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Launchpad link for this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/555957
Launchpad link for this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/555957
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== Problems Starting Xserver ==
== Problems Starting Xserver ==
Revision as of 17:21, 23 August 2011
- 1 The Options
- 2 Updated Open Source Driver PPAs
- 3 Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL)
- 4 Updating Catalyst/fglrx
- 5 Removing Catalyst/fglrx
- 6 Issues
- 6.1 Build Fails and Log Shows "mixed implicit and normal rules. Stop."
- 6.2 Problems Starting Xserver
- 6.3 Slow Maximizing Windows/General 2D Slowness
- 6.4 Unsupported Hardware Watermark
- 6.5 Mesa drivers
- 6.6 Hang at logout
- 6.7 Suspend/Hibernation
- 6.8 Can't remove fglrx with dpkg (diversion issue)
- 6.9 New kernel installed?
- 6.10 Aticonfig not found after installation & "module does not exist" after boot
The Options
Users with ATI cards have the following driver options:
- vesa - very basic, lacks 2D/3D acceleration, and focuses on compatibility with all VESA-compliant graphics cards. It is good for starting the GUI environment when no accelerated driver is available/working and little else.
- ati - actually a thin wrapper that will invoke the radeon driver (or another ati open-source driver for pre-Radeon cards).
- radeon - open source driver supporting all Radeon cards. This driver has excellent 2D acceleration and compatibility with the Linux graphics stack. 3D acceleration is sufficient for desktop effects and a nice set of native Linux games. Power management is now comparable to the Catalyst driver.
- radeonhd - an alternate driver supporting R520-R7x0 hardware. This driver is now officially deprecated in favor of radeon. If you still want to try it, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonHD
- Catalyst (a.k.a fglrx) a proprietary "blob" (closed source binary) driver designed by ATI, with 3D code based off of their Windows driver. Only RadeonHD chips are supported on recent Linux distros.
Updated Open Source Driver PPAs
- "Ubuntu-X" : This PPA offers the latest stable releases of video driver-related components. Follow the instructions at: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
- Xorg-edgers: This bleeding-edge PPA offers video driver-related components straight from their code (git) repositories. Follow the instructions at: https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa
Mighty useful. Make no mistake, I apeprictae it.
Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL)
This is confirmed to work for newer RadeonHD GPU's (those with UVD2). If you have a RadeonHD 4000 series or newer, you have UVD2. To see the complete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decoder#UVD_enabled_GPUs If you have an older RadeonHD with UVD, you can use Catalyst 10-7 to get working acceleration, but users have confirmed acceleration broken since then.
For acceleration to work, you will need libva from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/catalysthacks and the xvba va-api backend from: http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/ With those installed, you can get acceleration from any video player that uses VA-API. A compatible version of VLC is available in the aforementioned PPA.
Updating Catalyst/fglrx
DO NOT try to install a new version over an old one. Follow the 'Removing the Driver' section below to remove your existing driver, and then you can start at 'Downloading the latest Catalyst' to install the new one.
Removing Catalyst/fglrx
The uninstall script in the first command will only exist if you downloaded the drivers and installed the directly (rather than building packages as this guide does). Skip the first command if it does not exist.
$ sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh $ sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx
If you plan on using open-source drivers, you will need to reinstall some packages because Catalyst overwrites or diverts some key 3D libraries with proprietary versions. For more information on this issue, see this Ubuntu wiki page
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon $ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core $ sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
Build Fails and Log Shows "mixed implicit and normal rules. Stop."
If the installation fails and you find the above message in /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.780/build/make.log, it may be because you're using a pentium-build wrapper around gcc. See what the following ls command returns:
$ ls -la /usr/bin/gcc
If it shows that gcc is a link to builder-cc, temporarily redirect the link to point to the real gcc (gcc-4.4 in Ubuntu Maverick). This should allow you to install fglrx:
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/gcc-4.4 /usr/bin/gcc
When you're finished installing the driver, return the gcc link to its original value:
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/builder-cc /usr/bin/gcc
Launchpad link for this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/555957
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Problems Starting Xserver
If you get a black screen hang, the first thing to check is if xorg.conf is the problem.
You can disable the xorg.conf with:
$ sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.disabled
Reboot and check to see if things work now.
You can reinstate the file with:
$ sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.disabled /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Before tweaking ACPI settings, try ensuring /dev/null is chmodded to 0666. This intermittently changes when using the nano (and possibly other) editors with sudo and the group/world permissions are unset. This leads to the ATI drivers hanging on boot or otherwise. A quick and dirty init script saved as /etc/init/chmodnull does the trick for me -
$ start on filesystem $ $ script $ chmod 0666 /dev/null $ chmod 0666 /lib/udev/devices/null $ end script
This has been tested using Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit on a ATI Radeon HD 4830 (HP Envy 15-1060ea). It's worth noting that I had to disable TLS (aticonfig --tls=0) to get things to stay stable!
If you've properly installed the driver, but experience problems when starting the X server, such as hanging, black/white/gray screen, distortion, etc., your system BIOS may have a buggy ACPI implementation. To work around, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a terminal (or failing that, boot to recovery mode) and run:
$ sudo aticonfig --acpi-services=off
If this method works, you should consider checking your system vendor's BIOS changelogs for relevant ACPI fixes, updating your BIOS, and reenabling the driver's ACPI services.
Slow Maximizing Windows/General 2D Slowness
As of Catalyst 10-6, a new, faster 2D acceleration method is used as the default, replacing the old XAA method. If you're not running compositing/desktop effects, and are having problems with 2D operations, you may want to fall back to the old XAA. This command will do that:
$ sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-str=DDX,ForceXAA,TRUE
In the last case (at least) it is essential to run it without the Xorg server working. To do so, press CTRL+ALT+F1, log in and type the following (this will close all your programs so save your work before):
$ sudo service gdm stop $ sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-str=DDX,ForceXAA,TRUE $ sudo service gdm start
Unsupported Hardware Watermark
This can happen if your card's PCI ID wasn't officially certified to work with a particular version of Catalyst. It does not necessarily mean that your card is unsupported, but it does mean that you shouldn't file bugs with that particular card/driver combination. If you installed the driver by downloading it from AMD/ATI, installing a newer version of Catalyst will probably help.
If you installed the proprietary driver included with Ubuntu or you do not want to upgrade to a newer version, it may be possible to work around the issue by using a control file from a newer version of Catalyst than the one you're running.
$ cd ~/; mkdir catalyst15.12; cd catalyst15.12/ $ wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-15-12-x86.x86_64.run $ chmod +x ati-driver-installer-15-12-x86.x86_64.run $ sh ati-driver-installer-15-12-x86.x86_64.run --extract driver $ sudo mv /etc/ati/control ~/control.bak $ sudo cp driver/common/etc/ati/control /etc/ati
Mesa drivers
If fglrxinfo reports that Indirect rendering by Mesa is in place, even though you have installed ATI driver, you might want to remove Mesa:
- Remove the package xserver-xgl.
$ sudo apt-get remove xserver-xgl
- Explanation: If you installed this previously in order to make compiz work, it will not allow direct rendering on your display. You can check out if this is what it causing the problem by running
$ DISPLAY=:0 glxinfo | grep render
- If it returns an ATI renderer, it means that xgl is being displayed indirectly on the display 1. (Taken from [1])
- Warning: This might make your compiz stop working as it is configured to use XGL. A solution might be to run the Envy script in order to configure compiz. Or, if Compiz stopped working due to "Composite" problem, check that the following is set in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection
Hang at logout
If you experience hangs when logging out (of X) it is probably due to the /etc/ati/authatieventsd.sh script looking for X authorisation files in the wrong place when it starts up. You can kill the hanging authatieventsd.sh processes from a console tty to allow the shutdown of the X server.
Before the following commands verify that /etc/ati/authatieventsd.sh exists after build and install, if not just do: (assuming that the installer is in the directory we used to install)
$ cd ~/catalyst15.12 $ sh ati-driver-installer-15.12-x86.x86_64.run --extract driver $ sudo cp driver/packages/Ubuntu/dists/lucid/replacements/authatieventsd.sh /etc/ati/authatieventsd.sh $ sudo chmod +x /etc/ati/authatieventsd.sh
This problem can be fixed permanently with:
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/xdm/authdir $ sudo ln -s /var/run/xauth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles
If that doesn't work then you can disable atieventsd with this command:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f atieventsd remove
You'll have to restart for this to take effect.
Suspend hibernation works with the latest driver.
For Radeon 3200, to wake up from suspend, I had to add the following lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf: (This settings is not good option, if you are using compiz-fusion or any other transparency-based thingie. Not working for HD 3850)
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "off" EndSection
Another way to get it working is to do enable Composite, but when you want to suspend simply disable Compiz Fusion. How would you do that? Easy! Install the fusion-icon package (in repos by default):
$ sudo apt-get install fusion-icon
After you have done that, launch it (Applications > System > Compiz Fusion Icon) and it appears in your notification area. To switch, simply right-mouse click on the icon and select Metacity. Your desktop will flicker and windows will dissapear, but after a while they appear again. Now try to suspend.
When you wake up again, you can (hopefully) unlock your screen and there you go! Now you want Compiz back again, so right-mouse-click on the Compiz Fusion Icon and select Compiz again. Desktop flickering again, but then voila! Your Compiz Fusion Desktop is back again! (At least, that is how it is supposed to work)
KNOWN PROBLEM: When you switch back, all your windows are on the same desktop. This happens because you switched to metacity.
Hopefully this helped some people, as it did for me! Solution posted by email@example.com
Can't remove fglrx with dpkg (diversion issue)
If dpkg refuses to remove an fglrx package and complains about a diversion of a file, you might need to manually remove it. For example, if dpkg complains:
dpkg-divert: mismatch on divert-to when removing `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 to /usr/share/fglrx/diversions/libGL.so.1.2 by xorg-driver-fglrx' found `diversion of /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 to /usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa by xorg-driver-fglrx'
$ sudo dpkg-divert --remove /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
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New kernel installed?
In theory, DKMS should automatically install the fglrx kernel module for your new kernel the first time you boot it. Should you need to manually install it:
$ sudo dkms build -m fglrx -k `uname -r` $ sudo dkms install -m fglrx -k `uname -r`
if amdcccle doesn't work and says Identifier is not a valid word. Use lower case letter in xorg.conf
Aticonfig not found after installation & "module does not exist" after boot
This scenario is possible when the driver installation has seemingly succeeded and is possibly related to previous use of fglrx through the Jockey (i.e. you first used drivers provided by Ubuntu but then upgraded to ones available from AMD's website). When doing aticonfig --initial after driver installation, you might end up not having the aticonfig available at all:
aticonfig: command not found
After booting you might receive X error '(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)'. These do not necessarily indicate that the installation has failed completely. On command line, do
$ ls /usr/lib/fglrx/bin
and see if the command lists some Ati related programs. If they are listed but not found from /usr/bin, it is possible that the "update-alternatives" fglrx .deb installation does has been ignored. See man update-alternatives for more information about the concept and workings of alternatives. In practice, update-alternatives is supposed to create several symbolic links to the files in the fglrx directory, but it will be ignored if the alternatives for the very related gl_conf entry has been set to manual. Do
$ update-alternatives --get-selections | grep gl_conf
and see if the mode is manual instead of auto and if mesa is mentioned instead of fglrx in the path that is printed. In this case you need to
$ sudo update-alternatives --set gl_conf /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf
to set fglrx as the active alternative. You can alternatively (no pun intended) and additionally change the gl_conf into automatic mode before the installation this way:
$ sudo update-alternatives --auto gl_conf
After that, the alternatives should automatically be configured correctly when the graphics driver .debs are installed.


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March 2, 2012
Describe your thoughts below.
- thecoozMarch 2, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Saw the Ken Burns documentary on this. I cried Mr. Pibb for weeks thinking of all the casualties of war.ReplyDelete
- MoochoochachiMarch 2, 2012 at 11:43 AM
I LOVE HISTORY THIS IS 'KEWL' NEWZ! THANKS, HISTORY!ReplyDelete
- Rockford BannechekMarch 2, 2012 at 1:20 PM
When your average chump guzzles back a can of coke or pepsi or even mountain dew, they drink in ignorance of all the blood and carbonated sweetness that bought them that freedom.ReplyDelete
Sip in reverance, my friends. Never forget.
I gargled with True Soda and my nose started bleeding.ReplyDelete
Does everything have to be so dramatic? What about universal truths?
Vampire in stage coaches? Where would Vampire Rick ride?
- HallettMarch 2, 2012 at 8:01 PM
I remember granddad's stories about "The Great Carbonated Conflict". It's eerie to look at this photo and think of granddad's otherwise peaceful hands soaked in cola, fighting against the oppression of what would become the nation's premier evil cola corporation.ReplyDelete
The last thing he said before he died was "T'ain't no reason to drink it. Yer not s'posed ta even drink it, the dad-blamed fools!"
Well, that was the third thing he said before he died and, to be fair, he didn't say a lot in the last 10 years of his life.
- MoochoochachiMarch 2, 2012 at 8:14 PM
Sorry, my caps lock was accidentally on before.ReplyDelete
Hallett, that is a nice story about your Grandpa. I wonder what my Grandpa's last words will be. I hope it is about soda too. Right now all he says is "Hey, Moochoochachi why don't you have a girlfriend? Or even a boyfriend? Stop playing with Legos all day."
Also what do you think Total Soda tasted like?
If true soda didn't have the stupid knife throwing eagle we wouldn't have to drink that dumb stuff we could drink TOTAL SODAReplyDelete
You are Ol' Grandpappy Hallet sittin on the banks of the Whitlamoooochi. You are relaxing and squatting there stroking your long luxurious beard.
Suddenly you look up. "Is that a vampire in a stagecoach?"
Then from tranquil sheen of that sleepy river, a screeching, mawing, hell eagle springs up and pokes you in the chin with his laser tipped dagger.
You yell ,"WHAT THE H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS?"
But it is too late. Someone has already painted a portrait.
Now imagine......
The world's richest dog sitting on a velvet throw pillow. He cannot speak because he is a dog, but he sure can type. And he is rich.
He is texting his representative at the Christy's antesodabellum art auction and he is dung ho.
He wants that painting and he is gonna get it.
When he wins (and he always does, he is rich), the painting is shipped in bubble wrap and sent to one of his many penthouse apartments.
As the years roll on the painting wears on him. It haunts his dreams. But something funny begins to happen. He develops a taste for modern music. Soon he is listening to all of the modern favorites.
He wears headphones and has a cd by Maroon5. He is invited to sit in a luxury box at a Lady Gaga concert. 16 people see him and recognize him. But most of the crowd is just waiting for "BAD Romance"
A million miles away in a third world country, a malnourished child with a distended belly is given a tiny tiny bottle. On the outside are the words True Soda. She cannot read it because she is illiterate. But she know it fills the hunger in her bones.
An old man's chin scar aches in the cold night air and he knows he cannot outrun the EAGLE OF DESTINY He turns to the stable boy who lives in a hovel near by the sodawar veterans memorial home and he cries out get Young Hallett on the telephone.
"Grandbaby, Grandbaby! there is something I have to tell you. T'ain't no reason to drink it. Yer not s'posed ta even drink it, the dad-blamed fools!
Somewhere Lady Gaga is chewing on a meatdress. But outside the windows of the soda veterans memorial home, he hears the creaky wheels of a stagecoach full of vampires. Not the good kind like Vampire Rick either.
For some unknown reason a tear falls from the worlds richest dog's eye, but it is caught in a silver chalice.
Great story Gamzu. Who cares.ReplyDelete
Hallett is not the only one who had a relative in the war. But guess which side he was on?
Href on this winners
- AnonymousMarch 3, 2012 at 9:22 PM
a drug war fought by the Aighur Chakrabarti family and their leader 'Christian Angeline' for the British ROYAL family - against the local population, whom they had been terrorising - get your facts straight.
- MoochoochachiMarch 3, 2012 at 11:11 PM
Hahah L.O.L. (Laughing-Out-Loud)ReplyDelete
Anonymous (if that is his real name) doesn't know how to use an HREFTAG (teach him, Rick!) and he also misspelled "terrorizing"!
What a Big Stupid Jerk! L.O.L. (Laughing-Out-Loud)
- Rockford BannechekMarch 4, 2012 at 8:42 PM
I think it's appalling that part of the reason True Soda won the war was that they stooped to the level of using the headless santa-golems, genetically engineered from chimney scrapings on boxing day.ReplyDelete
I mean, you can tell that it is an abomination of natural science, Santa's DNA mixed with the infernal sludge of colonial chimney soot. How can you tell? SANTA HAS NO BRAIN. HE NEEDS 3D GLASSES TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE HIS SODA CANNON.
We live in a nation of True Soda, but at what cost? Sure the world's richest dog can buy any painting no matter what the cost, but can our nation buy it's capitalist freedom no matter what the cost?
The answer is clearly YES, as evidenced by this photograph. But should it have been?
History is written by the winner, but I don't see any monsters fighting for Total Soda. Makes you think.
The horror. The horror.
(no offense Vampire Rick).
- Rockford BannechekMarch 5, 2012 at 1:13 AM
OH OKAY. RIGHT. I can tell from your awkward silence what you are thinking. You are all thinking this:ReplyDelete
"Rockford Bannechek is a jabroni. He doesn't even recognize that that is SODA Claus."
WRONG! You fools seem to have missed that antiquated soda brain in place of that head! don't mistake the father for the progeny!
now we accept the various santa-golems that live among us. as we should. THEY didn't choose their freakish fate. WE did. and the most famous one, Soda Claus, does deserve his fame.
Sure he still rocks the soda cannon like it's no big deal, but the soda cannon has become a Jungian achetype to us, no?
- HallettMarch 5, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Grandad had a cask of Total Soda in his cellar I discovered after he died. It tasted a lot like Coke, but also had sarsparilla and a little mold in it. Overall very refreshing. I wouldn't go to war over it, but I'm not judging those who did.....ReplyDelete
- HallettMarch 5, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Also, Gamzu: great story, lots of passion and pageantry. You should write a screenplay for a new dramatic series on Fox or FX or NBC. If you could recommend me for a position as Key Grip that would be great, but don't feel obligated, it's just a lifelong dream of mine.ReplyDelete
Instead of saying "also Gamzu". You could have said AAT.ReplyDelete
AAT I don't even know what a key grip is.
- HallettMarch 5, 2012 at 9:03 PM
You don't need to know what one is. When you get the gig just mention to one of the executives that you know the perfect person to be the Key Grip (capitalized). I'll take it from there.ReplyDelete
Also: I can't use the "AAT" formula on my iPad because the "T" key is broken. Thanks though.
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2012 at 9:17 PM
first steampunk, now sodapunkReplyDelete
- MoochoochachiMarch 6, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Hallett (with no T's)! For the love of True Soda! Be more sensitive. Gamzu can't even afford a laptop--how in the World could he afford to know what an iPad is?ReplyDelete
- Rockford BannechekMarch 6, 2012 at 8:42 PM
DM Gamzu: have you considered a notebook?ReplyDelete
Just another kind of laptop ROCKFORD
- The misunderstood Rockford BMarch 7, 2012 at 3:46 PM
DM Gamzu: Perhaps...but consider the pros and cons.ReplyDelete
Pro: Notebook is about the same size as an iPad or laptop.
Pro: Can takes notes like an iPad or laptop
Con: no internet access but PRO no batteries required.
Con: Can't send email, but it can be used to send normal mail.
Pro: can do math
Pro: if you get frustrated with said math, you can throw it in the fireplace with no great financial loss.
Pro: you can make paper airplanes from it.
Pro: it costs less than $5
- off topic RockfordMarch 7, 2012 at 3:50 PM
AAT the T key can't break on it.ReplyDelete
- Rockford BannechekMarch 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM
AAT: i'm just tryin to help a brother out.ReplyDelete
i'm thinkin "what does Gamzu do when he get's inspiration for one of his many projects when he is out getting a coffee or something?"
He needs a notebook. but maybe you already know how to step up at a coffee shop. maybe that's really why you don't need a laptop.
No need to get all bold and caps-lock on me.
Is this the where prototype for bottle rockets began???ReplyDelete
DM Vampire rickReplyDelete
One thing I like to do is mispronounce the term "pipsqueak" instead I like to say "piksqueak"
It really cracks people up at parties.
- The World's Richest DogMarch 12, 2012 at 12:04 PM
My Great Grandoggy paid a Quaker to fight for him (in CA$$$$H).ReplyDelete
I really love history, thanks for sharing. Make sure you take a look at my painting website. I'm a local painter in Byfield MA.ReplyDelete
Great post, thanks for enlightening us all! If you're in need of a roofing contractor in Sudbury MA, make sure you check out my website. I'm the leading roofer serving Sudbury, and would be happy to provide anyone with a free roofing estimate.ReplyDelete
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Throughout low-lying areas, residents flee to higher ground
Residents ranging from the elderly to college students wasted no time Sunday in evacuating to higher ground as shelters were opened across the region.
When the American Red Cross regional shelter at the East Lyme Middle School opened at 4 p.m. Sunday, people were waiting to get it.
Adele Sosnowski, 89, of Uncasville brought a pillow, afghan and a "bag full of goodies" with her, along with a sense of humor.
"I thought you might not allow people my age because this is a middle school," Sosnowski joked with intake workers.
Asked if she had any pets, she said, "just my Teddy bear, which I left at home."
Sosnowski could have stayed with her nephew, Paul Abramowicz of Waterford, who dropped her off at the shelter and waited while the workers made her comfortable.
But she preferred to go to the shelter, where she thought she might see some of her contemporaries.
"There's really a community atmosphere when you come to places like this," Abramowicz said. "Everybody's just riding out the storm together."
Shelter guests continued to arrive at a steady rate, carrying suitcases, blankets and in some cases, dog and cat carriers. The shelter is available to residents of New London, Montville, Old Lyme, East Lyme and Waterford and will remain open as long as necessary, said shelter manager Dawn Davis.
People can come at any time, she said, noting that during Irene, some who thought they could ride out the storm at home came running in through the wind and rain in the middle of the night. If possible, people should bring their own toiletries, blankets and pillows, she said.
Gloria and Frank Noto live at Hawks Nest Beach in Old Lyme, where there is a mandatory evacuation order. While town officials said they would not force residents out of their homes, the Notos didn't want to take a chance with the historical storm surge that is forecasted. Being able to bring their seven-year-old Chihuahua, Holly, to the shelter convinced them they were doing the right thing.
"Last year they had the (Tropical Storm Irene) and they called for us to evacuate and I said, "I'm not leaving her,'' said Mrs. Noto. "Then they said we could take her."
Workers and volunteers made the human shelter guests comfortable in the school gym, where they will sleep, and in the cafeteria, where they will eat and pass the time together.
Waterford/East Lyme Animal Control Officer Robert Yuchniuk helped with the four-legged customers. The animals are being housed in the hallway a level below their owners. The dogs will be kept separate from the cats, "so they won't bother each other," Yuchniuk said, and he had bags of food, water and crates ready to go.
Shelters started accommodating pets because many animal lovers would not leave without their furry companions.
"For some people, it's a deal breaker," he said. "They won't leave their house unless they can bring their pets."
In New London, the lower campus of Mitchell College was quiet Sunday, after the college had ordered students to evacuate the residence halls along Pequot Avenue near the water.
Neon green signs posted on the front doors announced the buildings were closed as of 3 p.m. as students found shelter in upper-campus dorms or other locations.
Dan Greene, a student from New Jersey, and his roommate had prepared supplies for the hurricane in their room facing the water, but had to leave Sunday afternoon.
"We were all set and then we got evacuated," he said.
Greene gathered his computer, clothes and essentials within 20 minutes - leaving the heavier futon and electronics in place for his return.
While he was staying in an upper-campus dorm, he said about half of the students in his residence hall went home.
Some college students said their parents were concerned about the storm.
"I'm fine about it, but my parents are really worried," said freshman Joslin Taber.
Sitting outside her dorm, Taber said she was planning on using the time to hang out with friends from her dorm.
Other New London residents were out preparing for the storm Sunday.
Resident Sue Thomas was walking her two dachshunds along Pequot Avenue Sunday afternoon to give them some exercise before holing up for the storm. The dogs were barking and running around her house all day because of the wind.
"It's either that or the full moon," she said with a chuckle.
Thomas, who had conversed with neighbors about preparing for the storm, said she felt there was camaraderie in her neighborhood.
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That means, when Brennan vowed to protect and defend the Constitution, he was swearing on one that did not include the First, Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendments — or any of the other Amendments now included in our Constitution. The Bill of Rights did not become part of our Constitution until 1791, 4 years after the Constitution that Brennan took his oath on.
I really don't mean to be an a*****e about this. But these vows always carry a great deal of symbolism. And whether he meant to invoke this symbolism or not, the moment at which Brennan took over the CIA happened to exclude (in symbolic form, though presumably not legally) the key limits on governmental power that protect American citizens.
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1857 $1 MS65+ Certification #21921362, PCGS #6945
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Stunning mint luster and lovely multicolored toning grace the surfaces of this coin. The grade is actually limited by the strike - typical for the date.
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Q. David BowersThe following narrative, with minor editing, is from my "Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia" (Wolfeboro, NH: Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc., 1993).
Coinage Context
Again an issue for export: Again, here is a silver dollar issue primarily used in the China trade. Very few if any 1857 silver dollars were used in domestic commerce.
Walter H. Breen notes that the Mint Report includes 94,000 coins June 6th through 30th, but not 490 additional pieces produced by May 29th. Many of the 94,490 coins went to San Francisco by sea, for shipment to China to pay for tea and silk, as in previous years. Others were sent to China from New York and Boston.
A review of legal tender foreign coins: The Act of February 9, 1793 regulated the values of foreign coins and specified which would be legal tender in United States commerce. Excerpt: "Spanish milled dollars, at the rate of one hundred cents for each dollar the actual weight whereof shall not be less than seventeen pennyweights and seven grains; and in proportion for the parts of a dollar." The Act of April 10, 1806 renewed the legal tender status of selected foreign coins. The Act of June 25, 1834 revised the legal tender status of foreign coins and, importantly, did not provide for this status for any coins of less than crown (dollar) size. The Act of March 3, 1843 was somewhat similar in that it, too, provided for selected dollar-size foreign coins to be legal tender, but not fractions of a dollar. Despite the fact that they were not legal tender, the Act of February 21, 1857 provided for the redemption by the Mint of fractional silver coins. By 1857, this redemption could be accomplished safely, for there was now an abundance in circulation of United States silver coins of the lightweight standard as minted since early 1853.
Numismatic Information
Circulated grades: In circulated grades the 1857 is very rare, somewhat approaching the 1854 and 1855 in this regard, but not quite in the same league with them. As 94,490 were minted and as only a few hundred exist today, most must have been melted, probably in China. Others may have been melted at the Philadelphia Mint in 1861 to provide bullion for subsidiary coins.
Apparently, all 1857 circulation strike dollars were made with at least a degree of prooflike surface. Examples in grades such as EF and AU show prooflike surface when seen today.
Mint State grades: In this grade the 1857 dollar is quite rare but still is one of the most available (with 1853) Philadelphia Mint issues of the 1850s up to this point. When seen, Mint State coins almost always have a prooflike surface and are nearly always lightly struck, particularly at the upper part of the obverse. In years past it was common practice for collectors and dealers alike to call such coins "Proofs," a situation which skews the historical data concerning this date.
There are a few better strikes, very few. One was described by James C. Cray (letter to the author, June 19, 1992). "The specimen in my collection is frosty Uncirculated without even a hint of prooflike surface. It is fully struck on the head, the obverse stars, and the eagle's legs and talons. The only area of weakness is a softness at the top of the eagle's left wing."
Another remarkable exception is a specimen David W. Akers owned in 1993, which exhibited sharply struck stars and lustrous frosty surfaces.
Circulation strikes:
1-2. Normal Date: Breen-5455. Two pairs of dies were made for circulation strikes. All higher grade examples I have seen are prooflike, sometimes with fully mirrorlike surfaces, but flatly struck (due to non-parallel die alignment) at Miss Liberty's head, the upper stars, and (sometimes but not always) on certain areas of the reverse, particularly the upper parts of the eagle. One example seen (B&M Somerset Collection sale, May 1992, Lot 1145; an MS-63 coin) was lightly struck on Miss Liberty's head and most stars, but was well struck on the reverse; this piece had an area of die roughness between the denticles and the lower left base of Miss Liberty, and a similar area of roughness on the right.
Dies prepared: Obverse: Unknown; Reverse: Unknown
Circulation strike mintage: 94,490; (The May 29th delivery of 490 pieces was omitted in error from both the 1857 Annual Report and calendar year statistics published by the Mint in the 1880s. It is possible that this small number of coins represents a special striking for unknown purposes. Reference: R.W. Julian, "Philadelphia Coinage Statistics: 1853-1873. The Silver Dollar," Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine, August 1964.)
Delivery figures by day: May 29: 490; June 6: 10,000; June 13: 20,000; June 16: 25,000;June 27: 31,000;June 30: 8,000.
Estimated quantity melted: Unknown
Characteristics of striking: Nearly always weakly struck at top of the obverse (Miss Liberty's head and stars 5 through 10). Some coins are almost flat in this area. Other coins are weak on the obverse but quite well struck on the reverse. Most coins were made with prooflike surfaces.
Known hoards of Mint State coins: None
Like its immediate predecessors in the series, the 1857 Liberty Seated dollar was used primarily in the China trade. Circulation strike coins were made with prooflike surfaces. This date is much rarer than generally known.
Additional Information
Prices Paid at the Mint
In a letter dated February 6, 1857, to Hon. James Guthrie, secretary of the Treasury, Director of the Mint James Ross Snowden noted that although earlier laws had made Spanish and other dollars legal tender at the Mint, the same was not true of fractional denominations. Notwithstanding this, the minor coins have "held a far larger place in our currency than any or all others [Mexican dollars, etc.] named in those acts." Snowden said that many fractional coins had been received at the Mint for recoining into U.S. silver denominations.
The average buying price for coins at the Mint was as follows: Spanish [i.e., Spanish American, mostly Mexican] pillar dollars $1.053.
But: "There is a class of dollars which is generally mistaken for the true Spanish pillar dollar, but is decidedly inferior, being worth only $1.01 on the average, and withal very irregular. They were coined by the royal party in the revolutionary times of Mexico, and may be known by their defaced appearance, which is not due to wear, but to blows of the hammer, by which they were coined, whence they are called hammered dollars."
Dollars of Mexico, mixed $1.063.
Dollars of Peru, prior to recent changes $1.065. Dollars of Bolivia $1.065.
Dollars of Central America $1.027. Five francs of France, mixed $0.99.
Worn Spanish quarters $0.235. (Spanish halves, or 4-real pieces, circulated but were few in number. Judging from coins surviving today (in the 1990s), the most popular fractional denomination was the 2-real or quarter piece.)
Worn Spanish eighths $0.109.
Worn Spanish sixteenths $.052.
An Early Numismatic Society
In 1857, steps were taken to form a coin collectors' society in Philadelphia. The Proceedings of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, January 4, 1866, gave a capsule history of the organization:
"The preliminary meeting to take into consideration the propriety of forming a Numismatic Society was held on the 28th of December 1857, on which occasion seven gentlemen were present. It was then resolved to form such a Society; a meeting was called for January 1, 1858, and organized regularly. At this meeting eight gentlemen were present; one of those present at the former meeting not being present at this or any subsequent meeting of this Society, although he became a member, and remained one until December 1859, when he resigned.
"During the year 1858 there were elected 16 members, making the total January 1, 1859, 25. During 1859 there were elected 13, and one resigned, making on January 1, 186037. During 1860 there were five elected, and two resigned, making the number 40 on the first of January 1861. During this year there were four elected, one died, one resigned, making 42 on January 1, 1862."
By early 1866 the number of members stood at 55. In addition, the director of the Mint James Pollock, was an ex officio or honorary member of the Society. It is probably accurate to say that the most serious collectors in the Philadelphia area belonged to the Society. This gives an indication of those who may have been doing some "business" with the Mint during the 1860s, buying restrikes, etc. James Ross Snowden, was a member ex officio, and after his Mint directorship ended in April 1861, he requested to retain (or renew?) his honorary membership, which was printed in April 1866 by the Society. This indicates that Snowden maintained an active interest in numismatics and personally interfaced with collectors in the Philadelphia area.
The following founded the Society in 1857-1858: John Bohlen, Arthur G. Coffin, Mark Wilkes Collet, M.D., Samuel H. Fulton, Montgomery L. Frederick, J. Ludger Hodge, Joseph J Mickley, Alfred Bates Taylor, and William S. Vaux. At one time Gulian C. Verplanck, of Hard Times token fame, was an honorary member, as was erstwhile 1848 presidential candidate Lewis Cass, who was well known as an amateur historian.
The Panic of 1857
In 1857 the American economy paused to catch its breath, sneezed, and caught a cold. For the first time since the revival of prosperity, after the Panic of 1837 and its after-effects (which lasted until about 1844), there was a financial crisis. Securities dropped in value during the summer, and on August 24th the Ohio Life & Trust Company failed. On September 12th and 13th, numerous banks in Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia suspended operations. On October 13th, all but one New York City bank halted operations. Stocks continued to fall. It was estimated that over 20,000 people lost their jobs in New York City in October. However, in New Orleans the banks showed remarkable strength, and of nine banks reporting from that city, only four suspended operations, and these halted business for just a few days.
The Bankers' Magazine and Statistical Register, October 1857, printed this commentary: "In September there was a financial crisis in New York. This could be ascribed to two things-unfavorable foreign trade and unsound banking. Over $32 million worth of gold had been shipped from New York City for the preceding 37 weeks ending on September 19, 1857, thereby draining the banks of their specie reserve and forcing the draw on other cities. At the same time there were systematic efforts of the part of one or two New York journals to create a panic in the money market, by discredit 'of railroad securities and rumors prejudicial to the credit of the city and country banks.
"Further, various banks in the cities endeavored to obtain deposits from interior areas by offering unreasonably high rates of interest on balance. The average interest paid was 4%, and loans were ordinarily made at 7%, or in some cases at 8 to 12%. At the same time, the needs of railroad companies forced them to obtain some loans in the New York financial district to high rates of interest. The suspension of the Ohio Life & Trust Company, who had borrowed $2 million from the banks, caused a credit crunch.
"The pressure prevailing in the money market up to the 17th was heightened at that time and for some days afterwards by the intelligence of the loss of the California steamer Central America, holding on board about $2 million of gold, according to present estimates. The very prompting commemorable action of the Board of Underwriters, on hearing of the accident, will do much to mitigate the inconvenience of the loss, a payout [upon] advice of the amount, at once. All drafts drawn against the gold will, therefore, be honored on presentation at the respective banks and banking houses in which they are drawn ....
"On the 25th of September the Bank of Pennsylvania and the Girard Bank of Philadelphia suspended specie payments. The next day, Saturday, a general suspension of specie was conducted by other banks in Philadelphia and in Baltimore. Soon, many banks in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other states also suspended specie."
In October 1857 many banks in other major cities, including New York, suspended specie payments. On December 11, bankers voted unanimously to resume specie payments. In a retrospective printed in the May 1858 issue, The Bankers' Magazine and Statistical Register stated that land speculation contributed to the panic of 1857.
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By David Rosenthal.
Adjustment layers are really powerful tools that allow you to make changes to your image in a completely non-destructive manner.
Here we're going to punch up this image by using Curves Adjustment Layers and using Layer Masks to control them.
While we'll be covering the using Curves in this tutorial, if the concept is completely new to you, you may want to start with our Making Your Pictures Pop, Pt. 2 tutorial for an overview. This is really the next step after that tutorial.
This is the flat image, straight out of RAW processing. Let's see what we can do with it.
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Start by making a new Curves Adjustment Layer. Holding the option key on a Mac, or alt key on a PC, click on the black/white circle at the bottom of the Layers Palette, and choose Curves.
You can then name your adjustment layer. This is a good idea, so that you can keep track of what you're doing. I'm going to start by working on the sky, so I've named my layer "sky".
Once you've done that, your Layers Palette will look like the one here. On the bottom you've got your image, and above that the Curves adjustment layer.
There are two boxes in the Curves Adjustment Layer. The one on the left will open the curves if you double click on it. The one on the right is the Layer Mask. It starts out white, which means that the adjustments you make will affect the entire image.
We'll set the curves values before we mask it out. Double click on the curves box on the sky layer (remember, that's the one on the left).
Since I want to start with the sky, I'm going to choose two points as references for the sky. In this case, I want to expand the range in the sky, so I want to set a point for the darker clouds and a point for the lighter clouds. You do this by command-click on the Mac (control-click on the PC) on each of those two points. This will add those points to your curve.
Here you can see that I've steepened the curve between those two points, actually what I did was move the brigter of the points so that it became brighter still.
Note that I have my curves dialog set up with darker values top and right. Your curves may not look like this, but the concept works no matter how you've got yours set up.
Here's the sky Curves Adjustment without the mask, affecting the whole image.
Once you're happy with the changes you've made, it's time to limit those changes to the area of the image where you want them. Most likely the change you made will worsen the rest of the image, but we're about to fix that.
Type "b" to select the brush tool, and take a look at your settings. In your menu bar to the left will be the brush settings menu. Pull it down, and it will look like this. You can set your diameter to whatever works for you. The bigger the better, but too big can get in your way. The important thing is to set your hardness all the way down to 0%. This will make your work very hard to see.
Make sure the Layer Mask is selected (the box on the right in the sky layer). You also want to make sure that you are working with black and white as the colors you're painting. Black will show the underlying layer (i.e. remove the curves adjustment you just did from your shot). To set your colors to black and white, type "d" (for default). You want to start with black on top. You can switch which color is on top by typing "x".
Toggle the Curves Adjustment Layer on and off to see what you've done. Check both the area that you want to affect and the one that you don't to make sure that you like the changes you've made.
You toggle the visibility of a layer by clicking on the eyeball on that layer.
This image, and the ones that follow require animation to be on for you to see the toggling effect.
Next I'm going to tackle the foreground.
Again, toggle your work on and off.
When you're all done, you can easily toggle the before and after by opt-clicking (alt-clicking on the PC) on the eyeball of your original layer. This will solo that layer, turning off all other layers. Just keep clicking back and forth to make sure you're happy.
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The present album contains four works quite different from another, particularly for a composer best known as a minimalist. The disc begins with a real barnburner, "Short Ride in a Fast Machine." Two minutes into this thing and I felt as though I were back on Northern California's coastal Highway 1 in my 350Z. It's very exhilarating (the music, as well as the Z), Alsop conducting the Bournemouth Symphony with all stops open. Following this high-octane piece are two downers, "The Wound-Dresser" and "Berceuse elegiaque," both slow and rather gloomy affairs, the former a musical setting for Walt Whitman's poem of the same name. Can't say I enjoyed either work too much, but maybe I was in a bad mood before I started. If I wasn't, these two numbers would have assured it.
The main piece of music on the disc is the four-movement Shaker Loops from 1978, which has rightly made Adams famous. "The Loops," writes Adams, "are small melodic fragments whose 'tails,' so to speak, are tied to their 'heads,' creating loops of repeated melodies...." The "Shaker" part of the title derives from Adams's attempt to recreate the feeling of a Shaker religious ceremony as they shake in religious ecstasy and divine meditation. The final movement has always reminded me of the film music of Bernard Hermann, something out of Psycho, for instance.
The Naxos engineers capture all of the shaking and trembling and pulse of the music, much of it percussive, in one of their very best recordings. They miked the orchestra fairly closely, producing excellent definition and impact. Indeed, listeners with playback systems too bright or too hard may not appreciate the immediacy of the recording, but those with generally well-balanced systems should find the recording eventful, to say the least.
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TUESDAY, July 13, 2010 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with Alzheimer's disease often can seem withdrawn and apathetic, symptoms frequently attributed to memory problems or difficulty finding the right words.
But patients with the progressive brain disorder may also have a reduced ability to experience emotions, a new study suggests.
When researchers from the University of Florida and other institutions showed a small group of Alzheimer's patients 10 positive and 10 negative pictures, and asked them to rate them as pleasant or unpleasant, they reacted with less intensity than did the group of healthy participants.
"For the most part, they seemed to understand the emotion [normally evoked from the picture they were looking at]," said Dr. Kenneth Heilman, senior author of the study and a professor of neurology at the University of Florida's McKnight Brain Institute. But, he added, their reactions were different from those of the healthy participants.
"Even when they comprehended the scene, their emotional reaction was very blunted," he said. The study is published online in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.
The study participants -- seven with Alzheimer's and eight without -- made a mark on a piece of paper that had a happy face on one end and a sad one on the other, putting the mark closer to the happy face the more pleasing they found the picture and closer to the sad face the more distressing.
Compared to the healthy participants, those with Alzheimer's found the pictures less intense.
They didn't find the pleasant pictures (such as babies and puppies) as pleasant as did the healthy participants. They found the negative pictures (snakes, spiders) less negative.
"If you have a blunted emotion, people will say you look withdrawn," Heilman said.
One important take-home message, he added, is for families and physicians not to automatically think a patient with blunted emotions is depressed and ask for or prescribe antidepressants without a thorough evaluation first.
Exactly why this blunting of emotions may occur isn't known, Heilman said. He speculates there may be a degradation of part of the brain or loss of control of part of the brain important for experiencing emotion. Or a neurotransmitter important for experiencing emotion may undergo degradation.
What the finding suggests is that as the memory goes, so does some emotion, said Dr. Gary Kennedy, a geriatric psychiatrist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, who reviewed the findings.
"Emotion and memory go together," he said. "The more emotion you can attach to an event, the more likely you are to remember. I think what this paper is telling us is that the disease is causing the emotional response to become more and more shallow over time."
Apathy seen in Alzheimer's patients is often reported by family members, Kennedy said. "Apathy is a heartbreaker for the family," he said.
Even so, both Kennedy and Heilman had a positive message for family members. For family, it's not to take it personally if a loved one with Alzheimer's is apathetic. "Don't interpret it as being done willfully," Kennedy said.
Heilman said families can try to make information more explicit when talking to those with Alzheimer's, in an effort to help emotions kick in. If you show a loved one a picture, for instance, give verbal details about the person or object in it, he suggested. You may see less apathy in response.
The research was supported in part by Lundbeck Pharmaceutical Co., whose products include Alzheimer's medicine.
More information
To learn more about the stage of Alzheimer's disease, visit the Alzheimer's Association.


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Florida toddler in mower accident gets new prosthetic legs
3-year-old Ireland Nugent's dreams of becoming ballerina may come true
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Tampa girl whose legs were severed in a lawnmower incident in April received a new pair of prosthetic legs on Thursday in Orlando.
To 3-year-old Ireland Nugent, going to Orlando Prosthetics Associates is like a field trip with her friends.
"She doesn't know the difference or that anything is out of the ordinary," her mother, Nicole Nugent, said. "It's a new toy for her. She doesn't realize how important it is."
Bone spurs kept Ireland from using her first pair of prosthetic legs for longer than a few weeks when they were put on back in June. She has since outgrown them anyway.
Ireland dreams of being a ballerina one day, and with her new legs, that's a dream her parents hope to help her achieve.
Ireland will have to return to Orlando every three-to-four months depending on how quickly she grows.
"We take it day by day and as long as she's happy were happy," said Nugent.
The continuous process is costly and the family is constantly fundraising money for Ireland's new legs. Visit her website for more information on how you can help.
Copyright 2013 by ClickOrlando.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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You may have heard that there are several kinds of fats. But how do we know which to avoid, and which are okay to eat?
We need some fat in our diets. Fats provide energy. They help build hormones and cells. While all fats are high in calories, some fats are better choices than others.
Choose unsaturated fats. They can actually help lower your cholesterol. These healthier fats usually stay liquid at room temperature, and are found in most vegetable oils. Good fats are also found in avocados, some fish, and nuts.
Saturated fats and trans fats are not good choices. They can clog up the arteries that carry blood to your heart. Most of these fats stay solid at room temperature. They're found in fried foods, fatty meats, and baked goods.
Just like there are several sources of fats, there are also several sources of carbohydrate. Carbohydrate is found in many foods. It provides fuel for our heart, brain and muscles.
But, as with fats, some carbs are better than others. And if you have diabetes or pre- diabetes, controlling carbohydrate is important because when you eat too much carbohydrate, your blood sugar may rise too high.
The best carbs provide fiber. Fiber can help lower cholesterol. We can get fiber from fruits, vegetables and beans, as well as whole grain products – whole wheat pastas and breads, and brown rice. It's best to eat at least three ounces of whole grains per day. Check the food's packaging to make sure that's what you're getting.
The not-so-good carbohydrate, like white flour and white sugar, is usually higher in calories and has little nutritional value. For too many of us, these make up too large a part of what we eat and drink everyday. Choosing less white bread and fewer soft drinks and sweets is a move in the right direction.
Fats and carbohydrate. Choose the ones that are better for you, and you're on your way to healthier eating for life.
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i have noticed that some of the tall female members of this site have issues over the prospect of meeting shorter guys.but perhaps if such factors as chemistry,common interests and similar backgrounds exist between 2 people,then the difference in height may not matter all that much.for example,a place where i used to work there was a gal who stood at about 5 foot seven.she was very attractive and alot of guys wanted to date her.she dated 2 male co workers,each for a fairly long period of time.both of these guys were at least 6 feet in height.what may have kept her from deciding on something more long term was the fact that she had 3 children from her previous marriage and that probably what made for the interest of her many male suitors a short term fling.but then,lo and behold word got around that she was engaged to a guy from outside work.she brought him around one day to show off her ring and introduce her fianche who stood no taller then 5 foot zero in his sox.[to everyones surprise.]after they married,they went on to have a another child.alot of guys wanted to hook up with her but only one stepped up to the plate to accept her and her children as the whole package.now,more than a few women on this site have stated that real men dont judge women by the pound.but,do real women judge men by their height?
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i just think that people like what they like i,m a big woman who is 5 ft 7 inches tall but i would,nt date a big man as i,m not attracted to big men i would,nt date a man shorter than me either as i like tall men and its not about judging people by the pound or the inch its about preference i feel as though it is expected that big women should be grateful for any attention and snap up any man that shows an interest.
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Title says it all.
I have smbd.service and winbindd.service running, but nmbd.service fails on each boot.
When i do the following:
# stopping currently active services
systemctl stop smbd.service
systemctl stop winbindd.service
# start nmbd first
systemctl start nmbd.service
# start the other two
systemctl start smbd.service
systemctl start winbindd.service
then everything works
Has anyone else had this issue, and what is the best way to get this to work on boot?
Edit: Samba works fine as stated, and it also worked fine via sysvinit
Last edited by Kaurin (2012-08-19 11:00:22)
Kind people on #archlinux helped me troubleshoot.
Here are the steps:
# systemctl status nmbd.service
nmbd.service - Samba NetBIOS name server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nmbd.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:35:07 +0200; 1min 8s ago
Process: 324 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nmbd -F (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/nmbd.service
# systemctl status winbindd.service
winbindd.service - Samba Winbind daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/winbindd.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:35:02 +0200; 2min 52s ago
Main PID: 331 (winbindd)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/winbindd.service
├ 331 /usr/sbin/winbindd -F
└ 366 /usr/sbin/winbindd -F
# systemctl status smbd.service
smbd.service - Samba SMB/CIFS server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smbd.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:35:02 +0200; 3min 15s ago
Main PID: 330 (smbd)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/smbd.service
├ 330 /usr/sbin/smbd -F
└ 365 /usr/sbin/smbd -F
# cat /var/log/everything.log | grep -i nmbd
Aug 12 20:25:20 localhost nmbd[962]: [2012/08/12 20:25:20.022259, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:66(terminate)
Aug 12 20:25:20 localhost nmbd[962]: Got SIGTERM: going down...
# cat /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
[2012/08/19 14:35:05, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:861(main)
nmbd version 3.6.7 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011
[2012/08/19 14:35:06, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:889(main)
standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
[2012/08/19 14:35:06, 0] lib/util_sock.c:667(open_socket_in)
bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 192.168.1.2.
Error = Cannot assign requested address
[2012/08/19 14:35:06, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:113(make_subnet)
Failed to open nmb socket on interface 192.168.1.2 for port 137. Error was Cannot assign requested address
[2012/08/19 14:35:06, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:975(main)
ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting.
We can see that nmbd exits because it can't bind to an interface. I use NetworkManager and have samba set up so it binds to that particular interface.
I fixed the problem by adding After=network.target in the [Unit] section of /usr/lib/systemd/system/nmbd.service
I have also submitted a feature request on the arch bugtracker https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31192
Last edited by Kaurin (2012-08-19 12:30:23)
Doesn't those .service files belong to respective packages? I'm pretty new to systemd.
What if a new package is updated with a modified/incompatible .service file? will you be forced to edit that file again?
...That's not nice, doesn't systemd provide a way to override the service start order other than hacking the package files?
Last edited by kokoko3k (2012-08-19 12:18:32)
This particular .service file was created by the samba package maintainer. Samba upstream does not have those files bundled.
Hopefully, that will change.
but even if samba upstream decides to ship a .service file, i doubt your issue will be solved without manual intervention to that file...
My guess would be that ensuring nmbd is only brought up after the network will become a part of any standard service
Also, if you plan on editing a provided service file (or making your own!), the proper method is to copy it to/make it in /etc/systemd/system/ - services and such in /etc/... take precedence over those in /usr/... and are not touched by pacman. This is also where systemctl {en,dis}able makes its symlinks.
To see what config files in /usr are currently being overriden by files in /etc, you can use the command $ systemd-delta. It produces an output like the following (I copied over adb.service as a demo):
└$ systemd-delta
[REDIRECTED] /etc/systemd/system/default.target → /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target
[OVERRIDDEN] /etc/systemd/system/adb.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/adb.service
Files /usr/lib/systemd/system/adb.service and /etc/systemd/system/adb.service are identical
2 overridden configuration files found.
If you roll your own services or modifications, systemd-delta is a good thing to get familiar with
Last edited by ZekeSulastin (2012-08-19 15:08:08)
I'm kind of new to systemd. These things are nice to know!
Thank you!
# systemd-delta
[OVERRIDDEN] /etc/systemd/system/nmbd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/nmbd.ser
--- /usr/lib/systemd/system/nmbd.service 2012-08-07 11:12:32.000000000 +0
+++ /etc/systemd/system/nmbd.service 2012-08-19 19:10:19.576070075 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
Description=Samba NetBIOS name server
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nmbd -F
[OVERRIDDEN] /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf → /usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
Files /usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf and /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf are identi
2 overridden configuration files found.
Last edited by Kaurin (2012-08-19 17:11:30)
My nmdb.service is failing to load even with the modification. In the journal it appears to fail, then networkmanager sets up the interfaces so it doesn't appear to be waiting even with the option.
EDIT: I'll start a new thread on this.
Last edited by MisterAnderson (2012-11-01 11:09:30)


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For the second time in less than a month, Hollywood has resurrected one of its most venerable action stars for another round of silver screen mayhem. The first was Kim Jee-Woon's "The Last Stand," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, a film I found to be a brilliantly subversive reimagining of classic Hollywood archetypes.
For the second time in less than a month, Hollywood has resurrected one of its most venerable action stars for another round of silver screen mayhem. The first was Kim Jee-Woon's "The Last Stand," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, a film I found to be a brilliantly subversive reimagining of classic Hollywood archetypes.
Now we have Walter Hill's "Bullet to the Head," a much more straightforward thriller starring Sylvester Stallone, who unlike Schwarzenegger hasn't ever really disappeared from acting, having starred in the two "Expendables" films as well as the latest "Rambo" and "Rocky" outings. Here we find Stallone back in anti-hero mode as James Bonomo, a career hit man whose partner has just been murdered in a brutal double cross.
Taylor Kwan (Sung Kang), a detective investigating the murder of his former partner (who also happens to be the last man Bonomo and his partner gunned down), connects the two cases and comes to Bonomo with an intriguing proposal — team up and help catch the mob boss who set the whole thing up and avoid prosecution for his own crimes.
Bonomo reluctantly agrees, but on one condition — they do things his way. And that means leaving a lot of bodies in their wake. The by-the-book Kwan isn't too keen on Bonomo's trigger happy ways, but as they move closer and closer to the truth it becomes more apparent that usual police tactics aren't going to work, and strictly abiding by the law will let evil men go free. Through Kwan's police work and Bonomo's brute force, they form the perfect team, but in the end their biggest challenge may be facing their own bitter hatred toward each other.
"Bullet to the Head" has a very specific 1980s vibe to it; a gritty, often lurid aesthetic that is somewhat refreshing after a seemingly endless glut of glossy, cookie-cutter thrillers. Hill uses the film, which is essentially a buddy cop riff, to explore the limitations of the law as well as the limitations of "cowboy" justice and the strange harmony that sometimes exists between them.
What makes it a lesser film than "The Last Stand," however, is that it doesn't quite explore its themes with the same kind of depth of form and content. Hill certainly has a background as a genre deconstructionalist, but Kim's modern-day Western outpaces him here. "Bullet to the Head" is less a formal experiment or genre subversion as it is a throwback, a scrappy B-picture with ice water in its veins.
The main issue is the script, which features some awkward expositional dialogue in which characters (usually the villains) explain the plot at points when it makes little sense for the two. Why are the bad guys explaining to their low level hit men how they bribed and blackmailed hundreds of politicians? To fill in the audience, of course, but it makes for an occasionally stilted narrative.
Still though, Stallone remains an entertaining presence, and watching him blast and beat his way out of sticky situations with a sarcastic quip is always a pleasure. Hill also provides some bruising action sequences that keep the film moving despite its script problems.
"Bullet to the Head" feels like a relic, but not in a bad way. Much like its star, it's a film from another era, and at its heart pulses a steely verve that is sorely missing in many modern action films. Hill isn't straining for political correctness or shying away from the violence inherent to the story he's trying to tell. He's showing the audience a good time. And with Stallone front and center, he succeeds in doing just that.
Matthew Lucas, a former Davidson County resident, studied theater and film studies at Appalachian State University. He now resides in Banner Elk and has a blog where he posts movie news, reviews and commentary at www.fromthefrontrow.net.


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Troubleshooting for CS and S-series Speed Sensors
The CS and S-series sensors are wireless, so it is very important to mount the sensors as specified in the user manual.
If you have the sensor mounted within the factory specifications and you are experiencing "drop outs" or no speed readings, it may be due to one of the following reasons:
Outside the wireless range:
The speed sensor range is 50cm/19.5 inches for both the S-series and CS speed sensors. If you are outside that range, please refer to the user manual. The sensor should be mounted on the front fork as close to the brakes as possible. The speed sensor and cycling computer should form a 90 degree angle.
Magnet is not close enough to the sensor:
The magnet should be between 2 and 5mm from the sensor.
Once the above two issues have been ruled out. The below troubleshooting may help further.
Remove the watch/cycling computer from the bike mount and spin your front wheel. Hold the computer within 1 inch of the sensor.
Does the computer register the speed reading now? If so, slowly move the computer away from the sensor to determine the range. Some materials used in bicycle frames may dampen the wireless signal.
If not - Does the LED light blink on the sensor(S-series only)? How long have you owned the sensor? The battery may be low.
Make sure the speed sensor is tight on the fork and does not move around. The magnet should also be very tight.
If the computer registers very abnormal readings during the ride, the issue may be due to Electromagnetic interference. Sources could be from high voltage power lines, traffic lights, overhead lines or railways.
Be sure to have the settings in the cycling computer set correctly. The correct wheel size is essential for accurate distance/speed measurements. The speed sensor setting must be turned on. And in the S-series cycling computers, make sure if you are not using the Polar Power Output Sensor to turn that feature off. Please refer to your user manual for instructions.


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Four lawsuits have been filed seeking to halt the $1.84 billion acquisition of Livonia-based marketer Valassis Communications Inc. by San Antonio-based Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.
The suits, filed between Jan. 7 and 14 in Michigan and Delaware, allege that Valassis and its directors withheld key information about the deal and timed its announcement to prevent shareholders from gaining leverage for a better offer.
Under the deal, Valassis (NYSE: VCI) would become a private company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Harland Clarke. Two of the four lawsuits have been consolidated before Oakland County Circuit Judge James Alexander, and attorneys expect to ask that judge for an order blocking the sale from closing.
"We're continuing to investigate the claims that have come up, and in the meantime we intend to file a motion for preliminary injunction on that matter," said partner Marc Newman at Rochester-based The Miller Law Firm PC, which is co-counsel with San Diego-based Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP on the consolidated Oakland cases.
The $1.84 billion sale was announced Dec. 18 and isn't expected to close until some time later in the first quarter. Neither company is commenting on the transaction or lawsuits, but Valassis outlined some details in a disclosure late last week to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Some of the lawsuits allege that Valassis secretly negotiated with Harland Clarke at the expense of other options, and "rushed to finalize" the deal just before it was expected to release guidance on its earnings for 2014.
That guidance would have shown that Valassis, which had seen flat or negative EBITDA growth projections since 2011, was poised to report a 12 percent growth projection in 2014 which, according to one lawsuit, could have pushed Valassis shares above the $34.04 acquisition price in trading.
That same lawsuit also alleges the acquisition deal includes a no-solicitation provision that restricts Valassis' ability to shop for a competing bidder.
Valassis began in 1970 as a newspaper coupon business and diversified to become primarily a direct-mail marketer.
Harland Clarke is a unit of New York City-based MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. that's owned by Ronald Perelman, a private equity industrialist estimated by Forbes this year to be one of the wealthiest Americans at $14 billion.


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Another Westminster breed winner has picked up a BIS rosette this weekend. The Puli, GCH CH Cordmaker's Rumpus Bumpus, was Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine's Best today at the Maryland Kennel Club show in West Friendship MD. Also vying for the prize was the Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Lehi's Crystal Ball at Bluriver, the Borzoi, GCH CH Raynbo's Run for the Roses, the Akita, GCH CH Ruthdale's Candy from a Baby, the Skye Terrier, CH Gleanntan Gaelforce, the Pomeranian, CH Cottontop N Weewyn's Taking A Chance At Sirius EC's, and the Dalmatian, GCH CH Spotlight's Ruffian.
Ziggy was the Number One Puli in AKC in 2011 finishing with three BIS & 22 Herding Groups. Our congratulations to breeder/owner Sue Huebner and owners Jacquelyn Beaudoin & Franco Licciardi.


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I had the tremendous honor of getting to sit down with Aditi Khorana to discuss her beautiful new novel The Library of Fates while she was in Salt Lake City for the Penguin Teen Tour. Aditi is such a brilliant woman and talented writer and listening to what she had to say gave me such a deeper understanding of this phenomenal novel!
Aditi and I were sipping on a Pinot Noir, which I paired with The Library of Fates, because the bold flavor went so well with Amrita's incredible character, and the flavor of this wine lingers after each delicious sip just as this story is sure to stay with readers long after they read the last page.
Also, I started a BookTube channel! Yay! So if you enjoyed watching this interview and want to see more, make sure to subscribe! And you can check out my full review of The Library of Fates on Goodreads here!
The Penguin Teen Summer Tour
It is always so much fun when the Penguin Teen Tour comes to town! Penguin does a phenomenal job putting together groups of authors whose books and personalities both gel so well together and make for the most entertaining book events to attend!
Here's a few fun tidbits these wonderful authors shared during the event!
All of these author's have books with tremendous and complex worlds. They each have their own way of keeping track of all the little details. Romina Russell, fittingly, calls her tracking system the "galaxy guidebook" while Morgan Rhodes calls hers "the book bible."
The authors also chatted about horror novels and movies. Apparently, Danielle Vega, author of the fun and terrifying The Merciless series, was read Stephen King stories to at bedtime. Romina was terrified by The Exorcist and Poltergeist, and Aditi Khorana watched Alfred Hitchcock movies to help her learn English when she was young.
There was also some wonderful wisdom about books and writing shared throughout the evening. Aditi discussed the importance of books being both a window and a mirror, and Morgan talked about pushing through writer's block by focusing on not writing for herself but on writing for the characters who deserve to have their stories told.
A couple of the books from this tour include love triangles in some form or another, so I had to ask the authors how they feel about love triangles, since they do get a lot of heat from readers these days. It seemed to be the general consensus that they were pro-love triangle as long as it was character driven and not just being used as a device to create tension in the plot, which I personally could not agree with more.
It was a phenomenal night. The YA and Wine bookclub had such a great time hanging out with these tremendous authors, and we hope to see the Penguin Teen Tour here in Salt Lake City again soon!
About Library of Fates
Title: Library of Fates
Author: Aditi Khorana
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Pages: 354
Publisher: Razorbill
A romantic coming-of-age fantasy tale steeped in Indian folklore, perfect for fans of The Star-Touched Queen and The Wrath and the Dawn
No one is entirely certain what brings the Emperor Sikander to Shalingar. Until now, the idyllic kingdom has been immune to his many violent conquests. To keep the visit friendly, Princess Amrita has offered herself as his bride, sacrificing everything—family, her childhood love, and her freedom—to save her people. But her offer isn't enough.
The unthinkable happens, and Amrita finds herself a fugitive, utterly alone but for an oracle named Thala, who was kept by Sikander as a slave and managed to escape amid the chaos of a palace under siege. With nothing and no one else to turn to, Amrita and Thala are forced to rely on each other. But while Amrita feels responsible for her kingdom and sets out to warn her people, the newly free Thala has no such ties. She encourages Amrita to go on a quest to find the fabled Library of All Things, where it is possible for each of them to reverse their fates. To go back to before Sikander took everything from them.
Stripped of all that she loves, caught between her rosy past and an unknown future, will Amrita be able to restore what was lost, or does another life—and another love—await?
Have you read Library of Fates? What about the books by these other incredible authors? Who is your favorite author you've met in person?
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It was Marie Curie who pronounced that fear should be tempered with understanding. "Now is the time to understand more," the two-time Nobel laureate is quoted as saying, "so that we may fear less."
Today, Curie's words are as relevant as ever, and in few contemporary social arenas do they find more significance than that of women's reproductive rights, where misinformation, misunderstanding and outright delusion abound.
So in the name of understanding triumphing over fear, here's a video from the folks at AsapSCIENCE that explains the not-at-all-frightening, and actually pretty damn interesting, science behind the emergency contraceptive commonly known as Plan B. Find out what it is (an ovulation-preventing, mucus-thickening emergency contraceptive) and what it isn't (a chemical abortion), and help stem the tide of fear and misinformation surrounding contraceptive methods and women's reproductive rights.


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Burt Neuborne Constitution Lectures Slated for TV and Podcast
POSTED ON: December 14, 2012
Though famed civil rights attorney Burt Neuborne's popular weekly lecture series on the U.S. Supreme court and the Constitution ended on December 13, it can still be enjoyed thanks to broadcasts by C-SPAN 3 and podcasts of the series made available by The Cooper Union.
C-SPAN 3 will broadcast the first lecture, The Supreme Court's Evolving Interpretation of the Constitution, on Saturday December 15 @ 9:20am ET, Sunday the 16th @ 4:20pm ET and Monday the 17th @ 5:20am ET. Additionally The Cooper Union will make the complete series available as free audio podcasts beginning in early January.
This past fall, Professor Neuborne, the Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties and founding Legal Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, delivered his free, public, nine-part lecture series, titled "Three Constitutions: Republican, Democratic and Consensus," in the Great Hall to hundreds of audience members. The talks focused on the evolving interpretation of the U.S. Constitution at a time in history when many Americans feel deep political divides in their country. Developed for a public that is engaged and curious but not necessarily working in legislative or legal professions, Professor's Neuborne's series examines many areas of law and explored how the Supreme Court decides the issues.
Professor Neoborne's lectures examine areas as diverse and timely as free speech for corporations, massive electoral spending, and immigration law efforts at the state and federal levels—and how the evolving interpretation of the Constitution affect each. Professor Neuborne posits that the interpretation of the Constitution by Supreme Court justices has always been influenced by the changes in our society over the years.
Read our interview with Burt Neuborne for more about his work and the series.