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A flying Jake DeBrusk is exactly what the Bruins needed
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Jake DeBrusk is the third-best winger on the Boston Bruins.
Take David Pastrnak, who missed his third straight playoff game Monday with the "unfit to participate" designation, out of the equation and DeBrusk is their second-best winger. If last year taught us anything, it's that the Bruins aren't accomplishing a thing without these players being exactly that when the moment calls for it.
A 50-50 play in the third period of Game 4, and with the Bruins in desperate need of an ice-tilting strike on James Reimer to climb their way out of a two-goal deficit, gave DeBrusk that opportunity. And No. 74 grabbed it with a throwback to 2018 feel. (Related: We are all a billion years old when we consider 2018 a throwback.)
Jake DeBrusk gets Boston on the board. Sheesh. 2-1 game. pic.twitter.com/NpMPmz3loo
"I kind of got lucky on the first one, I'd like to say," DeBrusk offered.
Yeah, maybe. Definitely, actually. There's no reason for Reimer, a former Maple Leaf, to come flying out of his net and tempt fate like this. Even Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour, who seemed straight-up miserable after his team's third-period gag, didn't seem to understand why he did that. But these are the kind of plays that make DeBrusk such a dynamic threat for the Bruins, and one of the biggest keys in the Black and Gold's quest for Stanley Cup redemption.
"He kind of thrives when he gets a goal, gets a bounce," Brad Marchand noted. "He feeds off of that and gets a ton of confidence. That's when he's at his best. We just knew he needed one and he's been all around it. He's been playing really well. Has had a lot of really good, prime opportunities that he normally puts in. He came up big when we need it. He did a great job.
"He really stepped up in a big way. I love the fire even – he starts battling a lot harder and competing harder and he was more engaged in the game. A great game by him tonight. We needed him to step up and he did and came through when it mattered."
This is something that Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy has talked about in the past: DeBrusk's ability to play his game at a high-level, and in so many different ways, when a bounce goes his way. You notice an uptick in his battle along the boards, one-on-one movements, and an extra level of his creativity in his offensive attack. That creativity helped get Boston on the board with what turned out to be the game-winner, too, with a beauty of a fake from in-tight to fool Reimer for the B's fourth goal.
DeBrusk also finished the night with a team-leading six individual scoring chances at five-on-five, which was twice as many as the next closest Bruin (Marchand), at three.
"Hi, I'm Date Jake. Nice to meet me." pic.twitter.com/C6FrqHhaKB
"He's a guy that measures himself, probably too much, just with his goal scoring," Cassidy said of DeBrusk's game. "He can bring other things and hound pucks and make plays and be a net-front presence on the power play, we've changed that up a little bit, but there's other ways you can contribute, especially in the playoffs. But we need some goals, let's face it, we're having a tough time, missed some open nets early on and five on five scoring had been a few games.
"So good for him, happy for him. Sometimes he gets streaky, so hopefully this sets him off."
Here are some other thoughts and notes from a 4-3 final over the Hurricanes...
Charlie Coyle gets bumped up to Bergeron Line
The Bruins generated two high-percentage net-front chances in the first period with Anders Bjork riding with Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand in place of the absent David Pastrnak. Bjork failed to land a shot on net in both instances.
That, with the Bruins at that point starved for five-on-five production, wasn't going to cut it. Especially when considering Bjork's previous outing, which included three penalties in just over seven minutes of time on ice.
The moment simply seemed a little too big for Bjork, especially against one of the top d-pairings in the NHL during the regular season, and prompted Cassidy to move Charlie Coyle to the right side of his "perfect" duo.
"We needed offense and he's a more proven scorer than Anders," Cassidy said of the in-game switch. "Anders is playing hard, pursuing pucks, that's a big ask of him going against top line, against [Jakob] Slavin and [Dougie] Hamilton, too, so we just felt that we're having trouble scoring. We feel we're defending really hard, not giving up much, but we do need some offense to give us a boost so that's why we put Charlie there."
In search of offense, the Bruins fed that Marchand-Bergeron-Coyle a ton of offensive-zone looks, which resulted in an 8-2 shot advantage for the B's with these guys on the ice at five-on-five, and team-best 68.42 percent attempt percentage.
With Coyle moved up to the first line, the Bruins moved Sean Kuraly to the middle of a third line that featured Jack Studnicka and Bjork on the wings.
The Connor Clifton Restart
If a five-month break helped one player, it's Connor Clifton.
2019-20 felt like a somewhat lost regular season for the 25-year-old cowboy of the B's backend. It never felt like Clifton was able to capture the perfect three-zone unpredictability that made him such a weapon for the Bruins last year, and an injury that shelved him for nearly three months didn't help. But since things moved to Toronto, Clifton has been on fire.
On the board with a goal and assist in Monday's victory, Clifton's Toronto run now includes two points, a plus-2 rating, and 13 hits in 43:35 of play. (Break those hits down per his ice-time and Clifton is averaging 17.89 hits per 60 minutes, which is the second-most among all playoff defensemen with at least three games played.)
This is absolutely the best he's played this season. And with such a limited career sample, perhaps ever at the NHL level.
"Honestly, I've been ready," Clifton said. "I've been preparing physically and mentally for the past five months. It was just about getting an opportunity. I tried to just compete and play hard and was fortunate to get a goal tonight."
The Charlie McAvoy Tracker
In case you're wondering, Charlie McAvoy is now up to a staggering 106:33 of total ice-time since the 16-team 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs started. That's the 10th-most among all NHL players, and it's worth mentioning that six of the nine players ahead of them are on either the Blue Jackets and Lightning, y'know, the team that played a five-overtime game to begin the postseason. (The Blues' Alex Pietrangelo, Carolina's Jaccob Slavin, and the Stars' Miro Heiskanen are the three non-Tampa and Columbus in the top 10.)
He's been worth every second and more, too, and set the tone for the Black and Gold's comeback with his absolutely massive hit on Jordan Staal, with Connor Clifton on the team's very next shot.
"He's got a lot of meat over there," DeBrusk said of McAvoy's hit. "I didn't actually see the hit live, but the reaction of the bench. Anytime – it's so weird without fans, to be honest with you. Anytime there's a big play or a good scoring chance, the only way you know is by the bench reaction. It was a big hit and it was a good moment for us. That's when we're coming hard."
"All I'm thinking is to try and separate a man from the puck and try get us possession back as quick as possible so we can play offense and try and tie the game up," McAvoy said of the boom. "That was really my only thought process. The game moves so fast and I just wanted to deliver a clean check and just do my job."
And this has been about as strong a start as you could've hoped for from Boston's future on the backend.
How should Bruins approach Game 5?
With a 3-1 series lead, I'm fascinated to see how the Bruins approach Game 5.
It seems likely that Jaroslav Halak will get the net, even after struggling with a 16-of-19 night in the B's crease. Cassidy already talked about Halak getting some extra work to fully prepare for Game 5. But should Halak falter in Game 5, the Bruins will have a quick turnaround Game 6 the very next day. That'd give Halak two starts in as many days, something he's done just once in the last 21 months. And while I say this knowing there's almost no chance of this happening (it has to be below five percent), if there was ever a time to test Daniel Vladar out, it would be Game 5. But Vladar, of course, has never appeared in an NHL game. That hurts his cause for an appearance.
The B's message: take care of Game 5 and you won't have to worry about Game 6.
Up front, does a 3-1 lead change the plans with David Pastrnak? By now, it's obvious that Pastrnak is working through an injury of some sort. Is he good to go by Wednesday? Maybe. He was on the ice on Sunday and was considered a 50-50 chance for Game 4. That did not happen. But maybe a two-game lead in the series allows the B's to take their time with No. 88.
Charlie Coyle,
Connor Clifton,
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Singlish debate redux: Dr Gwee Li Sui is the new Phua Chu Kang sia
Dear Dr Gwee Li Sui,
Congratulations on your article about Singlish in The New York Times on May 13.
Congratulations, too, on the Prime Minister's press secretary, Ms Chang Li Lin, responding to your article on Monday.
In her letter to the editor, she said you were making "light of the Government's efforts to promote the mastery of standard English by Singaporeans".
Wow, a letter from the PM's press secretary. I'm jealous. For my column, all I get is hate mail from Adam Lambert fans.
As one of my editors used to say: "I don't care if people hate you as long as they read you."
Sure, but I bet he has never been called an "ignorant asshat" by an angry reader.
At least you, Dr Gwee, are being read by a higher class of people — not that Glamberts aren't high-class people. (I'm terrified of them.)
The last time a Singaporean made such an impact at The New York Times was in 2014, when cartoonist Heng Kim Song was accused of being racist for depicting the country of India as a turbaned mustachioed man with a cow.
Way to keep the Singapore flag flying high at the Old Grey Lady!
But the reason I'm writing to you is that I am worried about you, doc.
Reacting to Ms Chang's letter, you wrote at various times on Facebook:
"Alamak."
"Kena marked liao lor."
"Uncle kena buak gooyoo :("
"Sigh. Why must so mee siam mai hum?"
I don't know exactly what you meant by these comments since I'm no Singlish expert like you are, but these posts, especially the sad face emoticon plus an illustration of a man being flagellated, suggest that you may be feeling a little distressed.
I'm here to reassure you that everything will be okay.
You see, I've been there. I'm a survivor of the Great Singlish War of 1999.
As you wrote in your NYT article, that was the year "the country's late great statesman Lee Kuan Yew declared Singlish 'a handicap we must not wish on Singaporeans.'"
Back then, I was the executive producer (and a scriptwriter) of Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd.
The popularity of the Singlish-infused sitcom 17 years ago engendered a debate over language much like the one that's raging today but even more intense.
And we didn't even have the Oxford English Dick to back us up then.
Be thankful that all you got (so far) was a letter to the editor from the PM's press secretary.
What we got was an epic lecture from then PM Goh Chok Tong during his National Day Rally speech about how PCK was leading the youth of Singapore astray.
"One of the problems MOE (Ministry of Education) has getting students to speak standard English is that the students often hear Singlish being spoken around them, including on TV.
"So they learn wrong ways of speaking.
"Teachers complain that their students are picking up catchphrases like 'Don't pray, pray' and using them even in the classroom.
"The students may think that it is acceptable and even fashionable to speak like Phua Chu Kang...
"So in trying to imitate life, Phua Chu Kang has made the teaching of proper English more difficult."
And that's just an excerpt.
I thought the show would be cancelled and banned by the Government.
Worse still, someone warned me that there could be a knock on my door late one night and I would never be heard from again.
Paranoid much?
As Gurmit Singh, who played Phua Chu Kang (and still does for hire), recently recalled:
"PCK was brilliant and won all sorts of awards…
"Then one parent wrote, saying something like 'I don't appreciate this, my child is talking like PCK, something has to be done.'
"Boom, that was it. I thought I had to pack my bags and migrate."
But the TV series lasted another eight years by sending PCK for English lessons, making it Singapore's longest running sitcom. And Gurmit didn't have to flee the country.
Looking back, I realise Mr Goh's speech was, in a way, a blessing in disguise.
For years after that, any discussion about the Government's policy on Singlish had to namecheck Phua Chu Kang.
This helped PCK transcend from being a mere sitcom character to a national icon — which in turn helped Gurmit pay for a Lamborghini.
You don't see Tan Ah Teck from Under One Roof in Madame Tussauds, do you?
Phua Chu Kang and his yellow boots probably wouldn't be in the wax museum if not for the Singlish controversy.
And now it's your turn.
Because of Ms Chang's letter, any discussion about the Government's policy on Singlish will henceforth have to namecheck Dr Gwee Li Sui.
You have essentially become the new Phua Chu Kang, thanks to the Great Singlish Skirmish of 2016.
And you don't even need a wig or a fake mole.
I can't guarantee you'll get into Madame Tussauds, though.
Well, at least not without buying a ticket.
And if you get extremely lucky with your Toto QuickPick buy, you could have a Lambo too.
Do pray, pray.
- Published in The New Paper, 29 May 2016
A photo posted by Gurmit (@gurmitgurmit) on Feb 2, 2013 at 6:09pm PST
Tags: language, PCK, The New Paper
#tbt Were you invited to join the Inconvenient Questions debate too?
When I first read this news, the name Inconvenient Questions sounded familiar.
So went through my old e-mails and found this from a year ago:
So I was invited (along with my "society and its members") to join a debate that Inconvenient Questions was organising.
My first reaction was, what the hell is Inconvenient Questions? I had never heard of it before.
My second reaction was, Inconvenient Questions is such a terribly awkward and self-important name.
My third reaction was, they must be pretty desperate to be cold-emailing someone like me with this copied and pasted invitation, which was also copied and pasted in the comment section of at least two websites:
blogging4myself.blogspot.sg/2015/05/mda-unplugged-trs-before-we-could.html
stuffaboutsingapore.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/why-we-shouldnt-simply-ban-lies-and-xenophobia/
Even worse, on the latter website, Luke Phang embarrassingly forgot to delete my name after copying and pasting the invitation.
Anyway, I didn't respond to the e-mail.
The debate went on without my attendance and here are the videos to prove it:
I haven't heard or read much if anything about Inconvenient Questions since then.
That is, until the news about its shutting down.
Ironically, by announcing that it will cease operations next month, founder Viswa Sadasivan is probably generating more interest in Inconvenient Questions than its actual content ever did.
I mean, even I'm writing about it in this blog post.
Still, you got to hand it to these Old Media types like Viswa and Six-Six News' Kannan Chandran, who are at least trying to adapt to New Media, albeit probably not as successfully as they hoped.
Like me.
Tags: geek
Daydreaming? How a drive to get people to drive less is backfiring on LTA
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) just can't seem to catch a break.
Last month, The Straits Times published this headline: "Rise in major breakdowns but MRT gets more reliable."
Minds were blown.
It was like saying there were a rise in bedbug bites at the Esplanade, but there were no bedbugs at the Esplanade.
When I first read the headline, I thought I had been zapped to an alternate universe where words have similar but slightly different meaning.
As someone pointed out online, the headline is an "oxymoron to anybody who can understand simple English".
And "oxymoron" doesn't mean an imbecile with too much pimple cream on his face.
Taken literally, the headline could just mean we can now rely on MRT more than ever to provide us with major breakdowns.
But that would be a rather odd, though self-aware, thing for LTA to announce.
So what was LTA really trying to say?
According to a PDF titled "Performance of Rail Service Reliability" on its website , what LTA wants you to know is that, yes, the number of service delays lasting more than 30 minutes for the overall MRT network has increased from nine in 2011 to 14 last year.
That's the "rise in major breakdowns" part of the headline.
But the mean distance travelled between delays lasting more than five minutes has increased from 58,000km in 2011 to 133,000km last year.
I guess that's the "more reliable" part that LTA wanted to brag about.
A month later, as if to show LTA up, lightning struck somewhere between Yio Chu Kang and Khatib MRT stations causing a delay on the North-South Line. The affected train was reportedly pushed by another train to a station.
Someone commented online: "Now even the Lightning God is telling SMRT to wake up their idea."
Another blamed the Government, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) and the Singaporeans who voted for it:
"You vote PAP means you vote lightning party. See logo for reference. You voted for the lightning to strike the train. Blame the Government. Blame PAP."
If the train were struck by a giant hammer, then could we blame the Workers' Party?
But even before the MRT was struck by the PAP logo, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan had said that in terms of rail reliability, we are "way below" the much-acclaimed Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR).
Yah, but has the MTR ever been struck by lightning?
Oh, it has? In 2014? And we're still losing to them? How can?
"We want to catch up with Hong Kong, and we will," said Mr Khaw. Yah, as long as we don't get hit by any more lightning.
As if the task isn't hard enough, LTA is promoting a "car-lite" society and wants more commuters to switch to our already overburdened public transport system.
"Hmmm, the MRT is breaking down more often than before. What should we do? Get more people to take the MRT!"
And even that LTA can't seem to do right.
As part of its Walk Cycle Ride campaign, LTA has put up a series of banners with illustrations of a woman not driving a car with taglines such as "The only rubber I'm burning is on my shoes".
One banner showing a woman riding a bicycle with the tagline "Freedom to come and go" has been likened to a sanitary pad ad.
Another showing a woman on a bus with the tagline "Someone else is driving, I can daydream" has been criticised by no less a personage than poet and playwright Alfian Sa'at, who co-wrote Hotel, which won Best Original Script and Production of the Year at the M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards last month.
He posted on Facebook last week:
"LTA, why you Fail. So. Hard. Intended meaning: 'Because someone else is driving, it frees me up to do other things'. Frustrated-by-cost-of-living Singaporeans will read: 'Some other rich folks are driving their cars, I can only daydream of owning one'."
The woman is probably daydreaming about placing a $1 Toto QuickPick bet and winning $8 million so that she can afford a car — like all of us.
And this is how LTA's innocent attempt to encourage more people to use public transport turns into class warfare.
The sanitary pad ad doesn't look so bad now, does it?
LTA needn't have bothered.
On Thursday, Traffic Police announced new speed laser cameras to catch speeding drivers from even farther distances in 44 locations around Singapore day and night.
That should scare off more people from driving than any sanitary pad ad.
Tags: newspapers, The New Paper, transport
New Singapore words in Oxford English Dictionary: Get to the (Chinese) chopper!
Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird! It's a Chinese helicopter!
It's 19 super new Singapore English words in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Shiok!
Actually, it's only 17 words because "lepak" and "sabo" were each counted twice as a verb and a noun.
Wait. "Sabo" can be used as a noun? Really? I think Oxford kena sabo.
Also, the inclusion of "lepaking" and "sabo king" seems rather random as "blur" is also added but not "blur king". Why so sotong?
By the way, "sotong" is another new entry but is counted only as a noun. Shouldn't it be counted as an adjective as well? Don't be such a sotong king, Oxford.
And how is "HDB" a word? It's just an abbreviation for Housing and Development Board.
Might as well include MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), CPF (Central Provident Fund) and CMI (cannot make it).
And if names of local food and beverage like "char siu", "chilli crab" and "teh tarik" can qualify to be in the dictionary, where does it end?
Is it only a matter of time before "bo bo cha cha", "McDonald's curry sauce" and Workers' Party chairman Sylvia Lim's favourite, "orh luak", all become Oxford-approved words?
A photo posted by Sylvia Lim (@sylvialim65) on Aug 12, 2015 at 4:12am PDT
By the way, remember how a few years ago, the Malaysian tourism minister claimed that chilli crab is a Malaysian dish, sparking a debate over its true origin?
In one fell swoop, Oxford pretty much settles it by defining "chilli crab" as "a dish originating in Singapore but also popular in Malaysia".
Ha! Take that, Malaysia.
Unfortunately, there's no word yet from Oxford on the origin of Hainanese chicken rice, which the Malaysian minister also claimed to be Malaysian, so that's still up in the air.
As a Hainanese man, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the origin of Hainanese chicken rice is… Hainanese?
Food origins aside, probably the most controversial addition to the dictionary is "Chinese helicopter", which has nothing to do with China or aviation.
Oxford defines it as "a Singaporean whose schooling was conducted in Mandarin Chinese and who has limited knowledge of English".
According to the 1985 book, Army Daze, by Michael Chiang: "The story goes that a Chinese-educated recruit, when asked what school he came from, answered 'Chinese helucated', which went down in the army annals as Chinese helicopter."
Yet it seems that many Singaporeans have never heard of the term. One person in an online forum accused Oxford of making it up: "Oxford invent new Singlish slang for us?"
A headline on the AsiaOne website asks: "What's a 'Chinese helicopter'? Latest Singlish entry in Oxford Dictionary has us scratching our heads."
A BBC headline says: "'Chinese helicopter': Singlish OED entry baffles Singaporeans."
I am baffled that Singaporeans are baffled by "Chinese helicopter".
Have never heard of "Chinese helicopter" before! https://t.co/TJCjjMghWB
— Sui-Lee Wee 黄瑞黎 (@suilee) May 13, 2016
Maybe they didn't do national service.
Even Chinese helicopters know what "Chinese helicopter" means.
In 2005, film-maker and performer Jack Neo starred in a one-man stage show called The Last Chinese Helicopter.
He said at the time: "I look at things from the perspective of a Chinese helicopter. But some things are always the same, no matter how you look at it. If you get a traffic summons, it's still the same experience, no matter what you're educated in."
In a 2004 interview with The Straits Times, Neo's frequent collaborator, Mark Lee, was asked: "Are you really a Chinese helicopter? You were a student at Jurong Secondary School which is an English-medium school, no? So how come your English is so like that?"
Lee replied: "My first language is Hokkien and I was the last batch of Chinese-educated students in the school. So really, I am really Chinese helicopter."
Wait, does this mean that Lee, 47, is among the last generation of Singaporeans to be schooled in the Chinese medium?
So no new Chinese helicopters have been produced since then?
No wonder many (younger?) Singaporeans have never heard the term.
Chinese helicopters are a dying breed, soon to go the way of the dodo and libidinous ex-MP David Ong's political career.
So it's timely that the "Chinese helicopter" has now been memorialised in the Oxford English Dictionary.
At least we'll still have Ah Bengs. They will never die out.
I can't wait for "Ah Beng" to get into Oxford.
And maybe "Ah Lian" too.
Then we can all say in unison another new word in the dictionary: "Wah."
UPDATE: Petition to remove derogatory Singlish term from OED
UPDATE UPDATE: 'Ah Beng' was added to OED in September 2016
Tags: language, The New Paper
#Cheebyelection over: Can don't 'Chee bye' & stop abusing his name or not?
Hahaha , ok , its a #CheeByElection or Erection .. https://t.co/1MX7inVAeF
— alibaba (@toukou) March 20, 2016
PAP candidate can be Lau, phua or chow. For the #Cheebyelection
— yokey (@yokey017) March 21, 2016
Which is more kinky.. #cheebyelection #drcheebyelection or #byerection
— Taz (@levraitaz) April 20, 2016
Tags: elections, language
How many 'rare' glimpses of North Korea before they're not so 'rare' any more?
I just came back from there and I took lots of selfies. And some videos too.
And with the number of foreign journalists in Pyongyang now for the "rare" ruling party congress, there are even more "glimpses" than usual.
So it's about time news outlets stop calling all these North Korea images "rare".
MORE 'RARE' GLIMPSES:
I went to North Korea & asked for the Kim Jong Un haircut (and lived)
I went to North Korea & ran 10k in the Pyongyang marathon
I took the MRT train in North Korea & it didn't break down
I went to North Korea & took lots of selfies
Tags: abroad, DPRK, newspapers
Why Seth Rogen thinks we hate him
Did you read the big news on Wednesday?
No, not the by-election thing.
No, not the eight Bangladeshis detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Though Seth Rogen has a beard too and probably should be held under ISA if he ever returns to Singapore.
I'm talking about The Straits Times report that Rogen believes Singaporeans hate him.
In an interview with the paper to promote his movie Bad Neighbours 2 (now showing in cinemas), the Canadian actor said: "Singapore? They hate me there."
But why does Rogen think Singaporeans hate him?
All The Straits Times said was: "He is referring to the backlash following his comments about a trip to the island while promoting his superhero flick Green Hornet in 2011.
"He made fun of the country's laws on drug smuggling, chewing gum and caning, and some Singaporeans took exception to his remarks."
What were these remarks, pray tell?
The Straits Times didn't say. Many of you probably don't remember. It was five years ago.
So as a public service for my fellow Singaporeans (and for the benefit of Rogen's blur Bad Neighbours co-star Zac Efron), let me recap specifically what Rogen said so that you can hate him as he is already convinced you do.
The offending remarks were made on the Conan O'Brien talk show on March 10, 2011.
Rogen was there to promote the movie Paul, where he plays a weed-smoking alien. So he pretty much plays himself.
But the interview started with them talking about the Green Hornet movie, which was released two months earlier.
O'Brien kicked things off by pointing out how stars like Rogen have to promote their movies internationally.
Rogen said: "But you get to go to places that you would never ever go. They sent us to Singapore to sell the movie."
O'Brien said: "I've never been to Singapore."
Rogen said: "Most people haven't because Singapore's kind of claim to fame is that in the 80s, that dude did graffiti and got caned a bunch of times by the Government."
Actually, it was in 1994 when Michael Fay was sentenced to four months in jail and six strokes of the cane (later reduced to four strokes) for not just vandalism, but stealing road signs as well.
Should we hate Rogen just for getting the year wrong?
Anyway, Rogen continued: "They whacked him with a cane which seemed barbaric and so I was afraid to go there because I'm a graffiti enthusiast."
He then went from caning to cannabis.
"You land and they put a thing in your passport literally that says, 'Death to drug smugglers', which is kind of my second career. So it was very frightening to be there."
But that's not even the most frightening thing.
"Gum is illegal. No gum at all in Singapore. You literally can't chew gum. There's a weird story to it. Someone once stuck gum to a subway door and it messed up the subway system. So they made gum illegal. And mouths. No mouths allowed. Chewing of any sort has been outlawed."
Okay, a few factual errors there. You literally can chew gum in Singapore. Mouths are allowed. Chewing has not been outlawed.
Ironically, the "weird story" about the subway is true, though. Yes, there was a time when train service was delayed due not to track fault but gum fault. Those were the days.
O'Brien then asked Rogen if he talked to the people there, meaning us.
Rogen said: "I did. No one who lives there has ever voted."
Perhaps he was referring to Singaporeans who live in constituencies where the MP didn't resign because of a "personal indiscretion". No, wait...
Rogen continued: "It's kind of like a benevolent dictatorship, I guess you can call it. You ask them, 'How things are going on here?' And everyone has the same answer. They go, 'So far so good.'"
Then he went on to talk about what he did in Beijing.
Do you hate him already?
The way Rogen was badmouthing Singapore abroad, he might as well be running for election in Bukit Batok unsuccessfully.
But Rogen is convinced that Singaporeans hate him probably because of online comments like this:
"Next time he comes to Singapore , he sure will be bashed or even surrounded and beaten up ! No one will say ' I LOVE YOU SETH !!' My god . 'GET THE HELL OUT OF SINGAPORE !' That what they will say . Singapore is a country , my country !!! WTH ."
Wow, looks like if Rogen ever comes back, he might be better off being detained under ISA.
Still, it could've been worse for Rogen, who later in 2014 made The Interview, a movie where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's head is blown up in painstaking CGI detail.
If you think Singaporeans can't take a joke...
- Published in The New Paper, 8 May 2016
FROM READER MANORAJ RAJATHURAI
Who are these people? Seth Rogen, Conan O'Brien? Do they even know where we are, let alone what we are?
They do not know us, yet they seem to believe the worst of us.
It reminds me of when a major energy company in the US sent me a letter once, and at the end of the address was "Singapore, People's Republic of China". Seriously?
I do believe the US still has a long way to go in understanding other countries.
Does Rogen know that because of our strict laws, which are in fact enforced, the streets are actually safe to walk, even for women at 2am or 4am?
Not a drug peddler in sight, let alone someone trying to rob you of your Rolex.
This is what separates Singapore from the rest of the world.
When someone does try to flout the law and flaunt his right to do what he wants, like steal road signs or car number plates, the full force of the law will be brought to bear.
But of course, fairly, with the accused's day in court, where he can defend himself against the charges brought against him.
And I still remember actress Jessica Chastain not being able to pronounce the word "durian" right.
She actually enjoys the fruit, or at least that is what she told the Singapore press.
But once back home, and on the Jimmy Kimmel talk show, she berated it, agreeing with her host's disgust for the fruit.
I am not sure how much good that did in promoting Asia's king of fruits in the West, when the poor fruit did not even get a chance to explain itself.
I believe it is important to understand and show respect at all times.
That is the only way one can establish a rapport with the world, and this does not apply only to politicians, but even more so to high-profile entertainers.
Their fame and fortune demands that they be responsible and get their facts right.
EARLIER in 2011: Why Seth Rogen should be Singapore's tourism spokesman
Tags: movies, The New Paper
Performance Series: Punggol Waterway-Coney Island: 1 down, 4 to go
This would be my first race since I returned from North Korea.
Running the 10k in the Pyongyang marathon was such a singular experience that any race that comes after seems pointless.
I had signed up for the five-race Performance Series because the multi-race concept sounded cool. I also like the idea of running somewhere besides the usual Marina Bay area.
The first race, held yesterday on May Day, was at Punggol Waterway Park and Coney Island, both of which I had never been before.
The starting line was opposite the interesting-looking Safra Punggol building.
Flag-off for the 10km first wave was at 7.30am, which was a little late, especially for the hotter-than-usual weather we're having lately.
I was in the second wave, which was flagged off more than 20 minutes later.
My wife, who was running the 5km race, said her 8am flag-off was delayed more than 15 minutes because of the VIP, Dr Janil Puthucheary, the MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.
She wasn't happy about that. She blogged about it here.
The route was a bit narrow in the beginning, but fortunately, there wasn't much bottleneck.
Approaching the bridge to Coney Island:
Crossing the bridge:
The West Entrance to the island:
On the island, it was just 2km plus of straight sandy trail and rather boring. I didn't see any cow.
Crossing the bridge off the island:
Another, slightly more interesting, trail:
Another bridge:
The Safra building! Which means the end is near.
According to my numerous running apps, I had run more than 10km. So the route was longer than advertised.
After the finish line, there was a major bottleneck at the stairs.
I just ran 10km in the heat and now I have to queue for the stairs in the heat? This sucked.
Getting my finisher medal, T-shirt and bottle of Lucozade:
Another thing that sucked was that I couldn't find any water at the event site. There was a sign that said WATER POINT, but nothing was set up at the tent.
And there was a long queue at the Lucozade tent.
So all I had to drink after the race was just one bottle of Lucozade, which left an unpleasant aftertaste.
I hope the next race in the series, at Jurong Lake (my old neck of the woods), will be better, especially the post-race experience.
I never thought I (or anyone) would say this, but I miss North Korea.
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Tiruppur district
Kangeyam taluka
Aratholuvu
Aratholuvu Population, Caste, Working Data Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu - Census 2011
Aratholuvu is a village situated in Kangeyam taluka of Tiruppur district in Tamil Nadu. As per the Population Census 2011, there are a total of 382 families residing in the village Aratholuvu. The total population of Aratholuvu is 1,063 out of which 508 are males and 555 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Aratholuvu is 1,093.
The population of Children aged 0-6 years in Aratholuvu village is 70 which is 7% of the total population. There are 26 male children and 44 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Aratholuvu is 1,692 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (1,093) of Aratholuvu village.
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Aratholuvu is 54.4%. Thus Aratholuvu village has a lower literacy rate compared to 71% of Tiruppur district. The male literacy rate is 62.86% and the female literacy rate is 46.38% in Aratholuvu village.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Aratholuvu village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.
Aratholuvu Data as per Census 2011
As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Aratholuvu village.
Children 70 26 44
Scheduled Caste 287 128 159
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 523 205 318
Caste Data as per Census 2011
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Aratholuvu village.
Working Population as per Census 2011
In Aratholuvu village out of total population, 634 were engaged in work activities. 82.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 634 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 215 were Agricultural labourers.
Main Workers 522 330 192
Cultivators 97 78 19
Agriculture Labourer 215 110 105
Household Industries 7 5 2
Other Workers 203 137 66
Marginal Workers 112 43 69
Non Working 429 135 294
Map of Aratholuvu, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu
Nearby Villages to Aratholuvu, Kangeyam
Below are the list of villages near Aratholuvu village in Kangeyam.
Kambiliampatti 1,979
Mudalipalayam 2,141
Lakkumanaickenpatti 4,177
Uthiyur 3,160
Senapathipalayam 8,264
Kurukkapalayam 1,216
Uthamapalayam 4,165
Nelali 7,181
Patchapalayam 4,944
Veeracholapuram 1,568
Aratholuvu, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia


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Generation Cult
A podcast about people who grew up in cults
A show about Scientology airs Friday
Posted on July 15, 2018 by gencult
You may recognize Generation Cult's next guest, Christi, who recently appeared on an episode of the A&E television show "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath."
On Friday, July 20, she will join us on Generation Cult's Episode 3: "Thetans Anonymous" to discuss her story in more detail, including the Church of Scientology's reaction to her TV appearance.
Starting around the age of 4, Christi and her sister were either left alone or with neighbors as her mother tried to work her way up through the levels of Scientology. Without proper adult supervision, the young girls were subjected to problems ranging from cooking fires to sexual abuse from strangers.
"(In Scientology), they teach that children are basically adults in small bodies … so we've already done this," Christi said. "We've been reincarnated, we've lived these lives before, all we have to do is regain our abilities. …The expectation is that you are going to remember what you are supposed to do, you are going to remember how to protect yourself, you are going to remember how to be an adult."
Photos courtesy of Christi Gordon
At the ages of 9 and 10, Christi and her sister signed billion-year contracts to join the Cadet Org, a now-defunct program for children training to dedicate their lives to Scientology. They were separated from their mother and put to work cleaning and preparing food. Around ages 12 and 13, they voiced their desires to leave and were punished by harder labor and unpleasant sleeping quarters. Eventually, they were assigned to the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF), which Christi described as a prison program. Christi's sister eventually ran away but Christi remained in the RPF until she was kicked out.
"I had nobody to go to," she said. "So, I'm in Clearwater (Florida) on the streets at age 16. I slept in the park."
What happened to Christi while she was out on her own as a teenager? Where did she end up? How did she survive? Here's a hint: An anonymous person ("Essie") we interview at the beginning of this episode lent her a hand.
Find out both of their stories when the podcast Generation Cult returns on Friday to iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud and Google Play.
Episode 2 is out now!
Ep. 3: Thetans Anonymous


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What's really needed are paths to good jobs
September 30, 2020 by Aly Tamboura
To stop the revolving door between poverty and incarceration, the more than 70 million Americans who are justice-involved need access to employment that allows self-perpetuating sustainability.
When people come home from prison or jail, they face immense challenges, not the least of which is stigma, and the burden that a criminal record places on people's ability to find safe, secure housing and gainful employment.
While millions of philanthropic dollars pour each year into reentry and job training programs — which are necessary for people in the short-term — we need to do more to address the long-term impacts of incarceration on the perpetual cycle of poverty.
This includes investing in skill-building that begins inside of prison.
Take my friend Kenny B for example. Kenny has been home and working for six years and still cannot afford healthcare or his own apartment because he works at a low-skilled job.
Despite his efforts to care for himself and his loved ones, Kenny remains reliant on government social services and charities — some of which are funded by philanthropic dollars.
As a newcomer to philanthropy and a former entrepreneur, it hasn't taken long for me to conclude that attention to policy reform, however necessary, has been insufficient if we are truly to dismantle the systems that create and perpetuate the twin cycles of poverty and mass incarceration.
We have, for example, witnessed how campaigns like "Ban the Box" can serve to distract us from the structural underpinnings of inequality in the workplace for Black and Hispanic men.
Instead, we should be creating paths to employment and entrepreneurship which create self-sufficiency in fulfilling their needs indefinitely while building social and economic equity.
Expanding support for programs like The Last Mile, which teaches computer coding to incarcerated people, and the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, which offers leadership training and a six-month, in-prison "mini-MBA" program, have much greater impact and outcomes than many programs administered post-incarceration.
These programs provide support and mentorship after people are released and — because they are private — they function outside of government bureaucracy.
I know how difficult it is to reenter the workforce after prison. I also know the value of learning skills while in prison that can provide near seamless reentry into society.
I spent two years learning to code while serving a 12-year sentence at San Quentin State Prison.
The skills I learned not only paved a path to near-instantaneous employment when I was released but also provided enough compensation to provide the resources I needed to thrive post-incarceration.
There are another 2.2 million people languishing in prisons and jails, most of whom will return to their communities. They will need jobs, housing, and healthcare, and most will have to navigate the daunting aspects of reentry without the professional skills required to pursue employment compensation that will raise them and their families out of poverty.
To move formerly incarcerated people out of poverty, we must reduce reliance on job readiness and training programs post-incarceration that are solely administered and funded by the government — and, we must work to improve these programs and their outcomes, and push to remove the red tape that makes the reentry process difficult to navigate. Instead, we should fund and support job training and entrepreneurship programs for people that begin while they are incarcerated.
We also need to change the narrative that incarcerated people are incapable of learning and performing in high-skilled jobs. High-skilled employment not only provides income and stability, it also enables an individual to gain equity in homeownership, to access health care, and to pay college tuition.
Having equity lifts people out of poverty and brings self-perpetuating, intergenerational sustainability.
Death Row lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson tells us that "The opposite of poverty is justice." Until system-impacted people attain true economic freedom, they will remain "have nots" and suffer all of the systemic injustices that come along with being poor — including incarceration.
Aly Tamboura is a manager in the Criminal Justice Reform program at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. He joined the organization in 2017, after working as a software engineer. Having spent over a decade of his life incarcerated, Tamboura brings both his firsthand experience with the criminal justice system and his strong technical skills to CZI to help advance critical reforms
Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Opinion, Parole and Release, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner, SQ News, Staff Profile Tagged With: criminal justice reform, Reentry, rehabilitated returning citizens
Newsom proposes reducing probation and boosting rehabilitation programs
March 16, 2020 by Dillon Kim
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom talking with Juan Haines
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing major changes in California's criminal justice system by reducing probation to two years and boosting rehabilitation programs for offenders.
Newsom said the change is aimed at cutting costs and reducing recidivism.
He said he proposes spending "an unprecedented amount of money" — $210 million over four years – in rehabilitation programs early in the probation period, where they are believed most effective, The Associated Press reported Jan. 11.
The plan sets probation at a maximum of two years, down from five for felonies and three for misdemeanors.Probation officers support the change but police chiefs are opposed.
Longer probation terms allow officers to search offenders, their homes and vehicles to find drugs, weapons, stolen items or other evidence, said Ron Lawrence, president of the California Police Chiefs Association. According to him, this tends to reduce crimes.
Lawrence said his group opposes changes that would lessen accountability. "Lessening the tail on probation would frankly lessen that accountability."
Support is voiced by the Chief Probation Officers of California. The group agrees that focusing on rehabilitative services is the best way to help change their behavior and reduce re-offense."
"The data and the evidence and the science bears out," Newsom said. "You front load services – those first 18 months are determinative. He said the change was prompted by a major increase in car burglaries following passage of a proposition that reclassified some felonies as misdemeanors.
"This goes directly to the car break-ins, this goes to the petty crime issue, this should be celebrated by the law enforcement community because of the intensity of services we want to provide," Newsom said.
Longer duration of supervision not only costs money," he said, "For small petty things you throw people back in the system and that cycle of violence perpetuates itself."
The reform group Californians for Safety and Justice points out that ten times as many offenders are sentenced to probation than to prison but probation receives only a fraction of the funding.
Filed Under: Inmate, Parole and Release, Politics, Prison Reform, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: prison reform, rehabilitated returning citizens, second chance
San Quentin News Launches Wall City Magazine
June 5, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright
San Quentin, California – May 21, 2018 – The premiere issue of Wall City, a magazine that reflects the curiosity, intellect, dedication and professionalism of the men working as journalists inside San Quentin, will be released on May 29, the editors of San Quentin News announced.
Copies of Wall City will be distributed to the libraries and administrators of every California prison. Members of the public can access a free digital version or order print copies via MagCloud . A link will be published at sanquentinnews.com for easy access. Distribution of subsequent issues will be determined after an evaluation of the response to the first issue.
The quarterly 32-page magazine will give the audience, both inside and outside the walls of prison, direct access to issues that shape the experience of incarcerated individuals and impact what happens when they return to their communities.
Wall City's first cover story profiles five men who were released from the secure housing unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay into the general population at San Quentin. It gives readers a glimpse into the effects of long-term isolation, as these men experienced.
"According to a RAND analysis, every $1 invested in such [inmate] education generates at least $4 in economic return," reports Fast Company.
"The state typically spends $71,000 a year to house an inmate. It costs about $5,000 total to help put one [incarcerated] student through community college", reports Fast Company.
"I felt Pelican Bay SHU was the last stop, I felt there was no return to civilized life," says Guss "Lumumba" Edwards, in the article. "Now I know there's light at the end of the tunnel, and it is not an oncoming train."
Other articles include reports on innovative anti-violence and environmental programs at San Quentin, legal and health updates, and a financial literacy column by San Quentin inmate and financial educator Curtis Carroll, better known by his nickname, "Wall Street." The magazine also includes selected poetry, a crossword puzzle and photography.
"We want to put a human face on returning citizens to help eliminate the prejudice they typically encounter," says Juan Haines, senior editor of San Quentin News and Wall City. "We want the magazine to help inform the public that being receptive to rehabilitated returning citizens serves their community's interests."
The human interest stories are designed to inspire incarcerated men and women and to inform people outside the walls about the avenues for change, with the hope that more incarcerated people will seek similar opportunities, adds Haines.
"The long-awaited and highly anticipated Wall City magazine is yet another example of the amazing work coming out of San Quentin State Prison," said Nigel Poor, co-creator, co-producer and co-host of the award-winning podcast, Ear Hustle. "It's essential reading for anyone who cares about getting a well-rounded education on life behind bars. And, of course, like the San Quentin News, the stories are brought to you by those who live it. This is your opportunity to learn more about the rehabilitative efforts and unique perspectives as well as the creativity that happens inside California's oldest prison."
The quarterly magazine will focus on criminal justice policies, public safety, and prison reform, featuring stories related to incarceration, rehabilitation, and reentry. "It is this direct access to the truth about whom we as a society have incarcerated, and who they have become behind the walls, that will enable people to recognize and support positive engagement with the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated as we consider effective sentencing and parole policies, for the public good," said Nancy Mullane, co-founder of the podcast, Life of the Law and a co-sponsor of the Society of Professional Journalists chapter at San Quentin.
When someone leaves prison and returns to the community, he or she encounters a negative social climate. Wall City puts a human face on returning citizens and demonstrates that being receptive to these men and women serves the community's interests.
"The public rarely gets a glimpse inside a prison, and the magazine gives them a stereotype-shattering peek behind the walls. There are thousands of stories that need to be told, and incarcerated journalists are the only ones who can properly tell those stories," said Michael Bott, co-sponsor of the San Quentin SPJ chapter.
More information about the magazine can be found at sanquentinnews.com.
Wall City – from the editors of San Quentin News
Produced by inmate-journalists at San Quentin State Prison in California, Wall City magazine provides people, both inside and outside the walls direct access to the curiosity, intellect, dedication, and professionalism of the men inside. Wall City will focus on criminal justice policies, public…
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Forth Valley introduces new home oxygen service
Dolby-Vivisol to provide oxygen systems as part of Scotland-wide contract
Patients across Forth Valley who need home oxygen are now having supplies delivered directly to their doors as part of a contract with Dolby-Vivisol.
Around 200 people in the area are benefitting from the move, which is part of a nationally co-ordinated service by Health Facilities Scotland, a division of NHS national Services Scotland.
NHS Forth Valley medical director, Dr Iain Wallace, said: "This is an extremely good move for our local patients who are dependent on home oxygen.
"Instead of being delivered from local community pharmacies, oxygen is now supplied by Dolby-Vivisol, which provides this service across Scotland."
He added: "Supporting effective patient services is our highest priority. The handover will allow access to new technologies and lighter, portable equipment to enable our patients to enjoy a better quality of life."
Patients who receive oxygen at home have a variety of conditions involving several specialties including respiratory, cancer, cardiac, neurology, paediatrics and palliative care.
Dolby-Vivisol
Health Facilities Scotland
2017 Building Better Healthcare Awards - Winners are announced
Patient Safety Awards shortlist is revealed
Medilink UK Awards – the winners 2015
Innovative medical products singled out in national competition
\'Smart House\' shows what can be done to help the disabled
Cutting-edge technology helps Scottish medics hone their skills


[0:08] <Chase__> CoJaBo: so what the i/o error stuff from, the computer you were using to write on the sd card?
[0:24] <[Franklin]> just wanna know: is running a rpi as a production web server a good idea? as in, how stable is it?
[0:27] <[Franklin]> nope... to pay for the power!
[0:29] <[Franklin]> so will it use more power with the litecoin miner?
[0:32] <niston> unless youre located in the middle of a desert where the sun glares down unhindered. but then you'll need even more power for cooling.
[0:33] <theCzar> PhantomS: my guess: a long time. I used to mine litecoin on a beefy machine (I didn't have to pay for power) and only averaged one litecoin per every week.
[0:34] <[Franklin]> alos, is it safe to run 24/7 rpi?
[0:34] <[Franklin]> so pool maybe?
[0:34] <[Franklin]> and risk of sparks on CARPET?
[1:08] <xreal> I need a 56k modem for my Raspberry. Is there a small shield or something?
[1:09] <xreal> SpeedEvil: So I need a usb-2-serial adapter to drive my old acer modem?
[1:16] <xreal> SpeedEvil: the problem is, these are "soft modems".
[1:16] <xreal> SpeedEvil: Everything is done in the drivers... not like the old modems, which are hardware.
[1:16] <SpeedEvil> xreal: I'm just going by the fact that it says linux.
[1:17] <xreal> SpeedEvil: I'll stay with my old Acer. You simply can open UART and you're done.
[1:17] <ksx4system> anyone tried zd1211 WiFi card on openSUSE?
[1:18] <SpeedEvil> Are you sure it's not the cable?
[1:20] <SpeedEvil> witch battery is not acceptable - they are just perfectly normal members of the community with odd beliefs.
[1:23] <Mr_Sheesh> I'm just wondering which battery they're using to run an RPi; I have a project that will use an RPi that'd be battery powered.
[1:23] <SpeedEvil> how long for?
[1:30] <CoJaBo> Which ones are there specific for the pi?
[1:35] <Mr_Sheesh> I know for certain I could "diode steer" power from a battery charger to run the RPi + just charge the battery, anyways.
[4:23] <phire> So, the pi doesn't support floating point textures?
[4:25] <phire> oh, 16bit float textures are supported?
[4:40] <abnormal> what? what did you buy?
[4:53] <abnormal> but kids have to go to parents and say mommy, daddy can I have a pi kit?
[4:54] <abnormal> why, are you Eben?
[6:21] <abnormal> is that all is going on here??? just everyone changing nicks??? might as well call this channel "nickchanger"
[8:49] <abnormal> that is beyond my knowledge. sorry, there is one guy I know that is rpi guru, and is lost_soul and comes in once in a while... usually evenings.
[8:50] <abnormal> would this help?
[8:54] <gordonDrogon> why do you need an RTOS, RahulAN ?
[9:06] <gordonDrogon> ok. well enjoy.
[9:25] <Mr_Sheesh> You want to, what, turn an LED on or off, but it's powered by 12V?
[9:26] <Mr_Sheesh> DoctorD90 - OK, is it a high current LED or just a regular one? 20mA or 5A in other words?
[9:27] <Mr_Sheesh> idk what that is yet? My web browser's over loaded too. 12V light strips but how much total current?
[9:30] <Mr_Sheesh> Oh, OK, WWS2801's :) IIRC those are a 1-wire protocol?
[9:33] <LilBuh> think it ll do the trick ?
[9:36] <Mr_Sheesh> Browser is eating most cpu tho, mumble. May take a while, What does the TIP20 do in that circuit? Are those just turning power LEDs on/off directly?
[9:48] <LilBuh> and what bout the common ground ? is that a problem ?
[9:59] * SpeedEvil yells 'Ground is a lie!' and goes back to sleep.
[10:04] <LilBuh> mmm how could i draw the shematics to show you if i got everything right ?
[10:31] <[Saint]> Approximately 400 anybodies.
[10:32] <[Saint]> Just ask your question, if someone can, they'll answer.
[10:49] <d3lphi> Hello all. I am using Raspbian (latest version, up-to-date) and would like to use my RaspberryPi for showing a website in kiosk mode. Therefore I edited /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart and commented out the three first lines (starting lxpanel, pcmanfm and xscreensaver).
[10:49] <DJHenjin> gordonDrogon: well,.. what can i expect to get?
[10:50] <gordonDrogon> DJHenjin, what are you actually trying to achieve?
[10:50] <d3lphi> how can I give an operator/user the opportunity to safely shut-down the RaspberryPi? When he presses CTRL-ALT-DEL he doesn't get an option to shut it down.
[10:51] <gordonDrogon> DJHenjin, there are 2 hardware PWM generators. Use those.
[10:52] <gordonDrogon> d3lphi, separate button wired to a gpio line - with a little program to check the button then halt the pi?
[10:53] <gordonDrogon> DJHenjin, best to get & read the hardware manual - but you can feed the PWM generators from any of the Pi's clocks - it's fed from the 19.2MHz one by default.
[10:53] <DJHenjin> would there be a link?
[10:54] <gordonDrogon> also bear in-mind that "frequency" and "pwm" do not have a 1:1 correlation. The actual frequency will be dependant on the size of the pwm range register too.
[10:56] <DJHenjin> and of cycles fully complete in 1 second, and duty is % of 1 cycle that it is in on state is it not?
[10:57] <Mr_Sheesh> frequency is how often the PWM is turned on and off, the % duty cycle is how many % (of 100%) that the PWM is "on"
[10:58] <gordonDrogon> the time-slot time is determined by the frequency of the input clock.
[10:59] <gordonDrogon> it's slightly more complex in the Pi as it has 2 PWM modes - classic mark:space and (the Pi's default) which is a balanced mode where it balanced out the 1's and 0's over the whole wave period.
[10:59] <gordonDrogon> the net effect is the same, but the output frequency changes.
[11:02] <DJHenjin> does the pi have high resolution timer support, or is the resulution only millisecond?
[11:02] <DJHenjin> how about nanosecond?
[11:02] <gordonDrogon> but do bear in-mind that on-top of that you have a multi-tasking, multi-user operating system.
[11:04] <d3lphi> gordonDrogon: cannot I just say that CTRL-ALT-DEL should not start the task manager, but "shutdown" the system?
[11:04] <d3lphi> or define a new hotkey for executing a command like "shutdown -h now" ?
[11:04] <gordonDrogon> d3lphi, possibly, but I've never looked at that sort of thing in lxde.
[11:04] <d3lphi> where do I configure that?
[11:05] <gordonDrogon> I suggest googling for lxde configuration.
[11:05] <gordonDrogon> DJHenjin, have fun!
[11:38] <Mr_Sheesh> that pulls the line up to +12V unless the transistor is turned "on"
[11:40] <gordonDrogon> ws2801's run at 5v.
[11:41] <gordonDrogon> it should be possible to drive them directly from the Pi's GPIO without transistors though - I'm sure I've seen people just hook up to the SPI port.
[11:44] <gordonDrogon> I'm not convinced myself - the ws2801 really is a 5v part.
[11:45] <gordonDrogon> intersting little boards - that you have to wire up each one yourself. you can get these on tape though.
[12:01] <lilbuh> so what do you think ? i wire everything in 5v ?
[12:08] <Mr_Sheesh> Try the WS8201 with 5V, see if it lights up properly?
[12:11] <Mr_Sheesh> You could also ask the seller if it is indeed 12V; could be intentionally set up to use 12V ofc.
[12:13] <SpeedEvil> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29105635 - a massive achievement in germany.
[12:18] <RoBo_V> Afternoon Guys !
[14:08] <DoctorD90> from led on rpi b+, how can i understand when rpi has started and ready to accept ssh/vnc/and make other option?
[14:11] <pksato> on board led?
[14:12] <pksato> none of can have this information. act stoping are good clue.
[14:16] <pksato> connect leds on gpios, and a program to monitor if some process is runing, and on of off led.
[15:13] <IT_Sean> oh poop indeed.
[15:20] <d3lphi> I tried quiet everything and don't know why on the first start of Midori this is happening and how to fix. Any clues?
[15:21] <IT_Sean> network not yet up and running?
[15:22] <IT_Sean> try waiting 30 seconds then opening the URL... see what that does.
[15:26] <d3lphi> IT_Sean: I couldn't explain myself, why the network should be not ready. I double-checked quite everything in /etc/network/interfaces and it seems all valid.
[15:38] <skyroveRR> Hello, I don't have a dupont connector, but I still would like to connect my raspberry pi to a PL2303 USB converter, after connecting the TX, RX and GND wires to the pi and launching minicom, all I see is garbage, I also turned off h/w and s/w flow control and set the bits to 8N1, still I get the garbage output, and suggestions on how to solve this?
[15:40] <shiftplusone> what baud rate?
[15:40] <skyroveRR> * suggested. Sorry.
[15:44] <skyroveRR> Got it! got some output.
[15:45] <skyroveRR> I'm actually trying to troubleshoot why slackware ARM won't boot up on the card.
[15:45] <leio> maybe it's build for ARMv7?
[15:45] <skyroveRR> No, for v6.
[15:47] <skyroveRR> It IS built for the pi.
[15:48] <skyroveRR> The site says that it will work for B+.
[16:05] <skyroveRR> The baud rate is 115200, and slackware doesn't do things automagically for its users, shiftplusone .
[16:08] <shiftplusone> But there's nothing automagic about changing the baud rate. It's almost an arbitrary value and the only reason they'd pick 115200 would be to be consistent with the rest. I'll take your word for it though.
[17:48] <coldjack> How long does it take to get the license for mpeg2?
[18:03] <kill_-9_1> Hi. Is there the docs for DPI( the VGA board uses that)?
[18:09] <Tachyon`> DSI? that display interface we never got any support for?
[18:09] <kill_-9_1> Tachyon`: DPI. Another one which has support in the blob.
[18:10] <Tachyon`> it's a DSI connector I thought, can it do anything else?
[18:13] <shiftplusone> Tachyon`, when they announce what they're working on, people complain that it's not ready yet. When they release without talking about earlier, people complain that they weren't told.
[18:51] <MY123> IT_Sean: or the ABC feature phone keyboard.
[18:52] <IT_Sean> MY123: I hate the ABC feature phone keyboard.
[18:53] <MY123> IT_Sean: Like me. I use it only to tap phone numbers.
[18:55] <MY123> DoctorD90: Install the Oracle JVM and just run the jar.
[18:56] <DoctorD90> uhm.....thx! i will check!
[18:57] <DoctorD90> to install oracle jvm?
[18:57] <DoctorD90> what packages is?
[18:59] <DoctorD90> ok, so i have only to lunch some java files :P thx!
[19:01] <MY123> DanDare: OpenJDK is way too slow... Oracle did better.
[19:03] <MY123> DanDare: Do a apt-cache search oracle-java in a Raspbian system from NOOBS.
[19:42] <unimatrix9> any tweaks to speedup web browsing on the py ?
[19:42] <MY123> unimatrix9: Using Epiphany.
[19:43] <MY123> SpeedEvil: I use elinks when possible.
[19:47] <MY123> unimatrix9: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get install epiphany && epiphany-browser in the terminal.
[19:49] <MY123> unimatrix9: Does the videos work?
[19:49] <unimatrix9> no not really, i am using an other way around the video problem ..
[19:52] <unimatrix9> wich works fine..
[19:55] <Perdouille> Does anyone know if it's possible to upload a .mp3 file to a web page, then listen the mp3 directly on the raspberry ?
[19:56] <unimatrix9> for the little machine ?
[19:57] <unimatrix9> is this because of the "closed" source chip on the board ?
[19:57] <unimatrix9> and , why can omxplayer use the 3D accel , and X not ?
[20:00] <unimatrix9> have a nice meal..
[20:00] <unimatrix9> then you can eat and listen to the mp3 ..
[20:01] <unimatrix9> i think apt-get install sonata , gives you a player, but i am not sure ..
[20:02] <MY123> unimatrix9: There is a KMS/Gallium3D driver in alpha (OpenGL 2.1).
[20:03] <unimatrix9> MY123 url ?
[20:04] <Jgar0605> did it fry a connector pin.
[20:09] <unimatrix9> i think the raspberry pi can be cool , if an when , the software that runs on it is especially build for optimum speed and use of the device , wich at the moment , really is not..
[20:10] <MY123> unimatrix9: Can you write assembly code(or C)?
[20:11] <unimatrix9> a well, its been around since 2012, so it needs time to get it up to speed..
[20:12] <MY123> unimatrix9: There is an additionnal CPU on the Pi (dual-core but sadly without MMU).
[20:15] <unimatrix9> how do you get system info from pi ? i tried lshw , but that does not give much ..
[20:18] <MY123> unimatrix9: lshw can't give much. Most of the SoC is accessed with RPC from the ARM to the dual-core CPU.
[20:20] <unimatrix9> ah the video is indeed dual core ..
[20:27] <unimatrix9> thanks for the info ..
[20:30] <unimatrix9> i see you really care.. would be great if some more people get to work on it so it runs better and better..
[20:34] <unimatrix9> any way .. got to go, thank you for the good chat, and take care , have a nice day !
[20:47] <mapps> how can i make the wireless start on boot?
[20:51] <gordonDrogon> that works for me.
[20:53] <Tachyon`> I think if you're using anything more than open/wep you need more than just /etc/network/interaces don't oyu?
[21:06] <mapps> gordonDrogon, for wifi?
[21:06] <gordonDrogon> wpa2 works just as well.
[21:06] <gordonDrogon> you need the right runes in /etc/network/interfaces, but once setup it works great.
[21:06] <gordonDrogon> hang on - I'll boot up a Pi with Wi-Fi and get the details.
[21:08] <gordonDrogon> runes - google it.
[21:11] <gordonDrogon> and that's all there is to it. Obviously use DHCP if you need it, or change the IP address to one on your own LAN.
[21:19] <pksato> if is wpa_psk, yes.
[21:24] <jbaiter> is somebody here familiar with gpu programming/omx/mmal on the pi?
[21:43] <gordonDrogon> Perdouille, oh yes - there's a school that was showing this off at the last CamJam too I think.
[21:46] <InHisName> I try to use wvdial and it aborts saying can't find ppp0. I see TONS of people have that same issue but few solutions to try. Most are unanswered.
[21:53] <DanDare> InHisName, do you have a modem attached to pi? Is modem recognized, kernel modules loaded etc ?
[22:17] <InHisName> DanDare: I believe so. Its a 4G/3G dongle, it thinks it is a modem and talks via AT commands. It shows up in lsusb.
[22:21] <InHisName> DanDare: /dev/ttyUSB0 <-- is that it ?
[22:22] <InHisName> Supposedly. The web page with sprint has steps and all is well until I get to the can't find ppp0 step.
[22:23] <DanDare> InHisName, probably, do you have anything else attached to USB besides the dongle?
[22:24] <InHisName> They mention that but give no steps. Maybe its too easy to list steps.
[22:47] <DanDare> Now, my pi is hang... remotely!!
[22:49] <IT_Sean> 700mA is not enough to run a Pi.
[22:49] <IT_Sean> the absolute minimum requirement, as per the specs, is 750mA. 1A or more is highly recommended.
[22:50] <IT_Sean> and on that, my day is coming to a close. Bye.