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AN Athersley woman says she has CCTV footage of a man stealing her car but nobody from the police has bothered to come and collect it for more than a week.
Elizabeth Clay was in the shower when a thief crept in through her front door, took her keys and sped off in her Vauxhall Corsa.
A neighbour watched it happen and Elizabeth was able to call police in enough time for officers to chase the car. It was abandoned in Monk Bretton, and the thief ran away.
Elizabeth, 47, of Riber Avenue, Athersley South, said: "I've told police I've got the CCTV on a USB stick ready to collect, but nobody's been.
"You can see him plain as day. If you knew him, you'd recognise him straight away. He could be out there, stealing somebody else's car."
Elizabeth has got the car back, but it was taken to a garage and she says she wasn't warned she'd be hit with a £150 bill for the towing and storage of her car, even though it was driveable and she could have collected it from the scene.
A police spokesman said: "Enquiries continue following a reported burglary in which a car was stolen from a property in Riber Avenue, Barnsley.
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A Belgian Malinois, adopted from the Military Working Dog Adoption program at Lackland AFB, was lost on July 20 while with his family on a camping trip in Park County near Jefferson, Colorado.
Since the three-year-old dog's disappearance, there have been a few sightings, but he has not yet been recovered. An extensive search effort has been made for the dog, named "Maxi," since he disappeared. A Facebook page, "Help Find Maxi," was established to help coordinate the search effort for the lost dog.
The following information has been posted to the page:
Maxi has been missing in the mountains in Park County, CO since Sunday, July 20, 2014 around noon while camping about 2.5 miles above Michigan Creek campground on County Rd 54 on the Georgia Pass near Jefferson, CO 80456. He is a 3 year old male Belgian Malinois who is a former Military Working Dog. He has a tattoo in his left ear that reads "T117."
Including postings about potential sightings:
Tuesday 7/22/14 - Forest service worker reported a dog looking like Maxi running down road on Hwy 9 between Alma and Fairplay, CO. Dog was very panicked and frantic, when he tried to stop to assist, dog ran off road down by the river.
Thursday 7/24/14 - Law enforcement officer reported seeing a shepherd looking dog, soaking wet and running scared and panicked down Hwy 9 between Alma and Fairplay, CO.
Not sure if these two sightings were Maxi but no other sightings or reports of lost GSD type dogs currently.
On August 1, a tip about how to entice Maxi to a potential good Samaritan was posted, as well as areas to search:
Possibly anywhere between Park County area, Breckenridge and Leadville, Buena Vista and all points in between! Take a tennis ball along your hike in case you run into him---he LOVES chasing tennis balls and it may be a way to get him to come to you if you see him.
Maxi's family has offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to his safe return. Anyone who has spotted this dog is asked to call the local animal control or phone (303) 332-2530, or email: email@example.com
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Yerington Elementary School is a rural school in northern Nevada serving approximately 520 pre-K -4th grade students. Located eighty miles from Reno, Yerington is a rural agriculture community producing onions, garlic and hay.
Mission Statement The staff of Yerington Elementary School believes the primary purpose of our school is student learning. We believe that all students can learn and achieve basic grade level skills, regardless of their previous academic performance, family background, disability, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and/or gender. The staff, working as a team, in partnership with families and the community, will provide students fundamental information and the skills necessary to achieve academic success in a safe, caring environment. We accept the responsibility to use effective strategies so all students can become successful in our school and productive citizens in our society.


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Rhina P. Espaillat was born in the Dominican Republic under the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. After Espaillat's father opposed the regime, her family was exiled to the United States, where they settled in New York City. She began writing poetry as a young girl, first in Spanish, then English, and has published in both languages.


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Powdered Alcohol Introduced to US Markets Amid Controversy
May 22, 2014
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Just last month, Palcohol, a new powdered alcohol product was introduced to the US amid questions regarding the substance's safety.
The initial substance began as ordinary liquid alcohol but then was whipped, solidified and then vaporized into a powdered form. A leaked, supposed draft version of the website indicated that Palcohol is 51% alcohol by weight and 10% by volume. The regulation is shaky and skepticism incredibly high. It was claimed that the product was developed with the help of scientists, but that certainly does not dispel any worry about the legitimacy or safety of using it.
The creator of Palcohol, Mark Phillips points to the potential uses of Palcohol: including for commercial, medical, aviation, manufacturing, and food applications. He claimed that as an active, outdoorsy person, he can appreciate its portability and pragmatism. In response to those calling for a ban on powdered alcohol, the Palcohol website stated, "That is the wrong approach. Palcohol should be approved, taxed and regulated just like liquid alcohol."
In April, the federal government approved Palcohol but, according to TIME Magazine, is now claiming that this approval was an illegitimate 'error'. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau granted Palcohol with an approval label but two weeks later had to rescind the decision. Palcohol is arguing that its approval was rescinded due to inaccurate measures and labeling rather than an unsafe substance. Regardless of the reasons, Palcohol could have huge effects on underage drinkers as well as consumers above the legal drinking age. It could make underage drinking and spiking drinks easier by packing alcohol into a more portable substance and even enable snorting the substance. Even in liquid form, people have attempted to snort alcohol, which is damaging to the nasal passages. Although Palcohol warns against the effects of snorting the powdered substance, there are no measures to prevent consumers from doing so.
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text: Sign inNot A Member? Join now! Find A Grave - Search Results for "poet" ad feedback Enter name and/or bio keyword(s). Only search name fields.Looking for the old search page? Click here. Records 1 to 20Records 21 to 40Records 41 to 60 Attention:You are browsing our famous burial locations. If you arelooking for a non-famous grave, please start from our home page. Wine, Maria b. July 8, 1912 d. April 22, 2003Author and Poet. Renowned Swedish author and poet, born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her real name was Karla Lundkvist, but was known as her pseudonym, Maria Wine. Her childhood - growing up in orphanage and foster-home - she described in the auto-biographical "Man har skjutit ett lejon" (1951). She had several collections of poems and novels published, among them "Vinden ur mörkret" (1943), "Feberfötter" (1947) and "Minnena vaknar" (Awakening memories) from 1994, about her life with famed author/...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm)Solna Cemetery, Solna, Solna kommun, Stockholms län, SwedenPlot: 4/194 Preseren, Dr. France b. December 3, 1800 d. February 10, 1849Noted Poet. He was the premier poet of Slovenia. His poem "A Toast" is now the Slovene National anthem. His work "A Wreath of Sonnets" was inspired by Julia Primic who he loved without being loved in return. Fame mainly came after his death. (Bio by: girlofcelje)Presernov gaj', Kranj, Obcina Kranj, Gorenjska, Slovenia Murger, Henri b. March 27, 1822 d. January 28, 1861Writer born to a poor family who left school at 13. His experiences as a would be poet in Paris led to his writing 'Scenes de la vie de Boheme' in which he portrayed himself as the poet Rodolphe. The success of these sketches led to fame and reasonable fortune; they were the basis for Puccini's opera 'La Boheme'. (Bio by: David Conway)Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, City of Paris, Ile-de-France, FrancePlot: Division 5 Field, Eugene b. September 3, 1850 d. November 4, 1895U.S. poet and journalist, best known, to his disgust, as the 'poet of childhood'. Field attended several colleges but took no degree; at the University of Missouri he was known less as a student than as a prankster. After his marriage in 1873, Field did editorial work for a variety of newspapers, including the Denver Tribune.Church of the Holy Comforter Courtyard, Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois, USAPlot: In the courtyard Bryant, William Cullen b. November 3, 1794 d. June 12, 1878Poet, Editor. His first poem, "Thanatopsis," was published when the poet was 17 years old. His first book of poetry was published in 1821, though it earned him less than $15. He continued writing, building a national reputation as a "fireside poet," while working to make ends meet. He practiced law for a short time in Massachusetts before moving to New York to work as an editor. Eventually, he became editor-in-chief of the New York Evening Post, a post he held for 50 years. After his death, a...[Read More] (Bio by: Midnightdreary)Roslyn Cemetery, Roslyn, Nassau County, New York, USA Hooft, Johan Geraard Adriann 'T 'Jotie 'T Hooft' b. May 9, 1956 d. October 5, 1977Poet, Writer. He was a very talented neo-romantic poet who died at the age of 21. After his death he became a kind of cult figure. He was however quite known already during his short career. There have been written some books on him recently, including an edition of his poems and an edition on his letters.Cause of death: Overdosed on cocaineOudenaarde Cemetery, Oudenaarde, Arrondissement Oudenaarde, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), BelgiumPlot: Close to the left wall upon entering the park-entry (side-Dijkstraat) Ficke, Arthur Davison b. November 10, 1883 d. November 30, 1945Poet. He was a friend and lover of Edna St. Vincent Millay, and a famous poet in his own right. He served in World War I first as an Army captain in the Ordnance Deparment, stationed in France. In 1918 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Judge Advocate. He died of lung cancer complicated by a long bout with tuberculosis. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)Non-Cemetery Burial, Buried at the Ficke estate, Hardhack, in Hillsdale, New York. Silva, Medardo Ángel b. June 8, 1898 d. June 10, 1919Poet. He is considered the leading representative of the Modernism Movement in Ecuador. He was nicknamed "El Nińo Poeta" (The Child Poet). At young age, he was thrown from the school because he took the long hair and he never returned. Among his works "El Árbol del Bien y del Mal," "Aniversario," "María Jesús" and "Trompetas de Oro." Unexpectedly, he commited suicide by gunshot. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)Cementerio General de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador Rossetti, William Michael b. September 25, 1829 d. February 5, 1919Writer and critic. He was best-known as the co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848, and edited the Brotherhood's literary magazine, "The Germ". He was born in London, the son of Italian scholar Gabriel Rossetti and was the brother of poet and artist Gabriel Dante Rossetti and poet Christina Georgia Rossetti. In 1874, he married Lucy Maddox Brown, daughter of the artist Ford Maddox Brown. He wrote many biographies and critcisms, ranging from poet Algernon Swinburne to artist James...[Read More] (Bio by: s.canning)Highgate Cemetery (West), Highgate, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England Hopkins, Gerard Manley b. July 28, 1844 d. June 8, 1889Poet. His most famous works include "The Wreck of the Deutschland", "God's Grandeur" and "The Windhover". His poems were virtually unknown until they were published long after his death by the poet Robert Bridges. Hopkins became a Jesuit priest in 1882 and is buried in the Jesuit plot at Glasnevin Cemetery.Cause of death: TyphoidGlasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, IrelandPlot: Jesuit plot Hopkins, Gerard Manley [memorial] b. July 28, 1844 d. June 8, 1889Poet. His most famous works include "The Wreck of the Deutschland", "God's Grandeur" and "The Windhover". His poems were virtually unknown until they were published long after his death by the poet Robert Bridges. Hopkins became a Jesuit priest in 1882 and is buried in the Jesuit plot at Glasnevin Cemetery.Westminster Abbey, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, EnglandPlot: Poets Corner De Deus, Joăo b. March 7, 1830 d. January 10, 1896Poet. Joăo de Deus Ramos was born in Săo Bartolomeu de Messines in the province of Algarve. He completed his baccalaureat in law at the University of Coimbra in 1859. A unanimously popular figure of his age, he was honored at national level in 1895 one year before his death. Although he worked as a journalist, he is still remembered more as a great lyrical poet and the teacher who perfected a method of teaching reading that was published as "Cartilha Maternal" in 1876. It was an immediate...[Read More] (Bio by: F G)Panteao Nacional, Lisbon, Lisboa Municipality, Lisboa, Portugal Castillo, Cátulo (Ovidio Cátulo González) b. August 6, 1906 d. October 19, 1975Poet, tango composer. He honored the tango with a vast influential work, being as well outstanding his contribution as composer. He managed to be, at the same time of being a inspired musician and poet, a well-known boxing fighter, that even won the feather weight Argentine championship. (Bio by: 380W)Cementerio de la Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, ArgentinaPlot: Panteón SADAIC (Soc. Argentina de Autores y Compositores), 2S 2 #103 Ursachi, Mihai b. February 17, 1941 d. March 10, 2004Romanian Poet. He was an acclaimed poet and head of the national theater in Iasi, who was imprisoned in 1961 for trying to flee then-communist Romania by swimming across the Danube River. He later moved to the United States, but returned to Romania after the fall of communism in 1990. He died in Iasi, Romania, of heart disease at the age of 63. (Bio by: Always with Love)Unknown** Find A Grave is currently seeking additional burial information for this individual. Please email with any updates you may have. Thank you! Setterlind, Bo b. August 24, 1923 d. January 24, 1991Swedish Poet and Author. Made his debut 1948 with the collection of poems "Mĺnvagga" (Mooncradle). Altogether he released over 70 books during his career, containing 40 collections of poems, novels, short-stories, travelbooks and debate scriptures. He was a religious poet, who wrote about the beauty of nature as a gift from God; love and death. Many of his poems are to be found in obituaries. (Bio by: Peter Robsahm)Wallinska Kyrkogĺrden, Västerĺs, Västerĺs kommun, Västmanlands län, Sweden Barton, Bernard b. January 31, 1784 d. February 19, 1849Poet. Like John Greenleaf Whittier in America, he is known as "The Quaker Poet". He was born in Carlisle, but became apprenticed to a shopkeeper in Suffolk. In 1806, he moved to Woodbridge in the same county, where, with his brother, he founded a coal and corn merchants. At about this time, he married ; unfortunately, within the year, his wife died in childbirth. Barton then re-located to Liverpool, but soon returned to Woodbridge to take up a post as clerk in Alexander's Bank. In his free time...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)Quaker Burial Ground, Woodbridge, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England Kaputikyan, Silva b. January 20, 1919 d. August 25, 2006Poet, writer. Her first collection of poems was published in 1944, and she became a leader in the "new literature" movement of Armenian poetry, depicting the life of Armenian women and survivors of the genocide. Once married to fellow poet Hovhannes Shiraz, their marriage ended in divorce due to the clash of their two titanic personalities. Their son, Ara Shiraz is a prominent sculptor. (Bio by: Paul S.)Komitas Pantheon, Yerevan, K'aghak' Yerevan, Armenia Slowacki, Juliusz b. September 4, 1809 d. April 4, 1849Poet. He is the considered the second National Poet of Poland after Adam Mickiewicz. His work, typified with poems, plays and sonnets, included "Balladyna", "My Testament", "King Ghost", " Fantazy", "Kordian"," Beniowski" , "Agamemnon's Tomb", "Silver Dream of Salomea ", "Hymn", "Lilia Weneda", "Anhelli". He is buried in Wawel Cathedral, in the same crypt as Mickiewicz. (Bio by: Kasia)Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland Manzi, Homero b. November 1, 1907 d. May 3, 1951Poet and Tango Lyricist. His original name was Homero Nicolás Manzione. He was a poet who never published a book. His poetry was evidenced only through his songs, the suburban neighborhood was his great stage. Manzi´s rich and extensive production includes a number of outstanding tangos as "Abandono", "Malena", "Mańana zarpa un barco", "El último organito", and "Ché bandoneón" among others. (Bio by: 380W)Cementerio de la Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, ArgentinaPlot: Panteón SADAIC (Soc. Argentina de Autores y Compositores), 1s 1 #12 Crowell, Grace Noll b. October 31, 1877 d. March 31, 1969Poet. She published over thirty-five books of poetry, stories for children, and poem and prose devotions. Her "Songs for Courage" went into twenty-five printings. In 1935 he was designated Poet Laureate of Texas. Dale Carnegie called her "one of the most beloved poets in America." In the early 1940s she was called "the most popular writer of verse in America."Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USAPlot: Mausoleum: Beatitudes NE S36 Crypt E Records 1 to 20Records 21 to 40Records 41 to 60 ad feedback Privacy Statement and Terms of Service


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From A to Z, all the definitions and vocabulary link to bitch's pregnancy, nursing, weaning. The glossary
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An initial sign that things are about to happen is that some bitches will often produce milk about a week before whelping , although this can vary.
You will notice her silhouette changing in preparation for labour, and also that she's in nesting mode , so this is the time to make sure she has somewhere peaceful and quiet to retreat to.
Prepare a comfortable area for her, well away from any hustle and bustle. You can give her a bath pre-labour if you want, except if this is stressful for her.
Practical tips
At around day 50 i.e. the 7th week of gestation, an x-ray will tell you how many puppies there are in the litter , when you know this, you can check that every puppy has been delivered.
X-rays pose no problem for either the bitch or her puppies
Check with your vet about worming , taking this precaution avoids a risk for the puppies at birth.Your vet will explain what to do and which product to use.
Pre-birth checklist
Choose a room for the delivery that's easy to clean
Important !
The temperature in the nest needs to be 30° C because puppies can't regulate their body temperature at birth.
You can then progressively lower the temperature in the nest to 25°C in week 4. Put water containers in the room to make sure that the air is not too dry.
The unborn puppies!Even inside the womb, puppies are sensitive to touch, so if you stroke your bitch's tummy regularly they will enjoy it.
Generally, bitches manage very well by themselves.
Your role mainly consists in providing her with quiet surroundings and your presence , but if you have any concerns in advance, do ask your vet for advice..
Between the first contractions and the birth of the first puppy, the time can be anything from a few minutes to 3 hours, although the time can vary enormously.
Once the first puppy is delivered, if your bitch doesn't tear open the foetal sac herself do it yourself wearing gloves.Subsequent puppies will be born within anything from a few minutes to 4 hours later on.
Don't worry if your bitch eats the placenta as soon as it's expulsed.
What to do
When whelping begins, go and check on your bitch every 15 minutes to make sure everything's going smoothly, taking care not to show her if you're worried.
Call your vet if the contractions are unproductive or if things seem to be taking an abnormally long time and if you're worried. If you need to warm a puppy up, rub him gently with towels.
What not to do
Never pull the puppies, especially by the paws, to help their expulsion
Never put the puppies in cold waterNever use a hair dryer, as there is a real risk of burns and above all dehydration
To determine the time of whelping, professional breeders take the bitch's rectal temperature3 times a day. A 1°C or so drop below average occurs a short time , around 24 to 48 h - before birth.


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Cookbook author James Peterson compares its flavor to those of turnips and radishes. In her "Vegetable Literacy," Deborah Madison says it reminds her most of cauliflower. To Washington Post gardening columnist Barbara Damrosch, it can be as sweet as a parsnip if harvested in late fall.
They're all talking about kohlrabi, but about the only things they agree on are that it tastes relatively mild and looks relatively strange. (In "Vegetables, Revised," Peterson writes that the round orb with stems and leaves shooting straight up looks "like an organ on life support," while Damrosch prefers a Sputnik analogy.)
Like many cooks, I've mostly eaten kohlrabi raw, used as crudite or grated into a salad. At this time of year my impulse turns to soup. D.C. area farmers market maven Robin Shuster has been telling me for years that when she cooks kohlrabi into a chunky soup, it carries the flavors of both cabbage and potatoes. When I've pureed it, I've found the texture a little watery, so I've started including an actual potato in the mix, too.
Most of the time when I see it in the markets, this brassica (related to, yes, cabbage and cauliflower but also to kale, broccoli and more) has been snipped of its stems and leaves, but if you find it with the greens attached, they're worth cooking. Treat them like collards, and you'll see what I mean.
A friend who has been spotting it recently on restaurant menus around Washington has taken to repeated proclamations that "Kohlrabi is the new cauliflower." I don't know about that, but when he came over for dinner recently I made the soup in his honor. To echo its texture when raw, I garnished the thick soup with diced Asian pear (in addition to pecans and parsley), adding a little sweetness and crunch.
How did the kohlrabi taste? I can see why cooks disagree: It's got a little broccoli flavor, a bit of cauliflower, a hint of turnip, a touch of celery. But maybe it's time to stop the comparisons and say that it tastes … just like kohlrabi.
Kohlrabi and Potato Soup
4 servings (Makes 8 cups).
From Washington Post Food editor Joe Yonan, author of "Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook" (Ten Speed Press, 2013).
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 1/2 pounds kohlrabi (1 large or 2 small bulbs), peeled and diced
1 large potato (about 12 ounces), peeled and diced
4 cups homemade or store-bought, no-salt-added vegetable broth
1 small Asian pear, peeled, cored and finely chopped
1/2 cup pecan halves, toasted and chopped (see NOTE)
2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves
Pour the 3 tablespoons of oil into a medium soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, stirring to coat; cover and cook until tender and lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
Add the kohlrabi, potato and broth. Increase the heat to medium-high to bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low so the soup is barely bubbling around the edges. Cover and cook until the kohlrabi and potato are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
Use an immersion (stick) blender to puree the soup until smooth. (Or transfer it to a blender or food processor and puree it in batches, then return it to the pot to keep warm.)
Divide the soup among individual bowls. Top each portion with pear, pecans, parsley and a drizzle of the oil. Serve hot.
NOTE: Toast the pecans in a small, dry skillet over medium-low heat for several minutes, until the nuts are fragrant and lightly browned. Cool completely before chopping.
Per serving: 350 calories, 8 g protein, 44 g carbohydrates, 20 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 95 mg sodium, 15 g dietary fiber, 17 g sugar


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June 8, 2006
Senior Chelsea Johnson, junior Ashley Caldwell and freshman Nicole Leach each advanced in their respective events at the NCAA Track& Field Championships in Sacramento, CA on Thursday to highlight the Bruin competitors.
Johnson cleared the first hurdle in regaining her NCAA outdoor pole vault title on Thursday, automatically qualifying for Saturday's final with a clearance of 13-5.25. Johnson passed on the first three heights (12-3.50, 12-9.50, 13-1.50) and then cleared automatic mark on her first jump.
Leach advanced to Friday's semifinal in the 400m hurdles after unning 56.61 for the second-fastest time of the day (won heat two).
Caldwell ran a lifetime-best in the semifinal of the 1500m to advance to Saturday's final. Caldwell's time of 4:20.15 was the sixth-fastest time in heat one and 11th overall.
Freshman Rhonda Watkins fell short in her first chance for All-American honors after finishing 11th in the long jump final with a mark of 20-5. Watkins could still earn honors in the high jump on Friday.
The 4x400m relay team of junior MacKenzie Hill, freshman Krystin Lacy, sophomore DeShanta Harris and freshman Chanelle Curry placed fifth in heat two and 20th overall, running 3:43.25.
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Sophomore Renee Williams will compete in the triple jump qualifying at 1:00 pm, while Watkins will go for her second All-American honor on Friday in the high jump final at 3:45 pm. In running events, senior Dawn Harper will go for her seventh and final All-American honor in the 100m hurdles (5:00 pm), while Leach will run in the 400m hurdle semifinal at 6:10 pm.


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Eat, drink and be scary. ~Author Unknown
These bite size bat wing brownie bites require only two ingredients and a package of halloween bat wing rings to create. Store bought brownie bites and canned frosting dramatically shorten the prep time for this ghoulishly tasty treat. The recipe can easily be doubled for a larger group.
Bat Wings Brownie Bites
- 12 store bought brownie bites
- 1 sixteen ounce can of milk chocolate frosting, chilled for 15 minutes in the refrigerator (I used Betty Crocker Rich and Creamy milk chocolate)
- 1 package of bat wing rings (purchased at SuperTarget in Chaska)*
- Place brownie bites on a decorative platter.
- Place chilled frosting in a piping bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe frosting in a circular motion over the top of each brownie bite.
- Stick a bat wing ring on top of the frosting and enjoy!
*Other Halloween themed rings can be used if you cannot find the bat wing rings.
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Guest Blog: Lauren Drummond
- 11 April 2013 10:56
- Posted by @dclayton_MCFC
Stockport-born actress Lauren Drummond, 26, is a lifelong Blue. She plays Chantelle Lane in the long-running BBC hospital drama Holby City…
I was born and raised in Stockport and I come from a long line of City fans. Work means that I moved to London four years ago but that's not diminished my love of the Blues.
My dad and brother are seasoncard holders in the Colin Bell Stand and part of the reason my brother moved back from America because he was missing watching City every week so it's in our DNA, stretching back to my Nanny Drummond who started it all off.
My first game was when I was 11 years-old and my dad took me to Maine Road. Neither of us can remember who we played that day – Nottingham Forest sticks in my mind – but my dad reckons we were in what is now the Championship at the time. He had also organised putting my name up on the scoreboard so it was a special day for me.
Over the years, Shaun Goater and Shaun Wright-Phillips were two of my favourite players and 'Feed the Goat and He Will Score' was the first City song I ever learned.
I also loved Shay Given and equally, Joe Hart, so I always have a soft spot for our goalkeepers. If they were my favourites, I can't same the same of Georgios Samaras who used to drive me and my dad bananas, but at least he's gone on to enjoy success in Scotland.
Filming down south, you won't be surprised to find we have a number of Cockney Reds in the Holby City cast and a couple of Liverpool fans, too
...Lauren Drummond
Bob Barratt and Jimmy Akingbola follow Liverpool and they keep both threaten to go to games every now and then but I'm not holding my breath!
In fact, I had a bit of bother once with supporters of the Reds when travelling from Euston to Manchester for my brother's birthday. I hadn't realised United were playing and the train was full of southern-based Reds and the only seat left was in first class next to another Blue, Kevin Kennedy who I had met before.
Kevin was in a full City tracksuit and he told me to sit with him. Opposite were a group of United fans who had also found spare seats in first class, but while I paid for an upgrade, they refused, though they did offer to club together and reimburse me for the £15 I'd paid.
I told them not to bother but I said that they could help me in future by supporting a team on their doorstep so I could get a seat when I travelled back to Manchester without any hassle. They took in good heart, but I meant it!
Filming schedules mean that work and City games rarely clash, though when we played United on Monday, there were a few comments from United cast members and crew that I would by crying when I came in on the Tuesday – well, they got that wrong! A few of them shed tears, though.
I get to games when I can and try and catch the London matches and I'll be watching the semi this Sunday on TV – my boyfriend is a Chelsea fan so it could be a bit techy after the final whistle but I'm confident we'll do it. My dad and bother will be there, though.
One game I did have a tear in my eye was on the last day of last season. I went against QPR with my dad and brother and after the final whistle, we all looked to the heavens and remembered my Nanny who took my dad when he was a boy and kicked all this off.
I still miss the days when you went to a game and didn't know which City would turn up, but I'm getting used to being successful.
Holby City is on BBC 1, Tuesdays at 8pm
City are back in Premier League action on Wednesday against Wigan - get your tickets here.


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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
A Lidl bit of Xmas Cheer - Updated
I was hoping to find some of the Cepa Lebrel reserva, which I have been enjoying for the last year and a half and my luck was in and I bought a few for the very reasonable price of €8.49. I figger they'll be handy to have for last minute entertaining. The other two I got are pictured below:
This is almost the most expensive wine I've ever bought in Lidl, but I have to say that the 10-12 euro wines from Lidl are generally pretty solid so here's hoping this follows on trend.
Herself isn't crazy about this but I quite like it. It's warm, rich and full with some nice cherry and plum notes. Would I buy it ahead of the €8 Lidl Rioja? Probably not, but if you are a Sangiovese fiend you'll find a lot to like here...
Chianti Riserva Corte Alle Mura 2010 - €6.99
Total punt here. The standard (cheap) Chianti comes at about a fiver but that's not great. I'm hoping for the modest addition of two euro that magic will occur and transform this wine into a winner.
So this is...not bad. There's a little plummy fruit, a touch of acidity; perfectly pleasant with a decent finish. If you are a Chianti freak this is probably not for you but otherwise this might be worth a try at 7 notes.
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It's wonderful to have a portable Linux environment on a USB stick -- I use one for doing my everyday tasks, and for demonstrating Linux on friends' computers. You can set up a bootable USB stick as either a "live" media on a stick as small as 1G (2G recommended) or as a standard installation on a stick 4G or larger. Setting up a live USB install media with some persistent storage is easy since creation of such a stick has been a menu item since Ubuntu distribution 9.04 (Jaunty). For instructions for stick creation on a Windows host see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUSBPendrivePersistent and on a Mac see: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-create-an-ubuntu-installation-USB-on-the-mac/
The big benefit of a live media of course is the ability to install Ubuntu to friends' hard disks. Easy as these live media installations are, they will still benefit from the erase-block modifications to the USB stick described below in the partitioning section if an ext2 filesystem is also included on the stick for persistent storage. Boot times on live media sticks may be reduced to less than 45 seconds by typing three quick returns at the purple screen with the little keyboard and man. ( first for manual selection, second for language selection, third to select "Try Ubuntu" ). Since the live-media installations are pretty well covered elsewhere, This article concentrated on doing a standard installation to a 4G or 8G stick, with the modifications done to improve speed and longevity.
The Ubuntu "System/Administration/USB Startup Disk Creator" menu item creates a "Live USB" on a 2G stick which may be used for installing Linux as well as giving you up to 1G of writable space. This sort of installation has a compressed, read-only filesystem, and runs quite acceptably. The trick of manually forcing the text menu at bootup instead of allowing the graphics menu to appear will half the boot time. For systems with a writable partition, first redo the partitioning and set the head/sectors-track geometry to 4/16, as described below. One caution, if you make a second partition labeled casper-rw, ensure it starts on a cylinder boundary and a 4M boundary. When making the first partition with a size (e.g. +910M), you may end the first partition in the middle of a cylinder. Also, lately, I have been having permission problems running the startup disk creator, so I drop back to a terminal and run sudo usb-creator-gtk. I have had good success splitting a 2G stick into two 1G partitions, the first a vfat (either type 6 (FAT16) or type c (FAT32), and the second a linux partition on which I put an ext2 filesystem with mkfs -text2 /dev/sdcx . Start the partitions on 4M boundaries. Run mkdosfs to put a FAT filesystem for the first partition, and you may then run the "create startup disk" menu item. If you experience any permission problems, run sudo usb-creator-gtk.
A standard desktop direct install to a 4G USB stick will use about 60%, leaving the rest for you. A little initial preparation of the stick is necessary to allow for increased life and snappier performance: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device
When installing a standard filesystem on flash memory, you need to be aware of buildup of unwanted files, and of frequency of writes to certain locations. After every update, all the package files are left in /var/cache/apt/archives. Putting this directory into ram will automatically "clean up" these package files at reboot. Lots of old copies of system log files are also kept. There are options to limit the number of old copies of log files, but writing the log files to a ramdisk means they do not cause any flash memory wear. If there be problems however, you should remember to make a permanent copy of appropriate log files.
1) The USB stick will be set up from a running Linux system, and standard Linux/Hurd tools are available (fdisk, cfdisk, mke2fs, cp, df, dmesg, free, mount, tail, vi, ... ). A directory has been set up with all the scripts in the appendices, and after installation, the scripts will be run from this directory.
2) The USB stick will be the installation target of a live media (CD-ROM or usb).
3) The install system can access a USB drive, but does not have to be able to boot from one.
4) Explicit instructions below assume a Gnome desktop -- use the equivalent actions for your system.
5) Not all USB sticks/cards have equal performance. I have used Pqi and Kingston SD4 cards, Kingston Datatraveler, HP, Pqi, and Patriot 4G sticks with good success, but of this group, the HP sticks had the best performance. Check the packaging or vendor web site for any indication of the media speed. The cards usually indicate class 4 (4MB/sec) or class 6 (6MB/sec). Sometimes the ambiguous "x" nomenclature is used. x could mean either 1.2M or 150k. 6x is probably 7.2MB/Sec, 10x is probably 12MB/sec, but 150x is only 24M/sec read and 19.5M/sec write for Pqi 16G cards. I am starting to see more speed indications on the USB sticks for sale, both read and write speeds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speeds has the table mapping the speed to class. Notice that read speeds are faster than write speeds, and ideally, the vendor will report both.
6) The flash memory erase block size is assumed to be 128k. This perhaps should actually be 256k for sticks larger than 4G, but I don't know how to tell for USB sticks. Actual cards, mounted at mmcblk0p1 for instance, will have erase block information in a card specific data (csd) file. This csd file is located at /sys/class/block/mmcblk0/device/csd. One 2G SD card had a 32k erase block size, another had a 64k size. Google ProdManualSDCardv1.9.pdf for the bit definitions (right to left) in the csd file, or use the script in Appendix I to output the erase-block size for an SD card with a csd file.
7) The USB stick will be rebooted regularly, so buildup of temporary files in the ramdisks will not be a problem.
First check for any known USB problems on the machine used to create the USB stick and the eventual target machine: http://www.USBman.com/Guides/Computers%20with%20Known%20USB%20Problems.htm No sense wasting time on a machines with USB problems trying to create a USB stick.
Flash media has a limited number of writes, and blocks are grouped -- a write of one block forces all the blocks in the group to be rewritten. The size of this group of blocks is known as the "erase block size". Some thought is needed to position partitions and filesystem parts to minimize unnecessary group rewrites. Space is a critical resource on these USB sticks, so consider forgoing boot and swap partitions. A standard Ubuntu desktop installation will fit nicely on a 4G card or stick, leaving about 1G free.
Historically, a boot partition allowed positioning the kernel within the first 1024 cylinders of a disk for BIOSes whose address space was limited. Some older machines may still need this. If the 1024 limit is not a factor on your machine, then doing away with a boot partition will not waste the unused space in such a partition. If you are setting up a generic stick which will boot in the maximum number of (older) machines, maybe you do want a boot partition for the first partition. I have not had any problems with the 1024 cylinder limit myself, but I have heard of problems booting a 16G stick on an old laptop which boots 4G sticks without problems, and the 16G stick boots on other machines. This is the sort of problem which may be caused by this 1024 cylinder limitation. The rest of this article assumes no separate boot partition is needed.
Swap space simulates having more, slow, memory on your computer. It may not even be needed, but if it is, may be added later as a file or as a separate USB stick. If you are on a GNU/Linux machine with similar memory to the one on which you will be running the USB stick, check swap usage with "free", "swapon -s", or "cat /proc/swap". Newer machines probably have memory to spare, so seeing no swap activity is typical. Hibernation capability may be lost without swap. If swap activity is seen or hibernation is needed, then decide if the convenience of having swap on the USB boot stick is worth the space and possibly shortened lifespan of the stick (assuming the writes to the swap device wear the stick out before anything else). The alternative solution is to use a second small (cheap) 0.5-2G stick for swap. This may extend the life of the larger (more expensive) boot stick.
The stick partition start (and end) will be selected to be aligned with the presumed size of 128k for erase block groups, and moved a bit from the start of the disk. I use a non-journaling filesystem, ext2, the with block size set to 4096 (default) and the groupsize set to 32768 (also the default). The standard installer format should be just fine for your ext2 filesystem. However, my biggest problem installing to these sticks is after completion, finding something has reset my partition geometry, and booting takes two minutes instead of one minute. The problem is not consistent, and I'm almost at the point of just saying, after partitioning, put the fileystem on, and reboot! Then check the stick again for the proper head-sectors/track geometry before starting to install.
You will lose any data on the disk when you re-partition it, so save what you want from it first. Insert the USB stick drive (or memory card). If the media is automounted, an icon will appear on the desktop, and a window may open. Use df, mount, dmesg, or sudo fdisk -l to determine the device -- see Appendix II for details.
The below assumes sdc for the device -- make sure you use the appropriate device for your system.
The information from the below link: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device resulted in the selection of the partition parameters. I guessed my 4G USB devices were of the 128k write block instead of the 256k block variety, but I haven't figured out how to tell. I can find nothing which corresponds to the SD card's "csd" file, which has all this important information.
Examine the device to determine the default parameters and partitioning. a
4G Kingston stick had h=5 s=32 and the partition start at 81920 sectors of
512 bytes -- about a 40 meg offset, and not even a power of 2. If there is
any way to use this initial information to determine erase block size, I do
not know it. Choose heads=4, sectors/track=16 and partition start
at 8192. Zero the existing partition table and reset the heads and
sectors/track. This may be done within fdisk when the partition is made, or
on the command line (writing out the changes, then quiting):
cfdisk -z -h 4 -s 16 /dev/sdc
Note, the above command performed as I expected on a 4G sd card inserted in mmcblk0, but several 4G USB sticks failed to get the expected h and s. This unexpected resetting of h and s has also occurred when using fdisk. Reset them in fdisk when setting up the partition if necessary. See the below output. There appears to be some buffering which does not get flushed as expected, as I have seen this sort of problem frequently. Try removing the media right after exiting fdisk, and reinserting. Check with fdisk to ensure the proper number of heads and sectors/track is present. Resolve this before making the filesystem.
If you decide to make a swap area on the USB stick, figure out its size in cylinders so you can make the root (first partition) smaller by that amount. With fdisk, the m command is for help, which lists all the commands. Ensure that the heads and sectors are still set, or set them now, in the x=advanced section of commands (h for heads, s for sectors, r to return to main menu). See Appendix III for the explicit commands used for partitioning, and for some potential problems.
You may manually make the filesystem now, or do this at install time, since the defaults are 4096 blocksize and 32768 blocks/group. Doing the filesystem manually allows you to copy the superblock backups to aid in any future recovery efforts.
sudo mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 -g 32768 /dev/sdc1 ... Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736
The USB stick or card is now ready for a standard installation from a live media.
Boot your install media -- if your install media is also a USB stick, and you have problems booting with two USB sticks present, you might need to insert the target stick after the boot starts. Select the manual partitioning option, ("Something Else" in the 11.04 installation) and select sdc1 which should be the first partition on the target USB (sda is the Windows internal disk, sdb the USB installer, so sdc should be the target USB). Check the sizes, to confirm the disk lettering, because sometimes the sdb and sdc are reversed. Reject all offers to repartition the card, so what was set up above will be used. Formatting the ext2 filesystem at install is OK since the defaults are what we want. Continue through all warnings about missing swap, or illegal attributes on the filesystem (not seen on 11.04 installation).
Edit the sdc1 partition info, select ext2, / (root), and format if not done earlier.
ALWAYS check the location grub will put its boot block. After setting up the sdc1, the boot block should automatically change from the sda default to sdc (well, it did in the 10.10 installation, but not in the 11.04). Change it if it did not automatically get set to sdc device (Note, not the partition sdc1). It needs to be the target stick, and it better be a real device, /dev/sdx, not a grub device like hd0 (9.10 bug). Regardless of your install media, hd0 is most likely the Windows hard disk, and that is not a place most people want to rewrite when setting up a bootable USB.
There will be several warnings of problems -- no swap space (assuming you have no swap partition), and possibly invalid file attributes if you did a manual format, all of which may be ignored.
Installation should take about an hour on a USB 2.0 system. A 2-3 hour install probably indicates a problem with the disk geometry or filesystem type. After installation completes, remove the install media, and Check that the BIOS boot order has the USB stick before the hard disk (in case your live media was a CD-ROM).
Next, tailor the new USB stick before booting it the first time. In fstab, put /tmp and /var/log into ram, and put some links into ram from places like 1) /var/cache/apt/archives (where new package files are downloaded for updates) and 2) the first user's firefox cache. See Appendix V for the modifications collected into the script preboot_filemods. Other modifications this script performs are: using noatime and nodiratime on /, making storage locations for the ram based users' homes, modifying rc.local to set up the ram disk, put in a splash screen for grub and modify some boot text colors, and copy the boot modifications scripts to the new stick's first user's home. Get the script onto a running Linux system, mount the new USB stick and run the script. You may try booting from the stick now if the install media was a CD-ROM. If your install media was another USB, decide if you want to edit the grub.cfg file as described in the next paragraph. If you choose to edit grub.cfg, manually add write permission to the grub.cfg file first (and remove it afterwards).
Force the grub screen to appear if there is no other operating system on the system by holding down the shift key. If your install media was a USB stick, then you need to edit the grub boot commands. At the grub menu screen, enter "e" to edit the grub commands. Bug 384633 causes an attempt to boot linux off root=/dev/sdc1, which should not exist after the USB install media has been removed (the rebooting target will typically be sdb). Other things will be wrong in the grub.cfg file, but that sdc1 is the killer for the 10.10 release. For a 10.x installation, change the sdc1 to sdb1 and then boot with control X. For an 11.04 system, change every sdc to sdb in the boot paragraph for an 11.04 system (There is a set root= line which needs to be changed for the boot to work, in addition to the linux... line. Notice the (hdx,msdosy) items -- I recommend changing these to be hd0 for the Windows paragraphs, and hd1 for the Linux USB paragraphs. I am uncomfortable seeing Windows on sdbx since I have seen it on sda for years. Also, the disks may switch with any run of update-grub, and I prefer my devices to be consistent.
After the first boot, login and immediately start a terminal and
sudo update-grub
This should fix all the grub.cfg problems, and normal booting should work. The expected outcome is root on sdb1, and Windows on sdax.
The modification scripts in the appendices have been copied into the first user's "mods" directory by the preboot_filemods script. Create the .mozilla directory by running firefox or copying from an existing .mozilla on another system. This will allow the Cache link to be set up. The next script to run is the firstlogin_usermods with two names for the two ram homed users. The first name will be put into the group of the first user on the system, the second name will be just for guest use.
Reboot the system so the ram-based HOMEs for the new users are present. Log in as the ram-based users and tailor their desktops. Then login as the first user and run the ramtailoring_usermods. The changes to the /tmp/HOMEs will be saved and be present at the next reboot. The only release specific (11.04) edits performed were for the grub splash screen. If you set up an earlier release, you might want to fix the 05_debian_theme to use the file "splash.png". I find these USB sticks highly usable, and they are my primary login environment. Of course, backup regularly, but I have to admit, I have not lost a stick due to errors even after several year's use.
Erase block sizes are easy to determine for SD cards. The information is present in a file, which may be interpreted by the below script.
A Kingston 4G SD card has the following /sys/class/block/mmcblk0/device/csd:
./csd.py kingston.csd Erase block size is 65536 bytes.
The csd.py script follows.
#!/usr/bin/env python # Read SD card Card Specific Data register bits for the erase block size # NOT valid for Multi Media Cards! # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. import sys def unstuff(x, start, size): return (x >> start) & (2**size - 1) def main(name, args): if len(args) != 1: print "Syntax: %s <>" % (name, ) print "Example: %s /sys/class/block/mmcblk0/device/csd" % (name, ) return 100 # read in 128 bits of csd register csd = int(file(args[0]).read(), 16) write_block_size = 2**unstuff(csd,22,4) erase_sector_size = unstuff(csd,39,7)+1 erase_block_size = write_block_size*(erase_sector_size) print "Erase block size is %d bytes." % (erase_block_size) sys.exit(main(sys.argv[0], sys.argv[1:]))
df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb7 14112620 6632504 6763220 50% / ... /dev/sdc1 3969024 32 3968992 1% /media/disk
mount ... /dev/sdc1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
close the filesystem window if one opened at the automount, and unmount the media (the icon should disappear). -- right click on the drive desktop icon, then select "safely remove" if present, or "Unmount volume" if not. Wait few seconds to see if the automount occurs again (problem since 10.10), and repeat the "safely remove" if it does.
If the automount does not run (it is a configuration item), get the device from the system messages, which the dmesg command outputs. tail will just get lines from the end of the output.
dmesg | tail -23 [ 5524.328108] USB 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 [ 5524.463443] USB 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 5524.464185] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 5524.464674] USB-storage: device found at 5 [ 5524.464679] USB-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 5529.464419] USB-storage: device scan complete [ 5529.466864] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Multi Flash Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 5529.797821] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 7954432 512-byte hardware sectors: (4.07 GB/3.79 GiB) [ 5529.799666] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 5529.799672] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [ 5529.799678] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 5529.804687] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 7954432 512-byte hardware sectors: (4.07 GB/3.79 GiB) [ 5529.808673] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 5529.808679] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [ 5529.808685] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 5529.808698] sdc: sdc1 [ 5529.810505] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 5529.810662] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
The device is sdc above, and mmcblk0 for the card below.
...dmesg output for a directly inserted memory card (automounts : [ 4833.619838] mmc0: new SD card at address e624 [ 4833.646052] mmcblk0: mmc0:e624 SD02G 1.89 GiB [ 4833.646179] mmcblk0: p1 sudo fdisk -l
All disk details will be shown, pick out the target by size and position (last) in the list.
$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdc [sudo] password for user:
If not done with cfdsk, set the heads and sectors/track
x (advanced commands) h (set the heads to 4) s (set the sectors/track to 16) r (return to main menu)
Set the units to sectors (which start at 0) with the u command, then make a root partition:
u (toggle units to sectors from cylinders)
Delete the old partition if not already done with cfdisk
d (delete the existing partition)
Create a new partition
n ( new partition), p (primary partition), 1 (first primary), 8192 (start sector, 4M and a power of 2), XXXX (end sector at end of the available sectors or back by the swap size in sectors) Technically, this should be one less than a multiple of 8192, but I no longer bother.
The type of the partition should default to linux type -- check with p to print out the partition information. Set it explicitly with the t command with type = 83. Make it bootable:
a (select first partition)
If you want a swap partition, make it now as the next primary.
n (new partition) p (primary) 2 (number 2) XXXX+1 (starting on the next free sector beyond the end of the first, which should be a multiple of 8192. YYYY (end of the swap partition, (as one less than a multiple of 8192),
Set its type to 82, with the t command.
t (Set the type) 2 (partition 2) 82 (swap type)
Exit fdisk saving the new configuration:
w (write out the new info, and exit)
Example, checking with fdisk after setting everything:
$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdc [sudo] password for user: The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 122496. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdc: 4013 MB, 4013948928 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 122496 cylinders Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 129 122496 3915776 83 Linux Command (m for help): u Changing display/entry units to sectors Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdc: 4013 MB, 4013948928 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 122496 cylinders, total 7839744 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 8192 7839743 3915776 83 Linux Command (m for help): q
Partitioning Problems
1) Sticks that appear identical may not be identical internally. Makes little difference, unless you are trying to copy a stick with dd, and the target is smaller than the source.
The first Kingston 4G stick's initial information:
Disk /dev/sdc: 4013 MB, 4013948928 bytes 5 heads, 32 sectors/track, 48998 cylinders Units = cylinders of 160 * 512 = 81920 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 51 48999 3915840 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
An "identical" Kingston 4G stick purchased 6 months later:
Disk /dev/sdb: 4009 MB, 4009754624 bytes 51 heads, 51 sectors/track, 3010 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2601 * 512 = 1331712 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04030201 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 3011 3915204 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
2) The cfdisk and/or fdisk setups may not be completely correct. Look at the cylinders below after doing the fdisk setup for heads and sectors/track -- they are the same as above, and did not get reset properly.
Disk /dev/sdb: 4009 MB, 4009754624 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 3010 cylinders, total 7831552 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04030201 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 8192 7831551 3911680 83 Linux
Same problem when using cylinder units:
Disk /dev/sdb: 4009 MB, 4009754624 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 3010 cylinders Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04030201 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 129 122368 3911680 83 Linux Command (m for help): q
Recheck your target USB just before installation, and again just afterwards for the correct geometry of heads and sectors/track.
The ext2 filesystem menu choice at installation is fine, but creating a filesystem manually lets you ensure it is the correct size and lets you grab a copy of the superblocks for later use.
sudo mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 -g 32768 /dev/sdc1 mke2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 244800 inodes, 978944 blocks 48947 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=1002438656 30 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8160 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736 Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 25 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
After successfully installing to a usb stick, I usually perform the modifications in the preboot_filemods script before booting the stick for the first time. Of course, this requires a running system, but even the live media will be sufficient to run the script. The modifications are designed to put into ram some parts of the filesystem which will be written to. Mount the new USB stick, and run the below script with an argument specifying the device or its mount point: e.g.
./preboot_filemods sdc
#=====START preboot_filemods ===== #!/bin/sh #-t- preboot_filemods - filesystem mods for the usb stick setup # The install has been done to the stick, these mods are then done # before the stick is booted. # Arg 1: The target usb device to be modified or its mount point. # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. USAGE="$0
\n e.g. $0 sdc" # Check that the arg has been given if [ $# -lt 1 ] ; then echo $USAGE exit 1 fi TARGET="$1" # Check that the arg is a block device if [ -b /dev/"$TARGET" ] ; then DEVTARGET="/dev/$TARGET" # Find its mount point BMNTTARGET=`df |fgrep "$DEVTARGET" |cut -f2 -d%` # Remove the leading space MNTTARGET=${BMNTTARGET# } elif [ -d "$TARGET" ] ; then MNTTARGET="$TARGET" else echo "$0 : You must give a device or directory which is present" echo "$USAGE" exit 1 fi echo "Confirm that the device to edit is $TARGET mounted at $MNTTARGET : [yN]" read line ANS=`echo $line |tr "Y" "y"` if [ "$ANS" != "y" ] ; then echo "$0 exiting on response $line" exit 1 fi # ===== Link the package download directory into a /tmp/debs (on a ramdisk) sudo rm -rf ${MNTTARGET}/var/cache/apt/archives sudo ln -s /tmp/debs ${MNTTARGET}/var/cache/apt/archives # ===== Make the storage location for the tailored ram users tarball HOMEs sudo mkdir ${MNTTARGET}/usr/local/tmpusers # ===== Add the ramdisks for /var/log and /tmp # Update manager needs tmpfs to get a real size PART1=`fgrep -n /proc ${MNTTARGET}/etc/fstab | cut -f1 -d:` PART2=`expr 1 + $PART1` head ${MNTTARGET}/etc/fstab -n $PART1 >/tmp/f1 cat >> /tmp/f1 < >/tmp/f1 # ===== Add noatime to / and the ramdisks in fstab ===== # Add in the noatime for flash write minimization and move back to /etc sed -e "s/t-ro/t-ro,noatime,nodiratime/" /tmp/f1 > /tmp/f2 sudo mv /tmp/f2 ${MNTTARGET}/etc/fstab rm /tmp/f1 # ==== Modify rc.local which sets up the /tmp ramdisk ===== NUM=`grep -n "^exit 0" ${MNTTARGET}/etc/rc.local |cut -f1 -d:` INSLOC=`expr $NUM - 1` sudo ./insert_file ${MNTTARGET}/etc/rc.local $INSLOC p_rclocalinsert # ===== Add a splash screen for grub (image picked up automatically in 11.04) sudo cp splash.png ${MNTTARGET}/boot/grub # ===== Edit the grub.cfg creation files to use better menu colors on splash # The 11.04 code picks up image with no modifications, but menu wrong color sed -i -e 's%image "${background}"%image "${background}" "black/black" "magenta/black"%' \ ${MNTTARGET}/etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme # Confirm the edit? # Replace the splash generation file #sudo cp /tmp/05.tmp ${MNTTARGET}/etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme #rm /tmp/05.tmp # copy the post boot scripts to a the existing user home dir FIRSTUSR=`fgrep 1000 ${MNTTARGET}/etc/passwd | cut -f1 -d":"` mkdir ${MNTTARGET}/home/$FIRSTUSR/mods cp addu chuser insert_file notes preboot_filemods p_rclocalinsert prelogin_usermods ramtailoring_usermods splash.png update_ramuser ${MNTTARGET}/home/$FIRSTUSR/mods #=====END preboot_filemods =====
#=====START insert_file ===== #! /bin/bash #-t- insf - Insert a file into another after line n # Arg1 - File to edit (inserting another file into it) # Arg2 - Line number or pattern after which to insert file # Arg3 - File to insert # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. USAGE="$0 file afterLineN fileadditions $0 file pattern fileadditions" if [ $# -lt 3 ] ; then echo "$USAGE" exit 1 fi EFILE="$1" P1LINES="$2" IFILE="$3" P2LINES=`expr 1 + $P1LINES` echo "Args are $EFILE , $P1LINES , $P2LINES , $IFILE " # Insert IFILE into EFILE TMPF=`mktemp` head $EFILE -n $P1LINES >$TMPF cat $IFILE >>$TMPF tail $EFILE -n +$P2LINES >>$TMPF #Confirm edits echo "Comparing file $EFILE and file $TMPF" diff $EFILE $TMPF echo "Replace file $EFILE with $TMPF ?" read line if [ "$line" = "y" ]; then sudo cp "$TMPF" "$EFILE" rm "$TMPF" fi #=====END insert_file =====
#=====START p_rclocalinsert ===== # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. # Set up the ram based directories and links for use with flash installations cd /tmp # # if /var/cache/apt/archives is a link for package downloads, create target if [ -h /var/cache/apt/archives ]; then if [ "/tmp/debs" = `XX=$(ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives); echo ${XX##*->}` ]; then mkdir -p /tmp/debs/partial fi fi # postgresql needs this to work if [ -n "`fgrep postgres /etc/passwd`" ] then mkdir -m777 /var/log/apt mkdir -m775 /var/log/postgresql chgrp postgres /var/log/postgresql fi # create the temp users home dirs in /tmp find /usr/local/tmpusers -name "*.tgz" -exec tar -xpzf \{\} \; # set up the flash home user firefox cache in ram FUPASSWDLN=`fgrep x:1000: /etc/passwd` FIRSTUSER=`echo ${FUPASSWDLN%%:*}` mkdir -m775 /tmp/Cache-${FIRSTUSER} chown ${FIRSTUSER}:${FIRSTUSER} /tmp/Cache-${FIRSTUSER} #=====END p_rclocalinsert =====
#=====START firstlogin_usermods ===== #! /bin/bash #-t- firstlogin_usermods, Run at first login to create the ram HOMEd users, # and some perform some initial user environment edits. # Optional arg 1 and 2 are usernames, defaulting to quick and guest # Assume the preboot_filemods have been done. # Assume user 1001 is related to user 1000, used for quick access # without making many modifications to flash, like Gnome will do. # The 1002 user will be for guest, left pretty much uninitialized. # Even these users will have permanent storage available in /home/$USER # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. # Add the two ram based users interactively U1=${1-quick} U2=${2-guest} sudo ./addu "$U1" "$U2" for RAMUSER in 1000 1001 1002 do NEWUSER=`fgrep $RAMUSER /etc/passwd |cut -f1 -d:` export NEWUSER # Create bin directories for ram based users sudo mkdir -p /home/${NEWUSER}/bin # first ram user 1001 is related to user 1000 if [ $RAMUSER -eq 1001 ]; then sudo cp chuser /home/${NEWUSER}/bin fi sudo chown -R ${NEWUSER}:${NEWUSER} /home/${NEWUSER}/bin # Make a color prompt for the terminal sudo sed -i -e "s/32m/35m/" \ -e "s/#force_color_prompt=yes/force_color_prompt=yes/" \ /home/${NEWUSER}/.bashrc # Alter the PATH to include the permanent storage bin NUM=`fgrep -n "set PATH so it includes" /home/${NEWUSER}/.profile |cut -f1 -d:` PART1=`expr $NUM - 1 ` head /home/${NEWUSER}/.profile -n $PART1 >/tmp/profile cat >>/tmp/profile <
#=====START addu ===== #!/bin/bash # addu - add ram home bases users # arg1 - first user to add, with group access to usdr 1000 # arg2 - second user, no special group access, for guests # Create users 1001 (also in group 1000) and user 1002 # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. # Initial checking if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then echo " usage: $0 newuser1 newuser2" echo " newuser1 will be added to the 1000 group also" exit 1 fi grep "100[12]" /etc/passwd if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "users 1001 and 1002 already exist, exiting" exit 1 fi # Add the users (interactively) ui=1 for u in 1001 1002 do eval echo "adding user name \$$ui with uid $u" eval sudo adduser "\$$ui" ui=`expr $ui + 1` done # set up the first user's group FUSRGRPLN=`fgrep x:1000: /etc/group` FIRSTUSRGRP=`echo ${FUSRGRPLN%%:*}` # Add user 1001 to this first user's group sudo adduser $1 $FIRSTUSRGRP #=====END addu =====#=====START chuser ===== #! /bin/sh # -t- chuser, Changes user (partially) so the new user can run # x, but not have the Gnome record keeping written into the # home directory. # Used to switch a /tmp homed user to one with permanent storage. # arg 1 -- the other user to become # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. # # Default to the first user FUPASSWDLN=`fgrep x:1000: /etc/passwd` FIRSTUSER=`echo ${FUPASSWDLN%%:*}` OTHERUSER=${1-`echo $FIRSTUSER`} # # Open up X to everyone, or just one other user if [ -n "$1" ] then xhost +SI:localuser:$OTHERUSER else xhost + fi # # Go to the home of the otheruser cd /home/$OTHERUSER # # Become the otheruser. the - misses DISPLAY, and puts in many # Gnome variables probably better left unset to keep the # Gnome desktop logging in /tmp echo "Becoming $OTHERUSER" su $OTHERUSER # #---- to be done, not visible after su # Fix missing critical items (when - used) #export DISPLAY=":0.0" # # Change to new home directory #cd #=====END chuser =====#=====START ramtailoring_usermods ===== #! /bin/bash #-t- b_user2 - Run after ram HOME users have been added, and # their /home files modified, and tared to tmpusers. # Tailor the users in ram, and re-tar. # changes to their ram HOMES which will be saved # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. for RAMUSER in 1001 1002 do NEWUSERH=`fgrep $RAMUSER /etc/passwd |cut -f6 -d:` NEWUSER=`fgrep $RAMUSER /etc/passwd |cut -f1 -d:` cd ${NEWUSERH} # Add a link to permanent storage sudo ln -s /home/${NEWUSER} flashhome sudo chown ${NEWUSER}:${NEWUSER} flashhome echo "Now Tailor the user $USER, and retar the /tmp/${NEWUSER} to /usr/local/tmpusers" done echo "Suggestions, put terminal on toolbar, size, scroll, color, login" echo "Try linking .mozilla in user 1001 to the 1000 user's .mozilla, but " echo "group access still needs to be set recursively to work." echo "Put the user 1000 .mozilla cache into ram" echo "etc..." #=====END ramtailoring_usermods =====#=====START update_ramuser ===== #!/bin/bash # update_ramuser - Retar the login directory of a ram user to preserve the setup # arg1 is the name of the user, which should be the same as the home directory # This script must be run by a user able to run sudo # Debian GNU/Linux # Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This is free software; for copying, see the GNU General Public # License version 2, or (at your option) any later version. # There is NO warranty. if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then echo "usage: $0 user" exit 1 fi USR=$1 cd /tmp # Check that the user's home directory exists if [ ! -d $USR ]; then echo "/tmp/$USR does not exist" exit 1 fi # Create the compressed tar of the user whose home is in /tmp sudo tar -czf /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}_new.tgz $USR sudo chown $USR:$USR /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}_new.tgz # Save any existing tared login, removing the previous one. if [ -f /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}.tgz ]; then sudo rm /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}_back.tgz 2>/dev/null sudo mv /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}.tgz /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}_back.tgz fi sudo mv /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}_new.tgz /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}.tgz ls -l /usr/local/tmpusers/${USR}* #=====END update_ramuser =====
Appendix VII -- Notes
After creating an installed usb stick, before attempting to boot it, insert it and run the preboot_filemods.
Manually edit the grub.cfg file to fix wrong devices for first boot.
After booting the new stick, login as the first user and run: sudo update-grub cd mods ./firstlogin_usermods.
Log in as the ram based users, tailor their desktops, mail etc., and then as the first user, run ramtailoring_usermods.


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meh, I once landed on the sun
I fell out of my window
meh i fell out of a jet
i ate a raw bird
meh, i was cremated for 10 years
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meh, i ate a table
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meh, i saw a snake eat a rhino
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Comprehensive Care from Premier Greenville Dentists
We provide comprehensive dental care for every member of the family. We go beyond caring for your family's teeth and simply telling you what to do. We listen. Our Greenville dentists take the time to hear what you tell us about your individual needs and cosmetic concerns. And we educate. We use safe digital X-rays, intraoral pictures, and dental literature to ensure a full understanding of your dental conditions and recommended procedures before beginning treatment to enable you to make informed and confident decisions.
Services from Our Dentist in Greenville
You get only one set of adult teeth, so it is imperative to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy for a lifetime of service. Part of that care is twice-yearly visits to your dentist in Greenville for professional cleaning and checkups. We provide preventive care to all ages with the capability of handling advanced dental services as needed. Our services include the following:
- Dental cleanings
- Digital X-rays
- Intraoral photography
- Tooth-colored fillings
- Dentures and partial dentures
- Repair and reline existing partials and dentures
- Periodontal treatment
- Bonding
- Crowns
- Dental implants
- Root canals
- Custom-fitted night guards
- Custom-made athletic mouth guards
- Second opinions
Cosmetic Dentistry
We know how important your smile is to your appearance, self-confidence, and quality of life. Even if you weren't born with a Hollywood smile, with today's advanced dental technologies, you can enjoy a dazzling smile of your own with the help of cosmetic dentistry. We specialize in the following cosmetic procedures:
- Whitening
- Veneers
- Invisalign® teeth straightening
Emergencies and Walk-Ins Welcome
We are here to help in an emergency, and walk-ins are always welcome.
At other times, contact us by phone or with our convenient online form to schedule an appointment or request more information.


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World wide became the first product of the TCU AG - the Fernseh-Fee - admits by the unique TV-advertisement blocker and he child protective function, which automatically zap with freely selectable topics and jump back afterwards automatically again into the origin channel. Conventional nerve killing advertisement breaks will not no more give thus with Tvoon. The advertising fading out functions not only during recordings (which saves much place), but - and that is world-wide unique - also in the Live enterprise. During that advertising tracing gives it different possibilities: locking Enamels , sufing in the Web, zap better channels.In each case you don't miss it, when the film continues.
Here you see the result of students, who mark the beginning and above all the end of each advertising spot in real time: www.werbesignal.dyndns.org
Fading out TV advertisement is the core authority of the TCU AG. We developed here much for the benefit of the viewer. In former times the advertising blocking signal was distributed country widely by over 100 UKW masts, today it is available world-wide over Internet free of charge.Only with the TC-System you can get your living room really advertising-free, or protect your children against 0190er advertisement or provide directly advertising-free recorder photographs.TC offers world-wide the only system to the REAL-TIME advertising fading out. The Spot is thus immediately faded out, identified.Other procedures:a) Timeshift-Rrecorders promise likewise gladly the feature "advertising blocker", but discreetly that it is only possible for up-to-date for some time the looked channel, to "skip" advertisement, besides you must watch the TV with time delay. As soon as one switches the advertising Skip function is off. - > Details* Besides: A time SHIFT recorder is free of charge integrated in the TVOON Media Center.b) Additional cut lists:Here you can later download cut lists from the Internet against fee for certain transmitters and for certain times, which set the markings, which need you for on special cut average then the Trenscoding of the films without advertising blocks.Foreseen of it that already the free MovieMaker automatically recognizes scene changes and thus advertising blocks, the free TVOON records the films directly advertising-free.c) Hardware advertising blocker:Occasionally small boxes of new in each case manufacturer emerge in the specialized trade that can fade out allegedly advertisement. Oh which would be that beautifully? We would immediately buy a sentence of it and for us the costs of the manual production of our signals would save. Unfortunately these boxes work usually with Logo recognition and last it here then not for a long time, until the transmitters react and amend their Logo. We know here no durably functioning system.Advertising-free DVD photographs:Besides you can stop and start your DVD recorder with the infrared price increase of TVOON also in the living room suitably the advertising blocks. Thus doubly as much films fit on a blank.More about TV-Advertising blocker and the five-year court controversy against the TV-Channel RTL (won to 24.6.2004 before the BGH) is on the web page of the TCU AG.