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December 12, 2012
(Hand) Made in Cape Town
We can finally say it; hipsters have changed the world. They might not know it, or even care, but these counter-culture kids helped steer a global movement – one that lauds responsible consumerism – to far beyond what was once, a fad. "Old school" values that speak against western consumerism, excess and assembly line glut have made a comeback. And from the looks of it, hipster culture is here to stay.
Ethical shopping – you've come to the right place
Buying local products that are handmade, environmentally responsible and made by people and not machines is now a priority, albeit a fashionable one. If you're looking to buy local, start with these great (and green) gift ideas.
Fittees, as the name suggests, makes fitted t-shirts. Based in Victoria Road, Woodstock, this local t-shirt factory is a far cry from a sweatshop. The company employs locals who make the shirts themselves. Wholesale stock can be ordered, but this labour-friendly outlet specialises in tailored, once-off fitted t-shirts, vests, dresses and jeans.
Made from 100% ringspun cotton yarn, knitted on a 28g knitting machine, Fittees' "Made in Cape Town" shirts are available in black, white, yellow, green, red and maroon, as well as a variety of special colours – like petrol blue, chocolate and olive. Check out the custom range of Fittees designer dresses, sweaters and hoodies.
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OwnGrown is a Cape Town-based initiative that is just about as green as it gets. This environmentally friendly, urban solutions provider manufactures and installs living walls and food gardens, and specialises in rain water harvesting, composting, worm farms, roof gardens and eco-friendly cleaning products.
What OwnGrown does is simple – it assess your specific needs and custom designs a solution for you, be it a vertical living wall made up of recycled plastic and hundreds of cacti, or an apple box food and herb garden that fits perfectly on an outside patio.
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Streetwires has been around the block, and then some, and continues to deliver custom designed artwork and handmade, unique wire and bead craft. A proudly Fair Trade organisation that creates jobs, Streetwires is a collaboration between local designers, crafters and sellers who come together to make and sell gorgeous wire and bead craft.
Hand made by over 60 permanently employed artists who work from the studio in Shortmarket Street, Bo-Kaap, wire art and bead craft from Streetwise is in a league of its own when it comes to clever design, innovation and fun. They do volume and once-off orders, and nothing is too crazy, or too big to bead. They've even made a Volkswagen Beetle once…to scale!
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Made from raw and organic Ecuadorian cacao that is ethically sourced, Honest Chocolate's range of hand-crafted yums contains no preservatives, no artificial flavouring, no emulsifiers, no dairy and agave nectar instead of processed sugar. Even the slabs are wrapped sustainably – in pieces of art by Cape Town illustrators.
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Love monsters&cuties hand makes and sells small soft toys; lovable creatures both "monsterish" and cute for kids. Some look like dolls, others look like birds, others resemble space aliens and robots, or smiling monsters with bug eyes. No matter the shape, all of them are handmade using felts, fabrics, buttons, vintage scraps of embroidery and ribbon. Each beautiful creature is unique – a great gift for good boys and girls. Love monsters&cuties also makes quilts.
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The Last Thing I See
Patricia Wellingham-Jones
From: Skylark, Winter 2001
Last Modified: July 16, 2003
The first thing I saw
when I swam up from anesthesia
was your face furrowed with worry lines,
your smile. I felt your hand
clasp mine, warm below the IV,
felt your butterfly lips
touch my forehead.
Since then mine was the face
furrowed over yours,
then you were there again for me.
Although you say you'd rather not
tread the path without me,
I hope you will be
the last thing I will see.


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Ninth AnnualAntibodies for the 21st CenturyEngineering the Next GenerationJanuary 23-24, 2013
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Engineering the next-generation of antibody therapeutics requires cutting-edge technologies and innovative protocols. Reducing development time, while ensuring therapeutic efficacy, is essential to quickly generate stable antibodies that possess high affinity. Novel discovery platforms are generating antibodies with desirable properties, such as enhanced PK (pharmacokinetics), and prolonged half life, while computational tools are providing insights through modeling and in silico screening.
Experts will present Case Studies from their therapeutic antibody development programs, as well as discuss innovative engineering and analytical strategies. How to determine the precise epitope of therapeutic antibodies will also be addressed along with specifics about engineering Fc mutations and reducing immunogenicity. How will the next generation of improved antibody therapeutics be created? Find out at the 9th annual "Antibodies for the 21st Century" meeting, and join with Key Leaders from around the world to discuss the latest advances in the development of Therapeutic Antibodies.
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8:20 Trends in Therapeutic Antibody Discovery
David Meininger, Ph.D., Executive Director, Molecular Discovery, Merck - Biography
Although the first regulatory approval of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) for therapeutic use in human occurred with approval of muromonab-CD3 in 1986, it was approval and subsequent commercialization of rituximab, palivizumab, inflixumab, and trastuzumab in the late 1990s and adalimumab, cetuximab and bevicizumab in the early 2000s that validated mAbs as medically and financially viable therapeutics. This collection of highly successful biologic products was derived via a set of technology platforms utilized in discovery of the vast majority of marketed and clinical-phase antibody therapeutics generated to date. Although 2012 mAb (and mAb-derived) market sales are expected to exceed $50 billion and the compound annual growth rate is estimated to exceed 8% through 2016 in contrast to the flat or somewhat negative sales growth expectations for small molecules over this time frame, the antibody market is rapidly maturing with future growth prospects dependent upon next-generation modalities such as multi-specifics and antibody-drug conjugates. Trends in therapeutic antibody discovery and emerging modalities will be discussed and selected recent clinical data highlighted.
9:00 Antibody Optimization Before the Storm
Randal R. Ketchem, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen, Inc. - Biography
Antibodies produced as therapeutic candidates represent a variety of sequences generated by recombination and somatic hypermutation. Quite often this mechanism, so robust in generating antibodies of desired binding properties and efficacy, leads to antibodies that exhibit undesirable properties. Proactive sequence and structure analysis, coupled with knowledge of sequence and structure motifs, allows for the early engineering of variants that can avoid many of the later stage issues that arise with antibody therapeutics.
9:30 Structure, Diversity, and Engineering of Ultralong CDR3s
Vaughn Smider, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute - Biography
We determined the crystal structures of two naturally occurring Fab fragments containing ultralong CDR3s and found they have unusual beta-stranded "stalk" and disulfide bonded "knob" features which protrude from the antibody surface. Deep sequencing of ruminant B-cells analysis suggested enormous diversity in the knob domain, with a wide range of different disulfide bonded structures that could potentially form. Using this structural information, these ultralong CDR3s were humanized and engineered to bind both GPCR and ion channel targets.
10:00 Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing
Engineering for Tomorrow
10:45 Leveraging SBDD in Antibody Engineering
Gary L. Gilliland, Ph.D., Director, Structural Biology, Biologics Research, Biotechnology Center of Excellence, Janssen Research & Development
11:15 Two-in-One DAF Antibody Technology and Development
Germaine Fuh, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Antibody Engineering, Genentech, Inc.
Two-in-One antibodies are generated by evolving the antigen-binding site on Fab arm of a mono-specific antibody to add on a second specificity, and thus can be produced and developed as conventional antibodies. The proof of concept for the technology is based on Herceptin, which was engineered to also bind and block VEGF with high potency. In clinical phase II is an EGFR/HER3 two-in-one antibody that showed a broader range of efficacy in inhibiting the growth of epithelial tumor models than a mono-specific EGFR or HER3 antibody alone.
11:45 OMP-59R5: A Novel Therapeutic Antibody in Clinical Development for Patients with Cancer
Jakob Dupont, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Research, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center
OMP-59R5 (Anti-Notch2/3) is a fully human monoclonal antibody that targets the Notch2 and Notch3 receptors. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that OMP-59R5 exhibits two mechanisms of action: (1) by downregulating Notch pathway signaling, OMP-59R5 appears to have anti-Cancer Stem Cell effects, and (2) OMP-59R5 affects pericytes, impacting stromal and tumor microenvironment. The program is also currently completing a single-agent Phase Ia trial in advanced solid tumor patients. Additionally, a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial called "ALPINE" (Antibody therapy in first-Line Pancreatic cancer Investigating anti-Notch Efficacy and safety), has been initiated. In ALPINE, OMP-59R5 is being tested in combination with gemcitabine in first-line advanced pancreatic cancer patients. Pre-clinical and clinical data will be presented.
12:15pm Close of Morning Session
High Density Protein Microarray and Its Application in Developing Ultra-Specific mAbs
Donghui Ma, Ph.D., Director, Immunology, OriGene Technologies, Inc.
Antibody specificity is of pivotal importance for its use, especially in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Currently no technologies have been established for antibody specificity validation. Here we will showcase OriGene's novel platform of high density protein microarray technology to test antibody specificity. Using such platform, OriGene has successfully created a new line of ultra-specific mAbs, TrueMAB®, for multiple diagnostic targets, including HER2 and ERCC1. Sample cases will be discussed.
Improving Biophysical Properties
2:00 Chairperson's Remarks
Harald Kolmar, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Biochemistry, Technical University Darmstadt
2:05 Changes in CDR Domains of Therapeutic Antibodies Modulate IgG Binding to Neonatal Fc Receptor
Madan Katragadda, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Global Biotherapeutic Technologies, Pfizer, Inc. - Biography
We used surface plasmon resonance and isothermal titration calorimetry to understand the interaction and identify IgG domains distal from the putative FcRn binding site that contribute to IgG binding to FcRn. Understanding these interactions or binding behaviors would be useful in optimizing monoclonal antibodies for in vivo half-life and help choose best lead molecule in the lead optimization phase of drug discovery. We are the first ones to dissect the contribution of IgG domains in IgG:FcRn interactions.
2:35 Developability: Predicting, Avoiding and Reducing Immunogenicity and the Risk of Failure of Biotherapeutics
Yvette Stallwood, Ph.D., Head, Applied Protein Services, Lonza Biologics - Biography
We present the in silico and in vitro tools used to assess Immunogenicity and stability and reduce aggregation showing the application and benefit of these tools during the development of biotherapeutics.
3:05 Glycooptimized Anti HER-2 and Anti EGF-R Monoclonal Antibodies: Generation of BioSuperiors
Steffen Goletz, Ph.D., CEO and Founder, Glycotope GmbH - Biography
Antibodies and non-antibody biotherapeutics are glycooptimized in respect to bioactivity, bioavailability, immunogenicity and patient coverage obtaining manifold improved Biobetters. Three antibody and one non-antibody products are now in clinical studies. Among the three antibody molecules are one new biological entity directed against a novel target as well as the biobetter molecules CetuGEX™ and TrasGEX™ which are improved forms of cetuximab and trastuzumab. Data from pre-clinical, clinical and production technologies will be presented.
3:35 A Uniform Framework for Computer-Aided Biologics Design Christopher R. Corbeil, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Chemical Computing GroupProtein engineering plays a pivotal role in modulating the function, activity and physical properties of biologics. Representative strategies employed in protein engineering include rationale protein design and directed evolution. In general, disparate work has been done in applying computer-aided biologics design (CABD) to protein engineering for the development of novel biological therapeutics. Here, we establish a unified framework of protein engineering tools and investigate its applicability to modulation of protein properties: affinity and stability.
4:05 Refreshment Break
4:15 Advancements in High-Throughput Biophysical Technologies: Applications for Characterization and Screening During Early Formulation Development and Engineering of Monoclonal Antibodies
Hardeep Samra, Ph.D., Scientist II, Formulation Sciences, MedImmune
4:45 Insights into IgG4 and the Stability Thereof
Shirley Peters, Research Scientist, UCB Pharma
The IgG4 isotype may be employed as a biotherapeutic when a target antigen simply needs to be neutralized or prevented from binding without risk of inducing effector functions. However, IgG4 has shown to display some propensity to increased aggregation as well as forming bispecific monovalent IgG4 in vivo. We have generated mutants of a human IgG4 in order to improve on thermal stability and to probe the interactions that potentially determine the unique features observed for IgG4.
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I have a mouseover event which triggers a tooltip; I would like this tooltip to go away when the mouse is removed. onmouseout works well, except when the element goes away.
Here is a distilled example which uses background changes instead of tooltips (so you can easily run it):

Remove me
The problem is this: when I click "Remove me", my mouse is no longer "over" the div, but the onmouseout doesn't trigger, because it has gone away. What I would like is for this example to revert to a white background when I click "Remove me".
There is an obvious solution, which I would like to avoid. I do not want the onclick handler which removes the element to manually "fix up" the document. This is because there may be arbitrarily many handlers which could remove the div with the onmouseout. In general, all of the mouseout and removal handlers may be generated dynamically, and need to know about each other. To complicate things further, I might have a case where removable elements are nested in each other, and any of them could be removed. (I might be able to remove this constraint, but it will take a little work.)
Here is an example of a solution that could work: on mouseover, register the modal dialogue as "active"; then whenever elements are removed, iterate over all modal dialogues and look for ones which are no longer in the document. But this requires me to keep a global store of dialogues, and takes time O(n*m), where n is the number of active dialogues, and m is how deeply nested the dialogue is in the DOM. Furthermore, I need to run this operation whenever I remove elements, even if it's pretty obvious nothing is affected.
Here is another solution that could work: if you can implement an onremovedfromdocument event, then we just copy the onmouseout handler to be the onremovedfromdocument event, and the example will work correctly too. (I hear jQuery might support this, but I need to interoperate with non-jQuery code.)
Here is yet another possible solution: have each modal dialogue repeatedly poll to see if its parent is in the document. When it is not, have it commit seppuku. But polling is really ugly. (I guess I'd be willing to do this if there's nothing better!)
Here's another idea: use event capture to allow the onmouseout element to capture the click element first, and setup a timer to check if it is still in the document after the click is done.
For reference, here is what I'm really trying to do: I have a JS widget which builds a complicated tree structure. Many of the edits to the widget involve clicking some button in the tree, which then adds or deletes from the tree (possibly deleting itself.) However, some of the nodes need more complicated edit procedures, so I would like to bring up a tooltip with instructions and possibly more buttons when the user mouses over them, or even keep the dialogue around if the user clicks them. But the user may change his mind and decide to delete the node, or any parent of the node, in which case the dialogue should go away. You can view an implementation of what I currently have here, where the dialogues are being manually created. I would like to start using a nice tooltip library, but all of them have the bug which I described above.


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The Woman's Club of Louisville hosted a Holiday Extravaganza on Nov. 7 at its clubhouse, 1320 S. Fourth St., to benefit the Heuser Hearing and Language Academy along with the Salvation Army Culinary Program.
The day-long event, themed "A visit back to the Victorian era," included shopping, a luncheon and an evening extravaganza with wine, bourbon and hors d'oeuvres.
The Voice-Tribune's Angie Fenton and Ashley Anderson emceed the event.
This year, The Woman's Club is working with The Salvation Army's Culinary Training Program, which has enlisted the assistance of Louisville chefs Agostino Gabriele of Vincenzo's and Geoffrey Heyde from the Village Anchor to serve as mentors to Salvation Army chefs in training.
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Research and Evaluation | Noteworthy Practices | Additional Links
Family literacy programs address the intergenerational nature of literacy. Studies have found that a child's foundation in learning is formed in the first five years before Kindergarten. A child's learning begins at birth and takes shape as children are nurtured, challenged, and engaged in high-quality learning environments and in quality relationships with their parents and other primary caregivers. The importance of the family is described and defined in Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.
The President has initiated The Early Learning Challenge Fund PDF, an initiative that encourages states to create or continue high-quality programs for early childhood learning with results-oriented standards reform of state early learning programs. The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) will collaborate and administer the two types of funding for this initiative: Quality Pathways Grants and Development Grants.
The ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), in its review of research about reading, reports that many schools are creating formalized family literacy programs to serve disadvantaged parents and children. Such programs are designed to reflect the cultural background of the family and encompass all literacy activities that can occur in the home.
A National Center for Fathering and the National PTA PDF study found that a majority of Americans agree that fathers play an important and irreplaceable role in the lives of children.
Condition of Education 2006 PDF provides statistics that show "poor, near-poor, and non-poor children" were more likely to participate in literacy activities in 2005 than in 1993. All children, regardless of poverty status, were more likely to have an adult read to them frequently in 2005 than in 1993.
The Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) and the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) spotlights how six school districts have used innovative strategies to create and sustain family engagement.
Both inmates and their families can achieve positive outcomes when the parental bonds and prerogatives inmates have with their children are preserved. National service programs of the Corporation of National & Community Service provide mentoring, literacy, and youth-development services to the children of incarcerated parents.
First Grade at Bowen, Newton Public Schools, Newton, Massachusetts, has developed suggestions that parents can use to help their children develop literacy skills. This Balanced Literacy Program offers lists and explanations about creating a stimulating literacy environment for parents and their children.
The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) offers free resources relating to family and children's activities. One of the publications, Cultivating Readers PDF , lists suggestions that are age- specific, from birth to ten years old. Most of the resources at NCFL are written in English and in Spanish.
A Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) PDF article, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, discusses how preschool and child care teachers can help young children develop early literacy skills by letting them be active participants in reading sessions.
Public libraries can be found on a list of most states' Web sites. These libraries are excellent sources for age-specific books, and many libraries have "story hour." Check with the librarian.


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Topman.com is the place for men's jumpers and men's cardigans. For everyday layering we've got plain jumpers and throwback men's roll neck jumpers that go perfectly with skinny fit chinos. And with warm weather in full swing, we've introduced faded neutral colours and short sleeve knitwear with turtle neck collars.


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NICKEL DIMED AND FIGHTING BACKPosted in Anticipating A Crisis, Bank of America, Banking Industry, Business Crises of our own making, Business Crisis Management, Crisis Management Consulting, Crisis Management Response, DECISIONS IN A VACUUM, Excessive consumer fees, negative publicity on November 6th, 2011 by mnayor
The first time I noticed the flagrant imposition of an additional fee for a business service was when ordering Broadway tickets on line. It was a six dollar "service fee" per ticket. I paid the fee but was puzzled. I was paying the company for a service which they were in business to provide. Strange. Do architects charge an extra fee for putting their plans on paper?
Since then of course things have gotten much worse for American consumers. Airlines seem to charge for everything except the air you breathe, and probably don't, in order to avoid a debate on how inferior that air is. Everywhere you turn there are extra fees for services and "things" that were once free. Understandably businesses and industries are trying to maintain their financial positions. Many want to bring back the good times when they were flush. Because of the weak economy, and the higher cost of resources, they must extract more from the customers who keep them in business in the first place. Obviously, much analysis has gone into the "cost" (interpreted to mean loss of customers and bad press) of implementing new fees. It is clear that most businesses are willing to sacrifice a certain percentage of customers who will bolt in anger, if the economics work.
But it appears as if we are entering into a new phase of business/customer relations. Customers are fighting back, asserting essentially that business has to have skin in the game too. In bad times business cannot expect to maintain the same level of profits or to ride on the backs of consumers in order to do so. Case in point: Bank of America's announcement in September that it was going to impose a $5.00/month fee for debit card use. A debit card fee is a charge for you to access your own money for commercial or other financial transactions. It is the same money you have deposited with a bank and the same money it needs to conduct its lending business.
Some analysis definitely went into the Bank's decision. New regulations have reduced the payments merchants pay the Bank for processing debit card payments and BofA didn't want to just absorb the loss of income. Fair to say that many other banks also entertained the idea of customer debit fees. Some have implemented them. But, after witnessing the backlash from BofA customers, many backed off. BofA itself announced at the end of October that it would allow customers to avoid the fee if they maintain a minimum balance, or arrange for direct deposit of paychecks or use BofA issued credit cards. But just a couple of days later, it fully capitulated to the pressure and scraped the plan in its entirety.
Unlike Netflix which lost 800,000 customers after announcing a 60% price increase a couple of months ago, BofA will likely weather the storm without a major loss. Why? First, it announced its new fee well in advance and wasn't the only bank contemplating debit fees, so it didn't look like the only bad guy. Secondly, many of its customers are locked in to BofA with automatic bill paying, multiple accounts and complicated relationships. Unraveling a bank relationship can be complicated. Finally, BofA certainly calculated the loss of customers it would have to endure if it implemented the plan and decided it was worth it. Now that it has jettisoned the fee, many fewer people will transfer their banking relationship. But unquestionably, some damage has been done. There is a strong movement currently underway in the country to pursuade the public to withdraw from national banks and transfer business to community and regional banks and local credit unions.
People are no longer rolling over. They are fighting back, and businesses should realize that weathering an economic storm (or a regulatory reversal) is something to which all segments of society are subject. One segment is not entitled to be made whole at the expense of another. Profits made in good times cannot always be sustained – especially if they can only be sustained on the backs of others who are suffering just as much. Businesses and industries should be rewarded for innovation and creativity, for new and better goods and services, not for figuring ways of squeezing the hand that feeds them. The moral of the story is quite simple: a business can create its own crisis by being too greedy. Before making a dramatic decision that could adversely effect one or more of your stakeholders analyze both the short-term and the long-term costs. Many of your investors may also be your customers. Aiming for profit maximization may not necessarilly please everyone, especially if bonus maximization is the underlyiong motivation and result.


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Sheepshead with Parsley Sauce
Logan Banks, Thibodaux n/a
IngredientsIngredients for fish 1 lb. of sheepshead fillets Cajun Seasoning 2 Tbps. of Creole or brown mustard 1/8 cup of milk 1 package of Zatarain's Fish Fry peanut oil Ingredients for parsley sauce 2 bunches of parsley, about 2 cups loosely packed 3-4 green garlic heads (optional) 3 scallions or green onions Kosher salt 1 cup fish or vegetable stock 3 Tbsps. unsalted butter 3 Tbsps. Extra virgin olive oil 6 oz. of lump crabmeat
Cooking InstructionsDirections fish Rinse fillets. In a large bowl, beat the mustard and milk to a froth. Soak the fillets in the mixture. Heat oil to 350 degrees (F) in a cast iron pot. Remove the marinated fish, cover in seasoning and then dredge each in the fish fry. If the fish fry in not seasoned to your taste add more seasoning to it and sift. When you add the fish to the oil, do not over crowd the pot because it will lower the temperature, and thus, make the fillets soggy. Remember: fish flesh cooks rapidly. So, fry the fillets until the batter is only golden brown. Remove to a platter with paper towels. If you still want more of zip, sprinkle more seasoning on the cooked fish. Repeat until all fillets are cooked. Directions for parsley sauce Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. It should taste like the sea. Prepare an ice water bath in a bowl. When the water is boiling, dunk the parsley, scallions and garlic greens into the water and boil for 60 seconds. Remove and submerge in the ice water bath. Pat the herbs dry, then remove main stems of the parsley and roughly chop all the herbs. Place in a food processor. Blend in a food processor until it is a smooth puree. Add stock from the 1 cup measure as you go -- if you need to -- in order to get the herbs to puree properly. If the now-strained puree in the bowl looks too much like a paste, add a little bit of the reserved green liquid or fish stock and mix -- you want it to be a thick liquid. To finish, reheat the puree -- do not let it boil -- and whisk in the butter. Turn off the heat and serve at once. Add crabmeat and mix but do not break up lumps. Serve over fried Sheepshead. Grilled Asparagus and Creole tomatoes are excellent side dishes.


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It looks like I have finally gotten MythTV built (as has 'pushbx' in the 'Success stories' board); the final piece of the puzzle for my configuration seems to be the 'pvrusb2' driver for the WinTV-HVR-1950 (NTSC/ATSC/QAM USB tuner with hardware MPEG2). The main site at
indicates the "in-kernel" (as of 2.6.18) should be stable, and would appear to be the most elegant method of getting this going. I see the driver in my 'garden-variety' x86 Ubuntu Hardy system at /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2, so I'm sure it's available for the 'jaunty' kernel as well, just not provided in the 'modules' download posted by 'cbxbiker61' (thanks ever so much for keeping us all up to date!) at
(at least as of 2.6.30-rc4 which is what I'm running).
Before tackling this on my limited spare time, I just thought I'd check to see if it was feasible to get the pvrusb2.ko module and related modules built with the next release candidate. On my current MythTV box, if I'm interpreting the 'before' and 'after' output of 'lsmod' correctly, when I 'modprobe pvrusb2' I'm seeing dependencies on the following modules, which I don't see in the 2.6.30-rc4 modules:
I also see 'videodev' in the list, but looks that's already part of the module package. Also, 'v4l1_compat' and 'v4l2_common' are pulled in; I assume they're the existing 'v4l1-compat.ko' and 'v4l2-common.ko' with hyphens replaced by underscores in the translation.
There's also the small matter of getting firmware into the box, but if I understand Mike Isley's it sounds like the existing 'udev' support in the current kernels should be up to the task.
Thanks, all!
-Charles Green
Last Edit: June 11, 2009, 01:22:09 PM by CharlesWGreenJr
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Re: pvrusb2 driver for SheevaPlug kernel (MythTV)
Reply #1 on:
May 16, 2009, 03:06:56 PM »
Charles, I can build the kernel for you if you don't want to do that yourself, but you'll need to tell me exactly which modules you want compiled in. I'm very interested in the hvr1950 and had been meaning to get it. The thing was MythTV's website didn't say specifically it was supported.
Does the capture card work on a plain vanilla Ubuntu desktop install?
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Re: pvrusb2 driver for SheevaPlug kernel (MythTV)
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May 18, 2009, 04:30:39 AM »
When I plug the HVR-1950 into my Hardy system and 'modprobe pvrusb2' it announces the device, but based on some remarks on isley.net it looks like I'll need at least 2.6.26 to properly handle it (good for Sheeva, bad for me - I just spent several hours yesterday attempting to upgrade my Intel-based system without success)...
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Re: pvrusb2 driver for SheevaPlug kernel (MythTV)
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May 20, 2009, 05:46:05 PM »
OK, after trying a few strategies on a different Ubuntu system I finally succeeded in upgrading the kernel on my existing 'hardy' MythTV box to 2.6.28-11-generic. I then extracted the firmware from the CD using the instructions and script from isley.net, plugged in the HVR-1950, et viola:
May 20 20:01:58 ubuntu kernel: [ 1172.204064] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
May 20 20:01:58 ubuntu kernel: [ 1172.345370] usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 20 20:01:58 ubuntu kernel: [ 1172.459375] usbcore: registered new interface driver pvrusb2
May 20 20:01:59 ubuntu kernel: [ 1172.460605] pvrusb2: V4L in-tree version:Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner
May 20 20:01:59 ubuntu kernel: [ 1172.460614] pvrusb2: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)
May 20 20:01:59 ubuntu kernel: [ 1173.456176] usb 1-8: firmware: requesting v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
May 20 20:01:59 ubuntu kernel: [ 1173.459936] pvrusb2: Device microcontroller firmware (re)loaded; it should now reset and reconnect.
May 20 20:02:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 1173.491686] usb 1-8: USB disconnect, address 4
May 20 20:02:00 ubuntu kernel: [ 1173.492618] pvrusb2: Device being rendered inoperable
May 20 20:02:01 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.244029] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
May 20 20:02:01 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.385634] usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.531722] tuner' 2-0042: chip found @ 0x84 (pvrusb2_a)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.552932] cx25840' 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (pvrusb2_a)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574172] tveeprom 2-00a2: Hauppauge model 75111, rev C3E9, serial# 5371386
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574178] tveeprom 2-00a2: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-51-F5-FA
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574181] tveeprom 2-00a2: tuner model is Philips 18271_8295 (idx 149, type 54)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574185] tveeprom 2-00a2: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574188] tveeprom 2-00a2: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574191] tveeprom 2-00a2: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574194] tveeprom 2-00a2: has radio, has IR receiver, has IR transmitter
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574202] pvrusb2: Supported video standard(s) reported available in hardware: PAL-M/N/Nc;NTSC-M/Mj/Mk;ATSC-8VSB/16VSB
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574207] pvrusb2: Mapping standards mask=0x300b700 (PAL-M/N/Nc;NTSC-M/Mj/Mk;ATSC-8VSB/16VSB)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574211] pvrusb2: Setting up 6 unique standard(s)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574215] pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=0 name=PAL-M
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574219] pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=1 name=PAL-N
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574222] pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=2 name=PAL-Nc
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574225] pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=3 name=NTSC-M
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574228] pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=4 name=NTSC-Mj
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574231] pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=5 name=NTSC-Mk
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574235] pvrusb2: Initial video standard (determined by device type): NTSC-M
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574246] pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574350] pvrusb2: registered device video2 [mpeg]
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.574359] DVB: registering new adapter (pvrusb2-dvb)
May 20 20:02:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 1175.601255] cx25840' 2-0044: firmware: requesting v4l-cx25840.fw
May 20 20:02:04 ubuntu kernel: [ 1177.867104] cx25840' 2-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
May 20 20:02:04 ubuntu kernel: [ 1177.984545] tda829x 2-0042: setting tuner address to 60
May 20 20:02:04 ubuntu kernel: [ 1178.030929] tda18271 2-0060: creating new instance
May 20 20:02:04 ubuntu kernel: [ 1178.065612] TDA18271HD/C1 detected @ 2-0060
May 20 20:02:05 ubuntu kernel: [ 1179.232655] tda829x 2-0042: type set to tda8295+18271
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.590891] cx25840' 2-0044: Video signal: present
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.590896] cx25840' 2-0044: Detected format: NTSC-M
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.590899] cx25840' 2-0044: Specified standard: NTSC-M
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.590902] cx25840' 2-0044: Specified video input: Composite 7
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.590905] cx25840' 2-0044: Specified audioclock freq: 48000 Hz
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.598049] cx25840' 2-0044: Detected audio mode: forced mode
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.598057] cx25840' 2-0044: Detected audio standard: forced audio standard
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.598062] cx25840' 2-0044: Audio muted: no
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.598066] cx25840' 2-0044: Audio microcontroller: stopped
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.598071] cx25840' 2-0044: Configured audio standard: automatic detection
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.598076] cx25840' 2-0044: Configured audio system: BTSC
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.598080] cx25840' 2-0044: Specified audio input: External
May 20 20:02:09 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.598086] cx25840' 2-0044: Preferred audio mode: stereo
May 20 20:02:11 ubuntu kernel: [ 1184.981530] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1411 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
May 20 20:02:11 ubuntu kernel: [ 1184.983409] tda829x 2-0042: type set to tda8295
May 20 20:02:11 ubuntu kernel: [ 1185.040806] tda18271 2-0060: attaching existing instance
I then went into mythtv-setup, selected the new tuner as an 'MPEG-2 card', scanned for channels, brought the backend up again, and simultaneously recorded two programs on my two tuners to confirm that it worked.
A check with 'lsmod' shows the following modules being used:
Again, the last three are being supplied in the kernels supplied by 'cbxbiker61' (thanks again!), so if anyone can post a kernel including these additional modules, I'll be happy to give it a whirl and finish my writeup.
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Re: pvrusb2 driver for SheevaPlug kernel (MythTV)
Reply #4 on:
May 24, 2009, 05:33:50 PM »
[Update: I see my Intel Linux 'hardy' MythTV box has a 'firmware_helper' executable in /lib/udev, whereas the 'jaunty' SheevaPlug and Intel box have a 'firmware.sh' script in /lib/udev.]
OK, after losing my /usr filesystem (note to self: apparently unplugging a USB hub from the SheevaPlug can cause corruption of an SD card) I re-established my Sheeva distribution on the external USB drive which I got in anticipation of getting this last piece to the MythTV puzzle working. With a kernel provided by 'pushbx' that incorporates the 'pvrusb2' driver (not as a module), and the necessary firmware in /lib/firmware, here's what I see when I plug in the HVR-1950:
usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 5
usb 1-1.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
This looks to me to be the same as the kernel without the driver. Hmm...
Next I thought that perhaps the firmware wasn't being found, so I renamed it on my Intel 'hardy' MythTV box (on which I have successfully used the tuner) to see what would happen if it's not found, and plugged it in there. I got:
[347747.808029] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
[347747.945182] usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[347748.944111] usb 1-8: firmware: requesting v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
[347748.951269] pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** Device fx2 controller firmware seems to be missing.
[347748.951274] pvrusb2: Did you install the pvrusb2 firmware files in their proper location?
[347748.951277] pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
[347748.951280] pvrusb2: Failure uploading firmware1
[347748.951283] pvrusb2: Device initialization was not successful.
[347748.951286] pvrusb2: Giving up since device microcontroller firmware appears to be missing.
My understanding is that 'udev' handles loading of the firmware, and that's certainly running on the SheevaPlug.
I also tried this on a basic 'jaunty' install on a third computer, and noticed a new "third line" which is missing from the Sheeva (in the following case, firmware was present, and lines after obvious success are deleted); the following also looks identical to the 'success' case on my Hardy MythTV box, with the exception of the new third line, which is apparently specific to Jaunty:
[ 593.490018] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 593.644339] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 593.698637] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 593.763880] usbcore: registered new interface driver pvrusb2
[ 593.763905] pvrusb2: V4L in-tree version:Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner
[ 593.763910] pvrusb2: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)
[ 594.760164] usb 1-4: firmware: requesting v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
[ 594.781660] pvrusb2: Device microcontroller firmware (re)loaded; it should now reset and reconnect.
[ 596.328962] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 596.329440] pvrusb2: Device being rendered inoperable
[ 596.600019] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 596.759694] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 596.842134] cx25840' 1-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (pvrusb2_a)
[ 596.912732] tuner' 1-0042: chip found @ 0x84 (pvrusb2_a)
[ 596.937121] tveeprom 1-00a2: Hauppauge model 75111, rev C3E9, serial# 5371386
So perhaps the next thing we should see on the SheevaPlug is "Linux video capture interface: v2.00"? A quick 'grep -l' on the Intel Jaunty system reveals this line is somewhere in videodev.ko, so if that driver is compiled into the kernel I'm now running, I would expect to see that message, right? (Interestingly, 'grep -l' against the SheevaPlug kernel doesn't seem to be very fruitful, even the word 'video' didn't match...) Also, given that the 'videodev' module was present in the 2.6.30-rc4 image provided by 'cbxbiker61', I would have thought this third line might have shown up there, even without the additional drivers specific to the HVR-1950.
Here's the output of 'udevmonitor', or 'udevadm monitor', on the SheevaPlug:
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
KERNEL - the kernel uevent
KERNEL[1243272711.974440] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4 (usb)
KERNEL[1243272711.974573] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[1243272711.974672] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep81 (usb_endpoint)
KERNEL[1243272711.974768] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep84 (usb_endpoint)
KERNEL[1243272711.974862] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep88 (usb_endpoint)
KERNEL[1243272711.974956] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep01 (usb_endpoint)
KERNEL[1243272711.975051] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep02 (usb_endpoint)
KERNEL[1243272711.975145] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep86 (usb_endpoint)
KERNEL[1243272711.975238] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/usb_device/usbdev1.6 (usb_device)
KERNEL[1243272711.975330] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243272711.976139] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4 (usb)
UDEV [1243272711.989564] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [1243272711.995778] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/usb_device/usbdev1.6 (usb_device)
UDEV [1243272712.008812] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep88 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243272712.014952] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep84 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243272712.039559] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243272712.041717] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep86 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243272712.042514] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep02 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243272712.043252] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep01 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243272712.046061] add /devices/platform/orion-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.6_ep81 (usb_endpoint)
And on the basic Jaunty, non-MythTV system:
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV the event which udev sends out after rule processing
UEVENT the kernel uevent
UEVENT[1243281061.483320] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4 (usb)
UDEV [1243281061.488216] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4 (usb)
UEVENT[1243281061.489453] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0 (usb)
UEVENT[1243281061.489493] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep81 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281061.489526] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep84 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281061.489553] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep88 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281061.489579] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep01 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281061.489604] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep02 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281061.489628] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep86 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281061.489652] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281061.496395] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281061.527453] add /module/tveeprom (module)
UEVENT[1243281061.529937] add /module/v4l1_compat (module)
UDEV [1243281061.530909] add /module/tveeprom (module)
UEVENT[1243281061.537592] add /module/videodev (module)
UEVENT[1243281061.537633] add /class/video4linux (class)
UDEV [1243281061.538136] add /module/v4l1_compat (module)
UEVENT[1243281061.543161] add /module/v4l2_common (module)
UDEV [1243281061.544996] add /module/videodev (module)
UDEV [1243281061.547085] add /class/video4linux (class)
UDEV [1243281061.549125] add /module/v4l2_common (module)
UEVENT[1243281061.554578] add /module/cx2341x (module)
UDEV [1243281061.556455] add /module/cx2341x (module)
UEVENT[1243281061.573547] add /module/dvb_core (module)
UEVENT[1243281061.573586] add /class/dvb (class)
UDEV [1243281061.575452] add /module/dvb_core (module)
UDEV [1243281061.577523] add /class/dvb (class)
UEVENT[1243281061.597762] add /module/pvrusb2 (module)
UDEV [1243281061.599338] add /module/pvrusb2 (module)
UEVENT[1243281061.600171] add /class/pvrusb2 (class)
UDEV [1243281061.601841] add /class/pvrusb2 (class)
UEVENT[1243281061.602813] add /bus/usb/drivers/pvrusb2 (drivers)
UDEV [1243281061.606976] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [1243281061.610596] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep81 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281061.613178] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep84 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281061.615698] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep88 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281061.618224] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep01 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281061.620833] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep02 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281061.623392] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep86 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281061.625689] add /bus/usb/drivers/pvrusb2 (drivers)
UEVENT[1243281062.599177] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/firmware/1-4 (firmware)
UEVENT[1243281062.615874] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/firmware/1-4 (firmware)
UDEV [1243281062.617431] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/firmware/1-4 (firmware)
UDEV [1243281062.618775] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/firmware/1-4 (firmware)
UEVENT[1243281064.168606] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep81 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.168801] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep84 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.168863] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep88 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.168891] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep01 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.168915] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep02 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.168941] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep86 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.168972] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0 (usb)
UEVENT[1243281064.168998] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.169035] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4 (usb)
UDEV [1243281064.171654] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep81 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.174444] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep84 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.177230] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep88 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.180085] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep01 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.182852] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep02 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.185641] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep86 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.189859] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [1243281064.192676] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.2_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.197221] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4 (usb)
UEVENT[1243281064.598614] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4 (usb)
UEVENT[1243281064.599521] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [1243281064.607728] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4 (usb)
UEVENT[1243281064.609733] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep81 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.609782] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep84 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.609808] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep88 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.609833] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep01 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.609858] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep02 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.609882] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep86 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.609906] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep00 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.614873] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0 (usb)
UDEV [1243281064.620415] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep81 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.623460] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep84 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.626507] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep88 (usb_endpoint)
UEVENT[1243281064.630150] add /module/cx25840 (module)
UEVENT[1243281064.630193] add /bus/i2c/drivers/cx25840' (drivers)
UEVENT[1243281064.630215] add /bus/i2c/drivers/cx25840 (drivers)
UDEV [1243281064.635420] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep01 (usb_endpoint)
UDEV [1243281064.638459] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.3_ep02
Any thoughts on why the Intel Ubuntu system announces the request for firmware and the SheevaPlug system doesn't? I see that the firmware request log line is tagged 'usb' rather than 'pvrusb2', so presumably the pvrusb2 driver isn't even involved yet at this point??
Thanks for any suggestions,
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[SOLVED] Re: pvrusb2 driver for SheevaPlug kernel (MythTV)
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June 11, 2009, 01:21:47 PM »
Not sure what the problem with the kernel was, but eventually I found the time to grab a 'git' snapshot from Marvell and pounded it with "config/make" cycles until it submitted.
-Charles Green
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Re: [SOLVED] pvrusb2 driver for SheevaPlug kernel (MythTV)
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June 21, 2009, 05:28:29 PM »
I am trying to do the same thing with HVR-950Q USB card. Where exactly do you place the firmware to? I put it under /lib/firmware/dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw and also in /lib/firmware/2.6.30/dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw
Perhaps it is just simply does not work. I need some advice in this.
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Re: [SOLVED] pvrusb2 driver for SheevaPlug kernel (MythTV)
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June 21, 2009, 11:28:33 PM »
I gave up on the HVR 950Q and got the 1950 you did. I do not see MPEG2 card as you did. I only see MJPEG or MPEG4. Which one is the QAM installed? I am using analong only for now.
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Re: [SOLVED] pvrusb2 driver for SheevaPlug kernel (MythTV)
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June 23, 2009, 07:59:12 PM »
The primary guide for my setting this up was at
. That site might mention the HVR-950Q; I don't recall. With respect to the 1950 firmware, I believe I either put it in /lib/firmware/ or /lib/firmware/<exact kernel version>/ as you probably did.
If by what you say you see below (MJPEG / MPEG4 vs. MPEG2) you're referring to what MythTV shows you as available in its setup, I seem to remember that I had to type in /dev/video0 on the MPEG2 selection (I saw that trick mentioned on some forum or board somewhere), after which it had no problem identifying the card, but I don't believe it was presented automatically as a choice the first time through, which may have led you to believe MythTV couldn't use it. (I'm being vague as the system isn't up at the moment - I need more time to finish setting up a slave backend / frontend to really make use of it, so it's powered off until I get a chance to play around with it again.)
Hope this helps,
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June 27, 2009, 12:03:16 AM »
I got both the MPEG2 and finally the DVB to work now with MythTV. I am now totally happy recording QAM TV signals from cable. The trick to get DVB to work is to change the file under:
//#if (DVB_API_VERSION != 3)
#if (DVB_API_VERSION != 3 && DVB_API_VERSION != 5)
and the line
//#if (DVB_API_VERSION >= 3 && DVB_API_VERSION_MINOR >= 1)
#if ((DVB_API_VERSION >= 3 && DVB_API_VERSION_MINOR >= 1) || (DVB_API_VERSION > 3))
I found the solution while googling. The 950Q has some problem with the arm port. I did not have time to get it fix since I want a DVR urgently. I am happy that the plugcomputer solution worked out before my vacation. Now I can record video and watch it when I get back. This is all thanks to your work on this subject.
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6 Pop Culture Mysteries That Were Solved by Fans
#3. Mathematician Solves Beatles Mystery Chord
The Mystery:
Something about the instantly recognizable TWANG! that opens the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (the song, the album and the movie) has eluded music fans for decades. More specifically, what the hell is it?
Think about it: These are the Beatles we're talking about. Every single note in every one of their songs has been analyzed and memorized by someone, somewhere over the past 50 years, and every single one of their albums has been thoroughly combed for clues that Paul was killed and replaced by an android in 1966 ...
We still think there might be something in their single "Paul Was Killed and Replaced by an Android in 1966" (1967).
... and even then, the exact opening chord of one of their best known songs still managed to remain a mystery. George Harrison admitted which notes he was playing shortly before his death, but he didn't know about the others. In the end, the mystery may prove to be just as enduring as the Beatles' legacy, baffling cover bands and Internet lyric databases for all eternity.
How They Solved It:
And by "for all eternity" we mean "until 2004," when a professor at Dalhousie University nailed this beast using a highly advanced method known as "math."
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Math is that stuff they sell in Breaking Bad, right?
Professor Jason Brown, a lifelong Beatles enthusiast, used a mathematical operation to split the mystery chord into the exact 29,375 frequencies that compose it. Brown then spent the following six months trying to reconstruct the exact notes used by the Beatles from those frequencies, but something strange happened -- some of them didn't match up to George's lead guitar, or John's rhythm guitar, or Paul's bass.
Or Ringo's whatever.
It turns out that the Beatles threw everyone a curveball by having their producer George Martin play a fourth chord on a piano, which accounted for the extra frequencies in Brown's readings. It was that or Ringo crying.
#2. Alice in Wonderland Fan Finds Out Why a Raven Is Like a Writing Desk
The Mystery:
One of the biggest dick moves in literature is the moment when the Mad Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland poses Alice with the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" ... and then never gives the answer. So he's not just mad, he's downright evil.
After the novel was first published, Lewis Carroll received so many letters asking him for the answer to the riddle (along with hundreds of others that said, "Please stay away from my daughter") that eventually, in the 1896 re-edition, he decided to settle the matter once and for all. According to Carroll, the riddle "as originally invented" had "no answer at all," but he offered the following one anyway: "Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front."
This answer was ... less than satisfying, and we're pretty sure the second part doesn't even make sense. Since no one liked Carroll's half-assed solution, other writers offered ones of their own: Aldous Huxley wrote, "Because there's a 'B' in 'both,' and because there's an 'N' in 'neither,'" while puzzle genius Sam Loyd offered, "Poe wrote on both."
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This sounds pretty cool until you realize he means that Poe wrote on the poem "The Raven," not on an actual raven.
For the longest time, "no answer" seemed like the best answer. But then ...
How They Solved It:
In 1976, over a century after the book was first published, Denis Crutch from the Lewis Carroll Society of North America discovered that the real answer was in a long forgotten typo. Crutch found out that in 1896, Carroll originally wrote: "Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front." Later editions corrected the word "nevar" -- not realizing that Carroll clearly meant to write "raven" backward. As in, "It is raven put with the wrong end in front."
"Hm? Oh, um, yeah, I totally meant that ..."
Yeah, that's not exactly what we were expecting, either, but at least it does sound like something Lewis Carroll would have come up with.
#1. YouTube Commenter Solves Chaplin Time Traveler Mystery
The Mystery:
In case your attention span is even shorter than ours, the Charlie Chaplin time traveling clip was one of the biggest non-rainbow related viral videos of 2010 (that wasn't a remix of the Trololo guy). Skip to about 1:35 for the interesting part:
It turns out that in the footage of the 1928 premiere of Chaplin's The Circus (included as a DVD extra in a recent collection), a woman can be seen talking on what appears to be a contemporary mobile phone. The uploader points out that it could also be a man in drag, but either way, the Internet soon decided this person had to be a time traveler.
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Genders as we understand them no longer exist in the year 3074.
Obviously not everyone bought it, but no one seemed to be able to provide a satisfying explanation. Radios of this size weren't available until the '50s, and walkie-talkies didn't even exist until the '40s (and even then, they were huge). So what the hell is it? Guess we'll never know for sure ... until someone sends her back to that moment, that is.
How They Solved It:
And then a YouTube commenter had to go ahead and ruin everything for everyone.
And for once, we don't mean with racism and poor grammar.
YouTube user Crennycrenshaw shattered the dreams of millions of sci-fi fans and Charlie Chaplin groupie wannabes simply by replying to the video with the following: "Go to Siemens hearing aid website and then click the link to view their history of hearing aids. The 1924 model has a picture that illustrates how it was held and it explains this mystery." Here's a comparison:
Is that a zebra?
Hell, it could easily be the same guy in the video, a little older and dressed in women's clothes. As for why she's talking to herself -- have you ever seen an old person trying a hearing aid for the first time? They'll spend at least a day getting used to the fact that they can now hear themselves.
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The term Asian, Asiatic or Oriental refers to anything originating from the Earth continent of Asia.
During his initial analysis of the passengers discovered aboard the SS Botany Bay in 2267, Montgomery Scott noted that the crew was comprised of several mixed types, including Western and Mid-Europeans, Latins, and Orientals. (TOS: "Space Seed")
James T. Kirk compared the 2268 scenario between the Kohm and Yang inhabitants of Omega IV to the events of Earth's Cold War, where the Omegans fought a war that Earth avoided, and as a result, the Asiatics won and took over the planet. (TOS: "The Omega Glory")
The Mandarin bailiff in Q's 2364 court scenario was of Asian descent. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint")
Asian groups Edit
- Arabs (also North African)
- Chinese
- Indians
- Japanese
- Persian
- Russians (also European)
- Turkish (also European)


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Outcasts was a BBC eight part sci-fi series shown in Great Britain recently, which received a remorseless pounding from most critics, and was moved from a primetime Monday and Tuesday night slot on BBC1 (2100 hrs) to a late Sunday evening slot (2245 hrs) after viewer figures had dropped to below 3 million. A proposed second series has been cancelled.
To give some idea of the general reaction, a quote from one reviewer: "Anyway. BBC America have got it now which is probably the greatest scam we've pulled off since we sold them 'London Bridge'". Some of the other merciless online reviews make entertaining reading.
The thing is, though, I did not think it was that bad! (Although I would not go so far as to call it particularly good). I reckon it was more watchable than most of the dross on TV.
How has it fared in the USA?