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Posted: Fri 24 May 2013, 04:50
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Hi Tronkel
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@oui wrote:
in my eyes, Puppy has already reached 10 years now and it continues to use only ONE main sfs file
Yes, that's a good point.
In the early days when the Puppy ISO's were small, nobody really thought about the fact that with one sfs you are loading everything into memory whether or not you need all that software that you might never use.
Now that Puppy has got bigger, this would certainly be more of an issue than before - but not too serious as yet. Would be cool if some developer could look at this and implement what Oui has suggested in his previous post.
I read somewhere that Linus Torvalds is also not happy about the ever-expanding size of the Linux kernel. Seems not to know what to do about it though. New hardware is appearing at an ever-accelerating rate and inevitably has to be catered for within the kernel. So it's a real concern nowadays.
I have to say: That what RSH did implement, also covers this field of management and would be really very good but reduces the freedom for amateur coders to change heavily the system because they are dependant of a perfect working download depository and a very strong organisation of the depository would be needing to cover the terrible wide scope of visions of all Puppy coders! And organisation is probably that what the Puppy world is missing more...
"My" (*1 way with pre defined subdir is more flexibel... Only the subdir are predefined, correspond to parts of the old main.sfs and the content can be free as each author will wish after that (name, size, content of the file itself: the system has only to collect and concatenate the parts one after the other, hopping that that works harmonic
; SliTaz does that since version 4.0 with 4 little *.sfs-segments but without subdir's so that the names and interdependences are rigorous!) and realize itself. it makes the remastering different and probably more complicated (*2 but can also simplify parts of the system: you don't need «load SFS on fly» any more: that what is in the correct subdir will be taken, the system has nothing to search any more! And it would be possible to mark what goes into RAM and what has to be read from HD or other slow memory on system poor concerning RAM equipment (*3 .
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(*1 My way is not my way: It is copied from the Linux system management with the fixed name of the main dir of tree
(*2 must not be so: to install the 4 SliTaz *.sfs file fragments frugal, you only need to concatenate them with the command «cat» to a only one big sfs file! I suppose that the system does about that, or somewhat with the same effect internally loading the system and continue to work with a bigger file or memory content as the fragments handled at development time and beeing to find in the ISO!
I did realize very big SliTaz.sfs file on my laptop having very more RAM as my PC's but I were always limited with a proportion 1:3 (if size of compressed file is 1 you need 3 time this size of RAM)... after that, kernel panic follows! for coders having yet old hardware, often young people with good formation and ideas as well as a lot of energy because they don't have family to care of etc., but low budget, it is extremely limitativ!
(*3 a simple flag file, also empty, named f. ex. «please.ram», placed in the concerned subdir, would be enough! I usually don't need to put libreoffice into the RAM to enter individual letters slowly hit clumsy on my keyboard each after the other, but I need some applications in RAM needing all the calculation power of my system to build some big pictures or convert sounds using a complicate algorithm...
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Posted: Fri 24 May 2013, 05:15
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Hi backi
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Hi everyone !
oui is complaining about loading to much unwanted or seldom used programms into ram . I go the way modular as you propose .
What i did ,to get out all the unwanted stuff to make " Barebone " vesions of for example Dpupexprimo or Precise Puppy ....i do remaster .
Removed mostly all unwanted multimedia - internet-network -games -document stuff
remaster it to get a slim version .
Later i replace sfs - vesions of my favourite programms (like oui does ) place them convenient in some named directorys .Then symlink them and load them only on demand via sfs-loader or sfs-executer .
So i dont have to carry permanently the whole truckload in ram .
Spares me alot of megabites for the main iso.Programms i seldom use are only loaded temporarly via sfs files (configuratins for them can be saved ) spares me ram too .To reduce even unnecessary drivers i used Zdrive-cutter to remove more radical bloat , .. but does only work on that particular machine .
RHS did some consequent work with remastering and using sfs files instead of permanenty installed programms or pets .That concept is making Puppy more modular similar as in slax or porteus .
But this only make sense on older hardware low in ram .
you are right. I do exactly the same but it is the wrong way because it makes a terrible lot of work for nothing!
in the past, Puppy did publish base versions, the barebones you are naming above, as well as full filled versions. else in the new time, BarryK did announce the new Quirky first as a kind of barebone with only about 50 Mb on his blog but realize it differently after that with a copy of the new Racy in the big kernel.
divers barbones did really become a Puppy legend, so 2.17 or 3.01
full filled versions were really the main Puppy usage as long Puppy did not offer some well developed package management system...
but each one getting actually a modern Puppy with the most actual kernel and finding obsolete files in it taking a lot of room in memory regret such a conception! you have to install somewhat only to amend an obsolete part! and, in the new Quirky, no way actually to change it and actualize...
why a browser in it if after the fresh first start the browser itself announce «this version is obsolete and is not safe any more! pls actualize!» or somewhat else...
(ok, this is not the matter in Precise 5.6; the browser is actual but not the flashplayer)
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Posted: Fri 24 May 2013, 08:43
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HI oui !
Yes thats right..... means a lot of work (for nothing?! ).
Someone who is new to this business having a well equipped Linux working OOB.. is a lucky guy .
Dont wanna be unthankful to all those keen developers .
But would find it also quite convenient to choose downloading Barebone or Full version too.... Pimp it later to your needs .
Bodhi Linux comes that way .
But i find newer Puppys not realy very bloated .
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Posted: Fri 24 May 2013, 09:43
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tronkel wrote:
@oui wrote:
in my eyes, Puppy has already reached 10 years now and it continues to use only ONE main sfs file
Yes, that's a good point.
In the early days when the Puppy ISO's were small, nobody really thought about the fact that with one sfs you are loading everything into memory whether or not you need all that software that you might never use.
If it is being loaded from CD, there could be multiple SFS files on the CD but still if you want to unmount the CD, you sort of have to read all of the stuff into memory in case it is needed. On a memory stick, there is less need to be able to unmount so perhaps for that case breaking it into multiple SFSs makes sense.
The fact that Puppy uses a lot of script files makes the compression make a big difference in size. Compression of text is very efficient.
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Posted: Fri 24 May 2013, 13:44
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Let's view this for consideration.
Many/most of this community is using PCs which are vastly different from those of say, 1998, which the original Pups were targeted for.
In fact, with the cost of a stick of RAM today, used/new, we get the benefits that comes with RAM.
Now, given that we have the Big RAM PCs (usually because it was originally used with Windows/Apple), we load a PUP. Doesn't matter which one. Anyone's choice!
What happens is that we drop a Puppy off in a Basketball gymnasium. For some of the more fortunate members who use their PCs for several other OSes, as well, they drop a Puppy into the middle of a Soccer Stadium.
With all that room for Puppy to run around in, and given that Puppy is Ligthning Fast, what is the concern of "any" PUP's size. Just as long as it has comfortable space to run around in.
I don't have a position on PUP's size. Its not of concern for me. There are so many PUPs and Linux distro which bring all sorts of pre-packaged technologies that my biggest problem is settling on the choice for which I should use for my main PCs and which distros I should choose for my TV, my Home security, my Internet controllers, my etc.
The size is of no concern of mine. The abiltiy of it to provide needed functionality and to do it rapidly is what I need most. Same with my smartphone, my tablet, my work desktops, my ...
I'm sure this is the case for most of you too.
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Posted: Fri 24 May 2013, 17:02
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Hi gcmartin
your opinion
gcmartin wrote:
In fact, with the cost of a stick of RAM today, used/new, we get the benefits that comes with RAM.
is not realist at all.
I have here only 5 type of PC's at home and no one can use the RAM stick of the other
even my Dell Optiplex SX270 can not use the stick of the burned Optiplex SX280 and also the contrary would not be possible. the plugs have other dimensions etc. If I will extend the memory of the (not burning
) older one I have to spend more money for a stick made by Dell, an American Cy I think, as to buy a complete other PC with more memory from a Chinese brand
(but I have no room on my desk and in my environment for other PC than "book" PC's excepted laptop or new android solutions in coming, I have a laptop but I don't like to use it because of the poor resolution of the screen...).
there are billions of old PC in use in all the world
and Puppy is actually the main answer how to use them better!
if you are using Puppy with a modern top PC, it is good for Puppy
but I really become a bad opinion of you as well as of the Linux movement
! if Linux is only good to run in form of Puppy (out the RAM to be performant), poor Linux...
I use Puppy because all my PC's are limited in RAM and processor power (I drive an old car, I have an old bike, my house, made of stones, will be in 7 years 100 years old but did never be broken under wind power. It seems that American people knows only an answer: develop more technical power, more short live machinery! we have a different vision of our world and environment!)
the billion of old PC's in the world are a step worse than my PC's...
and opinions as your opinion are the reason why the live time of PC's are as short. you only require more hardware instead to use the actual hardware correctly (or better if correctly is not possible any more)...
The size is of no concern of mine. The abiltiy of it to provide needed functionality and to do it rapidly is what I need most.
Puppy did offer in 20 Mb in 2003 more functionality and rapidly AND BUILT-IN SOLUTIONS than M$ deliver for a lot of money at the same time!
the actual Slitaz 4.0 offers today yet in 34 Mb probably more for modern hardware and can be extended for no cost!
did you already think about the matter that the most PC's (except playing stations and PC's used as playing stations) are used to enter 8 bit characters slowly using an old mechanical keyboard system
and the power is only used to produce background pictures and trays and icon bars ?
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Posted: Fri 24 May 2013, 18:43
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@oui, Agreed. You echo exactly what I try to summarize. In a way, we are saying the same thing differently.
The other primary complaint that used to be echoed over the years is about download time increases. This has been seen across all of the distrowatch products over the years. That is an issue where size does/can bring a downside. Its is a hardship when there's not enough bandwidth, or time, or limited accounts or unreliable links or just bad downloads. I too have been hit where my download ended corrupted and having to do it again. Its a hardship that is endured across the Internet.
But, IMHO, we are free to select and choose the flavor that we think the developers have provided to meet our needs. Agreed.
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Posted: Fri 24 May 2013, 20:43
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Puppy Linux, in the form it is, essentially, today, dates from the 2.x.x series, which began when? Late 2006, or early 2007? Counting the sizes of the preceding 1-series is disingenuos.
The 2-series puppies were "under 100mb", between 94mb and 98mb in basic form. Basic form 301 was 98mb to 101mb, as I recall. In those you had an abiword whose best feature was its automatic save-upon-crashing, because it crashed often. You also had a a seamonkey that would do all sorts then, but that few websites will talk to today. And, then, if you wanted any kind of multimedia you had to download 30 to 50 mb of Win-codecs and link them in, and download about the same of Windows fonts, if you wanted your Abiword .docs to render in Windows users' Microsoft Word and Office.
The 2-series was cranky and had to be cajoled to load on a number of machines. 301 was the first pretty much really plug and play puppy. There were few machines it would not load on, and few it would not run satisfactorily on, provided the processor had MMX, if it was a Pentium 1, or was a 2 (which meant it had MMX).
The 5-series puppies of today weigh in at 130 to 190 mb, don't need codecs and fonts added to play multimedia and communicate with the M$ enchained, and will still run on anything with an MMX processor, and reasonably well. I can run them on my 166 mhz P1mmx Dell Latitude cp laptop with 256mb of swap and 64mb of ram, though not as satisfactorily as before one memory bank went out, when it had 128 mb ram. Slower than 301 or 217, but those ran comparatively slow, too, back then. Amazingly slow, we notice, when we compare them to what we are used to with modern processors, memory and buss speeds of today.
When I customized my puppies back then the remasters came out about 300mb. Today my remasters, fitted to my needs, come out about 320mb. Most of the bulk seems to be libraries: When I've started with a bare-bones puppy and added libraries as demanded by my needed features, the bulk has come up to about my usual when starting with a standard puppy.
I run the 4 and 5 series puppies of today without swap, and on some machined without hard-drives, running them in ram (down to 512mb), from CDs or flash-drives, with added sfs files on the flash-drives.
I would argue that modern puppies are not fatter, they are better developed, with more muscle,more strength, more power and better coordination.
Multiple sfs files Puppies have used since way back, too, Note the Z-drive, to contain little used modules, as well as the usual optional programs one user may want to add and another not.
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"I'm dating a guy and I couldn't be happier," says 19-year-old British Olympic diver Tom Daley. If it's not quite true that nobody saw it coming, nobody saw it coming today. Daley's 'Something I want to say...' video, posted this morning, was the coming-out equivalent of David Bowie's new single launch at the beginning of the year - no hype, no teasers, just a link on Twitter and there it was.
Tom having a boyfriend is big news because millions of us care about him as a public personality. But, in the sense that same-sex relationships are no longer inherently scandalising, Tom also expressed his hope that it's not "a big deal".
What's most heartening about the public response is that the UK seems to agree. That's good for Tom. It's good for us. And it's good for the world - especially when discussion of the Olympics and LGBT identity is currently dominated by Russian lawmakers' repeatedinsistence ahead of next year's Winter Olympics at Sochi that the mere acknowledgement of being gay is an act of political propaganda.
I'm not, by and large, a patriotic sort. But the huge outpouring of support that has greeted Daley's simple statement has made me proud to be British today. That's partly because it shows how firmly recognition of and respect for LGBT people's basic humanity and dignity has taken root in mainstream society. And it's partly because it shows how our culture is able to apply its most traditional values to progressive as well as conservative ends: the two words that keep jumping out at me when I read the comments under Tom's video are 'bravery' and 'pride'. (Not that there hasn't been a fair bit of homophobia too, of course.)
Part of the reason we love Tom is that we feel we know him. There are all sorts of things about today's video that suggest everyday informality: his casual top and stubble, his use of "you guys" and his handheld camera, which he apparently points at himself as he sits up in bed. It's an appropriate format for a message about personal issues that asks for personal understanding.
Yet the video is also a tightly crafted piece of rhetoric that deftly interweaves public and private concerns. Tom starts by reminding us of his public story - its lows (his father's death), its highs (his Olympic medal), its ordinariness (his A-levels) - and of how he's tried to balance a public and a private life. He explains how his main motivation for revealing that he has a boyfriend was being "misquoted in an interview" (perhaps this one in the Mirror three months ago?). And he offers pre-emptive answers to several anticipated questions. Is the fact of his public profile an invitation to speculation about his private life? Has he been disingenuous about his sexuality in the past? What would his dad say? What do his family think?
The message Tom presents here takes its power from what he tells us about his emotions. Being misquoted about his sexuality "made me feel really angry and frustrated" while his boyfriend "make[s] me feel so happy, so safe, and everything just feels great". Apart from a vague reference to "an ideal world" in which such announcements would be pointless, there's no overtly campaigning content here. Tom never even uses the word 'gay'. (Or, for that matter, 'bisexual'. Perhaps the video's only dud moment comes when he says "of course, I still fancy girls" - even if it's true, why "of course"?)
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That's why Tom's message does, after all, have political implications. It asserts that his being in a same-sex relationship does not disqualify him from his place within his family, his society or his nation's sporting endeavours. His close family and friends have been "so supportive", he says, and "I still want to win a gold medal at Rio 2016 for Great Britain. I'm still as motivated as ever to do that and it would be great to have you guys on that journey too."
The Union Jack pillows against which he reclines underline the point: I'm as British as anyone, and if you don't want to join me on my adventure, it's your loss.
The basic message is "I'm still Tom." This is the irreducible truth that any teenager struggling to acknowledge their LGBT status to themselves, their loved ones and their community must hold onto the hardest. Sexuality is not a choice. It is a very deep part of who you are - a source of confusion, shame, anger, frustration, happiness, bravery and pride. To acknowledge this reality is not an act of propaganda or partisan political action but an instance of that other cardinal British characteristic: common sense.
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Love is our true essence. Love knows no barriers of caste, religion, race and nationality. We are all beads strung on the same thread of Love.
- Amma -
That's right, dear readers. As you may know, yours truly here has a very soft spot for the topic of love.
What's there not to like about love? It is the basis of everything, & is beautiful in its own sense, just that we humans fuck it up most of the time...bahahahah!
Think about it - in the early throes of love - how much your heart overflows with love for another, so much so that it seems that whatever he/she does will never reduce the amount of love you have for them! & everything about this person is wonderful, even the way they snort when they laugh, or how they always endearingly fail at cracking a joke...
But somehow, after a while, little things start staring you in the eyeballs. The snorting becomes an embarrassment. The uber-fail jokes start getting annoying. Heck, some people even get annoyed because their partner was 'breathing wrong'!
Just what the hell happened? Where did it all go wrong?
First of all, let's look at this analogy:
I was strolling in the gardens of an insane asylum when I met a young man who was reading a philosophy book.
His behavior and his evident good health made him stand out from the other inmates.
I sat down beside him & asked: "What are you doing here?" He looked at me, surprised. But seeing that I was not one of the doctors, he replied:
"It's very simple. My father, a brilliant lawyer, wanted me to be like him.
My uncle, who owns a large emporium, hoped I would follow his example.
My mother wanted me to be the image of her beloved father.
My sister always set her husband before me as an example of the successful man.
My brother tried to train me up to be a fine athlete like himself. & the same thing happened at school, with the piano teacher & the English teacher – they were all convinced & determined that they were the best possible example to follow."
"None of them looked at me as one should look at a man, but as if they were looking in a mirror. "So I decided to enter this asylum. At least here I can be myself."
(A story by Kahlil Gibran )
Do we really love & appreciate others for who they are, or do we love them & place our own assumptions, judgments & perceptions on them?
Why do the things that annoy us, annoy us?
Is it because we truly want them to improve their mannerisms so that they can conform to social etiquette? In that case, what is social etiquette, is it always reasonable? If not, then why the hell should anyone even aspire to conform to it? If yes, then another question: who determines the standards of social etiquette? Are you projecting your own idea of social etiquette onto another? & when they refuse to or cannot comply...dissatisfaction begins? Isn't it? :P
If someone does not behave according to your liking, do your feelings towards that person remain the same?
Is it because their way of doing things does not resonate with the way we do things?
To some, success may be a stable 9-5 desk job, stacking up zeros in their bank accounts. To another, it may be living in a small hut, with no thought of how much money is in the bank, just living off the land. Who is to say which is right & which is wrong?
Another important question : are you able to hold space for another, when they are going through rough times?
& by 'holding space', I mean giving the other the time & space that they need to process whatever they are going through, not intruding & trying to fix things & get things moving ASAFP. Yes, it is tough to watch our loved ones go through tough times, but sometimes meddling does not help, & instead worsens the situation.
So again, are you able to hold space for another, when they are going through rough times? Are they allowed 'go away' to sort their stuff out, while being trusted that they may/may not return, & even that doesn't matter?
Dear readers, this is a very grey area we are talking about here. To completely allow another to be themselves, even if it means they may suddenly disappear? Are we able to be that unconditional? I myself have to admit that I am not at that level yet.
Do you see where I am coming from? To love is just to accept & allow someone to be as they are, without any ideas, without creating any boundaries for that person. It is much easier to speak about this theoretically though. On the practical side....meh. It's almost impossible for most of us!
If you observe all the things we questioned earlier, they are all similar in the sense that the mind conjures up ideas of what is 'wrong' & 'right'. When the heart was in command, there was no wrong or right, everything was just beautiful as is. But once the mind came into play...hmmm! Then we start overthinking, overthinking, overthinking & that small aspect of the person becomes such a big issue for us, & suddenly love is gone!
Have you ever wondered why the mind behaves this way though?
Osho - Mind Is Always Afraid
Yes, the mind is always afraid that the heart will take over. After all, where does the ego come from - the mind, yes? & what is the ego - the false sense of 'me', yes? So to love someone is to be able to forgo one's ego & completely surrender to another. There is no thought of 'this person is not doing this because he/she does not love me', '
Now here comes the punchline: no one teaching is ultimate.
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Some say you should go into a relationship with 'no expectations'. I disagree. Why?
Because that concept only works on paper.
You cannot remove from your heart what your heart knows is the level of treatment you need to be happy.
You may be able to ignore it in the beginning; however, over time, if you are not getting what you need, it will begin to eat you up inside.
So I say...
Evaluate your expectations & make sure they are 'reasonable'.
If they are reasonable, embrace them up front or deal with them in the end.
- Mr. Amari Soul -
Sound legit?
You can't force yourself into being unconditional when you know within your heart that you are being sold short. Again, you have to be honest with yourself, above all. 'Is this situation making me happy?' At the end of the day, you are not responsible for the issues/feelings of others, especially if they are not willing/able to work things out to come to a mutual conclusion.
Enough mindfuck for today. Till next time. :)


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(Editor's Note: Wylie continues his story as only he can. Lord have mercy.)
So anyway, I left you last time at the moment of my arrest at the Poodle Dog Lounge in Austin after a wild and crazy day at the East Austin bike shop run by methheads.
The Travis County Jail ain't all that bad by national jail standards, or by my own standards, based on the few lockups I've spent some time in. It's definitely not what you'd call a bed-and-breakfast destination for anyone wanting to take in the Austin Scene. While I was going through what they call their "intake process" I struck up a conversation with this female cop who took my fingerprints. She was a good ol' gal, divorced a couple of times and doing her best to raise two teenagers on her measly cop wage. Jeez. I actually began to feel a bit better about myself while she was talking. Anyway, when she came across the name of the methhead bike shop owner who was pressing charges, she froze. I could tell something was up. It turns out her second ex-husband was a bike mechanic who worked for him until HE got screwed. So she asked me to share some details–off the record–about what went down, and I was more than happy to oblige. Then she continued to type up the intake form, but I could hear that "click-click-click" on the keyboard get harder and harder. She finished and looked up, right in my eyes, and said, "Don't you worry, hon. You won't be here very long." She led me to this little nearby room, with windows on all four walls, and asked me to sit and wait for a while. I figured this was way better than getting in line for a jumpsuit and a cavity search, so I treated this like I was going into a fancy coffee store for a fancy coffee drink. I was there all by my lonesome, and it was weird having everyone kind of glance my way from time to time as they peeked through all four windows. But I could have cared less since there was no jumpsuit and no one with a little flashlight wearing latex gloves telling me to get naked and bend over.
After a long, long while, the lady cop comes back in and says, "Wylie, you're free to go." Just like that. I was tempted to ask if she rounded up someone to go over and bust the pair at the bike shop. I was tempted to ask if she had called in an old favor. But when you smell impending freedom in a situation like that, by God you jump on it! So I skeedaddled out of there as quick as greased lightning. Outside, with all the nighttime traffic cruising by, headed to one place or another, I found myself getting on a bus headed to God-knows-where. I really could have cared less, since basically my whole goal at this point was to start putting as much distance between myself and Austin as I could.
The bus turned onto Interstate 35 and headed north quite a ways, before getting off on some road that continued to head north. I finally got off at the last stop, on some street named Wells Branch Parkway, and started hoofing it north. Maybe I'd find a nice place to crash, out of the way, yet near the road so I could start in to finding a ride the next day. Kept on walking through this crazy-ass huge intersection and found myself near a big grocery store and some fast food places. I was starving. Stuck my hand in my pocket and felt the twenty that the lady cop had put there in the release process. I looked at the sign that said Taco Cabana and remembered that a person could get a whole lot of cheap Mexican food with half the twenty, and even a margarita to boot. So into the Cabana I went, and after I ordered, I took my little number and searched for a nice place to sit. And that is where I laid eyes on JD, or the Preacher Man, as I knew him in Colorado. He was sitting there alone, sipping on a margarita and having himself a carne guisada taco.
To say he was surprised to see me was an understatement. But sure enough, the waiter guy brought my food and we sat down together and began to catch up.
He was in Texas interviewing with this church outside Austin, part city-fied, part rural. I asked him how it was going and he seemed pretty excited. It looked like he might just get a job at that church. I was a little surprised that he'd be going after such a place, but found out that his roots were in Texas and that he'd always thought of Austin as home, so this place made some sense in a way. But as he talked I could see a shadow of doubt cross his face. It was mostly a country church that the city had expanded around and swallowed up. These were some dyed-in-the-wool country folk, Texas country folk, and I could tell it might not be the thing for him. But he was excited because I guess the past few years have been pretty rough on him. He had some fill-in pastor work, but that dried up, and then he was down to doing whatever he could to bring some sort of money in. He talked about working at some department store in Colorado, even getting a job delivering newspapers in a few snowstorms. Then he said he got this call from his brother-in-law to come throw in at this bar and restaurant business in some little town out in California. But that hadn't gone all that well, he said.
I liked his spirit–still do–but I began asking him if maybe it was time for him to start looking at things other than churches if he wanted to climb out of the hole he was in. It seemed to me there just wasn't much happening for him there. Hell, there's been times when I've told him he just ain't the type to be a Preacher-man–his head just isn't square enough, and he don't have that full head of hair and an endless line of bullshit that seems to be an unwritten requirement for most of 'em.
Anyway, he gave me his new address and phone, and said I should call sometime. Sure, I said. Then it was time to go find some sort of place to crash, so I wished him luck and left.
Well this has gone on way more than I expected. Let's just say that down the road a ways, I found myself bored and wondering what to do. Then I came across that phone number and I figured "what the hell,maybe he's still there," and he was. The job fell through, he said, and it left him pretty bummed out–way bummed out. So I said I'd help him out if he wanted, and do some writing on his blog. Lord knows, it's got some cobwebs, don't it?
So here I am, back in the saddle, so to speak.
And there's more. I got really curious about this little place in Northern California, so I'm on my way to check it out. I'd say more about this, but the crusty old hag keeping an eye on the library computers is saying my time is up and I got to be going. Will post more when I can. JD, you're getting company! –Wylie


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In this year that marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, I would like to pay tribute to some members of my extended family who served in that horrific conflict. This is the second in a series of four profiles. There may be others in my family who served, but these are the ones I know about.
A Philadelphia lawyer, Joseph M. Mitcheson was in active service on the USS Von Steuben during the First World War, serving in every line of duty from senior watch to executive officer.
Joseph McGregor Mitcheson was born in Philadelphia on Oct. 11, 1870, the son of lawyer McGregor J. Mitcheson and Ellen Brander Alexander Bond. His grandparents, Robert Mitcheson and Fanny (MacGregor) Mitcheson, were my three-times great-grandparents. Joseph had a brother, Robert Stanley, who died as a child, and a sister, Mary Frances, who married Arthur L. Nunns.
Joseph was active in student athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with an arts degree in 1890 and got his law degree in 1895.
He volunteered in the United States Navy during the Spanish American War, entering as a Lieutenant in June 1898, and being honorably discharged two months later.
He was in command of the Naval Militia of Pennsylvania at the outbreak of the First World War, but resigned to enter active service. According to his obituary in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, March 27, 1926, "his interest in the Naval Reserve of Pennsylvania was said to have been the most important factor in preparing that organization to enter the First World War at full strength."
Joseph enrolled in the Fleet Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant in March,1917, and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in December. He made nine round trips across the Atlantic aboard the USS Von Steuben, which was used as a troop transport ship, during the war and made nine more crossings after the armistice. Joseph was second in command of the vessel from July to October, 1919, when the ship was taken out of commission. In November of that year, he was promoted to Commander in the Naval Reserve.
He had a varied legal career, working as an assistant solicitor for the city of Philadelphia before the First World War, and for many years represented the Union Traction Company.
He did not marry. He died of cirrhosis of the liver at his home at 1608 Locust Street – the house he inherited from his parents – on March 26, 1926, age 55, and was buried in the family plot at St James the Less Church in Philadelphia.
photos: top, courtesy University of Pennsylvania
bottom: the Mitcheson family monument, St. James the Less Cemetery; photo by Janice Hamilton
photos: top, courtesy University of Pennsylvania
bottom: the Mitcheson family monument, St. James the Less Cemetery; photo by Janice Hamilton
Research notes
I obtained the basic information about Joseph's First World War service from newspaper clippings and other background provided to me several years ago by the alumni office of the University of Pennsylvania.
A quick search of various databases on Ancestry brought up additional information. The Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 revealed his baptismal and burial records. U.S. School Catalogues, 1765-1935 brought up an alumni publication from the University of Pennsylvania that told me he played football and enjoyed photography. Records of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, 1898 documented his service in that conflict. The 1910 U.S. Census showed he was living at home that year with his mother and half-sister. Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963 revealed that he died of cirrhosis of the liver, a discovery that cast a new light over his life since it raised the possibility of alcohol abuse.
The USS Von Steuben, built in Germany as the passenger liner Kronprinz Wilhelm. It was seized by the Allies and used as a troop transport ship. The ship's history, including links to photos of the ship and its crew, can be found at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-v/id3017.htm. A Wikipedia article has additional details.


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Hello and Welcome to Pro Se Sports.
This blog will feature a great deal of Red Sox related content, but won't do so exclusively. Hopefully I can discuss these topics in an entertaining and informative way.
Stay tuned as I get the blog up and running and iron out the kinks as we go. Check back for our first post discussing the curious case of Andrew Miller and the contract he signed with the Red Sox.


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The Lehigh Valley was a soccer hotbed in the 70's and 80's. This website is the centerpiece of a reunion effort to unite the players and families of that era to renew old friendships (and perhaps grudges) and to get together with people who have meant so much to us.
We're going to get together during the weekend of August 11-12, 2018 at the Bethlehem Township Community Park.
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|("Detail of barrel organ (1)" by Chmee2, Wikimedia Commons)
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And second some historic images of barrel organs and their grinders. I find these fascinating, as they show a type of street performing you would be hard-pressed to find anywhere in the world today (though organ grinder hobbyists do still exist, as is evidenced by the awesome dude above). These images show a quirky array of people, many of them seeming a bit rough around the edges, which really makes you wonder about their stories. How did they come by their barrel organs? Were they all hand-made, or inherited? If not, what sort of a business investment is a barrel organ? How much would that have set you back in the early 1900's? Were these people wacky free-spirits, or hard-working individuals desperate for a few coins in an over-saturated job market? Literature from the time depicts them as almost exclusively as vagabond extortionists, however as with any profession, I'd imagine the personal histories of those involved were as varied and colorful as the instruments they played.
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Situated in Firostefani, between famous Fira and scenic Imerovigli, this traditional pension is just 20 m from Santorini's famous sunset spot. Busses to Oia stop right across from the property. Villa Fotini features air-conditioned rooms with private balconies. All guest rooms are equipped with TV, refrigerator, and en suite bathroom. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout. Spectacular Caldera and sunset views are also possible from just outside the hotel. Villa Fotini is 10 km away from Oia and a 10-minute drive to Santorini Airport. Couples particularly like the location. This property is also rated for the best value in Firostefani! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city.
If cancelled up to 21 days before date of arrival, no fee will be charged. If cancelled or modified later or in case of no show, the total price of the reservation will be charged.
20m from Villa Fotini you can enjoy the view of the Caldera with and unique sunset.
|ISMAELFri 17 Aug, 2018
|KyriakiMon 02 Jul, 2018
Great location and a great value for money!
The location is very close to the sunset view point and to restaurants. We stayed to the superior double room which is renovated on the first floor and it was a very nice room.
|DymphSun 01 Jul, 2018
The hotel was very nice.
Maria was very nice and helpfull
|VictoriaFri 08 Jun, 2018
Great place, great location, great staff!
The staff were so friendly, helpful, and lovely right from when we checked in. Some rooms are quite small, but it's in a great location and they are clean and comfortable. Firostefani is just a 10 minute walk into the main town, but still has lots of its own great restaurants and amenities as well, so it is a nice quieter alternative (and has great views). I would go back.
|Tan WeiWed 02 May, 2018
Nice hotel with great staff and service!!
Great hotel. If I go to Santorini again, I would definitely come back!
|TimothySun 01 Oct, 2017
Comfortable, convenient location.
The hotel was in a good location, easy walk to central Fira, restaurants and small markets within a minute walk. Bus stop on Street out front which may be convenient, but consequently the location is somewhat noisy so the balcony is not real pleasant to use. AC worked good, room was very clean, small but adequate. Maria was very helpful and pleasant on arrival but when I asked for assistance on rental car and a bus to the airport she seemed preoccupied and wasn't real helpful. She said the bus came at 7:10 am (still hadn't arrived by 730am) didn't tell us we had to transfer in Fira (we found out from people on the street), so we started walking to Fira, luckily a cab came along. Otherwise, everything ok, recommend for location in getting to sights.
|MarjorieWed 13 Sep, 2017
A very good hotel in Firostefani
Very good localisation. Excellent service. The room are small but very clean and pretty. The only bad point is the noise outside because of the road near the hotel.
|sophieThu 24 Aug, 2017
One of our favourite hotels!
Loved our stay at villa fotini. Amazing location, literally twenty second walk to the caldera view, a short and nice walk to thira as well as a bus stop right out the front. Room was immaculately clean, Maria was absolutely amazing being so hospitable and friendly. Couldn't recommend this place enough!
|BrendanSat 01 Oct, 2016
Villa Fotini is Perfect!
This was my second time staying at Villa Fotini and I would highly recommend it to anyone going to Santorini. It's immaculately kept, the hosts are so genuine, knowledgable and kind. It's mere steps from the caldera and the path into town. I could not imagine a nicer place to stay.
|Jan-PhilippFri 30 Sep, 2016
Nice place to stay
We have spend a great time in the Villa Fontini. The hotel is situated well, very close to the caldera. Unfortunatelly the main street is quite loud at night although it is not located directly infront of the hotel. The rooms were clean and the service good. I would definitely recomend this hotel!
|GeorgeSun 07 Aug, 2016
Great Staff.
Near the road, but wasn't to bad. Close to Fira, and bus stop for Oia. Great view of the Caldera behind the hotel. Maria and her Dad were awesome. Would definitely recommend.
|LaurenTue 28 Jun, 2016
Great Stay
I would definitely recommend Villa Fotini to others traveling to Santorini, especially if on a budget, but I think next time I would prefer to stay more directly on the caldera. Villa Fotini was clean, my room had an ocean view, everyone was so helpful and friendly, and it was an incredible value for the money- perfect for the trip I had this time.
|AlishaThu 21 Apr, 2016
Friendly and convenient hotel, good value
Maria is really sweet and helpful! The one downside for some people might be that this hotel does not have a pool, but in my opinion it was well worth the value nevertheless, and there are so many positives - the bus stop and nice viewpoints are right outside the hotel, and it's a nice 10 minute walk to the main town of Fira. The cleaning was also impeccable; we even came back one day to find all the hair pulled out of a guest's hairbrush. Would definitely return!
|laurieSat 23 May, 2015
Great hotel and location for money
This hotel is located right off the main road, which although convienient does have the extra noise until late in the evening when the traffic dies out. It is located right off the main walking path with senic views and shops and restarurants so it is very convienient. The wifi is a bit slow making it difficilt to recieve email. I would only have one recomendation for the hotel to alert guests who are traveling off the island on Ryan Air that they must check in and have a boarding pass printed or on their phone before going to the airport. It is a 55 euro charge per person if not. If they would offer the service to help with that would have been great to know.They were very warm and friendly and knowlageable about things to do and what to see.
|JoshuaSat 11 Apr, 2015
Great Hotel
This was a wonderful place to stay. A little on the smaller side, but very much in a good, quiet place. The lady at the front counter (Maria) was very helpful, hospitable, kind, and just an overall wonderful person. She showed us where to go at what times, suggested a good restaurant, and even helped us to rent ATV's for our stay. Definitely will come back here, should I return to Santorini!


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limpid adjective [lim-pid] Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, "a limpid stream."
Definitions for limpid
- Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, "a limpid stream."
- Calm; untroubled; serene.
- Clear in style; easily understandable.
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Claire's large eyes are a limpid, liquid blue that reflect the ambient world.
Lying on the sand one limpid afternoon, Margarita-drowsed, gazing out at the turquoise water through half-closed eyes, following the seaweed swaying back and forth just beneath the surface, I fancied (as any self-respecting writer must do) that it would be my turn to write a book about Mexico some day.
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One of the great aspects of writing about urbanism is the multitude of other folks writing eloquently and persuasively on the same topic. Yes, the wealth of good scholarship casts my efforts in a harsh light, but that's a small price to pay for being in the company of insightful and passionate people.
I was reminded of this a couple of weeks back when I listened to a StrongTowns webinar. The primary topic of the webinar was an approach to low-cost, neighborhood-level community improvement projects. It was an intriguing subject that will eventually work its way into this blog.
But for this post, I want to write about and build upon a story that StrongTowns founder Chuck Marohn told during his introductory comments.
StrongTowns is a well-known and well-regarded urbanist advocacy organization. I have objective data on this from a questionnaire I was recently asked to complete, asking to which urbanism organizations I belonged. StrongTowns was among the fifteen organizations listed. So I have at least one data point putting StrongTowns among the top fifteen urbanist organizations.
StrongTowns was founded and remains based in Brainerd, Minnesota, a community of fewer than 14,000 people about 125 miles north of Minneapolis. One would think that a town of that size, as the headquarters of one of the top fifteen urbanist organizations, would have an awareness of urbanist thinking, if not an urbanist policy slant. One would apparently be wrong.
Marohn told of recently being surprised by a proposed $7.15 million water and sewer extension from Brainerd to the nearby Crow Wing County Airport. Despite the absence of public awareness, the concept was well along, having been included in state legislation that allocated dollars from a state infrastructure revolving fund.
When StrongTowns tried to research who the project advocate might have been, the two state legislators were unhelpful, one advising that funding action had been in response to a request from constituents and the other saying that the funding was intended only to begin the conversation, not to conclude it.
City Hall wasn't helpful either, claiming that the waterline extension was required by the State Fire Marshal to improve water pressure at the airport, only to have the Fire Marshal dispute the account, stating that he was told the extension was already underway when he first began the conversation about airport service.
Thwarted on their initial argument, City Hall rolled out the standard arguments about job creation, development potential, and free money.
Despite the lack of anyone claiming parenthood, the project moved ahead, advancing to the City Council for approval of the local funding match of approximately $700,000. The Council expressed dubiousness about the project, questioning whether it was worth the use of city funds. (Let's take a moment to consider that position. If it's uncertain whether it's worthwhile to spend $700,000 to gain a $7.15 million improvement, doesn't that imply that the benefit/cost ratio, at least in the minds of some Councilmembers, is around 0.10?)
Faced with a wavering City Council, the regular infrastructure supporters rallied to the cause. The contractors, developers, engineers, and realtors waved the same flags as City Hall. Those being the banners of job creation, development potential, and free money. The City Council fell into line and approved the project, leaving the public with a debt of $7 million and the only clear benefits being to the pockets of private businesses.
I'm not suggesting that this story is in any way unique to Brainerd. I expect that similar stories can be told about pretty much every city in the U.S. But doesn't it feel like a silly way to make public funding decisions?
Pondering that silliness, I found myself toying with an analogy. What if, in addition to funding our roads, we also funded our cars with most of the cost being covered by the tax rolls? If we wanted a $30,000 Ford, it would cost us only $3,000, with the other $27,000 becoming a public debt, secured by our neighbors and others in the community. What would the world look like in this scenario?
- To begin with, we'd all be driving Mercedes, Porsches, and Ferraris. If they had a total cost to us of only $10,000, why wouldn't we go upper-end? It'd be stupid not to, right? And it would create jobs.
- Our tax bills would be significantly higher from the cost of covering our neighbors' cars. But the bills wouldn't be as high as they should be, because our political leaders would be busily creating financial schemes to move much of the debt onto the next generation, leaving it to our children to pay for our cars.
- Our roads would likely be more crowded, with everyone driving their Mercedes, Porsches, and Ferraris, putting more strain on road budgets.
- But at least we'd be driving cool cars, right? Well, maybe. Another possibility is that we'd be so stretched with the tax increases, insurance, and gas that we'd have to scrimp on maintenance, resulting in our Mercedes, Porsches, and Ferraris rattling down the roads.
- Sensing our disappointment in our under-maintained cars, our political leaders would propose new taxes to help cover maintenance. But knowing that maintenance alone likely wouldn't get much support in the voting booth, they'd also include an expansion of the car purchase program, perhaps reducing our share of new car costs. It'd be the 21st century version of bread and circuses.
- It wouldn't be that the politicians are blind. Most of them are relatively intelligent. They'd see the flaws in the car purchase program, but they'd also be aware of re-election. And as much as we say we want to be told the truth, we relegate most truth-tellers to the sidelines. And so the car purchase program would continue.
It's a pretty ridiculous picture, isn't it? But, while no analogy is perfect, it does mimic our current infrastructure funding approach on many points.
I'm not arguing that we need to immediately cease all cost-sharing and revolving fund approaches. Going cold turkey would create unreasonable dislocations. But we do need to begin unwinding the most unreasonable and unintended effects of the current funding approach.
I don't know exactly what that unwinding would look like, but I know it's time to begin discussing it. Indeed, it's well past time.
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I was offended yesterday morning, barely 24 hours after the natural gas explosion in Harlem killed at least seven people and destroyed two buildings, to receive an email from the American Society of Civil Engineers claiming that the explosion and loss of life highlighted the need for infrastructure funding.
It's a legitimate argument that the Gothamist makes well. It's the contention I've often expressed that "We built all this stuff, we really should take care of it."
But ASCE has always paired funding for infrastructure maintenance with funding for new infrastructure, effectively building more stuff for which the maintenance will be uncertain. Given that background, I found it in poor taste for them to use the loss of life and property in Harlem as a point in their favor. They should have waited. Or perhaps never made the connection.
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Thursday, 18 March 2010
Nick Walkley - flushing out the opposition
That's how I interpret this invitation from the council to a meeting for people who might be thinking of standing in the council elections. The mainstream parties know who is standing for them, Nick Walkley probably knows who is standing for each party. But he doesn't know what is going on out there, in no-party-affiliation land. He must be getting twitchy.
I went to the recent Residents' Association of Barnet (RAB) meeting that discussed independent candidacies. I haven't written a report, partly because I've been too busy and partly because... I don't want to give anything away! Ha!
It's fair to say that I wouldn't stand as a RAB candidate, because I think their platform is too woolly and not left-wing enough, but do I know others who might be thinking of standing? Aha! That would be telling!
P.S. Worth noting as well that the workshop for potential candidates is being run by Barnet's favourite think tank IDeA. Them again.
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Oh Vicki! I think that is being a little hard on RAB. Having spoken to one of their supporters it is clear that whilst there is a broad range of views, the key issue that everyone is focused on is the need for better democracy at Barnet Council. This includes improving transparency, challenging the complacency that appears to be endemic and actually listening to what the community is saying. Perhaps not as left wing as you would prefer but it is a starting point. There appear to be some very skilled and able candidates who won't be given the run around and aren't easily intimidated especially by Nick Walkley.
- 19 March 2010 at 11:20
- vickim57 said...
Thank you for your comment, Anonymous. It would be a poor show if I didn't say anything more about RAB, I just wanted to say where I stood to put paid to any idea that I - or my ilk - might be standing on their platform.
I will write at more length, and I take your key point, where I think you are quite right, that more transparency is needed and more responsiveness to the grassroots. I do think RAB could deliver that to some extent... Must find the time to respond properly.
Left-wing. Well, I am and most people in Barnet aren't, I realise that. But you have to represent your own politics, more or less, I think, or why bother.
On the woolly charge, this is what I mean: "we will dump the concept and practice of 'easyCouncil'".
I would dearly love to dump easyCouncil but it's not clear from this brief statement what it is about easyCouncil you don't like. Is it the fact that it's being done as a cost-cutting exercise (because I don't like that)? Or because it proposes to charge people extra for unspecified but possibly key services (I don't like that)? Is it the fact that they want to outsource a lot of the services, which, if it means cheaper services, usually means a lower-paid workforce doing the work (I don't like that)?
Do you see what I am getting at? What is it about easyCouncil that you don't like? What would you propose in its place? My answer would be: cut the unnecessary expenditures, stop wasting money on expensive consultants who just want to outsource and privatise, join with other local authorities to demand more money from central government to defend public services, mobilise the community in a political battle for that...
That's possibly not what you mean by opposing easyCouncil! I think your platform is not clear enough at the moment. People can read what they want to into it, and I think that is a mistake, and even dangerous, politically.
There, I've said quite a lot after all!
Best wishes,
- 19 March 2010 at 12:16
Well well well, Its helpful always to get anothers point of view. I like your style, r u sure you do not want to join,in an advisory capacity? Its easy to criticise but that much more difficult to do. If nothing else I shall read your blog - there you go- one more reader!- if only for the critique it offers.
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Focusing on registered stocks versus open interest is a favourite of many bloggers because it produces dramatic "Comex is about to fail" figures. I have written many times that one also needs to consider eligible stocks as eligible inventory can be converted to registered relatively quickly. Blogger Kid Dynamite noted in passing in an email that December was a textbook example of eligible being used by issuers to make deliveries to stoppers. Not one to take the words of a cartel apologist at face value, I contacted data wrangler Nick Laird for detailed Comex warehouse movements and issuer/stopper figures, to check the facts for myself (and you).
To set the scene, at the beginning of December total registered stocks in all Comex warehouses was 120,967.246 ounces of gold. In retrospect, we know that the total number of contracts that stood for delivery during December was 2033, or approximately 203,300 ounces.


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Gymnastics team headed to nationals in Utah
|The gymnastics team practices in its facility at The Plaza Shopping Center in midtown Lynchburg.
The Liberty University gymnastics team is headed to the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) National Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19-21 at the Salt Palace Convention Center.
The team, now in its fourth year, enters nationals following a successful meet at the University of North Carolina on March 31, where they posted the top overall team scores.
"We are very excited to be fielding a men's team for the first time at nationals," head coach Mariah Dailey said.
The men's team will be led by senior David Tighe, who earned first place at UNC in both the all-around and the vault. Joining him will be senior Steve Lucia and sophomore Daniel Chapman.
|This will be the first year Liberty is taking a men's team to nationals.
On the ladies side, senior Rachel Steele, who won an individual title in the balance beam event at the 2010 nationals in Texas, will lead the Flames along with freshman Alyssa Frost, who took second in the uneven bars at UNC and finished fourth behind Steele in the all-around, and junior Jill Wipperman, who finished second on the balance beam and placed third in the all-around.
"We expect Jill, Alyssa and Rachel to make all-around finals, and a few to make event finals as well," Dailey said.
Competition begins Thursday with the women's opening session at 12:30 p.m. and the men's competition starting at 5:45 p.m. Individual event finals take place Sunday at noon.
- Gymnastics is one of 30 sports offered as part of Liberty's Club Sports program.


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Recently I got these ponytailclips from the local drugstore because they were on sale, it really enables me to wear more ott outfits, without needing an occasion to put effort into my hair.
Like Rox said the other day, you do feel a lot more childish with ponytails..
And wearing this I started to feel like I'd kind of passed pink..as an option
I think my style has become more mature, and though coordinating lilac can be frustrating at times, I seem to have grown accustomed to it..
I felt very cute, but the super sweetish ma*rs style isn't really suitable for me anymore, I think sexy and mature is better for me :/
Today I'm planning to work on my outfit for the meet this weekend :D I'm so excited!
For those attending: on saturday I'll be a bit late because I really really have to go to my brother's birthday..but I'll be there so wait for me, at latest untill 4 :(
I reeeaaally really hope to meet some of you girls there ♥


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September 30, 2011
American Girl Dolls aren't all THAT creepy...
Remember this post? Well, it's time for you to officially meet the girls: Molly, Kirsten and Kit. I scored them at an August yard sale and while they needed a little TLC they were WAAAAAAAAAAAAY cheaper than if I had bought them new (Kirsten is actually a retired American Girl which apparently means big bucks in doll land). I was never really a doll person, so I cracked up when I hauled these bad girls home, but you see, my niece recently discovered American Girls and when I saw them at the yard sale I had to given it a go.
The dolls had bad hair and marker and dirt marks on them (bad teeth, a foul attitude, poor eating habits.. I could go on...)
I Googled around for suggestions on how to begin restoring them and eventually found stephenswodadancer who knows her American Girl Doll stuff! Using some key supplies-
I set the girls up with their chemical peel date in the sun.
What do you think the roofers and construction crew thought of me when they saw this?
After sunning themselves for a few days, the girls came inside for their spa appointment.
(these pictures get creepier and creepier...)
You can still see the red mark on Molly's leg. That's because we ended up getting so much RAIN aka FLOOD WATER that the sun disappeared and I needed to move on with this project. I plan to tackle Molly's leg again soon.
I wanted to send Kirsten to my niece for her birthday, but she still needed an authentic looking outfit. Etsy came to my rescue with Cherilynn of Ashley's Attic. Cherilynn provided me with amazing customer service and a gorgeous outfit to boot!
Kirsten got dressed and mailed on to Pennsylvania, Molly awaits Christmas and Kit?
Well, Kit has been kidnapped by Bear and he shows no signs of giving her up any time soon. Perhaps I let him because overly involved in the restoring process and now he has detachment issues.
9 comments:
- Blessed Adventures, Catherine Anne said...
LOVE this~ My girls are all about AG history. After years of Sunshine asking, she had Kit waiting under the tree this past Christmas. So good to stop in and say hello. It has been too long. Blessings
- September 30, 2011 at 5:02 PM
- The Keierleber Characters said...
I have an AG doll- thanks for the restoration tips :) these pics are hilarious girl!
- September 30, 2011 at 9:47 PM
- alita jewel said...
Detachment issues, lol!!!
Um, yeah... dolls creep me out. But this post was interesting non the less.
- October 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Kate said...
Only innovative YOU would take on this project, TJ! The end result is pretty fantastic.
- October 1, 2011 at 4:07 PM
- Leslie said...
i am not really sure what to say about the scary doll pictures, but "Yikes!"
though finding cheap, real AG dolls is fun. Avery once found one at Goodwill for 10 dollars, almost brand new.
- October 1, 2011 at 6:21 PM
This is fabulous! I recently bought Isabella's Kirsten an outfit at a craft fair.
- October 1, 2011 at 8:59 PM
- Emmy said...
Awesome job! Kirstin is retired?? She was always my favorite. Great job! And those pictures are funny
- October 3, 2011 at 5:44 PM
- Amy said...
I love this! It 's good to know that you can fix certain things.
- October 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- Nap Mom said...
Way to go! I am too old for dolls, but I do regret not purchasing Kirsten for myself before she was retired. She is my favorite. I think I like her so much because she reminds me of "The Little House on the Prairie" book series. You are such a great aunt!
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At the Association of Fundraising Professionals' (AFP) 49th International Conference on Fundraising, Bobi Bellows of Bobi Bellows Consulting and Todd W. Ruopp of Unleashing Performance Inc., said that nonprofits shouldn't expect people to know what they do just by looking at their name. To build a case of support for the organization, leaders must come up with answers to these three main questions:
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- Are we really worth investing in?
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- What miracle(s) do we deliver?
- What are we doing to change the world?
- What have we accomplished that someone other than staff and board would think worthwhile?
Why Now?
- What's the hurry?
- Why can't we wait?
- If funding were delayed, what bad things would happen and what opportunities would be lost?
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I computer generated a mask for the "happy" sentiment and stamped a number of small images from a few different stamp sets (Birthday Style, Topiary Trio, Birds & Blooms) to create the main part of the sentiment. Once it was done, the panel was finished with a Swoosh die cut and then adhered over an embossed panel.
I am used to palm trees and succulents, so seeing the daffodils in full bloom on the mountain was a treat. If you take a close look, you can see the trees are just starting to bud.
This acorn stuffed tree is the work of very busy woodpeckers that we heard all weekend.
Just in case you can't see the acorns in the bigger photo, here is a close-up of the stuffed holes.


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Memphis -- Theater Review
Although its themes are familiar -- "Dreamgirls" and "Hairspray" both come to mind -- and it doesn't fully manage to avoid cliched aspects, the show could well turn out to be a surprise hit.
The wonderfully charismatic Chad Kimball plays Huey Calhoun (loosely based on the real-life '50s DJ Dewey Phillips), who in the opening scene shows up at a Beale Street nightclub, much to the consternation of its black owner, Delray (J. Bernard Calloway), and his similarly hued patrons. But the fast-talking Huey quickly wins them over with his enthusiasm for their music, and Delray's sister, Felicia (Montego Glover), finds herself intrigued with this rough-hewn figure who promises to get her on the radio.
Through sheer bravado, Huey manages to get himself a job at a small local station, where, despite the reservations of its owner (Michael McGrath), he manages to make his show a local sensation thanks to his spinning of the R&B records previously unavailable to white listeners.
You might be able to guess the rest of the plot. Huey, despite being functionally illiterate, overcomes all obstacles by the sheer force of his colorful personality -- he makes much use of his trademark phrase, "Hockadoo!" -- and transforms himself a wildly popular local radio and ultimately television figure. He and Felicia begin a passionate but clandestine love affair, and her star soon rises as well. But racial obstacles, in the form of the lovers' disapproving relatives and the community at large, threaten the relationship, and Dewey soon finds out that his efforts to integrate the airwaves won't fly when he and Felicia are courted by a national television network.
Joe DiPietro's ("I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change") handles these complicated themes in a thankfully never heavy-handed fashion, with the story's melodramatic aspects leavened by frequent doses of hilarious one-liners, many of them expertly delivered by Kimball.
The show thankfully eschews becoming yet another jukebox musical with its terrific original score by Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan, which provides an expert pastiche of '50s-era R&B, rock and gospel.
Credit, too, must go to the superbly brisk staging by Christopher Ashley and the exuberant choreography by Sergio Trujillo, which is terrifically handled by the large ensemble.
Kimball, coming across like an older, Southern-twanged version of Christian Slater in "Pump Up the Volume," makes for an offbeat but unforgettable leading man, and his hilarious and ultimately deeply moving performance will be well remembered come awards time. Co-star Glover, displaying a powerful set of pipes, also is strong as the ambitious Felicia, and Derrick Baskin, J. Bernard Calloway, James Monroe Iglehart and Cass Morgan make strong impressions in their supporting roles.
Tech credits are top-notch, with David Gallo's sets and Paul Tazewell's costumes perfectly redolent of the era.
Venue: Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York (Runs indefinitely)
Cast: Chad Kimball, Montego Glover, Derrick Baskin, J. Bernard Calloway, James Monroe Iglehart, Michael McGrath, Cass Morgan
Book-lyrics: Joe DiPietro
Music-lyrics: David Bryan
Based on a concept by: George W. George
Director: Christopher Ashley
Choreographer: Sergio Trujillo
Scenic designer: David Gallo
Costume designer: Paul Tazewell
Lighting designer: Howell Binkley
Sound designer: Ken Travis
Projection designers: David Gallo, Shawn Sagady