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Montclair State University's popular Film Forum returns for a fourth year with a diverse line-up of notable contemporary films and an opportunity to hear the filmmakers and industry professionals behind them discuss their work and respond to questions from the audience.
Sponsored by the Filmmaking Program of the College of the Arts, the Spring, 2011 screening-and-discussion series is being offered as a three-credit elective course. However, each of the 14 sessions is free, except for the Montclair Underdog Film Festival, and open to all students and the general public.
"We tried to get a wide range of people and a mix of independent filmmakers, technicians and craft people in order to expose students to as many different kinds of films as are being made," said Roberta Friedman, assistant professor in the Filmmaking Program.
The regular weekly program is held on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in University Hall, Room 1040.
Tuesday, January 25
Gabi on the Roof in July – An edgy character-driven ensemble comedy about young New Yorkers. The film won Best Feature award at the 2010 Brooklyn International Film Festival. Producer/editor/actor Sophie Takal and writer/director/ actor Lawrence Michael Levine will be on hand.
Tuesday, February 1
Jon Alpert – Emmy-award winning journalist and documentary filmmaker will screen excerpts of his documentary, China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Subject Category in 2009.
Tuesday, February 8
Abel Ferrara – Independent filmmaker known for such films as Pallbearers and The Bad Lieutenant, Ferrara will appear with cinematographer collaborator and Montclair State graduate Ken Kelsch. Ferrara's films, excerpts from which will be shown, often involve violence, crooked cops, psychotic killers and victims bent on vengeance.
Tuesday, February 15
Ilene Starger – Casting director of Night at the Museum and more than 30 other films, Starger has won two awards from the Casting Society of America.
Sunday, February 20
Montclair Underdog Film Festival: Oscar Nominated Short Films – This special Sunday presentation features a full-day of Oscar-nominated short films which will be screened from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in University Hall, Room 1070. The shorts are divided into documentary and fiction sections; admission to one session is $10 and $15 for two.
Tuesday, February 22
The Black Maria Film Festival – Named after Thomas Edison's movie production studio in West Orange, New Jersey, this alternative festival is an important outlet for cutting-edge, contemporary short films by young and idiosyncratic talent. Excerpts from the 2011 Black Maria Film + Video Tour will be shown.
Tuesday, March 1
Distribution and Publicity Panel: Online Movie Delivery – A panel discussion of industry insiders from Web channel Blip.tv, leading independent feature film distributors Film buff/Cinetic and others talk about building on online audience for films, and what the future holds for TV and Film on the Internet.
Tuesday, March 8
An evening with Michael Price, writer/producer of The Simpsons.
Coming in April:
Writers/directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, of The Nanny Diaries, The Extra Man and American Splendor; West Coast experimental filmmaker Pat O'Neill; writer/director Robert Letterman, director of the animated features A Shark's Tale and 3-D Gulliver's Travels; and producer Linda Yellen.
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an african vagina monster looks much like a large, more vagina-shaped tiger lilly, with the same coloration of the petals but it has teeth, it is not at all like a venus fly trap, do not confuse the two, while venus fly traps trap flies with theyre long, thorn like "teeth", AVM's do not trap, but just eat (with teeth much like a sharks)things, they ae most like to eat penis, fingers, tongues, or condoms. Fear this creature. it is exotic, but fierce.
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Swag Saturdays continue on this 4th of July with Atlus' first downloadable XBLA game, Droplitz. Don't know much about the game? Well, watch the video to find out how to play this puzzler.
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Federal Court
MARIJUANA CASE: Eric M. Konrady, 26, of Naperville; pleaded guilty in August with conspiring to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug conspiracy.
Police say Konrady and three others were growing marijuana in the basements of two Paw Paw houses. A bust on March 23, 2011, turned up 458 plants, items to grow marijuana, about 16 ounces of harvested marijuana, and 13 firearms, police said.
On the docket: Sentencing.
Lee County
DOMESTIC BATTERY CASE: Andrew C. Fassler, 41, of Dixon; charged with felony aggravated domestic battery. Police say Fassler threw his then-9-year-old son down the stairs on Oct. 1, 2009, breaking his arm.
On the docket: Pretrial conference, during which the judge and attorneys will discuss matters concerning the case and set a trial schedule.
BATTERY CASE: Christopher C. Owens, 20, of Dixon; charged with aggravated arson. Police say Owens beat up a Dixon man on Sept. 20 outside an apartment building where a fire later was set. Owens was charged the next day with aggravated battery. He was charged Oct. 11 with arson and the battery charge was dropped.
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Inventive Dance Competition 2013
11 June 2013
A busy and successful day featuring Modern Sequence, Latin Sequence and a special Two-Step
The Inventive Dance Competition was a very successful day, at the end of which three winning dances were selected from Modern Sequence, Latin Sequence and a special Two-Step category. Two out of these three dances will be added to the syllabus. In addition, ISTD medallist competitors took part in the 3-dance Sequence qualifying competition for Grand Finals in November, giving the spectators a lovely presentation at the start of the day.
"It was good to see so many participating in the competitions, and enjoying the various events and general dancing interludes"
There were romantic Waltzes and flowing Foxtrots, but the eventual winners of the Modern Sequence dances were Barry Earnshaw and Beverley Murch-Fowkes with the Red Velvet Tango.
The Latin American section caused the judging panel, Jill Bush (Chairman of the Sequence Faculty), Jack Briggs, Julie Earnshaw, Audrey Bromage, Karen Byron and I, more of a dilemma. Eventually the Vistamar Cha Cha Cha arranged by Scott Blant-Harwood and Shelley O'Hara, was declared winner of this section.
The special category added to this year's Inventive Competition was the Two-Step. The Royal Imperial Two-Step was chosen, arranged by Scott and Shelley, making their second win of the day. These two dances will also be added to the ISTD syllabus.
As usual, events ran smoothly thanks to the combined organisational skills of Julie Earnshaw, Jill Bush and Robert Aldred, as well as Committee members and helpers. It was good to see so many participating in the competitions, and enjoying the various events and general dancing interludes.
Inventive Dance sections for 2014 will be Latin American and Classical as well as the 3-Dance Medallist Competition.
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Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has said he wanted to come back this year, telling reporters "I'm never going to shut it down."
But that seems to be precisely what doctors are telling him to do. That's the word from Adam Schefter of ESPN, who said it has been recommended that he not play again this year because of his shoulder injury.
The Giants have nothing to play for but pride, and that seems to be what's driving Pierre-Paul's motivation to play as well.
But in a year slowed by his recovery from back surgery, then knee problems and now the shoulder, it's almost like somebody's trying to send him a sign.
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Microsoft Has No Answer For Their Broken XBOX Live DRM
Reader Kevin's XBOX 360 suffered the usual Red Ring of Death, so he sent it in to be repaired. He got back a different XBOX 360 with a different serial number. That would be no big deal, except Kevin has purchased a bunch of content through XBOX Live… content that is no longer fully functional due to Microsoft's broken DRM.
Here's a quick summary:
- November 2007: Kevin's XBOX 360 is replaced, causing his content to lose full functionality. He calls Microsoft.
- Microsoft keeps Kevin on the phone for an hour trying different methods of restoring functionality to his content. Nothing works. They say they will call him back in two weeks.
- They do not call him back, so he calls them. Microsoft makes him repeat the steps he tried the first time he called. They tell him they will call him back in two weeks.
- This cycle repeats twice more before Kevin gets a call from Frank at XBOX escalations. It's now the second week of January.
- Kevin periodically speaks to Frank. Frank has no answers for him.
- February 7, 2008: Frank tells Kevin that there's nothing more he can do and, when Kevin asks when he can expect a resolution, Frank says "hopefully sometime in 2008."
We suggested that Kevin escalate his complaint. He did. This resulted in another call from Frank confirming that there was nothing Microsoft can do.
Kevin writes:
I just wanted to drop you a line about my recent experience with Microsoft's horrible customer service for their 360 consoles. First a bit of background for folks not familiar with the 360's problems and it's DRM system.
It's well known that Microsoft's 360 console has an unusually high failure rate resulting in many users suffering what has been coined the 'Red Ring of Death' and being forced to send in the console on warranty. While Microsoft has extended the warranty on these systems for 3-years against this problem they are refusing to fully repair the devices. While they are happy to replace the device if you are an Xbox Live Marketplace user your box will not be fully functional on return. If you have purchased any content through their Xbox Live service which sells full games, movies, tv shows and add-on content for various titles you will find that it no longer works properly on your replacement console.
When you purchase content on Xbox Live it's linked to two things. The Xbox Live ID of the original purchaser of the content and a secret 'code' of some sort inside the Xbox 360 itself. You can use your content on any Xbox 360 anytime your are signed into Live using the original purchaser's Xbox Live account. You can also use the content offline or with any profile signed into the 360 the content was originally purchased on. This is particularly good for families who have multiple gamers with separate profiles. Any content purchased on the system is available to everyone who signs into the box online or offline. Well, that is until your box red rings.
In October of 2007 my 360 experienced a hardware failure and the red ring of death. I sent it in for replacement and after waiting over a month I was shipped a new replacement console. This new replacement console has a different serial number and as a result all of my downloaded content only works now when the purchasing profile is signed into Xbox live. Additional profiles on the system can no longer access the content. I can no longer access the content when I'm not signed into Xbox Live. So any internet issues with my system or Xbox Live (which experienced serious problems for most of last month) means I can no longer use the items I have purchased. As far as I'm concerned since the functionality I had before is now crippled my console has not been repaired.
I immediately contacted Microsoft when I noticed this a day or two after I received my system back in November of 2007. They had me try a few things in the system blade and redownload one of my items. This did nothing to resolve then issue. At that time they put me through over an hour of providing them with serial numbers, reference numbers, UPS tracking numbers and all sorts of other information while they located the information about my repair. Somehow they had apparently lost it. After this frustrating episode was over they escalated me to a supervisor. He informed me this had to be reviewed and that someone would call me back in the next two weeks.
Two weeks go by, I call back. I first get a Xbox Live rep who doesn't know what to do with my reference number from my previous call and makes me go through the whole process again of giving serial numbers and items from the previous ticket. I get escalated to a supervisor who thankfully can use my original reference number. He tells me he has nothing new to tell me and that I should expect a call back in the next two weeks.
This cycle repeats two more times until I get fed up with constantly being told 'two more weeks!' and I email a different contact address in Microsoft. This seems to get things moving since I'm contacted very quickly by a representative who only calls himself 'Frank' from "Microsoft Xbox Escalations" he assures me that he is going to follow the issue to resolution. But he has nothing to tell me at this time but promises to give me weekly updates until the issue is resolved. It is now the 2nd week of January.
The next week he calls up asking me to give him the serial number for the console so he can pass it along to whoever is working on the issue. He says he doesn't have anything new but hopes this will help. The next week he calls up to report that he has nothing new to tell me yet. Still no ETA. This continues weekly until February 7th.
Yesterday, February 7th, Frank calls to tell me he will no longer be working on my case because there is nothing he can do. I ask if he is passing me onto someone else who will handle it and he says he is not. I ask if there is anyone I can call for status updates on my issue and he says there is not. I ask him when I can expect it to be resolved and he says I quote: "hopefully sometime in 2008." I ask to speak to a supervisor and he refuses assuring me there is nothing that can be done. Apparently my issue is being handled by the "Live Team" but whoever this team is they do not talk to any department outside their own, they do not give ETAs. Essentially I'm being told that since my console suffered a widespread hardware failure, was serviced by Microsoft under warranty, that now I'm supposed to wait for a call back from Microsoft some day in the next year or more for the system to be fully functional again. Furthermore I have nobody I can contact or speak to regarding the status of my problem.
Let this be a warning to anyone considering making purchases on Xbox Live. Microsoft does not stand behind their product in regards to this service and failures of their own systems. They are happy to take your money and give you the run around until you simply give up and go away. This is honestly the worst customer service experience I have ever had with any company.
Intern Alex asked if he tried escalating his complaint and pointed him to some contact info that we'd posted. Kevin wrote back:
I saw that and sent an email to each of them and one to Major Nelson who runs Microsoft's official Xbox Live blog.
As a result of those emails, Frank called me again.
He confirmed for me the following:
* That he can give me no ETA for when this issue will be resolved.
* That there is nobody I can call for status updates since the team that does 'relicensing' does not give updates.
* That they will only provide me with resolution when all my content is relicensed not partial.
* That there is no compensation for the fact this has taken and will likely take months more to resolve.
* That there is nothing more he can do.
* That he 'hopes' that it will be resolved shortly.
I'm expected to accept this as the resolution and basically "don't call us, we'll call you."
Worst Customer Service Ever.
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I have the following function reading numbers from a text file and if I have it set up correctly, they are being seeded into the array. How would I print them out in a main function ?
void donationReader(int d[]) { int i =0; int numberOfDonors = 0; ifstream inFile; //Declare the input file stream inFile.open("donations.txt"); //Opening the file do{ inFile>>d[i];// seeding the numbers into the array :D/> }while(!inFile.eof()); //Keep seeding the array with numbers until the end of the file. if(!inFile){ cout << "Unable to open the file donations.txt"; exit(1); // shut dowm the program if possble } inFile.close();// Closes the file }


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I'm starting to think that the official reason Urahara left SS is pure BS. =)
Can see a Urahara Vs. Aizen, word against word scenario.
Where Aizen might use his Shikai to sway other captains and/or Central 46 opinion(s) in his favor. (Central 46 being the council that got slaughtered back in the SS Arc)
And the whole "untracable Gigai" story being a simple cover up.
Yoruichi and Tessai chose to stand by Urahara, because of their past.
And Tessai's first hand knowledge about what happened.
Others might have mentioned this in earlier threads, credit to them. =)
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|2008-06-11, 08:57
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just so everyone knows...this spoiler was posted as being believable. It's not known yet if this is the true spoiler because Aizen still hasn't done his usual explanation of how he did things.
It seems to be what every has been predicting what would happen though. Kudos to those who predictions seems to have come true. If we get some pics then we can say its 100% true.
|2008-06-11, 09:42
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I begining to think Aizen IS the most powerful captain/being in Bleach. His Shikai could rule the SS, he seems to be able to take down Captain Level Bankai's effortlessly, i.e. Hitsuga and the fox captain. He played with Hollification as a vice captain, and know is reaching for the king of SS. Damm what a villian!
|2008-06-11, 10:23
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Why the heck would Aizen retreat? Why not take out Tessai and Urahara? Knowing Aizen's massive ego, I don't believe he's scared of Urahara. Also, as far as I recall from Byakuya's fight with Zomari, kidou 81 can only stop spells upto the 80s levels.........if Tessai hadn't held back from using a 90s level spell, that might have been the end of Aizen then and there.
|2008-06-11, 11:03
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That might fit perfect in Aizen's plan. He provoked a situation in where Urahara had no chance but to make use of the Hogyoku or even has to develop it. But didn't Aizen say something about Urahara has never really used it(when Wonderweiss was "born")?
Is anyone still suspicious about Urahra's involement? ;p
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I am not suspicious about Urahara's involement, but I am suspicious of Mayuri. How did Aizen know about the hollowfication Urahara was working on? I mean he could have been using his shikai to spy on him while he was working, but I don't know if that would be enough. Mayuri did not help when the alarm was rung about Aizen, he knew somehow where to look in HM for those bodies that were hanging, maybe he was part of Aizen's little group and Aizen left him out when he defected, or maybe he is a spy for Aizen... I don't know but something is rotten in Denmark.
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but then this whole scenario is a bit cliche and why the heck would they leave Aizen retreat?
I can now imagine Yama-gi's stupid "follow the low" BS when facing Urahara.
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Maybe after this chapter we can say that Aizen actually got rid of the most problematic person for him with this hollowification process. Did he escape to put the blame on Urahara or not to lose his life against him and Tessai? We may not get an answer to that. And, Hougyoku being already there is suprising. I thought that Shinji and others regained their Shinigami powers on their own without Urahara's help. And he created Hougyoku to get rid of the Hollow part. So, it seems that was not correct. So, I wonder how the Hougyoku will help in this process, the process that Ichigo got over on his own. Or maybe this process is just the beginning just like what happened with Ichigo the first time he gained his own Shinigami powers, even though it does not look like it. It seems like we won't get any answers to those in this chapter, other than Aizen and co acting like a squirrel.
And Tessai looks really amazing with his technique he has showed or is planning to show soon.
|2008-06-11, 16:34
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So Aizen escaped without any actual confrontation or bragging about the situation, while him, Gin and Tosen where there standing over a couple of Captains and Vice Captains? Doesn't really make any sense unless Urahara let Aizen flee just so that he would be able to save the Vizard's from turning into complete Hollows in time.
Right now things are getting rather easy for Aizen not because he managed to take out all those captains but rather because he might already be telling the other captains what he saw and framing Urahara and Tessai. We know that Urahara was prohibited from going to their aid and we also know that he is the head of the Research institute, so him being anywhere near shinigami's who are on the verge of being hollow's especially after being told not to go, is definetly not looking good for him.
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Maybe the Hougyoku was used to turn them back into shinigami but they still retained their hollows counterpart.. and overtime their hollows starts to slowly taking over like what happened to Ichigo and because of that, they thought of a method to overcome it.
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Is just me or is Aizen getting more and more bad assed these days? <--I don't really want an answer...because I am still recovering from the blow KT dealt me...
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Top Truck Challenge 2008 - Tank TrapPosted in Events on June 1, 2008
The "Tank Trap"
This is it, the grand daddy of them all, the cherry on top of the sundae that is Top Truck Challenge. They call it the Tank Trap. Normally a mild mannered hill climb up a canyon for Top Truck week we add our own special touch, close to a million gallons of water. Standing a 1/4 mile long and gaining nearly 200 feet of altitude the Tank Trap is the true test of man and machine.
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CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A holiday bazaar turned bizarre when a deer crashed through an office window at the village of East Harbor senior living community's grounds.
The Detroit News reports that the young buck shattered glass and startled staff and hundreds of guests and residents attending the bazaar on Friday.
Marketing manager Carolyn Martin says an employee walking near the unoccupied office heard the crash, opened the door and saw the buck "thrashing about." The deer then hopped back out the window.
The buck had apparently wandered from nearby woods. Martin says police and staff searched for the buck to check on its condition and believe they spotted it before it ran away again.


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cartechboy writes: It's amazing how far we've come with technology. Now many of us have the ability to work remotely, and we can even lock/unlock our vehicles via the Internet. And yet, the way we receive our packages from FedEx, UPS, and USPS hasn't really changed. But Volvo thinks it has a way to revolutionize package delivery with Roam Delivery: instead of having packages delivered to your house or office, you could have packages dropped off in the trunk of your car. Volvo says this would work via its new digital keys technology which would allow customers to choose their car as a delivery option when ordering goods online. Via a smartphone or tablet, the owner would be informed when a delivery requires dropping off or picking up from the car. Accepting the delivery will enable a digital key which tracks when the car is opened, and then when it's locked again. The digital key expires once the delivery is complete. Not only does this sound pretty slick, but the technology to make it happen is pretty simple. Now the only question is whether you really want your Amazon box being delivered to your vehicle.


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"Hancock," a film about a petulant, perpetually drunken superhero, proved to be review-proof as well as bulletproof this weekend, overwhelming competitors and giving star Will Smith his fifth top-selling film on a Fourth of July weekend.
Audiences came in droves to see Smith play crime fighter John Hancock in the Sony Pictures production, which pulled in an estimated $66 million over the three days beginning Independence Day, distributor Columbia Pictures said Sunday.
The strong performance of the PG-13 film continues the prospects for a healthy summer in Hollywood, which has now seen ticket sales grow for six straight weekends.
"Hancock" drew $107.3 million over the 5 1/2 days since it began previewing Tuesday and officially opened Wednesday in 3,965 theaters, exceeding expectations of an $80-million haul, the studio said.
But it wasn't as strong as last year's holiday opening for the robot thriller "Transformers," which picked up $155.4 million during a similar 5 1/2 -day run.
"Hancock" marked Smith's eighth straight No. 1 opening and his eighth film to gross more than $100 million. His 2006 tearjerker, "The Pursuit of Happyness," grossed $307 million globally, and December's zombie movie, "I Am Legend," took in $584 million.
Long regarded as a box office behemoth, the actor has led ticket sales 12 times in his career, the studio said.
"The Will Smith business is a great business to be in," said Rory Bruer, president of domestic distribution for Sony Pictures. "The film was different, fresh and unique, and it had Will Smith. We knew we were golden."
Overseas, the film has amassed an additional $78 million, opening at No. 1 in 47 of its 50 international territories, Bruer said.
Even negative reviews lambasting the film as a confusing jumble that reneged on its promising premise could not keep "Hancock" from besting last weekend's box office leader -- and critical darling -- "Wall-E." The animated Disney-Pixar film about a love-struck robot slipped to second place and took in $33.4 million in its second weekend, boosting its domestic total to $128.1 million.
Smith has shrugged off critics' sniping before. His 1999 sci-fi cowboy comedy "Wild Wild West" also was a critical bust but commercial smash on a Fourth of July weekend. "Independence Day" and the "Men in Black" series were Smith's other major holiday successes.
"Hancock" had some aces up its sleeve, including Jason Bateman as a do-gooder publicist and a plot twist involving Charlize Theron. The surprise appearance of the Oscar-winning actress, whose presence was kept quiet in advertisements for the film, helped fan word of mouth.
The "Hancock" audience skewed young, with 52% of viewers under age 25, but was nearly evenly split between men and women, though many of the women left less than enthralled.
After a "Hancock" screening Saturday night at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, Heather Flores, 33, of Sherman Oaks turned to her husband and gave the movie a thumbs down. Despite being a Will Smith fan, Flores said she was disappointed because the film was too predictable.
"I saw everything coming. All the good scenes were in the previews," she said.
Her husband Steven Flores, 35, a financial consultant who loved "Independence Day," said he was shocked by the twist and pleasantly surprised to see Theron. But the clincher was the lead actor.
"I would watch Will Smith's movies no matter what time of year they came out," he said.
Smith's on-screen appeal and his help on an aggressive marketing campaign should help "Hancock" easily recoup its $150 million production cost and probably surpass the $200 million mark, Bruer said.
So far this year, Paramount Pictures' "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Iron Man" have busted into the $300-million range, and Marvel Entertainment Inc.'s "The Incredible Hulk" is poised to hurtle past $200 million.
Weekend sales fell sharply for several movies out for more than a week.
"Wall-E" dropped 47%, and another major "Hancock" competitor, Universal Pictures' R-rated "Wanted," starring Angelina Jolie as a member of an assassins guild, plunged 60% to $20.6 million from $50.9 million at its opening last weekend. Both missed expectations.
The lower-profile "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," a G-rated Depression-era drama from Picturehouse featuring Abigail Breslin, went to a wider market after two weeks in limited release. The film came in eighth with $3.6 million, behind Time Warner Inc.'s fourth-ranked "Get Smart" and "Kung Fu Panda," from DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.
Starting Friday, "Hancock" goes up against a trio of highly anticipated films. Action flicks "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" from Universal and the 3-D "Journey to the Center of the Earth" from Warner Bros., will debut, along with the Eddie Murphy sci-fi comedy "Meet Dave."


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DIXON – An Aurora man already charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl this summer now also is charged with abusing a 7-year-old girl in October.
Damien J. Bell, 19, is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
The most serious charge, predatory sexual assault, is punishable by 6 to 30 years in prison.
Bell, arrested at 11:33 a.m. Thursday at the Lee County Courthouse, was in jail in Dixon Monday on $100,000 bond. He has a status hearing Wednesday.
Lee County Sheriff's Detective Shane Miller said deputies were contacted in November by the parents of a 13-year-old girl who said she had been sexually abused by Bell. He was charged with misdemeanor criminal sexual abuse and posted $300 cash.
Deputies received another report weeks later regarding the 7-year-old, whom Bell had baby-sat, Miller said.
Both girls are from rural Lee County.


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WASHINGTON – The blood clot that led to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's hospitalization on Sunday is lodged in a vein behind her right ear, her doctors disclosed in a statement late Monday.
The doctors said the clot, called a right transverse sinus venous thrombosis, was discovered on Sunday when Clinton underwent an MRI as a "routine follow-up" to the treatment she has been receiving for a concussion. The vein runs between the brain and skull.
Drs. Lisa Bardack with the Mt. Kisco Medical Group and Gigi El-Bayoumi at The George Washington University Hospital said in their statement that the clot is being treated with blood thinners. They didn't predict when she would be able to leave New York-Presbyterian Hospital, saying that she would be released "once the medication dose has been established."
They said the clot didn't result in a stroke or any neurological damage.
The doctors said that "in all other aspects of her recovery, the secretary is making excellent progress, and we are confident she will make a full recovery." They described Clinton as being "in good spirits, engaging with her doctors, her family and her staff."


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Pelosi Floor Remarks on STOCK Act
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor today in support of sending the STOCK Act to a Conference Committee of the House and Senate to be strengthened. Republicans stripped a critical provision on political intelligence, one which passed with bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate, from the House bill. The revised House STOCK Act passed the House today by a vote of 417 to 2. Below are the Leader's remarks.
"I thank the gentleman for yielding. And thank him for giving us this opportunity to discuss an important matter: the integrity of Congress on the floor of the House.
"I too want to join the distinguished Majority Leader, Mr. Cantor, in praising the leadership of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, our Ranking Member on the Rules Committee, and Congressman Tim Walz, for their extraordinary leadership over time. Their persistence, the approach that they have taken to this–to remove all doubt in the public's mind, if that is possible, that we are here to do the people's business and not to benefit personally from it.
"I listened attentively to the distinguished Majority Leader, Mr. Cantor's remarks, about the STOCK Act and its importance. And, it just raises a question to me, as to if it is so important, and it certainly is, that why we could not have worked in a more bipartisan fashion, either to accept the Senate bill, which was developed in a bipartisan fashion, either to accept the Senate bill, which was developed in a bipartisan fashion and passed the Senate 96 to 3, 96-3–it's hard to get a result like that in Congress these days. But, they were able to get that result because they worked together to develop the legislation.
"We had two good options: one was to accept the Senate bill, or to take up the Slaughter-Walz legislation, which has nearly 300 cosponsors, almost 100 Republican cosponsors on the original STOCK Act. The discharge petition has been calling upon the leadership to bring that bill to the floor. What's important about that, is that when we pass that bill, we can go to conference and take the best and strongest of both bills to get the job done.
"Instead, secretly, the Republicans brought a much diminished bill to the floor–it has some good features. So, I urge my colleagues to vote for it, to bring the process along. What's wrong about it is, it makes serious omissions. And, I won't associate myself with remarks that have been made earlier, but I think they bear repetition, in any event.
"Senator Grassley's remarks are stunning, stunning indictment of the House Republicans, in terms of their actions on this bill. He said, and I know my colleague has read this into the record already, but I will too. Senator Grassley said: 'it's astonishing and extremely disappointing that the House would fulfill Wall Street's wishes by killing this provision,' that would be the provision on political intelligence. 'The Senate clearly voted to try to shed light on an industry that's behind the scenes, if the Senate language is too broad, as opponents say, why not propose a solution, instead of scrapping the provision all together, I hope to see,' Senator Grassley said; 'a vehicle for meaningful transparency through a House-Senate conference, and other means, if Congress delays action,' as Chairman Conyers just said, 'if Congress delays action,' said Senator Grassley, 'the political intelligence industry will stay in the shadows, just the way Wall Street likes it.' Well, the Senator's statement is very widely covered. In 'The Hill' today, has a full page: 'Grassley: Republicans caved; Iowa Senator says House doing Wall Street bidding.
"I think it's important to note, that on the Senate side, there was interest in doing this study, that is now in the House bill, and it was rejected by the Senate, by a 60-39 vote, to include the political intelligence provision, in the bill rejecting the study. Now that that's already been rejected in the Senate, its resurrected on the House side, a weakening of the bill.
"So, whether it's the political intelligence piece, proposed by Senator Grassley. Or, Senator Leahy's piece about corruption, I think it's really important that those two elements be included in the bill. A good way to do that, to find a path to bipartisanship in the strongest possible bill, is to pass the bill today, despite its serious shortcomings–and it's hard to understand why the shortcomings are there, but nonetheless they are.
"Pass the bill today and go to conference. To pass earlier, we're to accept the Senate bill, or to take the original STOCK Act, strong STOCK Act, to the floor. Both of those were rejected. Pass this bill. Go to conference. It's very important that the House and the Senate meet to discuss these very important issues.
"With all due respect to a study on political intelligence, that's really just a dodge, that is just a way to say: 'we're not going to do the political intelligence piece.
"So, again, with serious reservations about the bill, but thinking it's the better course of action, is to pass it–and I don't want anyone to interpret the strong vote for it, to be a seal of approval for what it is, but just a way of pushing the process down the line, so that we can move expeditiously, to go to conference for the strongest possible bill.
"And, I want to close again, by saluting Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, and Congressman Tim Walz, for their most persistent dedication to this issue. Had they not had this discharge petition, and the nearly 300 cosponsors–bipartisan, nearly 100 of them Republicans–I doubt that we would be even taking up this bill today.
"So congratulations, and thank you. With that, I yield back the balance of my time."


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My Brother's Keeper, an Easton-based Christian charity that gifts furniture to those in need, has started to spread its good into Fall River and other local communities.
My Brother's Keeper, an Easton-based Christian charity that gifts furniture to those in need, has started to spread its good into Fall River and other local communities.
Two weeks ago, the organization delivered an apartment's worth of furniture to Jean, a 70-something Fall River grandmother going through a rough time.
Jean recently lost her only son to AIDS and is raising her teenage grandson, who has special needs. The two had been living in an empty apartment and sleeping on blankets piled up on the floor.
Jim Orcutt, who founded My Brother's Keeper in Taunton with his wife, Terry, 25 years ago, was among the volunteers to bring beds and other furniture to Jean and her grandson.
"She said, 'I can't believe this. (My grandson) is going to be so happy when he comes home from school and sees his bed,'" Jim Orcutt said.
My Brother's Keeper opened its second facility in Dartmouth on Sunday. The charity has a goal of serving Dartmouth and communities to the west, such as Fall River and Rhode Island's East Bay towns. In 2014, it will extend services to New Bedford and other communities to the east.
The charity is on track to make about 200 furniture deliveries to Fall River families this year.
Jim Orcutt said the charity's goal is to "lift the hopes of the downtrodden."
The charity was serving 34 communities and has now widened its coverage area to 50 communities in the Boston and Fall River diocese.
Besides celebrating its 25th anniversary and a new facility, My Brother's Keeper expects to make its 100,000th furniture delivery in December.
The service is open to everyone in need, regardless of religion.
Bishop of the Fall River Diocese George W. Coleman offered prayers and blessings at Sunday's open house at My Brother's Keeper.
"I am so grateful to My Brother's Keeper for setting up an office here in Dartmouth," Coleman said.
After the blessing, there was a tour of the 9,000-square-foot, warehouse-style facility.
The building is split into departments, similar to a retail store. Living room furniture, kitchen tables and chairs, and dressers are in the middle aisle. Beds, refrigerators, dishes and linens are on one wall. Household items, electrical appliances and the box-spring workshop are on the other wall. There's also space for furniture repair, loading docks, offices, restrooms and a prayer room.
The facility is set on 5 acres in Dartmouth, The charity does not release its address to the public in order to discourage anonymous furniture drop-offs.
Volunteers pick up furniture from donors at no cost. Once it is cleaned or repaired, it is delivered to those in need.
Erich Miller, president of the organization, said it is a "privilege to serve" with My Brother's Keeper.
"Over the past 25 years, we have seen with our own eyes and felt with our own hearts," Miller said. "The Lord calls us to go forth and spread the good news."
Miller said the opening of a second facility had been a "lot of hard work but absolutely remarkable."
"We've been warmly welcomed by SouthCoast leaders," he said.
My Brother's Keeper gets no local, state or federal funding. It relies solely on in-kind donations and funds from several foundations.
"We've got a lot to be grateful for," Miller said.
Josh Smith, director of the Dartmouth facility and a former Fall River resident, said he's "witnessed a groundswell of support" for the opening of the Dartmouth building.
Smith started with the organization as a volunteer while he was a student at Stonehill College. He said his experiences "changed his life."
"Serving the poor became my passion," Smith said. "The need is greater here than any other community we serve."
My Brother's Keeper currently needs volunteers for furniture pickups and deliveries, cleaning furniture and appliances, carpentry and light furniture repair, testing electrical items, sorting linens and household items, cutting and sewing fabric, assembling box springs, building maintenance, administrative help and help with special events.
The organization is looking for donations of couches, loveseats and chairs, coffee tables, end tables, lamps; twin, full and queen size mattresses and box springs, dressers and night stands, kitchen tables and chairs, refrigerators and microwaves.
To learn more about My Brother's Keeper, visit www.MyBrothersKeeper.org or call 774-305-4577.
Email Deborah Allard at email@example.com.


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The lights are on
Looking for a survival Horror group? I was as well. Looking to reminisce about such classics as Eternal darkness, Resident Evil and Silent Hill? Why am I asking so many questions? Well then this is the group for you my friend!
If you thought Bethesda was teasing a new Wolfenstein, you were wrong! Bethesda will be publishing Mikami's next game which is said to be a Survival Horror title. More news coming tomorrow.
Bless you J, I was just about to post this!
I can't wait for the trailer that will be shown tomorrow.
You have no idea J, I'm actually staying up until the reveal in the morning, lol.
I'm guessing you just seen it then. I had to watch it back to back times to make sure I seen everything correctly. I love waking up to this type of news.


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Configuring the Logon Account for Analysis Services
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) executes some tasks in the security context of the Microsoft Windows user account that is used to start Analysis Services, in other words the logon account, and executes other tasks in the security context of the user who is requesting the task.
Regardless of the security context in which Analysis Services performs a particular task, Analysis Services verifies the permissions of the user who issued the request, before running the task.
For tasks that Analysis Services performs in the context of its logon account, the logon account must have sufficient permissions and access rights to perform the tasks. At the same time, the logon account for Analysis Services should not be granted more rights than are required for the tasks to be performed, because excessive rights could pose potential security issues.
Each instance of Analysis Services runs as Windows service, Msmdsrv.exe, in the security context of a defined logon account.
- The service name of default instance of Analysis Services is MSSQLServerOLAPService.
- The service name of each named instance of Analysis Services is MSOLAP$InstanceName.
Each instance of Analysis Services is completely independent, with its own independent executables, security model, databases, cubes, and mining models.
If multiple instances of Analysis Services are installed, the setup program also installs a redirector service, which is integrated with the SQL Server Browser service. The redirector service is responsible for directing clients to the appropriate named instance of Analysis Services. The SQL Server Browser service always runs in the security context of the Local System account, a local administrator account used by Windows for system services that do not access resources outside the local computer.
See Also
Choosing the Logon Account
Granting Network Resource Access Rights to the Logon Account
Granting Additional Rights for Specific Tasks


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Administrative Interface
- 1 Objective
- 2 Environments Affected
- 3 Relevant COBIT Topics
- 4 Best practices
- 5 Administrators are not users
- 6 Authentication for high value systems
- 7 Further Reading
To ensure that:
- Administrator level functions are appropriately segregated from user activity
- Users cannot access or utilize administrator functionality
- Provide necessary audit and traceability of administrative functionality
Environments Affected
Relevant COBIT Topics
- 4.08 Data and System ownership – requires separate operational and security administration
- 4.10 Segregation of duties
Best practices
Administrative interfaces is one of the few controls within the Development Guide which is legally mandated – Sarbanes Oxley requires administrative functions to be segregated from normal functionality as it is a key fraud control. For organizations that have no need to comply with US law, ISO 17799 also strongly suggests that there is segregation of duties. It is obviously up to the designers to take into account the risk of not complying with SOX or ISO 17799.
- When designing applications, map out administrative functionality and ensure that appropriate access controls and auditing are in place.
- Consider processes – sometimes all that is required is to understand how users may be prevented from using a feature by simple lack of access.
- Help desk access is always a middle ground – they need access to assist customers, but they are not administrators.
- Carefully design help desk / moderator / customer support functionality around limited administration capability and segregated application or access.
This is not to say that administrators logging on as users to the primary application are not allowed, but when they do, they should be normal users. An example is a system administrator of a major e-commerce site who also buys or sells using the site.
Administrators are not users
Administrators must be segregated from normal users.
How to identify if you are vulnerable
- Log on to the application as an administrator.
- Can the administrator perform normal transactions or see the normal application?
- Can users perform administrative tasks or actions if they know the URL of the administration action?
- Does the administrative interface use the same database or middleware access (for example, database accounts or trusted internal paths?)
- In a high value system, can users access the system containing the administrative interface?
If yes to any question, the system is potentially vulnerable.
How to protect yourself
- All systems should have separate applications for administrator and user access.
- High value systems should separate these systems to separate hosts, which may not be accessible to the wider Internet without access to management networks, such as via the use of a strongly authenticated VPN or from trusted network operations center.
Authentication for high value systems
Administrative interfaces by their nature are dangerous to the health of the overall system. Administrative features may include direct SQL queries, loading or backing up the database, directly querying the state of a trusted third party's system.
How to identify if you are vulnerable
If a high value system does not use strong authentication and encrypted channels to log on to the interface, the system may be vulnerable from eavesdropping, man in the middle, and replay attacks.
How to protect yourself
For high value systems:
- Use a separate hardened management network for administrative access.
- Use strong authentication to log on, and re-authenticate major or dangerous transactions to prevent administrative phishing and session riding attacks.
- Use encryption (such as SSL encrypted web pages) to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the session.
Further Reading
- Perfect example of why the admin and users should be separate:


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Chelsea will be looking to extend their four-game winning streak with victory over Queens Park Rangers in tonight's west London derby at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues have enjoyed a fruitful festive period, which started with the 8-0 thrashing of Aston Villa, followed by consecutive away victories against Norwich City and Everton, to push them up to fourth in the Premier League table, one point behind Tottenham in third, with two games in hand.
Rafa Benitez will not be able to call upon first-choice goalkeeper Petr Cech, after the 30-year-old picked up a groin injury at Goodison Park, with Ross Turnbull set to deputise.
John Obi Mikel missed the 2-1 victory against the Toffees on Sunday, but Benitez has insisted the problem is not serious, so could make a return this evening.
QPR meanwhile arrive at Chelsea having taken just 10 points from their first 20 league games, and have won only once all season. Harry Redknapp's arrival has lifted spirits at Loftus Road, though, and the Rs will now be hoping for a significant change in fortunes, starting tonight.
Chelsea predicted starting XI:
Turnbull; Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole; Ramires, Luiz; Mata, Moses, Hazard; Torres.
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Build Your Own Linux Powered Pda
Build Your Own Linux Powered Pda
Jun 16 2006, 11:55 PM
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[qoute] Looks good! If you go the CF/PCMCIA route, it might be easiest to have headers one behind the other, and then have the company that populates the board put only one connector on.[/qoute]
yeah thats what i am thinking of doing but if board real estate is at a premime i might chose the pcmcia and let you use a pcmcia to cf adaptor
for battries as i said i am only making the board however lookinng at all of this it might be a good idea to prouce one design that fits in the exsisting cxx00 case as you can buy the case seperatly and that means you can use Z battries
you are right about the mobile phone processors, we will most likly talk to it ove a serial port rather than have it built into the chip or mem mapped, this means nice and simple At commands to control the phone and also means we dont have to write software
the gsm is more of a minimum spec however we do have a problem in that each contry uses a diffrent system, i might point out that i also live in australia so its in my best intrestes to make it compatible with whatever we are using here that said it shouldnt be too hard to adapt it or even have plugin cards so you can swap radios (this would also make the board desin simpler)
probelly wont have solder points for everything, mabey a couple of things and the mem bus (thats already 98% of what you need) but i think it will be more like: i want this hardware so i "port" it to the design, reroute (equivelent in software terms would be compile) the board and then get it manufoctured and populateed by a company who returns your design to you in about 3 weeks that way i can jam pack the design
note that doing it that way is really for new hardware, if you want for eg to add bluetooth then there will be a solder point for it only the more exotic stuff will be missing
actually i was thinking sharp would be a potential buyer of the board and would help drive down costs or we sell the design to them under a diffrent licsence (as i want to do a GPL type open hardware design)
I have found a place that sells Xscale chips in small quantities but the iWX3 is ALOT cheaper and has video acceleration built in as well as DDR ram support and a floating point unit so it would take alot for me to switch back to that chip
the chip is also used in the toshiba gigabeat in case any one was intrested about the sutability of this chip
the one thing i forgot to mention is that i also want the ability to turn this into a thin client so on board ethernet might happen or might be limited to the pcmcia slot but it does garentee usb slots and VGA out
this chip also hhas the same problems as the intel in that the pcmcia and cf intreface are shared weth main mem so i am looking into alternatves for storage eg huge flash capacities 2GB max can be done with one chip thanks to samsung and also support for ATA drives (laptop HD anyone) with the ata stuff you may be able ta have a mem only CF slot and a IO capable one, the advatage being that the mem only one will not cause a decrese in performance as it has its own mem bus
touchscreen dosent affect me as i use the console but of course i will add support for it
i might add a loptop ram header so that people can make daghter cards and plug them in, and because it will have the data bus signals it would be posible to add more ram (of course you would have to make a board to take the ram, you cant just put laptom mem in it)
will try for transreflective if i can but i am not making anything but the mobo, i would like others to help with this espesially if you have design skills or if you know where we should look as for electrical people if you know any and they are intrested get them to email me at jaycoles (a) yahoo.com and tell them to include the word ilnux in there message (to bypass my spam filtering
with the price i fugire that you would want more funcitionality at the same price point but if you dont want those parts then i will tell the manufacturer to not solder them on the board
the fpga is there for glue logic rather than use an asic to basically cut my dev costs, they chew throgh power so i would probelly use a cpld instead but might have a fpga avalible as a add in card for devs and hobbiests (eg software defined radio for fm reciver or ham radio)
Ram Max is 256MB so thats plenty, i think that can be done with 4 chips as well so net much real estate for BGA parts
i would really like to see an open hardwae company, at the moment i am working on a project for gensis who make PPC boards and are VERY linux friendly to the point where they are writing XGI graghics card drivers with the 2D open source and the 3D closed because of NDA however the will compile it if you need it and will show you if you sign a NDA (i know its a pain but its not bad) the other thing thats nice is the hardware they have avalible online to play with and the hardware giveaways they have (they are the reason i found this chip)
Jun 16 2006, 11:59 PM
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WOW thats long
Jun 17 2006, 12:46 AM
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if i was designing a pda here would be my basic design plan
-the case design would be a real hard decision since there are fans of both clamshell and regular pda design. if it was my decision i would most likely go for the zaurus CXXXX clamshell with tablet folding capability because it seems to be more versitile and easier to integrate a built in keyboard
-ARM processor at least 400 mhz preferably 500-600 range or at least capable or overclocking to that range
-lcd display of at least 320x240 but strongly suggest 640x480 size (try to avoid odd sizes such as 800x480 since that would most likely cost more since there would be less of a demand in the market for that size of display.) touch screen of could would be needed. the size i would look for would be in the 3.5" to slightly over 4" range
-external memory slot in the form of at least 1 CF possibly 2 CF if the chosen processor already has 2 ide channels built in. add a sd in at least mmc 1 bit mode or better yet 4 bit mode since it gives cheap memory expansion in a small size for very little I/O cost
-when it comes to the modern connectivity way of life i would strongly urge to add wireless capabilty with preferably bluetooth and wifi. the wifi capabilty may be best to keep with a CF card if two CF slots are availible. the cost is quite low for the user to add and it gives the option to add a cf wifi card with wardriving features such as external antenna. the bluetooth is an option that should be added to the board even if it is not populated so the user has the option to add it latter or have more than one hardware model so those who do not use bluetooth dont have to pay the extra cost.
-when it comes to ram 64MB is the bare minimun and 128MB is what i would suggest. better yet some memory ic chips have 64MB and 128MB versions in the same footprint so you can have one design with a possibility of two different memory options. better yet if you could find an affordable memory ic with 64, 128, 192, or even 256MB options in the same footprint that would be the best choice.
-when you look at most rom distrobutions 96mb is the lowest i would put in a newer pda since that can easily be filled up. better yet is to use a 128, 192, or 256MB footprint compatable ic in the design like the ram to give more flexibility.
-an integrated keyboard is a must especially in a clamshell design
-built in headset jack and built in microphone/speaker is a must
-USB on the go is a must and since alot of usb devices need a good amount of power i would recomment an optionable external battery pack be designed to be able to clip onto the bottom the the pda to allow longer battery life.
-i can see IR ports being taken over by bluetooth, but i would still include it. as a hardware hacking freindly feature i would design the ir module to be disconnectable and allow a plug to be exposed that could have something else plugged in.
-follow the "if you dont use it dont cover it up" idea. basically if you dont use a pin or line pull it out to a contact pad and document it.
-all most forgot this one. you need a serial port for linux use.
-jtag port pulled out in an easy to use way (dont nessesarly add a header pin to plug it in, but at least have the possibility to add one
-ohh and a gift for the hardware hackers. a cpld/fpga on board with all or most unused or even some used lines run through it for customization.
the hardest things to deal with for this in my opinion would be the display at a reasonable cost.
my case design would most likely be a clamshell with a CF slot on either side and the SD, IR, and usb connectors in the front. and the audio and docking connectors in the back. on the bottom i would have clips for holding an extra battery pack and also expansion plug on the bottom like some laptops have for extra accessories such as a docking station like stuff
ok it is 1:45 here so i should get to sleep i think i got all my idea out, but i might have missed a few.
Jun 17 2006, 12:50 AM
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well LOL i see someone was also typing a long reply the same time i was
Jun 17 2006, 01:04 AM
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i would like to add that i like the idea of the freescale i.mx processors. they make really nice stuff at freescale and are quite liberal with samples for working with (can you say free cpu's to build prototypes with ) the i.MX31 processor has a nice 3d graphics accelerator built right in with OPENGL ES support including drivers and libraries.
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And good choice on your Zaurus! POODLE LUV!
If we've got an open board REFERENCE design, then any GPL based company (Hardware Fedora/Mandriva anyone?) can modify that as long as they give the schematics free. XD
GPL hardware seems to be a more profitable thing than GPL software, so I can see a company based on it doing very well, since there aren't many people who are willing to scratchbuild a system.
I think building a retrofit board for a Zaurus isn't the best idea, because the zaurus parts, while available are quite rare in some places, inclusing the UK. It might also be cheaper to have someone press Aluminium cases for example, and there's still the point of a funky logo. On which note, this concept needs a name and logo! If you're doing motherboards, I can see a collaboration with a couple of other community members to make a full PDA.
There are some very small self-contained serial IRDA components out there, so I can see it being feasible to build a hotpluggable connector for IRDA which can be unplugged to leave a Serial/JTAG connector (Why the hell would you need Serial and IRDA simultaneously anyway? RHETORICAL.)]
WOAH! 530mhz? Sweet!
Does a microdrive have a Standard ATA interface? Apparently We can expect 20GB drives either this year or in 2007, so If it's possiblee to include a Microdrive compatible interface that's great. ^^
2 MMC/SD ports: If we don't take advantage of that we're insane. Anyone know a place that does 2-port PCB-mount SD sockets? Either that or it would be worth the space having them parallel. Internal Storage, plus 2x2gb SD. Anyone know if they're SDIO capable?
The disadvantage of PCMCIA is it's mooch bigger. Agreed, it would be nice to be able to plug in a 24/96 12 port digital rec. . . I VOTE PCMCIA!!!! O.O |NOSEBLEED FROM EXCITEMENT|
A Quad band phone will work anywhere. If we can get a Quad Band GSM/GPRS processor onboard, that gives everyone worldwide access. W-CDMA is nice, but it's expensive and not well supported. If we're really desperate, we can always put in a Vodafone PCMCIA card.
But yes. The i.Mx31 is looking to be a pretty good chip!
One final note: A few people have mentioned Cameras. . . If we're making a universal/Spitz clamshell design, I don't think we could go wrong with a camera mounted next to the screen (In landscape), below it (in portrait) since the i.Mx has an inbuilt CMOS/CCD interface. That would allow VoIP, as well as limited photography. The only other design I can suggest for it would be a rotating camera on the edge of the screen, with a 180' swivel.
This would allow camera usage for both conferencing and picture taking. It's either that or USB webcam!
I'm also with the note on TFT panels. 800x480 is just silly. We'll make it harder to get parts, increase the drain on system power and processing capability, for a fairly minimal gain. It's much more important to have a simple useable screen, similar to that of the CXXXX series Zauri, which is perfectly good! XP Besides, if there's going to be some form of External monitor connection, There's not really alot of point!
Finally, I vote for the name "PocketPenguin."
Jun 17 2006, 03:47 AM
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Forgetting things AGAIN:
Dan, Why the HELL do you need a 800x480 to watch DVD's?
The best quality DVD's available are 640x480 anyway.
Maybe when BD is out. . . But I doubt we're going to be hooking BluRay up to a Zaurus-Type anytime soon. . . Maybe December time?
Jun 17 2006, 04:55 AM
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Yeah a camera would be nice but i would put it on my first to be droped list if i run out of space the nice thing about it is the image processing unit that fixes up the image the os even sees it (eg color space conversion) this means higher framerates and lower cpu usage
seems audio is a big thing so definattly 1 headphone and 1 microphone on seperate jacks what i was wondering is for the video out, do we want VGA a tv connection HDMI (nice small plug there) and what type of sound capabilities eg 5.1 (ok i am dreaming but keep in mind that i can chuck that in if you want a portable media center) as for 24/96 thats why i boght an audigy usb sound card, but you need usb2.0 to use all 8 channels at that setting (whigch the cxx00 dont)
i was thinking about dvb-t but as we have usb2.0 it dosent matter about bandwidth (see OZ fourm for original post)
i want a list of everything thats posible so i can put up another list that i have gone throgh so people can vote on what they want, keeping in mind i will have final say scince i only plan to produce one then make the plans avalible
it has support for 4mbit irda and i thoght i would throw in CIR to get a longer range so you can use it as a remote
ill just clarify somthing because many people seem to be ignoring it, this is a project to build a mother board, i am not doing cases or LCD screens however i may do a keyboard design, i fuguire someone else is better connected than me in that area and could help out. it also means multiple case options i would like to see the sidways slider format with backlit keys in carbon fiber with a laser etched logo, plus i would love to see the return of the compaq backpack idea and am willing to add an IO header for that (mabey instead of the addin card)
quick price guide
Xscale chips (any of them) $100 or more
iMX3 $20
guess theres no competeion here, both are for small quantity prices and as i said, i have now found sources for both, the free cpu's they have have no video acceleration however the chip is so cheap i dont care
good point about JTAG, i would list that as critical scince thats how i would want to loda the inital firmware, and a serial port is a definit, would you like TTL levels (5v needs external converter) or rs232 levels (12v inverted)
i had an ide about the secure boot, get it to boot into a kexec capable kernel and then have that verify the kernel it is about to run using gpg and a public key, easy to implement and means easy security (of course you dont have to use this feature) best bit is if you burn the public key into the ROM itself to prevent tampering. i think this will be for the hardcore only but it fits well with the camera and mabey a finger print reader to do iris and finger print recignition
names are a good start as they give it a "feeling" or spirit, unless anyone thinks of anything better i am offically calling this the Pocket Penguin Project or PPP
SD thats a good idea i only really planned for 1 but i could add 2, they are SDIO capable if i rebebr corectly but we need drivers and a generic sdio stack, i belive the stack is posible to write without offical documentation and the wifi drivers could also be eginered in time, but we could shortcut this and buy an exsisting stack (about $5 per device if i remeber correctly) but apart from the bluetooth card i dont see the point and scince bluetooth is onboard there is no point (i might clarify i had a sandik sdio wifi card and several CF wifi cards, the CF ones get 4x the range and alot more speed (mainly due to the better signal) i also had that card degrade to the point where i could not use it anymore (refused to be recignised) and this was 5 days after it was out of its 1 mont warantey)
should we set up an IRC channel for a meeting some time it would be a good idea to flesh out these ideas some more
yep microdrives are ATA compatible
Jun 17 2006, 05:44 AM
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Never used IRC. I think sticking to Forum is better, just for us reets that wouldn't have a clue.
I've been sketching out a generic case design based on the clamshells, just a weeny bit bigger. (I know you're not looking at a case, but to we have everything in the same thread would make sense until some bright spark builds a website. - NOT ME! My server won't boot.)
In my design (Pointy corners, all the hallmarks of an Alpha) I worked around a base design of 126x14x65 (NOT including Screen or hinge - I didn't want to estimate a depth on that) which managed to squeeze 2xSD 2xUSB IRDA, HDMI, Dual 3.5 audio and an Aerial socket for a wifi antennaon the backplate, with the PCMCIA socket running alon the bottom of the case and opening up on the right hand side (In landscape mode) so it would poke out the top in portrait.
I did a basic design for the top of a screen panel, with stereo speakers, (The kind that look like (##) as seen on the Uni)
as well as a rotating camera, on the right hand side. based on a Samsung camera on my Mum's mobile, which seemed to work.
My design left the front panel of the Base unit (Landscape) free for say. . a scroll wheel, and maybe a power or docking connector - Someone mentioned a Powered notebook HDD "Backpack"? which could have it's connector behind a panel on the front.
Only thing I did find, was that with the PCMCIA card there wasn't much room for a battery. . . Since the motherboard will take up the better part of the case, It might be better to lose the PCMCIA in place of a CFIO? A PCMCIA card, socket, and a 750mAh nokia battery took up the whole of the bottom of the case, up to a third of it's depth. . . I don't think we could fit it all in a reasonably sized PDA, and the space on the motherboard for the socket would be better used for onboard Wifi and Bluetooth chips, and all internal storage being onboard flash - A microdrive is quite big after all in a device this size. besides, after 1xCFIO and 2xSDIO. . How much more storage could you want? Even if you're using the CF for something strange, like a 3g card, a 56k modem, or a 10/100 - There's still two SD sockets. for up to 4/8 gb storage.
My refined specs (IMHO) that I looked at after running a design up are:
iMx31 530mhz/133mhz
128/256mb DDR266
4.5" TFT fitted nicely, 5" is getting a bit too large, although if it's all we can get, it can be done.
Separate 3.5mm Line in/Lineout (Or mic, depending)
1xCamera - We'll have space in the screen panel for a rotating camera, and it'd be a waste of a good chip function not to include one. ROTATING, to use as Camera and VOIP.
1xEXT wifi Aerial socket. - If people prefer internal that's fine, but several people have added external sockets to their PDA's or cards, maybe a simple folding aerial like on most Routers and Desktops would be worth it? Or maybe just put an internal and a socket?
640x480 Res
NAND Flash - As much as we can fit in there really, I can't see how we can get a CF or MD on a PDa size mobo with Phone, Ext-CF, SDIO
Quad-band GSM/GPRS phone, so we can all use it. ^^
STD mini-Sim socket, as used on every mobile for 12 years
Camcorder-battery Larger than 1500mAh, or if vertical space gets to be a premium, maybe two smaller Phone-types?
APM: Alot of this stuff is going to be big on power drain, so it has to be possible to Software-Power down at least the Wifi, Camera and Bluetooth, and Possibly the phone, too.
We've got a generic geek who can make what are only just unreasonable demands (Me.)
A motherboard Guy (All hail Blitz!)
A name (Of unknown popularity)
What we need, is someone who can seriously look at a case design, and maybe somewhere to manufacture them? When I was making my rough sketch design, I was thinking a ?pressed? Stainless steel or Aluminium shell, about the thickness of the average credit/debit card? (2/3mm)
Just so you know, I based my motherboard size expectation on an ipaq 3950 motherboard that's lying on my desk, (PXA250) and a DragonballVZ-33 from a clie (Which is TINY! o.O)
Since I'm guessing your average Moto-based board will be slightly smaller than say the iPaq board, because of the greater number of integrated components. - My Stacked SDIO idea came from a multilayer board with one conn. on each side.
Jun 17 2006, 06:13 AM
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Ok got it dropping the pcmcia and making it a backpack
for the board i was thinking mabey even 2 boards staoked ontop of eachother as this would then be about the higet of some of the connectors and gives us huge amounts of real estate this would allow the 2 SD cards above each other, also i hope you estimated full size usb ports as i hate adaptors, plus if you put it on the back it would be great for a docking station
the layout as i see it is CF on one of the shorter sides (left most likly), headphones on the other (headphone and microphone/headphone so 2 or 4 channel depending on settings) USB along the back (at least 1 usb mini socket, if there is room 2 full sized sockets), irda on the back (makes more sense there) and hdmi on the back (for the docking station), antenna will be female and an the back so it sits flush and you can use an adaptor, backpack connector ethier into the CF slot (CF and pcmcia are just diffrent sockets and current draw) or a connector next to the headphone jack
check out the cassiopia for form factor, i have one here and it has a full pcmcia slot and isnt that bad apart from bieng a bit big, i think we might end up with several diffrent form factors at the end of this for a couple of reasons, i would like to see cheap arm "blades" as well, ethernet, 8MB of ROM and 256MB of ram and nothing else so that i can have a native compiling cluster to work with and considering the price of the chips and how integrated they are it would be about half the size of a credit card and would be handy for inital dev work (a cheap platform to test drivers, for devs)
i would drop the rotating screen but am open to leave it in (i never use it or the touch screen) leaving it out simplifies alot of things mechanically and electrily
thats what i imagine anyway, mini sim is a must, wonder if we can use its security features somehow
good point abot the antenna, i agree tat that is a must and would be required if we use a metal case
we need a thick metal case in my opinion as i dent them fairly easily' if its metal i could also use it as a heat sink which is a plus (not sure how hot they get need to check power consumption)
i havent looked at power consumption yet but i would like to stay at around the 2Ah mark as it is a good size and fits nicly with the double boards
it would be intresting to take this design and make it into a long life laptop as well as it has the media capabilities, by keeping it flexible we could do this and these cpu's use 1/10th the power of a laptop (based off xscale power consumption)
i hope to have a website up soon for several resons so that should not be a problem
apm is a must hoever i think that dynamic power gating and freq scaling are very important as well
Jun 17 2006, 07:29 AM
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I actually think the rotating screen is important, because everybody else DOES use it. XP
Actually, I'd say IRDA should be with Audio at right.
Stacked board makes sense, because it means we can make the overall area covered by the board smaller: This makes fitting in the battery easier, because it means we can use the full internal height of the case for a battery. (Except for the SIM socket under the battery Mobile style.)
If we kept the rear of the case simple, Expansion connector, 2xUSB (Stacked) 1xPower (Same as Zauri - 5V), HDMI, that means that other peripherals can be put on other edges, CFIO at left, the stacked or parallel SDIO on the front.
Apart from the electro/mechanical difficulties, the Clamshell screen makes alot of sense, because it gives extra space at a small volume cost, for example the speakers, camera, and (I actually Really like this idea) a Thumbprint scanner could all be on the screen panel while removing space constraints on the main body.
Are those prices USD? If yes, then I can see a cluster being a cool piece of equipment. say 50USD a blade, a cluster of say 10, would give a nifty BEOWULF dev cluster. I take it they'd load the OS over Network? Cool idea.
RS232 Jtag by the way please! XP
One big point, The Aerial socket can't be flush. If you've ever seen the antennae I'm talking about, they have a big plastic surround at the bottom which screws over the connector.
And another thing, what about a jog-dial? It's the one thing about my clie that I really thought was genius. On the front(right) panel?
Also, with a 2A power drain, that gives us less than an hour on a standard battery (1.8 Amphours, 1800milliAmphours)
That might not be a problem on what is basically a mini laptop that's going to be used as a mostly-mains computer, but for a PDA. . . WAAAAAY overbudget. We need to half that with all peripherals on, and get it even smaller with peripherals off.
I'm looking at say
2 Hours (1Amp) with Phone, Camera, Bluetooth, Wifi all on,
8/9 hours Phone only.
That's the antenna design I was thinking of.
At some point I'll do a few more sketches of a PDA design. Anyone here a blacksmith?
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try adding the docking connector like i was saying so you can have a docking port or slieve with a pcmcia, camera, and other stuff you could not stuff into the base design availible for those who would want it.
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on that blacksmith point actually yes. i got a 95% completed forge construction project i am working on in my backyard.
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Fancing making cases for the PocketPenguins?
And I'm still hoping we can get a camera on the screen. It's not taking up any real estate inside the body except for the control lines that way, right?
And the expansion connector I was talking about is the connector for the backpack.
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I think you miss the point on a flush connector, what i used to use was a flush connecter on my wifi cards and a female to female adaptor when i needed anything to be connected, this ment that things didnt get caught in the cases i pack everything in, works well
i was hoping to put the fingerprint reader on the board next to the keyboard and have the screen take up the whole face but i guess if we have room then the speakers would go on ethier side, however i agree the cammera facing the user should be on the screen but i belive tha the high quality camera should be an the board itself so you can twist the screen and make it into a normal looking camera (running linux with GIMP )
also i wanted to have a small auxilary screen on the outside of the screen with 4 buttons to control things like music
as i use the thing in lanscape all the time it make sense for me to have it at the back, alse having it at the left means less room for the expansion connector unless i move that to the back (that may be a better way to do it for a docking station) but i guess a compermise is to put it in the corner and make it wide angle, best of both worlds
Jog dial is a must, 2 if i can fit themone on the back and one on the frount so when you have the case closed and in portriat mode you have the screen on the frount with the current song with controls to play/pause and a jog dial on ethier side for next/previos and volume up and down
LOL, 2A power consumption is crazy, i was talking about battery capacity, i am trying to fit in with a power budget of 200-300mAh, this chip seems very low power and by turning things off it makes it easier to achive, the microdrive will break that but its not an all the time so we save power that way
i think its safe to say we can drop the addin card in favor of the backpack/expansion connector
In reference to the laptop and blades i was thinking to have in total the Blades, the PDA and the laptop. the blades would be proof of concept to allow me to have a cheap way to check that all the iMX3 stuff works and allow for a very cheap dev platform, next would be the PDA which is the same as the blade except now i test with new hardware and finally the laptop would be the pda boaurd and an expansion card plus a hard drive in a laptop case
the blades would boot of the network onec every thing is done, i was thinking having a card that the CPU cards slot into (think motherboard and PCI) that has edge connectors with ethernet and serial so you can hot plug them, one advatage is if the jtag port is on that connector then i can use it as a programming interface
the boards bieng so small means i can get them built cheaply, the only problem is that for the minimum order i am looking at mabey 20 of them unless i go thregh a diffrent manufacturere for the prototype
might get a couple of pics up in the next week or so of what i am thinking of, both of the PCB and the case
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