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Interview: Joe Futschik from Jefdesigns
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An interview with one of our latest designers – Joe Futschik from Jefdesigns. We've been doing designer interviews for years in order to gain insight into our designers' talents, processes and true personalities. Want to see more? Browse our collection of Desiger Interviews. Enjoy!
Joe – Who's Jef?
Jef are my initials. Words have never been my strength, I am much more comfortable expressing myself through images and objects, hence the rather dry company name. Another reason is many people say I look like a Jeff and refer to me as such, which I find weird because I always thought I looked like a Scott.
What are you inspired by & how does this affect your work?
I get inspired by so much and it changes constantly. Ten years ago it was art nouveau and art deco. Five years ago it was Noguchi lamps. At the moment it's Japanese and Scandinavian graphic patterns. I also love Mark Rothko. Wood grain and saturated color have been primary ingredients in my designs for a while. Living in Portland Oregon since 1995, the importance of light has become an obsession for me. I've pretty much created most of my home furniture and outfitted it with lighting. I think the emotional impact of ambient light is significant. And besides, everyone looks better when they are well lit.
Do you collect anything? Tell us of your treasures….
I am a total sucker for junk, garbage and recycled material, whatever you want to call it! Not the answer you were looking for, I'm sure. Almost all my designs were created from rummaging through junk shops. The Rebuilding Center here in Portland is amazing. All materials from renovated or demolished buildings end up here. It's such a playground for designers.
I also love to search beaches for sea life: rocks, sea beans, corals, urchins, sea fans. They've been influencing my recent designs a lot.
You know, I just realized I'm a terrible consumer because I make most of my furniture, and collect junk and free stuff from the ocean. But these "treasures" influenced and inspired my designs.
I bet Lulu (his adorable French Bulldog) is the most popular pooch on Dogster. How many pup pals does she have?
Lulu (best dog ever) is a people's pup. She thinks other dogs are fine, but realized early on that they can't provide her with what she craves most: food and love. In many cases they are the same thing to her. We're a lot alike in many ways.
What's next for jef designs?
Great question: I have been working on new designs inspired by marine life that I hope to produce in a variety of mediums. Other than that I'm not sure. I'm fairly self-taught with design and I haven't had a very clear business plan other than to make things that are truthful expressions of what I see or feel. So far that has been working in my favor… we'll see.
Go check out Joe's beautiful creations!


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Family hospitality is the essence of Hotel Poggio del Sole, owned by the Colella Family: Papa Salvatore, Mama Tina and their three sons Giuseppe, Amerigo and Lorenzo.
Each family member contributes in an unique way to the running of their family businesses: Hotel Poggio del Sole, La Rotonda sul Mare, Ring Hostel and Ristorante La Casereccia.
Papa Salvatore makes liqueuers, wine, olive oil and preserves; Mama Tina's delicious home cooked meals; Lorenzo's famous woodfired pizza; Amerigo's skillful maintenance and Giuseppe who assists with your every requirement while staying with the family.

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like oracle but come on Larry no need to be that greedy
(Nothing to do with Oracle screwing it up - I moved back around the 6.4 relase. IMHO Postgres was always better on Linux/Unix, and MySQL's popularity is really only due to it having a Windows installer first.)
Glad I moved to PostgreSQL.
(Nothing to do with Oracle screwing it up - I moved back around the 6.4 relase. IMHO Postgres was always better on Linux/Unix, and MySQL's popularity is really only due to it having a Windows installer first.)
That's not at all why MySQL was popular. It was dead simple to get started on, you could dump/reload databases to text files trivially, and you could learn on a platform with minimal support for everything so there wasn't a stack of binders work of documentation. It was fast, free, had minimal complexity for a DB, and had a clear path from first tutorial to production.
He's gotta cover those mortgage payments for Lanai somehow...
They offer things under two licenses: GPL and commercial. IMO, it is far more likely that some build script broke and failed to replace the copyright notice on the GPLed export than that Oracle has decided to try to take the man pages proprietary....
It's a tried and true practice of Commercial software to charge extra for documentation. I'm willing to bet this is completely intentional.
I generally assume incompetence over malice, except when I'm dealing with Oracle.
With Oracle, you can often safely assume both!
Exactly, every time I'm talking to a VP at Oracle support (Every level 2 support tech is a VP at oracle) all I can picture in my head is them looking like Cobra Commander.
No point in all these rants. It's indeed just a bug (for now).
(There are plenty of other good reasons to rant at Oracle)
Most distributions include the documentation with any software packages distributed. Without a GPL or free software license on the documentation, the distributions must either:
(a) comply with the license,
(b) provide a third-party download (like Adobe with Flash), or
(c) stop including MySQL.
Given the existence of MariaDB, it might be simplest to stop including MySQL in the distribution.
Most likely the choice will be:
(d) write free documentation
Debian does this quite often. See: Debian with GFDL licensed documentation.
(d) provide the old documentation, which didn't come with any such restrictions.
The Correct way to look at this situation, is that MySQL has died and is no longer being maintained by its owner. The last [GPLed] version was the last version.
Or they needed to wait until there was a stable MATE, given how Gnome 3 still is rather unsuitable for server use, including remote desktops, VMs and heterogeneous environments.
Gnome 3 Classic doesn't exist in Fedora versions prior to Fedora 19 either, so the argument stands.
Plenty of distributions are already ahead of you and have moved over to MariaDB anyway.
Wouldn't they need the approval of everyone who contributed to the GPL'd version in order to do this?
No, MySQL has always required copyright assignment for stuff to be included.
The answer is "Yes" and the long answer is that they already gave the permission or MySQL AB/Sun/Oracle wouldn't have accepted the contribution.
GP was answering the question in the body, not the question in the subject line.
"Yes" it's legal.
"No" they wouldn't need approval of everybody who contributed to the GPL version.
"No" they wouldn't need approval of everybody who contributed to the GPL version.
I agree with you, but I think of it as "Yes, they need the approval of everybody who contributed to the GPL version, so they got that approval in advance in the form of a copyright assignment. Because the contributors assigned all their copyright rights to the owners of MySQL, the owners can make this change without needing any further permission from the contributors."
Years ago I evaluated PostgreSQL and MySQL for a project and decided to go with PostgreSQL. One reason was that it seemed more solid, which was more important than speed. The other was the funky way that MySQL was being developed - by a single, for-profit company - even though it was formally GPL licensed. Yes, MySQL would probably have worked fine, but the current issues with forking and all that mean that I would not trust it today. The community behind the project is more important than whatever lice
It may be that this license change is just a build oops, or it may be that Oracle is breaking it's agreement with the EU to keep mysql stable, supported and free. In any case, this does strengthen the case for MariaDB for those organizations are still on the fence about switching over.
Tried it. Didn't work. Because I rely on iterative development, I use "make-it-work" statements a lot and have one master SQL script that I can use to both create a new database or upgrade an existing one (see Evolving A Database With MySQL [howtoforge.com]). This requires a lot of "IF NOT EXISTS" clauses or "ON CONFLICT" clauses. MySQL features quite a few of them, and I could not find most of them in Postgres. Even the SQL standard MERGE command is not supported.
Also, with the zillion ways of logging in to a database, I h
Yeah, that totally makes sense out of why Oracle keep hiring more MySQL devs and putting out new MySQL releases like those MySQL 5.7 previews or that MySQL Cluster 7.3 that had a GA release just yesterday.
Thanks for clearing that up!
Let's look at what Oracle is doing. I'll start the list of moves that appear to be intended to alienate the community around the very software they're promoting and cause the Open Source community to create viable forks that end up absconding with the product and its market. You guys contribute additional examples...
IBM isn't known for dumb moves, but partnering with Oracle on this sure is one.
What continuously baffles me is that they haven't managed to screw up VirtualBox yet (that I know of, I could be misinformed). Is the project just below the radar?
But they have messed up VirtualBox: 4.0 was basically 'out the door' when Oracle bought them (it came out something like a month or two later, a rushed release IIRC), and VirtualBox hasn't seen any marked improvements since. It's basically in a 'maintenance' freeze, from what I can see, and long-run bugs which have been around for quite a while are still there. What's more, more seem to be getting introduced (more instability lately, I think).
IBM isn't known for dumb moves
Your memory of IBM differs from my own.
Your memory of IBM differs from my own.
I can't say I've had that much to do with them. HP, on the other hand, I could rant about for a while...
You can always fork GPL code, the GPL license is not revocable by anyone.
This is why you shouldn't work on free software that requires you to hand over your copyright. This includes GNU software as well.
Even where code remains GPL, you have to be a bit careful about selling code. A case in point was Michael Sweet's selling the source for CUPS to Apple. Sure it's still GPL, but the exceptions to link against Apple software have (in some cases) set the clock back for users of Linux and other Unices.
I had always thought CUPS stood for Common Unix Printing System. I was wrong. Apparently it doesn't stand for anything any more. There was a time when if any printer you bought worked from a Mac, you would be ab
Seriously, this is just about perfect proof that Oracle isn't even paying attention to the MySQL community. If they were paying even the smallest iota of attention, they would have realized that changing the license terms on *anything* would be a big deal to the users, who are already a bit hesitant. At the very least, they would have messaged it better - told everyone up-front what they were doing, and *why*. Hell, maybe they actually have a good reason.
But now, they've lost spin control on their own actio
Everyone knows its better and more free. The MySQL lineage needs to die.
Legal speak for a generic copyrite disclaimer which references a general agreement to me. What is the big deal? Sure it could say GPL, but this seems like a lawyer pleasing way to say "go read the related agreement" to me. The agreement can still be GPL but now the files just say you are restricted to the agreement.
GPL restricts use and copyrite is what gives GPL power.
NOTE: I purposely spell it copyrite.
You've been kicking this one back and forth for a decade or more! If you knuckleheads would have used BSD licensed PostgreSQL from the git-go instead of MySQL's crazy now-you-see-me-now-you-don't license you would have freed up so much time and intellectual horsepower that you'd have your fucking flying cars by now.
Slashdot. It's like herding cats, except cats are cleaner.
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Selection of Victorian (I think) brass ashtrays. These belonged to my Grandmother, I remember them in her house in Stockport, UK in early 1960's. She had them for years before that. They are well worn from polishing. The large cat face could also be hung from the wall if required.


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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Boston Bruins will try to pick up a third straight victory on Thursday night without defenseman Zdeno Chara as they visit the St. Louis Blues.
Chara will miss this game as well as Saturday's home contest against Ottawa due to him being selected to carry Slovakia's flag on Friday during the Opening Ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
The 36-year-old Chara has 13 goals and 13 assists in 54 games this season, and the captain will be replaced by David Warsofsky in the lineup.
Coach Claude Julien isn't expecting his club's performance on the back end to suffer due to the brief loss of Chara.
"I think it's going to be important that our whole D corps does a good job there. So you can't put all the burden on one guy's shoulder," said Julien on Boston's official website. "And as much Zee is a big part of that back end, other guys have done a great job in making our whole D corps pretty solid. So I would have to expect the same thing."
The Bruins won for the sixth time in seven games on Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Tuukka Rask made 27 saves and Jarome Iginla backed the effort with a goal and an assist.
Milan Lucic and Daniel Paille also registered goals for the Bruins, who lead the Tampa Bay Lightning by six points for first place in the Atlantic Division.
"I thought it was a strong game. The guys worked hard," said Chara.
The Blues come into this meeting second in the Central Division with 80 points, four back of the first-place Chicago Blackhawks, and with points in five of their last six games. They are 4-1-1 in that span.
St. Louis, though, is coming off a 5-4 shootout loss to the Ottawa Senators in which it failed to hold a third-period lead.
The Blues held a 3-1 advantage going into the third period, but the Sens ripped off three quick goals to go in front. Jordan Leopold saved a point by scoring a game-tying tally with 8:52 left in regulation before Ottawa came through in a five-round shootout.
T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist for St. Louis, which also received markers from Brenden Morrow and David Backes. Jaroslav Halak stopped 27 shots in the setback and Jaden Schwartz finished with two assists.
"The boys played hard tonight against a hard-working team," Oshie said. "We want the two points but we'll take the one point and focus on Thursday."
The Blues fell to 9-0-1 versus the Eastern Conference at home this season and lost for the first time in 19 games (18-0-1) at home this season when scoring three goals or more. They are also now 25-0-4 when leading after two periods.
St. Louis concludes a four-game homestand on Saturday, but will first try to avoid a fourth straight loss as the hosting club versus the Bruins.
The Blues' 3-2 shootout victory in Boston on Nov. 21 marked the seventh straight win by the road team in this series and gave St. Louis its 10th triumph in its past 13 encounters with Boston.
Halak is 7-3-0 with two shutouts and a 1.86 goals against average in 10 games versus the Bruins, making 29 saves in the earlier meeting this season.
Rask stopped 24 shots in that setback, falling to 1-0-2 with a 1.58 GAA versus the Blues.


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Artery Eruption
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Metalhit.com Reduces Full Albums to $5.25
Metalhit.com, who handles digital distribution for dozens of underground metal labels has announced new, reduced prices on full album. Here's the update from the label:
"We are pleased to announce that our entire catalog of releases are now just $5.25 for full albums!!! We decided to make this change after studying the opinions of buyers of digital music. A rare handful of titles from labels outside of our influence will have albums available at alternative prices in our store, however, about 95% or more are available for only $5.25!
"In the meantime, please welcome these new releases to our store this month! "
AOSOTH "Ashes of Angels" (filthy black metal w/ ANTAEUS members)
ARTERY ERUPTION "Driving My Fist through her Chest" (sicko death metal)
BETHLEHEM "Dictius te Necare" (re-master of this classic dark metal album)
DISMAL LAPSE "Eon Fragmentation" (latest off of Deepsend Records)
INFEST "Moshroom" (crazy death metal off of Metal Age Prod.)
MIND ASYLUM "L'Aisle de l'Espirit" (French black metal)
NATRON "Rot Among Us" (classic old-school death metal from one of Italy's first death metal bands!)
NECROPTIC "Meticulous Pathology" (technical and insane death metal)
NEUROLEPSY "Disintegrated Cognizance" (brutal death metal from NY)
SEPSIS "With No Mercy" (killer tech-death)
THE BEAST OF THE APOCALYPSE "A Voice from the Four Horns..." (occult/mystical black metal)
VIOLATED "Only Death Awaits" (Norwegian thrash metal!)
Plus titles from:
ASPHYXIATE RECORDINGS (Vassafor, Diocletian, Paganizer, Denial, etc.)
DEATHGASM RECORDS (Quinta Essentia, Nominon)
IBEX MOON RECORDS (Nervo Chaos, Fatalist, Goreaphobia)
MY KINGDOM MUSIC (almost their entire catalog of releases including bands like Crest of Darkness, Rain Paint, and more!)


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SmashMuck Champions
We've been playing our fair share of MOBAs (multiplayer online battle arena) around the office lately. So when newcomer SmashMuck Champions came on the scene at PAX last year with their murderball inspired, team focused gameplay, featuring fan-generated champions, we knew we needed in.
Months of beta and many 3v3 Plunderball tourneys later (our favorite game type) we were hooked. SmashMuck is fast paced, group focused action. There's five different game types to fit any players pleasure; ranging from the aforementioned capture the flag style Plunderball to the truly inspired Gauntlet, where your team tries to accomplish a variety of increasingly difficult timed challenges while fending off an AI controlled robo assault. The best part about SmashMuck is there is no one specific winning strategy; so don't be afraid to try something crazy. Games are fast enough for the casual player to jump in and out, but deep enough for the enthusiast to go min maxi. In short, the game is just plain fun.
Last week the game went open beta on Steam and the SmashMuck team was kind enough to let us add some PvP flavor to the mix with a new skin and weapon for one of our favorite champions, the robotic corporate assassin Z-314. So go download the game on Steam, grab the Dungeon Master Z skin and Boom Stick, team up with your friends and Smash some Mucks!


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We do a (very voluntary/low pressure) themed Secret Santa at work. Next week is homemade/handmade. I'm a good baker and decent cook so i was going to go that route but My person is more of a savory snack person. Any holiday food gift ideas that are less sweet? I'm going to do some salted caramels for a sweet and savory thing but would like something else too.
Here is my Gorgonzola Cheese Coins recipe: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44359.asp
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Mount Union College to host Solaris Wind Quintet April 7
March 24, 2008
Mount Union College will be hosting the Solaris Wind Quintet on Monday April 7 at 8 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall.
Solaris has established a reputation as one of the most innovative and musically compelling woodwind quintets in the United States. Along with their regular concert series at the University of Akron, Solaris has played throughout Northeast Ohio and toured Italy, Brazil and Sweden as well as other areas of the United States.
Quintet members include George Pope, Cynthia Watson, Kristina Belisle, William Hoyt and Barrick Stees. Pope is professor of flute at The University of Akron and instructor of flute at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. Principal flute of the Akron Symphony from 1978-2002, Pope has been principal flute of the Blossom Festival Orchestra since 2005. Watson is principal oboe of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and a new member of the acclaimed IRIS Orchestra. She teaches at The University of Akron and spends summers teaching at the Masterworks Festival in Indiana. Belisle is associate professor of clarinet at The University of Akron and principal clarinetist of the Akron Symphony Orchestra, the Blossom Festival Band and the Blossom Festival Orchestra. Hoyt is professor of horn at The University of Akron. He performs regularly with the Paragon Brass Quintet, the Jazz Unit and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Stees is assistant principal bassoonist of the Cleveland Orchestra. He teaches at The University of Akron and the Cleveland Institute of Music.
The concert will include works by Igor Stravinsky, Karel Husa, Alec Wilder, Luciano Berio and George Gershwin.
The event is free and open to the public. Presser Recital Hall is located within Cope Music Hall, which stands on the corner of Union Avenue and Simpson Street, across from the Campus Lakes. For more information, contact the Department of Music at (330) 823-2180.


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Already amazed at technology
My nearly 2-year-old daughter's counting goes a little something like this: "One, two, three, four, eight, nine, ten, eleven, eighteen."
Eighteen? Really? How did she get so far along?
I used to feel overwhelmed and amazed at her development over the first year of her life, but the second year is twice as unbelievable.
She's starting to act more like an adult and less like the baby she once was. She can distinctly tell me what she wants, and she even tries to discipline other children when they act up.
She's also familiar with something that I would have never understood at her age — computers. She might not know how to do much with them yet, but she already understands part of their functions — mainly, showing me which videos she wants to watch on YouTube.
Technology is just going to be a normal part of life for her, and it's good to see that school districts in our county understand that. She has a few years left to go before reaching kindergarten, but it's great to see that our county's educators will do their best to stay on top of current technology and not give her an education that will keep her behind the curve.
I've had the opportunity to see a few of the elementary schools in the district in the two months that I've worked here so far, and I can't believe some of the technology that exists for the students.
I think what really amazes me is that as early as kindergarten, children are learning to use computers. The school districts around here are really staying on top of the ever-increasing advancement in technology, and I think it's important for us to recognize that and remain proud of our schools even through all the budget cuts.
I try to not pull the "When I was your age…" line — I'm way too young to do that — but what I've seen in the schools requires me to pull it out.
When I was in elementary school, the only things I remember doing on the computer were typing and playing "The Oregon Trail," and those were things we did in fourth and fifth grade, not kindergarten.
Now, elementary school students are going on virtual field trips. They can interact with the person who appears in front of them on the screen. They can see so much more of the world than I could in my elementary school classroom.
The budget cuts aren't helping, though, and I do hope that they won't negatively affect my daughter's education once she reaches school age. However, I also know that the school districts are doing everything in their power to keep their schools on track to produce successful graduates.
I know that my daughter's education will continue to aid in her development, and she will one day get to the point where I just scratch my head and accept that she knows more than me.
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The parents of a Palestinian militant mourn next to his body at the scene of an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 12, 2012.
Msnbc.com news services report — Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinian militants and a civilian in the Gaza Strip on Monday in a fourth day of cross-border hostilities, medical sources said.
An Islamic Jihad gunman was killed while launching a rocket from south Gaza, the group said. Another died and three others were hurt when their motorized rickshaw was hit.
Hamas and hospital officials said a 15-year-old schoolboy was killed in a separate air strike on Monday. The teenager, Nayef Qarmut, was killed while walking to school past an open area, emergency services spokesperson Adham Abu Selmiya told Agence France Presse. At least 28 other Palestinian civilians were wounded in the various incidents.
Palestinian attacks have disrupted normal life in southern Israel, forcing many schools to close on Sunday and Monday. Israeli aircraft have flown over Gaza since Friday, killing at least 21 people, including two civilians. Read the full story.
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A motorized rickshaw lies on its side following an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis on March 12, 2012.
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Palestinians walk next to a destroyed building after an Israeli air strike in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip on March 12, 2012.
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A wounded Palestinian child receives medical atttention at a hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 12, 2012, following an Israeli air raid.
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Palestinian men grieve over the body of Nayef Qarmut, a teenager killed on his way to school in an Israeli military drone strike, as he is prepared for burial at the morgue in Beit Lahiya on March 12, 2012.
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An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod March 12, 2012. The military said the air attacks came in response to continued rocket fire, and Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld reported that 16 rockets were fired into southern Israel early Monday.


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Inspired by Row by Row from designer Sandy Klop of American Jane Patterns
Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke
5/8 yard total assorted red prints (quilt center, inner border)
7/8 yard total assorted green, yellow, purple, and turquoise prints (quilt center)
1-1/4 yards dark brown print (quilt center, outer border, binding)
2-7/8 yards backing fabric
51" square batting
Finished quilt: 42-1/2" square
Quantities are for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics.
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The goals of religious meditation extend far beyond its potential physical health benefits and also extend beyond the scope of this book. Higher human function of body, mind, and spirit is explored in sacred literature throughout the world. An excellent summary of ancient and contemporary information on the subject can be found in Michael Murphy's landmark book The Future of the Body: Explorations Into the Further Evolution of Human Nature.
In the closing years of the Twentieth Century, the intimate connection between body and mind is widely acknowledged. Once the domain of speculation by mystics and philosophers, this realm has in recent decades been visited and revisited by scientists, who have produced an impressive array of documentation. Most of this research appeared after 1970, and there currently exists a state of informational jet-lag, in which the available documentation has not yet fully percolated through the scientific community. Thus, meditation remains a tool drastically underutilized within the medical fields.
The data pool is now so substantial that it can be stated, without fear of contradiction, that meditation and related relaxation techniques have been scientifically shown to be highly beneficial to health. Over a thousand research studies, most of them published in well-respected scientific journals, attest to a wide range of measurable improvements in human function as a result of meditative practices.
Herbert Benson, M.D., and the Relaxation Response
Herbert Benson's research at Harvard in the early 1970s led the way. Benson's impeccable credentials and university affiliation, along with the world-class quality of his work, led to publication of breakthrough articles on meditation in the Scientific American and the American Journal of Physiology. His book, The Relaxation Response topped the best seller lists in the mid-1970s, and is still widely read.
In The Relaxation Response, Benson concluded, based on his research, that meditation acted as an antidote to stress. The body's physical response under stress is well known; when a real or imagined threat is present, the human nervous system activates the "fight-or-flight" mechanism. The activity of the sympathetic portion of the nervous system increases, causing an increased heart beat, increased respiratory rate, elevation of blood pressure, and increase in oxygen consumption.
This fight-or-flight response has a purpose. If you need to run quickly to escape an attack by a wild animal or need increased strength to battle an invader, you will be better equipped to do so if the fight-or-flight mechanism is turned up to maximum intensity. But this mechanism functions best when used occasionally, for brief periods only. If activated repeatedly, the effects are harmful and potentially disastrous. It is not uncommon for people in modern societies to maintain high stress levels most of the time. The current epidemic of hypertension and heart disease in the Western world is in part a direct result.
The effects of meditation, Benson demonstrated, are essentially the opposite of the fight-or-flight response. Benson's research showed that meditation:
These basic findings have been replicated by so many subsequent studies that they are not in dispute. They also established once and for all that meditation is physiologically distinct from sleep. In sleep, oxygen consumption drops about 8 percent below the waking rate, and this decrease occurs slowly over a period of five or six hours. In meditation, it drops 10 to 20 percent in minutes. Moreover, alpha waves, which indicate a state of relaxed alertness, are abundant during meditation, and rarely noted in the sleep state.1
Meditation's Effects on Muscle Tension and Pain
Numerous studies have shown a decrease in muscle tension during meditation. As Michael Murphy points out, this Òcontributes to the bodyÕs lowered need for energy, the slowing of respiration, and the lowering of stress-related hormones in the blood.Ó In some studies, the decrease in muscle tension as a result of meditation even exceeded the impressive effects of biofeedback training. One interesting study measured the electrical patterns in muscles, and demonstrated that the lotus position (seated with legs fully crossed), a traditional posture for meditation, is the only position in which the bodyÕs muscles are as relaxed as they are when lying down.2
Meditation has also been shown to aid in the alleviation of pain. Extensive studies on chronic pain patients have been conducted by John Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., the founder and Director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Preventative and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn and his program were featured on the American public television (PBS) series Healing and the Mind, with Bill Moyers.
Dr. Kabat-Zinn's studies have demonstrated decreases in many kinds of pain in people who had been unresponsive to standard medical treatment. A large majority of the patients in Kabat-ZinnÕs studies who were taught to meditate improved, while control groups of similar patients showed no significant improvement. Various related studies have shown improvement in pain from muscle tension, headaches, dysmenorrhea, and other conditions.3
Changes in Brainwaves and Enhanced Perception
It should come as no surprise that among the well-documented effects of meditation is the alteration of brain-wave patterns. Dozens of studies have shown an increase in alpha rhythms, which are correlated with a state of relaxed alertness. In addition, numerous studies have shown enhanced synchronization of alpha rhythms among four regions of the brainÑright, left, front, and back. This may be an indication of increased coherence of brain-wave activity.4
Some researchers have demonstrated positive effects of meditation on mind-body coordination, exploring this area by measuring such parameters as visual sensitivity to light flashes,5 response to auditory stimuli,6 and ability to remember and discriminate musical tones.7 There are also indications that during meditation the function of the right hemisphere of the brain (generally correlated with creativity and imagination) is enhanced, while that of the left hemisphere (generally correlated with linear, intellectual thought) is inhibited.8
Despite the encouraging trend of increased research attention to the subject in recent years, scientific evaluation of meditation is still in its early stages. While certain benefits have been proven, much remains untested. Furthermore, the technology may not yet exist to validate many of the most profound effects of meditation. It is likely that research in the coming decades will take us far beyond our current knowledge, just as todayÕs level of understanding far exceeds that which existed prior to 1970.
Meditation Methods
Now that the value of meditation has been established, one might reasonably ask next: What exactly is meditation, and how do I meditate? Ironically, these questions are not easy to answer, because there are so many different approaches.
Most widely used meditation methods evolved as part of religious traditions and, as such, each of them may be controversial for people who do not identify with the tradition in which the particular method developed. Since this is a book on health rather than religion, I want to tread lightly when discussing religious meditation. I personally have found value in meditative techniques of religious origin, whether it has been the Vedic roots of Transcendental Meditation, the Judeo-Christian orientation of Edgar Cayce's method, or the Buddhist origin of various Tibetan, Chinese or Japanese practices.
I have personally practiced several of these techniques and feel that I have benefited from each. But out of respect for all who have qualms about mixing their health care with religion, when I speak to patients about meditation I always encourage use of a method consistent with their own beliefs. I usually say something like, "I'm not selling a particular brand." I also emphasize to my patients, and wish to reiterate here, that the physical health benefits of meditation can be attained through the practice of any of the methods in this chapter, and through other methods as well.
The Relaxation Response
Aside from generating groundbreaking research, it may be that Herbert Benson's most lasting contribution is the development and popularization of a meditative technique with no religious overlay. This approach allows those who are not religious, or whose beliefs may appear to conflict with the teachings connected to a particular meditation system, to nonetheless participate fully in this worthwhile, health-giving activity.
According to Benson, the relaxation response technique produces the same physiological changes as does Transcendental Meditation, the method which has been most fully researched in scientific settings.
Here are Benson's directions for evoking the relaxation response.
(2) Close your eyes.
(3) Deeply relax all your muscles, beginning at your feet and progressing up to your face. Keep them relaxed.
(4) Breathe through your nose. Become aware of your breathing. As you breathe out, say the word "ONE," silently to yourself. For one example, breathe IN. . . OUT, "ONE"; IN. . . OUT, "ONE,": etc. Breathe easily and naturally.
(5) Continue for 10 to 20 minutes. You may open your eyes to check the time, but do not use an alarm. When you finish, sit quietly for several minutes, at first with your eyes closed and later with your eyes opened. Do not stand up for a few minutes.
(6) Do not worry about whether you are successful in achieving a deep level of relaxation. Maintain a passive attitude and permit relaxation to occur at its own pace. When distracting thoughts occur, try to ignore them by not dwelling upon them and return to repeating "ONE." With practice, the response should come with little effort. Practice the technique once or twice daily, but not within two hours after any meal, since the digestive processes seem to interfere with the elicitation of the relaxation response.9
Herbert Benson's original research subjects were TM practitioners (they were the ones who approached him with the idea of doing research on meditation), and it is TM that Benson used as the basis for formulating his relaxation response method. The relaxation response incorporates many of the principles of TM, but with the Indian tradition removed. TM organizations assert that something significant is lost when the traditional methods are not followed in full.
I cannot provide a step-by-step series of instructions for TM as I did for the relaxation response, because those who receive instruction in TM agree not to reveal the details of what they have learned. I feel it is appropriate to share certain general principles of the TM teachings, however, since they may well be applicable elsewhere. TM is presented as a method that involves neither concentration nor contemplation. That is, unlike some meditative practices, you do not attempt one-pointed focus on an idea or a visual image nor do you pursue trains of thought, however interesting, worthwhile, or inspired they may seem.


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This year is the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. What are the barriers to and benefits of hiring and retaining people with disabilities?
There is evidence that costs are less than many assume, and of tangible and intangible returns. New employment statistics from the government and a host of programs to facilitate recruitment of people with disabilities are great steps forward, but challenges remain—especially considering the return of injured U.S. military servicemen and women from current conflicts.


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Lindenwood University will join a select group of universities and conservatories throughout the world who carry the "All Steinway" designation with the opening of its new Center for Fine and Performing Arts in Fall 2008. The university will purchase 27 Steinway-designed pianos for use in the new center and throughout the Lindenwood campus.
There are currently only 84 All Steinway schools in the world, including some of the world's most prestigious universities and schools of music, such as Yale University and the Juilliard School.
"Our new Center for Fine and Performing Arts will be one of the finest instructional and performance venues in the region," said Lindenwood President James D. Evans, Ph.D. "It is fitting that the center and the rest of the campus be equipped with the finest pianos available. This sends a message to our current students and prospective music students that we are committed to providing the best equipment possible for our music program."
Next April, a Lindenwood contingent will travel to the Steinway & Sons factory in New York to select a nine-foot concert grand and two other seven-foot grand pianos. Boston pianos, designed by Steinway, will be used in other areas of the Lindenwood music program. The purchase also includes 25 Korg digital keyboards for a computer music lab in the new facility.
"We are so pleased to be part of the Steinway family," said Marsha Parker, dean of Fine and Performing Arts at Lindenwood. "Steinway pianos have long been a part of the Lindenwood tradition. We are giving our students the best possible pianos for practice and performance. Lindenwood has one of the oldest Steinway pianos in the country, and we've been purchasing Steinway pianos for more than 100 years."
Steinway & Sons has been manufacturing pianos in New York since 1853; for their aesthetic value and tone, Steinway pianos are commonly regarded as the best in the world. It takes more than 500 craftsmen more than one year to handcraft a Steinway piano, which is comprised of 12,000 parts. Ninety-eight percent of all concert pianists choose Steinway pianos exclusively for their outstanding tone and quality.
Parker also noted that Steinways are a sound business decision because they appreciate over time. Universities routinely receive a larger trade value for their older Steinways than the original purchase price.
Lindenwood University is working with the Steinway Piano Gallery of St. Louis, the region's exclusive dealer for Steinway products, to select the instruments.
"The decision to become an 'All Steinway' school shows the University's serious commitment to providing their students the best possible education, not only today but also for future generations," said Steinway Piano Gallery President David Slan. "We are pleased to welcome Lindenwood University to the Steinway family."


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More damage is being revealed in the metro area in the days following Monday's fatal storm system. Some homes and businesses took major hits along the twister's path in Pearl and even the Capital City.
The EF-3 tornado's winds battered businesses along Highway 468 and South Pearson Road, where giant trees were toppled, crushing buildings like Willie's Wheels and K & K Upholstery.
On nearby Childre Road, U.S. Food's expansive facility was left with gaping holes, a peeled roof and metal ripped from the structure. Twisted metal sheets were found hundreds of yards away.
James Kershaw was working in an upholstery business when a 70 foot pecan tree landed on the building. The Vietnam veteran has operated in Pearl for 10 years.
"Since I've been here this is the second tornado," said Kershaw. "We had the hail last year and then we had the hurricane. So it's time for me to move."
On Old Whitfield Road, more homes were damaged. Tree are now implanted in roofs. Fences are mangled and property was destroyed around the area.
Wednesday, Entergy trucks were a welcome sight for Milton Brown who lost power Monday night. He has lived on Old Whitfield Road since 1965 and said this is the worse damage he's seen.
A tree fell through the center of his neighbor's home but he said no one was injured.
"I heard the wind blowing real heavy and it was then I heard a crack," said Brown whose riding lawn mower was crushed by one of the three fallen trees on his property. "And after I heard the crack, the house kinda shook a little bit."
Even south Jackson residents felt Mother Nature's wrath. A giant tree on Raymond Road fell on a home with one man and his children huddled in the dark.
Lisa Curry lives next door and said she heard a loud boom as the storm moved across the area. Three trees fell in her back yard. The largest toppled over, taking down two smaller trees. They narrowly missed her house.
"It felt like an earthquake," said Curry who has lived on Raymond Road for 13 years. "When I heard the tree fall I immediately got up. Me and my children were in the house and I yelled out to the guy next door and asked him was he ok. He told me everything was ok."
In the Garden Park Subdivision in south Jackson many homes were sparred serious damage along the tree lined streets. On Camillia Lane winds uprooted a tree that split a house for sale in the 2,000 block.
Cleanup also continues on Flowers Drive where many of fallen trees have been moved.
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado's track began along I-55 north and Elton Road in Jackson and ended near the Scott county line.
Meteorologist and Senior Forecaster Chad Entremont said the worst damage was on the north side of Richland and the south end of Pearl.
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The Enigmatic Genius of Cain The World's First Murder, Part 2by Rabbi David Fohrman
The story of Cain and Abel is not a simple scenario of sibling rivalry.
The story of Cain and Abel is not a simple scenario of sibling rivalry.
The connection between the story of Cain and Abel and the story of Adam and Eve is not easily deduced, but very relevant.
If it was up to you to sentence the first murderer in the history of the world, what punishment would you impose?
Eve's reaction to the birth of her son gives us insight into Cain's nature and motivations.
Can we co-create with the Creator? Or are we just a tool He uses to create new life?
What happens when something you make means so much to you that you view the wondrous creation as an expression of your deepest self?
What can you give to someone who has everything? The gift of gratitude is always appreciated.
Cain thinks his problems are because of other people's choices, even God's.
Eve's desire for her husband is not necessarily based on her needs.
When you have more than what you need, it is natural to want to give.
Our passions can be directed to drive us to greatness, or they can pull us into the depths of self-destruction.
When giving a thank you gift there is always the danger that our intentions may be to insure our place in the relationship, rather than express our gratitude.
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Derek Jeter back at Yankee Stadium _ temporarily
Derek Jeter back at Yankee Stadium _ temporarily
Jun. 22, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter was back at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, still not sure when he'll play there next.
The New York captain relocated his rehab from Tampa, Fla., to the Bronx for a couple of days as he recovers from his broken left ankle. He said before Saturday's game against the Rays that he wanted to "break it up" and be around the team.
He took batting practice and grounders from his spot at shortstop with his teammates Saturday. Jeter is doing everything but running outside. He isn't certain when he'll start that last step.
"I would assume in the next couple days," he said.
Jeter is expected back sometime after the All-Star break in mid-July.
"Everything's been going as good as it can go up to this point," he said.
Jeter hasn't played this season after breaking his ankle in the ALCS opener Oct. 13. After surgery, he played just five spring training games because of soreness. A new break was discovered April 18.
He took on-field BP for the first time Wednesday at the Yankees' minor league complex.
Asked if his visit was a request from the team, Jeter said, "No, I wanted to come up."
"I think it's important," manager Joe Girardi said of having Jeter around. "Derek's been a leader for a long time here. ... I also think it's important for him to be around the team. Sometimes when you get stuck in Tampa for a while you feel like you're so far away."
Rays manager Joe Maddon was talking to reporters in his dugout before the game when he noticed Jeter trotting by and said with surprise, "Hey, it's Derek." Maddon is used to seeing Jeter around, though — they sometimes run into each other in their local coffee shop in Tampa.
In other injured Yankees star news, Alex Rodriguez, coming back from hip surgery in January, had five simulated at-bats Friday and again Saturday. That latest step suggests he should be close to returning, Girardi said. On Friday, the third baseman had a hit and a couple of walks, the manager said. On Saturday, he had three grounders to short, a line single to center and a walk against a minor league left-hander.
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The Northern Illinois University Art Museum and NIU Museum Studies students will offer an informative talk by a local expert on ancient maps, Gerald Brauer.
"Art a la carte: Decorative Imagery in Maps, 1500 – 1800" will be presented from 7:15 to 8 p.m. today in Altgeld Hall 315. This free public lecture is offered in conjunction with the exhibition "MAPPING: Measuring Across Place and Period; Information, Navigation and Geography," on display in the museum's South Galleries through May 24.
Brauer has been a "collector/enthusiast" of ancient maps for more than 35 years. He loaned a number of items from his extensive personal collection for display in the exhibition.
His talk will focus on the evolution of decoration on antique maps from 1500 to the late 1800s, and how this decoration often enhances the presentation and impact of the geographic content. He also will discuss the direct connection between what is decoratively displayed on the map and what location the map depicts.


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Went out for 3rd run this season, 2.5 hours in on a long run down river the transmission temperature warning light came on. I stopped and checked the fluid level and it was low but not empty. I looked around and saw fluid in the bilge and some on top of the housing.
I limped back to the ramp, let the boat cool a while I went to get the trailer. When I started the boat back up the light was off and stayed off while I loaded it up. Which took about 5 minutes total. The tranny fluid on the dipstick looked like a strawberry milkshake. I pulled the tranny cooler when I got home and it was corrosion and crack free, it was also free of debris.
My plan as of now is to pull and replace the fluid a couple of times and clean the tranny filter, and see if that fixes the problem. Here are my questions to you fine fellows:
1. Does the strawberry milkshake indicate water?
2. If so what are the likely reasons it got in there, I did get a lot of water in the bilge last year a time or 2 before I replaced the drive shaft seal.
3. Where is and how do I clean the tranny filter? Could not find it in my service manual
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Frothy trans fluid milkshake is water intrusion for sure.
I would first check the trans heat exchanger/cooler for leaks. It's the most common way for water to get into the trans if the bilge has not filled with water. Just because the cooler looks crack free doesn't mean that it is. You will need to have it pressure tested to be sure it's good. Most any radiator shop can do this for you.
Given your description of what happened last year you could have very well had water suck into the trans through the lower seal.
If you trans is a velvet drive it most likely does not have a filter.
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Changed ATF twice. Checked cooler, free and clear no leaks. Took the boat out for a test run...cruising the river for about 20 minutes and the light came on. checked fluid, level ok, no water. Let it cool down, good to go after 3 minutes, running again and light comes on after about 5 minutes...
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Part-time cooks to handle meal preparation at jail
ARENAC COUNTY — When Standish Max officially discontinues providing the Arenac County Jail with inmate meals on Oct. 24, three part-time cooks, yet to be hired, will be put on the jail payroll to fire up the jail kitchen and prepare three meals a day.
"We're figuring that we can do it for about $1.50 (per meal) as opposed to the 66 cents" from the prison," said sheriff James Mosciski. "I'm going to have to do some shopping for bargains, which I'm going to do. … We can't buy in bulk like the prison did."
According to Board of Commissioners Chairman Raymond Daniels, the budget for the meal service at the jail would be about $98,000, but Mosciski was able to save about $24,000, dropping the cost to roughly $74,000.
"He thinks he can save some money in corrections," Daniels said. "He's going to cut some hours on some part-timers."
"We won't have to have as many people working in corrections because we won't have someone to go pick up the meals," Mosciski added.
Mosciski said the part-time meal providers will work a combined 80 hours every two weeks.
However, firing up the jail's kitchen has already caused some concern, as Daniels said the county has already spent $1,000 in getting the kitchen ready for daily use.
"We had to buy a new stove," he said. "That's kind of our biggest fear."
Before the new cooks are brought on board the county payroll, though, Daniels said there are still some administrative measures that need to be taken.
"We're not sure if they're going to be part-time union employees, or just part-time county workers," Daniels said.
He added the estimated cost of labor for the new employees would be about $36,000 per year combined.
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Per a Ken Rosenthal tweet, Jeff Francoeur is down to deciding between three teams, one of them being the Reds.
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The trucker whose oversized load bumped the steel framework of a Washington State bridge just before it collapsed will be interviewed today by investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, who are on the scene working to determine the cause of the collapse.
Three people were sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a portion of an Interstate 5 highway bridge in Mount Vernon, Wash., buckled Thursday, dumping two vehicles and a travel trailer into the icy water of the Skagit River, authorities said.
WATCH: Bridge Collapse Sends Cars, People Into Water
The semi truck was traveling in the right lane of the four-lane bridge when it is believed to have hit a girder just before the collapse, according to John Batiste, Chief of the Washington State Patrol.
The driver of the truck, who was identified as William Scott by The Associated Press, remained on the scene and has been cooperative, authorities said.
"I spoke to him seconds after it happened. He was just horrified," Cynthia Scott, the trucker's wife, told the AP.
"He gets safety awards, safety bonuses ... for doing all these checks, for hiring the right pilot cars and pole cars," she said.
Investigators were also trying to determine today how to pull the steel pieces of the bridge from the river and preserve them for analysis of what caused the bridge to collapse.
More than 77,000 cars cross the bridge daily and Lynn Peterson, Washington State's Secretary of Transportation, said officials were waiting on an assessment of the scene before determining whether an emergency bridge could be put in place.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee told reporters Friday that one in five bridges in Washington have a rating of "functional obsolescence," which he described as "troubling." Inslee acknowledged the bridge collapse is going to cause a headache for tens of thousands of drivers.
"This is the aorta, the arterial of commerce for western Washington and we will ask all Washingtonians to help us avoid traffic problems," he said.
I-5 is the longest interstate highway on the West Coast, running from the Mexican border all the way north to Canada.
The bridge, built in 1955, was not considered structurally deficient but was listed as "functionally obsolete" -- a category indicating an outdated design, such as having narrow shoulders and low clearance underneath, according to a database compiled by the Federal Highway Administration.
Federal records show it had a sufficiency rating of 57 out of 100, meaning it was in need of repairs. The bridge was inspected twice last year, most recently in November, and repairs were made, Peterson said.
Victims Were En Route to Camp Ground
Dan Sligh and his wife, Sally, were among the injured transported to Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. Sligh told ABC News affiliate KOMO-TV in Seattle that he was treated for cuts, bruises and a separated shoulder.
Sligh was driving his truck with a travel trailer attached to it to begin a camping trip. Sligh said he was crossing the bridge behind the semi-truck when the accident occurred around 7 p.m. local time.
"I was commenting to my wife that it seemed that the load he was carrying was about 4 feet wider than the actual bridge," he said.
The vehicles plunged about 40 feet from the bridge into the river, which set off a massive rescue operation.
"It was just a white flash and cold water," Sligh said. "The Skagit is quite cold this time of year."
Sligh said he acted quickly to rescue his wife, who was unresponsive after the collapse.
"Popped my shoulder back in so I could unbuckle everything so I could get over to her. Unbuckled her and pulled her into my side, which had less water," he said.
Helicopter footage from KOMO-TV showed several rescue boats in the river with several ambulances waiting on the shore.
"When you're sitting down in the water and there's all that mangled metal and bridge and you're looking around kind of pinching yourself and realizing you're lucky to be alive ... it's a pretty amazing day to tell you the truth," Sligh said.
ABC News' Rebecca Lee, Ben Gittleson, Michael S. James, Leezel Tanglao and David Kerley contributed to this story.


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I take that to mean the 1284P has 2 8 bit timers and 2 16 bit times, where as the non-P has two 8 bit timers but only one 16 bit timer.You disagree, if so why?
reset: ldi r23,0xff out ddrd,r23 ldi r23,0b00000101 sts tccr3b,r23l1: lds r22,tcnt3l lds r23,tcnt3h out portd,r23 rjmp l1
Quote from: retrolefty on Jan 11, 2013, 11:03 pmI take that to mean the 1284P has 2 8 bit timers and 2 16 bit times, where as the non-P has two 8 bit timers but only one 16 bit timer.You disagree, if so why?because i have both chips and assure you both have a timer3. unbelievers will find the code below blinks any leds attached to port d. Code: [Select]reset: ldi r23,0xff out ddrd,r23 ldi r23,0b00000101 sts tccr3b,r23l1: lds r22,tcnt3l lds r23,tcnt3h out portd,r23 rjmp l1atmel data sheets are rife with misinformation. there was an almost identical situation with the 328 couple years back. another interesting but related issue is they use the same die for supposedly radically different parts. ie many of the low end 6 pin are actually relabeled higher end parts. in that case i dont complain because i get 2x or 4x the memory for a few cents less.
Answer from Atmel: "Timer 3 exists in both ATmega1284 and ATmega1284P. It is not available in ATmega164/324/644 devices."
A quick question about servos and the 1284P. Looking at Servo.h in the libraries directoryshows there is no line entry for 1284P chips [unless I have an obsolete version]. It alsosays that 1 timer can control up to 12 servos. Other chips like 2560 have multiple timersavailable, and can therefore control a lot servos.So, now that we've decided the 1284 and 1284P have one extra available timer, that means the Servo library could be patched so the 1284/P chips could control up to 24 servos.Or am I missing something?
// Say which 16 bit timers can be used and in what order#if defined(__AVR_ATmega1280__) || defined(__AVR_ATmega2560__)#define _useTimer5#define _useTimer1 #define _useTimer3#define _useTimer4 typedef enum { _timer5, _timer1, _timer3, _timer4, _Nbr_16timers } timer16_Sequence_t ;#elif defined(__AVR_ATmega32U4__) #define _useTimer1 typedef enum { _timer1, _Nbr_16timers } timer16_Sequence_t ;#elif defined(__AVR_AT90USB646__) || defined(__AVR_AT90USB1286__)#define _useTimer3#define _useTimer1typedef enum { _timer3, _timer1, _Nbr_16timers } timer16_Sequence_t ;#elif defined(__AVR_ATmega128__) ||defined(__AVR_ATmega1281__)||defined(__AVR_ATmega2561__)#define _useTimer3#define _useTimer1typedef enum { _timer3, _timer1, _Nbr_16timers } timer16_Sequence_t ;#else // everything else#define _useTimer1typedef enum { _timer1, _Nbr_16timers } timer16_Sequence_t ; #endif
Thanks, I looked at the 584 page d/s, and decided it was easier to ask the experts!BTW, out of stupidity, I bought a couple of the atmega1284-PU chips instead of the atmega1284P-PU chips, and to burn the bootloader, I found I had to track down the avrdude.conf file and change to the chip-signature to that for the 1284. Then, it burned the bootloader ok using the ArduinoISP sketch from a UNO chip.However, to download sketches into the 1284 bootloader chip using the IDE, I thenhad to change avrdude.conf back to the original 1284P chip-signature. Interesting.
That's because the Arduino bootloader doesn't use the hardware signature in its sketch-loadingprotocol, it uses the signature bytes compiled into the bootloader binary when it was compiled.If you use ICSP to burn a bootloader you have to match the hardware signature...
The 2 devices have a different signature. I added the 328 to my Arduino and AVRDude files so that makes it easier to burn a bootloader. Once the bootloader is loaded they are interchangeable in the Uno board so the Uno config is sufficient to program them. I have a couple 328's that I have installed the bootloader on. they have all been in my arduino board and also in a wireless breadboard that has a MAX232 for a serial interface. Once the bootloader is loaded they all function the same with the ArduinoIDE.Functionally I think the only real difference is in low power operation.
HiHere is a fix:http://www.instructables.com/id/Bootload-an-ATmega328/step6//Mikael


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Submission + - Nvidia firmly deny plans to build a CPU (pcpro.co.uk)
Barence writes: "A senior vice president of Nvidia has denied rumours that the company is planning an entry into the x86 CPU market. Speaking to PC Pro, Chris Malachowsky, another co-founder and senior vice president, was unequivocal. "That's not our business," he insisted. "It's not our business to build a CPU. We're a visual computing company, and I think the reason we've survived the other 35 companies who were making graphics at the start is that we've stayed focused." He also pointed out that such a move would expose the company to fierce competition. "Are we likely to build a CPU and take out Intel?" he asked."I don't think so, given their thirty-year head start and billions and billions of dollars invested in it. I think staying focused is our best strategy." He was also dismissive of the threat from Intel's Larrabee architecture, following Nvidia's chief architect calling it a "GPU from 2006" at the weekend."


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ocean_soul writes: "More than three weeks after the release of The Settlers 7, with the controversial "always on-line" DRM, a lot of people still can't connect to Ubisoft's DRM servers. The forum threads where people can post if they are unable to connect keeps growing daily. The reason for the lack of fixes or responses from support seems to be that the people responsible were on vacation during the Easter holiday, despite the promis of 24/7 monitoring of the servers. The moral of this story seems to be that it is a bad idea to buy a game just before a major holiday. Something to keep in mind for Christmas shopping..."


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NEWARK, N.J.—Of all the surprise picks to come out of Thursday's NBA Draft, none was bigger than Dion Waiters, who averaged 12.6 points as a sophomore coming off of Syracuse's bench.
Waiters wound up being chosen fourth by the Cavaliers, and it was only in recent days that word leaked that the Cavs had interest in Waiters—he did not work out for the team before the draft.
Now, playing in the NBA, Waiters is looking at possibly doing something he did not do for the Orangemen—join the starting five. That would be fine with Waiters, but he also thinks his time as a reserve with Syracuse, and the humility it taught him, will benefit him in the long run.
"It's great," he said. "I played as a starter all my life until I got to Syracuse, and I think Syracuse helped me out a lot. As far as being a team player, just having to sacrifice. I went there, I wasn't the starter, because, you know, the guys before they, they had been there for a while, so I didn't know how to adjust to that my freshman year. Coming out the high school, Top 15 player, given everything, and coming there, having to work for it, I didn't know how to handle it. My second year, I knew my role coming in. I knew what I had to do. I excelled at it."
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- Greek lawmakers approve a new tax bill intended to raise 2.3 billion euros
- The move is likely to anger many Greeks struggling under austerity measures
- An anarchist group says it planted makeshift bombs outside the homes of journalists Friday
- It accuses the media of representing a corrupt system and supporting the elite
The new tax bill, passed in the early hours, is needed to help the debt-stricken country meet its commitments to international creditors, state-run ANA news agency reported Saturday.
The legislation makes it compulsory for all taxpayers to lodge an income tax declaration while raising property and corporate taxes, the news agency said.
The new tax bill is one of "fiscal necessity" and will ensure that shortfalls are met in a socially fair way, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told lawmakers ahead of the vote, ANA reported.
The measure, intended to raise an extra 2.3 billion euros ($3 billion) this year, is part of a raft of measures enabling Greece to qualify for further international bailout funds.
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The vote by lawmakers came a day after arsonists critical of the country's media coverage of the crisis attacked the homes of five prominent journalists in Athens using makeshift bombs.
An anarchist group angry at the Greek media coverage of the country's economic crisis claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement posted on a leftist website.
It was the first such coordinated action in Greece since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008.
The anarchist group, calling itself Lovers of Lawlessness, described the media as "the official representation" of a corrupt system and said it was time for "fear to change camp."
The group said the five journalists targeted were "double tongued," because they were "using a pro-workers rhetoric, but at the same time winking mischievously at their political bosses."
All five journalists, including two broadcast news presenters, work for mainstream media outlets.
"Only small material damage was caused by the explosions," police spokesman Christos Manouras told CNN.
Friday's predawn attacks came after a number of recent media reports on Greece's "triangle of power," providing detailed accounts of the strong links among the country's financial and political elite and the media.
The Greek government has condemned the attacks. Spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said they were "an attempt to terrorize the media," which he described "as a vital part of our democracy".
It is the second time the group has targeted journalists. In July, it also claimed responsibility for an arson attack outside a restaurant owned by a prominent Greek journalist.
Greece's international partners agreed on a second bailout program late last year, and gave the government elected in June more time to meet its budget commitments.
But the austerity measures imposed to tackle the country's debt crisis have provoked violent protests in recent months and mass strikes by public and private sector workers.
The Greek economy has shrunk by about a fifth since 2008, adding more than 500,000 people to the jobless total in a country with a population of 10 million. The unemployment rate has more than tripled over the same period and stood at 26% as of September.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 10th Jan 2013 20:00 UTC
A Jolla (Sailfish) developer and a Canonical (Ubuntu Phone) developer walk into a KDE/Plasma IRC channel, and fire up a conversation about the QML component API. Not long after, the first fruits of this conversation become apparent. Aaron Seigo (who uses punctuation these days!): "Well, one thing led to another and Zoltan posted an email to the Qt Components mailing list summing up the conversation and proposing we bring our APIs into better alignment. We hope to address issues of API drift between the various component sets out there. This is a pain point others have identified, such as in this recent blog post by Johan Thelin. There is much work to be done before we can even think of calling this a success, but it's the right sort of start." Great news.
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by lucas_maximus on Fri 11th Jan 2013 22:58 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Comment by shmerl"
You just avoid the fact that you implicitly support unethical business practices when advocating for Microsoft.
No I choose the best tool for the job. I realize business is business and happens to work best at the time.
You don't even know what true lock-in is (I do), and what is really unethical ... Microsoft is no-where even near it.
I doubt you work in the IT industry or outside academia, contrary to whatever you may claim.
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The government should have a rational discussion with its agencies about tax incentives amid irrational arguments and disputes over proposed measures, as the tax issue has become a major hurdle in the launch of the "free economic pilot zones" program.
The nation is running out of time to restructure its economy and industries, and cannot afford any missteps while the economy keeps losing steam and corporate competitiveness dwindles.
In the program's next phase, the scope of the zones is to be expanded to science parks, industrial areas and even some areas developed by local governments, rather than being limited to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and the nation's five major harbors.
The government aims to encourage investment and industrial cooperation in those zones, with the ultimate goal of upgrading the nation's industries and economic competitiveness.
New measures adopted in the second phase are likely to be more capable of boosting collaboration and investments than those in the first phase, government officials said.
The Financial Supervisory Commission planned to gradually ease restrictions on the trading of some financial products, including allowing offshore banking units and offshore securities units to sell more products and to broaden their customer base. The commission expects those deregulations to attract NT$300 billion (US$10.2 billion) in investment within five years of the new measures coming into effect.
More importantly, foreign investors will have preferential treatment over investors from WTO nations, and more tax incentives will be available for overseas investors and foreign employees.
Government officials expect the roll-out of the free economic pilot zones scheme to give Taiwan's tepid economy a much-needed boost.
However, Council for Economic Planning and Development Minister Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔), the mastermind behind the scheme, recently suffered a setback when Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) requested that government officials re-examine the whole program amid heated debate about whether new tax breaks should be applied to foreign investors operating in the zones.
The overhaul will pose a risk to efforts to roll out the second phase of the program in the middle of next year, as the Cabinet originally expected to push the program through the Legislative Yuan by the end of this year. The likelihood of that happening has diminished significantly.
Offering tax breaks is not a "weapon" to solicit overseas investors' interest in Taiwan as Minister of Finance Chang Sheng-ford (張盛和) told lawmakers during a question-and-answer session on Monday.
Deteriorating national deficit and the waning magic of tax breaks are Chang's main concerns. The council expects the new tax credit to cut tax revenue by NT$114 million a year.
The government has used tax credits as an important tool in soliciting overseas investment. Taiwan imposes just 17 percent in business income tax, which is lower than China's 25 percent and South Korea's 22 percent. That means that Taiwan's tax environment is already favorable to foreign businesses.
However, tax breaks have almost become a prerequisite in the intensifying global trade war, especially after China and South Korea included them in their own newly established free trade zones.
To minimize erosion from tax breaks, the government should narrow down the program's coverage.


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I'll let the pictures do the talking:
Paris, 1926 - UPDATE: Buy this item
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7 comments:
- Renovation Therapy said...
So cool, just out of curiousity, how much is it?
- April 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- unmoderated said...
I normally wouldn't sell something like this here at the bookstore... so to answer your question, I have no idea - what's the going rate for vintage French datebooks?
- April 3, 2009 at 1:39 PM
- Erin said...
Man, your blog is the best blog ever. I'm not a huge commenter, but I'm totally in love. So I figured it was only fair to let you know ;)
- April 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Lashings & Lashings of Ginger Beer said...
Wow, this is fascinating. I too wonder how much it is - it'd be the kind of thing I'd like to own, for some reason.
By the way, the things you can't sell, what do you do with?
- April 5, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- unmoderated said...
most of the books that I find things in just go on sales floor; the items I find inside I keep, save the few things I've given away here on the site.
- April 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- unmoderated said...
Quick update, if you haven't re-read the post, this item is now for sale, all proceeds to charity: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320357497785
- April 6, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Jessamyn Harris said...
ooh, I totally want it! what a rad find.
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Area livestock shows are b-a-a-a-a-ck
A little cold weather wasn't about to stop this hardy group of future farmers.
Despite frigid temperatures, the annual Howard County Junior Livestock Show began its annual run Wednesday at the county fair barns.
The show, which runs through Saturday, features 122 exhibitors showing 311 entries, a decrease of 84 animals from last year's show, officials said.
The most probable cause for the decrease, they said, was the economy. It costs several hundred dollars to care for and prepare an animal for livestock show presentation.
"Raising a show animal is a big investment," said Kandi McWhorter of the extension office.
Lambs and goats were judged Wednesday.
Today's schedule calls for rabbit weigh-in beginning at 4 p.m., with the rabbit show beginning at 6:30 p.m. Also today, steers and heifers will be weighed and classified at 6 p.m., while hog weight cards are due by 8 p.m.
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