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|Reviews for Of fateful days and nights
| c3lph t1tl3d chapter 4 . 3/20/2011
Oh I love this fc so much I really hope you update this fic again :)
| Royalraven007 chapter 4 . 4/7/2010
That is an amazing story. I especially like that Candy is willing to trust Carrion even though her sister mind hates him. I can't blame her though cuz he did kill her but it is sweet that Candy is willing to give him another chance. Hope you update soon
| Girl Of Games chapter 4 . 9/10/2009
PLEASE update i love your story !
| Lemo chapter 4 . 10/29/2008
:O More please! Not sure how long it's been since this thing updated, but I finally got around to reading the 2nd book n now I need my Abarat fix!
And aren't the stitchling things called Mires n not Mines? O.o
| Moon Made of Longing chapter 4 . 10/25/2008
OH it's lovely. please update.
| Red Stockings chapter 3 . 7/29/2007
Gah! Poor Candy, although I must say she's pretty calm. But I guess she's been through so much already, she's probably reached a point where she just accepts bad things keep happening.
Princess Boa sounds noisy, erm, how can I put it... like trying to read with loud music on, Boa's the music, you keep getting distracted.
Hope to see some more soon! And thank you for all your kind reviews on my fics!
| Mirukarumi chapter 3 . 7/4/2007
that was good, please dont take so long to update again :(
| Sky blade fighter angel chapter 3 . 7/4/2007
WOW i never had anything on this site dedicated to me! that is awesome as much as your story! i love CandyXCarrion XD anyways keep up the awesomeness!
| Amaruk Wolfheart of the Wraith chapter 2 . 6/25/2007
Hey there. _~ First of all, thanks much for your reviews for CCTA. I can't tell you how glad I am to see that people enjoy reading it! Secondly, I think you've got the makings of a good fic here. I'm quietly rooting for a Candy/Carrion pairing, but I'm interested in seeing who she actually falls for. Also, who's the person Candy thought she knew and when will Carrion show up? Definitely think you're writing Candy & Malingo well. We'll see another chapter soon, yes? Finally, I was idly wondering you might like to have a beta for this fic. Just a thought. _~ See you next chapter!
| TheLibrandy chapter 2 . 6/16/2007
What person is she looking at? Can't wait to find out, please update again soon. D
| Mirukarumi chapter 1 . 12/29/2006
wait wait wait. no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no, wat no that damn guys suppose to DIE! y wont he die? *tear* oh well it was really good, it was weird cause it felt like i was reading the book. and u know how sometimes the chapter ends at cliff hangers, wel gr for a sec there i thought i was actually reading the book, bo hoo lol
well as u can probly tell, i really liked, and i want u to UPDATE A.S.A.P okay XD
total fav material
| TheLibrandy chapter 1 . 11/10/2006
This should be good, with Carrion back. Then again, Candy was wonder what happened to him. Please update soon. D
| Elessari Monk chapter 1 . 11/5/2006
Good start! You know, one thing that really depresses me is the sad lack of Candy/Mischief fics. In fact, there aren't any at all. Wouldn't you feel priveleged to get to write the first one ever? ;) anyways whatever pairing it is, nice story!
| Elyzwibiz chapter 1 . 10/30/2006
Well...that was an interesting first chapter. I like the fact that you're gonna talk more about FinneganCandy than CarrionCandy.
Please update son !
| Sky blade fighter angel chapter 1 . 10/28/2006
I love your story so far! is it gonna be like carrionxcandy and have like boa's soal leaving her body and going into another one? sorry i have lots of story ideas:P

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Don't you see how the smaller hexagons form the star of david?
The Sirius Mystery is a book by Robert K. G. Temple first published by St. Martin's Press in 1975. It presents the hypothesis that the Dogon people of Mali, west Africa, preserve a tradition of contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings from the Sirius star-system.[1]
These beings, who are hypothesized to have taught the arts of civilization to humans, are claimed in the book to have originated the systems of the Pharaohs of Egypt, the mythology of Greek civilization, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and so on. Temple's theory was heavily based on his interpretation of the work of ethnographers Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen. A substantial bulk of The Sirius Mystery consists of comparative linguistic and mythological scholarship, pointing out resemblances among Dogon, Egyptian and Sumerian beliefs and symbols. Greek and Arab myths and words are considered to a lesser extent.
The "mystery" that is central to the book is how the Dogon allegedly acquired knowledge of Sirius B, the invisible companion star of Sirius A. Temple did not argue that the only way that the Dogon could have obtained what he understood to be accurate information on Sirius B was by contact with an advanced civilization; he considered alternative possibilities, such as a very ancient, advanced, and lost civilization that was behind the sudden appearance of advanced civilization in both Egypt and Sumeria. He personally found the theory of alien contact more convincing, but he did not claim certainty about it.
However, serious doubts have been raised about the reliability of Griaule and Dieterlein's work on which The Sirius Mystery is based[2][3], and alternative explanations have been proposed. The claims about Dogon astronomical knowledge have been challenged. For instance, the anthropologist Walter Van Beek who studied the Dogon after Griaule and Dieterlen found no evidence that the Dogon considered Sirius to be a double star and or that astronomy was particularly important in their belief system.[4]
Originally posted by theAymen
Tayesin i know what your saying but listen to this.
the 10,000 bc link is pure BS.
heres why: today leaders are trying to link themselves with the antediluvian (pre flood) era. if the can prove demigods lived here on earth, then they are related to them which makes them RULERS WITH DIVINE RIGHT TO RULE working on solimons bluepirnt.
im egyptian and i dont believe the sphinx is that old they are masonic lies.
Originally posted by Scott Creighton
It remains my own view that if the belt stars are pointing anywhere it is to a location just to the southwest of the Giza plateau, a location I attempted to reach last year but, alas, failed miserably largely as a result of some 'unusual' security measures. You can read about this here. The stellar correlation with this terrestrial location seems to indicate the star Rho Orionis. I have no idea why this desert area to the SW of Giza is, for all intents and purposes, effectively 'off limits' to the public.
Robert Temple ought to have known about van Beek's fieldwork long before the second edition of The Sirius Mystery was published. He also made basic mistakes in his interpretation of Egyptian, Greek and Mesopotamian mythology that undermines his account of the origins of the Dogon's supposed knowledge. The Egyptians did not identify Sirius as the Dog Star – that was a Greek idea – so it cannot be linked with Anubis. Indeed, Sirius (Spdt in Egyptian) was specifically identified with Isis, as the constellation known to the Greeks as Orion (the hunter whose dog was represented by Sirius) was identified by the Egyptians with Osiris, the husband of Isis.
Ultimately, The Sirius Mystery presents no real mystery. It uses discredited anthropological data, muddled mythological interpretation and lots of unconformable speculation. It has become a classic text of Bad Archeology.
The pyramids have long fascinated Robert Bauval. He is Egyptian, born in Al-Iskandariyya (Alexandria) to Belgian parents, and has spent most of his life living and working in the Middle East. For many years he had pondered over the significance of Sah, the constellation of Orion, and its link to the pyramids. One night, while working in Saudi Arabia, he took his family and a friend's family up into the sand dunes of the Arabian desert for a camping expedition.
Bauval knew that the seemingly inconsistent layout of the three Fourth Dynasty pyramids at Giza was no accident, and had applied his own engineer's mind, and those of many friends to the problem. Most agreed that the alignment, though unusual, was no accident, given the precise mathematical knowledge that the Egyptians had.
His friend, a keen amateur astronomer, pointed out Orion, and mentioned, in passing, that Mintaka, the smaller more easterly of the stars making up Orion's belt was offset slightly from the others. Immediately Bauval saw the answer -- the three Belt Stars were aligned in exactly the same way as the three pyramids.
Bauval checked the alignment in 2,450 BCE by precessing the three Belt Stars back, and found that, due to their close proximity in space, great distance from Earth, and negligible proper motion, they looked exactly the same then as they do today. Of course, they had changed in declination -- then they were just below the celestial equator, at about -1 degree declination.
The pyramids were a mirror image, the Earthly representation of the Belt of Orion, the destination of the dead King! The Egyptians were dualists -- everything they thought and believed was a duality. Everything had its counterpart, cause and effect, left and right, East and West, death and rebirth -- nothing was ever seen in isolation. They had constructed at Giza an exact replica of the Duat [underworld] destination of the King. Far from being a tomb, the pyramid was the starting point of the King's journey back to the stars from whence he came, back to the First Time.
Bauval initially made use of the astronomy program Skyglobe 3.5. Though too inaccurate for serious work -- it does not take proper motion, rotation, refraction, for example, into account -- it was sufficient to clarify Bauval's mind as to the value of his discovery. Giza is West of the Nile -- putting the plane of our galaxy into the equation showed that Orion is "West" of the Milky Way, in proportion to Giza and the Nile.
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It has long been my own view, however, that what is actually being depicted at Giza are the Belt stars and ONLY the belt stars. The secondary satellite pyramids i.e. the so-called Queens' Pyramids depict the precessional max and min culminations i.e. the precessional motion of the belt stars. With this information we can be absolutely certain that it is the belt stars and ONLY the belt stars that are being depicted on the ground at Giza, thus.
What was also more attractive about the Cygnus-Giza correlation is that because the constellation's 'wing' stars are wider apart than those of Orion's belt, it means that, pro-rata, all its other main stars superimpose nicely on the plateau, highlighting other potentially interesting features.
Without any question, the Cygnus stars align much better than those of Orion.
The dual placement of the two holy springs, one at Giza and the other at Heliopolis, one dedicated most probably to Hathor and the other to Nut, provides credence to the belief that a sight line existed between these two places. Between 3000-2500 BC this Giza-Matariyeh sight line targeted the rising of Deneb, the brightest star in Cygnus, which would have become visible on the northeast horizon somewhere between azimuth 46.5-47.5 degrees.
The John Perring's 1837 map of the Giza plateau.
The Cygnus stars are in red. Note also the 'well' (Beer el-Samman)
and 'sycamores' marked between the Great Sphinx and Gebel Ghibli.
Note also the proximity of the 'beak star' Albireo (beta Cygni).
Ground-sky overlay using the stars of Cygnus on a modern map of the Giza plateau.
The Cygnus stars are in red, with those of Orion's belt in green.
Actual photograph of the stars were used for this purpose
Rodney Hale had decided to compare the stars of Cygnus with the Giza pyramids after the idea came to him in a flash of inspiration as he lay in bed one night unable to sleep. Yet it must also have stemmed from the fact that when THE ORION MYSTERY was first published, Rodney, having embracing such new ideas regarding the astronomy of the Ancient Egyptians, became disappointed when in 1995 he attempted to superimpose Orion's 'belt' stars over the Giza pyramids, with the following results:
Relative positions of the three 'belt' stars of Orion as overlaid upon the Giza pyramids
as done by Rodney Hale in 1995, using both a photograph of the stars
and as they appear in the Skyglobe program 3.5
They simply do not match, with the star corresponding to the Third Pyramid, Mintaka (delta Orionis), falling towards the southwest edge of the monument. Of course, the whole thing could simply have been a symbolic gesture on the part of the Ancient Egyptians, and thus was not meant to be precise. Yet still, it was a shame that the correlation was not exact.
Even more despair came for Rodney, a technical engineer by trade, when he attempted to match the remaining stars of Orion with other pyramid fields, as is proposed by Bauval and Gilbert in THE ORION MYSTERY.
Unfortunately, Saiph ('sword', kappa Orionis), which as Orion's right knee is south of the belt stars, fell short of its predicted target - the ruined pyramid of Djedefre of Abu Rawash, while Bellatrix (gamma Orionis), the left shoulder of Orion, is situated some distance away from its target - the so-called 'Unfinished Pyramid' at Zawiyat al-Aryan.
Even more confusing was that Orion's two brightest stars Rigel (beta Orionis) and Betelgeuse (alpha Orionis) do not mark an ancient monument of any kind. Once again, the correlation might not have needed to be precise, but it was a shame that the theory was not as tight as he might have liked it to be. Proposals of this kind need precision for the soul to take them seriously.
So now it seemed that for Rodney the 'wing' stars of Cygnus, linked to the plateau through its associations with the cult of Sokar - a falcon-headed god of the dead who presided over Rostau, ancient Giza, and was the earthly counterpart of the celestial sky falcon god dwn-'nwy - could be superimposed over the three main pyramids.
* Was this simply coincidence?
* Had it been by grand design, created by the great architect of the Great Pyramid, or was the cosmic joker at work here?
The simple answer is that neither of us could be sure.
xiii. The Road to Rostau.
Technical engineer Rodney Hale, working along side me with my research into the Cygnus mystery, decided to see what might happen if he overlay the principal stars of Cygnus over the Pyramids of Giza. The connection was precise, even more so than if one were to do the same with the stars of Orion, previously linked with the ancient astronomy of the Pyramid Age.
A closer examination of the geometry of the Giza plateau showed that during the Pyramid age Deneb rose exactly in line with the ancient cult centre of Heliopolis, once linked to ancient Giza via a sacred road. This was also the approximate orientation of the Giza pyramids, which are also known to target Heliopolis. In addition to this, the orientation of the three pyramids matches the setting of Cygnus on the north-western alignment during the same epoch.
Thus we can see that during the Pyramid Age the stars of Cygnus, Deneb in particular, would seem to have played an active role in the rise of Heliopolis, this famed necropolis of the ancient world. What is more, Deneb, we find, might easily have been employed, symbolically at least, in the Stretching of the Cord foundation ceremony, known to have been used to orient buildings including pyramids such as the ones at Giza.
The Great Pyramid is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Constructed in circa 2600 BC as a funerary monument for the Old Kingdom pharaoh Khufu (or Cheops), it is the triumph of 500 years of evolution in funerary architecture, beginning with simple burials in underground tombs and culminating with the perfect pyramid. Invariably, Egyptian funerary monuments were aligned north-south, a ritual act achieved with precision in the Pyramid Age. Finding true north was ceremonially determined during a ritual known as 'Stretching of the Cord', which involved the use of a specific star, or stars, in the northern night sky.
On either side of the northern celestial pole. These were Cygnus and Ursa Major, which he identified as asterisms known in Ancient Egyptian astronomy as, respectively, dwn-'nwy, a falcon-headed god, and mšhtyw the bull, or ox thigh, additionally seen as the old foes Horus and Set, ever sparring around each other in the night sky.
The Northern Group of constellations, including
the falcon-headed god dwn-'nwy identified as Cygnus.


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I've got to be honest, at first I wasn't quite sure how I felt about the Dodgers splishing and splashing in the swimming pool at Phoenix's Chase Field Thursday night.
Was it just a spontaneous moment of chlorinated fun and exuberance from a Dodgers team that came back from the dead to win the National League West title?
Were the Dodgers being intentionally disrespectful? Were they trying to punk the Diamondbacks?
Were the Dodgers classless?
Or are the Diamondbacks and their fans just being super-sensitive?
Hmm …
In case you missed it, here was the scenario:
Just a few minutes after the Dodgers captured NL West title with a 7-6 victory over the second-place D-backs, a bunch of Dodgers players scaled the right-center-field wall at Chase Field and began their raucous pool party.
The Diamondbacks celebrated in similar fashion when they won the title in 2011. But, of course, it's their ballpark and their pool.
Naturally, many from the hometown team were furious with the Dodgers:
• An editorial in Arizona Republic: "Congratulations are in order. Even to a bunch as classless as the Los Angeles Dodgers, the first players not wearing Diamondbacks uniforms to celebrate a championship by diving into the Chase Field pool."
• D-backs president and CEO Derrick Hall in an email to reporters: "I could call it disrespectful and classless, but they don't have a beautiful pool at their old ballpark and probably wanted to see what one was like."
• D-Backs infielder Willie Bloomquist to the Arizona Republic: "It's surprising because they have a lot of veteran guys on that team that I thought were classier than that. I just think they have enough guys on that team that it's surprising that they would allow that to happen.
"You have to give credit where credit is due. They won the division; congratulations to them, but I would expect them to act with a little more class than they did. I doubt the New York Yankees would do something like that."
The Diamondbacks were especially upset because before the game they had asked the Dodgers players not to celebrate excessively in front of Diamondbacks fans. However, by the time the Dodgers were doing cannonballs and the backstroke, Chase Field was pretty empty — as it is most of the time anyway.
Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten said: "I've never seen a celebration where everyone isn't boisterous and enthusiastic."
I suppose if an opposing team came into Coors Field and celebrated by dancing in the home run fountain beyond the center-field fence, I would be upset. I'm supposed to be objective, but as Colorado native, it would rankle me. But looking at the Dodgers' notorious pool party from a distance, I don't have a problem with it. I think it was just good, clean fun. Nobody got hurt. It wasn't malicious.
I think D-backs pitcher Brandon McCarthy got it right. Posting on Twitter, he said: "Celebrating is fun. I don't care how and where you do it. Only thing to care about is what we need to do to celebrate in our pool next year."
Finally, the best defense of the celebration comes from a Dodgers fan posting on the message board to a column by Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke:
"Grow up D-backs. The Dodgers didn't spray paint the Green Monster or tear down ivy at Wrigley. It's a pool….in a baseball stadium. Enough said." — 50-yr. Dodgers fan
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The Legend of Silkroad
Platform: Arcade
Genre: Fighting Action (Brawler)
Developer: Unicom
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The Legend of Silkroad reviewReviewed July 05, 2007
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✔ Access to surfhouse communal areas
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✔ 7 nights stay in the SurfCamp
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Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer
A jointly researched report complied by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the U.K.- based World Cancer Research Fund was published yesterday.
The report sets out changes that can be made at all levels of society to reduce the number of cancer cases.
Of course, at NaturalSuperfoodsBlog we have been instinctively aware of the links between nutrition and cancer, so it's great to see a report which gives real information about cancer prevention.
The whole report isn't actually easy to access – they are selling hard copies or only allowing pdf downloads of sample chapters – so basically I haven't read it!
However, I note that respected health news site NaturalNews.com comments on a few things the report apparently ignored, like the importance of Vitamin D in reducing cancer, and eliminating toxins in personal care products and reducing exposure to x-rays. Perhaps these are some of the aspects which influence the "unexplained" cancers the reports researchers state exist.
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Three Red Wines for CompanyPosted by Fredric Koeppel under California , Grenache , Italy , Merlot , New Zealand , Pinot noir , Spain
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Some friends came over a few nights ago for a meeting of a committee that LL and I are chairing for an animal-related fund-raising event, and of course I pulled out a few wines to slake their thirst and accompany a selection of cheeses and grilled vegetables. These friends are not "wine-people"; they just like to drink wine, though when they taste something good they can tell the difference between the good stuff and some bland, innocuous fluff. The temperature was a bit chilly for late March — the month came in like a lion and seems to be going out like one too — so I made it a red wine occasion, to which no one objected. I thought diversity in country and grape variety would be interesting, so here's what I opened: Gainey Vineyard Merlot 2007, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County; Inurrieta Sur 2007, Navarra, Spain, a blend of garnacha and graciano grapes (maybe; see review below); and La Valentina Spelt 2006, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Italy. These wines were samples for review.
When I poured a few glasses of the Gainey Merlot 2007, Santa Ynez Valley, someone said, "Ymmmmm, so glad you chose this one!" The wine is a blend of 95 percent merlot, 4 percent cabernet franc and 1 percent cabernet sauvignon; it aged 19 months in French oak, 38 percent new barrels. Boy, this is deep, rich, glittery yet impeccably balanced merlot, permeated by black currant and black raspberry scents and flavors thoroughly imbued with notes of mint and cedar, smoke, graphite-like minerality and polished oak that takes on a bit of toast. The smoky quality, which unfurls to reveal hints of bitter chocolate, black tea and lavender, intensifies as the moments pass, as does the more profound depth of dusty tannins, earthy loaminess and shale. Not that the wine is forbidding; oh, no, these serious qualities, along with vibrant acidity, are necessary to temper, if not tame, the wine's profuse sensual attractions. Quite a performance. 13.9 percent alcohol. Drink now through 2014 or '15. Excellent. About $20, Great Quality for the Price.
There's a bit of confusion about exactly what grapes go into the Inurrieta Sur 2007, from Spain's Navarra region. The back label tells us that the wine is a blend of garnacha (grenache) and graciano; the printed matter I was sent with the wine says 60 percent garnacha and 40 percent syrah; the winery's website asserts that the wine contains garnacha, syrah and graciano grapes. O.K., people, let's get the story straight! The point is, when I poured our friends a glass of the wine, a chorus of "whoa" and "wow" filled the air. The wine is a dark ruby color, while the bouquet is deeply spicy, sooty, smoky, ripe and funky in the fleshy, meaty sense. This is a delectable quaff whose residence in American oak barrels for six months lends a combination of suppleness and sinewy power to the flavors of black currants, black raspberries and mulberries, all slightly macerated and roasted. The whole effect is sleek, burnished, highly drinkable, now through 2012 or '13. I almost wish I had saved it for pizza, but I'll find something else, don't worry. Alcohol content is 14.5 percent. Very Good+. About $15, representing Great Value.
The Wine of the Week on Feb 18 was La Valentina Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2008; now it's the turn of that wine's slightly older cousin, La Valentina Spelt 2006. Also made from 100 percent montepulciano grapes, Spelt 06 — the wine is named for the region's dominant grain crop — ages 18 months, partly in stainless steel; partly in French barriques, new and one- and two-years old; and partly in 25 hectoliter barrels. Nothing rustic here; this is a lovely, balanced, eminently drinkable red wine notable for a beguiling bouquet of mint and eucalyptus, slightly spiced and macerated black currant, black raspberry and plum fruit; and a deep dark woody/spicy/chewy/dusty/tannic/graphite/minerally texture and structure etched with delicate tracings of licorice, lavender and potpourri. Alcohol is a sensible 13.5 percent. Drink now through 2013 or '14. Excellent. About $22.
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What a Weekend!
It started Thursday morning when I received a message that the new film I recently finished, 800 CDs, was featured in an article in the Oshkosh Northwestern – the daily paper for this large Milwaukee suburb. One of the artist's featured in the film, Rob Anthony, saw an advanced screening we had last weekend. Apparently he liked it a bit because he proceeded to e-mail his entire extensive fanbase including all his press contacts. Rob is not small potatoes in his home market. In fact he's enough of a big deal that the music columnist for the Northwestern called me immediately for an interview on Sunday morning. Her article was featured four days later in the Thursday Calendar section. Read it on the press page.
On Friday I received word that I was invited to play the main stage at The Comedy Store. I had a little debut there on Wednesday night up in the Belly Room, which evidently went well. Not only did they invite back – and to the Main Room – they scheduled it for a Friday night! June 8th. Oh man, I'm going to be FRICKIN' scared. If you're in the area that night, PLEASE come down and offer some encouragement and some 'emotional' support – no matter how many lyrics I forget. That did seem to be one of the highlights of Wednesday night's show. And of all words to forget… A bunch of us will be starting the night at 6pm and the Saddle Ranch next door. Come join the fun.
Saturday I went up to Santa Barbara to play NorthStar Cafe, a coffee joint right in the middle of all the action on State Street. I took my pal Tah Phrum Da Bush along. Tah's a tremendous hip hop artist out of Brooklyn who is also featured in 800 CDs. This guy has opened my eyes to his genre. I'm still very selective, but I'm a big fan of his music for sure. In fact, after I played a couple of my tunes Tah joined me to freestyle to some riffs and patterns. We ended up creating and performing "acoustic hop" right there on the spot. Before we knew it, we had played for about two hours straight. There were some video cameras going, so hopefully we'll get some of this up online.
Sunday night was spent at the Viper Room listening to Latham rip it up. My only problem with this band is that they're doing so well and in such demand that Mark is no longer available to play lead guitar for the Emotional Wrecks. Go see his band and you'll see why he's so hard to replace.
Monday, my new friends in the band Two Word Name asked me to play some tunes during their afternoon set at the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach. Tah played too. This was truly fun. What a crowd. What energy this Two Word Name group has. They're great. The Hermosa pier was hopping. I made a bunch of great new emotional wreck friends. I have to get back to the Lighthouse and bring the band.


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Hi Angela, My answer does not require a computer, but I think it would solve your problem. Type the names of all your 24 students on a sheet of paper. Then make a copy of the names on a second sheet. Cut the paper off under the last name on the first sheet of paper. Fold your paper back with the student names on the outside and make a cylinder by taping the bottom of the list to the top of the list with the last name just above the first name. Do exactly the same thing with the second piece of paper with the names of the students. Then slip the second cylinder partly over the first cylinder so that you can see both columns of student names side by side. Each time you want to change partners, just turn one of the cylinders enough to line it up with the next student on the other sheet causing each student to have a new partner that they haven't had before. This will allow each student to have each of the other 23 student as a partner exactly once during a cycle. -Carol, for the Teacher2Teacher service
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Caterina Mainero, MD, PhD, Instructor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School, discusses her paper, "In vivo imaging of cortical pathology in multiple sclerosis using ultra-high field MRI" which was recently published in Neurology® (2009;73:941-948). She spoke with José G. Merino, MD, Science Editor of AAN.com.
AAN.com: Can you briefly summarize the methodology and major findings of the study?
Mainero: Using 7T MRI, we compared 16 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and eight age-matched controls in order to study the characteristics of cortical lesions and investigate the relationship between these lesions, white matter lesion load, and clinical features. We found that, with phased array images, we could detect and characterize the four types of lesions described in neuropathological studies, and that the presence of certain types of lesions (discussed below) is associated with worse outcome. Our findings suggest that the use of 7T MRI is an important tool for the in-vivo study of cortical pathology in MS and its impact on the progression of disease.
AAN.com: What are the neuropathological features of the gray matter plaques?
Mainero: Pathologic studies have shown that cortical lesions constitute a substantial proportion of the total brain lesion load in MS, and that these lesions are characterized by extensive demyelination and substantial neuronal, glial, and synaptic loss. Most pathological studies describe three major types of cortical lesions:
Subpial lesions may appear as circumscribed, focal lesions, or extend across multiple adjacent gyri leading to a phenomenon termed "general subpial demyelination." Some studies describe a fourth kind of cortical lesions (type IV)—these lesions affect the entire width of the cortex from the pial surface but do not extend to the subcortical WM. With the exception of leukocortical lesions, cortical plaques lack the apparent tissue destruction, gliosis, and perivascular infiltration that characterize WM lesions.
AAN.com: In your series, how prevalent were GM plaques?
Mainero: All of our patients had at least two cortical lesions. Overall, we detected 199 cortical lesions. Subpial lesions were the most frequent type of cortical plaques observed (50.2 percent), followed by leukocortical lesions (36.2 percent) and intracortical lesions (13.6 percent). The ratio of lesion types seen on 7T scans was nearly identical to that documented in neuropathological studies.
AAN.com: What is the etiology of the gray matter lesions in MS?
Mainero: Pathological studies show that cortical lesions in patients with MS are often characterized by demyelination and axonal and neuronal loss. In our study, we did not find an association between WM lesion load and cortical lesions, but a few previous studies reported such an association. The spatial and temporal connectivity between cortical and WM disease has not been well studied in neuropathological or MRI studies. It is unclear whether cortical disease is due to axonal damage secondary to WM demyelination or a direct target of the disease process. Evidence from neuropathological studies, at least in some phenotypes of MS, suggests that the GM pathology may occur independently of WM lesions, and may even precede the development of WM pathology. Some researchers postulate that inflammatory demyelination of the WM may be triggered by an early GM-based process as seen in some viral models of MS (the "inside-out" model of MS). These two processes might have different clinical implications and respond to different therapeutic approaches.
AAN.com: In your study, was there an association of GM plaque load or location and disease severity and progression?
Mainero: Yes, we did find that the higher the number of type III/IV cortical lesions, the greater the disability. Previous pathology data showed that patients with a higher number of type III lesions became wheelchair dependent at a younger age than patients with fewer lesions, suggesting that the frequency and extent of intracortical and subpial demyelination may contribute to disease progression in MS. Recent data in primary progressive MS show that cortical lesions are able to predict clinical disability over a medium time period.
AAN.com: MS is also associated with GM atrophy. What is the cause of this?
Mainero: Autopsy data show that the prevalence of cortical lesions increases with the duration of disease. MRI studies, however, show cortical atrophy even in the earliest stages of the disease. Whether cortical lesions and cortical atrophy reflect two different aspects of the same degenerative process, or have different biological substrates (primary vs. secondary to WM damage), has not yet been clarified. Few studies have examined this question, and have led to contrasting results. The use of 7T MRI may allow us to identify cortical lesions in the earlier stages of MS. We are currently investigating the relationship between the different types of cortical lesions detected at 7T and cortical thickness measures in the same sample of patients with MS.
AAN.com: Why are the studies done in routine clinical practice using 1.5T and 3T magnets relatively insensitive to the presence of GM plaques?
Mainero: Standard MRI techniques are relatively insensitive to cortical plaques because the lesions are small and there is low contrast between the plaques and the surrounding normal cortex. Compared with standard 3T scanners, ultra-high field systems (7T to 9.4T) allow a two- to three-fold improvement in image signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Advances in multichannel radiofrequency (RF) technology provide an additional two- to six-fold improvement in SNR, with the greatest gains in the cortex. The high-resolution images acquired at 7T enable us to characterize specific lesion locations inside the cortical ribbon, as is done for histopathologic lesion typing, and to significantly reduce partial volume effects, especially in areas adjacent to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The use of double-inversion recovery (DIR) sequences in lower field strength scanners has improved the detection of cortical lesions, but clear differentiation between leukocortical, intracortical, and subpial pathology has not been possible. Of course, it is possible that the combination of the higher SNR at 7T with DIR methods may increase cortical lesion conspicuity even more, once technical issues are addressed at such high field strength.
AAN.com: How can 7T MRI help us address questions unresolved with standard imaging techniques or scanners?
Mainero: Our study shows that ultra-high field 7T MRI can visualize the cortical structure in great detail and assess and quantify cortical MS pathology, including subpial disease, in vivo. While neuropathology is still the "gold standard," in vivo studies can be repeated over time and allow whole brain assessment and quantification of cortical lesions and atrophy. They can be used to study the association of GM and WM pathologies and to evaluate the impact of cortical lesions on clinical outcome. We are planning to extend our MR studies to ex-vivo MS brain tissue samples to understand the relationship between the histological and MRI properties of cortical lesions in MS, and to determine in which conditions MRI is a valid surrogate marker for pathologically visible cortical disease.
AAN.com: What are the implications of your findings for clinical neurologists?
Mainero: The development and application of imaging tools able to reliably detect cortical MS lesions will allow us to evaluate the impact of such lesions on disease outcome, providing a more sensitive and early marker of disease progression than other MR measures of GM involvement, including cortical atrophy. Understanding cortical lesion patterns can provide more information about differences in disease between individuals, enabling a more accurate characterization of the different MS phenotypes. This could be useful to direct future phenotype-genotype correlations, for evaluating the therapeutic response to specific treatment, and could potentially facilitate development of novel therapeutic approaches.
Dr. Mainero has nothing to disclose.
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Henry Kissinger has nothing on Peter Montagnon. The British producer of public broadcasting`s ``Heart of the Dragon`` negotiated long and hard with leaders of the People`s Republic of China before he was allowed to lead the first outside television production crew in 30 years through the sprawling land that is home to one-quarter of the planet`s population. What he came away with would do credit to a career diplomat.
``Heart of the Dragon,`` which WTTW-Ch. 11 will air at 8 p.m. for 12 consecutive Mondays beginning this week, is more than a documentary delving into every aspect of life in China. It is an exquisite tone poem in which every frame of film is an ethereal painting encompassing dreamlike landscapes, ancient history, an emerging capitalism and a multitude of beautiful, enigmatic faces.


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Mergers-and-acquisitions activity by RIA firms last year was significantly less than some in the industry expected.
Schwab Advisor Services' annual M&A survey, released last week, showed that while the average size of RIA deals increased substantially in 2012 in terms of the acquired firm's level of assets under management, the number of transactions fell to just 45 last year, from 57 in 2011.
"It was a lot softer year than I anticipated," said David DeVoe, chief executive of investment bank DeVoe & Co.
Mr. DeVoe, formerly with Schwab, launched his business 14 months ago.
"We should be seeing a couple of hundred transactions a year," he said.
More deals would certainly help Mr. DeVoe's fledgling business, but it also would solve some continuity issues for aging financial advisers without a succession plan.
"I can't help thinking we're headed for a situation where a lot of RIAs will be looking for buyers at the same time," he said. "That could affect valuations."
The 45 deals involving firms with more than $100 million in assets under management that Schwab tracked last year were 12 fewer than the number in 2011, but the size of the average firm acquired had AUM of $1.3 billion, versus $798 million in 2011. Total assets involved in the deals were $58.8 billion, compared with $43.9 billion in 2011.
Three of the largest deals — involving Edelman Financial Services LLC ($17 billion in assets under management), Veritable LP ($10 billion) and Luminous Capital Holdings LLC ($5.5 billion) — accounted for a big chunk of that total, though Schwab doesn't disclose details of the deals that it tracks.
The biggest players in the market were the national firms, the most prominent being Focus Financial Partners LLC, HighTower Advisors LLC and United Capital Financial Advisers LLC. They participated in 25 of the 45 transactions.
RIA firms initiated nine of the deals, while banks and other buyers accounted for 11.
Two weeks ago, United Capital made its first acquisition of the year, buying RIA Paragon Investment Management Inc., which manages more than $1 billion in assets.
Although United chief executive Joe Duran said at the time that his firm would focus more on organic growth, aggregator firms as a group are likely to remain active buyers in the market.
"National acquiring firms are proving to be a good overall alternative for the growth of the industry," Jon Beatty, senior vice president of sales and relationship management at Schwab Advisor Services, said in a statement. "They are attractive to both advisers that are looking to join the move to independence, or RIAs that are seeking to expand their footprint or execute a succession strategy."
National firms have a distinct advantage over RIA firms in the deal market, said Shirl Penney, chief executive of Dynasty Financial Partners LLC, which added 12 adviser teams to its RIA service platform last year.
"The larger firms have people dedicated to getting deals done, while RIAs are focused on serving their clients," he said.
Dynasty, which provides a wide range of services to registered investment advisers, doesn't invest in firms but does help finance deals between them.
Mr. Penney expects that factors such as the aging adviser population, the lack of succession plans and the increasing complexity of running an advisory practice will drive more deals — with larger firms continuing to have an advantage.
"Scale matters in our industry," he said.
"There's a growing supply of financial advisers looking for a succession plan, and there are still plenty of advisers going independent who don't want to run their own business. These are good trends for our industry," Mr. Penney said.
However, individual RIAs, most of whom don't have a succession plan for their business, will have to drive the broader consolidation of the industry.
"RIAs love what they do, but more often than not, they don't have the internal team and structure to continue to grow and prosper," said John Burns, co-chief executive of Exencial Wealth Advisors, an RIA. "It's a tremendous challenge, and most firms are behind the curve in dealing with it."
Mergers could be the solution for many.
Last week, Exencial acquired Investors Asset Management Inc., an RIA with $190 million in assets under management.
Mr. Burns said that the transaction provided Investors Asset Management with much-needed continuity and added scale for Exencial, which now manages just under $1 billion in assets.
It is the second deal that he has orchestrated, and he plans to do more.
"The industry is fragmented, and our vision is to be a strong player in the Southwest," Mr. Burns said. "There are a lot more opportunities for us in this area."
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When Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) wasn't hammering out TPS reports or watching Kung Fu with his soulmate Joanna (played by the lovely Jennifer Aniston), he was plotting the downfall of the evil Initech Corporation. Peter and his buddies, Micheal Bolton and Samir Nagheenanajar, would plant a computer virus in Initech's accounting software that would take the fractional remainder of the company's banking transactions and siphon them off into an account they had set up. If they caper worked, they would be set for life and no one would ever know the money was missing. The movie, Office Space (1991), became an instant classic and remains one of my favorites.
Unbeknownst to Peter, his plan would have been perfectly legitimate if he were the Chairman of the Federal Reserve rather than a lowly programmer, working long weekends under Bill Lumber's micromanaging eye.
The Peter Gibbons School of Economics has a simple premise:
- There is money available for the public good. - That money is being hoarded by an evil entity, the capitalist class. - Taking that money, if done in very small amounts spread acoss a large number of transactions, has no negative impact on the public good.- On the contrary, by placing that money in the hands of spenders, the money will flow through the economy, stimulating more demand and employment.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
In case you are still fuzzy on how this all works, Peter explains the concept brilliantly to his skeptical girlfriend (I apologize that I don't have the exact lines, but I've seen the movie enough times that my memory is pretty close):
Peter: It's like the tray at the store with all the pennies.Joanna: You mean the cripple tray?Peter: No, I mean the Take-A-Penny Leave-A-Penny tray. That's all we're doing. And it's just a fraction of penny, only we're doing it from hundreds of trays, thousands of times a day.Joanna: And how is that not stealing?Peter: It's not stealing.
Replace Peter with either Alan Greenspan or Ben Bernanke and replace Joanna with Ron Paul and you have the crux of every debate they've had over the last 20 years.
An Interesting Read
Outside of Garet Garrett, my favorite libertarian writer might be Henry Hazlitt. Even though his time covered the New Deal and the post WWII reconstruction, his insights into the workings of modern political economy ring true today. His observations are brilliant and his logical analysis of the various government schemes for economic planning are devastating. Unfortunately, those familiar with his work knows that no one in government has ever paid any attention to Mr. Hazlitt. They repeat the same fallacies over and over and over again.
The Illusions of Point Four (pdf) is a lengthy essay (48 pages) cutting through the fantastical promises of foreign economic aid. Specifically concering a plan by Harry Truman called the Point Four Program, Hazlitt's analysis applies to all American efforts to improve the well being of foreign peoples through government aid. He exposes economic fallacy after fallacy that makes up the core of the aid program and also brings to light the Communist origins of foreign aid programs in general.
One of the best passages concerns the idea of privatizing profits for American investors while socializing losses for American taxpayers. Ha! Where have you heard that before?
Private enterprise is to be "encouraged." How? By authorizing the Export-Import Bank to "guarantee United States private capital against the risks peculiar to those [foreign] investments Some investments may require only a guarantee against the danger of inconvertibility, others may need protection against the danger of expropriation and other dangers as well."
What is the President here proposing? He is proposing that in order to induce American private investors to risk their funds abroad, we are to allow these private investors to keep the profits of their investment, but to force the American taxpayers to assume the losses. - Hazlitt, The Illusions of Point Four, page 31.
It reminds me of Jorg Hulsmann's opening remarks at Mises University this summer:
I love you..... and I hate government.
Have a great week!
David in Qatar
This article can also be found at Freedom Chatter. I also hope you'll extend your support for fellow FC contributor and Congressional hopeful Jake Towne.
David in Qatar
LOL... "You know, the Nazi's had flare that they made the jews wear."
"It was the Jump to Conclusions mat. You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor, and would have different conclusions written on it, that you could jump to..."
Ha ha ha, I love that movie!
There is a lot more I would love to say on this subject, but in consideration of brevity I decided to keep it short. (Readers have been clamoring for shorter posts here on CAPS.)
(Also, I clearly need to hire an editor. I do proofread, but I never catch all of my mistaks. Ugh. I apologize.)
So clearly I'm writing this post satirically, but the sad state of affairs is that the policy of moderate inflation operates in exactly the same fashion as Peter's plan to rip off Initech. And as Joanna points out, it is just as evil.
Inflationism, as an idea, is the premise that economies can only grow if the money supply grows as well. Therefore, if we keep the money supply growing at 2-4% per year, the economy will have an environment of monetary stability in which to prosper. This idea is nonsense, of course, but it's not enough to just say so.
To begin with, in practice, the policy works as follows: when new money is created artificially (i.e. created out of nothing - no production, no labor), it devalues the holdings of every citizen as it steps through the economy. In other words, prices will rise in the areas where the money is spent, and as the money is circulated throughout the economy, prices rise in general. This is called The Cantillon Effect of money creation. Inflationists do not consider this to be a valid theory. Reality disagrees.
Let's say the money supply is increased by 1% with no correspondening increase in the productiivity of labor. After the money has stepped through the economy, every person has seen a 1% drop in their overall standard of living.
It's of course more complex than that, but the point is that even if the Fed is only taking a fraction of a penny from every citizen each time it creates excess capital, it is still theft. Theft is evil because human experience shows that an universal policy of theft is destructive to human affairs.
When you look at America today, you can take the apologists' point of view and consider that the standard of living in America is far greater than it was in 1913, and therefore the policy of Inflationism is a good policy. However, this a logical fallacy. There have been multitudes of policies throughout history that have been in place during times of growth that are clearly wrongheaded or downright evil and they still do not break the path of human progress. Just because a policy exists does not presume that the policy is wise.
What the Inflationists can not see, and what the general public does not see, is the opportunity cost of removing wealth from the general public and placing it in the hands of the politically well connected by the policy of deliberate moderate inflation.
Yes, it could be worse. But it is little solace to the victim of a robbery in pointing out that he should be thankful his car and 401k account weren't pillaged as well.
We are missing opportunities for growth, opportunities for private capital to be employed by their rightful owners as those owners dim necessary, whenever we take money from them and hand it over to the political class.
You can be thankful for the progress we have made despite the policy of Inflationism, but never forget all the progress that has been lost due to it as well. Our standard of living and our wealth as a whole would be much higher today without it.
For a more scholarly review of the policy and history of Inflationism, here is Ludwig Von Mises' The Inflationist View of History, excerpted from Human Action.
(Again, I need an editor!)
I meant a 1% drop in the value of their cash assets or a 1% drop in their income if they are on fixed incomes. In other words, a theft of 1% of their savings and a 1% reduction in their purchasing power.
Do you think inflationary effects are the same when a gov't spends using borrowed funds as they are when a central bank increase the money supply?
If they are the same, then is one more harmful then the other?
Very good question. They are not the same, however, excessive borrowing in the past has led governments to monetize their debts (i.e. create money to pay them) and this is very inflationary. It is uncertain to what extent the Fed is engaging in this practice right now and we won't know unless there is an audit. If the government merely borrowed money, spent it wisely, and paid it back on time with interest, the inflationary effects would be minimal. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen this way.
If the government merely borrowed money, spent it wisely, and paid it back on time with interest, the inflationary effects would be minimal.
The way the government and the bankers want you to behave when you borrow money. One set of rules and expecations for the citizens and another for Uncle Sam.
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EVE Online is one of those MMOs that you would never expect to see much action from. All I ever see is players trading goods and flying around the universe completing various objectives that never really result in any kind of conflict. Outside of a few pirate raids, it's a pretty realistic MMO that focuses on real world activities over constant warfare. That's about to change though.
At the EVE Fanfest this week, CCPGames showed off a new cinematic trailer that sets up the major conflict coming to the EVE Online universe. The trailer gives off a good vibe that almost makes me want to see a sci-fi film made out of it. It should get fans excited for the updates heading to EVE Online this year.
The other interesting thing about the trailer is that it sets up what DUST 514 is all about. If you haven't heard about it, DUST 514 is a PS3 games that ties into EVE Online. It's a first-person competitive shooter that has players duking it out on the ground. These ground skirmishes directly influence the politics and the world in the PC game. It's an interesting concept that was also used in Mass Effect 3.
Check out the trailer below and get excited. EVE Online was never something that I was particularly interested in, but this new direction for the franchise has me geared up to at least jump on DUST 514.
While you're at it, the team showed off some new weapons hitting EVE Online this year. If anything, watch it for the awesome music that accompanies it. It's good to know that quality European metal is going to be around in space.


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After the first Astrid Bolton horse we bought we decided to completely rely on her experience and expertise to find all our horses! Over the years she has managed to find the perfect partners for both of us. We are so lucky to have Furst Kiss with us, he is the perfect gentleman and his children seem to take after Dad!
Getting back in the saddle was a challenge that one of Astrid's horses helped me overcome. Super Ted has been wonderful and as a result I have come back for more. I am so happy to have bought Gino from her, he is a wonderful youngster with so much potential that I cannot wait to ride him competitively.
I was looking for a talented youngster to help Charlotte my daughter progress through into Affiliated Dressage. Not only did Astrid find a talented youngster but she found one that is the perfect partner for Charlotte, Levi is clever, well mannered and loves to work! Made a wonderful Christmas Present and in 6 months has already been to Regionals and has qualified for the Nationals.
Over the last year I have acquired a number horses through Astrid Bolton, which ever the purpose I wanted them for they have been superbly adaptable and fun to work with. Not only has Astrid been a great advisor but with Hayley they have been great in making this year specially enjoyable going to shows to watch my horses perform under their guidance.


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So many (GOOD) things have been happening to our family lately. I'm sitting here, in somewhat of a disbelief.
I'm off my crutches and able to drive again, which is a huge blessing. I really took walking for granted. With both my right leg and ankle being broken, I had to rely on so many others, which isn't my strong suit. But, I have so many fantastic friends in my life, I never missed a beat. I did however, gain several pounds from not moving as much. Thankfully, those seem to be dropping pretty quickly since being able to get out on my own again. I found out that I didn't get the teaching position I was hoping for- but it turned out to be a blessing- as I'm still blogging here and with FTT working on their social media and customer service departments at home, and have joined the team at Road Trip '13 to get the conference rolling. I'm totally in love with what I'm doing!
J finally left his job for an amazing new career with a fantastic company that values his skills. It's so nice to have my husband come home from work in a GREAT mood. So many things were lifted off his shoulders when he gave his notice. I am so proud of him for being such an upstanding person, and doing everything he could to get the rest of his team trained before his final day. J's new job in Cincinnati (about a 45 minute drive from us) has already changed our lives significantly. Our insurance is better, as is the pay. In the first week of his job, they announced that he is going to be receiving quite a bit of training! I can't tell you how excited I was to find Discounts on Vistaprint Products to get everything he needed for his new job (or as we like to call it, adventure!) to fit our budget.
Speaking of budget, we changed some things around a bit, and were finally able to afford another car! It's new to us, and we love it. It's primarily J's car, but it's fun to ride around in on the weekends. We call it: Ed.
M ended her first grade year on a super-high note with a great report card. She has improved so much in the final quarter. Her academics were near-perfect, and she was essentially "released" from her behavioral plan. Her teacher thinks she'll really mature over the summer, as she nears 8. his was such a major stress in my life. I just couldn't convince myself enough that her behavior wasn't an example of my parenting, no matter how many times her teacher told me that M was making the decision to act the way she did. I always worried what note I would receive in her book bag at the end of the day. But now, we tossed the book bag and are working more on authority and being quiet when asked at home. We're hoping for an even better start to 2nd grade in a few short months.


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NEW MILFORD -- A garage behind a Wellsville Avenue home exploded Tuesday afternoon.
Neighbors on nearby Terrace Place said they heard a large boom and saw flames shooting above the trees along their back property lines about 5 p.m.
"I was mowing the strip back here and all of a sudden there were flames shooting up," said Nathan Mullder, a Terrace Place man whose home is directly behind the Wellsville property. "Then, maybe two minutes later, there was a big boom."
Firefighters from Water Witch Hose Co. No. 2 arrived within minutes and hosed down the smoldering remains of the garage, which had been leveled in the explosion.
A twisted propane tank lay beside the building's ruins. It was unknown whether the tank had been in the garage or just outside the structure.
The garage was behind two homes listed on Vision Appraisal as owned by JAAG Properties.
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An Introduction to Embedded Linux Development, Part 3
Of course, we can modify the JFFS2 filesystem while the LBox is running--after all, it acts as our hard drive. If we want to make a dramatic overhaul, however, we could reorganize and reflash the whole thing. Doing exactly that is the subject of this section. We again would use netflash to flash the whole /dev/mtd3 partition with a JFFS2 image. Doing so leaves the JFFS2 flash partition metadata out of sync with filesystem information--for example, inode data--that the kernel brought into memory earlier. Therefore, rebooting after the netflash operation seems okay is recommended.
A few considerations must be made when getting the user filesystem ready to netflash to the LBox. First, we need to construct a directory on the workstation that contains what ultimately will be the contents of the JFFS2 directory on the LBox. This directory already exists on the CD provided by the vendor, and we copied it over to the workstation earlier. Its name is etc_config/. We suggest that it be left as is for the trial run that follows.
Next, we use the following command to create an output file, calling it config.jffs2:
mkfs.jffs2 -b --pad=0x002f0000 --root=etc_config/ --output=config.jffs2
The --root option specifies that the etc_config/ directory is used to provide the intended contents for the JFFS2 filesystem. The --output option identifies the name, config.jffs2, for the file that will be created containing the desired JFFS2 filesystem. The --pad option pads the result out to the same size as the /dev/mtd3 partition on the flash memory. The -b option is needed to create the filesystem as big-endian, appropriate for the embedded Motorola architecture.
After the filesystem is ready, we move it into the /tftpboot directory on the host computer. We then run the following command from the LBox, by way of minicom, to flash the filesystem:
netflash -knrb /dev/mtd3 tftp_server /tftpboot/config.jffs2
where tftp_server is replaced by the IP address of your workstation.
Notice that the device is /dev/mtd3 and that this corresponds to the memory location for the JFFS2 filesystem. After rebooting the LBox you should see the new filesystem residing at /etc/config on the LBox.
The bootloader is the software component least likely to require an update. However, there are times when you may need to do this. Perhaps you need to compile in new features, or maybe a newer version of the bootloader is needed. As with the kernel/root filesystem update, updating the bootloader also can be risky. Now, with the new bootloader binary in the tftp directory, we can update the LBox by executing the following command from the LBox.
netflash -bknr /dev/mtd0 tftp_server /tftpboot/colilo.bin
where tftp_server again is replaced by the IP address of your workstation.
In this case, we put the binary file into the bootloader partition, which is /dev/mtd0. We again used the -b option to give us one more chance to recover should we suddenly realize that the colilo.bin file has a problem. That is, we still could repeat the above steps with the correct file. If everything goes well, we can reboot the LBox and ultimately be presented with the command prompt.
Several of the netflash/reboot iterations discussed in the current article can leave the LBox in a non-functional state if the transferred files are not correct. In particular, if the Linux image is bad, netflash will not be available to access the workstation's tftp server; if the colilo binary is bad, we can't even start the boot process. To recover, we can use a Background Debug Mode (BDM) Coldfire cable to access the BDM of the Motorola Coldfire microcontroller. The next and final installment of this series will explain how to conduct such a recovery operation.
"An Introduction to Embedded Linux Development, Part 2"
"An Introduction to Embedded Linux Development, Part 1"
"Power Trio: Three Diverse Embedded Linux SBCs"
Richard Sevenich is a Professor of Computer Science at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA.
Ben Anderson is an upper division Computer Science major at Eastern Washington University. His current interests are hardware and embedded systems, particularly those which use Linux.
Embedded Linux Development, Part 4
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i.e, Part 4 of this article, be available ?
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