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create a {{ic|/usr/share/xsessions/steam-big-picture.desktop}} file with the following contents:
Revision as of 00:36, 29 September 2018
Steam is a popular game distribution platform by Valve.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Directory structure
- 3 Usage
- 4 Launch options
- 5 Tips and tricks
- 6 Troubleshooting
- 7 See also
Enable the multilib repository and install the steam package.
The following requirements must be fulfilled in order to run Steam on Arch Linux:
- Installed 32-bit version OpenGL graphics driver.
- Generated en_US.UTF-8 locale, preventing invalid pointer error.
- The GUI heavily uses the Arial font. See Microsoft fonts. An alternative is to use ttf-liberation or fonts provided by Steam instead.
- Install wqy-zenhei to add support for Asian languages.
Install steamcmdAUR for the command-line version of the Steam.
Alternative Flatpak installation
Steam can also be installed with Flatpak as
com.valvesoftware.Steam from Flathub. The easiest way to install it for the current user is by using the Flathub repo and flatpak command:
flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo flatpak --user install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam flatpak run com.valvesoftware.Steam
The Flatpak application currently does not support themes. Also you currently can't run games via
primusrun, see Issue#869 for more details.
The Flatpak application has some known issues with Steam Auto-Cloud so game progress may not be synced unless you create some symlinks by hand for affected games.
By default Steam won't be able to access your home directory, you can run the following command to allow it, so that it behaves like on Ubuntu or SteamOS:
flatpak override com.valvesoftware.Steam --filesystem=$HOME
Directory structure
The default Steam install location is
~/.local/share/Steam. If Steam cannot find it, it will prompt you to reinstall it or select the new location. This article uses the
~/.steam/root symlink to refer to the install location.
Library folders
Every Steam application has a unique AppID, which you can find out by looking at its Steam Store page path.
Steam installs games into a directory under
LIBRARY normally is
~/.steam/root but you can also have multiple library folders (Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders).
In order for Steam to recognize a game it needs to have an
appmanifest_AppId.acf file in
LIBRARY/steamapps/. The appmanifest file uses the
KeyValues format and its
installdir property
determines the game directory name.
steam [ -options ] [ steam:// URL ]
For the available command-line options see the Command Line Options article on the Valve Developer Wiki.
Steam also accepts an optional Steam URL, see the Steam browser procotol.
Launch options
When you launch a Steam game, Steam executes its launch command in a Bash shell. To let you alter the launch command Steam provides launch options, which can be set for a game by right-clicking on it in your library, selecting Properties and clicking on Set Launch Options.
By default Steam simply appends your option string to the launch command. To set environment variables or
pass the launch command as an argument to another command you can use the
%command% substitute.
- only arguments:
- environment variables:
FOO=bar BAZ=bar %command% -baz
- completely different command:
othercommand # %command%
Tips and tricks
Big Picture Mode without a window manager
To start Steam in Big Picture Mode from a Display manager, you can either:
- Install steamos-compositorAUR
- Manually add a Steam entry (but you lose the steam compositor advantages: mainly you can't control Big Picture mode with keyboard or gamepad):
create a
/usr/share/xsessions/steam-big-picture.desktop file with the following contents:
[Desktop Entry] Name=Steam Big Picture Mode Comment=Start Steam in Big Picture Mode Exec=/usr/bin/steam -bigpicture TryExec=/usr/bin/steam Icon= Type=Application
Steam skins
The Steam interface can be customized using skins. Skins can overwrite interface-specific files in
To install a skin:
- Place its directory in
- Open Steam > Settings > Interface and select it.
- Restart Steam.
An extensive list of skins can be found in this Steam forums post.
Creating skins
Nearly all Steam styles are defined in
~/.steam/root/resource/styles/steam.styles (the file is over 3,500 lines long). For a skin to be recognized it needs its own
When a Steam update changes the official
steam.styles your skin may become outdated, potentially resulting in visual errors.
~/.steam/root/skins/skins_readme.txt for a primer on how to create skins.
Changing the Steam notification position
The default Steam notification position is bottom right.
You can change the Steam notification position by altering
Notifications.PanelPosition in
resource/styles/steam.stylesfor desktop notifications, and
resource/styles/gameoverlay.stylesfor in-game notifications
Both files are overwritten by Steam on startup and
steam.styles is only read on startup.
gameoverlay.styles e.g. XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Use a skin
You can create a skin to change the notification position to your liking. For example to change the position to top right:
$ cd ~/.steam/root/skins $ mkdir -p Top-Right/resource $ cp -r ~/.steam/root/resource/styles Top-Right/resource $ sed -i '/Notifications.PanelPosition/ s/"[A-Za-z]*"/"TopRight"/' Top-Right/resource/styles/*
Live patching
gameoverlay.styles can be overwritten while Steam is running, allowing you to have game-specific notification positions.
sed -i "/Notifications.PanelPosition/ s/\"[A-Za-z]*\"/\"$1\"/" ~/.steam/root/resource/styles/gameoverlay.styles
And the #Launch options should be something like:
~/.steam/notifpos.sh TopLeft && %command%
In-home streaming
Steam has built-in support for in-home streaming.
See this Steam Community guide on how to setup a headless in-home streaming server on Linux.
See also
- Gentoo Wiki article
- The Big List of DRM-Free Games on Steam at PCGamingWiki
- List of DRM-free games at Wikia
- Steam Linux store
- Proton Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components.


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"Yeah, I think it's tempting," Francona said. "I don't not change it because I'm not paying attention. I just think that when you believe in guys that you've got to kind of be patient. I know sometimes maybe I am, to a fault. I don't want to be. I just think it's the best way to get the most out of our guys."
Heading into Sunday's game, leadoff man Michael Bourn was hitting .077 (in just three games due to a season-opening stay on the disabled list), Nick Swisher was batting .174 in the two-spot, Jason Kipnis had a .241 average as the third hitter, and Carlos Santana was sporting a .153 mark as the cleanup hitter.
The last thing Francona said he would do is re-order his lineup without first speaking to the individuals involved in the changes. That said, the Tribe manager expects each of the batters in question to return to their usual level of performance soon enough.
"If I was going to move somebody, I always tell them," Francona said. "But again, the top of our order that's struggling right now, they're going to hit. I know they're going to hit. They know they're going to hit. So you just need to be patient and hope that when they get hot, they're not just singles."
Francona has often referenced what happened at the start of last season with Kipnis. The All-Star second baseman had a .189 average through May 1, and the manager fielded questions about moving Kipnis lower in the lineup. Kipnis then hit .340 over the next 57 games and had a .301 batting average by the beginning of July.
"You build your batting order when Spring Training ends the best way you think possible," Francona said. "If you start flip-flopping, you're potentially putting guys that you thought you'd hit maybe down towards the bottom in bigger spots, and they're probably going to struggle a little bit. Guys that hit in the middle, they get pitched differently, and you think they can handle it. There's reasons you keep them there."


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In the summer of 2004, Brian Horst approached then-St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly with a simple idea: Wouldn't a free concert series in Mears Park, the quiet gem of downtown St. Paul's Lowertown neighborhood, be great?
"He called my bluff and told me to go for it," said Horst, the owner of St. Paul's Details Style Lab and a guy with zero experience in staging live concerts.
That September, Horst organized four concerts, with one beer stand, one food stand and tiny crowds. He tried again the next summer and expanded to six shows. The following summer, he doubled the number.
Now, the Music in Mears series is celebrating its 10th season, with a full schedule of free Thursday-night concerts running through August.
"In the beginning, there were days when it was rough," Horst said. "We'd throw a show on a cool evening with a little drizzle for 150. But the people in the neighborhood always seemed to love the series. It's a gorgeous park that just needed something with a little more vitality."
These days, an average of 500 to 600 people show up for Music in Mears each week, with that number sometimes bubbling up into the thousands depending on the bands performing. Horst won't take credit for it, but in the years since the concert series launched, the park has hosted other musical events, most notably the early-September Concrete and Grass Music Festival.
Over the years, Horst has added staff, including a booker/publicist and sound engineer. Paying for it all has always been a challenge, but grants and sponsorships help cover expenses. Last year, Horst struck a deal with the Lowertown Entertainment District for a share of beer sales, which put the series in the black for the first time. The goal, Horst said, is to eventually fund Music in Mears without grants.
"It's been a labor of love," Horst said. "It's great to see people having fun in the park and being part of the community. I'm proud to be a part of it."
Music in Mears is just one of many options for free outdoor concerts. Indeed, it's possible to book a gratis gig for every day of the summer. Here's a look at what the Twin Cities has to offer:
What: A weekly series of concerts featuring acts like Haley Bonar (July 11), the Twilight Hours (July 25) and Heiruspecs (Aug. 15).
When: Thursdays through Aug. 29 (no show July 4)
Where: Mears Park, St. Paul
Online: MusicInMears.com
What: A social dance event sponsored by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts that pairs live bands with dance instructors. Styles include salsa (June 20), polka (June 27) and swing (July 18).
When: Thursdays through July 25 (no show July 4)
Where: Rice Park, St. Paul (In case of rain, events will move into the Saint Paul Hotel or Landmark Center)
Online: Ordway.org
What: St. Paul's collection of more than 100 band, dance and choral performances. The lineup includes everything from the Minnesota Sinfonia to the North Star Barbershop Chorus to the Bavarian Musikmeisters.
When: Nearly every day through Sept. 1
Where: Como Lakeside Pavilion, Phalen Amphitheater, Rice Park, Raspberry Island and Mears Park
Online: StPaul.gov
What: A series of more than 200 outdoor concerts sponsored by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The dizzying array of performances include everything from cover bands to orchestral ensembles playing dozens of genres, including jazz, blues, country and swing.
When: Every day through Sept. 2
Where: Five Minneapolis venues, including Lake Harriet Bandshell, Nicollet Island Amphitheater, Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, Minnehaha Falls Park and Bryant Square Park
Online: MplsMusicAndMovies.com
What: The University of Minnesota's long-running series, now in its 59th year. It includes lunchtime shows on Wednesdays and Friday night gigs.
When: Evening shows include Chastity Brown (June 21), Toki Wright (July 19) and Voices Merging (July 26), while the lunchtime performances feature Steve Kaul and the Brass Kings (July 10) and Gloss (July 31)
Where: Northrop Plaza, 84 Church St. N.E., Minneapolis
Online: Northrop.umn.edu
What: An annual festival. This year it features headliners Kenny Werner, Cyrus Chestnut, Matt Slocum and Walter Smith III.
When: June 27-29
Where: Mears Park acts as the anchor, with additional shows taking place at Union Depot (on an outdoor stage) and in nearby venues (some of which may charge admission)
Online: HotSummerJazz.com
What: Evening programs that open with dance lessons and close with a live band and dancing, in styles ranging from Balkan party music to Finnish tango.
When: Nine consecutive Tuesday nights starting July 2
Where: Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul
Online: MinnesotaHistoryCenter.org
What: Community festival that includes live music on two stages. The Tim Sigler Band, 1985, the School of Rock, Viva Kneivel and Armadillo Jump are booked this year.
When: July 19-21
Where: Cleveland Avenue and Ford Parkway, St. Paul
Online: HighlandFest.com
What: Four-week series of live concerts and film screenings sponsored by the Walker Art Center. The lineup includes bands like Prissy Clerks, the Roe Family Singers and the Chalice paired with films chosen by Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas.
When: Four consecutive Monday nights starting July 29
Where: Loring Park, Minneapolis (In case of rain, events will move to the Walker Cinema)
Online: WalkerArt.org
What: An event billed as the largest free Irish culture celebration in the country. This year's headliners include Gaelic Storm, the Tossers, the Belfast Cowboys, Wild Colonial Bhoys and Boiled in Lead.
When: Aug. 9-11
Where: Harriet Island, St. Paul
Online: IrishFair.com
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Dutch's defensive midfielder: Evander Sno, who formally plays for Celtic Football Club, got his second in field heart attack while he was playing a match for NEC Nijmegen against Feyenoord, which was lost by his team 5-1 by livescore. Notably, Evander Sno has got a defibrillator fitted on his chest after his 2010 heart stroke and this ICD helped him in lessening his second attack's effects on his health, though he spent a full night at a hospital after his stroke. Immediately after his stroke, Celtic released a statement via its website where it said, "The news that former Celtic midfielder Evander Sno had suffered a heart attack during a league game on Saturday was naturally a shock to everyone at the club and was quickly followed by an outpouring of concern for his well-being." […]
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Hillsborough Independent Panel came to its findings – finally
Posted on 16. Sep, 2012 by admin.
The soccer world witnessed what happened at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989 when 94 Liverpool fans died coz of a stampede happened at the stadium where the FA Cup semifinal tie up match was being played between Liverpool and Nottingham. This was later described as one of the world's biggest sport's related human error; however, British media, police and governing authorities had long been blaming fans themselves for this stampede. But a special independent penal formed to redress and investigate this issue has finally submitted its report –after 23 long years. This report is a 396 page document which mentioned the complete details about what could have had been the happenings at the stadium and it also revealed that it was not a human error but it was coz of studious ill infrastructure that caused a sudden stampede among a large crowd which resulted in worst sports stampede causing, as told, 94 death and 766 injured. […]


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Earlier this year we have published a tutorial on how to raise the Power Target limit on GTX 750 – the first Maxwell-based video card. Now it is time to provide an update on how you can raise the maximum power limit of the new Maxwell GPUs – GTX 970 and GTX 980. The thing you need to do and the tools required are pretty much the same, however you need to use more up to date version of nvflash that supports the new cards. Also as compared to GTX 750 where many of the cards do not have additional PCI-E power connectors with GTX 970 and GTX 980 you also need to raise the limits of the PCI-E lines as well in order to allow the card to take advantage of the full increase in TDP you can set. And if you wonder why you would need to raise the power target limit for standard pretty low TDP values set for most GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 cards – it is quite simple – more overclock resulting in more performance and higher hashrate. The standard TDP levels set in the video BIOS of the new Maxwell cards are pretty much fine for the default operating frequencies and the default boost frequency, but are not enough to realize the full overclock potential of GTX 970 and GTX 980. With a little increase in the TDP limits and proper cooling many of the GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 based video cards are able to hit and keep a boost frequency for the GPU at about 1500 MHz or even more.
Back with GTX 750 we used a tool called Kepler BIOS Tweaker and you can still use it for basic TDP limit modifications for the new cards, but now there is a new version of that tool with official Maxwell support. It is now called Maxwell II BIOS Tweaker and the latest version for the moment is 1.36. If you are already familiar with the Kepler BIOS Tweaker tool, then you should not have any problems using the new tool. You also need to use a new version of the nvflash tool for saving the original and flashing the modified video BIOS on the video card, we have included the required files in the package below. Alternatively you can also use the latest version 0.8.0 of the tool GPU-Z to save the video BIOS as previous versions had issues when trying to save the BIOS file of GTX 970 and GTX 980 video cards, unlike the version of nvlfash that we've had to use for DOS for the GTX 750 modification. Now you can use a modified windows version of nvflash for easier saving and flashing of the video BIOS without worrying about getting a certificate error, the only thing you need to do before saving or flashing the video BIOS from windows is to first disable the video card driver from Device Manger.
How to backup your current BIOS with nvflash:
nvflash -b backupbios.rom
How to flash the modified BIOS with nvflash:
nvflash -6 modifiedbios.rom
The easiest way to figure ut what values you need to modify to increase the TDP limit of your particular GPU is to use a tool such as MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X for example that gives you a slider to increase the Power Target limit. You need to note what is the maximum value in percent available for your BIOS and then look for the field with that Max value in the Power Table panel of the Maxwell II BIOS Tweaker tool. This will show you the total card TDP value, the one you need to increase, but not the only value you will most likely have to increase. In our case the 100% (standard) TDP limit of a GTX 980 GPU is set at 180W with a maximum user selectable value of 225W, however there is a bit of a catch here. The top three fields above the total TDP value are respectively for the PCI-E slot power (66W by default) and the first and second PCI-E power connectors on the card (75W each). You cannot modify just the total TDP value and not also increase the separate power lines maximum as if you do not the BIOS will still limit the power that the video card uses to the combined maximum of the PCI-E slot and the two additional PCI-E power connectors. So if we want to increase the total maximum TDP of the video card to 275W (+153%) as the maximum user selectable as in the example above, then we would also need to increase the first and the second PCI-E standard power limits by adding 25W more to each and this way we would be able to get to the desired maximum set for the card total TDP. We are not modifying the 100% value of the total TDP to 275W, but instead leave the default 180W TDP value there, so that we can increase the maximum (Max value) with Afterburner or Precision X if we need to, but if we don't the card will still have the standard 180W TDP limit.
Do note that in order for the increase of the maximum TDP level to have some effect on performance you would also need to overclock the video card by increasing the GPU and video memory frequencies. As we have mentioned with a good cooling (even the stock one can do just fine with increased fan speeds) you should be able to reach a maximum boost frequency of 1500 MHz or even higher with most GTX 970 and GTX 980 cards. In fact you might be able to hit such high OC frequency even without increasing the TDP level, however if you start hitting the standard TDP level of the video card the boost frequency will drop down. In order to be able to high the maximum stable boost frequency of the video card and keep the card working at it you will have to increase the TDP level, so that the GPU will have enough headroom. Do note that not all crypto mining algorithms will utilize the maximum available TDP level, so for some of them increasing the TDP level may not be required at all.
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To end the euthanasia of adoptable dogs and cats in the United States through increasing public awareness, taking legal action that will benefit shelter animals, and by rescuing dogs and cats scheduled for euthanasia and placing them in permanent and loving homes.
We do this by rescuing dogs from high-kill animal shelters throughout California and placing them into our network of foster homes. We then work to find each dog a loving permanent home.
Our organization is relatively young and progressive.
People interested in the welfare of animals (either as pet owners, future pet owners, or volunteers). The demographics are mostly women.
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Pearland shoppers push retail growth to top of 5-year charts
Anyone who drives in Pearland, or commutes to and from the south Houston suburb, knows the community is booming economically.
A recent report by the Texas Retail Survey confirms that, for the five-year period between 2006 and 2011, Pearland was the state's fastest growing retail market, with a growth rate of 9.2 percent. In 2011, Pearland had nearly $962 million in retail sales, according to the survey.
The 2011 report marks the third straight year that Pearland's retail growth over the preceding five years was the highest among the state's 50 largest retail markets. By comparison, the state's retail growth for the five years was 2.7 percent.
In 2009, Pearland's retail growth rate for the prior five years was 17 percent, far surpassing Sugar Land at 4.4 percent and Houston at 4.3 percent.
Pearland's shopping centers have contributed to that retail growth, said Matt Buchanan, Pearland Economic Development Corporation president. He cited four major retail developments, all near Texas 288 and FM 518: Pearland Town Center, Silverlake Village, the Crossing at 518 and Shadow Creek Ranch Town Center.
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Pearland's retail sales are driven by strong population growth, Buchanan said. The 2010 U.S. Census showed that Pearland, with more than 91,000 people, grew about 142 percent since the 2000 census.
That spurt made it the nation's 15th fastest-growing city among cities with at least 10,000 people and the second fastest growing city in Texas, Buchanan said.
"People need places to shop and eat," he said. "It's a natural progression of the growth the community has seen for these retail numbers to play out the way they have."
In the Houston metropolitan area, only Houston and Pasadena now have larger populations than Pearland, Buchanan said. He credited the population growth to the community's quality of life, with its good schools and a location convenient to various jobs in the region.
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The retail growth is not happening in a vacuum, noted Brad Lybrand, a land broker with TGB Croswell.
"Importantly, in Pearland, it's not just the retail component," he said. "The medical component is also on fire."
For example, he said, Kelsey-Seybold is building a corporate campus that will have about 1,200 employees and a separate medical office building, he said.
HCA has announced construction of a $70 million hospital at Shadow Creek Parkway and Texas 288, Lybrand said.
All this activity is drawing restaurants, with "many more coming," Lybrand said.
In 2011, Houston ranked No. 10 among the 50 largest markets, with a 4.1 percent annual average retail growth rate over five years. Other Houston-area cities in the top 50 included Sugar Land at 2.6 percent; Pasadena, 2.3 percent; Conroe, 1.3 percent; and Baytown, 1.2 percent.
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Abstract: While firms increasingly rely on mergers and acquisitions as a key growth instrument, many firms have difficulty successfully integrating the target. To counter the disappointing statistics, some firms like IBM and Xerox use M&A practices that capture learnings to improve M&A integrations. Comparing occasional with master acquirers, we find that those that make effective use of such M&A practices increase their chances of success with up to 24%. While there are plenty of reasons for M&A integrations to fail, we derive four key lessons that give master acquirers a leading edge over their occasional counterparts. The findings are based on survey data by 101 firms engaged in 2,447 integrations over the past decade and one dozen expert interviews. The conclusions are based using case examples of master M&A integration practices from six master acquirers IBM, Xerox, Home Depot, Dow Chemical, GE Capital Finance and SC Johnson. JEL code: G34 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7478
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Dear Future Me, I know you've hit that point again. You're about to buy a few books, you're this close to hitting "Buy", but you keep thinking — there must be a better way! You ran out of space on the shelves a while back. The books are stacking up high on the remaining available surface. You joke about how you might die in an avalanche of books if there's ever an earthquake (but you secretly think that it's not such a bad way to go).
Aaaand you're thinking, maybe I can solve this problem for once and for all. Surely advances have been made in the field of ebooks and ebook readers. Surely consumer pressure has jerked book publishers awake to the fact that DRM is truly a disservice to users. Possibly ebook reader hardware has solved the contrast and UX issues that make them just a bit of a pain to read and clunky to boot.
You'll spend the next 2 hours looking up current ebook reader specs, getting excited about them, priming your credit card, then checking out what kind of DRM Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or whoever else has joined the game are shipping. Then you'll realise you only have two options: rely on people being able to reverse-engineer the DRM forever, or start pirating ebooks, sullying that last bastion of purity in a world that renders consuming art while rewarding artists essentially a non-option outside of some parts of the western world.
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A rotary dial is a component of a telephone or a telephone switchboard that implements a signaling technology in telecommunications known as pulse dialing. It is used when initiating a telephone call to transmit the destination telephone number to a telephone exchange.
On the rotary dial, the digits are arranged in a circular layout so that a finger wheel may be rotated with one finger from the position of each digit to a fixed stop position, implemented by the finger stop, which is a mechanical barrier to prevent further rotation. When released at the finger stop, the wheel returns to its home position by spring action at a speed regulated by a governor device. During this return rotation, the dial interrupts the direct electrical current of the telephone line (local loop) a specific number of times for each digit and thereby generates electrical pulses which the telephone exchange decodes into each dialed digit. Each of the ten digits are encoded in sequences of up to ten pulses. For this reason, the method is sometimes called decadic dialling.
The first patent for a rotary dial was filed by Almon Brown Strowger on December 21, 1891, which was awarded to him on November 29, 1892 as U.S. Patent 486,909.[1][2] The early forms of a rotary dial used lugs on a finger plate instead of holes and the pulse train was generated without the control of spring action or a governor on the forward movement of the wheel, which proved to be difficult to operate correctly. The commonly known appearance of the rotary dial with finger holes was first introduced in 1904 but did not enter service in the Bell System in the United States until 1919, when AT&T abandoned its determined reliance on manual exchanges, and embraced automatic switching.
From the 1960s onward, the rotary dial was gradually supplanted by dual-tone multi-frequency push-button dialing, first introduced to the public at the 1962 World's Fair under the trade name "Touch-Tone". Touch-tone technology primarily used a keypad in form of a rectangular array of push-buttons for dialing.
From as early as 1836 onward, various suggestions and inventions of dials for sending telegraph signals were reported. After the first commercial telephone exchange was installed in 1878, the need for an automated, user-controlled method of directing a telephone call became apparent. Addressing the technical shortcomings, Almon Brown Strowger invented a telephone dial in 1891.[3] Before 1891, numerous competing inventions, and 26 patents for dials, push-buttons, and similar mechanisms, specified methods of signalling a destination telephone station that a subscriber wanted to call. Most inventions involved costly, intricate mechanisms and required the user to perform complex manipulations.
The first commercial installation of a telephone dial accompanied the first commercial installation of a 99-line automatic telephone exchange in La Porte, Indiana in 1892, which was based on the 1891 Strowger designs. The original dials required complex operational sequences and development continued during the 1890s and early 1900s in conjunctions with improvements in switching technology.
In the 1950s, plastic materials were introduced in dial construction, replacing metal which was heavier and subject to higher wear.
Despite their lack of modern features, rotary phones occasionally find special uses. For instance, the anti-drug Fairlawn Coalition of the Anacostia section of Washington, D.C. persuaded the phone company to reinstall rotary-dial pay phones in the 1980s to discourage loitering by drug purchasers, since the dials could not be used to call dealers' pagers.[4] They are also retained for authenticity in historic properties such as the U.S. Route 66 Blue Swallow Motel which date from an era of named exchanges and pulse dialling.[5]
A rotary dial typically features a circular construction. The shaft that actuates the mechanical switching mechanism is driven by the finger wheel, a disk that has ten finger holes aligned close to the circumference. the finger wheel may be transparent or opaque permitting the viewing of the face plate, or number plate below, either in whole, or only showing the number assignment for each finger hole. The faceplate is printed with numbers, and sometimes letters, corresponding to each finger hole. The 1 is normally set at approximately 60 degrees clockwise from the uppermost point of the dial, or approximately at the 2 o'clock position, and then the numbers progress counterclockwise, with the 0 being at about 5 o'clock. A curved device called a finger stop sits above the dial at approximately the 4 o'clock position. The physical nature of the dialing mechanism on rotary phones allowed the use of physical locking mechanisms to prevent unauthorized use. The lock could be integral to the phone itself or a separate device inserted through the finger hole nearest the finger stop to prevent the dial rotating.
In addition to the numbers, the faceplate is often printed with letters corresponding to each finger hole. In North America, traditional dials have letter codes displayed with the numbers under the finger holes in the following pattern: 1, 2 ABC, 3 DEF, 4 GHI, 5 JKL, 6 MNO, 7 PRS, 8 TUV, 9 WXY, and 0 (sometimes Z) Operator. Letters were associated with the dial numbers to represent telephone exchange names in communities having more than 9,999 telephone lines, and additionally given a meaningful mnemonic to facilitate memorization of individual telephone numbers by incorporating their exchange names. For example: "RE7-xxxx" represented "REgent 7-xxxx", 'Regent' being a local exchange name used in Canada, derived from an earlier precursor telephone number, '7xxxx' –with callers actually dialing '73-7xxxx' (737-xxxx).
In the United Kingdom the letter "O" was combined with the digit "0" rather than "6". Older Australian rotary dial telephones also had letters, but the combinations were often printed in the center plate adjacent to the number. The Australian letter to number mapping was: A=1, B=2, F=3, J=4, L=5, M=6, U=7, W=8, X=9, Y=0, so the phone number BX 3701 was in fact 29 3701. When Australia changed to all-numeric telephone numbers, a mnemonic to help people associate letters with numbers was the sentence, "All Big Fish Jump Like Mad Under Water eXcept Yabbies." However, such letter codes were not used in all countries.
Dials outside Canada, the United States, and large cities in Britain (before all-figure dialing) usually did not bear alphabetic characters or an indication of the word "operator" in addition to numbers. Alphabetic designation of exchanges with Cyrillic letters (А, Б, В, Г, Д, Е, Ж, И, К, Л for each of the digits from 1 through 0 respectively) was also used for a short period in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s, but by the next decade this practice was largely discontinued.[6][7]
New Zealand letter for number has 2=ABC 3=DEF 4=GHI 5=JKL 6=MNO 7=PQRS 8=TUV 9=WXYZ
To dial a number, the user puts a finger in the corresponding finger hole and rotates the dial clockwise until it reaches the finger stop. The user then pulls out the finger, and a spring in the dial returns it to the resting position. For example, if the user dials "6" on a North American phone, electrical contacts wired through the cam mechanism inside the phone will open and close six times as the dial returns to home position, thus sending six pulses to the central office.
Different pulse systems are used, varying from country to country. For example, Sweden uses one pulse to signal the number zero, and 10 pulses to signal the number nine. New Zealand uses ten pulses minus the number desired; so dialing 7 produces three pulses. In Norway, the North American system with the number '1' corresponding to one pulse was used, except for the capital, Oslo, which used the same "inverse" system as in New Zealand.
For this reason, the numbers on the dial are shifted in different countries, or even in different areas of one country, to work with their system because of the difference of the number arrangement on the dial. The dial numbering can occur in four different formats, with 0 adjacent either to the 1 or the 9 and the numbers running in ascending or descending order with either the 0,1 or 9 being closest to the finger stop.
A relic of these differences is found in emergency telephone numbers used in various countries; the United Kingdom selected 999 due to the ease of converting call office dials to make free calls. "0" for the Operator was already free, and the cam that removed the shunt on the line when the dial was rotated to the "0" position could be altered to include the adjacent digit "9" (and "8" if required) so that calls to "0" and "999" could be made without inserting coins. In New Zealand 111 was selected for the same reason: on New Zealand reverse-numbered dials each digit "1" sends 9 pulses to the central office/telephone exchange (like "9" in Britain).
Early dials worked by direct or forward action. The pulses were generated as the dial turned toward the finger stop position. When the user's hand motion was erratic, it produced wrong numbers. In the late 19th century, the dial was refined to operate automatically by a recoil spring. The user selected the digit to be dialed, rotated the dial to the finger stop, then released it. The spring caused the dial to rotate back to its home position during which time constant speed was maintained with a centrifugal governor.
Dials at user stations typically produced pulses at the rate of ten pulses per second (pps), while dials on operator consoles on Crossbar or electronic exchanges often pulsed at 20 pps. The rotary dial governor is subject to wear and aging, and may require periodic cleaning, lubrication and adjustment by a telephone technician. In the video, the green LED shows the dial impulse pulses and the red LED shows the dial's off-normal contact function.
Off-normal contacts typically serve two additional functions. They may implement a shunt across the transmitter circuit and induction coil to maximize the pulsing signal of the dial by eliminating all internal impedances of the telephone set. Another function is to short-circuit the telephone receiver during dialing, to prevent audible clicking noise from being heard by the telephone user.
Some telephones include a small dial built into the handset, with a movable finger stop. The user rotates the dial clockwise until the finger stop ceases moving, then releases both. In this setting, there is no section of the rotating dial plate without holes, allowing a smaller dial diameter. This was introduced by Western Electric on the compact Trimline telephone, the first to locate the dial in the handset. In Spain, such phones were manufactured for CTNE (Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España) by Málaga based factory "CITESA", being named as "Góndola" phones by its particular shape. Spanish Góndola sets were fitted from the beginning with a red LED series connected with the line, allowing the dial ("disco" in Spanish) to be back-lighted while dialling. For that, the LED was bridged by an anti-parallel Zener diode, to allow the DC to pass even if the line polarity were reversed. In case of line polarity reversal, the LED would not light, but the phone would work anyway. The LED and Zener diode were contained in the same package for ease of assembly in manufacturing.
Rotary dial telephones in Australia were sometimes equipped, in later years, with touch pad blanks, designed to look like a touch-phone, but providing the rotary dial signalling required by the Australian phone system. This was also the case with a number of sets offered in the UK and other countries, most being identified by the lack of # and * keys.
Rotary dial telephones have no redial feature; the complete number has to be dialed for every attempted call.
Since the 1950s, telephones in the United States and elsewhere were redesigned with the numbers and letters on a ring outside the finger wheel to provide better visibility.
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We are Brotaich, and that ain't working. A freelance consultant's company name needs to meet the company's growing needs, so we are changing our name as a precursor to launching our new site.
We specialize on Site Optimization, which mostly means conversion optimization and the art of taking web traffic and getting it through the site to become a sale or sales lead.
We provide our services through web agencies that extend it to their customer at a great mark-up (Highway robbery sometimes, but they got the nice offices with the pretty faces, cool people, and always pick-up lunch).
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SAN FRANCISCO -- "Hope for the best, plan for the worst." That's where Judge William Alsup says we are while we wait for a verdict on the copyrights segment of Oracle v. Google at the U.S. District Court this morning.
Yesterday afternoon, the jury returned with the eighth note issued during the deliberation period, which asked, "What happens if we can't reach a unanimous decision and people are not budging?"
To recall, the jury began deliberating on Monday afternoon after lawyers from both Oracle and Google offered their closing statements for the first segment of this trial.
At an 8 a.m. PT hearing today, Alsup asked attorneys from both Oracle and Google for their thoughts about where to proceed from here.
Once again, both sides have polarizing views on this, citing precedent cases in both directions. On the one hand, Oracle wants to proceed to phase two of the trial if the jury can come to a partial verdict on the four questions they must answer on the verdict form.
Based on the questions already asked from the jury, it looks as though the jurors have found that Google did copy Oracle's intellectual property, but they might be still torn on whether or not it is a case of fair use.
However, Google's counsel Robert Van Nest made it crystal clear that Google wants all or nothing -- meaning a complete verdict or a mistrial.
"We do need to be careful about what we get," Van Nest cautioned. "If the jury fails to resolve an issue, the only correct result there is a mistrial on that divisible question and move on to the patent phase."
That's becoming a more possible road map in this case by the hour. Oracle's lead attorney Michael Jacobs cited a previous federal case that suggested five possible outcomes:
- Resubmit the issues for further deliberations
- Ask the parties to forgo unanimity and go with a majority vote
- Enter partial judgment
- Declare a mistrial
- Order a partial retrial to cover those issues not unanimously agreed upon
Jacobs was very wary of the last option, plotting an alternative could be if Oracle doesn't win copyright liability, we could go through the patent portion of the trial followed by a retrial on unresolved issues and new damages.
"That seems like it would be quite a journey," Jacobs sighed.
After hearing enough from both sides, Judge Alsup responded soundly with his arms folded, "I'm going to receive a partial verdict. I'm not going to let this court go to waste."
Nevertheless, the judge added quickly that isn't his official ruling yet and that he would look over the precedent cases provided by both legal teams.
Among other minor spats over issues heading into the next phase of the trial, Jacobs brought up the sticky subject of the testimony of former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz again.
Oracle is trying to preclude Schwartz's testimony from the next phase of the trial with a motion it filed at midnight. Yet at the hearing, Van Nest snapped back that he hadn't seen the motion yet. Thus, Judge Alsup gave Google a deadline of 6 p.m. tomorrow to file a response.
Although Van Nest said we won't see any "celebrities" in phase two, he did say it was a possibility that they would be calling Schwartz back to the stand, quipping "that is if you consider Mr. Schwartz a celebrity."
This item first appeared on ZDNet's Between the Lines blog under the headline "Oracle-Google trial could result in partial verdict or even mistrial."


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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has become the first racetrack operator in the United States to offer year-round Spanish language race calls, hiring Luis Grandison to provide live calls in Spanish at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course.
Grandison, a 57-year-old Panama native, called races at El Hipódromo Presidente Remón in Panama City from 1978 – 2003. His extensive sports broadcasting experience also includes stints with ABC Radio, KW Continente and Radio Pan-Americana.
"Luis is a talented and enthusiastic individual, and we are thrilled to hire him as the first year-round Spanish language thoroughbred racing announcer in the United States," said NYRA CEO and President Chris Kay. "Our sport has a very large and dedicated following in the Hispanic and Latino communities, and this important initiative will help enhance and personalize the guest experience for our Spanish speaking fan base."
Before Thursday's first race at Aqueduct, scheduled for 1:20 p.m. EDT, NYRA Race Caller Tom Durkin will introduce Grandison, who will provide a Spanish call of the race to the entire NYRA network.
"I am very excited to be the new Spanish race caller for Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga," Grandison said. "This is a great way to make races from these terrific racetracks more accessible to Spanish speakers around the world."
NYRA's Spanish race calls are available on-track at Aqueduct via channel 3.2 (HD) or channel 19 (SD).
NYRA has also partnered with Roberts Communications Network to make Grandison's calls available via the following platforms:
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In the coming months, NYRA will make the Spanish race calls available in a variety of locations and across multiple platforms.
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Never Too Young: An Interview with Animator Dani Bowman
Dani Bowman, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, is an illustrator, animator, writer, motivational speaker and author. Dani has been able to manage a full workload while pursuing her education and will be graduating from high school this June. One of Dani's greatest achievements has come in her work as founder of "Power Light Animation Studios." Today, Dani is a self-advocate for a better day for our autism community.
AA16: My first question for you Dani is when did you first find out you have autism?
DB: At age 11, when I came to live with my aunt, she told me that I have autism. I wish my parents would have explained it to me more and gotten me some speech therapy earlier in life. I had really bad speech as well.
AA16: What have been some of the challenges you've had to deal with growing up?
DB: I have sensory problems, my ears hurt with high-pitched noises like girls shrieking, babies crying, and I can't stand cussing. For my eyes, I'm also sensitive with bright lights, and certain tastes and textures in my mouth. Sometimes I get social overloads; when I was younger I used to wear earplugs and I used to have frequent meltdowns at school. But with a lot of help from my aunt, I'm getting much better.
AA16: What inspired you to start Powerlight Studios?
DB: I'm very competitive and when I was 11 years old, I loved Pokemon. My aunt told me that the co-creator of Pokemon, Satoshi Tariji—who also is on the spectrum—created his company Game Freak, Inc. when he was 17. So I set out to beat his record. And I launched my website by age 14.
AA16: Can you tell us more about how it started?
DB: When I first came to live with my aunt, I saw that my uncle had his own company and my aunt just retired from her own company, so I thought everyone must have their own company, so I asked my aunt how do I get my own company? And she told me first of all, I have to come up with a name and register it online, and make sure nobody else has the same name registered. Then after a long day of Internet surfing, I came back with a name "Power Light Animation Studios." It's really from my Nintendo DS username "Power-light" which was previously "Volt Girl" due to an obsession that I used to have with 9-Volt, a videogame character. A week later, I asked what is the next step? And she told me that I needed a five-year plan. I didn't know what a five-year plan was. So I went back to the Internet for more research on five-year plans for companies. And I found one that fit somewhat of what I wanted to do with Power Light; I just downloaded it and changed the stuff around and registered it all online. This is my company's five-year anniversary, by the way. So now I'm working on the next five-year plan. I don't think my aunt thought I was really going to do it. But I did.
AA16: What have you done with the company so far?
DB: First of all, I got a sponsor from an animation software company called Toon Boom that sponsors me with the software that I need. I have an ad on craigslist for animation, illustration and graphic arts that my uncle manages for me. My uncle first helped me with my first computer, but after that I bought all of my hardware … and some software … all of which I've acquired on my own with the money I made from the work I get from craigslist and from winning contests.
I started working with Joey Travolta from Inclusion Films when I was 14 years old by teaching animation to children on the spectrum, and animated a music video called "The Cave" as well as my first animated short "Eeya's Story." "Eeya's Story" is about an autistic boy who saves his people from the Weewoos. I also published my first two books, "Danny and Goliath" and "Richie and Goliath." I've mentored people on the spectrum, training them to intern with me because I really need the help. I just sent my first paycheck to my storyboard artist from Montclair, NJ who is on the spectrum, Justin Canha.
AA16: What is Power Light's business structure?
DB: My company Power Light Animation Studios is a Sole Proprietorship.
AA16: Also, how many people work for Power Light?
DB: I have eight people working with me, but on a volunteer/mentoring/internship basis for now.
AA16: With many business start-ups it's sometimes a struggle to make money early on. What have been some of your ways of making money so far?
DB: Through the ads on craigslist ... and word of mouth within the autism community, I'm frequently contacted for work like making logos, illustrating books, and so on. I have to turn away some work at this point since I'm still in high school. I don't have that much time to finish all the work that I get.
AA16: You currently have hired people to help with your group who are on the spectrum. How has that been going?
DB: Group? You mean with my animation? It's doing great, I just sent out my first paycheck since it's all interning before that. I love working with people on the spectrum. We can be really focused!
AA16: Have you found it a struggle to balance working on Powerlight and going to school? You must have some great time management skills!
DB: Working and school is always a struggle. But school is most important. (My school is getting in the away of my career, haha!) It's always a struggle, and I don't have great management skills, by the way. I'm constantly working on that, but I get a lot of help from my aunt and uncle for the time management part.They are my team!
AA16: Your first Powerlight Series cartoon was when you were 11. What has been your favorite one you've done?
DB: My first cartoon series I created was "Gemstar & Friends," and I wanted to develop my favorite one which is "The Adventures of Captain Yuron". So far I have eight different original series plus two spin-offs. However, I soon realized that my own series won't pay the bills. So that's why I do commercial work, which is great, because they pay the bills. But it does not leave me any time for my own original series.
AA16: A great thing I've noticed about many of your cartoons is that they include autism awareness campaigns. Was this something you always were hoping to do with your cartoons?
DB: I always wanted to make an autism awareness series! I think it would really be cool to combine my two passions—animation and autism awareness. That's why I think it's really cool about the book I just recently illustrated and published, "Really Really Like Me." It's a book about five characters sharing different autism traits, what makes them special, and to show children on the autism spectrum that they're not the only ones!
AA16: What do you think are some of the struggles young adults with autism have today?
DB: This year alone, 50,000 of us turned 18, and there are limited job opportunities for people on the autism spectrum. So I really want to show all my peers what they can do to help themselves in the job market. We can be very good at arts and technology. And with the right help we can do anything we want!
AA16: You are about to graduate high school. What are some of the accomplishments you are most proud of?
DB: I'm very proud of my 4.0 [GPA]. I've been featured as Student of the Month for Science, which was a surprise to me. I also received a certificate of recognition from the California Legislature Assembly for the La Canada Council reflections program for outstanding Film Production and Visual Art submissions for the 43rd Assembly District and that is for this year alone that I can think of.
AA16: Any tips for high schoolers with autism?
DB: Keep moving forward no matter what and always aim for success. It's very difficult to do it on your own; it's best to have a team with you. So don't ever be too shy to ask for help.
AA16: What's next for you in terms of education? I know we've discussed that you are looking at colleges.
DB: After high school, I'm planning to go to a four-year college that will help me improve my animation skills, as well as the business side of running a company.
AA16: What colleges are you considering and what are some of the things you've been doing so far to help you in that process?
DB: I'm considering Woodbury University as my best choice because I've been attending there for the past two years. It's a small campus and it's close to where I live. I recently applied for financial aid … as well as some scholarships. I'm struggling with my SAT test. I tried to take it with no accommodations—big mistake! I'm going to take the SAT again with the accommodations this time, as well as the ACT. Wish me luck!
AA16: You mention several times both on your website and your videos about wanting to change how the world perceives individuals with autism. Can you explain a bit more what that means to you?
DB: What this means to me is that we want the world to recognize and to bring positive awareness that there is an ability within the disability. We can do anything we want as long we never give up on our dreams. For example, starting an animation business at a young age.
AA16: Who have been some of your influences in your life growing up?
DB: My influences are my uncle, Patrick Eidemiller; Joey Travolta; Temple Grandin; Dori, my animation professor at Woodbury University; Satoshi Tariji; Walt Disney; Hayo Miyazaki; Rich Moore; Bill Gates; Steve Jobs; John Lassetor; Mashrio Sakurai; and last, but not least, Sandra Vielma, my aunt. Just to name a few.
AA16: Any upcoming projects you'd like to share with our readers?
DB: Recently, I've been working on a web series called "Oxy and Keke" to promote greeting cards for people with relationship problems, which is something I really know A LOT about!
And I also featured my two animated shorts "Mr. Raindrop" and "The Namazu" at the International Family Film Festival in early May. "Mr. Raindrop" originally premiered at WonderCon, while the "The Namazu" originally premiered at Comic-Con last year. I am the youngest female to ever premiere two shorts at Comic-Con. Cool, right?


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Over the years, a problem has gradually come to my attention. It's a rather delicate matter, and I've thought a long time about how best to describe it. I've decided to state it as plainly as possible. This is the problem:
Americans don't know how to fuck.
That is to say, Americans don't know how to fuck right. Now, if you're the kind of
If you're a stickler for accuracy and you're going to tell me that obviously some Americans know how to fuck and that I'm an American and I must think I know how or I wouldn't be writing this, OK, fine. Stipulated. Some Americans know how to fuck (and maybe you're one of them). But far too many don't.
I have dozens and dozens of data points that make me think this. But this post is going to be long anyway, so I'm not going to go into all those reasons. I'm just going to skip to the last straw, the thing that made me decide to finally blog about this problem.
In this post, the author somewhat tangentially claimed that a book that tries to help women have orgasms every time they have sex is "repetition of a stale argument for equality of the sexes." In short, women don't have orgasms every time they have sex, and that's because a) they can't (only men can) and b) they don't really want to anyway.
To which I have a two word answer: Bull. Shit. First, I don't think there are a lot of women who would answer the question "Would you rather have an orgasm or not have an orgasm when you have sex?" with "No thank you, I'd rather not have an orgasm." Get real. Second, yeah, I believe that there are a lot of women who don't have orgasms when they have sex. I think there's a pretty simple explanation in most cases too: their men are bad at fucking. They're doing it wrong.
Please understand, I'm not trying to claim that I'm writing this from the perspective of a Great Lover. I'm not a Great Lover. What I am is competent. Giving your partner an orgasm (yes, every time) is a (the) basic, fundamental skill of lovemaking. If you're not doing that, you're doing it wrong.
I'm not writing this just to taunt people who aren't good at fucking. Far from it; I'm actually writing it to be helpful. Just about anyone can learn how to fuck, and I've got some useful tips for men on how to make love to a woman. (Women don't need tips on how to make love to a man so much; I'll explain why below. Lesbians, I don't know if these tips will be any use to you. You're probably better at this stuff than I am anyway. Gay guys, sorry, I don't know all that much about what you do, so I don't have any helpful advice.)
All right, then, here are kuri's Rules for Making Love to a Woman. These Rules are for intermediate and advanced lovemakers. They assume that you know all about what goes where and so on. They work for "vanilla" sex and for many but not all kinks. Also, I'm not talking about set-up, i.e., the emotional aspects of sex are very important to a woman and blah-blah-blah. That's true, but these Rules are for the physical side. And I'm talking about general principles here, not techniques. Technique is important, but these principles transcend technique.
kuri's Rules for Making Love to a Woman
1. kuri's first rule for making love to a woman is Slow Down.
2. kuri's second rule for making love to a woman is Slow Down.
3. kuri's third rule for making love to a woman is Slow Down. Seriously. Slow. The Fuck. Down.*
As someone** once said, a typical lovemaking session is "Kiss-kiss nipple-nipple kiss-kiss boff-boff." (Sound like the way anyone you know does it?) That's not how to do it, gentlemen. That's very wrong, in fact.
I don't mean there's anything wrong with the kissing and the nippling and the boffing; those are all a part of good fucking. No, I'm talking about the speed of the progression. There should be at least 20 minutes between the first kiss and the boffing. At least. That time should be filled with kissing, touching, licking, sucking, biting, caressing, squeezing, rubbing....
And not just her nipples, for fuck's sake. Everywhere. Her body is a wonderland. Explore it. That's called "foreplay," gentlemen. It's a necessary part of proper fucking. And it's not something you save for "special occasions." It's something you do every single time. At least 20 minutes. Thirty is better.
4. kuri's fourth rule for making love to a woman is If She Isn't Wet, Don't Put It In.
Lube is cheating. It's for anal if you're into that and for women around or past menopause or who have other physical conditions that cause vaginal dryness. Absent such conditions, if she isn't wet, you haven't prepared her properly. You must get her ready first if you're going to penetrate. Toss your lube and fuck right, men. (That's what Rule no. 3 is for.)
5. kuri's fifth rule for making love to a woman is Ladies First.
Her pleasure should be your highest priority. Why? Because it's the kind, unselfish thing to do. Put your partner first. Why else? Because things are easier for guys. It takes some time and skill to make a woman come. It takes little of either to make a man come. (That's why woman-on-man tips and techniques aren't as important. Pretty much anything women do is going to work.)
Invest your time and skill in making her feel good. You'll both enjoy it. As a man making love to a woman, you're going to come. That's a given. So your real task is to make sure that she does too.
6. kuri's sixth rule for making love to a woman is Boys have Penises and Girls have Clitorises.
The female counterpart to penis is clitoris. Not vagina, clitoris. I would hope that everybody knows this by now, but the clitoris is your real "target." Stimulate the clitoris to the point of orgasm. That's pretty much the (physical) definition of good fucking. Love all of her, but love her clit especially.
7. kuri's seventh rule for making love to a woman is Everybody Comes, Every Time.
Maybe some women don't mind not having orgasms, but that's not the same as not wanting them. And lovemaking should be a world of Wants, not a world of Don't Minds. Give her what she wants, not what she doesn't mind.
Good fucking includes both of you having orgasms. They don't need to be simultaneous, and they don't need to be from penis-inside-vagina. An orgasm is an orgasm. The important thing is that you both have them. Don't make excuses; make her come.
8. kuri's eighth rule for making love to a woman is Be Flexible, But Not Too Much.
These rules are for physically healthy and relatively young (heterosexual) couples. Older and/or less healthy people may need to make some adjustments. And everybody is different anyway, so make room for individual variation.
But these Rules are good general principles. Number 7 is the most important one. Everyone deserves orgasms; everyone deserves to give orgasms. The first six Rules, especially Numbers 1 through 3, are designed to help you get there. If you're not using them, give them a try. If you are using them and they're not working, then you probably need to brush up on your technique.
Good luck, and good fucking!
*"The fuck" in "Slow the fuck down" is both adverb and noun in this case.
**I think it was Kirstie Alley, but I can't swear to it.


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