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Movie rentals have been ubiquitous for quite some time now. From online streaming to mail-in services to those automated boxes you see at grocery stores and strip malls, you can't go anywhere without having the opportunity to rent movies for just a few dollars compared to paying full price to own a DVD or Blu-Ray …
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Using The Public Library To Research Family History And Genealogy Genealogy and researching family history are quickly becoming one of the most popular hobbies in the United States. With information at our fingertips, researching family names, and plotting the geographic timelines or locations of the various branches of family trees has never been more convenient. …
See How Easily You Can Check Out a Kindle Book From Your Local Library If you've been paying attention to the U.S. news media you may have noticed that it's now possible to check out Amazon Kindle books from your local public library. That's right; as long as you have a valid library card …
Movie rentals have been ubiquitous for quite some time now. From online streaming to mail-in services to those automated boxes you see at grocery stores and strip malls, you can't go anywhere without having the opportunity to rent movies for just a few dollars compared to paying full price to own a DVD or Blu-Ray Disc that you'll only watch once.
What many people overlook, is that your public library movies for you to borrow, for no cost at all.
When most people think about renting movies from a public library, they have preconceptions about nature documentaries and science programs geared more toward junior high school students. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with informative and educational material, the public library has so much more to offer in the way of movie rentals than you probably thought.
A trip the public library will reveal that their movie selection spans all genres – from classics to horror, science fiction and fantasy, romance, comedy, mystery, popular television series, anime, and in-depth documentaries. Quite often, public libraries even get in new movies on their release dates so that you don't have to wait months to borrow that hot movie you missed in the theatre.
For film buffs who don't quite have the budget or shelf space to drop a few thousand dollars for an ever-growing personal collection of movies, your public library will let you take out a few movies so you can go over those beloved classics and explore new films that you would otherwise pass up because of the cost of renting them.
You also don't have to worry about the shelves being empty. The public library will let you hold a reserve copy of a movie, and will notify you of when it is in stock, and quite frequently the public library has multiple copies of popular selections so that you aren't stuck waiting and going home empty handed.
The other thing that many people overlook when it comes to borrowing movies from the public library is that the selection is often broader than what you might find with the stand-by movie rental services. You can always be assured that when you walk into your local movie rental store that there will be tons of copies of the a few movies, but very little in the way of the less popular titles or avante guard movies. Even the big on-line streaming and mail-in services may brag about their incredible selection when compared to brick & mortar stores, but it only takes a quick search to realize that when it comes to independent films, foreign movies and television series (including those from the BBC), and movies that weren't smash hits, that there are a lot of gaps in their lineups. Apart from a film institute or the occasional art house showing of a movie, the more obscure titles can be found more easily at your public library.
Sometimes you may find that your library doesn't have a particular title in their movie catalog. Have no fear. With the interconnectivity of public libraries and electronic inter-library loans, a librarian can easily look on-line to see which libraries have the titles you want, and you can send a request to have it shipped to your public library so you can take the more hard to find titles home to enjoy.
The public library has made enormous strides over the years to keep up with the times, and they realize that the people who visit don't get their information and recreational enjoyment from the pages of books alone, but from various multimedia sources. A few have even started carrying video games for public lending.
So the next time you are in the mood for a movie, and don't want to deal with the hassle of waiting in line or the risk of spending money on a movie that you might only enjoy for one viewing – or perrhaps you don't want the frustration of bandwidth usage when streaming, or finding out that the more conventional movie rental services have a very limited selection – you should take a trip to your local public library. Odds are they have what you want to see, for free. Who knows, if you take your time to browse each section, you may find some titles that you are willing to take a chance on and end up broadening your horizons.
With all of these titles spanning every genre imaginable, by using the public library to borrow movies, you will not only be saving money, but you will quickly become the person who is suggesting movies for others to watch, rather than being the one waiting for weeks and months to catch the movies as they trickle onto the store shelves.
Visit your public library today. They're for much more than books!
Genealogy and researching family history are quickly becoming one of the most popular hobbies in the United States. With information at our fingertips, researching family names, and plotting the geographic timelines or locations of the various branches of family trees has never been more convenient.
But where do you start?
Back in the Stone Age, when computers were expensive and not available for public use, genealogy was a massive undertaking, and involved going through dusty tomes, writing letters to relatives, and spending hours in city and county archives in various states. This amounted to a ton of time consumed by travel and waiting.
Now that we have the Internet, and most public libraries are interconnected, you can do your research from one computer at your local library – and in some cases, you can even browse archives from the convenience of your home computer or laptop.
It used to be that families stayed in a very small radius for generations at a time. This was due to a strong sense of community, the high cost of traveling, and basic technology kept jobs local. It wasn't uncommon to find streets named after families who had existed in towns and cities for a very long time. People would be born in a small town, go to school and marry their classroom sweethearts, and then take a local job and the cycle would continue.
These days, families disperse at a much faster rate, and often the availability of employment is the driving factor. With many people going off to college and then getting a job in their respective field, it isn't out of the ordinary to find a family that used to exist in one town for many decades to suddenly have the latest generation hopping from state to state or growing roots of their own everywhere across the country.
If you have a last name go start with, you can ask your parents or close relatives about other maiden names and where those relatives lived before moving to their current locations. From there, you can get a genral sense of where your relative have lived, and maybe even their countries of origin before settling in the United States.
Even with this cursory knowledge, you can go to your local public library and begin to search the history archives regarding those relative. From there, you can spider out and look at other geographic locations where your family has lived.
If you find out that your more distant relatives have lived elsewhere in the country, you can make a request from your public library to another one in a different town or even state to browse their archives, resident registries, and other documentation that you can print out at home or right there at the library for your personal use. In no time, through the use of the information at your public library, you will become an expert on your family history. Genealogy has never been easier than by sitting down at a computer in your public library and plugging in a few names and dates.
Names and dates are simple database queries that will help you make a good working list of family members, but what about the details that aren't just simple searches? What about marriage records, police reports, or outstanding achievements of relatives that were mentioned in old newspapers?
Many of you who grew up in a time before the Internet may remember looking things up on microfiche and filling out inter-library loan forms to get information to use in your reports that wasn't immediately available in your location. Well, public libraries have taken this to the next step. By scanning old newspaper articles, the local obituary index, and registry books into electronic files (many of them with searchable text), you can now get access to the documents you need for your genealogy project with just a few clicks, rather than waiting for weeks and sometimes months for the family history information you need. Now you have names, dates, photos, and locations at your disposal, so you can begin charting that family tree of yours like no one has been able to do before.
Communications technology has come a long way from where it was just a decade ago. The public library has always been the place to go for most types of research, and it still is. Between the connectivity between public libraries and the availability of public documents and records – in addition to the ease of locating and sharing such information, it's no wonder that genealogy is skyrocketing. Youcan even find organizations at your public library to share family history. What was once perceived as an impossible hobby, with the options at your local library, is now bringing us together much like the family communnity of yore. There's nothing keeping you from researching your own family history. Genealogy is a fascinating hobby, so get over to your public library and start researching today!
You may be surprised by who you're related to.
If you've been paying attention to the U.S. news media you may have noticed that it's now possible to check out Amazon Kindle books from your local public library. That's right; as long as you have a valid library card and an Amazon account, you can visit some 11,000 library sites and download Amazon Kindle books to your Kindle or Kindle app-enabled device via WiFi or USB. You can read the book on any generation Kindle device or free Kindle reading app.
Similar to regular books, libraries have a limited number of Kindle copies for each title so you will have to check availability. To see whether Kindle check-outs are available at a library near you, call your local librarian. Another similarity to physical books is that Kindle copies will have an expiration date — but after that date, they can either be renewed or purchased through Amazon, with all of your bookmarks and notations still intact. Kindle books feature real page numbers and Whispersync technology that synchronizes your notes, highlights, and last page read. For questions about availability of Kindle library books, loan duration, and terms of use, you should contact your local library.
How It Works
You can easily borrow Kindle books through your local library's website and, with the click of a button, have them delivered to your Kindle device or free reading app.
• Visit the website of a United States library that offers digital services from OverDrive.
• Check out a Kindle book using your valid library card.
• Click on "Get for Kindle" and then sign in to your Amazon.com account to have the book delivered instantly to your Kindle device or reading app.
Public library books can be sent wirelessly to Kindle devices via an active Wi-Fi connection or transferred via USB. The service also has some other interesting features:
• Page numbers correspond to those in print editions.
• Facebook and Twitter integration lets you share favorite passages.
• Popular Highlights show Kindle owners' comments on passages in books.
• Public Notes shares people's opinions on books.
One last benefit that checking Kindle books out offers over physical books may not be so obvious. In a statement, Amazon's Kindle director, Jay Marine said, "Normally, making margin notes in library books is a big no-no. But we're fixing this by extending our Whispersync technology to library books, so your notes, highlights and bookmarks are always backed up and available the next time you check out the book or if you decide to buy the book."


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I've been a wife and mother for some years now and have learned a thing or two along the way. Some of my biggest lessons in the domestic arts have been learned in the aisles of my local grocery store. I would hate to even try to estimate the amount of money I have spent and all too often wasted on groceries over the years, so I have now decided that the madness has to stop.
In an attempt to curtail my over spending, I've clipped many a coupon from the Sunday paper. I've even watched those boring ass television shows on extreme couponing, but must admit that I just don't get it. I mean do these families really enjoy dining on Vitamin Water and Colgate toothpaste, because it seems to me that's mostly all they buy. If they can get away with this more power to them. My family demands real food for our meals.
Now to top it all off, the manufacturers have decreased their product coupons in retaliation. The Sunday papers which used to be chockfull of colorful slick coupon pages now mostly contain ads for miracle magnets and orthopedic shoes. Thanks TLC, I am now an unarmed warrior in the inflation battle. To be quite honest I do think they are overreacting a bit, as I've never found a grocery store that would triple a $1.00 off coupon and pay me to take home an economy size box of Oreos.
Since extreme couponing doesn't do me any good, I've decided to try a different tactic. Instead of going to the grocery store three to four times a week like I used to, I now make a list and strictly limit my grocery shopping to once a week. No more running to the store to pick up gallon of ice cream which would usually land up costing me $40 by the time I grab a bunch of other things I think I need and check out. No siree, now I don't even walk in the place but once a week no matter what we need.
This has on occasion caused me to have to really think out of the box. Towards the end of my week I'll admit that a couple of times I've had to secretly add a little water to my son's milk and some extra breadcrumbs to my meatloaf to stretch them a bit, but we always manage to make it. We've also had some strange side dish creations but you'll be glad to know that I have stopped short of penne in peanut butter and jelly sauce . . . well, so far.
After giving this new method a try for a couple of months, I now proclaim it a great success. I've not only cut my grocery bill in half, I've also discovered what's at the back of my pantry and bottom of the freezer. I've also managed to free up untold hours of my precious time that I now devote to important stuff like talking on the phone and blog writing. So if you can't find a grocery store that will pay you to shop there try a little discipline, it really is a miracle.
Since I choose to go to the store on Wednesday, Tuesday is usually a real challenge. A week ago I did some digging around and finally found out what the big dark blob was that's been blocking the back of my freezer, a beef chuck roast. After pawing through my vegetable crisper I threw everything in my slow cooker and made a memorable meal for my family.
1 – 1-1/2 to 2 pound chuck roast or any other hunk of meat you find in the back of your freezer
Enough of your favorite seasonings to spice things up a bit
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons or so vegetable oil
2 cups water, divided
3 teaspoon beef bouillon granules, divided
1 bay leaf
1 large red, yellow or orange bell pepper, sliced into fairly thick julienne slices
1 medium size sweet yellow onion, sliced from end to end into julienne slices the same size as the pepper
1 French baguette
2 tablespoons butter, softened to room temperature (optional)
4 slices Swiss or Provolone cheese
Sprinkle both sides chuck roast with seasonings, thyme and flour; set aside.
Pour oil into a medium size frying pan over medium high heat. When the oil is hot, brown the roast on both sides; transfer to a baking pan or slow cooker set on low. If baking in the oven, set at 300 degrees.
Add water to the frying pan and deglaze. After stirring for a moment or two add 1 teaspoon of the bouillon and stir to dissolve. Pour over the roast. Add the bay leaf, cover and cook until tender. Add the vegetables to the meat about 30 minutes before serving.
When the meat is fork tender, remove it from the pan and transfer to a cutting board. Shred meat by pulling apart with two forks. Remove the bay leaf before returning the shredded meat to the pan; keep warm.
Boil the remaining cup of water. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon of bouillon granules to the water and stir to dissolve; set aside and keep warm until ready to use.
Preheat broiler to low.
Slice bread lengthwise and open up to lay flat leaving a "hinge" if possible. Spread the bottom half of the baguette with the softened butter (optional). Lay cheese slices end to end on the top half of the bread to cover; transfer to a baking sheet. Place into the preheated oven and watching carefully toast the bread until it is brown and the cheese is melted.
Remove from the oven and cover the bottom half with the shredded meat mixture shaking off any excess juice from the pan. Cut baguette into the desired amount of pieces. Serve with equal amounts of the beef bouillon on the side for dipping.
This meaty sandwich will easily serve four hungry people. If you would like, you can stretch the meat a bit by adding another half baguette and serving 2 more people.
Serves 4 - 6

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In My Mailbox (31)
Since I was out of town last week, this is two weeks worth of what I received through the mail/bought. =) I am very excited to read each and every one of them (and have already read a few).
For Review:
Eve by Anna Carey
Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday
A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies
The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore (Review to come Monday)
Darkness Falls by Cate Tiernan
Wintertown by Stephen Emond
Dark Parties by Sara Grant
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Hades by Alexandra Adornetto
Epic Fail by Clair LeZebnik
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
In the Arms of Stone Angels by Jordan Dane
Thanks to:
Harper Collins
Little, Brown
Looks like a great haul
I want to read Power of Six so bad!
Looks like a great haul of books. Come visit me over at Livre De Amour-Books of Love if you get a chance to.
I loved inside out and the next book!
The power of six is also awesome and eve is a nice book
Oh and I desperately want dark parties!!
Here's my IMM
I've recently received Eve and Wintertown as well; they both look really good. You have quite the reading pile!
Here's my IMM
Great books! Eve and A Beautiful Dark sound amazing
Wow! The publishers were smiling upon you this week! All of the books you got sound great! Hope you enjoy them!
That is one awesome Harper stack you've got there, Bailey! I've got most of them waiting to be read. Enjoy them all
You got The Power of Six!!
Happy Reading!
In My Mailbox
You got great stuff this week! So jealous, you got a Beautiful Dark, I have heard great things about it! Enjoy!
What a great bunch of ARCs! I really need to get this dystopian series by Maria as well.
Happy Reading!
Wow, what an outstanding couple of weeks you had Bailey! I loved Deadly Cool, I hope you do as well:) I'm really looking forward to Eve too, I can't wait to get my hands on that one!!!
Lots of good stuff. Inside Out is new to me and sounds really good.
Thanks for stopping by Book Sake.
I want to read A Beautiful Dark so much. it sounds great. Enjoy.
Your blog makes me so happy. I love looking at it. And the button, so adorable!
I've really been wanting to get my hands on Eve. Let me know if it is good.
Holy freaking awesome review books! You got some great ones the past 2 weeks! Have fun reading those all
So jealous! I want to read each and every one of those! I think I have some on my Kindle though from NetGalley. Thanks for commenting on my IMM! Happy reading!
Looks like you got some great stuff there. I got Inside Out last week but haven't read it yet. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Wowzers, you had a great bookish week! Harper sure has some goodies coming out. I'm dying to read The Statisical Prob..hope you love it!
I (and my students) loved I Am Number Four – so I can't wait to read The Power of Six. Looking forward to your review
Really fantastic books this week. Hooray for Wintertown. Happy Reading!
So many books, so little time, eh? You've got a mountain to get through but well worth it! So many fab books!
Thanks for stopping by My Blog earlier!
oh wow soo many cool books, great imm
Wow, lots of very awesome books. I can't wait to read 'The Statistical Probability…'!
I'm sososososososo jealous you got the Power of Six!!! I really hope you enjoy it! Great mailbox!
Here's my IMM! Happy reading!
Oh.. I thought I was following you! I must have put you in my reader without following you on gfc. Never mind, though, I read from my reader not my gfc follows ^^
But yeah, I saw your image and thought, "HOLY… Makes my IMM look tame!" And then it dawned on me that it can't possibly be ALL of those books looking at the list! Still, pretty awesome week. I really want to read Inside Out and Inside In, I loved Maria V Snyder's Study series and I've been itching to read her others!
Wow, big pile of books. ^__^ I'm very curious about "Eve", sounds pretty good.
The more I look at Deadly Cool the more I want to read it! I also really want to pick up a copy of Epic Fail because it looks really cute. Looking forward to seeing what you think of them! Enjoy your books!
Great haul! I received Outside In too this week.
Wow, that's just one great book after another piled up there!
Awesome books this week! I cannot wait to read Deadly Cool!! Enjoy them all.
Nice Haul!! I really wanna read Dark Parties and he power of six!!1 So jealous:p
New follower:D
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight! So jealous, this looks like an awesome book. A Beautiful Dark is my favorite read this year so far. Happy reading!
So jealous!
I really enjoyed Dark Parties and hope you do too. You got some great reads!
Nice haul! Thanks for stopping by.
So many good ones. I need to read Epic Fail for my Modern Retellings Challenge.
I wan't the power of six so bad!!!! check out my IMM: http://remarkableteenreading.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-my-mailbox-8.html#en
I love your banner and avatar – ahhh it's so cute!
Girl you have an enormous collection of books in this mailbox… tell me what are you doing for such amazing book karma.
Enjoy the reads
Amazing IMM! Have fun reading all those books:)
Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for stopping by my blog, I am now following you.
Some awesome books I really want to read Eve!!
Happy Reading!
Wow, LOTS of goodies. Looking forward to a few of these myself.
Eve and Dark Parties both look interesting. I'll be curious to hear how you like them. Nice IMM!
You got Deadly Cool? I'm so excited for that one. The cover is wickedly awesome. Have a great week and have fun reading!
I just finished reading Deadly Cool and I totally love it. It was a really fast and fun entertaining read. *g* And I'm super excited about Eve, I've got a digital ARC of it through Netgalley, so I'll be getting to that soonish.
Great IMM! Am definitely following your awesome blog.
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WOW!!! Those are some really awesome titles. Thanks for stopping by.
Ooh, so many great books this week! Deadly Cool, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, and Wintertown look especially fantastic so I hope you enjoy them. Happy reading!
wow! awesome books this week Enjoy them all!
Very nice set of books! I hope you enjoy them
Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier
Haha, I got Dark Parties too, but I forgot to add it to this week's haul.. Oh well, I'll add it next week! Enjoy those awesome books!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! Have a great week!
Nora, The Bookery
I've heard a lot of good things about The Statistical Probablity….. yay for me that I have it already!!
That is an AWESOME IMM!!
I LOVE your blog!!!
You've got a great haul this week. Enjoy them.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
Happy Reading!
So many amazing books there.
Thanks for stopping by Pawing Through Books. New follower! I can't wait to read Dark Parties! Happy reading!
Great pile! Enjoy
AGH! I have the sequel to "Inside Out" but I haven't read it yet. GREAT BOOKS! Happy reading!
Fantastic haul this week. Power of Six reminds me that I still need to get around to reading I Am Number Four, especially since its been on my TBR for months. =)
Happy reading. =)
You got a great stack there. Can't wait to read Inside Out myself. Thanks for stopping by earlier
Inside Out is soooo good!
Happy reading
Super jealous of Deadly Cool! I can't wait to read it. Enjoy and Happy Reading!
Great IMM! I really want The Power of Six! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm now following you.
Wow! Nice haul Bailey
Holy goodness that is a lot of really good books! I've got quite a few of them in my reading pile as well. I hope you enjoy them all and I'll be interested to read your review of Hades.
I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous… fine, yes I am freaking jealous! LOL. Wow, awesome books! I shall be stealing A Beautiful Dark, Deadly Cool and Eve, is that okay? Brilliant! Please leave easy access to the room with all your yummy books.
I recently read Darkness Falls and loved it! Enjoy all these!
Ooh great stack! I read Eve and really enjoyed it!
Extremely jealous that you got a copy of the power of six! I can't wait to read it!
- Amanda
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Epic Fail looks soooo good! I can't wait to get my hands on it!!!
Wow, great books this week! Epic Fail looks adorable – can't wait to read it Happy reading!
I have EVE to read, too, and still need to read the Number Four series. You got lots of books – and comments! Happy reading and thanks for stopping by Readers Unite!
wow! great haul! i want Eve and The Power of Six! Inside Out is amazing hopping back, new follower here!
Oooh! You got some awesome books there! I'm kind of jealous, I've been wanting to read The Power of Six so bad! I can't wait for it to come out!
Great haul! Hope you enjoy reading them.
Thanks for stopping by. ^_^
Bailey!!! Awesome books!! I didn't get one this week !!*cries* but I will have one next week!! & u got hades -squeeee- & Missy where is your vlog???
<3 you! Hope u r feeling better after surgery!! <3
Epic IMM Bailey! I'd kill for some of the titles in your pile. Kidding! I'm really interested in reading Hades, Eve and the Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight!
I loved Inside Out by the way. I hope you do too! Happy reading!
Eve, Hades, and The Power of Six I've been dying to read!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm insanely jealous now! Happy reading!
I'm really loving the Eve cover, can't wait to hear what you think of it!
WOW so many amazing books! I don't know how you are going to decide what to read first
Oh oh oh! The Power of Six! Me wants! I have to read I Am Number Four first though… Thanks for stopping by my blog, your blog is sooooo beautiful, I'm a massive fan of purple!
There are a LOT of books I want to read in that pile! Enjoy (although that's a given, I think).
wow! you have a LOT of books this week. i'm so jealous. i want to read power of six… ^_^
Wow, LOTS of awesome stuff! I've been wanting to read Inside Out. I hear a lot of good stuff about it.
Thanks for stopping by my IMM as well!
♥ Sarah
Awesome!!!!!! I'm so jealous of Statistical Probability!!
Oooo dying dying dying for Deadly Cool! AWESOME haul this week! I hope you enjoy =D
I also got Eve to review. I would really like to read Epic Fail and Power of Six. And adding Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. New Follower!! Nice blog
Um, holy mail box of awesomeness? Looks awesome! They all look great! Enjoy them all! Epic Fail looks brilliant.
Oh Wow! This is amazing. Thanks for stoping by and visiting my blog. New follower
You have Eve! I'm so jealous
Wow, you had a great week! I really want Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (that is a mouthful!). Eve looks good too, and Power of Six… so many good ones . Here's my IMM! ~ Jen @ A Book and a Latte
Holy Moly thats a lot of books! Happy Reading! Beautiful Dark is one that really excited about!I'm a new follower!
Wow, that's quite the collection! I hope you enjoy every single one of them.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Does this happen right after a reboot, or does it start happening after a day or two? There was just a thread, started by me, about this that just just off page one now. Apparently there are at least a few of us with this issue after it's been up for a while. A reboot fixes it for me, but only temporarily.FWIW, my core/md hybrid is an i386 install on an AMD dual core, with 2G ram, and an nvidia 7300 SE (cheap-o) video card.
Definitely a different issue than what I have. I get no tearing or other issues, just the framerate drops.


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We believe that it is our duty to provide a safe, inclusive and exciting learning environment which fills our students with enthusiasm for school and inspires them to do the best they can.
The curriculum strongly emphasises the importance of children being active in learning through having practical experiences, placing emphasis upon developing values, attitudes, concepts and skills.
With your help we can enable children to develop and realise their full potential across the breadth of the curriculum we provide.
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Oral-History:IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Oral Histories
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Oral Histories
In anticipation of the EMBS 50th Anniversary celebration in 2002, the IEEE History Center conducted numerous oral histories of leading engineers in this area:
- Robert Arzbaecher - Worked in teaching before transitioning into biomedical engineering. He worked on theoretical electrocardiography, invented the swallowable pill electrode, and founded the Arzco Medical Systems with his family.
- Albert "Les" Babb - Worked in chemical, nuclear, and biochemical engineering and made his most significant contributions applying the latter for medical advancements.
- James Bailey & Rosalie Dunn - The interview surveys developments and people in electrocardiography from the 1950s to about 1980. Dunn's role is as a statistician and Bailey evaluates the results of tests.
- James Bassingthwaighte - The originator of the Human Physiome Project and former director at the Center for Bioengineering at the University of Washington, his research has combined physiology and biomedical engineering.
- John Chato - A Professor of Mechanical, Biological, and Nuclear Engineering for over 30 years at the University of Illinois. His primary focus was on heat transfer research.
- Shu Chien - Originally in physiology, he transitioned to biophysics. His many accomplishments include being the founding chair of the Department of Biological Engineering at UCSD and president of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.
- Murray Eden - A mathematician and biophysicist who was the Director of the Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Program at National Institutes of Health for almost 20 years.
- Yuan-Cheng "Bert" Fung - Influential in both Aeronautical Engineering and Biomechanics, he is the recipient of the President's National Medal of Science .
- Leslie Geddes - Electrical engineer and physiologist who was involved in the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and was a 2006 National Medal of Technology recipient.
- Wilson Greatbatch - Electrical engineer who advanced pacemaker battery technology and created his own company, Greatbatch, Inc., to develop and sell pacemaker batteries.
- Dov Jaron - Biomedical Engineer who was a President of the IEEE EMBS and co-developed the intra-aortic balloon pump.
- Richard J. Johns - Spent his career at Johns Hopkins, where he became the first Director of the Biomedical Engineering as a separate department at Hopkins in 1970.
- J. Lawrence Katz - Applied crystal physics to biological studies and was one of the founders of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
- Robert Mates - Biomedical engineering researcher, faculty of the University of Buffalo and founder of their Center for Biomedical Engineering.
- Edward Merrill - A pioneer in the field of biomedical engineering and faculty at MIT for 60 years. At MIT he launched biomedical engineering as a major focus of their chemical engineering department.
- Nicholas Peppas - A chemical and biomedical engineer who has taught at Purdue University and the University of Texas at Austin and is a leading researcher in biomaterials and delivery.
- Buddy Ratner - Researcher at the University of Washington who focused on topics involving blood compatibility with biomaterials.
- John M. Reid - Known as a pioneer of biomedical ultrasound imaging. He also a Life Fellow of the IEEE and a teacher at Drexel University.
- Murray Sachs - Founding Director of the Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute whose primary research area is the neural processing of speech.
- Herman Schwan - Helped build the institutional basis in several organizations for biomedical engineering and was a winner of the IEEE Edison Medal.
- Matthew Tirrell - His main research has been in polymer surface properties and he has been a Sloan and a Guggenheim Fellow.
- Max Valentinuzzi - Set up the Department of Bioengineering at University of Tucumán. His research has included impedance microbiology and the application of deconvolution to physiology.
- Walter Welkowitz - Worked extensively in instrumentation and started up a biomedical engineering program within Rutgers University's Electrical Engineering Department.


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2 Day Hadoop Training June 2013
Exponential Inc. / DatumFora
Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 8:00 AM - Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 6:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
Course Description
DatumFora (an ExpoNential Inc.'s company) is offering this extensive weekend class on Hadoop platforms. This is a fast paced, vendor agnostic, technical overview of the Hadoop landscape. No prior knowledge of databases or programming is assumed. This survey course is targeted towards both technical and non-technical people who want to understand the emerging world of Big Data, with a specific focus on Hadoop.
Students will experience real Hadoop clusters and the latest Hadoop distributions. We will discuss vendor offerings for Hadoop including Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR. The lab work will be conducted on Cloudera based deployments to facilitate hands-on experience.
June 8-9, 2013 (Sat-Sun)
8am - 6pm ( Breakfast & Lunch will be provided)
The Domain Hotel
1085 El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Salman Ahmed, Cloudera Certified Hadoop Administrator and HBase Specialist
Engineers, Programmers, Networking specialists, Managers, Executives
Ecosystem Components Covered
HDFS, MapReduce, HBase, Hive, Sqoop
- Introduce students to the core concepts of Hadoop
- Deep dive into the critical architecture paths of HDFS, MapReduce and HBase
- Teach the basics of how to effectively write Hive scripts
- Explain how to choose the correct use cases for Hadoop
- Give each student access to an individual 1-node Hadoop cluster in Rackspace to run through hands-on
- Provide links to the best books, blog posts and videos for students to learn more about Hadoop on their own
Course Outline
Day 1: Big Data, HDFS and MapReduce Primer
- Parallel Computer vs. Distributed Computing
- Brief history of Hadoop
- Scaling with Hadoop
- RDBMS/SQL vs. Hadoop
- Hadoop Daemons introduction: NameNode, DataNode, JobTracker, TaskTracker
- Intro to the Hadoop ecosystem: HDFS, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, HBase, ZooKeeper
- Vendor Comparison - Hardware + Software recommendations for Hadoop
LAB #1: Hadoop Installation, Hadoop cluster specific operations and sample job execution
- Linux File system options
- Sample HDFS commands
- HDFS sample architecture at Yahoo!
- Data Locality
- Rack Awareness
- Write Pipeline
- Read Pipeline
- NameNode architecture (EditLog, FsImage, location of replicas, safe mode)
- Secondary NameNode architecture
- DataNode architecture
- Heartbeats
- Block Scanner
- Fsck Health Check + file breakdown
- Balancer
LAB #2: Various HDFS specific operations
- MapReduce Architecture
- JobTracker/TaskTracker
- Combiner
- Partitioner (shuffle)
- Counters
- Speculative Execution
- Distributed Cache
- Job Scheduling (FIFO, Fair Scheduler, Capacity Scheduler)
LAB #3: Understanding MapReduce jobs through execution
Day 2: Hadoop Ecosystem
Real-time I/O with HBase
- HBase versions and origins
- HBase architecture
- HBase core concepts
- HBase vs. RDBMS
- HBase Master and Region Servers
- Data Modeling
- Column Families and Regions
- HBase Internals: Bloom Filters and Block Indexes
- Write Pipeline / Read Pipeline
- Compactions
LAB #4: Exploring HBase command
- Hive philosophy and architecture
- Hive vs. RDBMS
- HiveQL and Hive Shell
- Managing tables
- Data types and schemas
- Querying data
- HiveODBC
LAB #5: Analyzing real world data using Hive and performing analysis
- Data Processing through Sqoop
- Understand Sqoop connectivity model with RDBMS
- Using Sqoop example with real time data applications
LAB #6: Using Sqoop with Excel and PowerPivot to Perform Data Analysis
Next-gen Hadoop
- HDFS improvements: HDFS Federation, NameNode HA, Snapshots
- MapReduce improvements: YARN, Performance
- HBase GeoRedundancy, DR, and Snapshots
- Brief introduction on Mahout, Oozie, Pig and Avro etc.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation prior to 15 days are entitled to 85% refund. No refund will be issued within 15 days. We will however transfer the registration to a future class or to another person. If you have specific questions, please contact us at email@example.com
When & Where
Domain Hotel
1085 Hwy 82
Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 8:00 AM - Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 6:00 PM (PDT)
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Viruses 101: U of C to teach secrets of cybercrime
Sounds like fun. Some people have issues with teaching people how to progarm virus but theres always that question that how do you get a good under standing of virus with out being able to program one your self.CanWest News Service
Monday, May 19, 2003
CALGARY - Developing malicious software -- viruses, worms and Trojan horses -- will soon be part of the program for 16 students at the University of Calgary.
The aim is to delve into the cybercrime mind to understand a problem that causes billions of dollars in damage annually worldwide, says Dan Seneker, with the university's department of computer science.
"It's the first of its kind in Canada," said Seneker, co-ordinator of community relations.
As well as developing their own versions of the I LOVE YOU virus and the BUGBEAR worm, students will study legal, ethical and security issues in the "computer viruses and malware" course.
"It's kind of a touchy subject if the world is losing trillions of dollars a year because of lockdown time or whatever, to say 'Hey, we're going to teach the students how to create new viruses,' " Seneker said.
The intent of the program, devised and to be taught by Dr. John Aycock, is to be proactive in helping industry develop more secure software. Aycock could not be reached for comment.
Computer hacking and viruses took a $1.6-trillion US toll on the world economy in 2000, says a survey by Information Week and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Experts say there are now about 80,000 viruses in cyberspace.
Between 600 and 700 new ones are discovered monthly.
"In order for people in medicine to try to discover a cure for viruses they don't try and discover a cure right away," Seneker said.
"They learn more about the viruses in the first place -- how it mutates, how it's caused.
"That's the approach Dr. Aycock has taken in saying instead of trying to invent all these security features let's learn more about these actual viruses ... and then from there work on security measures."
The course is open to 16 fourth-year students who must work under strict conditions in a secure lab cut off from Internet and cell- phones.
Other security measures to thwart students who may have malicious intent are in the works.
Cybercriminals have become more sophisticated.
"The first official virus was in 1986 that someone was able to trace back to the perpetrators, which were two brothers in Pakistan," Seneker said.
They were easily traced because they embedded their names and address in a virus.
"Nowadays you don't do that because you'll get thrown in jail or the FBI takes you away to their secret laboratory," Seneker said.
"There's always these rumours that when the FBI or CIA find these people that are wreaking havoc with viruses, that they take them to their secret labs and try to turn them into the good guys so that they know how to defeat others.
"For the most part, the guilty are thrill-seekers.
"There's a growing threat of the actual cyberterrorism.
"But they say that only 0.9 per cent, less than one per cent, of the actual cybercriminals out there have the capability or the know-how or the malicious intent to take it one step further."
Calgary Herald
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The first time I met chef Paul Prudhomme, he was peering over the stove in his narrow test kitchen, a converted shotgun house just outside the French Quarter in New Orleans. Chef was heating oil in a large cast-iron skillet, and when he saw me, he invited me over to watch him fix gumbo.
When the oil was smoking hot, he quickly whisked in flour to form a roux – "Cajun napalm," he called it – the bubbling mass darkening to a deep chocolate brown in minutes. He stirred a trinity of vegetables into the roux to stop the cooking – onions, celery and bell peppers – then added the roux to a pot of boiling stock. Chopped andouille sausage and garlic went in as he patiently watched the stew, tasting occasionally, over a slow, quiet hour while it gently simmered away. When the rich aroma was almost too much to bear, Chef added chopped chicken, and soon the gumbo was ready.
I can't say which I savored more: the depth of flavor from a seemingly simple dish or the unhurried quiet, almost sacred, time spent preparing it.
Unlike a typical weeknight dinner rushed to the table after a long day, stews are patient, as much about the sheer pleasure of cooking as the finished dish itself. It's the simple alchemy of time and ingredients layered in a pot to form something lush and rich, with a depth of flavor that cannot be duplicated with a shortcut.
I spent a recent rainy weekend fixing Paula Wolfert's oxtail daube, a provincial French stew. It's a two-day project, requiring several hours of gentle braising. The weather was cold and wet, a perfect winter weekend for laboring over the dish. A bottle of red wine here, a little prosciutto there, a handful of fresh herbs, the building aroma gently wafting through the house. Sunday evening, I served the finished daube spooned over fresh pasta, the fork-tender meat coated in the most beautiful thick reduction.
While a good stew demands patience, not all of them demand a lot of time. The other night I fixed a spiced butternut squash stew, the cubed squash simmered with browned onions, raisins and roasted peppers. It came together in about an hour, the broth thickened with stale whole-grain bread and cream, the spice rounded out with the sweet notes of maple syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg.
It made a perfect weeknight meal, though I'll admit it tasted even better as leftovers, after a quiet night in the fridge.
Total time: 2 hours, 15 minutes, plus 7 hours braising time and overnight chilling time
Servings: Five to six
Note: Adapted from "The Cooking of Southwest France" by Paula Wolfert. She recommends serving the daube with noodles, followed by a salad of bitter greens.
4½ to 5½ pounds oxtail, cut into pieces
1 calf's foot or pig's foot, split (optional: for extra body)
¾ pound slab of lean salt pork
1 tablespoon olive or peanut oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
4 onions, coarsely chopped
1 bottle full-bodied red wine, such as Syrah
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
Herb bouquet: 3 sprigs parsley, 1 sprig thyme and 1 imported bay leaf tied together with a string
2 cloves garlic, peeled
2 ounces jamon de Bayonne, prosciutto or Serrano ham, cut into ½-inch dice
¾ ounce dried French cepes or Italian porcini, crumbled
1. The day before you plan to serve the daube, heat the oven to 275 degrees. Trim off all excess fat from the pieces of oxtail.
2. Blanch the calf's foot and salt pork in a saucepan of boiling water for 3 minutes, then drain. Slice the rind off the salt pork and reserve. Cube the salt pork and divide into two batches. In a heavy, nonreactive skillet, heat the oil and slowly cook half of the salt pork, stirring often, until the cubes turn golden brown and a great deal of their fat has rendered out, about 10 minutes. Line a flameproof earthenware or enameled cast-iron 5- to 6-quart casserole with the pork rind, fat side down. Transfer the browned salt pork to the casserole.
3. Season the oxtail pieces with 1½ teaspoons salt and ½ teaspoon pepper. Brown the oxtail pieces over moderately high heat in batches without crowding the skillet used to cook the salt pork, about 10 minutes per batch. As they brown, transfer the pieces to the casserole.
4. Remove and discard half the fat in the skillet. Cook the onions in the remaining hot fat until golden brown. Add the onions to the casserole.
5. Deglaze the skillet with 1 cup of the wine. Boil down to a glaze. Add another cup of wine and repeat. Add the remaining wine, vinegar and 1½ cups water. Bring just to a boil and skim carefully. Pour over the meats. Add the calf's foot, herb bouquet and garlic. Cover tightly and place in the oven to cook very slowly for 3 hours without disturbing.
6. Carefully remove the oxtails to a deep bowl, cover and keep moist. Remove the meat from the calf's foot while still warm and place in a food processor. Add the remaining salt pork cubes, the cooked pork rind, cooked garlic and the ham. Grind to a smooth paste.
7. Strain the cooking liquid, pushing down on the onions to extract all their juices. Remove as much fat as possible and pour the juices into a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium, and boil slowly, skimming from time to time, until reduced by one third.
8. Carefully return the pieces of oxtail to the casserole and spread the meat paste on top. Add the reduced liquid. Rinse the cepes under running water, drain and add to the casserole. Cover and bake in a 275 degree oven for 2½ hours without disturbing.
9. Remove the casserole from the oven and transfer the oxtails to a work surface, discarding any loose bones. Season with salt and pepper, pour into a bowl and cover and refrigerate. Separately, cover and refrigerate the cooking liquid.
10. About 2½ hours before serving, heat the oven to 275 degrees. Remove the jellied liquid from the refrigerator, and lift off and discard all congealed fat. Combine the liquid and add the meat in the casserole, cover and reheat the daube without stirring for 1½ hours.
11. To serve, remove the oxtails to a deep heatproof platter. Cover with foil and keep warm in the turned-off oven. Strain the sauce into a small saucepan, pressing down on the solids. Bring the sauce to a boil and cook at a slow boil, with the pan half off the heat, skimming, until the sauce lightly coats a spoon, about 20 minutes. Adjust the seasoning. Pour over the meat and serve hot.
Per serving: 778 calories; 66 g protein; 12 g carbohydrates; 2 g fiber; 50 g fat; 9 g saturated fat; 28 mg cholesterol; 4 g sugar; 1,066 mg sodium.
Total time: About 1 hour, plus cooling time for the chiles
Servings: Six to eight
2 poblano chiles
4 tablespoons (½ stick) butter
2 tablespoons oil
2 onions, diced
5 pounds butternut squash (2 medium, or 1 large), peeled, seeded and cut into ½-inch cubes
1/3 cup dry white wine
6 cups vegetable broth
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon New Mexico chile powder
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
Freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup maple syrup, divided
½ cup raisins, coarsely chopped
6 to 8 pieces stale bread, preferably dark whole-grain, coarsely chopped
1 cup heavy cream
Fine sea salt
Tabasco sauce, optional
1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced on the bias
1. Roast the poblano chiles over high heat on a rack over a stove-top burner. When the skin is charred all over, place the peppers in a paper bag. Leave them for about 10 minutes, then remove and peel the skin – do not rinse. Discard the stem and seeds, and chop the peppers into a ¼-inch dice. Set aside.
2. In a Dutch oven or small stock pot, combine the butter and oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until the onion just begins to brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the cubed squash and cook, stirring frequently, until the squash begins to soften, 10 to 12 minutes. Add the wine and scrape all the cooked bits from the bottom of the pan, and cook until almost all of the wine is absorbed. Stir in the broth, the diced chiles, the paprika, chile powder, cinnamon and nutmeg, and season with 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper. Stir in 3 tablespoons maple syrup and the raisins. Adjust the heat so the stew reaches a low but steady simmer. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the squash is very soft and tender, an additional 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Uncover the soup, and ladle 2 to 3 cups broth, with some squash, into a blender. Add the chopped bread and blend until the bread is pureed and the mixture is thickened. Pour back into the Dutch oven, stirring to thicken the stew.
4. Slowly stir in the cream, and gently heat the stew. Taste and adjust the seasoning as desired. Add the remaining tablespoon maple syrup to sweeten, if needed (depending on the sweetness of the squash) and a few dashes of Tabasco if desired. Remove from heat.
5. Pour the stew into bowls, and garnish each serving with a little of the sliced green onion. Serve immediately.
Per serving: 465 calories; 8 g protein; 63 g carbohydrates; 10 g fiber; 22 g fat; 11 g saturated fat; 56 mg cholesterol; 22 g sugar; 738 mg sodium.
Total time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Servings: Six
Note: Adapted from "Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen" by Paul Prudhomme.
1 small (2- to 3-pound) chicken, or half of a large (5- to 6-pound) chicken, cut up
1½ teaspoons salt, divided
1 teaspoon garlic powder, divided
1 teaspoon ground red pepper (preferably cayenne), divided
1 cup finely chopped onions
1 cup finely chopped green bell peppers
¾ cup finely chopped celery
1¼ cups flour
Vegetable oil for deep frying
About 7 cups chicken broth
½ pound andouille sausage, or any good pork sausage (such as Polish kielbasa), cut into ¼-inch cubes
1 teaspoon minced garlic
Cooked white rice, for serving
1. Remove excess fat from the chicken pieces. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon each garlic powder and ground red pepper over the chicken, rubbing the seasoning over both sides of each piece. Set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, combine the onions, bell peppers and celery in a bowl.
3. Combine the flour, remaining ½ teaspoon each salt, garlic powder and ground red pepper in a paper or plastic bag. Add the chicken pieces and shake until the chicken is well coated. Reserve ½ cup of the flour mixture.
4. In a large, heavy skillet, heat 1½ inches of oil until very hot (375 to 400 degrees). Fry the chicken until the crust is brown on both sides and the meat is cooked, about 5 to 8 minutes per side; drain on paper towels. Carefully pour the oil into a glass measuring cup, leaving as many of the browned particles in the pan as possible. Scrape the pan bottom with a metal whisk to loosen any stuck bits, then return ½ cup hot oil to the pan (discard the remaining, or strain and save for another use).
5. Place the pan over high heat. Using a long-handled metal whisk, gradually stir in the reserved flour. Cook, whisking constantly, until the roux is a dark red-brown to black, about 3½ to 4 minutes, careful not to let it scorch or splash on your skin. Remove from heat and immediately add the vegetables, stirring constantly until the roux stops darkening. Return the pan to low heat and cook until the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes, stirring constantly and scraping the pan bottom well.
6. Meanwhile, place the broth in a 5½-quart saucepan or large Dutch oven, and bring to a boil. Add the roux by the spoonful to the boiling broth, stirring until dissolved between each addition. Return to a boil, stirring and scraping the pan bottom often. Reduce the heat to a simmer and stir in the andouille and minced garlic. Simmer, uncovered, for about 45 minutes, stirring often toward the end of the cooking time.
7. While the gumbo is simmering, bone the cooked chicken and cut the meat into ½-inch dice. When the gumbo is cooked, stir in the chicken and adjust the seasoning as desired. Serve immediately. (To serve, mound 1/3 cup of cooked rice in the center of a soup bowl and ladle about 1¼ cups gumbo around the rice.)
Per serving: 540 calories; 32 g protein; 41 g carbohydrates; 2 g fiber; 27 g fat; 4 g saturated fat; 86 mg cholesterol; 3 g sugar; 1,605 mg sodium.
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Transfer news: David Luiz not leaving Chelsea for Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola has rejected claims he was about to make a bid for Chelsea defender David Luiz.
Last Updated: 30/07/13 6:43pm
Speculation was rife after Bayern's 4-2 German Super Cup final defeat by Borussia Dortmund that Guardiola was in the market for another centre-back, with Luiz's name top of his list.
But Guardiola, speaking at a presentation before the Audi Cup in Munich, said he was happy with his defensive options.
Bayern have the option of dropping holding midfielder Javi Martinez back now that Thiago Alcantara has arrived to fill a similar role to the one he had last season.
"He's not coming to Munich," he said. "We've got four or five central defenders.
"There is no truth to the speculation."


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LEXINGTON, Va. – Washington and Lee jumped out to a 21-0 first quarter lead and never looked back in claiming a 49-13 win over Catholic in ODAC football action on Friday evening at Wilson Field.
The win gives W&L its second-straight 8-win season (8-1, 5-0) and sets up a conference title tilt at Hampden-Sydney next Saturday for the ODAC crown.
The Generals took the opening kickoff and marched 65 yards in five plays to assume a 7-0 lead on a 17-yard touchdown run by senior quarterback Charlie Westfal (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) just 1:42 into the game. Westfal then found sophomore tight end Alex Evans (Ashburn, Va./Broad Run) with a 25-yard scoring strike to end a 92-yard drive with 8:24 left in the opening quarter for a 14-0 lead.
Sophomore quarterback Nick Lombardo (Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge) capped a 12-play, 80-yard drive with a 3-yard plunge with 1:06 left in the first quarter for a 21-0 lead. Catholic got on the board with an 11-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Greg Cordivari (Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) to sophomore running back Mike Pitsenberger (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) with 4:04 left in the first quarter, but the Generals got the 21-point lead (28-7) right back on an 82-yard kickoff return for a score by junior running back Brett Murray (Lookout Mountain, Tenn./Baylor School) with 3:50 to play in the half.
Westfal then gave W&L a 35-7 lead at the break when he drove the Generals 63 yards in 1:34 as he found Evans with a 3-yard touchdown pass as time expired in the first half.
Junior running backs Luke Heinsohn (Charlottesville, Va./Covenant) and Sasha Vandalov (Vienna, Va./James Madison) both found the end zone with second-half touchdown runs as W&L built a 49-7 lead midway through the fourth quarter.
The Generals racked up 552 yards of total offense, including 439 yards on the ground, led by Westfal, who rushed 12 times for 75 yards and a touchdown and completed 7-of-8 passes for 100 yards and two more scores (1 INT). Lombardo rushed 12 times for a team-best 79 yards and a touchdown, and Vandalov had 71 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. Murray tallied 185 all-purpose yards and Heinsohn finished with 50 yards and a touchdown on 11 rushes. Evans snared four passes for 53 yards and two touchdowns. Senior linebacker Rob Look (Dallas, Texas/Hillcrest) paced the defense with 10 tackles.
Cordivari completed 26-of-44 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns, while Pitsenberger rushed 10 times for 74 yards and caught four passes for 21 yards and one touchdown. Sophomore wide receiver Andrew Ouellette (Salisbury, Mass./Central Catholic) hauled in six balls for 107 yards and one score as well. Sophomore linebacker Conor Stueckler (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) led the CUA defense with 16 tackles, while senior defensive back James Fucillo (Winthrop, Mass./Winthrop) notched 13 tackles.
The Generals will look for their second-straight ODAC title and first 9-win season since going 9-0 in 1961 when they take on Hampden-Sydney next week. Game time is slated for 1:00 pm at Everett Stadium.


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PEORIA — The gloves stayed on, for the most part, among the four Republican candidates vying to be nominated for governor. The quartet focused more on demonstrating their electability during a debate Thursday night.
PEORIA — The gloves stayed on, for the most part, among the four Republican candidates vying to be nominated for governor.
The quartet focused more on demonstrating their electability, both in the March 18 primary election and November's general election, during a debate Thursday night.
That included a near-unified focus on job growth and a unanimous opposition to continuing the temporary income tax increase slated to begin its rollback in 2015.
"We need a booming economy where businesses are competing to hire workers," businessman Bruce Rauner of Winnetka said as part of an explanation supporting minimum-wage increases in conjunction with offering incentives to grow commerce in the state. "That's the best way to raise wages for every worker."
State Sen. Kirk Dillard likewise decried the tax rate as discouraging business in the state.
"No state has ever taxed its way into prosperity," the Hinsdale lawmaker said, advocating for business development.
Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford supported the notion of a thorough review of state operations, something he said he instituted four years ago after being elected to his statewide office.
"I'm going to have an opportunity to have everything on the table," he pledged.
State Sen. Bill Brady insisted there was another component that any governor needs to bring to the forefront.
"We need a governor who can go out and market ... what Illinois has for the people," the Bloomington Republican said.
With Rauner, who's never held public office, leading in the polls and in campaign spending, the other three candidates tried to differentiate themselves, either touting strengths similar to his or noting worries he may have if he's the nominee.
"Being governor of Illinois is not an entry-level position," Dillard said.
Rutherford repeatedly touted his ability to reach across the aisle, something he said was demonstrated by his vote haul in the 2010 treasurer's race.
"I'm a reasonable Republican, that's why I win," he said.
Brady, meanwhile, revisited his unsuccessful 2010 campaign, emphasizing his ability to attract broad statewide support and promising that having had practice against Gov. Pat Quinn, defeating the Democrat in a rematch would be no trouble.
Rauner, though, portrayed more systemic problems in the state, requiring a top-to-bottom re-examination of how government operates.
"We can't just nibble around the edges," he said.


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ALTAMAHAW � Jonathan Brown and Danny Bohn picked up victories in the twin 50-lap Modifieds features for the Tour de Madness series Saturday at Ace Speedway.
Brown won the opener, leading all 46 laps. The race restarted on the fifth lap after all except four laps of the race track�s Labor Day program was rained out.
Huntersville�s Bohn finished second in the opening feature. Walnut Cove�s Burt Myers placed third.
The top seven finishers then were inverted for the second 50-lapper, which Bohn won.
Myers placed second and Lexington�s Brian Loftin came in third.
-- In the 40-lap Sportsman race, Lexington�s Gary Ledbetter claimed the victory, benefitting from a botched restart by pole-sitter Jared Fryar to pad his lead in the points standings.
Walkertown�s Zack Clifton finished second, followed by Clemmons� Bobby Reed in third.
-- In the 33-lap Street Stocks race, Trinity�s David Sumner backed up his top qualifying time with a victory.
Lexington�s Billy Gregg placed second. Jody Fritts finished in third.
The race was trimmed from its original distance of 40 laps due to a rash of cautions.
-- Saturday�s other winner was Zack Bralley (30-lap Stadium Stocks).
ALTAMAHAW � Here are Saturday night�s results:
First Modifieds race (50 laps): Jonathan Brown, Danny Bohn, Burt Myers, Brian Loftin, Dean Ward, Jason Myers, Randy Butner, Tommy Neal, Bobo Brown, Tony Black, Mike Norman, Robbie Brewer, Matt Cottner, Steven Truell, Kevin Wilson, Buddy Ellis, Trey Hutchens, Michael Clifton, Brian Weber, Johnny Sutton.
Second Modifieds race (50 laps): Danny Bohn, Burt Myers, Brian Loftin, Jonathan Brown, Dean Ward, Jason Myers, Bobo Brown, Randy Butner, Mike Norman, Tommy Neal, Trey Hutchens, Johnny Sutton, Tony Black, Matt Cotner, Robbie Brewer, Buddy Ellis, Brian Weber.
Sportsman (40 laps): Gary Ledbetter, Zack Clifton, Bobby Reed, Dylan Ward, Taylor Branch, Bryant Robertson, Scott Hall, Jonathan Brown, Kenneth Stimpson, Reggie Doub, Barry Edwards, David Sell, Jared Fryar, Taylor Robbins, Willie Chilton, Chad Brooks, Kenny Mitchell, Michael Tilley.
Street Stocks (33 laps): David Sumner, Billy Gregg, Jody Fritts, Doug Wall, Kirk Sheets, Dylan Ward, Justin Taylor, Austin Edwards, Whitney Clifton, Casie Doub, Richard Hoots, Matt Cotner, Bobby Whiteman, K.J. Stimpson, Donnie Martin, Darren Cotner.
Stadium Stocks (30 laps): Zack Bralley, AJ Sanders, Michael Wells, Jason Tutterow, Barry Wilson, Zack Staley, Cody Arrington, Dennis Weaver, Bobby Yountz, Phillip Wright.


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Missouri Southern State DT Brandon Williams is being talked about as a second-round pick, according to the NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah.
Per Jeremiah, Williams' "surprisingly nimble footwork is what has been most impressive," especially at 341 pounds. The stout nose tackle wins with leverage and a motor to press the pocket, but there were a few occasions where Williams won with quickness off the line of scrimmage.
I had Williams in the late 3rd round of my recent dream mock, but after the totality of Williams' upside and his draft trajectory fully sank in, I realized that he has almost no chance of lasting that long. Like Wilson last year with his height, Williams is a highly intriguing prospect that is being held back by one potentially insignificant factor. In this case: level of competition. Did the Senior Bowl performance dispel that notion? It's sounding like it did.
Draft Insider Tony Pauline notes NFL teams had UCLA DL Datone Jones as a third-round pick prior to Senior Bowl week.
For my money, Tony Pauline is right up there with Adam Schefter as the most accurate draft reporter in the business. I always listen intently to what he reports. Pauline reported last year that many teams did not have Zach Brown or Courtney Upshaw on their 1st round boards. Both players ended up 2nd round picks.
I was never a fan of Datone Jones, I thought his tape was awful. He has some athletic upside, but he's nothing super special. A player like him is pretty much the definition of a 3rd round pick. Maybe Seattle could show interest if he's around that late. I kind of hope they don't, but it's at least nice hearing confirmation that NFL GMs had Datone Jones around where he should be.
Most teams have similar CBs listed in their top seven prospects at the position, according to draft insider Tony Pauline.
Milliner is a stud, no surprise that he's #1. What is interesting is who #2 is- none other than Desmond Trufant. Sounds like he really helped himself out at the Senior Bowl. Seattle isn't going to draft Trufant, but stuff like this is good for the image of UW's football program.
In unrelated news, apparently Titus Young is making his way out of Detroit. I'm not sure Seattle would deal for him though- some pretty major diva concerns there.


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A lot of the girls Tyler Ersoff's age are rocking high-waisted cut-off jeans, crop tops and throwback T-shirts -- the style of the moment.
But she prefers to keep it classy.
"I like what I wear to be sophisticated and simple," said Ersoff, 17, who was strolling down Greenwich Avenue with her mom, Lisa, on a sunlit afternoon last week.
That's partly out of habit, partly out of necessity: Ersoff is a senior at Suffield Academy, a private school.
"I like to look formal because most of the year, I have to be in dress code," said the Greenwich resident. "I like the way nicer clothes look."
On this day, Ersoff wore a red A-line English Laundry dress with an ombre wave pattern. From afar, the print appears as a soft geometric shape.
She also donned black Persols sunglasses, Tkees nude-colored flip-flops, diamond-studded earrings (borrowed from mom), a Hermes gold-and-black bracelet and a diamond-encrusted Audemars Piguet watch that her father gave her for her 17th birthday.
Living in Greenwich, Ersoff has no problem maintaining her style -- the Avenue has everything she needs.
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Top: Red-and-white A-line dress with soft geometric pattern (English Laundry)
Kicks: Nude-colored flip-flops (Tkees)
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Historic reenactment at Metropolis, Illinois
Saturday, Dennis and I traveled back in time a couple of centuries. We went with the kids to The Encampment, a historic reenactment at Fort Massac State Park, along the Ohio River in southern Illinois. This annual event draws thousands of people to enjoy costumes, music, demonstrations, merchandise, and food from the period of 1757-1815.
The weather was blustery. Sometimes, rainclouds covered the sky. Occasionally, the clouds parted and bright rays of sunshine broke through. A cold, damp wind blew all day. Over lighter layers, I wore a long cloak that I made several years ago for medieval reenactments. It has a warm "wooly" lining and a hood, so I was comfortable and only a century or two out of style.
We had an interesting chat with a shepherd in colonial garb: Steve Riddle, who raises Border Leicester sheep at his farm in Worden, Illinois. Outside the pen, he had tethered a friendly, docile sheep for passersby to pet, and he was standing by to supervise.
Riddle explained to us that Border Leicester sheep originate from the border regions of England and Scotland. Border Leicester wool is a favorite of hand spinners because of its long, silky fibers. "Leicester" is usually pronounced "Lester" in modern America, Riddle said, but it is pronounced with a long "i" on the other side of the Atlantic.
The shepherd's wife, Tracy Riddle, spins and dyes the wool. I bought a little tin of amaretto-flavored lip balm at her tent. The main ingredient is lanolin, a byproduct of wool processing.
Later we saw the shepherd and his border collie taking the sheep across the grounds. I think he and his dog were on their way to give a demonstration with the sheep.
Keely and I enjoyed the bobbin-lace demonstration of the Heartland Lace Guild. In bobbin lace, the threads are wound around small wooden rod-like bobbins, and the pattern is created by crossing and twisting the threads.
As each new row of the lace is created, it is spiked by pins to a paper pattern on a padded form to keep the lace straight and even. This pattern has 28 bobbins, and the lace is about 1-1/2 inches wide. I'll post more images of the lace-making in another article.
Mother Goose was entertaining a crowd nearby. She told the stories behind some common nursery rhymes and invited her audience to chant the rhymes with her. Her drum provided accent, rhythm, and humor as needed. The tent behind her held some of the puppets and other props she uses in her presentation.
I looked for lavender oil at a tent of herbal products. It was available in a miniature corked bottle of pure oil, and the carrier oil was available separately. The combination of herbal oil and carrier oil added to a greater sum than I wanted to spend, so we wandered on.
A company of redcoats walked by us. I'll bet their legs were cold under those kilts! They may have been on their way to do a demonstration, too. A lot was happening, and we couldn't see it all.
I seem to have more photographs of men in colonial garb than of ladies. Many ladies were dressed in costumes of the period, but most were also wearing cloaks or shawls. The guys were not as covered up -- and those red coats were very eye-catching.
The millinery tent was interesting. It would be fun to have a few outfits from this period, just so I could wear the hats and bonnets.
The simple felt hats in the image above (right) would be suitable for someone who wants to portray a laborer or farmer of the late 1700s/early 1800s. Sheepskins (chamois) are piled to the left of the hats.
The merchant under the "no allegiance sign and the fellow he is talking to are both wearing another style of garb that was popular at the Encampment. These garments are made of heavy, canvas-like fabrics and edges are fringed to serve as a trim. I was told that this detail is authentic to the time period. Merchants, fur traders, hunters, trappers, and frontiersmen were all wearing clothing of this sort. If anyone was wearing genuine buckskin, I didn't see him.
Native Americans were represented by several fearsome warriors. The fellow in gray had a nose piercing that enhanced his warrior personna. Later, I saw him talking to a toddler in a baby carriage who seemed to be his child, so he might have a softer side as well.
Some of the vendors were selling weapons that were more or less from the Colonial era. I saw bows and arrows, swords, knives, spears, staffs and canes. I don't know if any vendors were selling reproduction guns from the era or not. Some of tents were extremely crowded with men and boys, and I wasn't curious enough to push my way through.
The wooden boxes in the photo below are intended for reenactors. A close look reveals that modern screws and nails were used in their construction, but they pass the six-foot rule. (They're authentic enough that they look good from a six foot distance.)
Some shelters were empty. I suspect that some of the demonstrations decided to stay home. They may have been intimidated by the cool, blustery weather and the muddy condition of the park. This photo was taken at one of the day's sunny moments.
A spinstress (a lady who spins) was working in one of the shelters at the end of the row. I had never seen a spinning wheel in use before, so I was interested to see that the big wheel is actually one end of a pulley.
The spinstress held a small clump of wool in her lap and pedaled the wheel with her feet as she pulled and rolled the fibers into a string with her fingers. As the wheel turned, it rotated a mechanism that twisted the string of wool (to add strength and keep it together) and wound the twisted yarn on a bobbin. When the bobbin is full, the spinstress will wind the yarn into a ball or skein. Then the bobbin can be filled again.
Why, who's this in spectacles? Yes, it's Isaac in his furry aviator cap and a new set of colonial-style eyeglasses.
One of the Scout troops from the area was selling buffalo stew and buffalo chili, served in bread bowls. That sounded hearty and warming, so we got in line and soon had our food in hand. The food vendors were set up around the perimeters of a large paved area with picnic tables. If we had not decided on buffalo, we might have had roast turkey legs, roasted corn on the cob, kettle-style popcorn, wild rice soup, or fried cabbage.
Root beer is one of the traditions of the Encampment. The glass root beer bottles and jugs are non-returnable, but reusable. When you bring the containers back, you pay only for the root beer. Keely and Taurus have their own jugs from other years which they brought along. They gave us a little taste of their root beer. It is not a carbonated drink. The flavor was intense and familiar. It made me think that I hadn't tasted that kind of root beer for a long time.
The rain soon stopped, but we all agreed that we were ready to go We took the little tractor-drawn trolley back to the parking lot, enjoying one last look around the park as we rode. Isaac's first words when he got into our car were, "It's so warm in here!"
Would we go again? Absolutely yes! Even though it was cold, we had a great time. I've only told a few of the things we saw and heard. Even Dennis, who is notorious for wanting to stay at home, stated that he thoroughly enjoyed the day and wanted to attend again. I foresee this becoming an annual October excursion for us.


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Murray: Federer clash will be tough
Andy Murray knows he will need to find his best form to progress further in the Australian Open with Roger Federer waiting in the quarter-finals.
Federer put in a vintage display to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets on Monday, while Murray had rather more trouble seeing off another Frenchman.
Stephane Robert was the first lucky loser ever to reach the fourth round at Melbourne Park but for two sets it looked like his luck had run out.
Murray was asserting his authority against a player ranked 119 in the world and although the third set was closer, it would have been a routine win had the fourth seed taken one of two match points he held at 5-4.
But he double-faulted on the first, Robert saved the second and the 33-year-old took the set on a tie-break after two more match points had escaped Murray's grasp.
Murray eventually clinched a 6-1 6-2 6-7 (6/8) 6-2 victory on his sixth chance after a comfortable fourth set, but his struggles getting over the line certainly took the shine off a 12th straight quarter-final in grand slams he has contested.
Murray said: "He wasn't an easy guy to play against. The whole match was tricky. Obviously the end of the third set was tough mentally.
"I dominated 95 per cent of the match, and for 15 minutes I didn't close the match out. I was one point away from being in here after a great performance.
"But I still created chances, even when I wasn't playing so well at the end of that third set, and then the fourth set was fairly comfortable. I lost my serve once. So it was pretty good for the most part."
Murray and Federer last met in the semi-finals here 12 months ago, the Scot winning a five-set tussle before losing the final to Novak Djokovic
He leads the overall head-to-head 11-9 but that is the only one of their four grand slam meetings that Murray has won.
The 26-year-old came into the tournament having played only two competitive matches since back surgery last September and unsure how he would fare.
He has cleared every hurdle so far, dropping just the one set, but he knows the next test will be on a completely different level.
"It's a big match for me," said Murray. "It's the quarter-finals of a slam. Roger's played great tennis here in the past. It will be a very tough match for me.
"I said at the start of the tournament, I can't honestly say my expectations are as high as if I'd been playing for the last four months. It's been a good effort so far to get to the quarter-finals of a slam this soon after back surgery.
"So I'm happy with that. But I'm not far away from winning the event. Anyone that's in the quarters is close. I just look forward to that match and hopefully I'll play a good one."
Murray let his frustration show after dropping the third set by breaking his racquet - he later gave it to a fan as a souvenir.
The fourth seed is not one of the tour's regular racquet smashers, but he said: "Sometimes it's necessary.
"I had match points. I put a lot of hard work into that third set. I maybe lost concentration when I served for it. In the tie-break I didn't lose concentration, I just missed a couple of shots.
"Then losing that set was frustrating because it obviously means you're out there another 30 or 40 minutes at least, when I would preferably have been in the locker room.
"My racquet bit the dust, unfortunate for it. But I was glad I managed to start well in the fourth.
"It's not something as a player you're particularly proud of. But sometimes you just need to get some frustration out. I wanted to do it at that moment. I took my warning and moved on."
Robert was playing in the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time, and the quirky Frenchman made sure he soaked it all in, lapping up a standing ovation from the crowd on Hisense Arena.
He said: "They started shouting, 'Robert, Robert'. It's unbelievable for me. I'm happy. People enjoyed seeing my game today. It was a great, great feeling for sure."


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The Vatican just got considerably more social media savvy.
Pope Benedict XVI sent out his first Tweet on Wednesday using the handle @Pontifex (loosely translated from Latin to mean "bridge builder").
"Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter," he wrote. "Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart."
The pontiff sent the first Tweet himself on an iPad in front of a public audience in the Vatican. He will not send out every Tweet personally, but his new form of outreach is still sure to connect Catholics across the globe.
"Offer everything you do to the Lord, ask his help in all the circumstances of daily life and remember that he is always beside you," he later Tweeted.


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Posted: Sun 29 Dec 2013, 12:50
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Slacko 5.6 can't handle non UTF-8 file names
Subject description: File or directories whose names have special characters (é, ã, ç, ñ, ß) can't be used.
This new puppy hasn't been taught the trick to use non UTF-8 files or directories.
So, if you have file or directories with names in anything but English, you will not be able to work with them (you can open them, but you can't save your changes).
Multilingual users, Slacko 5.5 is still the best puppy for you (older dogs tend to love us more).
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I created these files in Slacko 5.6. Looks fine to me
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Post subject: I was using the non-PAE version.
I forgot to mention that I was using the non-PAE version.
Did you use the PAE version for your test?
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When you use ROX-Filer to look at the directory that has the troublesome names in it, are the names displayed in red or in black?
Wilhelm wrote:
. . . (you can open them, but you can't save your changes).
I'd like to try an reproduce this problem. What application shows that behaviour?
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Post subject: Re: I was using the non-PAE version.
Wilhelm wrote:
Did you use the PAE version for your test?
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Posted: Thu 30 Jan 2014, 23:58
Post subject: ROX filer show names with special characters in red
Subject description: Unable to handle file names with special characters in non PAE puppy
I have been working with the previous puppy, and haven't checked this forum in a while. Sorry for the delay.
ROX filer showed directory and file names in red when they contained special characters.
Next time I travel to my parent's home, where I use the T-40 Thinkpad with Slacko puppy, I will attach a screen shot. Currently, I am working with other machine that uses Linux Mint. Slacko is awesome to keep those old computers productive!
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If you run quickcountry or quicksetup is the
UTF-8 encoding
checkbox ticked or not?
(I don't have Slacko 5.6, but I am assuming that it still has quickcountry and/or quicksetup. Please correct me if I am wrong.)
It sounds like the problem is not that special characters (é, ã, ç, ñ, ß) can't be used, but that the filenames are in a different encoding, probably 8859-1 in your case, not UTF-8. The files were probably created at a time you were not using UTF-8, which was the default for Puppies until recent years (the
UTF-8 encoding
checkbox was not ticked when quicksetup was run). Or perhaps they were created with a different distro which didn't use UTF-8.
So that we can see how the names are encoded, please post the output from this command, substituting question marks for the non-ASCII characters in the names of the file or directory path. For instance, if the file is in the /root/my-documents/ directory, and name of the file is "test_éãçñß", enter this command:
ls /root/my-documents/test_????? | hexdump -C
For example, the output will look something like this:
# ls /root/my-documents/test_????? | hexdump -C
00000000 2f 72 6f 6f 74 2f 6d 79 2d 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e |/root/my-documen|
00000010 74 73 2f 74 65 73 74 5f e9 e3 e7 f1 df 0a |ts/test_......|
If this
just an encoding problem, correcting it is not hard. Using ROX-Filer, put your pointer on the filename. Notice that ROX-Filer will say: "This filename is not valid UTF-8. You should rename it." Well, you don't actually need to rename it. That is, you can keep the same name using all of the same characters; you just have to re-encode it in UTF-8. How to do that? ROX-Filer makes it simple. Right-click on the file and choose
from the menu. If the old encoding was 8859-1, the Rename window that pops up will probably already show the correct characters in the name. Simply click
. The filename will be re-encoded in UTF-8, and no longer appear in red.
Of course, once you have changed the name, you will need to continue to use UTF-8. If you have another Puppy in which you didn't tick the
UTF-8 encoding
checkbox when you first configured it, you will need to run quickcountry or quicksetup and tick that box the next time you use the other Puppy with these files.
Alternatively, you could continue to use the old encoding. That way you wouldn't need to re-encode the file name. You would just need to run quickcountry or quicksetup once in Slacko 5.6 and untick the
UTF-8 encoding
checkbox. But in our increasingly connected world, you'd be better off switching to UTF-8, as the old 8859-* encodings are used by fewer and fewer people as the years go by, since UTF-8 supports so many more characters than any single 8859-* encoding.
(Note that we are just discussing the
of files here. If the file is a text file and the actual text in the file has a different encoding, you may run into issues there as well. But many modern text editors, like geany, will let you choose the encoding to read or save a file. (In geany it is
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Post subject: Problem solved! Thanks a lot!
Wow, thanks a lot!
I made sure the UTF-8 box in "Ajuste Rápido de País" (quick country, in Spanish) was checked, and I will take note of your instructions for future reference.
I was working with a save file created in Slacko 5.5 when I experienced the problem, and I had noticed that a few settings were lost it conversion: Desktop background and desktop icons were replaced with defaults for 5.6. I changed them, but I never thought of making sure the UTF-8 box in "Ajuste Rápido de País" was checked!
I also noticed that 5.6 correctly reads special characters in file names when you do not load the save file (using just CD defaults). But, somehow, when I loaded my converted save file, things did not work exactly as intended.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the "pet" file I installed to translate menu items into Spanish, or it just happens when you convert a save file created with a previous puppy.
Thanks again for all your help
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You're welcome.
As for that .pet file, I'm not familiar with it, but it is certainly possible that it had something to do with the change you saw. Probably not, though.
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There's nothing like a macaroni and glitter encrusted hand "turkey" to tip off the family that your toddler took the lead on the Thanksgiving crafts this year.
You can be thankful that they'll pretend they like their cranberry sauce with extra globs of drippy glue, or you can do one better Mom and Dad. Go with the Thanksgiving decor that your kid can make and your guests will appreciate.
Use up all those single gloves you found while assessing how ready the family is for winter to make a cute twist on the old hand turkey from Domestic in the City.
Keep it thrifty -- and green -- with a pinecone and leaf turkey from Peppers and Pollywogs.
You'll have to hit the hardware store, but paint chip turkeys mix funky and functional together (they double as placecards) thanks to this idea from Lizards and Ladybugs.
Or you can use up the old Halloween candy for a tasty turkey (also from Lizards and Ladybugs) that looks too cute to actually eat . . . but your kids probably will anyway.
Drive home the reason for the season and get a centerpiece for the table in one fell swoop with this thankful tree from Sit, Relax and Read.
A corn husk candle holder lights up the holiday table with this easy peasy how to from Morning Sun Rae. This will require some help, but the kids can embellish the outside easily.
What goes in the center of the kids table? A jar of turkey toes filled by little hands, of course. Check out No Fuss Fabulous' silly idea.
Leave more space for food on this year's table -- show your spirit with a Thanksgiving bunting that let's them practice their handwriting from Alpha Mom.
Give every guest their own handmade Mayflower with origami ship placecards from Two Straight Lines that are easy enough for kids to do while you're making dinner.
Simple is better, so let the pine cone hunt begin! Painted cones make perfect placecards with this tutorial from Almost Unschoolers.
Images via Domestic in the City; Sit, Relax and Read; Two Straight Lines