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Cross-country skiers, bobsledders, ski jumpers – see how fast they move on snow and ice
Ice-cold speeds
Cross-country skiers, bobsledders, ski jumpers – see how fast they move on snow and ice
The UCCA Dune Art Museum is located amid the dunes of Boahi Bay in northern China. The team of OPENArchitecture designed the subterranean complex in which the corridors resemble shells.
Each person in the European Union throws away an average of 179 kilograms of food a year, which comes to a rough total of 89 million tons. Now restaurants like the Spill ("trash" in English) in the Västra Hamnen district of Malmö, Sweden, are trialing a dedicated counteroffensive by serving, for instance, a delicious fish soup prepared with "rescued" vegetables from local markets would otherwise have thrown out.
In 2018, the jury of Siena International Photo Award had to judge more images than ever before: 48 000, sent in by photographers from 156 countries. Christoph Kaula's sprinting hamster was not a winner in the Animal category, but it did earn him a Remarkable Award.
Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes usually features herself standing, sitting or reclining in the middle of her tapestry-like works. So well does she blend into her textile backgrounds that it sometimes takes a second glance to spot her.


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In today's Wall Street Journal, Michael Barone brings a historical perspective to reading the meaning of sixth-year-of-the-presidency off-year elections. His column is "The six-year itch." He asks:
Have big gains for the out party been a harbinger of future voting patterns? And have opposition victories in those elections resulted in significant public policy changes?
He answers:
History gives us clear answers to those questions. They are: sometimes yes and sometimes no.
I have one prediction that I think will prove at least as reliable as Michael Barone's: It's going to hurt like hell. To give just one ferinstance, in today's Washington Times, Audrey Hudson reports: "Democrats wait in the wings with subpoenas."
It may be an opportune time to expand our historical perspective on the six-year itch. In a recent issue of the Weekly Standard, Noemie Emery also sought to take the long view of sixth-year-of-the-presidency elections. She found a pattern that she called "The sixth year slump." Emery's interest is in noting the disparity between the short-term verdict represented by the results of the mid-term election and the ultimate verdict of history. Emery suggests that "sixth-year pain is nothing but normal, and has been shared in some way by all two-term presidents; that the judgments made of presidents in their sixth years of office (and in their seventh and eighth years, for that matter) have not always stood up over time." Emery powerfully invokes the memory of Truman and the devastating impact of the Korean War on the final two years of his presidency. Vindication, however, was a long time in coming:
A few decades later, Korea came to be seen as a critical turn in the Cold War, ending invasion as a weapon of Soviet strategy. And the failed haberdasher from Independence, Mo., was on his way to being bracketed with the faded film star from Eureka and Hollywood as the two presidents who did the most to win the Cold War.
What accounts for the disparity between the judgment of the moment and the long view of history? Emery writes:
There are myriad reasons second-term leaders tend to have oversized woes. There is the hubris that comes with reelection, the brain drain and fatigue that develop through long years in power, the scandals that come up as the in-party gives way to greed and temptation, the familiarity that breeds irritation, which now and then turns to contempt. The president's personal traits might have lost their appeal, and now seem annoying. His accent grates on those who don't share it. His rhetorical tricks have been used just a little too often. His ideas, which seemed promising, have not brought nirvana, and their downside is visible. The laws of unintended consequences have begun to kick in.
With all this, there also are reasons those who judge presidencies too early may falter: They don't know the whole story; they don't know the backstory; and they don't have the perspective that only time brings. If a week is a lifetime in politics, then six months or two years are an age. In mid-1988, no one could know that Reagan's last term would end on an upswing, one that would open the way for all that came after. In 1939, no one could know that Roosevelt, who seemed a spent force on his domestic agenda, would be ranked when he died, with Lincoln and Washington, as one of the great presidents of all time.
Emery's historical perspective is one that it will be helpful to bear in mind over the coming days.

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DailyDirt: Useful Fungus
from the urls-we-dig-up deptFungus is a fascinating form of life. Mold grows almost anywhere, and it can survive some pretty extreme conditions. However, more often than not, it's considered a nuisance that needs to be killed and removed. Some mushroom-lovers have come up with some ways to make fungus useful for us -- taking advantage of how well mold can grow. Here are just a few examples of fungus that isn't for eating, but still serves us.
- Maybe we can use fungi to clean up dispersed radioactive waste -- Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a species of fungus that thrives in radioactive environments (near Chernobyl, for example). These kinds of fungus could help people collect and concentrate radioactive materials to prevent the spread of toxic radiation. [url]
- Mushroom insulation has similar insulating abilities as foam board insulation, but it can be composted (and made without the direct use of petrochemicals). Mushroom insulation can also have the same fire resistance as conventional materials, but presumably it isn't as toxic. [url]
- One of the often-repeated examples of futuristic engineering is the ability to "grow a house" -- and that possibility could become a reality with fungus growing into pre-determined shapes. The MyceliumChair is a step towards growing furniture with fungus and a 3D printed scaffold. [url]
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A handful of Leitwind LTW77 turbines have already been installed in Austria, Bulgaria and India. While the basic LTW77 turbine has a rated capacity of 1.5 MW, the machine is available in a 1.35 MW version like that used in Badia Calavena. With the turbine installed on the 870-metre Monte Pecora to the north of Verona, the town of Badia Calavena is hoping to become a centre of attraction for renewable energy.
Thomas Erlacher of Leitwind says the company is intending to erect a further six 1.5 MW turbines in Italy before the end of the year.


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Following is my next foray into the Gould "Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge"
B? Oh bother, I don't have any ancestors whose name springs to mind starting with B! There are my first cousins Brian and Barbara, but I best not discuss them as they are both alive and kicking! (Hi guys) Maybe I should just skip B?
There are a couple of Bessie's and Bertha's, but too distant and not particularly interesting. So I checked my maternal database instead of my paternal one – yes, I keep them separate, and low and behold who could resist:- Bartholomew Burrows from Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire – I do love a good alliteration!
So B is for Bartholomew
Bartholomew Burrows is the name of my 6x Great Grandfather. There's not a lot I can tell you about Bartholomew, who lived between 1732-1805, but I am now in the process of writing to a local genealogist at the Eaton Bray Family History Page, who is willing to check parish records and eventually I will be able to flesh Bartholomew and the other 10 family members from this village, out somewhat. He does come from a reliable source though; my cousin J is most particular in sourcing her (our) ancestors.
Just like Agnes, Bartholomew is no longer in the top anything to do with names in this day and age, despite the popularity of (or because of) "The Simpsons" and their favourite son, Bart.
The origins of Bartholomew lie in both Hebrew and English, but are essentially the same.
In Hebrew, Bartholomew means: Son of Talmai (Talmai is a variant of Tolmai, meaning abounding in furrows.) Famous bearer: St Bartholomew was an apostle of Jesus Christ.
In English, Bartholomew means: Son of a farmer. Used as both a surname and given name.
Burrows means: This interesting surname is of topographical origin for a "dweller by the hill", deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century "beorg" or the Old High German "berg" meaning a hill or mountain. However, it is also suggested that the surname derives from the Old English "burh" or Old High German "burg" meaning a fort. In the Middle Ages any sizeable habitation had to be fortified, so the surname may refer to "one who lived by the fort". The surname is first recorded in the mid15th Century. In the modern idiom the surname has many spelling variations, including Burroughes, Burrows, Burrus, Burris, Burriss and Borrows.
Eaton Bray, is a very pretty village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is part of a semi-rural area which crosses into the parish of Edlesborough in Buckinghamshire.
The village name Eaton is a common one in England, coming from the old English eitone, meaning "farm by a river". It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Eitone. The suffix Bray refers to Sir Reginald Bray (d. 1503) and the family that once owned the manor or castle in this village.
|Aerial view of Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
So from this we can imagine that Bartholomew was a farmer, whose ancestors lived near either near a hill or a fort.


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By Angeline, a sponsored child in Kenya
My name is Angeline. My mum was a businesswoman working in Uganda. I know nothing much about my dad as he never married my mother. I only hear stories about him.
When I was 5 years old, my mother got sick and died.
After my mother's death, life was so hard. My sister and I joined my grandmother, who also was single. She worked on a farm to feed us.
My aunt lived in the Mathare, Nairobi, slums. She took me and I lived with her until I was 9. Life was very hard because she was selling onions and tomatoes and the little income she was earning was very little for the whole family. She decided to return me back to my grandmother's home in upcountry.
After less than a year, my cousin and I planned to go back to Nairobi to look for jobs. But we never got a job and we didn't find our aunt. We decided to start street life, whereby we were begging for food from hotels and slept on corridors along the buildings in town. Sometimes we used to get money and could rent lodging which was cheap.
I am focusing beyond the limit so that I can be a great Kenyan in the future. I thank CFCA for making me who I am. God bless CFCA.
Editor's note: Angeline and her cousin eventually went to a rehabilitation house and then lived in two different children's homes. The Kenyan government finally put Angeline back in school. Since being sponsored through CFCA in 2004, she is able to continue her education. Angeline hopes to attend a university and become a journalist.


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LRRS Finalizes Class Champions at NHMS
Greenwood Wins "Dash for the Cash" Finale
Click here to view the "LRRS Wraps Up 2012 Season" photo gallery.
The final event of the 2012 Loudon Road Race Series season was held Oct. 6 and 7 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Racing in New England during the month of October often proves challenging with the cooler temperatures having a different impact on conditions than the summer months.
Over the course of the weekend, the competitors faced Mother Nature's full menu of warm, sunny weather changing to afternoon rain showers on Saturday. On Sunday, the races went off under grey skies and chilly temperatures – although the track remained dry throughout. Weather aside, the on-track action was as exciting as ever with many season championships on the line, having yet to be decided.
Expert GTL
In Expert GTL, the class champion Rick Doucette (Plaistow PowerSports Suzuki SV650) and second-place Scott Mullin (Souhegan Valley Motorsports Kawasaki EX650) are always set to do battle. Add in the return of Todd Babcock on his Spears Racing Suzuki SV650 Superbike, and the stage was set for a great show.
Gridded by points, both Doucette and Mullin started on the front row with Babcock buried deep in the field due to limited points earned. At the green flag, Mullin grabbed the holeshot with Doucette looking content to shadow him. As the laps began to tick down, Mullin and Doucette broke away from the pack – as they have all season – and were set to bring the battle to the checkered flag.
Doucette often enjoys stalking Mullin, letting him lead and applying pressure to try to force an error by his competitor. This happened on many occasions during the season, but this time there was a twist with the hard-charging Babcock working his way through the pack.
At the halfway flag, Babcock was in third position. With the motivation of seeing the leaders up ahead, he was able to chip away at them, and with four laps to go Babcock arrived behind them and was set to play the spoiler. As the trio worked its way through traffic, Babcock went to work.
Getting to the inside of Doucette in traffic entering Turn 3, he was able to overtake second position, and a lap later he slipped past Mullin to take the lead entering Turn 1. Doucette worked his way by Mullin and turned the fastest lap of the race at 1 minute, 16.267 seconds. Babcock could feel the pressure and was able to fend off Doucette in the final laps to hold on for the victory.
"Early on, I didn't know if I could catch them," said an elated Babcock. "Once I could see them and was able to run them down, I tried to make my way past them quickly and see if I could break away. Ricky (Doucette) was all over me as soon as I got the lead and I just tried to not make a mistake. It feels good to be back."
Middleweight Grand Prix – Dash for Cash
The mid-day rain showers left the track wet for the "Dash for the Cash" Middleweight Grand Prix. With limited sunshine the track was slowly drying and the racers were faced with the big question of which tires to run. As the riders gridded for the race everyone chose full rain tires for the event.
Due to the conditions, some usual suspects were missing from the grid. Most notably, 2012 class champion Eric Wood elected to sit out of the race due to the rain. Christian Chronin, winner of the earlier Expert GTU race, also was not present. Both were expected to battle for the podium.
At the wave of the green flag, Scott Greenwood led the pack into Turn 1 with Cory Hildebrand, Jason Carter, Riley Rodgers and Brian Killmeier close behind. With the track drying, it was clear to all riders it was going to be a tire management race as the rain treads would surely deteriorate over the course of 12 laps.
Greenwood was setting sail at the front, running laps in the 1:21 range and stretching a lead over Carter. Carter, in turn, was pulling away from the battle behind him. Riding in third, Rodgers was having an eventful day with an earlier high-side crash in Turn 10 during the morning practice that caused extensive damage to his Yamaha R6. His bike was repaired before he suffered a small low-side crash in an earlier race.
Riding a bit sore and battered, Rodgers locked himself into third and began pulling away from Hildebrand and Killmeier, who took a few laps to feel out the conditions and acclimate himself to rain tires. On Lap 5, he passed Hildebrand to take over fourth with an inside line entering Turn 6.
The front of the field locked into its positions for the remainder of the race. As the checkered flag waved, it was Greenwood over Carter, with Rodgers, Killmeier, Hildebrand, Justin Landry and Bob Poetzsch rounding out the Expert Division. Roger Ealy Jr. (sixth) was the top-finishing amateur and was able to hold off Joshua Gallusser (seventh) and class champion Dave Tasker to claim victory and collect $100 for his efforts.
"It's been a long year and it feels good to finally get a win in 'The Dash,' " said Greenwood in victory lane. "I enjoy racing in the rain. Some people dislike it, but for me it's fun. It takes a lot of focus and concentration to go fast and you have to try to be mistake-free.
"The track was fairly wet at the beginning, but I had concerns as we did the warm-up lap. The track from Turns 4-7 was dry, but other more wet areas that are tricky here were still pretty wet. The rains were the right choice and while we abused them in these conditions, the Dunlops held in there and helped me get the win. Thank you to my family and sponsors for their continued support and I am looking forward to next year."
The Loudon Road Race Series banquet will be held at the Radisson in Nashua, N.H., on Nov. 3 at 6 p.m.
2012 Overall Expert Top-5 Finishers
1. Rick Doucette
2. Scott Greenwood
3. Jason Carter
4. Cory Hildebrand
5. Eric Wood
2012 Overall Amateur Top-5 Finishers
1. Dave Takser
2. Roger Ealy Jr.
3. Justin Torres
4. Shane Lewis
5. Antonio Marchetti Jr.
Expert Class Champions
125 Grand Prix – Shawn Spear
Formula 40 – Dennis Levesque
Formula 40 Lights – Rick Doucette
Formula 50 Lights – Douglas Fogg
GTL – Rick Doucette
GTO – Cory Hildebrand
GTU – Scott Greenwood
HW Superbike – Eric Wood
HW Supersport – Rick Doucette
LW Grand Prix – Rick Doucette
LW Sportsman – Alexander Guilbeault
LW Superbike – Rick Doucette
LW Supersport – Rick Doucette
Motard – Trevor Chiappisi
MW Grand Prix – Eric Wood
MW Superbike – Eric Wood
MW Supersport – Scott Greenwood
P-89 Lights – Eugene Berrio Jr.
Production Twins – Branch Worsham
Super Singles – Matthew Gendron
Super Twins – Eric Wood
Thunderbike – Rick Doucette
Ultralight Superbike – Eugene Berrio Jr.
Unlimited Grand Prix – Cory Hildebrand
Unlimited Superbike – Scott Greenwood
Unlimited Supersport – Scott Greenwood
Amateur Class Champions
125 Grand Prix – Jake Vader
Formula 40 – Dave Tasker
Formula 40 Lights – William Morey
Formula 50 Lights – Brady Ward
GTL – Shane Lewis
GTO – Roger Ealy Jr.
GTU – Brendin Tanner
HW Superbike – Dave Tasker
HW Supersport – Dave Tasker
LW Grand Prix – Shane Lewis
LW Sportsman – Jake Vader
LW Superbike – Shane Lewis
LW Supersport – Shane Lewis
Motard – Gennaro Ameno
MW Grand Prix – Dave Tasker
MW Superbike – Brendin Tanner
MW Supersport – Roger Ealy Jr.
P-89 Lights – Alan Perry
Production Twins – Daniel Kapnis
Super Singles – Gennaro Ameno
Super Twins – Christopher Bouchard
Thunderbike – William Coolahan
Ultralight Superbike – William Morey
Unlimited Grand Prix – Roger Ealy Jr.
Unlimited Superbike – Antonio Marchetti Jr.
Unlimited Supersport – Justin Torres


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Martha Cripe, right, Fayette County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom coordinator, recently presented three books to Tara Tarter, librarian at Vandalia Elementary School and Jefferson Primary School.
The books are about soybeans and the role they play in agriculture. The three books are: "Soybeans in the Story of Agriculture," "Awesome Agriculture – Soybeans an A-Z Book" and "The Super Soybean."
Temperatures were above normal with a statewide average of 66.6 degrees. The average for the time period is 61.7 degrees.
Rains resumed toward the end of the week for an average of 1.09 inches statewide. The norm for the time period is 0.9 inches.
The number of days suitable for fieldwork averaged 4.7. Topsoil moisture was rated 1 percent short, 58 percent adequate, and 41 percent surplus.
With higher temperatures and dry weather for the majority of the week, planting was in full swing, even though some acres were being replanted.
Winter Wheat
The Illinois winter wheat crop is expected to yield 61 bushels per acre, based on conditions as of May 1. That is five bushels above last year's yield.
If this yield is realized, total production would be 44.5 million bushels, more than two and a half times last year's production. Farmers seeded 760,000 acres to winter wheat last fall, and expect to harvest 730,000 acres for grain.
This compares to 330,000 acres seeded and 295,000 acres harvested in 2010.
Larry Osborne swings around to begin another trip down the field as he plants corn in the Shafter area northwest of Vandalia on Tuesday.
Some area farmers are getting back into the fields after last week's rains again delayed planting in the county.
Wet soil conditions are causing concern for anhydrous ammonia application this spring, said Fabian Fernandez, University of Illinois Extension specialist in soil fertility and plant nutrition.
Anhydrous ammonia is the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer source in Illinois. In order for this fertilizer to be effective, good soil moisture conditions are necessary, Fernandez said.
Ideal soil conditions are about 15-20 percent moisture. Within these moisture levels, a fine-textured soil, such as silty clay loam, feels slightly moist.
As the planting delay lengthens, many farmers are wondering if they should switch crops from corn to soybeans, and if they should change corn hybrids from earlier to later ones.
"We're ahead of the rest of the Corn Belt, but with only about 10 percent planted in April, it's a disappointing start after the dry weather in early April," said Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois Extension agronomist.
For the second week in a row, cool temperatures, moist conditions and heavy rains have kept seeding and other field activities on hold across the state.
A few areas were able to get out into the field on Sunday evening. The statewide average temperature was 1.2 degrees below normal, at 55.4 degrees.
Average precipitation for the state was 2.34 inches. The norm for the time period is 0.9 inches. Saturated fields and flooding have been a problem at some locations, especially along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
For the past 13 years, cicada nymphs have been underground, feeding on tree and shrub roots, but according to University of Illinois entomologist James Appleby, they will be emerging very soon, and when they do, you'll know it because you'll hear them singing.
Area farmers are feeling the impact of an exceptionally wet spring, This field, located southeast of Vandalia along U.S. Route 51, remains flooded, even though the Kaskaskia River level is finally dropping. The wet conditions are causing farmers to consider switching to late-season corn hybrids, or possibly planting soybeans instead of corn.
It's not often that agriculture producers get to see the end-users of their labors. But that's exactly what Fayette County elevator owner Ken Cripe saw recently when he traveled to Central and South America on an Illinois Farm Bureau study tour.
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Alyeska Resort promotes Ben Habecker to Director of Ski Patrol
November 29, 2010 (Girdwood, Alaska) – Alyeska Resort has promoted Ben Habecker to the position of Ski Patrol Director. Habecker has been working for Alyeska Resort since 2003, beginning his career at the resort as a member of the lift operations crew, tram operations crew and Volunteer Ski Patrol, before spending two years as a member of Alyeska's paid patrol staff.
He then spent two years as the night patrol supervisor and two additional years as the assistant patrol manager before moving into the top spot after long-time director Peter Zug announced his retirement. "I learned a lot from Peter Zug's management," says Habecker, "And I hope to carry on in his footsteps in a positive direction."
Habecker, a native of Michigan, received his introduction to the field of ski patrol in Loveland, Colorado, where he received Outdoor Emergency Care Training and gained on-hill experience. Ben eventually moved to Alaska in search of bigger mountains and deeper snow. Patrolling in Alaska is a unique and challenging experience due to the weather extremes and continual transitions from warm weather to cold, along with the huge amounts of annual snowfall.
Since the U.S. Forest Service classified Alyeska Resort as a Class A Avalanche area in the 1960's, Alyeska Resort has had a very aggressive avalanche mitigation program. The resort's Ski Patrol department works hand-in-hand with the Snow Safety Department to ensure safe recreational experience in-bounds.
Alyeska Resort Ski Patrol is made up of 33 full-time patrollers and 21 part-time patrollers. Pro-patrollers wear bright red jackets and are available in multiple locations at the resort. Patrol also benefits from its 67 Volunteer National Ski Patrol members, who lend a hand on busy weekends and holidays when the resort has more skiers on the hill and inevitably more need for experienced patrol staff.
The Ski Patrol also has three Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers in its Avalanche Canine
Program, a program that utilizes highly trained air scenting rescue dog and handler teams. The goal of the program is to broaden the available avalanche safety tools that Snow Safety and Patrol have on-hand at the Resort.
Alyeska Resort is working towards a year-round mountain patrol presence in order to be on-hand to respond to accidents and incidents. In the summer of 2011 the resort plans to add tram-accessed mountain biking on the weekends. The addition of down-hill biking, along with increasing traffic on existing mountain nature trails, translates into additional summer patrol and rescue support necessary in keeping Alyeska's summer guests safe.
"Summer patrol is more involved than winter rescue," says Habecker, "In the winter, response times are somewhat quicker due to access on-snow with skis. In the summer, rescues can involve long approaches and more variable terrain. With the growth of summer activities at the resort, we are committed to additional summer presence so that our hiking and biking guests can adventure safely."
Alyeska Resort has hired Heather Thamm as assistant patrol director for the 2010-11 ski season and Michelle Jedlicka was promoted to night patrol supervisor.


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I'm not the only one getting creative in this household either - check out the drawing Zoe did with her crayons...
Friday, January 28, 2011
Crafty WIP
I'm not the only one getting creative in this household either - check out the drawing Zoe did with her crayons...
5 comments:
- apparentlyjessy said...
Oooh I'm in the valentine craft swap too! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
- January 28, 2011 at 5:03 PM
- Talia said...
I can't wait to see it when you're finished!! Those colours are cute. :-)
- January 28, 2011 at 11:04 PM
- oneordinaryday said...
Valentine's Day really lends itself to cute crafts, doesn't it? Can't wait to see what you do. I love Zoe's portrait of you. : ) You've got a budding artist on your hands.
Also wanted to thank you for the good thoughts and wishes for my sister and her family. We are so fortunate!
- January 29, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- By the Bluegrass said...
So, what are you making for the strumpets and crumpets swap? I'm having a hard time deciding. I like swaps because they force me to be creative. I love sewing and crafting, but it is easy to put it off when you have kids. So, swaps keep me crafting!
Have fun,
- January 29, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Frame that portrait, it's gorgeous!
- January 29, 2011 at 12:19 PM


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Puppy won't boot from CD on IBM Thinkpad w/64MB RAM (Solved)
I have downloaded and burned both Puppy 1.02 and 1.03 and used both successfully on several machines. However, I have an old IBM Thinkpad (Pentium 233, 64 MB RAM, 5GB HD) with the BIOS configured to boot from the CDROM. When I put puppy in the drive and start it up I get to the first line:
isolinux 2.13 2004-12-14 isolinux: 0142228B
and then it stops with a blinking cursor for ever. The CDROM drive seems to work OK for other things.
Any ideas what could be keeping my from booting any further?
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I had the same problem, it came from not having a boot sector. i used USB disc and when i had it formatted as USB-ZIP there was no boot sector and i got the cursor forever. I reformatted as USB-HDD and it had a boot sector so when i installed syslinux it worked. Don't know how this applies but maybe of some help.
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Does the CD drive boot any other disks?
I had a CD drive a while back that worked fine ( or appeared to ) , but it just wouldn't bootload. Replaced it and the new one worked fine.
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Post subject: Tried "boot2pup" floppy
As a follow up to my previous question about not being able to start Puppy on my old Thinkpad:
I downloaded "boot2pup" floppy image and made a boot floppy. With both the floppy and Puppy CD in the CDROM I started it up. The floppy boots and starts looking for linux on all drives. after checking everywhere it finds it on the CDROM and announces that it is loading the linux kernel. After a bit of action on the screen it shuts down and begins the whole process again. It keeps recycling until I manually hit the reset button and remove the discs.
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Does the CD drive boot any other disks?
I had a CD drive a while back that worked fine ( or appeared to ) , but it just wouldn't bootload. Replaced it and the new one worked fine.
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Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 01:17
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i have the same problem on a crappy little thrown-together machine i made for my brother, it has 64mb ram and a pentium 233mHz, no HDD.
I boot from the puppy floppy, it gets to where it says it's loading the kernel from the cd and it starts copying it to the ramdisk from the cd, then after about 10 seconds the system restarts.
I think the drive is too old to boot from, it was made in july 2000, the system just passes over it at boot, despite CDROM being #1 in the boot sequence.
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Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 04:17
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Two issues. older cdrom drives do not like home burned cd disks, especially cdrw disks. There is some sort of mode incompatibility with the older drives. I don't know if it can be corrected by setting a different burn mode when burning the disk, as I have not looked much into it. Laptop cdrom drives seem especially a problem. My Thinkpad would not boot off a cdrom disk (home made) and I replaced it with another one I had. No problem! Funny thing is, the one that worked was 20x rated, where the failed one was 24x.
The other problem is RAM. Thinkpads oftem share some ram, usually 4-8 mb for video. So, you actually have a little less RAM available that can be used to handle Puppy being loaded into RAM.
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Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 15:27
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First of all thanks for all the replies. Considering that my old CDROM was probably the problem, I went back and burned another cd of Puppy 1.03 and made sure that I checked "finalize CD" in Nero when I was burning the iso image. Previously I had left it unfinalized with the idea that puppy could save changes back to the CD on a machine with a cd writer. I figured that maybe the CD not being finalized was keeping my old CDROM from being happy.
Well I put the new "finalized" CD in the drive and started it up. Still no go.
One more try, this time with the "boot2pup" floppy in the FD. This time upon booting to the floppy and finding linux on the CD it booted right up into Puppy. Very satisfying!
Thanks again, Dogberry
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Result !
A little bit of house training does wonders for a Puppy.
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Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2005, 19:37
Post subject: old CD rom boot problem
Sometimes you can do a firmware update on the CD rom drive.
I go to the manufacture's website and look for the updates.
It's worth a try.
I hope this helps
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i read your flame of Isorg. (i'm the one who called him a "tool") hehehe...gods what a bunch of tarts, shame on you for provoking someone who was merely adding some *IC* spice (and not bragging about his secret squad proggie. noooooo, he wasn't doing that.)
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Wait, so all the pilots who hoarded towloads of flashfires (including myself) during the flashfire shortage were justified in doing so, but these gentlemen are getting grilled for [stripping displacers since the one factory that makes them was destroyed in an
RP event
almost 3 weeks ago]? The hypocriscy meter is off the scale.
Are the people who are so pissed off about this mad because they don't have a displacer, or mad because they didn't have the initiative to think of it first?
It's foreshadowing because POS will make station stripping stupidly easy if you want to hoard stuff instead of just shift/destroy things. (ie. save you tonnes of cash and time)
we've known this for months. What the strippers did for displacers doesn't even hint at the level of mass stripping we'll see come POS. The usage of /Scan will be dangerous because the strippers will of course use civilian tags and won't get bounties for getting caught with gear. (why not? because ND would screw things up and allow griefers to run amok, "RPing to suit civripping")
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Ultimately, stripping is simply taking commodities or equipment with the primary purpose of depriving others. For instance, Amananth was recently stripped of the commods it needs to produce Instigators. Clearly, this was not done for commercial gain -- it was done to stop production of Instigators. The only really bad thing about stripping -- equip or commods -- is that it is done behind civ tags. If there was a way to force strippers into HG tags, then (IMO) eco-war woulg be a very viable and interesting part of the game.
I'm sure I've oversimplified. The point was that the thing that makes stripping uber-lame is that you really can't fight back effectively.
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Some days I just gotta poke people with a stick, what can I say? 8P
And he is a tool. Honestly, I don't give a shit one way or the other about the Displacers, it's the way FRG tries to act like the Lead Detective at a press conference, "We know who took the little girl, and we are asking them to return her and turn themselves in before things get out of hand."
Too bad I can't afford another one-pilot war against FRG...
As far as *IC* spice goes, these are the same guys who tried to *IC* shut down Haven production, and I didn't feel like busting them on that with an *IC* reply.
I seriously can't wait for Ep2, at least then I can go steal cargo to give me something to do besides get into Forum Wars that are better left unfought.
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ISORG = BABY SPICE wannabe
Perhaps your reaction will go good with some sort of XDresser/Transvestite Barbie. Oops..sorry, I promised not to tell about your favourite piece of blow up bed room equipment...oops I did it again!
I thought stripping displacers since the factory to construct them is down was 1337 idea, and i'll bet
was just jealous his mighty morphin power brain couldn't think that up first. lol
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Isorg would just yell from the other room that he knew of a certain little girl who took 2 blue fish when she was only supposed to take red fish, and he had contacted the little girl's squad leader, and would give her 48 hours to return the 2 blue fish to the pond or he would go public with the info. But ya, the post makes sense otherwise.
EyeSore-G wrote:
razor you have a reason to attack me personally on the forums, or you just suffering from diarrhea of the mouth. either way Stfu
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Would the fact that you are a whiny little b!tch serve as justification enough?
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*sorry but i can't let me self fall down to your lvl*
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Seems like I got my own little fish to take the bait.
rofl lmao 8} 8] 8o right, moving this from flame war to comic relief...no wait. off to News forum
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I can't believe the number of you that are pissed about some program that crunches publicly available data, and not pissed about hoarders that are trying to profit from the misfortune of everyone else.
The destruction of the Displacer CP was an IC, RP event. Supposedly ( I can't speak for them) the GM's created this situation to cause the sort of chaos that we are seeing now. This is what happens in a war. In case some of you have forgotten, we are at war with the Conflux.
Allegedly, members of ESM swiped all of the displacers from Sol, Quant, and Oct space. They've robbed even pilots in their own faction of the ability to hunt for artifacts. In theory, they've done this to profit. However, I've seen no signs that they are ready to open shop and start selling their supplies. In fact, I have seen a threat that they will destroy them. This can only be seen as a hostile and traitorous action.
The displacers were taken. This is a fact. It should not come as a suprise to any of you that Solrain would be most effected by this. Solrain is the furthest from Amananth, and has recently been subject to campaigns to deprive them of other equipment. With the recent conflux blockades of Amananth by the conflux, is it any suprise that Solrain would stock up on equipment that could rapidly become rare? And, is it any more of a suprise that they should react with hostility to someone that came and took equipment they didn't stock and hoarded it?
No, instead of being angry about that, many of you are angry about the fact that someone used publicly provided data and a computer program to figure out who had harmed them. The data on JOSSH is part of the game.
Let me repeat that.... THE DATA ON JOSSH IS PART OF THE GAME
What a cool game JG is that it pushes beyond the bound of Jumpgate.exe. It extends into our lives. This forum is part of that. How many of you are in game while you're on the forum? How many political alliances have been formed using forum PM's. For that matter, how many have used TeamSpeak, IRC or Email to perform IC actions? Why don't you insist that all those activities take place in game, using Jumpgate.exe only?
Here's another thing. The tracker that FRG has created is allowed. It's been no great secret that a program like this exists, and ND is fully aware of it. They have taken no action to remove the data, they have taken no action ask FRG to stop using it. In the past if they thought there was an abuse going on with JOSSH data (Innominate's 2nd account tracker) they did take action.
There's only one major flaw in that line of reasoning, and that's the fact that stripping IS also part of this game. (his spin is that for some reason =ESM= stripping stations is not a heinous *IC* act, but a griefing *OOC* act that was "out of character" for =ESM=)
As though squad public policy statements ever were the truth. how many of us have seen total lies before? i have. 1984 comes to mind, eh? Personally, i think the lot of them should grow the hell up, act *IC* and call ESM for what they are (station strippers hurting TRI and helping the conflux sow discord and dissent)
The shitty thing is that TRI should have a FM (or RP events to sidestep ND's laziness) to repair the damage, but noooooo, that would be like James Bond being shot out of hand in the first 15 minutes of a 007 movie. (or would the proper analogy be refusing to sell popcorn at the theatre?)
Ah well, there is some good to all this but i see it being wasted by TG in
announcing plans to begin repairs to the Displacer factory...I also see it being wasted in the lack of RP player storylines that point to TRI as somehow wanting to destroy the black market economy. (for what motivation i don't know)
I really wish people would contribute to the solution instead of merely grabbing the popcorn.
Kenndog wrote:
Isorg is playing his RP well, and there's nothing wrong with him ratting out players who strip Sol space.
I would rather that he didn't have these tools, but until ND alters pilots stats availability, there's nothing we can do about it.
We have to hope that FRG handles this fairly, and so far they have (I'm only talking about this incident). They contacted the offending party privately, I guess to give them a chance to explain. We can hope that if the situation was different, and the offending party provided some RP to back them up, or offered to pay off FRG, they would have played along (or at least RPed a rejection).
Now the part that I have a problem with is that the same tool can be abused (as RazorX has pointed out).
FRG does not HAVE to use their tool for the good of the server, indeed they are the first to admit that they are concerned about Solrain first and foremost.
The main reason players seem to be comfortable with FRG's tool is not because they think FRG is RPing it well, but because they think it is protecting the interests of the average player. They think that missing Displacers is a OOC exploit and that hurts the players at large. I have to disagree here. Yes, that means that some artifact hunters are S.O.L., but things don't have to be fair all the time for the game to be fun. Shortages/Blockades/Etc lead to interaction. Interaction is what separates JG from single player space games.
It took me a LONG time to understand that. And I probably said some nasty things to FRG in the past because I didn't understand it yet (I'm thinking of the Haven shortage). But after I cooled down I realized that tracking down the cause of the Haven shortage, and running tests, and talking to pilots about it, and even the heated debates ..... were fun.
I was involved. I was interested. There was a challenge to be met. It pissed me off, but that motivated me to fight. The problem was that sometimes I wanted to play JG MY way, and not be affected by what other players were doing. So I took a break. I played some I-War2 and eventually it hit me, that I was missing the point. I was getting mad over the exact reason I played an ONLINE game. Someones actions were affecting me, and I acted like a little kid who didn't get his way.
Personally, I hate the tracking tool that FRG has. But I have to admit, that we have a very similar tool. We just use it differently. I'm sure that all trucking squads have an application like this. Ours started out as just a tool to track station inventories. Then we added support for tracking bountied pilots and known pirates. From there it is a small step to track individual players. It's just too easy to do, and there's too many ways that it can hurt players (I'm imagining a return trip from Aman w/ Instigators and a well informed pirate just podding me since he knows I'm uninsured).
Maybe if RazorX does build his tool, and he does employ it to the fullest of its ability, ND may see that the data that JOSSH provide goes too far.
I don't like the asskissing about FRG's *OOC* tool. you know, if i was *IC* i'd question the legality of hacking TRI's revenue database. (see
for *IC*/*OOC* conflict)
At least someone's thinking constructively, although a bit too giddy about player run events. Which is probably appropriate cynicism considering the complete lack of opportunism on the part of ThemisGroup to expect/encourage/react in an *IC* way to this division.
this is a huge foreshadow of things to come, but TG is clueless. Proof? We see zero feedback/recognition/prioritizing by TG that the byproduct of their event is anything but, "oh, that was a cool idea. high 5!" and thinking up a new, completely unrelated, episode for StarTrek...ooops, i meant JumpGate! Just think of the many ways TRI could react, how about...
that new "TRI court judge circuit" storyline? How about trying ESM for treason? (adding in solrain *IC* cries that they were the major victim of the stripping; adding in the *IC* counterpoint that ESM were merely out for profit)
Reacting to pilot accusations that TRI's new government are being manipulated by ConfluxAgents (using the lack of FM's for 6 months as backstory)
Reacting to pilot accusations that the new Corporate investment strategy would profit from damaging the one pilot "black market" in existence (or many other reasons)
shall i go on?
probably TG will consider it too touchy an *OOC* subject and ignore the potential for immersion since they are incompetent Community Service managers who don't know the community mindset in order to react appropriately to a game they hardly know the
of. (ie. knowing who the trolls are; ie. knowing who's a reliable source of decent *OOC*/*IC* info that isn't corrupted by fanboi syndrome)
EyeSore-G (quoting the 'OPDB' proggie) wrote:
=======188.8.131.52:35. 32
Quantar Core lost 286 Displacer Value = 4205630
---> 0.952,InterOrka/,-4003994
=======126.96.36.199:59. 40
Quantar Depot lost 40 Displacer Value = 594840
---> 0.942,InterOrka/,-560159
=======126.96.36.199:59. 40
Solrain Depot lost 500 Displacer Value = 7114500
---> 0.984,hsalf1/-=ESM=-,-7000013
=======184.108.40.206:48. 15
Solrain Depot lost 642 Displacer Value = 9193440
=======220.127.116.11:0. 19
The Cornea lost 193 Displacer Value = 2847715
-1/2-> 0.477,hsalf1/-=ESM=-,-1358082
I must say, i believe =FRG= isn't the only squad to have this tool. I believe they weren't the ones to develop it. (if they were, then kudos, but i doubt they are the only ones with a programmer onboard - just the loudest and most obnoxious ones)
EyeSore-G wrote:
No, we will never release our tools for public use, in the wrong hands they could be used to cause harm, and we will never allow that to happen.
see, the thing is =FRG= don't know how to roleplay effectively. They've shot themselves in the foot trying to grab centerstage of someone else's player event.
If =FRG= did this *IC* they'd realize they'd be just as guilty in TRI's eyes for hacking TRI revenue database as =ESM= is for high treason
If =FRG= realized for one second that their solrain faction praises "Ferengi"-like practices, then this sort of thing should have been "admired" instead of "condemned"
taking that further =FRG= should have treated this as "omg! =ESM= are treasonous for destroying displacers!"
Themis Group should contact =ESM= *OOC* and ensure that they haven't destroyed the evidence before having TRI say anything *IC*...for promoting station stripping (ala. Aslan) by giving it any press time would condone the act of such practices and make any argument for sanity come EP2 a joke
=FRG=, by NOT doing so and whining about something any solrain would be proud of, they broke *IC**/*OOC* boundaries. It would be doubly a shame if ThemisGroup decided to punish =ESM= alone for treason and ignore the facts listed above...it would triply be a shame if TG decided to ignore this opportunity and thus emphasize the disconnect between official storyline and community
I believe =ESM= still has these items (for profit, or otherwise) This validates the "roleplay" because they're weighed down by these items and are making an effort, whereas =FRG= isn't doing anything of the sort and playing "armchair moderator" in some sort of twisted joke exploiting an *OOC* tool in an *OOC* fashion and claiming it's *IC* because somehow their pilots can get away with this sort of system hack?
Crossreference (*IC* versus *OOC*; repeat link)
P.S. I'm starting to suspect Isorg is Innominate
Though if ESM had actually crashed or some such to rid themselves of the baggage then i'd classify this whole event as an *OOC* grief spree like
's "roleplay", regardless of *IC*/*OOC* threats to destroy them (not sure if =FRG='s proggie tracks networth changes)...destruction of the displacers would be stupidity compounded and blacken =ESM='s name as surely as handing a big "WINGAME" button to =FRG= would do. (not all would be lost by the destruction though, it would just ruin ESM's reputation just as FRG have ruined their's multiple times in the past)
personally, i care not either way. It's TRI who is guilty of the lack of "FMs" and the lack of "RP events" (to get around the lack of former) to repair the factory ASAP...Themis Group is guilty of the lack of any storyline beyond the initial "ooops! factory go boom!" to assuage the anger.
Personally, even if =ESM= decided to have an
reputation (ie. sullied) they did a bold move and exploited an official TEMPORARY situation...they would look less the *OOC* villain if they still have the gear, but i doubt we'd never know their true motivations in any case. Either way, =ESM= and =FRG= have provided what Themis Group could not (ie.
Ventura (the carebear wynar) wrote:
Stripping is lame. I think that is a universal truth. Preventing people from hunting artifacts will simply drive em from the game. Congratulations whomever grabbed the displacers, eliminated a whole class of player in one action.
heh i woulda thought that arty hunters would learned to keep one of each (insight, displacer, rotacol) in sotrage at all times in case this happened. After all, we had this prob when the insight stopped producing a while back. Took em a few days to put some more on the market but since then I've kept my set in storage just in case
I have no problem with what [ESM] are doing, matter of fact I think its a great idea. I remember when people did it with the FF's when Aman was broke, great idea again. What isnt a great idea is to take em off the market and smash em (Not to get flammed too bad, but didnt Frg do that with the BCU's? Dont get me wrong Im not sure, but thats what I remember).
Also I think Stipping has a lot to do with intent. Was [ESM's] intent to make solrain void of displacers just to make them suffer or was the intent to corner the market.
We were mostly concerned with the stripping of displacers from Solrain space. We have taken the position that stripping of equipment is wrong. I thought the community agreed that taking equipment in quantity from a station that does not produce it is stripping.
No, that's BS.
(the connotation we use as "bad") = /home buygear launch ooops!petal lather rinse repeat. (any other form of 'Stripping' has a less heinous connotation, and that quoted "agreement" will become so much toilet paper once POS arrive)
(from a thread called, EU vs US) wrote:
What will be interesting to see is what effect the player owned stations have on the US and EU styles of play, and conversely what effect the US and EU styles of play will have on the number and type of POS...
what does muffy REALLY think? muffy thinks TG is nodding it's collective butt in the air foolishly and thinking, "well, our job is done here. move along" and not even seeing the
being foreshadowed (yeah, and these are the people ND entrusted to do the official storyline?!)...As for FRG? They probably don't understand their "zero tolerance" stance has many *OOC*/*IC* holes in it, not the least of which is the analogies one could make to "farming" "civripping" "exploits inc."...I blame ND for creating a culture of lazy black&white morality where hypocrisy is the law of the land and exploits are it's sinews. (illegal activity has become the only truly spontaneous activity and it's ignored so much by officials that *OOC* becomes *IC* -- f5:help, etc etc etc)...As for ESM, i don't believe they intended to destroy those displacers since it would be more fun to control a monopoly...or...they possibly might have thought doing so would entice TG into "repairing" the factory, perhaps? (doesn't matter. i don't think this was an
type grief "roleplay" -
had a good idea, it was just his execution was doomed to be horrible from the start since he figured the ends always justify the means)
(then) wrote:
Everyone's too focused on winning to have any fun.
(now) wrote:
See the boards as a game. Playing with words and semi-intelligent replies (ok.. mine are usually mind nubming.. but thats my strategy)
Ever heard of the saying, "The end justifies the means"? I don't believe that at all.
Saint Jerome (c. 342-420)
The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end
I say these lunatics confuse "Software coding" with "RP choices"
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I don't like the FRG tool, as I don't have it (It also provides a little too much info to the operator, and it is being used in a real destabilizing way) -- Give it to Muffy he won't exploit it nearly as much.
Lame to grab something that really gives you no appreciable advantage (eg displacers) -- If you are going to Strip take something good!
If you want to play hardball, go ahead and stake out your spot. Don't post "We don't strip equipment", "We won't attack unless...", or other bull excrement on your squadpage/Website unless you mean it. -- Have some balls, stand up and post your rp and play it.
Only 3,325 posts behind Muffy
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*shrug* hey, welcome aboard,
. give the boys some credit, will ya? (ESM i mean) Look, the guys probably came up with it at the spur of the moment, didn't have contact with their squadleader to clear it, did something rash and did it anyways...Then they all banded together, threw caution to the wind and gave the finger to =FRG=
HELL, i admire the sonofabitches for not doing what
did. (i hope to hell they haven't destroyed the displacers or else they've made a tragic error in judgment)
i'm sure they just bluff about destroying those modx, because they wouldn't affect the game by doing so just their reputations
give me a break! there is NO way in hell that Themis Group was going to bother fixing the damn thing until long after those stocks disappeared...someone was bound to take advantage of the situation. and don't give me that total BS about displacers being "unimportant" because a whole segment of our culture has arisen around a "black market"
As for your condemnation of FRG's tool? what makes you think they've got the lock on the programmers? They're just the loudest clumsiest stupidest bunch of wannabe-roleplayers since The_Tyke barged in on the scene.
hmph. in the end it is not the players who are at fault for merely doing what comes natural to them, warts and all. it lies with the GAMEMASTER. the DUNGEON MASTER who has to be as opportunistic as possible to make the game fun.
when there is sound, do you not turn towards it? when there is silence, do you not ignore it? For how can you pay attention to silence
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Still, I think the tracking tool if it were placed in more capable(imaginative) hands could make things much more interesting. After all, we are just waiting for anything to happen on either server.
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yeah, too bad TG isn't capable or imaginative.
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Usage of the FRG economic tracking system has been vetted by the TRI Executive Council as a legitimate usage of publically available data on several occasions. FRG has no plans to change our policy on tracker usage in the forseeable future. The tracker is an internally developed system designed to further the interests of FRG, Solrain, and TRI, in that order.
uh huh. So that nix's my "FRG up on espionage charges" RP suggestion and leaves FRG smelling like roses *IC*. Unfortunately for them this turns me from a "Themis Group fucked up" to a "FRG overstepped their bounds" in a very *OOC* way. (I actually don't expect TG to even bother dealing with this issue)
and the only way to heal that
is by either ignoring it, doing a masterful job BTW, or telling FRG that they don't speak for TRI nor TG
Too bad GM_Moll's RP FAQ is ambiguous about "speaking [
under authority
] for RPC [
]" (ie. it has no LITERAL mention of those qualifiers and is probably what FRG is taking advantage of)...It is my suspicion that TG knows all too well it can't enforce this rule or is deliberately not bothering dealing with this sort of thing because it's a waste of time for
BTW, there's another corroborating point that FRG obviously avoided getting in touch with GM_Moll about, and thats...
GM_Moll wrote:
Heroes are made through action, not through writing. A huge temptation for writing plots and "ideas to get involved" is by writing a hero or center role for the person or squad who came up with the idea. Our goal of storyline and events is to get as many people involved as possible, and this must be kept in mind at all times. That may not be your goal, and that's OK. It just makes it hard to lend any official support towards. --
This is also the single most reason many ideas are turned down.
Events designed to
other pilots violate our mission statement of increasing morale. Events clearly designed to harm another pilot or squad will not be sponsored by RMD, for example. While a very subjective criteria, RMD realizes as a department of TRI, approval of event assistance indicates direct endorsement of the activity. Such endorsement cannot be given lightly.
note how you CAN humiliate other pilots, just don't expect acknowledgement by TG officials in an *IC sense...and noting their silence during this whole "Displacer Fiasco" i'd say they don't in an *OOC* sense either.
TG are probably busy doing other things...
I do believe that both MightyGames, ThemisGroup and numerous other 'CommunityServices' will allow the most severe ToS violating grief behavior not only ingame but on the forums because they believe "RP" and "Griefing" is mutual incompatible to the
degree, and they'll hum and haw till the cows come home, the chicken to roost, and the whole fucking Arc docks. (they're even guilty of exploiting this same loophole themselves)
Hyperlink to this post
, and crossreference to the Roleplaying conflict of interest FAQ is
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i liked the "arc docks" line!
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A US-backed broadcaster is reporting that Chinese security forces fired into a crowd of Tibetan residents who were demanding the release of a fellow villager detained for protesting orders to display the national flag.
Chinese police also fired tear gas at those protesting on Sunday in Biru county in the Tibet Autonomous Region and dozens were injured, Radio Free Asia said in its report on Tuesday.
The report, which cited unnamed local and exiled Tibetan sources, could not be independently confirmed. Local Communist Party and government officials either could not be reached by phone or hung up shortly after answering.
The International Campaign for Tibet earlier reported that authorities had intensified the security presence in Biru county and nearby areas after residents refused orders to display Chinese flags to commemorate National Day on Oct. 1.
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BOSTON, Mass.—Despite a 2-0 day from senior Anitra Kloczewiak (Newton, Mass.), UMass Boston (1-4, 0-1 Little East) couldn't overcome a veteran Worcester State University (2-2, 1-0 Little East) team in a marathon four hour and 43 minute match Saturday afternoon.
The two teams went back and forth in each team's Little East Conference opener at the B.C. High School Tennis Courts, with the number one doubles match lasting nearly two hours, after the Lancers spoiled match point and eventually won the tiebreaker.
Kloczewiak teamed up with sophomore Solveig Castelli (Precojo, France) to earn the Beacons lone win in doubles, while Kloczewiak and freshman Nuha Muntasser (Braintree, Mass.) collected UMass Boston's only wins in singles action.
Worcester State opened the match with an 8-4 victory at number three doubles, as co-captains Brooke Michanczyk and Laura Sarkis overpowered UMass Boston freshman Logan Smith (Southwick, Mass.) and Kelsey Shea (West Bridgewater, Mass.).
The Beacons evened the score at 1-1, when Kloczewiak and Castelli earned an 8-4 victory over the Lancers' pair of Danielle Candelieri and Taylor Tomasetti at number two doubles.
Number one doubles proved to be the most exciting match of the day, as Samantha Counts (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Muntasser went back-and-forth with Shelby Jankins and Megan Shepard. After falling behind 5-4, the Beacons pair went up 8-7 and forced match point, but failed to break the Lancers. From there, Worcester State earned a 7-4 tiebreak win, to move ahead 2-1 in the match.
Singles action was just as even, as the Beacons battled back to tie the match at 2-2 and 3-3, before dropping the final three points of the day.
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Muntasser briefly evened the match up once again, when she earned a hard-fought 6-2, 6-4 win over Candelieri at top flight singles.
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