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If you're out to explore Lincoln Park after dark, look no further than the diagonal thoroughfare of Lincoln Avenue. Though Irish pubs and sports bars with college flags proudly displayed make up the majority, here are five hangouts that stand apart from the pack.
The Barrelhouse Flat
2624 N. Lincoln Ave. 773-857-0421
Lincoln Park scored a linchpin in the local craft cocktail movement when this swanky, two-story lounge opened. There's a seemingly endless menu of classic cocktails, a few hearty snack options and free billiards upstairs.
Barn & Company
950 W. Wrightwood Ave. 773-832-4000
Just a few steps around the corner from Lincoln Avenue, you'll find this barbecue bar with a massive
patio. It bills itself as a smokehouse and public hall, so expect a big change in atmosphere after the dinner crowd moves out.
2771 N. Lincoln Ave. 773-472-2771
With a dark, punk-rock vibe and a serious focus on whiskey, Delilah's sets itself far apart from its sports bar neighbors. On a budget? Keep an eye out for daily specials, with bottled beer and pours of whiskey typically going for just a few bucks.
Stanley's Kitchen and Tap
1970 N. Lincoln Ave. 312-642-0007
Nurse your hangover or prepare for a boozy game day ahead with this all-you-can-eat weekend brunch.
Mix and match spicy sauces to doctor your own bloody mary and chow down on fried chicken, biscuits, mac 'n' cheese, omelets and waffles.
2247 N. Lincoln Ave. 773-549-5884
Few Lincoln Park bars hold a coveted late-night license and even fewer boast a club atmosphere. Maxbar stands apart with both, featuring nightly Djs (they're open Thursday through Saturday) to keep
the party going.


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December 1997 — Until about 130 years ago, scholars believed that no life could exist in the deep ocean. The abyss was simply too dark and cold to sustain life. The discovery of many animals living in the abyssal environment by Sir Charles Wyville Thompson during HMS Challenger's 1872–1876 circumnavigation stunned the late 19th century scientific community far more than we can now imagine.
Major questions immediately emerged: How do deep sea animals obtain food so far from the ocean's surface where plants, the base of the ecosystem, grow? Do they all just wait until a whale corpse is occasionally delivered to the abyss? These questions were only answered fairly recently.
Twentieth century progress in oceanography resulted in further confusion. Microscopic particles suspended in the water column seemed so small and light that it was believed they should take hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years to settle through the water column. And what happens to labile (unstable) matter, particularly organic particles from dead, broken plankton cells? Scientists could not understand why coccoliths, the delicately architectured calcite shells of phytoplankton, only several micrometers in size, were preserved on the deep ocean floor just beneath the area where they were produced. Why were they not carried far from their source by currents, and how could they even exist there when chemistry clearly indicates they should be dissolved during their several-century trip to the bottom?
A WHOI experiment in the deep Sargasso Sea two decades ago shed light on this century-old question. Shipboard observation of the first successfully recovered sediment trap samples from 5 kilometers deep revealed that particles originating in the euphotic (light) zone aggregate: The fine, light particles do not settle individually but are repackaged into larger particles that settle to the deep sea at a much greater speed. Among the Sargasso Sea aggregates, we found an abundance of fecal pellets from upper ocean zooplankton. Viewing one of the fecal pellets under an electron microscope, I was fascinated to find it full of perfectly preserved coccoliths and undigested, many-celled organelles. Some oil droplets were obviously much lighter than seawater!
Because filter-feeding zooplankton are concerned only with the size of their food and graze phytoplankton almost indiscriminately, indigestible coccoliths and diatom frustules are concentrated in their fecal pellets. Many zooplankton fecal pellets are covered with a thin coating material. Although individual particles sink very slowly or are even buoyant, when they are bundled into a tight package and ballasted with particles of calcite—one of the densest materials produced in the ocean—they sink as rapidly as 100 to 200 meters a day.
Soon after World War II, scientists at Hokkaido University built an early submersible, named Kuroshio, to dive in the ocean north of Japan. Wherever they beamed a search light, they saw "snowflakes" dancing from the disturbance caused by the submersible. K. Kato and N. Suzuki named this phenomenon "marine snow." More recently, the author and former MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Vernon Asper, now at the University of Southern Mississippi, have worked with WHOI engineers to construct an optical instrument to measure the size and density of marine snow all the way down through the water column. Cindy Pilskaln, who did her Ph.D. research at WHOI while a Harvard University Student and is now at the University of Maine, has found that fecal pellets alone cannot transport the amount of organic carbon known to exist in the deep ocean, and that the density of suspended particles in the water column remains at a steady state. One hypothesis is that the vertical transport mechanism may be the combination of rapidly descending fecal pellets and aggregates as well as individually settling, relatively large particles such as planktonic foraminifera and diatoms. All of these together form "marine snow."
Many marine snow "flakes" are sticky and fibrous like a crumbled spider net, and particles easily adhere to them, forming agregates. An aggregate begins to sink when it attracts fecal pellets, foraminifera tests, airborne dust, and other heavier particles. As it descends, more suspended particles are added, making the aggregate even heavier and thus faster moving. An aggregate may break apart, spilling its contents into the water, but soon the spilled particles are picked up or "scavenged" by other falling aggregates. Thus aggregates are reorganized constantly with individual particles jumping on and off them before they arrive on the ocean floor. Meanwhile, a large portion of the organic matter in marine snow is recycled by microorganisms and upper and middle water column animals who again generate fecal pellets.
The removal of carbon from the ocean's euphotic layer to its interior carbon "sink" is critical to the process that keeps Earth's carbon cycle in order. We have learned that the speed of carbon settling to the ocean's interior is very rapid: Particles can travel from surface waters to the abyss in only a few days or weeks (see Arabian Sea article). Nature accomplishes this process ingeniously by wrapping labile organic carbon up in a package and ballasting it with calcium carbonate, which causes it to settle at high speed to the deep ocean environment.
One of the first photographs of a sediment trap sample shows cylindrical fecal pellets and other aggregates, planktonic tests (round white objects), transparent snail-like pteropod shells, radiolarians, and diatoms. The first deep-sea sediment trap was recovered on February 20, 1977, from 5,367 meters on the Sohm Abyssal Plain in the Sargasso Sea. As Sus Honjo and colleagues viewed the samples under a microscope, they confirmed a theory and began to solve the mystery of how benthic animals receive nourishment from surface waters in "packages" that descend through the water column. (Susumu Honjo)
A component of "marine snow" was captured at 55 meters in Monterey Bay, California, by a light scattering optical device that also counts and estimates the size of individual particles contained in a cubic meter of water. The view includes individually settling fecal pellets as well as amorphous aggregates that look like white flakes, which are a half to several millimeters in diameter and often host a large number of fecal pellets. Zooplankton produce the weblike material that helps agglutinate particles to form aggregates.

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APRIL 21, 2011 BUILDING & OPERTATING COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS 10 MPH SPEED LIMIT FOR BICYCLES (sic)
Here was my response, which I emailed to the Golden Gate Bridge Transportation District:
I have read the consultant's report and the corresponding proposal to introduce a 10 mph speed limit on the bridge.
The statistics do not justify such an action. Collision rates (per rider) have been decreasing over time, even with an enormous increase in the number of inexperienced cyclists (renting from Blazing Saddles and other agencies) crossing the bridge. And only a minority (39%) of collisions are labeled with "speed as a factor". This is in spite of the fact that virtually all experienced cyclists ride in excess of 10 mph across the bridge (there are plenty of data available on Strava.com). Checking my own data, 25 kph is a typical speed even when riding alone in a relaxed, noncompetitive fashion.
There isn't even a case presented that safety is a problem on the bridge. You cite 164 collisions over 10 years on a bridge where "up to 6000 cyclists" used the bridge in a day. If you assume 15 thousand cyclists per week (an average of only 2 thousand per day), that's roughly 750 thousand cyclists per year, which corresponds to 1.3 million cycling miles per year at one crossing per cyclist (I assume the report counts round-trips as "two cyclists"). Over ten years this corresponds to one collision per 81 thousand miles ridden. This is likely lower than typical urban motor vehicle collision rates.
Even if a speed limit is imposed, 10 mph is too slow, especially on the western path from which pedestrians are forbidden. The report justifies imposing a speed limit on both sides as follows:
"Bicyclists accustomed to riding unimpeded at a relatively quick speed over the Bridge on weekend rides may have difficulty adjusting to sharing the path with slower moving pedestrians. Pedestrians may feel intimidated by large groups of bicyclists passing by."
With this logic, auto speeds should be limited by the safety concerns of the slowest nearby streets. For example, the motor vehicle limit on the bridge should be no more than 25 mph, as motorists accustomed to going faster may have difficulty adjusting to conditions on the Bridgeway. This line of reasoning is inconsistent with standard motor vehicle policy where the "safest speed" is judged on a road-by-road basis.
If there is a safety issue on the western path, and the data hardly indicate a safety concern given the traffic volume, then that issue is with pedestrians: people standing by their bikes taking photos, often moving without care. Pedestrians are forbidden on the western path, and that implicitly applies to people standing next to their bicycles who are legally pedestrians:
California Vehicle Code 467. (a) A "pedestrian" is a person who is afoot or ….
The bike paths on the bridge are as legitimate transportation infrastructure as the motor vehicle lanes. Regular users of the bridge, such as I, should be able to cross the bridge in a timely manner, subject to the constraints of safety. Yet under general conditions, the maximum safe speed on the bridge is more like 20 mph than 10 mph. Under conditions of exceptional congestion the speed needs to be reduced, as it must be reduced on the roadway when there is heavy traffic. But you do not set roadway limits under the worst-case traffic scenario, and you should not set cycling speeds under worst-case traffic scenarios.
There is a precedent for what constitutes a safe and reasonable speed for cycling infrastructure: Table 1003.1 of the California Highway Design Manual specifies the design speed for Class I bikeways where mopeds are forbidden to be 40 kph. It is clearly recognized that speeds of up to 40 kph are reasonable for bicycle use under appropriate conditions. And those conditions often exist on the bridge between the supports in early mornings and in winter. There is no need for a blanket regulation.
I am thus strongly opposed to this proposed limit.


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SEOUL (Reuters) - The organizing committee for the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea's Pyeongchang (POCOG) has poured cold water on North Korea's suggestion that it could co-host some of the Olympic skiing events at its Masik resort.
North Korea's International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Chang Ung hinted on Tuesday that the North was willing to host events at the resort in Wonsan, Gangwon province.
However, POCOG responded on Wednesday by saying that holding events hundreds of kilometers away from the host city was unrealistic and would breach IOC regulations.
The two Koreas have only resumed dialogue in recent weeks after months of tensions earlier this year appeared to take their frayed ties to the brink of war as Pyongyang threatened missile and nuclear attacks against the South and its ally the United States.
The United States fought on the side of the South in the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.
"Co-hosting goes against International Olympic Committee regulations which stipulate that, unlike the World Cup, all the Olympic events be held within the host city," the committee said in a news release on Wednesday.
"We should make sure technology and administrative works are in optimal condition in order to host an event- and athlete-oriented Olympic Games. Holding some of the events in the Masik resort, more than 300 kilometers away from Pyeongchang, cannot guarantee meeting this goal," the committee added.
IOC Chairman Jacques Rogge has previously expressed opposition to co-hosting events with North Korea, saying in 2011 that the IOC would consider allowing the two Koreas to march together at the 2018 opening ceremony but not to share events.
"As far as spreading venues between the two countries, that is something we do not consider under the current Olympic Charter," said Rogge.
On Tuesday, North Korea's Chang told U.S. funded broadcaster Voice of America that the Masik resort could possibly hold 2018 events if an agreement could be reached.
"When construction is complete, it (Masik) can be used in an international event and possibly in the Olympic Games," Chang was quoted as saying in the telephone interview.
He acknowledged, however, that it was not a simple decision to make and that there would have to be complex discussions among several bodies such as the IOC and International Ski Federation to assess the possibility.
Last month, Switzerland banned the sale to North Korea of equipment for the luxury ski resort planned for the ruling elite in the impoverished state that is under U.N. sanctions.
The North approached several Swiss companies to provide chair lifts and cable cars worth 7 million Swiss francs ($7.57 million) for its sprawling Masik resort, the Geneva daily Le Temps reported on August 19.
But the Swiss government, contacted by the companies for clearance, added luxury sporting equipment to its list of goods banned under United Nations sanctions, Marie Avet of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), said.
"The Federal Council decided on July 3 to also put infrastructure for sports facilities on the list, especially when they have a more luxury character for resorts," Avet told Reuters. "These resorts have a luxury character, that is why it is not appropriate to export."
North Korea has said construction of the resort was part of its plans to boost economic development and improve livelihoods and not just for the elite.
Reporting By Narae Kim and Jinsol Lee; Editing by Peter Rutherford


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Hey forum!, name is JT I'm from Oklahoma, I own a 1977 RA29, it is currently in the build phase as I have just acquired it after searching for roughly 10 years. I am happy to finally have one. This isn't the best condition one I've seen (not by a long shot) but it has been rescued from a 17 year sit in the woods so it is what I would expect. (An amazing chance for a long-term build)
(I will add pictures when I'm not posting from my phone.)


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The Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence wants kids to put down those video-game controllers and pick up a book.
The Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence wants kids to put down those video-game controllers and pick up a book.
As part of that effort, the organization participates in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a program that sends free books each month to children up to age 5.
"It's very simple. Parents or guardians can go to tfae.org and click the link on our home page that brings you to the Dolly Pardon site to register online," said Yolanda Trahan, director of the foundation. "It's the most unbelievable program with such beautiful books."
Registered children receive one age-appropriate book per month. The first is always "The Little Engine That Could" by Arnold Munk. The last, "Look Out Kindergarten. Here I Come," arrives in conjunction with the child's fifth birthday.
Summer Huntsberry, 30, has three sons, Koby, 12, Jonathan, 5, and Zebulan, 4. Jonathan recently aged out of the program.
"The Little Engine That Could" was his favorite, she said.
"The books stopped coming for my middle son when he turned 5. He asks why he doesn't get them anymore," Huntsberry said. "He said they forgot about him."
The foundation's mission is to provide resources to teachers in Terrebonne Parish public schools. To date, more than $900,000 in grants has gone to those teachers, impacting more than 40,000 students, Trahan said.
Singer Dolly Parton started the Imagination Library in 1996 to get children interested in reading and encourage parents to read to their kids.
"I like reading to them," Huntsberry said. "Me reading to them encourages them to want to read. They're so enthusiastic. They want to bring the books to school, and they want to do show and tell."
Trahan said the foundation works to keep that goal at the forefront of the initiative.
With the help of some community partners, the foundation covers the cost of the Imagination Library, which varies depending on how many books are sent and how many children are registered.
"It's worth it. The foundation felt this program is truly helping to better prepare children to enter school. Our hope is that children will not just receive books but that this is giving the opportunity to parents, guardians, siblings and others to sit down with the children and to read with them," Trahan said. "There have been many parents that have become readers along with their children, which I think is truly phenomenal. So we are very, very excited about it."
"Some children never have the opportunity to have their own book," she added. "They keep these books. They're their books and are directly addressed to the child."
"They love going to the mailbox and seeing the package with their names on them. It makes them smile," Huntsberry said. "Having their name on it gives them something to look forward to."
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library has 627,754 children registered nationwide. Roughly 1,800 of those are in Terrebonne Parish.
Brochures, which include registration forms, are available at all nine Terrebonne parish libraries. They are also available at more than 50 local nurseries and preschools, hospitals and many doctors' and dentists' offices.
For information or to become a funding partner, call 868-5881 or send an e-mail to email@example.com.
Staff Writer Kris Johnson can be reached at 857-2207 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @krisLjo.


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This is another story.
Oh my goodness! Itosu Sensei returned from the past, this time to my dojo here in Honolulu, Hawaii, and by coincidence you are here too! How about that? As before, he miraculously speaks English.
What an opportunity! We each get to ask him a question... only one question. So think hard. What will you ask him. I will tell you what I would ask. You will have to scroll down to see my question.
I would ask, "Itosu Sensei, can I get you anything?"
You have to remember that Itosu Sensei was quite elderly when he passed away. He has taken a long trip through time and space to come all the way to Hawaii. First things must come first. My obligation as a senior in our dojo is to show courtesy to our guest. So that would be my first and only question.
Of course, this is just another story. But there will be times when Karate seniors visit your dojo. What will you ask them?
But if I had a second question, I think I would ask, "Don't you think that the opening sequence of Pinan Shodan is pretty hard for young students? And there are so many shuto uke techniques in nekko ashi dachi. Couldn't you have made a simpler kata series?"
Charles C. Goodin
Itosu Sensei Returns!
This is another story.
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Lipscomb men's cross country Bill Taylor has added 12 student-athletes for the 2012-13 campaign, joining a team that finished fourth in the Atlantic Sun in 2011.
"The men's cross country and distance class is the strongest and largest in Lipscomb history," Taylor said. "Athletically, we are significantly better than we've ever been before. It will take some time to develop this group. Freshmen guys have to move up to the 8K and 10K events, but I think this group is going to be ready for the change. I think we're going to see quicker development and better performances from our freshmen than we've seen before."
The Bisons didn't have to look far for Austin Casassa, who comes across campus to join the squad after representing David Lipscomb High School in three state cross country meets. He was fourth in the 2010 TSSAA cross country championships and was a state 3200m run champion and 1600m runner-up at the 2012 TSSAA State Track and Field championships.
Jared Wingerter (Thompson Station, Tenn./Independence HS) hails from the greater Nashville area and will provide depth for the Bisons. Wingerter is also a three-time state cross country qualifier and was the Great Eight meet's 3200m run champion.
Collierville's Mason Shepherd rounds out the in-state men's cross country recruiting. The Collierville High grad is a three-time TSSAA Cross Country Championships qualifier and qualified in the 1600m and 3200m events at the 2012 state track and field championships.
The men's squad picked up its first international commitment this year. John Kingstedt is a distance runner from Stockholm, Sweden and has twice been a Swedish Junior National Team member. His mother was a member of the Swedish National Team for distance/marathon and has placed as high as sixth at the Chicago Marathon.
A pair of Californian high school teammates elected to join the Bisons together. Max McBride and Elliott Ramirez hail from Brea Olinda High in Brea, Calif., and will contribute in the mid-distance and long distance events as well as cross country.The duo were instrumental in Brea Olinda's 2010 CIF Southern Section cross country championship.
Ramirez was a cross country and track and field captain both his junior and senior seasons. He qualified for the CIF cross country championships each of the last three seasons, finishing 18th in 2010 and 14th in 2011. He was first-team all-CIF in 2010 and second-team in 2011.
McBride was Brea Olinda's Athlete of the Year in 2012. McBride joined Ramirez as a CIF cross country championships qualifier the last two seasons and was a three-time (2010-12) Century League 800m run champion.
Another Californian, Grant Stromberg (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Palisades Charter) will head east to Nashville. He is a two-time CIF Cross Country Championships qualifier, with a best finish of 19th in 2011. In 2012, he finished 12th in the 3200m run at the CIF Championships.
With ties to the upper Northwest, Taylor and assistant coach Luke Syverson added two young men out of the state of Washington to help the cross country squad. Andrew Bosket (Arlington, Wash./Arlington HS) and Matthew Fry (Spokane, Wash./University HS) will help the middle distances and contribute in cross country. Bosket was part of Arlington's school-record 4x400m team that finished fourth at the 2012 WIAA State Championships, while Fry was 16th individually at the state cross country championships and part of the fifth-place 4x400m relay contingent at the state track championships.
"I like that we're adding talent and depth in the middle distances," Taylor said. "We were a little down in the middle distances this past year. By adding Matthew Fry and Max McBride, we expect to have a very strong middle distance group this season."
Syverson noted that these additions will be counted on to step up right away during track season as well.
"Guys like Max McBride, Matthew Fry and Andrew Bosket will definitely give us a huge boost and help push our returners," Syverson said. "Not only do they add depth, with the strong times these guys bring in its depth up front. They'll really help continue to build what we have started."
The cross country team will be further bolstered by the addition of Daniel Gardner (Chillicothe, Ohio/Paint Valley HS), Matt Hall (Lansing, Ill./Illiana Christian HS) and Fidel Leon (Katy, Texas/Mayde Creek HS). Hall (three times) and Leon (twice) are both multiple-time qualifiers for their respective state cross country championship meets, while Gardner was an OHSAA Division III State Champion in the 3200m run.
Leon finished fourth in the open division at the Nike Cross Country southern regionals last season and was a top-35 finisher in the Texas State Cross Country Championships each of the last two seasons.
"Daniel, Matt, Grant Stromberg, Austin Casassa and John Kingstedt each have the stats and background to come in and immediately earn a top roster spot," Taylor said. "But, as we've seen with this program any of these guys can make a top spot if they want it, believe and do the work. We've developed kids really well and the opportunities are there for any of these freshmen, and any of our returners too for that matter."
Taylor is pleased to bring in so many student-athletes that can compete and contribute right away.
"The travel roster and championship spots are going to be hard to earn," Taylor said. "That's a good thing. Positive competition within the team, combined with great desire and high expectations is a perfect recipe for success.
"With a men's program that was pretty close to a conference title last year in cross country and earned the best finishes in program history during track season, our goals are pretty big for this fall and beyond. I cannot express how excited I am about the men's program and what we are going to accomplish!"
Each of these athletes will be counted on to contribute during track season at some point. For a full breakdown of men's track and field-only incoming freshmen, check back tomorrow at LipscombSports.com.
Personal Bests (Cross Country Only - 5K unless noted)
John Kingstedt: 15:14
Fidel Leon: 15:32
Grant Stromberg: 15:36
Daniel Gardner: 15:40
Elliott Ramirez: 15:45
Jared Wingerter: 15:47
Matthew Fry: 15:51
Max McBride: 16:08
Mason Shepherd: 16:12
Austin Casassa: 16:25
Andrew Bosket: 17:09
Matthew Hall: 14:59 (3-mile)


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In this lesson, learners will discover how certain snakes (pit-vipers) can find prey using a natural infrared sensor and will extend their understandings by exploring infrared technology applications. The lesson features background information for... (View More) the teacher, pre-requisite skills and knowledge for the student, a mini-exploration of infrared image technology, multiple image sets, assessment information, student worksheets, extension and transfer activities, and additional resources. This is lesson 2 on the Infrared Zoo website. (View Less)
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Handmade in Italy with techniques used since the 17th century, including remarkably realistic feathering and gold vermeil beaks. Each standing heron has multiple feather styles for wings, tail and body. Exclusively at Scully & Scully.
Elegant platinum rings with tanzanite (9.97 cts) and diamonds (.12 tcw) or peridot (13.19 cts) and diamonds (.14 tcw). Handmade in America. Please specify size.
Measures ⅝" diameter on top.
Incredible combination of comfort and convenience! You will sink into it and be indescribably happy. Inside the right arm is a corded easy to use remote control with six buttons; three up and three down. From fully upright to zero gravity position, where your body experiences minimum stress, you can stop at the position you find ideal. Lift function will give you the steady boost you need to put you safely on your feet. No effort is involved: it is run by electricity. Lushly crafted with solid maple framework, the top grain leather and bustleback cushioning is carefully selected to retain their shape with eight way hand tied construction, all while remaining soft and comfortable. Entirely handmade by master craftsmen in America.
Measures 33½" w x 38" d x 37" h. Inside 21" w x 19" d. Seat height 20". 66" long fully reclined.
The contemporary Burr Walnut Brass Skeleton Clock makes a beautiful addition to any mantel or desk. The glazed brass casing allows the inner workings and polished triple chime movement to be seen from all sides, showcasing the incredible craftsmanship that goes into each. The face features engine turned etched silverplated dial and fine Breguet hands. The skeleton clock base is made from polished burr walnut and holds a key drawer.
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We're just a rotting corpse away from a new season of "The Walking Dead." The Season 4 premiere, "30 Days without an Accident," debuts at 8 p.m. CT Oct. 13 on AMC and is followed by a new episode of "Talking Dead," hosted by Chris Hardwick. Here are five things you will learn in the new season.
No more Ricktatorship
The show resumes a few months after the events of last March's finale. Rick, reeling after his son, Carl (Chandler Riggs), killed the boy who was surrendering, has relinquished leadership and denounced violence. You could call him Farmer Rick now, because he's tending to pigs and working a garden in the prison yard while focusing his attention on raising Carl, who has rapidly morphed into a child soldier. "He's returning to being a parent and trying to find a way to contribute that might not involve the brutality of both going out there into the world and the brutality you need to have in leadership," new showrunner Scott Gimple told Entertainment Weekly.
Not everything is better with bacon
With the prison group welcoming the former residents of Woodbury, those pigs definitely come in handy to feed the masses. But the settlement faces a new threat this season that is neither human nor walker, and the pigs could be a key to learning more about it. "You can't stab them in the face, you can't reason with it," Gimple told Latin Times. "It's a force that would be dangerous in this world and in the world of 'The Walking Dead,' it's terrifying."
Michonne looks great on a horse
The sword-wielding warrior woman (Danai Gurira) looks great most of the time, actually. In the new season, though, she's preoccupied with hunting down the Governor (David Morrissey), who fans won't see until sometime after Episode 2. His location will be revealed in two flashback episodes later in the season. "[Michonne has] some unfinished business that she needs to confront," Gurira told TV Guide.
Zombies and wine don't mix
Gimple and his cast promise more character development this season, but that doesn't mean fans won't get plenty of head-smashing, slashing, bashing and stomping. The show's makeup guru and producer, Greg Nicotero, directed the season premiere that features one of the series' most elaborate battle sequences set in an abandoned gorcery store our survivors decide to scavange. Zombies literally drop like flies. The zombies will once again pose a major threat, Nicotero hinted. "We've devised ways to put our characters in instantaneous jeopardy without them being prepared for it," told The Hollywood Reporter. "Danger could come from anywhere, and it was really important that we re-establish the rules of our world."
Daryl's a good leader
Well, sort of. With Rick giving up leadership, Daryl (Norman Reedus) is part of a small leadership group making decisions for all the growing community. The influx of new people isn't always a positive, Reedus told Entertainment Weekly. "I think the internal fear has always been something hanging in the wind, and who's gonna [bleep] over who and who can you trust?" he said. "So now having that fear back inside the camp is just as scary as season 1. ... I think the fear is back in season 4, which is awesome to see people afraid again. That's really the dynamic that we're playing with this whole season so far."
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Shrimp, Andouille and Okra Gumbo Recipe
How to make the best meal of the week even better.
Some may be tempted to skip the somewhat tedious step of making a dark roux; I advise against this. The time and energy spent lovingly stirring the flour/oil mixture is essential to gumbo, and in my mind is part of the magic that can turn a rough morning around.
- Yield:makes 4 servings
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:1 hour
- 3/4 pound andouille sausage, diced into bite-sized pieces
- 1 pound peeled and deveined shrimp
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 rib celery, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeño pepper, finely chopped
- 1 medium green pepper, finely chopped
- 1 cup diced canned tomatoes
- 32 ounces chicken stock
- 2 cups chopped okra
- kosher salt and cracked black pepper
Heat a large pot over medium high heat and add sausage. Cook, stirring often, until no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Remove sausage and reserve. Add shrimp and cook until just pink; remove and reserve. Add vegetable oil and flour to pot and cook, stirring constantly, until the roux reaches a deep dark brown color, about 10 minutes. Add onion, celery, jalapeno and green pepper and stir constantly until vegetables begin to soften, about 6 minutes. Pour in tomato chicken stock and okra and bring to a simmer; cook until okra begins to disintegrate, about 25 minutes. Return sausage and shrimp to the pot and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve over white rice topped with sliced scallions.
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Can anyone out there suggest a good solicitor so I can persue a criminal or civil prosecution against both Atos Healthcare and DWP.
My late husband died just before Christmas, although we were not together we were still legally married and still cared for each others welfare. I was in Australia when he died and returned immediately to sort this out. I have been through his paper work and firmly believe the DWP were negligent, Cruel, Inept and he also suffered discrimination.
I have a small occupational pension and am not on benefits myself, so they cannot threaten me with fear.
My late husband was only on ESA for a few months, and had not claimed any benefit for over 30 years.
i would like a criminal case if possible, Civil if I have to.
I cant find any records of court cases on the web.
I would be really grateful for all suggestions
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Although many fitness facilities already require their staff and personal trainers to earn industry-accepted certifications to work with the public, Curves International is now encouraging its franchise owners and staff to obtain a new certification from the Cooper Institute.
The new certification is just one step that Curves has taken to improve its workouts and, some would say, its credibility. The company has also invested $5 million in a five-year study on the effectiveness of its workouts. Baylor University's Exercise & Sports Nutrition Lab is performing this study for Curves, which has 8,400 franchises and 3 million members in 50 states and 28 countries.
"You know [the Curves workout] is a good idea and is working, but to be credible you need to have independent researchers come in and prove the credibility," said Cassie Findley, director of continuing education and research for Curves International. "We wanted to have proof that what we said was true and was happening and to validate and lend our information to the bigger body of knowledge and exercise and nutrition, particularly with women."
In addition, Gary Heavin, founder of Curves, and his wife, Diane, gave $2 million to the Thomas Edison State College to establish the Gary and Diane Heavin Family Endowed Fund. The endowment supports the development of new distance education programs and courses in the health services area. The college recently renamed its School of Social and Behavioral Sciences as the Heavin School of Social and Behavioral Sciences in honor of the Heavins, whose financial support has helped the school create its new academic program in fitness and wellness services. Gary Heavin is a graduate of the school.
For the new certification, Curves worked with the Cooper Institute, which developed the Circuit Training and Weight Management Certification specifically for Curves. The certification is not required of franchisees but is highly recommended, said Becky Frusher, communications specialist for Curves. Franchisees must cover the cost of the college-accredited course.
Some have questioned whether making the certification a recommendation rather than a requirement is strong enough to lend credibility to the program.
"If it isn't required, you'd have to suspect that its impact would be minimal to modest at best," said Dr. Cedric X. Bryant, chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise (ACE).
The certification is broken into two separate classes — nutrition and kinesiology. After students have reviewed the educational materials for the self-paced, condensed course, they meet at Curve's headquarters in Waco, TX, for a weeklong session, which Findley calls a "minimester." To obtain the certification, students must complete the two classes and Club Camp, a Curves' classroom training program that is offered once a month to all franchise owners. Participants also learn about results of Baylor University's Exercise & Sport Nutrition Lab's study of Curves' workout. Students pay $395 per class, which includes all textbooks, workbooks, CD-ROMs and the exam. Proctored through Thomas Edison State College, the exam consists of 100 questions.
The certification is similar in content to most personal training home-study courses (kinesiology, anatomy, physiology, nutrition and weight management), but it is more difficult than most home-study courses, says Conrad Earnest, Ph.D., director of the human performance laboratory at the Cooper Institute.
A franchisee in Oklahoma who was contacted for this story said that she had chosen to be certified and was excited about the education, while another franchisee in Vermont had never heard about the certification.
For many in the industry, a certification for staff members isn't just recommended — it is required. Doug Maxfield, fitness director at Warner Bros. Studios Fitness Center, said his facility requires fitness specialists to have a degree in exercise science and encourages staff to have additional certifications. The facility pays certification fees to keep staff member's scientific knowledge fresh. However, he hopes Curves' financial success will allow for a better scientific focus leading to continued benefits for their members.
"Kinesiology, physiology and nutrition are the basis of our business," Maxfield said. "This center was created to enable a positive health and fitness change for our employees. Prospective staff members wouldn't get a second look here without a scientific degree…MBA or not."
Although Earnest commends Curves' research, he said that smaller, private clubs tend to have higher levels of education for staff.
"I used to work in a club where you had to have a degree, and I think at the time that we gave much better service than the franchise clubs that just get [members] in and sign them up," he said.
While some have doubts about the effect of this certification recommendation, others say that any step in this direction is a good one.
"I think that it's impressive to be connected with Cooper. They're a great operation," Symanthia Harper, founder of the Association of Hydraulic and Fitness Club Owners, said. "I think that it's going to raise the level of credibility [for the industry], which is what we want. We want to bring up the market so that people have a healthy respect for these independent gyms."
Karen Kirby, owner of consulting company Health Style Services, said that if more express clubs had staff certified, it would lend them more credibility since many fitness experts view them as having a "churn-and-burn" mentality — meaning they sign up a bunch of members at an overly reduced price without servicing them with the best equipment, programs and fitness professionals.
"Whether it is 'express clubs' or 'circuit facilities,' all fitness clubs and studios make a choice about quality offerings," Kirby said. "Unfortunately, going down the less credible road is much too easy in the fitness industry because most future health club users do not know the difference."
She hoped more decision makers in the industry would follow Curves' lead in seeking ways to improve the industry's quality and credibility.
The new certification could focus positive attention back to Curves, Earnest said, since recent media attention on plateauing and injury lawsuits have cast some doubt on the effectiveness of the Curves' program (for more information on plateauing see the feature beginning on p. 32). Earnest said these concerns along with other factors are being studied by Curves, and depending on the study's outcome, he expected Curves to adjust its programming accordingly.
"They don't have the cosmetic appeal of a lot of high-end clubs, but they have a nice environment where people can come in and train and get a good health and fitness result without intimidation. Everyone feels accepted. They have that going for them," he said. "They're trying to ensure that they maintain their place in the market through standard, quality programming."
And Curves isn't the only one researching its program. In early March, ACE commissioned researchers from the Exercise Physiology Department at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse to determine the exercise intensity and number of calories burned in a typical Curves for Women workout. Researchers tested 15 healthy women with an average age of 42 from two Curves locations in the La Crosse, WI, area. They measured the heart rate and oxygen consumption of each participant during two complete Curves workouts.
"It wasn't so much a decision to research Curves as it was to investigate what's proven to be a popular and effective means of getting these typically inactive women active with this new form of exercise," Bryant said. "We wanted to document the magnitude of its real effects."
Researchers found that the 30-minute workout (including five minutes of stretching and cool-down) burns about 184 calories, which is a "good moderate-intensity" workout for those who are not very active, according to a release by ACE. The aerobic benefit of the intensity is similar to walking at a four-mile-per-hour pace on the treadmill.
At first glance, 184 calories burned may seem small, but Bryant cautions that for Curves' demographics, that much of a deficit combined with a healthy diet is enough to lose weight.
"Our project was pretty limited in its focus and scope," Bryant said. "We were looking at one aspect of the Curves' program. They also have a dietary component that when you look in terms of the program's overall effectiveness in helping individuals with weight control, that's going to be a huge contributor."
However, researchers did express some concerns about the workout in regards to the equipment not being adjustable and not fitting some perfectly, which caused individuals to sacrifice proper form. Another concern was that some of the women in the study were busier chatting than actually working out.
Final concerns involved the education level of staff. Because not all Curves franchises are staffed with skilled fitness professionals, researchers felt that members may benefit from having their workouts supervised by more highly trained individuals. Researchers concluded that although Curves does offer basic fitness training for its franchise owners, that fitness knowledge may not trickle down to franchise employees. Research was completed before the new certification was announced.


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Filming for "An Adventure In Time And Space". The 'original' TARDIS Console Room returns! I wonder if this set might show up in the 50th Anniversary Episode?
Thursday, 21 February 2013
The original Console Room is Back
By Mike Jackson at 00:55
Labels: 2013 , An Adventure in Space and Time , Doctor Who
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I hope so! I thought that was a missed moment from "The Doctor's Wife". Can't wait to see what this year brings!
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The annona was the imperial service responsible for overseeing the supply of key food items to the city of Rome and the army. Primarily concerned with grain, the service became increasingly involved in the provisioning of other commodities, such as olive oil, wine, and pork. By the end of the 3rd century, the annona was a complex machinery involving private and public agents in different parts of the empire, overseen by the prefect of the annona, based in Rome. The operation of this system is documented in literary texts, administrative documents such as papyri and writing tablets, inscriptions, and a rich archaeological record, in Rome and in the provinces. However, the precise working of the system and the degree to which it was controlled by the Roman state remain open to debate. The annona was also involved in the supply of the army, especially with regards to provisions brought from distant producing centres. During the later empire, the system became more centralised, being overseen by the praetorian prefecture.
Jean Andreau
An auction is a type of sale consisting of a public competition between several buyers; whoever bids the highest price obtains the object being sold. Such auctions existed in the Greek as well as in the Roman world. Some were organized by the public authorities, while others were organized by individuals selling some of their goods at auction. In Roman Italy, these private auctions served a commercial function. In addition, they facilitated the sale of guarantees for unrepaid loans; likewise, they facilitated the management of private inheritance and estates. Between the 2nd century
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People's life courses are shaped by the complex interactions of contextual factors, of individual behavior, and of opportunities and constraints operating at the macro level. Demography studies these processes with a focus on particular transitions in the life course: birth, leaving home, marriage, and other transitions in civil status (divorce, remarriage, and transitions into widowhood), the birth and survival of offspring, migration, and finally the end of the life cycle—death.
Initial work on the ancient world focussed primarily on macro-level data, trying to establish overall trends in population development on the basis of census figures and other population estimates. This approach has received further impetus with the advent of survey demography (see Population Trends). More recently, attention has turned to single events in the life course. Core demographic studies have attempted to establish patterns and rates of marriage, fertility, migration, and mortality. Others have taken a complementary approach with a stronger focus on qualitative data. These support investigation of sociological, cultural, and economic aspects of demographic phenomena. The remainder of this article focusses on a concise evaluation of current understanding of marriage, fertility, migration, mortality, and population trends in the ancient Greco-Roman world.
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Arising from the agrarian and domestic contexts of classical antiquity, the notion of "frugality" (frugalitas) was a positive, desirable, and in many respects distinctively Roman concept that generally refers to a set of practices, ethical principles, and cultural and moral values pertaining to the production and consumption of resources. Closely related to this more general category is the concept of "parsimony" (parsimonia), which, as one type of frugalitas, is properly concerned with the prudent and judicious management of property and wealth. Both concepts tend to be associated with temperance and moderation (moderatio; cf. Gk. sophrosyne) and are often framed in opposition to "luxury" (luxuria) and "greed" (avaritia). Partly as a response to perceived increases in social ills and partly under the influence of Greek philosophy, the moral connotations of frugalitas and parsimonia become increasingly pronounced over time and are variously embraced by later Christian writers. Prominent historical exempla for these important Roman concepts include L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, M.' Curius Dentatus, and Cato the Elder.
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Romans not only gave gifts to express emotion and build relationships; a long-standing tradition of mutual aid gave rise to more intensive exchange of gifts and services (or reciprocity), among relatives, friends, and business associates; from the wealthy to the public in the form of public benefactions; and in legally sanctioned relationships between patrons and clients. Roman gift culture, distinctive among its contemporary Mediterranean societies, became increasingly transactional from the middle Republic to early Empire.
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Roman attitudes to wealth were complex and sometimes ambivalent. Wealth was an essential basis for political and social life, but also a topic of extensive debate, which focused on the proper uses of wealth and the proper ways of attaining it. These moral, philosophical, and literary debates had practical implications for how the Romans spent their wealth and how they acquired it.


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Installing Arch Linux on a MacBook is quite similar to installing it on any other computer. However, due to the specific hardware configuration on a MacBook, there are a few deviations and special considerations which warrant a separate guide. For more background information, please see the Official Arch Linux Install Guide, Beginners Guide, Beginners Guide Appendix, and Post Installation Tips. This guide should also work for the MacBook Pros 5 serie, and apply to both the 32 and 64 bits versions. Template:Article summary start Template:Article summary text Template:Article summary heading Template:I18n entry Template:I18n entry Template:Article summary heading Template:Article summary wiki Template:Article summary wiki Template:Article summary wiki Template:Article summary wiki Template:Article summary end
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- 2 Installation of Mac OS X and Firmware Update
- 3 Partition
- 4 Installation
- 5 Post-Install Configuration
- 5.1 Xorg
- 5.2 Wifi
- 5.3 Power management
- 5.4 Sound
- 5.5 Bluetooth
- 5.6 iSight
- 5.7 Temperature Sensors
- 5.8 Color Profile
- 5.9 Apple Remote
- 5.10 Hfs Partition Sharing
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Specifically, the procedure for installing Arch Linux on a MacBook is:
- Install Mac OS X: Regardless of the desired end-configuration, it helps to start from a clean install of OS X.
- Firmware Update: This should help reduce errors and provide newer features for the hardware.
- Partition: This step either resizes or deletes the OS X partition and creates partitions for Arch Linux.
- Install Arch Linux: The actual installation procedure.
- Post-Install Configuration: MacBook specific configuration.
Installation of Mac OS X and Firmware Update
Apple already has excellent instructions for installing Mac OS X. Follow their instructions. Finally, once OS X is installed, go to:
Apple Menu --> Software Update
And update all software. Once this has run, you will need to reboot your computer. Do this, and then run Software Update again to check to make sure that all updates have been installed.
If you are not going to have Mac OS X installed, you need to make a backup of the file:
You will need this file later for iSight functionality.
The next step in the installation is to re-partition the hard drive. If Mac OS X was installed using the typical procedure, then your drive should have a GPT format and the following two partitions:
- EFI partition: a 200 MB partition at the beginning of the disk.It is often read as msdos or FAT by some partitioning tools and usually labelled #1
- Mac OS X partition: the (HFS+) partition that should take up all of the remaining disk space. Usually labelled #2.
How to partition depends on how many operating systems you want install. The following options will be proposed here:
- Arch Linux Only for single boot.
- Mac OS X with Arch Linux for dual boot.
If you don't know which option to pick, we recommend the dual boot so you can still return to Mac OS X whenever you want.
Arch Linux Only
This situation is the easiest to deal with. Mostly, partitioning is the same as any other hardware that Arch Linux can be installed on. The only special consideration is the MacBook firmware boot sound. To ensure that this sound is off: mute the volume in Mac OS X before continuing further. The MacBook firmware relies on the value in Mac OS X, if available. Note that if you choose to get rid of the OsX partition, there is no easy way to update your machine firmware.
Then partition with parted. The simplest way is to change the partition table to msdos and then partition as normal. If you decide to use the GPT format, GRUB will not be able to recognize the partitioning scheme.
Once you have finished this part, please move on to Installation section.
Mac OS X with Arch Linux
The easiest way to partition your hard drive, so that Mac OS X and Arch Linux will co-exist, is to use partitioning tools in Mac OS X and then finish with Arch Linux tools.
- In Mac OS X, run Disk Utility (located in /Applications/Utilities)
- Select the drive to be partitioned in the left-hand column (not the partitions!). Click on the partition tab on the right.
- Select the volume to be resized in the volume scheme.
- Decide how much space you wish to have for your Mac OS X partition, and how much for Arch Linux. Remember that a typical installation of Mac OS X requires around 15-20 GiB, depending on the number of software applications and files.
- Finally, type the new (smaller) size for the MacOS partition in the size box and click apply. This will create a new partition out of the empty space.
- If the above completed successfully, then you can continue. If not, then you may need to fix your partitions from within Mac OS X first.
- Boot the Arch install CD and run parted
# parted
- Delete the empty space partition and partition the space as you would for any other installation. Note that MBR is limited to 4 primary partitions (including the efi partition). That leaves 2 primary partitions for arch. One strategy is to have a system and home partition, and use a swap file (I haven't tried to use logical partitions). Another is to dedicate one partition to a shared partition (see below).
- At this point, if you are dual booting, you should reboot your computer and have rEFIt fix the partition tables on your hard drive. (If you don't do this, you may have to reinstall GRUB later on in order to have your Mac recognize the Linux partition.) When you are into the rEFIt menu, select update partition table, then press Y.
# reboot
- Done! Please continue to installation
- Boot from the Arch Linux install CD. Type arch at the boot prompt or arch vga=773 if you prefer a higher console resolution.
boot: arch vga=773
boot: arch noapic irqpoll acpi=force
- Log in as root
- Run the Arch installer:
- Proceed through the installation as described in the Official Arch Linux Install Guide except in the following areas:
- In the prepare hard drive stage do only the set filesystem mountpoints step, taking care to assign the correct partitions.
- In the install boot loader stage, edit the menu.lst file and add reboot=pci to the end of the kernel lines, for example:
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda5 ro reboot=pciThis will allow your MacBook to reboot correctly from Arch.
- Also in the install boot loader stage, install GRUB on whatever partition that /boot is on. Warning: Do not install GRUB onto /dev/sda !!! Doing so is likely to lead to an unstable post-environment.
- In the configure system stage, edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add the usbinput hook to the HOOKS line somewhere after the autodetect hook. This will load the drivers for your keyboard in case you need to use it before Arch boots (e.g. entering a LUKS password or using the troubleshooting shell).
- When the install process is complete, reboot your computer.
# reboot
- Hold down the eject key as your MacBook starts, this should eject the Arch Linux install disk.
Post-Install Configuration
Install and configure Xorg by following the Xorg article.
Different MacBook's models have different graphic cards.
To see which graphic card do you have type:
# lspci | grep VGA
If it returns a string with intel you need xf86-video-intel driver. You can install it typing
# pacman -S xf86-video-intel
If it returns nvidia
# pacman -S nvidia
Otherwise if it returns ATI
# yaourt catalyst
At least, intel users don't need any other work; instead others users need a basic xorg.conf file where you can specify the right driver to use.
To configure it read those pages ATI or NVIDIA.
The touchpad should have basic functionality by default.
To configure advanced functions, see Touchpad Synaptics and Xorg input hotplugging.
MacBook keyboard works by default. Only the eject key isn't recognized properly.
To enable it you can map with right application like xbindkeys or through DE preferences; but another very good way, that we recommend, is to install pommed from AUR.
To install and configure pommed is easy:
# yaourt pommed
to install it, after
Edit the /etc/pommed.conf according to your hardware on MacBook, building it from /etc/pommed.conf.mac or /etc/pommed.conf.ppc example files.
Note that you can also run it without a configuration file, the defaults may work for you. Then
Put pommed at the end in your DAEMONS array in your /etc/rc.conf
finally reboot your pc.
Different MacBook models have different wireless cards.
You can easily check what card do your MacBook have by:
# lspci | grep Network
- if you have an Atheros all should works-out-of-the-box.
- instead if you have a Broadcom follow the Broadcom BCM4312 page.
Power management
Suspend (the kernel suspend) should work out of the box (I had a problem in which the machine would "suspend immediately after resume" in certain conditions when suspending by closing the lid. This was solved by de-selecting the option "event_when_closed_battery" in gconf-editor → gnome-power-manager → actions).
Hibernate should work if you have a swap partition. If you opted for a swap file because of the MBR limitation to 4 primary partitions, you can still get hibernate functionality by following these instructions (this is mostly taken from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1042946):
- Create a swapfile (here 2G = bs*count):
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=2M
It is recommended, but not necessary, to create the swapfile on a newly created partition, so that fragmentation is minimum.
# chmod 600 swapfile # mkswap swapfile mkswap: swapfile: warning: don't erase bootbits sectors on whole disk. Use -f to force. Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2097148 KiB no label, UUID=6bf46166-4f9e-433a-aac1-91cb3f5cf8ba # Note that we won't use this UUID later.
- Add the swapfile in fstab:
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
- Determine the UUID of partition on which the swapfile is (/sbin/blkid is provided by util-linux-ng)
# blkid -g # blkid /dev/sda4: UUID="388014d3-1d18-4ca0-980e-ef2f9fdebde4" TYPE="ext3"
388014d3-1d18-4ca0-980e-ef2f9fdebde4 is the number we're looking for.
- Determine the physical offset of the swapfile:
$ sudo filefrag -v /swapfile | head Filesystem type is: ef53 Filesystem cylinder groups is approximately 132 File size of /swapfile is 2147483648 (524288 blocks, blocksize 4096) ext logical physical expected length flags 0 0 24576 12 merged 1 12 24589 24587 1024 merged 2 1036 25615 25612 1024 merged 3 2060 26640 26638 1024 merged 4 3084 27665 27663 1024 merged 5 4108 28690 28688 1024 merged $
Here, 24576 is the number we want.
- Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add:
resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/388014d3-1d18-4ca0-980e-ef2f9fdebde4 resume_offset=24576
to your kernel stanza options (or use the kopt method as in the post). Note that the "resume=UUID=" actually didn't work for me. I had to use the /dev/disk/by-uuid syntax.
- Nothing to do with update-grub nor mkinitcpio.
- Reboot once
- Try to hibernate
First of all follow ALSA wiki page, then if something doesn't work correctly, continue reading this part.
Edit your /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf appending this line:
options snd_hda_intel model=intel-mac-auto
This should automatically specify the codec in your MacBook. Alternatively, for MacBookPro5,X, you can use:
options snd_hda_intel model=mb5
(note that the jack output is controlled with "HP").
If you have an iMac8,1, you should instead use
options snd-hda-intel model=mbp3 position_fix=2
Then, reboot.
See the article on Bluetooth to install and configure all software needed.
Then if Bluetooth doesn't work out-of-the-box, you should edit your /etc/conf.d/bluetooth to enable hid2hci by uncommenting related line as follows:
Then restart your bluetooth daemon or simply reboot your pc.
iSight webcams require the Apple's proprietary firmware that can't be redistributed because proprietary. Then we must extract it from MacOS and load it Arch.
Tools to extract firmware is available at http://bersace03.free.fr/ift/ but we can found it on AUR isight-firmware-tools.
First you need to get the firmware out of a particular file located on your OS X install. It is located in /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBVideoSupport.
To get it, mounts the MacOSX drive with:
# sudo mkdir /media/MacOSX # sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda2 /media/MacOSX
Then install the firmware extractor and let it do the work for you
# yaourt isight-firmware-tools
and click OK to accept the default path (/media/MacOSX/System...).
When it's done check that the firmware has been found:
# ls /lib/firmware/isight.fw
Once that is done, you need to completely SHUTDOWN your Mac and start it back up again (because this clears the hardware state of the camera).
Finally you can load the uvcvideo module or add it at the end of MODULES() array into your /etc/rc.conf if you want it to load at boot.
Everything should works.
To test it there are many software:
- MPlayer
# mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=1280:height=1024:device=/dev/video0 -fps 20
- Cheese
- Skype
- Ekiga
Temperature Sensors
For reading temperature just install and configure lm_sensors. See Lm sensors page.
Color Profile
We can use color profiles from Mac OS.
First install xcalib from AUR:
# yaourt xcalib
Second copy pre-saved color profiles placed in /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays/ on Mac OS partition to ~/colorprofiles/ for example.
There are color profile files agree with in MacBook models; select the right one:
- Color LCD-4271800.icc for MacBook Pro with CoreDuo CPU
- Color LCD-4271880.icc for MacBook with Core2Duo
- Color LCD-4271780.icc for MacBook (not Pro) based on CoreDuo or Core2Duo.
Finally you can activate it by running
# xcalib ~/colorprofile.icc
Apple Remote
First, to correctly install and configure the lirc software that control IR see Lirc wiki.
Then make LIRC use /dev/usb/hiddev0 (or /dev/hiddev0) by editing /etc/conf.d/lircd. Here is how mine look:
# # Parameters for lirc daemon # LIRC_DEVICE="/dev/usb/hiddev0" LIRC_DRIVER="macmini" LIRC_EXTRAOPTS="" LIRC_CONFIGFILE="/etc/lirc/lircd.conf"
Use irrecord (available when installing lirc) to create a config file matching your remote control signals (alternatively, you can try to use the lircd.conf below):
sudo irrecord -d /dev/usb/hiddev0 -H macmini output_conf_file
Start lircd and use irw to check if it works.
Example of an /etc/lircd.conf:
begin remote name lircd.conf.macbook bits 8 eps 30 aeps 100 one 0 0 zero 0 0 pre_data_bits 24 pre_data 0x87EEFD gap 211994 toggle_bit_mask 0x87EEFD01 begin codes Repeat 0x01 Menu 0x03 Play 0x05 Prev 0x09 Next 0x06 Up 0x0A Down 0x0C end codes end remote
Hfs Partition Sharing
First, we have to list our partitions. Use
fdisk -l /dev/sda
example output:
# fdisk -l /dev/sda Device Boot Start End Blocks Id Type /dev/sda1 1 26 204819 ee GPT /dev/sda2 26 13602 109051903+ af Unknown /dev/sda3 * 13602 14478 7031250 83 Linux /dev/sda4 14478 14594 932832+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
As we see, the "Unknown" partition is our OS X partition, which is located in
Create a "mac" folder in /media:
sudo mkdir /media/mac
Add at the end of /etc/fstab this line:
/dev/sda2 /media/mac hfsplus rw,exec,auto,users 0 0
Mount it :
mount /media/mac
and check it:
ls /media/mac
Home Sharing
UID Synchronization
In OS X
Step 1: Change UID and GID(s)
- Open NetInfo Manager located in the /Applications/Utilities folder.
- If not done for you already, enable access to user account transactions by clicking on the closed lock at the bottom of the window, and entering your account password, or root password if you have created a root account.
- Navigate to /users/<new user name> where <new user name> is the name of the account that will have read/write access to the folder that will be shared with the primary user in Arch.
- Change the UID value to 1000 (the value used by default for first user created in Arch).
- Also change the GID value to 1000 (the value used by default for user account creation in Arch).
- Navigate to /groups/<new user name>, automatically saving the changes you have made so far.
In Leopard, the NetInfo Manager application is not present. A different set of steps is required for UID synchronization:
- Open System Preferences.
- Click on Accounts.
- Unlock the pane if not already done so.
- Right-click on the desired user and select Advanced Options.
- Write down the value of the User ID field, you'll need it later on. Change both the UID and GID to match the UID and GID of the account wished to be shared with in Arch (1000 by default for the first user created in Arch).
Step 2: Change "Home" Permissions
- Open up Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities folder.
- Enter the following command to reclaim the permission settings of your home folder, replacing <your user name>, <your user group> and <your old UID> with the user name whose UID and GID values you just changed, the group name whose GID value you just changed and the old UID number, respectively.
find /User/<your user name> -user <your old UID> -exec chown <your user name>:<your user group>
In Arch
To synchronize your UID in Arch Linux, you are advised to perform this operation while creating a new user account. It is therefore recommended that you do this as soon as you install Arch Linux.
Now you must substitute Arch's home with Mac OS's home, by modify entries of the famous /etc/fstab file.
Now install rEFIt if you have not done so already.
In OS X, download the ".dmg" from -> Refit Homepage and install it.
Open up Terminal and enter:
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Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn, one of the biggest attractions in winter sport, will miss next month's Sochi Games because she requires surgery on her injured knee.
The 29-year-old American broke the news on her Facebook page on Tuesday.
"I am devastated to announce I will not be able to compete in Sochi," said Vonn, the girlfriend of world No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods.
"I did everything I possibly could to somehow get strong enough to overcome having no ACL but the reality has sunk in that my knee is just too unstable to compete at this level."
Vonn, a four-times overall World Cup champion and the standout name in women's Alpine skiing, badly injured her right knee in a world championship super-G in February.
She hurt her knee again while training for the season-opening World Cup downhill at Beaver Creek, Colorado but appeared to be back on track after racing at Lake Louise, Alberta.
Vonn then travelled with the U.S. team to Europe and, with Woods watching her for the first time at a World Cup race, injured her knee once more in Val d'Isere, France.
"It was Tiger's first time at a World Cup race and I was really hoping to win my 60th as a present for him," said Vonn who with 59 victories in the competition is three short of the women's record held by Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell.
Vonn still believed she could recover in time for Sochi, aiming to compete at her fourth straight Olympics, but faced the grim reality on Tuesday.
"After the incident in Val d'Isere an MRI showed an MCL sprain which, coupled with the torn ACL, has made it impossible to stabilize her knee and be ready to safely ski again next month," Vonn's public relations team said in a statement.
"She will have surgery shortly and is expected to make a full recovery in time for the 2014-15 World Cup season and the 2015 world championship."
Vonn tried to put an optimistic spin on her personal disappointment.
"On a positive note this means there will be an additional spot so that one of my team mates can go for gold," she said in a statement released by the U.S. skiing team.
"Thank you all so much for all of the love and support. I will be cheering for all of the Olympians and especially team USA."
Bill Marolt, president of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, said he expected Vonn to be back at full strength next season and that it was time for her compatriots to step up in Sochi in her absence.
"I have every ounce of confidence that Lindsey will be at the starting gate at the next World Cup season ready to compete. She knows the hard work it takes to get to the top and still has significant goals to achieve in what has been an incredible career," said Marolt.
"While Lindsey won't be in Sochi we have a strong team that is well prepared to challenge. Now is the time for those athletes to step up."
Vonn is a six-times World Cup downhill champion, a four-times World Cup super-G winner and a triple World Cup super combined champion.
She landed the downhill gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics four years ago and also picked up the bronze in the super-G at the same event.


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