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Bureau County, Illinois Genealogy
|Bureau County, Illinois
Location in the state of Illinois
Location of Illinois in the U.S.
|February 28, 1837
|County Seat
|Illinois Regional Archives Depository, Illinois State Archives
| County Courthouse
700 S. Main Street
Princeton, Illinois 61356
(815) 875-2014
Bureau County Website
United States Illinois Bureau County
- 1 County Organization
- 2 Records and Resources
- 2.1 Biography
- 2.2 Cemeteries
- 2.3 Census
- 2.4 Church Records
- 2.5 Court Records
- 2.6 Directories
- 2.7 Ethnic Research
- 2.8 Genealogy
- 2.9 History
- 2.10 Land and Property
- 2.11 Maps
- 2.12 Military Records
- 2.13 Naturalization
- 2.14 Newspapers and Obituaries
- 2.15 Periodicals
- 2.16 Probate Records
- 2.17 Repositories
- 2.18 Social Groups Online
- 2.19 Societies
- 2.20 Taxation
- 2.21 Vital Records
- 2.22 Voter Registration
- 3 Websites
- 4 References
County Organization
Bureau County's civil records start the following years:
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Bureau County are kept, see the Bureau County Courthouse page.
Historical Facts
Bureau County is named for Pierre Bureau (Belleau or de Beuro) who established a trading post on the Illinois River.
Boundary Changes
Prior to County Formation
- 1801-1812 - Bureau part of St. Clair County
- 1812-1821 - Bureau part of Madison County
- 1821-1823 - Bureau part of Pike County
- 1823-1825 - Bureau part of Fulton County
- 1825-1837 - Bureau part of Putnam County
- 1827-1831 - Some of Bureau part of JoDaviess County
County Formation and After
- 1837 - Bureau County created from Putnam County
- 1839 - Bureau gained from Putnam and unorganized area
For more information see Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties or Bureau County Fact Sheet (Illinois State Archives). For interactive county boundary maps see Illinois County Boundaries, 1790-Present, Illinois Historical Counties, or Illinois County Maps and Atlases.
Records and Resources
- Find A Grave, list of cemeteries. Additional information can be found at local level (city, township, etc.)
- Bureau Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
- Illinois Cemeteries by county.
- Jennings, Harry and George Lindenmeyer. St. Valentine's Cemetery, Bureau County, Illinois. Ottawa, Illinois: LaSalle County Genealogy Guild, 1998. (WorldCat 51518557; FHL book 977.3372 V3L)
|Historical populations
|IL Counties 1900-1990
1840 Pensioners
- A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., 1841. FHL 973 X2pc 1840; FHL 2321; digital version at Google Books. [See Illinois, Bureau County on page 186.]
Church Records
Court Records
Original court records are held in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. See Illinois Court Records for more information about using court records.
The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at Northern Illinois University - search for Bureau County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the NIU IRAD Wiki Page
Ethnic Research
African American
The following have information concerning African American research.
- African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
- Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
- African-American Resources for Illinois
- The Biographical Record of Bureau, Marshall and Putnam Counties, Illinois. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1896. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Harrington, George B. Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer Pub. Co., 1906. Digital version at Ancestry ($); Another Ancestry ($) version; Internet Archive.
Land and Property
Original land records are held in the office of the County Clerk . See Illinois Land and Property for more information about using land records.
The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed online, through the Family History Library or the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at the Northern Illinois University- search for Bureau County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the NIU Wiki page.
Online Resources
- 1800s-Present - Use the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Land Patent Index to obtain original federal land transfer records including homestead, military warrants, and cash entry patents. These records help a research establish location and lead to National Archives' records which may include genealogical information. Earlier land transfer records are housed at the National Archives.
- 1800s-Present - Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales from Illinois State Archives also provides an index to federal land sales.
- 1796–1907 U.S. General Land Office Records found at Ancestry.com ($)
- Illinois Public Land Purchase Records This record extract includes over 538,000 land sales from the 19th Century. Each entry includes the purchaser's name, purchase date, number of acres, price per acre, and in some cases the purchaser's sex and residence. Available at www.ancestry.com ($)
- Bureau County Federal Township Plats
Copies of Original Records
- 1816-1900 Deed Index IRAD-NIU; search for Bureau County Records. (Learn more about IRAD.)
- 1856-1878 Swamp Land Record IRAD-NIU
- 1923-1935 Chattel Mortgage Index IRAD-NIU
- 1931-1956 Chattel Mortgage Record IRAD-NIU
- 1949-1959 Chattel Mortgage Entry Books IRAD-NIU
- 1984 Rockford Map Publishers Land Atlas and Plat Book, Bureau County, Illinois, 1984 (Rockford, Illinois:Rockford Map Publishers, c1984) Other Libraries; FHL Book 977.3372 E7b
Military Records
Civil War
Civil War service men from Bureau County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Bureau County.
- - 9th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, Company K.
- - 12th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies H and I.
- - 12th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (3 months, 1861), Companies H and I.
- - 15th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, Company L.
- - 27th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I
- - 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company E.
- - 52nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.
- - 57th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies B, F, H and K.
- - 64th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Yates' Sharpshooters), Company B.
- - 66th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company C.
- - 88th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company D.
- - 93rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies B, C, E, H, I and K.
- - 139th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies A, G, and H.
- - 146th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies F and H.
- - 148th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, E, and K.
- - 151st Regiment, Illinois Infantry (1 year, 1865), Companies F, G and H.
- - 153rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry (1 year, 1865), Company E.
- 1837-1923 Naturalization Papers IRAD-NIU; search for Bureau County Records. (Learn more about IRAD.)
Newspapers and Obituaries
A good collection of obituaries and death notices can be found at Genealogy Trails.
Probate Records
- 1837-1900, 1906-1955 Probate Records IRAD-NIU; search for Bureau County Records. (Learn more about IRAD.)
County Courthouse
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Bureau County are kept, see the Bureau County Courthouse page
Family History Centers
Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD)
The Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD), managed by the Illinois State Archives, houses the archival records of local Illinois counties, townships, municipalities and school districts. The seven Regional Depositories are housed on state university campuses scattered throughout Illinois.
The Northern Illinois University (IRAD-NIU) holds the records for Bureau County. Learn more about finding and using their records.
- Illinois Regional Archives Depository
c/o Regional History Center
Founders Memorial Library, Room 400
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Telephone: (815) 753-1807
Public Libraries
Social Groups Online
Vital Records
See Illinois Vital Records for more information about Vital records in Illinois.
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Original birth and death certificates recorded until the year 1916 are kept by the Bureau County Clerk while those recorded after 1916 are kept by the Illinois Department of Public Health with a copy to the County Clerk. Original marriage records are usually kept by the County Clerk from the establishment of the county to the present. Original divorce records are generally in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk.
The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through online databases, the Family History Library and the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) - search for Bureau County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the IRAD Wiki page.
- 1856–1895 Cass, Mrs. Allan W. Marriages of North Prairie area, beginning with the first recorded minister, 1856-1895 Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. FHL film 982434 Item 20
- 1837-1854 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index at Illinois State Archives; Index
- 1916-1950 Database of Illinois Death Certificates at Illinois State Archives; Index
- Bureau County, Illinois Obituary and Death Notices Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From various funeral homes in the Princeton, Hall, Spring Valley, Selby, Arispie, Sheffield, Walnut, Wyanet, Ladd and surrounding area.
Additional Resources
Additional resources for Bureau County births, marriages and deaths may be found in the Illinois, Bureau – Vital Records, the Illinois, Bureau – Vital Records - Newspaper indexes, and the Illinois, Bureau – Vital Records - newspapers topic pages of the Family History Library catalog (FHLC). Copies of records on FHL microfilm and microfiche can be ordered for viewing at Family History Centers. Copies of books found in the FHLC may be found in WorldCat catalog and ordered from your local library through interlibrary loan. Explore how to search the Family History Library Catalog and the Worldcat Online Catalog.
Voter Registration
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Bureau County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)


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The God of War Ghost of Sparta is a highly competitive and exciting game. If you are a lover of journey and level oriented game types then this game is one that you will also appreciate. Learning the basics of how to use the available weapons and your personal power levels against your enemies will quickly equip you to play this game, and, if this sort of game is new to you, the techniques you will learn here will also prepare you for other games in the same genre. The Ghost of Sparta is recommended for people who like adventure type action and who have the time to stay and just play long hours on their PSP killing their enemies and protecting their allies.
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Gabriel Heimler (Paris)
Mauerspringer / Wall Jumper
Since its construction in 1961, the Berlin Wall has served as the world's most famous symbols of political repression. Once the wall was opened, two artist associations, the VBK from the East and the BBK from the West, decided to invite artists from around the world to paint a section of the wall that ran along the Spree. Extending 1.5 km, it was the first joint art project between the two Germanys. The project, titled the East Side Gallery, was completed in 1990 with the participation of 102 artists.
One of these artists was Gabriel Heimler, who painted his Mauerspringer (Wall Jumper) on site.
This motif has now also taken up residence in Room 421 at Luise but has been adapted to its current time and place. Whereas in 1989 on the East Side Gallery the "wall jumper" sprang from West to East, from Kreuzberg to Friedrichshain, in a symbolic gesture of bringing freedom (which Heimler represents as a straw hat), at Arte Luise he jumps "out the window" — jumping from history into the reality of the present. Hotel guests find themselves quasi in a fourth dimension: in a room situated between then and now, between reality and its mirror image. What does the "wall jumper" bring with him today?
Biographie: 1964 in Paris geboren, ungarischer Herkunft, 1984 Baccalauréat artistique, bis 1988 Studium an der Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Er lebt seit Ende 1988 als freischaffender Maler und Kurator in Berlin. Seit 1992 zahlreiche Ausstellungen in Galerien, Kunstvereinen, Museen und Institutionen in Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien, USA und Ungarn.


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My friend invited me there to a musical theatre dining experience a week ago, I admit at first I was unsure however I like trying new things and being proved wrong. Wrong I was, what I saw was a brilliant life affirming performance called 'The Musical History of 24 George St, Brighton.' You are greeted and served dinner during the course of the evening by the performers who tell the delicate story of the 'Bom Banes' building the lovely quirky restaurant in which you sit.
On other nights it shows films, hosts musical gigs and comedic nights however tonight, on these nights, it performs a play about the previous inhabitants of '24 George Street.' The building and night glows with the character and creativity of a lovingly researched mix of performance, music and dining; the performers slip casually between the play and dinner service, building characters that fill the whole of the building itself.
And they don't just do this event they do many events. Musical History will not back until the new year but many delights are in store. Notably for White Night 'all white on the night' dining (29th October 2011) all white food with songs with white in the title and many warm festivities bringing in the Christmas season. There's always extra novelty from mechanical hats, to tables with their unique range of skills, ones that move up and down, ones that make music and a delightful table that houses a fully functioning model of the pier for you to play with.
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Under 5 Program Page
Hello U5 Parents:
We welcome you all to the U5 soccer program here in Region 76!
We hope the program serves as a wonderful, fun, non-competitive introduction to soccer that will stoke a lifelong interest in and love for "the beautiful game" among your children.
The objective of the U5 Soccer Program in AYSO is to provide young players and their parents with a "pressure free" introduction to the beautiful and simple game of soccer. At this age, players should be exposed to soccer by playing simple, fun activities and games that require little or no practice, and minimal time commitment.
Unlike the rest of the divisions in Region 76, U5 does not use parent volunteers as coaches. All U5 sessions are run by our master coaches -- professional coaches from the Serie A Organization. We feel giving your children professional coching as their introduction to the game is the best way to start them off on the right (or left) foot. It also is a wonderful way for those of you who wish to become future coaches from U6 onward to learn some fun drills and how practices can be run and structured
How It Works:
U5 is not structured like any other division in Region 76. It is set up to be a fun introduction to the fundamentals and basic rules of soccer. Unlike the other divisions, there are no set teams in U5. Instead you will be assigned a time slot for your session. Each week the field will be divided up into four equal grids, with each grid doing the exact same things under the guidance of one of our master coaches. A child doesn't have to go to the same grid each week. Just the same session time. The sessions last for one hour and are divided into two parts: a series of fun drills and games for the first 40 minutes, followed by a 20 minute scrimmage.
The Games:
The scrimmages are played with even numbers of players and no goal keepers. Scores will not be recorded, and there will be little interference from grown-ups. The emphasis will be on applying what the players have learned during the teaching activities. We will not have competitive games, as forcing competition on such young players is counter-productive.
Length of Program:
Our season will officially kick off on Saturday September 16th, 2017 and run for 10 consecutive Saturdays through November 19th.
We have no Sunday play for U5. Please be aware of this if it is an issue for you.
All sessions will be held at La Cienga Park, located at 8400 Gregory Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
Each child must come each week with shin guards, a number 3 size soccer ball, a refillable water bottle and either soccer cleats, turf cleats or decent sneakers. The Beverly Vista field is a synthetic turf field with little shade. So water and sun screen are very important.
The children will all receive league provided uniforms which consist of a reversible jersey, socks and shorts. The uniforms will be distributed just prior to your child's first session.
Friend Requests:
We will be doing our best to honor all friend requests in U5. By default, we group U5 kids by school as well, so they can share their session times with their schoolmates.
For those who register and volunteered to "coach" upon registration, as mentioned, we don't have parent coaches in U5, but the professional coaches often enlist the help of volunteers to help keep the balls and kids in their grid. If you are interested in volunteering to help out, you will need to be SAFE HAVEN CERTIFIED. If you aren't already, you can become certified online by first registering as an AYSO volunteer at https://www.eayso.org. Then, once you have received your official AYSO ID number, you can go to http://www.aysotraining.org and take the course. If you are already Safe Haven certified, you do NOT need to take the test again.
We hope this information helps you understand our U5 program and approach.
Looking forward to a lot of fun ahead.


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'News' successfully quashes subpoena for a reporter in 'hero cop' Peter Figoski murder case
The Daily News has successfully quashed a subpoena issued to one of its former reporters, who was being called to testify in the murder trial of slain NYPD officer Peter Figoski, Capital has learned.
Chief Brooklyn homicide prosecutor Kenneth Taub, who is leading the case against five suspects charged in the December 2011 slaying of the "hero cop," had sought the testimony of Kevin Deutsch, who conducted a candid jailhouse interview with one of the men. A story about the interview was published in the News days after Figoski was killed.
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Taub claimed putting Deutsch on the stand would be essential to securing the conviction of accused getaway driver Michael Velez, according to sources familiar with the subpoena, which an attorney for the News received on Wednesday.
But News attorney Matthew Leish filed a motion to quash the subpoena based on New York's shield law, which protects journalists from disclosing information obtained in the process of news gathering. In court on Friday, a source with knowledge of the proceedings told Capital, a judge sided with the News.
In the Dec. 16, 2011 News interview, Velez admitted to Deutsch that he was aware Figoski's accused killer, Lamont Pride, was carrying a gun as they rode in a car just before the botched robbery that led to the veteran officer's murder. Velez also claimed he didn't know what was about to happen and that Pride "pointed a gun at me and said to keep going. ... I had no choice."
Jerry Schmetterer, director of public information for the Kings County District Attorney, declined to comment Thursday on what the prosecutor hoped to gain from Deutsch's testimony. Deutsch, who now works for Newsday, referred Capital to the News attorney, who did not respond to requests for comment.
"The Daily News does not comment on matters in litigation," a spokesman for the paper told Capital Thursday, prior to the hearing.
Reporters for the tabloids and other papers routinely conduct jailhouse interviews. Under such sourcing agreements, the interview subjects are generally speaking with the expectation that their remarks may be published, but not that the reporter might later be compelled to testify against them.
Reversing those expectations is one thing that bothers some First Amendment experts about subpoenas like the one issued for Deutsch.
"The press is supposed to investigate independently and not be touched by government intervention, so the idea that a reporter can sit down with an interviewee and learn information that can then be taken by a prosecutor is problematic," said Kate Bolger, a First Amendment lawyer for the Manhattan media-law firm LSKS. "The press is not an arm of the state."
But the application of New York's shield law in such cases can nonetheless be tricky, said Bolger.
While the law offers blanket protection for any and all confidential information obtained during newsgathering, it enables the courts to seek disclosure for information that is "not obtainable from any alternative source."
Deutsch was not the first tabloid reporter to find himself in this predicament.
In 2007, New York Post reporter Doug Montero was subpoenaed to testify in New York State Supreme Court about a jailhouse interview. In that case, a motion to quash the subpoena was granted.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This post was updated to reflect the results of the subpoena hearing.


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University News
OPS Recovers Stolen Artwork
April 23, 2013
MACOMB, IL -- The Western Illinois University Office of Public Safety (OPS) has recovered a piece of artwork that was stolen April 12 from the Corbin/Olson Dining facility on the Macomb campus.
According to OPS Lt. Tom Clark, the department received a tip about the artwork and following a brief investigation, the painting was recovered. Scott Engels, 20, a resident of Olson Hall, was arrested at 1:57 a.m. Tuesday, April 23 for theft of government property. He was lodged in the McDonough County Jail [this arrest will be included in the Wednesday, April 24 OPS Report].
"Community involvement is essential in police work. Had it not been for this tip, we may not have recovered this artwork," Clark said. "Some people may not want to tell on someone or get someone in trouble, but when one person takes something from our community, whether it be a painting in a dining facility or an intentional fire that destroyed a storage shed dedicated to a former coach's son, that person should be held accountable for their actions."
Clark noted that this is the second crime OPS has solved this week alone based on a tip provided to the department.
"We rely on the community to partner with us to solve crimes," he added. "It is a priceless and necessary partnership we greatly value."
Any information about crimes can be reported to the Office of Public Safety (309-298-1949) or to the Macomb Area Crime Stoppers at (309) 836-3222. Anonymous tips can also be submitted online at https://www.tipsubmit.com/WebTips.aspx?AgencyID=686 or by texting CRIMESTOP plus your tip to CRIMES (274637).
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David Bowie and Donald Trump, in Clown Form, Take the Stage in Andrew Salgado's New Solo Show
London-based artist Andrew Salgado deals with questions of masculinity in his paintings of male figures, which strike a tenuous balance between abstraction and figuration. Salgado resists the term portraiture to describe his work, noting that his paintings strive to capture psychology more than likeness. "I am concerned with the political and social and psychological aspects that operate extra-diegetically to my subject (that is the content) and then in terms of the form of the work," the artist has said. His works evoke a mood that suggests both aggression and vulnerability—two feelings elicited by an act of violence committed against the artist in 2008. The formal properties of paint are central concerns to Salgado, who employs the visceral materiality of oil paint and the expressive potential of color to create a sense of frailty and potency.
Canadian, b. 1982, based in London, United Kingdom
David Bowie and Donald Trump, in Clown Form, Take the Stage in Andrew Salgado's New Solo Show
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CHICAGO (AP) — A new Illinois law aims to help dyslexic students by training educators on how to better identify and teach young people with the learning disability.
The measure signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn on Saturday entitles dyslexic students to special education services. It also creates a reading advisory group that will operate for one year. The group will create recommendations for school districts on recognizing and instructing dyslexic students.
"Dyslexic students can quickly fall behind because teachers cannot identify their disability or do not have learning materials adapted to their needs," said state Sen. Melinda Bush, a Grayslake Democrat. "It is important that we implement the same level of awareness and services for this group of learning disabled students as we do for all other groups."
Bush co-sponsored the bill with Rep. JoAnn Osmond, a Republican from Antioch. The Illinois House and Senate unanimously approved the measure this spring.
The International Dyslexia Association describes dyslexia as a learning disability characterized by difficulty with word recognition and poor spelling. It can also lead to problems with reading comprehension and vocabulary growth.
In a statement, Quinn said the law will help students across Illinois get the assistance they need to succeed.
"Many people throughout history have achieved greatness in spite of the challenges they faced with dyslexia," the Chicago Democrat said. "Everyone learns in a different way, and we want to make sure that every child has an opportunity for success and receives the quality education they deserve."


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Jason Carter, sold privately in 12/2013 - Eugene H. Gardner Collection - Heritage 10/2014:98191, $12,925
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[God] has made everything beautiful in its time.
-Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)
I keep a compost pile and love to put things into it to ferment into clean, healthy soil. I put in vegetable scraps, old leaves, grass clippings, and even paper. Every few weeks, I stir the pile to make sure that all the content is turned over. When the heap is dry, I water it. Other than that, I do nothing but let natural bacteria do their job. After a few months, I find that my "garbage" has turned into rich, fresh soil for my garden.
Often something similar happens in my life. I have felt that things I did or did not do were wasted and fruitless. At times, I have been very hard on myself. But I realize that God is not as hard on me as I can be on myself. My great failures have been turned into something positive. God quietly works, and later, when I expect it least, I find wonderful new soil ready to nurture a new phase in my life. The rotten oranges and moldy leaves of my life -- my failures and shortcomings -- have been transformed, to give me a new perspective or stronger confidence.
We can always start again when we turn our will and life over to God and allow God's power to quietly work.
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Recording Guitars: Miking Acoustics, Part 1
Welcome back to Gibson's quick-hit column on techniques for recording guitars. This time we're going to discuss some basics for recording acoustic guitars, offering a few pointers that are largely very simple but can help you achieve dramatically improved results in many home studios. This is another two-parter that will investigate some more complex acoustic miking techniques next time out.
The first installment of this series discussed the three main types of microphones used for recording electric guitars—dynamics, condensers, and ribbons—and these are all used for recording acoustics, too. Condensers have traditionally been the most popular mics to capture acoustic guitars because of their sensitivity and broad frequency range, which usually includes more prominent and "shimmery" highs than the other two types, something many artists like to hear in their acoustic sound. Thankfully, decent condensers are a lot more affordable than they were just a few years ago.
The renewed popularity of some ribbon mics has led many recordists to use them on acoustics, too, the Beyerdynamic M160 being a perennial favorite for guitars and other stringed instruments too. Standard dynamic mics such as the seminal Shure SM57 and SM58 and mics based on those formats tend to be less flattering than condensers, but if that's all you've got handy you can still get perfectly good results from them with careful use. In some cases, when you want to capture a thumping, midrangey rhythm part without intrusive highs that might get in the way of cymbals or other instruments, a dynamic might be your best bet anyway. Whichever type you have available to you for recording acoustics, keep these basic pointers in mind:
Condenser mics are generally very sensitive and will usually be placed between 6" and 18", or even further from the guitar, in standard front-miking techniques (further still in more creative or "ambient" techniques).
Dynamic mics are less sensitive than condensers, and will need to be positioned closer to the guitar, in relative terms, to capture satisfactory volume levels.
Ribbon mics are also less sensitive than condensers, but many types also over-accentuate the lows if placed too close to a sound source (this is called "proximity effect," which can affect almost any standard cardioid microphone, but tends to be accentuated in many ribbons). For this reason, many ribbon mics also need to be placed 10" or 12" from the sound source. Because they are a type of dynamic mic, they are not especially sensitive. You will also need a good, clean sounding microphone preamplifier with high gain levels to boost the signal adequately, without inducing too much noise, in order to get satisfactory results.
As with miking guitar amps, the best way to find the right place to put your acoustic guitar mic is to listen in a number of different positions to the sound your guitar produces, record a little of it with a mic placed there, and listen back. One important tip at this point, however, and perhaps the most important thing to get down from the start, is that you should not place the microphone pointing straight into the sound hole. Do this, and you capture a woofy, muddy, booming sound that is pretty loud, certainly, but not really representative of your full acoustic guitar tone in any other way. For beginning recordists this can take some getting used to, because of course whenever you take your guitar out to an un-amped acoustic gig the sound engineer points an SM57 right into the soundhole. Even in live performance this doesn't capture the most flattering acoustic tone, but it does tend to capture the most volume from an acoustic in a live situation, and that's a compromise that we are often willing to live with in a small club or coffeehouse gig.
An acoustic guitar's sound isn't produced from the sound hole alone, and in fact that is really just the point where sound reflected from the backside of the top and off of the back of the guitar escapes the guitar's body. A lot of the tone is produced in the area around the bridge and the broad portions of the lower-bout section of the top, while other frequencies are produced in the region of the upper bout where the fingerboard joins the body, and the sound coming off the back of the guitar has its own tone, too. Usually you will want to use a technique that captures a blend of a few or all of these sounds.
One of the most popular traditional studio techniques for recording mono acoustic guitar involves placing a microphone at around the 12th fret, a few inches away from the fingerboard, and aimed back toward the end of the fingerboard (at the body end), but not into the soundhole. This captures a bright, lively acoustic tone with a good, rounded body and some string sound for added jangle.
Another position that captures a full, woody, and somewhat less jangly tone is found by pointing a mic at the guitar's top in the region of the lower bout just below and behind the bridge. Moving the mic further down and away from the lower end of the guitar and aiming it at the edge of the body, where the top meets the side of the guitar, can produce another interesting tone, one which is usually heard as being a little more edgy and cutting.
Experiment with these and any other positions you can think of, and see what works for you. Again, as with recording guitar amplifiers, the "best" sound won't be a universal, but will depend on what works when you hear the guitar in the full mix, if it's a full band track. Next time, we'll check out some more unusual mic placements, as well as some stereo and multi-mic techniques.
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David Hall: The Grant half dollars were among the earliest of the silver commemoratives struck by the U.S. Mint. The sale and distribution of commemoratives was rather new and the people involved dramatically over-estimated the demand for the coins. For the Grant, 95,055 coins were originally minted of which 27,650 were melted as unsold. This made the available orginal mintage of 67,405.
This mintage figure is much higher than many of the issues of the 1930s, but as it turns out, the Grant is much rarer in Choice and Gem condition. The silver commemorative series can basically be divided into two parts; the pre-1930 and the post-1930 issues. The post-1930 issues were saved in large percentages at the time of issue and most of the original mintages survive and are in Choice or Gem condition. The pre-1930 issues were not saved as much on a percentage basis as the post-1930 issues and are much scarcer in Choice and Gem condition. Also, the pre-1930 issues often found their way into circulation, while it is almost impossible to find circulated examples of the post-1930 issues.
As a consequence of the above, the Grant half dollar is much rarer in Gem condition than many of the 1930s issues with much lower mintages, such as the Maryland, Gettysburg, Norfolk, New Rochelle, etc. Also note that most Grant half dollars have very obvious die striations swirling on the surfaces of the fields and most examples are also weakly struck thru the hair. The typical Grant has a more satiny than frosty luster. But if you can find a well struck example, eye appeal can be outstanding.
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This is a new topic, that is I admit a little personal to me.
My cozen was going to re-enlist in the Navy but found out he was unable to. Do to his DD forms.
Wen my cozen was younger 18 or so years old, he join the air force. And did not make it through the Basic do to his lack of skill folding cloths. So after 2 attempts he gave up and was released from Air Force basic. (yes for not being able to fold his clothing or making a bed to their basic training standards. I have the paperwork from the reports from the Drill-instructor. So I know that is the case.)
DD forms are the forms that give the codes for your termination, and your availability to reenlist.
On his codes.. Yes my cozen is a male.. (mind you this is 10 years later..) the code he got points out he was dismissed from the military do to being pregnant. (yeah that captain was funny huh.)
The other code is the for the availability to reenlist with the military. That code stated that He is not acceptable for reenlistment by any military branches. (Army offer to have it wavered so he could get in, because it seem like bullshit for why he was truly dismissed for. )
How I see it for the last 10 years any jobs that anything to do the government/military related, he might of not have gotten do to this DD Form, that some captain sick joke had a role in.
I for one do not think he should just have the army go through the hassle of going to the grand cives and wavering this.
I think My younger cozen should sue the hell out of the Air force. For the Falsified DD form that may have costed him jobs in the last 10 years. Also for making it so he can not reenlist into the Navy or any other branch, because at 18 he was unable to fold a shirt fast or cleanly enough for his basic.
The debate is on, what do you think about this, and if this happen to you what actions would you have taken.
I am a former military person my self, and to think that there might be others out there that has been Fucked over like this because of some officer idea of a joke. Sickens me.
So I my self Am trying to push my cozen who by the way is just about a year younger than me, into setting up a lawsuit against the air force, for allowing such sick things to take place.
I really am going to have to run for office just so I can work on weeding out corrupt or just sick people from are government. This kinda shit gets my blood a steaming.
On another note... if your former military you might wanna look up your DD forms as well.. Just to be on the safe side. I know I checked mine over.
Pregnant and can't fold a shirt. What has happened to our armed forces?
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Aztecnology wrote:
Pregnant and can't fold a shirt. What has happened to our armed forces?
Never herd of a male being pregnant.. and a 18 year old who not good at folding banned from the military for life.
I really think the air force needs to keep an Eye on there officers.
What actions would you take?
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Aztecnology wrote:
Pregnant and can't fold a shirt. What has happened to our armed forces?
Never herd of a male being pregnant.. and a 18 year old who not good at folding banned from the military for life.
I really think the air force needs to keep an Eye on there officers.
What actions would you take?
Fight them over such retarded bullshit. Get a really 'good' lawyer and take it to the supreme court. Conduct like that in our military isn't acceptable in the least. I'd likely never serve again since that kind of crap is so prone to happen anymore.
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Does the Air force has some sort of system for filing complaints against officers? If so then I would consider that route, if not then sue them and attempt to implement a formal complaint system.
Because I have nothing better to do with my life
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Does the Air force has some sort of system for filing complaints against officers? If so then I would consider that route, if not then sue them and attempt to implement a formal complaint system.
I have been looking it up my self.. I can not find anything yet.
He is trying to find someone to talk two, someone more knowledgeable in the system to go any further. It is a pain in the ass.
But it really need to be done.
Choose your battles.
In your shoes I'd be incensed on your cousin's behalf. However Lawsuits cost money and sometimes garner unwanted attention. Regardless of the justice of your cause, suing the military MAY unfairly prejudice certain pro military persons (some of the who may end up serving alongside or be superior in the chain of command to) your cousin. This was a wrong, your cousin was WRONGED, don't misunderstand me.
But he should decide for himself with as much information as he can gather. What he really wants right now and what the costs and benefits of his future actions will be.
I'm not saying don't do it. I'm saying it MIGHT be prejudicial to his career in the Navy or Army. Also I wouldn't just pursue the officer who claimed a man was pregnant. I'd go after everyone who read that form afterwards and didn't bother to question it.
If the doctor messes up an order he's liable for his mistake, If I as the nurse do not question the order and ensure that I have the doctor's wishes clearly set in writing. I am the one liable. I don't know if that standard applies here but it should.
anyhow my two cents for what they are worth.
11. Everything is air-droppable at least once.
More power to you, I'm all for you suing the fuck out of the Airforce. In my short time in the USMC, before I got discharged for an injury, I met a lot of scumbags both recruits and officers. Unsurprisingly the service tends to attract primarily these types of people and because of this the military tends to fuck over a lot of servicemen including a couple of my family members. One of my friends, his dad actually went to boot camp for the Marines around the 70's and he injures his right knee during a march, they dropped him from training and gave him a dishonorable discharge. His wife is the bread winner and all he can do to support his family is a measly $100 dollars a week from odd jobs here and there. You have to fight this, don't let them fuck your cousin over.
The air force and not folding clothes right there the sorriest bunch at marinating the uniform they look like slobs from the start. Basic training Hell I do not trust them with a sling shot. They may be good techs the navy has marine the air force depend on other branches to cover their bases. The DD 214 should have statement on the second page what kind off discharge he received and why the company clerk probably thought it was funny to put that code down. The captain just signed off on it. But yes he should sue, but I tell you one thing if somebody makes mistake regular the guy in his platoon may have sabotaged him. Back in my time we had people with hygiene problem so put a bag over there head and using scrolling pad and detergent generally they cut on. If somebody kept messing up a blanket party was at hand. I loved to short sheet people bunks just for fun. -----------------------------------------The company clerk was an ass hole the captain incompetent, the discharge was a general discharge correct. If it was anything else I would sue but a lawyer maybe hard to find. Then again you may get one free from the military court.
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I'm glad you brought up the devastating effects that the Manichaean rhetoric pouring from the mouths of our political, military, and religious leaders have had on the execution of the so-called war on terror. (My favorite example of this is Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo's suggestion that the United States should respond to the next terrorist attack on its soil by bombing Mecca and Medina. What a great idea!) I suppose you can't blame our leaders for appealing to Americans' innate sense of moral righteousness. But by equating the struggle against jihadism (by which I am referring to the anti-nationalist ideology of violent Islamic puritanism of which al-Qaida is the best, though by no means only, example) with "a crusade" against "evil-doers," and by referring to the global fight against international terrorism as a battle between "good and evil," we have adopted the rhetoric of jihadism and thus allowed our enemies to frame both the scope and meaning of the war against terrorism.
The jihadists are fighting a war that they know cannot be won in any real or measurable terms. That's why they have reframed their earthly struggle for religious and political control of the Muslim world as a "cosmic war," a term developed by my friend and mentor Mark Juergensmeyer. They want Muslims to believe that the world is locked in a heavenly contest between the forces of good (themselves) and evil (us). The enemy for them is not America; it is Satan. And the battle is a contest not between armies but between angelic and demonic forces. The advantages of a cosmic war are self-evident. It turns murderers into holy soldiers. It provides some hope of victory over one's foes (though victory in the heavenly realm, not on earth). It turns the battle into an absolute struggle not over land or property but over identity, meaning there can be no room for compromise, settlement, or negotiation. It also assures that the hostilities will never end, at least not until "evil" is once and for all vanquished from the universe, which by my estimation will happen … never.
Of course, rather than debunk this twisted ideology and strip the war on terror of its religious connotations, we have legitimated it through our own religiously charged rhetoric (I can't be the only person in America who is dumbfounded by how much President Bush and Osama Bin Laden sometimes sound alike). "This is indeed a cosmic war between the forces of good and evil," we seem to be saying. "Only we're good, and you're evil!" That is an argument we can never hope to win, no matter how many Gen. Boykins believe it to be true. You said it best in your excellent analysis of why we are losing the war on terror, The Next Attack. American foreign policy since 9/11, and especially the war in Iraq, has unquestionably cleared the way for the next attack on the United States. But in a war of ideology like this, words can be just as important as any action. And thus far, our words have only served to strengthen our enemies by appearing to validate their vision of the world.
Which brings me back to the question of why American Muslims haven't gotten more involved in the "war on terror" (a question I get asked two or three times a week). During the past few years, I have met with numerous Muslim organizations in the United States–from the American Society for Muslim Advancement, to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Arab American Institute, and the Muslim Public Affairs Council. I've also spoken to countless Muslim leaders, activists, and imams, including many of the people profiled in Barrett's marvelous book. I can tell you with total confidence that the majority of these American Muslims are desperate for the U.S. government to reach out to them for aid. In fact, they would like nothing more than to help combat the spread of jihadism throughout the world.
Muslim Americans know that they are even more threatened by the rise of jihadism than any of their non-Muslim compatriots. Jihadism is, after all, a puritanical ideology. Its primary purpose, as you note, is to strip Islam of its perceived "innovations," so as to return the religion to some kind of purified, unadulterated, and totally imaginary past. Let's not forget that the jihadists consider themselves the only true Muslims; all other Muslims are apostates who must be converted to their militant brand of puritanism or killed. That's why, despite common perception in Europe and the United States, jihadism's primary target is not the West, or Christians, or Jews ("the far enemy," in jihadist terminology), but rather those Muslims who do not accept its worldview ("the near enemy") and who, by the way, make up the overwhelming majority of its victims. In this sense, you are absolutely correct to think of jihadism as a product of a "reformation" taking place within Islam—a reformation in which Bin Laden, with his radically individualistic and militantly anti-institutional faith, comes across very much like the "radical reformers" of the Christian Reformation. (I like to think of Bin Laden not so much as a Martin Luther or Savonarola figure, but rather as Islam's Thomas Muentzer.)
What I mean to say is that for American Muslims, as with most other Americans, defeating jihadism is a matter of existential self-preservation. It's for this reason that they are so eager to play an active role in counteracting the influence of bigotry and extremism in their faith. Yet, thus far, there has been little attempt by this administration to seriously harness the creative energies of the American Muslim community. (In the interest of full disclosure, I should say I have spoken about this issue to members of Congress, the FBI, the State Department, and Homeland Security, and they have all assured me that the government would very much like to cooperate with American Muslims but is just not sure how to go about doing so.)
The fact is that at no other time in American history has there been a more urgent need to develop a robust program of public diplomacy aimed at the Muslim world. (A poll of 18 countries released just this week by the BBC showed that the percentage of those polled who believe the United States has a positive influence in world affairs currently stands at 29 percent.) But diplomacy will never work if it is run by partisan gunslingers like Karen Hughes or by Madison Ave. executives like Charlotte Beers, not least because their primary goal seems to be making American foreign policy more palatable to the Muslim world. That's a waste of time. We need to focus instead on communicating American values and ideals to the Arab and Muslim world. Who better to express to the world's Muslims what it means to be American than American Muslims? After all, they are already on the front lines of the Islamic Reformation you spoke about.
After your last entry, I went back and reread Barrett's riveting account of Sami al-Hussayen, the Idaho grad student charged with violating the Patriot Act. (I have to say, I found this to be the best of Barrett's profiles.) There was, of course, something incredibly disheartening about the government's zealous mishandling of the arrest, investigation, and trial of al-Hussayen. But what struck me was the way in which al-Hussayen, despite all that had been done to him, seemed never to lose confidence that the American legal system would ultimately find him innocent and set him free. (It ultimately did, though only long enough for the government to deport him back to Saudi Arabia.)
What this story demonstrates to me is that, despite the way in which America's conduct of the so-called war on terror has poisoned its image across the globe, there is still a recognition, even by some of America's most strident critics, that there is no country in the world more dedicated to the fundamental freedoms of faith, conscience, and the rule of law than the United States.
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me too, i never got to play Majora's mask so i hope comes out the 3DS X3
I really like the Legend of Zelda
Missed out on Windwaker T^T
really liked Ocarina, TP, and Skyward Sword
just got MM for Wii VC and will play sooner or later lol
What even
The Legend of Zelda is one of my favorite games, but they aren't as good on DS as they are on N64 or Gameboy.
Just sayin'.
The Legend of Zelda is the best, I still enjoyed it on the DS. But I still prefer the one on the N64, & it would be awesome if they release Majora's Mask.
Dude, you`ve missed out on a lot. oo: MM is one of the more darker and morbid game of the series. The only problem would have to be the 3-day time limit, which almost took over my life as a kid. > > But besides that, the game is this close to being a masterpiece. Personally, I prefer Ocarina of Time or A Link to the Past though.
A simple motion. ♥ Over and over.
I've been obsessed with LoZ since I was 8. I am in lesbians with this series and I've played every single game in the series! OoT will always have the number 1 place in my heart because it was the first one I ever played but MM and TP and WW are tied for second. Skyward Sword I lump together with all the gameboy and DS games because they captured me slightly less but they were still awesome! (The fact that I could put them down at all lowers there scores for me) The early games I think I would of liked better if I played them first.
I am Zexy Destroyer, sworn enemy of all things good and decent ^_^
I've played every Legend of Zelda (except for the non canon unholy triforce) in some form (Minish Cap only in demo version) I love every game my favorite of the portable games would probably be either Spirit Tracks or Link's Awakening DX, but as for the consol games I don't know all of them are quite good everything honestly the only real complaint I have of any of the games right off the top of my head would be that Majora's Mask has a rather short main quest sure when you add in all the side quests it's longer but it still is rather short.
Honestly the only thing that is a drag about being a Zelda fan is just the huge gap that comes between the release of the games, but that bassically just means the game will be good when it comes out
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Majora's mask is probally gona be a wii u i think im mad about it cause i want it for the 3ds
Avatar is from MDG game
I've played and completed every single Zelda games, not including 3D versions. best game i thought was OOT with a close tie with TP. 2nd would be WW and MM. Hardest to finish for me was WW due to having to gather huge amount of money just to progess further. There's one coming soon for WiiU
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I've played and completed every single Zelda games, not including 3D versions. best game i thought was OOT with a close tie with TP. 2nd would be WW and MM. Hardest to finish for me was WW due to having to gather huge amount of money just to progess further. There's one coming soon for WiiU
Nintendo will be releasing a high-definition version of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on the Wii U console, with a target release date of roughly the 2013 holiday season. An all-new entry in The Legend of Zelda series is also being developed for the Wii U, but there is no other information about the title aside from the fact that it exists. A realistic release date for the new entry would probably be between 2014 and 2016.
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I love Zelda games, but the last "newest" one I played was Ocarina of Time. Not really sure why either, I've always wanted to play Wind Waker but by the time that came out I had gotten rid of my Gamecube. Still have to say Link to the Past will always be my favorite though.
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I'm a huge Zelda fan and I've played most of them including The Legend of Zelda, The Adventure of Link, Ocarina of Time (the original and the remake for 3DS), Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, Spirit Tracks, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, Link's Awakening, A Link to the Past, Four Swords, Wind Waker, and Skyward Sword. I only missed playing a few and I will definatly be playing all future games.
I guess if I had to pick a favorite it would be either OoT or TP, maybe Link to the Past. It's hard to choose.
Excited for the HD Wind Waker version and the new Link to the Past 2.
There isn't enough time in the day, my queue is infinite.
My favorite was Wind Waker!
That game was so underrated and got so much criticism but hopefully the Wind Waker HD remake for Wii U will give everyone a second chance at trying what truly is an amazing game.
My only criticism is there is no 'finishing blow' so when you knock an enemy on the ground you have to wait for him to get back up lol
i have played them all... I am a die-hard fan of that series
my favorite would have to be ocarina of time 3d
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1. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backDixit Oct 10, 2011 1:35 PM (in response to Dixit)
To further provide detail and more testing. Reverting to 0054 bios didnt help at all either.
This is where I think I see the problem. When it boots and starts on gigabit fine, its all great. Then when the computer is put to standby mode, I can see that the link (just by looking at the Hub port light) changes color which means it just dropped from Gigabit to 10mpbs. If I wake the computer (either by WOL or Manually via power button) it will resume from standby and be in Windows, however its now stuck in 10mpbs mode only.
Turn off the computer now, and the hub port light still shows its in 10mpbs mode. So clearly this is a hardware or bios issue where for some reason it just drops the link speed and gets stuck in that state.
I did forget to mention that I use and configured IntelAMT. So I thought that might explain why the NIC is still powered and linked to the network hub even though the machine is completely off (but still plugged in).
Again only way to solve this is to kill power on the board for at least 10secs, then power it up.
2. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backaslloyd Oct 13, 2011 11:42 AM (in response to Dixit)
Hello Dixit,
This does not sound like a familiar issue. I just dropped one of these boards off at our validation lab to see if we can reproduce this behavior in-house.
Could you please provide some information about the switch or other device that you are plugged into?
3. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backDixit Oct 13, 2011 12:13 PM (in response to aslloyd)
The switch Ive tried two different types, one was a standard 8port gigabit hub/switch by TrendNet. Exact model is G1008D.
Then Ive tried directly plugging it into a Wireless Router which is the Linksys E3000 (Its a gigabit capable 4port wireless hub/router)
Ive tried as I mentioned multiple different cables so I know its not the cables since the same cables work on a Lenovo T420 laptop (gigabit capable), Gigabyte X58 based motherboard desktop (with intel gigabit lan).
Im just slightly at a loss on why when this happens it gets in this stuck mode where like I said only way to "reset" it is to basically unplug power from the board by disconnect power plug, simply turning it off dont work as power is still going to the board.
I think I mentioned previously that I went to 0055 Bios update and thought that was the cause, then backed it down to 0054 and still reproduced it. But its not reproducable all the time lately. I know that doesnt help. But most of the time when its put to sleep it will go into 10Mbps mode and refuse to come out. Sometimes it works.
4. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backaslloyd Nov 7, 2011 9:59 AM (in response to Dixit)
Our initial attempts to reproduce this issue have been unsuccessful. Are you using the onboard video or a discrete adapter? Which processor are you using?
5. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backDixit Nov 7, 2011 10:04 AM (in response to aslloyd)
Since this initial post, Ive also lately been unsucessfull in replicating it as well. When I first posted this, I was able to replicate this on demand.
Since then I basically downgraded to 0054, then was able to replicate it. Then I moved back upto 0055 and thought let me see if its the Bios, and since then have been unsuccessull at replicating it. I goes to sleep every night at 1am and wakes at 11am. So maybe this will be closed cause I cannot for the life of me get it to replicate either.
6. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backcpqalve Nov 30, 2011 1:02 PM (in response to Dixit)
We have exactly the same behaviour, this o HP dc7800 (older desktop) but also on latest and greatest HP 8460p notebook from 2011. Whenever we make a remote connection either using the Intel Developper tools console or VNC Plus, the speed goes down to 10Mbps. We have HP Procurve switches.
7. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backDixit Mar 16, 2012 9:26 AM (in response to Dixit)
Well Im the original author of this thread and I have to reopen this issue. Its back.
I have 0061 Bios and latest 16.8.1 Intel network driver.
Everytime I now sleep the computer, and then wake it, can be waking it say in 1min or even 10hrs, the link always drops to 10Mbps now. Only way to get it to come back is by completely shutting down, not just shutdown the computer. Like I said before power plug has to come out or in my case flip the power switch on the back of the power supply itself which truly kills power to the Motherboard. You have to leave it disconnected until the network light stops blinking or goes away.
Then you can plug it back in and turn it on and it negoiates properly to gigabit.
I have Windows 7 SP1 64bit Ultimate. Nothing fancy on this. It was just reloaded 3days ago.
What can we do to analyze this? Can I put some kind of logging on this?
Or is there a way to keep the link from going to 10Mbps when it goes to sleep mode? Cant the board maintain the link at say Gigabit even when its sleeping? Something is not right here on why it keeps doing this.
To answer the questions from Intel previously, Im using the onboard video only, no discrete card. There is no video monitor hooked up on this. It really just has power, and network. All work is normally done through IntelAMT/RealVNC on this machine. The processor is the i7 2600, not the i7 2600k which doesnt support vPro (which then I wouldnt get IntelAMT to work either).
8. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backDixit Mar 21, 2012 9:11 AM (in response to Dixit)
So I tried to use the "load bios defaults" three times in a row, like load the defaults, reboot, go back into bios, load the defaults, reboot, repeat. I know when programming NVRAM and other things that many times its recommended to clear it 3x but there is no real option in the Bios loading or anywhere to clear it all to make sure you get a clean base and no artifacts are left behind.
That didnt help, I can still reproduce the problem.
I dont want to go back to the previous version because like before I know its not going to fix it since I was able to replicate it before. Something seems to be an issue with the NIC hardware itself.
What I did notice is that I did a test where I have my machine set to sleep (scheduled task in win7) at 1am, then it wakes again (scheduled task) at 11am. I did this 3 days in a row and didnt have an issue. Today before it woke, I decided to RealVNC (using IntelAMT) into the box a few minutes before it was to wake. It woke as scheduled, however it retained only a 10mpbs link now. So seems like being remoted in also causes the issue.
Sometimes its fine like the 3days in a row.
There has to be some hardware level or bios level info directly against the NIC causing this.
Again, is there not a way to just tell it to retain the link speed at all times? Why does it need to drop to 10mpbs during sleep mode? Can it not just run at say gigabit speed which in sleep mode? I think thats part of the problem or temporary workaround. Because it seems its clear when it goes to 10mpbs speed mode in sleep and when it wakes, it attempts to renogiate to higher speed and sometimes fails. Where its mind boggling is why it refuses then even after a reboot, or even power down (without killing power to the board) to renegoiate at a higher speed? Even if I force the option in Windows to say set at 1000mbps it refuses.
Maybe it has something to do with WOL or IntelAMT keeping that link always active or something, im speculating here. But Id love to run some debugs for you folks to help nail this. Something is clearly wrong here.
9. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backmark_h_@intel Apr 2, 2012 5:46 PM (in response to Dixit)
Hi Dixit,
Sorry to hear about the issues you are having with the speed negotiation. The speed cannot be set higher in sleep mode, because the power to maintain a gigabit connection is too high. Of course, the ideal thing of course is that when you wake back up the speed and duplex negotiation would work properly. I have a few ideas for you, but I do not recall anything specific as to 10Mbps instead of negotiating a higher speed.
- We just refreshed the driver for your network connection. See if the new driver will help. You can get the latest driver at http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?lang=eng&DwnldID=18713.
- Make sure you have the latest BIOS and/or management engine updates available for your desktop board.
- If the switch or router that you are linked to has newer firmware, upgrading the firmware is probably worth a try.
- Are you using auto for your speed setting, or are you using a "forced" speed setting? If you are using a configured speed instead of auto, try auto. If you must configure a fixed speed then see my posting at http://communities.intel.com/message/148594#148594 for a utility that might help.
I hope one of these helps with the issue. Let me know what happens.
Mark H
- We just refreshed the driver for your network connection. See if the new driver will help. You can get the latest driver at http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?lang=eng&DwnldID=18713.
10. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backDixit Apr 3, 2012 1:56 PM (in response to mark_h_@intel)
I noticed the new 17.0 driver a week ago and updated it, so far its been fine. But like I said before its been fine as long as I dont remote into IntelAMT via RealVNC before the machine wakes. I will test to see what happens if it still has this issue if I remote in before the machine wakes.
As far as the auto, I always have it set to that, I dont believe in forcing a speed unless the switch/hub Im using is too old to know how to negoiate but thats not the case for me.
If I can reproduce the issue again, is there any debug tools I can get? Id love to know why it refuses to negoiate at any other speed. Like I said, I dont understand why even a reboot doesnt fix that. That tells me it cant be the Intel Network Driver (which you referenced to try out). That driver isnt loaded until Windows boots. Even a shutdown doesnt fix it since the board still has power. Its almost something at the hardware/firmware level that gets in some loop or stuck state that refuses to negoiate anything higher than 10mpbs. Only way to solve that is to truly power down the board by cutting off the power on the Power Supply or pulling the plug entirely, waiting about 10secs (or until I see the network light go out on the machine) then plug it back in. Thats why I think its something at the hardware/firmware level.
Im on the latest 0061 bios as well.
11. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backmark_h_@intel Apr 3, 2012 2:31 PM (in response to Dixit)
Hi Dixit,
I don't know of anything you could enable on your board for troubleshooting. I was wondering if you know the version of the Management Engine (ME) driver on your board? I see that the ME drivers are posted at http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20584. If the issue is related to the ME, then maybe updating this driver would help. This is just an educated guess on my part. The management engine is outside of my area of expertise.
Another thought as to resetting the connection if you get stuck at 10 Mbps. You could try unplugging the Ethernet cable for 10-15 seconds to see if that helps. I don't know if that will work, but it might be easier than pulling the power plug.
Mark H
12. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backDixit Apr 3, 2012 3:20 PM (in response to mark_h_@intel)
Thanks Mark. I will try the unplugging of the cable for 10-15secs. I cant remember if that worked last time, I want to say no because awhile back I remember taking it out and plugging it into my laptop just to make sure it got a sync to Gigabit and it did (which coincidently has the exact same 82579LM NIC - Lenovo T420). Then I remember plugging it back into the DQ67EP and still wouldnt connect to Gigabit. But that was months ago, I will try again and see.
As far as the ME driver, I honestly dont even think I have this driver. Didnt think you needed it. My RealVNC connects straight to the IntelAMT directly so I see KVM like features (bios to boot usability). I know the Bios updates the Intel AMT/ME firmware as well cause I see that flash by during the update.
I will try to install this see if it has any effect on this situation. BTW what exactly does this driver do? Since I seem to have full capabilities right now from a Remote Management. I dont see any Readme or Notes on this.
13. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backmark_h_@intel Apr 3, 2012 4:01 PM (in response to Dixit)
I don't know the details, but I assume since the package uses the term "drivers" then this is the software that provides the interface between the management engine and the hardware. Like I said before, the management engine is outside my area, so I am really making an educated guess here. The latest drivers might already be installed or included with any Intel AMT updates you made. Also, I don't know if updating the drivers will help at all.
After my last reply I did some checking with one of our other engineers about getting stuck on 10 Mbps. Apparently the driver in the OS will not overide Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) sessions, which would explain why you get stuck at the slow speed after an Intel AMT session. The Windows driver is designed not to interfere with the Intel AMT session.
Since I never used Intel AMT, I am wondering if there is a logoff or logout or an "end" option that you can use after the session. If there is, maybe that will help when you return to a Windows session. I am just "thinking out loud" about what might help here. I was told that resetting the system was the way to reset the speed, which is what you are doing when you remove the power. So my suggestions for ending the Intel AMT session might not be of any help.
Since the Windows drivers will not overide the Intel AMT drivers, I cannot think of any other possible workarounds. You might be stuck with removing the power unless you can find another way to do a cold restart.
If you run into any better solutions, I would be interested in hearing about what you find.
Mark H
14. Re: Intel 82579LM drops to 10Mbps from Gigabit, refuses to go backDixit Apr 3, 2012 4:21 PM (in response to mark_h_@intel)
Well at least we now know the reason I have this "stuck" state. Guess its by design that Windows never messes with the IntelAMT session.
That would also explain why when I am not remoted into it it works flawless (when it wakes from sleep). So for now I guess I will leave it be and chauk this upto "works as designed" even though I may not entirely agree with the concept.
Would be nice to have an option in Windows on the driver side to let it take over the IntelAMT session if it needs and it that causes a disconnect thats fine. But I can see from the IT side why someone would not want this either.
I guess also if this ****** me off too much, I could always maybe just use a 2nd NIC for my main feed to the network and the onboard NIC just for IntelAMT use (and if that drops or stays at 10mpbs I can live with that). But being this board has limited expansion since its a small board, I wanted to keep that last slot open for expanding past the 4 SATA ports that I have not to maybe 6.
Again thanks Mark for taking the time in looking into this with your engineers. As far as finding another option on the cold restart, I did find one way. Since many times walking over to this machine is pain I figured out a workaround (not the best but saves the walk). I go into Bios, change something thats small like say the real time temp monitoiring by bumping the temp setting by 1F or down. Or even adjust the RPM speed by 1RPM. Then save and exit, this causes the board to actually shutdown entirely and restart, my IntelAMT session drops, and the entire NIC link even resets too. So for others that have this issue and cannot get to the box easily, you can use that Bios trick to "force" a cold restart that completely kills power to the board.


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Why a weekly blog? Well, for a while now I've wanted to have a place where I can talk about music, issues, events and people related to the Grateful Dead and the post-GD world on a regular basis — and also hear what you have to say about this unique and fascinating universe we're all wrapped up in to varying degrees. In coming weeks, I'll be bringing up various issues connected to the Dead world that we can bat around and (hopefully) have some fun with, I'll talk about some recent books and films (good and bad) that have connections to the scene, no doubt take a trip or two down memory lane, and we'll see where it all leads. If there are issues or questions you'd like to see addressed, let me know. Don't be shy! We're all friends here…
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Physicists looking at anomalies in Earth's gravity have turned to agarden gnome named Kern, which has been shipped around the globe to have himself weighed at locations ranging from Lima, Mumbai and Mexico to Sydney, New Caledonia and the South Pole.
The experiment is a twist on the "travelling gnome" prank, in which a garden ornament is mysteriously stolen, photographed at various locations — with the pictures posted on the Internet — and then returned home.
The project promotes the wares of a German maker of hi-tech scales, but also has a serious application, by measuring differences in Earth's gravity that also affect weight.
"Most people don't realise Earth's gravity actually varies slightly," experiment coordinator Tommy Fimpel said in a press release.
"One of the main causes is variations in the shape of the planet. Believe it or not, the Earth is actually potato-shaped, so you'll weigh up to 0.5 percent more or less, depending on where you go. We thought our Gnome Experiment would be a fun way to measure the phenomenon."
Scientists who take part in the project receive a flight case that comprises Kern, of which only one has been made, plus a set of precision scales.
So far he has weighed most — 309.82 grammes (10.9285 ounces) — at the Amundsen-Scott Research Station in Antarctica, where the inertial pull produced by Earth's rotation is strong.
His next stops are Snolab, a Canadian particle physics facility two kilometres (1.2 miles) below the surface of the Earth that is the deepest laboratory in the Earth, and the underground Large Hadron Collider, the famous particle smasher at CERN in Switzerland.


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I already know this will be a controversial example, but let's say you're at school and you can't use the floppy drive or the CD-ROM drive because they've been disabled somehow. Let's also assume you have honorable intentions and you want to do a project or something at school and then save it to a disk (CD or floppy) and then save it onto a computer at school or at a library (some public computer)...and that you're not installing Unreal Tournament. How would you go about re-enabling those drives? You can see them - they're there and you can even push the little buttons to make them do things - they just aren't registering for some reason. That's what I'm going to attempt to explain how to do.
Although I'm using the example of basically hacking a public computer, I'm aiming for this tutorial to be helpful for anyone who needs to enable a piece of hardware. I'm also assuming the OS is some version of Windows - as it is the most common OS.
If you get caught tampering with a computer at school, you will most likely be suspended. If you are caught tampering with a computer at a public libary, there is a good chance of you being arrested. Don't be stupid - please see "Better hint" at the end of this tutorial.
Using the Device Manager
If you are unable to access a drive, the most likely problem is that it has been deactivated (or maybe even uninstalled *gasp*) using the device manager. You can access this by right clicking on "my computer", click properties from the menu, then click the "hardware" tab in the new window that pops up, then click the button "device manager". From here, click on the "+" next to "floppy disk drives" or "DVD/CD-ROM drives" and if there's a drive with a red X over it, click on it, then find a button near the top of the window that says "enable". I believe this will require you to restart the computer... If it was uninstalled, the drivers to reinstall it may be included with windows (this is where the whole plug'n'play thing works to your advantage) and after the "found new hardware" window pops up, you might be able to install whatever piece of hardware it is that you are trying to re-enable. If it was never uninstalled and simply disabled, you shouldn't have any further trouble...unless something is disabled from the BIOS.
The BIOS
BIOS - Basic Input/Output System
When you reboot a computer, look closely for a hint as to what key(s) to press to enter Setup. Usually this will appear at the bottom of the screen as soon as the computer is turned on - before the "Windows" or manufacturer's screen appears. If there are no instructions, try pressing F1, F10, F12, Ctrl + F10 (I'm told this works on newer motherboards), Del, or Esc. If none of these work, look up "access the BIOS" on google and write down other combinations of keys that might work. "Setup" gives you access to the BIOS. From here you can configure how the computer starts, including what drives are accessible. DO NOT SKREW THIS UP! If you screw up the BIOS, you will cause serious and obvious harm to the computer so please be careful...it will be hard to explain why the computer is no longer functioning... This is because, in very simple terms, the BIOS is like a pillar that supports the Operating System used on the computer. Its purpose is to interface with the hardware on the behalf of the OS. Also, a good precaution to take would be to write down the settings the BIOS had before you tampered with it so you will know what you changed and how to change it back to the way it was. Now, what you are accessing is the *main* BIOS, but there are also other BIOS'es...ie: there's one for each individual piece of hardware attached to the motherboard. This would include a video card (in my opinion, one of the most important...), floppy, CD-ROM, HDD, and others. You can configure what in the computer is activated in the BIOS setup. (I don't recommend going on a "deactivating" spree...this ain't like the processes in windows where you can just kill most of them with little to no ill effect). The specifics of enabling drives will completely depend on which version of BIOS you are in, as there are many. This will take research on your part...once you access the BIOS you can find out what version it is and then look up specific instructions on www.google.com.
If you are actually trying this on a public computer and you need a password to log back on, make up some excuse like "The computer is being stupid and died, and now it needs a password". If you try messing with the BIOS and you need a password that you do not have, give up and see "Better hint". Do not make up some detailed explanation or try and diagnose the problem - you're trying to look like an average luser that knows nothing about computers...someone that wouldn't even *think* about tampering with the BIOS. "What's a BIOS?"
*Better hint*
Again - if you are using a public computer, it would be infinitely easier to ask someone to enable the drive you need and tell them why....common sense always prevails.
Good BIOS tut - http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/
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FBI serves search warrant on BISD, finance director
Unmarked FBI vehicles were at the Beaumont Independent School District administration building and the home of the school district's finance director, Devin McCraney, the morning of Thursday, Nov.7. Investigators had been to the home of BISD Superintendent Dr. Timothy Chargois earlier in the morning to inform him of the warrant service.
The BISD administration building ejected visitors to the school district's main office, saying that administrators would not be taking meetings from the general public. BISD employees working in the administration building were moved to the attached boardroom as FBI agents collected boxes of material to remove from the building. A large group of teachers and staff was gathered in the administration cafeteria throughout much of the morning, unable to return to their offices while FBI agents searched the facility.
BISD spokesman Ron Reynolds said he was one of many staff who were unable to return to their offices before they were sent to lunch. Teachers and other staff said little to reporters as they left through an entrance not covered by the media.
A source at the BISD administration building said the U.S. Department of Education was onsite, as well.
The FBI stayed at McCraney's home until shortly after 9:30 a.m., spending more than an hour on the premises. McCraney paced outside on the phone while investigators rummaged through his new Denali with the license tag SPOYLD. Multiple FBI agents also search the inside of his residence, removing more than three boxes of confiscated good upon their departure.
According to BISD Communications Specialist Nakisha Myles, "The district is working with the US Attorney's Office regarding allegations that someone set up bogus accounts and diverted district funds. It is the district's intent to fully investigate and provide information to the FBI. No further comments or statements will be released regarding this matter until the investigation is complete."
The Examiner first reported on McCraney in July of this year, when it was revealed that the BISD money man had made more than $100,000 worth of improvements to his home, paying cash to an unknown contractor for the worked performed while at the same time skirting city of Beaumont building codes. He was subsequently forced to tear down a large portion of his newly renovate home and ordered to pay fines by the city of Beaumont.
For PDFs of The Examiner's earlier coverage of BISD finance director Devin McCraney, sign in and then click the link in the story above.
For a video from the FBI raid at McCraney's, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEIaKCck2SA