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Continuing a Brief History of Type, from previous page ...
Type Forms Through the Centuries
One must keep in mind that although typefaces may have come into use at a particular point in time, they often continued in general use far beyond that time. Even after the rise of old style typefaces in the late 1600s, the blackletter* type was commonly used for setting text for several centuries (well into the 1900s in Germany). With later interpretations of earlier forms being relatively common, the style of a given typeface may belong to a quite different period from that of the typeface itself! Further, many typefaces have very complex histories: a type could have been originally designed in metal at one time, reworked by someone else later, made into a phototypesetting face by another person, and then later created in digital form by yet another designer who might have been working off of any of the above as the basis of their work.
The classification system used here (old style, transitional, modern, sans serif, slab serif, etc.) has the virtues of being both simple and widely used. However, the precision and artistic accuracy of this system is perhaps dubious: see Robert Bringhurst's* Elements of Typographic Style or his article in the first issue of Serif magazine* for a more thorough system. [Interview with Robert Bringhurst]
Contrast: The degree of difference between the thick and thin strokes ina font (if any).
Stress (axis): The angle at which contrast occurs, usually ranging from vertical to a somewhat back-slanted diagonal. This can best be noted by looking at, for example, the letter "O" and noting if the bottom left is thicker than the top left, and the top right is thicker than the bottom right. If this difference exists, the letter has diagonal stress. If the two halves of the "O" are a mirror image of each other, with the sides thicker than the top/bottom, then the letter has vertical stress. If the top and bottom of the "O" are the same thickness as the sides, there is neither contrast nor stress.
Serifs: Those "finishing strokes" or "fillips" going off the ending lines of a letter. For example, when the number "1" or the letter "i" are drawn with a bar across the bottom, the two halves of the bar are serifs. If the serif is joined to the letter by a slight flaring out, it is said to be "bracketed."
Early Letterforms
Although writing itself can be traced back to several millennia B.C., to Egyptian hieroglyphics and Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions, modern letter forms have their most immediate heritage in Roman inscriptions from around 50-120 AD, such as the one on the base of the Trajan Column in the Roman Forum (114 AD). A digital version called Trajan, by Carol Twombly* was created for Adobe in 1989.
Although early Latin writing was heavily influenced by these chiseled-in-stone letterforms, over the centuries it evolved into a variety of other shapes, including uncials and the related Carolingian script. It is through this period of the sixth to tenth centuries that we see the development of the lower case (minuscule) letter as a different shape from the upper case (capital).
Type forms similar to what we now think of as "normal" letter shapes evolved from the Carolingian (or Caroline) minuscule*. The Carolingian letters are so-called because of their adoption by the Emperor Charlemagne* (late 10th century) as a standard for education. Digital revivals of these exist, such as Carol Twombly's Charlemagne (1989).
By the fifteenth century, italics also existed, in the form of a cursive script which had developed in Rome and Florence. However, italics at this time were a completely separate entity from the upright letterforms, as they remained in the early days of printing.
The first printed types exemplify what most people think of as medieval or "old English" lettering, with ornate capitals, roughly diamond-shaped serifs, and thick lines. As a group, these typefaces are called "blackletter." They evolved from the Carolingian by a gradual movement towards narrowing and thickening of lines. View examples Blackletter fonts
The general sort of blackletter used by Gutenberg in his first Bible* is called textura (Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch). The other sorts of blackletter are Fraktur, bastarda (Duc De Berry) and rotunda (Tuscany). Probably the most common blackletter revival typefaces in use today are Cloister Black
and Fette Fraktur
developed by Morris Fuller Benton, 1904, and Joseph W. Phinney.
It is worth noting that although these typefaces seem very hard to read to us today, this is due as much to familiarity as to any objective lesser clarity. Fraktur was in use in Germany well into the 1900s, though it was gradually being superseded by Roman typefaces. The Nazisat first fostered a return to Fraktur, then outlawed it as a "Jewish typeface" in 1940.
Studies from mid-century found that people can read blackletter with a speed loss of no more than 15%. However, there is subjectively more effort involved. Blackletter is today most appropriate for display or headline purposes, when one wants to invoke the feeling of a particular era.
Old Style Typefaces
Caslon (of which there are literally thousands of iterations)
E.P. Goldschmidt, as explained by Stanley Morison*, claimed that "the supersession of black-letter was not due to any 'technical advance,' it was the visible expression of a changed attitude of mind." The Renaissance* was typified by an obsession with things "classical,"* in the Greco-Roman* sense, which had major implications for typography. The neo-classical letterforms were somewhat more condensed than the Carolingian shapes, but much rounder and more expanded than the blackletter.
Old style type is generally considered "warm" or friendly, thanks to its origins in Renaissance humanism. The main characteristics of old style typefaces are low contrast with diagonal stress, and cove or "bracketed" serifs (serifs with a rounded join to the stem of the letter). The earliest (Venetian such as Jenson, or , such as Goudy Old Style Roman) old style typefaces (originally 15th-16th Century) have very minimal contrast, and usually a sloped cross-bar on the lower-case "e." One such is Bruce Rogers'* Centaur (1916), based on Monotype's Bembo (1929) is based on the work of Francesco Griffo*, thought to have designed the first italic typeface, circa 1499.
Italics at this point were still independent designs, and were generally used completely separately; a whole book could be set in italics. Probably the most famous italic of the period is Arrighi's (1524), which may be seen today as the italic form of Centaur. Likewise, the italic form of Bembo is based on the italic of Tagliente (also 1524).
Later or baroque old style type (17th Century) generally has more contrast, with a somewhat variable axis, and more slope of italic. The most common examples are the types of Caslon and Garamond
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The Stationary Lunge Cable Row targets more than four major muscle groups. The stationary lunge works the quads and hamstrings, while the row works the biceps, rear deltoids, and rhomboids. This exercise is one of my favorites because it is fairly easy to execute and works the upper and lower body in a short amount of time.
Position the cable system so the pulley is just below chest level and attach a handle to the hook at the end of the cable.
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and step forward with the right foot so your knee is facing forward in a comfortable lunge position. Grasp the cable handle in a firm grip with the left hand.
Step 1: Slowly lower the left knee down to a few inches from the floor to perform the stationary lunge. Be sure your other knee does not extend beyond your toes.
Step 2: Extend your right hip and knee to return to the standing position while pulling the cable handle towards your chest with your left hand. Contract and squeeze the shoulder blade.
Lower the left knee while simultaneously extending the left arm to the starting position.
Reset and repeat.
How long: Two sets of 15 repetitions on each side, alternating each leg and arm between the sets. Adjust the weight as needed to get full benefits of this exercise. If you rest less than 5 seconds between each set, you can increase your heart rate and burn more calories while performing this exercise.
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06-Jul-2001 -- The fence-post shown in picture #1 with my GPS hanging on it is exactly at the confluence. The dirt road which may be seen in the background of this picture runs right on the Kansas-Nebraska state line. That boundary was supposed to run along the 40th parallel. Did the 19th century surveyors miss by 50 feet, or is this due to some projection distortion? When I found the landowner to ask for permission to walk out into his bean field, he said, "I bet I know what you want." Then he went on to tell me that he had caught somebody with "some satellite thing" wandering around his fields last week looking for "the place the lines crossed." After warning me to watch out for the bull he left to cut hay and I went into the bean field to look for the place the lines crossed. This is an area of rolling hills and lush crops, as can be seen from the rest of the pictures which were all shot standing next to the confluence fence post.


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Construction Industry Celebrates the Best of the Best
13 Dec, 2012, 16:51 GMT
LONDON, December 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
The best in the construction industry were recognised at the sixth Constructing Excellence National Awards in London on November 30.
The shortlisted from around the UK attended the prestigious event at London's Guoman Tower hotel on Friday night.
The winners from each of Constructing Excellence's Regional Awards were put forward for the National Awards, with 14 awards up for grabs this year.
This year's final included awards for Integration & Collaborative Working, Innovation, Sustainability, Young Achiever, Client of the Year and Project of the Year.
Chair of Constructing Excellence, Ian Reeves CBE, said: "Constructing Excellence is the only organisation committed to industry improvement which spans the whole sector. All of the national winners can be proud that they have been recognised by their peers as being the best of the best".
Winners on the night included big construction names such as Carillion Construction and Kier Construction as well as smaller, locally based companies such as Cundall from the North East and Cruden Group from the North West.
Don Ward, Chief Executive of Constructing Excellence, said: "In these difficult times for the industry, productivity improvement and efficiency have never been more important. I'm delighted to see those who are successful in doing this rewarded for their efforts".
For information on the 2013 regional awards, entry opening dates and categories, visit: http://www.constructingexcellence.org.uk/
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Gibson posts heartfelt messages to his Fast and Furious costar
Like many family members and friends, Tyrese Gibson continues to struggle with the untimely death of Paul Walker in a car crash on Saturday.
Gibson posted a heartfelt message to his Facebook account on Tuesday, mourning his Fast and the Furious costar.
"In moments like this, it feels – it feels like death has won. But the Bible says that love is stronger than death," Gibson wrote, paraphrasing a funeral sermon by Bishop T.D. Jakes.
"Your tears may flow. Your pain may come," Gibson continued. "You'll be driving down the street one day and you'll hear Paul's voice talking in your head. Something he said or something he did will pop up in your spirit and you'll giggle inside of yourself as if he were sitting in the car with you. And you will find that people that you really love, they may leave you outwardly, but they never leave you inwardly."
On Monday, Gibson created a Facebook post entitled, "My open letter to God … "
"My heart is hurting so badly but in this darkness you used me as a light with my brothers family tonight. … Use me up father God I owe you … "


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We're often reluctant to change our hair's color or cut our hair in fear of permanent fails. Although there's a risk that you won't like the change you make, the risk of looking years older than you are should be scarier! If you end up not liking a particular haircut, remember that hair does grow back.
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Color is by far the best way to upgrade your look and make you look younger. Full color is not always necessary, though. For some, subtle highlights can turn the clock back ten or more years! Make sure to keep moisture as a priority after adding color. Use a sulfate-free shampoo that won't dry out your hair and keep the color looking fresh.
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Another great way to turn back the clock is to get an updated haircut. We all get comfortable in what we know, but an outdated cut could be aging you. Shake things up with a cut between your chin and your shoulders. The texture curly girls have is an advantage. With your soft curls, you'll be sure to turn heads!
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Even with fabulous color and a great cut, if you're not sporting the proper style, you could be holding yourself back. Stiff and super edgy hairstyles should be avoided. Think old and stiff versus young and soft. Keep it loose! Messy, curly up-dos, soft cascading curls and curly side-buns are all great styles.
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Don't neglect those brows ladies! If your eyebrows are too thin you'll look older no matter what your hairstyle or hair color. Brows shouldn't be too bushy either. Well manicured eyebrows can make a major difference. Also if coloring your hair make sure the color of your brows somewhat match your new hair color.
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According to TorrentFreak, HBO's fantasy series "Game of Thrones" is the most pirated TV show, with each episode generating approximately 3.9 million downloads via BitTorrent. What's most interesting about that number – culled from the 2012 season – is that it comes close to matching the 4.2 million legitimate viewers who actually pay to watch it on HBO.
And Sunday's premiere of the third season appears to be just as popular among digital thieves. The International Business Times reported there were already "thousands" of downloads of the premiere on a site called Kickass Torrents just hours after the show aired.
You'd think HBO would not be amused by piracy of this scale, but apparently that's not the case. Michael Lombardo, HBO's president of programming, told Entertainment Weekly that the network considers this much thievery of its content "a compliment":
. . . "I probably shouldn't be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts," Lombardo said. "The demand is there. And it certainly didn't negatively impact the DVD sales. [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network."
There are two key data points in Lombardo's statement. First, HBO feels piracy isn't hurting DVD sales, which flies in the face of what the recording and movie industries have been saying for years. Second, piracy is just a price you pay for having content with restricted access that's very popular.
In fact, Lombardo says he's more concerned about the quality of the downloads pirates are watching.
"One of my worries is about the copies [downloaders are] seeing," Lombardo said. "The production values of this show are so incredible. So I'm hoping that in the purloined different generation of cuts that the show is holding up."
This is not to say that HBO endorses piracy. Lombardo told EW that the company goes after pirates who are selling illicit versions. But individual downloaders don't have much to fear, at least from HBO. "No, we haven't sent out the Game of Thrones police," he said.
Lombardo's surprising honesty comes on the heels of HBO CEO Richard Plepler's revelation last month that the network was considering offering an online streaming service that doesn't require a cable TV subscription. Plepler said HBO was considering working with broadband partners to bundle a version of HBO GO with Internet service.
Plepler said late Wednesday that HBO GO could be packaged with a monthly Internet service, in partnership with broadband providers, reducing the cost.
Customers could pay $50 a month for their broadband Internet and an extra $10 or $15 for HBO to be packaged in with that service, for a total of $60 or $65 per month, Plepler explained.
That would undoubtedly cut into illegal downloads and turn some pirates into paying customers, so why hasn't HBO uncoupled its streaming offering from its cable one? Plepler said the company's still trying to make the math work, but the 3.9 million potential paying customers out there seems like compelling numbers to me.
As I wrote yesterday, I'm on the verge of dropping cable TV. I'm not currently an HBO subscriber (make mine Showtime!), but I'd consider a streaming-only subscription if it was offered.
How about you? Would you pay for an online-only version of HBO? And 'fess up: Have you illegally downloaded episodes of "Game of Thrones"? Let us know in the comments – after all, HBO won't be sending the "Game of Thrones" police after you.
Update: TorrentFreak reports that the Season 3 premiere broke a BitTorrent swarm record.
A few hours after the first torrent of the show was uploaded the OpenBitTorrent tracker reported that 163,088 people where sharing one single torrent. 110,303 were sharing a complete copy of that particular torrent while 52,786 were still downloading.


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Giants make 'painful' decision, won't renew Felipe Alou's contract
2006-10-02 12:46:52 PDT -- Felipe Alou's tenure as manager of the Giants ended after four seasons Monday with the club announcing that his contract will not be renewed.
The Giants issued a statement saying it has asked the 71-year-old franchise icon to remain in the organization in "an advisory role to the general manager and the baseball operations department." Alou said Sunday he would consider such an offer.
"Tough decisions are always painful, and this one is especially painful," general manager Brian Sabean said in a statement. "Felipe is a man of unquestioned integrity who has put his heart and soul into the Giants. He endured some injuries to key players over his tenure here and always kept the club in contention despite some difficult circumstances."
Alou could not be reached immediately for comment, but he issued a two-paragraph statement in which he said, "Even though I will not be the Giants' manager next year, I will always be a Giant. I feel blessed that I was able to manage again, especially here in San Francisco."
Alou had seen the writing on the wall for weeks, and before he managed his final game Sunday he said, "There are no hard feelings. Everything is cool."
The Giants are expected to conduct a thorough search for a manager, unlike 2002, when Alou was the only candidate interviewed.
Candidates are expected to include longtime major-league manager Lou Piniella, former Giants catcher and Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly, Angels pitching coach and former Giants pitcher Bud Black, longtime Giants bench coach Ron Wotus and perhaps former manager Dusty Baker, if some burned bridges can be reconstructed.
Piniella, Brenly, Black and Wotus all have told confidants they would be interested in talking to the Giants if Alou departs.
Alou said he is not sure what he wants to do but insisted he is not going to retire.
"I know I will get offers," he said. "I don't know if they will be managerial offers, but I believe there will be offers."
Asked if he would consider working for the Giants in a front-office or scouting job, Alou said, "I would say yes. If I'm not managing the team, I would say the Giants have the first shot, but I think it should be well-understood that I don't want to be a visitor making money. I want to be productive. I want to help the organization."
The Giants went 342-304 in Alou's four seasons as manager, the wins ranking sixth in San Francisco history. Replacing Baker after the Giants lost the 2002 World Series to the Angels, Alou guided the team to 100 wins and a National League West title in 2003, the last time they reached the postseason. They lost their Division Series to Florida.
In 2004, the Giants were knocked out of contention on the last day of the regular season. In 2005 and 2006, they posted consecutive losing seasons for the first time since 1995 and 1996.
Sabean is expected to address the decision today, but it was not unexpected, given the team's record after 2004 and the perceived need for a change in the manager's office to go with an overhaul that will occur on the field. Players, who were not told anything official before they dispersed Sunday afternoon, expressed regret that their performance might have played a role.
"I don't think he's the reason the team failed," shortstop Omar Vizquel said. "Obviously, it's going to be a business decision. When a team doesn't get a winning record under a particular manager, they're probably going to look in a different direction."
Said outfielder Randy Winn: "Every time you step out on the field, your job is on the line -- yours, the GM's, the staff's. Unfortunately, when it does happen, it's really because of how we played. When you don't play as well as you're capable of, as an individual or as a group, it sucks that the manager has to pay."
Despite Alou's gilded history with the franchise and his 100-win managerial debut, fans and players did not warm to him as they did to Baker. Even during his division-winning debut season, Alou was criticized for his handling of the pitching staff. In 2005, some fans turned against him when he referred to KNBR talk-show host Larry Krueger as "satan" after Krueger's rant about "brain-dead Caribbean hitters" who play for the Giants.
"My only regret over the last four years is the thing that happened with the talk-show host," Alou said Sunday.
Whereas Baker was considered a "player's manager," many of Alou's players respected his knowledge of the game but considered him aloof, letting his many older players do their own thing, sometimes to the detriment of the team.
When one seasoned player was asked if Alou had "lost the room," he replied, "I don't think he ever had the room. That's not his style."
Alou had his frustrations, including a belief that his opinions were not always valued. As one example, clubhouse sources said Alou wanted the Giants to release Armando Benitez after the closer publicly ripped teammates and disrespected Alou while Benitez himself was blowing save after save, and Alou was frustrated that management did not comply.
Also, although he didn't say so directly, Alou was not always happy with the collection of players he was given, particularly those past their prime, with a mandate to reach the playoffs.
He alluded to that Sunday. Referring to players such as Marquis Grissom, Kirk Rueter, Edgardo Alfonzo and several relievers, he said, "I don't believe one manager enjoys having players die in their hands. I had here the last two years a number of careers finish here. ... Some of them were big players who reached the end of the line here. If you're talking about next year, we've got to make sure we have some guys we don't have to release in the middle of the season."


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If you are looking for a medical alert system to protect an elderly loved one, be sure to do your homework. There are a lot of companies out there that offer personal emergency response systems with a number of features and benefits that are very useful and others with serious limitations. For example medical alert phones may be a practical solution for your elderly loved one if they are comfortable with the technology and you believe that they are not in a great risk of falling in becoming incapacitated. A medical alert phone is more or less a wireless phone that you can program with an auto dial feature. It allows the user to carry the telephone around and be able to present auto dial button and be connected with friends, relatives or emergency response professionals but it does require them to be able to access the telephone, operate the telephone and communicate with the person that they're calling.
The trouble with these medical alert phones is that in the event of a sudden illness, fainting or slip and fall the elderly user may not be able to find, use or even remember that they have the phone. On the plus side, these systems are cheaper than medical monitoring systems as there is no monthly monitoring service to pay for. By getting your senior citizen a reliable mobile phone and preprogramming personal contact numbers into autodial you pretty much accomplish the same effect. We're not knocking these phones we just want to point out that while they give the user access to a telephone service remotely the system is only as strong as its weakest link.
When an elderly person falls chances are they are going to be disoriented. If they are too confused to find and operate a remote medical alert phones they will not be able to use this system to summon help.
A more practical solution is a medical alert system that can be activated using a pushbutton that is worn around the neck as a pendant or on the wrist like a watch. These medical alarm systems will allow your parent to maintain an independent lifestyle because you'll have the peace of mind of knowing that they can get help simply by pushing a button.


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kindof a noob here, but still, an odd problem. I am using networkmanager for my wireless, and it had been working up until maybe two weeks ago. Still not sure what broke it. It manages to connect to my router, it gets an ip address, but I can neither ping much (google..) or load any web pages. According do dmesg, wlan0 seems authenticated and associated, dhcp appears to be working, giving me an ip of 192.168.2.102, so what else could be going wrong here?
that is to say, I can ping localhost and my own ip address, trying to ping the router returns 'Do you want to ping broadcast? Then -b', and trying to ping anything else gives me 'Destination Host Unreachable'. So whats goin on here. It's an Atheros 9825 (I think.. it worked before...) wifi chip, btw. I suspect this is a kernel issue, but am hoping there's some way to fix it. I need my wifi!! Sorry I can't post better logs, the machine in question is off the net...
Hmm, WEP encryption? If yes, known bug. Don't use WEP! If you're not, well, there are some other bugs in the driver too. Patching the kernel might be required, but you can also try disabling hardware encryption as a temporary workaround - in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf:
options atk9k nohwcrypt=1
Last edited by Gusar (2012-02-11 01:01:06)
Yea, it's WEP, but I can't change it, it isn't my router. My wireless is AR8131 btw, for what its worth. I tried your fix above, but still nothing. It's just driving me nuts that it worked a few weeks ago, before some update smashed it... and now I'm using my broadcom-powered hundred dollar netbook, which is working better than my mighty laptop. such is progress.
--I changed something about tcp windows somewhere that I read about as a possible somution to a similar problem, I hope that change isn't preventing this from working...?
I guess I could downgrade to kernel 3.2.1 or so, it appears that was the last version that functioned well with the atheros driver. But that would mean I0d have to downgrade the whole system, I imagine, which might be a giant pain? Never done that. And for all I know I've cleared the cache since then..
anything else I could try??
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Downgrading the kernel does not require downgrading anything else, so you could do that. Or you compile your own kernel and apply the patch that fixes wep. The patch is here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ker … eral/84982
off-topic: I'm again baffled by how many people still use wep. Guys, wep can be hacked in under a minute. It doesn't offer any real protection.
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I use netcfg with my ath9k, so I don't know much about NetworkManager. If dhcp was ultimately successful, you'd be able to ping your router. Pinging broadcast is useless. Sounds like NetworkManager could be at fault for not telling you something went wrong.
1.) Try to bring up the connection yourself (via command-line): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … stallation
2.) Outputs of 'iwconfig' and 'ifconfig' (you can edit-out the SSID and MAC if you want).
It would be helpful if we knew more about the router as well (make/model, router-only or modem/router combo).
[WEP only keeps the honest people honest. Better than nothing, though.]
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1. can't bring it up myself. not even sure if 'ip link wlan0 up' works, as it still says DOWN after. 'iwlist wlan0 scan' returns 'No scan results'. So something fishy here. But when I give the 'iwconfig wlan0 essid "myessid" key MYHEXKEY' it -seems- to associate itself with the router. But still no browsing ze internets.
2. tried my od netcfg profile which worked before I switched to wicd and then networkmanager (which also worked). Netcfg also doesn 't work. meh.
here's iwconfigs output:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"barry white"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=48/70 Signal level=-62 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:12 Invalid misc:113 Missed beacon:0
and this is ifconfig:
wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 metric 1
inet 192.168.2.102 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255
inet6 XXXX::XXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 350 bytes 111400 (108.7 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 135 bytes 9885 (9.6 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
The router is a siemens gigaset SE551, router only, no modem.
thanks for any help.
What is the output of ip route ??
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My 'ip route' (for comparison):
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 metric 303
192.168.1.0/26 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.58 metric 303
'ip link set wlan0 up' should always work unless it's already up or RFKILL is set either from software or hardware 'rfkill list'
As long as the wireless is on, 'iwlist wlan0 scan' should pick up something. Even if you're associated to a router, it will return with that router's info.
As to iwconfig/ifconfig: Everything appears normal aside from 'Tx excessive retries' and 'scopeid 0x20<link>' (I have 'scopeid 0x10<host>'). That may be irrelevant though.
Other points I forgot before:
-Access to router-side stats
-Firewall configurations on either side
I'm not familiar with 'tcp windows' but the clues point in that general direction: the devices _seem_ to see each other, but data is not being allowed through.
Is there another AP you can test?
Also, my Atheros chipset is AR9285. So yours being newer wouldn't rule out a driver issue. Although I've been using -ARCH kernels 3.2.1, 3.2.2, and my own custom kernels without complaint.
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But when I give the 'iwconfig wlan0 essid "myessid" key MYHEXKEY' it -seems- to associate itself with the router. But still no browsing ze internets.
Did you run dhcpd after that? succesfully? what ewaller said + check resolv.conf, maybe put google's nameservers in there.
first off, thanks for the input, fellas! Appreciate it.
Here's what 'ip route' has to say when Networkmanager is running:
default via 192.168.2.1 dev wlan0 proto static
192.168.2.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.102 metric 2
Here's what it says when netcfg is running:
default via 192.168.2.1 dev wlan0 metric 303
192.168.2.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.102 metric 303
Sooo... look pretty normal, or what. Neither reflects a functioning connection though.
Chipset is AR9285. That other number I mentioned is the wired controller.
'ip link set wlan0 up' works, so I don't think its an RFKILL issue
iwlist wlan0 scan just returns 'No scan results' - disheartening
after manually connecting with 'iwconfig wlan essid "barry white" key XXXXXXXXXXXXX' iwconfig says ESSID:"barry white" bus Access Point: Not-Associated
This is worse than Networkmanager, which at least thought it had associated with the routers MAC address.
And running dhcpcd just times out waiting for carrier...
oh lord. I'm only in this apt. another 3 weeks, I'm hoping my next will have a router I can actually look at. I'm at the mercy of others here, I can' t touch the router... I feel like I'm at wits end... I can use windows in the interim, and for arch, I have this lovely HP netbook. With a beautiful broadcom wireless chip that just works... hehe.
thanks for the help guys... but don't worry about this too much. It'll work out, somehome, with time. (and a new WPA enabled router)
Given that:
- Your other laptop connects perfectly
- Connection *was* working
- 'No scan results'
- 'Link quality=48/70'
- 'Access Point: Not Associated'
Tells me that it is your wireless hardware. I would put my money on the antenna connection.
Did the laptop ever take a tumble? Ever open the panels and fiddle around? How hot does it get?
I would look to see if you can get access to that. I know my laptop has an access panel on the bottom: for the wireless, along with the RAM slots, and keyboard.
Not sure if you covered connecting from different spots in the room...
Last couple things you could check on the software side is: to verify from the Broadcom that dhcp addressing starts 192.168.2.x (the system can assign itself an ip address w/o a valid connection).
Install another OS, that could answer the driver question.
It's a shame you don't have access to the router (or someone who does). That would help in cross-checking some things...
Let us know if you figure it out what it really is.
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I have the same problem. i can connect to router but cannot ping it. on windows its working ok. kernel 3.2.7, driver ath9k.
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May have relevance:
Also, I looked at my hardware and it says Ath5895H despite 'lscpi' saying, AR9285. And 'lsmod' shows 'ath9k' module in use. How odd.
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Please before you try changing any settings or files please try to disable firestarter and see if your wlan0 will work.
I have had this problem a couple times and after hours of tinkering and tweaking it turns out that firestarter was causing the problem... i am regretting the many changes that i have made to numerous files, walking in unknown territory as my knowledge is limited but both times disabling firestarter worked immediately.
I have tried many techniques found online with no success. i find this problem occurs after running a program like easy-creds... previously killing processes like dhclient and a reboot would get it going again, but that no longer works and the only thing that seems to be getting in the way is firestarter... hope this help at least 1 newbie haha.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Thompson's Old Fashioned Train Show 2012
First time the modules have been set up. Looks fairly good. Still a long way to go. Once the track was cleaned (and cleaned again) it ran really well with the AZL SD70. The newer MTL SD40 needed it's front plow sanded. Then it ran fairly well. Did have to fix one "bump" in the track that constantly derailing the outer line.
After the break is a "helicopter" video view of the route.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
The South Fork Model Railroad Train Show & Craft Fair
First outing for the yard and return modules.
Last night was a marathon to get just this plywood pacific running. I somehow borked the wiring and ended up with a short. Didn't get a chance to test run on the unproven track. Also had plan to run two trains. However, thanks to the USPS detouring the package to Iowa……I couldn't. Probably a good thing in the long run as I didn't have time to prep for a 2 train setup. Went to bed around 3a and then work up at 5 to temporarly fix the borked wiring.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The start of the Modules
Well, the Door Slab layout was OK. Learned a lot. However, since I now have more space and didn't get too far with it…..well, it will be morphing into modules. Initial plan is:
More pictures after the break…
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Well so much for customer service…..
I ordered some materials the other week. I did have a question because the price was so different than what I'd seen at a local train show. Then again, train shows are always hit and miss. I'm glad I did all the correspondence through email. The exchange is below. What do you think? Have I just misinterpreted something here? Be sure to read the LAST line.
The conversation if found after the break….
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Refrigerator problems…..solved?
For the last month or so the center panel of our side by side refrigerator has been heating up. I read online last night that it might be caused by a bad fan or dirty coils. Well, today I had to leave work early for a sick child. Perfect time to work on this problem! I get the child squared away and then get out many assorted tools I might need. Starting with a mop and vacuum I move the fridge out. Guess I should do that more than once every 10+ years. Yuk! Then sit down behind it and take the back cover off…..and find the problem staring me right in the face….
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Formula for a Perfect Breakfast (Coffee Doesn't Cut It!)
Despite what your barista says, a jug-sized latte, even with all that milk and sugar, isn't a meal. "For most busy women, breakfast is based on convenience, which can backfire nutritionally," says Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D., author of Read It Before You Eat It. Your brain needs certain nutrients early on for all-day concentration and problem solving.
Anatomy of a Perfect Breakfast
A too-big start can make for a too-big you. Shoot for getting 25 to 30 percent of your daily calories: about 400 if you're trying to lose, 500 if you're maintaining or 625 if you're very active. Here's the ideal breakdown.
53% carbs: "During the night, while you sleep, you burn through your stores of blood sugar, which is your body's preferred fuel source," says David Grotto, R.D., author of 101 Optimal Life Foods. "Carbohydrates replete these stores quickly." But simple carbs (muffins, doughnuts, sweetened cereal) are a no-go: They burn fast and trigger crashes and cravings. Instead, opt for complex ones (oatmeal and whole-wheat bread) that are high in hunger-fighting fiber, digest slowly and give you sustained energy. Your goal: 35 grams to 65 g carbs; 6 g fiber
27% fat: Go for the heart-healthy unsaturated fats found in nut butters or whole nuts, avocado and olive oil. Avoid the saturated fat in butter, bacon and full-fat cheese. Fat digests slowly, preventing those midmorning munchie attacks. Your goal: 7 g to 15 g fat
20% protein: "Protein makes you feel full longer by turning on and upping levels of natural hunger-busting hormones, like cholecystokinin, and keeping the hunger-inducing hormone ghrelin in check," Grotto says. You may need to combine multiple sources (e.g., egg whites, nonfat yogurt and skim milk) to get enough. Your goal: 15 g to 25 g protein
Excuses, Shmexcuses
In our Facebook poll, nearly 30 percent of you said you skip breakfast at least once a week. Eat it!
Cop-Out #1: You're on a diet. Friendly reminder: Shunning breakfast can lead to weight gain. "It makes you more likely to snack impulsively later," explains Cindy Moore, R.D., a nutrition consultant in Cleveland. But beginning your day with healthful foods helps steady your blood sugar level and regulate hunger hormones, which means you munch less and curb weight creep.
Cop-Out #2: You have zero a.m. appetite. That's fine. Start small, then. "Your goal should be progress," says Heather Mangieri, R.D., a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She suggests having a wedge of cheese or a piece of fruit, and building from there over time. "It will reset your internal hunger clock and eventually train your body to want food in the morning."
Cop-Out #3: You work out first thing. Worried about getting hit with stomach cramps? "It's true that high-fat, high-protein foods can linger in the gut and bounce around during exercise—not exactly comfy," Mangieri says. So split up your meal: Have a fast-digesting carb-rich snack such as a banana 30 minutes before the gym; afterward, finish up with some fat and protein to keep your metabolism stoked.
SELF Staff Confessions
We asked the pros for pointers on some of our staffers' a.m. noshes. Lessons learned.
"I'm eating proteins, like nonfat Greek yogurt, egg whites and roast turkey or lowfat ham." —Sandra Wilson-Hess, bookings editor
"Protein is definitely important, but be careful not to overdo it and sacrifice other key nutrients in the process," Grotto says. "Wilson-Hess can round out her meal by losing the meat and adding some lower-sugar fruit such as berries for fiber and antioxidants."
"I have a cup of blueberries with 1/2 cup vanilla almond milk, melon and green tea." —Kristen Saladino, senior market editor
"Although all of Saladino's meal ingredients are individually healthful, they're also dense with carbs and lacking the protein she needs to stay full throughout the morning," Taub-Dix says. Trading the almond milk and melon for nonfat plain Greek yogurt mixed with an ounce of almonds will exchange some carbohydrates for protein and healthy fat that will satisfy long-term.
"A Fiber One or Kashi bar with yogurt is my standby." —Allison Baker, associate editor
"Breakfast bars are convenient, but because they're low in water content, they're not very filling," Moore says. Baker could make her meal better by including a piece of water-dense fruit and sprinkling 1 tbsp sunflower seeds over her yogurt for some healthy, satiating fat.
"I get two whole-wheat pancakes topped with 1/2 cup blueberries, doused in honey." —Marissa Stephenson, fitness editor
"Keep the blueberries, lose one pancake," Taub-Dix says. And scale back the honey to a drizzle, then add a scoop of lowfat ricotta to dial down sugar and pump up calcium. "Ninety percent of women don't get the 1,000 milligrams of calcium they need daily," she says. The mineral tells cells to burn fat instead of storing it, and it helps regulate blood pressure. We absorb calcium better in smaller doses than larger ones, so breakfast is a smart time to work in one of three daily servings.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pressuring welfare recipients to get a job or face losing their benefits may put them at a slightly increased risk of dying over the long term, according to new research.
A study that tracked Floridians on welfare over nearly 20 years found that death rates were a half percent higher among those offered job training and pushed to find employment compared to those receiving unrestricted benefits.
"The message of the finding is that there is a very small but statistically significant difference in the measured death rates between these two populations," said Dr. Jan Blustein, a professor of health policy and medicine at New York University who was not involved in the new study.
The researchers, led by Dr. Peter Muennig from Columbia University in New York, write in Health Affairs that plenty of past work has linked social policies and people's health, but few studies have looked at health outcomes after welfare reform.
In 1996, the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act limited the amount of time people could receive welfare benefits. The law was seen as a way to encourage people to rejoin the workforce.
During the buildup to welfare reform, a number of experiments were conducted across the country to see whether additional support - such as job training - and time limits on how long a family could receive benefits led to more people getting jobs and earning more money. It did.
For the new study, Muennig and his colleagues used data from one of those trials, conducted in Escambia County, Florida, between 1994 and 1999.
The trial randomized 3,224 people to either receive traditional, unrestricted welfare or to be allowed benefits for just two to three years - though during that period, the time-limited group would also have access to job training and placement services.
The researchers linked data on the people who participated in the experiment to the U.S. Social Security Administration's Master File to see how many had died by 2011.
Of the 1,611 people who were pressured to get jobs, 75 of them (4.7 percent) died by 2011. That compared to 67 deaths (4.2 percent) among the 1,613 people who received traditional welfare.
Muennig told Reuters Health in an email that the results might be explained by the fact that while some people in the group pressured to get jobs ended up finding employment and making more money, "others lost their lifeline and had to fall back on already poor family members and friends to eat and get shelter."
Significantly more people in the time-limited group got jobs, Muennig and his colleagues report, but few made more money than the total income from all sources, such as food stamps and other supplements, received by people in the unrestricted group.
And 50 percent of those in the time-limited group remained jobless during much of the program.
Blustein, who noted that most welfare recipients in the studied communities were likely to have been single mothers, said more research is needed to draw strong conclusions.
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3 calls in internet big guns for mobile credibility
Sell-off of loss-maker ruled out
Hong Kong-owned mobile outfit 3 is having another crack at convincing everyone mobile internet will take off by abandoning the traditional operator pricing blueprint.
At a flashy launch in London today, 3 said it was marking a "historic day" for the mobile internet. Canning Fok, MD of parent company Hutchison, vowed 3 would press ahead with pioneering the web on mobiles, ruling out a sell-off. He told reporters: "The time for a flotation is past."
Without giving full details, 3 announced the first commodity-style pricing model for mobile data. There'll be no by-the-minute or by-the-byte billing, rather "it's free when you see it", meaning you pay for the pipe not the data. There will be fair use caveats though, including a higher access charge for high bandwidth video.
3 has a bunch of big internet hitters on board. Partner deals with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, eBay/Skype, and Orb have ensured their services are optimised for handset screens.
Plans to bring Skype to mobile were announced by 3 back in February at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona. On the surface offering an alternative to traditional voice calls is the bravest part of 3's new internet play.
Ovum principal analyst John Delaney said: "Everything about the internet that worries the mobile operators is here. Flat-rate data tariffs remove the link between service usage and end-user revenue. VoIP undermines mobile voice revenues. Instant messaging offers text messaging at a fraction of the price of SMS."
Elsewhere, Slingbox signed an exclusive deal to allow users to stream their TV direct to 3 mobiles. With mobile TV yet to prove its real world viability, this could be a canny tie-up from 3 and Slingbox. 3 gets to allay the costs of investing in further infrastructure and its customers get the wider choice of channels available to them at home, if they own a Slingbox.
The push will be branded "X-series" and will kick off with a handset a piece from Nokia and Sony Ericsson, which will be in the shops in time for Christmas in the UK and in Q1 2007 in 3's other territories.
The cash Hutchison is hurling at mobile broadband so early in the game is typical of its swashbuckling history of investment in the mobile industry. It's a dead cert the burden of risk is being shouldered by 3 rather than its big name partners. If anyone was going to properly break the ice on mobile broadband it had to be 3 with its big money backing. Global omnicorp Hutchison coined $31bn in 2005 revenues from everything from Canadian oil to Hong Kong hotels.
Of course, its not the first time 3 has told us it's revolutionising mobile internet. Today Fok was candid about failures in services, handsets and pricing.
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Hello Everyone!
I just signed up for this forum and figured I would introduce myself. While I knew of this forum before I didn't come here until after some one suggested it. It started with a conversation on Match.com (despite me thinking it was not worth my time or money pass the free trial I responded to a friend's repeated suggestion that I try the dating sight out). The site matched me with a lot of women looking for godly men and women that are looking for men of faith (made me feel like the sight should be called "mismatch.com"). After the series of overly religious matches I finally did a search for atheist and agnostic women in my area (there were 7 in my age range in my geography). I asked her how Match.com was working for her and she told me it really wasn't. In the conversation she mentioned this site and a few others as far as finding other non-theistic people in the area. So here I am!
As for my background, I am a male almost in my mid thirties working as a Software Engineer. I grew up in a southern baptist area, though when I in the phase of my life when I still claimed a religion I never identified with a specific denomination. Mom was extremely religious. Dad was a moderate. My siblings and I had interesting childhoods.
I never was comfortable with several aspects of the bible; such as Yahweh's tendency to kill people for standing in the wrong area or being born into the wrong family or having been lied to. I also was bothered by the fact that my family was Christian because it was the religion that had been forced on our ancestors. After I got out of my family's house (for college) I decided to find some new justification for continuing to be Christian. I was confident I would find plenty but had also decided to take into consideration information that also went against what was then my desired conclusion. At the end of my studying, interviewing others, and self reflection I found nothing that convinced me that Christianity was in any way factual. I identified advantages to the religion (such as staying in the social in-group) but nothing that convinced me it had any substance.
I'm selectively "out" to my friends and associates. My close friends know. My religious employers don't. Of my three siblings two of them have also become non-religious while one maintains some form of heterodoxical Christianity.
I think I've typed enough for now. I'm looking forward to having good conversation in this forum in the future.
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Nancy's blog, My Ancestors and Me, is a celebration of her ancestors and relatives. She brings her ancestors to life in well-researched articles that place them in the context of their time and location. The articles are often accompanied by interesting and thoughtfully presented photographs: photographs with interesting body language and even photographs of the contents of a desk ("My Father's Desk" and "From Inside My Father's Desk").
Interspersed with the portraits are "think" pieces with some intriguing subjects to mull over, such as the "Differences Between Men and Women Genealogists," as well as good reading recommendations ("Annie's Ghosts").
My Ancestors and Me is written as a dialog with its readers (and sometimes, with Nancy's ancestors as well) and is an outstanding example of how to write to pull readers in and to keep their attention, as well as how to appeal to both mind and heart.
Blogs I have started following this week:
A Friend of Friends
Betty's Boneyard Genealogy Blog
Finding Patrick
Is Meets Was
Journey Home
Mariah's Zepher (Also added to Texas Team)
On a flesh and bone foundation
The Accidental Anarchist
Asheville and Buncombe County
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So apparently Kim Kardashian wanted to watch former Knick Danilo Gallinari take a sheet…
"Kardashian was so eager to land a basketball player, the site says, that she had producers at E!, the home of her reality shows, contact NBA teams about potential beaus. Sources say that producers at the network called the Knicks to find out if the team's handsome Italian import, Gallinari, was single.
They asked if he would be interested in dating her and being on a reality show," a source told the site. "Danilo said he would love to meet Kim but was not interested in dating her or being on a reality show … Even though E! explained it would be great for his career, Gallinari turned the offer down."
Kardashian reportedly wanted a New York sports star to date to coincide with the debut of her series "Kourtney & Kim Take New York" in January. Apparently she settled on the Tri-State area and Nets player Humphries. The pair started dating in December 2010." from the NY Post
So Kim wanted the Italian Stallion!! Do we need anymore proof that she is…you know? How do you feel if you are Kris Humphries? Actually knowing Kris Humphries he probably doesn't even care.
Personally I don't really care about this story. Everybody knows about Kim Kardashian and her plethora of high profile relationships and sex tapes. While she is very attractive, I think Gallo made the right choice here. Good for him to stay out of the whole media circus that comes along with any member of that Kardashian family. This story is just so funny. Way to go Kim. Once again you look like a total ass (no pun intended) and you will likely have an annulment on your hands.Follow @tarmosino


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Walk-Off In Extras Nails Series Win for Phillies
The Phillies annual Alumni Weekend came to an end today with a huge series win against the World Champion Cardinals. The 11-inning, 8-7 walk-off win was the cherry on top of a great weekend at Citizen's Bank Park.
Vance Worley took the mound again, despite needing elbow surgery for bone chips. The injury appears to be taking a toll on the Vanimal who struggled again, going 5 1/3 innings with 4 runs allowed.
The Phillies offense started off strong with 3 runs in the 1st on a triple from Chase Utley. In the 4th, Ryan Howard added a solo homer. But each time the Phils scored, the Cardinals answered and they took a 4-4 tie into the 8th.
With 3 errors in the game, the Phillies still had some nice defensive plays, and others that fell short. The play at the plate below where Matt Holiday is called safe was a real bummer:
More disappointment was to follow as Michael Schwimer turned a 4-4 game into a 7-4 deficit for the Phils in the 8th, allowing the 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk.
But just when it looked like the game was over, Erik Kratz got up to his new-old tricks again. With 2 runners on and 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th, he smashed a home run to left to tie the game up again.
But Kratz was not done yet… In the 11th, he started off the inning with a double. Sadly, the double was erased when Jimmy Rollins, who had the day off prior pinch hitting in the 8th, hit into a fielder's choice. J-Roll later redeemed himself by stealing 3rd, which turned out to be the key to winning the game. Juan Pierre hustled down the 1st base line to beat out an infield single which scored Rollins for the walk-off win!
Pierre has been one of the few bright spots for the Phillies this year. It is hard to imagine not resigning him in the offseason, but that drama will play out later…
As for the Alumni in attendance, they had a lot of fun, especially Mike Schmidt who shot hot dogs into the crowd. You will have to see it to believe it:
There were many other appearances as well, including John Kruk announcing the line-ups, Dick Allen and Tony Taylor changing bases, and eight former Phillies, including Larry Andersen, Gary Matthews, Ricky Jordan, Ricky Botallico and Von Hayes singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" on the field during the seventh-inning stretch.
Botallico, always an amazing sport, even wore the Phanatic's jersey to entertain the crowd.
Here is the full Photo Album from the game.
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Monday, Dec. 29, 2003 | 11:39 a.m.
Moments after Kevin Lewis sat down last summer at a high stakes blackjack table inside an Atlantic City casino, the pit boss got the word: Lewis was a card counter.
Soon the "bad news guys" arrived, and Lewis was done playing.
"It was obvious that somewhere and somehow I had been made," said the 30-year-old Lewis, once part of an infamous team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who won millions of dollars at blackjack by keeping track of the aces and face cards played.
How security pegged Lewis so quickly was no mystery. The casino, like others across the country and around the world, relies on an outside detective agency that supplies an extensive list of suspected cheats and highly skilled gamblers, called advantage players.
The Griffin GOLD's five volumes contain thousands of names and mug shots and can be accessed online. It uses a sophisticated facial recognition program and sends out alerts that notify casinos when a swindler or card counter is on the prowl.
The Griffin's efficacy is legendary.
"I always feared it," said Lewis, who uses a pseudonym to hide his identity because he still plays blackjack.
But the oft-praised and much-dreaded Griffin is not without its critics, who claim the secretive detective agency is prone to errors and smears people without proof.
"In my opinion, it is an incredible compilation ... peppered with mistakes and falsehoods based on some of the grossest hearsay," said lawyer Bob Nersesian of Las Vegas.
Two of Nersesian's clients are suing Griffin Investigations after they were arrested for cheating based on information that came from the Las Vegas company's security database.
Griffin Investigations was incorporated in 1967 by Beverly S. Griffin and her soon-to-be-ex-husband Robert R. Griffin, state records show.
In the beginning, the agency battled small-time casino crooks and relied on shoe-leather detective work, not high-tech gadgets to expose people. Griffin investigators collected intelligence on gamblers who tossed loaded dice, rigged slot machines and marked playing cards. These were cheaters who broke the law.
Card counters, while not welcome in casinos, operate within the law. They don't influence the game's natural outcome, they just calculate the probability of cards yet to be played.
"They are not using a device," said Keith Copher, enforcement chief for the Nevada Gaming Control Board. "They are using their head. If they use some sort of instrument to track cards that would be illegal."
The success of the counters beginning in the late 1970s and early '80s forced the Griffin to evolve as counting rings proliferated and became increasingly sophisticated.
Beverly Griffin likened the counters to competing corporations that threaten the financial health of the casinos.
"They took it from recreational to a business," Griffin said. "They scout. They have people to count. They have people bring the money and place the bets. They are bankrolled."
Little is known about Griffin Investigations, which guards its operations as closely as its database. Other than clients, only state gambling regulators are allowed to see it.
Beverly Griffin declined to say how much her service costs, how many people it employs or how it obtains its information.
However, in a recent deposition, Griffin's manager, Gordon Adams, said the company had six employees and more than 100 clients. The agency obtains its information from the casinos -- among other sources, Adams said.
Armed with the Griffin, security experts at casinos scrutinize players at table games or slot machines, looking for matches in the system.
People are listed in the Griffin for a variety of activities or crimes, such as impersonating casino employees, card bending, stealing chips, coins and purses from gamblers.
"It's very effective in protecting our casino," said Margaret Brooks, director of surveillance at the Bellagio hotel-casino. "We would be missing a lot without it."
Casinos don't react automatically because someone is listed in the Griffin, Brooks said.
"We make our own determination," she said. Casinos are allowed to ban advantage players and may have them arrested for trespassing only if they return. Players are allowed to keep their winnings.
Griffin has helped bust up some of the biggest and most lucrative card-counting rings to roam casino floors. It helped take down Lewis and five other MIT students who operated in the 1990s.
The student's exploits were chronicled in a book called "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich. The book claims that somebody sold a list of the MIT students to the Griffin, effectively ending their card-counting days. Today all their faces are in the Griffin system.
In Mezrich's book, the MIT math whizzes also suspect an investigator working for Griffin used strong-arm tactics to try to intimidate them. One of them was beaten up by thugs at a casino in the Bahamas. Another had his Boston apartment ransacked; the thieves only took cash and casino chips.
"We never sent anybody, anywhere to beat up anybody," Griffin said. "It's a lot of fiction."
The Griffin's power and reach are very real, according to those being dealt the cards.
"The counter is persecuted for his intelligence. Nothing more, nothing less. Casinos hate savvy players," according to "The Card Counter's Guide to Casino Surveillance," which was published this year.
Michael Russo and James Grosjean were winning big at a Caesars Palace poker table in April 2000. The pair had pocketed $18,000 thanks to a weak dealer who was exposing his cards.
Security guards and Control Board agents soon stepped in and arrested the pair for cheating. Russo was jailed for about 12 hours and Grosjean four days, though charges were later dropped.
Both men sued Griffin Investigations. They claim the Griffin contains "false and fabricated" information about them that led to their arrest. Court records indicate the Griffin had Russo listed as part of "a team of 21 cheaters" and Grosjean "working with card bender on 3-card poker."
The Griffin also lists Russo as an associate of Grosjean, court records show.
"We feel that they defamed them," Nersesian said. "They have no proof to back up the allegations."
Anthony Curtis, a professional card counter plying his talent on the Discovery Channel, said the problem with the Griffin is that cheats and counters are lumped together.
"I've seen myself in the Griffin where they've got me listed as an accomplice with people I don't know. It's ridiculous," said Curtis, also the editor of Las Vegas Advisor, a consumer newsletter tracking casino promotions and gambling trends.
Griffin has heard the complaints, and thinks there are plenty of card counters who would love to see her out of business. Griffin said she doesn't tell casinos what to do with the information, and her company works hard to get the data right.
"We provide information to casinos," she said. "We don't have anything to be ashamed of."
But Griffin concedes even the Griffin GOLD can get things wrong.
"Nothing is 100 percent in this world," she said.
Nobody knows it better than Lewis, who still manages to play blackjack occasionally in Las Vegas.
"It's a cat-and-mouse game," he said. "The mice find ways to make it work."