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From the book Reading Women by Stephanie Staal '93.
Our first weekend back in the city, John, Sylvia, and I took an afternoon stroll down the promenade in Brooklyn Heights, taking in its arresting view of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge, the steel and glass cityscape etched indelibly into the blue sky. The wind whipped around us, laced with the chill of winter, and I had this funny image that we had just landed in Oz, that, even as we walked, we were moving from black-and-white into brilliant color. The dog sniffed the air, enlivened by so many scents, her tail wagging furiously behind her, while Sylvia ran in circles around us, her arms spread airplane style, and then screeched to a halt right in front of me, her eyes shining. "I love New York!" she exclaimed. I laughed and bent down to give her a kiss on the head. Annapolis seemed a million miles away, almost as if we'd never left the city at all.
Still, the reality of living in under 1,200 square feet was that John and I were now forced to occupy the same orbit, whether jockeying each other for the one shower or bumping into each other in our narrow kitchen while I made breakfast and he brewed the coffee. Privacy became a quaint notion of the past.…
Every sound, every conversation, every tap of the keyboard reverberated throughout the entire apartment. Add to this mix a very loquacious four year old and a beagle with baying in her blood, and our home often seemed more asylum, of the lunatic variety, than refuge.
All this might have been tolerable, except that the apartment was also where I worked—and where John worked, too, at least for our first few months back in the city. The effect was an increase in what I can only describe as mental noise, the clanking of too many fragmented ideas, too many interrupted thoughts. Torn between the stresses of working freelance and the demands of family life, I was fast turning into the caricature of the absentminded mother—constantly forgetting my keys, double-booking appointments, losing the thread of my sentences. Out of necessity, I took to writing lengthy to-do lists and Post-it reminders, which I would invariably misplace. I strode purposefully into rooms, only to halt suddenly, midstep, because—damned if I could even remember why . . . At times, caught up in the chaotic twirl of daily life, I would grope blindly for stillness, for that proverbial eye of the storm, if only for the chance to breathe. No wonder so many mothers start meditating and doing yoga. With the move, I had missed the first day of Fem Texts and fallen behind on my reading assignment, which was, rather perfectly, Virginia Woolf's Room of One's Own. The book—an extended essay, really—is based on two lectures Woolf gave at Cambridge University in 1928. Expanded and published in October 1929, around the time the Great Depression was sweeping across the world, A Room of One's Own makes the apparently simple case that in order to write fiction, a woman must have a room and an income of five hundred pounds a year, no strings attached. Then, working backward from this basic proposition, Woolf weaves a sparkling literary cape for the age-old feminist arguments in favor of economic autonomy and equal opportunity for women,
In one of her most memorable illustrations from the book, Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had an equally talented sister, Judith, who, because she is a woman, is undone by her own genius. Deprived of the same education as her brother, her gifts remain locked up inside, discouraged, even as her mind and hands are busied with other tasks, such as mending the stockings and minding the stew. Her father promises her in marriage to the son of a neighbor, a dull wool stapler, and when she protests, he beats her. He later tries to ply her with promises of beads and fine petticoats, but Judith doesn't care about these things. She runs away to London, carried off by her dreams, the humming of her own gifts. Once in the city, she knocks on the stage door of a theater, looking for work. The men who answer laugh in her face, the spittle of their hilarity wet on her cheek. She has nowhere to go to improve her craft, no support for her genius. Finally, the actor-manager of the theater takes pity on her. His pity leads to her pregnancy, and so—"who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?"—the young Judith kills herself on an icy night and now lies buried in an anonymous grave at some crossroads where tour buses stop outside the Elephant and Castle.…
These words, when I read them, lodge in my throat. Woolf prophesied that within the next century Shakespeare's sister would live again, embodied by a new generation of women. Woolf herself would not live nearly so long. Twelve years after A Room of One's Own was published, she filled her coat pockets with stones, waded into the River Ouse, and drowned herself. By then, World War II had invaded her daily life with its threat of destruction. Bombs blasted her London home and library to rubble.
She had finished a novel, but despair hovered. "I feel certain that I am going mad again," she wrote to her husband, Leonard, on the morning of her suicide, "and I shan't recover this time." For most of her life, Woolf had suffered from episodes of mental illness and violent mood swings that battered her health and relationships, but also infused her writing with radiant insight. In A Room of One's Own, she contemplates the "severances and oppositions in the mind," which has "no single state of being." She writes: "Clearly the mind is always altering its focus, and bringing the world into different perspectives. But some of these states of mind seem, even if adopted spontaneously, to be less comfortable than others. In order to keep oneself continuing in them one is unconsciously holding something back, and gradually the repression becomes an effort."
This observation is reflected in her fiction as well. Pick up any one of Woolf's novels: Her prose is frenetic, an exercise in the anarchic wanderings of the mind, thought stumbling over thought, facts and ideas contradicting each other. Woolf writes of a mind divided against itself, ever struggling to coalesce a sense of self from all the bits and pieces of thought, experience, emotion.
Crowded into an urban apartment, working to regain my professional footing, keeping watch of a young child, I thought about Virginia Woolf's conditions for female creativity. If I had the money—five hundred pounds converted into U.S. currency and adjusted for inflation, of course—and a room of my own, which I sort of had here by the kitchen, was that really all it would take? My daughter pounded on the door of my home office. "Mommy? Mommy? Mommy?" I stopped typing, the words of the sentence I had been writing now scattered, the muse frightened away. I swung open the door in a motion of irritation. And there stood my daughter, holding out to me a piece of paper with a poem she had written, her expression serious and proud.
"Mommy," she said, "I wrote this for you."
Reprinted by arrangement with PublicAffairs (www.publicaffairsbooks.com), a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright © 2011.


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We are an internet start-up that have created a cool application that can measure how engaged a consumer is - and their "propensity" or likelihood to buy, click, refer...in fact pretty much anything.
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An obituary for the world
After a long illness, the world ended today. It was 4.54 billion years old. Strangely, the exact date of the end was predicted by a bunch of Mayans in Mexico back in the day.
The world was historically coy about revealing its origins. Earlier theories of how it came to be ranged from a water beetle falling from the sky and shaping it out of mud to the theory that it was created in one day by the rather judgey deity of a small Middle Eastern sect.
More recently, it has seemed likely that it and the rest of the solar system were the result of the gravitational collapse of a giant molecular cloud, which is nowhere near as cool as the water-beetle thing.
In its youth, the planet spent a long time just cooling off, but as of about 580 million years ago, multicellular life appeared, and things started to get interesting. For a long time, there were a lot of trilobites, which looked like something that would scare the bejesus out of you in the bathroom at night. Then there were a bunch of dinosaurs, which were created so that 6-year-olds would have something to obsess over.
They all died when a meteorite hit Earth. The big winners of that debacle were mammals, which eventually gave rise to woolly mammoths, giant sloths (squee!) and, of course, humans.
Earth contained some spectacular sights, such as the Alps and the Great Blue Hole in Belize. It also offered some truly terrible places, such as Death Valley and Siberia, and a lot of places that were just meh, such as Oklahoma.
But back to humans. They showed up and immediately started behaving like your worst drunken uncle. Wars, famine and misery parked themselves pretty much everywhere humans did.
But humans were capable of creating things of sublime beauty, such as the Taj Mahal and the King James Bible, as well as things of deep horror, such as the Rwandan massacre and the Rape of Nanking, and a lot of things that were no better than all right, including plastic sporks and Coldplay.
Still, they invented fireworks and the French language and potstickers and songs that could make you cry, so they weren't all that bad.
And then, one day, it all stopped. Just like that. Everyone saw it coming and no one saw it coming, but come it did.
The world is survived by its moon, seven other planets and their moons and numerous asteroids. There are no calling hours because there's no one left.


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Welcome to the Great Wizard's Exclusives Page. The artwork created by Fighting Fantasy artists has always been spectacular, and so are Wizard Books' new range of covers. These have no doubt inspired many of you to create your own images depicting your favourite monsters, characters and scenes from the series. Here we present our exclusive look at unseen artwork and sketches, as well as short interviews we've had with the cover artists themselves.
The following information was originally published on the unofficial AdvancedFightingFantasy.com detailing at the time exclusive unseen discussions and material from the original Puffin Fighting Fantasy series. At the time I was fortunate to perform many interviews with many of the original Fighting Fantasy contributors, authors and artists and they were kind enough to reveal much about their work for the genre. In a number of these interviews via email, mail and telephone I presented and revealed information regarding unseen Gamebooks, proposals and artwork that has never seen the light of day. These included details on unpublished titles that Puffin was considering for publication at the time namely; 60 Saga of the Stormchaser by Jonathan Green, 61 The Thief of Arantis by Dave Morris, 62 The Wailing World by Paul Mason, 63 Pirates of the Black Skull by Jonathan Green, 64 Deathlord by Andrew Chapman & Martin Allen, Deathtrap Dungeon 3 by Dave Morris, 65 Night of the Creature by Marc Gascoinge and 66 The Keeper of the Seven Keys by Dave Morris & Jamie Thomson. Other titles such as the [Redacted] plot known as [Redacted] by [Redacted], Labyrinth of Death by Dave Morris & Jamie Thomson, a Sequel to Curse of the Mummy by Jonathan Green and [Redacted] also by ]Redacted]. As originally presented on AdvancedFightingFantasy.com, Fightingfantasygamebooks.com here are the many Exclusives.
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Alfresco Give Presentation on Collaboration with Open Source Knowledge Management
LONDON, May 3rd, 2007 – Alfresco Software, Inc., the first and leading provider of an open source enterprise content management solution, today announced its participation in the Red Hat Summit.
Alfresco's Vice President of Web Content Management, Kevin Cochrane, is appearing as a speaker at the event. He will discuss how to improve collaboration with open source knowledge management.
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Speaker: Kevin Cochrane, vice president of Web Content Management, Alfresco, Inc.
Track: Beyond the Operating System
Date: Wednesday, May 9th
Time: 11:30pm – 12:30pm (Group 2)
Location: San Diego Convention Centre
The session will discuss how Alfresco's leading open source ECM platform and JBoss Portal together provide a next generation platform for dynamic, interactive, Web 2.0 portal deployments. This session will also introduce a new pre-integrated solution offering from Red Hat based on Alfresco's new 2.1 ECM platform and JBoss' new 2.6 portal offering.
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'Something fun for everyone:' Spirit Appreciation Day coming your way Saturday
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Years ago, The Punxsutawney Spirit decided to make a conscious effort to reach out to the community and thank it for all the faithfulness it had shown the paper. From that idea, The Spirit's Appreciation Day was born, and after many successful years, the tradition will carry on again this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the SS.C.D. auditorium, just across the parking lot from The Spirit's office on Pine Street in Punxsutawney.
"Appreciation Day has been around for approximately 15 years," Spirit publisher Tracy Smith said. "It all started because we just wanted to give something back to the community. Everybody does so much for us, and we wanted to create a day of fun where people could come out and celebrate, and we could offer them some special deals."
Over the years, the expansion of the event has forced it to move a number of times, but this year's event is scheduled to take place at SS.C.D., where it was held last year.
"It used to be held down at the park, then it moved to the Community Center," Smith said. "It grew so much that we had to move it again to its current location."
From displays of local talent to the pumpkin hunt, the event promises plenty of food and fun for "kids" of all ages.
The vendors -- from food to crafts -- will start the day's activities when Appreciation Day opens at 9 a.m.
"There'll be about 28 vendors that will set up with crafts, homemade knick knacks and other things," Smith said, adding that she encourages folks to come out and check out the spread.
The live entertainment portion of the event will begin at 11 a.m. with the talent show.
"A few years back, we got to thinking that we needed a new event, and with America's Got Talent, American Idol and other similar shows being popular, we thought it'd be fun to do something fun for the community to give its members an opportunity to showcase their own talents," Smith said.
The event will be judged by Zak Lantz, The Spirit's editor; Katie Laska, current Punxsutawney Woman of the Year; and Tom Chelgren, former Punxsutawney Man of the Year.
Adding some incentive for the competitors, the winner of the contest will receive a $100 cash prize.
Immediately following the talent show, the highlight of the day for the kids 11 and under will take place with the pumpkin hunt, though Smith said the "hunt" is more about the decorating contest that will take place once the children choose their pumpkins.
"We have 100 pumpkins that will be available to the first 100 kids, and we have 100 treat bags to hand out to the kids as well," Smith said. "This event has been a part of the Appreciation Day for quite some time, and it's something the kids really look forward to."
While the decorating competition will be a fun one, there will also be prizes awarded in five different categories:
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Smith said she would like to extend thanks to County Market for sponsoring the event and to Pine Valley for donating the pumpkins.
Smith wanted to encourage all the members of the community to come out and allow the members of The Spirit's staff to offer them a sign of gratitude — from young to old.
"Come on out," she said. "There's lots of food; there's fun; and there are all kinds of vendors. From kids right up to seniors, there'll be something fun for everyone."


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Lucid, Maverick, Natty, Oneiric, & Precise.
Last updated: June 6, 2012
Good News!
A wacom_serial.ko has been written by tokenrove. Together with a patched inputattach the protocol IV serial tablets are supported. Protocol IV devices include the Digitizer II (UD series), PenPartner, Graphire, and Cintiq series of Wacom serial tablets. This serio-based driver is still feature incomplete and does not yet support pad buttons, tilt, suppression, or the Graphire relative wheel. This is a link to the newest driver and inputattach patch: wacom_serial-120327-1.tar.bz2 See post #349. Instructions are on tokenrove's page "A kernel driver for legacy Wacom serial tablets" here: http://cipht.net/2011/07/02/wacom_se...l-release.html Those of you with the appropriate model should consider helping tokenrove with testing, as he has requested, in order to shake out any bugs and add the feature support in. The PenPartners now work thanks to bserem, see post #314. Graphire tablets now work thanks to the response of Graiden and jellysheep to the urgent call for Graphire testers. The eraser just needs to be re-enabled and the mouse scroll wheel confirmed.
Feedback on the new version of wacom_serial.ko appreciated. If your tablet didn't work with it before please try it now
Update (6-6-12): we are very close to having all of the wacom_serial.ko driver features functional and tested! The next steps will be submission to the kernel and input-wacom. Thank you testers!
Roaldfre has also written a wacom_serial5.ko. Protocol V devices include the Intuos and Intuos2 models. The code is here: https://github.com/RoaldFre/wacom_serial5
Update (1-16-12): with the addition of the 4D mouse support roaldfre now has all of the wacom_serial5.ko driver features functional and tested! The next steps will be submission to the kernel and input-wacom. Thank you testers!
Thank you tokenrove and roaldfre. This is awesome!
"A kernel driver for legacy Wacom serial tablets" by tokenrove: http://cipht.net/2011/07/02/wacom_se...l-release.html
"Serial Protocol IV" by tokenrove: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...al_Protocol_IV
"Driver for old serial Wacom protocol V tablets (Intuos and Intuos2)" by roaldfre: https://github.com/RoaldFre/wacom_serial5
Linux Console Project (for inputattach) by esr, jsimmons, skitt, vojtech: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/
"Wacom Hacking" by John Tsiombikas: http://codelab.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/wacom-hacking/ - the original xf86-input-wacom serial patch.
"Problems with Wacom Intuos2 serial and Xserver 1.7 (ubuntu lucid)" by Sebastian Berthold: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/f...xwacom-discuss - first serial patch and second serial patch set on linuxwacom-discuss.
Sources for regenerating the xf86-input-wacom build scripts, WWWWolf at: http://codelab.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/wacom-hacking/ and: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/g...cs-tablet.html
"dixScreenOrigins has been removed from server" by Gaetan Nadon: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/f...nuxwacom-devel - patch to build on X server 1.9.
"Wacom Graphire I serial and Lucid" thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1480915
"Wacom Artpad II serial and Lucid" thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1593973
"Configuring A Wacom Tablet In Lucid Lynx" thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1462026&page=3 - setting up a serial Wacom ArtzII tablet using a Keyspan serial->USB adapter, posts #24 to #34 with HOW TO at #34. Kernel patch for the Keyspan serial-to-USB driver, adds a dummy TIOCGSERIAL ioctl, on post #30.
"Wacom DigitizerII 12x18 UD1218R Problems with Maverick Server" thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1649439
The Linux Wacom Tablet Project sourceforge site.
The Linux Wacom Project's mediawiki main page.
The Linux Wacom Project's mediawiki linuxwacom HOWTO's.
The Linux Wacom Project's mediawiki xf86-input-wacom HOWTO's.
The Linux Wacom Project's mediawiki DeveloperPages.
Previous versions of wacom_serial.ko:
original version: http://cipht.net/releases/wacom_serial-110702-0.tar.gz
first version to support the PenPartner: http://cipht.net/releases/wacom_serial-120301-1.tar.bz2
Ubuntu Release Specific Notes
Precise Pangolin (12.04): The default xf86-input-wacom is 0.14.0. Tokenrove's and roaldfre's new wacom_serial.ko serial tablet drivers also work for Precise, provided you make the appropriate edit to wacom_serial.c noted below.
Oneiric Ocelot (11.10): The default xf86-input-wacom is 0.11.0. Tokenrove's and roaldfre's new wacom_serial.ko serial tablet drivers also work for Oneiric.
Natty Narwhal (11.04): The default xf86-input-wacom is 0.10.11. Tokenrove's and roaldfre's new wacom_serial.ko serial tablet drivers are basically for Natty (kernel 2.6.38 or better). The new serial drivers use inputattach to present the incoming raw data from the wacom_serial.ko's to xf86-input-wacom, which treats the incoming data as usb packets. As part of the set up you need to add a 70-serial-wacom.rules file to your local udev rules (in /etc/udev/rules.d). Tokenrove has supplied a test version for protocol 4 tablets that does build on Lucid and Maverick but describes it as "crippled".
Maverick Meerkat (10.10): The default xf86-input-wacom is 0.10.8. In order for 0.10.6 xf86-input-wacom to build on Maverick's 1.9 Xserver you need to apply a third patch: "0003-dixScreenOrigins has been removed from server". Patch sets that apply to xf86-input-wacom-0.10.7 and 0.10.8 are being tested in post #2.
Lucid Lynx (10.04): The default xf86-input-wacom is 0.10.5. You apply the version 3 0.10.6 patch set to the xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6 source code following the instructions below in part I. Then after regenerating the build scripts you can compile and install as you normally would. Patch sets that apply to xf86-input-wacom-0.10.7 and 0.10.8 are being tested in post #2.
Wacom serial tablet support was dropped from xf86-input-wacom due to a lack of developer resources. The Wacom X driver was switched to Xorg's xf86-input-wacom beginning with Xserver 1.7. This means that starting with Lucid there has been no official Wacom driver support for the UD series, PenPartner, and the Graphire, Intuos, and Cintiq series of serial tablets. However serial ISDv4 devices (tablet PCs) have been and continue to be supported.
Tokenrove and roaldfre are developing new wacom_serial.ko's as the way forward for Wacom serial tablet support with xf86-input-wacom. This is your chance to test and contribute to Linux kernel development!
A patch set for serial tablets by John Tsiombikas & Sebastian Berthold, using the old linuxwacom serial driver, was partially developed and works for enabling serial tablets when applied to xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6. It does not apply cleanly to versions later than 0.10.6. It was not included in the xf86-input-wacom driver because it needed further work. Unfortunately development stopped after the second patch set was submitted on 5-24-10. Which places the patch set about 20 commits into the 0.10.6+ git tree. Sebastian had a serial Wacom Intuos2 GD-1218-R, and of course his patch set worked for it. A number of serial tablet owners have successfully applied this patch set and gotten their tablets working in Lucid and Maverick.
This HOW TO shows you how to enable your serial tablet in Oneiric, Natty, Maverick, and Lucid. The wacom_serial.ko drivers are new and being tested; and remember the old linuxwacom serial driver patch set is not finished driver worthy code, so be prepared for some glitches.
The HOW TO essentially consists of two parts. The first deals with the new kernel serial drivers for Natty and Oneiric and the second uses the linuxwacom serial driver for Lucid and Maverick. Currently for Lucid and Maverick the [v3]xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6_serial-patches is considered "validated" as it appears to be the most completely functional so far. See post #2 for test patch set instructions for xf86-input-wacom-0.10.7 and 0.10.8.
New serial tablet drivers - for Natty and Oneiric
Once testing has firmed up the feature set and ironed out any bugs the new serial tablet drivers will be submitted to the Linux kernel for inclusion.
Testers reporting success
First wacom_serial.ko tester on Maverick was dreh for a Wacom Digitizer II UD-1218-R.
First wacom_serial5.ko tester on Natty was firstattempt for a Wacom Intuos GD-0405-R. Second was alexcrow for a Intuos2 A4 0912-R. Third was luminol for a Intuos2 XD-0912-R.
First wacom_serial.ko tester on Oneiric was mpGoodwin for a Wacom Artpad. Second was dreh for a Wacom Digitizer II UD-1218-R.
First wacom_serial5.ko tester on Oneiric was thorwil for a Wacom Intuos2 GD-1212-R.
I. Prepare your system to build the kernel module and install Xorg's xf86-input-wacom-0.11.x tar
Note: The following instructions assume you are downloading packages, extracting them, and compiling them on your Desktop. If you use another directory change the directory paths in the commands accordingly.
Copy and paste each line into a terminal (Applications > Accesories > Terminal) and hit enter after each line (except the ones in parenthesis). Careful, some lines extend past the right side of the "box". Get all of them.
Code:cd ./Desktop sudo apt-get update (For Mint use libX11-dev instead of libx11-dev in the following command) sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libxi-dev x11proto-input-dev xserver-xorg-dev libxrandr-dev libncurses5-dev xutils-dev autoconf libtool pkg-config libudev-dev sudo apt-get upgrade
II. Build the serial kernel module/driver and the patched inputattach
The following is based on tokenrove's protocol 4 wacom_serial.ko package or roaldfre's protocol 5 wacom_serial5.ko package and their instructions in the above links. Compiling and installing either of the serial_wacom.ko's is shown as well as patching and compiling inputattach. Then if you have Lucid or Maverick update your xf86-input-wacom as below in appendix 1 at the bottom of the HOW TO. Tokenrove has supplied a udev rule for wacom_serial.ko, see appendix 2 below.
For the 3.2 kernel (Precise) and protocol 4 (wacom_serial.ko) tablets you need to edit the wacom_serial.c source code in the wacom_serial folder after you unpack it. This is necessary to prevent placing your tablet on the recently added tsc40.ko kernel module which now claims 0x3d as its serio protocol. For wacom_serial5 (Intuos and Intuos2) you can ignore all of this unless you also use a protocol IV tablet.
In wacom_serial.c change line #49 from:
to:Code:#define SERIO_WACOM_IV 0x3d
i.e. the d to e before compiling. You want it to look like:Code:#define SERIO_WACOM_IV 0x3e
Also for wacom_serial you'll need to edit the serio-ids.h file changing line #129 to:Code:/* XXX To be removed before (widespread) release. */ #ifndef SERIO_WACOM_IV #define SERIO_WACOM_IV 0x3e #endif
again changing d to e. When you run the make all command both the compiled inputattach.ko along with wacom_serial.ko will now no longer conflict with tsc40.ko.Code:# define SERIO_WACOM_IV 0x3e
In the unlikely event you also had an Intuos tablet (protocol V) you would need to change it's current 0x3e to 0x3f since we're now giving 0x3e to the protocol IV tablets. With 0x3e now claimed by wacom_serial.ko in you would in the wacom_serial5.c source code change line #46 to:
i.e. the e to f before compiling. You want it to look like:Code:#define SERIO_WACOM_V 0x3f
Similarly for wacom_serial5 edit the inputattach.patch in the folder, line #'s 72 and 75 so they read:Code:/* XXX To be removed before (widespread) release. */ #ifndef SERIO_WACOM_V #define SERIO_WACOM_V 0x3f #endif
Since 0x3d is the last one in serio.h in the 3.4 kernel rc we should be safe using 0x3e and 0x3f for the wacom_serial.ko's.Code:# define SERIO_WACOM_IV 0x3e and # define SERIO_WACOM_V 0x3f
a) Download and compile the protocol 4 wacom_serial.ko - by tokenrove
Rather than use the download link in post #314 we'll just grab tokenrove's new wacom_serial.ko tar directly:
Note for tokenrove's protocol 4 serial_wacom.ko in Lucid or Maverick use: http://cipht.net/releases/wacom_seri...testing.tar.gz This a backport version for testers on earlier kernel versions. A new input API dependency in later kernels was removed so wacom_serial.ko will build. This amounts to all 4 lines beginning with input_abs_set_res being deleted. But this version is accompanied by the warning "THIS VERSION HAS BEEN CRIPPLED TO ALLOW TESTING ON KERNEL 2.6.35. PLEASE DO NOT USE IT UNLESS YOU MUST." If you chose to use this version for Lucid or Maverick see appendix 1 below. Roaldfre has not done this for wacom_serial5 so it will not build in Lucid or Maverick.Code:wget http://cipht.net/releases/wacom_serial-120327-1.tar.bz2 tar xjvf wacom_serial-120327-1.tar.bz2 cd wacom_serial make all sudo cp inputattach /usr/bin sudo cp wacom_serial.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/tablet sudo depmod -a cd ..
a) Download and compile the protocol 5 wacom_serial5.ko (Intuos and Intuos2 tablets) - by roaldfre
You can either clone the wacom_serial5 git repository as below or use the download button on roaldfre's site for a tar or zip package. Note if you use the download button a 7 digit identifier representing the last commit is appended to wacom_serial5 along with RoaldFre's name as a prefix. I suggest you rename the extracted folder to wacom_serial5 or change the commands below to reflect the current name of the folder.
To view the manual on git cloning enter man git clone in a terminal. It will explain more about the cloning process and how to use it, for example how to clone into a specified directory.Code:(install git if you haven't before) sudo apt-get install git-core git clone https://github.com/RoaldFre/wacom_serial5.git cd wacom_serial5 make all sudo cp wacom_serial5.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/tablet sudo depmod -a cd ..
b) Download and compile inputattach for the Intuos (protocol 5) tablets
Note: You can skip this step with tokenrove's recent wacom_serial tars, including the most recent wacom_serial-120327-1.tar, because he includes a pre-patched inputattach.c in the package and the make all command compiles the inputattach.ko along with the wacom_serial.ko.
Tokenrove's instructions won't work for the Intuos tablets in Ubuntu because Lucid, Maverick, and Natty are using an older version in the joystick-20051019 package. So the patch doesn't apply to it. Instead get a newer version by downloading the linuxconsoletools-1.4.2 package at the Linux Console Project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/. Oneiric switches over to the newer inputattach from Linux Console. Then follow these instructions:
Eventually patches to add support for the new wacom_serial.ko's for Wacom serial tablets will be submitted at the Linux Console site.Code:sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev cd linuxconsoletools-1.4.2 (if you have an Intuos tablet) patch -p1 < ~/Desktop/wacom_serial5/inputattach.patch make sudo PREFIX=/usr make install cd ..
Using inputattach with the new kernel module
Then following tokenrove's instructions with your tablet connected, turn it on, and run the command for starting inputattach. Which would be either:
To auto-start inputattach add the appropriate command (without sudo) to near the bottom of rc.local in /etc like so:Code:sudo inputattach --wacom_iv /dev/ttyS0 or sudo inputattach --wacom_v /dev/ttyS0
Using:Code:# By default this script does nothing. inputattach --wacom_iv /dev/ttyS0 or inputattach --wacom_v /dev/ttyS0 exit 0
Because the newly compiled wacom_serial.ko was copied into the appropriate /lib/modules directory for your kernel there is no need to manually load the module/driver with sudo insmod ./wacom_serial5.ko. Either way of starting inputattach will also load the module.Code:gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local
On some systems adding the above inputattach command to rc.local doesn't work, perhaps because either inputattach or loading the wacom_serial.ko is a little slow and causes a bit of a hang. You can deal with that by adding a trailing ampersand like so:
This way the command is run in the "background".Code:inputattach --wacom_iv /dev/ttyS0 &
* thanks to mpGoodwin for pointing this out.
The Wacom serial tablets are usually on /dev/ttyS0 (or /dev/ttyUSB0 if using a serial-to-usb convertor). If that doesn't work or you are not sure use:
to determine the port in use.Code:sudo dmesg | grep ttyS or sudo dmesg | grep ttyUSB
Something else that can cause problems is having two inputattach binaries installed. The inputattach binary should be in /usr/bin. If you also have another located in /usr/local/bin that will cause problems. Right click on the binaries and check in Properties for the date (they were compiled). You want to remove the duplicate in /usr/local/bin while also making sure the inputattach in /usr/bin is the one you compiled for your tablet.
* thanks to bruis for pointing this out.
Tablet configuration is done through the 50-wacom.conf in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d. Since that is a distribution file users are encouraged to place their settings in a 52-wacom-options file. Alternatively, because xf86-input-wacom doesn't have wacomcpl (Wacom Control Panel), you can set up a script of xsetwacom commands to run when the system starts like wacomcpl's .xinitrc. Both linked pages are on the xf86-input-wacom mediawiki HOWTO page linked above in Sources. Also see man wacom & man xsetwacom entered in a terminal for more information on configuration options or parameters.
Old serial tablet driver - for Lucid & Maverick
Testers reporting success - probably need at least a protocol IV and a protocol V tablet reporting success to consider a patch set "validated".
First [v2]xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6_serial-patches tester on Maverick was Gizmoatwork for an Intuos2 GD-0608-R.
First [v3]xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6_serial-patches tester on Lucid was timonoko for the Graphire ET-0405-R. Second on Maverick was Gizmoatwork for an Intuos2 GD-0608-R.
I. Download Xorg's xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6 tar, patch it, and compile for Lucid or Maverick (the X driver)
a) Download on your Desktop and, after installing the needed build libraries, unpack the xf86-input-wacom tar
Open a terminal and enter (copy and paste) the following commands:
b) Apply the patchesCode:cd ./Desktop wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/files/xf86-input-wacom/xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6.tar.bz2 sudo apt-get update (For Mint use libX11-dev instead of libx11-dev in the following command) sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libxi-dev x11proto-input-dev xserver-xorg-dev libxrandr-dev libncurses5-dev xutils-dev autoconf libtool pkg-config libudev-dev sudo apt-get upgrade tar xjvf xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6.tar.bz2
Download the patch set [v3]xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6_serial-patches attached below and extract it (right click). Copy the patches into the now uncompressed source code folder xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6. Then after changing directory into the xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6 folder apply the patches with the following commands.
The original patch set from Sebastian Berthold, [v2]xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6_serial-patches, has been replaced with [v3]. Removed an unnecessary change in the first patch so it doesn't need to be fixed with the second patch. It is interesting to note that the first patch rename-wcmICDV4Speed-to-wcmSerialSpeed would have been accepted at the time of original submission in May 2010 by the LWP into xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6+ if the change had been made then. The original [v2] patch set is still attached.Code:cd xf86-input-wacom-0.10.6 patch -p1 < 0001-rename-wcmICDV4Speed-to-wcmSerialSpeed.patch patch -p1 < 0002-reenable-support-for-legacy-serial-tablets.patch (apply the following only in Maverick, not needed for Lucid) patch -p1 < 0003-dixScreenOrigins-has-been-removed-from-server.patch
* thanks to thorwil for pointing out the third patch (to get 0.10.6 to build on 2.6.35).
c) Regenerate the xf86-input-wacom build scripts
The second patch adds the two new files wcmSerial.h and wcmSerial.c and also lists them in Makefile.am. But since the original auto-generated build scripts were generated without them we need to update them (aclocal.m4, etc.). So to regenerate the build scripts run in the terminal the following command:
*thanks to timonoko for pointing this outCode:aclocal && automake && autoconf
d) Compile the patched xf86-input-wacom source code
Now reboot.Code:./configure --prefix=/usr make sudo make install
II. The xorg.conf
Currently the xorg.conf is used to configure serial tablets. The following example xorg.conf assumes your xorg.conf is either empty or not there and needs to be created. If you have a Wacom tablet mouse (cursor), you need to add a cursor section and add a cursor line to "ServerLayout" as shown. Otherwise the cursor section and line are not needed and shouldn't be added.
If your xorg.conf is present with entries, say because you have a Nvidia video card/chipset and you are using the proprietary Nvidia video driver, then you would add the relevant Wacom "InputDevice" sections and to the "ServerLayout" the accompanying InputDevice line for each Wacom section. Ask if you have questions, and be sure to post your current xorg.conf.Code:Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "stylus" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "ForceDevice" "Serial" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "eraser" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "ForceDevice" "Serial" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "cursor" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "ForceDevice" "Serial" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" InputDevice "stylus" InputDevice "eraser" InputDevice "cursor" EndSection
* thanks to timonoko for confirming "Serial" works in the "ForceDevice" option and that the all capitalized "SERIAL" isn't necessary
As always before changing a X configuration file make a back up. In this case your current working xorg.conf if you have one. In a terminal enter:
To restore it from the command line if X is broken, and your graphical Desktop won't start, use:Code:sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
You can get to the command line by selecting the recovery mode option when you boot.Code:sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak /etc/X11/xorg.conf
To edit it enter in a terminal:
You may actually need the above command to create an xorg.conf.Code:gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
The Wacom serial tablets are usually on /dev/ttyS0 (or /dev/ttyUSB0 if using a serial-to-usb convertor). If that doesn't work or you are not sure use:
to determine the port in use.Code:sudo dmesg | grep ttyS or sudo dmesg | grep ttyUSB
TO DO List
1) Show dev(ice) line examples for serial to usb conversion cable?
2) Add section with information on use of serial to usb conversion cable?
Appendix 1: Install Xorg's xf86-input-wacom-0.11.x tar for wacom_serial.ko. This is optional with Natty, required for Lucid or Maverick. (the X driver)
The new wacom_serial.ko won't work with older versions of xf86-input-wacom. Natty's default 0.10.11 or better are OK. If you are using the wacom_serial.ko in Lucid or Maverick despite the warning let's try to standardize on xf86-input-wacom-0.11.x since it is planned that 0.11.x will be a "stable" branch for a while with bug fixes back ported into it.
a) First for Lucid only update to xorg-macros v. 1.8 (you only need to do this once). You do not need to update xorg-macros in Maverick, it already has v. 1.8.
b) Now compile the xf86-input-wacom-0.11.1 tar (download, compile, and install xf86-input-wacom):Code:wget http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/util/util-macros-1.8.0.tar.bz2 sudo cp /usr/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4 /usr/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4.bak tar xjvf util-macros-1.8.0.tar.bz2 cd util-macros-1.8.0 ./configure --prefix=/usr make sudo make install cd ..
Now reboot.Code:wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/files/xf86-input-wacom/xf86-input-wacom-0.11.1.tar.bz2 tar xjvf xf86-input-wacom-0.11.1.tar.bz2 cd xf86-input-wacom-0.11.1 ./configure --prefix=/usr make sudo make install
Appendix 2: 70-serial-wacom.rules for wacom_serial.ko
There is a typo in tokenrove's protocol 4 rule and it should read ENV{PRODUCT}=='13/3d/*' not ENV{PRODUCT}='13/3d/*', so:
There is not yet a rule for roaldfre's protocol 5. Perhaps something like the following would do:Code:ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="pnp", ENV{PRODUCT}=='13/3d/*', ENV{NAME}=="Wacom protocol IV serial tablet", SYMLINK="input/wacom", ENV{ID_INPUT}="1", ENV{ID_INPUT_TABLET}="1"
To create and/or edit the 70-serial-wacom.rules use:Code:ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="pnp", ATTRS{id}=="PNP0501", ENV{NAME}=="Wacom protocol V serial tablet", SYMLINK="input/wacom", ENV{ID_INPUT}="1", ENV{ID_INPUT_TABLET}="1"
Then add the appropriate rule to the file.Code:gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-serial-wacom.rules
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The weekend began with Metropolitan PHILIP's five hour journey from Englewood. Travel these days is rarely without delays and difficulties. Nevertheless, the Metropolitan arrived and offered the Cathedral leadership inspiration and encouragement. The Cathedral leadership shared their dreams and hopes for a parish center to house the Church school and develop opportunities for learning and spiritual growth. Sayidna spoke of his life's journey and God's successes in our Archdiocese through prayer, faithfulness and fortitude. Sayidna recognized the faithfulness of our community and our rich history as a leading community in the Archdiocese. He remembered many of our faithful clergy and laity and highlighted their contributions. The community shared some of the exciting programs and activities that we have initiated.
Vespers were served and the Byzantine choir did a fine job. Deacon Hans remarked that it reminded him of his youth at Balamand. Vespers were followed by a variety show that was organized by Chris Trbovich. We offered a tribute to those chanters and choir members who have served faithfully for 50 – 75 years. Our Cathedral has been blessed with great church musicians and leaders including Fr. James Meena, Jimmy Meena, Al Hazeem, Laila Corey, Nancy Hanna Long and Hanna Baker.
Attending the weekend were many parishioners who traveled home from across America. The community was especially blessed to have former clergy wives Pat Romly, Laila Corey and Janet David. Ruth Meena had planned to come but health problems prevented her from coming at the last minute. She sent a beautiful message.
[2] The Sunday Hierarchical Liturgy was nothing less than heavenly. Following Orthros with our Byzantine choir, Metropolitan PHILIP and Bishop THOMAS, assisted by six priests, four deacons and two subdeacons, served the liturgy with our beautiful cathedral choir. The choir was spectacular. Bishop THOMAS preached about the gift of the Church as the way of our salvation. Following the liturgy Fr. John was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite and nine members were inducted or upgraded in the Order of St. Ignatius. Following the dismissal, a photograph was taken of the whole community with our Metropolitan and Bishop in front of the Cathedral.
On Sunday evening our Centennial Banquet took place at the Airport Marriot. The evening began with a reception displaying artifacts of our history. Program books with our history included and DVD's showing our history and vision for the future were distributed. The head-table processed into the banquet room while our bell choir played ispol-eti-thespota with their hand bells. Council Chair Rachel Thomas welcomed the assembly and thanked our hard working committees. Richard Esper and Bill Salem shared insights about the history of our community. Bishop THOMAS spoke about our cathedral, our priest and our Metropolitan. Sayidna PHILIP reflected on his interactions with our community over the last half century and his dreams and hopes of administrative unity for the Orthodox in the future. The evening was finished with a tribute to the Centennial of a trumpet choir and the serving of baked Alaska.
The Cathedral community thanks God for all of the blessings we have enjoyed during our first century and pledges to be open to God's direction as we serve Him and His people over the next century.
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I'm a current high school student taking French. My high school only offers two years and I would like to continue past this point. Not only do I wish to learn French, but Japanese as well. (My plans are to become an English teacher in Japan.) I have to work very hard to learn French because I don't have a good memory. What is the best way for me to learn French and Japanese?
I have taught English in China. You do not need to know the native language to teach there. Although having a basic grasp of the language helps a great deal. Just study, study, study! You'll be fine.
Good luck!
French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish, Italian... these are all related languages and once you start learning more than one, the others become easier as you see many similarities in the root words.
So learning multiple languages within this group is quite different from trying to learn two completely different languages such as French and Japanese. Learning one isn't necessarily going to help you learn the other (says me who speaks English and Spanish, learned some French at school, understands Catalan and quite bit of Italian and is currently learning Japanese).
The main key to success in another language is motivation. As to which approach or method works best, it entirely depends on you. Everyone is different.
With ipods and ipads and all the different kinds of mobile devices out there there's never been an easier time to learn vocabulary, so keep slogging at it and ensure you are memorising at least 5 words a day - those words soon stack up. You might like to read to yourself for ten or fifteen minutes a night, use an audiobook and read along with the text to mimic the vowels and rhythms. Comics are great to give context to words so you can effectively guess their meaning and not have to rely so much on dictionaries. Watch films and things you actually want to see in the language. If retention is a problem there are lots of different mnemonic approaches and techniques for both languages.
Personally, I'm picking up loads by reading books written in hiragana to my Japanese daughter, and children's books are cheap and easily available for the ipad (the main reason I bought one, Spanish books - the language I use to speak to my daughter - are also cheap when purchased through this medium).
The main thing is to stay motivated and, yes, study, study, study, but stick to topics and scenarios and methods you enjoy.
The reality is that memorising French words is going to be easier in the main part than memorising Japanese words as so many English and French words stem from the same source. The amount of loan words in Japanese from English is tiny in comparison.
Bonne chance!
Thanks for the encouragement! I think I will find a tutor and buy books, watch movies, anything I can do to learn. After talking to someone who has learnt multiple languges, he said the best way is immersion. Hopefully all of these methods will help me learn.
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In some ways, rather than borrowing from the larger Mercedes-Benz E-Class, the C-Class has leapfrogged it and poached electronics and other high-tech features straight from the S-Class. Don't be surprised about seeing $60,000 C-Classes without AMG badges. But also don't be surprised to see a whole level of technology that can't really be matched by much of its competitive set.
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Al Jazeera America's Launch: Another Excuse For Islamophobia
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In The New York Times, media reporter Brian Stelter described the launch of Al Jazeera America as "something a journalism professor would imagine" due to its "Fourteen hours of straight news every day. Hard-hitting documentaries. Correspondents in oft-overlooked corners of the country. And fewer commercials than any other news channel."
The conservative media, however, saw the channel's launch today as an opportunity to spread fact-free Islamophobia.
On Fox News, guest Jim Pinkerton described the network as an "Arab news channel" and went on to claim that "many if not most Arabs probably support what Bin Laden was trying to do in terms of killing Americans" before giving the channel credit for its coverage of the Arab Spring and other global events.
Back in February when it was announced the network had purchased CurrentTV, Fox and Friends co-host Steve Doocy asked if Al Jazeera America was "a Trojan Horse for terror":
On his Blaze show, Glenn Beck claimed Al Jazeera "haven't changed their anti-American views" before criticizing Hillary Clinton and President Obama for praising the network's coverage of the Arab Spring, claiming that "48 million Americans are having their money taken out of their cable bill every month and sent over to the Middle East" to promote "propaganda."
The New York Post quoted an unnamed source who refused to advertise with the network:
"I wouldn't give them a dime, especially since we are in New York," said one advertiser, who asked not to be named.
"They're owned by an Arab country and they ran the [Osama] bin Laden tapes. I just wouldn't trust them," he said, referring to Al Jazeera's role in gaining access to the late al Qaeda leader.
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Far easier than watching the network and judging its content on the merits, the conservative media figures would rather play to their Islamophobic base and demonize the effort.
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It wasn't just the costumes that had us enthralled when Girls Aloud returned to the stage for the start of their Ten tour last night. There was another thing that caught our eye: Cheryl Cole's brand new tattoo.
The Geordie popstrel unveiled the new inking onstage in her hometown of Newcastle. The ginormous floral design at the base of her back allegedly took 11 hours to complete and covers up a previous tattoo of a butterfly. Cheryl also has a tribal design on her hand, a barbed wire design around her right thigh, as well as the words Mrs C on the back of her neck.
And Chezza isn't the only one. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has also added a new tattoo to her growing collection. Hitting rodeo drive in Beverly Hills on Thursday, the 25-year-old beauty showed off her latest inking of a hummingbird on her left wrist. The new tat joins the others she already has which include a small love heart on her right wrist and a star on her right ankle. The bird apparently signifies love and joy. Awww!
Cheryl and Rosie are among a growing list of female stars, including Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey and Rihanna who are demonstrating their love of ink with bigger and more dramatic designs. Scarlett Johansson recently showcased a horseshoe and the words 'Lucky You' etched onto her ribcage *winces* But she's got nothing on Lady Gaga who recently showcased her 10th tattoo - the name of her new album 'ARTPOP'.
With ten tattoos on her bod, Chez is catch uping with Mama Monster's ink tally and can certainly give tattoo lightweight Emma Stone a run for her money. Take a look through the gallery above to see more of our favourite tatt fans...
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Aquaria: Sacrifice is an extensive, narrative driven prequel campaign featuring prominent characters such as Prince Drask, Mia, Naija, and The Creator. Extending beyond the current Aquaria universe will be the introduction of a number of new characters. One of these is Princess Elena, wife of Prince Drask, which will serve as the new protagonist. Sacrifice features a little over 20 new maps, 10+ short cut scenes, and 2 vendors. Unlike Aquaria the story will be told through a classic adventure dialogue system. The name of the mod, Sacrifice, is related to the individual sacrifices made by each character.
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Or rather, recently I have been omitting a part of my life in this blog for various reasons. First of all, because I was waiting for a certain outcome before mentioning it. Secondly, because my blog is my happy place and I do not want the stress of my daily life to permeate it.
There has been a lot of stuff going on at work. Let's just say finance is not a great place to be working these days.
Our division was sold and we are moving in a matter of days. The saga started over a year ago (yes, it has been a long, exhausting wait) but the last few months, the last few weeks in particular, have been a whirlwind of meetings with management and unions. There has been a lot of whispering by the coffee machine. Each and every person has a point of view, and not one is positive.
It has been emotionally taxing to say the least. All this talk, these conspirancy theories day in and day out have really worn us out and eroded what little self assurance we still had. We have said goodbye to friends and colleagues who were moved to other departments or offices after working together for many years. We have watched our team fall apart over more or less serious issues. People we trusted disappointed us, we have been left guessing about our future and what lies ahead of us.
There was no clarity, no certainty until yesterday.
Now we know. Some of it is good and some is bad.
We still have a job. And a nice office right in the center of town that I can bike to.
Something you don't take for granted when you find out you might have to wake up at 5am to get to work (in a dangerous place right by the urban fringe) by 7am, even on holidays, due to the nature of our jobs. And that you might have to pay for help on the same salary and that you may only get to see your children for an hour a day before bedtime. So yes, I am grateful.
But these deals never take place without some damage, some loss, some resentment. Things will not be the same. And the future still holds a lot of uncertainty.
My family. My husband and my children.
Knowing that they are there for me at the end of a long day. Knowing they are healthy and that we all have each other. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my job, the indipendence it gives me. I love being out there in the world, doing my part. But ultimately I work to live and not the other way around.
Please, bear with me if my posts slow down a bit in the weeks to come. I may need a little extra time to adjust, to figure out where I stand, to make all the parts of my day fit together in a new routine. I will still be cooking and thinking up things to write, it may just take a little longer to share.


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Pink Is The New Black: Rap Artist Wiz Khalifa Accused Of Turning 'Pink And Yellow' Into 'Black And Yellow'
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It's a story as old as this type of worn-out intro itself: musician crafts hit tune, sells millions of copies, leans back on his mattress stuffed with money and... gets sued for ripping off another artist. There's nothing like the possibility of a nice, fat settlement to lure musicians out of the woodwork (or wherever it is that musicians sequester themselves) and into the nearest lawyer's office (quite possibly decorated with expensive woodwork).
In most cases, a newer, more successful artist finds themselves staring at a stack of legalese presented on behalf on an artist who has fallen off the public radar (see The Chiffons vs. George Harrison; the Rolling Stones vs. the Verve) or an artist whose niche appeal has failed to reach multi-platinum level (see Joe Satriani vs. Coldplay) or (rarely) both (see Cat Stevens vs. Coldplay).
Most of these suits are hot established-artist-on-established-artist action, but in rare cases, the plaintiff is an artist whose fanbase has yet to reach the outer edges of his extended family (see also Some Guy vs. Coldplay). This lawsuit is one of the latter. Scott Mervis of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has the details:
In a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia on Dec. 30, he (Max Gregory Warren, a.k.a. Maxamillion) claims that Khalifa's multi-platinum, chart-topping, Grammy-nominated hit "Black and Yellow" is "substantially similar" to his 2008 song "Pink N Yellow." Other than talking about cars and jewels, which are common hip-hop themes, there's little similarity to the lyrics, the beat, even the melody of the chorus, until you hit the repetition of the words "and yellow."Since "substantially similar" is in the ear of the legal beholder, this determination will be left up to the courts should it go that far. But Maxamillion's claim that Wiz Khalifa ripped off his song strongly implies that Khalifa, at some point, heard the track and decided to make his own version. But the likelihood of Maxamillion's (not to be confused with Chicago rapper Maxamillion) track making its way into Khalifa's ears seems, well, unlikely:
He and the song "Pink N Yellow" appeared on a 2008 mixtape by Ase & Zee -- "Two Flows, More Doe." If you Google "Two Flows, More Doe" the search results involve flowcharts, air filters and text flows.
A search for Maxamillion brings up results not about Mr. Warren but about the veteran Chicago artist. Mr. Warren has 32 Twitter followers under @Maxamilli317.
Young Ase's MySpace page features five songs, none of which has more than 56 plays. A video Young Ase posted in October has 88 views.So, how exactly would this track have made its way onto Khalifa's radar? Maxamillion's lawyer has a theory:
Mr. Warren's Philadelphia-based lawyer James A. Cosby commented, "For now I can just say that Max has been writing songs, performing and recording for a number of years."Well, it's a theory alright but I'm not sure if it's much of a legal argument. There are plenty of established artists who have been toiling away for decades without ever reaching my ears. Trying to establish the probability that Khalifa heard Max's track and knowingly infringed on his work is going to be tough for an artist whose popularity seems to extend all the way to end of his block.
University of Pittsburgh law professor Michael Madison indicates that it takes a lot more than a "I made it first" statement to convince the courts that this is a case of willful infringement.
According to Mr. Madison, "The classic way [to prove an artist has heard a song] is that to say it was on the radio or some music channel or through iTunes. The second way is chain of custody: The mixtape got handed around the club somewhere, or one of Wiz's people knows someone at the club, so he got handed a physical copy, or maybe someone mailed the mixtape to someone's people. That kind of argument shows up a lot of the time in movie cases. You have to be pretty detailed, but once in a great while you can actually show chain of custody."This is actually Max's "Plan B" for monetizing the previously under-everyone's-radar "Pink and Yellow." He originally approached Atlantic Records at the beginning of 2011 only to be rebuffed (presumably with statements like, "I'm sorry, who are you?" "How did you get in here?" and "My receptionist must have taken an early lunch..."). Of course, Max may just be looking for a chunk of "shut up and go away" cash as these lawsuits rarely make their way to court, which I suppose is a "business model" of sorts, but not a very sustainable one.
But why not make your own call? LaGenteBravaRp has handily laid out both tracks back-to-back for comparison, allowing you to hear Maxamillion's track for the first time and Khalifa's track for the millionth.
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New Annual Giving Option Meets Donors' Needs• March 2, 2007 Share:
Because so many donors to the Wabash Annual Fund asked for it, the College now offers a quick and secure method to support Wabash students on an annual basis. Using Visa, MasterCard, or Discover Card donors now can establish a recurring tax-deductible gift.
Donors can establish their own giving plan by indicating how much they want to contribute and how often (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually) they want the gift charged to their credit card. Using this option donors are able to make their gifts effortlessly on their own schedule, while eliminating mail and phone solicitations.
"This new feature allows alumni and friends to establish their own giving plan on their own terms," said Joe Klen '97, director of the Annual Fund. "It really helps those who often forget when they made their last gift or those who want to increase their annual gift, but find it difficult to make a larger gift in one payment."
Klen says many donors are choosing this option because payments can be spread over 12 months. He says other "donors establish a giving plan that allows their annual gift to be charged on the same date each year, so if an alumnus gives every December, they could establish a schedule where their card is charged for the same amount each December."
There are still other benefits to the recurring credit card option. It eliminates direct mail and student phone solicitations, which means savings for the college in printing and postage costs. Donors will still receive a receipt for each transaction charged to their card.
"While these gifts have a direct impact on Wabash students, donors also benefit if they have a card that accumulates rewards, points, or miles," added Klen.
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A monthly gift of $83.34 equals a $1,000 annual contribution
A monthly gift of $152.67 equals a $1,832 annual contribution
By clicking here and selecting Option D, donors can establish a recurring credit card gift and have a direct impact on Wabash students. Donors with questions about this giving option may contact the office of the Annual Fund or call 877-743-4545.
In the photo: A student phonathon caller writes the name of a donor on a door, symbolizing how gifts to the Annual Fund open doors of opportunities for Wabash students.