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I'm in my second term of library school. My experience so far is still mostly about foundations and required courses, learning the common language of the library, and coming to grips with core concepts and basic skills. I've had some theory, I've had some history, and I'm getting my first sense of current practices and conventions. These are all necessary and valuable things. These are crucial elements of my understanding of librarianship and my future role as a professional. This is what library school is for.
But sometimes, I just want more.
I mean, we're library scientists, right? So where are our research facilities? Where are the experiments? Shouldn't at least a few of us be library mad scientists? (I know some librarians who totally have the crazy eyebrows for it.) So who do I have to see to get my lab coat and my tesla coil?
The reality is that library school, as valuable as it is, is always going to be mostly about the past and the present, with at most wary/hopeful glances in the general direction of the future. That's not criticism, it's just the nature of the thing. If we library students want to know more about what's going on closer to the cutting edge, we're just going to have to go look for it ourselves. And isn't that what Hack Library School is all about?
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Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory:
This is the stuff, right here. This group of developers and librarians work under the auspices of the Harvard Law School as a sort of think tank for the avant garde of librarianship. And they're doing incredibly cool stuff, from the very promising open-source ShelfLife collection navigator to their consistently great podcasts. This is where I go when I need a solid dose of experimental librarianship.
Harvard Library Lab:
Not to be confused with the above, this Library Lab is run by the Department of Scholarly Communication and is more concerned with supporting research projects in the library and information sciences. A few minutes spent poking around the current projects page always leaves me with new things to think about.
Library Test Kitchen:
Yep, these folks are at Harvard, too, this time a seminar being run out of the Graduate School of Design. The Test Kitchen looks at the future of the library from a perspective of space, use, and the experience of being in a library. Ethereal-sounding stuff, but it also has a lot to do with why many of us came to love the library in the first place.
I'm using InfoCamp as a representative for a whole array of similarly-structured (un)conferences around the country, because I just recently got to attend my first (which was, by the way, co-organized by Hack Library School's own Turner Masland; Zack is pretty familiar with the concept as well.) InfoCamps are springing up all over the place, and that's awesome, because they generate the sort of cross-pollination between information nerds that can ultimately lead to great things for all of us. At the one we just had here in Portland, I heard some talks that were exciting, some that were outside the normal library territory but really useful, and one I didn't even begin to understand. But even getting a look into other ways of thinking about information was more enlightening and inspiring than I'd imagined it could be.
Library Boing Boing:
Hopefully most of us have heard about this one: the ALA is partnering with tech/culture uberblog BoingBoing to support, celebrate, and collaborate on all sorts of cool new library-type things. This one is still in the development phase, but isn't that the best time to get involved?
The natural extension of hacking library school is to hack the library itself. Where do you go when you want something a little more futuristic than what your MLS program provides?
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This is great, Amy! (Kinda makes me want to work for Harvard…)
I know, this is total dream job territory right here. I have so much envy.
Harvard has some fantastic ideas, but the way the administration has been handling the library reconstruction plan has me a bit on edge.
Another great resource to consider for urban public (research) libraries – the NYPL Labs: http://www.nypl.org/collections/labs
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The fiscal cliff deal, H.R. 8, known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, altered the timing of the scheduled across-the-board budget cuts, or sequestration. Originally scheduled to impact federal spending January 2, 2013, the sequester instead began March 1, 2013. This new law offsets the cost of the delay with a $24 billion package that further reduces overall spending limits over the next two fiscal years and raises revenue by altering Roth IRA contribution rules.
What is the impact to education?
Spending cuts resulted in a 5.1 percent reduction in funding on March 1, 2013 following the fiscal cliff deal passed by Congress on December 31, 2012.
A 5.1 percent across-the-board cut to education investments in 2013 is equal to $2.6 billion reduction in funding for the U.S. Department of Education. Such cuts in the 2013-14 school year could result in:
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$126 million cut in Teacher Quality State Grants
$59 million cut from 21st Century Community Learning Centers
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$406 million cut from Head Start
Tell your Member of Congress to reduce the impact of sequestration on education by visiting our Legislative Action Center.
**Help maintain the pressure on those who would prefer to let sequestration remain in effect. Share what the budget cuts means to you by submitting a story of a real impact in your school or community through NAESP's online form.
State-by-state data on the impact of sequestration, compiled by the White House.
State-by-state impact of Sequestration, compiled by the NEA.
What programs are exempt from automatic budget cuts?
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To reduce the impact of sequestration, or to simply provide more time to debate an ultimate solution other than indiscriminate across-the-board budget cuts, Congress must pass another law to repeal sequestration. However, in order to repeal or reduce the automatic cuts, alternative budget cuts or a package of revenues must replace sequestration, similar to what was attached to the two-month sequester delay included in the fiscal cliff deal.
Efforts to protect defense programs
Unfortunately, the defense industry has gone to tremendous lengths to convince lawmakers and the public that the impact of sequestration on defense spending would be devastating and threaten our national security. The only way to further protect defense spending from sequestration would be to cut the nondefense programs, including education, drastically deeper than what is currently scheduled.
Earlier, the House approved a proposal to reduce part of the automatic spending cuts. However, it did not spare programs equally—it eliminated all cuts to defense, while shifting all of the automatic cuts to nondefense discretionary spending, dramatically increasing the impact of scheduled cuts to education programs. Proposals like this are dangerous to education investments, especially at a time when state budgets are slowly rebounding to pre-recession levels and student enrollment is increasing.
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- Close to $1.5 billion have been cut from the U.S. Department of Education budget since Fiscal Year 2011 and over 50 education programs have been consolidated or eliminated.
- While Congress provided two months of breathing room by postponing the sequester until March 1, 2013, this is still a looming issue, making it urgent that Congress debate a compromise to reduce the impact to education.
- During Fiscal Year 2012, education spending was only two percent of total federal budget outlays, and therefore not the cause of our deficit.
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Tell your Member of Congress to reduce the impact of sequestration on education by visiting our Legislative Action Center now.
Sequestration Resources
- Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee released a report outlining sequestration-related cuts, arguing that Congress has made the impact of sequestration worse by adjusting individual parts, rather than pursuing a larger fix.
- State-by-state report on the impact of sequestration, compiled by the U.S. Department of Education.
- State-by-state cuts to IDEA, compiled by the U.S. Department of Education.
- State-by-state cuts to Title I, compiled by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Senate Committee on Appropriations releaed a report on the impact of sequestration found here.
- See the list of local school boards that have approved resolutions urging congress to stop sequestration here.
- Senator Harkin (D- IA), Chairman of the Senate Labor, Health & Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee released a detailed state-level analysis of the impact of sequestration to dozens of education programs Under Threat: Sequestrations Impact on Nondefense Jobs and Services. This report states that nearly 11,000 special education educators could face job losses from a reduction to IDEA funds as a result of sequestration. In addition, 1.8 million fewer students would be served in the nation by Title I funds.
- The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities recently released a report that finds that without a balanced approach to reduce the impact of sequestration, states and localities will face significant cuts.
- The Committee for Education Funding has put together a variety of resources in their sequestration grassroots action package. Besides their fact sheet on these automatic cuts, also included is a presentation on what these cuts means to you, your family and community.
- State-by-state impact of Sequestration, compiled by the NEA.
- NAESP is working with a new and unprecedented "coalition of coalitions", called NDD United which was formed to fight against sequestration and represents numerous nondefense federal programs. This coalition website, which includes a grassroots toolkit with tip on hosting town hall meetings, writing letters to the editor and tweeting to your elected officials can be found here.
Recent News on Sequestration
- August 19, 2013 - Head Start eliminated services to 57,000 children in U.S. as a result of sequester (Washington Post)
- Sept. 19, 2012 - Sequester Transparency Report Released OMB releases a much-anticipated report on the impact of the scheduled 8.2 percent across-the-board budget cuts without expected details.
- July 25, 2012 - Senate Hearing to Examine Cuts and Education Hearing today will explore sequestration's impact on Title I, Title II, and IDEA funding.
- July 24, 2012 - Dept. of Ed: No Across-the-Board Cuts to Education for 2012-2013 Dept. states that sequestration "should not upset planning and hiring decisions."
- July 13, 2012 - NAESP Calls for "Balanced Approach" to Funding Cuts Nearly 3,000 groups come together to send message to Congress.
- June 20, 2012 - Updated! NAESP Supports Amendment to Clarify Cuts Confused about the impact of looming education budget cuts? Clarification is on the way.
- May 1, 2012 - New Estimate on the Size of Education Cuts Analysis explores impact of looming across-the-board cuts.
- April 16, 2012 - Campaign to Stop Education Cuts Launched Sign petition now to prevent massive proposed funding cuts.
- Nov. 22, 2011 - Education Cuts on the Horizon for 2013 "Supercommittee" fails, triggering billions in automatic cuts from education.


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Micron® Quality - As a brand of Micron, one of the largest NAND manufacturers in the world, Crucial SSDs are designed and developed in-house with the latest technology. This means four things: hundreds of SSD qualification tests, over a thousand hours of prerelease validation testing, 1.5 billion dollars invested in R&D, and more than 30 years of industry expertise.
Adaptive Thermal Protection - Greater thermal management enables the Crucial M500 to work with the host computer to dynamically adjust power consumption based on usage demands, which helps address the cooling challenges of ultra-small, thermally constrained systems.
Hardware Data Encryption - The Crucial M500 SSD offers top-level hardware-based encryption, enabling enhanced data security. Our AES 256-bit hardware encryption engine and TCG Opal 2.0 compliant firmware allow the drive to operate at full speed without the performance loss that's typically found in drives that use software-based encryption technology.
Three Year Limited Warranty - From prerelease validation testing to ensure that our SSDs work with the broadest range of chipsets, motherboards, and operating systems to more than a thousand hours of endurance testing, our drives are tested for reliability from start to finish. We proudly offer a three-year limited warranty and award-winning tech support.
Capacity (Unformatted): 480GB
Interface: SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)
Sustained Sequential Read up to (128k transfer): 500MB/s
Sustained Sequential Write up to (128k transfer): 400MB/s
Random Read up to (4k transfer): 80,000 IOPS
Random Write up to (4k transfer): 80,000 IOPS
Form Factor: 2.5-inch, m-SATA, and M.2
NAND: 20nm Micron MLC NND
Life Expectancy: 1.2 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF)
Endurance: 72TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 40GB per day for 5 years
Operating Temperature: 0°C to 70°C
Compliance: RoHS, CE, FCC, UL, BSMI, C-TICK, KCC RRL, W.E.E.E., TUV VCCI, IC
Firmware: Field upgradable firmware
Product Health Monitoring: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) commands
In Windows 8, follow these steps:
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The hardware requirements of Acronis True Image HD correspond to the minimum requirements for the operating system installed on the computer to be used for running Acronis True Image HD. In addition Acronis True Image HD requires the following hardware:
Acronis True Image HD has been tested on the following operating systems:
Supported file systems:
* The Ext2/Ext3, and ReiserFS file systems are supported only for disk or partition backup/recovery operations. You cannot use Acronis True Image HD for file-level operations with these file systems (file backup, recovery, search, as well as image mounting and file recovering from images), as well as for backups to disks or partitions with these file systems.
9. Remove the Acronis disk, and change your SSD to be your boot drive. You will either need to remove your original drive, or change your boot sequence to boot to the SSD first
A video of the cloning process ha been posted on The Cru blog, by Matt_TheCru.
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There are a number of third party programs that can be used to clone your Mac Hard drive to a Crucial SSD. Did you know you can clone using Disk Utility that comes free with all Mac systems? Below are the steps to take to perform the clone using Disk Utility. If you prefer to watch a video of the process instead, please go to the video How to clone Mac OS X using Disk Utility on The Cru blog.
Note that this process cannot be used to clone a Windows partition if you are running bootcamp. If you are looking for assistance with that process, The Cru has another video for you: How to copy and restore the Boot Camp partition in Mac
Before starting the cloning process inDisk Utility, your new SSD needs to be initialized, partitioned, and formatted. See this guide for directions on how to initialize an SSD.
Note that if you have encrypted your drive with FileVault you will not be able to carry out step 5 of this guide. To be able to resize the partition you will need to turn off FileVault and let the drive fully decrypt. After the clone has completed and your new SSD is installed and booting, you can turn FileVault back on again.
1. Connect your new Crucial SSD to the system a. This can be done using the SATA to USB cable included with the Laptop install kit, an external enclosure, or internally if you have an extra bay2. From within your operating system, open Disk Utility3. Select your original HDD from the device list in Disk Utility4. Select the partition tab5. Resize your Mac Partition to the same size or less than your new SSD (Example: If your original drive is 512GB, and your SSD is 256GB, you will need to resize your original partition to 256GB) a. Drag the bottom of the white box on the partition tab up until it is the desired size, and click apply b. If your new SSD is the same size or larger than your original drive, you do not need to resize6. Shut down your Mac, and then boot the recovery partition (Lion or later) or OS installation CD (Snow Leopard and older) a. On boot hold the option key to access the boot manager b. Select "Recovery-10.x" or installation CD7. Choose your language8. Select Disk Utility9. Select the startup disk from the device list in Disk Utility10. Select the Restore tab
11. Click and drag the startup disk volume (the line item under the entry for the physical source disk) to the Source field if it doesn't auto populate
12. Click and drag the destination disk volume (the line under the entry for the physical SSD) to the Destination field
13. Select Erase Destination check box if the option is provided (in 10.8.2 this is performed automatically)14. Click the Restore button
After the clone process is finished, next you will want to ensure that your clone was successful. Here are the steps to take:1. Reboot your Mac2. Once your screen goes black, hold down the option key3. In the boot manager, select the cloned disk4. If the clone was successful, your system will boot normally a. Replace your original drive with the SSD internally, and enjoy the speed5. If the clone was not successful, simply reboot your computer as normal to boot to your original drive.
The M500 is a Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) which means all data is always encrypted by the controller when written to the NAND and decrypted when read. Windows 8 BitLocker can work with this built-in hardware encryption ability when you apply a password in Windows, provided the following requirements are met:• BitLocker only supports TPM version 1.2 and 2.0 (or newer). In addition, you must use a Microsoft-provided TPM driver (Please note, BitLocker can also work without a TPM, but it will need a USB flash drive to set the password instead) • The system needs to support UEFI 2.3.1 • Make sure UEFI boot is enabled and you have a UEFI enabled Windows 8 installed • The computer must boot natively from UEFI. • The boot order must be set to start first from the SSD (not the USB or CD drives) • Dynamic discs are not supported by BitLocker • The SSD must have two partitions (drives with Windows installed generally do anyway) and the main partition to be encrypted must be NTFS • Ensure ATA Security features, for example Secure Boot, are disabled in the BIOS. The M500 supports either ATA Security or TCG Opal (which is needed for SED) but not both. • The system needs to support Opal 2.0 The M500 is not compatible with Opal 1.0; the standard is not backwards compatible.• The computer must have the Compatibility Support Module (CSM) disabled in UEFI.
Recently we've received multiple calls about the TRIM feature and how it relates to Crucial SSDs. In a nutshell, TRIM is a feature that helps increase the efficiency of your SSD by preparing data blocks for reuse. Here's how it works.
TRIM and Data Blocks
On hard drives and SSDs, data is stored in blocks ("data blocks"). Each data block has data from more than one file, and on a hard drive the blocks can be split whenever necessary. When you delete a file in your operating system, for example, the hard drive deletes only that specific file's information from the data block, leaving the rest in place. When a file is deleted in the computer's file system, the data stays on the block until the next time that block is needed. At that point the drive swiftly deletes that particular piece of data from that part of the block, and writes the new file there. Essentially, hard drives are able to delete information from part of a data block – they don't have to delete the whole thing.
In contrast, SSDs have to delete an entire data block before they're able to reuse it. As such, when an SSD is trying to clear a data block, it puts a copy of everything on the block into a cache ("holding place") and makes the necessary changes there. The SSD then deletes all of the data on the original block and writes the new data that it was trying to write in the first place.
Understandably, going through all these steps takes a lot longer than it would have taken to simply write data to an empty block. Since the SSD knows this, it simply locates an empty block and writes there. This works great – as long as empty blocks are still available on the drive. When all of the blocks are filled up, the SSD has no choice but to start deleting blocks and reusing them, resulting in a drop in write speeds. This problem, however, can be overcome with TRIM – a feature that prompts the SSD to clear previously used data blocks. With TRIM, the next time an SSD's filing system wants to write to those blocks, they are already empty and ready for use.
Crucial SSDs and TRIM/Garbage Collection
Since not all operating systems support TRIM, Crucial SSDs have a special feature called Active Garbage Collection. Active Garbage Collection is a process that helps an SSD maintain optimal performance by freeing up memory sectors that are no longer in use. Garbage collection is part of the SSD itself and thus not dependent on your computer's operating system. Since garbage collection is part of the SSD's firmware, it works regardless of which operating and filing systems your computer is using.
Note: Garbage collection only works when your Crucial SSD is idle, so make sure to configure your system so it doesn't go to sleep when it's idling. Garbage Collection takes time to do its job, but as long as it gets time to idle every now and then, your Crucial SSD will maintain its high level of performance over time.
So forgive me but I am a total Newbie to the SSD Technology, have been reading up on it and trying to understand the differences.
So far my experience has been exceptional and am now a convert to the speed gains seen with the SSD tech. blew me away!!!
So here is the Problem:
My Wife and I have mostly Identical Machines only Differences would be maybe # of Drives and Ram Brands.
Motherboard: Asus M3A78-CM with Latest Bios 2801
CPU: Phenom II 965 X4
Memory: 8 Gigs Each machine
Video: MSI Nvidia GTX 650 Ti
I have 1 Crucial CT120M500SSD1 and other HHD's
She is running 2 of the CT120M500SSD1's and other HHD's
I am having no issue like she is and everything is wonderful dual booting Windows 7 64bit Professional and Linux Mint. I am running Linux Mint from a Hybrid SSHD 1 TB and Windows 7 on the Crucial SSD
She is Triple Booting Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Linux Mint
Linux Mint is on a Traditional HHD
Windows 7 is on 1 of the Crucial Drives
Windows 8 is on 1 of the Crucial Drives
On her machine Linux Mint and Windows 7 Operate without issue.
The Problem is Windows 8 which has been working without issue for weeks, has suddenly come to a crawl, 100% Disk Usage on the SSD. The HD Light on the Case is what gave it away, I got home from work and she points out that Windows 8 is having problems and shows me the HD Light, tells me it has locked up on her several times, had to do Hard Shutdown(as in Hold Down Power Button on PC case until it goes off) and restart. She was even savy enough to think of rebooting into each of the different OS's and see if either of the others were behaving the same way and I confirmed they are not.
Only thing that I find in Task Manager that seems out of place is MSMPeng.exe seems to have a pretty high disk usage but I am not familiar with what is considered Nominal, Normal or Excessive.
So I feel like I may have narrowed it down to either just 1 Disc or 1 OS or even just 1 Process within that 1 OS. I have found references to the MSMPeng.exe being related to Windows Defender which we have decided is an adequate AV as long as we periodically also run Malware Bytes and Spybot S&D just to add a little extra Scanning power. We have also run both of them just see if they picked anything up that maybe Windows Defender was chasing? But they found nothing.
But I am now at a loss as to what to do next......anyone else seen this behavior and found a work around? She is of course not without a machine but has fallen in love with Windows 8 and is sorely dissappointed. I of course am loving it, getting my first taste of supporting Windows 8 and almost feel like telling her.......told you so! I only withold doing so as so far I have been pretty impressed with how Windows 8 boots on the SSD, Win 7 in 30 or so seconds and Win 8 in less than 10. So if I can find the offending code, driver, process or narrow it to the drive it will be a saving grace for Windows 8.
Any help would be very appreciated.
I released an alpha version of msed (manage self encrypting drives) today.
So far the utility has only been tested by myself and one other person, I have tested on WIN 7 HP 64bit and UBUNTU 13. 64bit desktop. I forgot to ask Matthew which version of Windows he ran it on.
You need to be root/administrator to run this utility (linux users see Readme_LINUX.txt for kernel flag requirement)
One of msed's functions is PSID Revert. To perform a PSID Revert using msed:
1. msed -s <- SCAN to find Opal Drive (you should see Yes next the the drive your working with.2. msed -q \\.\PhysicalDrive? <--this will show the Opal status look at the locking feature and see if it is Locked = Y or LockingEnabled = Y that's a good sign that this should work3.msed --yesIreallywanttoERASE*ALL*mydatausingthePSID -p thePSID_ALLCAPSNODASHES \\.\PhysicalDrive?
Linux device names would be /dev/sg?
If you use this utility or have an empty Opal drive that you can run TestSuite.(cmd|sh) on please do so and send me the output. I would be very interested in results on 32 bit OS's and versions of windows other that Win 7.
Source code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/r0m30/msedLinux and Windows executables are available at http://www.r0m30.com/msed/files
I just curious, how "dead" my drive is..
Here is smart of it - http://i.imgur.com/eNEVptd.jpg
This ssd is about 3 years old and still working fine without any issues.
Should i watch on AD level (current 93)? If so, what is max count? I'm sure this ssd will work another 10k hours, but still interesting
So who know how to read smart and know possible max numbers, i would like to hear your opinions, thanks!
Hi I have a PowerEdge R910 with a Dell H700 (a LSI 2108 based card). Should be the same as a LSI 9260.
I have 4 M550s and I cannot them to play nicely. The drives show up in the controller settings but they are marked as "foreign"
The card reports that the disks are SED secured so they must be cleared before they can be added to a virtual drive. When I try this the "Instant Secure Erase" fails. It seems like the card is having issues with the SED encryption. I haven't set a key or anything like that wiht these drives and I am on the newest bios/firmware.
I should also note that when the drives are hookup to the card on boot it causes the machine to freeze up and make the H700 drop out and not show up to the system.


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Import x86 Darwin port.
Remove old-style signals code and make our POSIX_SIGS behavior the default.
Indent all source files using GNU indent using the config in .indent.pro.
Clean up #ifdef.
Port Helmut's trace/known-return to ppc. Fix some bugs along the way as well. lisp/breakpoint.c: o Enable function-end stuff in compute_offset for DARWIN too. o Lots of printf's so we can see what's happening on ppc since gdb is majorly broken there. lisp/ppc-assem.S: o Actually implement the function-end breakpoint template. Basically copied the sparc version, with appropriate mods. lisp/ppc-arch.c: o Add TWLLEI_R0 macro to create the appropriate trap instructions that we need, and use as appropriate. o arch_install_breakpoint was actually broken and installed a twllgei instruction instead of twllei. o arch_do_displaced_inst was also broken. It didn't install the after-break-point trap after the breakpoint trap. And it also didn't continue running the code and returned instead. That's wrong. o The trap_AfterBreakpoint case in sigill_handler was inserting the wrong instruction back. (Probably too much copying of the sparc port.)
Implement tracing for the known-return convention. This is basically Helmut Eller's patch sent to cmucl-imp on 2005-03-08. This basically means tracing recursive functions will show all recursions during the trace and not just the final call. code/debug-int.lisp: o Apply Helmut's patch. Tweak it so when the known-return convention is being used, we tell MAKE-BOGUS-LRA that we're using the known-return so we can handle it properly. lisp/breakpoint.c: o Add an extra parameter to compute_offset so we know we're handling a function-end breakpoint or not. Needed because reg_CODE isn't pointing to the bogus lra in this case, so the offsets are all wrong. We compute the right offset for the known return and return the offset as negative so we can tell. o Adjust all callers of compute_offset. o Adjust handle_function_end_breakpoint to handle negative offsets from compute_offset so we can get the right code component for the bogus lra.
Finish conversion from hardcoded sigcontext to os_context_t, as initiated by the commit of the NetBSD support, and needed by the upcoming merge of the OS X/Darwin port.
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Fix recently introduced bugs in the breakpoint handling on non-x86 ports; fake_foreign_function_call must be called before sap_alloc on the non-x86 port so that current_dynamic_space_free_pointer is setup from reg_ALLOC.
For the x86 port store the return code component and the PC offset in bogus LRA code objects rather than a SAP to avoid lossage if the real code object is moved while the real return address has been moved off the stack.
Breakpoint and single stepping support for the x86 port. This has been tested in the experimental code and works on both FreeBSD and Linux. Plus a few improvements to the interrupt safety for the x86 port.
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Seattle >Food & Dining > Metropolitan Grill
820 Second Ave, Seattle, WA | Directions 9810447.604149 -122.334199
11a.m.-3p.m. Monday-Friday; 5-10:30p.m. Monday-Thursday, until 11p.m. Friday, 4-11p.m. Saturday, until 10 p.m. Sunday
Neighborhoods: Central Business District, Downtown
Classic, venerable steak house. Custom dry aged and grilled over mesquite charcoal make for some of the finest steaks served up in this city. And if you're looking for that perfect bottle of wine to complement the meal, head sommelier Thomas Price will show you the way.
This good looking room serves up stellar steaks, sides, wine and desserts 7 days a week. Don't miss the Manhattan, the Bloody Mary, the burger or the happy hour that runs Monday - Friday 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. when bites set you back just $4- $7.
Steaks are legendary, prime beef cooked with care in chef Eric Hellner's kitchen, accompanied by something from the award-winning wine list. Expensive and worth it. If you're on a budget, go sit in the bar for happy hour. The burger is terrific and the bartenders offer welcome pairing advice.
I'm not the biggest steak fan, but I have had one or two here that nearly converted me. The sides--the gratin, creamed spinach, fried artichokes--are the real deal. If you're really lucky, you can talk the bartender into pouring a little Makers Mark over your MM ice cream, which comes with a huge slice of carrot cake. You won't leave hungry, that's for damn sure. Most of the staff has been around for a decade or longer, which means this is the place to come if you want some of the best service in Seattle. They're pros.
Obviously noted for some of the city's best steaks and chops, also plates up top-notch salad and soups, most notably one of the best Caesars and French onion soups in town. Premium happy hour starting early.
Sign of the (Hard) Times – I once considered the Metropolitan Grill as
Possibly the best happy hour in Seattle – I had a friend bring me here for happy hour once and he told me that you get a met burger and fries for 5$. I was shocked because the met is so expensive usually. Well when I got there I ordered the burger. It was amazing. I didn't think it would be that good. You must come to the met for happy hour!
Awesome place – My first experience at The Met. It was great. That place was really cool. Great people working and eating there. We walked in on a friday. there were no tables but we waited for a couple of seats to open up at the bar and we ate there. Great service, We had the Chateubriand with a side asparagus. The Filet was delicious, everything was great. Definately go here and check this place out. Its one of Seattle's treasures and you need to experience this place once.
awsome – I had a ceasar salad and flank steak. Pretty standard right? That was by far the best ceasar and the flank steak mouth watering. My date was impressed and we had fun . We did not like the wait but after it was all said and done it was worth it!
eatman – I think the bar is nice and of course the drinks are pricey it is not the place you go to have a yahoo time. It more to have a couple of drinks before diner in al leasurely fashion be fore a delicious dinner
Met Grill Bar Scene Much "Lighter" than Restaurant – The bar at the Metropolitan Grill is one of Seattle's most established after-work "cocktail" spots. The quietly elegant entrance (amidst busy valets) gives way to bustling and frequently mobbed bar scene. The clientele are a bit older, certainly more established, but the specialty of the Met Grill is providing fine food with elegant service -- and that applies to all who enter.
The bartenders are knowledgeable and consistently good. A simple martini is a delight. Fruity drinks with silly names get equal attention (although with perhaps a hint of cocked brow). All the restaurant foods are also served in the bar, and while the entree salads are quite sufficient, the real reason to go to the Met Grill (aside from the opportunity to ogle its "famous" guests posted on its walls) is definitely the meat. The steaks served at the Met Grill rival any of the big chain steakhouses.
If you go, prepare to spend the time to enjoy your meal, and be prepared for a bill to match the experience.
Ugly place – The worst restaurant ever .The food was ok, they need some update. their tableware is old. I didn't like how smells that place.
Everything is old and ugly
No coming back.
Great atmosphere with great service – The "Met" is a classic steakhouse with big portions, elegant interior, and welcoming staff.
I've been bringing people here for lunch, dinner, and happy hour over the years and have never been disappointed. The bartenders remember your face and drink, and the entire staff, from the valets to the tuxedo-clad managers, smile and say hello.
The filet is amazing, and the rich bread pudding with Maker's Mark bourbon ice cream is a must.
Though a few things have changed at the Met over the years, it remains one of the quintessential steakhouses and rightly so.
Not worth the $ – Ok, as a local I've been to this place 5 times in the last couple of years and I've had it.
When I pay $50 or more for a steak I expect it to be cooked as ordered. Or close to it. I eat it rare or medium rare, depending on the cut, this is likely the most common way that patrons of The Met order theirs. The steak has not been less than medium-well on my last 4 visits. Simple. On each occasion the waiter has offered to bring another, but I will not in good conscience send back a steak after having seen 15 homeless guys on the way to the restaurant, it doesn't work that way. On the last visit I was offered a free dessert. Yeah, nice and cheap guys!
So that's it, I will not risk losing another $50 on a well done steak at this place. It's all El Gaucho for me from now on, never a problem there.
Disappointed – I was recently at a family birthday party dinner at the Metropolitan Grill... I was happy to give up my coat to the waitstaff to store it in their coat check, and didn't think twice about my wallet being in it in such a high-end restaurant. Not noticing it's absence when I left, I was unhappy to find out the next morning that it had been stolen, and over $1,500 in fraudulant charges accrued around town on my credit cards in the late hours of the night. I contacted management at the Met to let them know of the issue; they were defensive, claimed it highly unlikely that the theft occured, but offered to send a gift certificate in the mail for a future meal, as the circumstantial evidence of the theft was overwhelming... Weeks later, the certificate hasn't arrived. I've tried to contact them, and receive no return calls from management. I didn't ask for the certificate; that wasn't the point. The point is, they weren't concerned with fixing their staffing issue, nor with following through as they said they would. Very disappointing. The food's good, but not worth the price or, in my case, the aggravation.
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