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As some of you may know...just around the corner is Steelhorse's Annual Risk Classic. For the past two years, we're proud to be a promoter and a sponsor to the Annual Risk Classic. It is a terrific event by one of our own community members, and it is a great fit for our World Domination Club. You might ( ) even meet some noticeable and memorable users!
jonesthecurl will even be doing a standup act on the night of the 20th. "Jonesey" performs professionally, and you can check out his YouTube channel.
The event takes place in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from October 20-21, 2012. Join us on the night of October 19, 2012 for some Sit-N-Go games! These Sit-N-Go games will be ran all weekend and will offer a prize to the winner of the game. Walkins on October 20 for the tournament are welcomed. There will be a second chance tournament on October 21st for a cash prize. See the website for more details.
In 2010, we had "Conquer Club Flagbearers" - people that wore Conquer Club apparel, promoting the website. Last year, we had a challenge for people who did exceptionally well in the tournament. This year, we'll continue to do the same thing for any member of the Conquer Club community that attend the Annual Risk Classic.
- The Challenge
- Place (make it to the final table) in any of the Annual Risk Classic's tournaments.
- Any member of the Conquer Club community!
- 6 Months of Premium Membership, a General Achievement Medal, & bragging rights for being a strategy bad-ass.
ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!?! Best of luck!
If you plan on attending the Annual Risk Classic, keep the rest of the community that won't be attending the event updated by using Twitter, Facebook or posting in this thread!
I (and we) look forward to seeing you at the event.
Gilligan, Steelhorse and the administration of Conquer Club


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James and the late Sarah Goodlad Bailey are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Ann Bailey to William Sharp, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Cartwright Sharp. William and Mary Ann were married at Loup Fork, Howard, Nebraska on 10 July 1853.
William is a farmer and mason and they will make their home wherever they are called to settle once they arrive in the Utah Territory.
Due to the circumstances of this family, it is pretty unlikely an announcement would have been written. Everything about these families was in motion. Family members on both sides were strewn all over the world and their lives were still recovering from a number of personal blows. While this was probably a high point, they knew there was a long road still ahead of them.
William was born the third of eight children born to Thomas and Elizabeth Cartwright Sharp 10 December 1825 in Misson, Nottinghamshire, England. He spent his life as a mason. We do not know where or how he learned it. His father, Thomas, is listed as an "Ag Lab", which is probably an agricultural laborer on the 1841 English Census (he died that same year).
In 1848, the LDS missionaries came to visit in Misson. William was the first of his family that we know who joined the church on 20 June 1848. His mother followed 11 August 1849 and his sister Isabella 16 September 1849. The story tells the family was friendly and open towards the missionaries. One of the missionaries was supposedly George R Emery (?-?).
Elizabeth Sharp was determined to emigrate with her family to Utah. Her family attempted to discourage her by warning her about the dangers of the American Indians. Nevertheless, she departed with William, Isabella, Elizabeth, and James. The other four children had died as infants. The family purchased tickets at 25 pounds sterling in Liverpool. The family set sail on the "James Pennell" on 2 October 1850 commanded by Captain James Fullerton. The LDS leaders on board were Christopher Layton (1821-1898) and William Lathrop Cutler (1821-1851) leading the company all the way to Zion. Right before hitting the waters of the Mississippi the ship encountered a storm where the masts were broken and the ship drifted for a couple of days. Luckily, a pilot boat found them and another ship (that left two weeks later from Liverpool) and tugged them to New Orleans, Louisiana. The ship arrived at dock on the 22 November 1850 in New Orleans. From there the entire group boarded the "Pontiac" and continued to St. Louis, Missouri where they found work and spent the winter. The family struggled with sea sickness and chills and fevers that beset them in New Orleans and St. Louis. Despite having crossed the Atlantic, Elizabeth, the mother of the family died 17 February 1851 in St. Louis (and buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery).
This left the four siblings to fend for themselves. William and Isabella both still desired to move on with the Saints to Utah. William became fast friends with Mary Ann Bailey Padley, a widow who had lost her husband before leaving England. They were such good friends that Anne Elizabeth Padley (she went by Sharp her whole life though) was born 31 October 1852. Isabella married Joseph Carlisle, who had arrived two years earlier, on 18 May 1853 in St. Louis. That same day the Moses Clawson Company, "St. Louis Company," departed from St. Louis. Joseph and Isabella Carlisle, along with William Sharp and Mary Padley (with her son Lorenzo Padley and new infant Anne), left with the company. Joseph and William were well respected because they apparently were very good athletes and challenged anyone to a wrestling match.
The Sharps and Carlisles drove a wagon for William Jennings, a Salt Lake City merchant and freighter. The outfitting was done in Keokuk, Iowa. The company for traveling over the plains was formally organized in Kanesville, Iowa. On the trail, William and Mary Ann Padley were married 10 July 1853 in Loup Fork, Nebraska. The company arrived in Salt Lake City between the 15th and 20th of September the same year.
Mary Ann was born the first of seven children born to James and Sarah Goodlad Bailey 28 November 1828 in Mattersey, Nottinghamshire, England. James was a blacksmith and died somewhere in the 1860's. The Bailey family were practicing members of the Church of England. Mary Ann attended school and obtained training in millinery and sewing. Sarah died in 1843 and James remarried to a lady named Harriet. Mary Ann met missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and converted. She was baptized 20 October 1846. Her parents dismissed her from the home for becoming a Mormon.
Shortly after, she met William Padley, another LDS member and a tailor, and married him 4 February 1847 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. They had a boy born to them in 1847 or 1848 named Lorenzo Joseph Padley. William was ill when Lorenzo was born and died 22 February 1850. Alone with a new son, she went back to her parents who would not have anything to do with her unless she gave up her religion. With that, she determined she would move to Zion. She sailed from Liverpool on 8 January 1851 on the "Ellen" with James Willard Cummings (1819-1883) as the leader of the company. The ship did have a pretty bad episode with measles and what others thought was whooping cough. She arrived in New Orleans 14 March 1851. On the 19th they left for St. Louis on the "Alleck Scott" and arrived on the 26th. Mary Ann and Lorenzo stayed in St. Louis while the company moved on. As mentioned above, she met William Sharp and his family while living in St. Louis.
They settled in Lehi, Utah, Utah for a couple of years but had a number of issues with range for the cattle and some other minor squabbles. Water was also not found to be very dependable in the Lehi area. During this time, William and Mary Ann gave birth to two children, William and Isabella in 1854 and 1856, but both died as infants. Milo Riley was born 23 July 1857. I have written of Milo and his family previously at this link: Sharp-Stoker Wedding.
William learned of land north near Ogden, Weber, Utah that was going to be opened up from some of the Saints passing through Lehi (abandoning Salt Lake City before the arrival of Johnson's Army). These Lehi Saints were told of ample land and good water that was available west of Ogden. A scouting expedition went to search out the area in the fall of 1858 and visited with Lorin Farr (1820-1909) who told them of the available plain to the west.
The Sharp family left with other Lehi Saints on 10 March 1859 to travel to this new area. The group of about 100 arrived 17 March 1859 at what is present day Plain City, Weber, Utah. The company arrived at about 5 PM during the middle of a snowstorm. The company lined up the wagons to protect them from the wind and dug a hole in the ground for the campfire. Reports indicate that snow was pretty deep and conditions pretty uncomfortable. Plain City apparently lived up to its name with some sagebrush that rose over 4 feet tall from the high water table beneath the soil.
William Sharp put his carpentry and masonry skills to work making adobe brick and helping build the first homes in Plain City. William and Mary Ann lived in one of these homes. William served in the Plain City band, the Plain City Z.C.M.I. board, a builder, and a city leader. William and Mary Ann's daughter, Evelyn, was the first girl born in Plain City in October 1859. Victorine Mary was born 8 April 1862 and ended the children William and Mary Ann would have. Mary Ann kept busy sewing and making suits, coats, and other required jobs. Each of her daughters learned to become dressmakers.
Lorenzo Padley died 24 July 1866 in Plain City. The photo we have of him is pretty scratched, but here is a cleaned up photo, but it is not perfect. It is hard to tell what is his nose and what was deformities in the photo.
Anne Elizabeth married Daniel Clayborne Thomas 29 January 1872 in Salt Lake City at the Endowment House. After six children she died in 1891 in Plain City.
Mary Ann moved out on Christmas Eve 1875 and refused to come back to William. William sued for divorce and Franklin Dewey Richards (1821-1899) granted the divorce (in probate court!) on 19 May 1876.
All was not well in Zion during these years in Plain City. Family lore has it that when a Bishop (Lewis Warren Shurtleff (1835-1922), branch president 1870-1877, bishop 1877-1883) extended himself beyond what the members felt was right, these families made sure it was known. The final straw came when Bishop Shurleff started telling the members what they would give as tithing. These were not just on the fringe members, but good standing members of the church in the area. William Sharp began construction on St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 1877 for many of these disaffected members (Still standing today and owned by the Lions in Plain City). For whatever reason a significant group of members were excommunicated between 1877 and 1882. Many of Plain City's leading members were excommunicated. Excommunicated 31 January 1879 were William Sharp (the same who built the new church), Mary Ann Sharp (listed separately because of the divorce), William Skeen, Edwin Dix, George Musgrave (father of their future daughter-in-law), Thomas Musgrave, Thomas Singleton, Thomas Davis, George W Harris, Jonathan Moyes, John Moyes, Winfield Spiers, James Wadman, Robert Davis, John Davis, and Thomas Robson. These lists also have "and wife" as well as "and family" which seems to indicate that this list may have included spouses and families. Many of these families returned to the church after time away, some individuals never did.
Milo Riley married Mary Ann Stoker (aka Lillian or Lilly Musgrave) 11 May 1879 in Plain City in the little church William built. He died in 1916 in Plain City. Read about them here.
This same year, William remarried to the widow of Charles McGary, Charlotte Elizabeth Earl, in 1879. We do not know exactly when or where.
Evelyn Carlisle married James Henry Taylor 16 January 1880 in Plain City. She died in 1941 in Oregon.
Victorine Mary married Robert Edward Maw 8 April 1883 in Plain City. She died in 1945 in Ogden.
Mary Ann continued to work as a dressmaker until she could not do so any more due to age. She lived with her Granddaughter Elizabeth Taylor from before 1900 and even moved with her to Baker City, Baker, Oregon. Mary Ann moved back to Plain City not long after Beth married.
William died at 950 Washington Ave in Ogden on 22 December 1900 at 75 years and was buried two days later in the Ogden cemetery. Mary Ann died 30 October 1913 in Plain City at 85 years and was buried there three days later.


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I know a developer I'll call Bob (his real name is Robert). Bob does great work, producing quality software in short order, but he has a common weak point: documentation. This begs the question: Should Bob even be concerned with writing documentation? Bob is paid to write code, not technical prose.
But Bob the developer does have documentation responsibilities as the supplier of raw materials. He must deliver specifications, screen shots, diagrams, demonstrations, recorded sessions, and other relevant information to a technical writer who will sculpt it all into easily assimilated knowledge for consumption by end users. Project managers, product marketers, support staff, executives, sales representatives, and ultimately customers rely on that information. Without decent documentation, the best software and hardware may well be destined to be shelf-ware.
To help Bob provide premium raw materials to the documentation machinists on the assembly line, here are ten tried and true tips culled from seasoned technical writers.
Crisp, Clear, Concise Communication
Sometimes it takes more than cajoling, coaxing, and cursing to convince a technologist to write crisp, clear, concise communication. Sometimes it takes a federal edict. In 2010, President Barack Obama and I'm not making this up signed the Plain Writing Act, a law that requires federal agencies to use "communication that the public can understand and use."
The Center for Plain Language has taken the law a step further by citing violations in communication clarity from all organizations. It bestows a WonderMark after the Center's judges read a document, shake their heads, and say "We wonder what they meant."
The following two examples are parts of text that have earned the Center's WonderMark awards.
"Our goal is to keep pace with all new technical and security-related requirements. For this reason, we inform you today about the transition to a new PHP version. Please note that after the transition, the option 'Register Globals' will not be supported anymore."
"Welcome to the online Policies and Procedures Manual. Use the buttons on the left to view the table of the contents, or to search for documents by title or document ID number. To download any of the software packages please click the appropriate button on this page."
Avoid WonderMark-class prose, and instead strive for ClearMark awards, which "celebrate the best in clear communication and plain language."
Precise Instructions
If your life revolves around a niche software product such as Pixels with Personality, you can probably navigate the menus blindfolded. The statement "Use the Preferences dialog to change the cursor" is a clear roadmap for you.
If you're a technical writer charged with writing tomes for several software products, that statement may not get you far because launching the Preferences dialog could very well require different navigation in the various products.
Instead of leaving unmarked forks on the highways of the roadmap, nip any budding confusion by using explicit terminology such as "Use the dialog under Edit/Preferences/Cursors to change the cursor format."
Avoid OON (Overheating the Optic Nerve)
Overheating the Optic Nerve (OON) syndrome has yet to be chronicled in the Journal of the American Medical Association; but if you read manuals, user guides, and technical specifications, you have no doubt suffered its symptoms. It starts as gentle pressure in the forehead while you peruse technical literature searching for an elusive piece of information.
How does a developer cause OON? By saturating text with excessive, excruciating, exasperating details such as this example from the introduction of a product manual:
"The shipping contents of the WS-1035 include a touch-screen LCD monitor station, a 433 MHz wireless temperature sensor, the respective connecting cables, a 110 VAC adapter, and the software package on a 4.7 GB DVD disk."
You can save wear and tear on the optic nerve and cut the word count of the previous paragraph in half with this abridgment:
"The WS-1035 product includes a touch-screen, remote temperature sensor, connecting cables, power adapter, and the software package on disk."
There is a place for technical details. It's called an appendix. Put the minutia at the back of the book where it won't obscure the concepts and principles that need to be conveyed to the reader as the first order of business.
Purge Needless Politeness
Needless politeness means using words such as please, thank you, and we appreciate your devotion to our insanely great products.
Consider the statement: "If you observe the 0x5422DA error 17 times in a minute, please call our corporate technical support hotline for advice. Thank you." That statement contributes to deforestation by requiring unnecessary paper stock to express a simple instruction. No one will be offended by the politeness-free form: "If you observe the 0x5422DA error 17 times in a minute, call technical support."
Save those courtesies for making amends with technical writers whom you offended in the past with incomplete, inaccurate, or incomprehensible drafts of documentation.
Accurate, Thorough, Timely Reviews
If you think of technical documentation as a publication, the developer starts out as a research assistant collecting facts, describing processes, and assembling other raw information for authors (the technical communicators). At the end of the process, the "research assistant" dons the hat of editor and reviews and critiques the author's draft document.
A review has three main properties: accuracy, thoroughness, and timeliness. Accuracy is self-explanatory. The entire review rates a failing grade if the end result is wrong.
Thoroughness, an often overlooked goal of a technical review, distinguishes key reference documents from permanent fixtures on dusty bookshelves. It means reviewing the overall content rather than narrowly focusing on your particular area of responsibility.
For example, if you provided input for a Configuration section describing a Cursor Selection dialog, you would feel obligated to review it to ensure that it is accurate. What about the Introduction, System Requirements, and Installation sections of the document? Do they include statements such as "This product is not compatible with Windows 95," or "This product requires a minimum of 2 GB RAM"? The earnest reader, when coming upon these statements, is forced to wonder if the documentation has not been updated since a bygone era when Windows 95 and hardware with 2 GB or less of RAM was in vogue.
Other red flags are entries in the Known Issues section that list problems which were corrected umpteen releases ago.
The final key to a good review is timeliness. Don't wait until the 11th hour to deliver to the technical writer a 200-page manual with enough edits to drain several red pens. Give the writer sufficient time to incorporate your updates without creating panic during the waning minutes of the release cycle.
Reasonable Edits
Related to timely reviews are reasonable edits. In other words, trust the writer's instincts and don't pepper the draft with rewordings of sentences due to capricious preferences.
You are guilty of capricious preferences if you asked a writer to change text such as:
"Use the dialog under Edit/Preferences/Cursors to change the cursor format."
"Choose the dialog under Edit/Preferences/Cursors to change the cursor format."
and then to
"Navigate to the dialog under Edit/Preferences/Cursors to change the cursor format."
Establish a threshold for revisions. If a passage is factually correct and accurately conveys the information, let it stand and trust the writer's instincts. Avoid the temptation to micro-edit something just so it sounds better in your opinion.
Revere Visuals
In the evolution of computing, documentation has marched lockstep with software evolving from text to text-with-graphics to hyperlinked prose to audio and video. As a developer, you need to recognize that the raw materials you put in the documentation pipeline should also reflect a similar transformation.
A video presentation from a developer might be overkill, but you can at least share your desktop for live demonstrations of the software in action. "A combination of a text-based description and a good visual is source input gold to a technical writer," said Brian Everett, Senior Technical Information Architect at CA Technologies.
So, if you have a choice between feeding gold or ordinary ore into the documentation forge, opt for the gold.
Spell Out Acronyms
Consider the statement:
"MP performance can be impeded by noise in an ISDN BRI which can also impact LCP negotiation."
The acronyms can have a variety of meanings to the uninitiated. MP could be interpreted as Multilink Protocol or MP3 (mistyped as MP) or if it's part of an instruction manual for an army command post Military Police. To avoid ambiguity, take a few seconds to spell out acronyms and save yourself a round of emails and phone calls from a befuddled writer.
Be Monolingual
You might be tempted to show off your worldly nature by interspersing a document with Latin phrases and abbreviations such as those in this example:
"The wireless communication between the base station and the remote module, i.e., the client sensor, reaches distances of 100 meters in unimpeded areas, e.g., direct line of sight, ergo place the base and client in fields, beaches, urban lots, et al."
Consider the challenge of a translator who is faced with translating this verbiage to another language so the product can be marketed in other countries. Those phrases and abbreviations from the ancient Romans constitute added effort to the jobs of the translators. Not only must they translate the English words, but they must also recognize the Latin terms and translate them correctly.
Save foreign phrases for cocktail parties. In technical documentation, be monolingual and stick to plain language.
Expect Translation
If a product is successful in one country, it's apt to be successful in others. In that case, the documentation that you and a technical writing team painstakingly crafted in English now becomes raw material for translators.
As with the original draft documentation, if the assembly line is filled with good quality materials that is, materials that were prepared with translation as an option the translators will have a better chance of quickly producing foreign language versions.
The first factor to consider when preparing documentation for translation is communication with the translator. The translator may well be someone living on the other side of the globe who has learned English as a second language. Given cultural and time-zone differences, most communication may be by email, as opposed to direct conversations and meetings. So make an extra effort to clarify any questions or concerns from the translator in your email responses.
To help ensure that the documentation will be translation-ready once it is delivered to the translation team, here are some pointers:
Use the same term or expression for the same concept. Consider this example:
"To activate this software product, ensure that you are logged in with administrator privileges on the system. Download the kit to your computer. Run the installation utility to activate the program on your hardware."
In this case the words system, computer, and hardware could all be replaced by computer; and software product, kit, and program could all be replaced by software. Consistency in terminology will help dispel any ambiguity and potential misinterpretation.
Avoid expressions that are culture specific. Your development colleagues may understand this admonishment in a troubleshooting guide:
"The attribute not found error may be a red herring. To level the playing field, run the database table verification utility."
Good luck trying to translate that advice into Mandarin. Instead, use the more universal:
"The attribute not found error may be related to another problem. Check the database by running the table verification utility."
Use plain words. To ease the translation process and avoid violating the Plain Writing Act, use simple words instead of pompous synonyms. Here are a few examples:
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find out
hasten, speed up
need, have to, require
prior to
subsequent to
Use vertical lists. Read the following passage a few times while noting the temperature of your optic nerve:
In the Home screen, select one of the categories or select the Customize Selection to customize updates that you want to apply to the system depending on the requirement.
Now read:
In the Home screen, do one of the following depending on the requirement:
- Select one of the categories.
- Select the Customize Selection to customize updates.
Vertical lists, as shown in the second italicized passage, are key to breaking down technical information into easily assimilated chunks. Use them liberally.
Use active voice wherever possible. Compare the active and passive forms of the following instruction.
Passive: Any change to the configuration must be updated in the master file.
Active: When you change the configuration, update the master file.
The passive voice conceals who or what does the action, and it requires more words than the active voice. In short, passive is more difficult to translate than active, so choose active wherever possible.
If you get into the habit of following these recommendations, your customers and your colleagues will be thankful. Your customers will especially reward you by using your products and using them correctly.
Edward J. Joyce, a software engineering manager, strives to provide "source input gold" to his writer colleagues at CA Technologies.


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That's why I was happy to help Kim out when she asked me for some advice ...
As we were getting ready to leave her house after brunch, she asked us to hold one for a minute while she ran upstairs to grab something. She brought down a small, folded up bundle of fabric which, when opened, revealed the well worn (and torn) baby quilt you see above.
She explained that this quilt was her husband's baby quilt, a sentimental family heirloom from his childhood that was very important to him. But, as you can see, the quilt was ... ahem, well loved. It was stained, had holes in the top, inconsistent stitching throughout, and the borders and backing were completely shredded, exposing old and worn out batting. It was wrinkled & puckered, and the colors were severely faded in the creases.
She asked if I had any thoughts or ideas of how to preserve the quilt, and although I've never tried my hand at deconstructing and reviving old quilts, I agreed to take it home with me and take a look ...
This post was originally intended to ask you all for advice, but I was so eager to dive in that I am already several steps in to the process! Here's what I've done so far:
- Completely deconstructed the quilt by picking out ALL of the quilting stitches.
- Cut off the borders and backing, and threw it all away (along with the batting).
- Hand washed and gently pressed the main panel, taking care to flatten out all of the wrinkles and puckers.
- Adhered a layer of thin fusible interfacing to the back of the main panel. I felt that it really needed to be stabilized because the fabric was paper thin in parts, and I was afraid it would basically disintegrate with any further handling.
- Selected a bunch of gorgeous oliver + s prints (from the City Weekend and Modern Workshop lines) to complement the panel. In my head, I was always planning on buying some 30's reproduction fabrics for this project, but the colors in these prints were a near-perfect match for the panel, and I fell in love with the idea of giving it an updated contemporary-yet-vintage vibe.


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For a year, consumers will be on the honor system for subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
That's what the Obama administration quietly announced Friday, days after unexpectedly announcing they would delay the employer mandate penalty for another year.
In a new 606-page rule published Friday, the administration said they would significantly scale back on the law's requirements that the new exchanges verify consumers' income and health insurance status until 2015, when stronger verification systems are in place.
In the meantime, the government will rely on consumers' self-reported information.
Health insurance exchanges set up under PPACA are set to begin open enrollment Oct. 1. Enrollees with incomes ranging from 100 percent to 400 percent of the federal poverty line are eligible to receive tax subsidies to help them buy insurance. They also must not have access to insurance through their employer to qualify.
"The exchange may accept the applicant's attestation regarding enrollment in eligible employer-sponsored plan … without further verification," according to the final rule.
The administration has said they would conduct random checks to verify whether new applicants receive employer-sponsored insurance benefits, while also verifying income status.
But the new regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services said the 17 state-based exchanges would have until 2015 to do random checks, citing "legislative and operational barriers."
In all 50 states, though, the federal government will scale back oversight of what applicants say they earn.
That move, some critics say, could lead some consumers to overreport their income in order to qualify for federal tax subsidies, at least in states that is not expanding Medicaid coverage.
In the same rule, the government said it would give states until 2015 to roll out electronic notices because "states are at different places in the development of their eligibility and enrollment systems," HHS said.
The rule is the latest setback in the health care overhaul law.
Last week, the administration announced it would not require employers with 50 workers or more to provide insurance benefits until 2015, a move business groups applauded but Republicans slammed as confirmation that "Obamacare costs too much and it isn't working the way the administration promised."
The administration has said the exchanges and other parts of the law are on target, and they are making delays and changes to better suit the public and employers.
Troy Underwood, CEO of Benefits Connect in Rancho Cordava, Calif., said, though, that he expects to see more PPACA delays and missed deadlines as the months go by.
"Platitudes, political favors and hope never replace a solid and realistic plan," Underwood said. "As an expert in the processing and administration of employee benefits I can tell you the government's efforts, even if well-intentioned, are grossly inefficient."


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This page provides detailed information about the SystemC TLM2 Fast Processor Model of the RISC-V rv32imafd (RV32G) core.
This page is information about the RV32IMAFD alias of the RV32G variant.
Processor IP owner is RISC-V Foundation.
OVP Fast Processor Model is written in C.
Provides a C API for use in C based platforms.
Provides a native C++ interface for use in SystemC TLM2 platforms.
The model is written using the OVP VMI API that provides a Virtual Machine Interface that defines the behavior of the processor.
The VMI API makes a clear line between model and simulator allowing very good optimization and world class high speed performance.
The model is provided as a binary shared object and is also available as source (different models have different licensing conditions). This allows the download and use of the model binary or the use of the source to explore and modify the model.
The model has been run through an extensive QA and regression testing process.
This model executes instructions of the target architecture and provides an interface for debug access. An interface to GDB is provided and this allows the connection of many industry standard debuggers that use the GDB/RSP interface. For more information watch the OVP video here.
The model also works with the Imperas Multicore Debugger and advanced Verification, Analysis and Profiling tools.
Model downloadable (needs registration and to be logged in) in package riscv.model for Windows32 and for Linux32. Note that the Model is also available for 64 bit hosts as part of the commercial products from Imperas.
Model Variant name: rv32imafd (RV32G)
RISC-V RV32G 32-bit processor model
This Model is released under the Open Source Apache 2.0
The model has the following architectural extensions enabled, and the following bits in the misa CSR Extensions field will be set upon reset:
misa bit 0: extension A (atomic instructions)
misa bit 3: extension D (double-precision floating point)
misa bit 5: extension F (single-precision floating point)
misa bit 8: RV32I/64I/128I base ISA
misa bit 12: extension M (integer multiply/divide instructions)
misa bit 18: extension S (Supervisor mode)
misa bit 20: extension U (User mode)
To specify features that can be dynamically enabled or disabled by writes to the misa register in addition to those listed above, use parameter "add_Extensions_mask". This is a string parameter containing the feature letters to add; for example, value "DV" indicates that double-precision floating point and the Vector Extension can be enabled or disabled by writes to the misa register.
Legacy parameter "misa_Extensions_mask" can also be used. This Uns32-valued parameter specifies all writable bits in the misa Extensions field, replacing any value defined in the base variant.
Note that any features that are indicated as present in the misa mask but absent in the misa will be ignored. See the next section.
Legacy parameter "misa_Extensions" can also be used. This Uns32-valued parameter specifies the reset value for the misa CSR Extensions field, replacing any value defined in the base variant.
Available (But Not Enabled) Extensions:
The following extensions are supported by the model, but not enabled by default in this variant:
misa bit 2: extension C (compressed instructions) (NOT ENABLED)
misa bit 4: RV32E base ISA (NOT ENABLED)
misa bit 13: extension N (user-level interrupts) (NOT ENABLED)
misa bit 21: extension V (vector instructions) (NOT ENABLED)
misa bit 23: extension X (non-standard extensions present) (NOT ENABLED)
To add features from this list to the base variant, use parameter "add_Extensions". This is a string parameter containing the feature letters to add; for example, value "DV" indicates that double-precision floating point and the Vector Extension should be enabled, if they are absent.
General Features:
On this variant, the Machine trap-vector base-address register (mtvec) is writable. It can instead be configured as read-only using parameter "mtvec_is_ro".
Values written to "mtvec" are masked using the value 0xfffffffd. A different mask of writable bits may be specified using parameter "mtvec_mask" if required. In addition, when Vectored interrupt mode is enabled, parameter "tvec_align" may be used to specify additional hardware-enforced base address alignment. In this variant, "tvec_align" defaults to 0, implying no alignment constraint.
The initial value of "mtvec" is 0x0. A different value may be specified using parameter "mtvec" if required.
Values written to "stvec" are masked using the value 0xfffffffd. A different mask of writable bits may be specified using parameter "stvec_mask" if required. parameter "tvec_align" may be used to specify additional hardware-enforced base address alignment in the same manner as for the "mtvec" register, described above.
On reset, the model will restart at address 0x0. A different reset address may be specified using parameter "reset_address" if required.
On an NMI, the model will restart at address 0x0. A different NMI address may be specified using parameter "nmi_address" if required.
WFI will halt the processor until an interrupt occurs. It can instead be configured as a NOP using parameter "wfi_is_nop". WFI timeout wait is implemented with a time limit of 0 (i.e. WFI causes an Illegal Instruction trap in Supervisor mode when mstatus.TW=1).
The "cycle" CSR is implemented in this variant. Set parameter "cycle_undefined" to True to instead specify that "cycle" is unimplemented and reads of it should trap to Machine mode.
The "time" CSR is implemented in this variant. Set parameter "time_undefined" to True to instead specify that "time" is unimplemented and reads of it should trap to Machine mode. Usually, the value of the "time" CSR should be provided by the platform - see notes below about the artifact "CSR" bus for information about how this is done.
The "instret" CSR is implemented in this variant. Set parameter "instret_undefined" to True to instead specify that "instret" is unimplemented and reads of it should trap to Machine mode.
A 9-bit ASID is implemented. Use parameter "ASID_bits" to specify a different implemented ASID size if required.
This variant supports address translation modes 0 and 1. Use parameter "Sv_modes" to specify a bit mask of different modes if required.
Unaligned memory accesses are not supported by this variant. Set parameter "unaligned" to "T" to enable such accesses.
Unaligned memory accesses are not supported for AMO instructions by this variant. Set parameter "unalignedAMO" to "T" to enable such accesses.
16 PMP entries are implemented by this variant. Use parameter "PMP_registers" to specify a different number of PMP entries; set the parameter to 0 to disable the PMP unit. The PMP grain size (G) is 0, meaning that PMP regions as small as 4 bytes are implemented. Use parameter "PMP_grain" to specify a different grain size if required.
LR/SC instructions are implemented with a 1-byte reservation granule. A different granule size may be specified using parameter "lr_sc_grain".
Floating Point Features:
The D extension is enabled in this variant independently of the F extension. Set parameter "d_requires_f"to "T" to specify that the D extension requires the F extension to be enabled.
By default, the processor starts with floating-point instructions disabled (mstatus.FS=0). Use parameter "mstatus_FS" to force mstatus.FS to a non-zero value for floating-point to be enabled from the start.
The specification is imprecise regarding the conditions under which mstatus.FS is set to Dirty state (3). Parameter "mstatus_fs_mode" can be used to specify the required behavior in this model, as described below.
If "mstatus_fs_mode" is set to "always_dirty" then the model implements a simplified floating point status view in which mstatus.FS holds values 0 (Off) and 3 (Dirty) only; any write of values 1 (Initial) or 2 (Clean) from privileged code behave as if value 3 was written.
If "mstatus_fs_mode" is set to "write_1" then mstatus.FS will be set to 3 (Dirty) by any explicit write to the fflags, frm or fcsr control registers, or by any executed instruction that writes an FPR, or by any executed floating point compare or conversion to integer/unsigned that signals a floating point exception. Floating point compare or conversion to integer/unsigned instructions that do not signal an exception will not set mstatus.FS.
If "mstatus_fs_mode" is set to "write_any" then mstatus.FS will be set to 3 (Dirty) by any explicit write to the fflags, frm or fcsr control registers, or by any executed instruction that writes an FPR, or by any executed floating point compare or conversion even if those instructions do not signal a floating point exception.
In this variant, "mstatus_fs_mode" is set to "write_1".
The "reset" port is an active-high reset input. The processor is halted when "reset" goes high and resumes execution from the reset address specified using the "reset_address" parameter when the signal goes low. The "mcause" register is cleared to zero.
The "nmi" port is an active-high NMI input. The processor is halted when "nmi" goes high and resumes execution from the address specified using the "nmi_address" parameter when the signal goes low. The "mcause" register is cleared to zero.
All other interrupt ports are active high.
Debug Mask:
It is possible to enable model debug messages in various categories. This can be done statically using the "override_debugMask" parameter, or dynamically using the "debugflags" command. Enabled messages are specified using a bitmask value, as follows:
Value 0x002: enable debugging of PMP and virtual memory state;
Value 0x004: enable debugging of interrupt state.
All other bits in the debug bitmask are reserved and must not be set to non-zero values.
Integration Support:
This model implements a number of non-architectural pseudo-registers and other features to facilitate integration.
CSR Register External Implementation:
If parameter "enable_CSR_bus" is True, an artifact 16-bit bus "CSR" is enabled. Slave callbacks installed on this bus can be used to implement modified CSR behavior (use opBusSlaveNew or icmMapExternalMemory, depending on the client API). A CSR with index 0xABC is mapped on the bus at address 0xABC0; as a concrete example, implementing CSR "time" (number 0xC01) externally requires installation of callbacks at address 0xC010 on the CSR bus.
LR/SC Active Address:
Artifact register "LRSCAddress" shows the active LR/SC lock address. The register holds all-ones if there is no LR/SC operation active.
Instruction pipelines are not modeled in any way. All instructions are assumed to complete immediately. This means that instruction barrier instructions (e.g. fence.i) are treated as NOPs, with the exception of any Illegal Instruction behavior, which is modeled.
Caches and write buffers are not modeled in any way. All loads, fetches and stores complete immediately and in order, and are fully synchronous. Data barrier instructions (e.g. fence) are treated as NOPs, with the exception of any Illegal Instruction behavior, which is modeled.
Real-world timing effects are not modeled: all instructions are assumed to complete in a single cycle.
The processor fully supports the architecturally-specified floating-point instructions.
Hardware Performance Monitor and Debug registers are not implemented and hardwired to zero.
The TLB is architecturally-accurate but not device accurate. This means that all TLB maintenance and address translation operations are fully implemented but the cache is larger than in the real device.
All instructions have been extensively tested by Imperas, using tests generated specifically for this model and also reference tests from https://github.com/riscv/riscv-tests.
Also reference tests have been used from various sources including:
The Imperas OVPsim RISC-V models are used in the RISC-V Foundations Compliance Framework as a functional Golden Reference:
where the simulated model is used to provide the reference signatures for compliance testing. The Imperas OVPsim RISC-V models are used as reference in both open source and commercial instruction stream test generators for hardware design verification, for example:
http://valtrix.in/sting/ from Valtrix
https://github.com/google/riscv-dv from Google
The Imperas OVPsim RISC-V models are also used by commercial and open source RISC-V Core RTL developers as a reference to ensure correct functionality of their IP.
The Model details are based upon the following specifications:
RISC-V Instruction Set Manual, Volume I: User-Level ISA (User Architecture Version 20190305-Base-Ratification)
RISC-V Instruction Set Manual, Volume II: Privileged Architecture (Privileged Architecture Version 20190405-Priv-MSU-Ratification)
OVP simulator downloadable (needs registration and to be logged in) in package OVPsim for Windows32 and for Linux32. Note that the simulator is also available for 64 bit hosts as part of the commercial products from Imperas.
OVP Download page here.
OVP documentation that provides overview information on processor models is available OVP_Guide_To_Using_Processor_Models.pdf.
Full model specific documentation on the variant rv32imafd (RV32G) is available OVP_Model_Specific_Information_riscv_RV32G.pdf.
Location: The Fast Processor Model source and object file is found in the installation VLNV tree: riscv.ovpworld.org/processor/riscv/1.0
Processor Endian-ness: This model can be set to either endian-ness (normally by a pin, or the ELF code).
Processor ELF Code: The ELF code for this model is: 0xf3
QuantumLeap Support: The processor model is qualified to run in a QuantumLeap enabled simulator.
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The RV32IMAFD SystemC TLM2 Fast Processor Model also has parameters, model commands, and many registers.
The model may also have hierarchy or be multicore and have other attributes and capabilities.
To see this information, please have a look at the model variant specific documents.
Click here to see the detailed document OVP_Model_Specific_Information_riscv_RV32G.pdf.
Information on the RV32IMAFD OVP Fast Processor Model can also be found on other web sites::
www.ovpworld.org has the library pages http://www.ovpworld.org/library/wikka.php?wakka=CategoryProcessor
www.imperas.com has more information on the model library
http://www.ovpworld.org: Debugging with Imperas eGui running on OVP platforms
http://www.ovpworld.org: Creating Behavioral (Peripheral) components using BHM/PPM APIs and adding them to Platforms
http://www.ovpworld.org: Renesas v850 Bare Metal Video Presentation
http://www.ovpworld.org: Xilinx MicroBlaze Bare Metal Demos Video Presentation
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Diabetes takes more American lives each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined. November American Diabetes Month and it's important to recognize that diabetes is a serious disease. It's also important to recognize you can reduce your risk of Type 2 diabetes through lifestyle changes.
Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes. It is sometimes called non-insulin dependent diabetes, or "adult onset" diabetes since it usually develops after the age of 35. However, a number of younger people are now developing type 2 diabetes. Here are some lifestyle changes you can make to help lower your risk of a diagnosis.
Weight Loss.
Being overweight raises your risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. It can also cause other problems, like high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol, and high blood glucose (sugar). Losing weight can help you prevent and manage these problems. And you don't have to lose a lot of weight - even losing 10-15 pounds can make a big difference.
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?Be physically active most days of the week.
?Eat a nutritious breakfast every day.
?Keep a record of your weight, what you eat and drink, and what you do for physical activity.
?It's much easier to lose weight when you change the way you eat and also increase your activity.
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Eating well to maintain a healthy weight is one of the most important things you can do to lower your risk for diabetes. It can be hard to make healthy food choices, particularly if you are on a budget and short on time, but there are some simple steps you can take to help you and your family eat healthier.
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?Cut down on sodium.
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?Make healthy snack foods easy to find in your kitchen.
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Physical Activity. Even if you've never exercised before, you can find ways to add physical activity to your day. You'll get health benefits, even if your activities aren't strenuous. Once physical activity is a part of your routine, you'll wonder how you did without it!
?Helps keep your blood glucose, blood pressure, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides on target
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A complete physical activity routine includes four kinds of activity:
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The NCAA overstepped its authority by imposing hefty sanctions on Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday as he filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the college athletics governing body.
Corbett said the university and the state have been harmed by what he called "harsh penalties" over the abuse committed by Sandusky, a former assistant football coach. The NCAA "piled on" and acted unlawfully because it stands to benefit from the sanctions, he said.
The 43-page complaint accuses the NCAA of exploiting the Sandusky case, saying its real motives are to "gain leverage in the court of public opinion, boost the reputation and power of the NCAA's president, enhance the competitive position of certain NCAA members, and weaken a fellow competitor."
The NCAA released a statement expressing disappointment with Corbett's action, calling the lawsuit meritless and an "affront" to Sandusky's victims.
At a news conference in a State College hotel, Corbett accused NCAA officials of inserting themselves into an issue over which they had no authority under their bylaws "and one that was clearly being handled by the justice system."
Corbett is asking for a permanent injunction to prevent the NCAA from imposing the sanctions, to which the university agreed in July, as well as costs and legal fees.
The Penn State Board of Trustees issued a statement noting the school was not a party to the lawsuit and played no role in preparing it.
Corbett said he waited until now to file the lawsuit because he wanted to thoroughly research the legal issues and did not want it to interfere with football season.
The university has agreed to pay a $60 million fine for child abuse prevention grants and to endure a four-year bowl game ban for the university's football program, a loss of footballs scholarships and other penalties.
When the deal was announced, Corbett — who is a member of the university's board of trustees — said he wanted assurance tax money would not go toward the fine, and added that part of the "corrective process is to accept the serious penalties."
When the sanctions were announced, Corbett expressed relief that Penn State had escaped the "death penalty" that would have dismantled the football program for a season or more.
The NCAA agreement has been unpopular with a significant portion of the university community, but Corbett, who is up for re-election next year, deflected a question about whether his response has helped or hurt him politically.
"We're not going to get into the politics of this," he said. An outside law firm was being retained to handle the matter, but Corbett's general counsel did not provide an estimate of cost.
"Any of the costs associated with this ... pale in comparison" with the losses people have already suffered, said Corbett's top legal adviser, James Schultz.
Corbett, a Republican, said his office did not coordinate its legal strategy with state Attorney General-elect Kathleen Kane, who is scheduled to be sworn in Jan. 15. Instead, the current attorney general, Linda Kelly, agreed to grant the governor authority to pursue the matter.
Kane, a Democrat, ran on a vow to investigate why it took state prosecutors nearly three years to charge Sandusky, an assistant under longtime football coach Joe Paterno. Corbett was the attorney general when that office took over the case in early 2009 and until he became governor in January 2011. Schultz said he would talk with Kane about the lawsuit later Wednesday.
The late football coach's family released a statement Wednesday saying they were encouraged by the lawsuit. Corbett "now realizes, as do many others, that there was an inexcusable rush to judgment" in the aftermath of the Sandusky scandal, the statement said.
State and congressional lawmakers from Pennsylvania have objected to using the NCAA's fine to finance activities in other states. Penn State has already made the first $12 million payment, and an NCAA task force is deciding how it should be spent.
Republican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent called that "unacceptable and unsatisfactory."
Last week, state Sen. Jake Corman, a Republican whose district includes Penn State's main campus, said he plans to seek court action barring any of the first $12 million from being released to groups outside the state.
Sandusky, 68, was convicted in June on charges he sexually abused 10 boys, some on Penn State's campus. He's serving a 30- to 60-year state prison term.
Eight young men testified against him, describing a range of abuse they said went from grooming and manipulation to fondling, oral sex and anal rape when they were boys.
Sandusky has maintained his innocence, acknowledging he showered with boys but insisting he never molested them.
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Design Equals Growth Plus Prosperity Should Have Been The Title of The 96-page Document Published by The European Design Leardership Board. This Article Is a Quick Look On The Design For Growth and Innovation Document, and Its Implications
The European Design Leadership Board, published a call for action document at Helsinki, for the member states of the European Union. 21 Suggestions were made. It should be noted that the paper was co-signed by major names in the design industry, mostly people by management orientation. The purpose of the call was to make member states take action towards increasing Europe's design innovation capabilities. The first action was differentiating European design on the global stage, recommendations for this was: 1 Providing means of collaboration (I would say more conferences from a practical point of view), 2. Promote increased use of design in Industry (again this could be through design awards, design symbols etc, which was not mentioned), 3. More Intellectual Property Protection, 4. Create a Designed in the European Union Label (Which is perhaps not a good idea, as not all designs would have the required qualities to sustain a high level of brand identity). 5. Suggestion is to make scientific research on measuring the impact of design on businesses, this is a very good idea. 6. This suggestion requires more bureaucratic procedures for identification and categorization of design fields. 7. Is to include design for the innovation incubators which is good. 8. Is support for open design, which I think is good, however it is always a question about where the support money goes, who decides it etc. 9. Is to develop policies for the public procurement of innovative solutions. (It sounds very nice, however this could also lead many designers to be excluded from partaking if the legislation is oriented towards high-level offices.)10. This suggestion says improve access to design management expertise and tools, which is a great idea (however, I think this should not be a subsidy to companies that provide such tools or services, rather an open platform could be made.). 11. This suggestion is about a design leadership program, which would benefit only big companies, it is a pity that SMEs are kind of excluded. 12. This suggestion is very generic, and is about developing programmes to support medium sized companies, I think country-wise design award programs subsidized by governments would be a good approach.13. This suggestion is about establishing mechanisms to let design know-how to travel between SMEs, large companies, academia and others. My suggestion is the usage of design conferences and awards for this purpose, which is an existing tool that works for dissemination of know-how. 14. Is about supporting SMEs for design involvement. I would say, that companies should be outright given subsidies for design procurement. This is a method followed by many other countries. In most cases a percentage of design costs are covered by the state. 15. Is to recognize and value apprentice-ships and vocational training. I think, many European countries lack designers who have field-experience, this could be a good opportunity for fresh graduates to use their skills. 16. Is a suggestion for increasing usage of design in public sector. Their suggestion is to establish a design lab or commissions, I am against this as this will create excluded societies that channel government money to those who partake in such projects, I think a centralized and open approach would be more beneficial to Europe.17. Is to help public sector administrators to procure design, their suggestion is through case studies, tool kits, and others. My suggestion is to create a eu-level tool for design tenders, that is open to all citizens, without any cost of submitting projects. Think it like a freelancer.com platform; at European level, guaranteed payments, real projects would definitely attract young talents as well as professional design houses.18. is Embedding design research in EU research system. I think this is by far the most important suggestion by the paper, as mostly designers find difficulty to participate in EU Framework programs. 19. th suggestion is about creating a EU platform, like the academia website for instance for designers and innovators to come together. I like such platforms, however, I think for all these needs conferences are much effective, instead of so many platforms for everything, I think more conferences could be held, with both academic, and non-academic purposes, this would ensure that new people meet eachother.20. This suggestion is about raising the level of design literacy, which is a great idea. 21. This is an extension of the 20th suggestion, with details, and I also agree highly on this. This has been a summary of the 21 suggestions by the paper.Especially the suggestions of increasing the awareness, the inclusion of design research in EU Frameworks, and teaching design at an early age are very very important policy suggestions, which have definitely a great value proposition behind them. However, my insights is that there should have been several more points that are actually the most important elements of design innovation: designers. Especially freelancer designers will not benefit from the majority of applications of these policy suggestions as the major benefits will go to the great enterprises that have the funds to get and hire people to apply for design subsidies. Here are my other suggestions to improve design innovation. My suggestions focus on not the enterprises but rather the designers who are indeed the primary resource for the innovations. The first suggestion: 1. Organize government-subsidized design awards and competitions, with a lot of award prizes to be distributed to the designers. This helps designers to not only build a portfolio, but also get feedbacks from the jury members, thus increasing their knowhow, furthermore the gala-nights and award ceremonies bring together industry and the designers, making dissemination of information easier.Second suggestion: Stop working with famous companies, and organizing impossible to join tenders . Let young designers to participate in design tenders and projects organized by governments and public sector, through an international open platform, that does not require thousands of bureaucratic steps to register or partake. My simple suggestion: Make something like freelancer.com for Europe. That's it.Remove taxes on design and design research completely. Design, it self is research; it involves trying to figure out how to make better products, services etc. Design is education. Design services provided by designers to companies, is in a sense, educating companies to do better. Why Design is taxed directly? Design companies, architects etc should not be required to pay taxes; because their input is very similar to education. You must not tax education. You must not tax design. This is my professional insight as an Economist. Remove bureaucratic issues from Design protection. Make it easier for designers to register their products without paying tons of money for patents. Make design patents free of charge, and publicly available. Put a 10% royalty fee and 1% fee to the administration. Let designer choose which company would produce their products, enforce these payments but make it easy. Designers are productive, and usually underpaid, by improving the so called intellectual property laws, you will be only protecting the corporate culture who has the necessary funds to patent ideas. Rather, make it easy for designers to disseminate their ideas (that will definitely create innovation) and make money. More money for designers mean more motivation, and opportunity to come with better designs. Allow designers to copy existing products; and built upon them, think it like the pyramid of referrals, they can refer existing patent or design registration, and the previous designer would also get a percentage of fees if someone builts upon his design something better.Open design? I think it is a great idea. But it will be so good exploited, by companies who would figure out ways to patent the ideas generated in such platforms. As I said earlier, it would make more sense to make sure that designs, especially industrial designs are covered by copyrights (i.e. in an automated way), not patents. Provide a means to help designers register their designs for free such as the http://www.designcreation.org service.I think the EU should create a dissemination network, a quality design magazine with sections for major design, crafts, arts and architecture fields and design research. I underline the quality aspect : The platform, let it be a magazine, a network, a social networking site, should not managed by some uninterested unmotivated unqualified staff that is paid by the EU tax money, but rather a big platform, an existing design magazine or organization for example. BEDA is okay. But professional companies could very well alternatives given the experience in managing such sites. A collaboration would be equally good.Do not let design mafia rise: This means any policy should not be exclusive but inclusive, and it should not limit anyone to take a part of the pie in the design industry. This means less bureaucracy, more dissemination of opportunities: If there is a tender, it should be known by all, not the select five family members of the design mafia who would invite selected designers to take part. This is serious issue.Create open spaces, public centers, not some restricted hubs or so called incubators. Create design centers that are: Like public libraries: 1. Anyone can use. 2. Free to use. 3. Has meeting rooms. 4. Open for anyone. 5. Registration is simple. 6. In the city center. 7. Has wifi or internet. 8. Smaller rooms that could be rent for a month. 9. A desk and reception. 10. A free to use lab or 3D machine to make prototypes etc.. What I mean is like building a design guild in each and every city, where young designers could visit to work, to learn etc. Can be expanded further. More could be added, the summary of my suggestions is to: focus more on the bottom line; the designers, and make the life easy for them, and the rest will follow. In any case, I suggest people to read this paper, it has a lot of intelligent points but as I said, more could be added from a designers perspective, to make it work totally.Remember, design increases quality of life, well being and everything else; because: Design is making something that makes sense. It is improving existing things, and perceiving and suggestion for new ways of doing things. It is making tools to make life easier, products that are ergonomic, systems that are effective, and life enjoyable. Why tax it? (Through direct taxes or bureaucratic things alike). Embrace and respect design.Exerpt:The European Design Leadership Board, published a call for action document at Helsinki, for the member states of the European Union. 21 Suggestions were made. It should be noted that the paper was co-signed by major names in the design industry, mostly people by management orientation. The purpose of the call was to make member states take action towards increasing Europe's design innovation capabilities. The first action was differentiating European design on the global stage, recommendati..
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Date: 05 May 2009 10:50
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11 May 2010 15:01 — "No Power for the Parliament" warns EPO examiners association: The Staff Union of the EPO sent a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, warning of risks integrated into the accession of the European Union to the European Patent Convention (EPC). They warn that the European Parliament can be circumvented as a legislator in patent law. (Comments: 39)
10 Feb 2010 16:11 — Alvaro asks 9 questions to the Commission about ACTA, including 3 strikes and transparency: Alexander Alvaro (ALDE) has asked 9 questions about ACTA, including 3 strikes and transparency, or the access by the INTA committee to the drafts documents. He is also asking about changes to substantive patent law (read software patents here). (Comments: 29)
09 Feb 2010 12:05 — Members of European Parliaments ask when they will receive the ACTA documents: Some Member of the European Parliament have asked when they will receive the ACTA documents, mentioning the Lisbon Treaty article 218 which says that the Parliament have to be "fully informed" of the negotiations. The new trade commissioner Karel DeGucht said previously that the Lisbon Treaty do not apply to ACTA, because the confidentiality of the talks were negotiated before. (Comments: 32)
07 Oct 2009 12:14 — FFII and IP Justice file Bilski Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court: The Foundation for a Free Informational Infrastructure (FFII) and IP Justice filed an Amicus Curiae Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case Bilski v. Kappos is expected to become a landmark ruling on the future of the U.S. patent system. The joint Brief explains the interlink of software and business methods, and points out alternatives to the so called Machine-or-Transformation test used for categorizing patents. (Comments: 9)
02 Sep 2009 22:30 — IBM says software patents drive OSS development: In its Amicus Brief to the US Supreme Court on the Bilski case, IBM is arguing that "patent protection has promoted the free sharing of source code [...] which has fueled the explosive growth of open source software development." (Comments: 87)
08 Jul 2009 11:54 — What's wrong with the United Patent Litigation System (UPLS)?: A journalist of WorldIPReview recently asked FFII what were its views of the proposed United Patent Litigation System (UPLS), which is now being questioned by the Council in a submission to the ECJ. FFII had already published a press release mentioning the new push for software patents in Europe via a centralised and trusted court. (Comments: 0)
03 Jul 2009 17:34 — The Bilski test was invented by IBM: By reading the Amicus Brief of IBM to the CAFC, it is pretty clear that the machine tranformation test which allows software patents and ban business method patents was invented by IBM lawyers. (Comments: 220)
22 Jun 2009 12:34 — USPTO refuses to disclose Bilski's pending patent application: The US Supreme Court will soon hear Bilski on why software and business method patents are so good for the US economy. I was trying to find out where the Bilski's pending patent application was published, and I ended up writing to the new USPTO President and ex-IBM David Kappos. I finally got an answer from a USPTO official that the Bilski's pending patent application cannot be seen by the public. (Comments: 38)
09 Jun 2009 10:49 — Patent expert Alison Crofts says EPLA is pushed by pro-software patents lobby: In its edition of IP Value 2007, the Intellectual Asset Magazine (IAM) was publishing an article about the Reform of European Patent System, where an expert mentions that the push for the EPLA is coming from the pro-software patents lobby. (Comments: 5)
04 Jun 2009 20:24 — European Patent Office refuses spanish amicus brief against software patents: Alberto Barrionuevo, CEO of the small spanish software company OpenTIA and ex-president of the FFII, had submitted an amicus brief to the Enlarged Board of Appeal in spanish. The European Patent Office has notified him that they are refusing his letter because it was not written in one of the 3 official languages of the EPO. (Comments: 1)
12 May 2009 13:30 — European Commission pushes for software patents via a trusted court: The European Commission is pushing for software patents via a centralised trusted patent court that would be created with the United Patent Litigation System (UPLS), an international treaty that would remove national courts. This court system would be shielded against any review by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Thus patent judges would have the last word on software patents. (Comments: 27)
22 Apr 2009 11:25 — Conference on "Make software patents work for SMEs": The European Commission is organising a conference dedicated to "Make IPR work for SMEs" next Monday in Brussels. You can here submit your questions for next Monday on how to "Make software patents work for SMEs". (Comments: 49)


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Do you know what these are?
They're pibá.
Since it's 6 am and I'm wide awake (did you hear that? awake!) a full hour before my alarm goes off, I figure I'll tell you a little about pibá while baking a cake (bread?) to pass the time. Since I can't fall back asleep. Yeah…I'm wierd that way.
So, here's the deal. Pibá is a fruit. In fact it's the fruit of the palm tree. And it started our trip out to Santa Clara.
In case you don't remember, two years ago, my friend Elvera and I went to Panama and stayed with our friends Joe and Victoria and baby Jack. We ate very very very well. We arrived on the day that a long awaited new road was opened in Panama City, and were some of its first passengers. Midway through our trip was a national holiday as President Martinelli was sworn in. Everyone was off work, so Vic, Elvera, and I prepared a picnic lunch (including some pibá), Joe packed up the car, and we all drove out to Santa Clara beach about an hour southwest of Panama City on the Pacific Ocean.
We stop along the Pan-American Highway at Quesos Chela – arguably the best cheese maker in the country …
… and kosher to boot.
After stocking up on a lot of dairy to supplement the cooked pibá and salads we packed, I settle down with a coconut. And a straw.
(Hold on, the oven is beeping. The cake is done.)
Twenty more minutes in the car, barely enough time for the cheese to reach perfect-for-eating room temperature, we drive up to a house.
We pull up alongside this bicycle.
We find our own private beach.
Look what's waiting for us.
The weather quickly turns from sunny to overcast to downright stormy.
We pack up our bags and bid our oasis adieu.
(There goes my alarm. Time to get ready for work. Do you think my new colleagues will like the cake?)
Rinse pibá.
Drop into salted boiling water.
Boil for about 20 minutes until tender.
Rinse with cold water.
Let cool.
With a salt shaker nearby and a sharp knife, peel the orange skin and eat the white, starchy fruit. It tastes a bit like a dense potato.


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Youth Drop-In is a weekly opportunity for Jr. High and High school age LGBTQ identifying youth to engage with peers in an affirming space. Each week youth will participate in crafts, games, activities, and/or discussions relevant to the experiences of LGBTQ youth. Light snacks and drinks are provided each week with an occasional pizza night announced in advance.
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