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Passing the 2014 farm bill was a huge accomplishment. Just as big will be USDA's interpretation of it. Farmers won't likely have to wait long to see what the department has in mind on key farm bill provisions, however.
USDA appears likely to roll out the first set of rules for new Title 1 programs—Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC)—by mid-July. "That's what I'm hearing," says Tom Sell, managing partner, Combest, Sell and Associates. He spoke this week at an AgGateway conference in Altoona, Iowa.
Because in choosing either ARC or PLC producers are stuck with their choice though 2018, Sell cautions farmers to take their time in making the decision. "There's no reason to hurry it," he says. With sign-up expected to run from late October to January, there will be plenty of time for making this important decision.
Sell, a lobbyist and former House Agriculture Committee staffer, says that PLC, a target price program based on a five-year average, appears a better safety net if program crop prices "head south and stay there," while ARC appears a better choice if prices only dip in occasional years.
One reason why many initially have viewed ARC favorably for corn in particular, he says, is that it is based on a five-year average of $5.27/bu., which for some counties could compute to a target revenue level of $1,000/acre or better. So if revenues fall below 86% of that, farmers would receive a payment. Tools to aid producers in making a decision between the two are being developed by the University of Illinois and Texas A&M University.
In Sell's view, it's remarkable that the farm bill passed at all, given the economic and political challenges it faced. "It's harder passing a farm bill when there is no crisis in agriculture," he says. Perhaps more significant, however, is the sharp divide in Congress that makes passing any legislation difficult. Sell, who served on the Republican side, faults both the far left and far right for making the passage of the farm bill such an onerous task. "We had exceptional opposition," he says
The left, he says, is dominated by environmental and other groups "who want to tear down farm programs," particularly the Environmental Working Group. "These people go to work every day to make your life difficult." Meanwhile, the right is dominated by libertarian groups such as the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. Instead of tackling big budget items that touch everybody, the far right seems to focus inordinate attention on the farm bill, presumable because so few people are directly involved, Sell explains.
Passing farm bills is particularly difficult in the House, Sell notes, because only roughly 70 of the 435 congressional districts have significant production agriculture. Underscoring the point of relatively small pockets of farmers, he notes that the new ag census shows that commercial farmers—those with $250,000 in gross sales or more —make up just 12% of the 2.1 million "farms" in the U.S.
This small number produces 89% of annual crops that supports16 million jobs that are tied to agriculture. Because of the House make-up, this is where the major ag policy hurdles take place, Sell says. And it didn't stop with passage of the farm bill. He notes that just this week, Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., introduced an amendment to the appropriations bill that would bar USDA from protecting the privacy of producer crop insurance information.
Sell notes that the blending of ag programs and food stamps "is a long term marriage" that has helped to pass farm law. Almost 80% of the farm bill is nutrition programs or $76 million out of $96 billion. Commodity programs now only make up $4-5 billion, $9 billion for crop insurance. Overall, "the new farm bill saved $23 billion," Sell says.
Crop insurance is the most important element in the new farm bill for producers, he says, and the one area in which all commodity groups were in agreement. A significant enhancement is the ability of producers to improve their APH to better reflect what they would expect to produce. Another, Sell says, is the ability of producers to purchase supplemental county-based insurance, or "SCO" and stack it on top of their individual insurance to cover a portion of their deductible. This has particular benefit for farmers who do not generally insure at higher levels because it is cost prohibitive.
Sell noted this farm bill generally offers increased flexibility to producers via improved crop insurance and the new farm programs that allow producers to update yields on some crops and not others. Another benefit, he says, is that the Risk Management Agency and the Farm Program Agency will improve data flow and management by using many of the same data sets. However, he acknowledges that many producers are justifiably concerned about conservation compliance being tied to the subsidy portion of federal crop insurance, but that it was needed in the end to get the bill completed.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Investors punished Apple's stock Wednesday, driving it down more than 5% after the technology giant disappointed Wall Street by failing to announce a cheaper iPhone and a deal with China's largest wireless carrier.
Both bits of news had been widely expected at an event Apple held at its headquarters Tuesday.
Although a partnership with China Mobile is still imminent, shareholders and Wall Street analysts were not as confident that Apple will regain much momentum in emerging smartphone markets such as China without a more affordable phone.
"Apple is positioned as a very premium brand in China, priced out of reach of most consumers," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst for Moor Insights and Strategy. "The new iPhone 5c makes Apple more competitive, but not as much as many expected."
For the first time since the first iPhone appeared six years ago, Apple unveiled two new iPhones this week. The first is the iPhone 5s, a high-end smartphone that sports improved features such as an upgraded camera, a fingerprint sensor for better security, and a dramatically faster processor.
But analysts were more interested in the second phone, the iPhone 5c, which has a plastic shell and will come in any of five colors.
For months, speculation was rampant that the "c" stood for "cheap" and that the new phone would be offered at a lower price to target first-time smartphone buyers and consumers in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil.
With Apple's overall growth slowing, investors and analysts believe that Apple's best opportunity to supercharge its growth is to become more competitive in these newer markets.
But carriers in those countries don't subsidize the cost of phones as they do in the U.S. As such, Apple's iPhones are too costly for average users and the company has been losing market share to rivals such as Samsung and its Android-based phones.
It turned out the rumors about the iPhone 5c's pricing were way off base. The phone is being sold for less than the iPhone 5s, but more than the iPhone 4s. People had been so focused on the iPhone 5c being a "cheap" phone that it took several hours after the event for the reality to sink in that the phone was much pricier than expected.
The 5c is still targeted at the same mid-priced market in which Apple has already been selling phones, said Walter Piecyk, an analyst at BTIG Research. "The introduction of colors could broaden that appeal for consumers, but that is hardly an innovation."
Expectations were also high that Apple would trumpet a deal to allow China Mobile to sell the iPhone. Apple has been pursuing a deal for years to get that nation's largest wireless carrier to offer the iPhone.
Those assumptions were fed, in part, by word that Apple was holding a special media event in Beijing on Wednesday. In addition, the release of a gold-colored iPhone 5s was seen as a bid to appeal to Asian customers.
In fact, the announcement didn't happen. But Apple did get a hopeful sign Wednesday when a Chinese regulator approved a license that would allow the iPhone to run on China Mobile's network.
Still, without a cheaper iPhone to sell in China, Apple's stock fell $26.93, or 5.44%, to $467.71 on Wednesday.
That followed a drop of 2.44% on Tuesday following the announcement. The plunge puts the stock back in the same territory it held in August before shareholder activist Carl Icahn announced he had bought a $1-billion stake in the company.
Of course, consumers will have the final say when the new phones go on sale Sept. 20. Apple will be launching the new phones in more markets simultaneously, including China for the first time, than ever before.
Observers will be watching closely to see if the new phones eclipse the 5 million iPhone 5 units that were sold in the first weekend of sales last year.
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NBC Will Bring 'Matrix'-Type Replay to NFL Game, Because the Future Is AwesomeAugust 2, 2013
NBC would like you to take the red pill and spiral down the rabbit hole of awesome.
SportsGrid reports NBC will bring "freeD" (Free Dimensional Video) to the opening NFL clash between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants in Week 1.
On Sunday, Sept. 8, fans will see replays that look a great deal like this.
For reaction, we tip our hats to the greatest screen actor of all time.
Wait, that's the wrong movie.
That's better.
"Bullet time" is just one of the many things that made The Matrix such a highly enjoyable movie, and also made us forgive Keanu Reeves' acting.
Since that time, the manner in which filmmakers can replicate the effect has been well documented. The short version: You have a number of cameras shooting the same subject from various angles.
In much the same way, NBC is bringing a little bit of Matrix to the only place equipped with the mandated number of cameras at the moment, the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium.
As SportsGrid notes, other stadiums should follow suit to provide coverage of nearly every conceivable angle of a certain play.
No Film School posted a video that should give you some semblance of how the technology works. Remarkably, the render on similar captures is only, on average, 30 seconds.
PetaPixel reports NBC plans to have two 24-camera rigs set up in each end zone for the big game in Week 1.
If you are wondering what that might entail, PetaPixel directs our attention to NHK, who created a remarkable robotic rig that seems to stop time.
We have to note that NHK's version is not what NBC will do, but the report does offer that it should be similar.
What does this mean for fans? It means you get to have one more thing to enjoy and, in time, get used to. That means, years from now, we will all complain about how we don't get the freeD replay quick enough, or how it didn't show the angle we really wanted.
Enjoy the show on Sept. 8, when this captivating visual trinket features as a novelty. The only downside is that the technology is a year late to the party.
We really could have used 24 simultaneous shots of the butt fumble.
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WHAT ROCKS >> The more time I spend observing and listening to Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, the more impressed I am.
And less and less surprised I am he is in the Super Bowl in just his second season in the NFL.
The way Wilson articulates his feelings, the more convinced I am he will end up having a long, successful career provided his health holds up.
Like when he explained his belief in himself — and the faith he has in a higher power.
"I think the biggest thing in my life is definitely my faith and being where I am today. God has me here for a particular reason," Wilson said. "I remember playing pro baseball and playing pro football, trying to figure out what should I do and that type of thing. Having to leave N.C. State, and asking, 'Where do I go to next?' Everybody was telling me I was going to be a big-league second baseman. I was the prototypical 5-11, 205-pound second baseman. I could run, I could hit, I could steal bases. I could do all those things. I had this itch to the game of football. I believed that I could go to the Super Bowl and win multiple Super Bowls and do all of those things. I believed in that every day."
WHAT BLOWS >> As much as I'm anxious for some warm weather back home in California, I have to admit I'm a little bummed my time here in New York is winding down. This was a different Super Bowl Week experience, to be sure, considering the weather conditions, the two-state logistics going back and forth between New York and New Jersey and the fact that, while the Super Bowl is typically bigger than the city hosting it, in New York it's the other way around.
But the festive atmosphere is prevalent, and the spirit of Manhattan is obvious. And that's made for a wonderful week.
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While visiting the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., five years ago, Jane Allen Petrick '67 glimpsed two paintings that felt eerily familiar—though she'd never seen them before.
The Problem We All Live With depicted a little African American girl walking bravely to school between four escorts. On the wall behind her, a burst tomato and a racial epithet hinted at the struggle to integrate schools in the 1960s. Petrick was struck by what felt like a version of her own 6-year-old self: straight posture, folded white socks, and "a dark brown forehead topped by a thick wooly braid," she says. The other picture that held her spellbound was Boy in a Dining Car, whose kindly Pullman waiter immediately reminded Petrick of her beloved uncle Hugh.
Nourished and inspired by the artist's depictions of African Americans, Petrick found herself wondering about the subjects Rockwell had used as models. She spent several years tracking down these African Americans, in addition to Native Americans in his works, and recording their experiences. The result is her book Hidden in Plain Sight: The Other People in Norman Rockwell's America.
One of those models was Pauline Adams Grimes, who was 5 when she and her three siblings took part in a three-hour photo shoot in 1952 in Rockwell's studio. The American folk painter Grandma Moses, a friend of Rockwell's, had recommended the Adams family when he was seeking models for a United Nations mural. In Petrick's book, Grimes recounts how the soft-spoken artist offered the children cookies and bottled Cokes. They were paid $15 each, which was $5 more than Rockwell usually paid his models, and a welcome windfall for their single mother. In the mural, Grimes appears in the lower left corner, her hands clasped in prayer. Her older brother Paul is depicted as an African boy with gold hoop earrings.
Petrick says she was pleased to discover that Rockwell, who died in 1978, was far more inclusive than his reputation as an artist of white 1950s suburban America suggests. "I never expected that a visit to the Berkshires would result in my writing about Norman Rockwell," says Petrick, who studied economics at Barnard. She has a doctorate in organizational psychology, and worked as a corporate director for Knight-Ridder (since acquired by The McClatchy Co.) and a senior director of human resources for AT&T Wireless. Passionate about cultural and historic preservation, she enjoys leading tours and is a certified and licensed tour guide.
Ultimately Rockwell gripped her attention and would not let go. "Amidst all the voices that broke free as I was researching this story, amidst all the voices that wanted to tell their stories for the first time, the loudest voice of all was that of Norman Rockwell," she says.
Despite the artist's penchant for sentimentality and even kitsch, Petrick discovered that he didn't shy away from racial controversy. In The Problem We All Live With—the work that initially caught Petrick's eye—he captured the commingled fear and courage of the little girl tasked with integrating an all-white school. Rockwell also regularly depicted minorities as workers, citizens, and bystanders, all part of America's rich, diverse fabric.
Delving into her subject, she was grateful for the encouragement she received from Laura Claridge, author of a 2001 biography of Rockwell. "The more she talked to me about what she was going to do, the more excited I got," Claridge says. "I told her I thought it was magnificent. How could it not be?" She says that neither she nor any of Rockwell's other biographers had explored the ethnicity of his models. "It was shameful to me because I don't consider myself an unenlightened person," she says. She praised Hidden in Plain Sight as "excellent" and "a necessary supplement if you're really serious about looking at Rockwell."
Petrick, who lives in Woodstock, N.Y., and Coral Gables, Fla., says she put her Barnard training to use as she investigated. "That's what you get for having a great liberal arts education like you get at Barnard!" she says with a warm laugh. "You know how to do research, and once you get curious about something, you can't let it go. You have to keep going."
Petrick launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $3,500 for copyediting, formatting, and indexing. She topped that goal with donations totaling $4,450 from 75 people. The self-published book was released last year in digital and print formats. It's printed on demand and available as a download. Petrick has begun working on a hardcover second edition with a tentative release date of 2016. She's securing permissions to reproduce pictures that contain minority models so readers can see not only Rockwell's iconic art but also the diverse faces he immortalized.


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Dajuma is located just next door the fishermen village of Pekutatan. Every morning, our guests can assist to the return of these beautiful prahos which spent all the night long trying to catch fish and seafood. It is a rare … Read More
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Special Trail Bike Event in Pekutatan this week
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Clove and Cacao's harvests have been particularly good this year in Pekutatan. Together with rice, vegetable, coffee and fruit, the clove and cacao plantations are well developped in this part of the island. The farmers proceed with the harvest of … Read More
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Gandi's Rajasewala ceremony
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Pekutatan beach in the « Jakarta Post » newspaper
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Happy New Year! Selamat Tahun Baru!
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Pekutatan "floating fishing market"
From the cape where Puri Dajuma stretches, one major point of interest is the everyday fishermen activity just besides. The nearby Pulukan river, and the Medewi one at 200 meters west, both going to the bay make it very attracting … Read More
Pekutatan 30 years ceremony
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Dr. Richard Carwardine, who is an internationally recognized expert on Abraham Lincoln and president of Corpus Christi College of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, will make three presentations at Hope College on Wednesday, Sept. 25, as the first speaker of the college's new Presidential Colloquium lecture series.
The public is invited to all of the events. Admission is free.
He will present his Presidential Colloquium address, "Abraham Lincoln and the Lessons of Leadership," at 4 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall. A faculty panel discussion and book signing will follow.
Carwardine's other two talks will take place earlier in the day.
He will deliver an informal talk on the translation of the King James Bible at 10 a.m. in the Rare Book Reading Room of the Van Wylen Library. Corpus Christi College was one of the locations where the translation of the King James Bible took place. The library's 1611 King James Bible will be on display during the talk.
He will make the informal presentation "Abraham Lincoln: Emancipation and Its Legacies in the United States and Abroad" at 2 p.m. in the DeWitt Center Herrick Room. He will examine the story of the Emancipation Proclamation and the international impact of Lincoln's actions.
The Presidential Colloquium is a semi-annual lecture series that brings prominent, internationally known thinkers to Hope. Through lectures, panelist responses drawn from the Hope community and other engagements with the campus, the speakers will share their insights on the academy, leadership and global civic engagement. The desire is that they will challenge Hope to deeper conversation on these topics, which furthers the collge's mission "to educate students for lives of leadership and service in a global society." The series has been established in conjunction with the inaugural year of President John C. Knapp, who became the college's 12th president on July 1.
Carwardine's research focuses on Lincoln and 19th-century American politics and religion. He has given papers and lectured widely on both sides of the Atlantic to academic and general audiences, and he gave the Birkbeck Lectures in religious history at Trinity College, Cambridge in 2004.
His analytical biography of Abraham Lincoln won the Lincoln Prize in 2004 and was subsequently published in the United States as "Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power" (Knopf, 2006). In July 2009, as an adviser to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, he convened—with his Corpus colleague Dr. Jay Sexton—an international conference in Oxford to examine Abraham Lincoln's global legacy, the proceedings of which appeared as "The Global Lincoln" (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011).
Carwardine's publications also include "Transatlantic Revivalism: Popular Evangelicalism in Britain and America 1790-1865" (Greenwood Press, 1978) and "Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America" (Yale University Press, 1993). He is currently working on a study of religion in American national construction between the Revolution and the Civil War.
Carwardine has been president of Corpus Christi College Oxford since 2010. His election marked his return to his undergraduate college, where he read modern history from 1965 to 1968.
As the Ochs-Oakes Senior Scholar in American History at Queen's College (1968-71), he worked on a doctoral study of American and British 19th-century religious revivalism. He spent one of his graduate years at the University of California, Berkeley, during an era of campus convulsions (1969-70).
Appointed to a Lectureship in American History at the University of Sheffield in 1971, he became Professor of American History in 1994, and served a term as Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1999-2001). He has held research awards from the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust, and has taken visiting positions at Syracuse University (1974-75) and--as a Fulbright/American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellow--at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1989).
In 2002 he was elected Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford and a Fellow of St Catherine's College. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2006.
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Here's a bunch of character designs for industrial workers toiling away in the factories of Dustrum. I want to do some architectural designs, like I did for the slums, to accompany these characters:
Also, a couple of people asked if I could show the process behind one of my pieces that uses 3d as a basis, so here are a couple of images for the Silver Dagger I posted last time. I initially did some doodles on paper for the design, but they were too crappy to scan! So after that I did a quick silhouette design in Photoshop:
Then I created a 3d model in Maya using custom parts and some kitbashed stuff from models I found online. I doodled over the top of a screengrab to get some ideas for how I wanted the details to look. I do this a lot (drawing over my work) often in bold red to remind myself of things I need to fix/add. I find it's really handy to do this when you leave a piece part way through as it helps you focus when you go back to it again. It's also a good way to quickly test out ideas.
After the modeling is done I do a quick render as a start for the paintover. This model ended up being more finished than most of my blockouts. I often just render a simple directional and ambient occlusion render with just a default lambert rather than adding specific materials, but this time I decided to try doing more in the render and less in Photoshop:
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When installed in Photoshop's Plug-ins folder, the Force Black and White Extension Plug-in forces Photoshop 5.0.x to include a pure black entry (0, 0, 0) at the beginning of the palette and a pure white (255, 255, 255) color at the end of the palette, whenever a document is converted into the Indexed Color mode using the Adaptive palette. Images converted in this fashion will work in the applications that require pure white and pure black palette entries, but the colors chosen will be slightly less optimal for the image since there are two less of them available.
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Fresh topics? Um, um. Drop the puck.
So this will be extremely brief. Sharks practiced for about 90 minutes this morning. Half-way through, they paraded from one sheet of ice to another so it'd be fresh without taking time for a Zamboni freshening up. Common practice during training camp and pre-season, not so much from October-April.
Colin White didn't skate and, as forecast, the penalty kill got a lot of attention.
*****Highlight of locker room afterward as players watched the Winter Classic Alumni tilt: "Danny, you should be playing in this game," says Logan Couture (22) to Dan Boyle (35).
*****This is the first year in five that I'm not on the road and able to welcome in the New Year with family and friends. It's also the first year in five that I have responsibility for the traditional New Year's Eve tamale pick-up — and time's a wasting.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
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I don't know how I have accumulated so many! I take photos to list them, and then am disappointed that the photo doesn't do the bear justice. I also go through sewing spurts and just want to sew. Currently I am working on a larger tan bear, larger pink bear, pink and red panda, mauve panda, and pink and cream panda. Busy I say! I'm pretty sure I don't need to sleep this week.
Anyways, here's the new ones! A few are available on
. I will be updating
later tonight.
And finally, my new tag!
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Hello, my name is Barbette Jensen. I live with my family in sunny Florida. I've been making bears for many years. I love the mohair and all the vintage trims I use. They are all my own design, some drawn directly on the mohair. I have collectors all over the world and am grateful for each stitch I make on my little guys.
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Just before the July 4th celebration, I recommended a co-worker to come to Bayfield and enjoy the daytime parade with her 4-year-old daughter, explaining that Bayfield is a child-friendly, wonderful community. Unfortunately, my co-worker happened to find a spot on Mill Street among people who definitely were not representative of the Bayfield I know. Near the end of the parade, when candies were tossed to the bystanders, the surrounding boys, probable ages of 8-10 years, bullied and grabbed anything within their reach, disregarding the presence of a much younger child. Not only were these boys bullies, their parents (if they were present) did not intervene, much less reprimand the children's behavior. In fact, one adult male actually grabbed a candy from my friend's little girl's hand! Needless to say, by parade's end, the little girl was crying and terrified even after mother had taken her out of the crowd.
Perhaps we need to reconsider sharing "gifts" during a parade if this is the kind of behavior it elicits.
What I had hoped would be a pleasant experience for a little child turned out to be a display of rudeness, greed and even some violence. Let's hope these boys were not from our area.
Edith Balceris


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Friday night cocktail
It hasn't been a bad week; things are picking up a bit at work, and I'm still feeling flush with the success of last weekend's skirt making. I wanted to keep the good going, so I've spent tonight doing things I enjoy: watching trash movies and having a cocktail.
The trash movie is last weekend's Meteor (part two on Sunday!), and the cocktail is a true Old Fashioned.
(OK, maybe not true — I don't have any bourbon. ((I used Jack Daniels, a fair compromise.)) But there's no fruit in my recipe — fruit does not belong in an Old Fashioned.)
To make:
Mix up some simple syrup if you don't have some already. ((Put equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until it forms a light syrup. Cool before using. I just keep a jar of it in the fridge.))
Then, in an old fashioned glass (the short, fat, round kind), put several cubes of ice, two tablespoons of simple syrup (I used less because of the Jack Daniels), a couple dashes each Angostura bitters and Peychaud bitters ((You might have to search for the Peychaud bitters, but they're worth it. Not just for the color — bright red — but for the flavor and aroma.)) and a couple of ounces bourbon. Scotch can work too, but I don't really care for Scotch. Stir gently and enjoy slowly.


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Remember the bared wall from all the previous posts, gone baby gone. My husband is not home so I'm actually quite nervous to see how he would react to the Audrey Hepburn's picture. ^_^
I'm still looking and testing different places and angles to put my camera for pictures going forward. This picture might have resulted from placing the camera at the top of my bookshelf. I'm not quite happy with it but I was too quickly changing out of my dress so I'll just have to post the "best" of what I have. Lesson learned!


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He explained that by trying to stay within the confines of the original design - because many firms prefer a gradual evolution of technology - and leaning towards conservative technology, optimal results are not achieved.
Two historic images highlighted the transformation of a horse carriage into an early car model, starting with removing the horses and all the pulling-gear attached to them. The next step was fitting an engine and modifying the front-axle steering with a handlebar, finalised by an artificial horse head attached to the carriage-car body in front. This artefact was perceived a necessary precaution to prevent panic in the horses of the horse-carriages that passed by the new vehicle.
One of the key design objectives of vehicle-mass reduction by Ford was to cut the lifecycle CO2-emission footprint, explained a Ford research expert. He referred to a quote by Henry Ford of 1923: "Fat men cannot run as fast as thin men, but we build most of our vehicles as though dead-weight fat increased speed! Saving even a few pounds of a vehicle's weight ... could mean that they would also go faster and consume less fuel. Reducing weight involves reducing materials, which, in turn, means reducing cost as well."
A century's worth of advancement in the automotive industry cannot be compared with only about 35 years of modern wind-industry development, but there are interesting parallels in a need for lower mass, costs and environmental impact, and for public acceptance.
Visual acceptance
American wind expert Paul Gipe wrote that many contemporary US turbine designers had distinct technology preferences for basic lightweight structures and integrated drivetrain solutions. Danish turbine designers, noted Gipe, had already realised the importance of harmonious, visually pleasing turbine designs as critical for public acceptance.
I experienced the importance of turbine visual aspects when I visited eastern Germany in 2002 to see Enercon's prototype 4.5MW E-112 wind turbine. Beforehand, I could not imagine what to expect, or how such a giant turbine would dominate its surroundings. But while passing groups of Enercon turbines all with characteristic eggbeater nacelle, it was only when I was very close that I was able to distinguish it from smaller models.
Some argue that with turbines developed for offshore use the visual design aspects, including the choice of two or three blades, are insignificant for market acceptance, giving almost unlimited freedom to product designers in the race to produce larger turbines with a parallel main objective to curb head mass.
One example of a radical design is the Aerogenerator X, an unusual 10MW vertical-axis offshore turbine development led by UK-based Wind Power Limited. It features a V-shape two-blade Darrieus-type rotor with 270-metre diameter and double-sided tip winglets.
Spoke-type generator
Last year Norwegian company Sway Turbine introduced a 10MW horizontal-axis ST10 offshore turbine with an unusual 25-metre spoke-type direct-drive permanent magnet generator. Innovative is the integration of generator and three rotor-blade supports, eliminating a traditional rotor hub and a main enabler towards limiting head mass at around 625 tonnes or less.
Dutch engineering consultancy Mecal launched its 12MW offshore concept turbine with a 200-metre rotor diameter this year. The product reference was a state-of-the-art 6MW offshore turbine, adding a 155-metre rotor diameter. Despite doubling the rated capacity and an initial 1,050-tonne head mass and massive overall dimensions, the turbine's shape largely resembles the appearance of smaller turbines developed decades ago.
Mecal indicated that besides asking the right questions regarding methods, materials and constraints, a maximum of two main technology innovations in such a new product development has proven to be key in curbing project risk. Many comments I heard around the industry showed an easier acceptance of the likelihood of production for this model than for those of more unusual designs.
Wind industry expert opinions further suggest that Mecal's overall strategy could, for the moment, offer an optimal balance between the industry's wish to continue innovating while curbing technical, bankability and other risks. Trying to stay close to the original could prove a successful basis for continued product advancement.
Eize de Vries is Windpower Monthly's technology and market trends consultant.


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In this SI interview, he says the things I believe.
He also sounds like the other coaches in Buffalo last year brought him frustration, which I like because that is also something I believe.
In this SI interview, he says the things I believe.
He also sounds like the other coaches in Buffalo last year brought him frustration, which I like because that is also something I believe.
Go, Flaming Thumbtacks!
That's a really good article. Provides a lot of detail to back up some things that I said about Pettine after the draft. (At #10. I wasn't right about Brett Smith, apparently.)
Follow me on twitter @kocsan.
I said it about Seattle in 2009, San Francisco in 2010 and Cleveland in 2013: They were/are a coach and a QB away from being very, very good. maybe the Browns found their guy(s)."My point was, I hope we're not drafting fourth again anytime soon. Let's look at the model. If you don't have that guy, then you need to build it like Seattle did, like San Francisco did. Get a guy with some unique traits, but first and foremost, he's not going to lose the game for you. Building a great defense and offensive line so we can run the ball—the quarterback's going to look good because you're not going to be in third-and-8, you're going to be in third-and-4. Percentage-wise you're going to convert more. Then ask the guy to make a couple plays with his feet, complete a fourth-quarter comeback half the time. Next thing you know, you look up and you're pretty damn good."
I'm not buying Manziel nor am I selling. Pettine? Might be a strong buy come October. I hope so. I know a few browns fans. Those guys deserve better than they have gotten since the fracnhise's return.
Workin' on mysteries without any clues
So a year is in the books. What do you guys think of him now? Would be curious to see an update on this thread since its been a year now. My personal opinion is that hes a good coach. Plays the media well and is well liked from a player perspective. Knows his defense and is learning on the offensive side. There could be improvement but if it ain't broke don't fix it is my motto. We need some stability with this team so I say leave him alone for at least another year or two. I'm convinced the Maziel project was not all his doing regarding when he started etc...
I think your team has good coach. Mine might, now, too.
Go, Flaming Thumbtacks!


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There's a certain type of reader — often also a writer, with a leaf-fring'd MFA — who has it all figured out. The realist novel is a scam, a factory producing cardboard imitations of bourgeois life. This is the person at the party who mentions having read "Gravity's Rainbow" twice and says things like, "Oh, that's too narrative for me." The critic James Wood was born to drive this person crazy.
Wood, a staff writer for The New Yorker, is an unabashed champion of realism, and he has the better arguments. The caricature of realism might score points against John Updike or Tom Wolfe, but George Eliot? Henry James? Anton Chekhov? Or, in our own time, Marilynne Robinson or J.M. Coetzee? Realism, as Wood put it in his 2008 primer "How Fiction Works," "is nothing like as naive as its opponents charge; almost all the great 20th-century realist novels also reflect on their own making, and are full of artifice." His guiding principle is that we seek in fiction — and great fiction seeks to achieve — what he calls "lifeness": "life on the page, life brought to different life by the highest artistry." This value brings together Thomas Hardy and James Joyce, Jane Austen and Gertrude Stein; they revere, not reproductive fidelity, but truth. Franz Kafka's fractured parables may be "unrealistic," but they tell us something about the way things are — about our spiritual condition, not some monstrous vermin's.
This piece first ran in Printers Row Journal, delivered to Printers Row members with the Sunday Chicago Tribune and by digital edition via email. Click here to learn about joining Printers Row.
In "The Fun Stuff and Other Essays," his third collection of essays and reviews following 1999's "The Broken Estate" and 2004's "The Irresponsible Self," Wood sets his laser sights on Leo Tolstoy and Lydia Davis, the King James Bible and Ben Lerner, V.S. Naipaul and Cormac McCarthy. He obliterates Zadie Smith and Paul Auster, reappraises George Orwell and Edmund Wilson, and mourns his father-in-law and Keith Moon. It isn't Wood's particular judgments that make him worth reading; he'll never convince me that I overvalue Thomas Pynchon or undervalue Julian Barnes. Rather, he passes a crucial test of criticism: He is unfailingly interesting to read, regardless of one's personal interest in the author under review.
Wood is also a novelist ("The Book Against God," 2003), and his strengths as a critic are a novelist's strengths: He knows how to tell a good story, and he abhors cliche. He begins a review of Marilynne Robinson with "Growing up in a religious household, I got used to the sight of priests, but always found them fascinating and slightly repellent"; recounts a quarrel between Richard Yates and his wife that ends with Yates exclaiming, "Well, cut my penis off!"; informs us that John Jay Chapman "lost his arm by thrusting it into a fire — he was morbidly in love." Wood is a more careful reader of sentences than any other reviewer now working and doesn't shy from shaming those who have commended lazy writing; the praise of "writing beautifully" falls "like the rain on the just and the unjust." He produces a damning parody of Auster's prose, which, though acclaimed for its elegance, "seems to be involved in some weird, breathless competition to fit the greatest number of shopworn objects into its basket."
This attention to the criteria of good writing, to tics and habits, to the actual words on the page (an attention that should be, but isn't, de rigueur for a critic) gives Wood a global knowledge of a writer's style. You could read him an old grocery list of Saul Bellow's, and he'd be able to identify its author before the fourth item. He makes ingenious connections: Lydia Davis' aphoristic flash fictions recall Lichtenberg; Robinson's manner is Ruskinian; Orwell on the proximity of the dining room to the kitchen reminds Wood of Jonathan Edwards on our nearness to hell. In these essays, Wood wonders how Henry James would have described a cow's udder; he assures Naipaul that, yes, Anita Brookner writes the same novel year after year.
He has his blind spots. He is a blandly liberal secularist, so when he touches on political or religious themes, he loses the capacity to surprise — and sometimes to get his facts straight. He seems to agree with Wilson that Marx believed "that when the proletariat took over it would simply be on its best behavior." But Marx believed no such thing. Elsewhere Wood says that monotheism is unknown in antiquity outside the Pentateuch, which is a common misconception, but a misconception all the same. In some pieces not collected here, he can seem awfully naive about theology for someone who quotes Origen with facility. And I can't tell if he knows that the title of Ben Lerner's novel "Leaving the Atocha Station" is lifted from a John Ashbery poem.
Never mind. When Wood is on, he opens up new dimensions of the novel he's reading in a way that strands other critics in Flatland. Of the wrenching, manipulative ending of Ian McEwan's "Atonement," he writes that
it alienates some conventional readers, who dislike what they feel to be a trick, but it alienates some sophisticated readers, who also dislike what they feel to be a trick; and I suspect that the estrangement of both camps has to do with their guilt at having been moved by the novel's conventional romantic power.
The syntactical joke of the first half of this sentence is well outside the range of most reviewers. What he says of Tolstoy — he is "masterful at the apprehension that forces a sudden reappraisal of reality" — could be said of Wood himself, if we substitute "fiction" for "reality." Which is what we do, as Wood knows, all the time.
Michael Robbins is the author of "Alien vs. Predator."
"The Fun Stuff and Other Essays"
By James Wood, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 339 pages, $27


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Squeeze a few links of Mexican chorizo onto a pan and cook over medium heat, breaking it up. When it's browned, add the chopped onions and peppers, and squeeze the garlic in through a press. Add olive oil if needed - but you shouldn't need much, because chorizo is oily stuff. Your potato water should be boiling by now. Let the potatoes boil a minute or two, until they're just barely or maybe even not quite cooked through. Drain. Your onions and peppers should be somewhat softened. Add the potatoes into the mix, stirring well so that everything is coated with chorizo grease. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, but carefully - you don't want to turn your potatoes into mush. Grab your favorite hot sauce and drizzle it generously over everything. I used Co-op Mole Hot Sauce, which I love. It added a nice earthiness and a note of bitter chocolate. But I think regular old Frank's would be pretty awesome too. Or whatever else you like. Anyhow, stir, then turn the heat to high and let everything crisp up some. As a finale, sprinkle some grated cheddar over the top.
Pretty awesome.


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Kanye West will break his silence after becoming a father for the first time on the season finale of his mother-in-law-to-be's summer talk show.
Kim Kardashian's mom, Kris Jenner, has landed a rare interview with the rapper – the two sat down to chat about family matters, parenthood and West's frequent spats with the media on Monday, and the show is expected to air on Friday, when the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" matriarch closes out her six-week-long trial TV show run.
Kardashian, who gave birth to West's baby girl North in June, made a surprise appearance on her mom's show earlier this month, but only in a short video message.


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Over the past 40 years, many nations have replaced lower-denomination notes with coins as a means of providing a financial benefit to their governments. GAO has reported five times over the past 22 years that replacing the $1 note with a $1 coin would provide a net benefit to the government of hundreds of millions of dollars annually.[1]
[1]Over time, GAOs estimate has changed due to a variety of reasons, including the increased lifespan of the $1 note and different assumptions in its analyses.
The federal government realizes a financial gain when it issues notes or coins because both forms of currency usually cost less to produce than their face value. This gain, which is known as seigniorage, equals the difference between the face value of currency and its costs of production.[1] Seigniorage reduces the governments need to raise revenues through borrowing, and with less borrowing, the government pays less interest over time, resulting in a financial benefit.
GAO updated its most recent March 2011 estimate[2] due to changes by the Federal Reserve and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in note processing and $1 coin production[3] and found that replacing the $1 note with a $1 coin would provide a net benefit to the government of approximately $4.4 billion over 30 years, amounting to an average yearly discounted net benefit[4] of about $146 million. This benefit occurs because, based on differences in how notes and coins are used in the economy, more coins than notes will have to be circulated to meet demand, and therefore more seignorage will be created. This estimate differs from what GAO reported in March 2011 because it takes into account the Treasurys decision in December 2011 to stop producing $1 coins for circulation immediately. To meet public demand for the coins, the Treasury intends to rely on the approximately 1.4 billion $1 coins currently stored with the Federal Reserve as of September 30, 2011. The current estimate also differs from the 2011 estimate because it uses a revised forecast that anticipates a lower government borrowing rate over the next 30 years and a longer life expectancy for the $1 note that results from efficiencies in the way the Federal Reserve processes notes, which began in April 2011.
GAOs current estimate assumes a 4-year transition period beginning in 2012 during which the production of $1 notes stops immediately and $1 coins are quickly produced to meet demand for this currency denomination. This replacement scenario is compared to a status quo scenario under which $1 notes remain the primary single dollar currency. The status quo scenario also incorporates the Treasurys December 2011 decision to rely on $1 coins in storage to meet public demand for $1 coins until that stock is nearly depleted, at which time production of $1 coins would resume. According to the Treasury, the coins in storage could meet current levels of circulating demand for more than a decade. As shown in the figure below, the annual net benefit from replacing the $1 note with a $1 coin would vary over the 30 yearsthe government would incur a net loss in 6 of the first 7 years and then realize a net benefit in the remaining years. The early net loss from replacing the $1 note is due in part to the up-front costs to the United States Mint of increasing its coin production during the transition, together with the limited interest expense the government would avoid in the first few years after replacement began. GAOs net benefit estimate is due solely to seigniorage and not to reduced production costs. In fact, the production costs of transitioning to a $1 coin are never recovered during the 30-year period. And like all estimates, it is uncertain, particularly in the later years, and thus the benefit could be greater or smaller than estimated.
Discounted Net Benefit to the Government of Replacing $1 Notes with $1 Coins over 30 Years, by Year
The December 2011 action by the Treasury to stop producing $1 coins for circulation and to meet public demand for the coin by using the $1 coins currently being stored will reduce government costs by preventing the overproduction of $1 coins. The overproduction results from the presidential $1 coin program, which requires four new presidential $1 coin designs, featuring images of past presidents in the order they served, to be issued each year.[5] According to Federal Reserve officials, because the United States Mint delivers each new presidential coin design to banks in large quantities, banks have no choice but to order more coins than they ultimately need to fulfill the demand for new coins.[6] As a result, unneeded coins are returned to the Federal Reserve, which held over 1.4 billion $1 coins in storage as of September 30, 2011. The Treasury estimates that stopping production of $1 coins for circulation while it draws down the coins in storage will save about $50 million per year over the next several years in coin production costs. However, GAO estimates that eliminating $1 notes and replacing them with a $1 coin will have larger net benefit over time.
[1]Traditionally, seigniorage is defined as the difference between the face value of coins and their cost of production. As long as there is public demand, the government creates this net value when it puts coins into circulation. Similarly, when the Federal Reserve issues notes, it creates an analogous net value for the federal government, equal to the face value of the notes less their production costs.
[2]In March 2011, GAO estimated that replacing the $1 note with a $1 coin would provide a net financial benefit to the government of about $5.5 billion over 30 years.
[3]In April 2011, the Federal Reserve put in place new equipment to process notes that extended the life of the $1 note to approximately 56 months; GAO used an estimated note life of 40 months in its 2011 report. In December 2011, the Treasury Department decided to stop producing $1 coins for circulation, relying on coins currently stored at the Federal Reserve to meet the relatively small transactional demand for $1coins.
[4]A discounted net value uses a rate, known as the discount rate, to convert the value of payments or receipts expected in future years to todays value, taking into account that the further into the future an amount is paid or received, the smaller its value is today. Applying a discount rate establishes a consistent basis for comparing alternative investments that will have differing patterns of costs and benefits over many years.
[5]Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-145 (2005), codified at 31 U.S.C. § 5112(p)(3)(D).
[6]Twelve regional Federal Reserve banks order coins from the United States Mint, which distributes coins directly to those banks. The Federal Reserve banks distribute coins as well as notes to commercial banks to meet the demand of retailers and the public. Some coins and notes are returned by commercial banks as deposits to the Federal Reserve banks, where they are processed for storage or recirculation. According to Federal Reserve officials, each new presidential coin design is delivered in units of 1,000.
To reduce the costs associated with the $1 note and $1 coins in the long term, Congress may wish to consider
[1]Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act, H.R. 2977, 112th Cong. (2011). Other legislation has been proposed that would postpone the minting of new $1 coins until the inventory of stored $1 coins has been reduced (Currency Efficiency Act of 2011, S. 1624, 112th Cong. (2011).
The information contained in this analysis is based on findings from the product listed in the related GAO products section as well as additional work GAO conducted. GAO reviewed the Federal Reserves June 2011 report on the $1 coin[1] and recent proposed legislation; and conducted interviews with senior officials from the Federal Reserve, the United States Mint, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the Department of the Treasury. To estimate the net benefit to the government of replacing the $1 note with a $1 coin, GAO constructed an economic model with data from the Federal Reserve, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the United States Mint. GAOs model assumptions covered a range of factors including the replacement ratio of coins to notes, the expected rate of growth in the demand for currency over 30 years, the costs of producing and processing both coins and notes, and the differential life spans of coins and notes. GAO arrived at its estimate of net benefit to the government by subtracting the benefit from a status quo scenario from the benefit of a replacement scenario. In the status quo scenario, notes remain the dominant form of currency at the $1 denomination, the United States Mint ceases production of $1 coins until the current stored coins are all released into circulation to meet public demand, and production of $1 coins resumes after the stored coins are depleted. In the replacement scenario, GAO assumed, among other things, that the production of $1 notes would stop immediately; no notes would be withdrawn from circulation, but because of their shorter life span, they would naturally fall out of circulation within a few years; and the United States Mint would expand its production of $1 coins during the first 4 years. In estimating the net benefit to the government of replacing the $1 note with a $1 coin, GAO considered only the financial effect of this change on the government and did not consider other factors, such as the relative environmental and societal costs and benefits due to data limitations. GAO conducted sensitivity analyses that decreased the demand for currency as people switch to electronic payments and changed the number of coins needed to replace each note.
[1]Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Annual Report to the Congress on the Presidential $1 Coin Program (June 2011).
GAO provided a draft of this report section to the Federal Reserve and Treasury for review and comment. The Federal Reserve provided written comments that noted it believes GAOs estimate overstates the net financial benefit to the government because it does not (1) adequately address the costs to the Federal Reserve to reinforce the floors of its bank vaults to accommodate the heavier weight of coins or (2) consider potential increases in raw material costs for coins or possible future changes in discount rates. GAO included all costs to the Federal Reserve that the agency provided data on. The Federal Reserve provided no estimate of the additional cost to accommodate heavier coins. GAO used the best data available on coin production costs, which accounts for the cost of raw materials, and discount rate. The Federal Reserve also noted an increased risk of counterfeiting $1 coins and the lack of a GAO sensitivity analysis that reflected further increases in electronic payments by the public. GAO reported in 2011 that counterfeiting of U.S. coins is currently minimal, according to the U.S. Secret Service. Furthermore, in 2011, GAO reported the results of a sensitivity analysis in which the replacement leads to a decrease in the demand for currency as people switch to electronic means of payment. GAO recognizes that changing conditions, such as how people use cash and the cost of materials in the future, may alter the total cost savings associated with the $1 coin. The Treasury provided e-mailed comments that pointed out that GAOs analysis does not account for the impact on or costs to the private sector; both Treasury and the Federal Reserve noted that the analysis should not include seigniorage. As GAO reported in 2011, it found no quantitative estimates of the cost of replacement to the private sector that could be evaluated or modeled. GAO believes that seigniorage cannot be set aside since it is a result of issuing currency. The Treasury also provided technical comments, which were incorporated as appropriate. All written comments are reprinted in appendix IV of the PDF version of this report.
Comments from the Federal Reserve System
Since coins are more durable than notes and do not need replacement as often, many nations have replaced lower-denomination notes with coins to obtain a financial benefit. GAO has estimated the annual net benefit to the U.S. government of replacing the $1 note with a $1 coin four times over the past 20 years, most recently in April 2000. Asked to update its estimate, GAO (1) estimated the net bene...
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Officials say they are dealing with the puzzling appearance of a utility pole — smack in the middle of a provincial highway east of Montreal.
A photo of the pole, which is in the middle of Highway 251 in the Eastern Townships, appeared in a local newspaper today.
So how does such an improbable obstacle wind up protruding from a highway, anyway?
According to various local media, it's been there for two months. But provincial transport authorities say that until last week, there were construction crews there and that road stretch had not actually been paved yet.
The roadway had been moved to avoid a dangerous curb. Hydro Quebec, the provincial power utility, says it was only advised about the need to move its cables about three weeks ago.
A spokesman for Transport Quebec isn't blaming the contractor. Gilles Bourque said there were communication problems between the transport authority and the telephone and power utilities that share the line.
He called the situation unacceptable.
A spokeswoman for Hydro Quebec said a new pole is being installed and the electrical wires and telephone wires should be moved by the end of the week.
Ginette Cantin says Hydro Quebec crews were on site to begin the work necessary to move the wires. Crews with Bell Canada will also move their wires.
The provincial minister in charge of the region assured reporters Monday at an event in Sherbrooke that proper precautions would be taken to ensure there was adequate signage in the area.
Highway 251 is a 38-kilometre stretch of provincial highway that runs north-south.
The pole has not caused any harm, so far. Quebec provincial police said there had been no reports of accidents at the site.
Bourque said the problem would be fixed by the end of the month.
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Christian Gard set a new PBHS single game scoring record in the final game of 2012. His 36-point game high Dec. 18 helped to push the Warriors to an 82-66 victory over Centre at home.
The lead changed hands several times in the first half. Centre led, 35-31, at halftime, but the second half belonged to the Warriors. Third-quarter play included an 11-point blitz by Gard that included three treys. Warrior defense held the Cougars to 8 points. PBHS led, 58-43, at the end of the quarter.
Centre added 23 points in the fourth quarter while Peabody added 24, maintaining the lead they built in the third quarter.
In addition to Gard's 36 points, Tommy Morris scored 17 points, Xavier Jabary, 9, Garret Schroeder, 9, Seth Topham, 6, and Braxton Kyle, 5, for the Warriors. James Wyatt led Centre with 20 points. Ty Simons and Justin Deines scored 11 each, Grant Srajer, 8, Cory Brunzell, 6, and Kyle Methvin, 5.
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This guide contains all commands you should use to complete a stage3 installation of Gentoo. You need a connection to the Internet to download the stage3 and Portage snapshots.
Timing output follows all commands that take more than a couple of seconds to finish. Commands were timed on an AMD 2000 1.66 Ghz PC with 512 MB of RAM and two SATA disks connected to a hardware controller.
(The following specs and the timing information should help you determine a rough estimate of the time you need to complete your install)# grep bogo /proc/cpuinfo bogomips : 3337.81 # hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 1100 MB in 2.00 seconds = 549.97 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 224 MB in 3.01 seconds = 74.36 MB/sec # grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 509248 kB
Download a CD from one of our
Gentoo Linux Installation LiveCD http://www.gentoo.org Enter to Boot; F1 for kernels F2 for options. boot: gentoo-nofb
(or in case of problems)boot: gentoo-nofb nodetect
If you used the
livecd root # lspci
(Use lspci's output to identify required modules) (The following is an example, adapt it to your hardware)livecd root # modprobe 3w-9xxx livecd root # modprobe r8169
If your network does not work already, you can use
For wireless access, use
If you are behind a proxy, do not forget to initialize your system using
livecd root # net-setup eth0
Alternatively, you can start networking manually. The following example assigns the IP address 192.168.1.10 to your PC and defines 192.168.1.1 as your router and name server.
livecd root # ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10/24 livecd root # route add default gw 192.168.1.1 livecd root # echo nameserver 192.168.1.1 > /etc/resolv.conf
The installation CD allows you to start an
The most interesting feature is of course
livecd root # time /etc/init.d/sshd start * Generating hostkey ...
(sshd generates the key and displays more output)* starting sshd ... [ok] real 0m13.688s user 0m9.420s sys 0m0.090s
Now, set the root password on the liveCD so that you can connect to it from another PC. Please note that allowing root to connect over ssh is not recommended under normal circumstances. If you can't trust your local network, use a long and complex password, you should use it only once as it will disappear after your first reboot.
livecd root # passwd New UNIX password:
type_a_passwordRetype new UNIX password: type_a_passwordpasswd: password updated successfully
Now, you can start a terminal on another PC and connect to your new box, follow the rest of this guide in another window, and cut and paste commands.
(Use the IP address of your new box)$ ssh email@example.com The authenticity of host '192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 96:e7:2d:12:ac:9c:b0:94:90:9f:40:89:b0:45:26:8f. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.10' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. Password: type_the_password
livecd ~ # fdisk /dev/sda
(The rest of this guide uses the following partitioning scheme)livecd ~ # fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 599.9 GB, 599978409984 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 72943 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 13 110 787185 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 111 72943 585031072+ 83 Linux
(ext2 is all you need on the /boot partition)livecd ~ # mke2fs /dev/sda1 (Let's use ext3 on the main partition)livecd ~ # mke2fs -j -O dir_index /dev/sda3 (Create and activate swap)livecd ~ # mkswap /dev/sda2 && swapon /dev/sda2
Mount the freshly created file systems on
livecd ~ # mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo livecd ~ # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot livecd ~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
First make sure your date and time is set correctly using
(Check the clock)livecd ~ # date Mon Mar 6 00:14:13 UTC 2006 (Set the current date and time if required)livecd ~ # date 030600162006 (Format is MMDDhhmmYYYY)Mon Mar 6 00:16:00 UTC 2006
Next, download a stage from one of our
livecd ~ # cd /mnt/gentoo livecd gentoo # links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
(Pick a mirror, move to the releases/x86/current/stages directory highlight the stage3 of your choice, probably stage3-i686-2006.1.tar.bz2 and press D to download it) (Or download it directly with wget without choosing a nearby mirror)livecd ~ # cd /mnt/gentoo livecd gentoo # wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/current/stages/stage3-i686-2006.1.tar.bz2
livecd gentoo # time tar xjpf stage3* real 1m13.157s user 1m2.920s sys 0m7.230s
Install the latest Portage snapshot. Proceed as for the stage3 archive: choose
a nearby mirror from our
livecd gentoo # cd /mnt/gentoo/usr livecd usr # links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
(Pick a mirror, move to the snapshots/ directory, highlight portage-latest.tar.bz2 and press D to download it) (Or download it directly with wget without choosing a nearby mirror)livecd gentoo # cd /mnt/gentoo/usr livecd usr # wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2
livecd usr # time tar xjf portage* real 0m51.523s user 0m28.680s sys 0m12.840s
Mount the
livecd usr # cd / livecd / # mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc livecd / # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/ livecd / # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash livecd / # env-update && source /etc/profile >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
Set your time zone information by setting the timezone listing from
(Using Brussels as an example)livecd / # nano -w /etc/conf.d/clock TIMEZONE="CET" livecd / # date Wed Mar 8 00:46:05 CET 2006
Set your host name in
livecd / # cd /etc livecd etc # echo "127.0.0.1 mybox.at.myplace mybox localhost" > hosts livecd etc # sed -i -e 's/HOSTNAME.*/HOSTNAME="mybox"/' conf.d/hostname
(Use defined host name and check)livecd etc # hostname mybox livecd etc # hostname -f mybox.at.myplace
Install a kernel source (usually
livecd etc # time emerge gentoo-sources real 2m51.435s user 0m58.220s sys 0m29.890s livecd etc # cd /usr/src/linux livecd linux # make menuconfig
(Configure your kernel)livecd linux # time make -j2 (Elapsed time depends highly on the options you selected)real 3m51.962s user 3m27.060s sys 0m24.310s livecd linux # make modules_install livecd linux # cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel
Edit your
livecd linux # cd /etc livecd etc # nano -w fstab /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0
Configure your network in
livecd etc # cd conf.d livecd conf.d # echo 'config_eth0=( "192.168.1.10/24" )' >> net livecd conf.d # echo 'routes_eth0=( "default gw 192.168.1.1" )' >> net livecd conf.d # rc-update add net.eth0 default
(If you compiled your network card driver as a module, add it to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6)livecd conf.d # echo r8169 >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 (If you want to reconnect via ssh after you have rebooted your new box:)livecd conf.d # rc-update add sshd default
Set the root password using
livecd conf.d # passwd New UNIX password:
type_the_passwordRetype new UNIX password: type_the_password_againpasswd: password updated successfully
Check the system configuration in
livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/rc.conf livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/conf.d/rc livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/conf.d/keymaps livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/conf.d/clock
Install a system logger like
livecd conf.d # time emerge syslog-ng vixie-cron real 1m52.699s user 1m1.630s sys 0m35.220s livecd conf.d # rc-update add syslog-ng default livecd conf.d # rc-update add vixie-cron default
Install the necessary file system tools (
livecd conf.d # emerge xfsprogs
(If you use the XFS file system)livecd conf.d # emerge jfsutils (If you use the JFS file system)livecd conf.d # emerge reiserfsprogs (If you use the Reiser file system)livecd conf.d # emerge dhcpcd (If you need a DHCP client)livecd conf.d # USE="-X" emerge ppp (If you need PPPoE ADSL connectivity)
1. Using grub
livecd conf.d # time emerge grub real 1m8.634s user 0m39.460s sys 0m15.280s livecd conf.d # nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf
default 0 timeout 10 title=Gentoo root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/sda3
livecd conf.d # grub Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/ grub/menu.lst"... succeeded Done. grub> quit
Now, proceed with the
2. Using lilo
livecd conf.d # time emerge lilo real 0m47.016s user 0m22.770s sys 0m5.980s livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/sda prompt timeout=50 default=gentoo image=/boot/kernel label=Gentoo read-only root=/dev/sda3
livecd conf.d # lilo Added Gentoo *
Exit the chrooted environment, unmount all file systems and reboot:
livecd conf.d # exit livecd / # umount /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo livecd / # reboot
(Don't forget to remove the CD)
Log in as
(Clean up your known_hosts file because your new box has generated a new definitive hostkey)$ nano -w ~/.ssh/known_hosts (Look for the IP of your new PC and delete the line, then save the file and exit nano) (Use the IP address of your new box)$ ssh email@example.com The authenticity of host '192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 96:e7:2d:12:ac:9c:b0:94:90:9f:40:89:b0:45:26:8f. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.10' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. Password: type_the_password
mybox ~ # adduser -g users -G lp,wheel,audio,cdrom,portage,cron -m john mybox ~ # passwd john New UNIX password:
Set John's passwordRetype new UNIX password: Type John's password againpasswd: password updated successfully
Start by selecting nearby mirrors either by defining the
mybox ~ # emerge mirrorselect mybox ~ # mirrorselect -i -o >> /etc/make.conf mybox ~ # mirrorselect -i -r -o >> /etc/make.conf
(Usually, (the number of processors + 1) is a good value)mybox ~ # echo 'MAKEOPTS="-j2"' >> /etc/make.conf
Now is a good time to enable or disable some USE flags. Run
mybox ~ # emerge -vpe world
(Portage displays the packages and their USE flags, as an example, let's disable ipv6 and fortran, and enable unicode)mybox ~ # echo 'USE="nptl nptlonly -ipv6 -fortran unicode"' >> /etc/make.conf
Recent versions of glibc use
mybox # cd /etc mybox # nano -w locale.gen
Last but not least, you may want to alter the
You may also want to switch to ~x86. You should only do this if you can
deal with the odd broken ebuild or package. If you'd rather keep your system
stable, don't add the
mybox etc # nano -w make.conf
(Set -march to your CPU type in CFLAGS)CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe" (Add the following line)FEATURES="parallel-fetch ccache" (Only add the following if you know what you're doing)ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
You might want to recompile your whole system twice to make full use of your
latest configuration changes. It would take quite a long time to complete and
yield minimal speed benefits. You can let your system optimise itself gradually
over time when new versions of packages are released. However, recompiling is
a still good idea from the standpoint of maintaining system consistency. Please
see the
Recompiling only the packages that have already been updated since the release
or that are affected by your new USE flags will take enough time. You might
also have to remove packages that block your upgrade. Look for "[blocks
(Install ccache)mybox etc # emerge ccache (Please note that the switch to ~x86 causes many packages to be upgraded)mybox etc # emerge -vpuD --newuse world (Take a good look at the package list and their USE flags, remove blocking packages if any, and start the lengthy process)mybox etc # time emerge -vuD --newuse world (79 packages have been (re)compiled)real 180m13.276s user 121m22.905s sys 36m31.472s (Remerge libtool to avoid further potential problems)mybox etc # emerge libtool (Update config files, make sure you do not let etc-update update config files you have edited)mybox etc # etc-update (If perl has been updated, you should run the perl-cleaner script)mybox etc # time perl-cleaner all real 1m6.495s user 0m42.699s sys 0m10.641s (In case of a major upgrade of python, you should run the python-updater script)mybox etc # python-updater
Depending on what your new Gentoo machine is supposed to do, you will probably
want to install server applications or a desktop system. Just as an example,
You should check our
mybox etc # emerge -vp gnome
(Look at the list of packages and their USE flags, then edit make.conf if required.mybox etc # nano -w /etc/make.conf (The following USE flags have been defined)USE="nptl nptlonly -ipv6 -fortran unicode svg hal dbus \ -kde -qt3 -qt4 -arts -eds -esd gnome gstreamer gtk firefox" mybox etc # time emerge gnome (326 packages have been emerged)real 520m44.532s user 339m21.144s sys 146m22.337s
mybox etc # emerge -vp kde-meta
(Look at the list of packages and their USE flags, then edit make.conf if required.mybox etc # nano -w /etc/make.conf The following USE flags have been defined)USE="nptl nptlonly -ipv6 -fortran unicode svg hal dbus \ kde qt3 qt4 -arts -eds -esd -gnome -gstreamer -gtk -firefox" mybox etc # time emerge kde-meta (391 packages have been emerged)real 1171m25.318s user 851m26.393s sys 281m45.629s


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