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Wacom tablet
Wacom does not officially support Linux. Linux support is provided by the Linux Wacom Project. Supported devices are listed on the Device IDs page with a version number in the input-wacom column.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 2.1 Permanent configuration
- 2.2 Remapping buttons
- 2.3 Adjusting aspect ratios
- 2.4 LEDs
- 2.5 TwinView setup
- 2.6 xrandr setup
- 2.7 Pressure curve
- 3 Application-specific configuration
- 4 Troubleshooting
- 5 See also
The Arch Linux kernels include the input-wacom driver.
Ensure your kernel recognizes your tablet. Connect your tablet via USB or Bluetooth. It should show up in
dmesg | grep -i wacom and be listed in
/proc/bus/input/devices (and if you use USB in the
lsusb output). If it does not, your only chance is that your tablet is supported by a more recent driver than the one in your kernel. In that case install the input-wacom-dkmsAUR package.
Install the X driver, xf86-input-wacom, and restart X so the new udev rules take effect.
The command
xsetwacom list devices should now list some devices. If it does not, see #Manual setup.
The kcm-wacomtablet package provides a KDE graphical user interface for tablet configuration and supports tablet-specific profiles and hotplugging.
Support for the following Wacom tablets is provided via tuhi-gitAUR:
- Bamboo Spark
- Bamboo Slate
- Intuos Pro Paper
Consult README for the details of initial configuration. For setups with more than one monitor you'll probably want to fix aspect ratio using
Coordinate Transformation Matrix as described at dual and multimonitor set up.
The Xorg driver can be temporarily configured with
xsetwacom, see xsetwacom(1). Changes are lost after X server restarts or replugging your tablet.
List the available devices:
$ xsetwacom list devices
Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch id: 12 type: TOUCH Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger pad id: 13 type: PAD Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pen stylus id: 17 type: STYLUS Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pen eraser id: 18 type: ERASER
For the
get and
set commands, devices can be specified by name or id. Scripts should use names because ids can change after X server restarts or replugging.
Permanent configuration
Configuration can be made persistent in xorg.conf and xorg.conf(5).
You firstly need to find out your product names:
$ grep "Using input driver 'wacom'" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 25059.351] (II) Using input driver 'wacom' for 'Wacom Intuos BT M Pen' [ 25059.409] (II) Using input driver 'wacom' for 'Wacom Intuos BT M Pad' [ 25059.428] (II) Using input driver 'wacom' for 'Wacom Intuos BT M Pen eraser' [ 25059.429] (II) Using input driver 'wacom' for 'Wacom Intuos BT M Pen cursor'
$ grep "Using input driver 'wacom'" $HOME/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
For these product names the sections would be:
Section "InputClass" Identifier "WACOM OPTIONS pen" MatchDriver "wacom" MatchProduct "Pen" NoMatchProduct "eraser" NoMatchProduct "cursor" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "WACOM OPTIONS pad" MatchDriver "wacom" MatchProduct "Pad" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "WACOM OPTIONS eraser" MatchDriver "wacom" MatchProduct "eraser" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "WACOM OPTIONS cursor" MatchDriver "wacom" MatchProduct "cursor" EndSection
- The options described in wacom(4) can be added to sections.
- The product name needs to contain the
MatchProductvalue in order for a section to match. Matching of parent devices requires negative matching.
- The
Identifiercan be arbitrary and is printed into the Xorg log when the section matches. Giving your identifiers a common prefix lets you easily grep for what sections were matched:
grep "WACOM OPT" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
- Configuration changes require a X server restart to take effect.
xsetwacom can try to print all current settings of a device in xorg.conf format with:
$ xsetwacom get device all
The X driver lets you remap the buttons on tablets and pens. Buttons are identified by numbers. Tablet buttons start at 1, pen buttons start at 2 (1 is the tip contact event). By default the X driver maps button M to mouse button M. Because X uses buttons 4-7 as the four scrolling directions, physical buttons 4 and higher are mapped to mouse buttons 8 and higher by default. While xorg.conf uses the actual button numbers and only lets you map to mouse buttons, xsetwacom uses the translated mouse button numbers and allows mapping to multiple keycodes (but not keysyms).
If you have not yet remapped your buttons you can easily identify their ids with xorg-xev, by running the following command, placing the mouse cursor on the created window and pressing a button:
$ xev -event button
Outer window is 0x1a00001, inner window is 0x1a00002 ButtonPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0x1a00001, root 0x2a0, subw 0x0, time 3390669, (404,422), root:(1047,444), state 0x0, button 8, same_screen YES
In this case the button number for xsetwacom is 8 and the actual button number for xorg.conf is 4.
Alternatively, if you want an overview of your tablet's button layout you can look at your tablet's layout SVG. Firstly, find out the filename with a recursive grep search for the tablet name reported by
xsetwacom list devices:
$ grep -rl 'Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5' /usr/share/libwacom/*.tablet
In this case the respective layout SVG is
/usr/share/libwacom/layouts/bamboo-16fg-s-t.svg. The letters in the SVG correspond to the button numbers: A=1, B=2, C=3, ...
If you want to bind your tablet buttons to different shortcuts in different applications, you may want to map your tablet buttons to function keys because applications generally do not let you bind keyboard shortcuts to mouse buttons.
Firstly, map the pad buttons to mouse buttons 11 and higher so that you can distinguish them from regular mouse buttons. For example:
xsetwacom set pad Button 1 11 xsetwacom set pad Button 2 12 ...
Then map the mouse buttons to the function keys. This can be done with xbindkeys and xdotool by adding an entry like the following for every pad to your
"xdotool key F21" b:11 "xdotool key F22" b:12 ...
The syntax
The syntax of
xsetwacom is flexible but not very well documented. The general mapping syntax (extracted from the source code) for xsetwacom 0.17.0 is the following.
KEYWORD [ARGS...] [KEYWORD [ARGS...] ...] KEYWORD + ARGS: key [+,-]KEY [[+,-]KEY ...] where +:key down, -:key up, no prefix:down and up button BUTTON [BUTTON ...] (1=left,2=middle,3=right mouse button, 4/5 scroll mouse wheel) modetoggle toggle absolute/relative tablet mode displaytoggle toggle cursor movement among all displays which include individual screens plus the whole desktop for the selected tool if it is not a pad. When the tool is a pad, the function applies to all tools that are asssociated with the tablet BUTTON: button ID as integer number KEY: MODIFIER, SPECIALKEY or ASCIIKEY MODIFIER: (each can be prefix with an l or an r for the left/right modifier (no prefix = left) ctrl=ctl=control, meta, alt, shift, super, hyper SPECIALKEY: f1-f35, esc=Esc, up,down,left,right, backspace=Backspace, tab, PgUp,PgDn ASCIIKEY: (usual characters the key produces, e.g. a,b,c,1,2,3 etc.)
Some examples
$ xsetwacom set pad Button 1 3 # right mouse button $ xsetwacom set pad Button 1 "key +ctrl z -ctrl" $ xsetwacom get pad Button 1 key +Control_L +z -z -Control_L $ xsetwacom set pad Button 1 "key +shift button 1 key -shift"
Even little macros are possible:
$ xsetwacom set pad Button 1 "key +shift h -shift e l l o"
Automatic configuration using udev
The original hint/workaround to configure buttons, adjust aspect ratio or tune other parameters after plugging in was to add
sleep 1 at the beginning of the script. This never worked for me so here's a little more elaborate solution based on this link. This example has been successfully tested on Gnome but may work in other desktop environments without modifications.
$ lsusb | grep Wacom
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 056a:0374 Wacom Co., Ltd CTL-4100 [Intuos (S)]
$ id -u
# modify uid (1000) and vendor/product id accordingly ACTION=="add",SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="056a", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority", TAG+="systemd" ACTION=="remove",SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{PRODUCT}=="56a/374/*", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority", TAG+="systemd"
[Unit] After=graphical.target [Service] Type=forking Restart=no ExecStart=/path/to/wacom_set.sh [Install] WantedBy=default.target # use udevadm monitor and replug the device to set this parameter correctly WantedBy=sys-devices-pci0000\:00-0000\:00\:1e.0-0000\:05\:01.2-usb3-3\\x2d2-3\\x2d2.2-3\\x2d2.2.2.device
#!/bin/bash for i in $(seq 30) do systemctl --user is-active graphical-session.target | grep -q ^active if [ $? -eq 0 ] then break fi sleep 1 done systemctl --user is-active graphical-session.target | grep -q ^active if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Timeout - graphical session not active, trying to ignore this fact" fi export DISPLAY=:$(ls -1 /tmp/.X11-unix | tr -d 'X' | sort -nrk 1 | head -1) for i in $(seq 10) do xsetwacom list devices | grep -q Wacom if [ $? -eq 0 ] then break fi sleep 1 done list=$(xsetwacom list devices) pad=$(echo "${list}" | awk '/pad/{print $7}') stylus=$(echo "${list}" | xsetwacom list devices | awk '/stylus/{print $7}') if [ -z "${pad}" ] then notify-send "Timeout - tablet not found" exit 0 fi # disable buttons on stylus xsetwacom set "${stylus}" Button 2 11 xsetwacom set "${stylus}" Button 3 11 # set buttons on stylus xsetwacom set ${stylus} "Button" 2 "key plus" xsetwacom set ${stylus} "Button" 3 "key minus" .. notify-send "Tablet found and configured"
$ systemctl --user enable wacom
Execute custom commands
Mapping custom commands to the buttons is a little bit tricky but actually very simple. First, install xbindkeys.
To get well defined button codes add the following to your permanent configuration file, e.g.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/52-wacom-options.conf in the InputClass section of your pad device. Map the tablet's buttons to some unused button ids.
# Setting up buttons (preferably choose the correct button order, so the topmost key is mapped to 10 and so on) Option "Button1" "10" Option "Button2" "11" Option "Button3" "12" Option "Button4" "13"
Then restart your Xorg server and verify the buttons using
xev or
xbindkeys -mk.
Now set up your xbindkeys configuration, if you do not already have one you might want to create a default configuration
$ xbindkeys --defaults > ~/.xbindkeysrc
Then add your custom key mapping to
~/.xbindkeysrc, for example
"firefox" m:0x10 + b:10 (mouse) "xterm" m:0x10 + b:11 (mouse) "xdotool key ctrl-z" m:0x10 + b:12 (mouse) "send-notify Test "No need for escaping the quotes"" m:0x10 + b:13 (mouse)
Adjusting aspect ratios
Drawing areas of tablets are generally more square than the usual widescreen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio, leading to a slight vertical compression of your input. To resolve such an aspect ratio mismatch you need to compromise by either reducing the drawing area height (called Force Proportions on Windows) or reducing the screen area width. The former wastes drawing area and the latter prevents you from reaching the right edge of your screen with your Stylus. It is probably still a compromise worth to be made because it prevents your strokes from being skewed.
Find out your tablet's resolution by running:
$ xsetwacom get stylus Area
Reducing the drawing area height
$ xsetwacom set stylus Area 0 0 tablet_width height
where height is tablet_width * screen_height / screen_width.
The tablet resolution can be reset back to the default using:
$ xsetwacom set stylus ResetArea
Reducing the screen area width
$ xsetwacom set stylus MapToOutput WIDTHxSCREEN_HEIGHT+0+0
where WIDTH is screen_height * tablet_width / tablet_height.
See the sysfs-driver-wacom documentation. To make changes without requiring root permissions you will likely want to create a udev rule like so:
# Give the users group permissions to set Wacom device LEDs. ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="hid", DRIVERS=="wacom", RUN+="/usr/bin/sh -c 'chown :users /sys/%p/wacom_led/*'"
Setting the Intuos OLEDs can be done using i4oledAUR from the AUR.
TwinView setup
If you are going to use two monitors the aspect ratio while using the tablet might feel unnatural. In order to fix this you need to add:
Option "TwinView" "horizontal"
to all of your Wacom-InputDevice entries in the xorg.conf file. You may read more about that here.[dead link 2018-09-05]
Temporary TwinView setup
For temporary mapping of a Wacom device to a single display while preserving the aspect ratio, this script[dead link 2020-04-03 ⓘ] may be used. This will letter-box the surface area of the device as required to ensure the input is not stretched on the display. This script may be executed in your
.xinitrc file for it to automatically run.
xrandr setup
xrandr sets two monitors as one big screen, mapping the tablet to the whole virtual screen and deforming aspect ratio. For a solution see this thread: Arch Linux forum.
If you just want to map the tablet to one of your screens, first find out what the screens are called:
$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384 HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DVI-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm 1920x1080 60.0*+ 1680x1050 60.0 ... VGA-0 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm 1920x1080 60.0*+ 1680x1050 60.0 ...
Then you need to know what is the ID of your tablet.
$ xsetwacom list devices WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet stylus id: 12 type: STYLUS
In my case I want to map the tablet (ID: 12) to the screen on the right, which is VGA-0. I can do that with this command
$ xsetwacom set 12 MapToOutput VGA-0
This should work immediately, no root necessary.
This method has the flaw that rebooting or disconnecting your tablet might change the tablet ID, luckily you can set it by referencing the tablet name directly, get the stylus name by launching
xsetwacom for example you will get:
Wacom Intuos S Pen stylus id: 16 type: STYLUS ...
Then to set the output to monitor 0:
$ xsetwacom set Wacom Intuos S Pen stylus MapToOutput VGA-0
If this doesn't work with the Nvidia binary drivers, try using HEAD-0, HEAD-1, ... according to the monitor number.
If xsetwacom replies with "Unable to find an output ..." an X11 geometry string of the form
WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y can be specified instead of the screen identifier. In this example
$ xsetwacom set 12 MapToOutput 1920x1080+1920+0
should also map the tablet to the screen on the right.
Alternatively, you can use this bash script to quickly map the tablet to one of your screens (or the entire desktop) and fix the aspect ratio.
In case xsetwacom does not work, you can try xinput.
First, you need to find your tablet's ID.
$ xinput list
In my case, the output is:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Finger id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Pad id=12 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ USB Keyboard id=14 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=16 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint id=17 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SteelSeries Kinzu V2 Gaming Mouse id=9 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Pen Pen (0x6281780c) id=20 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Pen id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ USB Keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=15 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=18 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ USB Keyboard id=19 [slave keyboard (3)]
This mean, my tablet's ID is 20. Now we map it with VGA-0 screen:
$ xinput map-to-output 20 VGA-0
Pressure curve
Use the Wacom Pressure Curve and Threshold Graph to find P1=red (eg. 50,0) and P2=purple (eg. 100,80) of your desired curve. The x-axis is the input pressure you apply to the pen; the y-axis is the output pressure the application is given.
You can change the pressure curve with:
$ xsetwacom set stylus PressureCurve x1 y1 x2 y2
Application-specific configuration
To enable pad buttons and extra pen buttons in Blender, you can create a xsetwacom wrapper to temporarily remap buttons for your blender session.
Provided example (for Bamboo fun) adapted to Sculpt mode: blender_sculpt.sh[dead link 2020-04-03 ⓘ]
It remaps:
- Left tablet buttons to
- Right tablet buttons to
F(brush size/strenght) and
- Top pen button ton
m(mask control)
To enable proper usage, and pressure sensitive painting in GIMP, just go to Edit > Input Devices. Now for each of your eraser, stylus, and cursor devices, set the mode to Screen, and remember to save.
- Please take note that if present, the pad device should be kept disabled as I do not think GIMP supports such things. Alternatively, to use such features of your tablet you should map them to keyboard commands with a program such as Wacom ExpressKeys[dead link 2020-04-03 ⓘ].
- You should also take note that the tool selected for the stylus is independent to that of the eraser. This can actually be quite handy, as you can have the eraser set to be used as any tool you like.
For more information checkout the Setting up GIMP section of GIMP Talk - Community - Install Guide: Getting Wacom Drawing Tablets To Work In Gimp[dead link 2020-04-03 ⓘ].
If the above was not enough, you may want to try setting up the tablet's stylus (and eraser) as a second mouse pointer (separating it from your mouse) by using the
xinput create-master and
xinput reattach commands. It can help when GIMP does not start painting even if the stylus touches the tablet.
Pressure sensitivity in Inkscape is enabled the same way as in GIMP. Go to Edit > Input Devices.... Now for each of your eraser, stylus, and cursor devices, set the mode to Screen, and remember to save.
If your tablet does not draw in Krita (clicks/pressure are not registered) but works in the brush selection dialog which has a small test area, try putting Krita in full-screen or canvas-only mode.
Krita only requires that Qt is able to use your tablet to function properly. If your tablet is not working in Krita, then make sure to check it is working in Qt first. The effect of tablet pressure can then be tweaked in the painttop configuration, for example by selecting opacity, then selecting pressure from the drop down and adjusting the curve to your preference.
First, make sure that your tablet works well under Arch. Then, download and install the last driver from Wacom website on the guest OS. Shutdown the virtual machine, go to Settings > USB. Select Add Filter From Device and select your tablet (e.g. WACOM CTE-440-U V4.0-3 [0403]). Select Edit Filter, and change the last item Remote to Any.
Newer tablets' drivers might not be in the kernel yet, and additional manipulations might be needed. A notable example is the newer Intuos line of tablets (Draw/Comic/Photo).
Unknown device_type
If your tablet does not get recognized by
xsetwacom and
dmesg complains about an unknown device_type, then you need to install a patched version of input-wacom.
Download and install the for-4.4 branch from SourceForge. Your device should be recognized after you run
# rmmod wacom # insmod /lib/modules/YOUR_KERNEL/kernel/drivers/hid/wacom.ko.gz
Tablet recognized but xsetwacom and similar tools do not display it
Your logs indicate that the correct driver is selected, and the tablet works. However, when running
xsetwacom list devices or use similar tools that depend on the correct driver, you get an empty list.
A reason might be the execution order of your xorg configuration.
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d gets executed first, then
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. The package xf86-input-wacom contains the file
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-wacom.conf. If there is a catchall for tablets, executed after this file, the previously selected
wacom driver will be overwritten with a generic one that does not work with xsetwacom et. al.
To make sure, check the rules contained in the files executed after
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-wacom.conf for anything that looks like graphics tablets.
Manual setup
A manual configuration is done in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf or in a separate file in the
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. The Wacom tablet device is accessed using a input event interface in
/dev/input/ which is provided by the kernel driver. The interface number
event?? is likely to change when unplugging and replugging into the same or especially a different USB port. Therefore it is wise to not refer to the device using its concrete
event?? interface (static configuration) but by letting udev dynamically create a symbolic link to the correct
event file (dynamic configuration).
After (re-)plugging in your USB-tablet (or at least after rebooting) some symbolic links should appear in
/dev/input referring to your tablet device.
$ ls /dev/input/wacom* /dev/input/wacom /dev/input/wacom-stylus /dev/input/wacom-touch
If not, your device is likely to be not yet included in the udev configuration from wacom-udev which resides in
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/wacom.rules. Copy the file to
/etc/udev/rules.d/wacom.rules and modify it there.
Add your device to the file by duplicating some line of another device and adapting idVendor,idProduct and the symlink name to your device. The two id's can be determined using
$ lsusb | grep -i wacom Bus 002 Device 007: ID 056a:0062 Wacom Co., Ltd
In this example idVendor is 056a and idProduct 0062. In case you have device with touch (e.g. Bamboo Pen&Touch) you might need to add a second line for the touch input interface. For details check the linuxwacom wiki Fixed device files with udev.
Save the file and reload udev's configuration profile using the command udevadm control --reload-rules Check again the content of /dev/input to make sure that the wacom symlinks appeared. Note that you may need to plug-in the tablet again for the device to appear.
The files of further interest for the Xorg configuration are
/dev/input/wacom and for a touch-device also
Static setup
Usually it is recommended to rely on Xorg's auto-detection or to use a dynamic setup. However for an internal tablet device one might consider a static Xorg setup in case autodetection does not work. A static Xorg setup is usually not able to recognize your Wacom tablet when it is connected to a different USB port or even after unplugging and replugging it into the same port, and as such it should be considered as deprecated.
If you insist in using a static setup just refer to your tablet in the Xorg configuration in the next section using the correct
/dev/input/event?? files as one can find out by looking into
Xorg configuration
In either case, dynamic or static setup you got now one or two files in
/dev/input/ which refer to the correct input event devices of your tablet. All that is left to do is add the relevant information to
/etc/X11/xorg.conf, or a dedicated file under
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/. The exact configuration depends on your tablet's features of course.
xsetwacom list devices might give helpful information on what InputDevice sections are needed for your tablet.
An example configuration for a Volito2 might look like this
Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "stylus" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # or the corresponding event?? for a static setup Option "Type" "stylus" Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY Option "Mode" "Relative" # other option: "Absolute" Option "Vendor" "WACOM" Option "tilt" "on" # add this if your tablet supports tilt Option "Threshold" "5" # the official linuxwacom howto advises this line EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "eraser" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # or the corresponding event?? for a static setup Option "Type" "eraser" Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY Option "Mode" "Relative" # other option: "Absolute" Option "Vendor" "WACOM" Option "tilt" "on" # add this if your tablet supports tilt Option "Threshold" "5" # the official linuxwacom howto advises this line EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "cursor" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # or the corresponding event?? for a static setup Option "Type" "cursor" Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY Option "Mode" "Relative" # other option: "Absolute" Option "Vendor" "WACOM" EndSection
Make sure that you also change the path (
"Device") to your mouse, as it will be
/dev/input/mouse_udev now.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse_udev" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" EndSection
Add this to the ServerLayout section
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
And finally make sure to update the identifier of your mouse in the ServerLayout section – as mine went from
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Mouse Moving Erratically due to Proximity Sensor
You can disable the mouse jumping due to a proximity sensor detecting a non-existing stylus. You can find your device with xinput --list, and after seeing the Stylus, disable it with: xinput disable "Your Device Name". This only works if you are not currently using a stylus.


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4. The Trial
5. Silencing the Press
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7. The Sedition Act
8. World War I
9. Holmes and Brandeis, Dissenting
10. "The Vitalizing Liberties"
11. To the Supreme Court
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14. "The Central Meaning of the First Amendment"
15. What It Meant
16. Inside the Court
17. Public and Private
18. "The Dancing Has Stopped"
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Modification tracking in a Revit model is a recurrent topic. It's always very time consuming to compare different versions of the same model, and to figure out what's new, what was deleted, and what has changed.
A little online research pointed me, as often, to a post from Jeremy Tammik on the building coder. In his post, he describes two approaches to the problem. One of these aproaches is to compare "snapshots" of models. His work inspired me to create a couple of dynamo nodes and workflows to facilitate the fastidious task of modification tracking!
The goal was to create an easy way to figure out what modifications occured between two versions of the same model and to offer an easy way to visualize those modifications. I will first introduce the set of nodes I came up with then I'll develop about how they can be used in three separate workflows.
1. The Nodes:
1.1 ModificationTracker.ModelComparison: This node is the first step of the modification tracking. It takes 3 inputs :
- DocumentA : Current document by default.
- DocumentB : The document you want to compare DocumentA against.
- Categories : List of categories you want the ModificationTracker to take into account
The code of this node uses the elements' GUIDs to determine whether they are existing, new or deleted. It will return a report of the modifications and lists of the existing, new and deleted elements. The ExistingElements Data output is the data you'll need to initiate the geometry and metadata comparisons between DocumentA and DocumentB.
1.2 ModificationTracker.GeometryChanges: This node compares meshed approximations of the geometry of elements that exist in both DocumentA and DocumentB. It will then output the elements with the same geometry and those with a modified geometry in separate lists.
Here are the definitions I used to get the geometry "Snapshots":
1.3 ModificationTracker.ParameterChanges: This node compares string "Snapshots" of the parameters of the elements that exist in both DocumentA and DocumentB. Like the GeometryChanges node, it will return changed and unchanged elements in separate lists.
Here is the definition I used to get the parameter values "Snapshots":
1.4 ModificationTracker.AllChanges: This node compares both the geometry and the parameters of the elements that exist in two versions of the same model:
2. The Workflows
These nodes were created to serve the following workflows (I make use of UI.MultipleInputForm++ and Dynamo Player in order to make them as user friendly as possible ) :
Important note: The ColorSelection input in the form is only available with revit 2017. You will have to set the color overrides whithin the script if you are using Revit 2016 or a previous version.
2.1 Visualize geometry changes:
This workflow will prompt the user to select the linked model to compare the current model against, the cotegories to track and the override colors for changed, unchanged, and new elements.
To test this workflow, I have created a "Dummy" Revit file with some walls and colums, then I moved some of these columns and walls and saved it as a new version. I have tried the workflow on a "real" model with over 2000 elements and the performance was still pretty good.
2.2 Vizualise parameter value changes:
This workflow works in a very similar way to the previous one except it tracks parameter value modifications instead of geometric modifications.
As a test, I have two versions of a same model where only some text parameter values have been changed on a wall and two columns.
2.3 Vizualise geometry and parameter value changes:
This workflow allows to track parameter value changes as well as geometric changes. It creates a form that prompts the user to select the linked file to take into account, the categories, and all the override colors.
Please let me know if you're facing any issues with those nodes. I'd be happy to improve them!


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PORTLAND — Developers proposing a $7 billion plant to export natural gas from the Rockies and Canada to Asia filed a formal application this week with federal regulators.
The plant at the Coos Bay port in Oregon would chill gas for shipment as a liquid. It faces hurdles, including getting a federal permit to ship to countries such as Japan and South Korea that don't have free-trade agreements with the U.S., and skepticism from U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, the Senate Energy Committee chairman who says exports could drive up domestic energy prices.
The plant initially was conceived as an import facility, but the new abundance of cheap gas in the U.S. has turned the market around.
Planners of the Jordan Cove Energy Project,
which is led by Calgary-based Veresen Inc., hope to have federal approval within a year. Backers say it would be the largest construction project in Oregon, taking about 900 workers more than three years to complete. The project includes a 230-mile pipeline and a plant that would turn the gas into liquid for shipment on tankers.
Jordan Cove's developers say they have all their local land-use approvals in hand for the liquefaction terminal, though further appeals are likely, and the pipeline still needs separate approvals from Coos and Douglas counties.
Meanwhile, various state and federal agencies need to weigh in on the project's compliance with clean air, clean water, coastal zone management and endangered species regulations.
"We have a bit of a gauntlet before us, but we look forward to it," Jordan Cove spokesman Michael Hinrichs said. "It should make for a thorough review of the project."
Besides the Jordan Cove project, the Oregon LNG project near the mouth of the Columbia River remains on the drawing board. Oregon LNG is also in the pre-filing stage with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but Clatsop County has denied permission for that terminal's pipeline and is expected to finalize that decision this summer.
Oregon LNG has said it intends to comply with all state and local permitting, though it might argue that the county's decision is moot, and that federal regulators' approvals are all that's required under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.


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NEW YORK — Town Sports International Inc. is moving ahead with its initial public offering (IPO), which will make it just the third public club company in the health club industry. In June, the company filed to raise $172.5 million in an IPO underwritten by Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Bank. At that time, TSI also sought a buyer for the company.
According to the New York Post, the company decided to pursue the IPO route after it received unsatisfactory bids for the company from a number of private-equity firms including Leonard Green & Partners, Bain Capital, MidOcean Partners and Spectrum Equity Investors. TSI, which has 140 clubs and nearly 400,000 members, is valued at between $600 million and $700 million, but an IPO could put a higher valuation on the company, according to the Post.
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is there a way do a fully quantitative test for starch and im not referring to the iodine test cause that is semi-quantitave but a test that can give me the exact volume of starch in a mixture
Hydrolyze the starch enzymatically (eg. by addition od amylase), then quantify glucose. For example:
http://www.nature.com/nprot/journal/v1/ … 6.232.html
I don't think that would work very well because that would measure the total amount of glucose monomers. If one starch chain is longer than the other, it will have a higher reading even though it will have the same number of moles of starch.
It would give you a good approximation of the number of glucose units. For most quantitative research, most people are looking for the potential number of glucoses that could be unleashed. As far as I know, given enough resources and space, a starch will grow and grow and grow to a maximum size that is actually visible. In the paper that was listed above, the author actually concludes that because the starch is entirely glucose and knowing the molecular weight of one full starch granule and knowing the number of glucose you can extrapolate the number of starch there are in a sample. There is no better way that I can think of.
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Live Free or Die? What kind of motto is that in a state that locks someone up for doing something we are guaranteed in the United States Constitution- Freedom of Press.
Adam Mueller is facing 21 years for reporting the truth about an incident in a New Hampshire High School. Adam is a journalist who was doing what journalists do. I appreciate Adam's candid reporting.
I would think that our schools would rather have our children safe than worry about the reputation of a bunch of unbridled adults. Why aren't these officials being held to a higher standard?
Adam has done a lot on a national scale to help common people root out bad officials and he should not be in jail for it. Free Ademo
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Today, Adobe and Sony are excited to announce the winners of the 'Adobe® AIR® App Challenge, Sponsored by Sony'. The contest launched in July to drive the creation of breakthrough Flash based apps powered by Adobe AIR for the Android-based Sony Tablet™ S and Sony Tablet™ P. The winners will receive a cash prize plus premium promotion* of their app for Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P via Sony's Select App, the website with a shortcut icon on the tablets' home-screen to highlight Sony-recommended Android™ apps.
Hundreds of entries were received from developers in eligible countries, including Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, UK and USA. The winning apps in five categories (excluding 'MAX Public Favorite') were selected by a panel of Adobe and Sony judges and industry experts. Submitted apps were judged based on quality and performance on Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P, innovation and creativity, and overall user experience. All apps are now live and available for download from Android Market™ – visit the links below. Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who submitted an app!
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- Grand Prize ($100,000 US): Tweet Hunt, by RED Interactive Agency
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- Best Game ($20,000 US): Conveyor, by drMikeyStudios
- Conveyor is an addictive word game – race the clock to score the most points!
- Best Entertainment App ($20,000 US): Kidoodle: Pirate Scribblebeard, by Kidoodle Apps
- Join Oscar, Josephine and Pirate Scribblebeard in this groundbreaking new type of interactive, animated, drawing app for kids.
- Best Business & Productivity App ($20,000 US): Conqu, by AsFusion
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- Best Lifestyle & Community App ($20,000 US): Sylvester's Band, by Uncle Handsalt
- Sylvester's Band is Sylvester's Band an interactive book for children ages 2-7, with 35+ pages and English voiceover.
- Most Innovative App ($10,000 US): LEVEL, by drMikeyStudios
- LEVEL is a puzzle-platformer with a twist. Designed specifically for the Sony Tablet P, LEVEL takes specific advantage of the two screen layout.
- MAX Public Favorite ($10,000 US): Cassandra Stand – News & Clock, by Small Screen Design
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Available in 2012 exclusively on AT&T's mobile broadband network, Sony Tablet P is ideal for mobile communication and entertainment. With its revolutionary folding design and two 5.5-inch displays, it can easily fit into a pocket, purse or backpack. Sony Tablet P is both Wi-Fi and 3G/4G capable allowing users access to digital content including videos, games, and e-mail, while on the go, nearly anytime. Taking advantage of its unprecedented design, Sony Tablet P allows for dual screen functionality within specific applications, , such as playing games on one screen while using the other as a controller or reading e-mail on one screen while using the other as a software keyboard.
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The Essence blushers are matte, however they're supposed to have a 'super-soft' finish that gives them more of a freshly, pinched look, rather than in your face matte. I can see this when I swatch them, the formula feels light and airy, although this means it also kicks some of the powder up.
The packaging for £1 is not too bad at all. It's a basic plastic tub with a flip up lid, I don't think it looks too cheap. Although, to be fair, if the product is really good and super affordable, then what's some packaging!
The Matt touch blushers are also available in 10 peach me up! and 30 rose me up! However, I was so preoccupied with this blush that I didn't really take a look at the other shades.
As you can see in the picture above, 20 berry me up! is more on the muted side of the berry scale. However, when swatched it is a lot brighter than expected and there is a bit of fallout. It's not really a dupe for the Bare Minerals Ready Blush in The One as this is a slightly more on the pinky side and it's also a lot more vivid compared to the Bare Minerals blush.
The blush applies really smoothly, and the one thing I didn't expect is that it in infact much more pigmented than the Bare Minerals blush, which for £1 is pretty amazing! It gives a lovely soft berry glow, and the formula just sort of melts into your skin so it all becomes one. They really do live up to their 'super-soft' claims giving a lovely result without a powdery look. I like to apply this quite high on my cheeks to give a sculpted look, and I use it with a dense angled blush brush to blend as I go along.
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Sicilian Olive and Smoked Almond Tapenade from 'Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese'
Tapenade is typically a briny mix of olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, loosely bound and best eaten in small bites, smeared on toast or drizzled atop warm-from-the-vine tomatoes. I've made plenty of the spread in my own kitchen, but I've never strayed from the expected ingredient list. Tenaya Darlington's recipe in Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese takes a completely different approach. She laces her tapenade with nutty and sweet Foja de Noce, an Italian sheep's milk cheese wrapped in walnut leaves. To play off the nuttiness of the cheese, she adds smoked almonds to the food processor (or mortar and pestle—take your pick) along with honey and lemon juice to balance the salt. Her olives of choice are dry-cured Sicilian, a serious choice for a serious spread.
Why I picked this recipe: I was completely unsure how these seemingly disparate elements would taste when pulsed together, but I figured it was worth a shot. (I was right.)
What worked: Each bite of this surprise of a spread offers an intense burst of smoke, salt, and umami.
What didn't: I would have liked more olive oil here. Next time, I'd at least double the amount.
Suggested tweaks: If you can't find Foja de Noce, you can substitute many other hard cheeses. Other Pecorinos would work particularly well. Balance out the variable salt levels by tweaking the amounts of oil, honey, and lemon juice. If all you can find are "smokehouse" almonds, rinse off the excess salt before using.
Reprinted with permission from Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Recipes, and Pairings by Tenaya Darlington. Copyright 2013. Published by Running Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. All rights reserved. Available wherever books are sold.
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- Yield:makes about 1 cup
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:10 minutes
- 1/4 pound Foja de Noce, grated
- 1/3 cup smoked almonds
- 1/3 cup dry-cured Sicilian olives, pitted
- 1 small garlic clove
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons honey (preferably light-colored)
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Place all of the ingredients in a food processor and purée until the mixture is finely chopped, about the consistency of pesto. You may need to add a couple tablespoons of water if the paste is too thick. If you don't have a food processor, try dicing the ingredients, then use a mortar and pestle to create a paste.
Covered, this tapenade will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
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Central Line offers International daily buses from/to(Managua, Granada) Nicaragua to San Jose Costa Rica.
We think Central Line should educate their employees a little, okay, a LOT, better on where their buses actually GO.
This post is a HEADS UP for anyone traveling from the Penas Blancas border crossing to the La Fortuna area. If this just helps 1 person, I'll be happy. Here's what happened. If you're not familiar with the border crossing you can view the video below and maybe get a sense of it all. *And for the record, understanding or speaking Spanish was not part of the problem, so it wasn't a 'communication' thing.
We had just arrived from Granada, Nicaragua to the Penas Blancas border crossing and as were were starting the process we were met by an attractive, well dressed woman, wearing a crispy, clean uniform, complete with identification badge and I should mention, her make-up was Jennifer Lopez perfect. She asked us if we needed a bus. Now, I've crossed this border about 29,000 times, so I was pretty sure she couldn't help us since there's only 1 bus that goes even close to La Fortuna (El Tanque to be exact, which is only about 5 minutes away from La Fortuna).
But, when we mentioned La Fortuna, she said yes, "Central Line goes right past there." I was skeptical. We asked again, this time she confirmed it with another attractive woman who also appeared to work for Central Line. The tickets were about $14. each. As she explained this was a direct shot, so NO stops and the best part, for me anyway, the bus had a restroom. Not only were we going to save a couple hours but also not get all anxious about when the next pee stop would be (I know a few of you out there can relate to that). As we were paying for the tickets, we asked again to make doubly sure.Jennifer even told us how long it would take and she was right, 3 1/2 hours. I was satisfied. I just thought, 'finally, a bus line realizes La Fortuna should have it's own STOP.'
Obviously, you know where this is going. In the end J-lo ended up being full of shit. Miss Lopez telling me the bus stopped close to La Fortuna would be like an airline telling you the flight can get you to Maine from Florida,,, but then conveniently forgetting to mention you would have to get a connection in California because that is where the plane is actually going. WHOOPS! Needless to say, we almost missed our 'regular' bus and believe me, you don't want to be stuck overnight at the border. Think we got our money back? Nope (and we tried). Didn't have time to argue, we had to complete our crossing and if it's busy, it can take awhile, so no REAL time to argue or at least punch these ladies in the throat and run.
Moral of the story. Ask the driver before boarding where in the hell the bus is going, which is exactly how we found out Jennifer Lopez was talking shit.
Dear Central Line, you need to make this RIGHT and if and when you do, I'll post it. Unfortunately, I can't help but doubt you will since this isn't the United States, here it seems the customer is rarely right. Sorry, just going from my experience... but I would LOVE for you to prove me wrong. pura vida.This video about crossing the border at Penas Blancas was done quite awhile ago but it still accurate. Check it out.
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28 November 2012 | Company results | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Golden Meditech interim revenue rises by 6.4%
Singapore: Golden Meditech, a leading integrated healthcare enterprise in China, revealed its interim results for the six months ending 30 September 2012. During the interim period, the group reported financial results that were in line with management expectations and barely affected by the current global environment.
Total revenue for the interim period increased by 6.4 percent to $28 million (HK$224,464,000). Profit attributable to shareholders of the period increased by 11.2 percent to $ 11 million (HK$85,255,000). Excluding non-cash gain of $631,224 (HK$54,892,000) due to fair value changes of financial assets and financial liabilities, adjusted profit attributable to shareholders of the period, which included contributions from associates, dropped by 63.6 percent.
Mr Kam Yuen, chairman and chief executive officer of the group, said that, "Golden Meditech's solid healthcare businesses have weathered the complicated market conditions, and allowed the company to take advantage of the opportunities that have arisen. The medical devices segment continued to be favored by the Chinese policies on blood transfusion, while healthcare services segment recorded a steady performance despite the Beijing haematology hospital operations being temporarily suspended until the 600-bed new hospital to be operational by the end of this fiscal year."
"With living standard and aging population continue to grow, public awareness of quality healthcare is increasing, and the Chinese government has exerted greater support to the development of healthcare industry, which provides a favorable platform for Golden Meditech to drive the business forward," he added.


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Caution: There's going to be lots of Prince Charles and Camilla on the Royalist for the next two weeks.
The royal couple are embarking on a two-week tour of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand, and we'll be keeping up with them every step of the way.
Camilla should be bright eyed and bushy tailed for the trip, as she is currently finishing off a week long stay at a $5,000 a night ayurvedic centre in India.
The Prince and Duchess are due to land in Port Moresby on Saturday night as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. They will tour Port Moresby and the village of Boera, where locals are restoring coastal mangroves.
The Prince and the Duchess will be greeted by traditional sing-sings, in which tribes or villages gather to show off their distinct culture, dance and music, dressing in elaborate costumes and war paint.
They will leave Papua New Guinea on Monday for a six-day visit to Australia where they will tour the outback town of Longreach and the cities of Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart, Sydney and Canberra.
The royal couple will end their tour in New Zealand, where Prince Charles will celebrate his 64th birthday on November 14 in Wellington.


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ALGORITHMS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE IP LOOKUP AND PACKET CLASSIFICATION ENGINES by Thilan Ganegedara A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) December 2013 Copyright 2013 Thilan Ganegedara
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|ALGORITHMS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE IP LOOKUP AND PACKET CLASSIFICATION ENGINES by Thilan Ganegedara A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) December 2013 Copyright 2013 Thilan Ganegedara


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I have my fingers buried deep within Michael Haulică's "Fantastic Stories" (Povestiri Fantastice) and I am enjoying it a lot. It will take a little while until I'll have a review of his collection of short stories, but until then I am happy to see that the English speaking readers have the opportunity now to have a taste of Michael Haulică's works with the help of the wonderful The World SF Blog, which posted today his story, "LAPINS". Also on The World SF Blog, at the end of the Michael Haulică's short story, you can find a presentation of the author, one of the important names of modern Romanian speculative fiction. I hope that you'll enjoy Michael Haulică's "LAPINS", translated by Adriana Moșoiu.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
A taste of Romanian SF, "LAPINS" by Michael Haulică available on The World SF Blog
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Thank you very much for this post.
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Always my pleasure, Michael :)
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Further north along the East Coast, the New York City area got some of its coldest air in two years, with subzero wind chills shocking New Yorkers who had been treated to a relatively mild winter until now, NBC New York's Storm Team 4 reported.
Northern Maine saw temperatures as low as 36 below zero on Wednesday, and the Bangor Daily News reported that the chill would make for a 75-degree drop from the record highs the Pine Tree State enjoyed last week.
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Meteorologists from the National Weather Service warned that the shores of the Great Lakes, from Ohio to western New York state, could soon have to dig out from massive lake effect snowfall expected Wednesday. Contributing to the sheer amount of snow were the Great Lakes' near-record warm water temperatures, according to WunderBlog.
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Novak Djokovic beat Juan Martin del Potro in a thrilling Wimbledon semi-final, overcoming the Argentine after four hours and 44 minutes.
Top seed Djokovic and eighth seed Del Potro exchanged the first two sets before Djokovic won a brutal third.
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The match was the longest men's semi-final in Wimbledon history.
The previous longest last-four encounter was the 1989 match between Boris Becker and Ivan Lendl, which Becker eventually won.
World number one Djokovic will play Andy Murray in Sunday's final after the Briton beat Pole Jerzy Janowicz 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3 in Friday's second semi-final.
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Djokovic, who was playing in his 13th consecutive Grand Slam semi-final, is bidding for his seventh major title.
Before Friday's match on Centre Court he led Del Potro 8-3 in head-to-head encounters but was beaten by the Argentine in last year's Olympic bronze-medal match, also held at Wimbledon.
Del Potro, who was not even sure if he would be able to play after aggravating a knee injury in his quarter-final, held his own for much of the first set.
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Del Potro, 24, staved off a break point in his next service game and went on to level, to the loud approval of the Centre Court crowd.
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Jon Magnusson, the Chairman/C.E.O. of the structural/civil engineering firm of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, gave a free public lecture in the Great Hall that had a touch of magic to it. The lecture, entitled "Building the Impossible," showcased a series of impossible-seeming buildings designed by the likes of Rem Koolhaas and Frank Gehry that Mr. Magnusson's firm had helped make a reality. Throughout his presentation, which was part of an annual series sponsored by the Steel Institute of New York, Mr. Magnusson explored the ways "structure can become architecture."
In each case study Mr. Magnusson would present a baffling structural conundrum and then reveal the ingenious engineering that not only made it possible, but in many cases contributed to its realized shape. He began with Frank Gehry's design for the Experience Music Project building in Seattle, Washington. The Gehry studio initially presented a sketch resembling a child's squiggles and said, "this is a little far out for us," according to Mr. Magnusson. The final model had no straight lines. "We couldn't figure out what was a roof and what was a wall," Mr. Magnusson said. At the time there was no precedent for building such a structure.
The steel ribs holding up the Experience Music Project building
With the mystery set up, Mr. Magnusson revealed that a digital probe was run over the surface of the building's model to create X, Y and Z coordinates that defined the surface as a data set. "But that doesn't tell us how to hold the surface up," he said. In the end they looked to the human ribcage as inspiration for creating a set of continuously varying cast steel "ribs" that hold up the skin of the building. The result resembles something like undulating, metallic hills. "With the process we designed for the Experience Music Project we can do any shape now," Mr. Magnusson said.
The hidden structure of the Seattle Central Library
Introducing another building conundrum, Mr. Magnusson began, "As an engineer you know you are in trouble if the model requires the escalators to hold the building up." He referred to an early design of Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Central Library, which began as three platforms that seemed to hover in the air. Each "platform" housed a space for a separate function of the library: books, administration and public gatherings. Soon the architects draped a diamond pattern skin over the platforms that "presented tremendous challenges and tremendous opportunities," Mr. Magnusson said.
The exterior of the Seattle Central Library
Once again he peeled back the steel curtain to reveal the structural engineering "magic." A system of columns and trusses supports the "gravity load" of the building, leaving the skin strictly as wind and seismic resistance. The central platform that holds all the books has the assembly platform suspended from it and the administrative platform cantilevered off of it. Then he revealed how the diamond-pattern skin holds another example of structure as architecture. Stress patterns on the skin required that some portions use two layers. "As you walk through the library and look at the double backing you can actually see the shape of the stress patterns," Mr. Magnusson said. "So the structure is not only what you get aesthetically … it's showing you how the structure is working."
The strcuture of the Wyly Theater
Another Rem Koolhaas project co-designed with Joshua Prince-Ramus, The Wyly Theater in Dallas, Texas, presented a new sort of structural challenge. "Most of the building doesn't exist at the ground floor," Mr Magnusson said. The designers wanted to open up the performance space so that the whole city could be used as backdrop. To accomplish this the architects designed the traditional front of the house be underneath the performance space and the back of the house to be above. Thus the performance space can be open on all sides. The other challenge: the designers didn't want any columns at the corners. Mr. Magnusson showed the audience the multiple iterations his firm presented in an effort to meet the architectural goals for the project while still being able to hold the building up. In the end he revealed a system of slanted columns that opened up 44-foot wide unobstructed views of the city from each side of the performance chamber. The result resembles a building suspended in midair.
Over the course of an hour Mr. Magnusson revealed a half dozen feats of structural engineering that make the seemingly impossible into a reality. Water tanks atop a needle-like 73-story apartment tower passively stabilize the building against wind gusts. Giant, retractable stadium roof panels weighing millions of pounds use pistons and hinges to allow for up to seven inches of expansion and contraction due to seasonal temperature change. Sliding bearings allow the roof of the San Jose International Airport to touch the ground at several points without fear of an earthquake tearing it down. In the end it was less a magic demonstration than an illustration of the crucial interplay of design and engineering. "The general public have no idea what's going on up there," he said. "Now you know."


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Born to a wealthy Virginia family, Antonia Ford was 23 when she provided military intelligence to Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart. Ford gathered information from Union soldiers who occupied her hometown of Fairfax Court House, which was halfway between Washington, D.C. and Manassas, Virginia. In October 1861, Stuart rewarded Ford with a written honorary commission as aide-de-camp and ordered that she "be obeyed, respected and admired."
In March 1863, Stuart's commission was used against Ford when she was accused of spying for John Singleton Mosby. Mosby's partisan rangers had captured Union general Edwin H. Stoughton in his headquarters—one of the most famous cavalry raids of the war. The Secret Service suspected Ford was involved in planning the attack in part because Stoughton and Ford had spent time together. The Secret Service sent a female operative, pretending to be a Confederate sympathizer, to meet with Ford, who showed her Stuart's commission. Ford was soon arrested. While being held, she was found with smuggled papers.
After several months at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C., Ford was released due to the petitioning of Union major Joseph C. Willard—one of her captors. Willard resigned from the Union Army, and he and Ford married in March 1864; Ford took an oath of allegiance to the United States.
The couple stayed in Washington, D.C. and had three children, but only one survived infancy. Their son, Joseph Edward Willard, later became lieutenant governor of Virginia and United States ambassador to Spain.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horace Mann (NYSE:HMN), guided by its high standards and mission to serve educators across the country, announced the release of its 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility report. The report details Horace Mann's impact on the people and the community it serves.
"Our mission to serve educators is both a legacy and a responsibility. The commitment and dedication of educators who serve their students and our communities motivates us to think, and act, beyond the day-to-day requirements of running a corporation," said Marita Zuraitis, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report discusses how we give back to communities, live up to our high ethical standards, share our knowledge and respect the environment."
Learn more about Horace Mann's approach to corporate social responsibility in its 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
About Horace Mann
Horace Mann (Horace Mann Educators Corp. (NYSE:HMN)) is the largest financial services company focused on providing America's educators and school employees with insurance and retirement solutions. Founded by Educators for Educators® in 1945, the company is headquartered in Springfield, Illinois. For more information about the company, visit horacemann.com.
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