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I had tried FreeBSD on an x86 machine about eight years ago and really liked it: good install, nice tools, excellent documentation. FreeBSD is the glitter of the BSD's for it's x86 centrality. So when I heard that FreeBSD was available for PowerPC's I decided right away to try. Ok, it's been a couple years, but I haven't been in these circles lately. This is a guide to getting started on FreeBSD with the PowerPC differences being noted.
Read the whole guide before deciding to commit to FreeBSD. FreeBSD is still a newcomer to the PPC world and requires a good amount of attention. Or you might just want to help it out anyway.
Here are some Things You Just Learn As You Go
Always check the hardware compatibility list, and the architecture faq. I missed this second one which told me alot too late.
Check and see if the if the packages you need are supported for your platform. This is FreeBSD's fault there is no mention about the ports which I'll get to later.
Take the time and try to get to know someone in the ircchannel. No offense to the guys are #freebsd (a couple were very very helpful) but for the most part they are busy developing or working and they knew do book-loads of documentation for handbook and don't want to repeat themselves.
Take your time with it. I thought coming from Linux I'd feel right at home but some tools are completely different – even versions of tools you have in Linux work slightly different.
The BSD that's Right For You
Before you get into one BSD, all three are pretty unique, make sure you choose the right one. I got this great detail from jdbaker's page (it's several years old) but details it nicely.
…the one with the most bells and whistles is FreeBSD… FreeBSD has the largest development team, the largest user base, the largest number of ported applications, and the largest collection of active e-mail lists. It also has the best documentation… FreeBSD is extremely easy to install directly via an Internet connection.
FreeBSD currently runs on Intel-compatible 32-bit processors (including the AMD Athlon) and on the DEC Alpha processor (now out of production), and is being ported to Itanium, AMD's x86-64 (Opteron/Sledgehammer), PowerPC, and Sparc64. While porting the operating system helps to flush out subtle bugs, portability is not FreeBSD's specialty– it's primarily of interest to owners of Intel-compatible hardware.
OpenBSD: Rock Solid Security, Fanatical Attention to Detail
OpenBSD is the perfectionist's version of BSD. Almost Spartan compared to the others, it installs with many features intentionally disabled to avoid potential security holes. Its highly focused development team is constantly tweaking, critiquing, and auditing every line of the code, and their commitment to excellence shows in the operating system's track record…
OpenBSD requires more technical knowledge and skill to use effectively than FreeBSD, and therefore is not the best choice for beginners… OpenBSD is available and actively developed for a wide range of hardware platforms, from x86 to Mac to Sun. It does not, however, cover as many platforms as does NetBSD…
NetBSD: Now playing everywhere
NetBSD is the portability champ of the BSDs, running on everything from generic x86 boxes to exotic hardware such as the BeBox and the Sega Dreamcast…. Keeping the operating system portable means keeping the code clean, and so the other BSDs often borrow code from NetBSD…
FreeBSD Beginning
FreeBSD can be downloaded and put on a cd:
FreeBSD's PowerPC installer has limited support for partitioning a disk. I discovered it was easiest to use mac-fdisk. I booted up my Minimal InstallCD and partitioned on a 10G disk as:
partition2 /usr 3.0G
partition3 / 4.3G
partition4 /tmp 500M
partition5 /var 700M
c # create partition
1p # 1st partition…
swap # name of partition
I bobbed a bit from the FreeBSD recommendations. They recommended most the disk space should go to
/usr and very little to root. I planned to do back ups to
/ though and made it bigger, but /usr may not have been big enough –
/usr can fill up really fast with packages and the ports tree. If building a mail-server
/var should be much larger and closer to the top.
Beginning Install
On older Newworld Power Macs the cd will not boot by holding down C, rather it has to be invoked from Open Firmware. Hold down Apple+Option+O+F at boot and type in this to boot the CD.
The FreeBSD Handbook is excellent documentation so I'll just give a quick glance here and note differences in the PPC installer.
The arrow keys, space, and tab will navigate through the installer, read the quick start guide and other docs – they're not that big.
NFS Secure yes, DHCP yes PCCard NO, set ftp username and password, /usr/bin/vi, media type CD.
Don't worry if you forget anything you can latter enter sysinstall from disk and add what you need in configure post install.
Beginner Install Notes
Theres no console keymap selector yet but USB keyboards are supported. The disk editor is a trimmed down version of the one in the install guide, but with the disk already partitioned Iwas able to apply partitions to mount points. There's also no boot manager setup and we'll have to use Open Firmware again later to boot the new install.
When it come to Distribution types choose Kern-Developer so that the ports tree is added as well as the kernel sources (a custom kernel will likely have to be built). Now you will have to wait a bit as the files get loaded to disk.
Configuring Network
A few network questions will be asked: DHCP, Gateway (for use as a network route which is what I'm doing), NO to inetd (very very insecure)… Don't bother connecting to the network now as the install has no firewall and wouldn't be secure. Besides with no packages available (besides the CD ones) it doesn't do any good at this stage anyway.
No systemconsole settings or timezone. When you exit you'll be asked to use UTC or local time. If this is the only OS you install on this machine choose UTC.
No Linux Compatibility or Mouse Settings. You'll now get a message, "Unable to target packages/INDEX file from the selectedmedia" because you're not connected to the internet but I doubt it would work even if you were.
Setup other users, When you get to "Visit the general configuration menu for a chance to set any last options?" I said yes and added ntpdate.
First Boot
Grehan said this the best:
Here's the rub: OpenFirmware doesn't understand UFS2. It does understand iso9660 and HFS+, so the loader must live on a disk/partition of that type. So, you can…:
Define your own / hard-disk parition.
FreeBSD Details
Alot of utilities in FreeBSD match those in Linux but at times provide a slight different flavor.
/etc/rc.conf is a general one-in-all configuration file for FreeBSD.
rc.conf will have options to start services, configure network cards…
/etc/inetd.conf will allow connections on ports and pass control of the connection to whichever program is listed.
Getting Hardware Working
During the boot process you may see that FreeBSD sees a device but will tell you (no driver attached). If you missed the boot up messages, you can look at them with:
FreeBSD will only load what it's told to or what is built into the kernel. If your devices are on the hardware supported list then your device must be a module that was not loaded. Look in
/usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES or better
/usr/src/sys/<yourarch>/conf/NOTES and discover what the modules name is. Then locate the
<module>.ko file:
The realtek chip I have on my network card wasn't automatically loaded. To load a module:
kldstat will show loaded modules. Also check dmesg to see if it loaded correctly. To have it load permanently on boot add it to /boot/loader.conf (this file may have to be created).
You can see helpful examples of loader.conf stuff in /usr/share/examples/bootforth/ and "man loader.conf".
*_type Defines the module's type. If none is given, it defaults
*_flags Defines options to pass onto the module
Ok, thats long in tooth, I'll try to make this next part more down to earth.
I don't do anything without first creating a firewall to protect the pc and to build a firewall a kernel has to be compiled with support for it. When building a custom kernel you can also add any drivers you need and remove the ones you don't for a leaner kernel.
FreeBSD provides three different firewalls, from the FreeBSD mailling list:
In my option the PF firewall has the easiest to use rule set and built in table functions for automated black listing attacking IP address. Its major weakness is it has very poorly designed logging function that results in very cumbersome usage.
IPFilter comes next. It has easy logging and rules usage. It lacks the auto black listing table building of PF. These two firewalls were ported to FreeBSD from other Unix flavored operating systems. Both have teams supporting and maintaining them.
The final firewall is IPFW that is the first firewall included in FreeBSD many years ago and was developed by the FreeBSD team. IPFW also lacks the auto black listing table building of PF, and its nated rules are much harder to get working using all stateful rules…
PF was originally designed as replacement for Darren Reed's IPFilter, from which it derives much of its rule syntax. PF looks to be becoming the defacto firewall for FreeBSD and is listed first in the documentation.
Kernel Build
PF by FreeBSD 7.1 isn't built into the kernel so a custom kernel will need to be built. If you never compiled you own kernel before, don't fret, if you know your hardware it's realatively simple. There's a configuration file where you enable any hardware and options:
cp GENERIC POWERMACG4
vi POWERMACG4
/usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES will better describe the drivers and options available but it's best not to add drivers/options from it as they are probably not supported in the PowerPC kernel yet. Also look at at "man <driver>" for more details about drivers and what other driver/options they depend on.
I uncommented the realtek-driver and took out a couple drivers I didn't need:
device miibus
Here are the other options I did. I passed safe-cflags for this particular Power Mac in
CONF_CFLAGS. Though the kernel doesn't support altivec, GCC (the compiler) does, which will help build the kernel quicker. I also had to tolerate denying strict aliasing (which is normally a good idea to leave in) because the pf driver and a couple others refused to build with strict aliasing:
cpu OEA
ident POWERMACG4
maxusers 0 # Auto sizing of memory tables
makeoptions CONF_CFLAGS="-mcpu=7400 -O2 -pipe -maltivec -mabi=altivec -fno-strict-aliasing"
makeoptions KERNEL=POWERMACG4
All other modules, drivers should be left in unless you know what you're doing. The 7.1 powerpc kernel is still relatively young and the kernel config has all the options it needs or are available, tinkering too much will likely only bring problems.
Now build your kernel and install it:
make buildkernel KERNCONF=POWERMACG4
make installkernel KERNCONF=POWERMACG4
If there is an error in your config gcc will recognize it and exit defining the config file followed by the line in doesn't understand:
Or it will tell you options that are not allowed. "installkernel" will transfer your kernel to the boot directory and have it load automatically at boot.
Before you reboot your computer you may as well set up your firewall so that it will load at boot and you can get on the network.
Firewall Bricks
rc.conf file will need to be edited so that PF will be loaded at boot:
pf_rules="/etc/pf.conf" # rules definition file for pf
pf_flags="" # additional flags for pfctl startup
pflog_enable="YES" # start pflogd
pflog_logfile="/var/log/pflog" # where pflogd should store the logfile
pflog_flags="" # additional flags for pflogd
Most times when you see an "
*_enable" listing in rc.conf, it is a daemon and can manually started (e.g.
/etc/rc.d/pf start) or else the system will need to be restarted for the daemon to load.
Rules Building
/etc/pf.conf file is the configuration file for the firewall. All rules for the firewall are put here. PF goes by the policy of "last match win". That means that is a ruleset has a rule to "block all" before a rule allowing traffic that traffic will be allowed.
A few things to watch for when doing rules:
- "Last match wins" except for "quick" which disables any further rule processing for that packet.
- Alot of people use the policy: allow all out and filter in. This is good in most cases.
- ORDER is very very important. A missed placed rule, option, table, queing will not allow PF to load.
I'm not going to give my firewall out (it's not there yet) but here's a template to follow (NIC's) can be found out with ifconfig:
# Firewall for router with two NIC's (Network Cards)
# http://bash.cyberciti.biz/firewall/pf-ipv6-ipv4-firewall-for-freebsd-openbsd-netbsd/
# http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf
# ! PF on FreeBSD 7.1 (OpenBSD 4.1) !
################ FreeBSD pf.conf ##########################
# Required order: options, normalization, queueing, translation, filtering.
# Note: translation rules are first match while filter rules are last match.
################ Macros ###################################
# — List Variables (Macros) —
# Define Network Interface Cards (NIC)s.
# Define LAN Address(s)
# Ports to open for network services
# ssh, https, smtp nix, www, pop3, auth, ftp, sftp, imap
# auth, domain, ftp, imap, imaps, https, pop3, pop3s, ntp, sftp, smtp, spamd
# ssh, www
#TCP_SERVICES = "{ ftp, ftp-data, https, www }"
TCP_SERVICES = "{ domain, ftp, ftp-data, https, www }"
UDP_SERVICES = "{ domain, ntp }"
# Pings Allowed
# ping options: echorep – echo reply, echoreq – echo request,
# unreach, unreachable, timex…
# DNS server will need at least echoreq
#ICMP_TYPES = "echoreq, unreach"
# — Tables —
# table define for all subnets and ips to block
# add ips and subnets to /etc/pf-nat-home-blocked.conf
table <blockedip> persist file "/etc/pfblocked.conf"
# — Options —
# Default response for block filter rules and turns on statistics logging.
set block-policy drop
set loginterface $WAN_NIC
set require-order yes
# Aggresively expire connections, reduce memory at cost of dropping idle
set optimization aggressive
# — Traffic Normalization —
# Normalization – reassemble packets and resolve or reduce traffic
# ambiguities. Also helps with troublesome SYN/FIN packets.
scrub in all
# — Traffic Shaping (Queing) —
# — Translation Rules (NAT) —
# — Filter Rules —
# last match wins (except quick)
# Antispoof
antispoof log quick for lo0 inet
# — Block —
# Block all incoming
block in all
# — Allow TCP —
# — Allow UDP —
To check your PF configuration for errors, run:
Setup Networking
To setup your NIC in rc.conf:
ifconfig_<LAN NIC>="inet 192.168.1.222 netmask 255.255.255.0″
Your hostname will need to be set too. The best I could figure it is look in your Windows, Mac, Linux(/etc/resolve.con), Networking program and look for search address. On Linux it came before the DNS servers and looked like:
Replace search with the hostname you want to call your pc.
Reboot your computer add you network cable and if all goes well, you have a new kernel load with firewall as a bonus. If it doesn't just go back and select and select the old kernel (kernel.old) in Open Firmware.
A Few PF Commands
pfctl -e # Enable PF – required won't do it starting init
pfctl -d # Disable PF
pfctl -sn # Show the current NAT rules
pfctl -sr # Show the current filter rules
pfctl -ss # Show the current state table
pfctl -si # Show filter stats and counters
pfctl -sa # Show EVERYTHING it can show
pfctl -F all # Flush all rules, nat, states, options, tables:
tcpdump -n -e -ttt -i pflog0 # Watch pf logs in real time
Compiler Details
Now that network is going you can begin adding packages to FreeBSD. The first program to add is a lightweight DNS server so I can connect to the LAN, but before doing that the compiler needs to be setup.
Because we have to use the ports collection to add packages the compiler needs to be set up to compile them. With the compiler setup then we'll compile cvsup to update the ports tree.
I built my
make.conf with known compiler flags for the Power MAC G4 processor for optimized builds and added the CVSup flags that will tell cvsup how to work:
CFLAGS="-mcpu=7400 -O2 -pipe -maltivec -mabi=altivec"
# CVSup options
SUP= /usr/local/bin/cvsup
SUPFLAGS= -g -L 2
SUPHOST= cvsup4.us.freebsd.org
SUPFILE= /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
PORTSSUPFILE= /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
Package Compile
If we were on a system supporting pre-build packages, adding a package would be easy:
However, since PPC users don't have a package repository packages must be built with source-code. If you didn't add the ports collection, go back into sysintall (in configuration) and install it now. You might also want to choose a nearby FTP (in Options). The ports tree will likely need to be updated the best way to do this is with cvsup. Cvsup will need to be installed first:
make install distclean clean
distclean' removes the downloaded source file and '
clean' removes the compiling files.
Each time you update the ports tree make sure you run 'make index' to build an index file.
make index
Give yourself some time as this process can take awhile.
About updating grom Matthew on the FreeBSD mailing list:
…recommended (if you choose this route) that the first port
you install should be sysutils/portupgrade, then use portupgrade to
install everything else.
portsdb -U will update the ports tree and make an index (though cvsup is supposed to be faster).
Other FreeBSD Utils
pkg_delete <package-name-version> # To delete a package
portsclean -CD # To delete the downloaded sources
portupgrade <package-name-version> # To upgrade a port use
# To compare the installed package with the one in the ports tree:
pkg_version <package>
To find a port with it's information:
make search name=lsof
make search key=string # searches names, comments, descriptions, and dependencies.
ports-mgmt/portaudit which will automatically check all installed applications for known vulnerabilities; a check will be also performed before any port build.
Send a BugReport
To be able to connect the LAN to the internet defining static-routes turned out to be a humungous task, so I decided to install a DNS server on the Network Router to define routes for me rather trying to manually define them.
FreeBSD by default installs BIND the well-known industry-standard of name servers. BIND is powerful and robust but is overkill for a Network Router serving one or two machines and a pc that only as 512 of memory.
I really like FreeBSD and I wanted to build it. I'm done a backup and haven't made up my mind to what I'm going to do. For now I just need to find out how to get a network router up and running.
There's alot of attribution going out. To the guys at #freenode, thanks understanding my Linux-presupposition. And to JohnBlue in the FreeBSD forums when I made things tougher than they needed to be. A big thanks to cyberciti who had a lot of good tips on configuring FreeBSD. And anyone elses wikis, blogs that Iread. FreeBSD makes me want to get an x86. :)


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Coastal Hero: We Salute ... Vikki Spruill
Ocean Conservancy's CEO shares what it's like to lead one of the world's top ocean advocacy organizations.
CL: You're a superhero for the sea! You shape international ocean policy, testify on Capitol Hill, and work with leading environmentalists around the world. What accomplishment makes you most proud?
VS: International Coastal Cleanup, without a doubt. It's the world's largest volunteer effort for ocean protection, and people from hundreds of countries spend a full day in September combing their local beaches for trash. I helped grow this event to 400,000 attendees last year―and picked up balloons and cigarette butts on my own beach. Anyone, no matter who you are or where you're from, can get involved.
CL: It's overwhelming sometimes to think about all we should be doing for big blue. Can you suggest a few ideas?
VS: Just picking up trash can make all the difference. Everything we do on land flows into the sea, so remember that every plastic bag can end up in the ocean.
CL: What are Americans doing right in terms of coastal conservation?
VS: Now it's considered cool to be green, and that's creating a generation of people who are more aware of the finite nature of our planet.
CL: We love that your dress is more than a fashion statement. Tell us about it.
VS: I'm so excited about this new project. We've partnered with Lilly Pulitzer―which has always celebrated the coast―to launch a new clothing line that helps raise money for ocean preservation.
CL: When you're not working for the sea where do you escape to the sea?
VS: My family has a classic "upside-down" Nantucket house―with bedrooms on the first floor and a living room on the second. I can sit on the beach and watch waves roll in like some people watch fireplaces.
CL: The Ocean Conservancy also finds time to help save marine animals everywhere. If you could have one for a pet, which would you choose?
VS: I have a weakness for sea otters. I just love how they float on their backs with their little feet under their faces.
Vikki and her family sport a new line of Lilly Pulitzer: Escape to the Water's Edge. (Look for the sea-inspired prints at lillypulitzer.com and in select stores.) Part of the proceeds benefit the Ocean Conservancy.
Surf onto the site oceanconservancy.org for more info about this group that's saving our seas.

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text: Bartimaeus Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) V1.3.100 Download: github. If you are a MacOS user, please PM if you have difficulties getting this to work, as MacOS can sometimes work differently than Windows. Generalized Change Log: 1. Fixed numerous bugs, including certain item abilities erroneously triggering the Cowled Wizards (such as Albruin's Faerie Fire ability), some abilities erroneously not granting saves when they should (or the opposite), a couple of compatibility problems between IR and SR (IR's Shambling Mound overwriting SR's, for example), some items having the totally wrong effects for their descriptions (Cernd's items, Aeger's Hide, the Boots of Elvenkind, etc.), a bunch of missing effect portrait icons, and various other problems (including others not listed that I don't remember anymore).2. Spell Revision-izing items. There are various items that have equipped effects and special abilities that did not quite match up with Spell Revisions: now they do. If you do not use SR, it is still compatible without it, but a few abilities may behave slightly differently than what you might expect, but should overall function much the same.3. Various items have minor tweaks. Virtually every item (besides maybe just a handful) effectively works the same as it was in standard IR, but may be tweaked just a little for balance/usability reasons. I will eventually try to compile a list of such tweaks (now done in the post directly below this one). I am also open to reverting any such tweaks, or implementing new ones based on feedback.4. Text clean up. The text file for items has been cleaned up and excised of typos, oversights, and hopefully most issues in general. The latest version of IR already uses some of my text revisions (it was integrated some months ago), but this takes it a little step further in attempting to make the text as clean and consistent as possible. As a result of this, the mod is currently not compatible with other languages besides English, as I do not have the ability to update in languages I do not know. If you wish to help me update language files, however, please send me a PM. For now, languages besides English have been disabled. 5. New items are handled by IRR, most notably Aegis-fang +3 (including a new unique icon), (Regis') Ruby Pendant of Beguiling, Jade Hound Figurine, Moon Dog Figurine, Tree of Life Fruit, Shakti Warrior Figurine, the Golem Tomes, World's Edge +3 (an unused BG1 Two-Handed Sword +3), the Holy Symbols, the Pantaloon Quest items, and the unused BG2 special edition items (note: currently some items are Joluv-only, which means you have to install a bonus merchant-enabling component from a mod like Tweak Anthology for the time being). I have attempted to handle these items in much the same way IR does, but feedback is, of course, welcome.6. Greater compatibility with 1ppv4 and the Enhanced Editions (read directly below!), as well as probably some other stuff that I don't remember doing yet. I will continue to update this post as appropriate. Compatibility for 1ppv4 and the Enhanced Editions: Original Games: For non-EE installs, this version of the mod is intended for use with 1ppv4, which you can download here off of Spellhold Studios, though it is not required. You can use any combination of 1pp components as you please, or none at all if you don't care for 1PP. This version of IR has been stripped of almost all 1pp changes (as IR was based on an old version of 1PP that was not compatible whatsoever with the latest version of 1pp, hence why the current official version of IR is not compatible with it). If you do not know what 1PP is, it is a big collection of graphical updates, including to item and spell icons, paperdolls, sprites, spell effects, UI, etc. aimed at making the game look cleaner, more varied, and, well, simply better. If you're unsure about installing it, I would seriously suggest downloading it and looking through its readme for getting a better understanding of its changes (which are pretty modular). If you install 1pp with IRR, please note that you should install it after IRR, not before. You will not get any of the sweet item graphical improvements of 1PP if you do not follow this, and items will, for the most part, instead look like vanilla's. Keep reading below for a better understanding of a proper installation order and for use with the BWP/BWS.Enhanced Editions: IR Revised is also (as of about version 1.11) intended for use with the Enhanced Editions (which includes most of 1pp's content), and will restore many graphical features that the latest version of IR disables (e.g. bastard swords and short bows animations, the general looks of EE helms and shields, as well as additional staves animations). Please note that things are likely not perfect yet - testing is very much welcome to iron out any inconsistencies. Installation of Item Revisions Revised: To install this, you must extract the latest official version of IR (V4b10 - or have the BWS do it for you) to your game directory as normal, and then additionally extract this mod on top of it before installing IR. Specifically, my item_rev folder should overwrite the normal item_rev folder - yes, confirm to overwrite folders as well as all the other files it asks you to. (e): MacOS users, overwriting folders does not work the same way as it does in Windows. If you have any trouble, please PM me. After that, you just install IR as you would normally with whatever components you like. Make sure to look at your settings.ini in your item_rev directory! I personally do not like general damage reductions for armors, but I know other people do, and so you should look at the options to get the most of what you want. Installation Order and BWP/BWS: If you are installing via the BWP/BWS (Big World Project/Setup), you should note that BWS will not install 1PP and IRR in the correct order - it will instead install 1pp first, and then IRR. As mentioned above, this will mean that you will not get 1PP's item graphical improvements and customizations. As such, if you are installing 1PP and IR together, you must install 1PP after IRR but before Infinity Animations (if I recall correctly, 1PP has trouble if you attempt to install it after Infinity Animations has already been installed). What I suggest is to not install 1PP at all via the BWS (i.e. do not select any 1PP components in BWS), and instead add a pause before the installation of Infinity Animations (right click on either the overall mod or the first component and check "Pause before installation"), and install 1PP yourself when it pauses, and then let it resume the installation once it has finished. If you are not using the BWP/BWS, your install order should look something like: 1. ToBEx 2. BG2 Fixpack 3. Baldur's Gate Trilogy 4. Alma's Restoration Project 5. Unfinished Business 6. Spell Revisions 7. Rogue Rebalancing 8. Item Revisions 9. 1pp 10. Infinity Animations 11. Tweak Anthology / BG2 Tweaks 12. Sword Coast Stratagems 13. atweaks You may not be using all of these, and will undoubtedly be using more besides, but this should give you the general idea of what your install order should look like. You generally want to install any mods that add new equipment before IR and 1pp. BWP/S users, you do not have to worry about this with the exception of installing 1PP in the correct place, as the BWS already generally installs everything else in the correct order. Known Issues with 1PP: 1. The Sleeper +2 is supposed to be a morning star and 1PP instead makes it look like a flail, and also overwrites its description. 2. Deflection Shield +1 looks like a tower shield (note: should...mostly otherwise act like it should). 3. Daystar and Albruin have their graphics switched for no apparent reason. 4. Helm of the Rock (unupgraded) does not have the correct paperdoll/sprite animations due to a wrong file patch (it should be using the "winged helm" look like the upgraded Helm of the Rock, but instead uses the "horned helm" look like Shadow Veil). 5. Similarly, the Gold Horned Helm should be using the "horned helm" look, but instead uses the basic helm animation. 6. Like above, Bolt +3 does not get its unique projectile animation. 7. Radiant Plate +2's description and name are overwritten by 1PP (but it otherwise acts as it should). 8. Projectiles not always being deflected like in Spell Revisions' Protection from Missiles spell. 9. Cleric's "Cause Wound"-type spells being overwritten when using Spell Revisions. 10. Energy Blade's loses its unique icon for Black Blade of Disaster's. 11. Boomerang Dagger does not have the correct icon (and instead has Dagger of Venom's). I have these problems fixed in my own patched installer of 1PP, and if you want it, you can find it here. Installs very much the same way as IRR does, as you need to have 1pp already extracted into your game directory and then drop this patched installer on top of and overwriting it. Unnecessary for Enhanced Edition games, as IRR already patches everything to the default choices that the EE games use. Edited July 16 by Bartimaeus Quote Share this post Link to post


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Monday 9th March
6.30pm - Thatcher and the dead sheep
1984 - Film and Discussion
9pm - The captain and friends
A night of silly music and fun
Tuesday 10th March
6pm - Drumgasm (Crafty Room)
Anything can be a drum and anyone a drummer,
no experience whatsoever necessary; just show up
and we'll play some harmonious percussions.
We'll have some cool games/exercises to learn
to play together with eachother. drums are provided,
unless you have one sounding awesome!
7-9pm: Forest choir - ROXY Arthouse
8.30pm-late: Forest Drama Group - ROXY Arthouse
9pm - Woodstock Love
Blues/Soul/Love and Reggae
Percussion and Brass Welcome!!!
Wednesday 11th March
7pm - 78s from 7 to 8
Gramophone hour: 78rpm records played on portable HMV wind-up-gramophone
5pm - Bike Generator Workshop
The Forest Bicycle Generator Workshop. An opportunity to learn about and build machines to generate power from pedalling. All welcome. No experience necessary, but an enthusiasm for off-grid power is a must!
7pm - Spanish Workshop (Beginners)
If you still don't understand what your Spanish boy-friend says when he is drunk, you have to join this free Spanish workshop. Do it this Wednesday, Nerea will be your new amazing teacher!
9pm - Italian lessons (Crafty Room)
Andrea, your Italian teacher would like to start it with simple sentences like "how are you?" "how old are you?" ect.
He's got two italian books, one is just a romance which you can use for reading and the other is about grammar.
The idea is star following this two lines however any idea is welcome. He thought you might listen to an italian song or watch a movie (la vita è bella is a good one) or imagine some situations and act them...venite ragazzi!
9pm - Dynamix
Eclectic and electric music from South Africa to Scotland and later on
live electronic sets from Pope & Melvitronica
Thursday 12th March
8pm - The Forest Music Jam
Grab your instruments and join us to
have some good sounds and friends!
Beginners welcome!
7pm - Ruthelise Snowe
singer/songwriter performance/guitarist
9pm - Fingerpickalicious
Monthly music gig acoustic guitars etc.
Friday 13th March
2pm - Free Guitar Classes
3pm - Free Saxophone Classes
Come to free Guitar & Sax workshops run by Marcos
12pm till late - The Forest Drama Drama Drama group presents...
Bright one in the Forest - Time, Tea, happiness and crazy dancing...
Bright on T.B.A/C
Saturday 14th March
12pm - BRIGHT ONE
Event: music, performers, T.B.C/A
Sunday 15th March
7pm - Ides of March
Birthday Ball - Music and Variety Show
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To me, it is important to have people you can look up to in life. Living or dead, having an "idol" of sorts that you can look to for inspiration. Not an idol that can do no wrong, but one that you can look toward for inspirational quotes and ideas from their life and their work.
Many atheists quote Nietzsche, Twain, Dawkins, Hitchens, Sagan etc.
What quote do you consider to be the best quote to use in a religious debate? Your ace card that you goto when the argument is not going your way. A quote that even the most unreasonable cannot dispute.
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I'm a 2L at a T4 school in California. After the first year I finished in the top 10% of my class. From what I've read online and on this forum it seems that unless you have a compelling story it's usually difficult to transfer upwards to a T3 or T2 school. Just wondering if anyone has had any success by reapplying and starting at the new school as a 1L? Thank You
I think the reason the OP heard it was difficult was because even top grades from a lower-ranked school won't help if your LSAT isn't up to snuff or they don't need more people. Law schools accept very few transfers, usually only to replace people they lost through attrition or transfers out.
Maybe. My LSAT wasn't very good and I still transferred up multiple tiers. I started at a tier 4 as well. I don't think LSAT grades are very important for transferring. Easily the most important are grades and class rank.


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Princes Risborough North Signal Box
Passengers will have seen our Signal Box standing proudly to the north of Platform 4.
The following is a brief account of Princes Risborough North Box (PRNB). The Signal Box has its own website where you will find the full history of the 1904 built Signal Box, technical details as well as exciting ideas for future renovations including opportunities for visitors to see the box.
29 years since closure, it has recently returned to being a functional Signal Box, safely controlling train movements around our new Princes Risborough station area.
The future of the Signal Box was much less secure back in February 1991 when it was finally closed by British Rail. What remained of the branch line to the cement works at Chinnor had shut two years earlier and new electronic signalling systems, controlled remotely by Marylebone had been installed. The days of the local, manual signal box and signalman were coming to an end.
Local residents, with incredible foresight, had seen the demise coming and had successfully obtained Grade II Listed Building status for the box. That didn't mean it wouldn't fall down of its own accord if left derelict, but it did stop British Rail and the newly formed Railtrack from demolishing it.
The volunteers of the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway took over the maintenance of the Signal Box, but with the increased emphasis on Health & Safety and trains running so close to the front of the box at speeds upwards of 80mph, access had to cease for many years.
Consequently it quickly deteriorated, not helped by a spate of vandalism. The stairs rotted away. The windows were all boarded up. The brickwork started to shift. Structural timber decayed. The final straw was a burst water pipe inside that went undetected for over 6 months in 2011. All this taken together meant there was a real risk it would have to be demolished.
In 2013 there was a remarkable turnaround. Greatly improved working relationships between C&PRRA, Chiltern Railways and Network Rail heralded a new era of cooperation. A safe walking route to the box was provided away from the express trains and the volunteers were allowed back in! Then finally in 2017, after nearly 25 years of negotiations, we were granted a 99 year lease on the box and the surrounding area of the branch line, and the all important Platform 4 area.
After the last six years of hard work the volunteers working in the signal box have made good the brickwork, carried out urgent repairs to the roof and timberwork, and as you may have seen, repaired and unboarded the windows to allow a panoramic view across our branch and the main line. Most importantly, work inside the box means the Signal Box once more has a small set of working point and signal levers safely controlling train movements in and out of Platform 4 at Princes Risborough. (Active levers are between the yellow floor marks on the left in the picture below.)
A small set of levers within the main lever frame is connected and working again.
We are investigating ways to allow more regular access for visitors to Princes Risborough North Signal Box, but in the meantime we have an Open Day planned for Saturday 10 October 2020. The Open Days for 25 April and 4 July have been cancelled.
Our Heritage diesel railcar passing directly under the box windows.
Building work still continues in the box preventing regular visits currently, but passengers will often see the volunteer team, all kitted out in bright orange safety gear, wave as the train passes by. They look forward to you waving back.


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Three Pokémon: Latias, Latios and Kyogre, as modern aircrafts? That makes the Kalos Region Air Force a truly legendary one. DeviantART artist Dekus' piece is odd, but it's totally awesome. And something like this would be a great mod in any flight sim out there.
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Well it's officially football season guys……and gals. I've heard plenty of my girlfriends comment "I've officially lost my husband to football!!" It's funny my husband wasn't really a football fan when I met him (I think it was a trick) but within the past few years he's become, well lets say a football fan! AH!! It works for me because I set myself up in the kitchen for the day and then we are both happy. Yes I just admitted it, I use Football as a reason to make some really great yummy dishes. Mine as well make the best of it! So today's theme for #SundaySupper is Tailgating parties and all the wonderful food that comes along with it. Heck yeah I was getting involved with this one, and let me tell you……….the recipes for this theme……….AMAZING!!! Lane over at Supper for a Steal is hosting this week! She's got some great recipes and well……..DEALS! I chose not only a Chili but a Chicken Chili because I've always wanted to make one, I've made so many kinds of Chili's, one because I love it and two because my husband always challenges me to make it "hotter". Well I realized that though I may never get it hot enough for him, I have finally gotten it to just the right temperature for me!
Earlier this summer I got these dried chili's and never used them, I forgot I had them! I pulled them out as I was making this dish and quickly looked up what I could do with them and how I could add them to this chili, especially since I forgot my Chili Powder up at our camp so I felt like I needed to improvise! unfortunately since I didn't put a lot of time and effort into researching it ahead of time it didn't work well when I blended it. It was still thick and pasty so I only added about 2 tbsp of the blended chili however……..I did add some of the water from soaking the chili's. Did you know you can soak Chili's? I didn't know that, I added about 1/4 Cup of that water and when I blended the chili and garlic, I added about 2 tbsp. of that into it, you don't have to do this part but I thought I would still mention it. Here are my Chili's soaking in water.
And my Chili's I blended with some of that water and garlic.
Recipe Adapted From: Budget Savvy Diva
What You Need:
2 cans white beans ( rinsed) I used Cannellini & Great Northern
1 can corn, drained
1 can Rotel, undrained
1 package ranch dressing mix
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp onion powder
1 8 oz package light cream cheese
2 chicken breasts
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper (I used Hot Shot)
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon of pepper
1/2 teaspoon of white pepper
2 Garlic cloves minced
1 Jalapeno Pepper, Chopped
Pinch of Cinnamon
It's as simple as throwing all of the ingredients into the crock pot! I obviously chopped my hot pepper up first. Feel free to add as many as you'd like, I may add a few more next time!
Here is a picture of everything in the crock……..simple simple. Mix it all around and then add the chicken breasts on top of everything and sink them down into everything.
Then add the cream cheese right on top. Don't even worry about mixed it in, it needs to melt.
I cooked this for 8 hours on low, I took the chicken out after 7 and shredded it, trust me at this point it shreds real easy! I put it back in and blended the cream cheese (it breaks up real easy at this point, if it already hasn't) I then let it cook for another hour to let it all blend together!
Feel free to serve whatever you like on top, sour cream, green onions, or even crumbled nacho chips!!
Join us on Sunday as we share our favorite tailgate recipes and tips. Hop on twitter at 7pm EST for the live #SundaySupper chat.
The Lineup
Pre Game Warm-ups:
- Sausage Balls by My Catholic Kitchen
- Edamame Hummus by Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Slow Cooker Rueben Dip by The Meltaways
- Buffalo Wing Hummus by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
- Smokey Guacamole with Bacon by Family Spice
- Pepperoni & Mozzarella Pull Apart by In the Kitchen with KP
- Boneless Honey BBQ Chicken Wings by Juanita's Cocina
- Candied Pecans by From Fast Food to Fresh Food
- Crispy Coconut Chicken Strips with Sweet Chili Sauce by Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends
- Swabian Mini Meatballs (Schwaebische Mini Fleischkuechle) by Galactosemia in PDX
- Joe Montana's Touchdown Guacamole by Noshing with the Nolands
- Cheddar Cheese Jalapeno Bites by Mama.Mommy.Mom.
- Hot & Spicy Popcorn Chicken by My Trials in the Kitchen
- Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers by Real Best Recipe
- Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites by Family Foodie
- Soft Pretzels with Spicy Beer Cheese Sauce by girlichef
- Indian Spiced Chicken Meatballs by Soni's Food for Thought
- Game Day Loaded Nachos by The Messy Baker
- Buffalo Chicken Dip by Home Cooking Memories
- Southwestern Spring Rolls by Supper for a Steal
- Pepperoni Pizza Puffs by Comfy Cuisine
- Roasted Garlic Bacon Dip with Easy Homemade Tortilla Chips by Daily Dish Recipes
- Beer Battered Spiced Sweet Potato Lentil Fritters by Sue's Nutrition Buzz
On the Sidelines:
- Anne's Best Potato Salad with Bacon and Peas by Webicurean
- Papa's Potato Salad & Baked Beans by Kwistin's Favorites
- Simple Roasted Purple Potatoes by Ruffles and Truffles
- Spicy BBQ Baked Beans by Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
Main Events:
- Gluten Free Breakfast Sandwich by Cooking Underwriter
- Pollo Adobado con Papas (Adobo Chicken with Potatoes) by La Cocina de Leslie
- Poor Man's Burrito by Shockingly Delicious
- Ham and Mushroom Handpies by Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Individual Muffuletta Sandwiches by Magnolia Days
- Far East Steak Salad by Diabetic Foodie
- Italian Sloppy Joes by The Weekend Gourmet
- Hot Chicken Chili by Momma's Meals
- Biscuit Sloppy Joes by Sustainable Dad
- Hawaiian Chicken Wraps by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
- Grandpa Sal's Sausage and Peppers by Daddy Knows Less
- Fancy Filet Chili by I Run for Wine
- Homemade Italian Sausage by The Little Ferraro Kitchen
- Jalapeno Crockpot Chili by Mama's Blissful Bites
- Flavorful Fall Marinade by Midlife Road Trip
- Moose Chili by Mrs. Mama Hen
- Peanut Butter-Stuffed Chocolate Cookies by Chocolate Moosey
- Streusel Topped Pumpkin Bread by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Zucchini Cupcakes by In the Kitchen with Audrey
- Oven-Baked Churros by Small Wallet Big Appetite
- Swirl Nutella Cupcakes by Basic N Delicious
- Peanut Butter and Pretzel Truffles by Gotta Get Baked
From the Cooler:
- Sparkling Tropical Lemonade by Dinners. Dishes, and Desserts
- Strawberry Horchata by Damn Delicious
- Bloody Mary Gazpacho by 30AEats
- MVP Bloody Mary Bar by An Appealing Plan
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(Pocket-lint) - We'll be honest. We've got HD fatigue, so when the Motorola Razr HD arrived in our office we didn't jump for joy. HD, we thought, big whoop, everything is HD these days, hell, they even make HD make-up for some reason. So what is Motorola up to here? Is this a phone worth considering, or is the firm just treading water?
Part of the question about Motorola handsets at the moment is that its owner, Google, seems disinterested in the current line and people who work there have been saying really unhelpful things like none of Motorola's current pipeline is "wow" and "we've inherited 18 months of pipeline that we actually have to drain right now, while we're actually building the next wave of innovation and product lines". None of it is really a glowing recommendation from the company, and it's actually a pretty miserable way to disrespect the hard work of the people who have built your handsets.
And we've always liked Motorola phones too. Take a look back at reviews from past Razr products, and you'll see that we're usually very enthusiastic about them. So, despite some confusion about why it's "HD" and Google's own attempts to sabotage itself, we wanted to give the Razr HD a fair shake and find out if you should spend your money on it.
Solid design
If there's one thing that has been true of the whole Razr line, it's that the phones are built to survive anything. From a Kevlar weave on the back to solid metal sides, with a Gorilla Glass screen, the Razr honestly feels like you couldn't destroy it without either some explosives or a high-caliber sniper rifle.
The HD is a bit heavy in the hand, but we don't view that as a problem. More than likely, you'll fall into one of two camps on this subject. Either you'll like the weight, and it will give you confidence in the weight, or you'll find it too brick-like and want to go and buy something lighter.
But to look at, we find the HD actually very likeable. It's a bit of a monolith, and the darkness of the design won't appeal to everyone, but it's smart to look at and feels solid in your hand, and that somehow excites us, even now, in a world of increasing product quality.
As you'd expect, there is no way to replace the battery on this phone. Because of the way it's built, a removable battery is not an option. What you do get, on the left-hand side, is a slot with pin-hole, that conceals the microSD card slot, and the micro-SIM socket. A tray holds your sim, while you must take a leap of faith and push your SD card into the phone with your nail. If you have very short nails, good luck with this. The cover is neat though, and apart from needing a pin (provided) to get it out, it's a good bit of design.
Below this on the phone, are micro-HDMI and micro-USB sockets. The former allows you to mirror the phone on your TV and playback video from it, the latter is for charging, and data transfer, as you'd expect.
At the top of the phone is the headphone jack. We like this position, because we have OCD, and putting a phone into our pocket upside down just feels wrong. On the right-hand side there are power and volume controls.
The back of the device holds a speaker grille, the camera and an LED flash. It's all pretty standard, apart from the Kevlar of course. We really like the way DuPont's tough material feels, and it's matte surface means it's a lot more grippy than normal plastic. Compare this phone to the Samsung Galaxy S III and you'll feel more confident holding the Motorola, because it doesn't feel like it's going to fly out of your hand.
Although 1280x720 isn't a massive resolution by modern standards - 1920x1080 phones are here now - on a 4.7-inch screen, it equates to 312ppi, which is only slightly less than Apple's "retina" iPhones (326ppi). This means that there is LOADS of detail on the screen, and despite being smaller than a Galaxy S3 or a Note II, it's really easy to read text and see what's going on.
As with many phones, the Razr HD uses an AOLED screen. This means you get amazing brightness and colour, but at the cost of accuracy. It's a great screen for doing phone things, but it has its shortcomings when it comes to watching video, looking at photographs or viewing the phone in darker conditions.
Video looks great, as you'd expect with some pretty impressive detail, and despite the OLED colour, for most things it actually works very well indeed. We used Plex to watch some of the video we have knocking around at home, and really enjoyed looking at it. Even though the colours were a little more vivid than our TV, it still makes for good viewing.
3G, 4G and more
The Razr HD supports a decent range of 4G frequencies, including those which will be used in the UK when O2, Vodafone and Three launch their services, to join EE's in the coming months.
In addition to that, it supports 5GHz Wi-fi, which, if your router supports it, can offer you a less-congested, faster home wireless network. We can't get enough of 5GHz Wi-Fi, becuause it's usually so much less busy than regular wireless frequencies. The only downside is that it has a slightly shorter range.
One thing we did notice about the Razr's Wi-Fi is that it seeme to be a bit shaky at times. We had some problems with it not seeing our regular wireless network, and it seemed to go a lot slower at times than we'd expect. This could be some trouble with the way our router managed itself, but it might be worth looking into if you think it might affect you.
As you might expect, the most important part of a phone should perhaps be, the phone. Well, in this day and age, it's fair to assume that making phone calls is one of the lesser activities that a phone will perform. Mostly, it's all about internet services.
The good news is, we love the HD as a phone. Its size and shape are perfect for holding against your head, it's very comfortable. What we were particularly struck by is just how good the call quality was. We tested it on Three, which has a good signal in our area, but the audio from the earpiece was loud and clear. Impressive stuff.
Light-touch user interface
As is the trend with Motorola - even pre-Google buyout - the old customised user interface has sort of gone away, and we're now left with something that's a little bit more like the Jelly Bean standard look.
Unlike most handsets, the multitude of home screens are no more. Instead, you have one by default, on which is a basic set of widgets. We really like these, and weather and time take centre stage, with an addition of a battery meter on the right. It's a really cool look, and we like it.
Swipe right, from the home screen, and what you get is access to the phone's quick settings. Here you can adjust the ringtone muting, and toggle things like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. There's also a shortcut here to the full settings menu.
If you swipe left, you'll get the option to add a new home screen. So if you're in need of a lot of screens with app shortcuts or widgets on, you aren't being left out in the cold. We really like this, and the reduction of home screens makes a lot of sense, considering there's almost no point in duplicating the apps from the app tray, and by default on Jelly Bean, each new app install would get an icon both in the app tray, and on a home screen. That's just pointless duplication, and we're glad to see the back of it, frankly.
We also like the fact that there is a "favorites" tray in the apps. We spend a lot of time scrolling around looking for the app we want, because it's got lost in a mass of very similar looking icons. This is a real problem for Android, and it's good to see the Razr HD has a solution for that problem.
As with most Motorola phones of recent times you get access to SmartActions. This is a really nice Motorola feature that allows you to make changes to your phone, automatically, based on the phone's state, or your location, or a mixture.
So, if you're at home, and your battery reaches 25 per cent, then you can tell the device to turn off data and Wi-Fi to save power. Or if you're at work, as determined by the location services, you can have the phone switch to a more professional ringtone, or just vibrate.
It's simple enough stuff, but it's a really good idea and it means the phone works harder to be useful when you really need it to be.
The HD uses a dual-core 1.5GHz processor to do its thinking, and it pairs that with 1GB of RAM. It's not a top-spec handset anymore, but it's not bottom of the pile either. We found that, for most things, it was fast enough. There were some occasions when we'd be scrolling around home screens to find apps, but we'd get a little stutter when it was happening. It's really not a big deal, and it won't affect your enjoyment of the phone at all.
Also, we played Real Racing 3 on it with no problems. It was smooth and fast, and worked every bit as well as on our Galaxy Note II, with a quad-core processor. It might not be the quickest then, but it's certainly very capable.
We also tested it playing a 720p network stream, which also worked brilliantly. There was no noticeable frame dropping - a sure sign a phone is struggling - and the video looked as good as it does on any quad-core phone we've used of late.
We've heard some mixed things about the camera on the Razr HD, but actually, we thought it was okay.
In good light, there was a solid image, which when viewed at 100 per cent size had only a little softness and smudging we'd usually associate with cameras on phones. Things do get a little bit more troublesome when the phone boosts the light electronically. As you can see in the photo of the Facebook mug, there's a lot of noise here, because it was dark and the camera has had to do some work to correct for it.
But overall, it's really not bad, and you can shoot video at 1080p too. Mostly, video is 30fps, but there's also a slow motion mode that will speed up to 60fps at a reduced resolution. With most people using cameraphones to record other people's utter stupidity, this is a clever idea and is likely to be very popular.
The sealed-in power pack on the Razr HD is a 2500mAh capacity lithium polymer cell. For a phone with a reasonably small OLED screen, this is ample, and you should see some really good life from the phone.
We always avoid being too specific with battery life on phones, because it's impossible for us to give any meaningful information to you about how the phone will last when you start using yours. With that said, we're confident you'll get through a whole day with this phone, under average use.
So there you have it, we have more faith in Motorola's products than Google CFOs do. While you could argue that the Razr HD isn't a "wow" device, you can't really argue that it's bad, because it isn't. And honestly, we really like its design and feel. It might not be one of the new generation of giaganto-phones that are all the rage now, but it will suit that audience who want smaller devices, with plenty of scope.
It's fair to say that the Razr suffers a bit for not having more processor power. It feels, in this regard, like a phone from last year. But let's not get too depressed about its performance, it does, after all, run Real Racing 3 perfectly and that high-resolution screen might be small, but it's bright, colourful and detailed.
Our main concern is that this is a premium-priced phone that perhaps is out-performed by Google's Nexus 4. And that's a strange problem for Google, as LG made that phone to its specification and has managed to keep the cost far lower than the Razr HD. No doubt, it's things like that which will hurt sales of the HD, but that shouldn't put you off. The Razr has that all-important microSD slot for one, and the battery life is better too.


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Director Doug Liman and "Precious" scribe Geoffrey Fletcher are joining forces on a movie about the notorious 1971 prison uprising at Attica.
Liman himself broke the news more than three weeks ago on his blog at 30 Ninjas, first spotted by In Contention, with a post about a trip he and Fletcher made to the upstate New York facility.
The project is particularly close to Liman, as his father, Arthur Liman, was appointed to investigate what exactly happened in cell block Z, where the most hardened criminals were kept and where the riot that killed 39 people, mostly guards, began.
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"This is how our guide put it: when you f--- up you go to prison, when you f---- up in prison they send you to Attica, and when you f--- up in Attica, they send you to cell block z," Liman recounted from his recent tour.
Though Arthur Liman made it very clear that he was on a fact-finding mission, and wasn't there gathering evidence for a prosecution, inmates were understandably wary of the young lawyer, none eager to see murder charges added to the time they were already serving.
Attica is a fascinating moment in America history, and inspired a classic scene from "Dog Day Afternoon." When Liman's on his game ("Swingers," "Bourne Identity") he's as good as anyone, and Fletcher has only one screenwriting credit, but it's a doozy. We'll be keeping an eye on this one.
Toward the end of his visit to Attica, Liman found himself standing a foot from Mark David Chapman, who he says gave him a hello that in one moment managed to convey, "Yes it's me, the famous killer of John Lennon, you've seen me, you'll have a great story to tell your friends, now f--- off and leave me in peace" all in one gesture and one hello."


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June 3, 2012
Njerëz Me Shpresa Të Thyera, or "Men with Broken Hopes," is a play that tells the story of soldiers returning from Vietnam in 1970. My Fulbright colleague Dave McTier directed his senior male students in this, their "diploma production." I loved their performances of these troubled young men.
Please visit Dave's blog to read the full details and see pictures of how he and his students brought this play to life.
Below are a few snapshots from the performance I attended. One of the pictures features director Dave McTier with the author, Shaip Grabovci, and his wife.


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Posted by James Briggs on October 10, 2003
In Reply to: Schmoozing posted by Henry on October 10, 2003
: : What do you have as the derivative for the word "Hob nob" or mingle with the upper class???
: Schmoozing is a common term for networking in professional circles.
For my efforts to find the origin of 'to hob nob' - read on!
Hob-nob: To hob-nob with someone is to associate with them; to keep their company. The expression is a corruption of the now defunct hab-nab in turn a shortening of old English habbe (=hit) and nabbe (=miss). This took on the implication of give & take and this giving and taking (of drinks) is one of the hallmarks of hob-nobbing. In 1811 it was "Will you Hob or Nob with me?" If the party so questioned replied "nob" they were deemed to have agreed to have a drink of wine with the proposer and had to choose red or white wine. The 1811 suggested origin goes back to the days of good queen Bess when great chimneys were in fashion. On each corner of the hearth or grate was a small projection called the hob. In winter beer was placed upon the hob to warm and cold beer was set upon a small table, said to have been called the nob and so the question "will you hob or nob with me?" seems to merely been an invitation to warm or cold beer. The modern use of Hob retains the furnace association.
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Hi Pierre,
How interesting that you found my message posted in 2005. It has been floating around in Cyber Space for over 4 years. I also, recently, received an e-mail from a distant relative, in Switzerland, who also found my message on the net.
I visited Holland last year (2008) along with a sister and my daughter. We went to Dinteloord, where our great grandfather and a few generations before him, lived.
There are still dozens of "Sulkers" families living in that town, south of Rotterdam, in North Brabant. We met a number of "Sulkers" there, but unfortunately the church in that town was bombed and burned, during WWII and all of the old town records were destroyed.
We were able to get the direct line of the "Sulkers" family from other sources and I now have our family tree back to the early 1700's.
There are no stories attached, unfortunately, but I do have names, dates of birth and death.
I also have a copy of an article printed on godutch.com, published on June 23, 2003. This gives a little of Herm's family history. You could possibly find this on their website or contact Vanderheide Publishing Co. Ltd. at 1-800-881-0705. It is a copyright article.
I have read all of the information that you sent to me and some of it is new to me.
I thank you for passing on the stories of other men that survived the sinking of the Athabaskan. Herm was among those hauled out of the water and taken as a POW. The family didn't know if he lived or died until those prisoners were rescued at the end of the war. Herm didn't talk much about those days, but I do remember him saying that bombers from both the Allies and the Enemy, flew over them every day and they never knew when the facility that they were imprisoned in, would be bombed, perhaps even by the Allied planes.
It must have been hell on earth for those men.
Again, thank you for your e-mail.
Let me know when you publish your next article about Herm.
I'd love to read it.
Best wishes,
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The weekend has arrived! This week was incredibly hectic, but very rewarding. I began my internship at the fertility center on Wednesday. I have a very good feeling about it, and I am fully aware and prepared to do lots of filing and notsofun stuff. My feeling is that even if 80% of what I am doing is essentially busy work, as long as the other 20% leaves me feeling fulfilled and/or like I have learned something, then it is completely worth it.
On my first day, one of the nurses gave me a tour and I was able to see the ultrasound rooms, the cryogenic freezer, the surgical rooms, the sperm donation room……and the room where embryos are literally made! The embryologist showed me the microscope that she works under to artificially inseminate the donor egg. It is attached to a TV screen so I will get to watch her make babies some time! I spent the rest of the time alphabetizing charts and paperwork, but even that was interesting. When I got home, I was ravenous and made a delicious dinner and dessert…
New Zealand lamb sliders on a whole wheat bun with Lori's goat cheese brussel sprouts.
You have to make these brussels. The recipe could literally make dirt taste good. I only made one alteration because I didn't have any juice, which for me is a huge deal seeing as I usually butcher recipes.
Balsamic Goat Cheese Brussel Sprouts
lots of brussel sprouts (for multiple servings)
1/2 sweet onion, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp goat cheese (I used a bit more)
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar (I just drizzled it everywhere, Im not sure if I used a whole 1/4 cup)
3 tbsp
orange juice pomegranate cocktail mixer (hehe)
salt &
Directions – Saute the onions in olive oil until soft and add the brussel sprouts. Cook until soft. Scrape into a bowl and toss together with everything else!
Dessert was another blog recipe! I have actually made Joanne's Boston Marathon Cookies twice. Once following her recipe religiously, and once changing it up a tad. Both ways were tasty, but my changes made them a bit more dessert-like and less snack-like.
Who knew sesame seeds in cookies would taste so delicious?
This photo is from when I made them according to the recipe. If you wish to try them the way I made them, sub coconut oil for the olive oil, skip the dates and lemon zest, and use more vanilla extract and sesame seeds.
On Thursday, I had my 8am biochemistry lab until 1. Knowing it was going to be long one, I made a hearty breakfast…
2 slices whole wheat toast, cream cheese, 4-oz smoked salmon, tomato, onion, salt
In lab, we extracted DNA from our own cheek cells, purified the lactate dehydrogenase enzyme, and then ran it through an electrophoresis gel. It sounds really fancy, but it actually wasn't so bad. I didn't do anything drastically wrong, but I did throw away the girl's next to me test tube of purified product. I had to dig through the trash to get it out for her. Unfortunately, the trash was filled with saliva from other peoples cheek cell extractions…… Yum.
Afterwards I went to the fertility center, for a few hours and mostly did filing. I got to talk to the head endocrinologist the last half hour of my shift and those 30 minutes of conversation left me feeling so excited and in awe. I shouldn't jump to any big conclusions, but MED SCHOOL kept running through my mind. As soon as I got out, I headed to the gym and did my usual weight lifting routine and followed it up with this bomb protein smoothie:
Dark Chocolate Cherry Protein Smoothie
Recipe: serves 1
1/2 cup frozen cherries
3/4 cup unsweetened chocolate almond milk
1 scoop chocolate protein powder (~25 grams protein)
couple drops stevia + vanilla extract + pinch salt
Directions – Blend!
I am sorry this was more of a diary entry than a blog post. Hopefully it wasn't too painful. I just got a package of vanilla beans in the mail (the envelope smelled of vanilla), so I'm thinkin' sesame-vanilla bean cookies are in order!


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Does anyone know if there is a public database of all cars that have claimed the Colorado tax credit?
I'm looking at a Nissan Leaf, and the ad says the tax credit has not been claimed, but how can I verify that?
Apologies if this is covered somewhere already, just point me in the right direction!
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I'm 21 years old and am a junior in college. I have been struggling with my faith since middle school and finally came out as Atheist early this school year to my boyfriend (who has been with me since high school and was going through the same thing surprisingly) and a select few friends. However, I still live at home when I'm not at the dorms. My parents are some of the most conservative Christian people I know. They already know I'm a liberal and they are upset and saddened by the fact that my political views differ so much from theirs. How do I tell them that I'm an atheist? Should I? I'm afraid if I did that my mom would want me to speak to her pastor or something. I'd say no of course, I'm an adult. But I don't want that kind of tension at home. I'm so conflicted...
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I wouldn't tell them until you're well out of college and living completely on your own. I was fortunate that when my mom found out, I was in my 30s, married, and most definitely not living with her. Good thing too, since she freaked out on me. It doesn't get easier just because you're an adult, but it IS easier not having to live with it! Don't drop that bombshell while you're under their roof.
That's what I'm thinking too. I'm just tired of lying and wish it didn't have to be this way. I wish they were more accepting.
Just keep in mind that they'll one day die and then you'll realize it's just two tears in a bucket. Let them live in their little miasma of ignorance and don't feel bad about withholding information. It's your life, do whatever it takes to live it the way you want.
Hey, you K0rsan you! I missed you - great to see you back :)
You noticed :)
I don't want to change them. I have no intent on converting them. I just with they didn't feel the need to change me... I think I'll just let them figure it out on their own. If they want to believe I'm a Christian, if it puts their minds at ease, then let them. But I'm not going to put on an act for them either. If one day they notice I'm not going to church and they come to the conclusion on their own, good for them.
Then YOU should be more tolerant with them. Until some months ago, my mother-in-law, a very conservative catholic lived with us. For years I respected her views, sometimes kidding with her believes but we lived in harmony. I think that with time she learned to accept my atheism as I accepted her theism. Now that she is dead, my wife and I are left in a home where although she is no as conservative as her mother, she still goes on believing in god and tolerates my atheism as I do the same with her thinking. I can assure you that we are a happy couple...
I am very tolerant of them. I don't see why people think I'm not. They can't see past the way they've been raised to be tolerant of ME.
Glad to hear that. You are in the good path. Best wishes.
What you said really helped. And the truth is, I do still rely on them financially and do not want to find out if they would keep paying or not. My mom complains already about how she's paying for a school that is introducing me to liberal ideas and although I do not think she is cruel enough to cut me off, it still scares me. I will perhaps wait till I'm graduated or wait for them to find out on their own. I haven't decided yet. Thanks again for your advice!
Welcome, If you a very, very lucky and engage into all your potential, perhaps one day they will grow also and come around to accept you. To me, family is more important that politics or religious belief or unbelief, so I love them for who they are and avoid conflict. You have to work with all sorts of people. Tolerance is the key. In a couple hundred years, because there are more and more like you, perhaps this problem will go away!
The problem come when I am tolerant and accepting of them but they are not of me. It hurts when you are trying to be kind and understanding and other people are harsh and mean. My family is more important to me than our different points of view. I just hope that they see me that way as well. I'm just afraid that they feel as though they will have to save me or convert me because they want to see me in heaven with them or something. I know it will be out of love in their minds but I just don't want that sort of interference in my life.