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His web site may consist of just a single page, but Matt Drudge is arguably the most influential media personality in the world. Garnering nearly one billion readers monthly, the Drudge Report is able to literally shift public sentiment, making it an essential read for D.C. insiders, Wall Street professionals, and anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest global issues.
If Matt Drudge headlines a story its viral spread to millions of readers in near real-time is guaranteed.
With his established connections to critical spheres of influence that include everything from politics and government to finance and entertainment, when Drudge speaks, people listen.
Over the weekend, as noted by Steve Quayle and Susan Duclos, the self made media behemoth took to his Twitter account with a simple warning consisting of just four words… Have an Exit Plan
Drudge included no other details with his Tweet.
The warning, while cryptic, may be the result of direct insider information. Considering he once nearly brought down the Clinton administration by revealing the President's indiscretions with a White House intern, one could make the case that if anyone has legitimate sources pouring in from across the world it's Matt Drudge.
Could his warning be for stock market investors regarding foreknowledge of an imminent collapse of financial markets in the United States, China and Europe?
Or has Drudge's access to insiders in key positions given him the ability to connect the dots for an event that may occur in the near future? Few may recall, but just three weeks ahead of the September 11th attacks, Drudge headlined warnings of possible strikes on US-based targets, so there may well be a credible insider source for his most recent warning as well.
In recent years the mogul has expanded his news distribution service to include alternative news powerhouses like Alex Jones' Infowars, which researches and analyzes key events and happenings globally. As of late, Drudge has made it a point to link to a variety of topics at Infowars that include the militarization of America's domestic policing apparatus, Constitutional transgression at the highest levels of our government, and other insider reports often ignored by the mainstream media. While establishment news media shuns the rapidly growing alternative media, a warning to "have an exit plan" is one that the alternative news sphere has consistently suggested, while often being laughed at in mainstream circles.
Given Drudge's massive following, reach, and credibility, perhaps we shouldn't be laughing any more.
Something has spooked Matt Drudge and he's not alone. Last year one of America's leading talk show hosts, Mark Levin, warned that the U.S. government has been simulating the collapse of our financial system and society with the potential for widespread violence. There are countless such examples of highly influential media personalities who are issuing similar warnings.
Within the realm of the alternative media, the last several years have yielded incredible insights into the inner workings of the U.S. government, political system and economic machinations. Everything from manipulations of our monetary system to the sometimes unbelievable expansion of the American police state has been extensively studied and reported by thousands of independent journalists, broadcasters and bloggers operating outside of the mainstream establishment's sphere of influence.
There have been insider reports indicating that a crisis of unprecedented magnitude is coming to the United States. Contrarian economists, who are almost completely ignored by mainstream media, have warned of dire consequences to the continued operation of our systems of commerce, including our domestic food distribution networks. And though it has not been reported on the alphabet news channels, the U.S. military has been actively war gaming collapse scenarios and engaging in highly suspicious exercises across U.S. metropolitan areas.
While Matt Drudge's latest comments could be referring to anything, given the types of stories he's covered in recent years we could make the case that he is referring to worst-case scenarios.
His exit plan warning may encompass any number of potential scenarios such as a coming shock to financial markets, evacuating major cities in an emergency, preparing for the destruction of our currency, or having a way to get out of the United States in the event of a Soviet-style purge.
Whatever the case, Matt Drudge understands that his views and comments are followed by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, thus we are confident that he would not publicly issue such a warning unless he has access to credible information that supports his claims.
That being said, we urge readers to remain vigilant. And, in the off chance that some terrible event is in our near future, we strongly suggest having a preparedness plan that includes emergency food storage, barter supplies, medicines, precious metals, and a strategic relocation plan in case you are forced to evacuate your current residence.


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Google brings machine learning to the masses with new open-source tool
TensorFlow is a machine-learning system that can run on anything from a single smartphone to thousands of data-center computers. It builds upon DistBelief, the deep-learning infrastructure Google developed back in 2011, but takes that first generation several steps further.
"TensorFlow is faster, smarter and more flexible than our old system, so it can be adapted much more easily to new products and research," wrote Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a blog post announcing the news.
DistBelief was narrowly focused on neural networks, difficult to configure and tightly linked to Google's internal infrastructure, making it "nearly impossible to share research code externally," explained Jeff Dean, a senior Google Fellow, and Rajat Monga, technical lead, in a separate post on the Google Research blog.
TensorFlow is twice as fast as DistBelief on some benchmarks, they said. It can also be used to build and train neural nets as much as five times faster than DistBelief could.
By releasing the software as open source, Google hopes to enable researchers, engineers and hobbyists to exchange ideas more quickly. More broadly, the software could also be used in other contexts as well, such as to help researchers untangle complex data in fields such as biology and astronomy, Pichai said.
Google itself, meanwhile, will surely benefit when researchers make new advances using TensorFlow.
Featuring a Python interface, TensorFlow is now available under an Apache 2.0 license as a standalone library along with associated tools, examples and tutorials. The current release reportedly runs only on a single machine, but expanded functionality is on the way.
Machine learning is cropping up with increasing frequency in a variety of areas, including enterprise software. And on Friday, automotive giant Toyota announced a new, billion-dollar investment into artificial intelligence and robotics technology research.

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Invasion-of-Privacy Fears Fed by Arms Race in Data Collection
(Reuters) -- The revelations this week that Google, Twitter, and other popular Internet companies have been taking liberties with customer data have prompted criticism by privacy advocates and lawmakers, along with apologies from the companies.
They are the latest in a long line of missteps by large Internet companies that have faced little punishment for pushing privacy boundaries, which are already more expansive than most consumers understand.
Despite all the chatter about online privacy and the regular introductions of proposed data-protection laws in Congress, Silicon Valley is in the midst of a veritable arms race of personal data collection that is intensifying.
Many innovative companies -- most prominently Facebook -- base virtually all of their services on the ability to personalize, which requires them to know their users well. Their business models likewise depend to an increasing degree on the ability to target a banner advertisement or other marketing pitch to an individual. Millions of times each day, the right to advertise to a specific user is auctioned in a fraction of a second by computers talking to one another.
For both the buyers and the sellers of the advertising, the business advantage goes to the participant with the most knowledge, and that race is driving companies such as Google to learn as much about its users as Facebook does. On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google was tweaking ads on Apple's Safari Web browser to install tracking cookies, which, while commonplace on other browsers, are blocked on Safari unless the user specifically allows them.
U.S. Reps. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Joe Barton, R-Texas, co-chairmen of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, asked for a Google probe by the Federal Trade Commission, which declined to comment. Google said Friday that its intentions were innocuous, but it nontheless dropped the practice. Path and Twitter said they would seek explicit permission before grabbing address-book contents, and Apple said it would update its software to prevent further leaks.
Promises, Promises
The developments fit what is by now a well-established pattern that has thus far kept major new laws off the books, longtime policy specialists said.
A company over-reaches, gets caught, and promises to do better. If a greater than usual display of outrage prompts introduction of plausible legislation, the industry counters with a new plan for self-regulation, such as the publication of privacy policies that users seldom read.
Sooner or later, the plan is rendered obsolete by new technologies in the data arms race, and the cycle repeats.
Facebook and Google last year both agreed to 20 years of privacy audits by the FTC after they made public customer information that users had considered private. But with few restrictions on data collection, the audits are not likely to have a major impact on business practices.
Internet companies and their investors argue that data collection is essential to their businesses and that it enables them to provide services that would otherwise be impossible. Consumers get more accurate search results, more relevant advertising, and more intimate connections with friends and others when Internet companies know something about them.
For that value trade-off, they're willing to provide information, said Ron Conway, a well-known Internet investor.
I don't like people tracking my location, but I want to know, 'What are some nearby Italian restaurants that my friends have liked?' said Auren Hoffman, CEO of Rapleaf, which compiles profiles of Internet users.
The equation is different in Europe, which has long-standing data-protection laws that limit some practices that are standard in the United States. The European Union is now weighing updated rules that would allow any resident to ask companies to delete the information on file about them; the United States only has equivalent rights for those under age 13.
Privacy advocates in the United States say they do not expect big changes anytime soon.
Trying to pass a bill through Congress that's actually going to safeguard user records, especially when you've got huge advertiser lobbies trying to defang that law, is an incredible challenge, said Rainey Reitman, activism director with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
At best, advocates say, a law might allow consumers to opt out of some tracking.
That is more likely today than it was 24 hours ago, said Justin Brookman, director of consumer privacy at the Center for Democracy & Technology, which gets funding from foundations and major technology companies. But the 'right-to-be forgotten,' erase-button thing, you would see more of a fight.
(Reporting by Joseph Menn. Additional reporting by Alexei Oreskovic in San Francisco. Editing by Jonathan Weber and Richard Chang)
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Court strikes down Illinois concealed carry law
A federal appeals court struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in the only state where it had remained entirely illegal
By Don Babwin
Associated Press
CHICAGO — In a big victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in Illinois — the only state where it had remained entirely illegal.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said state lawmakers have 180 days to write a new law that legalizes concealed carry.
Gun rights advocates long have argued that the prohibition against concealed weapons violates the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment and what they see as Americans' right to carry guns for self-defense. The court majority on Monday agreed, reversing lower court rulings against a lawsuit that had challenged the state law.
"The Supreme Court has decided that the amendment confers a right to bear arms for self-defense, which is as important outside the home as inside," Judge Richard Posner wrote in the court's majority opinion. "The theoretical and empirical evidence (which overall is inconclusive) is consistent with concluding that a right to carry firearms in public may promote self-defense."
He continued: "Illinois had to provide us with more than merely a rational basis for believing that its uniquely sweeping ban is justified by an increase in public safety. It has failed to meet this burden."
The court ordered its ruling stayed "to allow the Illinois legislature to craft a new gun law that will impose reasonable limitations, consistent with the public safety and the Second Amendment as interpreted in this opinion, on the carrying of guns in public," Posner said.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office, which is responsible for defending the state's laws, said it was reviewing the ruling and would comment later Tuesday.
Also studying the opinion were aides to Gov. Pat Quinn, favors strict gun control laws and proposed an assault weapons ban earlier this year that lawmakers defeated. Quinn has vowed to again bring legislation that would prohibit the sale or possession of semi-automatic rifles and other guns.
The leader of the Illinois State Rifle Association, Richard Pearson, praised the federal court's decision and said the state could have a new concealed carry law by early next month. A bill has already been written by Rep. Brandon Phelps of Harrisburg that includes provisions for background checks, field provisions and other issues, Pearson said.
"We are extremely pleased with the ruling," Pearson said. "Now that the court has ruled ... we will work as soon as possible with legislators to craft a concealed carry bill for the state of Illinois."
He said lawmakers could consider it and pass it during a weeklong legislative session in January if they wanted to.
"Christmas came early for law-abiding gun owners," said Phelps, whose proposed legislation came within three votes of passing in 2011.
"I said on the floor, `A lot of people who voted against this, one of these days, you're going to wish you did, because of all the limitations and the safety precautions we put in this bill, because one of these days, the court's going to rule and you're not going to like the ruling.' Today's the day."
"The court's pretty much said there's no restrictions," Phelps said.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by former corrections officer Michael Moore of Champaign, farmer Charles Hooks of Percy in southeastern Illinois and the Bellevue, Wash.-based Second Amendment Foundation.
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"No president in modern times has questioned their authority."
Source: Steve Watson
Constitutional expert Judge Andrew Napolitano says he fears that the president is skirting "dangerously close to totalitarianism" with his recent questioning of the authority of the Supreme Court to conduct a review of ObamaCare.
Appearing on Neil Cavuto's "Your World" show Wednesday, the Judge warned that Obama was systematically flouting the system of checks and balances established by the founding fathers.
"A few months ago he was saying the Congress doesn't count. The Congress doesn't mean anything. I am going to rule by decree and by administrative regulation." Napolitano said.
"Now he's basically saying the Supreme Court doesn't count. It doesn't matter what they think. They can't review our legislation. That would leave just him as the only branch of government standing."
"I think he has some problems with understanding the Constitution or accepting limitations on his power." the Judge added.
During a speech at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, with Vice President Joe Biden in February, Obama said "Whenever Congress refuses to act, Joe and I, we're going to act," adding "In the months to come, wherever we have an opportunity, we're going to take steps on our own to keep this economy moving."
Earlier this week Obama appeared to challenge the "unelected" Supreme Court not to take an "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" step of overturning his health reform law.
"Ultimately, I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," Obama said.
The president then stated "…for years, what we have heard is, the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism, or a lack of judicial restraint, that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law," he said. "Well, this is a good example, and I'm pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step."
In essence, Obama appears to be making the case that the Constitution is outdated because it allows for "an unelected group of people" to make judicial decisions.
Judge Napolitano points out that this is an extreme view for anyone to take, let alone a president.
"There are equal branches of the government, but with respect to what the law means and what the Constitution means, the court is superior to the president." Napolitano noted.
"No president in modern times has questioned their authority."
"This is an extreme view of the Supreme Court and the Constitution, one that has not been articulated since Andrew Jackson." The Judge urged.
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KARACHI: Pakistan will do whatever it takes to win the two-test series in Sri Lanka even if it means spoiling senior batsman Mahela Jayawardene's farewell party, captain Misbahul Haq said on Saturday.
Former Sri Lanka captain Jayawardene, who has scored 11,671 runs in 147 tests averaging over 50, announced last month he would retire from test cricket after the home series against Pakistan starting at Galle on Wednesday.
"If we are to win the series in Sri Lanka, we have to ensure that their top batsmen, particularly Jayawardene, is not allowed to get many runs," Misbah told a news conference on the eve of the team's departure for Sri Lanka.
"I have a lot of respect for what he has achieved but we are going to Sri Lanka to win the two-test series and we know how important it is for us to not allow their senior players to score," he said.
Jayawardene, 37, has also scored 11681 runs in 420 one-dayers and with stalwart Kumar Sangakkara is the mainstay of the Sri Lankan batting.
Misbah predicted a tough series against the Sri Lankans who have a strong home record.
"It is going to be a tough series because Sri Lanka have been playing lot of test and other cricket. But we have prepared hard and I have confidence in our bowlers," said Misbah. "Our spinners have traditionally done well in Sri Lanka but we are banking on our pace bowlers as well."
Misbah, who turned 40 in May and has a modest strike rate in one-dayers, was coy about his chances of leading Pakistan in next year's 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
"I just focus on the match at the moment because that is important. No one knows what will happen after one day so why think about the World Cup," he said adding "I take it one match at a time and carry on from there. And I am under no pressure because of the captaincy debate."


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Yield: 6 servings
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Salt to taste
Accompaniments: tortillas, chopped onions and chilies, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, salsa, sliced peppers, etc.
Combine all ingredients, except salt and accompaniments, with 3 cups water in a slow cooker (crock pot). Cook on high, covered, 2 hours. Turn heat to low and cook, covered, 8 to 10 hours. Season with salt and serve with accompaniments. (Hint: you can speed the cooking by leaving the control set on high the whole time; just check the water level regularly and add water if necessary.)
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The present Administration is dedicated to preserving the character of Miramar by enhancing the quality of life in promoting and attracting development that will enrich this community without detracting from its culture and dedication to good family living. This positive meld between business and government in their mutual concern for positive development and growth in our City is producing one of the finest cities in South Florida.


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description of fonts used in graphic figures
Some Graphic entities such as Text, Axes, Label or Legend entities display one or more character strings in graphic figures. The appearance of the displayed strings can be modified by specifying different fonts and character sizes.
- Changing font
Fonts used in graphic figures are selected from a set of fonts called loaded fonts. In other words, the loaded fonts are the ones currenlty available in graphic figures. The list of these fonts can be obtained using the
xlfontfunction without argument. By default, Scilab contains a set of 11 loaded fonts. This set can be modified and extended using the
xlfontfunction with a font name as argument. The added font can either be loaded from a file or be one of the system. To know the list of fonts available on the system use the
xlfont('AVAILABLE_FONTS')command. For more information on how to manipulate fonts see xlfont.
Here is the list of the 11 default fonts.
Font number Font Family Bold Italic 0 Monospaced No No 1 ScilabSymbols No No 2 Serif No No 3 Serif No Yes 4 Serif Yes No 5 Serif Yes Yes 6 SansSerif No No 7 SansSerif No Yes 8 SansSerif Yes No 9 SansSerif Yes Yes 10 SansSerif Yes Yes
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font_styleproperty. This is a positive integer referecing one of the loaded fonts. Its value must be between 0, referecing the first font, and the number of loaded fonts minus one, referencing the last font.
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font_sizeproperty. It is a scalar specifying the displayed character size.
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fractional_fontproperty. If
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fractional_fontproperty is
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NEW YORK -- In the final analysis, the arbitrator found the word of a "drug dealer'' to be more credible than that of Alex Rodriguez.
A combination of the testimony of Anthony Bosch, the notebooks documenting Rodriguez's drug protocols, and hundreds of text messages exchanged between the two men were enough to convince Fredric Horowitz that Rodriguez "clearly and convincingly'' committed "multiple violations'' of baseball's Joint Drug Agreement.
And the most convincing evidence, to Horowitz, was the testimony and handwritten records of Bosch, who was baseball's key witness against Rodriguez. The result was an unprecedented 162-game suspension handed down by Horowitz on Saturday, a reduction of MLB's original 211-game ban but still more than three times the penalty stipulated by baseball's JDA for a first-time offender.
The 162-game ban, Horowitz wrote, was due to his finding that Rodriguez, who declined to testify in his own defense, was guilty of using three distinct banned substances, and as such was subject to three distinct penalties of 50 games each.
Horowitz wrote he also factored in "Rodriguez'[s] obstruction of MLB's investigation'' and "the prolonged time period ... with which he used or possessed the three Prohibited Substances.''
"While the length of the suspension may be unprecedented for a MLB player,'' Horowitz wrote, "so is the misconduct he committed.''
Horowitz's written ruling, which was sealed at the time of its issuance due to the confidentiality agreement in baseball's collective bargaining agreement, was made public Monday as one of the exhibits in Rodriguez's attempt to have the suspension vacated by a federal court judge.
That lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court on Monday, names MLB, the MLBPA and the Office of the Commissioner, and singles out Horowitz for being biased and ruling outside the scope of the punishments stipulated in baseball's JDA.
The 35-page opinion painstakingly lays out baseball's case against Rodriguez, including reproductions of records for drug protocols prepared by Bosch, the proprietor of the now-shuttered Biogenesis anti-aging clinic.
Despite acknowledging that Rodriguez has never failed an MLB-administered drug test -- in fact, Horowitz documents that Rodriguez tested negative for PEDs 12 times between October 2010 and August 2013 -- the arbitrator ruled that "the conclusion is manifest that in 2010 Rodriguez committed three distinct violations of the JDA'' in using testosterone, IGF-1 (Insulin Growth Factor) and human growth hormone, all banned substances.
Scott Boras, Rodriguez's former agent, said that the ruling and MLB's decision to protect Bosch, has revealed a flaw in the system.
"The integrity of the game is only partially served when a known pusher is exonerated, when the genesis of this entire problem is now given a forum and compensation and is not behind bars for the distribution and promoting the use of illegal drugs, not only to baseball players but all members of the sporting community and youth," Boras told Fox Sports.
"Until we rectify that problem, we have not addressed the central issue of eradicating PEDs from professional sports. ... If these individuals go free, it promotes behavior to create processes to distribute PEDs, knowing the league's focus is on the players, not on the distributors of drugs."
Horowitz's decision also reveals that Rodriguez's cousin, Yuri Sucart -- previously identified by Rodriguez in 2009 as his procurer of banned substances when he admitted to having used steroids with the Texas Rangers -- introduced him to Bosch. Horowitz also acknowledged Bosch was a "drug dealer'' who was engaged in illegal activities but found that did not "refute or undermine the findings of JDA violations.''
In fact, Horowitz wrote that he found Bosch's testimony in the appeal hearing to be "direct, credible and squarely corroborated'' by hundreds of pages of evidence presented in the form of notebooks stolen from Biogenesis and later obtained by investigators for Major League Baseball. He rejected the claims of Rodriguez and his attorneys that the notebooks were unreliable and possibly forgeries.
Horowitz also cited more than 500 BlackBerry text messages exchanged between Rodriguez and Bosch as support for Bosch's testimony.
"When viewed as a whole, the hundreds of messages exchanged between Bosch and Rodriguez plainly support the findings of JDA violations contained herein,'' Horowitz wrote.
The arbitrator acknowledged some deficiencies in MLB's case -- including flaws in its testing procedures that allowed Rodriguez to evade detection repeatedly despite being subject to random testing -- but said the flaws "do not eviscerate credible testimony'' from Bosch.
"The only reasonable inference to be drawn from the weight of the evidence,'' Horowitz wrote, "is that Rodriguez violated the JDA as alleged.''


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New York, NY – Minnesota Vikings All-Pro fullback Jerome Felton has been suspended without pay for the first three games of the 2013 season for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.
Felton is eligible to participate in the final week of the preseason, with his suspension commencing on Aug. 31, but will not be allowed to return to Minnesota's active roster until Sept. 23 following the Vikings' Week 3 contest against the Cleveland Browns.
"We respect the league's decision and Jerome understands it," Minnesota general manager Rick Spielman said in a statement. "Jerome is focused on returning to the playing field in week four vs. Pittsburgh."
Felton earned Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors in his first season with the Vikings last year, paving the way for Adrian Peterson to take home NFL MVP honors after rushing for 2,097 yards, which is the second most in NFL history.
Over six seasons with Detroit, Carolina, Indianapolis and Minnesota, the 27- year-old Felton has carried the ball 42 times for 136 yards while adding 37 catches for 315 yards in 72 career games, including 26 starts.


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Chicago Cubs Fire Mike Quade, Ryne Sandberg Won't Be Next Manager
The news that Mike Quade is out of a job as the manager of the Chicago Cubs was not entirely unexpected after a record of 95-104 since taking over for Lou Piniella in August of 2010. Official word of Quade's firing came down Wednesday.
While Quade is out, many are surprised that Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg — who was up for the position last year before Quade won it — won't be considered to replace him.
In a statement, new Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said the next manager of the club "must have managerial or coaching experience at the major league level" — something not on Sandberg's resume. Sandberg is currently a manager in the Phillies minor league system.
Two sources at the Chicago Tribune said Epstein spoke with Sandberg in a "cordial, professional" conversation to let him know he was out of contention, and that Sandberg appreciated being told in person.
He's now being floated as a possible replacement for the St. Louis Cardinals' manager Tony La Russa, who announced his retirement after the Cardinals won the World Series last weekend. There's also talk Epstein may want to reunite with Terry Francona, where both wrapped up long tenures this past season with the Boston Red Sox.


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|Joseph Heller
|Year Published
Catch-22 is a bitterly satirical anti-war novel by Joseph Heller (1961).
It deals with American bombardier John Yossarian. Yossarian is stationed on the Italian island of Pianosa during World War II. He attempts to get out of flying more combat missions by pretending to be crazy. The problem is, only a sane man would want to get out of combat; therefore, Yossarian cannot be considered crazy.
The novel is notable for its staggered chronology, and the fact that each chapter is named after and follows one of the large cast of characters. Heller uses the staggered chronology to slowly reveal more background to Yossarian's antics which, while seeming silly or insane at first, end up evoking horror.
In the beginning, Yossarian is in the hospital faking a liver disease. He is so irritated by a narrow-minded Texan that he soon returns to his quarters. His tent mate, Orr, uses outstanding mechanical talents to improve the living conditions. In a flashback, at Ferrara, Yossarian is an inexperienced bombardier hoping to succeed in his mission so it will not be repeated. Having failed to release his bombs on the first run, Yossarian decides to take a second pass. He succeeds, but a young pilot named Kraft is killed. Although Yossarian is promoted to captain and awarded a medal, the death haunts him. When the squadron eventually must bomb Bologna a second time, Orr is shot down and presumed lost at sea. On the mission over Avignon, Yossarian's plane is badly damaged and a gunner named Snowden is severely wounded. The squadron's mess officer is an entrepreneurial whiz named Milo Minderbinder, who uses squadron funds to purchase black-market products, and builds an enormous syndicate. He eventually contracts with both sides of the war and goes so far as to arrange an air raid on his own base for profit. One day, while flying his plane low over the beach, McWatt accidentally slices Kid Sampson in two. Nately insists on flying extra missions so that he can stay near the prostitute he loves, and is killed the next time out. When Yossarian reports the tragedy to her in Rome, she attacks him repeatedly, even after he returns to Pianosa. Yossarian decides to no longer fly missions and Colonels Cathcart and Korn call him in and say that he can return home if only he will speak well of the commanding officers and abandon the men of the squadron. Yossarian agrees and is again assaulted by Nately's Whore when he steps outside. In the hospital, Yossarian decides to go back on the agreement and plans to rescue Nately's Whore's kid sister from the streets of Rome and flee to Sweden where Orr has turned up after cleverly using his plane crash as a way to escape. Yossarian hopes to find himself by losing himself, to seek a separate peace, to run toward life by escaping the madness of war.
Heller wrote a sequel entitled Closing Time, published in 1994.
Film Adaptations
Catch-22 was made into a film of the same name, which was released in 1970.
As an expression
The term "Catch-22" has entered popular language to mean an unwinnable situation. More specifically, a catch-22 is a situation in which a desirable outcome has two conditions precedent, one of which rules out the other, so that the desirable outcome can never be attained. A catch-22 is thus similar, but not identical, to a deadlock, in which two or more events are conditions precedent to one another. A catch-22 also loosely resembles a Morton's fork, which is also an unwinnable situation, although the two situations are unwinnable for different reasons.
The differences are as follows:
- Catch-22:
- If and only if P and Q, then R (R being the desired outcome).
- If P, then not Q.
- Therefore, not R.
- Deadlock:
- If not P previously, then not Q.
- If not Q previously, then not P.
- Therefore, neither P nor Q.
- Morton's fork:
- If P, then Q (Q being an undesirable outcome).
- If not P, then (somehow) also Q.
- Therefore, Q.
- Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961.
- Falstein, Louis. Face of a Hero, 1950. The book is very similar to Catch-22.[1]


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Tragedy on Metro-North; 4 dead, 63 hurt in NYC train derailment
A Metro-North passenger train derailed on a curved section of track in the Bronx on Sunday morning, killing four people and injuring 63 as it came to rest just inches from the water, authorities said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the deaths at a news conference at the site of the crash near the Spuyten Duyvil station. He said authorities believe everyone at the site has been accounted for and that the National Transportation Safety Board is en route.
Three of the dead were found outside the train, and one was found inside, authorities said. Their families haven't yet been notified.
Eleven people are believed to be in critical condition, authorities said. The train operator was among the dozens injured, Cuomo said.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said the big curve where the derailment occurred is in a slow speed area. The black box should be able to tell how fast the train was traveling, Anders said.
The derailment of the southbound Hudson Line train was reported at about 7:20 a.m., authorities said. The train left Poughkeepsie at 5:54 a.m. and was due to arrive at 7:43 a.m. at Grand Central Terminal.
Four or five cars on the seven-car train derailed about 100 yards north of the station, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said in a news release. But none of the cars entered the Hudson or Harlem rivers, which are adjacent, the MTA said.
The train appeared to be going "a lot faster" than usual as it approached the curve coming into the station, passenger Frank Tatulli told WABC-TV.
MTA Chairman Thomas F. Prendergast was asked at the news conference if speed was something authorities planned to investigate.
"That'd be one of the factors," he said, adding that the focus right now was on the passengers who were injured.
Joel Zaritsky told The Associated Press he was on his way to New York City for a dental convention.
"I was asleep and I woke up when the car started rolling several times. Then I saw the gravel coming at me, and I heard people screaming. There was smoke everywhere and debris. People were thrown to the other side of the train," he said, holding his bloody right hand.
Passengers were taken off the derailed train, with dozens of them bloodied and scratched, holding ice packs to their heads.
The Fire Department of New York said 130 firefighters had responded to the derailment.
The crash was reported by the engineer, and it wasn't clear if any crew members were among the injured, the MTA said.
Edwin Valero was in an apartment building above the accident scene when the train derailed. He said none of the cars entered the water, but at least one ended up a few feet from the edge.
At first, he said, he didn't notice that the train had flipped over.
"I didn't realize it had been turned over until I saw a firefighter walking on the window," he said.
Amtrak Empire service was halted between New York City and Albany after the derailment. Amtrak said its Northeast Corridor service between Boston and Washington was unaffected.
Prendergast said that when the NTSB gives them the go-ahead, they will begin efforts to restore service.
Sunday's accident is the second passenger train derailment in six months for the rail service and presents Metro-North with another problem in a year plagued by safety issues.
On May 17, an eastbound train derailed in Bridgeport, Conn., and was struck by a westbound train. The crash injured 73 passengers, two engineers and a conductor. Eleven days later, track foreman Robert Luden was struck and killed by a train in West Haven, Conn.
Earlier this month, Metro-North's chief engineer, Robert Puciloski, told members of the NTSB investigating the May derailment and Ludent's death that the railroad is "behind in several areas," including a five-year schedule of cyclical maintenance that had not been conducted in the area of the Bridgeport derailment since 2005.
The NTSB issued an urgent recommendation to Metro-North that it use "redundant protection" such as a procedure known as "shunting" in which crews attach a device to the rail in a work zone alerting the dispatcher to inform approaching trains to stop.
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Kirby's Epic Yarn is a side-scrolling adventure in the vein of Super Mario Bros. and previous adventures that star Nintendo's pink puffball Kirby. In his new Wii adventure, our happy hero runs, jumps and eschews his trademark ability. He inhales no enemies and adopts none of their powers. Instead, his 2010 quest is defined by three things: 1) the gorgeous graphical weaving of Kirby's cast and world in what looks like real yarn and fabric, a visual redeisgn perpetrated in the game's story by the evil Yin-Yarn; 2) Kirby's ability to be transformed, mid-level, into various controllable vehicles (from fire engine to rocket ship); 3) the game developers' knack for giving the player something new and fun to do and observe every 30 seconds.
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Nintendo has used its Kirby series as a laboratory for ideas, from early motion control to ambitious stylus-based gameplay. This time Kirby is the test case for a sort of simulated yarn equivalent of claymation, one of the most radical and successfully implemented new styles of game graphics tried in many years.
Yarn graphics? Really? This is the fall of 2010 and that's enough to make this game stand out during prime gaming season? Yes. The gameplay in Kirby's Epic Yarn could be atrocious and this would still be a game worth checking out. The game doesn't just look as if it was created with yarn and thread — as if our TVs used stitches instead of pixels — it behaves as if it was. Backgrounds fold and unzip. Enemies unravel, some as neatly as a sweater pulled by a loose end. Not a second goes by in this game when its creators aren't delightfully showing what the yarn and fabric elements of a side-scrolling video game might look like. Yarn electricity. Yarn lava. Yarn dinos.
Isn't it backwards to praise a Nintendo game for its graphics more than for its gameplay? It is odd, and the graphics get the higher praise partially because the gameplay is merely good here and not brilliant. The closest antecedent to Epic Yarn is the great Yoshi's Island, another visually creative game that, like this new one, doled out a creative tweak to side-scrolling gameplay each level. Yoshi's was far more clever, ingenious enough to spawn imitators, which the engagingly varied but not groundbreaking Epic Yarn may be. The two share a knack for occasionally transforming their heroes into vehicles that are fun to control.
Kotaku said earlier this year that this game was easy. Kotaku doesn't lie. Was this game too easy? Kirby can't die. He can collect gems and score combo points for consecutive successful attacks. But the biggest penalty for bumping into some enemies is a loss of some gems. Gems help unlock a handful of bonus levels, but their loss is no tragedy.
This all sounds too good to be true. No, it's true. Kirby's new game isn't hard, but neither is eating a fudge sundae, which is the experience playing this game most closely resembles: all sweetness, no frustration. Think of it as the anti-Demon's Souls, to reference last year's favorite game of masochists. The designers of Epic Yarn clearly want you to be happy and you'll be happy for it (Smile-promoting former Nintendo exec Cammie Dunaway was right!). Fall down a bottomless pit and lose your gems? Expect a fun way to collect more around the next corner.
Is a game like this better in co-op? Not really. Kirby's Epic Yarn allows a second player to control Prince Fluff, who is essentially a blue version of this game's pink alpha-puffball. Few people playing this game will need the help of a second player and may find it frustrating when the breezy lack of challenge allows one player to run ahead and leaves player two clipped off the back of the screen, respawning right away. The better way to play co-op is for me to be Kirby and for you to watch, as I point out how good-looking the game is (as if you couldn't tell).
Extras? What about the extras? You can use decorate Kirby's apartment with furniture collected in the world (not exciting), spend gems unlocking new items for his apartment (not exciting), or jump into timed challenge levels that are extracts from the game's main levels (semi-exciting). I didn't sweat the hundreds of collectibles and preferred to replay fun levels and try to beat the game's bosses well enough to unlock a few full-size bonus levels. Kirby's Epic Yarn is meant to be replayed the way a beautiful painting is made to be looked at more than once. The initial helping of content suffices.
Kirby's Epic Yarn In Action
The Bottom Line
Don't expect a drawn-out or challenging affair from Kirby's Epic Yarn. This is a game designed for constant smiling, a side-scroller that will soothe the stressed. As impressive as video game graphics often are, it often falls to creators in other media, say the folks at Pixar, to show how enchanting creative visuals can be. Kirby's Epic Yarn gets it right in video games. When even the unfurling of the map for the game's second world is so clever and lovely to watch that you tell people about it, you've got a game well worth looking at. And it is worth playing. Don't be afraid to smile at this one.
Kirby's Epic Yarn was developed by Good-Feel and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii, released on October 17. Retails for USD$49.99. Supports two-player local co-op using Wii Remotes only. A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Played through all seven game worlds, defeated Yin-Yarn, in about seven hours.


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WASHINGTON – Some of the nation's largest banks will be scrambling to demonstrate that they can raise capital after results of government stress tests leaked out, showing many need more funds. The Treasury Department will officially release results later Thursday.
The tests were designed to gauge whether any of the nation's 19 largest banks would need more capital to survive a deeper recession. It turns out many of the banks do: Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. all need billions more, regulators have told them.
The public nature of the assessments and Thursday's planned announcement raised questions among some critics about whether the findings will reflect the banks' actual conditions.
The tests put banks through two scenarios: one that reflected expectations about the current recession and another that envisioned a recession deeper than what analysts predict.
Citigroup will need to raise about $5 billion, according to a government official briefed on the results who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter. Earlier news reports had put that dollar figure closer to $10 billion.
Regions Financial Corp. will also need to raise more money, according to people briefed on the results, as will Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
Bank of America stock rose Wednesday after reports that the Charlotte, N.C.-based company would need to collect $34 billion in additional capital. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported the figure. The Journal cited unidentified people familiar with the situation, while the Times quoted a bank executive.
Stress tests have long been a part of the bank regulation system. They help regulators decide how to supervise banks and aid banks in deciding how to limit their risk. But those conversations between banks and regulators normally take place behind closed doors.
In recent weeks, the government's unprecedented decision to publicly release bank-test results has fanned speculation, with analysts predicting the findings and investors staking out trading positions.
Critics are concerned that all the attention could make the tests much less effective. They say regulators seem so intent on maintaining public confidence in the banks that the results will have to say the banks are basically healthy.
Officials have said they will not let any of the 19 institutions fold. That makes it almost impossible for them to say anything about a bank that would threaten its survival, since a flight by investors could force the government to step in with additional bailout money — something the Treasury Department hopes to avoid.
"There is a real question as to the legitimacy of these results," said Jason O'Donnell, senior analyst at Boenning & Scattergood Inc.
The stress tests are a key part of the Obama administration's plan to stabilize the financial industry.
The tests estimated how much value the banks' loans would lose as consumers and businesses faced more trouble repaying loans.
The first test scenario envisioned unemployment reaching 8.8 percent in 2010 and housing prices dropping another 14 percent this year. The second imagined unemployment rising to 10.3 percent next year and homes losing another 22 percent of their value this year.
But economic assumptions have changed since the tests were designed in February. Unemployment already has surpassed the 8.4 percent the test's first scenario predicts for 2009, which leaves some analysts wondering whether the tests were harsh enough.
The government is asking banks to keep their capital reserve ratios above a certain level so they can continue lending even if the economic picture darkens.
The banks that need more capital will have until June 8 to come up with a plan to raise the additional resources and have the plan approved by their regulators, officials said Wednesday.
Banks will have several options for increasing their capital. Some will be able to close the gap by converting the government's debt into common stock. Others will have six months to attempt to raise money from private investors. If they cannot do it, the government will provide money from its $700 billion financial system bailout.
Representatives for American Express Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Citigroup and Regions Financial would not comment on the tests.
The remaining stress-tested banks are: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, MetLife Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., U.S. Bancorp, GMAC, SunTrust Banks Inc., State Street Corp., Capital One Financial Corp., BB&T Corp., Regions Financial Corp., Fifth Third Bancorp and Keycorp.
Financial stocks surged Wednesday amid reports on the stress tests. Bank of America gained 17 percent, Citigroup surged 16 percent and Wells Fargo gained 15 percent.
Stress Tests Cause Banks to Sweat
WASHINGTON – Some of the nation's largest banks will be scrambling to demonstrate that they can raise capital after results of government stress tests leaked out, showing many need more funds. The Treasury Department will officially release results later Thursday.


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SAT with UAS under Linux
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Technical Details
- Workarounds
- Permanent Flag Settings
- Temporary Settings
- Additional Information
As mentioned on the USB devices and smartmontools page, in certain situations the Linux "uas" driver disables SAT transfers, which prevents
smartmontools (and other tools, e.g.
hdparm) from communicating properly with the attached SATA device. See related tickets for examples.
This is because the Linux kernel rejects SAT ATA pass-through commands for certain devices with broken pass-through support. This list of devices affected depends on the kernel version, and may include all Seagate enclosures, Initio INIC-3069 and VIA VL711.
Technical Details
The problem is that certain USB-SATA-bridge chipsets do not properly pass SAT commands on to the SATA device when running in UAS mode, and to work around this problem Linux automatically enables the NO_ATA_1X flag for those chipsets. This turns off SAT passthrough... which in turn means that smartmontools is prevented from communicating with the device.
For many of these chipsets, SAT passthrough works correctly in the old BOT (
usb-storage driver) mode, and so smartmontools may suddenly stop working when the kernel is upgraded to a version which supports UAS, or from one which did did not apply the flag for that device to a newer kernel which does (see NO_ATA_1X kernel versions).
For more information on the usb-storage flags, search for the 'usb-storage.quirks' entry in the Kernel Parameters Documentation.
You can easily check to see whether the kernel using uas or usb-storage for a particular device using the
lsusb -t command:
# lsusb -t /: Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 10000M /: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 480M /: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M |__ Port 1: Dev 11, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 5000M [...]
# lsusb -t /: Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 10000M /: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 480M /: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M |__ Port 1: Dev 8, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=uas, 5000M [...]
Alternatively you can check the messages that appear in kern.log when the device is first connected and look for the driver name mentioned at the end of the "scsi hostN" line:
|usb 2-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
|usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=NNNN, idProduct=NNN
|usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
|scsi host4: uas
|scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access VENDOR-NAME 0204 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
|sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/932 GiB)
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 4096-byte physical blocks
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 53 00 00 08
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
|sdc: sdc1 sdc2
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
|usb 2-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
|usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=NNNN, idProduct=NNNN
|usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
|usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
|scsi host4: usb-storage 2-1:1.0
|scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access VENDOR-NAME 0204 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
|sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
|sd 4:0:0:0: 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/932 GiB)
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 47 00 00 08
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
|sdc: sdc1 sdc2
|sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached
The detailed selection logic used by the kernel to decide which devices get this flag can be found in the
uas_use_uas_driver() function in the drivers/usb/storage/uas-detect.h combined with the list of entries found in the drivers/usb/storage/unusual_uas.h
file. (As far as smartmontools/SAT passthrough is concerned, only the NO_ATA_1X flag is significant.)
For the uas driver, there doesn't seem to be a definitive way to confirm that the NO_ATA_1X flag is in fact in effect for a particular device (see note on /proc/scsi/usb-storage), but if it is the symptom will be that commands which rely on SAT show invalid data, e.g.
# smartctl -d sat -a /dev/sdb smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.15.0-33-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org Read Device Identity failed: scsi error unsupported field in scsi command A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options. # smartctl -d sat -T permissive -a /dev/sdb smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.15.0-33-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org Read Device Identity failed: scsi error unsupported field in scsi command === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: [No Information Found] Serial Number: [No Information Found] Firmware Version: [No Information Found] Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: [No Information Found] Local Time is: Mon Aug 27 20:44:01 2018 CEST SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 82-83 don't show if SMART supported. SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 85-87 don't show if SMART is enabled. A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive
# hdparm -I /dev/sdc /dev/sdc: SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ATA device, with non-removable media Standards: Likely used: 1 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 0 0 heads 0 0 sectors/track 0 0 -- Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 0 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 0 MBytes cache/buffer size = unknown Capabilities: IORDY not likely Cannot perform double-word IO R/W multiple sector transfer: not supported DMA: not supported PIO: pio0
There are two approaches to getting smartmontools to work with one of these devices, both involving setting a "quirks" flag for the device in question.
- If you just want to get smartmontools working again and don't care about the performance improvements the come from using UAS mode, you can simply use the IGNORE_UAS flag to tell Linux to stick with the usb-storage mode instead, by using the "u" flag on the
- If you want to continue using UAS mode and are sure your particular device does properly support SAT mode even though the kernel detects it as a device that does not (e.g. as described in ticket:971#comment:12) , you can override that default configuration and suppress the NO_ATA_1X/":t" flag by passing an empty flag list in the
Note that in either case, you will need to find the idVendor and idProduct fields for your device, in 4-digit hex format. This information is found in the
New USB device found, idVendor=NNNN, idProduct=NNNN
kern.log line, or in the output from "lsusb". (In the option strings below, the 4-digit numbers can optionally be preceded a "0x" prefix.)
Permanent Flag Settings
usb-storage.quirks option is part of the more general mechanism for setting kernel/module options, and the exact mechanisms available for setting it will vary depending on your distribution. In brief:
- if your system has the "usb-storage" driver compiled as a loadable kernel module, you can set it by creating a file (e.g.
disable_uas.conf) under
/etc/modprobe.d/containing the line (with the proper id numbers substituted)
options usb-storage quirks=0bc2:231a:u
to disable UAS for that device (oroptions usb-storage quirks=0bc2:231a:
to try overriding the default NO_ATA_1X flag).
You will then probably need to follow your distribution's instructions for rebuilding your initramdisk in order to make the change apply when usb-storage drives are detected upon initial bootup.
- If the "usb-storage" driver is built in to the kernel, or if you simply prefer to make this change at the boot level rather than under /etc/modproble.d/, you can pass the option to the kernel as part of your boot configuration. For example, if your system uses grub2, you can edit
/boot/grub/defaultso that in includes a line similar to
and then run
update-grub, and then reboot.
(Note that while the basic information used in these two approaches in the same, the punctuation used is different.)
In either case, you can then try plugging your USB device in again, and confirm using one of the methods above that the change had taken effect. (Note that if you use the
:u flag, the kern.log messages generated when the device is detected should now include
|usb 2-1: UAS is blacklisted for this device, using usb-storage instead
|usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
|usb-storage 2-1:1.0: Quirks match for vid 0bc2 pid ab38: 800000
|scsi host4: usb-storage 2-1:1.0
For more information, see the introduction to the Kernel Parameters document, as well as documentation for your specific Linux distribution.
Temporary Settings
If you would like to temporarily set the quirks flag rather than making a permanent change (e.g. in order to run smartctl manually at some point but continuing to use UAS mode normally when using the drive for data transfers), you can do so by dynamically updating the module configuration (also described in the introductory paragraphs of the Kernel Parameters document).
First, unmount/unplug the USB device, then run the following commands (as root):
# cat /sys/module/usb_storage/parameters/quirks # echo "0x0bc2:0x231a:u" > /sys/module/usb_storage/parameters/quirks # cat /sys/module/usb_storage/parameters/quirks 0x0bc2:0x231a:u
(Note that the "echo" command completely replaces the current setting, so the first "cat" command makes sure that no quirks have been previously configured; it should just show a blank line.)
At this point you can plug the device's USB cable back in, and (after confirming via lsusb/kern.log that the device is connected to the usb-storage driver) you can then proceed to access the device using SAT.
A quirk set in this manner will automatically get cleared the next time the system is rebooted, but if you want to clear it more quickly you can simply execute:
# echo "" > /sys/module/usb_storage/parameters/quirks
to clear the configuration (i.e. use the kernel's compiled-in defaults) for the next time the device is plugged in.
Additional Information
"Quirks match" kern.log lines:
- The final number on the
Quirks match for vid 0bc2 pid ab38: 800000kern.log line represents the set of flag bits that have been enabled (by the "quirks" option processing) for this particular USB device. (Note that the USB id numbers as well as the flag value are shown in hexadecimal.)
- For SAT pass-through issues, the important flags are
IGNORE_UAS 0x00800000 :u NO_ATA_1X 0x02000000 :t
- The full list of flag bits is defined in the include/linux/usb_usual.h file in the kernel source (while the quirks-option flag letters and fuller explanations of each flag's meaning are found in the
usb-storage.quirks=section of the Kernel Parameters documentation).
- The "Quirks match" line will be output if quirks are found in either the compiled-in quirks list or a list is specified using one of the kernel-module override methods, and thus can be used to check which set of flags is actually getting applied. However, the blanket application of the NO_ATA_1X flag for all Seagate devices (USB vendor ID of 0x0bc2) is coded separately and does not generate any kern.log output indicating it has been applied. Also, if you specify an empty flag list (e.g. "
0bc2:231a:") in an override and thus have no flag bits being set, no "Quirks match" log line will be generated.
Using /proc/scsi/usb-storage/[HOSTNUMBER} to display active flag bits:
- If a device is attached to the usb-storage driver, there will be an associated file under
/proc/scsi/usb-storagewhich will display information related to that particular device driver instance's internal state... and in particular the Quirks: line displays a list of the active flag bits for this device -- whether set by a manual override, an entry in the unusual_devs.h or unusual_uas.h files, or by dynamically by logic coded within the driver.
For example, after setting the quirks string for this particular USB ID to ":u" and pugging in the device, the kernel detected it with a
scsi host4: usb-storage 2-1:1.0message, and the /proc info file showed:============ # cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage/4 Host scsi4: usb-storage Vendor: Seagate Product: Backup+ RD Serial Number: NA5CGDGD Protocol: Transparent SCSI Transport: Bulk Quirks: IGNORE_UAS ============
(thus confirming the quirks string had taken effect).
- Unfortunately the uas driver does not create an equivalent
/proc/scsi/uas/*file, so this method doesn't help when you are attempting to determine (for example) whether or not the NO_ATA_1X flag is set on a uas device....
NO_ATA_1X Kernel Versions
- Because SAT pass-through behavior will change suddenly depending on the NO_ATA_1X flag, it can important to determine whether SAT issues are an (unexpected) side-effect of a kernel upgrade:
- For most devices this setting will be turned on by a change to the unusual_uas.h file... in which case the "Quirks mode" line in kern.log should show that the 0x02000000 bit is indeed getting set as part of the device initialization. This doesn't differentiate between entries from the unusual_uas.h file and manual settings from the quirks option string, but if a kernel upgrade (with no change to the quirk options in use) suddenly causes that message to appear, it's very likely a patch was made to unusal_uas.h between the old and new kernel versions.
- However, for the patch setting this flag for all Seagate devices there is no specific kern.log message to look for, so one may have to guess the patch status based on the kernel version number. The patch was created in November 2017 and applied to various kernel.org branches in December of 2017 and early 2018: here is a list some kernel branches with the first release within that branch to include the patch:
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/log/drivers/usb/storage/uas-detect.h?h=v4.15-rc3 (Nov 2017)
- 4.14.5 (Dec 2017)
- 4.10.x, 4.11.x, 4.12.x, 4.13.x: not included
- 4.9.68 (Dec 2017)
- 4.4.105 (Dec 2017)
- 3.16.55 (Mar 2018)
- All kernel.org versions 4.15 (released) and later already include the patch.
- Linux distributions may backport patches to their own kernel branches (and those may use somewhat different version numbering schemes), but certainly kernel packages released up through Nov 2017 will not have the patch, and mostly like ones based on the upstream 4.15-or-later branches will include it.
- Ubuntu
- 14.04 Trusty: Linux 3.13.x, never backported
- 16.04 Xenial: backported in Linux 4.4.0-117.141 tracking bug 1745046 (Mar 2018)
- 18.04 Bionic: Linux 4.15.x, included from initial release
- Ubuntu
Web links:
Linux SAT-with-UAS bug reports for other projects:
General info:
- StackExchange: How can I check whether USB3.0 UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) mode is enabled in Linux?
- Suze:USB 3.0 Hard Drive troubleshooting
Examples of the problems that originally triggered the current kernel behavior:


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The launch party for Feltique last night was a total success. I had a blast and met some wonderful new people. My friend and contributor to the book, Michelle Feileacan, came with her crafty creative energy, and together we had a great time greeting guests and introducing them to the book and projects. We set out a table with all the supplies needed for needle felting, and I was able to enjoy watching people who had never needle felted before try it for the first time. Many people involved with the book came, including one of my favorite models, Leila-Anne, and my technical editor (and also MAKE editor) Keith Hammond. It was so fun to gather with friends and celebrate the launch.
There are two things I love the most about needle felting. The first thing is the instant gratification. Projects begin to take shape instantly. The results are immediate. I can make art with wool in moments, and I love that. The second thing I love about needle felting is watching people who have never needle felted before give it a try. The comments are almost always the same: "Wait, what? All you do is stab the fluff, and it turns into something?!" And the answer is yes, all you do is stab the fluff. I'm not saying that there isn't some finesse involved. This art, just like any other, gives you room to develop skills and improve your technique. But even if you have never picked up a felting needle in your life, you can still sit down with the supplies and make something in your first attempt. The learning curve is very short. It's much harder to break down the walls to your creativity than it is to actually learn to needle felt.
If you want to give it a try, but are not quite sure what it takes, I made a quick video:
The wool used for felting is roving. It's sheep's fleece that has been combed, carded, and generally dyed, but not yet spun into yarn. The unspun roving is fluffy, and when needle felting, a little goes a long way. The fibers of the wool are coated in keratin protein. The protein coats the animal's hair with microscopic scales. By agitating the wool with the felting needle, the wool tangles, and then the scales entangle, creating non-woven fabric that won't unravel. The needles used for felting are not ordinary. The blade of the needle has multiple sides with tiny reversed barbs on the ends. The barbs tangle the wool together, in whatever direction you push the needle.
To get started, gather your wool roving, one felting needle, and a foam work surface. Place the wool on the foam, then begin pressing the tip of the felting needle into the wool. The wool will begin to compress in the direction that you push the needle. By rotating the wool, and by rotating the direction of your needling, the project begins to take shape.


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Picture: Solange Knowles - Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014 - Sightings - Manhattan, New York, United States - Monday 10th February 2014
Singer Solange Knowles saw a boost in her sales in the U.S. following her notorious elevator fight with brother-in-law Jay Z.
Earlier this month (May14), surveillance footage obtained by Tmz.com appeared to show the R&B singer lashing out at the rapper as she left a party at The Standard Hotel following New York's Met Gala with her sister Beyonce and her hip-hop mogul husband.
The trio has since spoken out about the video, insisting they have "worked through" the drama, and the controversy appears to have boosted Solange's career - her record sales have increased by 233 per cent.
According to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ending 18 May (14), the Losing You singer's digital sales were at 2,000 downloads, up from 600 the previous week (ends11May14).
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OCEAN CITY – The Downtown Recreation Complex took a few steps forward this week with the City Council's approval of a contract for design services for the proposed 3rd Street park.
The Downtown Recreation Complex, which is slated to include an expansion of the current Ocean Bowl skate park and a facelift to the current park space, is located between 3rd and 4th streets, from Philadelphia Ave. to the bay.
The design services, which call for design work on the entire park, are included in the upcoming bond issue, in the amount of $200,000. The construction of the park, estimated to cost approximately $3.75 million, was originally included in the upcoming bond issue, but was removed after the county failed to provide a lease agreement for the land that would allow for a 20-year bond issuance. Earlier in the year, the town requested a long-term lease on the land from the County Commissioners.
The town cannot proceed with the millions of dollars of work on the county-owned land until a lease agreement is met. Despite the request for a long-term or 99 year lease, the county returned an offer for a 15-year lease, which fell short of the minimum 20-year lease that the Mayor and Council requested.
As a result, the City Council decided to proceed only with the design services in the bond issuance, holding off on borrowing of money for construction until an agreement with the county could be reached.
City Engineer Terry McGean came before the Mayor and Council at Monday night's regular session to recommended that Slater Associates be awarded the contract for the remaining design work. Slater Associates was contracted for the design work of the skate park expansion earlier in the year.
The project was originally split into two phases, phase one being the area between Philadelphia and St. Louis avenues, which is currently home to the skate park, a baseball field, a basketball court and playground, and phase two as the remaining area from St. Louis to the bay, currently home to a baseball field and a long Boardwalk.
In August, Slater Associates presented the town with the option to do the design work in either two phases or all at once. Splitting the design work into two phases would cost $89,000 for phase one and $142,000 for phase two, totaling $213,000. Completing the design work as one phase would only cost $198,000.
The council agreed to proceed with the design work in one phase in an effort to save money and also to move forward with the project that has been stalled for an indeterminate amount of time by the county.
To read the full story, see tomorrow hardcopy and online version of The Dispatch.