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Spirituality On Immersion
Michelle Davidson
When I started college, I was pretty uncertain about my spirituality and what that word even meant to me. As a senior, I still have a lot of questions. But I've become more comfortable with that uncertainty. I've learned that some things bring me peace, while other things bring me disturbance. I think that's how I would describe my spirituality at this point in time. Father McCarthy discussed this phenomenon at our immersion kick-off meeting, and it really resonated with me. I've also learned that sometimes it takes those moments of disturbance or turmoil to redirect myself towards peace. After three years of experiences that taught me this dichotomy, I entered senior year hoping to take advantage of opportunities that I felt would lead me towards peace. When I think of the places where I find this feeling, I think of the authentic communities I have found at Santa Clara. One of these communities has been created through my immersion trips. Immersions have blessed me with experiences that tested, deepened, and nurtured my spirit.
Last year, I went to Arizona on the Navajo Nation trip. The opportunity to have a reflective week without the distractions around me at school was one that I embraced. It was a week where I felt more in touch with my spirituality than I had in a long time. I yearned to keep this feeling alive, and I applied to be an immersion coordinator for this year. Next thing I knew, I was preparing to lead the spring break trip to San Jose. I was correct in thinking that leading a trip would deepen my spirituality, but it did so in ways that I didn't anticipate.
As a participant in the Navajo Nation trip, I had felt more present than ever. I was able to leave my phone, my classes, and my life at Santa Clara for a week of simplicity. My focus was on whatever person or moment presented itself to me, and I spent more time reflecting than I ever had at school. This year, as a leader, I was focused on making sure things ran smoothly. I had my phone with me and was constantly thinking of what was next. In some ways, this took away from the unique experience that I had as a participant. But in so many other ways, I was able to grow.
Throughout college, some of the experiences that bring people the most growth are contemplation, volunteering, community, and immersion into new environments. Being an immersion coordinator was an intensive way of experiencing a combination of these things. In the span of a week, I was exposed to the challenges and gifts that come with being a leader in an already intense environment. The combination of the immersion and being a leader brought up so many questions about myself, my spirituality, the suffering we witnessed, my vocation, my relationships, and my responsibility to others. I think it taught me that there is much more to my spirituality than giving myself time to reflect. My spirituality is tried, but also nourished by pushing myself. It deepens further by forcing myself to find out how I want to be better, how I can help make things better for others, and by exposing the questions in myself that can be challenging and sometimes uncomfortable to explore.
On the trip, we were asked to design a flag in response to the question "why do you do what you do?" I realized that, for me, I do what I do to revitalize myself and to instill that peace I talked about earlier. My response was "to fuel my spirit." Experiences like immersion are really what do that for me. They remind me that there is more to life than what I see every day. They remind me what it feels like to be surrounded by authenticity. They also remind me that there is so much to work on in myself and in the rest of the world. The feeling of peace, the feeling of really being alive, doesn't come from being comfortable. This is strange for me to realize, because I associate peace with comfort. But the feeling of peace I'm describing is so much deeper than that. It's the feeling I have at my core when love fully fills me. I think what I've learned above all else is that I get this feeling from challenging myself, from shaking up my beliefs, from learning from people who are so different from me, and from being remolded to become more whole. My experiences at Santa Clara, immersion being a key one, have helped teach me this. I have gained a greater appreciation for the afflictions that can come during spiritual discernment. My path after I graduate is unclear, both spiritually and vocationally, but I hope that following what brings me peace will lead me in the right direction.
My name is Michelle Davidson, and I am currently a senior at SCU. I love to spend time with friends, travel, run, and be outdoors. On campus, I've enjoyed being involved in groups like SCCAP, EMS, and immersion programs. Over spring break, I led the San Jose immersion trip. It was a wonderful experience that taught me a lot. I will be graduating this spring and plan to stay in the area.

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Xorg multiseat
Multiseat is a certain setup where multiple users work simultaneously on one computer. This is achieved by having two monitors, two keyboards and two mice. The advantages are quite obvious:
- Less power consumption (only one computer)
- Less hardware to purchase
- All the cool kids do it
- 1 Requirements
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Tips and tricks
- 4 About evdev
- 5 Setting up Xorg
- 6 Testing
- 7 Setting up the loginmanager
- 8 Troubleshooting
- 9 Final configuration
- 10 Related problems
- 11 See also
Keyboards and mice
Any standard PS/2 or USB keyboards will suffice. Same thing for mice.
Graphics hardware
For the best possible result you'll need two graphics cards. I used an nVidia FX5500 AGP and an nVidia 6200 PCI. If you look around a bit you can certainly find new and decent PCI graphics card for a soft price.
It is possible to use only one videocard which has dual heads (like most nvidia cards will have), but this has some limitations: you have to use Xephyr on the second monitor which seems quite a messy solution from what I've read, and for optimal usage both screens need the same resolution.
If you have two pci-express slots, take advantage of them! That way you'll even be able to play two games at the same time. (PCI is too slow to play comfortably)
Processors and memory
If you really are working with two users on the same computer, I'd at least recommend a dual-core processor and plenty of RAM. A fast hard drive (10.000 RPM or higher) is also recommended for comfortable use.
You'll need Xorg with the drivers for your graphics card (according to some sources, the closed source nvidia driver works better than the open source nv driver for this, I have t tested this myself) and the evdev (xf86-input-evdev) driver. That's all. All this can be found in the Arch Linux core and extra repositories.
Some X knowledge
If you know how X works this will be a lot easier. Before you start, I recommend generating a clean configuration with xorgconfig that works with a single screen. Read through this xorg configuration and make yourself familiar. And as usual the manpages will provide you with most of the answers. You may reference some man pages: xorg, xserver, startx, xdm, xinit. sudo X -configure, X -showopts may give you some hint.
For this article to be clear, I'll be using the following definitions:
- screen: A screen is something Xorg can display its stuff on. A screen has a monitor and a graphics card assigned to it.
- monitor: A physical monitor like the one you're now sitting in front of.
- server layout: a definition of which screen, keyboard and mouse to use.
- seat: A workplace with a physical monitor, physical keyboard and physical mouse.
Tips and tricks
- Set up ssh on your computer, so you can ssh to the machine from another computer (such as a laptop). This is very useful because you'll probably run into X not responding anymore or not giving you picture at all.
- Finding out which keyboard and mouse is which: open a terminal and use cat to find out. For example,
cat /dev/input/mouse1. If you then move your mouse and you see all weird things happening than that is the mouse you're moving. Same goes for keyboards, which are called eventN.
- Try a basic configuration first. Don't start with the fancy stuff yet, get a very basic Xorg working first.
- Leave your
xorg.confalone and create a new file, called
/etc/X11to store your new multiseat configuration. After this configuration is working you can overwrite the
xorg.conffile with your new
- Create a backup of all relevant configuration files. What do you mean you'll skip this one?
- Take a look at the full configuration I used at the end of this article before you start.
About evdev
evdev is an Xorg driver which can make use of the kernel event devices, which you can find in
Setting up Xorg
The logic behind this is that you have two server layouts, each assigned with their own keyboard, mouse, video card and monitor.
The basics
First of all we'll set up the basics for xorg.
Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "on" Option "ZapWarning" "on" Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "off" # Zapping on Option "DRI2" "on" Option "Xinerama" "off" EndSection
Defining available input devices
This part of the configuration tells Xorg which input devices it has available. Input devices are keyboards and mice, but can also be, for example, touchscreens and pens.
This section defines my first keyboard, called keyboard0. As you can seen it uses the evdev driver.
/dev/input/event1 corresponds with the keyboard connected to the PS/2 port of my computer. Create a section like this for each keyboard you have. Don't forget to modify the identifier of course. Keep the identifier simple and match it with the other names. This keyboard0 will be used for screen0 together with mouse0.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "keyboard0" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" # Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd" # Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Tangtop_Generic_USBPS2-event-kbd" Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" Option "xkb_model" "evdev" Option "xkb_layout" "us" Option "GrabDevice" "on" # prevent send event to other X-servers # If you are using a non en_US keyboard, set the layout here. # Option "XkbLayout" "be" EndSection
This section defines my first mouse, called mouse0. This uses the regular mouse driver. /dev/input/mouse2 corresponds with the mouse connected to the PS/2 port of my computer. Create a section like this for each mouse you have.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse2" EndSection # or use evdev, that could assign by id Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Tangtop_Generic_USBPS2-event-mouse" Option "GrabDevice" "on" EndSection
Graphics card
Now we'll set up the graphics card for each screen.
Section "Device" Identifier "nvidia0" Driver "nvidia" Option "NoLogo" "1" # Remove nvidia branding at startup BusId "PCI:1:0:0" Option "ProbeAllGpus" "false" # Only required for nvidia EndSection
This section defines my first graphics card, called nvidia0. This uses the closed source nvidia driver. Take a close look at the BusID. This option specifies which hardware card to use. You can find out the BusId's with lspci. However, you'll soon find out this doesn't always match. That's because lspci displays the device address in hexadecimal form. Xorg however uses decimal form. So you'll need to convert your address from hexadecimal form to decimal. Thus a device address of 0:0a:0 in lspci would become 0:10:0 in
Create a section like this for every graphics card you have.
This section defines my first screen, called screen0. Pay close attention to the "monitor" option. For easy recognition I called it the model of my monitor.
Section "Screen" Identifier "screen0" Device "nvidia0" Monitor "l1730s" DefaultDepth 24 Option "DPI" "100x100" Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubsection EndSection
Create a section like this for every screen you have.
This section defines my first monitor, l1730s. Pay close attention to the identifier.
Section "Monitor" Identifier "l1730s" HorizSync 30-93 VertRefresh 60 Option "dpms" EndSection
Create section like this for every monitor you have.
Here's the fun stuff. This is how everything is added up. This is my first seat, called seat0. Here I tell Xorg for the server layout called "seat0" to use my screen0, which is attached to nvidia0, using keyboard0 and mouse0.
The AutoAddDevices option is now needed to keep HAL from automatically adding all your input devices to all the X servers.
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "seat0" Screen "screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Option "Clone" "off" Option "AutoAddDevices" "off" Option "DisableModInDev" "true" Option "SingleCard" "on" # use this to simplfied isolatedevice option EndSection
Create a section like this for every seat you have with their respective keyboards, mice and screens.
Before we start modifying our login manager, we'll first start with testing out the individual seats. If these are working, then we're good to go.
I've used twm (tiny window manager) to test out if my seats work, but there's no reason you can't use KDE, gnome, or any other desktop environment or window manager. I've used this in my
exec twm
Use the following command to test out an individual seat:
startx -- -layout seat0 -config xorg.conf.multiseat
Do this for every seat you have. If they are all working correctly and the keyboard/mouse combination matches, then congratulations! You are almost finished! In case you are wondering why I didn't you use the full path to my new configuration file, that's because X doesn't allow that when running as non-root. It will search for xorg.conf.multiseat relative to
Setting up the loginmanager
For KDM (KDE's Display Manager)
/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and set the following variables:
StaticServers=:0,:1 #In the case of two seats. If you have three this would become :0,:1,:2 and so forth. ReserveServers=:2,:3 #You can define here as many as you want, but these should always start at the highest seat + 1.
Next you'll need to add an [X-:n-Core] for each seat (where n = the seat)
[X-:0-Core] ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -layout seat0 [X-:1-Core] ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -layout seat1 -sharevts -novtswitch
Add section like this for every seat you have, and do not forget to change the :0 and the -layout seat0. Note that the "-sharevts" and "-novtswitch" options should be added for all seats except the first one. Otherwise, you can end with rectangles of virtual terminals "showing through" on your primary screen.
For GDM (Gnome's Display Manager)
/etc/gdm/custom.conf and set the following variables (This sample demos two seats):
[servers] 0=Standard0 1=Standard1 [server-Standard0] name=Standard server command=/usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -novtswitch -sharevts -r -config xorg.conf.multiseat -layout seat0 flexible=true [server-Standard1] name=Standard server command=/usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -novtswitch -sharevts -r -config xorg.conf.multiseat -layout seat1 flexible=true
For XDM (X Display Manager)
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and set the following variables (This sample demos two seats):
# NOTE: don't add -sharevts on seat0, otherwise it may reset in about 10~20 minutes automatically. :0 local /usr/bin/X :0 vt07 -nolisten tcp -novtswitch -layout seat0 -config xorg.conf.multiseat :1 local /usr/bin/X :1 vt08 -nolisten tcp -sharevts -novtswitch -layout seat1 -config xorg.conf.multiseat
Also if you use the Archlinux theme edit
/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config for every screen:
DisplayManager._0.setup: /etc/X11/xdm/arch-xdm/Xsetup DisplayManager._0.startup: /etc/X11/xdm/arch-xdm/Xstartup DisplayManager._0.reset: /etc/X11/xdm/arch-xdm/Xreset DisplayManager._1.setup: /etc/X11/xdm/arch-xdm/Xsetup DisplayManager._1.startup: /etc/X11/xdm/arch-xdm/Xstartup DisplayManager._1.reset: /etc/X11/xdm/arch-xdm/Xreset
For LightDM (Light Display Manager)
LightDM works well with ALSA only and PulseAudio removed if you wish to have shared audio, an alsamixer equalizer and software mixing.
In the example below LightDM and MATE with ALSA was installed with PulseAudio removed. PulseAudio could also be used but it requires a more complicated configuration to maintain high audio quality. The relevant hardware used is an ATI Radeon HD 5850 and an Intel Sandy Bridge (onboard) HD 3000. You configuration may vary.
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and follow the sample. Autologin is optional. This works both as multi-user multiseat and single user multi-seat. In the former case only the last user to login will have audio control and access. Specific hardware could be addressed in
/etc/asound.conf to allocate audio to both users simultaneously if required. In the latter case the sound card will be shared equally among the seats using ALSA with PulseAudio removed - libpulse itself should be kept for various software dependencies however:
[LightDM] greeter-user=lightdm log-directory=/var/log/lightdm run-directory=/run/lightdm [SeatDefaults] xserver-command=/usr/bin/X greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter greeter-show-manual-login=true user-session=mate session-wrapper=/etc/lightdm/Xsession pam-service=lightdm-autologin exit-on-failure=true [Seat:0] xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :0 -sharevts xserver-layout=Layout0 #autologin-user=joeblow #autologin-user-timeout=-1 #session-setup-script=/etc/lightdm/scripts/sound_start #session-cleanup-script=/etc/lightdm/scripts/sound_stop [Seat:1] xserver-command=/usr/bin/X :1 -sharevts xserver-layout=Layout1 #autologin-user=jillschmill #autologin-user-timeout=-1
Next, remove respective
~/.asoundrc files (as well as related PulseAudio config files if you removed that) and follow this template with
/etc/asound.conf for sound:
defaults.pcm.rate_converter "samplerate_best" ctl.equal { type equal; } pcm.plugequal { type equal; # Modify the line below if you do not # want to use sound card 0. #slave.pcm "plughw:0,0"; #by default we want to play from more sources at time: slave.pcm "plug:dmix"; } #pcm.equal { # If you do not want the equalizer to be your # default soundcard comment the following # line and uncomment the above line. (You can # choose it as the output device by addressing # it with specific apps,eg mpg123 -a equal 06.Back_In_Black.mp3) pcm.!default { type plug; slave.pcm plugequal; }
Finally you must set the
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file. You'll notice some options have been commented out which could be set according to your needs. Here is a sample, adjust to your own system configuration after determing hardware information:
Section "ServerFlags" Option "DefaultServerLayout" "Layout1" # Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false" Option "DontZap" "false" Option "Xinerama" "0" Option "AutoAddGPU" "FALSE" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "kbd_0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "mouse_0" "CorePointer" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "true" Option "DontVTSwitch" "true" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout1" Screen 0 "Screen1" 0 0 InputDevice "kbd_1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "mouse_1" "CorePointer" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "true" Option "DontVTSwitch" "true" EndSection Section "Module" # Load "dri2" # Load "glamoregl" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "kbd_0" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.6:1.0-event-kbd" Option "GrabDevice" "on" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "Protocol" "Standard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "kbd_1" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:04:00.0-usb-0:1:1.0-event-kbd" Option "GrabDevice" "on" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "Protocol" "Standard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "mouse_0" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.5:1.0-event-mouse" Option "GrabDevice" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "mouse_1" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.3:1.0-event-mouse" Option "GrabDevice" "on" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" Option "VendorName" "Unknown" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" # Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor1" Option "VendorName" "Unknown" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "radeon" # Option "AccelMethod" "glamor" Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" VendorName "" BoardName "" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Screen 0 # Option "EXAVSync" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device1" Driver "intel" VendorName "" BoardName "" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" Screen 0 # Option "AccelMethod" "UXA" # Option "TearFree" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1" Device "Device1" Monitor "Monitor1" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
Make sure to delete the
~/.Xauthority file in respective user directories before the initial reboot.
For Auto Login multiseat (without Display Manager)
edit a script /boot/twin.sh
#!/bin/bash cmd1="/bin/bash --login -c \"/usr/bin/xinit --" cmd2="-nolisten tcp -keeptty -novtswitch -config xorg.multiseat.conf" usr=(user1 user2) # FIXME: assume user1, user2 is valid user id declare -a pid while true ; do for ((i=0; i<${#usr[*]}; i++)) ; do echo "usr[$i]=${usr[$i]} pid=${pid[$i]}" if [ -z "${pid[$i]}" ] || [ ! -d "/proc/${pid[$i]}" ] ; then # echo "pid ${pid[$i]} killed, execute again" cmd3="-layout seat$i vt0"$((7+i))"\"" if [ $i -gt 0 ] ; then cmd3="-sharevts $cmd3" fi #echo "cmd3=$cmd3" /bin/su ${usr[$i]} -l -c "$cmd1 :$i $cmd2 $cmd3" & pid[$i]=$! #echo "new pid=${pid[$i]}" fi done sleep 5 # check process exist per 5 second done
/etc/inittab and setup as follows:
#id:3:initdefault: id:5:initdefault: ... x2:5:once:/root/twin.sh > /root/twin.log 2>&1
My Windows key doesn't work anymore
Put this in a startup file:
xmodmap -e "add Mod4 = Super_L Super_R"
Unreliable behaviour (black picture without cursor)
If everything seems to be set up correctly, but for some reason you always get a black picture without a cursor, try setting the first initialized card in the BIOS to be the PCI card one.
Little black boxes/dots on the desktop
This is actually portions of the virtual terminals being painted on top of X. It seems to be caused by the Linux kernel framebuffer. This can be fixed by disabling the framebuffer, or by removing the "-sharevts" option from the primary seat's X args.
Multimedia keys not working
If your keyboard(s) has extra "multimedia" keys, you may find that they stopped working in your multiseat setup. This is because such keyboards are often represented as more then one "event" device. As you did above, cat each /dev/input/event* device, this time pressing multimedia keys. Once you've found the right event device, add a separate keyboard InputDevice section for it, then add that InputDevice section to the corresponding ServerLayout section with the "SendCoreEvents" option, which indicates that input from this device should be handled, despite not being the core keyboard. In the end you should have sections something like the following:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6" Option "XkbModel" "evdev" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0Multimedia" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7" Option "XkbModel" "evdev" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Keyboard0Multimedia" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" Option "AutoAddDevices" "no" EndSection
The Ctrl-Alt-Fx, Alt-Fx keys mess up with virtual terminals
(Oct 2010) I follows this guide and everything works, except for Atl-F1, Atl-F2,... mess things up. Then I follow this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX (read the part for Ubuntu 10.04):
# cd /usr/bin # ln -s X X0 # ln -s X X1
Then fix in the /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc as follow
[General] ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6 ServerVTs=7,8 StaticServers=:0,:1 ReserveServers=:2,:3 ... [X-:0-Core] ServerVT=8 ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X1 ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -sharevts -novtswitch -keeptty -layout Seat1 -isolateDevice PCI:1:0:0 [X-:1-Core] ServerVT=7 ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X0 ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -novtswitch -keeptty -layout Seat0 -isolateDevice PCI:0:2:0 ...
It works for my computer: one on-board Intel card (xf86-video-intel driver), and one Nvidia card (xf86-video-nouveau driver). You can check if the parameters are passed correctly by:
$ ps aux | grep 'PCI' | grep -Ev 'grep' root 16993 1.6 1.3 32900 26772 ? S 08:09 0:19 /usr/bin/X0 :1 vt7 -nolisten tcp -novtswitch -keeptty -layout Seat0 -isolateDevice PCI:0:2:0 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:1-ES6CCb root 17124 5.9 0.5 18996 11980 ? S 08:09 1:09 /usr/bin/X1 :0 vt8 -nolisten tcp -sharevts -novtswitch -keeptty -layout Seat1 -isolateDevice PCI:1:0:0 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-Wgiyza
The ServerVT=7, ServerVT=8 would be pass to as vt7, vt8
Final configuration
This is my full xorg.conf with multiseat that works:
Section "Module" Load "dbe" SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" EndSubSection Load "type1" Load "speedo" Load "freetype" Load "glx" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/msfonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc2" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" # Option "DontZap" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" # Option "DefaultServerLayout" "alltogether" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "keyboard0" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" Option "XkbModel" "evdev" Option "XkbLayout" "be" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "keyboard1" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5" Option "XkbModel" "evdev" Option "XkbLayout" "be" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" # Auto detect Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "nvidia0" Driver "nvidia" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "TripleBuffer" "True" Option "NoLogo" "1" BusId "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "nvidia1" Driver "nvidia" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "TripleBuffer" "True" Option "NoLogo" "1" BusId "PCI:0:10:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen0" Device "nvidia0" Monitor "l1730s" DefaultDepth 24 Option "DPI" "100x100" Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "nvidia1" Monitor "cpdm151" DefaultDepth 24 Option "DPI" "100x100" Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "seat0" Screen "screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Option "AutoAddDevices" "off" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "seat1" Screen "screen1" 0 0 InputDevice "mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" Option "AutoAddDevices" "off" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" Option "RENDER" "Enable" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "l1730s" HorizSync 30-93 VertRefresh 60 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "cpdm151" Option "dpms" HorizSync 30-61 VertRefresh 60 EndSection
This is my kdmrc:
[General] ConfigVersion=2.3 ConsoleTTYs=vc/1,vc/2,vc/3,vc/4,vc/5,vc/6 PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid ReserveServers=:2,:3 ServerVTs=-7 StaticServers=:0,:1 [Shutdown] BootManager=Grub HaltCmd=/sbin/halt RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot [X-*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=false AllowRootLogin=false AllowShutdown=Root Authorize=true AutoReLogin=false ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%s Reset=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xreset Resources=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xresources Session=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xsession SessionsDirs=/etc/X11/sessions,/usr/share/xsessions,/opt/kde/share/apps/kdm/sessions Setup=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xsetup Startup=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xstartup [X-*-Greeter] AllowConsole=true AntiAliasing=true AuthComplain=true BackgroundCfg=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/backgroundrc ColorScheme= DefaultUser= EchoMode=OneStar FaceSource=PreferUser FailFont=Tahoma,11,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0 FocusPasswd=false ForgingSeed=1097313140 GUIStyle= GreetFont=Tahoma,11,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0 GreetString=Arch Linux %r (%h) GreeterPos=50,50 HiddenUsers=root Language=en_US LogoArea=None LogoPixmap= MaxShowUID=65000 MinShowUID=500 PreselectUser=None SelectedUsers= ShowUsers=NotHidden SortUsers=true StdFont=Tahoma,11,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 UseBackground=false UserCompletion=false UserList=true [X-:*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=true AllowRootLogin=true AllowShutdown=All NoPassEnable=false NoPassUsers= [X-:*-Greeter] AllowClose=true DefaultUser=glenn FocusPasswd=true LoginMode=DefaultLocal PreselectUser=Previous [X-:0-Core] AutoLoginAgain=false AutoLoginDelay=0 AutoLoginEnable=false AutoLoginLocked=false AutoLoginUser=glenn ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -layout seat0 -sharevts -novtswitch [X-:1-Core] ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp -layout seat1 -sharevts -novtswitch [Xdmcp] Enable=false Willing=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xwilling Xaccess=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xaccess
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If two users want to use the sound card simultaneously, it is necessary to use a sound server, PulseAudio being most prevalent. Usually, the PulseAudio server runs only for active user and does not allow for multiple user instances. Solution to this problem is using the system-wide PulseAudio server. Although this approach is discouraged by its authors, it is probably most applicable setup.
- Configuring for system-wide PulseAudio
- Create user pulse and put him into group audio (PulseAudio drops root privileges and changes to user pulse. Group membership allows for device access.)
- Create group pulse-access and put users, who will play sound locally into it (Group membership is used for access control for local access to PA daemon.)
- In /etc/pulse/default.pa state explicitly the access rights
load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-group=pulse-access auth-group-enable=1
Start PA as system-wide, under root:
pulseaudio --system
/var/run/pulse should appear files for communication with daemon, namely pid and native.
- User access
You can check communication with system daemon as non-root by e.g.
pactl -s "unix:/var/run/pulse/native" list.
It is possible to enable automatic connection to local daemon in /etc/pulse/client.conf
auto-connect-localhost = yes
The users should be able to connect to PA server. All the cons for system-wide daemon become essentially pros, e.g. ability to control volume of other users streams in pavucontrol.
- Troubleshooting
It is possible to enable the http interface to PA for debugging in /etc/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-http-protocol-tcp and then connect to it at http://localhost:4714/
See also
- The arckwiki page Multi-pointer X explains how to setup two separate pair of devices on the same session.


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Dr. Tommy Mitchell and Bodie Hodge show how the Bible teaches that we are all descended from Adam and that "racism" is based on a false assumptions.
A National Geographic photo-essay showing the diversity of ocean-dwelling worms resurrected a piece of scientific misinformation that should have died long ago.
"We recently received this email from a gentleman who had a question about a comment one of our speakers made during a television interview..."
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Reporter reported on findings on the origin of DNA, which in essence is a search for the origin of life.
Knowledge that these cells have the ability to transform into so many tissue types is welcome. The promise, if fulfilled, that this technology would be available without the destruction of human life is priceless.
For many of us or those we know, Anna's situation is all too familiar. Holiday celebrations stir up wonderful memories that can sometimes bring emotional pain.
Well-known NBC-TV reporter Robert Bazell suggests that the evolution debate adds little to the education of physicians. He also ridicules those who are proponents of intelligent design and creation.
Tennessean published an article criticizing US Senator (and medical doctor) Dr. Bill Frist (the US Senate Majority Leader) for his support of the teaching of intelligent design in public schools.
Not one example can be put forth of the need for evolution (or belief in its tenets) in order to practice modern medicine.
Answers in Genesis-USA outreach team travels to Ocean Springs in southern Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina.
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Inside ELS/Qwest/Comcast negotiations, which has drawn AG/PUC inquiry
The Colorado Attorney General's office and staff at the Public Utilities Commission have both reached out to Equity LifeStyle Properties, the owner of 11 mobile home communities in Colorado that told tenants this month they would have to switch to Primecast for phone, Internet and pay-television on Nov. 1.
Equity, or ELS, has been unable to agree to terms with Qwest and Comcast to allow the companies to continue servicing the communities. ELS essentially wants more of money from Comcast and some money from Qwest (since it doesn't currently have a deal with Qwest).
Those discussions are ongoing, and a deal can be reached before Nov. 1 in which tenants won't be forced to switch to Primecast.
It's basically a big game of chicken right now. Would Qwest and Comcast rather lose a few thousand customers than give some of their profits to the landowner? Would ELS rather force tenants to switch providers (and deal with MANY unhappy residents) than lower its demands on Qwest and Comcast?
Spokesmen for the AG's office and the PUC wouldn't expand on their discussions with ELS.
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Bote said Qwest has indicated it may make a filing with the PUC on the matter, but the company has yet to do so.
It doesn't appear that ELS would be breaking any laws if it blocked Comcast and Qwest from offering services to their tenants. ELS owns the land. But the plan to force tenants to switch providers has created an uproar within the communities, and many have reached out to regulators. I've personally fielded more than 20 calls and about 10 emails on the issue. Most are from tenants who are upset about being forced to switch providers. Some are specifically unhappy about having to switch to Primecast, a relatively unknown provider in Colorado. It's received some bad marks from Ripoffreport.
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Thomas Gilmer married Nancy Reeves.
1 child Laura Hall Gilmer of N.C.
Laura married Zebulon Vance Ammons
Zebulon Vance Ammons=son of Hiram Ammons(b.1837 Buncombe N.C.)
and Elizabeth Holcombe
Hiram Ammons=son of Jesse Ammons(b.1802 Buncombe N.C.)
and Rhoda Elizabeth Peek(b.1811 Pittsylvania,Va.)
Jesse Ammons was the only son of
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Zeb.and Laura had 3 children.
The oldest was my GGrandmother Virginia Mae Gilmer Ammons Fowler
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Photo of Dad at a very young age.Name on the back, CHARLES JORDEN FOWLER,Jr.,d 1980 in Union,S.C.
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D.Edison FOWLER was Charles,Sr.'s Father,b 1891 d 1967
Virginia Ammons was his Mother,b 1895 d 1980
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Every Tuesday between 12 and 3 pm an advice and solidarity drop-in is held. We welcome all those experiencing problems related to work, the dole, council services, housing, debt or poverty. We are only volunteers, not professionals, but will share our knowledge as best we can and always try to campaign against the unfairness in our society. Our drop-ins can get very busy so please come early and prepare for a bit of a wait! Free food is often available as well as general information about the facilities Ace has including events and campaigns we're involved in.
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York's fabulous food festival returns again for the 19th year in 2015.
The details below are from 2014:
20th – 29th June – ' Yorkshire Produce and French Flavour'
Cookery demonstrations and markets... New June dates for the Festival will add to the celebratory atmosphere in the city, on the run up to the Grand Depart of the Tour de France (6th July).
'Yorkshire Produce - French Flavour' will be the theme, tempting visitors to experience a fusion of Yorkshire and French cuisine and celebrating York's links with France; York's twin city Dijon famously known for its mustard is now an official city of Gastronomy in France. The Gastronomic Meal of the French was listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010, so what better way to tickle your tastebuds than tasting some of France and Yorkshire's finest foods?
The Festival's market will be its usual space in Parliament Street and St Sampson's Square and offer a bar and early evening music programme every day. Market stalls will open from 9am with some staying open late alongside the Real Ale Bar and Champagne tent, offering live music until 9pm.
Note: these new June dates are a one-off arrangement, celebrating the arrival of the Tour de France and also accommodating a major redevelopment of York's Newgate Market during the Summer and Autumn.
19th – 28th September – 'Quaff and Scoff'
'Quaff and Scoff through York', our Autumn festival theme for 2014 will offer day and evening events: wine tastings; a taste trail offering samples from delis and restaurants through the city; talks and food tastings; cookery demonstrations and hands on workshops for both adults and children; intimate dinners offered by locals in their homes, alongside supper in some of the city's iconic historic buildings such as the medieval Guildhall; special restaurant offers and menus; foraging for beginners; as well as visits to Yorkshire food and drink producers, in and around the city. This very extensive programme will be supplemented by a lively fringe programme including the annual York CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival.
Starts on Friday, September 18, 2015
Ends on Sunday, September 27, 2015
The Festival runs a large number of demonstrations, you may find it easier to look through the daily listings to find what's on and when.
Booking info
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Mystery Girl Lorde Poised to Become Breakout Star
A young, beautiful and undeniably talented, 16-year-old from New Zealand is poised to become one of this year's breakout pop stars. Megan Buerger has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Garth Badger.
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MONDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Acupuncture may help relieve nerve pain caused by some cancer drugs, according to a new study.
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Cancer drugs called taxanes, vinca alkaloids and platinum compounds can damage peripheral nerves, especially in the calves and feet, resulting in severe nerve pain or difficulty walking.
Currently, there is no effective treatment for the condition, called chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy.
This small, preliminary study included six patients with peripheral neuropathy who underwent acupuncture and five patients with peripheral neuropathy who served as a comparison group. The acupuncture treatment involved insertion of 20 needles at specific points and depths, which were left in place for 20 minutes during each of the 10 sessions delivered by a doctor over a period of three months.
Tests of the signaling speed and intensity of two nerves in the same calf were conducted before acupuncture and again six months after chemotherapy. The same tests were carried out on patients who did not receive acupuncture.
The researchers found that both the speed and intensity of nerve signaling improved in five of the six patients who had acupuncture, and the five patients also said that their condition had improved.
Among patients in the comparison group, nerve speed stayed the same in three, improved in one and decreased in one. Nerve intensity improved in two, decreased in two, and stayed the same in one.
The study appears online in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine.
Previous research has suggested that acupuncture may increase blood flow in the legs, which may help repair nerve damage, the study authors noted.
They concluded that the findings of their pilot study are "encouraging" and warrant further investigation in a larger study.
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Distance from Olive, MT to Ponder, TX
Driving distance between Olive, MT and Ponder, TX is 1,280.71 miles (or 2,061.11 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Olive, MT you would reach Ponder, TX in about 19 hours 47 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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A very calm and dreamy song, that starts very tranquil and serene. Then in the middle it changes to a bit more dramatic but keeping the original "feel good" of the song.
Consisted by piano, strings, pads, female voice, bongos, hi hats, and…..little birds. I made several variations so if you don't like birds or voice you can still find a file for you
Can be used in opening titles or closing titles, or in any other way you like it.
This is the order that appears in the preview:
Magical Dreamy Theme (Full Version) 1:05
Magical Dreamy Theme (30 seconds) 0:31
Magical Dreamy Theme (No birds) 1:05
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The only reason I didn't make Will one is that his Lazy Day robot hat still fits.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Sun Kissed Hat
The only reason I didn't make Will one is that his Lazy Day robot hat still fits.
10 comments:
- Little Munchkins said...
Looks great Sara! We love our Sun Kissed Hats here.
- February 13, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- Cass said...
Love, love, love it. I especially love the back
- February 13, 2012 at 9:01 PM
- toadstooldots said...
fantastic hat!!!
the fabric looks so great.
- February 13, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- michal said...
such a geat and special hat! Love it!
- February 14, 2012 at 6:08 AM
- JulieT said...
Very cute I must get that pattern
- February 14, 2012 at 8:02 AM
- Tanya said...
Great fabric choice too. And, my goodness, your girl is growing up!
- February 14, 2012 at 9:33 AM
- Tas said...
I love this pattern too. Trendy and sun smart. Looks great on Moo.
- February 14, 2012 at 12:17 PM
- willow and moo said...
Thanks Novy, Michal and Julie. :-)
- February 14, 2012 at 9:21 PM
- Sally said...
I bought this pattern online and then it never arrived... boo-hoo. Now I'm not sure what to do part of me really wants to buy it again but another part of me feels like I would be paying twice as much for it which in this post-Christmas time I can't really justify. Seeing your gorgeous hat has made me even more confused! It's beautiful.
- February 15, 2012 at 4:39 PM
- Hinterland Mama said...
So it's adjustable? I love it! Great fabric too ღ
- February 18, 2012 at 2:59 PM


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Interesting Timing: News Leaks That Justice Dept Is Investigating S&P Just After It Downgrades US?
from the uh-huh dept
But, here's the thing. The timing of the news of the information getting out is certainly questionable. Even if the investigation is about mortgage debt, not sovereign debt, and even if it started before all this, just having it come out so soon seems like a clear shot at ratings agencies: downgrade the government and we'll ramp up our investigations of you. Does an action like this give Moody's or Fitch pause before changing their ratings on US debt? The report notes that it's "unknown" if only S&P is being investigated, or if all three are, which certainly seems like fair warning: downgrade us and we'll leak some dirty laundry.
As for the legitimacy of the investigation, again it seems to all go back to the fact that these firms ratings are seen -- in part due to US regulations -- as gospel fact, rather than just another opinion on value. That's a problem. Perhaps there's a case to be made that S&P's ratings people believed one thing while publicly stating another, and that can be turned into a fraud claim, but it seems like it may be a difficult case. A rating is still an opinion and an opinion is protected free speech. Getting over that hurdle is possible, but difficult. It seems like a much more effective way to stop S&P from abusing the system is to stop forcing organizations to treat its ratings as gospel. I would bet that would do a lot more damage than any lawsuit or criminal action against the company or its execs.


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Checking the fine print in the latest 8-K filing from Tesla Motors Inc. provides a strong hint on the cause of the big drop in shares of the electric car maker on Tuesday.
Tesla\'s fall triggered a Nasdaq\'s short-sale circuit breaker late in the session.
Sure, its slower-than-expected ramp-up of its new Model S sedan caused it to pare back some of its financial targets, but Tesla still plans to hit its production mark of 400 Model S sedans per week by the end of the year.
\"As our main focus is on quality, we have methodically increased our Model S production at a rate slower than we had earlier anticipated,\" the company said. Tesla said backlogged orders for the Model S remain strong.
It\'s also diluting the value of its stock by setting plans to sell 4.34 million additional shares in a follow-on offering. But CEO Elon Musk is interested in buying up to $1 million of those shares, which is a plus.
The Palo Alto, Calif., company said it\'s in talks to amend its $465 million U.S. government loan granted in 2009 under a Department of Energy (DOE) program to boost development of advanced technology.
The company said it\'s now drawn down the entire dollar amount of the loan. This month, it amended its funding requirements to postpone until Feb. 15 a $14.6 million pre-funding payment originally due on Oct. 15 of this year. It also agreed to make an additional pre-funding payment of up to $14.5 million for each quarter beginning on June 15, 2013.
\"Based on our current financial forecast, we currently anticipate that if we do not raise the proceeds from this (stock) offering and do not otherwise adjust our operations accordingly to amend the DOE Loan Facility, we may not be compliant with the current ratio covenant for the quarter period ending March 31, 2013,\" the company said. It added it\'s, \"currently working cooperatively with the DOE\" to obtain these and other amendments.\"
Tesla, which points out it\'s dependent on the U.S. loan, remains poised to roll out the Model S sedan on target in coming months despite the current setback. So it\'s likely to pay back its loan from Uncle Sam. Even with Tuesday\'s share drop, Tesla\'s stock now trades at about $28 a share, well above the $17-a-share price of its initial public offering on June 29, 2010. That means that Wall Street still places more value in the company now than it did some 27 months ago.
But these moves to renegotiate its loan may raise some red flags among investors seeking to avoid another Solyndra — the solar startup that went bankrupt last year after getting more than $500 million in government-backed loans. Certainly, delaying a loan payment isn\'t a good thing if you own a house, let alone a car company.
It\'s not easy launching a new automobile venture, especially in the middle of a moribund economy. Tesla still ranks as the first publicly-traded company to try it in the U.S. in decades. And the road so far has been bumpy.
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Funky Monster is one groovy funky song with cool electric piano theme, beautiful vintage hammond solo and awesome electric guitars.
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Film fans find faults in Skyfall
The continuity mistakes range from 007 star Daniel Craig's lace-up shoes changing to slip-ons during a train fight scene to a missing train stop during a journey on the London Underground.
Other grave errors, reported to website MovieMistakes.com, include a handbag disappearing after it is placed on the floor by Dame Judi Dench, and fluctuating levels of whiskey in a glass poured by Javier Bardem's villain Silva.
One picky contributor noted, "There are mistakes in every film but some good ones in Skyfall."
The blunders haven't hindered the film's success - Skyfall is the most lucrative instalment in the superspy franchise's history.


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And there is MORE!! And y'all aren't going to believe this one!! The following is a true DETECTIVE GROUP COLLABORATION from walkingpneumonia, Slowhatch, Boingo, Chateau, graytex and puddin and peach.graytex discovered a lead that with walkingpneumonia's help, took us to the Troja WhiteWater Centre, a training facility for world class kayakers. Photos and Map LinkGoogle Earth coordinates from Boingo: 50° 6'45.90"N 14°25'30.53"Eand Boingo's Troja PanoramioAnd (map here, pano here) from SlowhatchBut perhaps the BEST discovery came when walkingpneumonia pointed out that this site had....WEBCAMS!! Which refresh at two minute intervals and provide an hourly archive.After that it was really a matter of sitting back and letting puddin snag >300 pictures, which we will make available later on, after we've had some sleep!SO WHY is this mportant you ask? The answer is is that this is the site of one of the final four tasks leading to the last elimination.We were able to see quite a lot of production scurrying about, 4 inflatable red rafts, and eventually a team (or half team) come directly by the webcam on the way to the white water rapids downstream. A bird's eye view.... Here are a few of puddin's finest to give you a taste of what we saw!! Just be SURE not to miss the suspended cameraguys!! All pictures taken via webam on Aug 5 between 10 and 3 PM Prague time.
Miracle of miracle, I managed to snag the next frame at 10:04 am. It has the suspended cameramen farther along the line.
Here is a GE view of the locationhttp://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=18840.0;attach=126526;image
Looking in this direction, I think. (link)
Here is the layout as best as I can tell: (opps, Slowhatch beat me to it!)http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=18840.0;attach=126550;image
We have 5-6 hours worth of screengrabs , probably 200 or more and will try to figure out how to get them all up .. maybe a slide show so you all could see how it unfolded. Sadly as mentioned by peach, the webcam was on a 2 minute delay and this is most likely why we did not see all teams We're sure we missed a team right before this frame ..as Chateau has pointed out http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=18840.0;attach=126576;image
Quote from: georgiapeach on August 05, 2009, 04:32:17 PMNice! Fond memories of our Dubrovnik rigging... All to move the camera guys around? Or something else too? I told you they were some sort of gates peach! Thanks graytex! So lets see if this works Ignore the May 19th date ..it was a default folder setting I guess and am too lazy too fix it The only pics I did not grab were very few in the time lapse as their was no activity I was doing BB updates at the time so some screencaps slipped in , lolSome might be duplicates ..It was fun watching as it unfolded and talking to peach on the phone the whole time .. and so sorry for dropping the F Bomb numerous times peach to the TAR Detectives eta: Album link here From Movies
Nice! Fond memories of our Dubrovnik rigging... All to move the camera guys around? Or something else too?
Quote from: Coolius on August 04, 2009, 11:33:27 AMI have just saw camera guy & sound guy (with "C" letter on backpack) @ Old Town Square, Prague. Photo evidence soon.And here they are!! coolius !! TAR 15 cameracrew in Prague filming presumed location shots approx 6-630 PM August 4 2009THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN at 630 pm!!
I have just saw camera guy & sound guy (with "C" letter on backpack) @ Old Town Square, Prague. Photo evidence soon.
Quote from: puddin on November 15, 2009, 08:06:11 PMpitstop!That looks like a team that either was just fighting serious with each other or was eliminated, or saved by a non elimination.
The decor/furnishings look like the Estates Theater in Old Town. Since Wolfie premiered Don Giovanni here, maybe they'll have to sing a little of that.
There is no TBC, peach already called it!
the teams were on the rigging not the kayaks?
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Artists' residencies (also called artists' communities, colonies, retreats, workspaces, and studio collectives) provide dedicated time and space for creative work. Beyond this core value, these creative communities are a diverse group, and provide artists of all disciplines with many different styles and models of support. Residencies can be found in urban or rural areas, serving one artist at a time or 50.
Some support one artistic genre while most are interdisciplinary, welcoming visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, scholars and other creative individuals. There are programs that are active centers for public programs and others that offer solitude and retreat. Many provide room and board as a home-away-from-home; others offer not a place to live, but a community for local artists in which to work and be supported in the creation of new art.
Field at a Glance
- an estimated 500 artists' communities in the US and more than 1,500 worldwide
- > 30,000 artists are provided residencies each year (~10,000 in the U.S.)
- residencies in the U.S. provide an estimated $40 million in support to artists annually
- 70% are multidisciplinary, serving visual artists, writers, composers, filmmakers, choreographers, and others
- 60% are in rural areas and small towns, while 40% are in urban areas
- 90% have public programs that engage the local community
You may not have heard of artists' residencies, but you've most likely heard of the artists they have served, and some of the works that have been created there: Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, Gregory MacGuire's Wicked; Ruth Reichl's Comfort Me With Apples, Tender At the Bone, and Garlic and Sapphires; Thornton Wilder's Our Town; Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay; Allen Ginsberg, David Sedaris, Marcel Duchamp, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Robert Rauschenberg, James Baldwin, John Lennon, Truman Capote, Bill T. Jones, Spalding Gray, Leonard Bernstein, Edward Albee, Langston Hughes, Liz Lerman, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks, Bob Dylan, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Gotye, and many, many more.


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Stanczyk knows exactly how the guy on the left feels. The chess clock is still ticking, the flag has dropped … a while a go … and yet FIDE plays on. No host has been selected (or has one). There have been announcements/press releases, then retractions.
Forget going to the Russian Chess Federation (English language web page): http://russiachess.org/eng/ . The English version is four years out of date – I hope Gary Kasparov does well. Switching to the Russian language was no help either — no mention of the hosting one way or another. But it was more current.
The PakChess.org website announced Moscow won the right to host and posted a transcription of the FIDE announcement. http://pakchess.org/hot-stories/fide-awards-world-championship-match-to-moscow
This Chess Blog website had the actual FIDE press release posted naming Moscow as the winning bid to host the 2012 Men's Championship. (see http://chess.business-news-blog.eu/2011/breaking-news-wc-to-be-held-in-moscow-not-chennai/ )
Chess Vibes – http://www.chessvibes.com/ said the FIDE Press Release awarding the torunament to Moscow (Russian Chess Federation) was released and then FIDE issued a subsequent announcement to say their previous announcement was not announced.
FIDE.com website is mum. Don't you just love the intrigue? I hope the chess tournament is as exciting, although one hopes it will be better managed. It occurs to Stanczyk that FIDE had said about two weeks ago that August 10th is the latest deadline, so they still have HOURS to go, so why be hasty — they (FIDE) have only missed a few time trials this year in the awarding of the Host site. Time may very well tell — but you would never know by this year.
I say let Moscow and Chenai do rock-scissors-paper in the best two out of three with the highest rated rock-scissors-paper players from each country to decide. Anything to get this debacle over.
Oh, I forgot, you came here to my blog to see who the big loser was. It was FIDE!


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Ubuntu's Saucy Salamander is a Slick but Spiritless Upgrade
Nov 7, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Ubuntu's latest desktop OS release, Ubuntu 13.10, is more of a plain-Jane release than its "Saucy Salamander" nickname might otherwise suggest. This release comes six months after the Raring Ringtail release, which was also a bit of a yawner in terms of offering any must-have-the-upgrade enthusiasm. Like the last release, Ubuntu 13.10 also does not deliver much "wow." It is a nine-month support release and serves mostly as a tune-up version until the next long-term support upgrade is released next April as Ubuntu 14.04.
Yet Ubuntu's driving force, Canonical, has brought the Linux desktop to a place where few other Linux distros have gone. Ubuntu's previous change of direction with its default Unity desktop environment is setting the stage for a common interface among desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones much as Microsoft is doing with its Windows 8 tiled interface.
The significant changes in Ubuntu 13.10 are mostly under the hood. Saucy Salamander fires up on the Linux 3.11 kernel released in September. This brings some performance boosts and power consumption improvements.
A change in how Saucy Salamander handles memory is also a worthy improvement. Now Ubuntu compresses and decompresses some of its data using CPU cycles and keeps it in RAM rather than fully swapping to and from the hard drive. It also supports dynamic power management for AMD's open source Linux graphics driver.
This latest version shines with a new version of Unity -- version 7 -- as well as Python 3 and GNOME 3.8. Ubuntu 13.10 has some nice improvements, but overall it is a light update you can easily miss.
Appearance Applause
I was an avid Ubuntu user in the distro's formative years. When Ubuntu's head honcho, Mark Shuttleworth, took Ubuntu down the Unity path, I started liking Ubuntu less. Still, the more I revisit it, the more comfortable I am with it.
With Saucy Salamander on one of my two main office machines over the last few weeks, I am getting used to Ubuntu's more radical desktop features and find them less jarring at this point.
One new thing visually is the face on the log-in screen. It makes logging in as a primary user or guest more appealing. Also, selecting the desired desktop environment is more efficient with the new design.
Once you see the desktop screen, you notice a text switcher button in the upper right corner. This gives you instant access to language and character map settings. It also includes a keyboard layout chart and text entry settings so you don't have to wade through the system settings panels.
Installing It
I always preferred Ubuntu's ability to upgrade versions via the Software Updater application, but I have also come to expect a bumpy road with each new reincarnation of the Ubuntu installation. Saucy Salamander did not disappoint in this regard this time around.
It took one failed upgrade attempt from 13.04 and two recovery rounds doing a DVD re-installation to get Ubuntu working again. Similar snags involved hardware on which I always run Ubuntu.
As much as I dislike having to do a clean installation on every new release of Ubuntu's cousin OS, Linux Mint, take my advice and do a clean installation of Ubuntu. It is the only sure way to get all the crud out -- you know, things like aging dependencies, applications you no longer use, conflicting settings and such.
Flavorful Distro
Maybe it resulted from the installation lock-up, but my first landing on the desktop when Saucy Salamander successfully loaded was not the default Unity. I did not select a change and expected the default setting on first run to be Unity.
Instead, I was looking at the Ubuntu GNOME desktop. I then had to log in anew and select the Unity option.
Ubuntu 13.10 gives you more desktop options in the one DVD installation. Users get several more choices, including the latest GNOME integration as its own desktop in an easy-to-switch menu option at log-in. The options besides Unity are GNOME, GNOME Classic, GNOME Flashback, GNOME Flashback with no effects and the KDE Plasma Workspace.
Other downloads let you run the Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu interfaces. You also can try the multimedia-centered OS desktop called Ubuntu Studio 13.10.
If you are not a fan of Unity but otherwise like the Ubuntu distro philosophy, try the tweaked GNOME desktop version. It is nicely integrated into the Ubuntu design.
What's New With Unity?
Unity 7 uses Smart(er) Scopes to expand the reach of the Dash. Dash is Unity's shell environment for searching near and far for applications, personal content and multimedia files. What Canonical used to call Lenses are now dubbed "Scopes." They are what give you custom views in your search results.
To accomplish this, Canonical hosts a remote back-end service. This lets you get things like recommended music from the Ubuntu One Music Store and products from Canonical revenue affiliate Amazon.
This new Scopes feature is fed by heuristics to offer matches to your accumulated browsing and search requests gleaned from Github, reddit, Wikipedia, Flickr, Google News, The Weather Channel and Yelp. I find this level of search invasion too intrusive.
User Choice
If I wanted that approach to marketing, I would just bypass Ubuntu completely and grab a Kindle or rely more fully on the Google search engine. I did not find the results to be very helpful.
The rambling, helter skelter approach to the cramped display space was anything but enticing, but as a local search device, the Dash remains a better system tool than the content search feature in other distros.
Fortunately, you can turn off the Internet reach of this Scopes feature. If you balk at Canonical's potential for personal information snatching, go into the Security and Privacy panel of the Settings menu and turn off the option to include online search results when you use the Dash.
Waiting for Mir
Canonical is still working on Mir, its replacement for the classic Xorg input and display system that all Linux desktop systems now use. Mir was planned for this release, but Canonical had to delay its debut.
The plan to go with Mir has ruffled some feathers in Linuxland. Canonical's deviation from the existing plan to replace the X11 protocol with the Wayland protocol may make another point of separation for traditional Ubuntu users.
Ubuntu 14.04 and the Unity Next interface, which will support desktop, TV, tablet and smartphone form factors, are dependent on Canonical's new display server, Mir. So far, Intel has announced that it will not fully support XMir patches.
Package Deals
I consider easy access to virtual workspaces as one of the crowning glories of any Linux distro. This is an area in which Ubuntu falls considerably short. Using the Workspace Switcher button on the Unity bar is less convenient than the panel applets, for instance, used by some other desktops.
For example, in Unity you cannot drag windows from one workspace to another. This is also the case in GNOME 3.
Yet Unity 7 has better integration of hot keys to help this shortfall. You still have to activate the Show Desktop and Workspace Switcher buttons in System Settings, however.
Nautilus has a mostly cosmetic change. For example, its drop-down menus are tweaked to reflect the style of the desktop theme. Previously versions had these drop-down menus display with a bland white background.
Software Sovereignty
Ubuntu still installs with Firefox as the default browser. Earlier indications suggested that Chromium would replace that default browser slot.
Saucy Salamander also includes version 24.0 of the Thunderbird email client and the LibreOffice 126.96.36.199 office productivity suite. Add to that list Shotwell 0.15.0 for photo management, Brasero 3.8.0 for optical disk burning and Rhythmbox 2.99.1 as the default music player.
The installed software is a minor issue in distros like Ubuntu that are not designed to run from a USB installation or entirely in RAM. You can always add and remove software to suit your needs.
Bottom Line
If Canonical would offer a Cinnamon desktop option as well, Ubuntu might become my main distro of choice. Even settling for the Unity interface, however, Saucy Salamander is slick, slithery and better-tuned than the previous version.
If you are more of a GNOME desktop user, Ubuntu 13.10 has a nicely integrated version. Either way, if you want a solid distro and can work with Unity or GNOME 3 variations, Saucy Salamander might just be worth your while until its replacement arrives.
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First up, via Nat at O'Reilly Radar, I found a link to Julie Learns Python, where Julie Steele is blogging her experiences learning the programming language.
She's meeting regularly with a group who are working through an introductory Python book together, and her most recent post describes a recent programming effort, her trials and failures and eventual success, and what she came to realise:
The point is: it's in me. I wasn't sure that is was, and now I know—it is.
And what, exactly, is "it� It is the bug. It is the combination of native curiosity and stubbornness that made me play around with the code and take some wild guesses instead of running straight to Google (or choosing to stay within the bounds of the exercise). That might sound like a small thing, but I know it is not. I was determined to make the program do what I wanted it to do, I came up with a few guesses as to how to do that, and I kept trying different things until I succeeded (and then I felt thrilled).
As much as I have to learn, I know now that I really am hooked. And that I'll get there.
Elsewhere, on Dreamwidth1, Elz, one of the lead programmers on the OTW's Archive Of Our Own2, decided that there were some gaps in her education that she wanted to fill, and is drawing together a group who will study MIT's Open Courseware Introduction to Computer Science over the next few months.
The course teaches basic CS concepts using the Python programming language, and doesn't require any previous programming experience.
The community's at intro-to-cs.dreamwidth.org. You'll need a Dreamwidth account to join and post, but anyone's welcome to follow along without signing up. If you want a DW invite code, let me know in comments — I've got a heap still to give away! I've signed up, because I'm sure my education's got a lot of the same gaps.
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Small Details in a Studio Kitchen
Krystal's San Francisco kitchen is very simple, but there are a few pretty details to note: she loves scouring flea markets and creating artfully arranged vintage tableaus around her home, which you can see in the crystal tray display on her countertop. She also splurges on flowers every week. (Don't you love the green hydrangeas above the stove?)
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The bright blue vintage bike in the breakfast nook might be an unusual storage place for a bike, but hey! When you live in a studio you have to be creative. And I like a strong color in an otherwise neutral space.
See the Full Tour: Krystle's San Francisco Studio at Apartment Therapy
(Images: Leela Cyd Ross)
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Woman Struck, Killed By Sea Isle City Public Works Truck
A woman on the Sea Isle City promenade was killed this weekend when she was struck by a municipal public works truck.
Authorities tell The Press of Atlantic City that the 69-year-old Medford woman, whose name was not disclosed, was struck around 1 p.m. Saturday. She was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation, and no charges have been filed. The name of the truck's driver was not released.
Town officials say the truck was being used on the promenade to help clean up debris spawned by Superstorm Sandy.
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"The first language humans had was gestures. There was nothing primitive about this language that flowed from people's hands, nothing we say now that could not be said in the endless array of movements possible with the fine bones of the fingers and wrists. The gestures were complex and subtle, involving a delicacy of motion that has since been lost completely.
During the Age of Silence, people communicated more, not less. Basic survival demanded that the hands were almost never still, and so it was only during sleep (and sometimes not even then) that people were not saying something or other. No distinction was made between the gestures of language and the gestures of life. The labor of building a house, say, or preparing a meal was no less an expression than making the sign for I love you or I feel serious. When a hand was used to shield one's face when frightened by a loud noise something was being said, and when fingers were used to pick up what someone else had dropped something was being said; and even when the hands were at rest, that, too, was saying something. Naturally, there were misunderstandings. There were times when a finger might have been lifted to scratch a nose, and if casual eye contact was made with one's lover just then, the lover might accidentally take it to be the gesture, not at all dissimilar, for Now I realize I was wrong to love you. These mistakes were heartbreaking. And yet, because people knew how easily they could happen, because they didn't go round with the illusion that they understood perfectly the things other people said, they were used to interrupting each other to ask if they'd understood correctly. Sometimes these misunderstandings were even desirable, since they gave people a reason to say, Forgive me, I was only scratching my nose. Of course I know I've always been right to love you. Because of the frequency of these mistakes, over time the gesture for asking forgiveness evolved into the simplest form. Just to open your palm was to say: Forgive me."
"If at large gatherings or parties, or around people with whom you feel distant, your hands sometimes hang awkwardly at the ends of your arms – if you find yourself at a loss for what to do with them, overcome with sadness that comes when you recognize the foreignness of your own body – it's because your hands remember a time when the division between mind and body, brain and heart, what's inside and what's outside, was so much less. It's not that we've forgotten the language of gestures entirely. The habit of moving our hands while we speak is left over from it. Clapping, pointing, giving the thumbs-up, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together. And at night, when it's too dark to see, we find it necessary to gesture on each other's bodies to make ourselves understood."
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Rev. Sylvanus wrote:Halo and COD, pfft, whatever.
:protip: you want the A-list of first person shooters? Revisit the classics like Battlezone or the much later Wolfenstein 3D or Doom.
Modern first-person shooters are essentially carbon copies of each other anyway. Only this time, instead of a Bazooka firing on Japanese Tank, my MC gets to take a Wraith down with his plasma launcher. Ech, how about some in-game ingenuity, or puzzles, or a game where increasing difficulty does more than just make your character's health bar more fragile...
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Jilted Bride Donates Reception To Care Group
MOORHEAD (AP) - A bride who has already spent thousands of dollars on a dream wedding is donating her reception to a Moorhead organization that serves people with disabilities.
Michelle Marxen says the Oct. 19 event was her "fairy tale wedding," complete with a ballroom reception, a great band, limos and fabulous flowers.
Then Marxen says she got a phone call from her fiance the day the wedding invitations were sent. He didn't want to go through with it. Even though the wedding was off, contracts had been signed and vendors had to be paid.
Marxen says her special day instead will be a special day for the Creative Care for Reaching Independence organization. The ballroom at the Ramada in Fargo, N.D., will host a Halloween celebration for CCRI clients.


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First Decoration Day in Columbus - 1862
In a Sun-Times article dealing mostly with the namesake of Cleburne County, Arkansas, we find an account of the first decoration day in Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County). It begins:
Honnoll related a story about the first Decoration Day in Columbus,
Mississippi, in 1862. "After the Battles of Shiloh and Corinth the ladies of
Columbus went to the cemetery where their loved ones that were killed in the
resent battles of the war were buried."
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Apparently coordinated truck bombs and mortars targeted installations of the Shiite-led government across Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 86 people in the deadliest day for Iraq's capital in 18 months.
Most of the damage was caused by two truck bombs that exploded just minutes apart outside the Finance Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. The bomb at the Foreign Ministry also blew out windows in Iraq's parliament building and at the Rashid Hotel, where many senior Iraqi politicians live.
The Green Zone, home to the US and other embassies, took mortar fire at around the same time, as did a busy central Baghdad market and one of the city's bridges across the Tigris river.
US forces withdrew from Iraq's cities on June 30, and attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere have been on the rise since. Though that has probably made it easier for insurgents to carry out bombings, defense analysts as well as the Pentagon itself have pointed out that simmering sectarian tensions that fuel such attacks have not been addressed.
Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, a Baghdad security spokesman, blamed Al Qaeda for the attack in an interview with state-TV station al-Iraqiya, according to Reuters. He said two Al Qaeda members were caught before they could detonate a car bomb of their own. He was also unusually contrite for an Iraqi official. "This operation shows negligence, and is considered a security breach, for which Iraqi forces must take most of the blame," he said.
Country safer, but Sunni-Shiite tensions unresolved
Though the country is far safer than at the height of its sectarian civil war in 2006, they warn of the potential for another sectarian or ethnic implosion.
"The main challenges to Iraqi security are becoming Iraq's political divisions and ethnic and sectarian tensions,'' wrote Anthony Cordesman, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington and a former US Defense Department official, earlier this month. "Iraq's Sunni Arabs increasingly distrust what they see as Maliki's effort to expand his power and political support at the expense of Sunnis, and what they see as a form of de-Baathifcation that sharply favors Shiites while continuing to limit or push out Sunnis from both the government and [military]."
And in a July report to Congress, "Measuring Stability in Iraq," the Pentagon warned of increasing disputes between the Shiite-led government and Sunni groups:
Sunni groups demand increased pensions, amnesty, and advisory positions within the [Iraqi security forces] for former Ba'athist military officers in return for a cease-fire, and the [government] demands a cease-fire and promises little to bring the Sunni groups into the political process.
Sons of Iraq, instrumental in curbing violence, now disgruntled
One example of that is the growing unhappiness of the so-called "Sons of Iraq (SOI)," Sunni Arab militias that were organized and used against the country's Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents by American forces. When the US transferred responsibility of the SOI program to the Iraqi government – a phased transition that was completed May 30 – payments to SOI members were repeatedly delayed, causing many to become disgruntled. In its July report, the Pentagon said that the Iraqi government was not providing promised jobs to the group and that "the slow pace of integration has the potential to undermine Sunni confidence in the [Iraqi government]."
Iraq's minority Sunni Arabs were a privileged class under Saddam Hussein, and dominated the country's bureaucracy, officer corps, and monolithic Baath party. Sunni Arabs afraid of a new Shiite hegemony have been the principal fuel for Iraq's 6-year-old insurgency.
The US decision to reach out to nationalist Sunni insurgents and create the Sons of Iraq in 2006 was instrumental in curbing Iraq's violence and sectarian warfare. About 100,000 were promised government jobs. But those jobs have been slow in coming, and Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has appeared reluctant to give a larger political or economic role to his old Sunni Arab enemies.
"I'm inclined to believe we've cut way back on their payments,'' says Pat Lang, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Middle East desk. "The idea is to transfer all of this to the Iraqi government and of course they don't like the Sons of Iraq very much."
Are SOI less willing to providing intelligence on Al Qaeda types?
But he doubts that the recent surge in violence is being directly caused by the nationalist Sons of Iraq. Instead, he suspects they're simply not providing as much intelligence as they once were.
The Maliki government is "squeezing their subsidies all the time and not delivering on the promises we made. So what's happening is the Sunnis out there are turning a blind eye to the depredations of the remaining takfiri jihadis,'' says Lang, referring to the Al Qaeda-type militants whom the SOI helped control. Eventually, Lang says, the Sunni nationalist groups probably will take up arms again unless Maliki and other Shiite leaders reach out to them.
"The problem is they're the enemies of his blood – that's how Maliki feels about it. I think the fear among many Shiites is real that if you give them [Sunnis] too much money and power they'll try to get back on top."