The basic function of kitchen backsplashes is to prevent water, food and other types of liquids and solids from damaging the wall behind your kitchen counters. However, backsplashes can be both functional and stylish. There's a dizzying array of styles to choose from, but we're skipping the most popular backsplashes (since you've probably seen them anyway) so we can highlight some of the coolest options.
This solid sheet of gray glass provides a sleek, seamless look. Image: thirdstone inc.
This gray, glass sheet backsplash is another example of a cleaner, more modern design and requires virtually no maintenance. Just wipe clean.
The latest generation of stone can realistically mimic wood. Image: Chroma Design.
Brut says some homeowners are achieving customized looks by using specially treated (water and mold resistant) solid wood panels. However, the wood look above was achieved with stone tile.
The warm look of wood in this backsplash is replicated in the floor-to-ceiling cabinets and in the under-counter cabinet cut-outs.
This gives new meaning to the phrase "stainless steel package." While that term generally refers to stainless steel appliances, this kitchen is stainless steel from floor to ceiling: backsplash, countertop, cabinets and sink.
It's hard to find a better backsplash than nature (but you should probably wear clothes when standing at the sink). Smaller windows are common in kitchens, but a wall of windows makes a cool architectural statement.
The slate backsplash in this Asian-inspired kitchen complements the light wood and stainless steel. Slate resists water, stains and spills.
"Porcelain-cement tiles are unique materials perfect for kitchen backsplashes because they don't stain and are quicker to source and install than traditional cement tiles," explains Matt Karlin, third-generation President and CEO of Nemo Tile + Stone.
"Backsplashes are one of the easiest ways to personalize a kitchen, but there's a reason subway tile is so popular," says Jonathan Self, a real estate broker for Center Coast Realty in Chicago.
"Unless it's a forever home, I'd avoid going too crazy with the design because this can make it harder to sell your home down the road," Self says. Maybe this Picasso is what he's talking about. It's definitely original, but how many homebuyers do you think would like this style, especially in the kitchen?


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Q: How do I escape a Unicode character in my Objective-C source code? I feel incredibly stupid for asking this, but the documentation and Google are giving me no love at all.
I have a Unicode character I want to insert into a string literal in the source code of my iPhone app.  I know its hex value.  What is the proper escape sequence to use?  And for that matter, what obvious source of information am I overlooking that would have told me this?

A: Example:
NSString *stuff = @"The Greek letter Beta looks like this: \u03b2, and the emoji for books looks like this: \U0001F4DA";

A: A more modern approach:
I'm not sure when this feature was added to the language, but as of 2015, at least, Objective-C string literals can contain any Unicode character. For instance, I mark my log lines with emoji because their distinctive colors are an easier way for me to pick them out:

So, if you have the character and not just the code point, and you want to use it in a static string and not dynamically generate it, this is a great approach, since you instantly know what character you're using just by looking at it.

A: If you don't want to put it directly in your string you can use a format specifier like this:
[string stringByAppendingFormat:@"%C", 0x2665];

A: The proper escape sequence would be something along the lines of
wchar_t * str = L"\x0627";

See this question: character constant:\000 \xhh
Edit: Oh, sorry, I missed the iPhone and Objective-C tags. The above is valid for generic C/C++, but I have not worked with iPhone development so your mileage may vary.

A: \ is the escape character in objective c, use it before the letter to be escaped like :
NSString temp = @" hello \"temporary.h\" has been inported";

Here if you print the temp string in textview or logs,  you will see " being printed as well because we have used the \ before them which is the escape character

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The last thing you need this year is for your household appliances to break down when you least expect it. Imagine you're hosting a dinner party and the oven breaks, or you wake up in the morning to find the washing machine has flooded your kitchen.
Clean your fridge – the components in your fridge will have to work harder and won't last as long if they're covered in grime and food debris. So, clean your fridge regularly and pay special attention to the condenser coils and grills. Position your fridge away from the wall and direct heat, and vacuum under and behind it to keep the motor clean.
Read appliance manuals – follow the maintenance instructions in your appliance manuals to keep them in top condition this year. If you fail to follow the instructions this may invalidate your appliance warranties.
Keep your dryer lint clean – clean the lint trap after drying each load of laundry. Otherwise your machine will take longer to dry clothes and waste energy. Replace filters when necessary and make sure outdoor ventilation pipes are in good condition.
De-scale your washing appliances – a calcium build-up can cause your washing machine and dishwasher to run less efficiently. Use a special de-scaling cleaner or a cup of white vinegar during a hot cycle every few weeks, especially if you live in a hard-water area. Clean filters regularly, don't over-fill your appliances and always clear excess food off plates before placing them in the dishwasher.
Oven maintenance – clean your oven and microwave regularly as baked-on substances can be extremely difficult to remove and a build-up of grease can catch fire in an oven. Don't block ventilation grills at the bottom of the oven with foil as this can cause the heating element to fail.
Defrost your freezer – your freezer will be working extra hard and wasting energy if it's full of ice. Make sure you clear excessive ice often; chip away at large sections and use a special cleaner to remove the rest.
Rinse the garbage disposal – run lots of cold water down the garbage disposal after each use to flush away waste and prevent build-ups. Don't ever pour oil and grease down the disposal, or your sink, as this can solidify and block your plumbing.
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The documentation is very usable, easy to understand. Getting the basic things going is very easy. The code is on github.
It's worth taking a look and having a go at it! You do know that you NEED a backup, don't you?!?
I've been using dirvish (rsync based) for a good 10 years now. Once set up it is very reliable and can be expanded via pre/post server/client scripts (e.g. to calculate MD5-sums for everything). It supports file-level deduplication (using hard-links), but sadly that doesn't help with large files that have changed only a tiny bit (like virtual machine disk images). Calculating MD5-sums takes quite some time, especially so as it is done on all backups, so the file-level deduplication saves disk-space but doesn't help with the MD5-sums being recalculated all the time (on the very same data). A very time-consuming nuisance. Dirvish's BIGGEST advantage from my point of view however is that the data is easily accessible, it's just stored in the filesystem you choose (e.g. EXT4). There is no file-level encryption or compression, any system that can mount EXT4 can access the data. Today that is basically any Desktop linux out there.
Back to data deduplication. BORG on the other hand only calculates checksums for NEW chunks of data, so the process is very fast if only little has changed. Yes, I said chunks of data, not files. BORG chops up data into chunks, so it can even handle very large VM disk-images and save some space backing them up. BORG also supports archive compression, password protection and encryption. This immediately brings up the question of long-term accessibility of the data. You really really don't want to end up with an old backup but vital backup that for some reason cannot be read anymore by new versions of BORG. Fortuitously the developers have released stand-alone versions (see github) that only have minimal requirements (a few standard libs). So far I've checked whether these binaries run on a live version of linux (PartedMagic 2015-01-13) and I'm glad to say that the answer is yes. That way it's quite easily possible to pack a known-good OS / BORG combination onto an USB stick (or ISO image) for future use. In case of a backup that is not based on plain filesystems, it is absolutely VITAL to go that route.
Make a backup, use checksums, verify its integrity, make sure you can access it and restoring actually works. BE PARANOID about your data.
Some time ago I wrote about said paper. To be more precise, I didn't write about the science per se (not my area of expertise), but I wrote about having had noticed an error in it.
I tried to get in contact with the author, which remained fruitless.
At the end of September 2015 I pinged a staff member of the "EJCN" (European Journal of Clinical Nutrition) about said issue. I didn't hear back from them either.
Today I checked the paper's page on EJCN and what do you know, there's a correction [SHA1SUM]. It appears it was released in December of 2015, which is a decent response time. A lot can be said about journals & "peer review" etc. etc.
This time complaining was beneficial. If You find errors, complain as well. Please.
A small but helpful upgrade, if you're into acquiring your own temperature calibration data. At some undetermined time in the future this might be expanded to a full multi-point calibration mode.
The config menu was amended with the parameter 'display_adc_raw'. When this is set to 1, the display will show the raw ADC numbers. Temperature regulation is not affected by this, everything else works as usual.
With the help of an external high-temperature probe, you can now quite easily create a table of raw ADC reads vs. temperature measured where you need it, e.g. at the exit of the nozzle (of a certain diameter, for a certain fan speed).
I'm glad to announce that the annoying watchdog issue has finally been fixed. It was a dumb error on my side, combined with a prevalence in some ATmega chips to have certain binary values in uninitialized registers after a cold start.
* Fixed ".init1" mistake –> watchdog_off_early.
Putting that into .init1 doesn't work, as it requires R1 to be ZERO.
"eor R1,R1" comes later, so it blows up.
The year twenty-fifteen has had a lot in stock for me and my family, both near and far.
There was death, illness, strenuous recovery, unexpected relapse, and much other crap nobody really wants nor needs. "A bit much" you could say.
I needed a new shopping basket. The old one had broken down after many years of abuse. In the process it killed a cheap bottle of red wine, which made a nice big puddle on the floor, much to the delight of the shop's staff. Fortunately the incident didn't cost me anything.
The replacement looked pretty much the same as the old one and cost 4€. It looked sturdy enough.
Don't worry, this blog won't transform into an adulation for pastry and the likes. At least not for pastry coming from conventional bakeries with tons of sugar and seeds of grasses.
! LET IT COOL AND REST IN THE FRIDGE FOR 24h !
! MUST BE SERVED WITH EXTRA WHIPPED CREAM !
I've finally forced myself to layout a small board. It's been far too long anyway.
It consists of these building blocks: reference voltage, comparator, RC low-pass, gain.
There are better methods for the job, e.g. using a digital one-shot to create pulses independent of the triggering waveform… yes. As usual I just wanted something that works in this special case, something simple, small and cheap.
If you are so inclined, please have a look at this. No electronics of any kind, but a scientific publication about diet / nutrition.
In essence they're comparing a "usual diet" with a "paleo diet" with respect to all sorts of metabolic parameters, among these are: blood glucose and insulin levels.


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    def init_conf(self, conf):
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Stampede, the Doobie Brothers' fifth album, finds the San Jose guitar band continuing to develop their style. One cut, a remake of Kim Weston's Holland-Dozier-Holland hit "Take Me in Your Arms," accomplishes the unprecedented feat of making a Bay Area rock band sound soulful. Even better, the song, despite Tom Johnston's Marvin Gaye-ish vocal and all the Motown trimmings (baritone sax on the bottom, darting strings on the top), ends up sounding like no one so much as the Doobie Brothers.
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Other standout cuts include "Music Man," arranged by Curtis Mayfield, and "Sweet Maxine," a more calculated variant on the Doobie style. By drawing upon artists like Mayfield and Holland-Dozier-Holland, as well as by adding guitarist Jeff Baxter (ex-Steely Dan) to their lineup, the Doobies have beefed up their attack and given it a sharper edge; in so doing, they have broadened their style, which becomes increasingly distinctive with each album.
But a style does not a vision make -- or at least not a challenging vision. Lyrically, this band still seems plagued by the spirit of groovy vibrations that made "Listen to the Music" an endurance test for case-hardened cynics. "Neal's Fandango" bumbles along to couplets like "On the hills above Santa Cruz/In the place where I spent my youth," which doesn't even rhyme, much less scintillate.
- Jim Miller, Rolling Stone, 7-3-75.
The jacket pictures show the Doobie Brothers riding horses, and that works with the amorphous, thick-waisted sound of this to remind me of the old Pogo line about a camel being a horse designed by a committee. Like most Doobie Brothers albums, this one sounds like the work of a committee, and I don't think I approve of even the ideaof committees. Committees are essentially political, and the very first song climaxes in the line, "She's got the power, rock and roll," which sounds to me like a attempt by a committee to tell a crowd what the committee thinks the crowd wants to hear. Committees are always compromising, angling toward acceptably low denominators, and few committees could hope to be thought of as stylish; so far the description fits the Doobies pretty snugly. What committees do mostly is bore people, and, regrettably, the analogy with this album continues to hold. If you play anything, try picking along with "Texas Lullaby"; if you make it to the end, you have the kind of boredom threshold that makes you ripe to be tapped by the town fathers for helping plan the next big project aimed at making your burg even duller than it is now.
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Not much doubt that this is headed for the top of the charts, for the Doobies have developed into one of our true supergroups. The sound they produce is a good-time feel which might be termed the California Music of the '70s, much like the Beach Boys' distinctive sound of the '60s. Not that the Doobies deal with any specific West Coast phenomena, but it's a unique sound that seems appropriate to California. Here we get a variety, from "China Grove" type rock, with flowing guitars and harmonies, to more simplistic rock/soul, to covers of Motown hits, to production ballads. Use of horns, strings and backup voices does not interfere with the basic group sound. There's even a good, country blues cut in the vein of "Black Water." Musically, the LP works better than anything the six have come up with in the past. Commercially, it comes at the high point in their career. Best cuts: "Sweet Maxine," "Texas Lullaby," "Take Me In Your Arms," "I Cheat The Hangman," "Rainy Day Crossroad Blues."
With the addition of ex-Steely Dan guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, the Doobie Brothers became a more musically ambitious and accomplished band, without sacrificing their capability to rock & roll. However, Stampede suffers from the same flaw as What Were Once Vices -- a lack of consistent material. * *
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10 Bad-ass Viking-themed Wedding Ideas
You've probably heard it tons already: "It's your wedding, do what you want!" But what does that mean, exactly? Do you have to follow family traditions? Are you allowed to get crazy?
We've compiled ten ideas for only the most bad-ass Vikings to make their wedding the event of the year.
1. Mead ceremony
We've talked about this quite a bit in other posts, but I can't honestly explain to you how freaking cool it is. It gives your guests a taste of something traditional but also shows off something they probably have never seen before, all while sealing you and your future spouse in an ancient oath.
2. Brew your own signature mead for favors
And on that note, why not brew your own mead? It's one of the most simple and straightforward spirits to make. Just give yourself plenty of time beforehand for the mead to ferment, then the sediment to settle and follow our short guide.
(I made the above labels for a friend's wedding, for a grand total of about $8!)
Sites like StickerYou offer water-proof label prints if you're handy with design. Or, commission an artist to help you out.
3. Matching drinking horns for the wedding party
If you're going to have your best ladies and dudes standing with you on this very important day, you're going to need to bribe, I mean, give them the best possible gift. A drinking horn engraved with their own personal... Game of Thrones house, rune, quote, name, sigil... whatever you want! shows that you don't just love them, but you care about them and it's important for you to have them there on this most auspicious day.
4. Bonfire
What's more Viking than a bonfire? If your venue is cool with it and it works within the fire code of your community, go nuts. Offer traditional food, like a roast pig, roasted apples or nuts, or even s'mores instead of cake. It's a good chance to offer something badass that's not usually seen at weddings, and yet something that's familiar and comforting.
(This group built their own longboat to burn! Photo credit: Citypages)
5. A Viking Throne for a sweetheart seat
If you're anything like me, you had no earthly idea what a sweetheart seat was until you started planning your wedding. It's the seat where the bride and groom sit together during the meal at the reception. While just about any old chairs will do, a combined, loveseat-like seat has become all the rage so that the newlyweds can snuggle.
We here at AleHorn are pro-snuggling. We just think it should be done in an awesome way. Consider making your sweetheart seat into a throne for you and your partner to share. Or use this Viking stargazing chair for inspiration.
6. Axe throwing competition
(Photo credit: Angry Axe)
Axe throwing is the new hipster trend, sort of like rage rooms and escape rooms. It takes one of the most popular events from the renaissance faire and turns it into something that can be enjoyed by the whole family. A number of companies in the states now offer mobile axe throwing rigs, which can pull right up to your venue for the delight of your guests.
7. Forge Your Own Rings
(Companies like The Smithery offer workshops for you and your spouse to make your own rings)
Diamonds are dropping out of fashion. As we millennials disembowel and devour the diamond industry, we're turning to the old ways of creating a marriage bond and the jewelry one requires. It's becoming more and more popular to forge your own rings, and plenty of companies are offering this exciting experience. If you don't want to do an actual forging but still want to design a ring, countless sellers on Etsy (like this one from X) offer you the chance to customize your own ring.
8. Arrive via longboat
This one might be difficult if you don't live in the beautiful fjords of the Scandinavian peninsula. But just imagine as the ceremony begins, people start looking around, but no wedding party can be seen. Suddenly, over the horizon on the scenic lake behind the altar, a dragon's head appears.
(This Norwegian couple did!)
Pretty badass right? If you can make this happens, PLEASE send us photos. Oh, and please invite us, too.
9. Sword exchange
As we've written about before, the Vikings didn't just exchange rings during their weddings. They also exchanged the ancient swords of their ancestors, symbolically bringing their new spouse into their blood family.
You may not have an ancestor's sword to exchange, but that doesn't mean you can't get one made and start an all-new tradition for your family. Find a seller on Etsy who will make you a personalized blade, like ArchangeSteelabove.
10. Have a tattoo artist give signature rune tattoos
Yes, people DO offer tattoos at their wedding! It's usually one design, something to commemorate the wedding. Work with your artist to come up with a design that represents your partnership, but that they also wouldn't mind wearing on their bodies.
Check out The Wedding Tattooer for more information.
What did you do to take your wedding up that extra notch? What are you planning for your future wedding? Share with us in the comments below, and don't forget to check out Kona and Jenna's bad-ass wedding. Remember, we can customize ANY drinking horn in our shop for your wedding.
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Norse Mythology: Nidhogg the Serpent
There are a lot of dragons in Norse mythology. Perhaps the greatest is Jormungandr, the World Serpent. The second greatest is Fafnir, who fought the great hero, Sigmund.
But the third greatest (and relishing in his lowly position) would be Nidhogg (also called Níðhöggr).


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HomeCOMMENTARYPresident Koroma Hosts UK Secretary of State
President Koroma Hosts UK Secretary of State
December 16, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU COMMENTARY, Uncategorized 0
By State House Communications Unit
President Ernest Bai Koroma Tuesday 16 December received the United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening at State House, Freetown. The Secretary of State is in the country on a follow up visit on Ebola and to assess progress made so far to stop the transmission of the disease.
President Koroma informed the British minister that following her last visit, the country had made tremendous progress by increasing its fighting capacity to containing the virus. He stated that there are treatment centers across the country with a simultaneous increase in lab capacity that shows the country's effectiveness in combating the disease.
The president explained that his continuous social mobilization of religious and traditional leaders, heads of traditional and cultural societies across the country has helped in bringing out the sick and revealed that Operation Western Area Surge will start Wednesday 17th December. He however expressed concern over the rate of new infections in the Western Area, adding that government will focus on the region to substantially reduce the number of new cases.
The president also noted that government will continue motivating communities, providing support and rewards for getting the sick out, and added that he was encouraged by the increase in facilities and expressed hope that very soon Ebola will be eliminated.
Justine Greening described President Koroma's social mobilization drive as very effective, saying that it is a key mechanism for containing the outbreak. She highlighted the situation in Port Loko in terms of facilities and Community Care Centers and hoped that in the coming weeks a huge difference would have been made.
The UK Secretary of State for International Development observed that the Western Area Surge is critical and needs to be managed well until the outbreak is contained. She emphasized the significance of social mobilization to quickly help in tackling the outbreak.
President Koroma Receives Global Health Impact Award
By State House Communication Unit Freetown – July 14, 2016 President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has today, at State House, Freetown, received an esteem international award from Project Restore […]
Ebola Update for today June 13, 2014
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MOHS DAILY UPDATE ON EBOLA AS OF 13TH JUNE 2014 138 cases tested as of March 2014 52 confirmed cases as of 13th June, 2014 19 deaths reported as of 13th June 2014 […]
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Mabel Whenzle, FBC Intern: Speaking at a press briefing organised by the National Ebola Response Centre at NERC's Headquarters in Freetown, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National […]
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF THE END OF THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN […]
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Today, Saturday, November 21st has been declared National Day of Thanksgiving by His Excellency the President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma to give thanks for the end of the Ebola outbreak […]
President Koroma's New Envoy Meets with Sierra Leoneans in Saudi
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Information Minister welcomes Commonwealth Telecomms Research Head to Sierra Leone
The Head of Research and consultancy division of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), Mr. Martin Koyabe, is in Freetown to hold bilateral discussions with Telecom regulator, NATCOM and the Ministry […]


Maximizing Space With Built In Radiator Surrounds — JARRET YOSHIDA, INC.
Space is a premium asset, be it in a large house or studio apartment. Maximizing not only your horizontal but your vertical square footage as well is so important. It is really a matter of being creative.
One prime example is using the area around and above radiators. Done correctly this will not only put the area to good use but also beautify the space as well. Many times we will suggest built-in cabinetry to not only hide unsightly radiators but offer additional storage and shelf space as well.
There are a number of really wonderful radiator grilles offered today to match the style and feel of the space they are used in. The material used for the surrounds vary from different woods, whether painted or stained to metal. They will match the surroundings where they are used.
These radiator surrounds, be it a simple cover or a larger bookcase or desk, also offer safety for children and adults alike. They will separate you from the hot radiator surface. Beauty and safety together, all the while offering storage or workspace, or even an area for photos or books. Truly a more decorative bang for your buck.


I enclose my registration fee of £2 to cover the cost of processing my registration.
Thanks to the generosity of the Science Museum of London and of the National Physical Laboratory, who are providing facilities for ACE 2000, this is a 'nearly free' conference.
Payment (sterling only) must be by money order, credit card or cheque payable to "BSHS Ltd".
NB Attendance at the National Physical Laboratory on May 19 is limited to a total of 65 people. If all the available seats have been allocated by the time your registration form is received, and you have indicated a preference to attend on both days, you will be registered only for ACE 2000 at the Science Musuem on May 18.


Discussion in 'iMac' started by laragheast, Sep 9, 2015.
Below is a good simple to follow guide. Splitting the drive will have no effect on your warranty.
Has anybody done this and was it a success , I like the idea but I am nervous about breaking my machine .
I have done this, with success. It's easy to do and it's easy to roll back.
I created 2 partitions, 64GB for El Capitan and 64GB for Windows 10 Bootcamp. This configuration is very fast. I use the HDD for my data, music etc.
If you're nervous about the procedure - to the point of wanting simple steps. The question has to be asked what do you think you'll gain from this exercise?
Drivers for track pad and keyboard etc.
Well, you probably won't do any harm and as long as you take a full backup beforehand with some kind of disk image software, I think you should be ok. But, imho, what you want to do doesn't make a great deal of sense. A fusion drive works by identifying the most popular portions of your hard disk and keeping them on the SSD where the speed of reading and writing is faster. By 'portions', I mean blocks, that's a level of allocation that's lower than a file (files are made of blocks).
So. let's say you want to manage the fusion thing yourself. You split it, keep your operating system and applications on the SSD part because you want them to load quickly. Even then, perhaps your usage of applications varies over time, so perhaps you have to monitor which applications you use and how often so that you can make the best use of the space on the SSD. Also, there may be portions of the operating system you don't use regularly (telnet, ftp, whole bunch of small stuff), perhaps you'd want to move those over to the hard disk - as long as you know what can be moved and what's used. Then, there's libraries - photos, iTunes You can move those over to the hard disk. But, what if there's movies or music you use often and want to come up faster? Can you split iTunes or Photos manually over different disks and even if you could, you'll need to monitor usage again to make sure that your current popular ones are on the SSD.
Oh and importing photos or music. You'll want to have them go to the SSD first because that makes the process faster. So, you'll have to remember that each time.
Meanwhile, the alternative is to have the system as you have it today and everything I've talked about so far gets managed automatically and transparently. Most popular disk blocks kept on the SSD, least popular moved out. 4gb area kept free and new files automatically sent there first and moved to hard disk if they prove to be less popular than other stuff.
Perhaps you have the time and the inclination to manually manage what can be done for you by the system. Personally, I have neither of those things. And even if I did, because I can only see files at my level, I'm sure I couldn't do a better job than the automatic system.
I want to do the exact same, my only concern is what happens after you do the split when in Recovery Partition. Am I able to instal OS X on the SSD or does the computer have a panic and will I need a bootable USB drive to reinstall? The instructions don't mention needing one but then they also say the split wipes EVERYTHING. I'm doing this on a new iMac so no worries about data backup or loss.
Did you have any luck with splitting the fusion drive and if so can I ask how you did it please .
I decided against splitting it in the end and think I made the right decision. It's really nice not to have to manage storage between drives. I might end up putting a big ssd in there in a year or so instead.
Hi peter could u instruct me on how to split the SSD part of the fusion drive so i can add windows to it please?
The steps in post #2 provides you with the instructions.


The number of passengers choosing British Airways plunged by 5.6 per cent last month with 160,000 fewer flying.
The airline admitted last night that trading conditions continued to be 'challenging'.
BA said bookings for future flights were being affected 'by the increased anxiety in financial markets and by the uncertain economic outlook'.
Its planes were 74 per cent full last month compared with 78.3 per cent in September 2007. First class and business class journeys fell 8.6 per cent while economy class traffic was down 4.1 per cent.
Budget airline Ryanair said it had 5.23million passengers last month - a 20 per cent increase on the September 2007 figure.
But the general downturn has forced it to slash 14 per cent of its winter flights from Stansted.


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VIRAL: Chewbacca Mom Rides Infectious Laughter to Internet Fame
Last week, a mom Candace Pain, posted a video on Facebook that has since been the most viewed in the social media site's history: 141 views (and counting) in three days. Pain says in the original video that she purchased a mask of Star Wars character Chewbacca from Kohl's after making some returns from the Star Wars fame for herself as a birthday present, not for the kids. It cost just $17.99. (though it's selling for $146 on Amazon right now)
After putting it on, she exploded in infectious laughter. She was able to ride that joy to fame. She was invited to appear on James Corden's CBS late night show and even got to do one of Corden's famous "drive arounds" with celebrities but with the director of the latest Star Wars film, "The Force Awakens", JJ Abrams.
During her appearance, Peter Mayhew, who plays the real Chewbacca in all of the films invited her and her family to a private meet and greet and to get complimentary VIP tickets to a Star Wars convention stop.
This week, she got flown out to Facebook's headquarters and treated some more. It pays to be authentic, and fun and to spread joy.
Watch the videos and see how it played out:
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Health Sciences Graduates Ready for the Workforce
College Holds Traditional Pinning Ceremonies
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Practical Nursing pinning
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RALEIGH, N.C. (December 9, 2022) – The Triangle health care industry is about to get a boost from Wake Tech. Soon-to-be graduates of the college's nursing and other health sciences programs received their pins today and are preparing to enter the workforce to help meet the growing demand for health care workers across the region.
Special ceremonies for Medical Assisting, Radiography, Medical Sonography, Practical Nursing and Nursing were held at the Perry Health Sciences Campus in Raleigh, one day before the college's commencement exercises.
Sixty-four students are graduating from The Martha Mann School of Nursing, the largest Associate Degree Nursing program in the state, with more than 300 students enrolled every year. Wake Tech's Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Nursing program prepares well-qualified nurses who can practice in a variety of settings. Ninety-eight percent of Wake Tech's nursing graduates typically pass the NCLEX licensure exam on their first attempt. Many nursing graduates have multiple job offers when they graduate, and many are employed before they graduate. Wake Tech's AAS degree in Nursing is approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.
This was also the first pinning ceremony for the first five graduates of Wake Tech's new Practical Nursing program, which prepares students to practice as an entry-level nurse under the supervision of a registered nurse or other health care provider.
All nursing graduates received a special pin, lamp, red rose and a copy of the Florence Nightingale pledge – symbols of their commitment to the nursing profession.
Wake Tech president Dr. Scott Ralls congratulated the new nurses on all their hard work: "Your accomplishment is unique. You made a choice to be nurses – angels in scrubs and the heart of health care. Thank you for choosing this noble profession. You have made our community better."
"Our graduates will bring fresh energy and enthusiasm to the workforce at a time when they are in great demand," said Anne Jones-Sutton, dean of Nursing Programs. "They have been offered jobs in acute care medical-surgical areas, critical care, emergency department, behavioral health and others – almost everywhere a nurse is needed, our new grads will be there!"
According to the University of North Carolina, the demand for registered nurses in North Carolina hospitals could exceed supply by nearly 10,000 in the next 10 years, and the Triangle will be among the regions with the greatest shortage.
To meet the demand, Wake Tech is planning a significant expansion of the Perry Health Sciences Campus. Thanks to passage of the Wake Tech Workforce Forward bond in November, the college plans to build a 120,000-square-foot facility that will allow for the expansion of nursing and other health sciences programs and make it possible to add new programs in mental health, respiratory therapy, disability support and other areas. The facility will feature a "simulation hospital" that will include human patient simulation, virtual reality, task trainers and computerized simulation. It will be equipped with a nurses' station, hospital rooms, control rooms and debriefing rooms. It will also house state-of-the-art labs for imaging programs, including Medical Sonography, Radiography, CT, MRI and Mammography.
Construction could start as early as 2025, with completion expected by 2027. The campus was previously expanded in 2013.


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