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Now, I will admit up front that I haven't technically tried out all of their bits and pieces of the following tool, but over the past week I have made a lot of use of some of the indexing suggestions by "hacking" out the code that generates the index create statements from the sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats dynamic management view. Let me just say upfront: "Wow!" I have seen some very wild index suggestions come from it, and today I took a few of the examples and applied them. We saw a 30-50% improvement over the test without the indexes.
The blog was: Fun for the day - Automated Auto-Indexing! and was posted back in June! I have been dying to try it out, but I am generally not one for building elaborate testing scenarios, so it has been a blog entry just circling waiting to see the light.
Well, over the last few days we have really started hammering on my companies product, preparing to ship it and one of the tools I used was their auto-indexing query that you can download from that blog entry. It uses 3 dynamic management views that are awfully cool: sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats, sys.dm_db_missing_index_groups and sys.dm_db_missing_index_details to build a set of actual create table statements (ok, a few other tables are involved, but still)
I am not promising you it will be the answer to all of your indexing problems, especially since it only considers what indexes it would have liked to have had to answer a query. It doesn't have a clue what your read/write ratio is. I hope to try out the full blown automatic index generation package with SQL Agent jobs to automatically tune my data warehouse and operation data stores in the future. Any place with only reads (when not loading, of course) should be almost a no brainer...
So you add all of these indexes to improve performance, but as you know, indexes improve performance, but they also hurt write performance. In this blog:
How can SQL Server 2005 help me evaluate and manage indexes?
The Microsoft team with the only name longer than the name of my book (Microsoft SQL Server Development Customer Advisory Team) gives lots of interesting queries to assist with performance tuning. For example, this query:
--- rarely used indexes appear first
declare @dbid int
select @dbid = db_id() select objectname = object_name(s.object_id) , s.object_id , indexname = i.name , i.index_id , user_seeks , user_scans , user_lookups , user_updates from sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats s join sys.indexes i on i.object_id = s.object_id and i.index_id = s.index_id where database_id = @dbid and objectproperty(s.object_id , 'IsUserTable') = 1 order by (user_seeks + user_scans + user_lookups + user_updates) asc
Lists how often indexes are used, from least to most. Obviously these are tools that we need to consider using when we tune a new system, but we will certainly want to really watch stuff like this during early days when a system hits production to look at trimming back indexes that are purely for performance that are never being used for such. Stats like this are useless unless you have a totally full load and have gone through real life situations, unlike the previous, "what might have helped" queries from the automatic indexing stuff.
SQL Server keeps getting better and better, and these sorts of thing are some of the primary evidence. If you haven't started to look at the dynamic management views, you should. If only to google them and check out what the blogs are saying about them.
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Is Windows 8 a Linux Copycat?
Feb 20, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Here in the world of technology, there's no denying that developers of even the most creative new products and ideas "stand on the shoulders of giants," just as innovators in most other realms do too.
New ideas inspire more new ideas over time, after all, so it's not surprising to see myriad commonalities and linkages among them.
Lately, however, that notion is being examined a little more closely than usual in light of recent revelations about Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 and -- in particular -- how much it has in common with Linux.
'Does Windows Do It Better?'
"Eight features Windows 8 borrowed from Linux" is the name of the ITworld article that kicked off the conversation in the Linux blogosphere earlier this month, and the ruckus hasn't died down since.
File copy dialogue and ISO mounting are among the features the article names while asking provocatively, "Linux got there first, but does Windows do it better?"
Individual comments could barely be heard over the sound of the thundering stampede of the Linux masses, rushing to share their thoughts. More than 600 comments appeared on Slashdot in short order, so Linux Girl knew it was time to learn more.
'A Great Compliment'
"There is no question that Windows 8 has taken a lot of ideas from Linux," Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project, told Linux Girl. "Early demos made it look a lot like Compiz."
The important thing, however, is that "this shows that the past views of the Linux desktop simply copying Windows was not correct and hasn't been correct for some time," Travers pointed out.
"The fact that Linux took inspiration from Windows was certainly fair; the fact that Windows is taking inspiration from Linux should be seen by us as a great compliment," he added.
Moreover, in the long run, "this sort of competition will make us all better," Travers opined.
'There's Nothing New Under the Sun'
Blogger Robert Pogson took a darker view.
"M$ does what it always has done, and that is borrow other people's ideas for software," he asserted. "There's nothing wrong with that -- it is normal in the world of software because there's nothing new under the sun once you have some hardware and an instruction set.
"Everything is a permutation of the instructions one can give a computer," he pointed out.
Where the darkness comes in, however, is when "M$ calls it innovating and applies for software patents on other people's ideas and sues people over them," Pogson said. "They also make their implementations different than others simply to lock users in and make migration to other OSes more difficult.
"May M$ rot in Hell for that," he added. "Their share of PCs is down 30 percent from their heyday."
'It's Been Missing for Ages'
Indeed, "this is the reason that software patents are such a bad idea," agreed consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack. "The software world has improved by leaps and bounds over the last 40 years by building on previous improvements and adding new insights to them."
The ability to mount ISOs "without having to download Daemon Tools is probably the biggie," opined Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site.
"It's something that is so obviously needed, and yet it's been missing for ages," Hudson explained. "With large hard drives, who wants to hunt around for a physical DVD just to run an install program sitting in the ISO?"
It's also good for the environment, since "ultimately it means there will be fewer DVDs burned," she pointed out.
'What Should Windows Copy?'
It seems unlikely that Microsoft will bring Windows2Go to the consumer market, Hudson mused -- "it would be too much of a headache to manage licenses.
"Fortunately, Linux to the rescue -- with a big enough USB key, you could probably boot Linux off the key, then boot a Windows VM image," she added.
The real question, though, is "what should Windows copy ASAP?" Hudson said.
"I think the most obvious one is filesystem drivers for other operating systems -- it's not like they can't use the source," she suggested. "This way, it wouldn't matter if you formatted your USB key or external drive using ext2, ext3, or whatever -- you could just give it to someone knowing that they can still read (and update) the data, and that *nix file permissions won't get wrecked.
"I hate having to copy the data from the USB key back to my hard drive, reformat the device for Windows, then copy the data back to the USB key," Hudson added.
'You Just Can't Cook Your Own'
Ultimately, "I have no doubt Linux will have most innovations first in some official release," Roberto Lim, a lawyer and blogger on Mobile Raptor, told Linux Girl. "With all the variants around, this is a given."
That, however, "does not mean the functionality has not been around for some time on other operating systems," he added. "You just can't cook your own version of Windows or OS X."
Still, whether Linux had key features first may not even matter, Slashdot blogger hairyfeet suggested.
'Features Are Like Hubcaps'
"The problem with Linux has NEVER been features -- in this area Linux is just fine," hairyfeet explained. "But features are like hubcaps: nice to have, but frankly not really needed."
The problem, rather, "has always been in the follow-though, like a golfer that can drive a par five in two shots but then takes 10 just to get the ball into the cup," he added. "You get soooo close, then completely miss the mark."
In the end, "it doesn't matter about matching Windows with features," hairyfeet concluded. "What matters is meeting or beating it in support, ease of use, and simplicity. And while Linux has made great strides, frankly it still has a long ways to go."


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"My goal from the start of this season was to be back on the field this year," Twellman said. "I'm very disappointed that this setback has derailed that goal."
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Finding the Greatest Common Factor (or GCF) of two or more numbers or algebraic terms is an important process which is explained in this lesson. This process will be used in later lessons on factoring a GCF from an algebraic expression, and on simplifying fractions.
In the first example, we ill find the GCF of two numbers, 15 and 30. Begin by writing down all of the positive factors of each number.
15 (1, 3, 5, 15) 30 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30)
Next, mark all of the factors that both 15 and 30 have in common. In the example below, we marked the numbers by using bold text and highlighting. It is usually more convenient to circle or underline the numbers when working problems out on paper.
15 (1, 3, 5, 15) 30 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30)
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Glen Scher carded 1-under par 71 in the final round to finish at 5-over par 221 and help the UC Santa Barbara golf team to a fifth-place finish at the Fresno State Lexus Classic. The tournament was played at the Sunnyside Country Club.
The fifth-place finish was the second top-10 finish in a row for Santa Barbara. In its last tournament, the Gauchos finished fourth at the Wyoming Desert Classic.
The 71 was Scher's best round of the tournament and it helped bump the Gauchos from sixth to fifth. UCSB was in second after the first round when it shot 370, but the team struggled through a windy second round and shot 381. Scher's 221 was good enough to tie him with several other players for 16th-place in the individual standings.
Andrew Gunson, who had Santa Barbara's best score after the first and second rounds, finished in a tie for 27th at 7-over par 223. His even-par72 helped the Gauchos to second-place after one round.
Chris Rendler and Paul Otte each logged 9-over par 224 to tie for 33rd. Rendler shot a 1-over par 73 to help the final round effort and push UCSB into fifth-place.
San Diego State dominated the field. The Aztecs jumped out to a 4-shot lead after one round and never looked back. As a team, they shot a 3-over par 1,083, 26 shots better than second-place Pacific which went to the clubhouse on Tuesday at 29-over par. Duke was third at 30-over par, UC Irvine was fourth at 36-over par and then it was UCSB at 40-over par. The host Fresno State tied BYU and New Mexico at 43-over par to finish sixth.
Alex Johnson of Pacific made a 20-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole to win the individual title over Bryan Harris of UC Irvine. The two players entered the playoff at 6-under par, 210.
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Update on my family's DNA Testing
Last month I wrote about my plans to use DNA testing as a genealogy tool. Kerry Farmer subsequently reminded me of two important points that I forgot to mention (see Postscript no.1 on 'DNA Testing for My Family History').
My uncle's autosomal DNA ('Family Finder') test results have arrived! He already has six matches in the '2nd-4th cousin' predicted range and ten in '3rd-5th cousin'. I am hoping for closer matches in the future when more genealogists with known English and Scottish ancestry do tests through FamilyTreeDNA. I am also hoping that some of my second-cousins will agree be tested.
The best match so far is 'shared cM 49.22, longest block 32.05'... but I have not yet learned how to interpret all this. I was not expecting the test results until mid-January, so I got caught short and hadn't done my homework!
I have already started contacting people who match my uncle's autosomal DNA. I soon realised that I need to send them a list of all names (except living people), not just a pedigree chart - because the name they might recognise won't necessarily be my direct ancestor. As Gedmatch points out, "siblings (and descendants of siblings) of one family often turn up as 'spouses' (with no recorded ancestors) in another family." There is a diagram that illustrates this clearly.
If you have advice to share with DNA newbies like myself, please add a comment below. It will be very welcome.
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It is so exciting when the results are posted. I agree that it will be great in the future when more people with known UK ancestry test. Many of the matches I have so far only know their US ancestry, but some UK and Irish matches have all their ancestry concentrated in some of my ancestral counties of England and Ireland, thus making it easier to estimate which branch of my family tree they match on.
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Thanks for your comment, Aillin. It will be such a help if geographical locations can narrow down the possibilities! The vast majority of my families lived in either Yorkshire, Argyllshire or the Greater London area (inner Middlesex and Surrey), with just a handful in Somerset, Kent, Lancashire and other areas.Delete
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I just found these photos I took an age ago of the traditional Chinese version of my book. I absolutely adore the new styling they've done, especially the hidden front cover!
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When Cara said she wanted to go on a vacation I asked her where she wanted to go. Hawaii, she suggested.
Hawaii. I'd only been there once: to Oahu for a conference in Waikiki. Nice riding on Oahu, but I knew we'd not be going to Oahu this time. There was only one island which could be on this agenda.
Why? One word: Haleakala.
Ever since reading the description in John Summerson's book, I knew I had to go. In the rankings, only three climbs in the United States have a rating exceeding 6: Mount Washington Auto Road in New Hampshire (6.45), Mauna Kea on the epinonymous island of Hawaii (6.33), and Haleakala (6.13). Of these, two have bike races. Of these two, only Haleakala is open to general bike traffic. Mauna Kea (and nearby Mauna Loa, rated 5.26) aren't paved to their summits. So of the four, the clear choice is Haleakala.
There are several ways to approach Haleakala. After all, the entire eastern half of Maui sits on the mountain, which rises from deep in the Pacific. At its historical height, Haleakala rose to 13 thousand feet above sea level, but with erosion it now just barely pokes it's head above 10 thousand: 10020 is the official peak elevation. I've ridden over 10 thousand feet before: in Colorado, in the Eastern Sierra. But Haleakala is different than these other climbs in that the climbing is essentially continuous from the beach. Paia, where August's Race to the Sun begins, is a small town abutting the ocean. Like the primordial fish, you could virtually ride your bike straight out of the Pacific and climb straight up the mountain.
I didn't do this. I was starting at the Paia Inn, which is next to Maui Cyclery, the excellent bike shop where the Race to the Sun begins. Elevation was probably 20 feet above the actual ocean, so if the ocean was at sea level (which it typically isn't), then that would be an even 10 thousand feet of climbing. My previous record climb was probably Horseshoe Meadow in the Eastern Sierra, which gains 6200 feet. My longest climb so far this year was the north side of Mount Diablo, which gains 3600 feet. So this climb would be longer than the two, combined, without a rest in between.
I was scared.
I asked for advice to Don, who runs the shop. "Keep pedaling," he said. That was it.
The locals typically do the climb with two bottles, refilling twice along the way. But I wasn't confident of my ability to quickly identify the water locations, and didn't want to have to negotiate with the sub-sized pockets on my Voler Team Roaring Mouse jersey over what precious few clothing items I'd bring for the potentially chilly descent. So I went conservative and in addition to my two bottles I brought my CamelBak Mule. This certainly wasn't the weight weenie's choice but it did eliminate any concerns over hydration or layering.
I really couldn't wrap my head around 10 thousand vertical feet, but I could handle the climb of Baldwin to Makewao. So after a protracted preparation of my Ritchey Breakaway, I set off. There was a block head wind up Baldwin, but I didn't care. This was all about settling in for the long haul. The grade barely touched 7% on this long, straight road, and was usually less.
Starting the climb (Cara Coburn)
Baldwin is somewhat spoiled by all the car traffic between Paia and Makewao. But there's no intersections, so no conflicts, and no hassles from the drivers. The miles passed one by one, and when seven of them did so, I reached the stop sign marking Makewao.
Car drivers would probably turn right here, but the preferred route for cyclists, and the route taken in the race, is to continue. I crossed this stop sign without issue. Here Baldwin turned into Olinda, and got steep, the steepest part of the whole climb. But with the climb barely 1/8th done, my thoughts were up the road. My Garmin grade indicator was hovering around 12%, but I just pedaled along.
Going the other direction I started seeing groups of riders descending the hill who were clearly part of the commercial operations which haul people up the hill in buses and let them ride back. Since they barely need to pedal the whole way, these riders were on comfy cruiser bikes. On their heads were full-face helmets. These groups used to descend from the summit, but after more than one fatality, the National Park Service put an end to all commercial bike operations in the park. The issue is the Park covers only the final 3 thousand feet of the climb, so instead these services take clients up to the summit, the clients take their quota of digital photos, then they get back into the buses and drive to just below the park boundary, descending from there.
There was a rest stop for the descenders at the one navigational challenge in the whole climb, the turn onto Hanamu Road. There's a sign mounted low on the street sign there which says "Haleakala", pointing the way to go, but since it's mounted so low it's easy to miss, and the road is relatively inconspicuous. But with the riders there, I had no problem identifying the road.
This is the one non-climbing portion of the route. Hanamu descends a bit, then rolls a bit to its end. I was a bit confused by the left at Kealaloa Ave, which I hadn't expected, before the second left shortly after onto Highway 377, which I had expected. But the way here was facilitated by the blue arrows painted on the opposite side of the road to help the descenders find their way.
377 is a wider, more heavily trafficked road which goes into the Maui Upcountry. Still, though, it's very nice riding, with a wide shoulder. Climbing steadily, I reached the 3000 foot elevation sign. Progress. But I'd decided I wasn't going to think too much about progress until I'd reached 4 thousand feet, which would mark the longest climb I'd done in 2011.
Soon after I passed paint on the road: "Feed Zone". This was clearly the first of likely two feed zones for Race to the Sun. It would be the perfect place for two fresh bottles did I not have the Camelbak.
The next and final turn of the route was the left onto Highway 378, Crater Road. As I expected, this was very well marked, with a sign identifying it as the route to the summit. There's no missing this left.
The next sign I saw was a bit sobering: "Mile 0". Crater Road is 22 miles of continuous climbing, and all 22 of those were ahead. This climb ranked up there in total climbing with anything I'd done, and I'd already been riding, and climbing, for well over an hour.
There's a few cattle grates on the road to the top. At the first, I saw some kids on skateboards hanging out at the side of the road. I wasn't sure what to make of that: were they hitch-hiking to the summit for a ride down the hill? That would be fairly extreme. Whatever they were doing there, they expressed approval at my crossing technique, which was to speed up a bit going into the cattle grate then move my weight back to get it off the front wheel, letting off the pedals just as my rear wheels were going to hit it. But these were fine grates, no issues.
I was looking forward to the 4000 foot sign because that would be confirmation this had been my longest climb this year. And soon enough there it was. Normally I'd feel better about having climbed 4000 vertical feet, but here it was just permission to begin thinking about how much I had left.
Next to the 8 mile sign I saw a man and a woman standing next to their tandem at the side of the road. "Only 14 miles to go!" I shouted enthusiastically and without irony. Close to 22 miles into the climb, I felt the end was near. "Only?!?" he responded.
The miles ticked by and, every 500 vertical feet, an altitude sign marked my climbing progress. These were occasionally augmented by road paint presumably for the racers. A few times there was even a message to "Breath" in blue paint. At 6000 vertical feet, I knew I was approaching not only my longest climb of the year, but my longest ever.... and at 6500 vertical that sealed the deal (okay, there is Climb to Kaiser, but that's really multiple climbs covering its over 8000 foot elevation difference from start to the turn-around).
Soon after I saw one of the "Descend Haleakala on a Bike" vans parked by the side of the road. A group of motorcycle-helmeted riders was lined up, straddling their cruiser bikes. Someone, presumably working for the company, was checking to make sure they could coast a few meters down the hill before launching them on their descent of close to 7000 vertical feet. I knew I must be close to the park entrance.
And there it was. Three cars were lined up at a ranger kiosk ready to pay their fees. I figured maybe I could cruise by, look as if I didn't need to pay, maybe try some of that Obi Wan Kenobi "weak minds" mind control, and they'd let me through. No such luck... they called me over.
I got off my bike and walked in my cleats to the kiosk, rudely cutting in front of the lead car. I hoped to get this done quickly. However, perhaps I could have done so if I'd just tossed $5 at them and gone on my way, but since I'd be coming up here again the next day with Cara, and since we wanted to visit the park again later in the week, a pass made more sense. So I instead paid $25 for the annual pass. This took several minutes, during which I couldn't resist expressing my feelings about cyclists being asked to pay 3 times as much, per person, as an SUV with 6 people. It just seemed yet another example of the park services catering to car drivers.
Finally I had my pass and, after apologizing to the hidden occupants of the vehicles I'd cut off, I continued on the hill. The short rest coupled with little adrenalin boost from the conversation with the rangers really helped me here, and the accumulated fatigue from the long climb to this point seemed to have disappeared. Less than Mount Diablo remained, and I knew I could climb Mount Diablo.
7000 feet ticked by soon after. No paint on the road for this one: the parks don't allow road markings by event organizers, as I learned the hard way from having missed a turn at Climb to Kaiser my first time there.
As I climbed, I admired not only the incredible view of the distant shore, but also how the vegetation had so drastically changed. The trees had disappeared, replaced with bushes. And as I climbed further even these became more sparse.
I saw another altitude sign. Which was that? I thought maybe 8000, but looking at my time, surely I'd gone further.
And indeed I had: not long after the observation building came into view, and past that the observatory. It was a decent distance, but not 2000 vertical feet. I was in the end game.
I tried to ramp up the effort a bit here but at close to 10 thousand feet this is fairly futile. There's just not enough O2 available. So instead I continued on with my endurance mode.
The visitor's center appeared on the left, but the observation building was still ahead. Obviously the Strava climb didn't end at the visitor's center, so I continued. The road here became substantially steeper: I watched as my Garmin grade display went up to 12%... 13%... 14% before retreating again. It felt around 12%, but that wasn't a problem with my 36/26 low gear. But the clock was ticking.
As I hit the parking lot of the observation building I felt a brief wave of euphoria. I'd done it! But not quite yet, as a paved pedestrian path still went up to the building itself. I was going to take no chances with the Strava segment. I steered my way around the pedestrians and rode up the steep path. Now I was truly done. A glance at my lap timer showed I'd come in just under 4 hours: 3:53:11 by Strava's reckoning.
Not surprisingly, the tourists at the observation building were impressed with what I had done. A few even wanted to take my photo. I just passed on the advice I had been given: "keep pedaling". It works.
After admiring the view, and sending text messages to Cara, I began my descent. Not much to say about this, although the tailwind assist I got on Baldwin for the final miles into Paia and back to Maui Cyclery was fun.


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We find that wiring a MFOS PCB to the front panel controls is both time consuming and often detracts from the overall finish. We are not able to alter the MFOS PCBs to make panel wiring easier so we approached the problem from a different angle. We chose to mount the front panel controls on a mini PCBs (breakout boards) that take the panel controls to a JST type XH socket into which is plugged a lead. This lead is then dressed to the main MFOS PCB (or sometimes to other panel controls) and soldered into the respective pads. Many breakout boards have solderable jumpers for making common connections as well as thin tracks to cut where panel mounted resistors need to be connected inline with say a pot wiper. MFOS projects may require multiple breakout boards so we bundle these altogether and offer them in one ST Synth Panel Breakout PCB Set. The pack description will further describe the wiring colour code and what if any links need to be made or cut.
This method does have other advantages other than just time saving and appearance:
- Time saving
- Neater more professional appearance - improves resale value
- Takes care of common connections between panel components
- Has space to accommodate panel mounted resistors and capacitors
- Can improve reliability - have you tried soldering a diode, LED and a wire to one pin on a toggle switch on the 16-step sequencer?
- Makes fault finding easier
If you have any reservations about using connectors, then simply solder wires direct to the breakout boards. Takes longer but you still get all of the other advantages.
The boards are designed to fit our front panel component spacing so you will see references to pitch and whether it is in the 'x' or 'y' or both direction. At the time of writing, there was 30+ breakout boards developed for pots (using pot brackets), sockets (jack and banana), switches and LEDs. Whilst these will not take care of every panel component on over 40 MFOS projects, it will go a long way to achieving it. As we work through making up each MFOS project with these breakout boards, we will see where improvements can be made or even create more breakout boards to provide the best possible solution.
Specific Information on the 1x2y Toggle switch PCB (32.5y). Board size: 24 x 52.5mm
7210-760 PCB accommodates two SPDT switches. Each switch connection is brought out to a 6-way JST connector (see 7210-106) and to pads (X1 to X6) which can have an optional resistor between the switch contact and the pad. Two further resistors (R7 to R8) in a breakout area are also available. 6 x jumpers are also provided that can be used for a common connection between the switch contacts. Where these are required, it will be detailed on the particular project.
Solder jumpers and resistors if required
Solder in the JST socket noting that the slots in the socket housing point towards the edge of the board.
Place the PCB over the solder connections on rear of the switches.
After ensuring the PCB is sat properly and level, you can commence soldering the terminals.
Wiring Colour Code
Pin 1 (black wire) is on the top of the board
|S1 n.o
|S1 Com
|S1 n.c
|S2 n.o
|S2 Com
|S2 n.c
It is always worth checking the wire colour sequence to ensure it matches the above just in case there has been a mistake at the factory in the assembly of the cable.
Typical examples of projects that use this board: Synth DIY Experimenter
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While so many of us are dealing with the harsh winter weather, it's nice to consider that spring really is just around the corner. Grab those seed catalogs and hold the good thought.
If you have some seeds left over in packets from previous years, don't throw them out. I always forget to plant a seed or two in the spring rush, and if I'm not sure how viable a packet of seeds will be, I start them between sheets of damp paper towel. Just keep the toweling moist and covered with cellophane.
This is going to be a great season, and when spring does come, we'll appreciate it all the more. I say this as my deck is so buried in snow that I can't get the exterior door open.
Cheers from the winter underland.
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Mountain Valley Growers
Seeds of Change (Organic)
Mountain Rose Herbs
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Medicinal Herb Plants
Horizon Herbs
Penn Herb Company
Sandy Mush Herb Nursery
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Rhinesmith Makes Sacrifices for Swimming Successby Ryan Lutz '13
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Swimming is a tough sport. It challenges you in every way shape and form, and rising to the challenge is something that can separate the good from the great.
Junior Evan Rhinesmith has made a huge leap from his freshman year till now, rising to
the challenge and breaking the school's breaststroke record twice.
"It just came down to the realization that I wasn't a big fish in a small pond any more," Rhinesmith said.
From that moment on Rhinesmith has been putting in all the required work and more. It takes a lot of sacrifice to get to the level he is at. And as the swim team heads competes at the conference meet today, Rhinesmith will look to come one step closer to making it to the National meet.
"It takes lots of sacrifice, I feel like I have sacrificed the normal high school and college experience, but it is just something you adjust to," Rhinesmith said.
Being an athlete means that the "normal" life is something that seems distant and foreign, but this lack of normalcy is amplified when you are an elite athlete. It means changes in diet, sleeping patterns and partying on the weekends goes out the window when you remember about your morning workouts. But like Rhinesmith said, "It's just something you get used to.
"I want to make it to the National Meet and place in the top eight so I can become an All-American," Rhinesmith added.
Even though the swim team has a very tough conference, Rhinesmith has a very good shot at
moving on to Nationals. The whole swim team has put in all the hard work with their training camp
in Florida to their morning workouts.
"I'd really like to see my teammates get the pay off for all their hard work, because we really have a chance to do something special," Rhinesmith said.
From the Phys. Ed classes in middle school to the conference meet this weekend, Rhinesmith has always pushed himself. And this weekend when it is time for the
first heat of the breaststroke, Rhinesmith will be ready.
"As cliché as it sounds I'm just going to go out there and take it one race at a time."


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While still in it's beta stages, Jinni is fairly decent start on trying to map out the Movie Genome Project. That being said it still isn't quite the Pandora of movies, but once it irons out its kinks it may be able to carve out a niche and community of its own–perhaps even partnering with Netflix, Hulu, and other companies.
Jinni is a type of search engine for movies, tv shows and short films. It's not just YouTube and Hulu, it's designed for people that have no idea what they want to watch tonight. Jinni helps users solve that dilemma through a variety of options.
Jinni lets users search movies by title, mood, plot, genre, time/period, place, audience, and praise. To further narrow the search, users can choose movies, TV, or short films. For example, if I click on mood a multitude of options appear. Options like "feel good", "atmospheric", "disturbing" and more are just some of the ones that users can choose from. The more popular ones appear bigger than the less popular. If a user were to click on a mood like, "disturbing" then the user will get a description of disturbing movies and a small list of related titles such as, "Bowling for Columbine."
As seen above, the biggest pictures are the more popular movies. The movies are listed page after page and the user can scroll through to browse. Let's say you were to click on "Fight Club" then the user would be given a description of the movie with the ratings as well as options as to add it to your wish list, favorites, search for others like it, or add a review to it. Once you click on Fight Club, you're brought to a page with more info on the movie like reviews, photos, cast/crew, and options on how you can watch it–usually via NetFlix, Blockbuster, Amazon, and rarely Hulu. Other details like what the movie is rated and plotlines are also available to the user.
Occasionally, there are clips of the movie on YouTube, Jinni will link to them. The same applies for Hulu, as there are lots of movies on there as well. However, Jinni is still in the beta stages, so searching for "30 Days of Night," won't give users the results they may find on FearNet.com just yet.
Jinni overall takes a much different and interesting approach. For example, Pandora will ask users to type in the name of an artist that they like and Pandora will create an entire radio station around that artists–bringing songs from related artists to the user and relying on a rating system to further fine tune the station. In contrast, Jinni categorizes things totally differently.
{ad}I personally would like to set my own marathons up, by that I mean if I type in, "24" or, "Evil Dead" I'd like to be able to watch shows and movies related to what I typed in. This would work tremendously well with shows like, "Family Guy" because entire seasons are on Hulu.
Jinni has some work to do but so far it's not a terrible start. It will surely carve out it's own niche and community once all the copyright problems get put aside.


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If you live in Lewiston, you have probably seen Keith Radford in and out of the local restaurants and coffee shops with his beloved dog, Frankie.
Often you will find Radford at Carmelo's Ristorante or The Brickyard Pub & B.B.Q. on a Friday or Saturday night cracking jokes at the bar.
Radford is one of the head news anchors for WKBW-TV Channel 7 in Buffalo, but on the weekends and mornings, he's all over Lewiston with his coffee mug.
Prior to landing in Lewiston, Radford's past took him through many areas and all different types of media, including working with old-school tapes and slides in 1971.
Candella: Did you always like the communications field?
Radford: I wanted to be a disc jockey when I was a kid - that's all I wanted to be, one on the radio, and I never did get to do that. I got on the radio and then they just happened to have a small opening on the news and I stayed.
He began by going to the University of Detroit for radio and TV. Then he took any job he could get the summer after he graduated to get him into the field.
Candella: Where was your first job?
Radford: I was a studio cameraman in 1971 on the "Bozo the Clown Show" in Detroit. I just took whatever they had; it was summer relief, and they paid kids to fill in. I did all the technical jobs. I was a cameraman. I worked in the film and tape room back in those days, and I moved up to the newsroom and filled in as the soundman.
Due to his wit, strong voice, and sense of humor, Radford ended up working for NBC, the radio, and other local news stations.
He lived all over the country, including Canada, before he settled in Western New York and married his wife, Linda, who is a Lewiston native.
Some of the places Radford lived include Detroit, Salt Lake City, Windsor and Toronto.
One of the most interesting facts about Radford is that he didn't apply to Channel 7 - the station found him.
A hiring agency sought out male news anchors by going through clips of their work. The scouts there instantly liked Radford and made him an offer.
Candella: What is your favorite part of the job?
Radford: Oh, I don't know. You can kind of be a witness to history, you know? (I) remember being in O.J. Simpson's driveway for 10 days; (I) remember when all of that was going on, when his wife was murdered. I went to all of the political conventions for years; hurricane relief in the Caribbean; the Persian Gulf War, I went with the guys from the airbase here in the Falls. You know, you get to be there and witness things historically here as they happen.
For more than 25 years, Radford has been a popular and well-liked news anchor, and a famous face in village spaces. Lewiston wouldn't be the same without him.


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General Motors Co. (GM) Falls 2.68% for January 04Equities Staff Follow |
One of the S&P 500's big losers for Monday January 04 was General Motors Co. (GM). The company's stock fell 2.68% to $33.10 on volume of 10.55 million shares.
The stock opened the day at 33.45 and traded between a low of $32.84 and a high of $33.54. The stock finished the day down $0.91 per share. General Motors Co. has an average daily volume of 13.77 million and a total float of 1.55 billion shares. The 50-day SMA for General Motors Co. is $35.01 and its 200-day SMA is $33.18. The high for the stock over the last 52 weeks is $39.00 and the low is $24.62.
General Motors Company designs, builds and sells cars, trucks and automobile parts. The Company also provides automotive financing services through General Motors Financial Company, Inc.
General Motors Co. is centered in Detroit, MI, and has 216,000 employees. Today's trading day leaves the company with a market cap of $51.46 billionwith a P/E Ratio of 12. The company has a P/S ratio of 0.47, P/B ratio of 1.49, and a 34.4.
For a complete fundamental analysis analysis of General Motors Co., check out Equities.com's Stock Valuation Analysis report for GM. To see the latest independent stock recommendations from Equities.com's analysts, visit our Research section.
The S&P 500 represents the industry standard for large-cap indices. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) may be the most visible stock market index in the country, the S&P 500 has long been relied on by industry insiders and fund managers as the more reliable gauge of portfolio performance.
While the DJIA is price-weighted and only includes 30 stocks, the S&P 500 uses a weighting system that factors in market cap and the size of a company's free float while including some 500 stocks for a more comprehensive look at the broader markets' performance. Its performance is far more representative of the large- and mega-cap stocks for any period of time.
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According to docs, Uncle Sam filed a tax lien against Sheree in Georgia for unpaid taxes in the years 2009 and 2010 to the tune of $41,752.83.
The feds aren't only ones after her bank account. As TMZ first reported, Sheree was recently ordered by a judge to fork over $119,000 to her former divorce lawyers, for an unpaid legal tab.
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Electricity for lighting accounts for approximately 15 per cent of global power consumption and 5 per cent of worldwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. If a global transition to efficient lighting occurred, these emissions could be reduced by over one-third.
Few actions can reduce carbon emissions as cheaply and easily as the phase-out of inefficient lighting, making it one of the most effective and economically advantageous ways to combat climate change.
The en.lighten initiative is accelerating the transition to energy efficient lighting in developing and emerging countries where electrical demand is expected to grow rapidly.
Current trends indicate that the global demand for electricity for light will be 60% higher by 2030 if there is not a switch to efficient lighting. This means an increase of nearly 4% in global CO2 emissions. en.lighten aims to help the 130 countries that still market inefficient incandescent bulbs switch to more efficient lighting by 2016.
en.lighten assists countries in accelerating market transformation with environmentally sustainable, efficient lighting technologies by:
Promoting high performance, efficient technologies in developing countries.
Developing a global policy strategy to phase-out inefficient and obsolete lighting products.
Substituting traditional fuel-based lighting with modern, efficient alternatives.
Mitigation / Adaptation
Replacing all the world inefficient lighting with energy efficient alternatives would cut the global share of electricity used for lighting by 50% and lead to a 5% reduction in total global electricity consumption. This ambitious transition would also reduce annual CO2 emissions by at least 31 billion tonnes.
The implementation focus for en.lighten is on direct policy and technical assistance to countries that have efficient lighting policy elements in place and are ready to take rapid action to phase out inefficient lamps. The 46 en.lighten Country Partners (representing approximately 20% of the world population) already have some experience with supporting policies and activities, such as massive distributions of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). These countries seek to make permanent changes to sustain energy and environmental benefits.
Some countries have begun to adopt minimum energy performance standards. However, most do not yet have comprehensive monitoring, verification and enforcement schemes or collection and recycling programs. Many countries need to strengthen their laboratory and technical testing capabilities before they can progress to verification and enforcement. Thus, en.lighten is facilitating training and capacity building via its private sector partners.
Reducing electrical demand decreases the amount of fossil fuels burned to produce electricity, and may allow countries to close older power plants that rely on coal and other fossil fuels. With a global transition to efficient lighting, over 250 large coal power plants could be retired. During a global economic crisis, these savings could be reallocated to social services and, infrastructure projects, including schools, hospitals and roads. It would also allow for expansion of electrical service into underserviced areas or help to improve electrical service in existing areas. Realizing billions of dollars in saved electricity costs could boost economies and create green jobs. Improved access to electricity for millions of people will lead to increased productivity, income and improvement in quality of life for the urban poor.
A transition to energy efficient lighting encourages the sustainable use of natural resources as it reduces the dependence on fossil fuel burning in power plants to produce electricity. The introduction of new, energy efficient technologies encourages environmental sustainability actions which include establishing maximum mercury content limits and responsible end of life management that encompasses collection, and/or recycling programs for spent lamps.
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The en.lighten initiative activities are developed in a way that can be replicated in every country, taking into consideration local circumstances and needs. For example, the Country Lighting Assessments are based on a model that is used for all countries but can accept input data from any country that has its own data collection program. The National Efficient Lighting Strategy development process works similarly: en.lighten offers an agenda, menu of activities, and options for expert technical assistance. Each country chooses the options that will work best to rapidly achieve their transition to efficient lighting.
The Global Efficient Lighting Partnership Programme, launched in 2011, is a voluntary initiative for countries to work with en.lighten to achieve a coordinated national or regional transition to efficient lighting. en.lighten, along with its international partners, provides support to national regulators and/or regional bodies in the development of policies, strategies and actions for the phase-out of inefficient lighting products, while ensuring that the lighting technologies meet global minimum standards and that spent lamps are treated in an environmentally sound manner.
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Acuninja needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 267 designs submitted by 57 freelance designers.
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We are a group of talented visionaries who dream of transforming the way people think about healthcare. Acupuncture is ancient medicine for modern times. It's proven and effective. Boost Wellness offers the best acupuncture and herbal medicine in a relaxing, zen like, caring environment. We strive to provide the highest standard of holistic medical care. To prevent disease and reverse symptoms. Boost Wellness, is a "feel good place" full of goodness and energy. Boost Wellness is a place to relax, restore and heal. It's a place to get better. Our mission is to reverse disease, restore balance and provide vitality and wellness.
Our concept will bring Eastern medicine to the public. We want to introduce acupuncture to the mainstream American people. We want to make acupuncture, herbal medicine and wellness affordable and easy to access. We will be opening up locations in high traffic, retail areas, in shadow retail of Whole Foods. Our current website is greenbamboowellness.com. Please visit this site to learn more about us and our style. We are changing our name to Boost Wellness because we feel in it will scale out better.
Our market is the masses. People who have never tried acupuncture but want to use alternative medicine. People who want to try acupuncture but don't know where to go for it. People who have sypmtoms that want to get rid of them.
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The Blue Devils posted three top-three performances Friday and freshman Sabree Thomas broke the CCSU freshman 100 butterfly record during day three of the 2014 NEC Championships in Cambridge, MA. Central finished the day in fourth place.
Central grabbed two silver medals Friday in the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke. Senior Kellen Power podiumed in the 100 fly with her season-best time of 55.77. Power was followed by Thomas who touched the wall in 55.82 for a new CCSU freshman record.
Thomas' time surpasses the previous Central freshman record of 57.08 set in 2005. She first broke the record in Friday morning's prelims (56.12), before besting her own mark in the evening's finals.
Also competing in the 100 butterfly, freshman Lisa Ward tallied team points for CCSU, finishing 14th overall with her season-best time of 58.61.
After finishing third in the preliminaries, clocking a season-best 1:04.31, senior Kristina Gulia earned the silver in the 100 breaststroke finals. She registered a time of 1:04.36. Gulia was followed by sophomore Alaina Papiro (8th, 1:06.14) and freshman Kaysha Dassler (12th, 1:08.22).
CCSU notched third in the 400 medley relay coming in at 3:50.58. The squad was comprised of Power, Gulia and freshmen Christine Rasile and Stephanie Czulewicz .
In the 200 freestyle, Rasile, who earned a silver medal setting a new CCSU freshman record in yesterday's 50 free finals, finished fourth overall. She swam a season-best time of 1:51.25 and was followed by senior Kathryn Kiely in ninth. Kiely also swam a season-best time in the event, touching the wall in 1:53.62.
Four more Blue Devils registered season-best times Friday in the 400 IM. Czulewicz finished sixth in the finals with her time of 4:37.79, recording the highest CCSU finish in the event. She was followed by sophomore Selene Chilton (4:41.71), senior Kasey Chilton (4:51.85) and sophomore Reyna Zascirinskis (4:53.21).
Freshman Janel Crespo finished 15th in the 100 back with her time of 1:01.59. She was followed by junior Kaylin Sylvester (16th, 1:01.67).
After three days and 13 events, Wagner holds onto the lead with 562 team points. Bryant sits in second (431.5) and is followed by Saint Francis U (371). CCSU is just three points out of third with 368 and Mount St. Mary's rounds out the top five (221.5).
The Blue Devils will be back in action tomorrow, Saturday, February 22, for the final day of the 2014 NEC Championships. Fans can follow all of the action LIVE by watching the free video web stream on NECFrontRow.com.
Fans can also follow the live action on Twitter @NECSwimDive and via LIVE RESULTS.
For more information, visit the NEC Championship headquarters at NortheastConference.org.


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Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? began in the fall of 1996, replacing the former PBS Carmen show, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, both produced by WQED Pittsburgh and WGBH Boston. This version had one of Carmen's cronies going back in time to steal something that would affect the course of history. The contestants had to travel through time to seize the crook, retrieve the stolen goods and then go on the hunt for Carmen Sandiego herself.
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Owned by the Tribune Company, KZJO-TV is sister to FOX affiliate KCPQ-TV and the two stations share studios on the west shore of Lake Union in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood.
JOEtv (cable 10 / channel 22) airs a mix of top quality syndicated, law and justice and local sports content in the Seattle-Tacoma DMA.
On March 31, 2008, KCPQ-TV launched a 9 p.m. newscast on JOEtv.
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In the early 19th century, travelers who lacked their own conveyance had limited transportation options. Inland water travel by canal or on navigable rivers answered the needs of some. To journey east or west in New England, travelers would more often rely on the stagecoach. This broadside announces the service and schedule of the Union Telegraph stage line between Albany, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. A steamboat, one of the stage's competitors, is pictured in the background of the engraving. Ironically, the first American railroad began operation in the year that this broadside appeared. Within a decade, railroads would overtake the stagecoach as the dominant form of public transportation in the Northeast.
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Today's contribution comes from my friend Kate, the one with whom I was recently on a Michigan wine tour. This is a map which heads an article on the village of Cairanne and the wines which originate there:
There seems to be some sort of notion out there that every map needs a legend. That, somehow, it's not a map anymore if it doesn't have one. This is patently untrue. If you know your audience can easily figure out how to read your symbols, you can probably skip it (or, at least, minimize it). Legends are for imparting literacy when your think audience lacks it. They are frequently needed, but not indispensable.
The legend on this map is clearly dispensable. I cannot fathom why the name of the village was not labeled right next to the giant red dot. Instead, the artist created a legend at the bottom to explain what the giant red dot means. His or her choices suggest the following assumptions were being made about audience:
- Readers have the skills to figure out that Paris, Dijon, etc. are at the locations of the dots found near those words.
- Those same readers would not understand what it meant if the word "Cairanne" were similarly placed next to a big red dot in France.
- But they will, however, know what it means if the word "Cairanne" is placed next to a big red dot outside of France.
- Readers will know that the big red dot outside France is meant to represent the big red dot inside France.
Some of these assumptions are more questionable than others, to put it mildly. In fact, because of the nonsensical nature of assumption number two, the legend makes this map harder to read. As Kate writes, this map had her "confused for almost a minute about whether they thought Cairanne was in Spain." Probably because she assumed that the artist would label the big red dot in France as "Cairanne" if it were Cairanne. She was confused because she didn't think that the map artist might have considered her too dumb to figure it out without a legend.
While we are on the giant red dot, I might strongly recommend making it not so giant. Cairanne is a small village. But the dot pattern on the map gives a subtle impression that Cairanne is huge and Paris is insignificant. The artist wants Cairanne to stand out, understandably. But there are better ways to establish a visual hierarchy on this map, for example by changing the colors of the non-Cairanne cities and dots to fade a little more into the background, and making the Cairanne dot the same size as (or only slightly larger than) the non-Cairanne dots, while still keeping it red so that it pops out.
Meanwhile, making its long-awaited return to this blog, it looks like we've got another great example of the Island Effect going on here! Just north of France is some water, indicated in white. Just east of France is some land, indicated in white. Thus, France looks like it's floating off in the sea, lacking any geographic context. Now, I don't think this is always a problem — it's perfectly fine to have a map that shows France and nothing else at times. Here, however, the author is very inconsistent in his or her treatment of geographic context. It seems senseless to show some bits of contextual information (the names of some countries) and leave off others (a little bit of land showing where those countries are). It's also strange to mark Italy, Spain, and Belgium, while leaving Luxembourg, Germany, and Switzerland off the map. Either France's surroundings are important, or they're not. To my mind, it should either be an island and the sole thing on the map, or it should be shown in its full European context with all its neighbors. Going halfway just looks sloppy.
Finally, it's worth noting that the copyright for this map is placed in a bit of an odd position. It's between the map and the legend, very much visually in the way. I appreciate the owners of the work wanting to ensure they're credited, but it could be put less obtrusively in the corner.
One Nice Thing: At least the artist thought to include some geographic context. I can imagine a lot of places would just throw an outline of France on the page, with a dot for Cairanne and nothing else. For people familiar with Paris, Bordeaux, etc., this map helps to give them reference points.
Not every map needs a legend. Nor does every map need several of the other common map elements, for that matter. If I scrounge up a few good examples, I may write a post to kick off my Worldwide Campaign to Eliminate Needless North Arrows, and my International Crusade Against Useless Scale Bars.