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* Can always be found in the parking lot across from the [[Middle Park East Safehouse]] on [[Albany Ave]].
* Can always be found in the parking lot across from the [[Middle Park East Safehouse]] on [[Albany Ave]].
* Usually one parked at Franklin Street in Steinway.
* Usually one parked at Franklin Street in Steinway.
* The Oracle is mostly found in [[Algonquin]], near [[City Hall
* The Oracle is mostly found in [[Algonquin]], near [[City Hall|City Hall]] and [[The Exchange]].
* [[Ray Boccino]] drives a black Oracle, which can be taken after [[Pest Control]].
* [[Ray Boccino]] drives a black Oracle, which can be taken after [[Pest Control]].
* [[Patrick McReary]] drives a modified McReary Mob Oracle, seen in [[Harboring a Grudge]].
* [[Patrick McReary]] drives a modified McReary Mob Oracle, seen in [[Harboring a Grudge]].
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The Ubermacht Oracle XS (dubbed simply Oracle when entered) is a four-door sports-luxury sedan in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Oracle is a four-door sedan which inherits the general design and role previously filled by the Sentinel in the GTA III Era (the GTA IV Sentinel is redesigned as a two-door sport luxury coupe). The Oracle resembles the BMW E65 7 Series (2002-2008), particularly the pre-facelift models (2002-2005). The only noticeable differences are inverted front indicators, a slightly different taillight design, and the lack of BMW's traditional (and trademarked) kidney-shaped grilles. The grille resembles that of a second-generation Lexus LS, one of the competitors to the BMW 7 Series in the full-size luxury segment.
There is a slightly modified variant of the Oracle driven by members of the Irish American Killers. It is painted dark green with front and rear bumper kits and a sport mesh grill, and its badge markings are removed. This variant is often seen in Steinway, Dukes.
The Oracle is probably powered by a V12, like the most powerful 7 Series which use the BMW N73 engine. Thus it is able to achieve a decent high speed with satisfactory acceleration. Its handling is superb for a car of its size, and it is durable, owing to its luxury construction. The soft suspension means that the car is comfortable on all surfaces. Its top speed is 130 mph. It's definitely the best sports sedan to drive in GTA IV. Braking varies as anti-lock brakes are (oddly) not available yet.
- The default radio station in the Oracle is The Journey.
- An Oracle ad parodying BMW's ad style is seen on billboards around the city, including one at Star Junction. It shows a picture of the car with the caption, "Automatic Arrogance".
- This is likely a reference to German luxury manufacturers with a long lineage (namely BMW and Mercedes-Benz), whose dealers tended to be arrogant compared to less-established marques like Lexus.[1]
- Also, BMW engineers largely ignored the frequent complaints about the complexity of the new iDrive interface of the E65 7 Series.
- The "Automatic" is also a reference to the only transmission choice for a BMW 7 Series, in contrast to other BMW vehicles that have manual transmission available, as the E65 was the first iternation of the 7 Series not to offer a manual.
- Interestingly, the Oracle in the billboard adverts doesn't seem to have the logo on the bonnet.
- The Oracle's name could be a reference to the BMW Oracle Racing team, as Übermacht, is based on BMW, produces the Oracle.
- The Oracle shares the same rim design as the Super Diamond. Coincidentally, BMW, which is parodied in game as the Oracle-producing "Ubermacht", is also the parent company of Rolls-Royce in real life. In fact, during the first stages of designing the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the shell of the E65 BMW 7 Series was used as a design guide, so in some sense the Rolls-Royce Phantom is a larger and more luxurious platform mate to the BMW 7 Series.
Prominent appearances and locations
- Can always be found in the parking lot across from the Middle Park East Safehouse on Albany Ave.
- Usually one parked at Franklin Street in Steinway.
- The Oracle is mostly found in Algonquin, near City Hall and The Exchange.
- Ray Boccino drives a black Oracle, which can be taken after Pest Control.
- Patrick McReary drives a modified McReary Mob Oracle, seen in Harboring a Grudge.
- Lyle Rivas owns one just sometime before the mission Search and Delete, and was taken in Easy as Can Be.
- A rare Oracle XS can be obtained in the mission Taking in the Trash. This Oracle can be changed to a desired color at a Pay N' Spray, without the car immediately going to its default color (dark green).
- In Going Deep, a Ray Bulgarin mission, most of the cars in the parking complex are Oracles, including a hard-to-find red one that Bulgarin and Timur hide behind. If you are relatively careful not to blow it up during the shootout, it's easy stolen in the process of completing the mission.
- Bulgarin later has a black Oracle waiting outside his house, in both of his following missions.
Notable owners
- Ray Boccino
- Patrick McReary
- Lyle Rivas (at one time before "Search and Delete").
- Ray Bulgarin


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MARION –– Galax's golf team went two different directions last week, but wound up at the same place – on top.
Splitting up for a pair of events on the same day, Galax won the 11-team Bank of Marion Classic at Holston Hills, while the B-team claimed a three-way match at Great Oaks C.C. in Floyd.
Tyler Rutherford led Grayson County to a third-place showing in the team standings by winning the individual championship, edging Galax's John Bryant by two strokes to come in as low individual with a 71.
The Maroon Tide coasted to the team title with a four-man total of 313, a full 31 shots ahead of runner-up Holston. Grayson County was five shots behind the Cavaliers with a 349 and Chilhowie placed fourth at 356.
Northwood (374), PH-Glade Spring (397), George Wythe (400), John Battle (403), Rural Retreat (404), Fort Chiswell (417) and Marion B (432) rounded out the field.
Galax was led by Bryant's 73 and a 75 from Brock Cox. Matt Downey carded a 79 and Dustin Thompson finished at 86.
In Floyd, the Maroon Tide's Jonathan Alouf, Eddie Hanks, Ben Hill and Travis Cockerham combined for a 329, holding off host Floyd County (336) and Pulaski County (346).
Chase Dunnigan got little help with his low score of 72 for the third-place Cougars. Hanks led Galax with a 75. Alouf followed at 81, Hill turned in an 85 and Cockerham shot 88.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Bernard Frank had plenty of reasons to kick back and relax when he retired almost 14 years ago.
He had been second-in-command of a small fighting boat in the Pacific during World War II; he had earned a degree in industrial engineering from Ohio State University; and he had taken over a jewelry store from his father-in-law, brought it out of bankruptcy and turned it into a successful Downtown business for half a century.
But when he retired in 2000 at age 76, he decided he still had something to give. He applied to be a substitute teacher in the Bexley City Schools.
"They said, 'When do you want to start?' I said, 'Tomorrow,'" Frank said.
Now, at age 89, he is a math tutor, putting to work his minor in math from Ohio State. He figures he has worked with more than a hundred kids, mostly one-on-one. Sometimes he gets paid, other times not, depending on the parents' situation.
"What Bernie brought to the table was he could do it on an as-needed basis and charged on kind of a floating scale," with the bottom of the scale being free, said Harley Williams, the principal of Bexley secondary schools.
Frank said he always gets paid: "I get paid in the heart. When you're paid in the heart, you don't spend the heart. When you get paid money, you spend it."
Frank will talk your ear off. And he has built up a lot of stories over 89 years.
He was born in 1924 in Youngstown to a dad who "really did very little; he had jobs and made very little money," and a mom "who was one of those first ladies who went out into the world and became a working mother" to help support them, he said.
In 1942, he moved to Columbus to attend Ohio State. Back then, "Anybody who wanted to go could go" because it cost very little, Frank said. "I was a rich kid at Ohio State whose mother and father didn't have any money, but I didn't tell people."
There were no college deferments during World War II, and on his 18th birthday, after only three months of college, "I decided that I wanted to join the Army and not be drafted," Frank said.
But he soon realized that by the time basic training was over, he'd be ripe for the invasion of Europe that everyone knew was coming. So he went back to the enlistment office and said he needed to join the Navy, because his dad and grandfather had been in the Navy (which was true) and "They were having fits" that he had joined the Army (which wasn't true).
The Navy was happy to have him and, because of his college experience, sent him into the officers' program. Eventually, he found himself in the Philippines, second-in-command of a fighting boat, the USS APc-8, which looked like an armed tugboat.
His scariest moment came when the boat hit a reef in the Sulu Sea and looked like it was going down, with no one around to help. Frank put on three life jackets thinking that was better than one. But they got the boat free and limped to safety.
After the war, Frank returned to Ohio State and got his degree. He married and took over Lynn's Jewelers at 171 S. High St. from his father-in-law.
There were a few missteps, such as when Frank accidentally dropped a bag containing $25,000 in diamond rings -- more than $49,000 in today's dollars -- in 1989 near Town and High streets. A man found the bag and returned it.
After closing the store in 2000, Frank went to Columbus State Community College to brush up his math skills, got a teaching certificate and became a substitute teacher.
Frank goes beyond just being a tutor, said Williams, of Bexley schools. "As much as he's done with the students in math, I've also been as pleased with just the intergenerational experience he's been able to provide our students."
Eighth-grader Nicole Beckman, 13, said she "was in a little bit of a rut these past few months" with her math, "and then, just recently, I started getting better when I started working with Bernie."
"He helped me realize that some answers don't make sense and you have to go over everything and make sure that it's right."
Hannah Dolen, 14, also in the eighth grade, said lots of stories get mixed in with the math work.
What about? "Everything. His whole life," Hannah said.
Frank and his wife, Nancy Ann Frank, had three children. His wife died 1 1/2 years ago after 62 years of marriage.
"I cry for her quite often," he said.
He tutors about two days a week now. He'd like to see more retired people tutor and plans to continue for at least 10 more years.
"Until I'm 99," he said. "If I get there and I want to go longer, I will."


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The Pittsburgh Steelers have no plans to slap the franchise tag on wide receiver Mike Wallace, which means that the free agent's days in Pittsburgh are numbered.
The news gets worse for Steelers fans. According to CBSSports.com's Jason La Canfora, many in the organization believe the division-rival Cleveland Browns are Wallace's most likely landing spot next month.
La Canfora has broken several Wallace-related stories over the past year, which suggests a pipeline to agent Bus Cook or another member of the Wallace camp. New Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is a former minority owner of the Steelers, so he has first-hand knowledge of Wallace's talents.
More important than those tangential ties, a Wallace signing makes sense for Cleveland on a football level. New head coach Rob Chudzinski and offensive coordinator Norv Turner are installing a vertical offense that is ideally suited to Wallace's strengths as a speedster with the ability to take the top off of defenses.
Second only to the Cincinnati Bengals in salary cap space, the Browns are expected to be big spenders under Haslam. They are one of the few teams with the deep pockets to handle Wallace's reported request of a contract in the neighborhood of Vincent Jackson's five-year, $55 million pact.
Should Wallace land in Cleveland, it's a good bet that he will not be catching passes from quarterback Brandon Weeden. Per La Canfora, the new Browns regime "badly wants an upgrade" on the 2012 first-round pick. New VP of player personnel Michael Lombardi allegedly called the Weeden selection a "panicked disaster."Follow Chris Wesseling on Twitter @ChrisWesseling.


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(1) Employee training. Effective training in the following topics shall be provided to each supervisory and non-supervisory employee before the employee begins work that should reasonably be anticipated to result in exposure to the risk of heat illness:
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In order to prevent heat illness it is important to allow the body to cool down. By stopping physical work activities and replacing them with rest the body cools down. Providing cooling allows the body's internal temperature to come closer to the "normal range" (i.e., within a very narrow temperature range above or below 98.6 �F). Also, as the body cools heart rate and respiration slow down. The body cools during resting by:
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Trout aims to stay hot versus White Sox
Mike Trout is starting to see the ball pretty well for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and will try to keep the hot streak going when his club opens a four-game series Thursday versus the Chicago White Sox.
Trout, the reigning AL Rookie of the Year, is batting .429 with three homers, seven RBI and nine hits in his last six games and went deep for the second straight game in Wednesday's 9-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a three-game series. Trout has eight home runs on the season.
Albert Pujols, Alberto Callaspo and Chris Iannetta all drove in runs for the Angels, who entered the game having won four of six games. Anaheim, though, has lost three of its last four contests.
Barry Enright was saddled with the loss after he gave up four runs and five hits in only two innings of work. Mark Lowe did no better in relief and surrendered four more runs. Kansas City was able to put the game out of reach with a seven-run third inning.
"I felt good. The first inning was a breeze, but a couple of walks in the third hurt and they felt what was best for the team was to take me out," Enright said.
The Angels are 1-2 on a nine-game homestand and sit 11 games off the lead in the AL West.
Anaheim will send Jerome Williams to the hill for his third start of the season Thursday and he is 2-1 with a 3.06 earned run average in 10 games (2 starts). Williams got extended work in relief April 29 in a 10-8 loss in 19 innings at Oakland and tossed six innings, allowing one unearned run.
Williams' first start came May 5 in an 8-4 loss to Baltimore, as he was saddled with defeat for permitting five runs in 4 1/3 frames. Williams won his last outing on Friday, when he allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings of a 3-2 road win against the White Sox.
The right-hander is 2-0 with a 2.74 ERA in five games (3 starts) in his career against the White Sox.
Chicago took the last two installments of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, including Wednesday's 9-4 victory behind Adam Dunn's big day at the plate. Dunn homered twice and finished with three hits and five RBI for the White Sox, who have won three of four games.
"I'm happy with the direction where the balls went," Dunn said. "I've gotten pitches to hit and had been fouling them off, but the last couple of nights haven't fouled them off."
Dayan Viciedo homered and Alex Rios collected three hits and three runs scored in the win.
Dylan Axelrod picked up his first win of the season and gave up three runs on nine hits and struck out four over 5 1/3 innings.
Chicago has lost each of Jose Quintana's last three starts and will hand him the ball Thursday. In a 3-2 setback against the Angels on Saturday, Quintana pitched well in defeat and allowed three runs, two of which were earned, in six innings.
Quintana, a left-hander, has made four road starts this season, going 1-0 with a 2.66 ERA, but is winless (0-2) in two career starts against the Angels.
The White Sox lost two of three to the Angels at home earlier this month and have dropped nine of the past 13 meetings between the teams.


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North Korea nuclear threats likely overblown, experts say
TOKYO – According to its official statements, North Korea is ready to go to the brink. But how serious are Pyongyang's threats?
This week, new U.N. sanctions punishing the North's successful December rocket launch have elicited a furious response from Pyongyang: strong hints that a third nuclear test is coming, along with bigger and better long-range missiles; "all-out action" against its "sworn enemy," the United States; and on Friday, a threat of "strong physical countermeasures" against South Korea if Seoul participates in the sanctions.
"Sanctions mean war," said a statement carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.
In the face of international condemnation, North Korea can usually be counted on for such flights of rhetorical pique. In recent years it threatened to turn South Korea into a "sea of fire," and to wage a "sacred war" against its enemies.
If the past is any indication, its threats of war are overblown. But the chances it will conduct another nuclear test are high. And it is gaining ground in its missile program, experts say, though still a long way from seriously threatening the U.S. mainland.
"It's not the first time they've made a similar threat of war," said Ryoo Kihl-jae, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul. "What's more serious than the probability of an attack on South Korea is that of a nuclear test. I see very slim chances of North Korea following through with its threat of war."
Although North Korea's leadership is undeniably concerned that it might be attacked or bullied by outside powers, the tough talk is mainly an attempt to bolster its bargaining position in diplomatic negotiations.
The impoverished North is in need of international aid and is eager to sign a treaty bringing a formal end to the Korean War, which ended nearly 60 years ago in a truce. It uses its weapons program as a wedge in the ever-repeating diplomatic dance with the U.S.-led international community, and there is no reason to believe this time is different.
"I see this as their way of testing the water," said Narushige Michishita, a North Korea expert at Tokyo's Graduate Institute of Policy Studies. "North Korea will probably never be able to defeat the United States in a war. But they are getting stronger."
In 2006 and 2009, North Korea carried out underground nuclear tests just after receiving U.N. sanctions for launching long-range rockets. The latest barrage of rhetoric comes after the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to condemn the successful Dec. 12 rocket launch and further expand sanctions against Kim Jong Un's regime. Pyongyang replied with its threat of more launches and possibly another nuclear test.
"Settling accounts with the U.S. needs to be done with force, not with words," said Thursday's statement from the National Defense Commission, which promised "a new phase of the anti-U.S. struggle that has lasted century after century."
North Korea has long insisted that its rocket launches were peaceful attempts to put a satellite in orbit, while the U.S. and United Nations consider them illegal tests of missile technology. This week, however, Pyongyang, made it clear that one goal of its rocket program is to attack the United States.
But its ability to do so is limited, say experts who believe North Korea still has technological kinks to work out in its nuclear devices. It is thought to be unable to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be mounted on a missile, so it needs to test that technology as well.
Another big issue is money.
In his first speech to his people, the young leader, Kim, who is still believed to be in his 20s, said North Korea will continue its "military first" policy. But for a nation that chronically struggles to feed its own people, resources are limited. And because of trade restrictions, acquiring parts for its weapons from abroad is increasingly difficult.
Despite December's successful launch, North Korea's ability to get missiles off the launch pad is less than reliable. In April, a similar rocket splintered into pieces over the Yellow Sea. Days later, North Korea showed off what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile, but many experts who reviewed footage of the rockets said they were clearly fakes.
The North does, however, appear to be making some progress.
Japan's Defense Ministry, in an assessment of the December launch presented to the prime minister on Friday, said the North's best designs probably give its missiles a range of more than 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles), according to Japan's Kyodo news service. That would be enough to reach the West Coast of the United States. A South Korean defense official said Friday that Seoul agrees with that assessment.
The Japanese report warned that Pyongyang's missile technology has "entered a new stage" that is of serious concern to the international community. Japan is particularly wary of North Korea's capabilities because all of its islands are well within striking distance. Japan also hosts about 50,000 U.S. troops, whose bases would be a tempting target if Pyongyang were to try to make good on its threats.
"There has been a tendency to underestimate what North Korea can do in the space and missile field, and possibly with technology in general," U.S. nuclear expert Jeffrey Lewis wrote recently on his Arms Control Wonk blog. He noted that debris recovered from the wreckage of the December rocket's first stage indicates that most of it was made in North Korea.
North Korea claims the right to build nuclear weapons as a defense against the United States, which stations more than 28,000 troops in South Korea.
It is believed to have enough weapons-grade plutonium for about four to eight bombs, according to nuclear scientist Siegfried Hecker, who visited North Korea's nuclear complex in 2010. And in 2009, Pyongyang also declared that it would begin enriching uranium, giving it a second way to make atomic weapons.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that he has seen no outward sign that North Korea will follow through soon on its plan to conduct a test, but added that doesn't mean preparations aren't under way.


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Highlight accomplishments and talk about meeting the needs of employers. Every answer you give to the questions in interviews asked can communicate the value you add to the employer, often without direct reference to money. Listen well for clues to the employer's salary expectations -- clues that tell you how much they want to hire you and whether negotiation is expected. Find out enough about the job to determine if you really want it and tell them how interested you are in the position. Remember that Negotiation is Collaboration, not Confrontation Offers are not cheap for employers to extend, so learn their rules. Ask if negotiation is expected or if the first offer is the best offer. If First offer = best offer A company with this philosophy analyzes the employment market and what they already pay others doing similar work. When they extend an offer, they typically believe that they are being competitive and that the package represents a fair wage and the best that they can offer. Some employers find negotiation distasteful and don't see the point in bringing in underpaid employees. To find out if this is the method the employer is using, ask what the offer is based on. If salary cannot be negotiated, find out about available perks and benefits. A full benefits packet may be worth anywhere from 15 to 25 percent of the salary when leave time and employer contributions to insurance, retirement and other benefits are figured in. Examples of non-salary compensation Health, dental, vision insurance Life insurance Retirement plans or funds Long-term care insurance Vacation and personal leave Sick leave Long-term and short-term disability Tickets to discounts to sporting and cultural events Work at home options Education benefits Relocation reimbursement Signing bonus Pay for performance bonuses Flexible spending accounts Employee assistance Programs Stock options If Negotiation is Expected This philosophy can either be part of the company culture, consistent within an industry (such as sales) or an attitude of one of the hiring managers. If negotiation is part of the job, they may see this as a test to see if you can handle that duty. Trouble arises in the negotiation process, however, when we treat the process like buying a used car. It's important to work together and not be antagonists, which can cause you to negotiate yourself out of the job. If it can be negotiated, ask for a range and counter from there, based on salary and cost of living information. If you feel confrontational about compensation, do exercise visualizing yourself on the battlefield, facing your opponent, then lowering your weapons, shaking hands, joining sides and walking side by side. Negotiation is a process of joining sides for mutual benefit. Don't be the one to name the first figure. Their figure tells you the bottom of the ballpark of what they intended to pay you. Timing is everything. After you are sure the employer wants to hire you, but before you commit to wanting the job. Take a collaborative approach. Balance your firmness with such non-threatening words as "idea," "suggestion," "perhaps," Don't push further that you know you can go. Find out when and how you will be evaluated and by whom; then how the evaluation process affects salary adjustments. Are salary increases based on other factors like cost-of-living increases, seniority, etc. Take notes so you can include the negotiation of benefits or salary in your letter of acceptance. Examples of what you might say "I'm interested in considering any reasonable offer." "Is there any flexibility in the salary portion of the offer?" This question will help you know if it is a "1st offer = best offer" organization or if negotiation is expected. "I feel that my background and experience will allow me to contribute more to your organization and will be worth more to you." "I think my skill level in the _________field is higher than most other candidates. Therefore, I can save you time and money by being specially productive." "I can contribute more to the company than the average candidate." Always use real-life examples. Base what you can on your role in the future of the organization. Even in many "first offer, best offer" companies, they might have some latitude in other areas like relocation, vacation days, temporary housing, one-time cash bonuses, or "hiring bonuses," to offset costs-of-living differences and other setbacks. Make creative suggestions when you find yourself with no flexibility in the area of salary. For example, can the total expense the company budgets for relocation to be converted to a hiring bonus, thus not costing them anything - but allowing you to pack and move yourself while pocketing the savings? People who dismiss lateral moves, or situations that don't earn them an immediate financial incentive, may miss the long-term growth that could occur for them in that position. Confirm the details of the offer Include the negotiation of benefits or salary in your letter of acceptance or get something in writing from the employer. Thank you for participating in the Compensation Negotiation Workshop, offered online by Regis University Center for Career and Professional Development. Career counselors in Regis University Center for Career and Professional Development can help you with your career development needs, including developing your own compensation negotiation strategy. Call 303.458.3508 or 800.388.2366 x3508 to make an in-person or telephone appointment. Please take a few moments to fill out an evaluation of the online workshop Evaluation form. Your feedback is helpful and appreciated.


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Break Free and Create Your Ideal Relationship
We all accept assumption notions about relationships. Our parents archetypal them for us if we are young, and we apprehend about couples in books and see them on TV and in movies. Yet, while anybody grows up basic his or her own account of the absolute relationship, actual little, if any, of this account comes from an individual's wants and desires. Therefore, we actualize relationships based on what association wants. In added words, we subconsciously and accidentally act like we anticipate we are declared to act, in attention to what our accomplice and anybody abroad wants, as against to what feels acceptable to us. Unfortunately, this causes abounding humans to lose their faculty of cocky if in an affectionate relationship.
Being in a same-sex accord has not absolved me of society's accord norms. It took me years to amount out that I capital something different. While accomplished accord adventures were somewhat satisfying, they did not accommodate me with aggregate I desired. As I began to reflect on my unsatisfying relationships, I asked myself the aboriginal of two questions: "Why were my relationships alone mediocre?" I accomplished it was because I was socialized to apperceive any accord a assertive way-without because my own wants and desires. Anniversary accord had to accommodated specific acceptance based on what I had empiric and abstruse growing up. We all abound up with announced and band rules about relationships. For example, I bethink audition that it's abnormal to reside with anyone afore accepting married. (Thank God I listened to my affection instead of my arch on this one! Otherwise, I would accept been forty-nine afore I lived with someone!) Here are a sampling of added rules that I empiric growing up in the 1960s and 1970s.
• The woman does the domiciliary duties while the man goes to work.
• Men alone do adult domiciliary affairs (shoveling snow, mowing the grass, and so on).
Thank advantage I grew up during a time if women were questioning-and still question-these gender stereotypes. However, there are a host of added band rules that accept annihilation to do with gender. For example, abounding humans accept affiliated couples should reside in the aforementioned home. Although this is a frequently captivated acceptance of what it agency to be in a relationship, it may not acquiesce humans to be at their best. I accept assorted accompany who are affiliated but do not allotment a home. This works for them! They are happier with anniversary added accepting created their own account of what a accord can be.
Still, because of civic expectations, anniversary of us brings bags of behavior into an affectionate relationship. Here are some added examples. Feel chargeless to add ones that allege to you.
• Couples accept to yield their vacations together.
• Couples accept to like anniversary other's friends.
• Couples accept sex all the time-forever.
• Partners are clear-sighted about anniversary other's thoughts and feelings.
• All couples accept to accept children. (As a amount of fact, the allegory is that accepting accouchement strengthens the band amid the couple.)
• Couples who absolutely adulation anniversary added don't activity or disagree.
• It's the job of anniversary being in a accord to accomplish the added being happy.
• Marriage is forever.
As I advised these announced and band rules and my less-than-desirable relationships, a additional catechism arose: "What do I wish from an affectionate relationship?" Investigating my claimed desires and dreams in this way absolved me. It accustomed me to not alone anticipate alfresco the box but canal the box entirely. Through this freedom, I was accustomed to actualize the accord I absolutely wanted. I capital a accord that was mutual. My ideal accord was one area both humans consistently accomplished and accomplished adulation and belonging. I drew afflatus from Brené Brown (2010), columnist of The Gifts of Imperfection, who cites alarm hooks "To activate by consistently cerebration of adulation as an activity rather than a activity is one way in which anyone application the chat in this address automatically assumes accountability and responsibility" (pg. 27). It was alarmingly important for me to be in a accord area I could allotment myself from a actual accurate place; in this place, I could allotment all my peculiarities and imperfections and still feel adulation and acceptance in the relationship. Additionally, I consistently capital my accomplice to feel safe abundant to do the same. Lastly, for me, a astounding accord has bright and honest advice and a admiration to abide to abound as individuals and as a couple. If I affected what I capital in this way, the opportunities about my accord seemed endless, as continued as we explored account together. Living this way has accustomed Kim and me to actualize a accord that we adulation and are beholden for every day.
Consider allurement yourself the afterward questions.
• Are you in a accord area you feel chargeless to be yourself?
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Focusing on DX11
Focusing on DX11
It has been a hair under three years since the release of Windows Vista and with it the DirectX 10 API. In that amount of time, a mere 33 DX10 games were released. That isnt exactly a resounding success considering the hundreds of titles released in that same time. Lets hope DX11 does a bit better than that.
DX11 is focused on taking the lessons learned from the somewhat inefficient DX10 and shaping them into a much more efficient API which will demand less system resources while being easier to develop for. In addition to the usual 3D acceleration, it will also be used to speed up other applications which in the past have not been associated with the DirectX runtime. This may be a tall order but with the features we will be discussing here, developers have already started using DX11 to expand the PC gaming experience. It is an integral component in Windows 7 and according to Microsoft, will also be adopted into Windows Vista through a software update.
Lets scratch the surface of what DX11 can bring to the table.
Unlike past DirectX versions, DX11 endeavours to move past the purely graphics-based uses of the API and push it towards being the lynchpin of an entire processing ecosystem. This all begins with the power which DirectX Compute will bring into the fold. Not only can it increase the efficiency of physics processing and in-game NPC intelligence within games by transferring those operations to the GPU but it can also be used to accelerate non-3D applications.
Through the use of Compute Shader programs in Shader Model 5.0, developers are able to use additional graphical features such as order independent transparency, ray tracing, and advanced post-processing effects. This should add a new depth of realism to tomorrows games and as mentioned before, also allow for programs requiring parallel processing to be accelerated on the GPU.
For the majority of you reading this review, it is the advances in graphics processing and quality that will interest you the most. As games move slowly towards photo-realistic rendering quality, new technologies must be developed in order to improve efficiency while adding new effects.
Some of the technologies that ATI is championing are DX11s new Depth of Field, OIT (or Order Independent Transparency) and Detail Tessellation. While the pictures above do a good job of showing you how each of these works, it is tessellation which ATI seems most excited about. They have been including hardware tessellation units in their GPUs for years now and finally with the dawn of DX11 will these units be finally put to their full use. OIT on the other hand allows for true transparency to be added to an object in a way that will be more efficient resource-wise than the standard alpha blending method currently used.
Lets talk about DX11 games. As you would expect, due to the ease of programming for this new API and the advanced tools it gives developers, many studios have been quite vocal in their support. Even though some of the titles listed above may not be high on your list of must have games, A-list titles like Aliens vs. Predator from Rebellion, DiRT 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 have people interested already and there are more to come.
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Why do many Cal athletes not graduate?
UCLA admits nearly three times more academically underqualified student athletes each year than UC Berkeley, yet its football and men's basketball players have done a far better job earning degrees than Cal's have.
Stanford University, Cal's rival not only in Saturday's Big Game but in academic rankings, also bests UC Berkeley in graduation rates for football and men's basketball.
So does the University of Michigan, another public university known for its academic prowess.
The question is: Why?
Cal ranks last in graduation rates for those two sports among the nation's 72 major intercollegiate athletics programs, according to the NCAA.
A look at some of Cal's closest public and private competitors - Stanford, UCLA and the University of Michigan - reveals how the culture and practices at those universities support student athletes' academic achievement
No one claims there's a single easy explanation for the huge graduation gaps.
Success appears to come from a complex recipe that goes beyond who gets to enroll in each school, although Stanford and the University of Michigan say they don't admit underqualified students for any reason, even to beef up their revenue-generating football and men's basketball teams.
But UCLA does admit underqualified students - 100 this year alone, compared with Cal's 36. Despite that disparity, UCLA's graduation rates are better: 82 percent in football, compared with Cal's 44 percent. Stanford graduates 93 percent of its football players. Michigan graduates 66 percent.
In men's basketball, the percentages were 60 percent at UCLA, 75 percent at Michigan, 83 percent at Stanford and 38 percent at Cal.
So something else is going on. Everyone agrees that students admitted because of extraordinary talents rather than academic prowess need extraordinary help once they enroll. But that's where Cal acknowledges it needs to do a better job for football and men's basketball players, while UCLA says it is proud of the academic support it provides for its athletes.
More than tutoring
All of the schools say it's more than just tutoring.
Interviews with current and former student athletes at Cal, parents, experts and university officials across the state make it clear that athletes are more likely to falter in the classroom when certain conditions are present:
-- A culture that pits academics and athletics against each other.
-- Poor academic support for busy athletes, including insufficient tutoring and too little help with time management and long-term academic planning.
-- An unwillingness on the part of student athletes to devote enough time to studying.
-- Overeager recruiters who sell the campus so heavily to prospective scholarship athletes - who typically don't pay for tuition or room and board - that the reality of how hard it is to succeed at a rigorous university becomes an afterthought.
UCLA, Stanford and Michigan say they take steps to avoid these ailments, and their graduation rates appear to back that up.
Cal officials, on the other hand, admit they have a problem. On Thursday, athletic director Sandy Barbour announced that she is convening a task force to look at why so few football and men's basketball players are succeeding academically.
"While our broad academic scores reflect the outstanding work of many of our student athletes, some sports have performed at a level that is inconsistent with Berkeley's standards and values," Barbour said.
The rock-bottom graduation rates at Cal - the world's top-ranked public university - have also prompted several professors to study the problem from every angle and propose a host of solutions.
For example, Cal is increasing the number of full-time learning specialists who help athletes navigate school as part of an academic improvement plan developed in the past year by Derek Van Rheenen, director of the Athletic Study Center. The football improvement plan alone cites 15 troublesome areas and offers solutions, such as creating a program to monitor athletes' academics, mandating at least six hours of tutoring each week, and providing weekly reports to coaches about athletes' academic progress.
Two other professors, Bob Jacobsen, the faculty athletic representative, and Richard Rhodes, an associate dean, have authored a new paper that identified three issues, not 15:
-- Getting athletes to stop delaying their most rigorous, core courses to their senior year when it's often too late.
-- Getting coaches more invested in academics.
-- Changing the culture of revenue-generating sports to better respect academics.
Cal's competitors say they've been doing most of those things for years.
"We're in higher education. It drives me crazy when I hear other football coaches say, 'Well, my job is to win games.' I disagree," David Shaw, Stanford's football coach, said in a June speech. He explained that for the past few years, Stanford has changed its approach to recruiting and now searches nationwide for top athletes who are as motivated to succeed in the library as on the field. The team has ranked among the nation's top 10 each year since 2010.
"Our jobs are to teach young people how to do things to make them successful - on the football field, in the classroom and after graduation," Shaw said, adding that Stanford hopes to influence other top universities to do the same.
"We can affect these other universities to say, 'You know what? Maybe we won't make those compromises anymore.' "
Solutions elsewhere
Of course, the advantage of a wealthy, private school like Stanford is that all students, athletes included, have an academic adviser. And once they declare a major, they get another adviser specifically for their major. Moreover, there's tutoring aplenty and athletes are prevented from segregating themselves in a universe of their own.
"We encourage them to be full participants in undergraduate student life at the university," said Lisa Lapin, a Stanford spokeswoman who said the athletes live, eat and study with nonathletes.
Lest it appear that all of Stanford's elite athletes possess the brain of Albert Einstein, or at least Andrew Luck, the famously studious former quarterback, the Stanford Daily revealed in 2011 that a secret list of easy courses had been making the rounds at the Athletic Academic Resource Center for years, including Social Dances and Public Speaking.
Campus officials immediately said they would discontinue the list.
At UCLA, where underqualified students are admitted by the dozens each year, emphasizing academics is essential, campus officials said. They do it by paying attention to each student, rather than group all athletes together.
An academic accountability program involves watching each athlete's class work and disciplining anyone who skips classes or doesn't do the work, said Gary Clark, UCLA's director of admissions.
But the key seems to be pairing each athlete with individualized help.
"This is not a one-size-fits-all approach, but rather a very tailored approach to each individual student's needs, and academic progress is closely monitored throughout their time here," Clark said.
Over and over, however, schools that successfully graduate football and men's basketball players say the university fosters a culture that values academics as much or more than athletics.
"Our philosophy is fundamental to why we've been successful," said Petrina Long, UCLA's senior associate athletic director, noting that the athletic department works closely with academic deans rather than maintaining its own fiefdom. Coaches are also taught to evaluate recruits for their interest in academics, she said.
One die-hard Cal Bears fan was so impressed with UCLA's approach that she nearly encouraged her son to become a Bruin or, worse in her mind, a Stanford Cardinal.
Those schools "have personal tutors, good counselors, mandatory study hours that have to be kept, and they monitor the student athlete's progress on a weekly basis. It's really great," said the mother.
Doesn't Cal do the same?
"Oh my god, no," she said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation against her son.
Loyalties were such that her son enrolled at Cal anyway. But the family was dismayed when, they said, a Cal counselor discouraged some athletes from enrolling in summer school.
A different kind of academic support is to offer degrees and programs that athletes might naturally care about, as the University of Michigan does with its School of Kinesiology. By 2008, the 24-year-old program was so wildly popular that it became a school in its own right, offering majors in athletic training, movement science, physical education and sports management.
Michigan officials declined to be interviewed but said the university has no category of "special admission." Candidates are instead evaluated on a range of criteria not limited to grades and scores.
Cal beaten up
Meanwhile, whether or not Cal beats Stanford in Saturday's Big Game, the campus has been beaten up pretty badly over its graduation woes.
A former Cal student who tutored athletes said that a few years ago, he routinely let classmates falsify their study hours.
"I'd say about 10 percent of the time," he said on condition of anonymity. He also recalled some classes packed with athletes where professors looked the other way during tests.
In one astronomy class, he said, "I think I went once on the first day, and for my midterm and final. I got a B-plus. The collective approach (during tests) was, 'Hey, what did you get on No. 2?' It might as well have been unsupervised. Looking back, it's a farce."
While such academic abuses are not unique to Cal, neither do they appear to be widespread.
Although Cal officials insisted on choosing which student athletes could be interviewed by The Chronicle, the two they picked demonstrated that many football players can succeed.
"Committing here to this school as a student athlete, we know what we're getting into," said Brennan Scarlett, 20, a linebacker who earned straight A's in high school. He praised the school's Summer Bridge summer school program for helping students get better prepared.
"Coming here will take hard work," he said. "That truth smacks you in the face. It is very difficult here."
Mark Brazinski, an offensive lineman and graduate student in the Haas School of Business, said counselors and learning specialists helped him finalize his recent application to become a Rhodes Scholar.
"They're very willing to help ... out with whatever project ... or homework you're working on," he said.
Online extra
See Stanford football coach David Shaw's TED talk on academics and athletics:
https:// www.youtube.com/
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Nanette Asimov and Ann Killion are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com


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Chris Simmons and Sarah Stump announce the birth of their son, Bryan Christopher Simmons Jr., born June 27, 2011, at Baptist Hospital East.
Bryan was born at 6:26 p.m., weighing 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 20 inches long.
His paternal grandparents are John Simmons and Michele Prestigiacomo. Maternal grandparents are David Stump Sr. and Ellen Darlene Shields-Stump.
Robert L. and Anne E. Walton of Taylorsville announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Deanna E. Walton, to Tyler Shores, son of Ross Shores of North Carolina and Nancy Shores of Elizabethtown.
The bride-to-be is a niece of Dennis and Betty Merz of Falls City, Neb., and John and Laurie Peltier of Long Branch, Wash.
The groom-to-be is a foster son of Momma Holmes.
A wedding is set for July 21, 2012 at the Mellwood Art Center.
Duck and Darlene Knapp of Mount Washington will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 19.
Master Sgt. Thomas S. Fowler retired from the Ky. Air National Guard after 30 years of service.
He is the father of Bryan and Samantha Fowler.
He is a son of Tom and Mary Fowler.
Andrew Tinsley graduated July 28 from the lineman training program at Somerset Community College as a Class C lineman.
He completed an additional program in smart grid hardware training for digital metering. Tinsley is now certified CDL Class A, pole climbing, flagging, bucket rescue, pole top rescue, first aid and CPR. He is a son of Jeff and Beth Tinsley and a grandson of Bill and Shelia Tinsley, Jean Walker and the late Tom King. He was recently hired by Elliot Electric in Lexington, and planned to start working for the company on Monday.
Danielle Cantrell, pictured at right, participated in the 2011 Kentucky National American Miss Pageant on July 30 and 31. She was a finalist in the teen division.
She is a daughter of Kristy Cantrell of Little Mount, granddaughter of Charles Davis of Little Mount and granddaughter of Kathy and Bill Kyser of Waterford.
Larry Ray Hardin has retired from the Department of Justice after serving 31 years. Hardin attended Taylorsville school before entering the Navy and Marines. He is the son of Elizabeth Johnson Hardin and Ray Hardin Jr., of Bardstown.
He is the grandson of Ray and Sarah Hardin, of Taylorsville, and Mattie and Edward Johnson, of Bardstown. Hardin has several relatives in Spencer and surrounding counties. He resides part-time in San Diego, Calif., and Rota, Spain.
Ashley Danielle Goodlett and Ryan Iannuzzi of Taylorsville announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
The bride-to-be is a daughter of Joann and Mike Patton and Chad Goodlett of Mount Eden.
The groom-to-be is a son of Debi and Earl Vanmeter of Taylorsville. A wedding is planned for Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Mount Eden Ruritan Club.
The couple is planning a honeymoon in Nashville and will make their home in Taylorsville.
Norah June Tolle, daughter of Danielle Allgeier and Allen Tolle, of Taylorsville, was born July 21, 12:35 p.m., at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville.
She weighed 7 pounds, 11.6 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. Her grandparents are Steve and Barbara Tolle, of Taylorsville, and Tina Allgeier, of Bardstown. Her great-grandparents are "Junie" and Peggy Allgeier, of Bardstown; Jerry and Johnni Tolle, of Louisville; and Thelma Bowman, of Taylorsville.
Danielle Taylor and Bobby Lewis, both of Taylorsville, announce their upcoming marriage on Saturday at St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Taylor is the daughter of Bill and Sarita Taylor, of Taylorsville. Lewis is the son of the late Jerry Lewis and Linda Lewis, of Harlan. The couple plans to reside in Taylorsville. Formal invitations have been sent.
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What is the best way to get wireless set up under Arch Linux?
Let me rephrase....
I have a Linksys router that handles DHCP requests using RFC1918 addresses. I have a Toshiba Satellite and a Linksys WAP and a Linksys WPC11 wireless card. After getting Arch linux set up and riunning, what is the best method for setting up wireless connectivity?
What you're going to want to do is install the pcmcia-cs package from current and the wlan-ng package from unofficial.
Then your config files will be in /etc/wlan/, be sure to read the conf files supplied to get it right.
You'll have a problem about network interfaces not being configured automatically. A patch has gone to Judd but he just hasn't got around to checking it out yet, until then you'll want to restart your network interfaces when you put the card in. You'll see what I mean.
Anyway, have fun.
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if you want to use a wireless pcmcia card, you might want to create a wireless start script for hotplug. I just set up my wireless and there is no ifup, which hotplug looks at. I stole the lines from /etc/rc.d/network:
case $1 in
eth0) HOSTNAME=DiRT;; // change the HOSTNAME to DiRT if the interface is eth0
eth1) HOSTNAME=DiRTwLAN;; // change the HOSTNAME to DiRTwLAN for my wireless.
rm -f /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-${1}.{pid,cache} >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/sbin/dhcpcd -t 10 -h $HOSTNAME $1
and then just replace every occurrence of 'ifup' with the name for that script. It works, it really does,
I have a Linksys WAP and WPC11 pcmcia card and have it working fine under Arch.
I have a Linksys router that handles DHCP requests using RFC1918 addresses. I have a Toshiba Satellite and a Linksys WAP and a Linksys WPC11 wireless card. After getting Arch linux set up and riunning, what is the best method for setting up wireless connectivity?
It's on my laptop at home so I can't check config files now, but if you're still running into trouble later, feel free to 'pm' me and I'll give you my configs.
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I've got a linksys WMP11 (PCI version). Not exactly pcmcia, but the drivers used for the card are the linux-wlan-ng drivers. linux-wlan-ng has support for certain pcmcia, plx (pci - pcmcia adapter), pci, and usb devices. The linksys devices are supported by linux-wlan-ng. I recommend using a version > 0.2.0, the new configuration scripts are most excellent.
I have the WPC11 PCMCIA card and can't seem to get it going... It seems to recognize the device fine in the slot, but I'm confused about the actual config file set up... If anyone has this card up could you please post how you got there and some config files? Thanks in advance,
The only thing I installed was the pcmcia-cs package. I don't use the wlan stuff or even hotplug (but I don't plug/unplug my wireless card while booted). I edited my /etc/rc.conf file and added the following:
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth1)
DAEMONS=(pcmcia esd network crond sshd fam exim ...)
If I'm wired, then eth0 starts up and if I'm wireless, eth1. I'm running Arch's default 2.4.23 kernel too.
The only other thing I'll mention is that if you have a Dell Inspiron laptop, you need to edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and remove the "port 0x800-0x8ff" range.
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Thanks for the quick reply. My config file already looks like that, however it does not work. What does your modules.conf look like? I just guessed and aliased eth1 to the orinco module. I tried taking that out and still no activity on the wireless card. Thank you again in advance.
Have you checked iwconfig? You might have the wrong SSID or channel or something.
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iwconfig shows nothing. Where exactly do I set the channel and other configuration for the card?
I don't have anything (that I can recall) in my /etc/modules.conf. It just worked. That was one thing I loved when I switched from gentoo; under gentoo, I tried for about a month to get my card working (it used to be fine under Debian), but under Arch it just worked.
Have you tried tailing your log files when you pop the card in? That should indicate which driver its trying to load based on the card database in /etc/pcmcia.
I seem to recall that there might be an issue with the newer WPC11 cards. Something about a "version 4" comes to mind where Linksys switched chipsets. Try googlling a bit for something like that. If you have one of those newer cards, you might have to add your own entry in the pcmcia card database.
EDIT: Another thought comes to mind - I hate to suggest this, but it might help you out. Take a look on gentoo's forums for WPC11 threads. There are several combinations of kernel compiles/pcmcia-cs/wlan/hotplug that you could try and most are documented in the gentoo forums. Like I said above though, that never helped me - switching to Arch helped!
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using kernel 2.6.1 gives this if run iwconfig:
[root@Asteraceae damir]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 16
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 15.
Some things may be broken...
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ...
this warning about xcompiled wextensions ... does it mean something do not work? (i cannot try ... i used wireless only to exchange data with colleagues, so no accesspoint in my near :-) )
The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.
Another wifi pcmcia card that work that I use is an Orinoca Gold I purchased it from newegg.com. I know you can purchase them off ebay I am just to leary of ebay..:) Anyways The linksys issue is correct ver4 won't work no if ands or buts.. The D-Link DWL650's only hW ver A1-J3 will work newer ones are HW ver M!, P and such. Sometimes you can look on the back of the package if the store has bar code for it and the H/W: will be listed. I have found many of your newer cards you buy at local shops like bestbuy compusa and such now use newer cheaper chipsets which aren't supported by linux. From researching I have found Prism2 and most Orinoco based chipsets will work fine. Anyways just abit of info I found out with hrs of googling..:)
btw : im modprobing the model and iwconfig it every boot cuz frankly i do not know ( yet ) how to do it in anyother way .. but im learning ...
[ i just thought that its something needed to know ... ]
Well, you can add the names of the modules you need to load to the MODULES option in /etc/rc.conf, and any other commands you need to run at boot can be put in your /etc/rc.local. There are network options in rc.conf, but with some wireless setups, it can be easier to run the commands in rc.local.
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I recently got wireless set up on my laptop and am quite enjoying it.
Some of the information in this thread was useful - mainly getting the wireless_tools package so I could enable wep on my pcmcia card on my laptop.
Don't forget to check out additional packages like Airfart which can be found in Incoming:
as well as some other packages which can be found by doing a search for wireless on the Arch website.
Just to add, if you are using a wireless router as an access point but want to disable the routing/dhcp features, then make sure you go through the web interface and disable those features accurately. I got into a snag due to not knowing I had to disable dhcp in two places. Also, if you already have a router and are just using this added wireless router as an a/p or switch like me, then make sure your gateway on the router is different from your own router, it helps to make things easier. As well if you are using a pcmcia card, make sure you have added pcmcia to your Daemons section of your rc.conf so your pcmcia support starts at boot.
Hope that helps others in the future.
Cheers and happy wireless Arching
There is a driver for rtl8180 gear on sourceforge.
it works with kismet on my 2.6.11 laptop, you have to install the modules under /lib/modules/whatever yourself, and modprobe the 8180 module to load everything. It also works without Kismet too, it also works under ndiswrapper.
The project homepage explains more
HTH everybody who has a rtl card.
I'm sooo confused. I can't figure out how to get this thing working.
I have a hawking HWC54G wireless card. It's supported by wlan-ng, accourding to their compatability table. (I'm currently online using a wired hawking USB ethernet adapter on the same laptop.)
So, here we go. First, I made sure the wireless-tools package was installed, then I got wlan-ng26, for my 2.6 kernel. (You can see it at the top of my kernel buffer.)
installing wlan-ng26... done.
[james@wombat Opera]$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
[james@wombat Opera]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ohci_hcd 23048 0
ehci_hcd 36488 0
pcspkr 4044 0
[james@wombat Opera]$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
[james@wombat Opera]$ sudo modprobe wlan-ng
FATAL: Module wlan_ng not found.
[james@wombat Opera]$ sudo modprobe linux-wlan-ng
FATAL: Module linux_wlan_ng not found.
[james@wombat Opera]$ ifconfig etho0 down
etho0: unknown interface: No such device
[james@wombat Opera]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ohci_hcd 23048 0
ehci_hcd 36488 0
pcspkr 4044 0
analog 12704 0
ns558 6016 0
gameport 5120 2 analog,ns558
parport_pc 29252 0
parport 38600 1 parport_pc
yenta_socket 23560 1
rsrc_nonstatic 11648 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 51488 2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
i2c_piix4 9104 0
i2c_core 23296 1 i2c_piix4
uhci_hcd 33424 0
tsdev 8256 0
evdev 9984 0
rtl8150 14336 0
usbcore 125560 5 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,rtl8150
rtc 13260 0
[james@wombat Opera]$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:00:11:68
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1540 Metric:1
RX packets:1992 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1969 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1856622 (1.7 Mb) TX bytes:284633 (277.9 Kb)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[james@wombat Opera]$ help!!!
you need to modprobe the right module for your card... orinoco or prism2 or something - try running lshwd and see if it reports it
Ok, it looks like I have a few choices for this card. None of them seem to work.
Googling around brought up a page saying I needed to use prism54. MODPROBE'ED (sorry ) iwconfig can't find wlan0.
I have installed, configured, and modprobed ndiswrapper. It loads fine, it says it found the card and the driver works, systems seem to be go, but iwconfig STILL can't find it, and wlan0 still does not exist on the system.
I've also used hwd. It says I need to run
sudo modprobe yenta_socket
sudo modprobe ds
sudo cardmgr
yenta_socket is preloaded, probaly hotplug's doing, modprobing ds freezes the terminal (leaving a thing on dmesg: "eth0: no IPv6 routers present"), and the cardmgr command cannot be found. I don't know what package I need to install to get it.
needless to say, iwconfig still can't find anything.
This is the output of lshwd.
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci/01/00.0
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (AGP disabled) (unknown)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corp.|NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD] (neomagic)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 ISA (unknown)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 IDE (ata_piix)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 USB (uhci_hcd)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 ACPI - Bus Master IDE Controller (sonypi)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments|PCI1225 PC Card Controller (yenta_socket)
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments|PCI1225 PC Card Controller (yenta_socket)
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci/01/00.0
01:00.0 Class ffff: Texas Instruments|WLAN Device TNETW1130(ACX111) (acx100_pci)
001:002 USB Vendor Specific Class: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.|RTL8150 Fast Ethernet Adapter (rtl8150)
001:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
---:--- Mouse: Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse [/dev/psaux] (msintellips/2)
(You can also see my Hawking HUF11 usb/ethernet adapter I'm using to access the net while I try to get wireless working in there. I take eth0 down while testing the wifi card, so it shouldent matter.)
Oh, man this is bad. Before I tried in Linux, I set it up in Windows. It worked fine before all that tweaking, now it gives me the same problems in Windwos it gave me in NdisWrapper: It can see the router fine, it can't connect to the internet.
Someone told me that the firmware is software driven, like a WinModem, and it's reuploaded whenever the computer is turned on, so I dunno what to do. If the Firmware does not stay on the card anyway, what's the problem?!
Sounds like a router setting to me.... if you can see and ping the router (and go to the management page?) there shouldn't be any problem with the wireless card itself, but I'd assume th router is blocking you from the outside (that's it's job)
Whoops, yep, it was the router. This stupid bug that causes DHCP addresses to not expire when the computer using them has been rebooted and is now using a different address. Eventually, it runs into the max DHCP address limit and simply blocks all computers from accessing the network. (Soultion? Set the max DHCP users from 5 to 50.)
I've now boiled down the problem.
Hotplug won't load the prism54 firmware when I ask it too.
I found the command that does it, but it just says something like 'Can't preform action "" '.
I used it again, specfying the full path and filename. Same deal. Any ideas?
I've also added wlan0 to the list of network interfaces in rc.conf, and that made iwconfig at least find the card when prism54 is modprobed. I just need to figure out how to get that stupid firmware on there.
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