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Implementation of EnDat
The EnDat interface is typically implemented in four stages:
- Realization of the "physical layer"; i.e. timing, "bits and bytes," etc.
- Communication on the basis of mode commands
- Realization of complex processes, for example memory access
- Integration of EnDat communication in the controller structure under consideration of the various encoder profiles (absolute, incremental, linear, rotational, …)
HEIDENHAIN provides various aids for the individual implementation stages:
- Documentation
- EnDat demotool software
- EnDat master
In the following you will find an overview of these aids and how they are used in the individual stages of implementation.
EnDat Technical Information:
The Technical Information provides a first overview of the EnDat performance. It summarizes the essential features of EnDat concisely.
Overview of EnDat documents
Overview of EnDat documents:
The FAQ area lists all information that we frequently discussed with our customers in the past.
EnDat Specifications:
The EnDat specifications contain detailed information on the physical interface, the timing and the data contents that are transmitted. This information is required for the implementation of the EnDat interface in subsequent electronics. For more information, please refer to your contact person at HEIDENHAIN.
Application Notes:
Contain supplementary information on the specifications regarding the following topics:
- Structuring of mode command sequences
- Online diagnostics
- Zero point shift
- Handling of incremental encoders
- Implementation example
- Implementation of mode commands
- Implementation test
EnDat Seminar:
The EnDat seminar provides detailed information about the different aspects of the EnDat interface:
- EnDat specifications
- Information on cables and connecting elements
- Information about the EnDat master
- Practical exercise in communication with EnDat encoders via mode commands
- Information on online diagnostics, datum shift, ...
The topics stated above are discussed using the "EnDat 2.2 Workbook", which provides compact information on all topics (including the EnDat specifications).
For more information, please refer to your contact person at HEIDENHAIN.
EnDat Demotool software:
Communication between the encoder and the subsequent electronics via the EnDat interface is based on mode commands that the subsequent electronics send to the encoder. The mode commands determine what data content is to be transmitted, such as position value, parameters, diagnostics, ...
The Demotool software runs on the PWM 20 or21 and the IK 215, and permits easy communication with the encoder based on the mode commands:
- Display of the returned values of the encoder (position and additional data)
- Entry of the parameters to be transmitted to the encoder for each mode command
- Display of communication error conditions
- Adjustment of the transmission frequency
- Communication is recorded on a log page for analysis later
- EnDat 2.1 and EnDat 2.2 mode commands are supported
These features support the design process in the following way:
- First, communication via mode commands can be tested outside the control loop
- It can be used as a reference in the course of integration of the EnDat master into the control loop
- Service for encoders together with the ATS software and the PWM 20 or 21 (or the IK 215)
EnDat Master:
The EnDat master communicates with EnDat encoders from HEIDENHAIN. This allows simple transmission of position data and additional information to the superior application. The EnDat master can be integrated by means of a micro controller (µC) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC.
The µC solutions are used if the intended clock frequencies are relatively low. For µC integration, HEIDENHAIN offers an example code for the implementation of the EnDat 2.1 mode commands; for more information, please refer to your contact person at HEIDENHAIN. Lately there are also μC-based solutions with integrated EnDat master, e.g. from Texas Instruments, Renesas or Hilscher. For more information, see the "EnDat master" area.
Integration in an FPGA or ASIC is selected primarily for high transmission frequencies with purely serial data transfer. Different variants are available for integration in an FPGA or ASIC; the following graphic shows the block diagram for the EnDat master variants basic:
- EnDat Master Basic
- EnDat Master Reduced (only EnDat Protocol Machine)
- EnDat Master Light (only EnDat Protocol Machine)
EnDat Master Basic:
Due to the purely serial data transfer, an FPGA or ASIC is sufficient as master for the implementation of the EnDat 2.2 interface in subsequent electronics. To simplify the integration of the EnDat master in subsequent electronics, an EnDat master soft macro (EnDat Master Basic) was developed with the following features:
- Encapsulated code block tested by HEIDENHAIN
- The implementation of the code block is secured through test vectors
- Designed for a short time to market
- All EnDat encoders from HEIDENHAIN are supported
For more information, please contact HEIDENHAIN.
EnDat Master Reduced:
- Only the pure EnDat functionality (EnDat Protocol Machine) is integrated
- All EnDat encoders from HEIDENHAIN are supported
- Time to market unfavorable in comparison with the EnDat master basic version, as extended tests are required
- It does not offer further support regarding the convenient handling of the code or a micro controller interface
- Due to the restricted functionality, the code size is smaller than of the EnDat master basic version
- The code was tested only in an example application
- A concise documenation is available
For more information on applications of the EnDat master reduced version, please refer to your contact person at HEIDENHAIN.
EnDat Master Light:
- VHDL example code that only covers part of the EnDat functions
- Supports only absolute EnDat encoders, no incremental and battery-buffered encoders
- Time to market unfavorable in comparison with the EnDat master basic version, as extended tests are required
- Only the position is transferred in purely serial operation, no additional EnDat information
- It does not offer further support regarding the convenient handling of the code or a micro controller interface
- The code size is significantly smaller compared with the basic and reduced variants
- T he code was tested only in an example application
- A concise documenation is available (English only)
The EnDat Master Light can be provided at no charge as example VHDL code. Please refer to your contact persons at HEIDENHAIN.
Stages of implementation and associated aids
Stage 1:
Realization of the physical layer
The EnDat specifications provide an exact description of timing and the "bits and bytes." The EnDat specifications help you perform the entire implementation. However, we recommended using one of the solutions described in the "EnDat master" section. Using one of these solutions reduces the time to market and ensures error-free communication. It also minimizes the time needed for testing.
Stage 2:
Communication on the basis of mode commands
Communication between the NC control and the EnDat encoder is based on the "mode commands." In a second stage of implementation, the mode commands are used to set up basic communication with the encoder. HEIDENHAIN provides the demo-tool software that makes it possible to transmit individual commands to the encoder. The customer can very simply add a "low-level" application software to test the mode commands together with the EnDat master soft macro. Communication is based on simple register access.
Stage 3:
Realization of complex processes, for example memory access
The third stage of implementation then requires processes that comprise the transmission of multiple mode commands. These processes then include more complex tasks such as memory access. The annex of the EnDat specifications includes flowcharts that explain the required steps in detail.
Stage 4:
Integration of EnDat communication in the controller structure
In the last stage of implementation, the processes must then be integrated into the controller structures under consideration of the various encoder profiles (absolute, incremental, linear, rotational, etc.).

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I gave up selling on Ebay the day that I got a £180 fee for selling relatively few items, and then I was told I wasn't allowed to leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers. Sure, some buyers are great. But some are vindictive too. Instead I use it for buying and rarely selling and let me tell you, its much easier on the buying end (except you have to pay, of course!).
Now, with the new system in place sellers have to be scrupulous. I for one, have always over described things because there is nothing more irritating then someone who emails you saying
"There was a mark on the box the size of a grain of rice and I'm not happy!"
I tend to clarify things when I buy. I want to know everything.
So I got some NEW, allegedly items from Ebay which are:
Nars Nicaragua Lipstick – A pink coral – gorgeous!
Nars Multiple in Wakiki – now discontinued and is a very rich dark bronze
Nice products, both of them.
Here's the thing. Both products were described as NEW. One came in a box. I emailed both people to ask if the items had been tested, they said no.
Now come on – I've seen enough NEW cosmetic items to know what the surface of a new make up item looks like if it hasn't be tested – its not something you can rectify after you have swiped it on the back of your hand. Trust me, I can spot a swipe from a mile off.
The lipstick had clearly been swiped a few times – I'd estimate 5, and had a small chip in the side. Yes it came in a box which had been beaten to an inch of its life.
The multiple came in a tube which look like it had sweated it out for too long in someone's car. It had a funny slick on it which needed disinfecting (ahem) and had been tested, had a chip in it and even worse, it had a crack in the case.
Yes, I will keep it but only because it is discontinued.
Why do people who sell used, tested or somewhat damaged makeup think they can get away with it! To be fair a lot of these sellers have less than 100 feedback but when I was selling, I would mention every single little thing.
It's a good job I have the patience of a saint otherwise it would be complainarama time….


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The Kingston Jazz Society is excited to announce our full Live @ Your Library 2012 line-up. The theme for the Series, "Jazz Around the Corner and Around The World" features a diverse mix of styles and artists, combining jazz fusion, traditional, and avant garde styles, and highlighting artists of both regional, national, and international acclaim.
Tickets should soon be available at Brian's Record Option and will of course be available at the door. Series passes will be available for $75 for all 5 shows. Tickets for each concert will be $20. In an effort to expose the series to new audiences, $5 student tickets will be available at the door at each concert, space permitting.
Readers interested in buying series passes in the few remaining days before Christmas can contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
2012 Live @ Your Library: Jazz Around the Corner and Around the World
(Concerts held Sundays at 2pm in The Wilson Room of the Kingston Public Library, 130 Johnson Street.)
- Jan 15: Ewa Heiwa "Come Together" Njacko Backo, Valery Woloshyn: kalimba (African thumb piano), ngoni & zaa koua (African harps), djembe and ashikos (African drums), Paul Clifford – bass, Kyoko Ogoda – Marimba, Japanese taiko drums.
A fusion of sounds from Cameroon, Japan, and Kingston
- Feb 5: Adi Braun (Adi – vocals, Jordan Klapman – piano, George Koller – bass)
A traditional jazz trio of vocals, piano and bass. Adi has a long list of cabaret, concert and theatre successes to her credit. She has performed in every major jazz and concert venue in Toronto, has toured Canada, the United States, and Europe.
- Feb 19: John Geggie/Phil Dwyer/Doxas Brothers
Multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger Phil Dwyer burst on the jazz scene in Canada, and internationally in his late teens and by his early 20s was, to quote Globe & Mail journalist Mark Miller, "startling jazz audiences with his unprecedented command of both tenor saxophone and piano" and with his "extraordinarily VigRX authoritative playing….set the country on it's ear". Phil is joined by Ottawa bassist John Geggie and Chet and Jim Doxas (Sax and drums.)
- Mar 11: Autorickshaw
Suba Sankaran (Vocals), Ed Hanley (Tabla), Rich Brown (Bass), Patrick Graham (Multi-percussionist)
Autorickshaw's music lies on the cultural cutting edge, as contemporary jazz and funk easily rub shoulders with the classical and popular music of India. Formed in 2003, Autorickshaw has become one of the most intriguing acts on the world music and jazz landscapes, garnering 2004 and 2007 JUNO nominations for World Music Album of the Year, winning a Canadian Independent Music Award in 2005 and a John Lennon Songwriting Competition Grand Prize in World Music in 2008.
- Mar 25: Peripheral Vision (Don Scott – guitar, Michael Herring – bass, Nick Fraser – drums, Trevor Hogg – sax)
Peripheral Vision is an exciting and innovative Toronto-based jazz quartet. The creative leaders of the group are long time musical collaborators, guitarist Don Scott and bassist Michael Herring. They have assembled a synergistic musical unit designed to push the boundaries of jazz while engaging the listener with a grooving, toe-tapping immediacy. You can hear the influences of the classic 1960's era of jazz – Wayne Shorter, Booker Little, Charles Mingus – mixed with the modern New York scene with hints of Radiohead, reggae and electronica.
Peripheral Vision has just released their second album, Spectacle: Live! Scott and Herring are joined by saxophonist Trevor Hogg and drummer Nick Fraser. While the compositions are Herring and Scott's, Peripheral Vision is defined by its group rapport. Bringing back the anything-is-possible democratic approach of both 1960's jazz and garage bands, the music takes shape as a collective process.
Our full five-concert line-up is made possible by the support of The City of Kingston, The Kingston Arts Council, Carolyn Thornburrow of Sun Life Financial, GoSaBe Development and Design, Chez Piggy, Novel Idea, and Old Farm Fine Foods.


text: Ebury Press: Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi are the men behind the bestselling Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. Their chain of restaurants is famous for its innovative flavours, stylish design and superb cooking. At the heart of Yotam and Sami's food is a shared home city: Jerusalem. Both were born there in the same year, Sami on the Arab east side and Yotam in the Jewish west. Nearly 30 years later they met in London, and discovered they shared a language, a history, and a love of great food. Jerusalem sets 100 of Yotam and Sami's inspired, accessible recipes within the cultural and religious melting pot of this diverse city. With culinary influences coming from its Muslim, Jewish, Arab, Christian and Armenian communities and with a Mediterranean climate, the range of ingredients and styles is stunning. From soups (spicy frikkeh soup with meatballs), meat and fish (chicken with caramelized onion and cardamom rice, sea bream with harissa and rose), vegetables and salads (spicy beetroot, leek and walnut salad), pulses and grains (saffron rice with barberries and pistachios), to cakes and desserts (clementine and almond syrup cake), there is something new for everyone to discover. Packed with beautiful food and gorgeous photography, Jerusalem showcases sumptuous Ottolenghi dishes in a dazzling setting. The long-awaited third cookbook from Yotam Ottolenghi About the Author Yotam Ottolenghi completed a Masters degree in philosophy and literature whilst working on the news desk of an Israeli daily, before coming to London in 1997. He started as an assistant pastry chef at the Capital and then worked at Kensington Place, Launceston Place, Maison Blanc and Baker and Spice, before starting his own eponymous group of restaurants/food shops, with branches in Notting Hill, Islington, Belgravia and Kensington. Sami Tamimi became head chef at Lilith in Tel Aviv in 1989, and moved to London in 1997 where he set up the traiteur section at Baker & Spice. It was here that he met Yotam and he has since worked as head chef at Ottolenghi.


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The Twohig Funeral Homes welcome you to our website. I hope you will find the information here to be helpful in dealing with one of life's difficult times. Our goal is to serve all families with dignity and compassion whichever of our services is selected. Our funeral homes offer a full range of funeral services from a traditional visitation and funeral to immediate cremation. Our hope is to assist you in making whichever service you desire a meaningful and helpful experience for you and your family.
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Last-minute shoppers pack malls, some to beat snow
Last-minute shoppers were already packing the stores Friday ahead of expected weekend snow.
And this year, they're racing against the clock and the weather.
"I like the snow," shopper Kathy Cassady said.
VIDEO: Shoppers rush to do last-minute Christmas shopping
Cassady and her husband, Steve, might like the snow but, they are at the mall Friday afternoon like many other shoppers trying to get ahead of the snow storm predicted for this weekend.
"We're trying to get as much in as we can today," Steve Cassady said.
"That's what I'm doing here," shopper Don Schulz said.
Shulz is among the last-minute shoppers at Mayfair. He said he is a chronic procrastinator, and if it wasn't for the storm coming, he might still be putting it off.
"I'm like most men, last minute, and every year I say, 'Never going to happen again,' but it does," Shulz said.
Mall managers said the weekend before Christmas is actually bigger than Black Friday, and they're determined not to let the snow become a shop blocker.
Bayshore Town Center's salters were already out on Friday in preparation.
"We're on it. We want to make sure than any moisture that's coming, we're pre-salting, and we're ready with the sidewalks, the streets, the intersections and the parking lots," said David Moss of Bayshore Town Center.
Mayfair enjoyed a brisk crowd of shoppers all day Friday.
"I don't know whether they're here because they're late in their shopping or whether they're trying to beat the storm," Mayfair Mall Manager Steve Smith said.
Either way, Smith said come out to the mall.
"We're ready for it, but obviously, we have to monitor what the predictions are," Smith said.
Many stores have extended hours through Christmas Eve; some are open round-the-clock. Toys "R" Us will be open for 87 straight hours. Kohl's will be open for 100 hours straight.


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About reits: real estate investment trusts
About Reits: Real Estate Investment Trusts
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) were created in the 60s so that all investors would have access to income-producing real estate through the purchase and sale of liquid securities. Before REITs were created access to investment returns of commercial real estate equity was only available to institutions and wealthy individuals.
For over half a century, REITs have become an important part of the United States economy and investment markets. United States REITs have grown from ninety billion dollars to over three hundred billion dollars in the past decade and they have gained popularity all over the world.
During their early years, mortgage Real Estate Investment Trust dominated the industry, providing debt financing for commercial or residential properties through investments in mortgages and mortgage-backed securities. Interest in equity REITs which own and manage commercial properties was limited because of the requirements that ownership and management of assets remain separate. This restriction was lifted with the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 which allowed REITs to both own and manage properties. Now, more than 90% of publicly traded United States REITs are equity REITs that own and manage commercial real estate. Most of their income is derived from rents owned by companies across the nation.
There are certain guidelines and standards in place that must be followed in order for a company to qualify as a REIT in the US. The internal Revenue Code requires at least Seventy Five percent of total assets be invested in real estate which realize at least Seventy Five percent of its gross income from rents from real property or interest from mortgages. They must also distribute at least Ninety percent of taxable income to shareholders annually in the form of dividends.
This article was written by Robert Shumake, CEO of Inheritance Capital Group, LLC and founder of http://reitbuyer.com/ an online service for people who wish to invest in real estate without the headaches and liability exposure that go with being a landlord. Visit Robert's website to learn more about Real Estate Investment Trust.


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A Ton of Reasons to Eat Organic
The average American eats nearly a ton of food yearly, and what we're eating isn't impressive: a lot of sweeteners—about 141 pounds of sweeteners, including 42 pounds of corn syrup (from pesticide-laden corn); potatoes (which has been listed among the "dirty dozen" most pesticide-ridden foods, based on USDA and FDA data); corn (each ear of corn is said to contain an average of three systemic pesticides—a newer class of pesticides, some that are genetically grown into the plants, with no amount of washing to remove the pesticides); grains (again, packed with pesticides); and dairy, including ice cream and cheese, which are also noted for their pesticide content.
The bottom line is that not only are these not the most nutritious choices to make in general, but they're also often filled with pesticides, oftentimes multiple pesticides.
In fact, pesticides cover most, if not all, conventional foods—including even the seemingly "good for you" foods such as conventionally grown spinach which has been found to have up to 48 different pesticides on it, including five known or probable carcinogens.
Why all the pesticides in our food?
In the U.S., pesticides are treated as "innocent until proven guilty" by regulations and are regulated one chemical at a time, which, unfortunately, doesn't take into consideration a combined, cumulative effect that multiple chemicals/pesticides can have. For instance, while the EPA sets limits on the maximum amount of each pesticide that can be on food items, there's no limit to the number of different pesticides that can be on food or the total amount of contamination—and chemicals can have synergistic effects, even at very low levels.
What's even more disturbing is that we don't need pesticides to grow food. Even back in 2007, organic farmers in the U.S. produced more than $20 billion in pesticide-free food. Organic farming has a 20 percent annual growth rate, making it among the fastest growing agricultural sector. Crazier still is that only 0.1 percent of applied pesticides reach their target pests, according to Cornell entomologist David Pimentel. You can guess where the other 99.99 percent of pesticides goes.
Yet, our conventional food supply is still overflowing with pesticides, including the newer form of systemic pesticides that permeate the plant from root to tip.
And while pesticides are health-threatening for everyone, kids often get the brunt of the effects since, pound-per-pound, kids eat 3 to 4 times more food than adults do. In fact, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) says that more than a quarter of a million American children ages one through five eat a combination of 20 different pesticides each day, while more than one million children ages one through five eat at least 15 pesticides on any given day. Likewise, 20 million children five and under eat an average of eight pesticides a day—every day—which translates into 2,900 pesticide exposures per child per year just from their food alone.
But get this: within days of switching to organic foods—especially veggies and fruits—pesticides clear from kids' bodies to undetectable levels. It's no wonder, either, since Certified USDA Organic foods are, by definition, free of harmful pesticides, GMOs and much more.
The same applies to adults, who, as mentioned earlier, on average, eat a ton of food each year, which can be riddled with an abundance of pesticides and other toxins.
Now that's a ton of reasons to switch to eating Certified USDA Organic.
This information is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It should not be used in place of an individual consultation or examination or replace the advice of your health care professional and should not be relied upon to determine diagnosis or course of treatment.


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I admit it. I'm hopelessly devoted to Diana's Seafood, which I am convinced is the best place in Toronto for the widest and freshest selection of fish and seafood. And judging by her dedicated clientele of rapacious regulars who trek all the way up to Warden and Lawrence for her enviable selection of oysters, octopus, lobsters, clams and winkles to wild scallops, organic Irish salmon, sushi grade tuna and fresh whole fish, they're also attracted by the value, which at a fraction of the cost of what the same thing costs elsewhere, is worth the drive. I must go there at least two or three times a week for my fish and oyster-fix, and when I'm feeling naughty or in need of some bivalve-love, I even drop into Diana's Oyster Bar & Grill, which sits conveniently on the same property as Diana's Seafood. What a marriage made in heaven!
Diana's new modern dining area with natural stone, warm woods and cool blue palette
Taking advantage of their superlative produce from next door, Diana's Oyster Bar & Grill offers a sleek indoor oyster bar to slurp up the freshest oysters from both coasts of Canada and the U.S., and again, at a fraction of the cost of downtown oyster bars. "There are no transportation costs. We just walk five steps across the parking lot to get more oysters," says manager Philip Ho, who used to be at Starfish as well as Rodney's. In addition to Diana's extensive menu of seafood, soups, savouries, salads and sandwiches, they also have a decent wine list and better yet, a personable, knowledgable and friendly service staff. The food is fresh, fun and good looking. We stopped by for a quick lunch before heading into Diana's Seafood, to buy some Irish organic salmon, monkfish and a dozen oysters for our weekly oyster and martini night in front of the fire. Sometimes life is just about enjoying the simple pleasures.
Diana's Oyster Bar & Grill menu
Sliced baguette with olive oil and balsamic oil
2010 Venetio Pinot Grigio
A dozen Shigoku oysters from BC - Shigoku means "ultimate" in Japanese — have a smooth scoop-shaped cup and firm meat with a light delicate flavour
A trio of oyster condiments
A dozen oysters: 6 Marina's Top Drawer from BC and 6 Colville Bay from PEI,
garnished with fresh grated horseradish and wedges of lemon
I'm constantly captivated by the natural beauty of an oyster shell,
such as this handsome prince from Noank
A dozen Noank oysters from Conneticut beds
A fresh perfect raw scallop
Diana's New England Clam Chowder with chopped clams, potato, leeks bacon and cream
Seafood Pot Pie with enormous scallops, shrimp, potato, peas, corn, fennel and leeks,
topped with a crown of puff pastry
Diana's Famous House-Cut Frites
Grilled Steelhead Trout topped with a sundried tomato compound butter and served with brussels sprouts, roasted new potatoes, butternut squash hash and celeriac purée
Fish & Chips with beer battered BC Halibut, frites and cole slaw
Grilled Octopus with hummus, tabouli salad, wild arugula and lemon vinaigrette
Grilled Atlantic Salmon with roasted brussel sprouts, bacon, butternut squash,
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It would seem that raising eight children would keep Alice Raftary tied down. But it didn't. Raftary continued to contribute her time and energy to many worthy causes simply by orchestrating a variety of volunteer activities for her children.
"We worked at Deaf-Blind Club meetings as interpreters, provided respite care for the parents of disabled children, delivered meals to the homebound elderly and drove visually impaired rehabilitation teachers to their clients' homes," says Mary Alice, Raftary's daughter. "This early training has resulted in a group of adults who continue to volunteer and who provide similar experiences for their own children."
Raftary is proud of this accomplishment. "It is said that you know what kind of job you've done raising your own children when you see how your grandchildren are being raised," she said. "My husband, Ray, and I are blessed!"
During her last pregnancy, the macular degeneration that Raftary first experienced in high school caused a substantial loss of vision, and she became legally blind. That event rekindled her college interest in the field of blindness. So, while still a full-time homemaker, she returned to Marygrove on a grant from the Vocational Department of the State of Michigan and in 1967 earned a master's degree in Education.
Her post master's work included a traineeship with the deaf-blind at the Anne Sullivan Macy Service, Industrial Home for the Blind in New York, and course work in opthamology and counseling at Wayne State University. Her career as a rehabilitation teacher at the Greater Detroit Society for the Blind began in 1968. This followed professional positions at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, and in Detroit at Mercy College, Mount Carmel School of Nursing, and the Rehabilitation Institute, Inc.
Throughout her career Raftary has presented at hundreds of conferences and workshops on the topics of working with the deaf-blind population, insulin management, psycho-social aspects of blindness, funding sources, rehabilitation, and aging as it relates to blindness. Raftary also authored several educational publications and produced audio-visual materials about blindness and diabetes. The audio filmstrip, "Valentines for Grandpa Raub," won the Creative Excellence Award at the International Industrial Film Festival in 1980. Her publication, "Assessment of Rehabilitation Student During Initial Contact With the Teacher," continues to be used as a model in two university rehabilitation teacher programs. Additionally, Raftary's contributions in the field of blindness were recognized with her induction last year into the Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends in the Blindness Field.
Though her professional credits are impressive, people who know her say it is her accomplishments as a human being and friend that are truly impressive.
"She is timeless and without boundaries. She pursues friends of all ages and races. She doesn't see handicaps, only possibilities," says her friend, Laura Janinika-Rust. "The list of people she touches continuously grows."
Her daughter agrees. "My mother taught us that we were part of a much larger community. As a family we tended to collect friends from every place imaginable. Everyone was welcome in our home and became part of our already large family," she said.
"My passion is people, whether they are friends and relatives, acquaintances and strangers—individually and in crowds—people in all their marvelous similarities, differences and graces," said Raftary.
Raftary lovingly shares her passion for reading. She spends hours reading aloud to one class after another in schools all over the metropolitan area, adding props and songs to fit the chosen theme. And though both are retired, she and her husband Ray, married 53 years, continue to devote their holidays to work with Holiday Meals on Wheels.
Raftary credits Marygrove for providing her with a bit of wisdom that she would like to share with college students today. "A liberal education is the strong support underlying competence. Information is not knowledge. Information must be examined, judged and integrated by a trained and honest mind."


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It was yet another day with extremely strong and turbulent winds here in El Medano, Tenerife, Spain. Rider's, staff and crew were basically in a war against the wind. The wind speed this morning peaked at 52 knots, but is forecasted to drop a little as the day progresses. There's a motivational saying lingering around the event site today, "go hard or go home!"
The men's wave trial eliminations began early this morning in El Medano. Mark Shinn (Shinn, GBR), Johnno Scholte (Slingshot, NED), Jan Marcos Riveras (Starkites,), Javier Dias (JN Kites, ESP), Sky Solbach (North, USA), Luis Pardo (ESP), Ewaw Hill (SCO), Bollard Bastien (F-One, FRA), Pablo Fernandez (Cabrinha, ESP), Guillermo Jimenez (Wainman, ESP), Miguel Ruiz Quezada (RRD, ESP) and Frederick Zamora (North, PUR) all moved on to the main event.
The main wave event kicked off shortly after 2:00pm in El Cabezo, which is just a short distance upwind from El Medano beach.
In the men's wave division a total of three rounds were completed. Abel Lago (RRD, ESP), Guilly Brandao (Mormaii, BRA), Bruno Bordorsky (RRD, BRA), Mitu Monteiro (F-One, CPV), Tom Hebert (Airush, NCL), Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED), Rafael Aguado (North, ESP) and Ian Glaza (Mormaii, BRA) all move from the first round into the third round. Sebastien Garat (RRD, FRA) eliminated Javier Dias (JN Kites, ESP) but was later defeated by Abel Lago (RRD, ESP) in the third round. Lago was really on top of his game, cutting with great power and style. Brazilian rider Guilly Brandao (Mormaii, BRA) had a successful day with great tacks all the way down the line moving him into the fourth round, which will resume tomorrow. Bruno Bordorsky (RRD, BRA) was also in top shape defeating Brazilian Filippe Ferreira in the third round moving him into the fourth round against Mitu Monteiro (F-One, CPV). Mark Shinn (Shinn, GBR) defeated Diego Anta from Spain in the second round but was later eliminated by Mitu Monteiro (F-One, CPV) in the third round due to an overall better new school style and power. Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED) had a great first round but was later eliminated my Ewaw Hill who moves into the third round due to his faster and more powerful cuts and turns. Sky Solbach (North, USA) had a great first round in the trials this morning, which led him to the second round in the main event against Miguel Ruiz Quezada (RRD, ESP). Solbach defeated Ruiz Quezada leading him into the third round against the 2010 Moroccan wave event champion, Ian Glaza (Mormaii, BRA). Glaza wiped out on the first wave crashing his board into the rocks destroying his fin boxes. Glaza lost nearly 2 minutes in an attempt to reach a second board while Solbach takes the win with higher scoring waves.
In the women's wave division a total of two rounds were completed today. Ania Grzelinska (North, POL) moves into the third round as well as Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP) due to their impressive style. Ainhoa Garcia (Airush, ESP) and Kari Schibevaag (Ozone, NOR) also move into the third round due to their powerful cuts and higher scoring waves. In the second round Angela Peral (North, ESP) defeated Almudena Naranjo (F-One, ESP) leading her into the third round against Grzelinska, which will be the first women's heat tomorrow. Brazilian rider Milla Ferreira defeats Holly Kennedy (North, GBR) due to her overall better wave performance and style. French rider Penelope Pessin also moves into the third round defeating Spanish rider Laura Fernandez (Cabrinha, ESP).
Tomorrow's mandatory riders' meeting is scheduled at 10:30am for freestyle with a first possible 11:00am and 12:00pm for wave competitors.
The El Medano Kiteboarding World Cup is supported in part by: Volumen Canarias, Turismo Granadilla De Abona Turismo De Tenerife, Ilustre Ayuntamiento De Granadilla De Abona, Coca Cola, Red Bull, Cruzcampo, Hotel Aeropuerto Sur, Hotel Mare Nostrum Resort, ASEC El Medano, Club De Kitesurf Borde De Ataque, PKRA, IKA, ISAF.


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Plans For This Sedan Changed Along The Way
Cars of one form or another have always been a part of Ron Snodgrass' life. His first car at 16 was a four-door '40 Chevy, followed by a number of stock Model Ts and a '31 Chevy five-window. Then, he shifted gears and ran a '55 MG TF and an Austin Healey after moving from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California. Once settled in this hot rod mecca, it occurred to him that stock antique cars and old sports cars weren't really suited to SoCal traffic, and the growing desire for a hot rod became one that needed his attention.
His first ground-up build was a '27 T touring that he still owns, complete with 327 and Jag IRS. A great freeway driver, the T served him well (you wouldn't keep a car for years that you didn't love, would you?) and was soon joined in his stable by a lovely survivor '39 coupe that is stock, apart from speed equipment on its Flattie, Durant monoleaf springs, and big 'n' little whitewalls. A DP90-coated '32 five-window is probably Ron's most used car, though, with a bone-stock '53 Bentley, completing the eclectic collection until 2002, when he found this '35 Chevy two-door sedan in Arizona. "I really like the '33-34 Fords but am not keen on suicide doors, and the Chevy is similar in design," he told us. "I found the Chevy on eBay, and what was so nice about it was the fact I purchased it from the original owner's son, who had restored it in 1958 and driven it through college. The idea was to install modern running gear, wheels, and tires, and build a resto rod, using the 44-year-old paint and upholstery, which was still presentable."
Of course, we all know how projects snowball, and Ron's Chevy was no exception, though the original plan lasted a while. With an '87 IROC Z28 motor and 700-R4 trans installed, consideration needed to be given to upgraded brakes, steering, and suspension, though the plan was still that resto rod theme. Unfortunately, the guy entrusted with the work wasn't as careful around that old paint as he could have been, and once it received a few nicks and scratches, Ron knew the paint would need redoing anyway when the idea of a roof chop was presented, so the rear tire carrier was lost along the way, too. Three inches were removed from the roofline, the vent windows disappeared from the doors, and the big recess in the firewall for the stock straight-six was removed to make space behind the dash for air conditioning. A Heidt's IFS was also installed at this time with rack-and-pinion steering. By now, it was 2006, and with the bodywork primed and the body panels refitted, a few more tweaks were made to make the lines flow more smoothly, such as extending the lower edge of the front fenders between the running boards and the wheel arch to eliminate the upward slope.
With a new build team now working on the Chevy at the Jalopy Shoppe in nearby Escondido, the project stepped up a pace, with a hand-fabbed pedal assembly, a '55 Chevy rearend with Olds axles hung on SO-CAL Speed Shop ladder bars, new steel floor panels to replace the wooden originals, and Air Ride ShockWaves on the frontend to achieve the stance Ron was after. One of the biggest challenges with the build was gapping all the panels perfectly, no easy feat on a wood-framed car, such as the Chevy, as well as packaging everything into the body. Pretty much the only space to fit everything was behind the dash, which is packed with the A/C unit, the electric cowl vent motor, the fuse box, and the engine computer. Although, the area behind the rear seat now houses the battery and stereo system, the compressor and air tank for the front ShockWaves live under each front fender behind the wheels, and the exhaust system includes electrically operated cutouts ahead of the mufflers.
The Jalopy Shoppe's Jim Benitez laid on the PPG Vibrance Silver Star paint. Special jigs were fabricated to enable the whole car to be painted at one time with all the fenders and running boards in place but spaced away from the main body. This enabled the heavy metallic paint to be sprayed in-line with all panels coated, simultaneously.
By late 2006, the Chevy was almost complete, the goal to have it on display at the Grand National Roadster Show in January. As so often happens, the last few weeks leading up to the show saw later and later nights put in to ready the sedan, and it actually went straight from Ron Mangus' upholstery shop to the show, where it won a class award.
What started out as plans for a nice resto rod long-distance driver morphed into a very elegant rod that saw a few local shows last year, along with a few trophies, while Ron and wife Sandie shook it down and fixed a couple of very minor teething problems. Ron actually drove the car in stock form for a year before tearing it down and has big plans to hit some of the major shows in California, Nevada, and Arizona this year.
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Ron & Sandie Snodgrass
Poway, California
1935 Chevy Standard Sedan
The stock chassis is still under the car, and in fact, the body was never separated from it during the build, even though the front half is now boxed and the crossmembers were strengthened. A Heidt's Mustang II-based IFS was installed, along with a Chassis Engineering antiroll bar, ShockWaves, and ECI disc brakes, which are operated using a Corvette 7-inch chrome booster on the firewall. A power Mustang II steering rack keeps everything pointed in the right direction. Out back behind the axle is a Rock Valley 18-gallon stainless steel gas tank.
An '87 TPI 350 Chevy was selected to power the sedan, with limited dress-up equipment, since Ron's intention from the outset was to build a driver that would require minimal maintenance, with no need to raise the hood at shows. Machined by HDS in Escondido and assembled at the Jalopy Shoppe using mainly stock parts for reliability, the engine wears chrome valve covers and a Billet Specialties air cleaner, along with Shorty's headers that feed into a 2-1/4-inch system that features electric cutouts "for fun," to quote Ron. A 700-R4 trans and custom driveshaft by Oceanside Drive Shaft connects to a '55 Chevy limited-slip rearend, which uses Olds axles and the Chevy drum brakes, suspension coming by way of SO-CAL Speed Shop ladder bars, Carrera coilover shocks, and a custom Panhard rod.
Body & Paint
Manufactured in Canada, the '35 Standard sedan body is still remarkably stock-looking, despite the 3-inch roof chop. That's probably because it retains its stock bumpers, grille, headlights, gas filler, hinges, and rubber running board covers. What look like the original taillights are actually '34 Chevy lights on modified stands, while a '34 hood ornament leads the way. The lower edge of the front fenders were pie-cut and realigned to flow in line with the running boards, the A-pillars were laid back ever so slightly, the spare wheel carrier was removed, and dual electric windshield wipers replaced the single original. Much time was spent aligning panels and ensuring the panel and door gaps were consistent before Jim Benitez laid on the PPG Vibrance Silver Star paint.
Wheels & Tires
After much deliberation throughout the build, with even steels or wires considered at various points, Ron opted for 17×7-inch Intro Titan wheels all around, with a 4-inch backspacing. Wanting matching tread patterns, front and rear, Goodyear Eagle RSA tires were chosen, 215/50R17 up front and 235/65R17 out back. These totally fill the rear fenders, with the bare minimum clearance 'twixt rubber and sheetmetal on both sides of the tire!
With just days to go before the '07 Grand National Roadster Show, the sedan was fired up for the first time and delivered to Ron Mangus' upholstery shop, where the Snodgrass duo opted for a sea-foam green leather and suede interior, with speckled black and gray wool carpet. Classic Instruments SG Series gauges now live in the stock dash, which hides a Vintage Air A/C unit; a one-off framework behind that removable dashboard mounts the Flaming River tilt steering column, which uses a Billet Specialties wheel. The Jalopy Shoppe's Mike Sholes custom-wired the sedan, which features more electrical components than it would first appear, such as a flip-down rear license plate, those exhaust cutouts, the air suspension controls, and the power cowl vent, among others. A 10-disc CD changer and Custom Autosound head unit live behind the one-off folding rear seat, which matches the modified Glide front bench.
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Occasionally, we here at TheBody.com are lucky enough to hear from readers who volunteer to craft their own articles sharing their stories and thoughts. This is one of those articles.
The morning of April 15, 2013 was a typical New England Boston Marathon morning in Hopkinton. The sun was rising and the early spring fresh air had its perennial chill. I had met up with my fellow Achilles Athletes, an organization for athletes with disabilities, who had come from New York. It was race time and I would see many of them several times throughout the long run's festive atmosphere that day. That day was my 20th marathon.
With only a half-mile left to the finish, I had just passed the 25th-mile marker. I was on Commonwealth Ave. and preparing to go down into the underpass tunnel beneath Massachusetts Avenue when I suddenly heard fellow runners saying, "The marathon has been stopped." I could not believe what I was hearing. But it became clear that no one was allowed any farther. The police officers were just calmly standing there, not informing us of anything. At that moment, I was aware of police cars and unmarked cars and a cacophony of ambulance sirens.
I, like many runners, do not carry a cell phone during marathons. I can always borrow one. I noticed a young man with a female friend who had her bicycle with her among the crowd on the sidewalk. The young man had a cell phone. I walked over and asked, "What's going on?" He said there was a bomb, maybe two, or that it may have been an explosion. He seemed stunned. My thought was, god, please, not a bomb!
It turned out he was near the explosion. He was wearing shorts. I saw his right leg was splattered with blood. I realized he was in shock. I asked the young man if I could borrow his cell phone. "I can't get any service," he said. Someone next to him said, "I can't get any either." I looked around and saw no one was getting any cell service. I looked back at the young man and then he told me, "I came from the blast."
People were on cell phones trying to get information. A young female runner next to me said text is working and said, "My mother is watching the TV. They're reporting that two bombs went off near the finish line." Another young female next to me, holding a cell phone in her hand, started crying hysterically, "My family is at the family waiting area. I can't get through to them." My gut reaction was to comfort her. I grabbed her in my arms, hugged her, and kept saying, "They're okay. They're okay. Trust me. They're okay." Could I really be sure?
I would later learn cell phone services had been turned off in case they're linked to more bombs. Runners were shivering. No one could get to his or her bag at the finish line. It seemed like an eternity until the police eventually rerouted us around the finish line bomb area. People along the way trickled out of their buildings with water and boxes of plastic trash bags for us to drape ourselves in. As we solemnly walked along the alternative route, I looked up at the gleaming windows of the John Hancock Tower, thankful that buildings were not coming down as in 9/11. We reached the hastily rearranged baggage pick-up area. As we crossed Boylston Street, I looked down toward the finish line. It was surreal. It looked like a war zone.
I saw a Boston Marathon volunteer directing people and asked her where the buses back to Hopkinton were. She was not sure and asked a senior volunteer. That volunteer did not know and used her walkie-talkie to find out. Suddenly, the police started yelling, "Clear the area. There are more bombs!" I looked up and down the street at the volunteers. None of them were leaving! It was strange, not even the runners were leaving. How brave these volunteers were in the face of terror to stay and continue helping us. Much more than just kindness.
At that moment, cell service was restored. I was lent a cell phone and called my partner, Rick, at work. Then it struck me how we had made the right decision the night before. He had gone to work instead of meeting me at the finish line. I got through to Rick and told him I would walk to his place of work and catch a ride with him out of the city.
What began as a beautiful annual event turned into a day of terror. Because I am an AIDS survivor, the Marathon has been the mechanism for my physical and spiritual survival. Will I be ready to run the Boston Marathon again next year? I believe I will.
From Stephen Kovacev: "I was diagnosed with AIDS in 1992. I was on my deathbed in 1995. I eventually recovered not only because of the new medications but through my use of nutraceuticals and spirituality. My buddies at the cutting-edge buyers' club Direct Access Alternative Information Resources (DAAIR) helped save a lot of us.
In 1997 I became the first person living with AIDS to finish a Boston Marathon; and despite more near-death experiences, I have run many more marathons. I am currently writing a book entitled Soul of the Phoenix_, which I expect to be published in 2014."_


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Google guns for Apple TV
Real-world device testing begins
Google is working on an in-home entertainment gadget able to stream content from the internet - or, at least, it's testing such a device in employees' homes.
The online advertising company asked the US Federal Commmunications Commission in December 2011 if it could test "an entertainment device" with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on board "outside the laboratory environment".
Little else is known about the device, but it's not hard to envisage a Google alternative to the Apple TV, Western Digital WD TV Live and Roku set-top streamers, all of which present net-hosted content on your TV screen.
Google has its music service and, through YouTube, a video on demand offering too. What it lacks, perhaps, is a unified brand along the lines of Apple's iTunes to bring them together, but maybe it considers that consumers are happy with its sub-brands.
Either way, it provides the company with yet another way of monitoring what kind of entertainment you like and using that data to make sure you and yours are fed with appropriate ads when you're browsing at home.
But it's not merely media that Google has its eye on. Insiders cited by the New York Times say the company views the box as the start of a line of products that will take on home automation roles too, managing lights, heating and appliances as well as entertainment equipment.
There have been rumours that Apple has similar notions about expanding its set-top box line into a broader 'digital home' control centre. ®
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By Halil Karaveli
July 16, 2018
Though not impossible, change remains an unlikely prospect in Turkey. Seen in a larger historical perspective, the switch from parliamentarianism to presidential rule represents less of a break with continuity than one would imagine. Similarly, the June 24 elections showed that Turkish electoral dynamics remain largely unchanged, even though the social democrat candidate Muharrem İnce's campaign as well as his result did go some way in illustrating how these dynamics may ultimately change.
By Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak (vol. 8, no. 15 of the Turkey Analyst)
Despite the importance and improvement of multi-dimensional Turkish-Chinese relations, Turkish decision makers have had difficulties reconciling their Pan-Islamic ideological rhetoric and the demands of realpolitik. While Ankara recognizes the need to form good relations with China, its self-assigned role as the protector of "oppressed Muslims" has, so far, trapped Turkey between realpolitik and the purism of ideology. Having acknowledged this clash, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has moved to neutralize the discord that has existed between Turkey's national interests and its Pan-Islamic ideological rhetoric. Erdoğan's new China strategy promises to pave the way for solid, stable relations between Turkey and China.
By Toni Alaranta (vol. 8, no. 14 of the Turkey Analyst)
There is widespread expectation that "normalization" and democratic consolidation will follow the June 7 election, which deprived the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of its majority. The talk about "normalization" and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan becoming "isolated" presupposes that Turkey's democratic travails emanate exclusively from Erdoğan's power hunger, and that once this factor is eliminated, the AKP will once again become the "normalizing force" it allegedly was previously. However, "normalization" would mean abandoning not only Erdoğan but the very political narrative disseminated by the AKP during its years in power, and thus the mission of the party.
By Halil Karaveli (vol. 8, no. 14 of the Turkey Analyst)
The AKP's loss of its absolute majority in the June 7 parliamentary election may paradoxically offer the regime the chance to refurbish its tarnished image in the West. That, at least, is how some of the leading representatives of the regime judge the present situation. A coalition government with the center-left CHP is perceived as a chance for the AKP to rid itself of the charges of authoritarianism. Western endorsement has always been critically important for AKP, and the party is desperate to regain its lost legitimacy in the West. The question, though, is why the CHP would even contemplate lending itself to a project that would only entrench the AKP regime.
By Halil Karaveli (vol. 8, no. 3 of the Turkey Analyst)
The historical record of TÜSİAD, The Association of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen, as an agent for democratization is anything but encouraging. Today however, the interests of its members compel TÜSİAD to be a force for democracy and secularism. But mustering the force to defend these principles requires that the members of TÜSİAD break with a long tradition of bourgeois quietude and subservience to the state. But will they instead hunker down and seek salvation in adjusting to a capitalist model that does not depend on closer relations with the West?
The Turkey Analyst is a publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center, designed to bring authoritative analysis and news on the rapidly developing domestic and foreign policy issues in Turkey. It includes topical analysis, as well as a summary of the Turkish media debate.


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Why You Should Pay for Apps
So you just got a smartphone or tablet for Christmas. Great! Now buy some apps. No, not free apps. You, or a special someone, just spent, what, $200-plus on your new gadget? Plunk down $10 for some apps.
Mobile app development is one of the last businesses in America where one or two guys with a great idea can make it big, and where consumers can get a great, original product for little money. Big-box stores have crushed the mom-and-pops. Most culture seems to be created by giant conglomerates. Yeah, there's Kickstarter out there, but Kickstarter tilts the playing field in the other direction. It isn't a store, it's a gambling emporium.
Most transactions in our world are so dispersed along an endless supply chain, that it's impossible to figure out who you're actually paying for what. When you buy a toy at Walmart, how much of your $20 goes to the checkout girl? How much to the person who assembled the toy, how much to the toy's inventor, how much to the truck driver who delivered it? There's no way to know.
Digital media distribution has some of the same problems. I bought Brave on Amazon last night for $20. I assume about 30 percent of that went to Amazon, but of the other 70 percent, how much did anyone actually involved in animating the movie see? How much went to some incomprehensible financial derivative rewarding large Disney shareholders? Once again, no way to know.
I think one of the reasons media piracy is so rampant is that these media products have become so disassociated from any particular creator. Obviously, it takes a team of hundreds, if not thousands, to make a Brave. But that makes too many consumers feel that pirating Brave is a victimless crime, as the "creator" has become this inchoate blob listed on a stock exchange.
Rewarding the Little Guys
Peer into the mobile app stores, on the other hand, and you see a lot of great stuff made by small businesses. Take the "top paid" list at Google Play. Along with the big names, you see great apps from little studios like Mojang, LevelUp, and ZeptoLab. My wife loves World of Goo, by two-man game house 2D Boy. When you buy one of those, you know your money is going to creators. Even better, if they make money, they'll probably make more great apps.
I'm working my way through the Windows Phone 8 game Dragon's Blade right now, and I paid 99 cents for the "DX" version so Nate, the creator, knows he has one more interested player. When you buy a bag of gold in the iPad game Silversword, 70 percent of the money goes directly to pay the rent of a guy named Mario. He lives in Germany. He writes code. He's working hard to bring you an expansion pack right now. This is the kind of transaction you can feel good about.
There's even a perpetual bundle of small-developer games going around, called the Humble Bundle. I don't like the Humble Bundle for stupid reasons, mostly because I associate it with people who live in Brooklyn, have artisanal facial hair, and listen to electronic dance music. I should probably get over that.
If there's a paid version and a free version of something, get the paid version. Remember: if you aren't paying for a product, you are the product. Free versions are worse for you and worse for the creators. You agree to sell your personal data to advertisers. The creator gets some attenuated dribble of cash from the bottom of a complicated pyramid of interests. On the other hand, when you buy the paid version, ka-ching! the creator gets direct cash and knows you're interested.
This logic also holds when you're buying an app from a company like Disney or EA that doesn't give you the warm fuzzies. By purchasing a paid app, you're endorsing a clear, simple economics where you know how and what you're paying. Free apps encourage companies to find invisible ways to "monetize" their users, from selling personal information to demanding perpetual, periodic in-app purchases. You're still paying, you're just rarely told how up front.
Mobile Piracy: Worse Than Desktop Piracy
If you pirate Android apps, on the other hand, you are scum. Yes, there are some outlier justifications: if you're a subsistence farmer in India living on $2 a day and "Where's My Water" is not only an ironic statement of first-world problems, but the slim joy in your sun-blasted day, go for it. But I suspect you're First World middle class, and you spent more than $1 today on something relatively worthless, like a bag of chips. (That's crisps, if you live outside the U.S.)
Mobile apps are so stunningly affordable right now, and the money usually goes so directly to programmers, that you are taking food out of their children's mouths for spite. Really, you can't economize $2 in this week's budget to reward someone for their labor? We're not talking $600 Adobe software suites here, which raise broad questions of affordability. The only reasons to pirate a $2 app are if you're below the UN's global poverty line, or if you're a total a*hole.
I understand some people are hesitant to buy apps because they're worried about quality. That is why we have reviews. PCMag has reviews, Amazon has reviews, the app stores have reviews, 148Apps has reviews, platform fan sites have reviews. Really. Do a five-minute Google search and you'll find out how good an app is.
So go. Take that new Kindle Fire , that fresh iPhone 5 , or that shiny HTC 8X and pick up a game or an app. It'll be the best buy you made all Christmas, and one you can feel really good about.
OK, Now Which Apps?
We have a lot of lists of great apps on PCMag.com. Here are some to get you started.
- The 100 Best iPhone Apps
- The 100 Best iPad Apps
- The 100 Best Android Apps
- The 30 Best Windows Phone Games
- The 10 Best Kindle Fire Games
- The Best Google Nexus 7 Apps


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I started programming perl and looked for good sites with documention on it.
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Perlmonks is in the first place somewhere I post when I don't really understand the documention of modules.
But The more I spend on PM the more I feel involved with the community. But with the growth of a community there are more people coming to PM with different opinions. And sometimes people with bad intentions.
IMHO the solution to weed out people with bad intention is(not sure how you say that in english) social control. It means that when somebody is offended you speak up and stand up for the person - immediatly -!!! And making sure it doesn't escalate to immens proportions of flamming eachother.
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And here, you thought we were completely ignoring the NHL playoffs. To remind you: Canuck please!
The Eastern Conference Finals kick off tonight, with the Ottawa Senators facing the long-suffering but oh-so-close Buffalo Sabres. The gang at BfloBlog are awfully excited: "The anticipation for the game tonight probably could not be any greater. As I was sifting through the season history between these two teams, a very scary thought (for Ottawa) occurred to me: Ottawa has yet to play the Sabres team they will be facing tonight."
We will not pretend to have even close to the amount of expertise required to make a prediction on this series, but among the ESPN folks, the verdict is split. If you need to rev yourself up, we recommend the 10 reasons the NHL playoffs are better than the NBA playoffs. (Via Off Wing Opinion.) We don't necessarily agree, but it's a compelling case.
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Just Dance 4 now has a Gangnam Style track
There doesn't seem to be any way I can avoid writing about it short of actually resigning, so here: Ubisoft has released a Gangnam Style DLC for Just Dance 4, featuring PSY's now famous song about staring at ladies and doing odd things in elevators. See a trailer and some in-game footage through the break.
You know why I don't want to write about this? I can't do that awesome hands-on-hips-shuffle move he does and it makes me jealous as a snake. The downloadable track is out now on Xbox 360, hits PlayStation 3 and Wii on November 22, and is on the way to Wii U.


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Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp put himself in the center of the Dodgers-Padres brawl last night in San Diego.
He was clearly upset that Carlos Quentin charged the mound and ignited a bench-clearing brawl that ultimately resulted in Zach Greinke breaking his collarbone.
After the game, Kemp tried to confront Quentin again near the exit of Petco Park. We hear about these sort of postgame non-fights all the time, but last night an AP photographer happened to be there and snapped some photos.
That's Kemp on the left and Quentin on the far right:
Padres pitcher Clayton Richard (left) stepped in and tried to calm Kemp down:
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> module Medium.Controlled.ContextFreeGrammar > (T, Tag(..), TagMedium, fromMedium, toMedium) where
> import qualified Medium.Controlled.List as CtrlMediumList > import qualified Medium.Controlled as CtrlMedium > import Medium.Plain.ContextFreeGrammar > (Tag(..), joinTag, replaceInfix, > whileM, smallestCycle, maximumCommonInfixMulti) > import Medium (prim, serial1, parallel1)
> import Data.Maybe (fromJust) > import qualified Haskore.General.Map as Map
> import Control.Monad.Trans.State (state, execState)\end{haskelllisting} Condense all common infixes down to length 'thres'. The infixes are replaced by some marks using the constructor Left. They can be considered as macros or as non-terminals in a grammar. The normal primitives are preserved with constructor Right. We end up with a context-free grammar of the media. \begin{haskelllisting}
> type TagMedium key control prim = CtrlMediumList.T control (Tag key prim)
> type T key control prim = [(key, TagMedium key control prim)]
> fromMedium :: (Ord key, Ord control, Ord prim) => > [key] -> Int -> CtrlMediumList.T control prim -> T key control prim > fromMedium (key:keys) thres m = > let action = whileM (>= thres) (map (state . condense) keys) > -- action = sequence (take 1 (map (state . condense) keys)) > in reverse $ execState action [(key, fmap Prim m)] > fromMedium _ _ _ = > error ("No key given."++ > " Please provide an infinite or at least huge number of macro names.")\end{haskelllisting} The inverse of \code{fromMedium}: Expand all macros. Cyclic macro references shouldn't be a problem if it is possible to resolve the dependencies. We manage the grammar in the dictionary \code{dict}. Now a naive way for expanding the macros is to recourse into each macro call manually using lookups to \code{dict}. This would imply that we need new memory for each expansion of the same macro. We have chosen a different approach: We map \code{dict} to a new dictionary \code{dict'} which contains the expanded versions of each Medium. For expansion we don't use repeated lookups to \code{dict} but we use only one lookup to \code{dict'} -- which contains the fully expanded version of the considered Medium. This method is rather the same as if you write Haskell values that invokes each other. The function \code{expand} computes the expansion for each key and the function \code{toMedium} computes the expansion of the first macro. Thus \code{toMedium} quite inverts \code{fromMedium}. \begin{haskelllisting}
> toMedium :: (Show key, Ord key, Ord prim) => > T key control prim -> CtrlMediumList.T control prim > toMedium = snd . head . expand
> expand :: (Show key, Ord key, Ord prim) => > T key control prim -> [(key, CtrlMediumList.T control prim)] > expand grammar = > let notFound key = error ("The non-terminal '" ++ show key ++ "' is unknown.") > dict = Map.fromList grammar > dict' = Map.map (CtrlMedium.foldList expandSub serial1 parallel1 > CtrlMedium.control) dict > expandSub (Prim p) = prim p > expandSub (Call key) = > Map.findWithDefault dict' (notFound key) key > expandSub (CallMulti n key) = > serial1 (replicate n (Map.findWithDefault dict' (notFound key) key)) > in map (fromJust . Map.lookup (Map.mapWithKey (,) dict') . fst) grammar\end{haskelllisting} Find the longest common infix over all parts of the music and replace it in all of them. \begin{haskelllisting}
> condense :: (Ord key, Ord control, Ord prim) => > key > -> T key control prim > -> (Int, T key control prim) > condense key x = > let getSerials = CtrlMedium.switchList > (const []) > (\xs -> xs : concatMap getSerials xs) > (\xs -> concatMap getSerials xs) > (const getSerials) > infx = smallestCycle (maximumCommonInfixMulti length > (concatMap (getSerials . snd) x)) > absorbSingleton _ [m] = m > absorbSingleton collect ms = collect ms > replaceRec = CtrlMedium.foldList prim > (absorbSingleton serial1 . map joinTag . replaceInfix key infx) > (absorbSingleton parallel1) > (CtrlMedium.control) > in (length infx, (key, serial1 infx) : map (\(k, ms) -> (k, replaceRec ms)) x)\end{haskelllisting}


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Rains cause Lake Granby to spill again
After a long week of wet weather, Lake Granby is spilling once more. Steady rain on both sides of the divide has filled Front Range reservoirs, limiting the amount of water being diverted through the Alva B. Adams Tunnel.
As of Wednesday evening, July 30, Shadow Mountain Dam was releasing about 550 cubic feet per second, said Kara Lamb with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Granby Dam was also releasing around 550 cfs. Releases from Granby Dam were primarily through the river gate, though some water is coming over the spillway.
On the other side of the divide, officials expect outflows from Olympus Dam into the Big Thompson River to increase. Inflows to Lake Estes in Estes Park are being returned to the Big Thompson River via the Big Thompson Power Plant.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson came to Baltimore on Nov. 8 to propose a reallocation of $70 million in funds currently allocated by the state for a new juvenile jail.
Jackson, City Council President Jack Young, local ministers and others organizers of the event at the War Memorial were advocating for a reallocation in favor of "affirmative opportunities."
Such opportunities include proven alternatives to detention: recreational activities, jobs programs and neighborhood redevelopment, all aimed at changing daily life for Baltimore youth.
With opportunities, young people commit fewer crimes and the path of their daily lives changes. Think of north Baltimore.
I was not able to attend the event, which drew more than 200 people, because I was volunteering at Cylburn Arboretum, itself home to an array of programs for city youth.
For years, I have heard about "affirmative opportunity" from one of the rally's organizers, Hathaway Ferebee, executive director of Baltimore's Safe and Sound Campaign. Ferebee is a Roland Park Country School graduate and knows first-hand what opportunities can do for children.
North Baltimore is a world away from the daily struggles of those in poverty. Never do our children wonder about having an adult to take care of them or a place to live. Our children do not have to raise themselves or fear they might be caught in the gunfire of warring criminals.
Our children go to school every day, participate in a plethora of recreational programs and usually start work as preteen babysitters, dog-walkers or community volunteers. The number of outstanding private and public schools within walking distance speaks to the enriched lives of our fortunate children.
When I watched a television interview with Rev. Jackson after the rally, he spoke about how jails themselves are an improved condition for many city juveniles. He pointed out that in jail, young people have three meals a day, a bed, some dental and health care, and time spent with friends. (Those conditions are readily available in less impoverished neighborhoods.)
He also pointed out that this is not the path society should encourage. The path of education, job training and productive lives as responsible citizens is the better goal.
According to Safe and Sound literature, Gov. Martin O'Malley commissioned a study by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. The NCCD study determined that the state, to comply with federal regulations, did not have to build a new jail in order to keep juveniles separate from adult detainees.
The report detailed how funding alternatives to detention and more efficient detainee management procedures, sometimes in community-based programs, would maintain public safety and improve outcomes for the young in the criminal justice system. Some state agencies, in fact, already provide alternatives to incarceration with better results than detention, at a fraction of the cost, the report stated.
While funds for building a juvenile jail have already been approved, activists said Thursday that there is room at existing facilities and the money could be reallocated for programs with longer-lasting, positive effects.
When I think of a sparkling new, state-of-the-art juvenile jail, I think of the often-misquoted line from the film "Field of Dreams:" "If you build it, he will come." I picture young men and women walking in clusters up trash-littered streets, past boarded vacant homes toward this sparkling jail.
I think of the $6 billion adults spent on political campaigns that ended two days before Rev. Jackson came to Baltimore. I also think of what my mother said to me after her stroke in 1996: "Don't forget the children downtown."
The easy thing is to forget the children downtown, to give up on their potential, to use $70 million for new construction and say: "We have a beautiful new facility. We're doing everything possible to keep our city safe."
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Orientation Week Dos and Don'ts
By Susanna Wolff
Do: Friend request your new roommate to say, "Hi!" [image: cheery Dave on Facebook] Don't: Change your Facebook status to say, "Ugh, my new roommate is such a turd." [image: dirtbag Rosie frowning at Facebook] Do: Arrive early so you can claim the better bed. [image: Dave waiting patiently next to an unmade bed] Don't: Arrive late and move your roommate's stuff to the worse bed. [image: Rosie throwing a pile of clothes as he collapses onto the bed] Do: Introduce yourself to your hallmates. [image: Dave politely shaking hands with Julie in a doorway] Don't: Introduce yourself with a nickname you're trying to make happen. [image: Rosie, wearing a shirt that says, "Rosie" introducing himself to an unimpressed Julie] Do: Come up with a hilarious joke to say during your floor meeting's ice breaker game. [image: Dave, making an I'm-telling-a-joke face to a circle of unimpressed people] Don't: Tell everyone on your floor that your roommate farts in his sleep. [image: Rosie, making everyone in the circle laugh] Do: Get acquainted with your RA. [image: Dave getting a consoling high five from the RA] Don't: Get acquainted with your RA. [image; Rosie getting a scolding finger wag from RA] Do: Get plenty of rest. [image: Dave eating Doritos and watching Netflix in bed] Don't: Mix liquors. [image: Rosie guzzling gin and whiskey] Do: Explore everything the student body has to offer. [image: Dave walking across a quad, waiving at some people throwing a ball] Do: Explore everything the student body has to offer. [image: Rosie hooking up with a girl in bed] Don't: Ever hang out with your new Orientation Week friends again! [image: Dave, wearing winter clothing, pulling down a baseball cap, avoiding the waves of the ball-throwers] Don't: Ever hang out with your new Orientation Week friends again! [image: Rosie and girl from before awkwardly avoiding eye contact in the elevator] Final image: Dave and Rosie giving thumbs up with text overlay saying, "Good luck!"


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Carly comes by the penthouse to tell Sam she was right about Todd switching the babies. Johnny was really the one who shot out the tires and Connie was just the cover. Sam knew it! Carly rants to Sam about the months of lies coming out after she made the worst mistake she could have by sleeping with Todd. The worst part is Todd even warned her himself but she thought they were kindred spirits. Jason never judged her but now he is gone. Sam tells her he is not gone but Carly tries to convince her that he was shot and is dead. She is sick of denying the truth. Jason would want her to stand up and move on, and he would want the same for Sam and Danny. Sam refuses to believe it without a body and throws Carly out. Alone, she wonders if she is just kidding herself. She asks Jason to give her a sign when there is knock at the door.
Two Clients, One Cell.
Spin learns about Ellie's accident, Carly pays Sam a visit, and Diane takes Johnny to his arraignment.
Todd holds a pillow over Johnny's face in their cell until Dante breaks it up, then leaves them alone again. Todd tells him that Starr already knows about the baby switch so he should call off his goons and prove to her he is as compassionate as he says he is. He already took her family, so why take her father too? What Johnny wants is Carly. Todd doesn't think she is his to give. Even if he could give him Carly, why would he? Diane arrives to take Johnny to his arraignment. She'll be back for Todd. Later, Todd gets a visit from Carly.
At the hospital Patrick explains that Trey is brain dead. Kristina, Starr and Connie are devastated. Dante comes by to arrest Connie and warns that if Trey dies she will be arrested for murder. Sonny is convinced Connie is not acting and asks for her to be able to stay with her son. Dante tells them about Johnny's confession and gives her until the end of the day to face the music. Later, Connie gets off the phone demanding someone, a doctor, get a day pass from prison. She cries to Sonny that the accident is her fault and she is not going to leave Trey now. Meanwhile, Michael takes Kristina for a walk while Starr stays with Trey in his room. She would give anything to have her friend back. Later, Patrick speaks with Michael about next steps. It will be Connie's decision whether they will turn off the machines and let him go. Connie won't let them pull the plug. She left him to die once and won't do it again.
At her place, Maxie tells Spin that she is not pregnant anymore. He sleeps through it, but the delivery man heard and offers his sympathies. Spin also sleeps through a call from Sam, who needs his help looking for Jason. Maxie throws his phone at him as he misses another call from Ellie. He does not remember passing out but does remember drinking too much schnapps and – slowly – he remembers kissing Maxie. He worries that Ellie knows they had sex. Maxie tells him to relax. "She didn't come home last night." Spin worries she went out and slept with someone. Not that he can talk. He wonders if these encounters with Maxie are random or is it kismet? He chose Ellie but at every turn he gravitates back to Maxie. He thinks they are destined to be together and she runs off when he asks what she thinks. He listens to his message about Ellie's accident and apologizes to Maxie before he leaves. Later she calls Dante and he agrees to come over when he can.
Sabrina wakes up Ellie in her room. She remembers the car coming out of the fog and hitting her. She asks again for Damien. Sabrina left him a message and then hands over the phone so Ellie can listen to Spin's dismissive message. Sabrina warns her not to get too upset. Spin will understand why she didn't meet him when he hears what happened. Suddenly Spin arrives and Ellie won't let him leave. She can bear the broken bones now that Spin is here. She wanted to be with him on New Year's Eve and can't stand the thought of him on the roof alone awaiting her arrival, assuming the worst. He admits he assumed the worst but was not alone. Later, Sabrina runs into Patrick in the hall and he wants to talk about New Year's Eve.
Tomorrow's Port Charles spoilers for General Hospital:
Todd tells Carly that he has lost Starr and hopes he hasn't lost her too.
Spin explains to Ellie how drunk he was on New Year's Eve and spent it with Maxie.
Anna gets a call from Luke.
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