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== Changes with modular Xorg ==
== Changes with modular Xorg ==
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installing Xorg
- 3 Configuring xorg
- 4 Editing xorg.conf
- 5 Running Xorg
- 6 X startup (/usr/bin/startx) tweaking
- 7 Changes with modular Xorg
- 8 Troubleshooting
- 8.1 Keyboard Problems
- 8.2 A Quick Fix for the Bitstream-Vera Conflict
- 8.3 A Quick Fix for file conflicts in /usr/include
- 8.4 libgl-dri conflicts
- 8.5 Mouse wheel not working
- 8.6 Extra mouse buttons not working
- 8.7 Keyboard problems
- 8.8 Missing libraries
- 8.9 Some packages fail to build and complain about missing X11 includes
- 8.10 Unable to load font '(null)'
- 8.11 KDE Taskbar/Desktop Icons Broken
- 8.12 Updating from testing version to current (missing files)
- 8.13 Problem with MIME types in various desktop environments
- 8.14 DRI stops working with Matrox cards
- 8.15 Cannot start any clients under Xephyr
- 9 Links
Xorg is the public, open-source implementation of the X11 X Window System. (See the X.org Wikipedia Article or X.org for details.) Basically, if you want a GUI atop Arch, you will want xorg.
Installing Xorg
Before beginning, make sure you do the following:
- Make sure that pacman is configured and refreshed.
- If you are running another X server you can close it now.
- Make a note about third-party drivers (e.g., nVidia or ATI drivers).
First let us install the complete 'xorg' group:
# pacman -S xorg
The default 'vesa' driver is merely a fallback (not accelerated and doesn't support many resolutions), so you will need a proper video driver too. You can type this command to list all the video drivers available:
# pacman -Ss xf86-video
Look for the appropriate driver for your card and install it with pacman -S. To check your card, if hwd is installed, run 'hwd -s', or run 'lspci' (look for 'VGA compatible controller').
If Xorg installed OK, it's time to make
Configuring xorg
Before you can run xorg, you need to configure it so that it knows about your graphics card, monitor, mouse and keyboard. There are several methods of automating the process:
Perhaps the easiest way of getting Xorg up and running quickly is to use hwd, a tool written by users in the Arch Linux community. It's basically a hardware-detection tool that has multiple uses, one of which is setting up an X server. Fortunately, hwd is much more streamlined than
xorgconf and doesn't require any input at all.
First, install the hwd package:
# pacman -S hwd
Now simply run the following command as root to generate a default
xorg.conf file:
# hwd -xa
This will overwrite any existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with a pratical set of defaults, based on what hwd detected for your hardware.
Alternatively, you can generate a sample Xorg config (/etc/X11/xorg.conf.hwd) without overwriting your existing settings. To do so, run hwd with the -x flag instead:
# hwd -x
Sample result:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.ati /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vesa Your sample file(s) ready, rename 'xorg.conf'. If unsure first try 'vesa' (default).
To use the sample config(s), you must manually rename it. Sample:
# mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vesa /etc/X11/xorg.conf
AD: In my experience hwd creates XF86Config-4 file and if there is not xorg.conf present Xorg uses it automatically.
To start up xorgconfig:
# xorgconfig
This will generate a new xorg.conf.
Answer the questions, and the program will make the file for you. This program is not really good but it's a start, and you can fill in special stuff manually afterwards.
Xorg -configure
You can also use
# Xorg -configure
# X -configure
nVidia users can also use
# nvidia-xconfig
when they have official nvidia drivers installed.
Editing xorg.conf
You may wish to edit the config after it's been generated. To open in your favourite text-editor, such as Vim (you need root privileges):
# vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf
If you want to set up mouse wheel support, see Get All Mouse Buttons Working.
Monitor Settings
Depending on your hardware, Xorg may fail to detect your monitor capabilities correctly, or you may simply wish to use a lower resolution than your monitor is capable of. You might want to look up the following values in your monitor's manual before setting them. The following settings are specified in the Monitor section:
Horizontal Sync
HorizSync 28-64
Refresh Rate
VertRefresh 60
The following are specified in the Screen section:
Colour Depth
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
Keyboard Settings
Xorg may fail to detect your keyboard correctly. This might give problems with your keyboard layout or keyboard model not being set correctly.
To see a full list of keyboard models, layouts, variants and options, open.
Keyboard Layout
To change the keyboard layout, use the XkbLayout option in the keyboard InputDevice section. For example, if you have a keyboard with English layout:
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Keyboard Model
To change the keyboard model, use the XkbModel option in the keyboard InputDevice section. For exsample, if you have a Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard:
Option "XkbModel" "microsoftmult"
Display Size/DPI
In order to get correct sizing for fonts the display size must be set for your desired DPI. In the section
"Monitor" put in your display size in mm:
Section "Monitor" ... DisplaySize 336 252 # 96 DPI @ 1280x960 ... EndSection
The formula for calculating the DisplaySize values is Width x 25.4 / DPI and Height x 25.4 / DPI. If you're running Xorg with a resolution of 1024x768 and want a DPI of 96, use 1024 x 25.4 / 96 and 768 x 25.4 / 96. Round numbers down.
# calc: (x|y)pixels * 25.4 / dpi # DisplaySize 168 126 # 96 DPI @ 640x480 # DisplaySize 210 157 # 96 DPI @ 800x600 # DisplaySize 269 201 # 96 DPI @ 1024x768 # DisplaySize 302 227 # 96 DPI @ 1152x864 # DisplaySize 336 252 # 96 DPI @ 1280x960 # DisplaySize 336 269 # 96 DPI @ 1280x1024 (non 4:3 aspect) # DisplaySize 370 277 # 96 DPI @ 1400x1050 # DisplaySize 420 315 # 96 DPI @ 1600x1200 # DisplaySize 506 315 # 96 DPI @ 1920x1200
For nVidia drivers you may have to disable automatic detection of DPI to set it manually. There is also an easier way to set DPI on these cards. Either or both of the following lines can be set in the device section for your nVidia card.
Option "UseEdidDpi" "false" Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
Results can be checked by issuing the following command, which should return 96x96 dots per inch if you set DPI @ 96.
$ xdpyinfo | grep -B1 dot
Proprietary Drivers
If you wish to use third-party graphics drivers, do check first that the X server runs OK first. Xorg should run smoothly without official drivers, which are typically needed only for advanced features such as 3D-accelerated rendering for games, dual-screen setups, and TV-out. Refer to the NVIDIA and ATI wikis for help with driver installation.
There some tips for setting up fonts in Xorg Font Configuration.
Sample Xorg.conf Files
Anyone who has an Xorg.conf file written up that works, go ahead and post a link to it here for others to look at! Please don't inline the entire conf file; upload it somewhere else and link. Thanks!
- Shadowhand (nv and nvidia drivers): http://people.os-zen.net/shadowhand/configs/xorg.conf
- Cerebral (fglrx and radeon drivers): http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~tjwillar/configs/xorg.conf
- raskolnikov (via unichrome and synaptics drivers): http://athanatos.free.fr/Arch/xorg.conf
- Leigh (Three independent screens - Three nvidia cards): http://files.myopera.com/allisonleigh/linuxbackup/xorg.conf
Running Xorg
This is done simply by typing:
$ startx
The default X environment is rather bare, and you will typically seek to install window managers or desktop environments to supplement X.
To test the config file you have created:
$ X -config <your config file>
If a problem occurs, then view the log at /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Be on the lookout for any lines beginning with (EE) which represent errors, and also (WW) which are warnings that could indicate other issues.
*Please Note* Using startx requires a ~/.xinitrc file, so that X knows what to run when it starts. Your best option is to copy /etc/skel/.xinitrc to your home directory and edit it. Comment out the 'exec' lines you don't want, and add or uncomment one for the WM you want to use. If you are using GNOME it is best to start GNOME through gdm to avoid HAL permission problems.
In addition, you can also install twm and xterm (via pacman), which will be used as a fallback if ~/.xinitrc does not exist (as stated in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc).
X startup (/usr/bin/startx) tweaking
For X's option reference see
$ man Xserver
The following options have to be appended to the variable "defaultserverargs" in the /usr/bin/startx file.
prevent X from listening on tcp:
-nolisten tcp
getting rid of the gray weave pattern while X is starting and let X set a black root window:
enable deferred glyph loading for 16 bit fonts:
-deferglyphs 16
Note: If you start X with kdm, the startx script does not seem to be executed. These options must be appended to the variable "ServerCmd" in the /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file.
Changes with modular Xorg
Most Common Packages
Make sure you install drivers for mouse, keyboard and videocard. For mouse and keyboard, xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-mouse should get installed. Other xf86-input-* packages are available for different input devices.
For the videocard, find out which driver is required and install the right xf86-video-* package. ATI and Nvidia users may wish to install the non-free drivers for their hardware instead (NVIDIA, ATI).
To install all drivers in one run, the xorg-input-drivers and xorg-video-drivers are available.
OpenGL 3D Acceleration
X.Org 7.0 on Arch Linux uses a modular design for mesa, the OpenGL rendering system. Several implementations are available:
- libgl-dri: Open-source DRI OpenGL implementation. Falls back to software rendering when no DRI driver is installed
- some other driver providing libGL (ati, nvidia)
When pacman installs an application that needs mesa, it will install one of these packages. To be sure about the right library for your setup, install the library you want prior to installing Xorg. Installing the right package afterwards is also possible, though this gives some dependency errors sometimes, which can be ignored with the -d switch.
Glxgears and Glxinfo
These apps are included in the mesa package.
Changed paths (and configuration)
See this entry for additional upgrade info: http://www.archlinux.org/blog/2006/01/02/how-to-upgrade-xorg/
Modular X.Org 7 installs everything in
/usr, where the older versions installed in
/usr/X11R6. Several configuration files need updates:
- /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- Fontpaths live in /usr/share/fonts now
- RGB database is in /usr/share/X11/rgb
- module path is /usr/lib/xorg/modules
Also note that some X configuration tools might stop working. The easiest way to configure X.org is by installing the correct driver packages and running Xorg -configure, which results in a
/root/xorg.conf.new which only needs modification in the resolutions, mouse configuration and keyboard layouts.
Some packages have hard-coded references to
/usr/X11R6. These packages need fixing. In the meantime, look what packages install files in
/usr/X11R6, uninstall those, make a symlink from
/usr to
/usr/X11R6 and reinstall the affected packages. Another option is to move the contents of
/usr/X11R6 to
/usr and make the symlink.
Or you can just add a second module path via
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
This works e.g. for Nvidia 76.76
Keyboard Problems
Auto-generated xorg.conf files may cause you problems. If you cannot get to tty1 by holding CTRL-ALT and pressing F1 or cannot get the £ sign for gb people, check to see if the following entries are in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Option "XkbLayout" "uk" #"uk" is not a real layout, look in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ for a list of real ones. Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" #this should be "xorg" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" #This line is also known to cause the problems described, try commenting it out.
To switch between layouts with Alt+Shift:
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
A Quick Fix for the Bitstream-Vera Conflict
If you see a message that ttf-bitstream-vera conflicts with xorg:
- Exit the pacman session by answering no.
- Run
pacman -Rd xorg
- Run
pacman -Syu
- Run
pacman -S xorg
- Update your paths in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
A Quick Fix for file conflicts in /usr/include
If you see messages about file conflicts in /usr/include/X11 and /usr/include/GL:
- Run
rm /usr/include/{GL,X11}
- Run
pacman -Su
The symlinked directories removed by this operation are replaced by real directories in the new xorg package, causing these file conflicts to appear.
libgl-dri conflicts
If you get a message similar to:
:: libgl-dri conflicts with nvidia-legacy. Remove nvidia-legacy? [Y/n]
this is due to the multiple OpenGL implementations explained in the OpenGL section above - pacman is attempting to install libgl-dri to satisfy this dependency, but also trying to upgrade your existing video driver, and they conflict. To solve, try:
- Updating your video driver before a full system update:
# pacman -S nvidia-legacy # pacman -Syu
Or, if that doesn't work,
- Remove your existing video driver, do the update, then reinstall your driver:
# pacman -Rd nvidia-legacy # pacman -Syu # pacman -S nvidia-legacy :: nvidia-legacy conflicts with libgl-dri. Remove libgl-dri? [Y/n] Y
Mouse wheel not working
The "Auto" protocol doesn't seem to work properly in Xorg 7 any more. In the InputDevice section for your mouse, change:
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
USB Mice users should read Get_All_Mouse_Buttons_Working.
Intellimouse (ExplorerPS/2) users might find their scroll and side buttons aren't behaving as they used to. Previously xorg.conf needed:
Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
and users also had to run xmodmap to get the side buttons working with a command like:
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
Now xmodmap is no longer required. Instead, make xorg.conf look like this:
Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
and the side buttons on a 7-button Intellimouse will work like they used to, without needing to run xmodmap.
Keyboard problems
Some keyboard layouts have changed. I wondered why:
- I wasn't able to Ctrl+Alt+Fx to switch to console
- I wasn't able to use layouts
The problem was that the sk_qwerty layout doesn't exist anymore. I had to replace
Option "XkbLayout" "us,sk_qwerty"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,sk" Option "XkbVariant" ",qwerty"
Another thing to look for if your keyboard isn't properly functioning is the XkbRules option:
You'll need to change
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
AltGR (Compose Key) not working properly
If, after the update, you can't use the AltGr key as expected any more, try adding this to your keyboard section:
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:ralt"
This is not the correct way to activate the AltGr Key on a German keyboard (for example, to use the '|' and '@' keys on German keyboards). Just choose a valid keyboard variant for it to work again, for example (the example is for a German keyboard):
Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
The solutions above don't work on an Italian keyboard. To activate the AltGr key on an Italian keyboard make sure you have the following lines set up properly:
Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbVariant" ""
Can't set qwerty layouts using the setxkbmap command
After the update, there aren't qwerty layouts as for example sk_qwerty. If you want to switch your present keyboard layout to any qwerty keyboard layout use this command:
$ setxkbmap NAME_OF_THE_LAYOUT qwerty
e.g.: for sk_qwerty use:
$ setxkbmap sk qwerty
After the update, trying the above command I had this message "Error loading new keyboard description". I find out that the xserver doesn't have the rights to write, execute, read in the directory /var/tmp So give the permissions to that directory. Restart the xserver and you will have your deadkeys back! Don't believe? Try out the code e.g.: it layout
$ setxkbmap -layout it
Setup French Canadian (old ca_enhanced) layout
With Xorg7, "ca_enhanced" is no more. You have to do a little trick to get the same layout that you are used to: Switch the old:
Option "XkbLayout" "ca_enhanced"
Option "XkbLayout" "ca" Option "XkbVariant" "fr"
It will be similar with other layout, I presume. You can refer to Gentoo HowTo there: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml
Missing libraries
- Help! I get an error message running my favourite app saying "libXsomething" doesn't exist!
In most cases, all you need to do is take the name of the library (eg libXau.so.1), convert it all to lowercase, remove the extension, and pacman for it:
# pacman -S libxau
This will install the library you're missing, and all will be well again!
Some packages fail to build and complain about missing X11 includes
Just reinstall the packages xproto and libx11, even if they are already installed.
Unable to load font '(null)'
- Some programs don't work and say unable to load font `(null)'.
These packages would like some extra fonts. Some programs only work with bitmap fonts. Two major packages with bitmap fonts are available, xorg-fonts-75dpi and xorg-fonts-100dpi. You don't need both; one should be enough. To find out which one would be better in your case, try this:
$ xdpyinfo | grep resolution
and grab what is closer to you (75 or 100 instead of XX)
# pacman -S xorg-fonts-XXdpi
KDE Taskbar/Desktop Icons Broken
- KDE taskbar doesn't work and the desktop icons disappear
Install the packages libxcomposite and libxss. It will be fine.
# pacman -S libxcomposite libxss
Updating from testing version to current (missing files)
If you've updated from Xorg 7 in testing to Xorg 7 in current and are finding that many files seem to be missing (including startx, /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt, and others), you may have lost many files due to the xorg-clients package splitting from a single package into many smaller sub packages.
You need to reinstall all the packages that are dependencies of xorg-clients:
# pacman -S xorg-apps xorg-font-utils xorg-res-utils xorg-server-utils \ xorg-twm xorg-utils xorg-xauth xorg-xdm xorg-xfs xorg-xfwp \ xorg-xinit xorg-xkb-utils xorg-xsm
This should fix the problem.
Problem with MIME types in various desktop environments
If you noticed icons missing and can't click-open files in desktop environments, add the following lines to /etc/profile or your preferred init script and reboot.
XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/share export XDG_DATA_DIRS
DRI stops working with Matrox cards
If you use a Matrox card and DRI stops working after upgrading to xorg7, try adding the line
Option "OldDmaInit" "On"
to the Device section that references the video card in xorg.conf.
Cannot start any clients under Xephyr
The client connections are rejected by the X server's security mechanism, you can find a complete explanation and solution in [1].
See also:
- Enabling a DM
- Start X at boot
- Xorg Font Configuration
- Proprietary Video Drivers
- Desktop Environment
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TNA Tag Team champions Kurt Angle & Sting vs. Ron Killings & Adam "Pacman" Jones
Did you ever think you'd see a TNA PPV open with Sting? Pacman Jones nearly tripped as he stepped out of the tunnel into the Impact Zone. Jones teases starting, then tags out. Killings and Sting start the match off. Killings evades a collar and elbowe lockup, then begins working over Sting with rights. Sting comes back with several arm drags and punches him. Killings tried to tag out but Jones waved him off. The crowd chanted, "Pacman sucks."
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Sting started unloading on Killings and nailed the Scorpion death Drop. Killings got his shoulder up at the last second. Sting splashes Killings. Pacman Jones tagged in and faces off with Sting. Angle attacked Sting and hit the Olympic Slam. Jones covered Sting and pinned him, 1-2-3, and the cameras MISSED THE ENTIRE PINFALL BECAUSE THEY WERE SHOWING KAREN ANGLE ON THE FLOOR. So much for Sportscenter. Terrible finish, terrible camera work and when you think about it, the booking made no sense whatsoever because why would Karen want to cost her husband a title?
Karen and Karen Angle walked out, Sting looked on with no emotion and Pacman Jones won a World title in his first match without ever being physically involved. What a way to start the show, eh? A nothing match.
They aired a video feature on Rhino vs. James Storm.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Rhino backstage. Borash asked Rhino where he's been. He said that he took time to realize he's not a machine, he's a man. He said he, Terry Gerin is an alcoholic and he fell off the wagon five weeks ago, but tonight James Storm is going to know what it's like to fall when he cuts Storm in half with a gore, gore, GORE. I thought it was a good promo.
James Storm (with Jackie Moore) vs. Rhino
Rhino charged the ring and Storm retreated to the entrance ramp. Rhino followed and they brawled on the floor. Storm ran into the crowd and tried hiding behind the fans. That was awesome. Rhino found him and they started brawling in the crowd with Rhino controlling the battle. The announcers explained that Jim Cornette told the officials to give this match leeway because of the personal nature of the feud. They battled up one of the bleachers and Storm nailed Rhino, sending him down the steps. Rhino caught Storm and drilled him into the wall of the Impact Zone.
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Rhino began beating Storm with tons of punches in the corner. He whipped Storm into the corner but Storm caught him with a boot to the face. Storm charged but Rhino caught him with a belly to belly suplex. Jackie Moore tried to grab Rhino by the hair but was scared off. Storm caught Rhino with a knee thanks to the distraction. Storm drilled Rhino with a lariat. Storm controlled Rhino and rode him with a rear chinlock.
Rhino finally fights his way back up. He clotheslines and powerslams Storm for a two count. Storm kicked Rhino in the gut and nailed a neckbreaker/suplex variation. Rhino shoulderblocked Storm in the corner, then hits another belly to belly. Rhino motioned for the Gore. He drills Storm with it but Storm kicked up at the last second. Rhino looked stunned. Everyone thought that was the finish. Rhino called for a chair and a planted fan handed him one from the front row. Rhino set up two chairs in a corner and dragged Storm up to the turnbuckle for the Rhinodriver off the ropes. Storm fought him and got the better of Rhino. Storm hit an Acecrusher off the ropes onto the chairs but Rhino still kicked up at the last second. The crowd chanted for TNA.
Storm was holding his ribs on the floor as he pulled a table from underneath. Storm set up the table. He misses a clothesline and Rhino hits a Samoan Drop. Rhino sees the table in the ring and sets it up in the corner to gore Storm through it. Storm grabs rhino and drops down into a jawbreaker. Rhino fires off with an elbow and goes to the top rope. Storm cuts him off and tries to attempt a superplex. He nails it.
Rhino nails the gore through the table and pins Storm cleanly.
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After the match, Rhino grabbed a small keg of beer and looked to be attempting to shove it where the sun doesn't shine (seriously) but Jackie Moore grabbed him by the hair. Rhino dragged her into the ring and gored her.
Match was good. It wasn't the best match they've had together but the brawl at the start was fun, the work was good and back and forth. It was nice to see a clean pinfall for Rhino. I am guessing the feud is over, but we'll see.
TNA showed the footage of Pacman Jones pinning Sting.
Backstage, Kurt Angle questioned Kevin Nash, asking him if he called Sting a good partner after what happened out at the ring. He threw a chair at the wall and claimed he lost the belts because Sting slapped his wife. Nash tells him that the only person that slapped anyone was Karen. Karen claimed Sting slapped her. Nash yelled at Angle to focus because he had two more matches tonight. Sting stormed in and slammed Angle against the wall demanding to know what happened. Angle told Sting that he slapped Karen and Sting denied it. Nash and Jim Cornette tried to break it up. Cornette told Sting to go back to the hotel and relax because nothing would be solved tonight. Sting let go and told Angle it wasn't over. Cornette then told Karen that she was leaving too. Angle protested but Cornette told her that she was leaving or the couple could both leave and Kurt could leave the belts behind. She began shrieking as she was walked out by Matt Morgan.
Don West and Mike Tenay discussed what we had just seen.
Kazarian vs. Robert Roode
They locked up in the center of the ring jockeying for position. Kazarian broke cleanly when they ended up in a corner. Roode kicked him in the midsection and then began working him over with side headlock. Kaz shoulderblocked Roode and nailed a deep armdrag. Ms. Brooks smiled at Kaz's work. Roode and Kaz went back and forth with some good wrestling.
Roode went for the Payoff but Kaz blocked it. They tumbled through the ropes to the floor. Brooks came over to them but didn't seem to know who to check on. Roode kneed Kaz in the gut but Kaz slammed him into the apron. They battled on the floor. Roode whipped Kaz into Brooks, but Kaz put the breaks on. Roode nailed him from behind. Roode slammed Kaz into the ring steps. Brooks started holding her wrist.
Roode tossed Kaz into the ring. Roode hit a back suplex but only got a two count. Roode berated Brooks, which gave Kaz a chance to come back with some chops and a backdrop. Roode cut him off, then whipped Kaz into the turnbuckle. He starts unloading with chops on Kaz, then clips his knee from behind. Roode covered him but Kaz kicked up at two. Match is solid.
Roode goes to the side chinlock. He continued to control the flow of the match but Kaz keeps kicking up. Kaz uses an enziguiri, but Roode catches him with a spinebuster for another two count. Roode grabbed brass knuckles but Kaz boots him in the face. They go flying and Roode yells at her to go get them. Kaz rolls him up for a two count and then nails a crucifix for another near fall. Roode calls for Brooks to give him the knucks. Kazarian hits a missile dropkick. Roode kicks up.
Roode backdropped Kaz onto the ring apron. Kaz goes for a springboard move but Roode cuts him off. Brooks realizes Roode wants the knucks so she discards it under the ring. Roode goes to the floor and begins screaming at her. Kaz went to hit a pescado but Brooks is pulled in the middle. Kaz bounces back into the ring but then hits a tope con hilo to the floor on Roode. Kaz kisses Brooks' hand, then returns to the ring.
Roode begs off. Kaz unleashes a bunch of punches. Kaz hits a springboard back elbow. He clotheslines Roode. Kaz hits a slingshot DDT for a twp count, as Roode gets his shoulder up at the last second. Kaz hit something similar to the kryptonite krunch and of course, the cameras missed the point of impact completely. Roode gets his shoulder up at the last minute. Kaz sets up Roode for the flux capacitor but Roode blocked him and began drilling Kaz with punches. Kax grabbed Roode with a faceplant off the ropes but again Roode kicked up. OK, this is officially a really good match.
Kaz missed a legdrop off the ropes. Roode nailed the Payoff (Fisherman's suplex) and scored the three count.
Your winner, Robert Roode!
A really good match telling a simple but good babyface vs. heel story mixed with some big moves and spots.
Roode berated Brooks after the match. It's kind of funny how Roode went from using Brooks to berate and bully Eric Young to bullying and berating Brooks.
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The UK and the Netherlands could work together on measures to tackle the abuse of European Union free movement rules, Downing Street has indicated after a meeting between David Cameron and his Dutch counterpart.
The Prime Minister will need allies in Europe for his efforts to renegotiate the UK's relationship with Brussels, and Mr Cameron has set out his desire for changes to the free movement rules because of concerns over immigration and the impact on countries' welfare systems.
Mr Cameron hosted Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte at his Chequers retreat, where they also discussed the support offered by firms from the Netherlands in the flood relief effort and the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis.
A No10 spokeswoman said: " Their discussions focused on EU affairs, specifically how to reform Europe to make it drive economic growth.
"Ahead of this year's European Parliament elections and the appointment of new presidents of the Council and Commission, they agreed that it is important to set out priorities for the European Union for the rest of the decade.
"They agreed we should complete the single market and do more at the appropriate level, following the Dutch dictum 'Europe if necessary, national when possible'. They also discussed the need to tackle the abuse of free movement and to explore future co-operation in this area.
"They also discussed the situation in Ukraine. Today's agreement is a chance to end the bloodshed and to put the country on the path to peace and stability and all sides must seize this opportunity and stand by their commitments.
"The Prime Minister said that we had appreciated the specialist flooding assistance provided by Dutch companies, particularly in the Somerset levels.
"And, they agreed that, as the Government considers how to strengthen our resilience to flooding, there would be opportunities for Dutch and British authorities to share ideas and experience.
"Finally, they congratulated each other on both countries enjoying their best performance ever at a Winter Olympics."


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You'd think it would be hard to find a frown among the bleacher creatures of Yankee Stadium at the moment. Two wins to start the ALCS has the Yankees knocking on the door of the World Series and with the series headed to California it won't be necessary to freeze to watch the Bombers continue their quest for a 27th title. Alas, one Yankee fan is embroiled in a dispute involving a t-shirt celebrating Nick Swisher.
Vinny Milano, aka Bald Vinny, runs a website selling t-shirts designed to celebrate particular Yankee players and/or denigrate the opposition. One of his shirts honors Swisher's habit of saluting the bleachers during the roll call that the bleacher denizens sing out to welcome each Yankee starter during the top of the first inning. Milano got one of the shirts to Swisher earlier this season, so he was dismayed to learn recently that Swisher had trademarked the phrase and that Modell's was now selling the shirts.
On his Twitter account, Milano vented some anger toward Swisher for swiping his idea and profting from it.
U.S. & World
"I just couldn't believe he'd stab me in the back like that, because Swisher has been so cool to us," Milano told the New York Post. "He's such a fan favorite. I just couldn't believe he'd betray me like that."
As it turns out, though, Swisher isn't worthy of a one-finger salute. While Swisher did trademark the phrase, the t-shirts on sale at Modell's are produced by the Major League Baseball Players Association and, according to Swisher on Twitter, are being made without his consent. Per their agreement with the MLBPA, Swisher and all players get a share of total licensing monies from merchandise without particular attention paid to whose name is pushing the merch.
There isn't much for Milano to do here, legally speaking. Swisher is right to protect his image with a trademark and the MLBPA has the authority to make the t-shirts. It's pretty sleazy of them to just steal someone else's idea without any compensation, but it's hardly the first time something like that has happened.
However, the publicity that this flap is generating may help him win the battle. Yankee fans upset by the fact that bigger corporate machers have treaded on Milano's turf could visit his website and purchase his Swisher t-shirts instead of buying the mass-produced versions at stores. Perhaps the next time Milano or some other enterprising fan comes up with a great idea, they'll do business directly with them to get an authentic version of the merchandise instead of merely using their legal right to do something as an excuse for their behavior.
A naive dream, perhaps, but if Bald Vinny's shirts sell while the corporatized ones don't money will, as always, have the last word.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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Your last 26 days of life...
On March 2, 2012, the zionists (isreali mossad and cia agents) who are the stooges of the central banksters, will attack an American naval ship (as they did with the USS Liberty).
They will try to sink this ship with a huge loss of life of American sailors.
They will pretend to be Iranians to make you mad at Iran.
They intend to provoke officialdom in the US and Russia and China into killing us all.
Much of officialdom (masons, illuminati, agents of rome (opus dei et al), zionists) are in on this false flag attack, and their fervent hope for WAR to end your life, and the lives of over ONE BILLION other humans (your relatives on this planet).
So much of humanity on this planet has been made crazy by the rothchilds/rockefellers and all the priests/potentates and other assholes who put themselves on top of us all by lying and cheating and murder.
They plan on yet another fucking great war to kill off as many of us as they can.
If they succeed, and the war is created;
no more taxes will i pay ever to anyone.
no more of their laws will i obey.
if i survive the smoking, nuclear wasteland that will be the west coast of the USofA and most of earth, and there are any of the former central banksters and their masters alive, i will swear the remnant of my life to bringing them to justice. And i know what that means, even if the psychopathic pedofilic fucktards do not.
My message to them...all of officialdom is simple....you know fear. You live on the fear of others. Now it is your turn.
Fear us now.
We know you now.
Your names are recorded.
Your lives are in our hands.
Killing billions of us only convinces the rest that we have nothing left to lose.
You taught us to fear you.
Now the fear is gone, only hate remains.
Fear us now.
Or we come for you later.
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I'm working on a generator for part numbers, where each space will have a meaning and each space will have a number of possible values. What is a "correct" database design for this?
Example part number layout: A B C D - ####(0000-9999)
A = Fabric backer (set length of 1 digit, 5 different options)
B = Stitching type (set length of 1 digit, 10 different options)
C = Stitching color (set length of 1 digit, 3 different options)
D = Trim color (set length of 1 digit, 10 different options)
#### = can be any 4-digit long number (allows preceding or following zeroes) that corresponds to a fabric color that we use (not all numbers between 0000-9999 are valid, but it isn't in serial order, either, as there are gaps)
We will be creating new part number generators in the future, and they will have different layout, different possible values, and different lengths. I was thinking of doing something like this:
TABLE: GENERATOR (the overall instance of generator)
id, int (autoincrement), 5
name, str, 100
is_active, bool, 1
notes, text, 999
TABLE: GENERATOR_VALUESET (connects the generator with the spaces for valuesets, basically sets the space order and valueset used for each space)
gen_id, int, 5 (correlates to GENERATOR.id)
valueset_id, int, 5 (correlates to VALUESET.id)
ordinal, int, 3
is_active, bool, 1
TABLE: VALUESET (collection of associated values to form a coherent valueset relevant to a particular product option)
id, int(auto increment), 5
name, str, 100
is_active, bool, 1
TABLE: VALUESET_VALUE (connects values to the valueset and sets order)
valueset_id, int, 5 (correlates to VALUESET.id)
value_id, int, 10 (correlates to VALUE.id)
ordinal, int, 3
is_active, bool, 1
TABLE: VALUE (the actual values, includes a displayed value as well as a long-format name)
id, int(auto increment), 10
name, str, 100
displayed_value, str, 5
is_active, bool, 1


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Twins have luxury in versatile Swarzak
CHICAGO -- Right-hander Anthony Swarzak led the Majors in relief innings pitched last year with 96, but he could see that total drop this season, as he's expected to be used in higher-leverage situations.
Swarzak, serving as the club's long reliever in '13, posted a 2.91 ERA in 48 relief appearances -- with 37 of those appearances going longer than one inning.
But Swarzak was the first reliever used by the club on Monday, throwing a perfect inning in relief of Ricky Nolasco, with two strikeouts. Swarzak's velocity in his one-inning stint was impressive, as he reached as high as 96 mph on the radar gun after averaging 92 mph on his fastball last year, according to Fangraphs.com.
Swarzak will still be used in long-relief in certain situations given his success in that role, but he's expected to have more one-inning stints with right-hander Samuel Deduno also on the roster as a long reliever.
"Swarzy just gets guys out no matter where we put him," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He can stretch out three, four or five innings. He keeps saying he wants to be a starter, but he'll do anything it takes. That's the kind of people you want on your baseball team. We've got a good situation. There's a lot of places I'd pitch either one of those guys. It doesn't have to be long, but they're good at that."


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The Healthiest Beers You Can Drink
Also called Genny Light, this beer is an American-style light lager brewed to taste similar to Genesee Cream Ale but contain fewer calories. It's a crisp, light beer that's meant to be drinkable.
Calories: 100Carbs: 4ABV: 3.6%The Genesee Brewery
Yuengling Light Lager
Yuengling is America's oldest brewery, and this lager is Yuengling's oldest light beer. It has a caramel malt flavor designed to mimic the taste of the brewery's flagship beer.
Calories: 99Carbs: 8.8ABV: 3.2%D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc.
Heineken Light
Heineken Light is a light lager with a mild malty aroma and golden color. This Dutch beer was originally brewed in 2005 and designed specifically for the United States market. Each 12-ounce serving has 99 calories and 7 carbs in addition to being low-ABV.
Calories: 99Carbs: 7ABV: 3.3%Heineken
Corona Light
Corona Light is a pilsner-style lager with a fruity-honey aroma. Its light flavor makes it a popular choice for summertime and beach drinking, and it's been said to pair well with a lime or a citrus-flavored dish.
Calories: 99Carbs: 5ABV: 4.0%Constellation Brands
Milwaukee's Best Light
Milwaukee's Best Light is an American-style light lager owned by MillerCoors and available nationwide. They rolled out the slogan "Men should act like men, and light beer should taste like beer" in 2006.
Calories: 98Carbs: 3.5ABV: 4.2%itemmaster
Miller Lite
Miller Lite is a light, golden-colored pilsner that was one of the first popular beers brewed specifically to be low-calorie. It has 96 calories per 12-ounce can or bottle and contains fewer carbs than most other light beers - just 3.2 grams.
Calories: 96Carbs: 3.2ABV: 4.2itemmaster
Amstel Light
Amstel Light is a Dutch beer owned by Heineken that has a low ABV and calorie count. It's one of the leading imported light beers in the U.S. and has 5 carbs per 12-ounce serving.
Calories: 95Carbs: 5ABV: 3.5%Heineken
Busch Light
Busch Light is an American-style light lager brewed with a blend of American and imported hops. It's brewed for longer to attain a lower calorie count than standard Busch, which is also said to give this beer a lighter body.
Calories: 95Carbs: 3.2ABV: 4.1%Anheuser-Busch
Natural Light
Natural Light, also known as Natty Light, is an American-style light lager. Natural Light recently came out with a light session lager called "Naturdays" that's a bit more fruity, if you're looking for more flavor - though those varieties are higher in calories and carbs.
Calories: 95Carbs: 3.2ABV: 4.2%Anheuser-Busch
Michelob Ultra
Michelob Ultra is a low-calorie beer that has only 2.6 carbs. Michelob also has an amber ale and a light lager in addition to the classic original lager, and the company recently released a low-calorie lime and prickly pear cactus beer. Its low carb count is appealing to many, and since it's so well known, this beer isn't hard to find.
Calories: 95Carbs: 2.6ABV: 4.2%Anheuser-Busch
Corona Premier
Corona Premier is Corona's lowest-calorie beer, a crisp and light version of their pilsner. It's considered the most drinkable type of Corona, and it has 0.7 grams of protein in addition to being low-calorie and low-carb.
Calories: 90Carbs: 2.6ABV: 4.0%Constellation Brands
Beck's Premier Light
This European beer is brewed in Germany and imported to the U.S. It's a light pilsner known for its low calorie count - just 64 calories per 12-ounce bottle. It's been described as slightly fruity in flavor, and it also rates slightly higher for taste based on reviews than some other light beers on this list; it also has a very low ABV, so if that's what you're looking for, that's in your favor.
Calories: 64Carbs: 4ABV: 2.3%itemmaster
Miller64 is the lightest MillerCoors beer on the market. It's got 64 calories per can or bottle (as the name implies) and contains only 2.4 carbs. It's been described as a crisp, light lager, and it has a lower ABV than most beers on this list.
Calories: 64Carbs: 2.4ABV: 2.8%itemmaster
Bud Select 55
Bud Select 55 was the lowest-calorie beer we could find. It's a golden lager brewed with caramel malt and a blend of hops. It even has a modest half gram of protein in its 12-ounce serving. The ratings on Beer Advocate aren't raving over its taste, but come on. This is a crazy low-calorie beer, not one of the best beers in America!
Calories: 55Carbs: 1.8ABV: 2.4%
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Affidavits: Ballot abuse rampant
Troy absentee voting scandal related to dozens of forged, fraudulent WFP primary election ballots
TROY — Dozens of forged and fraudulent absentee ballots from people registered to vote on the Working Families Party line were filed in the Sept. 15 primary elections in Troy, the Times Union has learned.
Many of the questionable ballots were filed under the names of students and people who live in government-subsidized housing and other downtown areas. Still others were submitted on behalf of voters who were alleged to have signed the ballots earlier this month, but those people have not lived in New York state for at least a year, records show.
Documents at the county Board of Elections show the fraudulent ballots were handled by or prepared on behalf of various elected officials and leaders and operatives for the Democratic and Working Families parties. A Troy housing authority employee, Anthony Defiglio, who sources said oversees vacant properties for the Troy Housing Authority, also handled many of the fraudulent ballots, according to public records and interviews with voters who said they were duped.
Victor Gonzalez, a resident of Griswold Heights, told the Times Union he was visited several weeks ago by Defiglio and another man who asked him to sign an absentee ballot application. Gonzalez is registered on the WFP line. But Gonzalez, like many other people interviewed, never saw, signed or submitted the absentee ballot later filed at the Board of Elections under his name.
Also, someone else wrote on the Gonzalez's ballot application that he couldn't vote in person because of a work conflict.
''I've been out of work for about six to eight months. I've been laid off and looking for work,'' he said.
There may be as many as 50 absentee ballots that were forged, according to people close to the case. Countywide, there were 126 absentee ballots applied for on the Working Families Party line.
The third-party WFP line has become a key battleground between the Republicans and Democrats in Troy. The scandal is unfolding in a year when the city council's nine seats are up for grabs with 19 candidates, including nine Republicans and nine Democrats. Six at-large county legislative seats in Troy also are on the line this year with 12 candidates.
Attorneys consulted by the Times Union who are familiar with voter-fraud issues said the allegations surfacing in Troy may be unprecedented here and could result in criminal prosecutions.
Two of the absentee ballots reviewed by the newspaper carry addresses in Griswold Heights, a public housing complex, and are attributed to residents who have not lived there for years, records show. One of the ballots is listed under the name of Milagros Serrano, 44, who left Griswold Heights in October 2007 and now lives in Hollywood, Fla., records show.
The signature attributed to Serrano on the ballot looks nothing like her signature from a voter registration card filed several years ago at the Board of Elections. The hand-written excuse allegedly provided by Serrano for not voting in person in the primary states: ''Dartmouth Hos. doctor appt.''
Many other ballot applications also include fictitious reasons why the person needed an absentee ballot, including casino bus trips, Cape Cod vacations, work conferences and medical ailments. Several voters interviewed by the newspaper said someone wrote the information without their knowledge.
Some of the suspicious absentee ballots list Defiglio as the person who could pick it up for the voter. Residents of Griswold Heights said he is a familiar figure around those complexes. Other ballots were handled by, or returnable to, Democratic or WFP party officials, or candidates for citywide office, including: Troy Council President Clement Campana; City Clerk William McInerny; Councilman Gary Galuski; Rensselaer County WFP Chairman James Welch; council candidates Michael LoPorto and Kevin McGrath; and Tom Aldrich, a LoPorto campaign volunteer.
Welch, the county's WFP chairman, declined to speak with a reporter on Friday evening.
"I'm with my family. Another time, sir," Welch said and then hung up the telephone.
Affidavits signed by some of the hijacked voters are included in a related lawsuit filed Wednesday by Rensselaer County Republicans through Christian Lambert, a GOP candidate for City Council. The lawsuit seeks to have the ballots thrown out.
The ballot investigation was initiated by Robert Mirch, a Troy county legislator and Republican party operative. Mirch said he was alerted to the suspicious ballots on Sept. 14 by an elections official. He hired two private investigators from Loudonville and they began unraveling the fraud last week.
Peter Testa, a Fourth Street shop owner, told an investigator an absentee ballot in his name was forged when it was filed. Testa said he voted in person on primary day, unaware someone had apparently stolen his identity the day before.
His signature on the ballot application was forged, Testa said. A section of the document that asks ''Where will you be on election day?'' it states, in someone else's handwriting: ''Job Interview - Boston.''
''That is a complete falsehood,'' Testa said in a deposition.
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Still More Katrina Blogging
Here's a blog by a mom from Slidell, LA who (with her hubby, kids, and dogs) made it up to Tennessee to stay with her sister. Excerpt:
That's our minivan in the driveway being loaded a few items. It still has the car-top carrier on it that I used for the camping trip. We threw a few of our things up there as well, but we didn't have much.
Car Inventory:
1 bag for each person with enough clothing for a week
2 coolers full of food from the fridge, drinks for the road, water, and a few frozen items
1 box photo albums
3 pillows
1 large dog crate
1 small dog kennel
1 box of dry goods (peanut butter, bread, cereal, pretzels)
1 bag of important papers and files
2 dogs
3 kids
Hubby drove his car, and I drove the van.
A few thoughts on the situation in the Gulf states:
- I hope economists, sociologists, and historians are keeping copious notes on all this; The sudden removal of an entire major American city from the economy and the introduction of hundreds of thousands of newly homeless and jobless people into new areas will have God-knows-what effects on the rest of the country.
- Slate explains the Sea Level concept.
- National Geographic and Popular Mechanics have both run articles in the past few years about this very scenario. IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE TODAY, READ THESE TWO ARTICLES! NG excerpt from 2004:
Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.
When did this calamity happen? It hasn't—yet. But the doomsday scenario is not far-fetched. The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City. Even the Red Cross no longer opens hurricane shelters in the city, claiming the risk to its workers is too great.
- If you're a woman, then you don't sweat; You perspire. If you're white, then you don't loot; You salvage.
- On 9/11, the New York Police and Fire Departments were devastated. But the survivors knew they'd still have a) jobs to return to, and b) a city to serve and protect. Will New Orleans Police and Fire personnel have the same assurances?
- For every worst-case scenario that pans out, I bet there are thousands that are sheer malarkey. The trick is to separate them. Just because this far-fetched possibility actually happened, that doesn't mean that the next one will.
- Keep a skeptical view of charities with catchy names that pop up out of nowhere. Refer to the American Institute of Philanthropy for documentation of the legitimacy/efficiency of charitable organizations.
- On a related note, keep an eye out for hoaxers and scammers. Some will be looking for a way to make a quick buck, some will be looking for attention by means of sad stories about "dead" relatives who are safe and dry in Omaha (if they even exist in the first place). For example, those reports of Dan Kennings floating out to sea just after he used his last ounce of strength to swim his little girl Kodee to a rooftop might not be 100% accurate.
- Southern hospitality aside, there will be thousands and thousands of displaced persons in all the neighboring states (and beyond) for an indefinite amount of time to come. They are planning on moving the refugees from the Superdome over to Houston's Astrodome. (Although according to that Chronicle story, New Orleans evacuees who did not go to the Astrodome first are not welcome there!) How long will they stay? For the first while, everyone in Texas will make a big deal out of welcoming them, but how long before tensions rise and the locals start murmuring about Louisiana immigrants they same way some do about Mexican immigrants? Same goes for any other community that suddenly finds itself with a large influx of "outsiders."
- Kaye's Hurricane Katrina Blog is now up to #5679 (Flappy Bird) on TTLB, as of 11:20 PM, 8/31/05. Still no links graph.
- Cindy Sheehan certainly had the media spotlight yanked from it's focus on her quite suddenly.
- I'd like to see stats on how this site and this site have had their hits spike in the past few days.


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Angmar War
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|Previous war: War of the Last Alliance
|Next war: War of the Ring
|Angmar War
|Beginning: 1409 TA
|End: 1944 TA (fighting finally ended in 1977)
|Place: Arnor, Angmar, The Shire, Rivendell, Éothéod
|Outcome: destruction of the kingdoms of Arnor and Angmar, decline of the Dúnedain of the North, the Eótheód take the upper Vales of the Anduin as their own from the remnants of Angmar.
|Major battles: Arnorian Civil War, First Invasion of Angmar, Fall of Cardolan, Fall of Amon Sûl, Weather Hills skirmishes, Second Siege of Imladris, Fall of Fornost, Battle of Fornost, Eótheód Incursion.
|Arnor, Lindon, Rivendell, Gondor, Shire, Khazad-dûm, the Eótheód.
|Angmar, Gundabad, Misty Mountains, Rhudaur, Ettenmoors.
|King Argeleb I
|The Witch-king of Angmar, Hill-men lords, orc chieftains.
The Angmar War was a centuries-long struggle between the Northern Dúnedain kingdom and the forces of Angmar, led by the Witch-king. Arnor was destroyed as a kingdom, though the Dúnedain of Arnor continued through the Chieftains. Angmar was soon itself obliterated by an Elf-Man alliance of Círdan and the southern kingdom of Gondor during the Battle of Fornost.


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the middle of nowhere (singular only)
- (idiomatic) A very remote place; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
- 1889 Nov. 2, "The Proof" (editorial), The Daily Record (Kansas, USA), p. 2 (retrieved 12 April 2013):
- We set out to demonstrate to the people of the county that a corrupt ring managed the Republican party in this county. . . . We want that corrupt ring knocked into the middle of Nowhere.
- 1920, Margaret Pedler, The Hermit of Far End, ch. 29:
- "Only we don't happen to be in the middle of nowhere! We're just about a couple of miles from a market town where abides a nice little inn whence petrol can be obtained."
- 1977 Oct. 17, "Now, the Poor Man's Jumbo Jet," Time:
- South Florida's Everglades Jetport is a fancy name for a concrete runway in the middle of nowhere.
- 2012 May 9, Bettina Wassener, "A Modern Magellan Demonstrates Power of the Sun," New York Times (retrieved 12 April 2013):
- [A]fter weeks of journeying across the monotonous open sea. . . . "You see nothing for 30 days — you're in the middle of nowhere, you feel like you are in outer space," said Mr. Domjan.
- 1889 Nov. 2, "The Proof" (editorial), The Daily Record (Kansas, USA), p. 2 (retrieved 12 April 2013):
Usage notesEdit
- Almost always preceded by the.
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It's odd that Bashir would object to extreme comparisons, considering that, in addition to linking the conservative Santorum to Stalin, he also compared Republican Governor Rick Scott to murderous communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. After recounting German gun laws in the 1920s and '30s, Bashir spewed, "Of course, for a nation hell bent on genocide, Hitler did not allow the Jews to possess firearms, but virtually everyone else was free to do so." He added, "...If anyone deserves to be equated with Hitler on the issue of firearms, then it's not the President. It's the NRA." [MP3 audio here. See video below.]
LaPierre's point is not that all societies with gun control become genocidal, but that genocidal societies have an easier time when parts of the populace don't have guns. As Bashir admitted, it was the Jews, the people who needed the guns, who didn't have them.
In less than a year, Bashir has compared a Republican politician and a conservative group to Stalin and Hitler, the worst monsters of the twentieth century. Increasingly, 4pm on MSNBC is becoming the place for the network's most hateful, hyperbolic venom.
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MARTIN BASHIR: It's time, now, to clear the air and as the gun lobby has armed its barricades since that horrific shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, one of the arguments that they continue to use against any kind of regulation is to unashamedly invoke the name of Adolf Hitler. Supporters of the NRA say that history proves that tyrannical leaders begin by robbing law abiding citizens of their firearms. In his book, Guns, Crime and Freedom, Wayne LaPierre says this: "Each year we solemnly remember in sorrow the survivors and those lost in the Holocaust, but the part gun registration and gun confiscation played in that horror is seldom mentioned. In Germany, firearm registration helped lead to the Holocaust." And so with that theory being promoted by the NRA, we've seen the most abject and abhorrent suggestion that the President of the United States is somehow the equivalent of Hitler for asking Joe Biden to lead a task force on gun violence. This was a recently constructed home page on the Drudge Report, which was vocalized vaingloriously by this gentleman.
ALEX JONES: Hitler took the guns. Stalin took the guns. Mao took the guns. Fidel Castro took the guns. Hugo Chavez took the guns and I'm here to tell you, 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms!
BASHIR: Unfortunately, Monsieurs. LaPierre and Jones are being historically inaccurate, because the suggestion that Hitler promoted gun control is actually pretty wide of the mark. In fact, gun control was forcibly imposed upon Germany following the treaty of Versailles after the first World War. In 1919, the Reichstag enacted regulations which asserted that "all firearms as well as all kinds of fire ammunition are to be surrendered immediately." But thereafter the German government began to liberalize these Draconian laws. In 1928, the law explicitly revoked the 1919 law, introducing permits and a licencing scheme for weapons and ammunition
And then in1938, Hitler and the Nazis produced new law that is really loosened the regulation. The weapons law of March 18, 1938, completely deregulated the acquisition and transfer of rifles, shotguns and ammunition. It extended those who could be exempted from an acquisition permit to include hunters and all members of the Nazi Party. It lowered the age at which firearms could be acquired from 20 to 18. And it also extended the life of gun permits from one year to three. Of course, for a nation hell bent on genocide, Hitler did not allow the Jews to possess firearms, but virtually everyone else was free to do so, which I guess turns this story on its head. Because if anyone deserves to be equated with Hitler on the issue of firearms, then it's not the President. It's the NRA.


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The iPad needs a DashboardPosted by Eerko under English, Software, Web
Tags: apple, apps, calculator, camera, dashboard, ipad, iwork, multitasking. 2 Comments.
The iPad looks really terrific. I could easily see one lying around here in the living room somewhere. I could find the use for some nice piece of hardware that is easy to grab and start browsing, typing, or emailing on.
Most comments I hear are about a missing camera and multitasking. The camera just seems an obvious growthpath for Apple to me and I'm not surprised it didn't make it in the first version. Although it would have been very nice in combination with a version of iChat to go with it.
Multitasking however would be something that I would really miss on a device this size. On the iPhone I rarely really miss it – switching between apps with the speed they do while retaining their current state is something that was easy to get used to with such a small screen. Now with the bigger iPad screen, I would love to put things in parallel, from different applications and within one application. I haven't seen the possibility of putting two sites, or to iWork documents next to each other in the demos, let alone a site in Safari and a Pages document. This is something that isn't too hard to imagine to be very handy. Add to that some messenger or twitter application running in the background, and you got your environment really going.
If the first version of the iPad doens't support multitasking, at least it should support the Dashboard. In my opinion this would be the ideal place for the iPad to hide common functionality like the calculator, weather app and twitter client. It is easily accessible (with a specific gesture, for example), web-based and therefor not really running two apps at once. It would be really awkward to switch to another application (or get your iPhone out of your pocket) just to do a quick calculation when e.g. typing in Pages.
Speaking of which, I couldn't find the Weather and Calculator apps in any of the screenshots of the iPad I've seen. Maybe Apple is already working on a Dashboard?


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