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March 27, 2014, will mark the 100th anniversary of the Trona Post Office and the official dedication of the town as an official community. To celebrate the occasion, the mining town is going to party March 28 through 30; there will be a parade, music festival, Searles Valley Minerals plant tours, memorabilia for sale and to photograph, mountain man encampments and a symposium on the history of Trona.
The meeting was officiated by chairwoman "Lit" Brush, the oldest living Trona resident. She is not the oldest person in Trona, but she has lived in the town longer than anyone else alive – since 1926.
The centennial committee met at the Trona Senior Center to discuss details and begin ironing out any last-minute wrinkles and getting the schedules set in stone. The committee is waiting for permits from San Bernardino County before the event can be officially advertised; specifically buying advertising space in newspapers or posting fliers about the event. The permits are for incidentals such as tarps and food vending.
Permits applications were sent on time, but the process is slow. Priscilla Benadom, in charge of the permits, said she has been told a person named "Nita" is handling Trona's permits and has said the permits should be in hand by next Friday. She said that was the good and bad news; good in that the permit is in process and not sitting on a desk somewhere, and the bad news being the committee has to wait for the permits before advertising the event that is just a few short weeks away.
Brush asked Lori Cox of the Food Committee how things were progressing.
"I haven't been Lori Cox in more than 35 years, it's Lori Zimmerman," Zimmerman told Brush.
"When you've lived here as long as I have you're Lori Cox," Brush said.
There should be plenty to fill a belly at the event. Aside from the vendors selling their edible wares, there will be community feasts. There will be a pasta feed at the Senior Center Friday and the Elks Lodge is hosting a deep-pit barbecue Saturday.
There will be a street fair and live music. Dicks Sims said he is also trying to get mountain men to set up encampments that display wagons and camp equipment from the Old West. There will be a musical group and family that will bring the wagon their ancestors used to come to California in the 1800s.
Sims said there are a couple politicians running for various offices that have showed interest in attending. Sims said one prospective political visitor said he would bring out TV crews from Southern California to cover the event.
Live music will include the music festival's featured performer, Peter Stewart, nephew of Stan Jones who penned the Western classic, "Ghost Riders in the Sky."
There will be a parade with prizes and trophies for different categories, but those details are still being finalized.
There will be several tours for visitors to the event. There will be rare tours of the Searles Valley Minerals mining operation, just like the ones offered during the popular Gem-O-Rama annual rock fest. The tours of the operations are a chance to see the inner workings of one of the most unique mines in the world.
There will also be tours of the town's many churches, and a guidebook to the Argus Cemetery has been published. Author Cholla Sizemore has produced an already popular guide to the cemetery that explains many of the tombstones and those that lay beneath them, buried from 1915 to 1965. The guide has been completed and Sizemore is waiting for the copies from the press and publisher. She said she asked for 500 copies but predicts she will have to have a second printing. She has talked about the book to a few local organizations that have already given her money for books. She added that the Historical Society of the High Desert has invited her to speak about the book at their next function and expects many more sales then. She said the society also wants to have the book for sale at the Historic USO Building bookstore.
There will also be collectible post cards, created by Fred Hartson, for sale at the Searles Valley Historical Society Museum. A prized collector's item will be the postcards with a commemorative stamp that will get a March 27 cancellation mark from the Trona Postmaster at the celebration.
The design on the post card will be the same design on T-shirts and posters for the event. There will also be a special soda for the event, John Searles Root Beer, brewed and bottled by Indian Wells Brewing Company.
The Trona Airport will have historic planes and others on display and will hold an ice cream social from 2-3 p.m. the Saturday of the event.
The Trona Centennial Celebration History Symposium will take place from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday at the Trona High School Auditorium. The symposium will feature nearly 20 speakers talking on subjects ranging from the history of Trona Road to Chicken Liquor and other bootlegging ventures in the town.
Trona Care! — the organization of volunteers that cleans up the small town — will be busy getting ready for the event, too. And, the local garden club will be placing beautiful bouquets and arrangements on the tombstones highlighted in Sizemore's book.
The event is still seeking volunteers to help with a load of projects leading up to, and on the day of, the event.
More details about the events, the postcards and Sizemore's book will be appearing in future editions of the Daily Independent. For current updates on the event, look for the Trona Centennial Celebration page on Facebook.
Trona readies for centennial celebration
March 27, 2014, will mark the 100th anniversary of the Trona Post Office and the official dedication of the town as an official community. To celebrate the occasion, the mining town is going to party March 28 through 30; there will be a parade, music festival, Searles Valley Minerals plant tours, memorabilia for sale and to photograph, mountain man encampments and a symposium on the history of Trona.


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Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced Monday that defenseman Adam Pardy has been recalled from the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.
Pardy (28, 6'4", 226 lbs.) will join the Sabres for the second time this season after tallying an assist in his Sabres debut on Feb. 5 at Ottawa. Pardy has five points (one goal, four assists) and a plus-1 rating in 11 AHL games with the Americans.
The Bonavista, Newfoundland, native was acquired from the Dallas Stars with forward Steve Ott on July 2. In four previous NHL seasons, Pardy recorded 29 points (four/25) and 157 penalty minutes in 183 games with the Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars.

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lankou wrote:Lady Saw has recorded some nice gospel tunes in a very able way, one is Incline Thine Ears on Penthouse.
It seems that Tanya Stephens has done so as well, like Nadine Sutherland. and Toots 's daughters(one is very popular in the caribbean gospel scene, where she duets with her husband).
Same for Richie Stephens, Mikey Spice.
Some artists that went born again: Lt Stitchie, Papa San, Judy Mowatt, Jr Tucker, Crissy D, Chevelle Franklyn.
A lot of tunes from the 60's and early 70's contain biblical quotes without being rasta-oriented, though some people sometimes trytomake them pass off as rasta songs to suit their own agenda, but that's another story.
he is constantly trying to be something he is not
Like Israel Vibration, maybe?
To me, Rasta is the soul of reggae. Not only is reggae music spiritual, it is also rebellious and dreadful. Music with a purpose.


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Unlocking the secrets to any great racetrack is a challenge for any novice racer. Learning the lines, finding the limits of the car and, of course, yourself when pushing to the edge.
It's unnerving, to say the least, but I fought my anxiety, gripped the wheel and planted my foot. I was here to learn one of the greatest tracks in the world and had the AMG Driving Academy to teach me every nuance of the 11-turn, 2.238-mile course of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
The AMG Driving Academy is nothing new to Europeans. They've been willing participants for years, enrolling young drivers in the program since 2006. Adapting the formula to American pallets, the Academy offers three levels of driver education on tracks across the United States.
When it rolls into town, you don't need to worry about sharing the field with grassroots racers or test and tune teams – you get the track to yourselves for the entire session, whether its the one-day Basic level, two-day Advanced or even three-day Pro course. This means tracks like Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, Lime Rock Park and Road America become your personal AMG playground.
As you'd hope, AMG brings its fleet of coupes, convertibles and GTs for you to experience. Our line-up included the SLK55, C63 AMG Coupe, CLS63 AMG, SLS AMG, SL63 AMG, E63 AMG, and the legendary CLK63 AMG Black Series (taxi rides only). Needless to say, our cup runneth over!
The Advanced level – the session we'd been invited to attend by Meguiar's – was a two-day intensive course designed to get you thinking faster, looking further and pushing harder. Admittedly, I'm no track junkie but dream I could be (he's a sort of Sergeant Slow – Ed). My previous track time has been very limited, so I'll admit to being apprehensive at first, particularly with this much high-powered machinery at my disposal.
Day one was perfectly paced. First, we tackled a slalom through Turn 4, then a trail braking exercise through Turns 1 and 2. Next was a skidpad designed to exercise power oversteer transitions, then an ABS braking lane change discipline before an autocross to put everything you'd learned into practice. Did I mention all this took place before lunch?
In the afternoon, the cars were lined up on pitlane to assault the full course with lead/follow laps. Driving onto the track I idolized as a "bucket list" destination proved to be a steep learning curve. Luckily, the AMG instructors encouraged us at every turn… even the intimidating Corkscrew was meticulously broken down and stripped of its menace.
By day's end our lap times were tumbling and I was excited to discover I came within 5sec of guest driver Tommy Kendall (you can see my "Final Lap" in a Mercedes SLS at europeancarweb.com
Throughout the day, while other participants ran their Final Lap, groups rotated from car to car. When finished, it's estimated we ran almost 50 laps in various vehicles, not to mention the autocross competition in the paddock area, where the fastest times were awarded various prizes including an official AMG racing helmet.
Checking off an item on your bucket list is hugely rewarding, but doing it with the AMG Driving Academy instructors pushing you to apply every lesson was beyond my expectations. I walked away with a newfound passion for track days and a better understanding of my daily driving habits (most of which are bad Los Angeles habits). It's provided me with more confidence and the desire to discover if I could handle the Pro Level, where open lapping takes place almost the entire day.
The AMG Driving Academy is open to anyone who wishes to benefit from the experience and training. It's recommended for Mercedes-Benz AMG customers who wish to explore the ability of their cars and learn to control them at speed.
Known for providing exceptional car care products, Meguiar's partnered with the AMG Academy as a title sponsor for the program. As a result, every car is kept looking its best by the on-site detailers, no matter what the conditions or how hard they're driven. Meguiar's even donates products to participants as part of a top three autocross prize, with one visitor receiving a free car detail on the day. meguiars.com
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Two-day event. Day-one: Breakfast, agility slalom, drag race, group photo, skidpad (wet cornering), ABS braking lane change, line technique, lunch. Sector training, line talk classroom, handling course/autocross, group lead/follow on full course. Driver reception and dinner.
Day-two: Breakfast, lead/follow, lead/follow Final Lap, competition autocross, data classroom, lunch. Lead/follow, lead/follow Final Lap, competition autocross, data classroom, Taxi rides and Victory Ceremony. $3195
Three-day event. Day-one: Lunch, technical classroom, drive modules (50min rotations), timed slalom, skidpad (wet cornering), ABS braking lane change, line technique. Driver reception and dinner.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Yes, We Have That!
We have many unexpected items /services we provide at our library. Karen, the Library Director, is very crafty and has been found fixing broken flip flops and backpacks. We also store big projects that do not fit in student lockers in my office - not to mention the snacks and birthday cakes (oh the temptation!).
Besides the regular office supplies, the students ask for a variety of objects that we usually have! I do love teaching 16-year-olds about office supplies however. They never know the name of the staple remover, and they love learning how to get paper clips out of the dispenser.
A side note - when our stapler is out of staples, we have noticed our boys ask for a new stapler, and the girls ask for staples to load the current one. Hmm.. what can gender studies specialists say about that?
We have safety pins, stamps, lint removers, markers, and wrapping paper.
We have math supplies,
we have old technologies,
we have items to take care of students when they are hurt,
and of course, I could do a whole other post on what we have put in the lost and found (underwear?)!
What unique and handy services do you provide (that are not library-related)? What useful items do you have that the students sometimes need?
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Needle and thread for sewing on buttons (I don't do it for them, but I show them how). Toys -- little manipulative puzzles at the counter -- they love them. Sometimes a growing animal in a big jar of water; we grew a crab earlier, and now we're growing a pirate. These high school boys love this stuff, and one actually took home the crab over a break,,,, Chess sets. Calvin and Hobbes books brought from my housre. So far, Bloom County seems too weird for them.ReplyDelete
we have a spool of thin rope. Max used it to macrame a belt for a kid who lost the elastic in his pants..don't ask how that one happened! lots and lots of toys..a business card cutter...sticker maker...for some reason, lots and lots of ribbonReplyDelete


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Knee-jerking 20 times over the Mitchell Report:
1. Today was to be baseball's stern reckoning with its past. I don't have a sense of closure, though. While it feels a bit like well-choreographed theater today, I suspect history will look back on this day and this report as a seminal turning point for the game -- but only if Major League Baseball and its players union respond in the right way.
2. Here's your list of Orioles included in the report: Brian Roberts, Miguel Tejada, Jay Gibbons, Rafael Palmeiro, Larry Bigbie, David Segui, Jack Cust, Jason Grimsley, Ricky Bones, Jerry Hairston, Tim Laker, Gregg Zaun, Manny Alexander, Kevin Brown, Howie Clark, Todd Williams, Kent Mercker and Gary Matthews Jr. Biggest surprise on the list: That Tim Laker was an Oriole? Yes, for seven glorious games in 1997. Biggest disappointment: Further confirmation that Roberts is strongly linked to performance-enhancing drugs. More on this later in this column.
3. Kudos should go to Andy MacPhail, who might have timed a trade better than just about any other executive in the game. He shipped Miguel Tejada to Houston just one day before his name surfaced on Mitchell's report. We don't know whether there's any penalties attached to today's news, but suffice to say, Tejada would've been tougher to move tomorrow than he was yesterday.
4. That said, will Roberts bring as much in trade as he would've a week ago? Because of the nature of the allegation against him (more on this later), don't expect the difference to be significant.
5. This report has been regarded much like a supermarket tabloid. Now that it's out and the names, the timeline and Mitchell's recommendation are a part of baseball's eternal record, our attention should turn to the idea of accountability. Not just the offenders named in the report, but those who resisted this battle or simply turned an eye to the problem.
6. Of course, if we were to really have a conversation about steroids and accountability, Bud Selig and Don Fehr would be in an unemployment line right now.
7. Mitchell today recommended that baseball move forward and not punish the players listed in today's report. This might be difficult to do. Jay Gibbons' 15-day suspension, announced last week, tells us that Selig does not necessarily need a positive test to dole out punishments. And if the players in today's report receive amnesty for some reason, Selig might have to revisit Gibbons' case. I say, if Selig trusts Mitchell's work and Mitchell's findings, if there are players on the list who are known to have used performance-enhancing drugs after the last collective bargaining agreement toughened baseball's drug-testing policy, it'd be a shame for these players to escape punishment entirely.
8. Suggested follow-up investigation for Mitchell: How could 18 Orioles have used performance-enhancing drugs and have still performed at such a poor level for so long?
9. Mitchell said that "the onset of mandatory random drug testing is the single most important step taken so far to combat the problem. But it was delayed for years by the opposition of the Players' Association." If the union were truly interested in cleaning up the sport and in delivering a clean, honorable product to fans, they would've played a much more active role.
10. Even before the report was released, it seemed clear that information it contained would be swallowed as gospel by fans. In fact, today's report shouldn't be viewed as any sort of verdict, rather as simple charges and accusations. Mitchell headed an investigative body; he didn't preside over a courtroom. And the report explains that even though more than 700 witnesses were interviewed, Mitchell didn't have full cooperation from the players, among others. Unfortunately, in the court of public opinion, we don't always wait to hear both sides, and my guess is that any player's name who was included in today's report will be branded "CHEATER" for a long time to come, regardless of whatever defense he tries to put forth.
11. Anyone else think that Roger Clemens receives the same level of ire and loathing that's been heaped on Bonds? Me neither.
12. At the end of the report, we have an addendum of evidence. Included: Copies of six checks from David Segui to Kirk Radomski and two from Miguel Tejada to Adam Piatt, Tejada's former teammate in Oakland. Tejada's checks were both dated March 21, 2003. There are also several checks from Piatt made out to Radomski.
13. Piatt's lawyer contacted Mitchell and the report commends him for his cooperation. In Oakland, Piatt and Tejada had lockers next to each other in 2003. "According to Piatt, Tejada asked specifically if he had any steroids," the report states. "Piatt believed that Tejada asked him because Piatt was in good shape and generally friendly with him."
"Piatt had several conversations with Tejada before a transaction occurred. Piatt admitted he had access to steroids and human growth hormone and agreed to obtain them for Tejada. Piatt recalled that he provided Tejada with testosterone or Deca-Durabolin, as well as human growth hormone. Piatt emphasized that he did not know whether Tejada actually used the substances."
14. Radomski said he dealt more with Segui than any other player. The report further states that Segui led others to Radomski, including Larry Bigbie. "Segui and Bigbie were teammates on the Orioles from 2001 through 2004," the report states. "When Segui came to New York, Radomski occasionally socialized with him and some of the younger Orioles players, one of whom was Bigbie." This leads us to...
15. The report states that both Bigbie and Roberts lived in Segui's Baltimore house toward the latter part of their 2001 season. "When Bigbie and Segui used steroids in the house, Roberts did not participate," the report states. "According to Bigbie, however, in 2004 Roberts admitted to him that he had injected himself once or twice with steroids in 2004. Until this admission, Bigbie had never suspected Roberts of using steroids."
16. To me, that reads like the allegation against Roberts is merely second-hand, word-of-mouth information. That wouldn't result in a conviction in a court of law and it shouldn't result in conviction in the court of public opinion. Even if Roberts did use, if his use was limited to just a couple of times, I think fans and baseball observers could be very forgiving.
All of that said, he's now been linked to the steroid controversy in a couple of different ways (the first was via former teammate Grimsley), so even Roberts' own defense is probably deserving of skepticism.
17. Best thing I heard from Mitchell today: the recommendation for an independent testing system, which included transparency for the public and unannounced year-round testing. This should have been done a decade ago, and it might be the only way to restore fans' faith in the game.
18. When we talk about the legacies of some of these players, much of the talk revolves around the Hall of Fame. In my book, the burden of proof is now on the players. If you want entrance into Cooperstown, then come clean. Lay out a timeline. Defend your accomplishments prior to your alleged drug use. The truth shall set you free.
19. A lot has been made in the past few days about the conflict of interest presented by the investigator's history with the Red Sox. Here's how Mitchell addressed that today: "Judge me by my work. Take a look at how the investigation was conducted. Read the report. You will not find any evidence or bias, of special treatment of the Red Sox or anyone else. Because there is none."
A cursory glance through the report makes me think that he's probably right and that he was able to conduct an unbiased investigation. That said, it still feels like a foolish decision by Selig to even allow a potential conflict to arise. As a colleague pointed out to me earlier this week, this whole investigation is about reassuring the public, so why give the public a reason to doubt the findings?
20. Mitchell said: "A principle goal of this investigation is to bring to a close this troubling chapter in baseball's history." Has it? Not by a long shot. For better or worse, today's release of the report will spark a whole new round of discussions.


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I don't usually mind winter, even though it entails my mare looking like a yak, little riding and lots of lugging water, frozen manure, bad roads, oil bills and listening to my husband complain about it from November to May. But this winter was a winter like nothing in the past 30 years ... or it seemed that way to me. I remember winters like this when I was a kid, with 8' snowbanks and two-day blizzards dumping 36" of snow. About the only thing we missed was the week-long stretch of sub-zero weather. Anyway, all this has left me more than ready for spring, and we're only just well into mud season (which can last a couple weeks, or until the end of May). Mix into this the fact that everyone I know has gotten away for at least a long weekend and I haven't gone anywhere since last September (AND I had to miss Johnny Clegg's tour - the first since '05), toss in the usual hormonal mood swings that accompany being "of a certain age", and top it with the fact that I haven't been to the dojo in two weeks, and you have yourself a crabby, grouchy old broad who needs to lose the CrankyPants before someone gets bitten.
To that end, I've decided to vent about Stuff I Don't Like. It might not help, but it sure as hell won't hurt.
I don't dislike saddle pads in general; even shim pads are ok - it's the "special" pads that bug me.
- "This pad will make any saddle fit your horse" pads. Not. While shim pads and the like can be helpful "band aids" to temporarily correct minor fitting issues, and I'll be one of the first to advocate for their correct use, there's no saddle pad in the world that will make your saddle fit if it really and truly doesn't, and no pad in the world that will make every saddle fit your horse. Brilliant marketing ploy, but not so great in the real world.
- Gel pads. They're hot, they're heavy, they don't breathe, they feel icky and they don't do diddly to alleviate pressure. Think about it: when you poke one, the gel moves away from the pressure rather than doing anything to pad it. They can also put pressure right on the spinous process (even if they have the space to accommodate the spine, they can get dragged down by their own weight and cause issues there), and I've seen them scald horses' backs when used in hot weather. Hate 'em, hate 'em, hate 'em.
- Lollipop pads. They can put pressure directly on the spinous process, and when used to lift the cantle of a saddle with a too-narrow tree, make the tree points dig into the horse's back. Ouch.
- Impression pads. They can be a useful tool in showing where the saddle's creating a lot of pressure, but they don't tell you why it's there. Additionally, the ones I've seen are pretty bulky and can create saddle fitting issues that a regular thin quilt won't and that really aren't there to begin with. Again, think: your saddle seems to fit fine, but you want to check it. You stick a 1" thick pad (keep in mind that one tree width = about 3/4") full of mushy dental cement or putty or whatever that squishy stuff is under it, and you don't think it'll show pressure somewhere? Put on some thick, fuzzy wool socks and then stuff your feet into your dress-up shoes and prance about for a bit. Then come talk to me about pressure.
Until science can come up with a way to truly quantify why a saddle fits (or doesn't) the individual horse and rider, until it can measure how each physical characteristic, preference and pecadillo comes into play and why some horses and riders seem to defy the known laws of gravity and physics, saddle fitting is always going to be more theoretical than empirical, more of an art than a science. The saddle fitter can offer educated opinions and input, but in the end, that's ALL we can offer, and sometimes we have to face the fact that not every customer (whether two or four legged) will agree with our recommendations. We aren't going to nail it every time. We will run into horses and riders that we can't fit (or at least fit to our satisfaction), for whatever reason. And if that happens, trying to cram our ideas down the customer's throat will NOT end well. Just take your ego and get the hell out of the way. Sometimes it's far better to send the customer on to another fitter with "I'm sorry I couldn't help you, and I hope you have better luck with Bunny Snugglebutt and HappyArse Saddlery." Less headache for everyone.
Sometimes fitters make mistakes. We'll take the tracing wrong, forget to mention a fitting option to a customer, screw up on the order form and write down the wrong color or size ... and that's when we have to put on the big girl/boy pants and say, "Yeah, I screwed up." It might cost you some money to correct the mistake, but in the long run, it'll cost less than the damage it'll do to your reputation (and perhaps the horse's back) if you don't pony up.
In theory, a great idea - as least to get an idea of static fit - but I've never seen this method work better than a standard template, and sometimes it doesn't work as well. The casts and impressions we've received have arrived broken, warped, pulverized, squashed and, in one memorable instance, melted into a blob. We even received one that we had to assemble - slide flange A into slot B until marks C and D are aligned. It definitely kept us occupied for a while, but didn't look much like a horse's back when we were through.
Again, I'll preface this statement: certification is all well and good IF there's a good education behind it. What irks me is when a saddle co. will "certify" you as a fitter in a couple days or - in some cases - a couple hours. I'm certified by one saddle company, and it's by virtue of spending an afternoon listening to a sales pitch, attempting to fit their saddles to a couple different horses and answering one question correctly. The fact that the saddles didn't fit (and couldn't be made to fit) the horses we were working with seemed to be of little interest to the rep; my objections were met with "Oh, just add another shim and get the rider on, and it'll be fine." To my mind, that doesn't make you a fitter - it just makes you a rep ... for whatever that's worth.
"My trainer wanted me in a _______ (fill in the blank) saddle so I bought one, but it made me and my horse miserable." If I had a nickle for every time I've heard that, I might not be rich, but I'd have a lot of nickles. When I was teaching and training professionally, I never much cared what my students used as long as it fit them and their horse. But some trainers ... I don't know whether they get a kickback from each saddle sold or what the motivation is, but there seems to be a good number of trainers out there who demand that their students ride in a particular saddle, whether it's a good fit or not. Now, to me, that's sort of a contradiction in terms: if you're a trainer, you want your students (and their horses) to perform to the best of their ability, since if they look good, other people will go, "Hey, that rider and horse look great. I want to ride with their trainer." If, on the other hand, your students look as though they have a hedgehog in their breeches and their horses are going around with their heads up the rider's nose, smart people might go, "Oooh ... that rider looks like they have a hedgehog in their breeches, and their horse's head is up their nose. No, thanks." Wouldn't you think it better to let the horse and rider be comfy rather than branded? Chacun à son goût.
If a horse has a big wither, it seems that popular wisdom demands that the horse be fit with a narrow tree, even if the horse in question isn't all that narrow. "Nothing else will clear the wither" is usually the reasoning. Well, true - a narrow tree will usually make a saddle clear most withers; it also pinches the living hell out of the wither in question, makes the saddle sit pommel-high, and throws the rider so far into the back seat that they look as though they're water skiing. So, in an effort to level things out, someone shoves a lollipop pad (see above) under the saddle, which may bring the cantle up, but ... again, see above.
In the decade plus that I've been fitting saddles, I've run into precisely two horses who needed narrow trees. They also needed panel modifications - K or trapezius panels, wither or full front gussets, and deeper rear gussets. And amazingly, after a couple months, that tree needed to be widened because for the first time, the the horse could use him/herself properly and the muscles had room to grow. Both of those horses went on to need new saddles, because the narrow tree they'd started with couldn't be widened enough to accommodate the horses they grew to be.
As Edie always says, "Saddle fitting is NOT rocket science," but some people - fitters, saddle companies and customers - want take it to the other extreme. They turn it into some sort of arcane knowledge that's a cross between alchemy and brain surgery, and to gain understanding of it, you must join the Anointed Society of Saddlefitters (ASS) by giving a pound of flesh, a quart of blood and learning the secret handshake. Only then will you get the decoder ring.
Yes, you do need a basic working knowledge to become a fitter, and the longer you do it, the better you'll likely become. Gaining an education can be a challenge (though it's more accessible here in the States than it used to be), and some people have a better eye and feel for it than others, but it's not tough to learn the basics. If the saddle is comfortable for horse and rider, it doesn't NEED the Infinitely Adjustable Tree or the Ergonomic Shoulder Relief Panels or the 15-Position Billet System or the Gender-Specific Seat or the Matching Cup Holder. Listen to the horse and rider. See entry on "Ego" above.
I guess that covers the bulk of my dislikes - in the saddle fitting realm, anyway. If we were talking more generally, I could add small trash cans, rude people, clowns (they scare me), maple nougat, Pamela Anderson (who has a sort of creepy bad-drag-queen-meets-zombie vibe - see "clowns"), wet socks, house cleaning and conventional society.
But Eddie Izzard makes me laugh - especially when he's in action transvestite mode - so it all balances out.


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High availability and agility are two of the main draws of cloud applications. With the new Rackspace Service Registry – available in preview today – we're helping developers make their applications highly available through exposing the building blocks for automation and centralized configuration storage.
Rackspace Service Registry is one of the first Rackspace services focused on helping our customers run and automate their application versus their infrastructure.
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What is Rackspace Service Registry?
Rackspace Service Registry is an API-driven cloud service built to keep track of your services and store configuration values, which allows you to react to changes faster and make your application or service more highly-available.
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Service Discovery
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When we started building the new product, we looked at what our current solution already offered and what we and our customers needed. The result is a Service Registry built on top of Apache Cassandra and Apache ZooKeeper that offers a lot of the functionality required for building highly-available services in dynamic environments.
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Method No. 1 requires a bit more work on your side, but it offers more fine-grained level of control and it is the preferred method.
How does it compare to Chef/Puppet/other configuration management solutions?
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In a lot of scenarios people store different configuration values in Chef inside attributes and data bags, and when performing a Chef run, configuration values get written out to a file on disk, and usually a service needs to be restarted or SIGHUP-ed to read those changes.
Service Registry allows users to store arbitrary configuration values on the server and be notified when a value changes or is deleted. This allows users to move this functionality into code and react to changes faster without interruption to the service.
A good use case for this is storing a list of database server IP addresses inside the configuration value in the Service Registry. Inside the code, users can poll the events feed for changes and re-initialize an internal connection pool when a value changes. This allows users to react to those changes faster compared to using other solutions such as using DNS hostnames instead of IP addresses.
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When 4-year-old Ava Pannozzo of Lewiston began running a fever just after Easter, Ida Maria (Colangelo) Pannozzo assumed her daughter had contracted a typical childhood virus. As the fevers continued, however, the family's pediatrician sent them to Women and Children's Hospital for further testing.
"When the doctor told me to report to Children's, I packed for three days, because I had a feeling we weren't coming home for a little while," Ida recalled.
After 12 days of treatment and tests, doctors determined Ava was battling familial HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis) - a rare genetic dysfunction of the immune system that occurs in approximately 1 in 50,000 births.
The youngster has been undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments since the beginning of May to keep the disorder at bay.
"Ava has responded to the chemotherapy very well and is feeling much better, but this is only a temporary solution and we have a long road ahead," noted her father, Christopher Pannozzo.
The family is in the process of transferring Ava's care to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, a world-leader in HLH research. There, Ava will undergo a life-saving bone marrow transplant to replace her malfunctioning immune system with that of a normal and healthy individual.
The bone marrow transplant process will require Ava to spend at least three months in the hospital. The family expects Ida and Ava to be in Cincinnati for a minimum of six months in order to complete treatment.
Despite the treatments to come, the family is optimistic, "Ava's doctors have indicated that preliminary searches revealed a number of potential donor matches for her," Ida said. "We are hopefully going to be very lucky in that way."
The family realizes that the battle against HLH is a long and costly one. In honor of Ava, her family and friends are holding "A Benefit for Ava." This fundraiser is to help defray medical costs family members will incur when they travel to Cincinnati for further treatment.
Please help the families by joining in the fight against HLH. The benefit will take place on from noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Antonio's Restaurant, Banquet and Conference Center, 7704 Niagara Falls Blvd., Niagara Falls. A donation of $25 for adults will include food and beverages; children under 16 are also welcome at no charge. There will be a basket raffle; a silent auction with autographed sports memorabilia, hotel packages, youth bicycles, an iPad, and more; and a 50/50 raffle.
Monetary donations to A Benefit for Ava will also be accepted. To purchase tickets or make a donation, contact Giulio or Beth Colangelo at 716-299-1095; Jackie or Anthony Pannozzo at 716-297-5310; or Gina Pannozzo at 716-807-6798. For more information, or make donations online, visit abenefitforava.com or email [email protected].
More information about HLH can be found at www.histio.org/hemophagocyticsyndromes. Information about the national bone marrow donor program, BetheMatch.org can be found at: http://bethematch.org/Home.aspx.


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CHARLESTON, S.C. (Nov. 19, 2012) – Coming off a heartbreaking three-point setback to Tennessee Tech at home Saturday, the ETSU men's basketball team embarks on a brief two-game road swing beginning Tuesday night at Charleston Southern. Tip is set for 7:30 p.m. inside the Buccaneer Fieldhouse.
Tuesday is the first game of a home-and-home series in 2012-13 as Charleston Southern makes the return trip on Dec. 18.
Charleston Southern (1-2) opened the season with back-to-back road losses at Charlotte and Arizona before picking up a 105-69 win against Hiwassee Thursday night. The Bucs were picked to win the Big South's South Division at the beginning of the season as Charleston Southern returns four starters from last season's team that finished 19-12.
Tuesday marks the fourth meeting between the two programs with ETSU leading the all-time series, 3-0. The last time the two programs met was back on Dec. 18, 1997 when the Bucs defeated Charleston Southern 82-65 in Johnson City.
Fans unable to make the trip to Charleston can listen to the game on WXSM-AM 640 The Extreme Sports Monster, while live video will be provided on the Big South Sports Network. Live stats can also be accessed by visiting CSUSports.com.
For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the 2012-13 season, visit ETSUBucs.com.
We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
Buc Bits
After several years of quality returning players and at least some level of certainty regarding what to expect heading into the winter months, the 2012-13 ETSU men's basketball team will enter the new campaign with several questions and concerns. ... The loss of standout seniors such as Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) and Tommy Hubbard (Boston) will be hard to overcome, considering that group combined for a total of 3,091 points in their careers ... A year ago, the Bucs enjoyed quality wins such as a road victory over Atlantic 10 Conference foe Charlotte, and finished with a respectable 17 victories on the season. The team finished fourth in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings at 10-8, reaching the league tournament semifinals. ... This season, the Bucs top two returning starters are guards Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) and Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.), who both combined to score 19.7 points per game a year ago. ... Along with those two, fellow guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) and forward Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) are the only other ETSU players to be returning after playing significant minutes last year, but Poderis is now lost for the season with a left foot injury and will be forced to redshirt, while Jones is academically ineligible for the first semester ... With so few returning, experienced players, ETSU will be looking to some unproven returning players, as well as a recruiting class that includes three incoming freshmen and a pair of junior college transfers, to come in and make an immediate impact. Sophomores Rashawn Rembert (Tampa) and John Walton (Memphis), along with redshirt freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville) are expected to increase their production this year, while true freshmen guards Petey McClain (Mobile, Ala.), Mario Stramaglia (Birmingham, Ala.), and Yunio Barrueta (Miami, Fla.) will look to blossom into early contributors. ... On the interior, Poderis and Walton will need help from junior college transfers Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) and Hunter Harris (Nashville). While they may have plenty of questions entering the season, the Bucs' schedule will not provide much patience for development. The team will face teams such as North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss and Georgia in the opening weeks of the season, and will host 2011 Final Four participant VCU (Jan. 2) just days before the start of the Atlantic Sun Conference slate. The team will also enjoy a Christmas holiday trip to the Diamond Head Classic and face Arizona in the first round of that event on Dec. 22.
Last time out
Trailing Tennessee Tech by 13 points late in the second half, the ETSU men's basketball team rallied to get within two with 14 seconds remaining, but a game-tying 3-point attempt by Buccaneers' senior guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) missed the mark as time expired and the Golden Eagles escaped the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center with a 65-62 victory Saturday afternoon in non-conference basketball action.
ETSU got a team-high 19 points from senior guard Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.), while Cooley netted 17 in the loss. Meanwhile, junior forward Hunter Harris (Nashville) pitched in 14 points and seven rebounds, and redshirt freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville) had 12.
For Tennessee Tech, guard Jud Dillard led the way with a game-high 25 points and grabbed a double-double with 10 rebounds. Meanwhile, guard Jeremia Samarrippas and forward Dennis Ogbe pitched in 11 points apiece.
The series versus Charleston Southern
ETSU holds a 3-0 record all-time against Charleston Southern, having first played CSU back in 1979 ... The last meeting came back on Dec. 18, 1997, with ETSU winning by a score of 82-65 in Johnson City ... ETSU also defeated Charleston Southern, 70-67, 18 days prior in South Carolina.
Last time out against Charleston Southern
Four ETSU players scored in double figures, including Greg Stephens finishing with a game-high 25 points as the Bucs defeated Charleston Southern, 82-65, inside the Dome back on Dec. 18, 1997 ... Stephens finished 7-of-12 from the field and went 11-of-15 from the free throw line, while Adrian Meeks and Reggie Todd both added double-doubles ... Meeks tallied 12 points and 11 rebounds and Todd ended with 15 points and 11 boards ... Kyle Keeton was the fourth ETSU play to score in double digits after netting 13 points ... as a team, ETSU shot 51-percent from the field (26-51) and went 29-of-41 from the free throw line.
Bartow atop list of second generation coaches
Murry Bartow's coaching lineage is undeniable ... As the son of the late Gene Bartow, he had the fortunate opportunity to grow up learning from one of the most successful basketball coaches in college history ... Setting off on his own career, Murry has carried on the family tradition of success ... His 61 percent winning percentage at ETSU makes him the winningest Buccaneers' head coach by percentage, and his 179 career wins ranks second on the ETSU all-time list ... In addition, Murry's 282 career victories ranks No. 1 among second generation college coaches, besting the 252 wins by John Thompson III ... Along with his father's 647 career wins, the Bartow men have combined for 929 victories, ranking fourth on the all-time win list for Father/Son coaches.
Wilson named A-Sun Newcomer of the Week
Many ETSU basketball fans had been eagerly awaiting the debut of redshirt freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville). Against Virginia Tech on Nov. 10, the 6-foot-4 forward did not disappoint. ... Posting a team-high 20 points to go along with nine rebounds, Wilson was definitely impressive against the Hokies. For his efforts, he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference newcomer of the week on Tuesday. ... In that game last week, Wilson hit on 8-of-15 shots from the field and was 3-of-6 from 3-point range, as he came off the bench to play 27 minutes.
Home Sweet Dome ... against non-conference teams
Since the 1996-97 season, the Buccaneers are an amazing 153-49 overall inside Memorial Center, good for a winning percentage of 76 percent ... But when looking at the past 11 years, the Bucs are an even more impressive 46-5 against non-conference opponents ... Last year, the Bucs went 10-3 overall at the Dome and a perfect 4-0 against non-conference opponents.
McClain makes start at point, Barrueta provides valuable play
True freshmen Petey McClain (Mobile, Ala.) and Yunio Barrueta (Miami, Fla.) showed signs of a bright future in the Bucs' loss at Virginia Tech ... McClain started at point guard and played 29 minutes, scoring six points and dishing out three assists ... Meanwhile, Barrueta came off the bench to net four points on 2-of-2 shooting.
Talented Bucs still face obstacle with experience
At no time in the tenure of ETSU head coach Murry Bartow have the Buccaneers had less experience ... This season, the team has 13 active players on the roster and only 13 total years of Division I experience combined among all those student-athletes ... On average, that's just one year of experience per player on average ... With four freshmen and two sophomores that means that nearly half the team are "underclassmen."
Bucs ranked 2nd, Cooley 12th in steals a year ago
Key to the Bucs' success last year was the ability to swipe the ball from opponents ... Senior Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) returns this season after ranking 12th nationally with 2.48 steals per game, and as a team, the Bucs ranked second nationally with 10.2 steals per game.
Dubose to be counted on to provide offensive spark
Last season, senior guard Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.) ranked third on the team with an average of 10.8 points per game ... Those numbers were solid for a first-year junior college transfer, and he also posted statistics such as 16 games of double-figure scoring and six games of 20-plus points ... However, consistency was an issue at times for Dubose, who also posted nine games of five points or less ... Head coach Murry Bartow has publicly stated that a key to the Bucs' success this season will be having Dubose become a more consistent offensive threat.
Walton on his way up the depth chart
After playing limited minutes a year ago, forward John Walton (Memphis) has been impressing the ETSU coaching staff during the preseason and through the first two games of the 2012-13 campaign ... After hinting that Walton would demand more playing time this year, ETSU head caoch Murry Bartow started the 6-foot-7 sophomore in the Bucs' first two games this season ... at Virginia Tech, Walton responded with career highs for points (8), rebounds (5) and minuts played (30).
Junior college transfers set to power Bucs' inside game
With the signing of junior college transfers Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) and Hunter Harris (Nashville), the Bucs are hoping to have added some strength -- and beef -- to their inside game this season ... At 6-foot-5, 250 pounds, Gadsden-Gilliard is a rare combination of size and agility, while Harris is a high energy player who can rebound and block shots at a high level ... With the loss of senior post Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) for the season due to a foot injury, the expectations for Harris and KGG have only risen. ... In the season opener at Virginia Tech, KGG and Harris combined for 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Bucs have tradition of postseason appearances, success
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... In 2011, the Bucs made their first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, winning twice and advancing to the semifinals of that event ... It was the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
Bucs ink Merriweather for 2013-14
ETSU men's basketball head coach Murry Bartow announced last Thursday that the Buccaneers have made their first signing for the 2013-14 recruiting class. A.J. Merriweather, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound swingman from South Side High School in Jackson, Tenn., signed his national letter of intent with the Bucs on Wednesday. Merriweather – who averaged 12 points and 10 rebounds a game as a junior – was an all-district and all-region selection a year ago, while also posting the highest grade point average on his team.
Three-Point Streak
Since the 1993-94 season, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 577 consecutive games.
Wilson gives Bucs spark off the bench early on
After red-shirting the 2011-12 season, Lester Wilson has been a pleasant surprise for the Blue and Gold in 2012-13 ... in his first two collegiate games, Wilson is averaging 16 points and five rebounds ... the Knoxville, Tenn. native scored 20 points in his debut at Virginia Tech and followed that effort up with a 12-point performance Saturday vs. Tennessee Tech.
ETSU picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball – marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 – the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to ESPN.com's "Prestige" ranking released back in 2008 ... Since that time, the Bucs have only added to their list of prestigious honors … The Buccaneers -- who have enjoyed nine NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT and one CIT berth, 14 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85 -- ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.


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Setup OpenStack dashboard and perform an initial login.
These 2 steps are already completed but for reference:
- Get a basic openstack setup: Getting started with OpenStack on Fedora 17#Basic_Setup
- Follow the keystone setup steps here: Getting started with OpenStack on Fedora 17#Configuring keystone for authentication
How to test
Install Heat
sudo yum install -y heat
Configure the Heat database
sudo heat-db-setup rpm
Configure Keystone
source ~/keystonerc wget https://raw.github.com/heat-api/heat/master/tools/heat-keystone-service-devstack chmod +x heat-keystone-service-devstack sudo -E ./heat-keystone-service-devstack
Start Heat services
for svc in heat-api-cfn heat-api-cloudwatch heat-engine heat-metadata do sudo systemctl start $svc.service done
Download JEOS:
wget https://github.com/downloads/heat-api/prebuilt-jeos-images/F17-x86_64-cfntools.qcow2
Register JEOS with glance:
sudo mv F17-x86_64-cfntools.qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images glance add name=F17-x86_64-cfntools is_public=true disk_format=qcow2 container_format=bare < F17-x86_64-cfntools.qcow2
Known Issues
The Heat rpm does not include heat-keystone-service-devstack RHBZ #860105.
heat-db-setup deprecation warnings on F18 : heat issue #251
Expected Results
No obvious errors were displayed.


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Loren Brichter got his start working on the original iPhone at Apple, then created and ultimately sold Tweetie to Twitter, and is now responsible for the phenomenal word game, Letterpress. Jessica E. Lessin has profiled Brichter, and elaborated on his influence on mobile interface design in the Wall Street Journal:
When Dominique Leca wanted feedback on his Sparrow mail mobile app in 2010, he sought out Mr. Brichter. Mr. Brichter responded to Mr. Leca with copious notes about the Sparrow app, including suggesting an adjustment to Sparrow's text placement and advising Mr. Leca to "delay the fade-out animation by a second or so." Mr. Leca says he followed much of the advice and asked Mr. Brichter to be an adviser; Sparrow later received much acclaim and was acquired by Google Inc. last year.
Pull-to-refresh, sliding panel layers, and swipe-to-reveal are just a few of the things the WSJ reports have been picked up by everyone from Apple to BlackBerry to Facebook to Google. I think they even try to stick him with hamburger buttons and basements, the now ubiquitous 3-line icons that reveal a sidebar filled with menu items. Busted, Brichter!
The full article is a great read, but might be blocked by a paywall. This Google search link might get you in.
We've been honored to have Brichter talk about his background and work on both Iterate and Debug:
Congratulations to Brichter. I'm a huge fan of his work and I'm looking forward to this "arcade game" they tease as his next project.
Source: Wall Street Journal


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Steven is a big motorcycle enthusiast and travels all over the country to attend motorcycle rallies. This past weekend, there was a large one in Indiana that he and three friends attended. Since each of them was coming from a different location in the United States, they made plans to meet at the rally the day before it started, so they'd have a little extra time to visit together. Steven was the first to arrive, he checked into the hotel and settled down at the local diner, which is where they all agreed to meet, to wait for the rest. He didn't beat any of them by much, and they had a great lunch together while catching up on each other's latest news. Determine the name of each friend, what kind of sandwich each had for lunch, the state each traveled from, the time each arrived, and the type of motorcycle each drove.
1. Matilda didn't arrive on a Triumph motorcycle. The friend who came from Montana arrived fifteen minutes before the person riding the Suzuki motorcycle. Michael didn't order the fried fish sandwich.
2. Serena didn't ride a Suzuki motorcycle. Steven came from Connecticut. Serena didn't arrive on a Buell motorcycle.
3. The person who ordered the hamburger arrived before the person who ordered a fried fish sandwich. The person who ordered the roast beef sandwich came from Florida.
4. The person riding the Harley-Davidson motorcycle arrived from Texas.
5. Michael, who arrived at 12:45pm, didn't order a grilled chicken sandwich.
6. Steven didn't get the roast beef sandwich. Matilda ordered a hamburger.
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From WikEmacs
In Emacs terminology, a "frame" is what most window managers (Windows, OSX, GNOME, KDE, etc.) would call a "window".
It will typically have a title bar and some buttons to iconify (minimize), maximize / restore, and close the frame. To see an example, open up a second frame from your running Emacs instance with [C-x 5 2] (
make-frame-command). You can close frames with [C-x 5 0] (
delete-frame), though this will not close the last frame that is open.


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Raspberry Pi - Sunrise / Sunset Timer for Christmas Lights
OverviewTurkey day (Thanksgiving Day for those reading outside the US) is over and according to decades of holiday tradition, it's time to hang the exterior Christmas lights on the house. In the past I have always used simple mechanical timers to automatically turn on and off the lights based on fixed times. This year, armed with my Raspberry Pi, I wanted to create a simple DIY Raspi Christmas Lighting Timer that would control the power to the Christmas lights automatically based on sunrise and sunset times.
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The wiring for this project is quite simple. All we need are two wires to connect from the GPIO (P1) header on the Raspberry Pi to the PowerSwitch Tail power controller. Using male-to-female jumper wires make the task truly plug-n-play ... we don't need to solder or stip any wires.
The PowerSwitch Tail power controller works by turning on the high voltage AC circuit when a DC input of 3-12 VDC (3-30ma) is detected on its input terminal. When no input voltage is detected, the high voltage AC circuit turns off.
Fortunately the PowerSwitch Tail power controller input can be triggered directly by the Raspberry Pi's TTL 3.3 DC voltage supplied on its GPIO pins. This means that no additional transistors, relays, or other circuitry is needed to perform the switching.
In this project, we will use Raspberry Pi P1 header pin #12 (which is GPIO #1 in the Pi4J/WiringPi pin numbering scheme) as the positive control signal and we will use Raspberry Pi P1 header pin #6 for GND (ground). See the wiring diagram below. Insert the female end of the jumper wire on the Raspberry Pi GPIO header pins and then insert the male end of the jumper wire in the PowerSwitch terminal and tighten the captive screw to secure the wire in place. Make sure that your Raspberry Pi is not plugged in while attaching wires to prevent accidental shorts.
Below are photos of the completed and assembled project. Click any image to enlarge.
The software that determines sunrise and sunset times and controls the GPIO pins is Java based, therefore you must install a Java runtime to use this software.
To install the OpenJDK, simply enter this command via the Raspberry Pi's console:
> sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
(If you would prefer to install the Oracle JDK, please click here and read this article.)
The source code is provided as open source software and you can download the entire project from Github.
To run the software, a pre-compiled JAR is made available so that you don't have to compile the software on your own. Simply use the following command on the Raspberry Pi console to download the software to the current working directory on your Raspberry Pi.
> wget https://github.com/downloads/savagehomeautomation/raspi-sspc/raspi-sspc-1.0.0.jar
This software program also uses the Pi4J Project to manipulate the GPIO pin states on the Raspberry Pi; therefore, you must also download this prerequisite library to your working directory.
> wget https://github.com/downloads/Pi4J/pi4j/pi4j-core-0.0.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
To launch the program, use the following command:
> sudo java -classpath classes:./'*' SSPC
When the program starts it will prompt you for your longitude and latitude. These coordinates are used to calculate the sunrise and sunset times for your specific geographical location. You can use this web page to determine your specific longitude and latitude: http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html
At this point the program will continue to run and it will turn the power controller ON or OFF depending on the current time and it will schedule the next power event on the next available sunrise or sunset time.
Re-entering the longitude and latitude coordinates every time would be annoying, so you can also use command line arguments to start the program with specified coordinates. You could include this in a shell script to launch the program with the proper command line argument every time.
> sudo java -classpath classes:./'*' SSPC -longitude=-73.985538 -latitude=40.748362
Also note that while the program is running, you can manually force the power controller power state ON or OFF using the "on" or "off" commands via terminal.
The "help" command will display all the supported command options provided by the software:
Just leave the program running and it will automatically turn ON and OFF the power controller at the sunrise and sunset times for your location.
Final Thoughts
As you can see this is a very simple project to build and the software can be easily modified if you need some unique behavior. You can additionally take steps to include launching this program with a startup script if you want to ensure that it is automatically restarted each time the Raspberry Pi boots up.
This is an excellent example of an embedded Java application running on the Raspberry Pi and making use of the Pi4J project to control the hardware. This Java project includes a Maven build so you can easily re-build the project directly on the Raspberry Pi or your desktop if needed using Maven commands.
I hope you enjoyed this article and maybe thought of a few creative modifications that you can do in your home. Please add a comment if you find this project helpful or would like to share any modifications that you add to it.
Merry Christmas!
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Fall's Unexpected Nail Trend: Metallic Green
Out of Chanel's F/W 11 collection came the most sought-after shade of the season: a green-meets-gold metallic named Peridot. The lacquer sold out almost immediately, and spawned a laundry list of almost-identical shades from OPI (Just Spotted The Lizard), Jessica (Iridescent Eye), China Glaze (Rare and Radiant), Ciate (Oil Slick), and more. Two years later metallic green is unexpectedly back in a big way. Everyone from Estee Lauder to Joe Fresh have released updated (and beautiful) metallic greens. Rescue Beauty Lounge's Scangie 2.0 is an edgy army green, Jin Soon for Tibi's Epidote is a deep forest shade, while Deborah Lippmann's Laughin' To The Bank borders on a rich jewel tone. All of these, and more, you'll find in our slideshow.
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In this activity, students will demonstrate the generator effect, which is due to electromagnetic induction when a conductor (a long metal wire) moves through a magnetic field. Materials required to this activity include: a 100-foot extension cord... (View More) with ground prong, current or voltage galvanometer, two lead wires with alligator clips on at least one end, and one compass. This activity must be done in an open space large enough to swing a 100-foot cord as a jump rope, such as a gymnasium or outdoor field. This is activity three of "Exploring Magnetism." The guide includes science background information, student worksheets, glossary and related resources. (View Less)
Materials Cost: Over $20 per group of students
This is an activity about magnetic induction. Learners will induce a flow of electricity in a wire using a moving bar magnet and measure this flow using a galvanometer, or Am meter. Through discussion, this activity can then be related to magnetic... (View More) fields in nature. This activity requires use of a galvanometer, bar or cow magnet, and wire. This is the fifth lesson in the second session of the Exploring Magnetism teacher guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about the movement, or "wandering," of our Earth's magnetic poles. The learner will explore this concept by measuring and calculating the distance the Earth's north magnetic pole has moved over the past 400 years and calculating... (View More) the rate at which the magnetic pole location has changed its position during that time. Finally, learners will use this information to extrapolate how the region for viewing aurorae may change over the next century at the present rate of polar wander. This is Activity 6 in the Exploring Magnetism on Earth teachers guide. (View Less)
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This is an activity about electromagnetism. Learners will use a simple circuit powered by a battery source to investigate the strength of the magnetic field produced by a coil of wire in the circuit. The strength will be indicated by the deflection... (View More) of magnetic compass needles and by the distance a coil of wire was moved by the action of the circuit. This activity requires coils or spools of wire, a knife switch, three magnetic compasses, a source of electricity such as 3 D-cell batteries or an AC to DC power adapter, alligator-clipped wire, and a bar or cow magnet. This is the fourth lesson in the second session of the Exploring Magnetism teachers guide. (View Less)
This is a lesson about magnetism in solar flares. Learners will map magnetic fields around bar magnets and investigate how this configuration relates to magnetic fields of sunspots. This activity requires compasses, bar magnets, and a equipment for... (View More) the instructor to project a PowerPoint or pdf lecture presentation. This is Activity 1 in the Exploring Magnetism in Solar Flares teachers guide. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $5 - $10 per group of students
This is an activity about the periodic reversals of Earth's magnetic field. Learners will graph the frequency of magnetic pole reversals over the past 800,000 years and investigate answers to questions using the graphed data. This is Activity 8 in... (View More) the Exploring Magnetism on Earth teachers guide. (View Less)
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This activity demonstrates Lenz's Law, which states that an induced electromotive force generates a current that induces a counter magnetic field that opposes the magnetic field generating the current. In the demonstration, an empty aluminum can... (View More) floats on water in a tray, such as a Petri dish. Students spin a magnet just inside the can without touching the can. The can begins to spin. Understanding what happens can be explained in steps: first, the twirling magnet creates an alternating magnetic field. Students can use a nearby compass to observe that the magnetic field is really changing. Second, the changing magnetic field permeates most things around it, including the aluminum can itself. A changing magnetic field will cause an electric current to flow when there is a closed loop of an electrically conducting material. Even though the aluminum can is not magnetic, it is metal and will conduct electricity. So the twirling magnet causes an electrical current to flow in the aluminum can. This is called an "induced current." Third, all electric currents create magnetic fields. So, in essence, the induced electrical current running through the can creates its very own magnetic field, making the aluminum can magnetic. This is activity four of "Exploring Magnetism." The guide includes science background information, student worksheets, glossary and related resources. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
This is an activity about using spectrogram plots as an indicator of magnetic activity on Earth. Learners will analyze spectrogram data and compare it to local Kp indices in an attempt to determine global magnetic storminess. This activity uses real... (View More) data from the THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) Magnetometer, and requires a computer with Internet access. This is activity 20 in the Exploring Magnetism: Earth's Magnetic Personality teachers guide. (View Less)
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This is a lesson plan for an activity that explores time zone math. Learners will translate their local time to times in other zones around the world and work with the concept of Universal Time, specifically in reference to the reporting,... (View More) description and analysis of solar flares and coronal mass ejections. This is activity 10 from Exploring Magnetism Guide 3: Magnetic Mysteries of the Aurora educator guide. (View Less)
This is lesson to begin learners' thinking about magnetic influence. Learners will watch a classroom demonstration about the effect of magnets on iron filings and then complete a journal assignment to record their reactions and thoughts. This is the... (View More) first activity in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about the properties and characteristics of Earth's magnetic field as shown through magnetometer data and its 3D vector nature. This resource builds understanding of conceptual tools such as the addition of vectors and... (View More) interpreting contour maps displaying magnetic signature data. Learners will make several paper 3D vector addition models, watch podcasts on how to analyze magnetometer data, and employ 3D vector plots to create a model of the 3D magnetic field in the location of the magnetometer closest to their town. This is a multi-step activity with corresponding worksheets for each step. The activity uses data from the THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) GEONS magnetometer, and requires the use of a computer with internet access and speakers, 2-inch polystyrene balls and bamboo skewers. This is activity 16 from Exploring Magnetism: Earth's Magnetic Personality. (View Less)
This is an activity about magnets and magnetism. Learners first make predictions about magnets, such as a list of the types of materials a magnet will pick up, how a magnet can be made, and how a compass can be made. Next, learners test their... (View More) predictions using simple experiments, and, finally, reflect on their predictions. This is the second activity in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. (View Less)
This is a summative activity about magnets. Learners will observe a demonstration of the action of a magnet on a test tube of iron filings, answer questions, and, using the concepts learned in previous activities, write an essay about their... (View More) understanding of the demonstration. This is the fourth activity in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. Learners should complete the other three activities in that guide (Seeing Magnetism, What Do You Know about Magnets, and Magnet Map) prior to beginning this activity. (View Less)
This is an activity about changes in the Earth's magnetic field during magnetic storms. Learners will construct a soda bottle magnetometer, collect data, and analyze the results to detect magnetic storm events. The operation of the student-created... (View More) instrument can be directly related to THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) display measurements. In this activity, learners should ideally collect data over the course of an entire month. This is activity 17 in Exploring Magnetism: Earth's Magnetic Personality. (View Less)
This is an activity about mapping magnetic fields. Learners use a test magnet to create a map of the magnetic field region around a bar magnet. A Magnaprobe, or other similar test magnet, is required to do this activity. This is the third activity... (View More) in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. (View Less)
This is the second module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Each activity is self-directed by students or student teams and uses online videos, data from the SDO satellite and hands-on activities to explore, research... (View More) and build knowledge about how and why studying the Sun's electromagnetic energy and magnetic fields help scientists better understand the Sun's activity and space weather. Students build knowledge and vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections and create resources to use in investigations. Both a teacher and student guide is included with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos, tutorials and internet resources. In Activity 2A: The Sun and the EM Spectrum students learn how SDO uses key parts of the Sun's electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) to research regions of the Sun, create an interactive foldable to describe the different wavebands of the EMS, then use real-time SDO image data and the Helioviewer online tool to explore the Sun's regional activity. Tutorials for using Helioviewer and making the EMS foldable are included. Activity 2B: Solar activity and Magnetism has students use information in online videos and slide presentations to demonstrate concepts of magnetism and the relationship between the Sun's variable magnetic fields and sunspots. Activity 3B: Solar Research in Action! Build a Spectroscope has students create a spectroscope to observe the different wavebands of visible light, demonstrate how the Sun emits varying EMS energies, and explain how this information helps scientists understand the composition and activity of both our nearest star, and other stars in the universe. A computer for student-teams and a connection to the Internet are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
Materials Cost: $5 - $10 per group of students
Students will test various materials to determine if any can shield their "magnetometer" (compass) from an external magnetic field using their own experimental design. If no suitable material is available, they will devise another method to protect... (View More) their instrument. Includes background science for the teacher, worksheets, adaptations and extensions. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are also identified. (View Less)
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This afterschool curriculum includes six lessons plus supplementary materials (e.g., videos, PowerPoint presentations, and images) that explore how light from the electromagnetic spectrum is used as a tool for learning about the Sun. The curriculum... (View More) is designed to be flexible to meet the needs of afterschool programs and includes recommendations for partial implementation based on time constraints. It was specifically designed to engage girls in science. (View Less)