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Posted: Sun 24 Apr 2011, 06:54
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My puppy pc is connected to a LAN and trying to connect to a network printer.
I have connected to the printer using Add Printer option entering following information-
I have chosen model as Canon LBP 1000 as there have been no model as Canon LBP 3300.
Well, CUPS has displayed message that my puppy is now connected to the printer, and I have even printed a test page and got the task in Completed Jobs list.
Defaults are job-sheets=none, none media=iso_A4_210x297mm sides=one-sided
But, in reality, there have been no real printout.
I guess its because of the wrong printer model.
How do I get driver for Canon LBP 3300 and how to make it print really.
Thank you.
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Posted: Sun 24 Apr 2011, 08:30
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Please start a separate thread titled "Canon LBP 3300". If we can get this printer working, it will be useful information for other users. Also, could you give me the full model name of this printer? Canon appears to make several units with similar names.
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Posted: Sun 24 Apr 2011, 17:57
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Hi Mahadi:
Cannon printers are Linux unfriendly. This site may help but next time you buy a printer check on it's compatibility w/ Linux. Brother , Samsung Lexmark and HP are often Linux friendly.
Hope this helps:
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted: Sun 24 Apr 2011, 20:00
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I wonder why those CAPT drivers aren't mentioned on openprinting.org
If the printer is almost the same as the LBP3360, the driver recommended for it will probably work too...
Do you know a good
program? Please post a link
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Posted: Mon 25 Apr 2011, 13:24
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It's too bad that mahadi never replied - there have been other requests for Canon printers that use the CAPT driver. In a simulated install, I got the CAPT driver to work, but it probably doesn't apply to mahadi's networked printer setup.
The hpijs-pcl5e driver might be the answer, but it takes more than just the PPD file to make it work.
Cannon (sic) printers are Linux unfriendly
Not at all. Canon has Linux drivers for most of their models, although in some cases they only have basic functionality. This forum has entire threads dedicated to Canon printers.
Lexmark ... are often Linux friendly.
That's about the last brand I would recommend, second only to Kodak.
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Posted: Tue 26 Apr 2011, 06:33
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I am extremely sorry being late.
I was a bit busy with my business.
Well, first, I would like to thank all of you guys for your effort to help me out.
And the good thing is I have solved my problem, my puppy system is now connected to the network printer, and now I can print documents, so far with no problems, but I do not know if any problem might arise, but now it is fine. Well, now, what I did:
In the version of CUPS in my system there was no driver for the model LBP 3300. So, I googled for it, ended up on Canon's website, and downloaded the latest version for linux. Having it untarred, I installed the two .deb files found in 32 bit>Debian directory, and fired up CUPS right after that without following further instruction found in the Docs directory.
That's all, and I think you know what to do next in CUPS setting page.
One thing I would like to mention is that I have used "Windows Printer with smbclient" option and my URI is: "smbc://
ip address of the target printer server
share name of the printer
And again sorry for my late reply.
Thank you.
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2011, 12:15
Post subject: Can't get Epson Stylus NX215 to print
Subject description: Tried everything you said
I installed all drivers using the .deb packages from avasys, and followed all the directions. Everything looked ok until I tried to print, and all I got was a printer acting like it was printing (the print head was moving back and forth), but only empty pages were coming out.
I think I found the problem when I read further and it said to start pipslited. I tried /etc/init.d/pipslited start, and I got the message: No such file or directory. I checked through ROX file manager for pipslited, and it doesn't exist. I went to /etc/pipslite and it lists
installed ppd.lst and
pipslitedrc which is the closest to what I'm looking for. I tried starting it with:
/etc/pipslite/pipslitedrc start and got the message:
bash: /etc/pipslitec/pipslitedrc: Permission denied.
Note: /etc/init.d/pipslited/ does not exist.
Does anyone know what to do about this? I would love to get this printer working!
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2011, 12:41
Post subject: Re: Can't get Epson Stylus NX215 to print
Subject description: Tried everything you said
sandlynx wrote:
Tried everything you said. .... I installed all drivers using the .deb packages from avasys, and followed all the directions.
1. Did you try the Gutenprint NX200 driver that comes with Puppy?
2. Did you try the pipslite-1.5.0.pet from
? Which model did you use?
3. How did you install the .deb packages? Just by clicking on them? This rarely works correctly with printer drivers. Which PPD file did you use?
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Posted: Sun 08 May 2011, 17:12
Post subject: Solved the problem with NX215
Subject description: Can't get to print
I found the problem. It was installed properly (I used Puppy Package Manager to install the .deb files and installed the PPD on the command line. It was not printing because the printer has set for a few weeks without use, and the black cartridge would not put out ink. I changed the cartridge. Before I discovered that this was the problem, I installed the printer on a Windows PC (which is due to have Slackware installed) and the printer had the same "no print" in black problem. I used a test file which had both color and black which is how I figured out that since color is printing, it's not the software that has the problem; it's something else. I had to take a guess that it was the black cartridge because the window on the printer that usually tells you when your cartridges are running low showed no problems. I just guessed that it must be a clogged black cartridge. I changed to a new cartridge, and the printer worked on Windows. I switched back to Wary 5, and tried the printer and it works. Print from file works. I haven't tested the scanner software yet. But it did install properly.
For the record, I used pipslite-1.5.0-3_i386.deb, Epson-Stylus_NX215-pipslite-en.ppd, and iscan-date_1.8.0-0_all.deb using Puppy Package Manager. PPD file installed by command line.
Now that I have it figured out, I will install it on my computer with Lucid Puppy.
Thanks for your quick response.
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Posted: Mon 09 May 2011, 11:18
Post subject: UPdate on NX215
Subject description: What works, what doesn't
I thought that all functions would work with the Wary 5 kernel, but apparently not.
I checked the scanner, and it does not connect with the PC. No scan to PC, scan to PDF, nor scan to email.
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Posted: Mon 09 May 2011, 12:01
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Here are some questions to answer. Please post your reply in the Epson scanner thread
1. Did the scanner work in Lupu but NOT in Wary or in NEITHER?
2. The Avasys site lists two packages needed to install the scanner. Have you installed both?
3. What scanning program are you using? Xsane that comes with Puppy or Iscan which is part of the Avasys package?
I checked the scanner, and it does not connect with the PC. No scan to PC, scan to PDF, nor scan to email.
Please be more specific. How did you check? Are you trying to run the scanner off some buttons in its control panel? Those are probably Windows-only.
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Posted: Sun 22 May 2011, 08:55
Post subject: Scanner not working
Subject description: What I did
I used the scanner file from avasys, iscan-data_1.8.0-0_all.deb, but I found only one file. I didn't see a second package to install.
I'll go and take a look for the second package for the scanner.
I have Lucid 5.0 on another computer but haven't yet tried to install the printer on that. I tried to install NX215 on Slackware 13.0, and the printer part works fine, but not the scanner part. Considering the 13.0 Slackware kernel, I was told not all functions would work. So I can't tell anything from that.
I tried to use the scanner function by using the scan button on the printer (choices: scan to PC, scan to PDF, scan to email), all-in-one itself since no mention was made of a Console or GUI on PC program to run the scanner function.
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Posted: Sun 22 May 2011, 09:07
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If you want to continue this discussion, please go to the thread I mentioned above.
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Posted: Fri 17 Jun 2011, 06:02
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one thing that was available for 431 as a .pet was splix drivers for puppy. documented here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=40225 these drivers do not work in lupu or later pupps
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Posted: Fri 17 Jun 2011, 06:13
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HiDeHo wrote:
one thing that was available for 431 as a .pet was splix drivers for puppy. documented here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=40225 these drivers do not work in lupu or later pupps
I could not get the Splix package to compile in Lupu 525. However all of its target printers are supported by other packages such as foo2xxx or the samsung_printer-3.00.65.pet .
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Unfortunately, we don't have the luxury of simply choosing any venue, as we saw with this year's NPI conference. So if you're not on the East Coast, plan on having to fly out to the location of the conference. @everyone
Attention @everyone:
We've been really hitting the ground running with this event in March. It's shaping up to be a great weekend replete with activism, fellowship, speeches, martial arts training, great food, and much more! We're still mulling over the location, but we're considering a number of venues on the East Coast.
We'll be announcing the location as soon as possible. But we have decided upon the weekend of March 9th. Ideally, people will fly in on Thursday or Friday, and leave on Sunday. We chose this weekend because it seems to overlap with as many universities' spring breaks as possible.
So be sure to mark your calendars and stay tuned for more announcements! This is going to be an amazing event that you certainly won't want to miss.
Have a great weekend!
Attention @everyone:
As some of you may have already noticed, we have sent out our first dues email.
Due to various factors, only a third of IE members are up to date on their dues. I think most of this can be attributed to the loss of both our official PayPal account and, more recently, our payment processor. As such, I'm not upset with any of you, but we do need to remedy this situation. Dues are the lifeblood of our organization – particularly during these lawsuits.
Dues are $10 a month or $100 a year. To pay your dues, you can send money to PayPal.me/Smoothaf and include a note with your information. If you don't, we'll be forced to assume it's simply a donation.
You can also donate via cash, check, money order, or Bitcoin by following the directions here:
One thing I should note is that messaging Apollo to inquire about your dues will only tell you if you've paid them *ever* rather than if you're current. This is something we'll fix in the future, but our CTO has his hands full with more pressing issues at the moment.
Thanks, everyone. I hope you're having a great weekend. Happy holidays!
Let's all congratulate our Florida chapter -- particularly @FlyingDutchmann, @Olivia M, @John O -, and @⚡Clark⚡ -- for a job well done!
Make sure to retweet.
Props to @Deleted User and the rest of the North Atlantic guys who helped make this a reality. Great work!
In the words of Peter Sweden, "Please retweet."
Attention @everyone:
The political identity paradox is an important concept for us to understand as Identitarians.
Social movements need a strong sense of group identity, to be sure; the issue, however, is that this can lead to isolation, which is a strategic dead end.
Fireside chat tonight at 8 PM EST! I look forward to speaking with you all there.
We'll be going over our goals for 2018, lessons learned from activism, and, as usual, I'll answer any questions you have (UFO-related or otherwise).
Don't forget, we'll be doing our weekly fireside chat at 8 PM EST! @everyone
We're getting started in a minute. Hop into general voice! @everyone
To donate to the IE legal fund via FMI:
Go to: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/81-1969574 > big red DONATE NOW > add "Identity Evropa" to "Make My Donation In Honor Of". Donations can be anonymous.
Please donate monthly rather than giving a lump sum if possible. We want to get our monthly donations up to 2800, given that we are paying for the lawsuit on a monthly basis.
Let's give it up for @Conway - OK and the rest of our OK chapter! Great work.
Make sure to retweet:
Another successful Christmas banner! Let's all commend @_AltRight_Anew -AZ, @Deleted User, @MrDefault, and @John Westgate - AZ (and anyone else I missed) on a job well done.
We've got the best people, folks!
Let's give it up for @Joe-MN and the rest of our MN chapter, who created a great shrine to Justine Damond.
Make sure to retweet!
I checked the IE inbox on Twitter today and found the following messages:
Activism works!
SoCal did a nice banner drop today. Great work!
Attention @everyone:
I want to gently remind everyone that we sent out an email recently regarding dues.
We'll likely send out one more in the upcoming weeks, but eventually we will remove people for non-payment. IE simply can't operate without dues, so we need all of our members to chip in. Also, it would be great if everyone could make up for the months they missed as well.
Have a great weekend! Merry Christmas.
You can go to https://www.identityevropa.com/members and click "My Info" to check your dues.
Also @everyone:
The emails have been sent out to people who have paid their dues at some point, but are currently behind on them.
There is an unfortunately high percentage of IE that has never paid dues. We'll be sending them an email in the upcoming weeks too.
So if you never paid your dues for whatever reason, now is the time to change that.
Please message me if you have not been added to your state server.


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The ETCS axioms give conditions on a category for it to be a category of sets. These axioms can be written out in first order language, resulting in a finite axiomatisation of the category of sets. Given a model of ZFC one can form the associated category of sets and this will satisfy the axioms. On the other hand, the axioms do not require a priori defined sets. (The existence of a model of the ETCS axioms then is probably on par with the assuption there exists a model of the ZFC axioms) The appropriate definition of map between ETCS categories is a geometric morphism.
Is it possible to define geometric morphisms elementarily? In first order language?
Then one can define the category of ETCS categories and consider the relations between models. This is related to my previous question.


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Roddick's career ends with U.S. Open loss to del Potro
Accompanied by his wife and other family members, a black baseball cap tugged low over his eyes, Roddick slung a racket bag off his aching right shoulder - the one responsible for so many high-speed aces, violent forehands and the most recent Grand Slam title by an American man - and tossed the equipment in the back of a waiting van.
Won't need that any longer.
Serenaded by choruses of "Let's go, Andy!'' that rang through Arthur Ashe Stadium in the closing moments of his career, the 2003 U.S. Open champion headed into retirement with a 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 loss to 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday.
"If we do badly, then it costs us something; if we do well, we get great things. This was about something bigger. It wasn't about ranking points or paychecks or anything else,'' Roddick said. "This week I felt like I was 12 years old, playing in a park. It was extremely innocent. That was fun. I enjoyed it.''
His defeat was significant, if not as unexpected as top-seeded Roger Federer's 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 quarterfinal loss was several hours later against No. 6 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. Federer won five of his record 17 Grand Slam championships at the U.S. Open and was bidding to reach the semifinals in New York for the ninth consecutive year.
But Federer's famous forehand was way off most of the evening, while the 6-foot-5 Berdych kept pounding fast serves and dangerous groundstrokes right where he wanted them. It was Berdych's fourth victory in his last seven meetings against Federer, including in the 2010 Wimbledon quarterfinals en route to a runner-up finish there. Now Berdych will play Olympic champion Andy Murray for a berth in the U.S. Open final.
Roddick's earlier goodbye was bittersweet. For the fans who gave him a standing ovation at the end - del Potro joined in, rising from his changeover chair to applaud - and for Roddick himself.
He covered his face with a white towel while seated on the sideline after sailing a running forehand long with the final swing of his racket. Earlier, he appeared to be trying to avoid crying while serving in the next-to-last game; in the stands, his wife, model-actress Brooklyn Decker, stuck a finger underneath her dark sunglasses to wipe away her tears.
"Playing the last five games was pretty hard. Once I got down a break, I could barely look at my (guest) box,'' Roddick said during a news conference sprinkled with the sort of witty one-liners he quickly came to be known for after turning pro in 2000. "I don't know what the emotions are. I'm a little overwhelmed right now. I normally feel like I can grasp things pretty quickly and clearly. I certainly don't feel that way right now.''
During an on-court address to the crowd, Roddick got choked up, particularly when making a reference to his longtime agent, Ken Meyerson, who died last year.
When handed a microphone, Roddick began by saying: "Oh, wow. For the first time in my career, I'm not sure what to say.''
"Since I was a kid, I've been coming to this tournament. I felt lucky just to sit where all of you are sitting today, to watch this game, to see the champions that have come and gone,'' Roddick told the fans in a moment reminiscent of Andre Agassi's farewell speech at the 2006 U.S. Open after his final match. "I've loved every minute of it.''
It was appropriate that Roddick would leave tennis at Flushing Meadows, which is why he surprisingly announced last Thursday, his 30th birthday, that the U.S. Open would be his final tournament. A perfect bookend: He visited the hard-court Grand Slam tournament at age 9, a trip his parents gave him as a birthday present.
He would go on to win a junior title in New York, then the 2003 men's trophy at age 21, allowing him to end that season No. 1 in the ATP rankings. He later participated in four other major finals - one at the U.S. Open, three at Wimbledon - and lost each to Federer, including a 16-14 fifth set at the All England Club in 2009.
"In my mind,'' Federer said last week, "he is a Wimbledon champion.''
Federer, of course, really is a Wimbledon champion, seven times in all, while Berdych is still seeking his first major title anywhere. But Berdych is exactly the type of player who can give Federer trouble, a tall guy who hits the ball hard. And Federer might have been hurt by getting too much time off between matches: He hadn't competed since Saturday, because his fourth-round foe, Mardy Fish of the United States, withdrew due to a health scare hours before they were supposed to play Monday.
Roddick finished with a record of 612-213 (a winning percentage of .742). He won 32 tournament titles, led the United States to the 2007 Davis Cup championship, and injected a say-what-you-think personality into his sport.
"People always try to beat him up: `You should have won more.' No, he got the maximum out of his game,'' said Roddick's coach, Larry Stefanki. "He's a man of his word. A phenomenal competitor. He got all the hard work in. He prepared. He was a true professional. And he learned a lot over the years. He did it the right way. He's a first-vote Hall of Famer, no doubt in my mind. He can downplay that all he wants, but it's not even close, in my opinion.''
Del Potro's quarterfinal opponent will be defending champion Novak Djokovic, who advanced when No. 18 Stanislas Wawrinka stopped playing Wednesday because of illness and fatigue while trailing 6-4, 6-1, 3-1.
That match, like Roddick's against del Potro, was suspended by rain in the first set Tuesday, and Djokovic took a jab at organizers of a tournament that has finished on Monday instead of the scheduled Sunday the past four years because of uncooperative weather.
Essentially, Djokovic wants to know why the U.S. Open doesn't pull tarps over the courts when it rains (the way Wimbledon does) or have at least one court with a roof (the way Wimbledon does).
"I'm sure that they are already thinking about several solutions for upcoming years,'' Djokovic said, "but obviously (a) roof is something that would help the players, the tournament, everybody.''
Djokovic's Serbian Davis Cup teammate, No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic, finished his rain-interrupted 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over No. 19 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, and gets No. 4 David Ferrer of Spain in the quarterfinals.
Murray was the first man into the semifinals, turning things around after being a point from a two-set hole against 12th-seeded Marin Cilic and winning 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-0.
Like Murray, four-time major champion Maria Sharapova constructed quite a comeback in her quarterfinal, erasing a 4-0 deficit and defeating 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Sharapova is 12-0 in three-set matches this season.
"It's a great statistic,'' Sharapova said. "It shows that I enjoy the battle, no matter what the score is.''
No Sharapova-like or Murray-esque theatrics were required by Serena Williams, who has won three of her 14 Grand Slam titles at the U.S. Open. She hit 12 aces in her latest dominant performance, a 6-1, 6-3 victory over 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic.
Williams' semifinal opponent will be 10th-seeded Sara Errani of Italy, who eliminated her good friend and doubles partner, No. 20 Roberta Vinci, in straight sets.
Before the drama of Berdych vs. Federer under the lights at night, the story of the afternoon was Roddick's departure - from the tournament and from tennis. Williams watched his loss to del Potro before taking on Ivanovic in the same stadium Wednesday night.
"He's been the ultimate inspiration for me. Just a great guy, and he did so much for American tennis,'' Williams said. "I'm really kind of sad.''
Roddick chose to walk away after a series of injuries, particularly to his shoulder, made it too tough to remain in the game's upper echelon. A member of the top 10 at the end of nine consecutive seasons, he slid to No. 34 in March, his lowest ranking since 2001. A hurt right hamstring forced Roddick to retire during his second-round match at the Australian Open in January, and he lost in the first round at the French Open and third round at Wimbledon.
Roddick told the world the U.S. Open would be the end of the road a day his second-round match. He wound up winning that one, and a third-rounder, too, riding a wave of support from spectators.
But those two opponents were ranked 43rd and 59th, and the seventh-seeded del Potro provided a far more daunting challenge - especially once he lifted his energy level and got his big, flat forehand cranked up.
The last set won by Roddick was the first of his match against del Potro. After Tuesday night's suspension, they resumed with Roddick ahead 1-0 in the opening tiebreaker, and he needed only four minutes to wrap it up Wednesday, fresh and strong as can be, while del Potro was rather sluggish.
The key was the second set. This time, it was del Potro's turn to control the tiebreaker. Gaining more traction on his opponent's once-all-powerful serve, del Potro whipped a cross-court forehand return right at Roddick's feet on set point.
Del Potro's momentum swing continued when he broke to begin the third set. He hit a drop shot that Roddick chased, grunting loudly, and eventually del Potro deposited a passing winner that left Roddick hanging his head.
Del Potro broke again for a 3-0 edge in that set, producing a drop shot winner that Roddick didn't even chase. As he walked to the sideline for the changeover, Roddick grimaced and flexed his right shoulder - the one that hit a then-record 155 mph serve years ago but isn't what it used to be. He jokingly referred to it as "Hamburger Helper'' after his previous match.
When Roddick double-faulted, then missed a forehand, to fall behind 3-2 in the fourth, the competitive portion of the match was essentially done. The rest of the way was a chance for spectators to salute a guy who always wore his emotions on his sleeve while being the best U.S. men's tennis player for about a decade.
"It's been a road of a lot of ups, a lot of downs, a lot of great moments. I've appreciated your support along the way,'' Roddick told the crowd. "I know I certainly haven't made it easy for you at times, but I really do appreciate it and love you guys with all my heart. Hopefully I'll come back to this place someday and see all of you again.''


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F1 team Marussia retains Chilton for 2014 season
BANBURY, England (AP) — British driver Max Chilton has been retained by Marussia for the 2014 Formula One season.
The 22-year-old Chilton failed to win a point in his debut season last year but impressed by finishing every race.
With Jules Bianchi having also secured his seat for 2014, Marussia will keep the same driver lineup for the coming season.
Chilton says "continuity is important for the team but also for me as a driver. You learn such a lot in your debut season, but the second year is when you can really pull all of those new experiences together and show your true potential."


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1964 Ford Falcon Futura - All-Motor Man
John Urgo Likes Runnin' 10s The Hard Way. And With A Clutchless Four-Speed!
Every car has a story. It's just that some are more interesting than others. The best ones begin back when the car was new. John Urgo didn't buy this car new. His grandfather was the one who plunked down a couple large in 1964 for a Falcon with a 260ci V-8 and a three-speed on the column. Fast-forward to 1988, when the little Ford finds its way into John's possession, instantly becoming fodder for a string of increasingly more powerful engines. It's the American way.
Once John took on the task of updating the Futura, his first effort was to chuck the little 260 for a bigger Windsor that ran 12.30s. John and his dad, John Sr., built the motor backed by a Top Loader four-speed, and that effort was worth a gratifying 12.30 on pump gas. Some of this performance can be attributed to the fact that a Falcon Futura weighs less than Anna Nicole did before her latest fasting program. In fact, even with a 9-inch rear and a chrome-moly roll bar, the Falcon barely scales out at 3,200 pounds.
Low-12s were nice for a year or so, but once the budget had a chance to recuperate, a bigger cam and heads found their way into the 351, which pushed the little Ford into the 11s. You know how the story goes next, right? Tens became too attractive, so John bolted on a small nitrous kit and soon was running 10.30s. That was fun until the combination of too many revs and too much cylinder pressure did in a connecting-rod bearing and the fun meter hit the red zone. And that's when the horsepower escalation program took shape.
The details on the CFO-built Windsor can be found in the Tech Notes, but it's worth noting that 700 hp divided by 358 ci is all but 2 hp per cubic inch. Of course, when you're squeezin' 14.9:1 compression, that pushes the pony count up a couple of notches. Even this kind of power in a light car is hardly cause for headlines, but sprinkle in the idea that John pulls the handle on a Jerico four-speed, and now we're talkin' true musclecar malevolence.
The clutch pedal is stock, and John hasn't really had to turn it into a bridge support. The McLeod Soft Lok clutch only has 20 pounds of static load on it with the rest all dialed into centrifugal force once the rpm comes up. With that little base, the clutch pedal at idle feels more like the pedal in a Focus than a 10-second street car. But the real fun starts when John lets the pedal fly. With more than a 15:1 overall First-gear ratio, he drops the clutch and pulls the handle into Second almost instantly. The McLeod clutch is designed to slip ever-so-slightly on the launch so it doesn't tear up parts by using a lightweight flywheel and pressure-plate assembly. For upshifts, "All I do is nip the clutch and it falls into gear," John says. "I love it." He can also quickly tune the clutch for different track conditions, and all this works to the tune of 1.33 60-foot times. Think a rabid four-speed isn't consistent? In five straight passes in Las Vegas, the car ran between 10.11 and 10.15. John can also make 45 to 50 passes before he even thinks about maintenance. Nice.
The little Falcon now has more than 260,000 miles on the original clock, but it's fair to say that most of those were before this latest generation engine and drivetrain. It still sports its original black and gold license plates, and except for the deep rear gear, you could consider this a street car, right down to the in-dash CD player and stock upholstery.
John admits, "Yeah, it's a bit stiff on the freeway...and the trans is a little noisy. But, hey, it's got a 29-inch-tall tire, so it's not bad. Mostly, I just take surface streets." Quickly, we're sure.
Tech NotesWhat: '64 Ford Falcon Futura
Owner: John Urgo, go-fast guy
Hometown: Camarillo, CA
Camshaft: Like many racers, John is secretive about the mechanical roller camshaft, but with almost 15:1 compression, you know it's long on duration. Call it "large by large" with more than 0.700 inch of lift.
Induction: This may be the simplest portion of the entire engine, with just an Edelbrock Super Victor single plane and a Barry Grant mechanical secondary 750 cfm carb.
Exhaust: John and the Fast Guys Fabrication company put some thought into the entire header and exhaust system starting with 1 3/4- to 1 7/8-inch stepped headers that feed into a 3 1/2-inch merge collector and into a Fast Guys-fabbed cross-pipe that eventually leads to a pair of DynoMax Bullet mufflers.
Power: CFO dyno tested this Erik Jones-built 358ci motor and came up with 545 lb-ft of torque at 5,300 and 700 hp at 7,800 rpm. "The torque curve looks like a pool table," John says.
Transmission: Instead of a boring automatic, John opted for a 3.19 First-gear Jerico backed with a Long shifter. The key to making this trans work is the clutch, which is a McLeod Soft Lok dialed in by Les Freeman using a 15-pound aluminum flywheel and medium-friction disc. Coast Driveline built the 3-inch chrome-moly steel driveshaft.
Rearend: John found a '70 Ford Ranch Wagon 9-inch housing that fit the Falcon perfectly, laying the foundation for a set of 5.14:1 gears and a spool to apply all that power through a pair of 31-spline axles.
Suspension: When you have 700 hp, you know it will take some suspension work to hook that grunt to the ground. John worked with Fast Guys Fabrication in Oxnard, California, to add Suspension Technology front springs and Koni SPA 1 front shocks to work with the otherwise stock front suspension. The real effort was in the rear, where Fast Guys tubbed the Falcon and added adjustable ladder bars, a track bar for stability, and a set of QA1 adjustable coilover rear shocks. The Fast Fab guys also added a set of subframe connectors just so the windows wouldn't pop out of the car on the launch.
Brakes: Run 134 mph in the quarter and you'd better have good brakes. Wilwood front discs dissipate most of the braking force while stock Ford rear drums handle the rest.
Wheels/Tires: Bogart Racing Wheels keep the rotating weight down with lightweight 15x3 1/2-inchers up front with a pair of Mickey Thompson 24x4 1/2-inch ET Fronts. In the rear, John mounted a set of 28x11 1/2-inch ET Drag tires on a pair of Bogart 15x10-inch wheels.
Body: This was actually the first work completed on the car way back when John first started the project. Later, the rear wheelwells were stretched 2 1/2 inches when the tubs were added. The only other changes are a brand-new GlassTech fiberglass hood and front bumper. John shot the paint himself in his garage using Oxford blue enamel with a little pinstripe help from Mike Shartell.
Interior: When the emphasis is on going fast, the main move in the interior is to make it safe. The Fast Guys added an eight-point roll bar, which offered a place to hang the Crow Industries safety harness. John then hung the Auto Meter Pro Comp tach, oil-pressure, temperature, vacuum, and fuel-pressure gauges, which still allowed room for the in-dash Kenwood CD player.
Crew: Race cars don't build themselves, and John had plenty of help from the aforementioned people plus West Coast Race Crafters' Big Joel Ganguish, Paul Bartlett of Fast Guys Fabrications, Erik Jones, Jason Holt, and Anthony Ruiz. A special thanks goes to his wife, Cheryl, for her patience and willingness to spend cold rainy Saturdays at the dragstrip, and especially to his dad, John Sr.


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Windsurfing is all about imagery; capturing the perfect moment on the water is something truly special. In this new series Boardseeker catches up with a few of the World's top windsurfing photographers as they share their favourite shots and explain the stories behind them.
Third in the series is British based Si Crowther www.simoncrowther.com
All images credit Si Crowther.
First ever Boards cover
Date: Feb 2006
Rider: Simon Hurrey
Location: Kraal Bay, South Africa
There is something very special about your first cover shot and this one is etched into my mind for many reasons. For starters, I shouldn't have been there; I'd missed my flight home already and had to extend my trip by four days at a great cost. This was then shot on the day I was due to leave for the second time, I very nearly missed that flight too!! (I will never learn).
In terms of action, this had it all: mid spock, one handed, full eye contact and then that very special touch.. Si pointed right down the lens, the point of his finger right down the centre of his nose, they say it's all about timing, right? This made the shot so captivating and powerful. Neither of us knew just what we had captured at the time, which made it all the sweeter when we saw it in full glory on the laptop later.
To top this one off, when the mag hit the shelves in June 2006 (July issue.. never understood that one?) I was heading out to Fuerte to shoot with Jamie Hancock and in Gatwick's departure lounge, in WHSmiths, the manager had used 15 copies and arranged them into a full pyramid display at the shop front entrance! I was pretty stoked! Worth mentioning that I grabbed another cover on that Fuerte shoot too! A cracking tweaked pushy from Jamie, again, full eye contact.. I was on a roll.
Brawzinho water shot
Date: April 2010
Rider: Marcilio 'Brawzinho' Brown
Location: Ho'okipa Beach Park, Maui
So many elements came together on this shot to make it one of my favorite ever water shots.
The unusual angle is the first thing that struck me.
The rainbow is pretty hard to ignore. You can see the concentration in Brawzinho's face. The foreground wave on the left, with the semi-submerged lens port. I love the stunning Ho'okipa background, with a sweet finishing touch on the right, the lifeguard tower. All these elements mean there's a lot going on, thankfully they all balance to make a sweet composition. I simply love this angle at Ho'okipa and always look for this type of shot as a wave and action passes by.. Sometimes, that doesn't work out so well.. I've been pitched over the falls quite a few times while gunning for shots like this. A price worth paying though, don't ya think?
Ben Ainslie sailing the 'Moth'
Date: July 2009
Rider: Ben Ainslie
Location: Pro Vela, Mar Menor, Spain
Dan Macaulay is a legend, fact. Dan's company Brandwave Marketing landed a location shoot for Henri Lloyd's 2010 catalogue, and Dan booked yours truly for the shoot!! Hat's off to Dan, this was a serious commercial shoot with one of the sailing worlds all-time greats, and Dan had seem something in my work and knew it was worth it to take a bit of a risk using me. I was flattered to be honest. There are many, many very capable sailing photographers out there, but Dan was looking for something a little different.. This shot is my favourite from the whole shoot. (we won't mention the welly shot) I was hanging off the side of a rib, traveling at around 30 knots. Dan was hanging onto my life jacket, so I could get as far outboard as possible. I was loaded with the Canon 5d, fisheye lens, wrapped in an Aquatech housing and Ben was on a fly-by on a hydrofoil Moth. What's amazing is, this was Ben's first ever run sailing a Moth, they are notoriously difficult to sail.. but not for Ben, second nature to him.
Kauli Seadi mast mount
Date: April 2010
Rider: Kauli Seadi
Location: Ho'okipa Beach Park, Maui
In some ways, the mast mount shot is the easiest of all the windsurf shots to take. Once all the prep is done, you just stand back and pull a radio trigger whilst the rider does all the work..
But, the secret is in the preparation, setting and composing the frame whilst attaching the camera and mount, taking care not to over tighten the clamps, but tight enough not to slip. Testing everything before the camera leaves the shore, batteries, lens port, seals, radio trigger operation, CFcard, exposure, shutter speed, it's a big list; miss something and you trash the whole session.
I was a relative unknown at the time and Kauli was 3x world wave champ; I was super stoked when he agreed to let me cut holes in his brand new sail and mount a 2.5kg swing weight to his mast. What happened next left me bricking it and had a crowd of onlookers roaring in anticipation.
Kauli left the beach, on his first run, caught a gust on the inside and was fully planing out, meanwhile a bomb set was approaching, this is what got the crowd going, we could all see what was about to happen.. Proffitt said "say good bye to your mast mount" as Kauli sky rocketed a huge backloop, straight off the beach and landed with dry hair;
I was convinced the mount wouldn't hold on landing.. The jump was HUGE!!
Everyone around me was laughing and cheering.. To my relief the mount held, but the forces were so great on landing, the lens detached from the camera inside the housing.. but not before I had bagged this nugget of gold. Phew.
Chamonix Snowboarder
Date: Jan 2012
Rider: Andy Lagan
Location: Flegere, Chamonix Mont Blanc
This is my favourite snowboard pic so far, I've not shot snowboarding much or for very long, so still learning a lot here, I'm also afraid of heights, so any mountain photography is a real challenge.. Weirdly, I get a buzz out of scaring myself shitless, so kinda enjoy pushing my own limits. Just getting setup for this shot was really challenging. In snowboard photography, everything takes much longer to get to location and set up, you are dealing with camera batteries that drain fast in the cold air and the lenses fog real quick and never want to demist, your fingers stop working and you often only get one take at the shot too. Hand signals with the rider are a must..
With this one I wanted to show the ruggedness of the Chamonix resort with the action & this spot showed the whole valley and town in the background. The light was really muted, which really brought out all the texture of the snow, rocks and clouds when I boosted the mid-range contrast in Photoshop. Andy did well finding a gap between the trees to nail the grab, without that, this wouldn't have been a shot worth talking about.
Robby Swift water shot
Date: April 2010
Rider: Robby Swift
Location: Ho'okipa Beach Park, Maui
In Maui, it's easy to get sucked into what's known as Maui syndrome. Where, for a rider, that means not going out for a sail unless it's really good. The same can be said for photography at Ho'okipa. The images are so iconic. If the light is not right you may as well pack the camera gear up and not bother. On this day, I nearly made that decision. The clouds were in and shooting conditions were less than perfect and light was fading. Many of the other photographers had packed up. Every now and then, a break in the clouds would flash a bust of sunlight. I decided to chance going for a swim. Many of the shots were overcast, dark and lacked vibrance, but one or two shots were lit by these bursts of light. I remember I was swimming in when Robby lined up for this one, the clouds opened and lit the wave, as the rain still fell. A rainbow descended right next to Robby's top turn, set against a dark moody backdrop. A few small tweaks in photoshop for contrast and saturation really set this one off.
Levi Siver water shot
Date: April 2012
Rider: Levi Siver
Location: : Ho'okipa Beach Park, Maui
As I looked at the back of the camera through the housing, after firing off a burst of shots, my jaw dropped when I saw what popped up on the tiny screen. As Levi lined up for this one, I got good vibes, sometimes you can feel a good shot coming and I definitely had that for this one. Everything seemed to be lining up. I had to kick hard to stay with the passing wave. I just knew I was about to get something good & wanted to stay in the zone as long as I could. Even still, nothing prepared me for what I saw on that screen as the camera rendered the shots..
It all happened so fast as I shot it, but as the sequence played through I saw this insane tweaked-out air unfold, in stuttering slow-motion, over this perfectly formed wave face. Amazing moment! I was so distracted, I forgot where I was. Right in the impact zone for the next set!
I remember getting drilled and deciding to swim straight in. As soon as I was out of the water, the back of the housing was off & I was checking through the sequence again.. Yes! It's sharp too! I showed a few people on the beach, probably cos I couldn't still quite believe it. Pretty soon people were talking about it. No better feeling! That shot right there is why I love doing what I do. Hoping for many more moments like that one!


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Commemorations for Bashons 28
On this day of the year 43 A.D., the body of St. Epiphanius (His biography is under the 17th. of Bashans), arrived to the island of Cyprus. The boat that carried his body arrived to Cyprus from Constantinople on the 28th. day of Bashans. The priests and the people came with crosses, gospels, candles and incense and carried his body to the church. When they started to dig his tomb, two deacons did not allow them. They were excommunicated by the saints for their bad reputation. The body remained in the church for four days without a change or a stench. His body looked as if he was asleep. A saintly deacon came near the body and said: "I know of your relationship with God, and that you can restrain these evil opponents." He then took an ax and hit the ground with it. The two opposing deacons fell on their faces immediately, and they were carried to their homes and died on the third day.
The body of the Saint was anointed and wrapped, they buried him in a marble sarcophagus in he church. Many miracles appeared from his body.
May his prayers be with us, and glory be to God forever. Amen.
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After a pleasing return to form in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Midway's veteran beat 'em up series takes its deadly art to new levels in Mortal Kombat: Deception. New characters join old favourites in Mortal Kombat's deadliest roster of fighters to date and, thanks to the addition of online play, you can now inflict savage fatalities on friends and loved ones all around the world.
Offline, the main single player mode is Konquest, which once again sees you journeying into the MK universe, encountering fighters old and new, acquiring new skills and collecting bonus items as you go.
Each MK character now has two individual fatalities and one new Hara-Kiri move; with a roster of 23 fighters (that we know about), that makes 69 unique and brutal ways of dying. MK Deception's multi-tiered environments feature deadly traps, so stage fatalities provide even more ways of instigating your opponent's grizzly demise.
Once you've honed your skills, there's a huge range of multiplayer options available. Online, take on a friend in a single match or, better still, prove your supreme fighting skills in a full tournament. Other multiplayer modes, which can be played online or off, include Puzzle Kombat (classic puzzle gameplay with a deadly twist) and Chess Kombat, a blend of carefully-considered strategy and extreme violence.
1-2 Players
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Immortality blows (fiction)
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|SciFiQuest 2107
|Immortality and its pitfalls
|The Physics of Immortality
|The heat death of the Universe
|Immortality's Consequences
|Education is evil. Knowledge is evil. Be a moron. Forget how to spell.
|Standing on a mountaintop in northern Siberia under the rapidly descending bulk of asteroid McAlmont, with a calculating expression and a baseball bat
|Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
|People are basically stupid
|Things on which you can make a wish
|Sim sala bim bamba sala do sala dim
|Hawking Radiation
|Big Dumb Object
|Tell me a story about being really alive
|Be careful what you wish for
|Some days it seems like the sun is landing on the earth
|eternity would be boring
|Dyson Sphere
|Do you really want to live forever?


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Comfortable win for Tories in Fens by election but strong UKIP performance as Lib Dem votes wither away to almost nothing
PUBLISHED: 03:02 09 May 2014 | UPDATED: 03:02 09 May 2014
Conservatives retained their grip on Fenland District Council in a by election which they won comfortably.
The contest yesterday for the Roman Bank ward near Wisbech – comprising Gorefield, Leverington, Newton and Tydd St Giles- was caused by the resignation of former planning committee chairman Phil Hatton.
Conservatives hold both other seats in the ward and maintained their stranglehold following the election of care worker Samantha Clark.
Ms Clark, who describes herself as an "energetic, ready to challenge where necessary person", polled nearly half the votes in a five strong field.
She promised to "work very hard to make people proud of me" following a poll in which she secured 763 votes.
UKIP councillor Alan Lay, who narrowly took the county council seat last year with an 11 vote majority, came second with 537 votes.
"I was quite happy- second can't be bad," he said. "Don't forget I was on my own too. "No agents and little support on the ground –just me and fellow county councillor Paul Clapp."
Labour's Barry Diggle, a former chairman of Fenland Council, campaigned for a link road from the A1101 to the A47 "to alleviate a lot of heavy traffic from our side of town."
It didn't help his share of the vote which dropped 12 per cent from Labour's performance in the 2011 poll.
Former Wisbech town clerk Erbie Murat (currently fighting an employment tribunal against his former bosses) stood as an independent promising an antidote to "more of the same platitudes and vague national promises". He came fourth with 70 votes.
Mr Murat described it as "a good campaign which I have really enjoyed." He wouldn't commit on standing again but said he was busy doing volunteer work whilst awaiting the outcome of appeal against his dismissal.
"I'm also busy writing two novels simultaneously" he said. "One is about a five year old European lad in 1950s London who has just been orphaned and then gets lost in the snow. "My second novel is entitled 'Working With Pond Life'".
In fifth, and final place, was the Lib Dem candidate Stephen Court but who lives in March where he won a by election for the town council last September. He polled just 24 votes.
His agent, Lib Dem district councillor Gavin Booth, conceded that finding local candidates remained a challenge and blamed the poor result on "our being part of Government nationally".
He said: "The Conservatives put a lot of effort in winning this seat – the story at the end of the day is that we have 12 months to put it together for next year's elections."
Tory agent Debbie Clarke said she was delighted with the result coming so soon after the party had lost a by election in East Cambs, ironically to a Lib Dem candidate.
"You take the rough with the smooth," she said, attributing the Roman Bank success to a strong local candidate.
She declined to comment on the Lib Dem candidate not living in the ward.
"But you have to give them credit," she said "At least they had the decent to turn up for the count even when they knew they were never going to win."
Clark, Samantha (Con) 763
Lay, Alan (UKIP) 537
Diggle, Barry (Lab) 193
Murat, Erbie (Ind) 70
Court, Stephen (Lib Dem) 24
Turn out: 29.7 pc
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