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Swags for the Homeless is an Australian non-profit organization that has been getting global attention for its Backpack Bed. The contemporary light-weight backpack can be quickly converted into a full length weatherproof bed. Originally designed with Australia's increasing homeless population in mind, growing interest from international aid agencies as well as mountaineers, ultralight backpackers, and minimalist campers has allowed the charity to increase production to meet these markets.
Swags (aka bivy sacks) are a historic source of protection from the elements. What makes this bag so unique is the UltTrex Lite material used in its fabrication. The specially designed anti-mildew, windproof and flame retardant fabric is five times more waterproof than traditional canvas and half as heavy.
The swag's highly functional, minimalist design includes a 6'2″ roll-out mattress and built-in ropes that allow the user to transform the Backpack Bed into a single person shelter in under two minutes. Five zippered pockets, carabiner clips (to hang water bottles or another bag), padded straps, and a mosquito net complete the award-winning design — Swags for the Homeless' Backpack Bag has been recognized as an Australian International Design Award winner, Powerhouse Museum Design Award winner, and Germany's Red Dot "Best of the Best" Design Award winner.
According to the national non-profit, over 16,000 Australians sleep on the street every night, in alleys, stoops of vacated offices, or wherever there's a patch of dry concrete. Cities everywhere lack the social infrastructure to provide emergency shelter for the majority of homeless persons. In effort to bring recognition and dignity to the luckless, the volunteers at Swags for the Homeless produce and distribute these Backpack Beds. They are also available for purchase online with a Tom's style "one for one" guarantee and 98% of profit (the other 2% goes to overhead costs) returning to those trapped in the vicious cycle of homelessness and poverty.
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The Woodlands, TX - Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) announced that effective September 1, 2008, or as applicable contracts allow, its Performance Products division will increase the prices as noted in The Americas, for all grades of the following products:
Huntsman said these increases are necessary due to strong demand; continued high costs for energy, packaging, and raw materials.
About Huntsman: Huntsman is a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals. Its operating companies manufacture products for a variety of global industries, including chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, textiles, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, health care, detergent, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging. Originally known for pioneering innovations in packaging and, later, for rapid and integrated growth in petrochemicals, Huntsman today has 13,000 employees and operates from multiple locations worldwide. The Company had 2007 revenues of approximately $10 billion. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the company's website at www.huntsman.com.
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We know a can of Red Bull Energy Drink tastes best when ice cold. That's why we developed our environmentally friendly Red Bull ECO-Coolers which use up to 45% less energy than conventional refrigerators.
Red Bull has installed 980,000 ECO Coolers instead of conventional coolers already.
Thanks to their natural refrigerant, ECO-Coolers are considerably more environmentally friendly than conventional refrigerators and use up to 45% less energy. The use of ECO-Coolers and refrigerants is an effective way to avoid greenhouse gases, that's why Red Bull has made a commitment to distributing ECO-Coolers in the future, whenever local infrastructure allows.
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Twitter is a linguist's dream come true: it compiles millions of messages in hundreds of languages daily, making the question "Who speaks what languages where?" easy to answer. That is the question taken up by self-described "map geek" Eric Fischer. He has created a map of the world's languages used on Twitter by pulling together data collected by Google Chrome. "What a joy these maps are to behold," writes Big Think's Frank Jacobs writes. "It's as if someone took one of those composite satellite maps -- you know, impossibly showing the whole world at night, the darkness broken by hubs and strings of artificial light ... and gave it the power of speech."
The details of Fischer's world map, above, are difficult to see if you don't upload the full version on your web browser. So we we've decided to go region by region to make sense of some of the map.
Let's take a look.
North America: Nothing surprising here. Fischer made English gray, and so a dull glow pervades the continent. A sprinkling of Spanish-tweeting pockets, are shown in pink, in states like Texas and Arizona, and the pinkness deepens south of the border. The Caribbean islands show up as a colorful hodgepodge of gray, pink, and purple (French). And notice the vein of purple along the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, denoting the French-tweeting Quebecois.
Europe: Western Europe glows bright in the Twitterverse as the most linguistically diverse section of the world. Switzerland is a mix of blue (Italian), red (German), and purple (French), with some light blue (Dutch) shadings. Lime green (Catalan) emerges in northeast Spain. Twitter use seems to peter out in Europe somewhere east of the Czech Republic, but the service looks to be pretty popular in Moscow as it is lit up in teal (Russian).
East Asia: Despite the Chinese government's official ban on Twitter leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in June 2009 and the existence of an alternative, state-run microblogging service, people there are still managing to tweet, as can be seen in the substantial green glow (Chinese) along the country's urbanized eastern seaboard. The popularity of Twitter in Japan (shown in purple) and South Korea (dark blue) is also clear on the map, with isolated North Korea appearing pitch black.
Middle East: For all the talk of social media in the Arab Spring, the Middle East's Twitter activity doesn't really stack up to North America's and Europe's. But comparing this region to those two more developed ones is apples and oranges: South America, South Asia, and especially Africa show less Twitter activity than the Middle East and its veiny network of Arabic (pink) tweeters--along with a strong Hebrew-tweeting (green) presence in Israel and Turkish-tweeting presence in Turkey (red). Those dark spots on the map--Egypt and Pakistan, for example--show where crackdowns on Twitter have occurred in the past.
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Take the Living and Giving QuizBy iParticipate on Tue, Apr 10 2012, 13:42:31 | 0 comments
Take the AARP Living and Giving Quiz to find great ideas for ways you can give back. http://www.aarp.org/giving-back/volunteering/info-10-2011/living-and-giving-quiz.html?sf2304691=1
One Day Without ShoesBy iParticipate on Tue, Apr 10 2012, 13:32:38 | 0 comments
It's TOMS' "One Day Without Shoes" today! Go barefoottoday and help raise awareness for the millions of kids who must do so everyday.
Looking for a long term way to serve?By iParticipate on Wed, Mar 14 2012, 16:00:47 | 0 comments
ServeNext is hiring full-time Organizers. Apply yourself or submit a recommendation for someone. (Deadline to apply is April 6) Apply online at http://servenext.org/2012
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Do you have a great volunteer opportunity? We'd love to have it listed on iParticipate's search. It's easy, here's all you need to do: To submit a volunteer opportunity, please visit www.allforgood.org/posting to post listings via the independent All for Good database that powers iParticipate's search.
Give The Gift Of VolunteeringBy iParticipate on Wed, Nov 23 2011, 13:43:04 | 0 comments
The holidays are upon us. What better way is there to celebrate than giving your time and talents to volunteer to a worthy cause that you care about. Whether you know how you want to volunteer or are just looking for some great ideas, iParticipate can help you find the right volunteer opportunity to fit your needs. Give back this holiday season by lending a hand and taking the time to care. Happy holidays and thank you for all that you do from all of us at iParticipate.
Give Back To Those Who Have ServedBy iParticipate on Mon, Nov 07 2011, 17:34:35 | 0 comments
This Friday, 11/11/11, is a special Verterans Day. What better way to show your support and to honor our veterans than to give back to them? There are many service opportuinites, many right in your community, that you can take part in. It's easy to search on iParticipate for local volunteer opportunites focused on veterans and their families.
"All together Now: A Celebration of Service" - Tonight on NBCBy iParticipate on Mon, Mar 28 2011, 12:05:38 | 0 comments
Tune-in to NBC tonight, March 28th at 8/7c, to watch the broadcast of "All Together Now: A Celebration of Service" and invite your friends to join you! The Points of Light Institute is honoring President George H.W. Bush for his dedication to service in America. The event, attended by former Presidents Carter, Clinton, and George W. Bush, also featured a star-studded lineup of musicians including Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Cee Lo Green, Reba McEntire, Sam Moore, Brad Paisley, Kid Rock, Darius Rucker and Carrie Underwood.
Japan Tragedy: How You Can HelpBy iParticipate on Fri, Mar 11 2011, 12:57:32 | 0 comments
In the aftermath of the devastating events in Japan, many are wondering how they can help. Here are some organizations that are providing assistance: - The American Red Cross you can donate online or by texting REDCROSS to 90999 from your phone.
Service Nation To Receive $1 for Every Rango Soundtrack Purchased on iTunes Through March 8thBy iParticipate on Mon, Mar 07 2011, 17:22:35 | 0 comments
Tomorrow, March 8th, is the last day that Service Nation will receive $1 for every purchase of the Rango soundtrack on iTunes. Here is the link to the soundtrack on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=418673669 We hope that you will consider downloading it now! Also, in case you missed it, here is Service Nation's executive director Greg Propper's article on The Huffington Post about the link between Rango, service, and the recently proposed budget cuts: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-propper/americorps-save-service_b_831601.html
Former Presidents To Gather for "All together Now: A Celebration of Service"By iParticipate on Thu, Mar 03 2011, 17:07:29 | 0 comments
On March 28th on NBC, former U.S. presidents - George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush - will join forces for an hour-long special titled "All Together Now: A Celebration of Service". The gala will honor the importance of American service and volunteerism and salute President George H. W. Bush for his public service leadership. The star-studded event will bring together all of the living former presidents at a public celebration for the first time since President Barack Obama took office.
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Giants sign Cuban outfielder Daniel Carbonell to a Major League contract
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The San Francisco Giants have signed Cuban outfielder Daniel Carbonell to a major league contract, club Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Sabean announced today.
The 23-year-old played for Camaguey in the Cuban Serie Nacional for four years, batting .287 (163-for-568) with 119 runs scored, 28 doubles, four triples, nine home runs and 70 RBI in 190 games. The 6-foot-3, 196-pound outfielder hit .298 (59-for-198) with 40 runs scored, 13 doubles, five homers and 28 RBI in 62 games in his last season from 2012-2013. Carbonell has experience at all three outfield spots, playing center field primarily.
Carbonell is currently residing in Merida, Mexico and will report to Arizona once he has a work visa.
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Fannie Mae HomeStyle Loan
Fannie Mae's HomeStyle? Renovation Mortgage allows borrowers to include financing for home improvements in a purchase or refinance transaction of an existing home.
A Less-Expensive Construction Loan than the FHA 203K?
A HomeStyle? loan is a single-close home construction loan. ?Planning some home construction? ?Rather than pay by cash, consider Fannie Mae's HomeStyle? loan – a quick and simple construction loan to help finance your home improvements. ?The HomeStyle? mortgage is Fannie Mae's version of the FHA loan. ?It's a convenient and economical way to make moderate repairs and renovations to your home via a "single-close" mortgage.
With the HomeStyle? loan, there's no second mortgage involved, no lingering HELOCs and no need to pay a second set of closing costs. ?There's also no need to occupy the home you're rehabbing. ?Fannie Mae allows the use of the HomeStyle? Renovation loan for vacation homes and investment properties.
HomeStyle? Renovation Loan Highlights
- Fannie Mae's HomeStyle? Renovation loan is a one-time close home construction loan. ?This means that you use one loan to finance your home?and?its improvements.
- Just about any type of renovation or repair is eligible, too, so long as the improved is permanently affixed to the home and adds value.
- Eligible home improvement projects include remodeling of a kitchen or bathroom; installation and upgrading of landscaping; and replacement of home appliances, as examples.
- You can also use the HomeStyle? mortgage for "luxury" home improvements such as the addition of an in-ground swimming pool.
- When you apply for a HomeStyle? mortgage, you'll share with your lender the home improvements you plan to make. ?Then, when your home is appraised as part of the mortgage approval process, your appraiser will assign a home value based on what your home will be worth after your upgrades are complete.
- The LTV of your HomeStyle? loan will be based on your home's expected future value and not its value as of today. ?This allows you to borrow more than your home is worth in order to finance your construction.
- Renovations must be completed within 12 months and seller concessions are permitted. ?This means that home sellers can pay your closing costs, if you remember to add it to your contract.
- When it comes time to negotiate the home sale, remind your real estate agent to ask for seller concessions. ?Even in a "hot" market, sellers are often willing to help a buyer out.
Getting Approved for a HomeStyle? Mortgage
The HomeStyle? mortgage is available via any Fannie Mae-approved mortgage lender. ?However, you'll want to be sure you meet the program's minimum standards:
- Fannie Mae's guidelines specify that mortgage borrowers must show a minimum credit score of 620 in order to be approved for a HomeStyle? loan. ?However, that minimum requirement applies to loans for primary residences only.
- For borrowers using HomeStyle? on a second home or investment property, the minimum credit score required is 700.
You'll also want to make sure you meet minimum down payment requirements:
- For borrowers with good credit, the HomeStyle? mortgage allows a down payment of just 5%, which is just short of the FHA 203K's minimum down payment requirement of 3.5%. ?This applies to 1-unit homes only.
- Homes with 2-units require a 15% down payment in order to use HomeStyle?; and 3-4 unit homes require a down payment of 25%. ?Down payment minimums for second homes and investment properties are slightly higher.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch at home while you still accidentally write "/10" when dating a check. It takes me roughly seven months into any new year to remember that it's a new year. LET'S GO!
THE BACHELOR – 8:00PM (ABC) A new year means a new season of ABC's annual catfight parade. Your lucky single fellow this season is Brad Womack, and if that name sounds familiar, it's because Brad has already been the bachelor once before on this show, back in 2007, when he decided to pick… no one. Now he's back. So wait a second, are you telling me that you can go on this show, sleep your way around with 30 women, choose no one to fake propose to, and then be invited back to do it all AGAIN? Holy smokes, Brad Womack is an evil genius. I admire his derring-do. Tonight, Brad will be confronted by the two ladies he snubbed at the end of his first season, and the guide says he gets slapped! DAY-UM! I like it already. ANTICIPATION: SLAP HAPPY!
THE CRAIGSLIST KILLER – 9:00PM (Lifetime) Former BU med student Philip Markoff was charged with robbing three women (and murdering one) who advertised erotic services on the Internet. Markoff killed himself in August of last year. And if you don't think this while story doesn't scream out Lifetime TV movie, well then you don't know your Lifetime as well as I do. ANTICIPATION: SAD!
ENOUGH ALREADY! WITH PETER WALSH – 8:00PM (OWN) Yes, people. Oprah's television network is now armed and fully operational. It won't be long until OWN, does in fact, own you and a significant portion of your assets. Tonight's offering is this cleanup show hosted by organizational designer Peter Walsh, who's apparently very good at telling you to pick up after yourself. ANTICIPATION: BEHOLD THE POWER OF OPRAH!
HOARDERS – 10:00PM (A&E) There's no better hoardin' than animal hoardin', and tonight A&E proves it by trotting out a woman who's hoarding over 500 chickens (mmmm) and a couple who own 30 rabbits. Now how long do you think it will take before the rabbits outnumber the chickens? Seven seconds? ANTICIPATION: BUNNY LOVE!
TRUE LIFE: I HAVE A FETISH – 10:00PM (MTV) I have a fetish, too. I'm a nymphomaniac and I'm only attracted to women who hoard chickens. ANTICIPATION: FREAKY!
Monday Watch List: Bachelor Redux!
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Today I've been working from home. Those are my favorite days, when I get to sit and just be in the moment of the peace and quite. It's such a welcome change from the busy salon, with buzzing stories, loud music, and blow dryers.
Now that I'm in my 7th month, peace & quiet, rest, and the sunshine through the cracked windows are just about my favorite things. When the baby comes, I will go to four days a week at the salon, and spend the extra day working from home. Today I bleached, scrubbed, styled, arranged, and photographed all the new little treasures I found for bark & leaves. It was a little taste of what my extra 3rd day a week off will be like in 2 months, except with a little baby to wear around.
On these days where I am in every moment, not just going through the motions of life, but stopping to feel and smell and hear every sense around me, she is busy-beeing around in my belly, and making her presence known.
Michael's work and school schedule has gotten so busy, that I spend a lot of time with her, just the two of us. At night when he's in class, she makes things a little less lonely, and when I start to feel like I'm staring at these empty walls with my cabin fever growing strong, I can feel little nudges, snuggles & pokes, reminding me that soon enough I will be outside, Spring will be here, and she will be my littlest tag-along.
A few photos from today, working from home:
I've started working on these hair pins. I adore hunting for old treasures, cleaning them up, and photographing them looking their best, but I miss actually creating with my hands, and am going to be doing a bit more sewing in the next couple months.
I found this photo from Summer and it made me miss everything about it. I am just not meant to live in a place where everything dies and the weather turns cold.
& I came across these two photos and fell in love:
My parents, sister and me on one of our cross-country adventures, at the head of the Golden Gate Bridge. I want to stand in this same spot with our little bird, some day.
I love this. My Dad with his cigarette and bare feet, my Mom looking beautiful, Grandma & Grandpa still so young, and my sister, with her head full of dark curls.
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Strauss-Kahn, hotel maid settle suit over alleged sexual assault4 min read . Updated: 11 Dec 2012, 08:37 AM IST
The agreement ends Strauss-Kahn's legal woes in the US, but he faces more court dates in France
The agreement ends Strauss-Kahn's legal woes in the US, but he faces more court dates in France
New York: Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a New York hotel maid who accused the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief of sexual assault on Monday settled her civil lawsuit against him for an undisclosed sum, ending one chapter of a scandal that cost him his job and a chance to become president of France.
At a brief hearing in New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx, Justice Douglas McKeon said the terms of the deal would remain confidential.
Strauss-Kahn, 63, was not required to appear in New York and remained in Paris. His accuser, Nafissatou Diallo, was present as the judge had ordered, wearing a green blouse with black pants and a gray and white head scarf.
"I thank everybody, and I thank God," Diallo said in a brief statement outside the courthouse after the hearing.
The hearing took place about seven miles (11km) from the luxury Manhattan hotel where Diallo claimed the managing director of IMF attacked her last May. The jet-setting financier spent six nights in custody and resigned.
"Ms. Diallo is a strong and courageous woman who never lost faith in our system of justice. With this resolution, she can now move on with her life and we thank everyone for their support and prayers," said her lawyer, Kenneth Thompson.
Strauss-Kahn's New York lawyers, William Taylor and Amit Mehta, said in an emailed statement: "On behalf of Mr. Strauss-Kahn, we are pleased to have arrived at a resolution of this matter. We are grateful to Judge McKeon whose patience and forbearance allowed this agreement to be formulated."
The agreement ends Strauss-Kahn's legal woes in the US, but he faces more court dates in France.
The US scandal erupted on 14 May 2011, when Diallo, 33, told police Strauss-Kahn attacked her at the Sofitel Hotel.
The accusation led to a frantic scramble by New York police to arrest Strauss-Kahn as he sat aboard a jet at John F. Kennedy International Airport waiting to take off for France that night.
The scandal forced Strauss-Kahn to resign as head of one of the world's most influential international finance organizations and wrecked his hopes of running for president in France. He was once seen as a front-runner for the Socialists. Instead Francois Hollande became the candidate and unseated president Nicolas Sarkozky.
The New York case also seemed to initiate a wave of other accusations against Strauss-Kahn, long known as the "great seducer" in French political circles.
Prosecutors initially expressed confidence in the evidence, including DNA that showed a sexual encounter. But they dropped the case in August 2011 after developing concerns about Diallo's credibility, including what they said were inconsistencies in her account of what happened immediately following the incident.
Judge McKeon said a separate lawsuit filed by Diallo against the New York Post over the tabloid's report that she was a prostitute had been settled as well. Terms of that were also kept confidential.
The newspaper did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday, though it has said in the past that it stood by its reporting.
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Accusers in such cases often hide from the glare of publicity and many media outlets, including Reuters, protect their identities by not revealing their names.
But Diallo, the daughter of an imam from Guinea, broke her silence in July 2011, while the criminal investigation was still active, revealing her identity in interviews to Newsweek and ABC News.
She filed her civil lawsuit just weeks before the charges were dismissed, claiming Strauss-Kahn's "sadistic" attack caused her physical and emotional damage.
Strauss-Kahn filed a $1 million countersuit against Diallo for defamation. He said the sexual encounter was consensual but admitted it was a "moral error."
Legal experts said it was common for settlement amounts in such cases to remain sealed, as defendants try to avoid the perception of guilt.
"There are a lot of people in the general public that will equate a large settlement with being guilty of what you are accused of doing," said Colorado attorney John Clune, who represents victims of sexual assault.
Once cleared of criminal charges, Strauss-Kahn returned to France, where his legal troubles persisted.
He awaits a decision by a French court on his request to halt an inquiry into whether he should stand trial on pimping charges related to sex parties he attended with prostitutes. A court date was set for 19 December.
In October, French authorities dropped a related probe into allegations of group rape by Strauss-Kahn after the complaining witness, a prostitute, retracted her accusations.
Soon after Strauss-Kahn's arrest, a French writer, Tristane Banon, accused him of attempted rape in 2003. French authorities brought no charges, despite concluding the incident likely qualified as an assault, because the statute of limitations had expired.
Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn have denied any wrongdoing, saying he has become a target for his "libertine" ways.
Strauss-Kahn and his wife, journalist Anne Sinclair, separated this summer.
Strauss-Kahn is quietly trying to resume his career, delivering speeches at private conferences in recent months and setting up a consulting firm in Paris.
If the reaction of some Parisians asked about the legal settlement in New York is any indication, Strauss-Kahn still faces a sceptical public in France.
"Just because he's got money he gets away with it," Bastien, an electrician in his 20s told Reuters TV. "If it had been anyone else they would have done time for this. It's not right."
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BRANDON, MS -- The sheriff of a county in Mississippi is using seized drug money to renovate a fitness center for the county.
The board of supervisors for Rankin County, MS, authorized the sheriff's department to proceed with the $310,000 renovation last week, according to the Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger.
The facility, which could open in late October, will have free weights, cable weights, treadmills and exercise bikes, plus other equipment and locker rooms, according to the Clarion-Ledger.
"Hopefully, it'll lead to better performance, fewer sick days and better general health," Rankin County Sheriff Ronnie Pennington told the newspaper. "We have a lot of deputies now that go to the fitness club and work out regularly. They have been paying for gym memberships out of their own pockets. I told them when I became sheriff that one day we would have a fitness room."


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Ms Puppy only writes the first session back to CD
Hello! all
I recently downloaded and ran a multisession cd of 1.0.5-chubby-puppy
I saved the first session fairly acurately and when I booted the second time my changes were applied, but I am not able to save anymore sessions after the first session.
It shows I/O errors and errors like 0x56 or something like that and reboots without showing previous session's files.
It also shows an error regarding /root0
What is this ?
Can someone help me out here ? Please
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Sounds like exactly the same problem I'm having. See my post
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I got inerested in ( or better yet, I was introduced to ) Puppy only few weeks back. Before that time I had no idea What Linux was or how it worked at all.
At that time latest puppy was 1.0.4. So I downloaded it, burned a Cd and ran multisession LiveCD for the first time. ( I still have that CD ), I configured it over and over again, ran it over and over again and no problem occured whenever I saved my session back to CD.
I loved the Puppy so much that I had burnt like 50+ CDS for my friends. ( They all loved it and Thanked me for it )
Problem started later on when I burned another CD, it started showing errors when I tried to save sessions
I/O errors
CDRECORD errors
EOF initdn
Bad Request, and some more I can't read as the lines were moving so fast.
I thought since I had used my (ASUS) burner too many times maybe it was malfunctioning, I bought a brand new Sony burner and much to my disappointment, the same problem is now ocurring with every CD that I burn.
I initially configured a pup001 file and saved it in zip form on my disk and whenever I want to load old configuration I just unzip it to C:\ drive and run new Puppy LiveCD pointing it to update from hda1 pup001. It boots and shows my configuration but can not save sessions.
Help me out with these problems if you guys can because it is driving me crazy, and I have had just about enough of this situation. I would hate to go back to using Windows but I might if this problem persists.
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From what I can understand of the error messages going by on the screen, I think it may be attempting to burn my CD as though it were a DVD.
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Is this the same iso you burned the first time, or have you downloaded a different one? Have you bought some new CD-Rs?
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Yep. It's trying to burn my CD as a DVD-R. (For those of you trying to read things on the screen as it goes past, ^S will pause the text and ^Q will let it continue. Most of the time.
Anyway, it is actually in a DVD burner, but it should also be able to burn CDs. It burned the first and second tracks properly, but now it's misdetecting the media type. Is there perhaps a way to tell it what kind of media it's on and so bypass the whole detection thing?
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is that "^" actually an 'up arrow'?
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Have you tried the latest experimental iso:
-- see other threads in Multisession section of Forum for more info.
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ANd some cheaper DVD burners can only burner DVD's, some can only burn DVD-R even
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Flash wrote:
is that "^" actually an 'up arrow'?
I can answer that for you. What Perkins means is press Ctrl-S to pause scrolling and Ctrl-Q to resume scrolling.
Glad I some of my old MS-DOS knowledge is still useful
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Thanks. I don't think I'm the only one who's been wondering why there isn't such a tool.
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@pakt Way to go man. Sorry if I confused anybody, old habits die hard. There are one character symbols for the alt and shift keys too, but they're not on most keyboards.
And yes, my drive can burn CDs. I used it to burn the original image, and it burned track two just fine as well. Then it started thinking it was a DVD... I'll try the latest version in a bit and see what happens. Methinks I should invest in a CD-RW until this is over... Either that or plan on building a few toy cars with large wheels...
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Okay, there's a bug in the 14th October multisession-iso, if burn to CD,
starts thinking it's a DVD.
Will upload soon, new version with that bug fixed.
...maybe Friday.
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I downloaded and burned a multi-session in my laptop Oct-27. The first shut down it read to the disk but subsequent shut downs I get errors and no burn. The laptop I'm using has a cd burner with dvd-ROM.
Hmmm. What to do?
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Is this the 20oct05 version or what?
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Since joining the Boy Scouts of America in June 2006, Lee advanced through the ranks and earned 28 merit badges. He was also inducted into the Order of the Arrow and serves a Senior Patrol Leader.
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Paul sent through a mail with questions about choosing different fits of rock shoes for different climbing objective, as well as using other options such as wearing socks. Basically his question was whether it's best to choose different shoes for different jobs or if one can do everything.
The answer is really to choose the best shoe for exactly the type of climb you are trying, especially thinking about where you are going to fall. Paul asked about specific climbs of mine, such as Rhapsody, which has a jamming crack followed by a face climbing crux.
It's nice to have the toes a bit flatter in a very slightly bigger shoe for shoving them into jamming cracks without it getting too painful to even want to carry on. Socks can help pad things out too, increasing comfort, protecting your ankles if the crack is big enough for getting the whole foot in, and more importantly for keeping your foot held firmly inside the boot when twisted (you lose a lot of the foot power if your feet are shifting about inside slimy sweaty shoes, yuk!).
On Rhapsody, the choice is simple - use a tighter face climbing shoe, because the jamming part is easy compared to the face climbing that follows. Thats where you are going to fall on the route, and anything less that total precision with your feet is going to cost you.
Paul also asked about a multipitch project of mine - to free the Original Longhope route, where there is an E10 pitch after 18 pitches of trad adventuring. In this case, the choice is a little tougher. Too tight and your feet will die by the time you get to the hard pitch. Too baggy, and you just wont be able to stand on the tiny edge at the crux. A simple compromise is the answer and being disciplined with taking the shoes off at every belay, even if it's only for 15 minutes or so. For this route I've been going a euro size bigger than my sport climbing size. NB I also have a super small pair that only come out for bouldering 'send attempts' to get every last drop of force.
But a well fitting shoe should handle 90% of situations without being a significant disadvantage.
The best all round rockshoe in the world in my opinion is still the Scarpa Stix in my opinion. They just seem to excel at absolutely everything. Some of my friends went off them in the shop because they feel weird on the foot (agressively turned down) before they've been worn. What a shame because this only lasts one session. The Stix are getting harder to come by in the UK because Scarpa are shortly releasing a new generation of shoes. So my recommendation might come too late for some at least.
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thank you for your visits on my Blog. I do like wahat you do. Especially the crowd and the funny man with his red beard an hairs. And today a very beautiful temple we don't see in France.ReplyDelete
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The 22-year-old World Cup hopeful has not featured for the first team since suffering a hamstring injury against West Ham on December 18, but has recently stepped up his rehabilitation, part of which included a run-out for the Under-21s, and so is likely to be back in contention this weekend.
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Just for clarification, Pura Desa Puseh Temple is the one Chateau found. Wikimapia labels it as "Pura Kayangan Puseh - Desa Pekraman Singakerta". "Pura" = "temple", "kayangan" = "heaven", "desa" = "village".So now that the temple's been accounted for, no need for a U-Turn!RiverJessica/John, Mona/BethTempleChuck/Wynona, Joey/Meghan, David/Connor, Pamela/Winnie, Caroline/Jennifer, Bates/Anthony, Max/Katie
I Love Monkeys! another Team makes history while trying to avoid elimination
The HISTORY screencap is over Jennifer... perhap the history refers to her and not JJ?OR it could be referring to Dave/Connor completing this leg while so badly injured.OR something to do with JJ.Lots of choices.
"I Love Monkeys!"-- In Detour B, Married couple Wynona (left) and Chuck (right) must assemble an elaborate religious offering known as a "Gebogan" then take it to the Pura Desa Puseh Temple for a blessing in order to receive the next clue, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 10 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
It's speculated that John & Jessica are the team to be eliminated this leg, and due to our future sightings of other teams, they probably are. What puzzles me is HOW?! They are physically and mentally one of the strongest teams left, not to mention they have an Express Pass! Here's my theory: they play the EP on the Detour, but they're screwed over by the Roadblock.Judging by the 'looks' of our Detour, neither option seems difficult enough for John & Jessica not to complete. Then I saw this:Quote from: bc922 on March 06, 2013, 06:41:29 PMI Love Monkeys! another Team makes history while trying to avoid eliminationThis 'hint' from the episode preview is probably the reason why John & Jessica get eliminated. But the question is, HOW?! From the previews it seems as though Caroline struggles terribly with the Roadblock. Possibly, she takes a 4 hour penalty and they survive because Jessica takes so long? I have no idea. I guess we'll have to wait and see
Every village has at least three temples: the Pura Desa, where religious festivals are celebrated, the Pura Dalem for the Goddess of Death (this is the place where the funeral cremation rites start), and the Pura Puseh that is dedicated to the Gods of Heaven.
Here's my theory on "ONE TEAM MAKES HISTORY WHILE TRYING TO AVOID ELIMINATION"It's probably something simple like John/Jessica probably use their Express Pass at some point during the leg but get eliminated on the same leg - never happened on the US edition, correct?
I'm slightly confused by CBS' caption labeling the temple as Pura Desa Puseh.From Chateau's link:QuoteEvery village has at least three temples: the Pura Desa, where religious festivals are celebrated, the Pura Dalem for the Goddess of Death (this is the place where the funeral cremation rites start), and the Pura Puseh that is dedicated to the Gods of Heaven.Is this a double temple or did CBS just fudge the name of the temple?Chateau, Bing has a clearer map than Google, but I can't match our temple up to either site.
There are three fundamental types of temple in every village. Pura Puseh (temple of origin) remains the most important and is reserved for founders of villages. It is always situated at the kaja end of the village. In the middle of the village is the Pura Desa, which is for the spirits that protect and bless the villagers in their daily lives.
I can't figure out why Jessica's watch would say 19:35 Peach, can you get a capture of that? Maybe the watch is in stopwatch mode. Because 19:35 is after sunset and they still have to get to the surfboard task place. Which they do work on at near sunset.
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With draft day less than a week away, it's time for my final update. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop me a line on Twitter @thepigskinguy.
1. Houston Texans: Jadeveon Clowney, DE South Carolina – It's looking like Clowney will be the first overall selection, regardless of whether or not the Texans keep the No. 1 pick. A trade down is still a likely scenario for Houston but Clowney sounds like the selection if the Texans don't make a move.
Previous Pick: QB Blake Bortles
2. St. Louis Rams: Greg Robinson, OT Auburn – The Rams would probably like to trade out of this spot but if they stay, offensive tackle is the position they'll target. Then it comes down to which player St. Louis likes more between Robinson and Jake Matthews.
Previous Pick: OT Greg Robinson
3. Jacksonville Jaguars: Khalil Mack, DE Buffalo – Gus Bradley is a defensive minded coach and unless the Jaguars absolutely love one of the quarterbacks in this draft, it will be hard for them to pass up on Mack. He will instantly upgrade Jacksonville's pass rush.
Previous Pick: DE Jadeveon Clowney
4. Cleveland Browns: Johnny Manziel, QB Texas A&M – Everyone on the planet appears to love Brian Hoyer but an organization needs more than just him at quarterback if it wants to end decades of losing. The franchise needs a quarterback and a player to excite its fanbase. The drafting of Manziel will take care of both of those problems.
Previous Pick: QB Johnny Manziel
5. Oakland Raiders: Sammy Watkins, WR Clemson – I actually have Watkins as the top overall player in this draft. I think he is the one can't-miss prospect given all the physical attributes Watkins brings to the receiver position. That theory will be tested if he goes to Oakland but Watkins certainly fills a need for the Raiders. Oakland has some decent receivers but no one close to being in Watkins' class. He will be a game-changer from Day 1.
Previous Pick: WR Sammy Watkins
6. Atlanta Falcons: Jake Matthews, OT Texas A&M – The Falcons are in a great spot because they could move up, or just sit at six and grab either a pass rusher or best offensive tackle available. In my final mock that player is Matthews.
Previous Pick: DE Khalil Mack
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Mike Evans, WR Texas A&M – The Bucs parted ways with Mike Williams and they really have few options beyond Vincent Jackson. After signing Josh McCown, it would be nice to give him a 6'5 receiver like Evans to throw the ball to in the red zone. Depending on how the draft shakes out early, Evans could very well end up in Tampa Bay.
Previous Pick: WR Mike Evans
8. Minnesota Vikings: Blake Bortles, QB Central Florida – The Vikings re-signed Matt Cassel but will also add a young quarterback in the draft. Minnesota is reportedly high on Zach Mettenberger and so am I, so he is a possible target in Round 2 if they don't select a quarterback here. Minnesota really holds the key to the rest of the draft with this pick and because of that; the Vikings are one of the toughest team to mock. My gut says they want to trade down but I don't complicate mocks with trades, so for my purposes I have them taking Bortles. However, I see this being the hot spot in the draft for teams trying to trade up into the Top 10.
Previous Pick: QB Teddy Bridgewater
9. Buffalo Bills: Taylor Lewan, OT Michigan – Some have the Bills taking Eric Ebron but I don't mock tight ends in the Top 10 because they rarely go that high. Buffalo also has a weakness at a much more valued position than tight end – offensive tackle – so Lewan would make sense for them.
Previous Pick: OT Jake Matthews
10. Detroit Lions: Darqueze Dennard, CB Michigan State – A lot of people like Justin Gilbert as the top corner because of his speed and other measurables but I disagree. Dennard was the best cover corner in college football last year. Denard is tough, smart and he would make a great addition to Detroit's secondary. I am probably wrong that he will go this high but I have heard from some people I know in the NFL that they are also high on Dennard, so I will take a shot with him in the Top 10.
Previous Pick: CB Darqueze Dennard
11. Tennessee Titans: Anthony Barr, LB UCLA – Barr could easily be a Top 10 selection given his ability and production in college. However, if Barr slips to 11, the Titans will have to strongly consider him. Tennessee can go in a lot of different directions but the Titans are in need of an explosive pass rusher and Barr fits the bill.
Previous Pick: LB Anthony Barr
12. New York Giants: Zach Martin, OT Notre Dame – Martin was excellent during his career at Notre Dame. He dominated as a left tackle and Martin has the versatility to play multiple positions on the line early in his career, which has to be appealing to New York. The Giants had one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL last season and protecting Eli Manning is the team's top priority.
Previous Pick: OT Taylor Lewan
13. St. Louis Rams: Ha Ha Clinton Dix, S Alabama – When your name is "Ha Ha" you should be drafted in the Top 15 by law. Dix is all over the field. I actually think he is one of the 10 best players in the draft at any position. The Rams safeties are dreadful. Dix would come in and be a huge upgrade to a defense that already has a nasty front seven.
Previous Pick: S Ha Ha Clinton Dix
14. Chicago Bears: Aaron Donald, DT Pittsburgh – How bad was the Bears' rush defense last year? Ray Rice gained 131 yards on them. Chicago is one of the easiest teams to project. They badly need a defensive tackle or safety. If the talented Donald is on the board, he will be a strong possibility for the Bears. They need more than just Lamarr Houston.
Previous Pick: DT Aaron Donald
15. Pittsburgh Steelers: Justin Gilbert, CB Oklahoma State – Pittsburgh is a tough team to peg because they can go in many different directions like CB, TE, WR, OT or DL. I am going with Gilbert here if he is still on the board. Others are higher on Gilbert than I am but he has great speed and playmaking ability. I think Eric Ebron is another strong possibility for the Steelers.
Previous Pick: CB Justin Gilbert
16. Dallas Cowboys: Calvin Pryor, S Louisville – The Cowboys signed Henry Melton but they still need a lot of help along their defensive front. However, safety has been a major weakness in Dallas' defense for too long and a player with Pryor's skill-set can finally put an end to that. If the Cowboys want to play the Tampa-2 scheme, they need better production out of the safety position. Pryor would be an excellent addition to their defense.
Previous Pick: S Calvin Pryor
17. Baltimore Ravens: Odell Beckham, WR LSU – The Ravens added Steve Smith but I don't believe they are done adding weapons for Joe Flacco. Beckham is a tough receiver that can go inside similar to Anquan Boldin, only with more speed. He has all the skills to be a star NFL receiver.
Previous Pick: WR Odell Beckham
18. New York Jets: Eric Ebron, TE North Carolina – Geno Smith took a lot of criticism in his first season and much of it was deserved. Still, the Jets had the worst group of receivers and tight ends in the NFL. New York added Eric Decker in free agency but the Jets still have to upgrade at tight end. Ebron is the top tight end prospect available and would represent great value if he were still on the board at 18. Just a word of warning: Tight ends always get mocked too high. Ebron could certainly go in the Top 15 but I doubt he gets selected in the Top 10. Teams simply value other positions more than they do tight end.
Previous Pick: TE Eric Ebron
19. Miami Dolphins: C.J. Mosley, LB Alabama – I can see Mosley going as high as No. 9 to Buffalo but with the way my last mock played out, this is where he fell. Miami will obviously be looking offensive tackle first with this pick but I don't see one worth taking over Mosley, and the Dolphins need help at linebacker too. Miami would be getting a steal if Mosley dropped to them here.
Previous Pick: OT Zach Martin
20. Arizona Cardinals: Teddy Bridgewater, QB Louisville – I still don't know if I buy the hype about Bridgewater falling this far but there is a lot of smoke, so I suppose it could happen. If Bridgewater gets to the Cardinals, Arizona will have to strongly consider him with Carson Palmer probably only having one year left as an NFL starter.
Previous Pick: C.J. Mosley
21. Green Bay Packers: Kyle Fuller, CB Virginia Tech – The Packers two biggest needs are safety and tight end. Green Bay could go in one of those directions but Fuller would give the Packers another quality player at a valued position. Fuller is a smart, tough, versatile corner who should be able to help the Packers right away.
Previous Pick: DT Timmy Jernigan
22. Philadelphia Eagles: Brandin Cooks, WR Oregon State – Cooks is the kind of explosive playmaking threat Chip Kelly will love. He can do the same things for the Eagles offense that DeSean Jackson did, while also returning kicks. Plus, Kelly is familiar with Cooks from his time in the Pac 12.
Previous Pick: WR Donte Moncrief
23. Kansas City Chiefs: Marqise Lee, WR USC – The Chiefs need more gamebreakers on offense and Lee would be a bargain this low for Kansas City. Lee is slipping in some circles but you have to look at his college situation. When a guy still puts up good numbers despite playing for the worst coach on the planet, it says a lot. Lee would be a nice fit in Andy Reid's offense.
Previous Pick: WR Marqise Leee
24. Cincinnati Bengals: Ryan Shazier, LB Ohio State – A couple of years ago I really liked Lavonte David coming out of Nebraska and Shazier reminds me a lot of him. He is always around the ball making plays. Whichever team selects Shazier is going to get a future stud and it could be the Bengals. Cincinnati needs more athleticism at linebacker and Shazier would be just what the doctor ordered.
Previous Pick: DE Kony Ealy
25. San Diego Chargers: Louis Nix, DT Notre Dame – Nix is the top pure nose tackle in this draft and he would be a great fit in San Diego's 3-4 defense. Nose tackle aren't easy to find, so getting a dominant run stuffer like Nix at this point would be a great pick for the Chargers.
Previous Pick: DT Louis Nix
26. Cleveland Browns: Donte Moncrief, WR Ole Miss – I actually expect this pick to be traded to a team trying to get back into Round 1 for a quarterback. However, I put Moncrief here because I have a hunch he could be a surprise first-round pick Thursday. I thought Moncrief was one of the top receivers in college football last season but he didn't play with an elite quarterback. I also believe NFL people think much more highly of him than draftniks on the Internet. Whichever round Moncrief goes in, I see him having a bright NFL future. If a team trades up in Round 1, this will be either Derek Carr or Zach Mettenberger.
Previous Pick: WR Brandin Cooks
27. New Orleans Saints: Dee Ford, DE Auburn – Ford dominated last year in the SEC and if he goes to the right team like the Saints, he has a chance to be a stud in the NFL. I will not be surprised if someone like the Steelers grab him higher in the draft but if Ford lasts this long, Rob Ryan will love him.
Previous Pick: DE Dee Ford
28. Carolina Panthers: Kelvin Benjamin, WR Florida State – If a top receiver is on the board at 28, I have to think the Panthers will pull the trigger. Right now, I think I am projected to be Carolina's fourth receiver. The 6'5 Benjamin would give Cam Newton a huge target, especially in the red zone. Benjamin is slipping because of some off-the-field concerns but his physical skills still make him a possibility for the Panthers at 28.
Previous Pick: WR Kelvin Benjamin
29. New England Patriots: Jace Amaro, TE Texas Tech – This is the popular pick for the Patriots and I am going with Amaro as well. Rob Gronkowski is coming back from his second major injury and there is little behind him at tight end. The versatile Amaro would give Tom Brady another dangerous weapon in the passing game.
Previous Pick: TE Jace Amaro
30. San Francisco 49ers: Bradley Roby, CB Ohio State – The 49ers don't have many weaknesses but one area where they could stand to upgrade is at cornerback, especially after losing Carlos Rogers. Roby's off-the-field problems will scare away some teams but Jim Harbaugh could be one of the coaches who take a chance on his talent.
Previous Pick: CB Kyle Fuller
31. Denver Broncos: Timmy Jernigan, DT Florida State – The Broncos could grab an OT here to protect Peyton Manning but with Robert Ayers and Shaun Phillips both gone, defensive line is an area of need as well. Also, I have Jernigan slipping in my final mock and if he lasts this long, the versatile lineman will be one of the top players left on the board.
Previous Pick: DL Ra'Shede Hageman
32. Seattle Seahawks: Kony Ealy, DE Missouri – Ealy is a quick edge rusher who is also strong against the run. By this time in the draft no one knows what will happen but the Seahawks like to take guys who are the best players ranked on their board. If Ealy were still around at 32, he would be one of those players on my board.
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As part of the Harvard Alumni Association's "Classes Without Quizzes" program for Harvard alumni and community friends, Arnold Arboretum Director William (Ned) Friedman presented a two-session class in spring 2012 entitled Getting to Know Darwin. The class read selections from Darwin's prodigious writings and private correspondence to gain insight into the man behind the legend, and reproduced two of the classic Down House experiments that provided the foundation for his grand synthesis of evolutionary pattern and process.
One of the experiments recreated by the class focused on a question that had dogged Darwin during his travels around the world on the HMS Beagle: why are plants found on remote islands similar to those that grow on the mainland? Darwin was not satisfied with the explanation offered by some naturalists of his day, which was that organisms were specially created for their geographic location.
Seeking to challenge this assumption, Darwin started a series of experiments in the 1850s to test whether seeds could survive being soaked in salt water. If they remained viable, it would suggest that plants could be transported by the ocean from the mainland to an island, and there continue to evolve. This would also explain why island species were similar to mainland species, even though the island environments were often quite different from those found on the mainland.
At our first session on May 1, we started our own exploration of Darwin's salt water experiments by sealing seeds in specimen jars filled with salt water. Five weeks later, on June 5, the jars were opened and the seeds were planted. Here are some of the results from this experiment:
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If you didn't begin watching basketball until the 00's, you probably aren't aware of what a game-changer this week's What the Hell Happened To Player was. Randy Brown was picked by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 1991 draft out of New Mexico State. His first four seasons he'd stay with the Kings and average around 16 minutes a night as a backup guard. But in October of 1995, Randy would sign with the Chicago Bulls, changing the notoriety his career would have.
Joining any Michael Jordan-lead team would always be a compelling story. But joining the 95-96 Bulls lead by a hyped up MJ who sought revenge on Nick Anderson, the Orlando Magic and any other competitor who got in his way, was extra-special. Those 96 Bulls won a league-record 72 games and the NBA title and many people consider them one of the best teams of all time. Randy Brown was pretty much the fourth guard on those Bulls teams behind Jordan and Ron Harper, and Steve Kerr. Brown would win two more titles with the Bulls the next two years in 1997 and 1998.
I always find it amusing how certain guys find themselves in the right situation. More people are likely to remember Gabe Pruitt on the Celtics rather than Lester Hudson, strictly because he was on the title-winning team. (Pruitt wasn't nearly better than Brown, just making a "fame" comparison). James Worthy's in the Hall of Fame because he played with Magic and Kareem but Bernard King isn't because he played with Pat Cummings and Louie Orr.
Randy stayed one more year with the Bulls after their second 3-peat concluded, and it was definitely one year too many. With Tim Floyd patrolling the sideline, the Bulls set a record for futility by going from 62 wins to 13-37 in the lockout shortened season. That Bulls team was loaded with ideal guys for WTHHT. Check these names out: Kornel David, Rusty LaRue, Cory Carr, Corey Benjamin, and Mario Bennett were some of their players. Toni Kukoc and Ron Harper were leftovers, along with Dickey Simpkins, Bill Wennington and Brown. That was the team that lost a game 82-49 to the Miami Heat. Defenses had gotten so physical and that Bulls' team was so putrid that they didn't even crack 50 points. No wonder there were big time hand-checking rule adjustments in 2003. Thanks again Pat Riley and Jeff Van Gundy for setting NBA basketball back years.
The Evil Emperor had a good idea in mind bringing him to Boston to tutor the younger players when he signed him in August of 2000. But when the players tune out the coach, it's pretty irrelevant who you bring on board. Brown played in 54 games for the 2000 Celtics, starting 35 of them. He'd average about 23 minutes a night and 4.1 points. Those numbers meant a lot more when he was winning titles with Jordan and Pippen.
I saw Brown play a lot on Chicago. He was a tenacious defender and acted as a sparkplug for the Bulls. He wasn't an all-star by any means but he was a very solid role player who played his role to perfection. Some nights he wouldn't play since all the minutes would go to Ron Harper and Steve Kerr. But when Chicago needed a defensive lockdown guy to really hound the ball, he was the guy to go to. His offensive game was flashy with some impressive dunks but he could also knock down the occasional 17 foot jumper. If Celtic fans associate instant-offense with Eddie House coming off the bench, then the best way to categorize Brown is instant defense. There were countless games where he'd check in and right away there would be a deflection or a steal.
Looking back I totally didn't remember him being on Boston during the 2002 season. He only played one game that year but was included in the Buffoon's wonderful move of shipping Joe Johnson for Rodney Rogers and Tony Delk.
For the past 3 years Randy has served as the Director of Player Development for the Bulls, which means he does things like going around Chicago with Bill Wennington displaying the championship trophies Chicago won. [Hate to end this on a tangent, but has anyone aged faster than Wennington? When he was on the Bulls he was in his 30s and today he is 48. Take a look first at this picture of him while playing. And now this one of him retired. Looks a lot older]. Hopefully this article takes off, and bumps down some of the negative press out there regarding Randy, which is really awful and undeserved.
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If you didn't begin watching basketball until the 00's, you probably aren't aware of what a game-changer this week's What the Hell Happened To Player was. Randy Brown was picked by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 1991 draft out of New Mexico State. His first four seasons he'd stay with the Kings and average around 16 minutes a night as a backup guard. But in October of 1995, Randy would sign with the Chicago Bulls, changing the notoriety his career would have.


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The objectives of this article are quite straightforward. It combines a few quite different aspects of textual data processing, including conversions between different encodings and BSTR usage.
It's All about UNICODE
As you definitely know, Windows CE OS is built as a native UNICODE system, just like Windows NT. Symbian OS does the same. It means that every character occupies exactly two bytes, so it uses UCS-2 encoding. This isn't the only possible case; for example Linux uses UCS-4 (4 bytes for a single character). How does it relate to your application at all? Well, you have at least two cases here.
The second scenario is when you try to compile/port your existing desktop code for Windows Mobile. The very first outcome is that it might cost you a few hours (or even maybe days) to get it working if you weren't lucky enough to embrace all your text in encoding-safe macros, such as _T(), TEXT(), or whatever else you use for this purpose. The same is true for character-based types like LPSTR or char, which have to be replaced by LPTSTR and TCHAR respectively.
Another aspect of the same "type-change" problem is that, in most cases, there are two versions of the same Win32 API function: one for wide character arguments (with "A" suffix) and one for multibyte ones (with "W" at the end). It shouldn't be a big problem, though. A number of fixes here and there—and everything takes off happily. But, what if you handle textual data, such as ASCII? In this case, you have no choice but to either perform the required conversions or continue with the same data processing. The latter might cause you to spend additional time to adjust the code to make it happen. Here is the point to and from UNICODE for different types of text encodings.
ASCII, UTF-8, What's More?
Consider the scenario when your application should somehow process something different than UNICODE text input. This is quite a common case because data may be prepared on a PC and be a plain aand simple UTF-8 (or ASCII) file, or a field in a database was declared as single char type, or you may think out an indefinite number of your own examples. Moreover, if you use files, they may have localized names. As a bottom line, you have to decide how to deal with all this stuff.
Because a binary tree pattern for use-cases seems to be employed in this article, you might consider two possible solutions for conversions: to utilize existing CRT libraries or Win32 APIs. The former may be a natural choice for your application, but the real problem is that CRT functions such as mbstowcs() don't work correctly with all code pages; for example, with some narrow end part of a Katakana table. Hence, if you have to target such languages, Win32 APIs are the only choice left:
WINBASEAPI int WINAPI MultiByteToWideChar( IN UINT CodePage, IN DWORD dwFlags, IN LPCSTR lpMultiByteStr, IN int cbMultiByte, OUT LPWSTR lpWideCharStr, IN int cchWideChar); WINBASEAPI int WINAPI WideCharToMultiByte( IN UINT CodePage, IN DWORD dwFlags, IN LPCWSTR lpWideCharStr, IN int cchWideChar, OUT LPSTR lpMultiByteStr, IN int cbMultiByte, IN LPCSTR lpDefaultChar, OUT LPBOOL lpUsedDefaultChar);
You will focus on the first two parameters of the functions above. CodePage defines the desired codepage you're going to convert to or from. For most cases, you may choose CP_UTF8. As the documentation says, both functions work faster if dwFlags are not set. Unless you have to work with more complex characters, such as "h", that's all you need for back and forth text conversions. One more useful feature of those functions is that they return the buffer size required for conversion if specified. So, a typical call may look like this:
// First, get required buffer length DWORD dwSize = ::MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,0,pMultibyteBuffer, -1, NULL, 0); // Allocate it TCHAR pWideBuffer = new TCHAR[dwSize]; // Second, make the conversion ::MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,0,pMultibyteBuffer, -1, pWideBuffer, dwSize);
The second parameter, dwFlags, controls how those functions work with composite characters (like "h", which consists of "e" as the base character and a "grave accent" character as a nonspacing character) and invalid characters. You can play with the dwFlags value on your own.
Verifying Text Input
Now, consider the following situation: You have some multibyte text input, which should be treated as UTF8, but you need to check it to reject other encodings. This is not so uncommon; you may have a file with some national encoding like Japanese (Shift-JIS). Here comes a natural requirement: to verify an input prior to passing it to conversion functions. According to the UTF-8 table, it can be done similarlu to the following code snippet:
BOOL IsCorrectUTF8Buffer(LPSTR pMultiByteBuf, DWORD dwNumBytes) { for (DWORD i = 1; i < dwNumBytes; i++) { // 1. check if the uppermost bit in current byte is set if ( (pMultiByteBuf[i] & 0xC0) == 0x80 ) { // 2. if previous byte has it reset if ( (pMultiByteBuf[i-1] & 0x80) == 0x00 ) { return FALSE; } } else { // 3. another case: // lead-byte of a 2 byte sequence, but code point <= 0x7F if ( (pMultiByteBuf[i-1] & 0xC0) == 0xC0 ) { return FALSE; } } } return TRUE; }
The function above simply scans the input text buffer until it finds the incorrect UTF-8 character. Such an approach may help you detect an input error at the early stages and respond appropriately.
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