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Joined: 09 May 2005
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2007, 01:38
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rerwin, thanks for the p.m.s, I have implemented so that the missing resolutions are not missing, and avoid running 'Xvesa -listmodes', but only for the particular hardware items. I did not put in a big if-else to bypass all that code, instead left it all alone and beforehand put this:
#v3.93 rerwin: For some Tecra and Portege laptops, avoid an Xvesa hang by skipping "listmodes" and letting the user choose the appropriate video mode. #rerwin begin
#note, -F means any line to match
if grep -q -F 'oem: MagicGraph 256 AV 44K PRELIMINARY
oem: Trident Cyber 8820' /tmp/ddcprobe.txt;then
[ "`grep 'mode: 640x480x64k' /tmp/ddcprobe.txt`" = "" ] && echo 'mode: 640x480x64k' >> /tmp/ddcprobe.txt
[ "`grep 'mode: 640x480x16m' /tmp/ddcprobe.txt`" = "" ] && echo 'mode: 640x480x16m' >> /tmp/ddcprobe.txt
[ "`grep 'mode: 800x600x64k' /tmp/ddcprobe.txt`" = "" ] && echo 'mode: 800x600x64k' >> /tmp/ddcprobe.txt
[ "`grep 'mode: 800x600x16m' /tmp/ddcprobe.txt`" = "" ] && echo 'mode: 800x600x16m' >> /tmp/ddcprobe.txt
fi #rerwin end
#modes supported by card...
if [ -f /usr/X11R7/bin/Xvesa -a "$XVESALISTOK" = "yes" ];then #format of each line: 1024x768x16
Xvesa -listmodes 2>&1 | cut -f 2 -d ' ' | grep --extended-regexp 'x16$|x24$' | sort --field-separator=x --numeric-sort > /tmp/Xmodes.txt
#the vesa 'mode:' lines returned by ddcprobe are very limited...
grep '^mode:' /tmp/ddcprobe.txt | grep -E 'x64k|x16m'| cut -f 2 -d ' ' | sed -e 's/x64k/x16/g ; s/x16m/x24/g' > /tmp/Xmodes.txt
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Location: Hell more grotesque than any medieval woodcut
Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2007, 08:03
Post subject: Re: Satellite 1805 S203
DaveR wrote:
I copy that to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and xorg.conf.Trident_CYBER_8620TOS5082
I copy xorgwizard2 to /usr/sbin
If I run xorgwizard2 OR xwin the system locks up as it has before.
You're not supposed to run the xorgwizard after you've added those new files! The purpose of the wizard is to create the xorg.conf if you don't have one...
After you copy those files, you just need to run xwin and that's it.
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Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2007, 12:11
Post subject: Satellite 1805
But Dougal, I said that I ran xwin with the same result ;-( The xorgwizard was a "just in case" sort of thing.
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Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2008, 12:56
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Excellent script, clear and concise "how to".
I have been trying to use an old Satellite Pro for weeks with Puppy. Your work has solved the video problem for me!
Thank you
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Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Posts: 1935
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: Sat 12 Jan 2008, 13:20
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Thank you for your feedback and compliment. I am pleased to hear such success stories.
Whenever you upgrade to Puppy 4.00 you will not need the download, since the fix is in it beginning with alpha3.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 21:03
Post subject: Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT
Subject description: Hangs on Video selection
Hi Guys,
I was wondering how I could ressurect my old 64Mb/6GB Satellite and now I see Puppy is the answer!
But for us newbies and especially the code-challenged, I too have the problem described (hangs on either video selection), I don't understand all the posts. How
I go about running 3.01 without all the code changes?
I have found a number of Posts on different forums re this issue, but I'm finding it hard to put all the info together. Nevermore's post of Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:46 am http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=167043838&t=22269 is good, but I haven't worked out how to edit the (any) text file in command line mode, and I had to find BarryK's code mods of Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:53 pm http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=14140 to see what Nevermore was talking about.
Can anyone please put it all in one place for a newbie and prospective convert?
Puppy 3.01, 4.00
Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT Intel Celeron,64MB RAM, 6GB, 800x600x16b 2.5MB Trident Cyber9525DVD, Keymouse PS/2 wheel 2button, NIC PCMCIA TPlink TF-5239
Last edited by Barrington on Mon 14 Jan 2008, 01:29; edited 1 time in total
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Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Posts: 1935
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 22:21
Post subject: Using the fix without installing the fix
Subject description: Try Puppy 4.00
The easy way to see if the fix will solve your hang is to use the current Puppy 4.00 alpha release. It is quite solid, especially for simple use, such as booting up. The fix is not in 3.01.
At the main download site, find the iso (CD image) in /test/puppy4.00-dingo-alpha5. Download it and burn it to a CD-RW (since it's temporary), then boot from the CDRW.
If you want to see if the fix will work for you without doing the above, you can boot 3.01 with the parameter "pfix=nox" so it will stop before it gets into trouble. At that point type in "ddcprobe" without the quotes and look for the output line beginning with "oem:". Post that text or just verify that it looks like one of the two strings shown earlier in this thread -- MagicGraph-something and Trident-something. If it is one of those, Puppy 4.00 will solve your problem. If not, please post it and we can take it from there.
Having said all that, I then looked at the Toshiba specs for your Satellite. It has the Trident Cyber 9525DVD video controller, which is not one of those the fix addresses. It may need to be added to the fix, but we need to first be sure it is not the 64MB RAM that causing the problem.
Make sure there is space on the hard drive where Puppy booting from CD can create a swap file. I assume you have W98 on it now, so Puppy should have created one. You can check under W98 for a file named pupswap.swp at the top level of the C: drive.
If it's there and at least 64MB in size you should be OK there. The next test is to boot up in Puppy as above (pfix=nox) and enter "Xvesa --listmodes" and see if it hangs. If so, we have a candidate for addition to the fix!
The specs, 400MHZ, max 192MB RAM, TFT display, make it a nice laptop for Puppy. The screen (800x600) is a little small, but I have used such a machine (but not TFT) for travel; its gets the job done. If you decide to make use of it, I recommend adding RAM. I got 128MB for about USD$30 online, I think. Much peppier.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2008, 23:44
Post subject:
Thanks Richard.
Thanks for getting back to me so promptly.
I'll give it a go. I assume I use puppy-3.95-seamonkey.iso despite being Puppy Ver 4.00.
With much perseverance I was able to wind my way through the forum items and attempted to edit xwin with vi (which I last used over 20 years ago!) and that gave me a suggestion to use mp which worked. Followed Nevermore's instructions and managed to get the GUI up (a chunk bottom left of screen where MENU lives- just all white, all the time)
Mouse (KeyMouse PS/2 2-button with wheel) not working properly- cursor all over screen, apps openning all over the place, and native "pointing device" (like IBM's red button) imbedded in keyboard sort of works, though you have to be careful or its starts openning apps everywhere. Tried Settings for mouse, nothing seemed to help.
Also looked at PCMCIA netword card (TPlink TF-5239) but nothing seems to fit although auto seemed to think that either first or second NIC in list was recognised.
Puppy 3.01, 4.00
Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT Intel Celeron,64MB RAM, 6GB, 800x600x16b 2.5MB Trident Cyber9525DVD, Keymouse PS/2 wheel 2button, NIC PCMCIA TPlink TF-5239
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted: Mon 14 Jan 2008, 01:10
Post subject: Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT
Subject description: Trying Puppy 4.00
Hi again Richard.
Well I went for broke and tried 4.00 as you suggested. Unfortunately it got stuck again, but not before it spat out some hopefully useful info. After starting to boot up, i received this..
Loading 'us' keyboard map
. . . (stuff in middle left out for brevity)
Executing personal config script /etc/rc.d/rc.local
This script will run X windows for you...
Calling INT 0x15(F000:F859)
EAX is 0x5F09
Calling INT 0x15(F000:F859)
EAX is 0x5F09
and then it sat there.. ad infinitum.
Puppy 3.01, 4.00
Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT Intel Celeron,64MB RAM, 6GB, 800x600x16b 2.5MB Trident Cyber9525DVD, Keymouse PS/2 wheel 2button, NIC PCMCIA TPlink TF-5239
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Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Posts: 1935
Location: Maine, USA
Posted: Mon 14 Jan 2008, 12:29
Post subject: More to try
Thanks for trying Puppy 4.0 (alpha395) and the command line editors. Now we have something to work with.
In your boot sequence I would expect you to be given the choice of running Xorg or Xvesa. Choosing Xorg should result in a pink line display with the word, "Probing", that disappears and then reappears. Then it hangs. Entering ctrl-c should return you to a command prompt. The text you describe also appears somewhere in there, so is not significant -- I don't know why it is there, but is even in normal operation.
A better way to boot up (I assume from a CD) is to not take the default, but to enter "puppy pfix=ram,nox" (pressing the "p" within 5 seconds). That way we can control the sequence of events. When booting stops at a command prompt, modify the wizard script to force it to give you options (as if the fix worked for your laptop); then run the wizard and select xorg. If it works, enter "xwin" to get to the desktop. Here are the commands to enter:
cd /usr/sbin
e3 xorgwizard [or whatever editor you use instead of e3]
Then find line 484 and insert after it a new line containing only "edid:" (without quotes), so the test will always find a match. Lines 484-486 should then be:
if grep -q -F 'oem: MagicGraph 256 AV 44K PRELIMINARY
oem: Trident Cyber 8820' /tmp/ddcprobe.txt;then
Save the file and exit the editor, then enter "xorgwizard" and choose the xorg button. You should see a list of display resolutions to choose from -- select 800x600 and continue to return to the prompt; enter "xwin" to see the desktop. If all goes well. When you shut down or reboot, let puppy create a pup_save file on the hard drive, so it will boot normally in the future, using the pup_save.
If it does work, I need the exact "oem:" line in the ddcprobe output, so I can add it to the test (in place of the "edid:") for the next Puppy alpha release. You can find it in /tmp/ddcprobe.txt.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted: Mon 14 Jan 2008, 22:39
Post subject:
Hi Richard,
I have 3.95 running, sort-of, with your invaluable instructions and have included ddcprobe.txt file below.
vbe: VESA 2.0 detected.
oem: Copyright 1997 TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS INC.
memory: 2560kb
mode: 640x480x16m
mode: 800x600x16m
mode: 800x600x32k
mode: 800x600x64k
mode: 640x480x32k
mode: 640x480x64k
mode: 640x400x256
mode: 800x600x256
mode: 800x600x16
mode: 640x480x256
edid: 1 0
id: 5081
eisa: TOS5081
serial: 00000000
manufacture: 20 1995
input: analog signal.
screensize: 23 17
gamma: 1.000000
dpms: RGB, no active off, no suspend, no standby
timing: 720x400@70 Hz (VGA 640x400, IBM)
timing: 640x480@75 Hz (VESA)
mode: 1024x768x64k
mode: 1024x768x16m
I'm not sure if its related, but when I got 3.01 going with Nevermore's help, the window theme (icon colours) was more like windoze. Now under 3.95 its all yellow. I tried Chtheme GTK and although it modified the theme (colours) within the window, the desktop remained the same. I sucessfully changed the background image, and colours were true so I don't think its a video issue.
I still boot off CD, but save my config on USB Stick until I'm confident to repartition the HDD and fully install puppy.
I am having other problems now.
1. Poor response.
The most severe problem is the slowness of response which is making it difficult to test exactly is/isn't working.
Examples, running..
* calc takes 17 seconds to open,
* edit takes 20 seconds to open,
* html composer takes over 1 minuteto open.
* Sometimes mouse moves might take several seconds to cause the cursor to move.
* I tried configuring the web browser (SeaMonkey), while it did open, after a minutre or two, I got tired of waiting for something to happen when I tried to configure the setting- so I gave up.
EDIT. Further info, as found in W98:
pup_395.sfs size =65.7K
zdrv_395.sfs size =18.9K
pup_save.2fs size =131K
there is NO pupswap.swp file! Your previous post indicated this should be present.
2. Shutdown doesn't turn PC off
Probably not critical, but may be symptomatic of a deeper problem with hardware. At shutdown, it just brings up a text screen ending with
#system halted
and Laptop stays on.
3. Networking
I think I've sucessfully installed driver for TP-Link PCMCIA NIC card (vendor web site it was linux compatible, but I used anyhow), but how can I tell? It says it found the DHCP Server (my router) but can I see the IP address and traffic?
4. Mouse
The PS/2 mouse seems to operate (rather than "work", which would be stretching the point) regardless what the mouse setting are on (PS/2,Serial/USB), but without the mouse connected the point device on the keyboard doesn't jump about at all, and a USB mouse works fine except I have only 1 USB port which I rather keep free. Are there any other mouse drivers I could try for the PS/2?
Thanks again,
Puppy 3.01, 4.00
Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT Intel Celeron,64MB RAM, 6GB, 800x600x16b 2.5MB Trident Cyber9525DVD, Keymouse PS/2 wheel 2button, NIC PCMCIA TPlink TF-5239
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Posted: Tue 15 Jan 2008, 13:18
Post subject: Good news!
That's just what I need to hear! The yellow environment is normal for Puppy 4 so far. And the sluggish behavior is due to the 64MB memory constraint. But we can work around that.
First, I want to verify that inserting the "edid:" into the xorgwizard script is what you did to make it work. Assuming that is the case, my recommendation is to replace the "edid:" with the entire oem: line from the ddcprobe.txt file (without any trailing space character), and verify that it boots correctly. Then save the script onto the USB stick by itself (so you can get to it easily from 3.01). (This is to get you back to running 3.01 with the fix.)
Second, create a swap file from puppy4, while it's up. There is a how-to somewhere in the forum, but this is what I remember. Using Pmount, mount the C: partition, probably hda1, then open a console (rxvt). Use the following commands (but not the [comments]):
cd /mnt/hda1
dd if=/dev/zero of=pupswap.swp bs=1024 count=131072 [for 128MB]
mkswap pupswap.swp
Boot up with 3.01 and "pfix=ram,nox". When initialzation stops at the prompt, enter the following commands (assuming sda1 is the USB stick):
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/data -t vfat
cp /mnt/data/xorgwizard /usr/sbin/xorgwizard
umount /mnt/data
free [to see if swap file used - if none, try "swapon /pupswap.swp"]
[respond to it and then enter "xwin".]
On shutdown/reboot, create a new pup_save file either on the stick or in hda1. It is only one file, so will not disturb W98 on the HD.
Regarding Puppy4's not shutting off the computer, I have the same problem. Usually using the boot parameter "acpi=force" or "acpi=off" makes it shut off. But neither works for me with Puppy4. I hope that gets fixed.
If all goes well, I will plan on requesting the addition of:
oem: Copyright 1997 TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS INC.
to the "troublesome Toshiba laptop list" in xorgwizard for the next 4alpha. It may be overkill, in that it will catch more systems than those that fail, but so what? -- they're really old, and no harm done.
Afterthought: If the pupsave file does not get used, consider making a swap partition with gparted, but let's "talk" first.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted: Tue 15 Jan 2008, 21:42
Post subject:
Hi Richard,
OK, Yellow is good... good. And I'll look into some more memory at the computer swap meet on Sunday.
YES, to confirm, I did insert "edid:' into the xorgwizard.
Oh dear.... I think Ive confused myself. This is what i did...
To follow your instructions I thought it would be easier and safer to cut and paste from the dccprobe file on USB into the xorgwizard, so I booted off 395 CD. normal boot, no "pfix =ram,nox". 4.0 openned sucessfully. Using Geary, I did the replacement of "edid:" with the "oem: Copyright etc.etc" from dccprobe to xorgwizard and copied it to USB.
It looks like this now:
if grep -q -F 'oem: MagicGraph 256 AV 44K PRELIMINARY
oem: Copyright 1997 TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS INC.
oem: Trident Cyber 8820' /tmp/ddcprobe.txt;then
Then I started to make the swap file. This only half worked. While in 4.0, using rxvt, with a little of snooping around I discovered
is actually called
# cd /mnt/hda1
bash: cd: /mnt/hda1: No such file or directory
# cd /mnt
# ls
cdrom data dvd flash floppy home msdos ram1 sdb swap zip
# cd swap
# ls
# cd ..
# cd home
# dd if=/dev/zero of=pupswap.swp bs=1024 count=131072
131072+0 records in
131072+0 records out
134217728 bytes (134 MB) copied, 40.9639 s, 3.3 MB/s
# mkswap pupswap.swp
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 134213633 bytes
But then, I went to copy xorgwizard, it came up with error:
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/data -t vfat
mount: mounting /dev/sda1 /mnt/data -t vfat failed
Now while in Pmount, I remember USB was actually called sdb so I tried that. Same error (except with sdb).
Looking (ls) in /dev I can see there was a file called sda1, & sda2 sda.. .... So now I'm stuck, its there but can't "see" it to mount?
But at this time I realised, how did I sucessfully start 4.0 in the first place with an unmodified xorgwizard? I THEN realised i didn't follow your instructions about xorgwizard EXACTLY, and did not "verify that it boots correctly". So I went back, started 4.0 with ram,nox and changed xorgwizard, line 485 "edid:" with "oem: etc" but it wouldn't get past the pink message. I though you might have mean't editting the same line in 3.01 xorgwizard, so I tried that, but the code around that line is completely different so I didn't touch it.
I then tried booting 3.01 normally (no ram,nox) but thought that with xorgwizard in the root of the USB might have made a difference, so "hid" it in a subdirectory so boot wouldn't see it. 3.01 booted fine.
I then tried the same with 3.95 ("hidden" xorgwizard) and during boot I got a message
Version Update. resoring official files...... <list of files>..
You are upgrading from Puppy 301 to 395
then ran 4 OK.
Puppy 3.01, 4.00
Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT Intel Celeron,64MB RAM, 6GB, 800x600x16b 2.5MB Trident Cyber9525DVD, Keymouse PS/2 wheel 2button, NIC PCMCIA TPlink TF-5239
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Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2008, 13:07
Post subject: Really confused, now
I have lost track, now, of what works and what doesn't. If you can boot up normally with 3.01, what is the problem? Note that once you succeed in selecting a resolution, Puppy saves that info so it can boot without going through the selection process. So how did you get 3.01 to boot without involving the edid fix?
I need to determine (1) whether you need a fix at all, (2) if so, does inserting that oem line make it work for you. It appears you inserted the line correctly, so I wonder why it did not appear to work.
Note that when you ran 4.0a5 with the pup_save from 3.01, you upgraded to 4.0 and cannot go back to 3.01 with that pup_save under 3.01 (at least safely/predictably).
Anyway, If you somehow get to the desktop in 3.01 with pfix=ram (so you can create a new pup_save), copy your modified 4.00 xorgwizard to /usr/sbin (after renaming the original, as backup), using pmonut to get to the USB stick, whatever it is called. (The drive naming is different in 4.0 - both hard drives and USB sticks are sd-something; the stick follows the hard drive identifiers. That's why you saw it as sdb1, because the hard drive was sda1.)
Then reboot to use the pup_save, but with pfix=nox, so you can run xorgwizard, then xwin. Remember, if the wizard hangs, you can ctrl-c out of the hang and then edit xorgwizard to fix it and try again.
When you get a chance, would you send me a PM with your ddcprobe.txt file attached. That way I can, for sure, get the exact oem line to put into the alpha6 version of xorgwizard. Thanks.
I notice that you sometimes post mid-evening here (EST), so I will try to check the forum then, before it gets too close to bedtime. That way we can speed up the responses in our conversation.
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2008, 20:27
Post subject:
Hi Richard,
PM sent - I didn't mean to post here. Don't know how to delete post.
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Bloch gift to benefit Art Museum of WVU print study/collection room
Stuart and Stephanie Bloch of Wheeling, long-time friends and advocates of the College of Creative Arts, have pledged $100,000 to the Art Museum of West Virginia University for its new Print Study/Collection Room.
The room will be one of the distinctive features of the new museum building, to be located near the Creative Arts Center on the Evansdale Campus. The groundbreaking for the new building will take place in 2013.
"We are deeply grateful to Stephanie and Stu Bloch for their generous gift in support of the Art Museum of WVU," said Art Museum Director Joyce Ice. "The museum's print holdings are clearly one of the strengths of the collection, in both historic and contemporary examples. In recognition of their generous gift, the Print Study/Collection Room will be named in their honor.
"This is just the latest in a series of gifts the Blochs have made to the College of Creative Arts and represents the thoughtful type of philanthropy for which they are known."
The Blochs have been especially generous in their support of the College of Creative Arts. They created its Bloch Learning and Performance Hall, which was extensively renovated and outfitted with the latest audiovisual technology. It is now an exceptional recital hall and a first-class academic and lecture hall. Additionally, the Blochs have provided support for numerous student scholarships and computer technology upgrades at the College.
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Old English nied (West Saxon), ned (Mercian) "necessity, compulsion, duty; hardship, distress; errand, business," originally "violence, force," from Proto-Germanic *nauthis (cf. Old Saxon nod, Old Norse nauðr, Old Frisian ned, Middle Dutch, Dutch nood, Old High German not, German Not, Gothic nauþs "need"), probably cognate with Old Prussian nautin "need," and perhaps with Old Church Slavonic nazda, Russian nuzda, Polish nędza "misery, distress," from PIE *nau- "death, to be exhausted" (see narwhal).
The more common Old English word for "need, necessity, want" was ðearf, but they were connected via a notion of "trouble, pain," and the two formed a compound, niedðearf "need, necessity, compulsion, thing needed." Nied also might have been influenced by Old English neod "desire, longing," which often was spelled the same. Common in Old English compounds, e.g. niedfaru "compulsory journey," a euphemism for "death;" niedhæmed "rape," the second element being an Old English word meaning "sexual intercourse;" niedling "slave." Meaning "extreme poverty, destitution" is from c.1200.
Old English neodian "be necessary, be required (for some purpose); require, have need of," from the same root as need (n.). Meaning "to be under obligation (to do something)" is from late 14c. Related: Needed; needing. The adjectival phrase need-to-know is attested from 1952. Dismissive phrase who needs it?, popular from c.1960, is a translated Yiddishism.
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Israeli media reports on Friday revealed that slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto intended to establish official relations with the Jewish state if elected and was seeking Mossad protection in the interim.
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The Hebrew daily newspaper Ma'ariv further revealed that Bhutto had asked Israel's Mossad spy agency, along with the CIA and Britain's Scotland Yard, to help protect her in the run-up to Pakistan's January 8 election. Bhutto complained that current Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was trying to make her an easy target for assassination by now allowing her to use adequate protective measures.
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Sorry Bank of America shareholders: No dividend increase for you. At least not right now.
A day after Wells Fargo and BB&T announced dividend increases, Bank of America declared a dividend of 1 cent per share -- the same it's been since 2008.
Bank of America did not say whether this dividend -- payable March 22 to stockholders of record on the first of that month -- was part of last year's capital plan, as its two peers did Tuesday.
The good news? With capital levels rising, analysts are predicting a dividend increase as part of Bank of America's capital plan for 2013. CEO Brian Moynihan was pretty mum on the subject during the bank's earnings presentation last week, saying the company wants to return capital to shareholders but offering no detail on what the bank asked regulators for this year.
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No dividend increase at Bank of America
Sorry Bank of America shareholders: No dividend increase for you. At least not right now.
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- Anonymous said...
This was already reported today at 07:41 AM by a blogger in regards to your Wells Fargo post.
Go to see however that you went the extra mile in reporting when THIS dividend is payable. Shows you're learning.
- January 23, 2013 at 2:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank you for reading and for taking the time to comment, Anonymous 2:49. That's not quite correct, though. This dividend was declared at midday.
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here. They were designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead who also designed Central Park in New York City.
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here. They were designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead who also designed Central Park in New York City.
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So glad you shared this. I live in the Asheville area and we are pass holders and go quite often. Up until a year ago you were not allowed to take pictures inside. I am so glad they allow it now. Glad to hear you enjoyed your time.ReplyDelete
Oh, yes, a little château visit without the jet lag! :) I visited Biltmore with my brother and sister two summers ago when we stayed in the surrounding mountains. We had a lovely trip including lunch in the converted stables. Your photos are wonderful.
Oh my heart, that library! I've always wanted to visit, on my bucket list for sure. Thanks for the tour!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for your tour of the Biltmore. i visited the Biltmore for the first time this May. My sister, daughter and I spent three nights in the Village hotel. We loved our tour of the house and gardens. I was trying to get in my office today to do my post. A few weeks after I came home my husband became sick. On July 7th he had emergency pacemaker surgery. Thank goodness I had a fabulous trip to the Biltmore before I became a full time caregiver. Thanks again.ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful place! I went a few years ago when they had the Downton Abbey costume exhibit and it was amazing. I bought a stuffed animal Cedric (the dog) for my Grands but it lives with me and they both love it. I would enjoy a visit again but so many places to see on my bucket list and this one has been checked off!ReplyDelete
Glad you had a wonderful time at the Biltmore....I have been there many times during each season and never tire of going through the house and I see notice things that I had not noticed before. I cannot wait to see the Titanic exhibition....the winery is fabulous and loved dining in that restaurant...yes, it has truly been hot and humid here lately in NC!ReplyDelete
It is a beautiful place,a lot of it was closed off for refurbishing, when i was there. Need to get back and see it. Thanks.ReplyDelete
They certainly chose my favorite chateaux for models. As I recall, however, the French chateaux were more homey in size. What do you think? Thank you for the lovely visit!ReplyDelete
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Marinated pork tenderloin
In principle, this recipe is very similar to my favourite fish dish of this summer, grilled salmon in balsamic and chive marinade and Nigella's grilled steaks with lemon and thyme. You first cook a simply seasoned piece of meat or fish till done to your taste, and _then_ marinate it. Slice and serve. Perfect for hot summer days (when you don't want to switch on your oven) or some casual weeknight entertaining (when you're too busy to prepare the dish after a long day's work).
Again, the recipe is adapted from the Swedish Lantliv Mat och Vin - one of our recent favourite food magazines out there (the others being French Regal and Finnish Glorian Ruoka ja Viini). I used white port instead of white wine, and I bet it would work with Marsala or Madeira just as well (if you prefer using wine, take 200 ml wine and 100 ml water).
Marinated pork tenderloin
(Marineeritud seafilee)
Serves four to six (or more as part of a buffét)
1 pork tenderloin (about 500 g)
salt and freshly ground black pepper
100 ml white port
200 ml water
0.5 Tbsp salt
3 bay leaves
2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh rosemary
Heat the butter on a frying pan over a moderately high heat, add the pork fillet and fry until golden brown on all sides. Reduce the heat, cover and cook gently for about 15 minutes, until the meat is cooked. Season generously with salt and pepper, leave to cool a little.
Place all the ingredients for the marinade into a small saucepan. Bring into a boil, simmer for a few minutes.
Place the meat into a suitably sized container, pour over the marinade. Cover and place into a fridge for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight, until the flavours develop.
To serve, take the meat out of the marinade, and cut it into thin slices.
Beautiful, oh-so-easy and you can use your preferred herbs.
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- Alanna said...
GREAT IDEA. Excellent for summer.
- 2:22 pm, August 22, 2011
- Tiina said...
Seda retsepti retseptikogus ei olegi? Igatahes ei leidnud.
- 3:51 pm, August 24, 2011
- Alanna Kellogg said...
Sure hope we like this -- 18 pounds of meat ready for the oven! :-)
- 9:06 pm, August 26, 2011
- Rosemary Brown said...
What is white Port?? is there a substitute? sounds like a good hot day cool no fuss dinner
- 1:12 am, August 27, 2011
- Pille said...
Alanna, gosh, 18 pounds??? How was it? Are we still in talking terms? ;)
Tiina, veel pole jõudnud tõesti, vabandused!
Rosemary - white port is a port wine made from white grapes - it's as easy as that :) Try to find a rather dry one - or just use regular port wine.
- 7:13 pm, August 29, 2011
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"You're 'The Big Bang Theory?' You do realize you're in the wrong part of the building?"
That's Griffith Observatory director E.C. Krupp, taking a stab at a little science humor as he escorts the cast of the CBS comedy juggernaut from the depths of the observatory's Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater up to the building's balcony. As puns go, it's inoffensive and the actors laugh good-naturedly, even if they've probably heard a variation of this joke — and a thousand other geek/comic book/science wisecracks — innumerable times over the years.
Krupp's quip is emblematic of the affection people feel toward "The Big Bang Theory," which, in its sixth season, continues to grow an audience as it explores the relationship dynamics between its socially awkward scientists — both among themselves and the equally smart and awkward women in their lives. The show doesn't lend itself to the kind of intense deconstruction of, say, Lena Dunham's "Girls," but this season its makers have demonstrated an increased willingness to deepen its characters within the boundaries of the traditional sitcom format.
The seven members of the ensemble — Jim Parsons (egotistical, empathy-challenged Sheldon), Johnny Galecki (Leonard, Sheldon's roommate and straight man), Kaley Cuoco (Penny, Leonard's level-headed, commitment-shy girlfriend), Simon Helberg (mama's boy Howard), Kunal Nayyar (Raj, forever frozen in fear by women), Melissa Rauch (Howard's microbiologist wife, Bernadette) and Mayim Bialik (Sheldon's prickly girlfriend) — along with showrunner Steven Molaro and primary director Mark Cendrowski, sat down recently for a lengthy conversation about the show, its direction and its mushrooming popularity.
Six seasons in, you hit the 20 million viewer mark for the first time. So, the obvious question: What took so long?
Helberg: I don't know. We've been out there handing out those fliers for years. I guess now it's on in syndication so much that you can't avoid seeing it.
And you've tried?
Helberg: Anything I'm on, I search out and watch. (Laughs) I have the DVR set and then just fast-forward through everyone else's scenes.
Parsons: I normally change the channel if I see it but, recently, I watched it until the end and it was really fun. It was long enough ago that things had changed. (Turning to Bialik) It was the one where you wanted sex ...
Bialik: The one?
Parsons: No, we were really going to give it to you that episode. So I call, looking for Penny's ex-lover, Zack, and I ask: "Are you the Zack that used to have coitus with Penny?" And he answers, "Coitus?" And I reply, "It means sexual intercourse. And I have the feeling I found the right Zack."
Galecki: You know, we've always been a word-of-mouth show. Early on, it was friends telling friends, "This might not sound like something you'd be into, but you should give it a shot."
Cuoco: And now it's on airplanes. You're forced to watch.
Helberg: Unless you jump out of the plane.
Cendrowski: People on the plane might be reading a book and they hear laughter and look up and there on 14 screens is "The Big Bang Theory." So they check it out.
Has that changed your ...
Parsons: Travel plans? Absolutely.
I was going to say "lives" ...
Cuoco: When you're in people's homes 10 times a day, they get comfortable around you ...
Galecki: And then when you're on TV too ...
Cuoco: Shazam! (Laughs) Have you been planning that line the whole time?
Helberg: The other thing with the syndication is we're on at dinner time, and I think that's a big thing. People tell me about going home, cooking dinner and watching the show. Kids, families ... everybody sits around the dinner table ...
What happened to family conversation at dinner time?
Parsons: It's us!
Nayyar: At least the kids are learning something about science.
So science scores have gone up in schools the past six years?
Cendrowski: You know, they have in a weird way. I've gone back to the University of Michigan and taught some classes and the physics department has seen a spike. Admissions have gone up about 150%.
Cuoco: They're the bad-asses now!
Cendrowski: What happens though when they find out they don't get a girlfriend that looks like Penny?
Cuoco: I think they'll be just fine. I always go back to the story when Jennifer Aniston was on "Friends" and with Brad Pitt and they were out together. No one could look Brad in the eye but they were all over her, touching her, calling her Rachel like they knew her. People get really comfy with you when you're on TV.
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Nayyar: Our characters aren't exactly scary.
Galecki: They all have this sweet vulnerability, so, in turn, people are really sweet to us when they approach us. It's almost like they want to take us home.
Parsons: It's true. People are very nice to us.
Helberg: Sometimes they are a little handsy, though.
And when you say "handsy" ...
Helberg: I mean full penetration. (Laughs)
Cuoco: We never said there weren't any perks.
Helberg: No, just a lot of cheek pinching and back slaps.
They've had 135 episodes to get to know you. And the series has started exploring the characters in ways that go a little deeper than when it began. Was that a goal, Steve, heading into the season?
Molaro: On the writing side, we didn't go into Season 6 with the grand plan of digging in and stretching the characters. We went episode by episode with just what felt right. If you look at the season's first few episodes, it looks like Leonard and Penny are going to split. But the playful love kept growing between them ... and who wants to stop that?
Certainly not before the moment this season when Penny finally tells Leonard she loves him.
Molaro: I have a personal connection to Leonard and Penny, so when Leonard was going to get that "I love you," I was very invested in giving you guys the words that would get it right. He deserved that.
Galecki: Yes he did. (Laughs)
Cuoco: We did that scene in one take. It felt real and we didn't need to do it again.
Galecki: And I like that Leonard is less fueled by insecurity in his relationship with Penny.
Cuoco: Penny's now more insecure than he is sometimes.
Other women are hitting on him!
Galecki: There have been those relatively mature moments between them this year. The Valentine's episode where Leonard promises he would not propose anymore.
Cuoco: And her response: "Are you breaking up with me?" I have said that so many times before.
They're secure enough that, on the season finale, Leonard can take a gig overseas.
Galecki: And it's Penny who says, "You have to do this." That's love. That selflessness to say, "Forget my own desires. How can I make you the happiest?"
And then on the other side of the emotional spectrum, we saw Sheldon and Amy progress in their relationship too, even if it came through the magic of Dungeons & Dragons.
Parsons: Well, he's engaging with Amy at a sexual level but only through a medium he understands and is comfortable with. The only thing he's literally putting up for risk is what the roll of the dice says.
Bialik: It's the most explicit we've ever been. The fun thing about our characters is that they're both missing the filter for social propriety. It's sweet.
Parsons: It's funny for two characters who have such an odd way of talking to the rest of the world, they actually communicate a tremendous amount in their relationship. Especially this season, there are so many episodes where we are working things out and actually get to a resolution.
Helberg: Because there's no filter.
Bialik: That's right. (To Parsons) I pretend to be sick. You spank me.
Parsons: It's healthy in its own twisted way. We have a contract for god's sake! We know where we're coming from.
Bialik: Of these relationships, this is really "meet someone where they're at." Amy meets Sheldon exactly where he's at.
There are those who think she could do better.
Bialik: She thinks the sun rises and sets on this brilliant man.
Parsons: And she's right.
Helberg: They do share their love for Sheldon.
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Raj's love life has been the subject of a fair amount of speculation among fans, particularly after this year's premiere episode where Raj and Stuart ended a night in the comic book shop with Stuart musing, "I could do worse."
Nayyar: Well, Howard was sort of Raj's crutch and after he got married ...
Helberg: Crush?
Nayyar: Crutch.
Parsons: I heard it too. Keep going ...
Nayyar: He's lonely and he's trying to fill that void. Everyone's married and he's looking for anyone. Stuart's also lonely and they find each other.
Helberg: And they fill each other's holes.
Nayyar: If by holes, you mean "emotional voids," then yes. Raj is just very in touch with his feminine side.
Meanwhile, Howard's always been very close to one particular female — his mother. That relationship has been largely played for laughs. But it had an emotional payoff this season as well, particularly in the episode when Sheldon found a letter from Howard's father, who had abandoned him and his mother.
Rauch: It was a nice way to show Bernadette discovering this side of Howard that she didn't know. She knew he was close to his mother but she didn't know the reason why. It's such a nice example of what marriage is, that process of always learning about each other.
Howard didn't want to read what his father wrote, so the friends come up with a solution: Everyone reads a version of the letter's contents to Howard. In the end, he wants to believe all of them. It was a beautiful moment.
Helberg: It's a fine line to go into that kind of emotional depth on a sitcom. There's always the danger of going too far to the other side and becoming a "very special episode."
Parsons: And if it becomes too sentimental, it wouldn't have been funny.
But that's Sheldon's job, right?
Parsons: To keep it unsentimental? That's one of my talents. Sucking the sentiment out of a room.
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It is with great excitement that I host another Lawn Chair Larry Memorial Grid Flight. Our flight will take off from the Flying Burrito Brothers Airport and fly east to the Blake Sea. We will fly over Second Norway and head south and then west. Our flight will end at Komatsu Airport. Please see attached map for flight plan. We will have a free chair available to all participants. There is also an inexpensive one available on Marketplace. Just search Flying Lawn Chair. This is a Fly for Life Event. We are asking that participants make a donation to Relay for Life of Second Life. Donations are optional but much appreciated.
What: Lawn Chair Larry Grid Flight
Where: Start - Flying Burrito Brothers Airport
When: 12:00 PM Sunday July 2rd
Who: All are welcome
Flight Plan Map
Start : Flying Burrito Brothers - Unity Airport elev 53, Westbury (183, 18, 53)
Half Way: Second Norway Lufthavn [ SNO / SLSN ] - Airport, Airport SNO (155, 143, 31)
Finish: Komatsu Regional Airport, St Diabloux (124, 130, 54)
Historical Information
On July 2nd 1982 Larry Walters tied 42 weathers balloons to a lawn chair and took an epic 2 hour flight soaring up to an altitude of over 16,000 feet and flying into the air space above Los Angeles and Long Beach Airports. Larry landed safely but was immediately arrested. He was not charged immediately because the FFA had to figure out what laws Larry Actually broke. Larry passed away in 1993 but his legend lived on with many untrue details being added to it. With the advent of the Internet Lawn Chair Larry became an urban legend.
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On July 2nd, 1982, Larry tied 42 helium-filled balloons to a Sears lawn chair in the backyard of his girlfriend's house in San Pedro, California. With the help of his ground crew, Larry then secured himself into the lawn chair which was anchored to the bumper of a friend's car by two nylon tethers. He took with him many supplies, including a BB gun to shoot out the balloons when he was ready to descend. His goal was to sail across the desert and hopefully make it to the Rocky Mountains in a few days. But things didn't quite work out for Larry. After his crew purposely cut the first tether, the second one also snapped which shot Larry into the LA sky at over 1,000 feet per minute. So fast was his ascent that he lost his glasses. He then climbed to over 16,000 feet. For several hours he drifted in the cold air near the LA and Long Beach airports. A TWA pilot first spotted Larry and radioed the tower that he was passing a guy in a lawn chair at 16,000! Larry started shooting out a few balloons to start his descent but had accidentally dropped the gun. He eventually landed in a Long Beach neighborhood. Although he was entangled in some power lines, he was uninjured.
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One World Trade Center has reached its peak.
More than a decade after the tower was first planned, construction workers hoisted the final piece on the glassy skyscraper's 408-foot mast into place Friday morning, reaching a symbolic 1,776 feet above the ground in Lower Manhattan.
The installation of the final vertical piece — a bright beacon that is designed to shine beams of light well into New Jersey and Long Island — is a notable milestone for what is perhaps the country's most notable construction project. The $3.9 billion office tower is the signature building in the redeveloped World Trade Center, although its rise by the footprints of the initial World Trade Center towers has been a lengthy one.


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Saturday, 5 December 2009
Oriental City's Utsuwa Tableware rebrands as Doki Limited
You might remember that the loss of Oriental City in Colindale hit me quite hard. One of the shops I adored was Utsuwa-no-yakata - our own little outpost of the international Japanese laquerware and pottery brand. I signed up to their mailing list with promises that they'd let me know if they ever resurfaced and then ... nothing.
This morning I received a letter that Utsuwa is back from today and has rebranded itself as Doki Limited - and a new Japanese bakery called "tetote factory" has come to join them.
Their location is Pacific Plaza which was mooted as the new version of Oriental City in Wembley Retail Park - looks like there's life after Colindale yet.
UPDATE 07.12.09: Ibzo went on a reconnaissance mission on our behalf and Pacific Plaza looks mighty promising ...
UPDATE 17.04.11: Looks like Doki may have closed down - see comments below.
UPDATE 22.07.11: Doki reopens next month.
Doki Limited
Japanese Tableware
020 8903 0235
Open 7 days a week 10.00-18.30
tetote factory
Japanese Bakery
020 8903 2559
Open 10.00-19.00 except Tuesday
Both at:
Pacific Plaza
Unit 16
The Junction
Wembley Retail Park
Engineers Way
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It hit me hard too. We used to go often, as it was a 10 minute drive and we work from home a few days during the week so... great lunch option. Not to mention the shopping.ReplyDelete
On the last day of the food court, despite driving ALL the way home from Islay in Scotland (look it up, it's far far and involves a ferry and much road mileage) I insisted we drop in. And I actually cried. Yes, really.
Thank you for this news!
Very excited about this! I adored Oriental City. We used to drive out there frequently. The food court was fab, wasn't it? How sad they allowed it to close, or forced it to, rather :(ReplyDelete
Loved the walk through you did of the place.. Was sad to hear what seemed like a bustling place close.. Anyway, the new bakery sounds cute!ReplyDelete
@Kavey - You're such a softie :)ReplyDelete
@Niamh - This is only the beginning - Pacific Plaza will rise like a phoenix and we will eat like kings ...
@Dennis K - Thanks! Yeah, I'm hoping it'll be fab :)
- Anonymous7 December 2009 at 02:23
If you thought Oriental City was good you would have loved it back when it was Yaohan Plaza. It used to have cute little Kissatens and supposedly Europe's largest Japanese book shop. Utsuwa-no-yakata was the only original shop that was there from start to finish.ReplyDelete
I received the Doki flyer yesterday in the post. I'm gonna try to head down there after class this week or next. I'll take some photos and put them on my blog.
Hey there. I went here today, thanks to your blog post. I really liked it. For me, as someone who grew up near Oriental City, this is so exciting!ReplyDelete
Thank you.
@name which I cannot reproduce - I would have LOVED a kissaten! I'm mad obsessed with Japan so yeah, I am triple gutted I missed out on Yaohan Plaza.ReplyDelete
@Ibzo - Fantastic - thanks for checking it out - will update my post above :)
- Anonymous17 April 2011 at 10:56
On Saturday 16th April 2011 I went to the Wembley Retail Park where the Pacific Plaza and Doki are located and found it closed due to rent negotiations with the landlord. If you look on Wikipedia, it appears Doki has been closed since 08.04.2011.ReplyDelete
@Anonymous - Oh no, that's sad! I hope they manage to sort things out - thanks for letting me know.ReplyDelete
Pacific Plaza has closed.ReplyDelete
I went all the way from Nottingham to purchase some authentic Japanese cookware from Doki and it was all shut up. I was tasting the green tea cake and the Azuki sweet from Totoe too :(
I hope they manage to open up again somewhere else as it was an excellent shop. Please DOKI and Totoe open again.
Shaun x
- Anonymous3 March 2012 at 04:59
Your blog is interesting and will put the blog to your favorites.ReplyDelete


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NEW YORK -- What would New York's waterfront look like after a sea level rise of 2 feet or more?
Most officials paint a nightmare scenario -- huge swaths of expensive real estate permanently flooded, with frequent storms and the resultant storm surge routinely forcing mass evacuations every few years. But several architects are now painting a more positive picture, and their visions for a post-climate-change new New York have city planners interested.
This weekend, the public was given its first glimpse of a project a year in the making: a collaboration between the Museum of Modern Art and its affiliate P.S.1, an art exhibition house. The museums have asked five separate architectural teams to come up with plans for transforming the metropolitan area's coastlines after warmer oceans and melting Antarctic ice have raised global sea levels, something many scientists predict is inevitable.
A full exhibit opens at MoMA on March 24, but what the teams are already coming up with has people talking. They envision a city lined with marshes, permeable coastlines, and oyster farms used as wave breaks. To adapt to climate change, the teams are asking New Yorkers to look at things in a more positive light -- namely, as a chance to bring a city famous for blocking out the ocean back to dealing with it.
The idea is to "exploit the problem at hand with new opportunities," P.S.1 director Klaus Biesenbach told an audience at an opening presentation on Saturday. "It's an optimistic gesture."
The architects aren't asked to paint sea level rise as a positive thing, but instead to propose ways for the city to make the city more resilient and to make the best out of a bad situation. The teams acknowledge that if predictions of a rise of 2 feet or more over the next several decades prove correct, large chunks of the city that are now populated will have to be permanently abandoned to the ocean. But allowing the sea to once again creep into city space doesn't necessarily have to be all negative, they say.
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For instance, Team 0, charged with redesigning Lower Manhattan, takes partial inspiration from Venice, proposing that certain streets in the low-lying areas be reconfigured to purposely allow water in at high tide. The team also sees an opportunity to turn Battery Park into wetlands and bring the residential areas closer to new aquatic green space.
It's "an opportunity to create new ecological infrastructure," said Adam Yarinsky, a Team 0 member and a principal at Architecture Research Office. Looking back at history, one finds that parts of Lower Manhattan were frequently inundated at high tide and during storms before the seawalls ringing much of the island were built. Climate change affords the city an opportunity to end this "oppositional relationship," he said.
Liberty State Park in New Jersey, famous as a launching pad for trips to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, could similarly be transformed. At least 68 percent of it will be lost if the ocean rises by at least 2 feet. But most of the park is artificial, created almost entirely with reclaimed land. Jersey City may have to accept losing much of it again, but what's left can be transformed into finger-like bits of land that jut out into the ocean, maximizing the amount of coastline and making it more absorptive, according to plans laid out by the Manhattan firm LTL Architects.
"A new, amphibious landscape" can be created there, said Team 1's David Lewis. Lewis' team also proposes that the flooded park could be equipped with piers and a nature viewing platform, to maintain public access and educate visitors about wetlands. Sections could even be set aside for scientists to conduct research on urban coastal adaptation, experimenting with different varieties of plants to see how well they interact with the changed coastline.
Gena Wirth, a design team member at SCAPE/Landscape Architecture, said the city government is showing great interest in incorporating some of the teams' ideas. City officials have been briefed on the five plans -- which cover the bottom tip of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey -- and seem to be taking them into serious consideration as they develop their own climate adaptation plans.
Back to the future with oyster farms
"Each team has kind of chosen their individual way of interpreting [climate projection] information and how they've addressed it," said Wirth. "There's actually been a lot of city officials coming in: The mayor's office of sustainability and long-term planning were in looking at the project ... the environmental regulatory agencies have been coming in a different points. There's been a lot of interest."
Her team even sees an opportunity in climate change to revive a historic New York City industry that was abandoned long ago as development took over the shoreline. It is conducting experiments with oyster farming near the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, to determine how efficient the water-filtering mollusks are at cleaning up the city's polluted discharge.
Oyster farms once thrived here in the late 1700s, and they could again, given enough time. Oyster farming platforms strategically situated off the mouth of the Gowanus Canal would prevent storm surges from ruining populated areas, the team says. And with planned pollution controls, entrepreneurs may once again be growing large quantities of edible, New York City-bred oysters, clams and mussels by 2050.
The new exhibit, titled "Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfont," will run from March 24 to Aug. 9 at the Museum of Modern Art.
Correction: Yarinsky is a principal at Architecture Research Office. An earlier version incorrectly stated his affiliation.
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koffiemoc wrote:Teherean has my support as well. I trust he can do this and will delegate things to the FL when he will be busy on other business.
What do you think, Albatross_Viking, DNL, jimbo87 and theboywarrior? Could you respond before friday?
AK_Brickster wrote:If you want to discuss what your FO specifically will be expected to do for Lenfald, you can keep that discussion here. If you'd like to discuss the roles of FO in general, for all factions, then please post in the general discussion thread.
Thanks for trying to stay on track
Medieval Guy wrote:Basically, as long as there is an organized list of events so that I know what is going on, I'll be happy. I also like what soccerkid said. Also, our MOCs need to maake sense together. We can't have one MOC saying that we're at war with Loreos and another saying we're at peace! Any ideas on how we can coordinate this?
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InfoStream needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 129 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
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