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Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2007, 00:50
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I don't know about "multiple users" but I would think supporting a package and how it interfaces with puppy version 2.x or 3.x would be, for the most part, less of a job than supporting a whole fork of puppy--which ultimately sounds like it would end up as "pupuntu" by reviewing the reasoning behind the above and other discussions. I just want to slip on some protection without rebooting or "no save" or whatever--particularly if its only going to be for a quick 20 minute session before I get back to critical research.
For example, I can start a vmware instance from an image in my workstation and wreak some ugly damage to the image by typing goggle.com or otherwise and its all contained quite nicely--bad active x scripts seem to be contained as well. But starting an operating system within an operating system just to "safely" leave the box--so to speak--seems like overkill. The effect is achievable with xen (even more so with virtual-enabled CPUs) with less resource consumption, but still overkill.
Barry seems driven to decrease Puppy's complexity with each evolution which is almost unheard of in "progressive development". Most of you cats are buying into this and getting real creative with simplicity and that rocks. I think, as you point out often enough, that a lot of this creativity is self-expression and we must choose our avenues of expression. Each of the derivatives offers insight into the hearts, minds and passions of their creators/maintainers and it is with great respect and admiration that I look upon graphpup, pizzpup, etc...as well as what Barry (and friends) has achieved.
well off to look at what spot can do for me....
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Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2007, 03:32
Post subject: a bit of design philosophy
of the dozen or so distro's/derivatives i've tried since 1999, ubuntu was the first thing i was able to do anything useful with. i still use it to rip ogg files since i don't know how to install the ogg codecs for ripperx in puppy. (puppy can play mpg/mp3/ogg but writes wav or mp3... ripped oggs SOUND Beautiful.)
but i was unable to install anything without a connection to the internet (hold on, what i mean is that i had to have UBUNTU connected to the net, which wasn't possible and still isn't for me) and the package management wouldn't let me uninstall ANYTHING either. i appreciate that app-i-don't-care-about requires app-i-don't-care-about that-i'm-trying-to-uninstall but really, fine if you must bother me with that detail, but LET ME DO IT!
guesttoo's wonderful simple (in all aspects) package system in puppy changed all that.
because of this simplicity, ubuntu was left behind as the first distro that i could use for anything, for puppy: the first distro that i could use for anything that wasn't already a standard feature.
i had been trying to install dosemu (or dosbox when it came out) for 8 years, and thanks to mu, i was able to install dosbox (FINALLY) and run dos apps in linux. i was also able, within 6 months, to install dosemu at long last.
ubuntu i had to reinstall because of the way it forces you to not be root. sudo is a fine OPTION but when mandated IT SUCKS.
all in all, i can't freaking stand ubuntu.
now a word on simplicity
simplicity isn't simple. think of it as compression: yes, compression makes a file smaller but it takes a sophisticated (complex) algorithm to make it compress. the more compression there is, the more complex a process is usually required.
similarly, every time you make something mroe simple, you have to put More Thinking into the process of making it simple for someone else.
so there are at least two levels of simplicity:
internal simplicity: the stuff under the hood that is working invisiably and automagically
external simplicity: the kind you must be referring to an increase of. yes, optional wizards (even by default) are a good thing when you put a lot of thought into their design.
what drives most distros/foss software projects/and eventually, commericial products like windows into extinction are an imbalance of external and internal simplicity.
for example: dotpup was very simple. dotpet is more complex. this can be okay (and it might be)
dotpet seeks to make things externally more simple. this is not a bad thing. but when the internal mechanisms are not designed in a simple way, they become difficult or impossible (or impractical) to maintain and are abandoned for something "better."
note that i mean someday, puppy itself will be replaced with something better because not enough people could keep puppy simple. but if we take care of him, puppy can last as much as a decade or two (as redhat might, or as dos really actually has.)
while it's good to make things externally simple, if the constant effort to make things simple on the outside makes them more and more complex on the inside, eventually the internal complexity will start to show up as far as the user is concerned: it doesn't work, and now you need complex fix-its and sometimes those don't work.
i'm saying something significant here:
1. too strong/careless a drive to make something simple for the user
-> 2. things become too complex internally to maintain
-> 3. things start to become too complex for the user
making it more simple to use makes it more complex to use.
that's the paradox, and the thing that the best devs go to great care (and employ great brilliance) to avoid.
with luck, when things get unbalanced, they get rebalanced. when they don't get rebalanced, they simply stop being used.
sadly, it is not possible to separate politics from free software. free software - politics = unfree software.
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Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2007, 08:59
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Hmmmm..... I can somewhat say I can see your point.....
You may be thinking like Windows XP. If you logged in as a limited user, you would be limited to any installs(very untrue! viruses can still install). However, to stay in that limited way but if needed to install a program, you can login as an admin.
But still....... how would you bubble EVERY single program????? I'm not disagreeing too much, but LOTS of programs use the NET. Of course, for me, I use Firefox with ad blockers and stuff, but still, you have those popups that fly loose.
I'd stick to the multiuser idea. If you just "bubble/limit" everything, hackers can still find a way OUT of the bubble/limitation, and hack your computer.
As a regular user, you would have destruction of your HOME dir, but never anything else.
I definitely agree with you on one thing-about puppy needing a rebuild.
By statistics, Puppy's 28th on the list.(as said by hit counts on distrowatch.com, scroll down and on the right, you'll see the list. if you wonder why am I wrong, 1 i did a check today, and 2 I did the "last 7 days" option) I was suprised to hear that Puppy had lost 372 visitors(hpd based)!!!
What Puppy need's is a groom, a a vet checkup, and a pamper.
What I really mean is that Puppy need to be rebuilt with multiuser, some secure things, and a redesign of puppy's website-a bit user repelling....
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Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2007, 10:03
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(the above post was ment for the "bubble/limitation idea)
Ubuntu is good, but as I heard, it loves the NET and never wants to part with the NET.....
Puppy solved hat. It doesn't need the NET that much.
Even to uninstall it doesn't need to have the internet......
Anyway, back too the multiuser:
Yes, there ARE bots that love this site, and before long the BOTS will tell the hacker about the site, and before long the hacker will know wht puppy is, and if the hacker wanted the hacker could hack people's computers(trying to find IPs).
Thoughtfully, Puppy is kinda simple. But, Puppy just needs that "oomph" to get popular....
When I first started using Puppy(going to puppyos.org) I almost thought that puppy was a discontinued project, just by the look!But then I discovered that Pupppy was alive, and MUCH better than I thought!!!!!
I am right now attempting a redo of the site.
Comparison of Puppy and Ubuntu:
Features......................| Puppy..........................| Ubuntu...................|
Ease of use ........................YES ..............................YES(with NET) |
App Installer.........................YES...............................YES
..........# of apps....................???.................................???
(I will wdit this as I find more differences. If you're a mod, you can edit this to add more hings....)
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Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2007, 11:42
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The directory /tmp must have permissions set to 777
it might be better to set /tmp to 1777 ("so that anybody can write there, but they can't rename or delete other users' files")
setting up Puppy to run as multi-user does not automatically make Puppy safer ... even one tiny error could open a security hole that a proverbial truck could be driven through
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Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2007, 16:58
Post subject: Puppy's design consideration
Most Linux distro are multi-users, but Puppy appears to be single users system that assumes you run as root. Is there some reason for this? Did Barry ever explain why it was written this way (for simplicity?)
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Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2007, 17:15
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How did Ubuntu get dragged into this thread??
As Nathan mentioned, this thread is not for discussing the merits of multi-user vs. single-user.
Neither is it for philosophizing about whether Puppy should have the option or not.
This is supposed to be a
discussion about
how to do it
, be it for implementing into Puppy or so when we're old we can tell our grandchildren that we managed to get Puppy running multiuser.
If anyone wants to talk nonsense, they can go to any of the myriad threads in this forum consisting of that.
Now to busyness: I don't think it should be a problem to modify Puppy to accommodate the multiuser option without affecting the way it currently works.
Puppy can be as it is now, with some upgraded packages (such as mentioned by Nathan) and some slightly modified scripts.
It will run as it does now, but will have a "add user" option and the first time you add a user it will:
- get the root user to select a new password
- create the new user
- change your Puppy "installation" to run in multiuser mode
The last can be done by
1) (clumsy) installing a package
2) (better) modifying various scripts and files (/etc/inittab?) to how we need them in multiuser mode
3) (best) have everything built0in from the start, but just have some flag telling us to run multiuser
I really don't think that, for example, having in rc.local0 something like
if [ -f /etc/.multiuser ] then
exec /etc/rc.d/rc.multiuser
will affect the "regular" use of Puppy…
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Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2007, 20:47
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GuestToo is right on both counts. Setting up a multi-user environment carelessly could very well result in a system that is less secure than what Puppy is by default. That's why it pays to tread carefully. Also, the permissions of /tmp should be as he says.
Dougal brings up a couple good points here too, although I don't think there needs to be an rc.multiuser file. Frankly, most distros can be run just fine as root in which case you will have a very Puppy-like experience. Basically once the environment is set up Puppy can behave normally as people are used to, but by changing the way inittab is set up there are a lot of possible options. Puppy could continue to log root in automatically at boot, or he could present a text mode login prompt, or he could start a login manager. It would not be too hard to create a small wizard which makes the switch easy.
And absolutely, the changes I have been making are unobtrusive to the way users expect Puppy to run.
Folks I'm honestly glad that the thread is attracting attention now, but please read the initial post and try to keep the comments relavent to a technical discussion, rather than a philosofical one.
Bring on the locusts ...
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Posted: Sun 25 Mar 2007, 03:08
Post subject: everything that isn't technical is nonsense - dougal
Subject description: wtf...
you could try running qemu (available as .pup) as spot, but it probably makes more sense to run apps like seamonkey and gaim or xchat as spot without emulation.
...ubuntu i had to reinstall because of the way it forces you to not be root. sudo is a fine OPTION
sorry if there wasn't enough technical info for your taste, dougal, next time if you could please make your request to stay on topic a little more arrogant and pompous, and more insulting to half the people on the forum, that would be nice. i'm all in favor of people working on this, if i knew how i'd help. i did know about running as spot, which someone was interested in doing, and helped him with it.
but since obviously i'm in the way here, i'll go sit on my thumb and let you GROWNUPS talk shop. christ.
nathan: sorry, couldn't help it. but i'll leave the thread anyway.
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Posted: Sun 25 Mar 2007, 10:09
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Nathan F wrote:
although I don't think there needs to be an rc.multiuser file
Hehe, that was just an example to show how little influence having the multiuser option will have on normal users...
My main point was that it should be done in a way changes the way Puppy works
if you've already added users -- so people can go on using Puppy without complaining about "having to log in" or anything.
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Posted: Sun 25 Mar 2007, 11:29
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No need to leave, Amish, and please don't take offense.
Bring on the locusts ...
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Posted: Mon 26 Mar 2007, 21:38
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you fixed Xorg problem, right?
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Nathan F
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Posted: Mon 26 Mar 2007, 21:45
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I have Xorg working just fine for normal users. I'm working on doing the same with Xvesa now.
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Posted: Tue 27 Mar 2007, 10:31
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Nathan F wrote:
I have Xorg working just fine for normal users.
Do users have an option of changing the screen resolution only for themselves? I'm curious how it is done elsewhere...
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Posted: Tue 27 Mar 2007, 11:46
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Defintely - the method is dependent on platform used, x-server & desktop Mgr !
There are varied CLI commands to change resolution
In Kde - no CLI needed , it's a snap - as a multi user exercise; EG logged on @ user -hot-keys;
Logon, startx option (symlink >initiate x) sources .xinitrc (user desktop still runing, 1st GUI = F7
Startx --:1 (2,3,etc)
=new concurrent GUI > (TTY F8)
*Left click (configurable window behaviour determines mouse *optional behaviour) on MT desktop > (menu) "refresh desktop"
Menu > change resolution - accept -reversible @ any time
returns to users desktop
While in text console whichever unused TTY open -
Alt +F2<>F6
may be accessed
Gui desktops start TTY F7, Systems may be Cfg'd to use any above GUI for monitoring only
Ea. user may have far more concurrent/separate instances of GUI session desktops then ever used. (MEM limitations)
Ea. running session also may have numerous desktops (default 4 - configurable.)
KDEutils may run under varied W/Mgrs, I.E. Ice/Fluxbox
(requires some QT dependencies)
Kdrive (Tinyx) will not have comparable x-libs
There are few more complicated variances as X-servers.
BTW biases: ="sudo"(editable @ users risk) is @!!## BAD !
Far better >
su -l
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SOMERSWORTH - As a member of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, and a veteran of foreign wars, Dr. Fred Brennan knew there was always a chance he would again be exposed to casualties. But he never expected to see them on the streets of Boston.
Brennan, a doctor with Seacoast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and the team doctor for the University of New Hampshire athletic program, was helping to lead the medical team in tent B at the Boston Marathon on Monday, just two short blocks from the finish line.
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He went to the race with some people from the University of New Hampshire and his 18-year-old daughter Alyssa, visiting from Virginia and shadowing him for a school project.
In the past, volunteers in the tent had no chance to see the race, so this year, televisions were brought in, allowing them to catch glimpses of the finish line while treating patients for nausea, blisters or cramps.
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Brennan said Medical Tent A, right at the finish line, received the majority of the casualties. He saw a couple of patients with shrapnel injuries to their lower extremities, and people suffering from the psychological trauma of the event, petrified about what had happened.
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When it was all over, three people were dead - eight-year-old Martin Richard of Dorchester, Mass., Krystle Campbell, 29, of Arlington, Mass., and Boston University graduate student Lingzi Lu, 23, of China - and more than 170 were injured.
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Brennan said his ability to remain calm and handle the situation at hand on Monday was the best thing to come from his military experience in Iraq.
Now, he is still processing what happened, but said he is doing OK. He has learned from his experience, and said he advised other guys in the marathon medical command to talk about what they had seen and gone through with loved ones and friends.
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He is also looking ahead in his own life, with a son on the way, a young daughter, another graduating high school and a son at the University of Virginia. He said he definitely plans to return to medical tent duty at the marathon next year.
"I remember walking out on Tuesday morning . it was a beautiful sunny day, the birds were chirping, the grass is turning green and you just pray for the families and victims and realize the sun does come up and life keeps going and we have to keep going," Brennan said.

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Martin Jeffries is a glaciologist employed by the Geophysical Institute of Alaska. Martin studies both poles, investigating how sea ice forms and interacts with polar air and oceans.
AMNH: Why should kids know about deep sea Antarctica?
Martin: Antarctica's the last great unspoiled wilderness, and a huge natural laboratory. I like to try to get students to Antarctica, where they can learn about actual research."
More on Martin Jeffries the Person
Field of Study Glaciology, investigating how sea ice interacts with climate
Hometown Sale, Cheshire, England
Favorite Middle/High School Subjects Geography, History
Least Favorite Middle/High School Subjects Physics, chemistry, and math
Thoughts on Middle/High School "In retrospect, my english grammar school education was the best thing that ever happened to me."
Interests in Middle/High School Soccer, cricket, and stamp-collecting Interests Today Soccer, cricket, and stamp collecting (you can take the Brit out of Britain, but you can't take Britain out of the Brit!)
Life Lessons from the Field Learning is enjoyable and a lifelong process. It can be hard work, but it creates good fortune and new opportunities. Recommended Reading John Adams by David McCullough
Major Influences David Levy, geography teacher at Sales Boys Grammar School
Number of Trips to Antarctica So Far Eight; six times as chief scientist
AMNH: What's so important about your field of study in Antarctica?
Martin: Sea ice plays a key role in the exchange of energy and mass between the ocean and atmosphere, and vice versa. Consequently, sea ice has a huge effect on climate, both locally and globally, and it also effects climate change and is affected by climate change. It's vital that knowing what's happening to the ice can help to understand regional and global climate variability and change.
AMNH: How do you study Sea Ice?
Martin: We usually have a hundred or so small injuries per season. This year, 191 people wintered over at McMurdo, so it's a relatively safe program. Several decades ago there were some deaths. People were caught in white-out conditions, which happens when blizzard conditions make it almost impossible to see. Others fell in crevasses, which are deep cracks in the ice sheet. There are crevasses all over the place; snow builds up over the cracks and you can't see them. A team goes out each season to search out safe routes and flag them. There's a Search and Rescue team of ten to fifteen people always in the station, and a bigger team in the summer, with vehicles that have radar and other tracking equipment.
AMNH: Describe a typical day of work in Antarctica.
Martin: Most of my field work has been conducted from the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer. I consult with the captain and the other scientists about our route and about our plans for field work. We work in the laboratories and freezer aboard the ship to analyze our snow and ice samples. We obtain those samples and other data by going out onto ice floes, often spending three to five hours working in the dark and cold. I spend a lot of time on the ship's bridge simply watching the ice to learn about its variability and appreciate its beauty. We all must spend some time on the bridge when the ship is moving, even in the middle of the night, because we maintain a program of standardized observations to record the changing nature of the ice cover. Sometimes the captain or officer of the watch will let you steer the ship, or you can watch the penguins on the ice, whales in the water, or the moon rising above an iceberg. In the evening I invariably spend a couple of hours in the science freezer cutting up ice cores. Believe it or not, this is fun! I have often said that when I cease to gain any satisfaction from cutting up the ice cores and seeing the many different textures and colours of the ice crystals, I will stop and find something new and exciting to do. I haven't reached that point yet. After working in the freezer, I always write up my daily science notes in my journal; and I always ask myself if we observed or measured anything new. If there is time, I will sit with a good book and a candy bar before setting the alarm if it's my turn to get up in the middle of the night to make ice observations. If I get a full night's sleep, I'm lucky.
AMNH: Is it dangerous?
Martin: In short, no. As long as one is aware of the potential hazards and is properly prepared, then the dangers can be mitigated and the likelihood of any casualties reduced. Because we are very safety-conscious we have never had any problems, even when ice floes have fractured beneath our feet.
AMNH: How do the ice cores help you in your research?
Martin: I examine ice cores collected from ice floes to study the growth processes of sea ice. I cut the ice cores in thin slices called thin sections; then I look at the size and shape of the ice crystals between crossed polarizing filters and sometimes under a microscope. We melt many ice samples for stable isotope analysis. The ice core analysis tells us about the processes that created that ice and the conditions under which it grew.
AMNH: Do you use remote sensing in your work?
Martin: I use satellite data on board ship to help with navigation. We also use satellite data to observe and analyze the condition of the ice. When I'm not in the field, I mainly use three kinds of satellite images. One, called synthetic aperture radar (SAR), shows sea ice in great detail regardless of darkness and cloud cover. Passive microwave instruments also "see" the ice surface through the clouds and dark, but over much larger areas than SAR. NOAA-AVHRR also covers broad areas, but is affected by the weather and light conditions. Nevertheless, by using combinations of these data it is possible to learn a lot about the ice cover.
AMNH: Is the work day back at home very different?
Martin: A typical day in the office involves routine tasks. I answer the phone, check e-mail, analyze data, work with colleagues and students, and take care of administrative tasks. I also prepare seminars, review research papers or proposals, and work on my own papers and proposals. Writing grant proposals is no fun, but seeing my research results get published is very exciting.
AMNH: How did you end up studying sea ice?
Martin: Sometimes I'm surprised I ended up a scientist! I never liked physics and math in school, but now that I'm a glaciologist, I use physics and math all the time! I sometimes think of myself as an accidental geophysicist. As a kid I always enjoyed geography, and I still remember Mr. Levy, the geography teacher who made it so interesting and relevant. Then I studied geography at the University of Sheffield in England, where I took a class called "Glaciers and Landscape" from Professor Waters. I ended up falling in love with glaciology. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, I worked on a project studying ice caps on the Arctic Circle in Norway for my MSC; and I got even more interested in studying glaciers–preferably overseas. I headed for graduate school and a Ph.D. at the University of Calgary, Canada. I was expecting to study glaciers in the Rocky Mountains; but good luck led me to Ellesmere Island, in northernmost Canada on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, to study ancient, multiyear sea ice. This ice may be 3,000 years old. I have worked at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks since 1985, studying sea ice and lake ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.
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- How do you study sea Ice?
- What's so important about your field of study in Antarctica?
- How do the ice cores help you in your research?
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Now here's my issue. I'm a new mom to a 4 month old baby girl, I EBF and as of right now I plan on doing it for as long as my baby girl wants to! BUT, just about an hour ago or so I changed my daughter's diaper, here comes the TMI, well in the diaper I noticed flecks of black stuff that looked like black pepper in her poop. When I looked online to see what this could be it all led to blood in the stool! This obviously terrified that life out of me! Now, I haven't eaten anything stranger or different, the milk I use is lactose free since my husband is lactose intolerant, so I don't believe it's a food allergy. Then I read on one of the LLL posts that it's more likely than not a foremilk/hindmilk inbalance.
Here's a little background info: I've been taking fenugreek to help with my supply seeing as I was kind of lacking before, so I've been taking it since she was about 2-3 weeks old. Only 2 pills a day! But the last week or so I decided to take more, 3 pills 2-3 times a day because my little piggy eats very 90 minutes!! The issue is that she only nurses for about 5 minutes at a time, no matter if it's quiet or TV on she latches and unlatches a ton after about 4 minutes, kind of like it's a game! She'll suck on her thumb, smile, and go back down to nursing for like 10 seconds an repeats the cycle, only at night for bedtime does she not do that. I wouldn't think this to be a problem if I hadn't found the blood in her stool. She's also been kind of cranky, ok maybe a little bit more than a little! She had a couple of days where she would scream at the top of her lungs for no reason when she started nursing, which had led me to think that her tummy hurts. I've decided to lower my intake of fenugreek back down to 2 pills a day and hopefully that will help slow down my supply back to a more normal and manageable amount for her. My poor baby girl!
Alrighty, now that I've bored y'all half to death I'll ask my questions! I suppose what I'm asking is how I can get her to nurse for longer than 5 minutes. I'm going to assume that in those 5 minutes she's getting more foremilk (because I'm producing so much) which is causing the pain and potentially the blood in the stool and not keeping her as full. She takes such short naps these days and wakes up about every 2 hours at night still. She's sharing a bed with us because if not I would never rest!!
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MADRID (AP) — Adolfo Suarez, Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after decades of right-wing rule under Gen. Francisco Franco, has died aged 81.
Suarez died Sunday afternoon in Madrid's Cemtro Clinic hospital, family spokesman Fermin Urbiola said. Suarez had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for a decade.
The cause of death was "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease made worse within the context of Alzheimer's disease," said Dr. Isabel de la Azuela of Cemtro.
Suarez had been admitted to the hospital Monday with pneumonia. On Friday, his son Adolfo said his condition had deteriorated and that he was expected to die within days.
King Juan Carlos, in a televised address, expressed his gratitude to Suarez for his "loyalty to the crown" and sadness over his death.
"Suarez was a statesman who put the whole of the Spanish nation ahead of his personal and party interests," the king said.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said "one of the great men of our era has left us," and declared three days of national mourning.
Suarez became secretary-general of the National Movement, which was Spain's only party during Franco's rule, and also was director-general of state television broadcaster TVE.
He was 43 when he was chosen in 1976 by King Juan Carlos to lead the country toward a democratic parliamentary monarchy after Franco's death a year earlier. Suarez had the king's trust and the two were close.
"King Juan Carlos chose Suarez because he knew him, had followed his career since he was Civil Governor, knew how he thought, knew his daring, his loyalty and because Suarez had hit the nail on the head by including the words democracy and monarchy in the same broadcast package," said Fernando Onega, a government spokesman in Suarez's Cabinet.
Despite opposition to his appointment from many centrist and leftist politicians, Suarez and the Democratic Center Union party he had founded won the first post-Franco elections the following year.
Under Suarez's leadership the new Parliament approved a democratic constitution in 1978, a milestone that proved popular enough to enable him and his party to win re-election the following year.
During his time in office, Suarez surprised his critics and antagonized the army and church by legalizing political parties and trade unions and calling for an amnesty for political offenses, steps that were seen as decisive after Franco's 1939-1975 authoritarian rule.
Suarez was considered a skilled and determined crisis manager during the transition to democracy, but proved to be less successful as a day-to-day organizer. Eventually — after becoming increasingly reclusive — he lost the support of his party and resigned as leader in 1981.
Suarez, however, had one more dramatic moment to play.
About a month after his resignation, during a Parliamentary debate on swearing in a successor, paramilitary Civil Guard police backed by army generals nostalgic for Franco's hard-line rule stormed the ornate chamber in an attempted coup.
When some of the officers started firing submachine guns at the ceiling — the bullets have been left there as a reminder of that day — most lawmakers scrambled for cover, diving to the floor or hiding under the seats. Suarez was one of a handful of politicians who remained seated, upright and defiant. The coup bid soon collapsed.
Suarez ran for election again in 1982 and lost. He eventually formed another centrist party, but it remained marginal and he retired from politics in 1991.
In Washington, the White House extended its condolences on behalf of the American people to Suarez's family and the Spanish people.
Suarez was "instrumental in helping Spain transition to a more pluralistic society, free market economy, and parliamentary system of government," helping Spain set an example to other countries, National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said in a statement released by the White House press office,
Adolfo, one of Suarez's sons, revealed in 2005 that his father had Alzheimer's disease.
Born Sept. 25, 1932, Suarez studied law at Spain's prestigious Salamanca University and went into politics after graduating.
He held several government posts during the Franco regime.
The king granted him the title of Duke of Suarez in 1981. He was awarded Spain's highly regarded Prince of Asturias prize in 1996 for his contribution to democracy.
Suarez is survived by daughter Sonsoles, a former TV news anchor, and son Adolfo, a politician with the conservative Popular Party, and two other children.
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WASHINGTON — Despite the problems plaguing the rollout of Obamacare, the "core of the law" is working and "more than half a million Americans have enrolled" in health plans so far in December, President Obama said Friday.
"I'm in charge, obviously, we screwed it up," Obama said at a White House news conference, referring to the public's introduction to the new law. But, he said, "the bottom line also is that we've got – several million people are going to have health care that works."
Obama's statement that half a million people had signed up for health plans so far in December was the first accounting the administration has provided of figures for this month. Officials have said the pace of enrollment has accelerated as some problems of the HealthCare.gov website have been resolved. Americans who sign up for a health plan by Monday are supposed to receive coverage effective Jan. 1.
The President also sought to play down his administration's decision — announced Thursday night — to allow some Americans to avoid the law's requirement to buy insurance. Americans who have received notices that their existing health plans were being canceled and who have not bought replacement insurance will be allowed to claim a hardship exemption that would allow them to buy a bare-bones "catastrophic" health policy or skip buying insurance altogether next year, Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced in a letter to six senators, including New Hampshire's Jeanne Shaheen.
The low-cost plans are otherwise available only to some people younger than 30.
Shaheen said she was pleased with the Sebelius move.
"This clarifies an option that will help those consumers who have had their plans cancelled this year transition more smoothly into the marketplace," she said in a statement with the five other senators.
Shaheen added, "I want to make sure people in New Hampshire who have received cancellation notices can purchase affordable insurance. Having everyone covered by health insurance is important for families and the economy."
Shaheen continues to promote her broader bill that would extend the sign-up deadline for all individual policies beyond the current March 31 deadline, a spokesman said. That bill is still pending in the Senate.
Under Shaheen's "ACA Enrollment Extension Act," the Affordable Care Act would be amended to extend the open enrollment period until May 31. The bill also gives Sebelius authority to further extend the enrollment if the HealthCare.gov website continues to be less than fully functional.
Obama in November allowed individual policy holders whose plans were about to be cancelled to keep those plans for another year if their state insurance commissioners and insurance companies agreed.
"What we're talking about is a very specific population that received cancellation notices from insurance companies," Obama said. "We just wanted to make sure that the hardship provision that was already existing in the law would also potentially apply to somebody who had problems during this transition period."
Asked whether the government would enforce the law's requirement that people buy insurance, Obama replied "absolutely."
In fact, the law already includes a number of exemptions for people who cannot afford to buy health insurance or for other reasons are unable to obtain it. And even for those who do not qualify for an exemption, the penalty for not having insurance is relatively small, starting at $95.
Nonetheless, insurance companies have insisted that the requirement is needed to ensure that insurance remains affordable now that they no longer are able to exclude people from coverage who have existing health problems.
On Thursday, industry officials criticized the administration's plan for hardship exemptions, saying that it could confuse consumers and destabilize insurance marketplaces.
Obama's opponents have argued that the administration's frequent tinkering with the law's deadlines and requirements are a sign of fundamental flaws and also represent an excessive use of executive power to change a statute passed by Congress.
The president, however, said the changes are a sign that the process is working properly.
"I've said before that this is a messy process," he said, adding that he knew that some people ask "isn't the fact that it's been so messy some indication that there are more fundamental problems with the law?"
But, he said, "when you try to do something this big affecting this many people, it's going to be hard."
"What we are constantly doing is looking — is this working the way it's supposed to? — and if there are adjustments that can be made to smooth out the transition, we should make them," he said, adding that the shifts "don't go to the core of the law."


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Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech artist, 1607-1677) 'Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus. The severall 'Habits of Englishwomen, from the Nobilitie to the 'Country Woman, as they are in these times. 1640.' An English lady with curly hair standing whole length in profile to right, wearing a cap, mask, cloak and muff, a feather fan hanging below her right arm.
We have few depictions of women in the 17C British American colonies, but the prints by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) allow us to see the hairstyles & fashions being worn on the other side of the Atlantic during the early years of the English colonization of America. The artist Hollar was born in 1607, the son of an upper middle-class civic official. He left his native Prague at age 20. He was almost blind in one eye but became a skilled artist. His 1st book of etchings was published in 1635, in Cologne, when Hollar was 28. The following year his work caught they eye of English art collector the Earl of Arundel who visiting the continent. Hollar became a part of his household, settling in England early in 1637. He left London for Antwerp in 1642, where he continued to work on a variety of projects for 10 years. In 1652, he returned to England, working on a number of large projects for the publishers John Ogilby & William Dugdale. Hollar died in London in1677. By his life's end, he had produced nearly 3000 separate etchings.


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Of late, the iPhone has been honoured with so many amazing game apps that it has rapidly become a serious rival to dedicated handheld games consoles, such as the PSP and Nintendo DS. Its touchscreen, portability and unbelievably cheap pricing structure on the App Store each push the right buttons.
The iPad, however, has been slugging along behind, kicking its heels. Not many of the A-list titles have made it onto the tablet yet. But that's all about to change. Here, my friends, is that game that Apple's 10-inch wonder has been frothing at the mouth for...
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD
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Wow! What can we say? GTA: Chinatown Wars was brilliant when it first emerged on the Nintendo DS, superb when it hit the PSP (both of which costing £29.99 new), and a major revelation on the iPhone. Now the iPad version is here, and not only is it the best by a country mile, it's almost impossible that it's available for a paltry £5.99.
This HD edition of the game has been upscaled to 1024 x 768 to match the screen resolution of the iPad perfectly, and boy does it look sharp. There's the occasional stutter in the animation, although not during gameplay thankfully, but the graphics are exquisite - partly thanks to a higher polygon count on vehicles and the like.
The plot is, obviously, the same as all of the other versions: As Huang Lee, you must deliver a ceremonial sword to your Uncle Kenny and avenge your father's murder, but naturally not all goes to plan... Mayhem ensues.
However, the presentation is so much better on the 10-inch real estate afforded by the iPad's touchscreen that it draws you into the story so much quicker and more effectively.
Also added to the iPad GTA:CW, that was missing on the iPhone, is ambient sound effects; pedestrian voices, and other aural surprises that help you feel like you're in a moving, breathing world. And the user interface is, obviously, adapted to fit the bigger screen.
Controls are fully customisable (essential as the iPad is more unwieldy as a handheld gaming device), but almost everything else is the same as the iPhone version. The minigames, perhaps, are slightly easier with the larger touch display, but other than that, it's all extremely similar.
For its price, GTA:CW is unbelievable value for money. Not only is it the best version of the game we've seen to date, it's, perhaps, the best game currently available for the iPad. And it's worth a purchase, even if you've played the other iterations before.
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We invite the entire community to join us at Swan Lake Resort on Friday, July 3rd as we present a Fireworks Display to celebrate the Independence Day Holiday. The fireworks will begin at dusk and be launched from the golf course. The show will last approximately 15-20 minutes. There are 5 separate areas (See Red Shaded Areas on the Map Below for More Details) that we will have available for our guests to view the show. Bring the entire family out, along with your blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy.
Parking will be available in any of our parking lots. We will also have further parking available at The Academy if needed. Please follow parking signs when you arrive on property to get to the best available lot.
Special Note #1: We do ask that no one parks along the road on Plymouth LaPorte Trail.
Special Note #2: Along with blankets or chairs, we suggest adding a flashlight to your must bring list for this event.
Make a night of it at Swan Lake Resort and enjoy a great meal at Dickies Restaurant as we launch a new menu.
Putter's Bar & Grille will leave the bar open during the evening, but will not be serving food after 5 PM.
We will also have Joey Garcia performing live at Dickies Restaurant following the fireworks display.
The staff at Swan Lake Resort looks forward to having everyone join us for a night of fun.


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Game Spotlight : Tarzan – Lord of the Jungle
Swing on in to Hoosier Park to experience the latest in gaming technology. Tarzan™ is a breakthrough game from Aristocrat that brings the legendary Lord of the Jungle™ to the slot floor. Housed in the award-winning VERVE HD cabinet, it's the very first title to appear in a gigantic 31.5″ potrait monitor and fully integrates with the ambient lighting, topper effects, 3D panoramic digital audio and Nteractiv LCD buttons.
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This is one game you won't want to miss and can easily be found on the main aisle of the casino floor. From state of the art technology to huge payouts, Hoosier Park Racing & Casino is proud to present Tarzan – Lord of the Jungle.


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Scientists in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain high blood pressure drugs may be useful in preventing and treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in people with diabetes. The study, the largest to date on proteins in the retina, could lead to new ways to prevent or treat the sight-threatening disease, they say. The findings are in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication.
Edward Feener and colleagues point out that diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes, which affects millions of people worldwide. It involves damage to blood vessels in the retina, the light sensitive tissue in the back of the eye. Previous studies suggested that drugs used to treat high blood pressure, including ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), may help prevent the condition.
The scientists analyzed proteins from the retinas laboratory mice with normal blood pressure and diabetes and compared them to those of non-diabetic mice. They identified 65 abnormal proteins in the diabetic mice out of more than 1,700 proteins in the study. Treatment with the ARB medication, candesartan, prevented the abnormal changes in more than 70 percent of the proteins.
ARTICLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonism ameliorates murine retinal proteome changes induced by diabetes"
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 16th Feb 2011 19:23 UTC
"Motorola is apparently sticking to its Android guns for the foreseeable future. Not in its future? Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Christy Wyatt, corporate vice president of software and services for Motorola, laid it out quite plainly for the press at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. 'I don't envision us using Microsoft,' she said. 'I would never say never but it's not something we're entertaining now. We're the only vendor who is 100% Android.'"


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'Best Buy Prize Vault' Winner Jennifer Hicks
Congratulations to Jennifer Hicks, the latest listener to claim a prize from the Best Buy Prize Vault. she took home a GPS Watch from Polar worth over $300. Be sure to listen every weekday for your chance to be our guaranteed weekly winner!


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Dish Network is asking U.S. regulators to suspend the review of the proposed acquisition of Sprint Nextel to Japan's SoftBank, saying its own counter-bid would be preferable for U.S. national security reasons.
Dish in the past has asked the Federal Communications Commission for such a suspension, but in a filing posted online on Thursday, the satellite TV provider reinforced the request with arguments promoting its own, unsolicited $25.5 billion bid made for Sprint on Monday.
(Read More: Dish Network Proposes Merger With Sprint Nextel for $25.5 Billion)
Sprint spokesman John Taylor declined comment. Sprint's board, which previously agreed to the SoftBank offer, is now studying the Dish offer.
In the filing, Dish touted the premium its bid would offer Sprint shareholders and also pointed to SoftBank's foreign origin, saying that the Japanese company lacked the "existing in-market infrastructure," among other things.
"DISH's merger proposal is better for American consumers, better for Sprint shareholders, and better for U.S. national security than the SoftBank proposal," the filing says.
Dish asked the FCC to withhold its ruling on the merger until Sprint's board responds to its own offer.
The FCC declined to comment on the matter.
Federal regulators put extra scrutiny on merger deals involving foreign-owned entities to ensure independence and protection of the U.S. networks, though these matters tend to be led by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) rather than the FCC.
Charlie Ergen, chairman of the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV company Dish, is challenging SoftBank's $20.1 billion offer to buy 70 percent of the No. 3 U.S. mobile provider Sprint, prompting support from major shareholders including hedge funds Paulson & Co and Omega Advisors.
Verizon Endorsement
Verizon Communications Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said in an interview on Thursday that the battle between Dish and SoftBank would ultimately help the U.S. wireless industry.
Sprint's biggest rival is Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group.
"Anything that builds the industry from an investment standpoint is good," Shammo said after his own company's earnings report. Shammo added that both contenders for Sprint are "equally as good."
"There are carriers that need additional investment and this is a great way to get there," Shammo said.
"They're confirming what we've been saying, which is that there's a lot of growth left in the wireless business," Shammo added. "You've a foreign investor and a domestic investor who now agree on that."
Shammo declined to say whether Dish or SoftBank would be a more formidable opponent to Verizon Wireless and No. 2 U.S. mobile service provider AT&T.


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I would have thought we would have seen pictures up at some of the sites by now too. (IMHO, Facebook does not count because most people are blocked from seeing that at work, and anyway why would you want to drive traffic to their site, but not your own? but I digress...)
So is someone going to ask about the "distribution problem" or is Hasbro going to get a free pass again?
Wow - kudos to Jayson for getting a pretty good answer.DDP admitting that stores like Big Lots, Tuesday Morning, Five Below, etc... are going to be the beneficiaries of these waves is very interesting.
I just know him from the inordinate ammount of time he would take photographing everything at a Hasbro display.
If you really need to hear Hasbro state the obvious, then check out what they said when my pal Jayson at Yakface asked them today.
Who is the light green tinged clone on display with the vintage/DF figures?
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Hi all!
From now on, the channel #olpc-groups is open with the ambition to
connect local communities from everywhere! I can imagine a lot of
potential for collaborations, projects, problem solving and
not-reinventing-the-wheel !
SJ and I have talked about the current status of the irc-infrastructure
for the communities, and had some ideas for the future. Basically,
1. many of the local channels are inactive
2. we have had no channel to cross-connect communities
3. the channel #olpc-europe developed from the ccc
4. the whole olpc project is gaining momentum
5. the logical next step would be a united communities-channel to focus
our common effort!
We could basically connect via #olpc-groups on a global basis, and use
#olpc-europe/asia/africa/... for regional discussions.
The same idea could apply to some of the mailing-lists. We can basically
use the grassroots list (http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots)!
Please post feedback to firstname.lastname@example.com.
I wish you all an interesting and successful year 2008!
- chris
(olpc austria)
<_sj|> crazy: there are no active country channels
<_sj|> but very active community members we just need a place to
discuss self-organization, regional meetups, a few infrastructure
things (which are the same around the world)
<kikka> a virtual place?
<_sj|> well, here I'm talking about a single irc chan...
<kikka> Ah, okay.
<crazy-chris> _sj| you're right, the country channels are not used
<_sj|> crazy: start with one #olpc-groups, merge existing country
chans until there's a lot of focused traffic for one
<_sj|> and keep separate channels for open discussion by language
<_sj|> #olpc can split into #olpc-<lang> when it gets too busy;
#olpc-groups can split into #olpc-<region> when it gets too busy.
<crazy-chris> _sj|: okay, that sounds very good.
<_sj|> but, none of the olpc chans are too busy yet
<crazy-chris> heh, yeah
<crazy-chris> will change thought
<_sj|> even #olpc and -help are pretty quiet
<_sj|> yeah
<crazy-chris> the contributors program ...
<crazy-chris> i think to merge the channels is the way to go. i'll
get working on that.
<_sj|> chris: thank you
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Saturday, August 13, 2016
To find the cause of symptoms, a doctor:
The exams and tests conducted may vary depending on the symptoms. Examination of a sample of tissue (a biopsy) under the microscope is always necessary to confirm a diagnosis of cancer.
Some exams and tests that may be useful are described below:
Physical examination may include visual inspection of the oral and nasal cavities, neck, throat, and tongue using a small mirror and/or lights. The doctor may also feel for lumps on the neck, lips, gums, and cheeks.
Endoscopy is the use of a thin, lighted tube called an endoscope to examine areas inside the body. The type of endoscope the doctor uses depends on the area being examined. For example, a laryngoscope is inserted through the mouth to view the larynx; an esophagoscope is inserted through the mouth to examine the esophagus; and a nasopharyngoscope is inserted through the nose so the doctor can see the nasal cavity and nasopharynx.
Laboratory tests examine samples of blood, urine, or other substances from the body.
X-rays create images of areas inside the head and neck on film.
CT (or CAT) scan is a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the head and neck created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine.
MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) uses a powerful magnet linked to a computer to create detailed pictures of areas inside the head and neck.
PET scan uses sugar that is modified in a specific way so it is absorbed by cancer calls and appears as dark areas on the scan.
Biopsy is the removal of a piece tissue. A pathologist studies the tissue under a microscope to make a diagnosis. A biopsy is the only sure way to tell whether a person has cancer.
If the diagnosis is cancer, the doctor will want to learn the stage (or extent) of disease. Staging is a careful attempt to find out whether the cancer has spread and, if so, to which parts of the body. Staging may involve an examination under anesthesia (in the operating room), x-rays and other imaging procedures (discussed above), and laboratory tests. Knowing the stage of the disease helps the doctor plan treatment.
Source: National Cancer Institute - Head and Neck Cancer: Questions and Answers
Last Reviewed: Mar 06, 2013
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|'The Path'
Over the last few weeks, I've been re-reading a book that all writers and lovers of history and mythology should have on their shelf: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.
Every time I pick up this book, I'm struck by the truth of what Campbell says. I think of all of the stories that have struck a chord with me over the years, and the things they have in common. Campbell says:
"The archetypes to be discovered and assimilated are precisely those that have inspired, throughout the annals of human culture, the basic images of ritual, mythology, and vision… The hero... has died as a modern man – he has been reborn. His second solemn task and deed therefore… is to return then to us, transfigured, and teach the lessons he has learned of life renewed."
(The Hero with a Thousand Faces; Third Edition, 1973)
|Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed
in the Enchanted Forest
If you stop to look at storytelling, past and present, you can indeed see the recurring themes and archetypes of myth. They are everywhere. And this applies not only to western literature but to storytelling across time, across cultures.
In studying Greek, Roman and Celtic literature and mythology, medieval and Arthurian romance, I have noticed that I am drawn to certain elements. It's not just because of the way these stories are told, or the language the writers or poets used. Let's remember that the beauty of language is often lost in translation.
No. What draws me in to these stories are common elements that appeal to something deep within my psyche, the blood in my veins, the fibre of my muscles, the dreams at the back of my mind. My inner youth, adventurer, lover, warrior and wise man all yearn for the stories that are food for the soul.
Without that food I begin to starve.
Such is the power of storytelling.
|Sir Galahad upon his Quest
The Hero with a Thousand Faces takes you into a world of great depth, of ideas and examples. There is too much to be able to do it justice in one blog post. However, in the book there is a chart of the Hero's Journey that I believe can be infinitely useful to a writer.
Oftentimes, writers can get stuck, feel as though they have written themselves into a corner and are not sure how to get out of it. Perhaps they are not sure where to turn next, which path their protagonist should take. Other times, a writer will wonder whether a certain path in the story will appeal to the reader, or else put them off so much that they go off in search of another adventure.
Campbell's chart of the Hero's Journey is an excellent point of reference, a tool or weapon to help a writer to get out of the traps that can halt the creative process.
I think it prudent here to quote Campbell on what the journey entails:
"The mythological hero, setting forth from his commonday hut or castle, is lured, carried away, or else voluntarily proceeds, to the threshold of adventure. There he encounters a shadow presence that guards the passage. The hero may defeat or conciliate this power and go alive into the kingdom of the dark (brother-battle, dragon-battle; offering, charm), or be slain by the opponent and descend in death (dismemberment, crucifixion). Beyond the threshold, then, the hero journeys through a world of unfamiliar yet strangely intimate forces, some of which severely threaten him (tests), some of which give magical aid (helpers). When he arrives at the nadir of the mythological round, he undergoes a supreme ordeal and gains his reward. The triumph may be represented as the hero's sexual union with the goddess-mother of the world (sacred marriage), his recognition by the father-creator (father atonement), his own divinization (apotheosis), or again – if the powers have remained unfriendly to him – his theft of the boon he came to gain (bride-theft, fire-theft); intrinsically it is an expansion of consciousness and therewith of being (illumination, transfiguration, freedom). The final work is that of the return. If the powers have blessed the hero, he now sets forth under their protection (emissary); if not, he flees and is pursued (transformation flight, obstacle flight). At the return threshold the transcendental powers must remain behind; the hero re-emerges from the kingdom of dread (return, resurrection). The boon that he brings restores the world (elixir)."
(The Hero with a Thousand Faces; p.245-246, Third Edition, 1973)
|Luke Skywalker
with his father's sword
As I read this, all the stories that I ever loved flash through my mind. I see heroes such as Arthur, Frodo and even Luke Skywalker, taken from their quiet worlds and cast into the unknown with the aid of such legendary characters as Merlin, Gandalf, Obi-Wan Kenobi and others.
Often, a hero experiences an event that thrusts him into the adventure. I think of Odysseus being ordered to go to war at Troy and leave his wife and baby behind, or in the Mabinogi when Pwyll Prince of Dyfed goes into the otherworld of Annwn. Jason confronts Pelias and ends up on an expedition to find the Golden Fleece, the proposed price for getting back his father's throne. There are so many examples. And often times, there is a sword: Arthur's Excalibur, Luke's father's lightsaber or Bilbo's sword, Sting, which goes to Frodo.
The tests are often what make up the bulk of the story which takes place in
unknown realms. There are helpers in the form
of other people, gods or animals along the way. In the Lord of the Rings, Frodo
has the help of Aragorn (a hero on his own journey – a journey within a
journey) and the rest of the Fellowship, elves, dwarves and others. Arthur has
his knights who each have their own adventures. Theseus has Ariadne whose aid
provides him with the key to the labyrinth. Jason gets aid from the blind
prophet Phineas who tells him how to reach the Golden Fleece.
|Odysseus and Calypso
When the hero reaches what Campbell calls the 'nadir of the mythological round' there is an ordeal and reward. Odysseus passes through death in the form of Scylla and Charybdis to be washed up on the shore of the goddess Calypso's island. He spends time there, loved by the goddess, and regains his strength before embarking on the final stages of his journey.
|Jason and the Golden Fleece
Other themes at the nadir are the attainment, by theft of gift, of the elixir that is sought by the hero. This could be the Golden Fleece, the Holy Grail, or the promise of a return home in the case of Odysseus. The promise of a healing of the land, of body, of spirit is in the hero's sights. But the journey is not yet over.
More challenges emerge before the hero can cross that threshold once more to get back into the known realms. Arthur must face Mordred, Odysseus must still reach Ithaca before destroying the suitors and taking back his home. Luke must escape the Death Star to destroy it in a final battle.
|Arthur receives Excalibur
Once the final confrontations are achieved, the hero achieves peace for himself and his realm, an overall healing of wounds and righting of wrongs that gives way to a golden time. If the hero dies in the attempt, he goes on to a better place and his example will be one that inspires future generations (e.g. Arthur going to Avalon).
You can take almost any story from any culture and apply the elements Campbell mentions.
The elements of the hero's journey are universal.
Because these archetypes, these themes, are a part of our storytelling tradition, we often include them automatically in our writing without thinking about it.
|Frodo and Gandalf
But a writer often is the hero on a journey and does not always know where the road will lead. We need helpers, a sword (or pen!) and certainly divine help and inspiration should not be shunned.
Sometimes writers need a guide like Joseph Campbell to put one back on track. And that's ok!
Odysseus and Arthur, Luke and Frodo, all had help. So did Pwyll and Yvain, Herakles and Jason. It's not cowardly to receive aid. The true test comes when one decides what to do with the aid provided.
Whether I'm writing the first words, or flipping the first pages, of a new story I relish the adventure to come, the trials and tribulations, learning from the unknown and gathering the courage to slay my own dragons.
Thanks for reading!
If you would like to find out more, here are a few places to start:
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
ThePower of Myth – A conversation between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers (filmed at Skywalker Ranch). This is also available as an audio book.
StarWars: The Magic of Myth - This is a fantastic book, not only for Star Wars fans but everyone with an interest in mythology. George Lucas was friends with Joseph Campbell and adhered closely to the ideas of the hero's journey in the creation of his brilliant story 'A long time ago... In a galaxy far, far away...'


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Carl Liu, industrial designer talks about the role of Moleskine notebooks in his creative work
New videos from Detour Shanghai on Vimeo channel: 4 new authors speak about their work revealing inspirations and personal memories through their Moleskine notebooks. Travel blogger Rebec Hohoho illustrates Hong Kong and Beijing, the cities she likes most, and the rabbit her favorite to drawn on her notebook. Industrial designer Carl Liu explains how he discovered Moleskine notebooks in 2005; now he needs a new one every 6-7 months . Fashion designer Joseph Li tells the story of his illustrated Japanese notebook which he considered a kind of old "photocopying machine", along with fashion designer Jenny Ji whom Japanese notebook is her favorite too.
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The Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center hopes to get a service district to pay for its programs on the May 2014 ballot, and agency officials will make their case before Jackson County commissioners today.
Extension Executive Director Phil Van Buskirk said it will be the first meeting with the commissioners on the issue, but that no decisions will be made. The public meeting will be held at 9 a.m. at 10 S. Oakdale Ave.
The numbers are still being worked out, but Van Buskirk said the proposed district would not tax more than 5 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. The owner of a home assessed at $158,800 — the median value in Jackson County — would pay $7.94 per year.
"Part of this discussion will be if that's the best figure to use. It certainly wouldn't be any more than that," said Jack Duggan, chairman for the Friends of Research & Extension group.
Van Buskirk said the proposed amount likely would be lower, possibly around 2 cents per $1,000.
The meeting comes on the heels of the commissioners' decision to give the program six months of general fund support — $102,102 — in the 2013-14 budget.
Unless the county finds a new source of money, that's the last county funding the extension service will get, officials have said.
The extension service, which is part of Oregon State University, is funded by a hodgepodge of sources, including state, federal and local dollars, along with various grants and donations.
Keeping an extension and experiment station open is tied to local financial support, Van Buskirk said. Traditionally that's come from county general fund dollars.
"The cost of operations continues to go up," Van Buskirk said.
Jackson County budget cuts made in the face of dwindling federal timber dollars have sent various groups — including libraries and historical societies — scrambling for new sources of money.
The county used $5.3 million from rainy-day funds to help close a $6.7 million shortfall.
Officials made up the remaining $1.4 million by cutting six months of support for the extension service, public health partner agencies, veterans services, Rogue Valley Council of Governments, communications and marketing, Rogue Valley Television, and the county's wildlife services officer. More and deeper cuts loom unless new revenue is found, officials have said.
Reach Mail Tribune reporter Ryan Pfeil at 541-776-4468 or by email at email@example.com.
Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center explores funding options
The Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center hopes to get a service district to pay for its programs on the May 2014 ballot, and agency officials will make their case before Jackson County commissioners today.


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Odyssey is a professional mask and movement theatre company and not-for-profit, charitable organization in Ottawa. For over 30 years we have been delighting our audiences with imaginative, award-winning productions that tell universal stories in new, exciting, and thought-provoking ways.
We create innovative, entertaining and meaningful theatre through fairground arts including mask, clown, puppetry and physical theatre. Commedia dell'Arte, an Italian Renaissance theatre of masks, physical virtuosity, verbal play, comic inventiveness and satire that explores timeless struggles - class conflicts, power-plays, explosive generational dynamics and love's dilemmas, has strongly influenced the company's work.
In the summer of 1986 we launched our signature Theatre under the Stars. Since then, we have grown to include a Youth Matinee Series for children aged 5 to 12; a unique new play development program; annual training workshops for professional artists in mask, clown, puppetry, movement or culturally diverse theatre forms; youth apprenticeships that provide training, experience, and mentorship; and community workshops that build skills for students, teachers and community groups.


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It was New Year's Eve 2006. I was in a relationship with JD's dad, pregnant and didn't know it. Prior to meeting JD's dad, I made plans with my single NYC girlfriends and bought a plane ticket to San Francisco. That was literally the last time I celebrated New Year's Eve. No, really.
I stayed at my friend, Lo's, parents' house. We went to wine country (I drank wine and ate sushi. I didn't know I was pregnant!!) We partied and danced, but ya know what? I was uncharacteristically exhausted. JD's father texted me non-stop while I was away. On NYE he sent me silly texts like, "Rum and Coke Round 4 Missssss Youuuuuuuu!" 2007 rang in and that is the year everything changed. My entire life, every single aspect from love, what I ingested, to where I lived, worked, socialized, spent money, saved money. Everything changed and I had it all to figure out alone. Happy New Year indeed—not! But, then on August 30, 2007 JD was born and yes, indeed, it was the happiest of the years! I am so lucky. Thank God for 2007. I grew up and I fell in love—in love w/ JD.
In 2007 JD was a brandy-new infant. We ate dinner with my family and drove home to our apartment on December 31. We were both asleep by 10 PM and JD was up at 3 AM for a feeding—party at the crib! In 2008 JD had Bronchitis and that about sums up the partying for that entire holiday season—bummer. In 2009 I was admittedly feeling a little sad and lonely. We had an early dinner with family and turned in early. We slept in my bed together. It was cozy and cute and we ate pancakes in bed on Jan 1, 2010. In 2010, I was sick. No plans. NONE.
I am happy, so happy to report I have legitimate New Year's Eve plans this year. Or should I say, we do. We're going to a kid-friendly pot-luck New Year's Eve party in the town I grew up in. I'm making a pasta salad and bringing some appetizers. I won't be drinking, because I'll be packing PJs for JD and driving us home at some point—and I couldn't be more thrilled! I mean someone is making Cannoli dip! We're clearly getting cray cray!! LOL.
We're going to a New Year's Eve party! With people! With friends! There will be noise makers and hats! No one is sick (yet). No one is sad. Everything is perfect!
You might also like: I Issued A Single Parent Warning Over Christmas.
22 Healthy Kids Snacks (Great ideas for kiddo apps on NYE)
What are you doing for New Year's Eve? Do you do something with or without the kiddies? Please share. Keep reading my blog because I have fun Rattled! news to share in 2012 :)
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