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I've noticed a lot of development boards now have touch sensors on board. The STM32L053 discovery board has one as well as the Freescale FRDM-KL25Z board I've talked about before. The typical way to use these touch sensors is for controlling something "knob-like" (perhaps a volume control). However, I often find these sensors useful for emulating buttons. Especially since many of these boards don't have many (if any) mechanical switches.
The concept is simple. You divide the touch sensor into multiple zones and then detect touch events and categorize them. Of course, I wasn't satisfied with the simple approach, so I added a bit of code to sense swipes much as you would find on a touchscreen phone.
I broke out the KL25Z board again to develop a simple library. The touch sensor operates by sensing your finger's capacitance, but thanks to the mbed libraries, you don't really need to understand that. You simply instantiate a
TSIAnalogSlider object. Then you can call the
readPercentage method of the object.
The mbed libraries seem to enjoy using floating point numbers, and
readPercentage returns a number between 0.0 (no touch) to 1.0 (a touch at the right hand side). It seems like integers would be more efficient, but the ARM processor on the board handles floating point with no real problem, so it doesn't matter — at least not for this simple example.
The code implements a very simple state machine. There are three global variables shared between the main API call (
getbtn) and a function scheduled using an mbed Timeout (
checkbtn). The variables are:
- candidate — A potential button number (0-3)
- realbtn — An actual button press (0-3 or 256/512 for swipes)
- hold — Set when the state machine is waiting for a button press or swipe to complete
Note two of these are volatile because they are accessed from both the main line code and the
Timeout code. You can think of a
Timeout as a thread that gets executed sometime in the future. Unlike a
Ticker object, the
Timeout occurs exactly once per call to
attach. That is, a call to
attach causes the attached function to execute after the specified interval, but it won't execute again unless there is another call to
attach later.
When the program detects a finger press, it schedules the timeout function. The timeout function examines the state of the sensor. There are three possibilities:
- There is no touch (button pressed quickly)
- There is a touch in the same zone as before (button pressed)
- There is a touch in a different zone (swipe)
In the case of a swipe, the program can tell the difference between a right and a left swipe by determining if the new zone is a higher or lower number than the original zone.
You can find the code below. There are several enhancements you could try to add. For example, regular button presses could repeat at some programmable rate. You could also implement the idea of a "long press" if you hold a button down for a certain length of time.
I doubt this is what the designer had in mind for the touch sensor, but it works well enough. A good example of adapting your design to the tools at hand to avoid having to customize or alter the existing hardware.
#include "mbed.h" #include "tsi_sensor.h" // Simple button/swipe library for FRDM-KL25Z // Williams -- DDJ /* This defines will be replaced by PinNames soon */ #if defined (TARGET_KL25Z) || defined (TARGET_KL46Z) #define ELEC0 9 #define ELEC1 10 #elif defined (TARGET_KL05Z) #define ELEC0 9 #define ELEC1 8 #else #error TARGET NOT DEFINED #endif // Define the "zones" considered to be buttons // 4 is about the limit and 3 might be even better // You could also equal space them automatically pretty easily // (e.g., specify 25% and fill in BTNMAX programmatically float BTNMAX[]= {0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00 }; #define SWIPETIME .350 // seconds to wait before sensing a button push or swipe #define SWIPE_R 256 // virtual button code for right swipe #define SWIPE_L 512 // virtual button code for left swipe Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX); // tx, rx for debugging TSIAnalogSlider tsi(ELEC0, ELEC1, 40); // The Analog slider Timeout scan; int candidate=-1; // possible button push (-1 is none) volatile int realbtn=-1; // actual button push (-1 is none) volatile int hold=0; // waiting for button release when 1 // internal function to get raw button state int getrawbtn() { float v=tsi.readPercentage(); // read slider if (v==0.0) return -1; // no button at all for (int i=0;i<sizeof(BTNMAX)/sizeof(BTNMAX[0]);i++) // classify by zone if (v<BTNMAX[i]) return i; return -1; // what? } // This is called by the timeout to // either see there is no swipe // see that there is a swipe // or see that there is a button release void checkbtn(void) { int newbtn=getrawbtn(); if (hold!=0 && newbtn==-1) // wait for key release { hold=0; // released so return; // don't reschedule me } // reschedule us for next swipetime scan.attach(checkbtn,SWIPETIME); if (hold) return; // still waiting for release hold=1; // we will be waiting for release from now on if (newbtn==-1||newbtn==candidate) // if no touch or button is the same, the candidate is the button { realbtn=candidate; return; } // Otherwise we are swiping either left or right if (candidate<newbtn) realbtn=SWIPE_L; else realbtn=SWIPE_R; return; } // This is the main API // Call it to get a button code (0-3 or 256 or 512) // You can block or not (default is to block) int getbtn(bool kwait=true) { while (hold) // if holding, either wait or return { if (!kwait) return -1; } realbtn=-1; // mark that we don't know do { candidate=getrawbtn(); // get a candidate (or return if not waiting) } while (candidate==-1 || !kwait); if (candidate==-1) return -1; scan.attach(checkbtn,SWIPETIME); // schedule the checkbtn routine while (realbtn==-1); // wait for realbtn to get set return realbtn; // return it } // Simple test program int main(void) { while (true) { pc.printf("Button %d\r\n",getbtn()); } }


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there is a problem with most versions of the uvnc server. a call to initSDTimer results in setting the internal o/s system timing
resolution to its minimum period. this means more than 1000 interrupts per second. this is a problem on windows xp and
windows 7. this setting remains in force as long as the server is running.
the effect of this is serious for platforms with realtime requirements as well as platforms with limited power resources.
it is not clear why the standard timing resolution (about 16 milliseconds) not sufficient for the server's needs.
can this be fixed or patched?
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So I was looking through knyfeknerd's catering thread, and it brought up a question I've long wondered about. When you're plating a bajillion dishes in a catering setting or really any setting where a lot of items on a plate are prepared in advanced and then plated, how the heck to do you manage temperature control? I mean, I get that a warm plate will help, but after you've plated 40 of the things, surely the temperature has to be off... But it rarely is when I go to these functions. Is there something I'm missing? Any tricks I can use in a home kitchen when I've got a dinner party menu with a thousand components but only 2 working burners?


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American Idol is getting cutthroat.
On Thursday, the Fox reality competition show sent home another singer after a night of breakup and make-up love songs. Who gave love a bad name? Who will head to the coveted hometown visits? Skip to the bottom for results:
Which judges are returning to American Idol?
The night's most puzzling highlight: Harry Connick, Jr. goes crazy thanks to a platter full of beignets and begins flinging the powdered sugar-covered pastries out into the audience. This is the quality of the entertainment you get when it's only a 30-minute elimination show.
That means either Alex or Jessica could go home. Although no one can doubt Alex's technical skills, he's been accused of doing the same thing over and over. Jessica has the better voice, but has had a tough time with bad song choices and showing emotion in her performances.
In the end, it's Jessica who is going home to Slapout, Ala. So long, Jessica! We'll miss your Stevie Nicks-ness.
Are you happy with the results? Who should have gone home instead? How would you rank the Final 3?
American Idol airs Wednesdays at 8/7c and Thursdays at 9/8c on Fox. For more Keith Urban goodness, check out his recent Tonight Show appearance here.


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Maine attorney general demands that LePage administration release Medicaid expansion report
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Maine's attorney general is demanding that Gov. Paul LePage's administration immediately release a report by a group reviewing the state's Medicaid program.
In a letter to LePage on Wednesday, Janet Mills said a court could find the administration "acted in bad faith in resisting disclosure" of the Alexander Group report.
The Department of Health and Human Services hired the group to review the state's Medicaid program, including the feasibility of expanding the program under the federal health care law. The department said it received a draft of the Medicaid expansion report on Dec. 16, but has declined requests to release it.
LePage said Wednesday that he's reading the report and will release it when he's done. In response to the letter, LePage said to tell Mills "to sue me."


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HOUSTON – After falling last weekend to the San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo players returned to practice this week vowing to push on despite some tough odds at reaching the postseason.
"We played some of our best football and we were very unfortunate not to come away with three points," midfielder Danny Cruz said. "However, we still have a chance, and by no means are we out until someone tells us we are mathematically out. If it takes seven wins, we ... start [with the next game] and hope to make something happen."
The Dynamo return to action on Sept. 18 against Toronto FC. At 6-12-5 with 23 points, they're nine points out of the eighth and final postseason spot and in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time since the franchise moved to Houston.
"It is a pretty dire situation right now," Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad said. "Mathematically, we're still in it."
For a team that has won only once in the past three months against MLS opposition, the likelihood of Houston running off a seven-game winning streak to close the season seems like a Herculean task.
"It's a long shot," said defender Mike Chabala. "We have to win games. There is still a way, which is unbelievable with our track record, but all we have to do is win the first one."
Regardless, that is not stopping the Dynamo players from digging in and giving it their all to try to string a series of wins together.
"You never count a team out that has a chance," defender Bobby Boswell said. "We have to go out and put the work in and get them one at a time."
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PARK CITY, Utah - Halfpipe skier Maddie Bowman has won three gold medals in 23 days, capped by Saturday's U.S. Grand Prix Championship at Park City Mountain Resort in which she was the only woman to do a pair of 900s.
Now she wants to up the ante with the Olympics a year away.
"I might go to Idaho this next week and learn some new tricks," Bowman said of mastering an alley-oop 540.
"I did it into an air bag a couple of times, but I haven't had the time to . really work on it."
Her ultimate goal is to win at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where this freestyle event will be included for the first time.
She'll get a preview at the next World Cup, which will be held in mid-February at the Russian resort town.
"Hopefully I'll win again," said Bowman, who captured the Grand Prix at Copper Mountain in Colorado on Jan. 11 and the X Games on Jan. 25.
She landed both 900s — spinning two and a half rotations — on her second run to win with a score of 85.2. Japan's Ayana Onozuka was second with a score of 84.4 and Virginie Faivre of Switzerland took third at 82.8.
Calgary's Rosalind Groenewoud was the top Canadian, finishing fifth with 82.2 points.
Megan Gunning, also from Calgary, placed eighth at 75.2, Edmonton's Keltie Hansen finished 12th with 60.4 and Cassie Sharpe of Comox, B.C., was 32nd at 39.6.
"I'm just trying to have fun and not put too much pressure on myself and see where it takes me. I felt pretty good (today)," Bowman said. " I wish it would have been a little cleaner or bigger. I don't know. I just wanted to do better."
She said the sunny skies, warm weather and perfect conditions made everyone want to push themselves Saturday.
But the event was marred by a serious crash by Simon d'Artois of Whistler, B.C., who smacked his head trying to land his first big trick then slid unconscious to the end of the halfpipe.
He was airlifted to a hospital in Salt Lake City and is expected to make a full recovery, according to a team spokeswoman. Though a CAT scan was normal, d'Artois was still experiencing nausea and other concussion symptoms.
D'Artois still placed 11th, despite the incomplete run.
Some skiers said the crash affected their game plans, and left them a bit shaken.
The halfpipe is the same one where freestyle pioneer Sarah Burke, who was born in Ontario and lived in Squamish, B.C., crashed last year while training and died a week later from her injuries.
"Personally, I don't like to watch everybody's run, it kind of scares me," said Torin Yater-Wallace, who took second Saturday behind fellow American David Wise in the men's event. "Obviously, when you see something like that, when somebody hits their head pretty hard, it's pretty, like, mind-boggling, and makes you think. But then you have to go do your run and get into competitive mode."
He said he changed his final run after seeing the fall.
Instead of doing left and right side 1080s he did a double instead and it worked out.
He was particularly pleased that he mastered the Park City pipe.
"This pipe is sick," he said. "I've only ever competed on it one other time, two years ago at World Championships, and I didn't do that well. So it's kind of a good redemption."
It also was only his second event back from September shoulder surgery, and another silver behind Wise.
Wise did the same run that earned him his second straight X Games gold last weekend — with back-to-back double corks.
"It was kind of my statement, banner run for the year . one of the more innovative runs that we've seen in halfpipe," said Wise, whose winning score was 93.8, edging Yater-Wallace by two-tenths of a point. "This is what I like about skiing. I'm glad I put it to my feet on the first run because I fell on my second run, which is kind of rare for me. I'm really happy to have skied well here."
So was Kevin Rolland, who let out a scream when he finished his second run that scored 93.0 and vaulted him onto the podium.
Mike Riddle of Spruce Grove, Alta., was sixth at 89.6 and Mike Margetts of Penticton, B.C., was seventh at 89.4.
Calgary's Noah Bowman was 14th at 81.8, Garett Northey of Red Deer, Alta., finished 24th at 71.00, Calgary's Aaron MacKay placed 31st with 61.8.
Calgary's Kristopher Atkinson came 36th with 57.6 points, Calgary's Brendan MacKay was 41st with 52.2, Lukas Bowman, also from Calgary, was 51st at 40.8 and Collin Jefferies, from Red Deer, was 53rd with 40.00 points.
"That was the first clean run that I landed this year," Rolland said.
He clearly loves the Park City halfpipe.
"I got a lot of good souvenirs here," he said. "I won three years ago, finished second at World Championships. Hopefully we're going to have more competitions here."


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Anderson Cooper and Tom Ford. Together. Can you imagine?
Gay men are so evolved. Especially the ones who are ready and willing to cut a bitch down.
Of course you'd expect this from Tom…but from the Silver Fox too?
He's the son of Gloria Vanderbilt.
And he was temping for Regis on Regis & Kelly this morning. Foxy and Kelly were dishing reality shows and Fox went a step further to say that Living Lohan is probably the worst, like, ever. Hee.
But it gets better.
Like a true 'mo who speaks his mind, Anderson Cooper called that 34 year old out for what she really is:
"Ali Lohan is supposed to be 14 but really she's more like 60".
Do you love it …or do you LOVE it?
Thanks Monica!
The Silver Fox hates hags
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Like so many couples, the husband and wife in Timothy Reckart's Oscar-nominated animated short Head Over Heels have drifted apart, not just emotionally, but gravitationally as well. They roam their flying house, one living on the ceiling, one living on the floor, each barely acknowledging the other's existence. Then, one day, the husband tries to reconnect with his ceiling-dwelling wife, setting in motion a chain of events that radically alter their existence.
Much like the upcoming film Upside Down, Head Over Heels deals with a couple kept apart by gravity, but in this case, that separation represents the emotional separations they've allowed in their relationship. It's a purely fantastical film, but one that treats its setup with whimsy and simple ingenuity. If this husband and wife are to overcome their gravitational difference, they will have to apply compromise and a little elbow grease.
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More than half of cardiovascular patients who could benefit from aspirin for secondary prevention were not prescribed the drug, researchers found.
Aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs were prescribed for secondary prevention in only 47% of outpatient visits in 2007-2008, a rate "virtually unchanged from the 2005-2006 period," according to Anand K. Parekh, MD, MPH, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and colleagues.
Also in 2007-2008, general medicine or primary care physicians prescribed antiplatelet medications to cardiovascular patients only 35% of the time, a decrease from 38% in 2005-2006, they wrote in a perspective article published in the Jan. 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
These data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey of the CDC "are sobering" in light of the evidence that aspirin can reduce recurrent major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or peripheral arterial disease, the researchers wrote.
"[E]veryone without a contraindication should receive [aspirin]," they said.
The investigators pegged the number of U.S. adults at risk for a recurrent cardiovascular event at about 30 million, of whom most could benefit from an aspirin regimen.
With a staggering annual cost to the U.S. of $450 billion, cardiovascular events can be held at bay simply by utilizing "an inexpensive, over-the-counter drug that [needs to] be taken only once a day," Parekh and colleagues wrote.
The use of aspirin couldn't be more "straightforward," they said, as it requires no screening, no laboratory tests to outline a therapeutic course, and no specific behavioral changes.
Suboptimal prescribing can be bolstered by technology, Parekh and colleagues said, by including "aspirin reminders" in electronic health record systems.
The authors listed incentive programs to help increase evidence-based prescribing. The Physician Quality Reporting System, for example, will award physicians a 0.5% incentive payment for reporting quality measures that include aspirin use.
In addition, pay-for-reporting and subsequent pay-for-performance incentives for accountable care organizations will kick in under the Affordable Care Act, and quality measures include aspirin use for various patients such as those with ischemic vascular disease.
National awareness programs have been launched as well, including the Department of Health and Human Services' initiative called Million Hearts, the goal of which is to "focus, coordinate, and enhance activities for cardiovascular disease prevention across the public and private sectors in an effort to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes by 2017," the authors wrote.
Other national programs, such as the AHA's Get with the Guidelines and the CDC's Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program, set the standard for aspirin to be prescribed at discharge.
In addition, many practices track performance measures such as adherence to evidence-based guidelines including aspirin therapy for secondary prevention, Parekh and colleagues said.
Outreach efforts need to be made to educate clinicians about initiatives, programs, registries, and technological solutions geared toward improving the use of aspirin to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, they said.
"There is an important and urgent opportunity to engage all healthcare providers, particularly primary care providers, in a singular, simple intervention with the potential to prevent heart attacks and strokes and save lives," they concluded.
From the American Heart Association:
- Secondary Prevention & Risk Reduction for Cardiac and Vascular Disease
- The AHA and the Million Hearts Initiative
- What the Million Hearts Initiative Means for Stroke
All authors reported they have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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Source Reference: Parekh AK, et al "Aspirin in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease" N Engl J Med 2013; 368: 3.


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The smell of roasted meat and the sound of laughing children floated throughout Norwich's harbor area on Saturday during the city's 25th Annual Juneteenth festival.
The smell of roasted meat and the sound of laughing children floated throughout Norwich's harbor area on Saturday during the city's 25th Annual Juneteenth festival.
Visitors basked in the sunshine at Howard T. Brown Memorial Park while walking past vendor tables that offered clothing, jewelry and barbecue chicken for sale. A group of children kicked-off an impromptu dance contest while event organizers from the Norwich Branch NAACP looked on.
"We're blessed to have the support of the city, the police and NFA for this," event organizer Dianne Daniels said. "Our whole theme is celebrating freedom, which we're doing by exercising our freedom to assemble in a city that supports us."
The commemoration, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is the oldest known celebration marking the end of slavery in the United States. The event derives its name from the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to announce that slavery had been repealed — more than 2 1/2 years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation outlawing the practice.
Jackie Owens, president of the Norwich Branch NAACP, said the city's first Juneteenth event in 1989, which included a parade, packed Howard T. Brown Park. More recent celebrations have attracted fewer visitors, a drop-off that Owens attributed to competing events in outlying towns.
"It's the journey of freedom that's being celebrated," she said. "The freedoms we have and those we are still working to get. Norwich was the first city to host a Juneteenth in the state and its turned into a day to come together."
Several local companies also had a presence at the harbor festival, including Norwich Public Utilities, which brought along "Tilly," a small, remote-controlled van that was mobbed by groups of youngsters who spent time asking the yellow vehicle questions and giggling when the machine answered.
Colchester resident Angie Bogle, 12, was one of several "Winners Academy" members who spent the morning at the park. The group includes nearly a dozen young women mentored by local NAACP members.
"Today is celebrating history," Angie said. "It's about coming together, because we're all here together."


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Mike Gillislee ran for two touchdowns and No. 6 Florida scored 24 straight points in the fourth quarter to defeat Florida State 37-26 Saturday and keep its national title hopes alive.
Florida regained the lead 23-20 on Gillislee's 37-yard run with 11:01 left in the final period on the first play after Florida State's EJ Manuel fumbled, his fourth turnover of the game. Gillislee finished with 140 yards rushing.
Florida (11-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) came into the game fourth in the BCS standings, and the gators could find themselves in position to earn a spot in the national championship game if No. 1 Notre Dame loses to Southern California. The Gators lone loss was in late October to third-ranked Georgia, and it will keep them out of the SEC title game.
Florida State (10-2, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) was hurt by five turnovers in the game. The Seminoles will play Georgia Tech next week in the ACC title game.
Click here for the complete boxscore, conference standings and more!
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Yes, as a matter of fact I CAN help you. I'm going to point you in the direction of something called a "BMR Calculator". This handy dandy tool will tell you how many calories your body would burn if you stayed in bed all day and did absolutely nothing (sounds like a fun day to me). There's a formula that takes into account your height, weight, age and gender -- and based on those things, it tells you how many calories your body burns per day. This is your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate). Remember, if you do more activity than just lying around all day (which you probably do!), your body requires additional calories to fuel those activities. So, just the calories from your BMR wouldn't be enough to sustain you on a daily basis. In other words, don't use your BMR as the total number of calories you need to eat in a day. Use that info as a baseline from which to add calories for all the activities you do (even just walking around throughout the day counts). If you want to know more about this topic, consult a doctor or nutrition professional. FYI -- they say depriving your body of food can actually slow down your BMR (a very BAD thing!), and doing lots of cardio can actually increase it (which rocks!). Here's a link to the calculator. Definitely forward this email to everyone you know, because there's probably not a person on the planet who isn't interested in finding out this magic number.


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The best among us will always aim for the optimal outcome of any project, technology, or framework, given the obstacles in play at the time. This usually means compromise and invention in order to deliver a functional result in a suitable timeframe.
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Entire programming frameworks have been written to solve a single insurmountable problem for a specific project. Tools like Redis and Memcached were not born from a random brainstorm, but to address an immediate and massive need. Hell, John Carmack wrote video drivers for Doom because the ones developed by the hardware manufacturers were not up to the job. Talk about taking a digression from the core project.
When we run into these problems, we're usually in a tight spot, both in terms of project scope and time. One of the hardest parts of project management is determining which of several paths will lead to acceptable results on a reasonable schedule, while knowing that once chosen, there will be few moments to backtrack and try another route. It may look like a better idea to modify an existing framework to meet your needs rather than write a new one, but once you get into the weeds with the existing framework, you could easily discover a blocking design issue that will require starting over from scratch. And so it goes.
Once we stray into those waters, the impulse to move quickly and cut corners is overwhelming. Solid design gives way to easiest immediate solution. Project organization suffers and documentation is stillborn. As deadlines loom and budgets creep, these elements grow heavier and harder to avoid.
In those days, in those meetings, the core focus should be on limiting the damage of hasty short-term decisions, and not creating your own blocking design problems for the next iteration. That's easy to say, but hard to do in many cases.
It may seem that I'm talking about development here, but this applies to all walks of IT life, from desktop rollouts to core networking infrastructure design. It's certainly more prevalent with the code wranglers, but none of us are immune. Usually, those who commit these sins are not the ones who have to support the result.
When you look at some of the legendary designs, such as Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel's work designing DNS, or the design of TCP/IP, you see imperfect designs that did not constrain themselves unnecessarily. The ability of DNS to scale to the level it has is nothing short of breathtaking. TCP/IP v4 still runs the world, for better or for worse, and it may be the design of IPv6 is too much of a departure from IPv4 to truly take hold.
It's not true that the best projects deliver a functional project on time and under budget -- they also need to have been designed with future extension and their eventual replacement in mind.
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Register Radio: Year of Faith and 40 Days for Life
Bishop David Ricken Lauren Muzyka
Today on Register Radio, Diocese of Green Bay Bishop David Ricken spoke about ways we might participate in the Church's upcoming Year of Faith, which begins on October 11.
"The goal of the year of faith is to repropose Jesus Christ to those who think they know Him and those who do not," said Bishop Ricken. "The Holy Father has called us to open the door of our mind and the door of our heart to Christ, who is always asking to be invited in."
Bishop Ricken spoke about the Year of Faith coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.
"We're at an incredible moment of history," said Bishop Ricken. "Some wonder why talk about the Second Vatican Council, as if it has been implemented. But it wasn't really implemented. There was a 'spirit' of Vatican II which was vague. The Year of Faith provides a kind of threshold experience."
Bishop Ricken recommended that individuals read one of the documents of the Second Vatican Council, participate in the Sunday liturgy, and return to the Sacrament of Reconciliation during the Year of Faith.
"The further you get from the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the harder it is to come back," said Bishop Ricken.
He also recommended making a friend of a saint who can lead you to Christ.
"With Saints Kateri Tekakwitha, Damian the Leper, and Marianne Cope, we have a wonderful array of new American saints to turn to," added Bishop Ricken.
Speaking of the Our Lady of Good Help Shrine in Champion, Wisconsin - the country's only approved Marian apparition site - Bishop Ricken said that he receives at least one letter a month from people who ascribe some healing to their pilgrimage to the Shrine.
"The Blessed Virgin Mary is the greatest evangelist in Church history," said Bishop Ricken. "This apparition happened 150 years ago. It was confined to the neighbors of Door County, but now the Blessed Mother is reaching out to more souls and she continues to teach us."
40 Days for Life
In our second half, Lauren Muzyka, campaign strategist with 40 Days for Life, spoke about their 11th national campaign, which began 10 days ago in 316 locations across the country. 40 Days for Life is a volunteer effort of establishing a peaceful, prayerful presence outside of abortion businesses. Muzyka said that this is a record number of campaigns. In addition, she said that there are campaigns taking place in seven Canadian provinces, in other countries, and for the first time an international campaign in the country of Uganda. It's the first time that 40 Days for Life has touched the continent of Africa. of the 316 campaigns being held nationally, Muzyka said that 46 are first-time campaigns.
Asked about the success of the campaigns, Muzyka said that 40 Days for Life has helped to save the lives of more than 5,000 women and their babies since beginning in the fall of 2004 in College Station, Texas.
"It's not uncommon to see the number of saves rise above 700 during each campaign," said Muzyka. "Every time a campaign hears a concrete sign that a woman has chosen life, it's added to a ticker on our website. So far this fall, we're on day 10 of the campaign, and 93 babies have been saved."
In addition to the lives saved, Muzyka added that 24 abortion businesses have closed, with the latest being in Knoxville, Tennessee. She also said that 69 abortion workers have left the abortion industry.
Muzyka ended by telling the story of a Planned Parenthood business in Storm Lake, Iowa. Sue Thayer, a former manager at that Planned Parenthood not only left, but also headed up a 40 Days for Life campaign outside that business in the fall of 2011. To learn more of the amazing story of what happened, listen to the show.
As always, to hear the full interviews listen to today's show at 2 p.m. EASTERN Friday on any EWTN Radio affiliate or Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. The program re-airs at 7 p.m. EASTERN on Saturday and 11 a.m. EASTERN on Sunday, and is also available on the Register Radio web page, and via podcast.


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Biker Babe Benicia
A late night quickie post that was lots of fun to do featuring the new sizzling lucky board prize, an orange motorcycle. Benicia was lucky enough to be the first "B" to arrive when a friend TPed her into the board site. Two models are included and one seats two, so she invited me over and we took a brief ride.
[S2] s Two is the place you want to be. You should have no problem finding the board with all the folks around. Rezzing might be a problem. The sim is full at the moment. I see lots and LOTS of green dots.
The board is on a 20 minute cycle but with all those folks it should go fairly quickly. I TPed in for a moment. It was very GRAY but eventually the board rezzed. There were already a few "C"s in attendance so I came back home to write up this post.
And even if you don't ride it, it is a pretty spiffy vehicle to have parked in your driveway.
Benicia's older clothes are from E! Eclectic, Urbanity and Lazy Places. Her hair is MARIE from ((JUNWAVE)). No newness there I'm afraid.
My outfit is also an old favorite I threw on for the outing.
CHALLENGE: Oldest Items
For my last post in April I am issuing my very first blogger challenge. Make the best photo you can with the oldest items in your inventory. That is oldest, skin, shape, hair, clothing and shoes. You can add your oldest accessories if you so choose. The photo needs to use one of your oldest poses and be taken in the oldest landmark remaining in your inventory that is still the same owner / theme.
As I was going through the process I found some very old items. Not many really, as I sort and pitch every few months. My "outfits" folder had evidently been overlooked several times though. If you keep your favorite items in outfits, then this is a fairly easy project. If you REALLY want to do the whole challenge, consider cleaning out your inventory as well as finding the VERY oldest items; I'll look for your post in a week or a month *wink*.
It is easy to find your oldest landmark. Just sort your inventory by date. If your memory is foggy and you are wondering which of the older is oldest, just right click, go to properties and look at date acquired.
I was VERY happy that my oldest landmark was Tusk. My second oldest was the Wanderton sandbox - LOL. I took the photo from the exact spot of the landmark. The date on the landmark is April 3, 2008.
Windlight is allowed -- well, yes of course it is.
Style notes:
Hair: Calla Anemone Color Change Hair Lilies (Jan 15 2008) Camping chair
Skin: (Se) brow1, wrath plum ( Jan 7, 2008) Elliot skin from her shop "at the side of the road" - literally
Clothing: House of Zen ZEN-LaRue ( Jan, 7 2008) Camping chair.
Shoes: (not visible but there) ~*ZHAO*~ "SADIE" LEFT Shoe (mar 22 2008) From a newbie pack I picked up at Le Zoo.
Pose is by [LAP] - C-Barbie1a (Aug 17, 2008) a freebie pose by the door
It was fun remembering the excitement of getting new things. Have your own adventure and add your link in the comments to this post.
One Day Only
Posted by Chic Aeon in fashion shows, hunts, MALE FASHION
Sensual Misery has really been great to the guys in this hunt. I am sure that there are lots of better dressed men thanks to their generosity.
The green shirt with sculpty attachments is very nice. As with most sculpty shirts (skirts etc.) it has a tendency to move into the body. A full length green tank with underwear tuck in would be a good addition to this set. I didn't happen to have anything to use *wink*, but I am sure a bit of exploring would find something. You could make your own undershirt with the appearance menu if needed.
The set comes complete with some very nice slacks and belt (worn but not showing under the outerwear shirt). A hat and shoes complete the outfit.
PASH free skyboxes. Very cozy and the textures are lovely. I feel so posh thanks to PASH.
Style notes:
Hair: Bryce ~ Saul - Coffees - Espresso
Skin: -Belleza- Thomas V2 Deep Tan
Clothing and shoes: Sensual Mistery 5
Accessories: [Gos] - INTUITION
Poses by LAP and Diesel Works
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment on Thursday, April 29, 2010
There is a philosophical question that will most likely never be answered fully. How "real" is our virtual world? Experiments have shown that our physical bodies react to virtual (and dream) activities in the same way that they react to events in our corporeal lives.
I knew that a Chandra's RL cat was ill. We haven't talked much the last week or so and she hasn't been in world often. So, I was a little surprised to receive a package from her this morning. When I finally managed to get back into world, I unpacked the box to find a collection of Tibetan Buddhist alters, a blessings flame and two poses. With prims to spare, at least for another week, I rezzed the largest and most complex alter in my tiny shop in Winterfell.
Did making the virtual objects help her? I am sure it did. I only hope that her efforts act like concentric ripples in a pond, spreading outwards towards infinity.
Update: In an SL to email conversation, Chandra let me know that the alter "is rezzed still at deviousBeauty, and (*chanimations in the theater next to the durgaDevi set if anybody wants to pick it up. It is also in groupnotes. "
Thanks to a post from FreeStyle (I'm just guessing here :D), it was busy at PASH this evening. And why not? Cute housewares and trees for almost free. It is sad to see a store close. We lose too many of them lately. But it is appreciated when the designers share their creativity with those of us left behind :D.
The furniture is a bit oversized for my tast, but the textures and the pose menus are very nicely done. Since things are mod, you might be able to shrink the furniture down a bit. I haven't tried. The empty skyboxes are 33 prims. Fully furnished version still work on a 512 lot with some prims to spare.
I purchased several skyboxes, some winter trees and a pillow. Even when you have been busy Spring cleaning those inventory folders, it is difficult to pass up such a great deal.
So if any of this looks inviting head on over to PASH and pick up your favorites.
Style notes: see previous post.
Posted by Chic Aeon in shopping
Whether an adjective or a noun, Sage is an apt title for today's $25 release from hO wEAr . Heidi is at her best (IMHO) when venturing into fantasy and costume apparel. The current offering is no exception. I love the shoulderpads, and the skirt falls like heavy satin when moving from one pose to another. The color is particularly luscious and understated.
The outfit includes two placements of swords and garter holsters complete with guns and bullets. An anachronistic design, it somehow seems to work. You can go peacefully into the night too of course; simply leave the armaments safely in inventory territory. I changed the browner nylons of the set to a more sheer, grayer version; since the garters are on another layer, that worked perfectly.
Style notes:
Hair: Alli&Ali noel red
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Eva (tone 5/br) 10a
Clothing: hO wEAr Sage
Shoes: BAX Prestige boots - black
Accessories: Gems & Kisses - Gems - Black earrings
Poses by LAP and Amacci.
That White Suit Thing
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, MALE FASHION on Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Ricardo Montalban made the white suit sexy by wearing it in every episode of Fantasy Island (the plane - the plane). Even if you never saw the series or the reruns, you can have your own white suit for free. The Sartoria "Positano" Suit is just up at Xstreet. It includes suit jacket, pants with belt and shirt with tie. It is a great dressy suit for the summer. You can also find it at the Sartoria store - here.
Style notes:
Hair: Bryce ~ Saul - Coffees - Espresso
Skin: -Belleza- Thomas V2 Deep Tan Release Group gift
Clothing: SARTORIA "Positano" Suit
Shoes: hoorenbeek : LE.LOOK! l'homme - Boots
Accessories: [Gos] Custom Eyeware v3.3 - INTUITION
Poses by LAP and Diesel Works.
Alchemical Gardening
It has been raining for two days straight in my neck of the real world. The plants are happy, but me? Not so much. But disappointing weather and a gift lead me on an adventure this morning. Now I can garden any time I feel like it.
Click any photo for a high rez version.
It all started with a DSN gift from Alchemy Cyannis. The Soothing Elementals Bowl is wonderfully made and a great accessory for you home. Feng Shui aficionados will be very pleased. Menu driven and with a large assortment of goodies with which to fill the bowl, there is sure to be something to your liking. The even better news is that all of you can get one of these on the current Midnight board at the Alchemys Attic shop.
There are plenty of wonderful things to see at the shop. I hadn't been there in a long while so exploring was in order. I found a wonderful gardening bench outside, but could not find the vendor that held it. I will say that while all the items are VERY lovely at Alchemys Attic, shopping isn't all that easy. I understand that vendors can send updates and redeliver products easily, but they have never been and will never be my favorite mode of shopping. I like the click it and buy system *wink*, and I can't tell you how many things I tried to see the price of in the cute shop.
Gifts abound, so look around. The candle warmer was a present for answering a short survey. Find the table with the floating text, click on the paper and make a few menu choices.
I took lots of photos of the bowl, but this post turned into more than I was expecting. This pine cone grouping is only ONE of many choices.
Xstreet . Typing in a designer's name is a often a great way to find their products. Well, not for MY products. Chic hangs head sheepishly as she has very few items in her Xstreet box. Note to self to work on that. Anyway, in this case it worked beautifully. I found the potting bench and it was even on deeply discounted sale. Yeah!
[Update: I went back looking for single plants and other goodies and FOUND the potting bench vendor. It is here. ]
I read all about it and found it was also a temp on rez product. TPing over to Winterfell, I reread the covenant to find that memory served me well and no temp rezzers are allowed in the nine sim complex. You can see from my post, I purchased it anyway. I was "hoping" that it may have the same option to make the object real prims as the elemental bowl has. Alas, that isn't true. So, for now, I can only enjoy my bench at a friend's property or in my studio (not very aesthetic *wink*).
The tools and animations worked very well. You are supposed to be able to move 10 meters away from the bench and still have things work. I had no problem watering plants about that distance away. While you can turn on ALL the props at once easily, you can also pick and choose which things you would like on and around your bench. You can move the items (within a certain distance of course) and save that setting. I haven't tried that, but I probably will.
The bench (table sized) has many choices of textures, all very nice. You can set the bench to owner only, group, or everyone. And of course there is an option to empty the bench when you are done. All of the plants and props are lovely. My only regret is that I can't use any of this in my virtual garden space. I have the prims. I'd be willing to use them for some of these lovely items. So, perhaps, in the future and if it isn't too much work, the option to have things rezzed as real objects will be added in. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and leaving a note at Xstreet.
Style notes:
MM board photo - see previous post
Hair: Amacci Paula ~ Deep Copper Tipped Brown
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Eva (tone 5/br) 10a
Clothing: *G Fields* Off-shoulder Chiffon Tops shirt -plain/green; E! - Eclectic Apparel Flower Overalls
One last photo from the late afternoon. Digging was lots of fun. Notice that some of the times have changed on the bench. Meanwhile Blogger seems to have changed the way the photo upload is done and I am thinking that this photo look OVER compressed and grainy. Not good. Will have to check on that. The file size appears to be the same but the quality of the files -- not so. Only time will tell if this is consistent.
Update: For those of you in Blogger, here is the link to the new features. Also note that we now have caption capabilites. The date on the post is almost a month ago and it just magically changed for me this eve. The world is full of surprises.
Ethereal Morn
Blue Blood is releasing a new set named Ethereal. As with many Blue Blood outfits, the choices are immense. There are prim shorts (bloomers) as well as a super-wide skirt. Prim cuffs and shoulder pads can add drama to your look -- or not. The choice is yours. I picked a few of my favorite combos, choosing plain shiny leggings to act as foil for the more dramatic top and gloves. Love those gloves!
The top can be tucked in or left out, worn with the jacket or without. There is even a layer or two that includes both jacket and shirt as one.
Ethereal comes in a variety of colors that will mix and match with other Blue Blood favorites as well as other items in your wardrobe.
I know that this little short jacket will be a well used item in my basics inventory.
My location is Winterfell Amaranthine where there is a surprise around each bend in the path.
Swans swim in the waterfall filled stream. Peaceful statues watch over travelers.
Hair: Amacci Hair Paula ~ Deep Copper Tipped Brown
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Eva (tone 5/br) 10a
Clothing: Blue Blood Ethereal Gold Feathers; Malt shiny leggings
Shoes: BAX Prestige black
Accessories: [Baubles] Poppy Fields (unreleased)
Poses by Amacci.
Little Girl - Big City
I decided on a "farm girl in the big city" theme which gave me a chance to wear my oldie but goodie four braids hair from KOSH. My favorite big city is still Old New York, emptier now that summer is on its way. Tread carefully, little one; it's a big bad city out there.
Calla released some eyelashes awhile ago and style called "Gentle" went very well with my young and full of wonder look. Click that photo for a big version!
Style notes:
Hair: KOSH- Fanny From The Tree(chestnut blond tipped)
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Eva (tone 5/br) gem (a); Calla Lashes (Gentle) (review copy)
Clothing: ++McSkin++free!free!(denim dress set2) free here; Hal*Hina knit Bolero
Shoes: *G Field* Short Lace-Up Boots
Accessories: Shopping bags from Cri-Cri (a "gift box" that contained other items)
Poses by PhotoGraphique.
Congrats and Thanks
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment on Sunday, April 25, 2010
Congrats go out to Strawberry Singh for winning the Belleza contest.
Grand Prize Winner (50,000L$ & Winning image displayed in store and on the Belleza Blog).
Also a big thanks :D.
Since I "knew the name" but not the person, I ventured over to Strawberry's blog from her SL(R) profile. There I found a great article for new bloggers which had to have taken a very long time to put together. Most of that article was not new news for me *wink*, but in the reading I found that I could ADD PAGES to my Blogger site. Who knew? Edit: On testing this was NOT exciting or pretty in the least. Excitement be gone.That I had one gig of photo space available (I always wondered about that), AND that I was syndicated on a feed I either didn't know about or somehow lost track of.
So I learned a lot.
Much appreciation from Chic's; "we" wish you great success with your Belleza career!
Adventures: Marketing in Montmartre
this post on the feeds this morning and the market looked so inviting, I really wanted to get there. I've never been to France -- except for the Paris airport and you can hardly count that.
Still I had an idea what "I" at least thought a French gal might wear in a picturesque market in the country. So I put together a few new things, old things and almost forgotten things and came up with my Look of the Day.
One of my favorite indoor furniture pieces is this ladder bookcase, something I always wanted in RL. It is reasonably priced in both prims and lindens. I also loved the fruits and veggies in the top photo and may just find a spot for those in my garden cottage. The new outside spider leg chairs are particularly classy, so check them out if you are in the market for some new seating arrangements. The furniture is all very nicely made, but Alas, the poses are not sized for me at all.
As I was putting together my French countryside shopping outfit, I noted that my long time cigarette (I was going to France after all) disappeared in my hair from transparency issues. That wouldn't do.
I had taken note and thankfully bookmarked a site that had been posting on iheartsl of late, N326. I remembered some great looking cigarettes advertised at the shop, so I ventured over. There is a cigarette dispenser as well as coffee and book dispensers outside the shop, so you can try out the goods easily. Each "hava" vendor gives you a choice of products and sometimes poses.
The Good news is that these are great props. The not so good news is that they only function once. Taking them off (or in some cases TPing) kills the scripts and the items become either useless or unwearable. I thought this was just for demo purposes, but actually it seems built into all the products. You need to keep your cigarette pack or vendor close at hand if you are addicted.
My personal favorite ciggie (note I only smoke virtually) is the mini cigar from the outside vendor. If you have a bar or other venue where this one prim dispenser would fit in, you might want to consider it for you guests.
For those of us with no real reason to have a cigarette (cigar) machine in our shops, there are handy cigarette packs you can purchase. These give cigarettes to your friends if you choose. They also have a condom as a choice. One can never be too careful after all.
The VERY good news is that there is a version of the cigarette pack on a lucky board. See it in the background in the photo above? While I was waiting for textures to rez (thank you SL for all the new server codes - sigh), an "X" came up and I TPed Xia over to get a pack. On trying hers, I found they come with very nice white cigarettes with a choice of smoke colors. They time out too however, so I kept checking the 20 minute board throughout the morning and finally came up with a "C". Yeah. So now I can always have a fresh cigarette at hand.
These are the very nicest cigarettes I have seen and the smoke trails beautifully. You can attach them to your hand if you choose and adjust, but you will need to do that EACH time you want to wear you cigarette :D.
Style notes:
Hair: *SHOP SEU* GIFT --kurukuru hair Long [brown:pattun]--
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Eva (tone 5/br) 10a
Clothing: HYPER CULTURE - Tube Sweater Mini (DSN);
Shoes: A-BOMB Phoxxe Shoes copper (Alternative Fair special) (review copy)
Accessories: primOptic Sabre glasses 1.19 (many options for colors and wearing) (gift); Moonshine MS-Loaf ; CONCRETE FLOWERS- Simple Leggins WineHoodie-Straw waist wrap (tinted); N326 S. Black; [KUE!] Paperbag with baugettes -hold-
Poses by Amacci.
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, hair, hunts, MALE FASHION
Just in case you don't read SL(R) fashion shorthand, the title of this post is actually "Make Him Over hunt 3 : Sensual Mistery gift number 4". Whew! That's a mouthful. For those of you who haven't been watching, Sensual Mistery has been putting out new Make Him Over gifts each week of the hunt. This one is spectacular. If you are a guy or even a gal who likes to borrow her boyfriends togs now and then, don't miss it.
Click on any photo to enlarge. You may need to zoom again for a full resolution view.
Other news (some just for the gals) is a hair gift out from the A sisters. This Susie hair in dark coconut is a group present in the store. Find it at the info desk.
The unisex peace bracelet is one of the latest group gifts at Earthstones.
The SM gift includes a huge assortment of goodies including these shoes, the hat, sunglasses and many options of the jacket. My friend Charlie is into swashbuckler romance attire so the long skirted version worked well for him. There are two other prim jacket bottom in various lengths. While you are looking for the GIANT orange male symbol, gaze a bit at all the great street wear and role play designs at Sensual Mistery.
Style notes:
Chav and Charlie:
.::SM::. SENSUAL MISTERY GIFT #4, Belleza skins.
Hair: Alli&Ali Susie Hair Dark Coconut
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Eva (tone 5/br) 10a
Outfit: .::SM::. ANGEL SHIRT TANK BLACK; .::SM::. IMPARSSY JEANS
Accessories: .::SM::. HERO SUNGLASSES BLACK; EarthStones Peace Friendship Bracelet - Earth Day
Poses by Dieselworks and LAP.
SpellBound Fantasy
SpellBound has added two new items to its RFL Fantasy Faire donation choices. This is my favorite, Heidi in cream. The Heidi pack includes two versions - proper and wench. With some mixing and matching you can make a variety of looks to fit your style and mood. According to the FF website, Spellbound is in the Avatopia sim.
The first style (above) shows more skin while the second adds a modesty layer. The alternate skirt includes a sheer overskirt that offers delicate and ladylike appeal. Perfect for a wide variety of fantasy roles, this design is lovingly made with fine attention to detail.
The cute little stone bunny house is from Rustica.
My new release hair is Roxy from Hairy Situations. I especially love the back and side views.
You can get a free new release gift (one color) at the shop near the TP point. Look for the rotating gift box. It includes another new release style as well.
Photos were taken on location in Winterfell Anodyne.
Style notes:
Hair: Hairy Situations Roxy (w/Full bright) - Silver
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Eva (tone 3/br) gem (a)
Clothing: [SpellBound] Heidi - Cream
Poses by Amacci and PhotoGraphique.
And here is a bunny picture simply because I was there and Sakura was lonely :D.
The bunnies are both grown now. BIG bunnies. They play happily in the vegetable garden near the gypsy camp of my neighbor.
PS. I'll be trying out some new photo matting styles for a bit. Time for a change and some of the feeds are in slight conflict with my previous style and Blogger's presets. So, that is what is happening with the format.
BHP - Coffee and Cream
Posted by Chic Aeon in baubles
This week's Bargain Hunter's Paradise release is a set of bangle basics. I love neutrals -- that's not a secret. So when I found this set of coffee bangles deep in the recesses of my inventory, I was very pleased. Since Spring is here and Summer on the way, I made a similar set in pastel neutrals.
This week as a BHP special, you get two sets of left and right bangles (that's four in all if you are "blond") for $20. Hard to beat $5 a bangle! These are resize scripted and are also manual mod and copy. Find them on the blue BHP vendor right at the landing point at Baubles Boho Jewelry. You can pick up a list of all the other BHP specials from the small blue sign next to the vendor.
Hot Unisex Releases
Posted by Chic Aeon in MALE FASHION, shopping on Friday, April 23, 2010
This Yabusaka necklace is very cool. I showed you a version for the gals last month. This one is unisex, but lends itself better to the more manly among us -- in my opinion anyway. It is similar to the earlier version except that there are TWO areas that accept lettering and there are four letters in each tag. Since Chav and I both have four letter names -- both first and last *wink*, it's perfect to spell out our monikers. Adding your own letters is easily done with a drop down menu. Think of all the things you can spell with up to four letters in each word. "Hot Mama", "Cool Stud", "Drop Dead" --- LOL. So many creative uses of those letter slots.
Style notes:
Hair: Bryce ~ Saul - Coffees - Espresso
Skin: -Belleza- Thomas V2 Deep Tan Release Group gift
Clothing: [CheerNo]-MADISON jacket (review copy); RAWRR [Ripped&Rolled] jeans
Accessories: Yabusaka Alphabet Changer Pendant (8 Letters)(review copy)
Poses by LAP and MrG Faxion
Even Worse Reverting Attachments
The last couple of weeks have been a nasty time at Phil's. New server codes seem to come out (or get set back) daily; rezzing is so painfully slow for some that staying at home is the best choice of adventures, etc.
It is not getting better! This is a heads up for builders. Most of you already know that attachments haven't been "sticking" lately. You need to put them on and take them off several times to get a bracelet for example to actually go where it is supposed to be. I know this isn't just a personal issue as I have written to many content creators letting them know that their skirts (necklaces etc.) are attaching to my right hand. I know that wasn't their plan. :D.
Anyway, today I was working on a Bargain Hunter's Paradise release (the theme will be pink and black in a couple of weeks -- you are now SO in the know). I did my normal on and off and on and off again exercise with the bangle. It "seemed" OK. Then I tried it one more time and it went right back to my right hand ; THROUGH my right hand is more accurate description.
I eventually got the attachment points to stick (I hope) by logging off and logging on again while wearing the items. In the process of all this I found that the database had somehow tented my color change bangles RUST so no matter what you tried you always had an orange tint to the color. So not my plan. I am getting ready to fix those and send new copies out to the people that purchased them this month.
Anyway, this is the not so great news for the day. Be watchful. Keep your fingers crossed that the server code changes YET AGAIN. Putting it back to two weeks ago would be just fine for many of us.
Fleeting Memory
There is a theory in the metaphysical community that time is moving faster than normal these days. I'm not sure how we can guage the true passage of time. Real or virtual it is subjective measurement.
This is a famous locale called The Mother Road. If you haven't been here, it is definitely worth a visit. I'd been meaning to get over to the new enlarged location for months now, and last night I finally did. I have no actual data, but the thematic build seems about four times as large as its intimately charming predecessor.
When I arrived in a rezzing zone, I remembered the cute Vespa-esque bike residing somewhere deep in the recesses of my inventory. Having an odd, no mod name, it took some doing to find and in the exploration I discovered it was having a birthday -- it's first.
Now I am not a great driver, but I know a good prop when I see one. The cute and color change [19MC] D-Hello 1.06 bike was free from this shop a year ago.
Along with my trip down memory lane I have some fashion newneess to report. My cute high waisted skirt (not intended for bike riding I am sure) is a new release from Hyper Couture. It comes in a plethora of colors.
The equally sassy A-BOMB Phoxxe Shoes are part of a new release pack for the Alternative Fair. The color change version I am wearing has 50% of the profits going to Nothing but Nets and there is a pretty single color, light copper version that gives all the profits to the charity.
Style notes:
Hair: *SHOP SEU* GIFT --kurukuru hair Long [brown:pattun]--
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Eva (tone 5/br) 10a; Amacci Eyelashes "Dazzle" - Black
Clothing: Hyper Couture - High waist skirt (Bronze) (review copy); .::Freedo.0m::. Eden Dress Bolero Jacket; fri.day - Basic Cami (White) - Under
Shoes: A-BOMB Phoxxe Shoes-Patent (review copy)
Accessories: Haunted Zuzu Regalia RFL Necklace in White & Gold
Poses by Amacci and the Hello bike.
Making the Cut
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment, MALE FASHION on Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Belleza photo contest (phase one) is over and 20 talented photographers made the cut. I did not.
But hey, that's OK. I have Chav now and I think he and I will have a long and happy relationship :D. But for any of you that are still in the running, hats are tipping.
And if any of those 20 folks are in my readership -- and I have to believe SOME must be -- please let us see what you submitted. Add a comment with a link to an online spot where your photo resides. Heavens! If you are a blogger, BLOG a post with your winning photo and add the link. Crow a little. It's OK.
Since there were evidently tons of folks that entered, I am guessing they are curious too.
And those of you who are up on the bleachers with me? Feel free to post a link to the photo that didn't get you a slot in the next phase of the competition. I bet you worked hard on that photo. Let's see it!
Anyone who wants to let us in on the next phase details (assuming it isn't a secret), please do.
Congrats to all!
Update: Tricky Boucher of Belleza wrote to let me know that once the second round is done, photos of the finalists will be posted. That's all the intel I have at the moment :D.
Update April 25: Photos of the next section of the competition are up here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49540623@N06/
Alternative Fair - Gals
Chav picked up a few things for me at the Alternative Fair preview this morning. See! I already have him trained well *wink*. I am only showing you a few of the lovely gifts out at the fair. Since they are so nice, it really would be OK to drop a few lindens into one of those donation kiosks -- even if you aren't much of a shopper :D.
This is a short post. All the real info on the fair is HERE.
Style notes:
Hair: ++ Philotic Energy PE Jake charcoal
Skin: Mango Mango! !MM! Sepia (lace mask is built in) fair gift $1 ; moloko V- day Love Lyrics Tattoo
Outfit: :::Sn@tch Satin Latex Pants (Purple):::; [The Hunger] Wish I Could Stop fair gifts
Accessories: *Dreams* Skull Buckle Collar {Without Poof} fair gift
Alternative Fair
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, MALE FASHION, shopping
The Alternative Fair fundraiser begins Thursday, April 22 and last until May 2, 2010. With a long list of great vendors and a By-ou-ya themed location spanning four sim corners, it's a must see. There is even a crawfish picnic area.
The shirt I am wearing is the male version of the Alt Fair freebie shirts. You can find yours, as well as a white tied version for the gals, in chests scattered around the sims. They are obvious; you won't miss them.
There are plenty of freebies and dollarbies at the fair and donation items are clearly marked. The necklace I am wearing was the first item I picked up. It is from Lolapop! and resizes nicely for us guys. After 30 minutes the sim finally started rezzing (sorry for the gray areas in the photos here and there). Then I wandered and enjoyed my time in the lowlands. It has been a tough week at Phil's and today seems to be just another problematic day. Hopefully the restarts that are happening yet again will fix something or at least put things BACK which would be an improvement from where we are *wink*.
Here is a list of the shops in fair:
At Pulse (I'll add the SLURLs when the official opening time is upon us)
IrEn - Tic Toc - The Stringer Mausoleum - Moloko - Sassy Kitty - Roxxstar - Emo-Tions - U-Neek - Black Canary - Ironik Kitties - Weather! or not? - Schadenfreude - Mango, Mango! - Retox - Wretched Dollies - Pepper Spray
At Snatch City
Sn@tch - Gauze - Frick - GothiC0 - [][]Trap[][] - Blue Blood - Studio Sidhe - Show me on the Doll - Nighshade Designs - A-Bomb - Ducknipple - Glitter Trash - Draconic Kiss
At Nomine
Nomine - Grim Bros - Silent Sparrow - WoE - DV8 - Tainted Desires - Burning Chrome - Heartsick - Material Squirrel Wings - Cobrahive - *Dreams* - Forsaken - Arsenic Lace - Little Boy Blue - Lolapop - Curious Kitties
At New Kadath
Crimson & Clover - NebuchadNezzar - Miu - Acid & Mala - Horribaubles - Flipside Piercing - Black Arts - SLGoth Magazine
Style notes:
Hair: Bryce ~ Saul - Coffees - Espresso
Skin: -Belleza- Thomas V2 Deep Tan Release Group gift
Clothing: WoE GRJ-2b BLACK Wide Leg Low Rise Jeans; Alternative Fair 2010 Tee (Male-J)
Shoes: ::Duh!:: Men's Black Buckled Boot (new release - gift)
Accessories: Lolapop! Die like an Egyptian Necklace (free)
Poses by LAP and the Grim Bros swatter.


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Finance (Pension) Department
Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.
Government Letter No. 15832/Pension/2011-1, dated: 02.06.2011
Thiru. K. Shanmugam, I.A.S.,
Principal Secretary to Government.
Sub: Pension – Tamil Nadu Government Pensioners' Health Fund Scheme – Provisional Pensioners – Claims submission – Guidelines issued
Ref: 1 Government letter No.33742/Finance (Pension) Department/ 2010-2, dated:7.7.10
2 From the Director of Pension letter No.11103/2011/D1, dated:04.03.11
In the letter first cited, Government have issued clarification that the provisional pensioners are eligible to enroll and make a claim under the Tamil Nadu Government Pensioners Health Fund Scheme.
2) Now, the Director of Pension in his letter second cited has recommended the procedures for submission of claims by the provisional pensioners and sanction and disbursement on their claims. After careful examination of the recommendation of the Director of Pension, the Government direct all the drawing officers, Treasury/ Sub-Treasury / Pension Pay Officers and Director of Pension to follow the under mentioned procedures on the claims of the provisional pensioners under the Tamil Nadu Government Pensioners' Health Fund Scheme.
(i) Reimbursement proposals for sanction under Pensioners' Health Fund Scheme in respect of provisional pensioners should be sent to Director of Pension, by the drawing officers only through the Sub-Treasury/ Treasury/ Pay and Accounts Office in which provisional pension is drawn.
(ii) As and when reimbursement is sanctioned by the Director of Pension, the cheque along with copy of sanction proceedings should be sent to the Drawing Officer only for disbursement to the provisional pensioner.
(iii) While sending pension proposals to the Accountant–General, the drawing officer should furnish details of health Fund reimbursement sanctions. In turn, the Accountant- General shall inform the fact to the Pension Disbursing Officer to whom the individual's pension payment is authorised. Drawing Officers shall mention the payment under Pensioners Health Fund Scheme in the Last Pay Certificate in bold letters and highlight the fact so as to invite the attention of the Treasury / Sub Treasury / Pension Pay Officer.
(iv) The Pension Disbursing Officers (Treasury / Sub Treasury / Pension Pay Office) shall record the details of Pensioners' Health Fund reimbursement received by the Pensioner in his capacity as a provisional Pensioner in the Audit Volume of Pensioners half of the Pension Payment Order and Disbursers' half of the Pension Payment Order with the Pension Disbursement Officer.
(v) Both the Drawing Officers and Pension Disbursing Officers shall inform the details of Pension Payment Order to the Director of Pension by a specific report by Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due and get acknowledgement from the Director of Pension before closing the relevant file.
(vi) The Director of Pension shall make necessary entries in the pension master of Health Fund Scheme and intimate the same to the Drawing Officer and Pension Disbursing Officer.
3) The Accountant-General is requested to inform the fact of previous claims of the pensioners, as reported in the pension proposals, to the Pension Disbursing Officer to whom the individual's pension payment is authorised.
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Delivery Method and Risk for Urogenital Prolapse 15-20 Years Later (uropro)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01766193
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First Posted : January 11, 2013
Last Update Posted : February 17, 2017
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The lifetime risk for a woman to undergo surgery for either vaginal prolapse or urinary incontinence is high. Previous studies have shown that pregnancy and childbirth are risk factors for developing prolapse. There is a lack of studies that follow women several years after delivery aiming to find whether symptoms of prolapse are linked to delivery method, ie vacuum, forceps, normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section. The investigators plan this study is to get more knowledge about pathology of prolapse and incontinence, to enable development of preventive strategies for these conditions.
Aim of the study is to determine whether the prevalence of symptoms and performed surgery for urogenital prolapse differs among women delivered by vacuum, forceps, normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section 15-20 years after their first delivery.
The investigators identify women that delivered their first child at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway between 1990-1997. Questionnaires will be sent to 2500 women (PFIQ-7, PFDI-20, PISQ-12), 600 of whom will get a clinical examination, where pelvic floor musculature is examined by palpation and 4D ultrasound, and a POP-Q quantification of prolapse performed.
|Condition or disease
|Uterine Prolapse Urinary Incontinence Fecal Incontinence
|Procedure: vaginal delivery Procedure: forceps extraction Procedure: vacuum extraction Procedure: cesarean section
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|1641 participants
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|Official Title:
|Delivery Method and Risk for Urogenital Prolapse 15-20 Years Later
|Study Start Date :
|August 2012
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|February 2014
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|February 2014
vaginal birth
women whose first child was born by spontaneous vaginal delivery
Procedure: vaginal delivery
cesarean section
women whose first child was born by cesarean section
Procedure: cesarean section
women whose first child was born by forceps extraction
Procedure: forceps extraction
vaginal delivery by forceps extraction
women whose first child was born by vacuum extraction
Procedure: vacuum extraction
vaginal delivery by vacuum extraction
- symptoms of urogenital prolapse [ Time Frame: 15-20 years after first delivery ]
- surgery for urogenital prolapse [ Time Frame: 15-20 years after first delivery ]
- damage to pelvic floor musculature [ Time Frame: 15-20 years after first delivery ]
- urinary incontinence [ Time Frame: 15-20 years after first delivery ]
- anal incontinence [ Time Frame: 15-20 years after first delivery ]
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|40 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
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|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- first delivery in time period 1990-1997
- vaginal birth, spontaneous, forceps or vacuum extraction, or cesarean section
- residency in Klæbu, Malvik, Melhus, Midtre Gauldal, Rissa, Selbu, Trondheim, Tydal, Åfjord at the time of first delivery
Exclusion Criteria:
- stillbirth
- breech birth
- congenital Abnormalities
- residency outside the 9 selected communities
- forceps delivery following previous vacuum extraction delivery or spontaneous vaginal birth
- vacuum extraction delivery following previous forceps delivery or spontaneous vaginal birth
- Vaginal birth following previous cesarean section
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01766193
|St Olavs Hospital Trondheim University Hospital
|Trondheim, Norway
|Study Director:
|Kjell Å Salvesen, prof MD
|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
|Study Director:
|Siv Mørkved, PhD prof
|St. Olavs Hospital
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|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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|January 11, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 17, 2017
|Last Verified:
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Obstetric Surgical Procedures
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Urinary Incontinence
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Most US travel itineraries skip the "middle bit" – often stereotyped as a boring, endless and pancake-flat swathe of corn that makes up the Great Plains. But while the region lacks showstoppers – no Grand Canyon, no New York – the Great Plains are crammed with surprisingly intriguing attractions and great tracts are, well, quite hilly actually. Stephen Keeling, co-author of The Rough Guide to the USA, picks out ten highlights.
1) Route 66, OK
Though it was long ago superseded by the interstate highway system, Route 66 remains a prime target for all US road-trippers – if they can find it. Created in the 1920s to link Chicago and Los Angeles and "more than two thousand miles all the way", much of the original route has been overlaid by newer highways. Not in Oklahoma: here there is a 644km plus section of raw Route 66, rich in Americana, from classic diners like Waylan's Ku-Ku Burger in Miami and the iconic Round Barn in Arcadia, to the Route 66 Museum in Clinton and the iconic Blue Whale at Catoosa.
2) Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, NE
Soaring above the plains like a fantastical Byzantine skyscraper, the Nebraska State Capitol is a genuine Art Deco wonder. Like all US state capitols, it's open to the public and free to tour, but here the standard Neoclassical grandeur– South Dakota, Kansas and Iowa all have incredible state capitols – is ditched for something far more ambitious. Completed in 1932, the 122m tower is topped by a golden dome, but the interior is just as awe-inspiring, with a mural-smothered main hall and rotunda as grand as any Renaissance cathedral.
3) Kansas City BBQ, KS
Famous all over the US, Kansas-style barbecue is less well-known overseas, despite a decent claim to being the best in the nation. Here, meats are slow-smoked with a combination of hickory and oak wood, and no-frills, lowbrow joints flourish on word-of-mouth popularity (85 at the last count). "Burnt ends" is a particular Kansas specialty – tasty pieces of meat cut from the charred end of a smoked beef brisket, smothered with sauce. Each BBQ joint offers subtle differences in flavours, smokes and especially secret 'special' sauces. Oklahoma Joe's and Gates Bar-B-Q are local favourites, but even the most famous place – Arthur Bryant's – rarely feels touristy.
4) Dead Presidents: Eisenhower, Hoover and Truman
Aficionados of presidential history will find some big hitters on the Great Plains: Dwight D Eisenhower, Allied Supreme Commander in World War II and 34th President (1953–1961) grew up in little old Abilene, Kansas; his predecessor Harry Truman (1945–1952) was a proud Missourian from Independence; and the much-maligned Herbert Hoover (31st President, 1929–1933) grew up in similarly small-town West Branch, Iowa. All three places celebrate their favourite sons with preserved childhood homes, presidential libraries and some of the best museums in the nation, covering everything from the 1929 Wall Street Crash (blamed on Hoover) to the Cold War (partly blamed on Truman).
5) Tallgrass Prairie: Flint Hills Scenic Byway, KS
Forget those flatland stereotypes; the Flint Hills of Kansas are rolling, wild hills that seem as bleak as Yorkshire moors in winter, then erupt with colourful blooms and bright green grasses in the spring. This is the prairies as they were five hundred years ago. Get oriented at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in the college town of Manhattan, a futuristic building crammed with hands-on exhibits and superb displays. From here, drive south on the Flint Hills Scenic Byway (aka Hwy-177), which cuts along the hills and through gorgeous rural villages that seem a million miles from anywhere; at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, just north of Strong City, there's a small visitor centre and hiking trails.
6) Price Tower, OK
Surprise: the only skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright ever built is not in New York or Chicago, but Oklahoma – in tiny old Bartlesville, 72km north of Tulsa. Completed in 1956, this 67m-tall, incongruous copper pinnacle doesn't disappoint, its verdigris-stained walls, triangular spaces and cubicle-like elevators retaining Lloyd's distinctive, ornamental style. Stay the night (it's a hotel), and the fantasy is complete; luxurious rooms decked out like a Mad Men set, with copper work, sleek Venetian blinds and stylish 50's showers. You can also grab a drink at the Copper Bar on its top floors.
7) Indie, Red Dirt & Woody Guthrie, NE and OK
Live music is alive and well on the Great Plains, where Omaha, Nebraska sports a dynamic indie music scene featuring the likes of local bands Bright Eyes, Cursive, Neva Dinova and The Faint. Modest Stillwater, Oklahoma, is the home of Red Dirt Music, a blend of folk, country, blues and rock styles, with hometown bands the All-American Rejects, Jason Boland and the Stragglers, No Justice, the Jason Savory Band and the godfather of the genre, Bob Childers.
Tulsa, Oklahoma has its own musical legacy, a mix of rockabilly, country, rock and blues that emerged as the Tulsa Sound in the late 1950s and early 1960s (JJ Cale and The Gap Band were part of the movement). Today Tulsa is the home of the spanking new Woody Guthrie Center – crammed with videos and listening posts, fans of the Oklahoma-born folk hero should plan to spend several happy hours here.
8) Oklahoma National Stockyards and Cattlemen's, OK
Surrounded by a vast sea of cattle pens, crammed with black angus and Hereford bulls, the Oklahoma National Stockyards auction house jerks into life every Monday and Tuesday morning, when frenetic auctions – free and open to the public – facilitate the sale of thousands of dollars worth of cattle between Stetson-wearing ranchers. You won't understand a word the quick-fire auctioneer says, but you won't need to. Vegetarians and animal-lovers should obviously steer clear, but everyone else should visit nearby Cattlemen's afterwards, for some of the most juicy, buttery steak in the country.
9) Ozark National Scenic Riverways, MO
Deep inside the Ozarks, the forest-smothered hills that separate the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, this is the first national park to protect a river system; indulge in kayaking, fishing or that time-honoured tradition of tubing down the Current and Jacks Fork rivers. There's nothing like floating down a crystal-clear river slouched inside a giant tyre on a hot summer afternoon, but the park is also home to hundreds of freshwater springs, caves, trails and historic sites.
10) The Cherokee and the Five Tribes, OK
Most Native Americans actually live in the 'middle bit', from the Great Sioux Nation of South Dakota to the 39 sovereign tribes of Oklahoma. It pays to remember there's really no such thing as 'Native American culture'; every tribe and nation is unique, with their own traditions, languages and customs. The Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, OK is especially illuminating, with a replica ancient village and display on the Trail of Tears; the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, OK, highlights the art, history and culture of not just the Cherokee, but also the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek and Seminole tribes.
Discover more of the Great Plains on Rough Guides >
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# lspci -vvvnn 00:0f.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd Mantis DTV PCI Bridge Controller [Ver 1.0] [1822:4e35] (rev 01) Subsystem: Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd Device [1822:0043] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64 (2000ns min, 63750ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: Memory at cddff000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] Kernel driver in use: Mantis
Making it Work
As can be seen above the card can be used with the Mantis kernel driver.
Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 01:26:53 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
List of kernel modules involved:
Module Size Used by mantis 18436 0 tda665x 3676 1 mantis lnbp21 2652 1 mantis mb86a16 20284 1 mantis stb6100 7040 1 mantis tda10021 6592 1 mantis tda10023 6684 1 mantis zl10353 7460 1 mantis stb0899 32704 1 mantis stv0299 9860 1 mantis mantis_core 32988 1 mantis ir_common 48092 1 mantis_core ir_core 7560 2 mantis_core,ir_common dvb_core 91112 2 stv0299,mantis_core
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Sample Kernel Output
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# dmesg [ 1930.935923] Mantis 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 [ 1930.937095] DVB: registering new adapter (Mantis DVB adapter) [ 1931.818068] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Philips TDA10023 DVB-C)...
Remote Control Support
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External Links
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