with summer vacation just around the corner, this teacher will be submerged in what she loves to do the most –write!
Who was the person who influenced you the most with your writing?
My whole family influenced my writing. I love oral family history. I would often beg my mom to tell me about when she was a little girl. Years later, I found those same words coming from my own children's lips to me. When a story or two of mine, like my dad setting up our swing set in the basement because he didn't want his lawn ruined, entertained people, I began to write down my stories. And lucky me, being a teacher, I have a ready-made, captive audience.
What advice would you give to a person trying to become a fiction writer?
Write something every day and never give up. Find your voice and know your audience. There are unpublished authors who want their book published without building up a resume of short stories and articles. I am not selective. I will write for anyone as long as I can write. It's part of my DNA. It's what I do.
What message would you like your readers to take away from this book?
Pursue God and your dreams will follow.
What is your goal or mission as a writer?
I hope the reader spends a few fun hours animated in a make-believe world that takes place in a real town. If you walk down Walworth Avenue in Delavan, you just may actually meet some of the people in my book. But don't look for John or Jill. They never lived there. Only I did.
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Steve Watson
April 13, 2011
The parents of a six year old girl who was subjected to an enhanced pat-down at the hands of the TSA appeared confused and disturbed in an interview on ABC News' Good Morning America today as they called for a change in security procedures.
Selena and Dr. Todd Drexel, of Bowling Green, Ky., were thrust into the spotlight this week after a video of their daughter, Anna, being searched at New Orleans Armstrong International Airport went viral on the internet.
The couple said they allowed the video to be uploaded to Youtube in order to gauge other opinions on the incident which they feel was very wrong.
The video (below) shows the child in some distress as she is intimately probed by a stranger while her parents look on powerless.
"Initially she was just confused," Todd Drexel said. "Afterward she broke down crying because she really didn't understand what she had done wrong." he added.
"I did ask for alternatives, I asked for her to be rescanned. They just refused and said they were going to do what they were going to do." Selena Drexel said, adding that a TSA supervisor made it clear in a non verbal way that "there would be trouble" if the parents "caused a fuss" and refused to allow the pat down to be completed.
Mrs Drexel added that TSA agents did not adequately answer her questions when she asked why her daughter had been selected for a pat-down.
"We struggle to teach our kids to protect themselves, to say 'no, it's not ok to touch me in this way in this area," Mrs Drexel, said. "Yet here we are saying it's ok for these people." If we don't find other ways we're making them more vulnerable, she said, adding that procedures for children should be changed.
Watch the interview:
LIttle Anna's reaction to the incident speaks volumes. She was upset and distressed because she thought she had done something wrong and was being punished by the so called authorities. The untainted innocence of the child's view of the incident tells you that there is something very very wrong with the way millions of Americans are allowing their government to act in the name of security.
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To pick out a six year old child a a possible security threat and frisk her for dangerous weapons in an American airport is utterly insane, however it is far from an isolated incident, as we have previously documented.
If anyone else abducted someone's child and then sexually molested them they would be rightly called a pedophile and locked up for a long time, but when the government does it not only is it deemed acceptable, but it also trains a whole generation of children that being kidnapped by an adult and having their genitals groped is normal.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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WEST (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Nearly 800 people have sought Federal Emergency Management Agency help since a deadly fertilizer plant explosion decimated a Central Texas town.
FEMA on Thursday said the agency, the state and the Small Business Administration have approved more than $6.5 million in grants and loans since the April 17 blast in West.
The fiery explosion claimed 15 lives and left about 200 people hurt. Officials say about 200 homes in West were damaged or destroyed.
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Federal Coordinating Officer Kevin L. Hannes of FEMA said, "The recovery process is stressful for those who suffered great losses, and we want to make sure all survivors get the maximum assistance they are eligible to receive."
The disaster-assistance money has gone to eligible individuals and families in McLennan County. FEMA also says the 764 applicants who've registered so far will be receiving follow-up phone calls to help identify any pending needs.
Survivors of the plant explosion in West are encouraged to register with FEMA. Click here to register online or call 800-621-FEMA (3362). Phone lines are open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. The registration deadline for FEMA assistance is June 18.
West is a town of about 2,800 located 70 miles south of Fort Worth.
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SOSCharger arrives on Kickstarter, delivers self generated power to your iPhone
The SOSCharger has arived on Kickstater and looks to solve the age old solution of a dead phone battery when you are no where near a power outlet. The SOSCharger is a self generated power charger which means you wind up a handle which creates power for your iPhone. Going one step further, the SOSCharger also has a built in 1,500 mAh Lithium Polymer battery so it has the power to charge almost any phone on the market. If the extra battery dies, you then have the option of using the manual crank handle; 3-5 minutes of cranking will provide 5-12 minutes of talk time.
You can charge the SOSCharger with your standard USB wall charger; the same one that came with your smartphone or Bluetooth device. Once the battery is charged, the SOSCharger acts as a backup power source for your USB-powered devices.
The incorporated hand-crank turbine, utilizes a powerful generator, combined with a long-handle for more leverage and easy turning. If you run out of internal battery power, or you just want to keep the battery topped off, you can turn the handle to charge it up. Just turn the handle and the battery charg)es. We've included an indicator so you know when it's charging and how much juice you have in the battery. What could be easier?
If you are often out of reach of a power outlet or spend a lot of time camping or hiking this is certainly an excellent accessory to have in your backpack. The comfort of knowing that you will never be without your iPhone in critical situations is a very welcoming thought to have.
If you would like to get in on some early SOSCharger action you can grab one when / if they make it to production. A minimum pledge of $35 will be enough to get one including free shipping. There was a cheaper offer at just $25 however that has now all been taken up and the SOSCharger has already smashed through its pledge goal of $27k; it currently sits at over $40k and still has 39 days to go.
What do you think of the SOSCharger? Would you carry one around with you for that extra piece of mine?
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gavial gā´vēəl [key], large reptile of the crocodile order, found in rivers from Pakistan to Myanmar. Also called gharial, the gavial ( Gavialis gangeticus ) is distinguished from the crocodiles and alligators by its extremely long, slender, parallel-sided snout. It feeds chiefly on fish, which it catches with side-to-side sweeps of the head. The young are hatched from eggs buried in the riverbank. Gavials are not known to attack humans. They average 12 to 15 ft (3.7–4.6 m) in length, with some individuals over 20 ft (6.1 m) long. The so-called false gavial is actually a narrow-snouted crocodile. The true gavial is classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Crocodilia, family Gavialidea.
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a few general notes:
- to the people saying they don't want to pay for itunes 6/7: itunes has always been and remains free. i suspect that you may be searching for itunes and then clicking on "sponsored links" aka ads at the top of the search results. basically, i don't know what to tell you if you can't figure this out on your own, but go to www.apple.com/itunes/ for itunes.
- on a related note, since itunes is free, if you have a computer (an old imac, for example) that you would like to play music on but didnt come with itunes, go to www.apple.com/itunes/ and you can download and install it for free.
- as a general rule, the itunes installer is too big to email. i can (theoretically, mind you) send it with services like yousendit.com or via instant messenger. if i had a bunch of bandwidth to play with, i'd post it on my webspace but i don't.
- regarding above - if you're requesting something, please specify what. my original post is about at least 12 different installers.
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Tanner Foust told us earlier this year he taught Ken Block how to Gymkhana. This weekend he showed Block he's still the master, beating Block at his own 2010 Gymkhana Grid Invitational. Say Tanner's name, bitch!
Of course maybe Foust just beat Block because Foust's "Festiva" was so much better than Block's "AWD Ford Festia." Where the hell can I buy either of those?
The only thing we can think is maybe Block spent so much energy celebrating his receipt of starred commenter status here on Jalopnik during last week's episode of "Ask Me Anything" that his head just wasn't in the game. Yeah, that's totally it.
(Hat tip to Axel-Ripper and LuckyChuck!)


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Millennials are obsessed with authenticity. We have been raised to explore who we are and to be that person. That might be why we can't pass up the latest Buzzfeed quiz, whether it will tell us where we should live, what career we should have, or which Christian saint or pretty little liar we most resemble. And if authenticity is the cardinal virtue of the millennial generation, hypocrisy might be the considered the ugliest vice.
In the past year, Pope Francis has connected with people across generational, denominational, and most other lines, but his witness and his message have a special resonance for millennials. Even though many young people shy away from uttering the word "sin" out of the fear that they will appear intolerant, this pope, who has identified himself as a sinner, is connecting in a special way, and it is linked to his authenticity.
Millennials trust authority and institutions far less than previous generations, and this has translated into the "rise of the nones" and the popularity of the "spiritual but not religious" mentality. Yet something about this pope is compelling. He is reshaping this generation's perceptions of organized religion and religious devotion, challenging the assumptions many formed growing up in the early 2000s.
This was a time when the religious right was fiercely waging a culture war and President George W. Bush was perhaps the most visible Christian in the country. It is not surprising many would come to identify organized Christianity with anti-gay animus and policies geared toward the rich.
And in their own parishes, communities, or homes, young Catholics may have witnessed a counterfeit, bourgeois Christianity, stripped of its inherent radicalism, one in which legalism displaced mercy, public reputation was valued more than personal devotion, and the purportedly devout were quick to judge others yet exceedingly tolerant when it came to their own failings.
Yet if many millennials moved away from the faith of their childhood because they were repelled by the hypocrisy, smugness, superficiality, or materialism of Christians they knew or saw, many have nevertheless remained trapped by the rampant individualism of our culture, which fosters this behavior.
The question is: Will Pope Francis be a cool dude who millennials simply admire from afar and see as affirming their existing beliefs or will he be someone that inspires us to fundamentally change the way we see ourselves and the way we live?
Will our identities be inevitably distorted by a culture of individualism, consumerism, and superficiality or transformed by a personalist understanding of who we truly are—a recognition that we are all children of God, each uniquely made, with equal, infinite worth and intrinsic, immutable dignity, called to communion with God and one another?
Lent is the perfect time to strip away the ephemeral and unreal, to free ourselves of the objects and habits that block our path to communion with God and others. It is the perfect time to become children of the light: radiating goodness, truth, and righteousness, spreading joy and hope, and bearing witness to the God of love. And by turning from the darkness, we might help others to see the Way by reflecting the light of Christ's illuminating presence and redeeming love.
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ANAHEIM, Calif., May 3 (UPI) -- Gustav Nyquist scored a power-play goal 1:21 into overtime Thursday, bringing Detroit a 5-4 decision over Anaheim.
The Red Wings let a three-goal lead disappear in the third period, but managed to even the Western Conference quarterfinal series at a game each. Detroit will host the next two games of the series on Saturday and Monday.
Johan Franzen produced a Detroit goal just 20 seconds into the third period to give the Red Wings a 4-1 lead, but the Ducks scored three times in a 10-minute span to force overtime.
The Anaheim goals came from Ryan Getzlaf, Kyle Palmieri and Bobby Ryan -- all of against Jimmy Howard.
Detroit avoided what would have been a crushing setback, however, when Nyquist came through while Sheldon Souray was in the penalty box for slashing.
Franzen scored twice for the Red Wings as part of an early surge that gave Detroit a 3-0 lead.
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And she steps far away from the medical treatments and stress that dominate her life.
Jeanette never expected that a Make-A-Wish® experience could do so much. Today, she watches her daughter, Grace, transform as her wish comes true. Grace lives her wish to be the star of own fairytale. And she steps far away from the medical treatments and stress that dominate her life.
As Grace's wish granters lead her through Seattle – to landmarks like the Space Needle and Seattle Children's Theater – Jeanette sees people who care at their best. Dozens of people lent their abilities and worked hard to prepare for this day. They even included Grace; her lively imagination was their guide in making the perfect modern fairy tale experience. All their generosity lets Grace put her worries aside … and lets her family connect with each other and their community. It's a remarkable change from the isolation of helping Grace live her condition.
Wish granters enlisted local actors to craft a fairytale based on the children's book Goodnight Moon. And Grace becomes part of the cast, along with her own added characters like the "red space giraffe."
Grace's fairytale day came to a close at a Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant in Bellevue. The entire staff wore fairytale-themed hats for their guest of honor.
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CLEVELAND -- Before he can return to the field, Twins catcher Joe Mauer must be able to exercise without activating the concussion-like symptoms that landed him on the disabled list earlier this week.
On Thursday, Mauer was examined by a doctor in Detroit, who was satisfied with how the catcher responded to various questions. Mauer then flew back to Minnesota on Friday to meet with doctors at the Mayo Clinic. They were also pleased with Mauer's recovery.
Mauer is supposed to go to Target Field on Saturday to see Twins trainer Lanning Tucker, who will try to figure out when the catcher can begin exercising. To start, Mauer will walk at a pace that brings his heart rate to 60 percent. Soon after that, he can jog and then start getting back to baseball activities again.
"The doctors today didn't see anything abnormal," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said Friday. "I think with every player [with this problem] you're just relying upon what they tell you, how they feel."
Mauer, 30, was placed on the seven-day disabled list on Tuesday, when he was a late scratch from the lineup after feeling dizzy during batting practice. In his place, Ryan Doumit has caught two games, as has Chris Herrmann, who started on Friday. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said those two players will continue to split the load while Mauer is out.
Before his injury, Mauer was batting .324 with a .404 on-base percentage with 11 home runs and 47 RBIs this season. The six-time All-Star has thrown out 43 percent of would-be base stealers in 75 games at catcher.
While the Twins certainly miss their best player's production, they don't want to force an early return, which could compound the damage in the long run.
"It's different from breaking a bone or anything else," Antony said. "You're really at the mercy of the player for them to tell you how they feel and when they're ready to progress to the next step."


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In the wake of the tsunamis which detroyed so many lives in south Asia both governments and private individuals have donated funds to help in the relief work. A French classical liberal from the mid-19thC ponders the difference between the two types of charitable giving:
If, however, we understand by society or the state the government, the question is changed altogether; and we must no longer ask whether charity being a virtue in the individual, is not equally a virtue in society, but whether it is proper, moral and advantageous to have charity practiced by the government, or whether it is even possible for the government to practice charity at all. We say not. It is very evident that Charity and fraternity are virtues only when they are free and spontaneous. State and, therefore, forced, charity is not a virtue, it is a tax.
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I think that with the rate they seem to be growing, they are going to have to do something to change living arrangements. I dunno why I thought this...but I considered the idea that with the introduction of this new group of humans (and Burns) that some of that "swapping" was going to happen. We don't know anything about where these other humans have been living and so they may have more room? or access to a bigger space? Who knows... But Wanda did show them how to remove souls from humans, so they have the potential to have even more come to live with them. I think eventually space is going to become a problem.slightlyobsessed wrote: Okay, two new questions about potential sequels:
1) Do you foresee the community in the caves moving? Going to look for another, bigger place to call home? They're going to need more room soon, especially if the new humans we met at the end of The Host are going to stay with Jeb and his "family." We already saw them sort of scraping the edges of their home with the addition of Wanderer, so it kind of seems inevitable, right?
2) Do you think that there will be a big battle for Earth at the end of the series? Or do you think the humans and the Souls will be able to live peacefully together somehow? Souls don't fight, but many of them have found Earth to be more of a home than any of the other worlds they've ever visited (Wanderer for instance). Would they be willing to fight for that now? And if they all (humans and Souls) give peace a go, how would that work? Would Souls that are already on Earth be fine, but no new Souls are introduced? Unless, of course, Souls give birth and implant new Souls into their children, I suppose. And would humans be willing to put aside the urge for revenge against the Souls if it meant they no longer had to fear for their own lives?
Okay, that was more than two questions. Two general areas of discussion, I guess.
I also wonder if finding these new humans, and wanting to interact with them, with draw everyone into more danger because they are more likely to come and go from the caves more often?
I don't know if there is going to be a big battle. SM chose to end Breaking Dawn without any violence, so I don't know if she'll chose a peaceful ending for this series or if she goes a different way?? I think she has to end it with some sort of finality though. Either there is a battle or the souls (most of them with a few exceptions, like Wanda) agreeing to release the Earth and moving on. There are definitely lots of questions about how this ending could possibly take place but I am trusting SM to come up with amazing ending! She's blwon me away so far and I think she'll have some great plan I can't even fathom...lol.
I have one more question to add, though: Wanda showed the humans (her humans) how to remove souls. Do you think they share their secret with the newcomers? Do you think Burns gets upset with Wanda for sharing such a secret? Do you think the humans start going out and capturing their loved one to try and remove the souls now? (Like Kyle did.) (Sorry if these are repeat questions someone has already asked...I'm new and tried to scroll thru to see if anyone already asked about this but I didn't see it anywhere...)


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Tim Kennedy (12-3 MMA, 3-1 SF) is OK with curve balls.
A couple of months ago, he had rallied his troops around a fight against Jason "Mayhem" Miller at "Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson." He had brought in a bunch of tall, long guys and he was firing on all cylinders in the gym. He logged time alongside UFC vets Jon Jones, Rashad Evans, Keith Jardine and the rest of the beasts at trainer Greg Jackson's school in Albuquerque, N.M.
Then, Miller fell out of the picture for reasons not completely clear to him. A few weeks later, he was given another opponent: Luke Rockhold. So he shifted gears and focused on Rockhold, though the American Kickboxing Academy had a lot in common with Miller in that he was tall, lanky and a good submission artist.
Then, Rockhold fell out of the picture with an injury three weeks prior to the March 5 event, and he probably wouldn't have guessed who Strikeforce would slot as the third and hopefully final replacement: Melvin Manhoef (24-8-1 MMA, 0-1 SF).
They couldn't have picked a fighter with a more contrasting style.
"I had Mike Tyson come out for a little bit," Kennedy joked to MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "He has short hooks and uppercuts similar to Melvin's. His ground game is about as good."
But despite Manhoef's shortcomings in the grappling department, it's a matchup that many would say is more dangerous for Kennedy because under the dictionary entry for "dangerous kickboxer," there's a picture for the Dutch fighter. All but one of his 23 professional wins come by way of knockout or TKO, and in an 16-year MMA career punctuated by breaks for professional kickboxing, Manhoef has gone past the first round only twice. And those weren't even in three-round fights.
Did Kennedy get the short end of the stick?
"(Mauricio) 'Shogun' (Rua) said it really well: I'm a fighter; I'm supposed to fight," Kennedy said. "So yeah, it's great to take fights that are great for your career, and I think a win over Jason Miller would have put me right back into title contention.
"But Melvin and I can put on a really exciting fight. My last fight was 24 minutes of stalking somebody trying to knock them out. So Melvin comes to play, and this could be 'Fight of the Night.'"
A performance bonus would certainly be nice after he faces an inevitable firestorm of punches in the first round. Most coaches and observers would offer an easy way out: take 'em down and grind 'em out. But Kennedy said that tact isn't in the spirit of mixed martial arts.
The spirit, he said, is to take whatever is available when the fight happens and do whatever makes the fans happy.
"By no means do I have an aversion to stepping in and punching with [Melvin]," Kennedy said. "But on the flip side, if the opportunity is there for me to pick him up and slam him, I'm going to do that, too. But I'm definitely coming to put on a show, and I want to knock him out."
After a disappointing decision loss to now-middleweight champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza this past August at "Strikeforce: Houston," it doesn't matter to Kennedy that the road back to the title is bumpy, as long he eventually gets another shot to prove he can be champion.
"I know I lost a really close decision to [Souza], which I'm mad about, of course," he said. "I thought I won the fight. So the 'Jacare' fight is in the past. I don't care. Now I'm looking forward to destroying Melvin and knocking him out.
"Whatever gets me back in the ring for a five-round title fight, so I can really be in the position I want to be, which is with the title around my waist."
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A stand-up comedian considered a fresh new evolution to the now immensely popular roasting scene, Tony Hinchcliffe has worked as a staff-writer on the past six Comedy Central Roasts, where he has shaped many iconic sets from many dais members from Jeff Ross to Martha Stewart. His innovative 2016 one hour comedy special, "One Shot", follows Tony in one continuous take, and is now streaming on Netflix. Tony appeared in the Comedy Central's inaugural Roast Battle specials, appeared in Fusion's All Def Roast Snoop Dog Smoke Out and is appeared on Seeso's What's Your F@%king Deal.
Tony hosts his own weekly show and podcast, "Kill Tony", which has over 200k downloads per week. On the road he sells out with strong drawing power due to his podcast, being a regular on The Joe Rogan Experience, and years of opening/featuring theaters on tours with Jeffrey Ross, Joe Rogan, Dave Attell, and most recently Dave Chappelle. Tony recently added to his podcasting empire with his interview podcast "The Pony Hour" and his hilarious pro-wrestling panel podcast "The Store Horseman" which Tony records with his friends Josh Martin, Chris Burns, Matt Edgar and Johnny Skourtis.
Here are some more of Tony's accomplishments... a writer for NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly, Will Ferrell's one-hour special, the Comedy Central Roasts, the Comedy Central specials Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live at Brazos County Jail and Justin Willman's Sleight of Mouth. Tony was the opener for the 311 tour, appeared on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly and Comedy Central's @Midnight.
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J.P. Morgan 4Q Profit Beats; Dimon's Bonus Halved
J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday but halved CEO Jamie Dimon's bonus after a task force called the London Whale trading debacle a "serious mistake" by the firm.
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The New York-based bank, which released the results of an internal investigation into the second-quarter trading scandal on Wednesday, said it earned $5.7 billion last quarter, or $1.39 a share, up 53% compared with a year-earlier $3.7 billion, or 90 cents.
The results, driven by increased mortgage lending and a decline in bad loans, topped average analyst estimates of $1.16 a share in a Thomson Reuters poll. The company also reported record full-year earnings.
However, Dimon's pay was cut to $11.5 million from $23 million a year ago in the aftermath of the Whale trade and the bank's board said it will continue to oversee the firm's remediation efforts.
Dimon's reputation took a hit last year on the wrong-way trade executed by the CIO office in London that has so far cost the Wall Street giant $6.2 billion.
"As chief executive officer, Mr. Dimon bears ultimately responsibility for the failures that led to the losses in CIO," the task force said in the report.
Dimon said he "respects" the board's decision.
Other recommendations from the board include revamping governance, improving risk management and implementing control processes of the CIO.
Shares of the largest U.S. bank ticked down about 1% to $45.90 early Wednesday.
During the fourth quarter, revenue grew 10% to $23.6 billion but missed the Street's view of $24.42 billion
J.P. Morgan said consumer and business banking deposits were up 10%, while business banking loan growth grew 7% to $18.9 billion and mortgage banking origination climbed 33% to $51.2 billion.
In its corporate and investment bank, assets under custody increased 12% to $18.8 trillion and J.P. Morgan's provision for credit losses fell 70% to $656 million.
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I'm a youtuber, game developer and just a bored guy. Here is my profile for more info about me:
So I like to help out. I speak no JP and I know just using straight google translate is just a bad idea. But I like to help make the game better. I see a lot of just small things at times that could be done with some basic fixing. I know I could list them all here but at the end of the day it could take weeks if not months for someone to get around. And what I found around here is most people have jobs, lives, busy, burned, etc. I like to be that guy who fixes these little issues around and apply them.
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I go around taking a picture game and adding them to say a google document. From there if I can I will use say a program to grab the text and post that in small database with the image. From here I will find people to help translate it the best they can. These would be smaller things at first like the name of a NPC you always come across or maybe a random text you see very common. Then I would go ahead and apply these to the English Patch and test them and go on from there.
Now I have had my fair share of hexediting back in the day. I actually hand translated a crap ton of things like MU, L2, etc using hexedit... This back when life was not so simple and we were using the Korean versions if I recall of the clients. From what I hear life is a 100 times more easy then that from the sounds of it. We just have to deal with strings?
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Skip to 0 minutes and 10 seconds Hi, and welcome back in this lecture, in this lecture, I'll show you how to convert a CSV file or flat tabular file, to an event log. So we're still in the extraction phase. Since event logs are usually not ready made, you have to convert, for instance, CSV files, or other files, to an event log. And the easiest way to do this is through a CSV file. So in a previous lecture, I showed you this table of the public transport event data. And I explained that there are several columns in such a table. So you have a trace column, event name column, a timestamp column, and additional attributes.
Skip to 0 minutes and 49 seconds So it's important beforehand that you recognize the trace, event name, and the time stamp columns in your own dataset because that we will have to indicate later. So in a second, I will open ProM, and I will load this CSV file, the artificial insurance process file. And these are the first couple of rows that are present in that file. So as you see, it is simpler than the previous example. It contains only three mandatory columns, the case, or the trace ID, the event name, and the time stamp. So for instance, here, you see several events. And for trace 0, there are six events on different time stamps in 2013.
Skip to 1 minute and 31 seconds So let's look at ProM and see how we can convert a CSV file to an event log. So with ProM open, let's import the CSV file. So let's select a loan process CSV file and press Open. And we press the Action button, there's only one plugin that's available, which, actually, is the conversion to the XES event log. When we click this plugin, the first wizard screen shows you the data that will be imported, or at least the first couple of rows, and also how the file should be interpreted. So how is the comma or the column separator, and how are quotes indicated. All these are automatically detected, but sometimes it might go wrong.
Skip to 2 minutes and 18 seconds So, for instance, if the column separator is not clearly detected, you get one column with all the data. So let's put this back and press Next to go to the next configuration screen. So here, we see four areas. In the top left, we can specify the case column. So each row is a particular event occurring. And we have to be able to relate it to the case. So in this example, the case column indicates to which case it belongs. However, we can also remove this and, in this dropdown, you see all the columns in the data set. And when we select it again and press the plus sign, we add this.
Skip to 2 minutes and 58 seconds And if you add multiple columns, the unique combinations of each is, in this case, the case column or, here, the activity name. You can also tell the algorithm how to come up with the activity name for each event. And in this example, it's the event column. Then, on the bottom, we have the start and the completion times of this event. Usually, you only have completion times. So let's fill this in. And that's actually in the complete time column. And it automatically detects what the time stamp format is. So usually, this is correct. But if you see it's not correct, then you can adjust the formatting. There's also an expert configuration. But, in this course, we won't cover that.
Skip to 3 minutes and 43 seconds Then, in the final screen we have four more options. So the first one is how errors are handled. So you could choose to omit the trace, the event or the attribute from the event log and go to the next object to pass. However, I've always preferred to stop on error, I can inspect the error, and I can do the conversion again to fix the error. If a trace event or attribute is dropped, you often don't notice it, and you're missing data. The other three options are usually OK as they are. But you might want to inspect them if you encounter any issues. If I press Finish, that CSV file is converted to XES.
Skip to 4 minutes and 25 seconds And it's shown in the XES event log dialog. And here you can inspect all the traces and events that you just imported. So this shows you how you can import a single table CSV file, where each row indicates or records an event. How you can import it into ProM. So now you know how you can get an event log out of a flat CSV file using ProM Lite. So this concludes the extraction phase of this course. And in the next lectures, we will look at processing and analysis techniques. Hope to see you again soon.
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Your eyelids droop and your head starts to nod. Yawning becomes almost constant and your vision seems blurry. You blink hard, focus your eyes and suddenly realize that you've veered onto the shoulder or into oncoming traffic for a moment and quickly straighten the wheel. This time you were lucky; next time you could become the latest victim of the tragedy of drowsy driving.
According to the National Sleep Foundation's Sleep in America poll, 60% of Americans have driven while feeling sleepy and 37% admit to actually having fallen asleep at the wheel in the past year. However, many people cannot tell if or when they are about to fall asleep. And if sleepiness comes on while driving, many say to themselves, "I can handle this, I'll be fine." Yet they're putting themselves and others in danger. What they really need is a nap or a good night's sleep.
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text: Alongside its wafer-thin 4K TVs, LG's curved OLED display was another product that occupies a special place in our CES memories. Fortunate, then, that the product has taken a step away from vaporware, with the company's Vice President of Home Entertainment Europe, Thomas Lee, confirming that its "world-first" curved OLED TVs will launch in the second half of this year. Given the Korean firm's tendency to test new models closer to home, we'd suspect this would be a native launch, but given that the company's 55-inch OLED display made it into at least one store outside of Korea, we wouldn't count out seeing an overseas retail appearance soon after.