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Paul Geitner
Paul Geitner became the Brussels bureau chief for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times in spring 2012, returning to a city and a beat — Europe — that he had previously covered for The Associated Press.
He joined the newspaper in Paris in 2005 as deputy business editor and became business editor in the autumn of 2008 — just in time for the global financial meltdown, soon followed by Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
During nearly 20 years with the AP, including nine covering Europe and the Middle East, he saw Leona Helmsley, Egon Krenz and and Marc Dutroux off to prison; chronicled the return of the German capital to Berlin and the country's lingering divisions, 10 years after the fall of the Wall; helped introduce the Kosovo Liberation Army as well as the Doha round of global trade talks (both now defunct) to the world; and reported on the introduction of the euro and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Mr. Geitner was among those honored by the Associated Press Managing Editors Association for coverage of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York, and was also part of the AP reporting team honored for coverage of the 1999 earthquake in Turkey.
Selected Articles By Paul Geitner
On Gay Marriage, Europe Strains to Square 27 Interests
Europe prides itself on its open borders, but many gay couples leave their rights behind when they cross them because of the continent's lingering differences on family law.July 26, 2012 worldNews
On Vacation and Sick? A Court Says Take Another
The ruling applies across the European Union, and entitles workers sick during a vacation to more time off, underscoring the difficulties in changing labor practices that impede efforts to revive economies.June 22, 2012 worldNews
China, Amid Uncertainty at Home and in Europe, Looks to Germany
China's prime minister is touring Europe this week, and with a recent increase in direct investment in Germany, the country will occupy a special place on his itinerary.April 23, 2012 businessNews
E.U. Seeks to Involve Citizens in Law-Making
Often accused of being out of touch with ordinary people, the European Union has taken a major step to narrow its so-called democratic deficit by giving citizens a shot at proposing laws themselves.April 9, 2012 worldNews
Spanish Town Struggles to Forget Its Moment on the Brink of a Nuclear Cataclysm
The residents of Palomares would like to put a nuclear accident behind them, but the past continues to resurface in the form of radioactive snails and questions about contaminated land.September 12, 2008 worldNews
Accomplice in Belgian Child Killings Paroled to Convent
A court in Belgium ruled on Tuesday that the former wife and accomplice of the convicted child killer Marc Dutroux could be released from prison and sent to a convent.
August 1, 2012, Wednesday
MORE ON: Belgium , Decisions and Verdicts , Kidnapping , Children and Childhood , Dutroux, Marc
Gay Couples' Marriage Rights Unequal and Uneven
Europe and the United States have one thing in common when it comes to marriage rights and civil unions for same-sex couples: inconsistency.
July 26, 2012, Thursday
On Gay Marriage, Europe Strains to Square 27 Interests
Europe prides itself on its open borders, but many gay couples leave their rights behind when they cross them because of the continent's lingering differences on family law.
July 26, 2012, Thursday
Europe Says It May Seek Global Rules for Google
The European antitrust chief said that any changes Google offered to settle concerns that it might be tilting Internet search results in its favor should be applied worldwide.
July 26, 2012, Thursday
Euro's Medicine May Be Making Greece's Symptoms Worse
Many experts say that the austerity targets set for Greece were unrealistic from the start and that compliance itself has harmed its economy.
July 25, 2012, Wednesday
Euro's Medicine May Be Making Greece's Symptoms Worse
ATHENS -- Only a month after Greece installed a new government, the country is facing renewed peril. Its official lenders are signaling a growing reluctance to keep paying the bills of the nearly bankrupt nation, even as the government is seeking...
July 25, 2012, Wednesday
Spanish Debt Auction Reflects Brittle Position
A statement from Luis de Guindos, Spain's economy minister, and Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany's finance minister, said the level of Spanish rates did not reflect its economic realities.
July 25, 2012, Wednesday
Google Moves Toward Settlement of European Antitrust Investigation
An agreement would avoid the process of filing charges and making a case, at the end of which the remedies won are often irrelevant in the fast-moving technology industry.
July 25, 2012, Wednesday
German Parliament Backs Bailout for Spanish Banks
Lawmakers favored a plan to rescue banks burdened by bad real estate loans, but only after the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel assured them it was key to the survival of the euro.
July 20, 2012, Friday
Europe Rebukes Romania on Democratic Efforts
The European Commission on Wednesday told Romania that "urgent" action was needed to demonstrate its commitment to the rule of law.
July 19, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON: Romania , Bulgaria , European Union , European Commission , Corruption (Institutional) , Organized Crime
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Red Zone Special: St. Paul Falcons
While the St. Paul football team finished spring practice, star quarterback Logan Marchi of Winsted was planning his future by verbally committing to attend the University of Connecticut in the fall of 2014.
Marchi, who has started since midway through his freshman year, can now focus on his senior year without any pressure of thinking about college.
He has started 25 games in his high school career, compiling 84 touchdowns and 8,901 yards. Last season, he threw for 2,935 yards and 38 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions in 381 attempts.
That was a major improvement after he threw 24 picks in his previous 15 games as a starter.
Marchi will have plenty of playmakers along side of him in the spread formation for the Falcons. Among them are a trio of receivers, Reid Morin (47 receptions, 951 yards, 14 TDs), Daija Fitzpatrick (59 receptions, 892 yards, 10 TDs), and Brendan Carroll (46 receptions, 646 yards, 11 TDs), and running back Eli Parks (414 rushing yards, 5 TDs, 11 receptions, 143 yards, 2 TDs).
"Reid had a great spring and a great winter in the weight room," said St. Paul coach Jude Kelly. "So did Daija. Brendan Carroll is a three-sport athlete (along with basketball and baseball). The wide receiving core is working very hard."
So is Parks.
"Eli is athletic and a shifty runner who yuo can throw to out of the backfield," said Kelly. "He's able to make a cut and make someone miss. He also has toughness. He will put his head down and get tough yards. He's a super back and gives us a lto of balance."
Anchoring the offensive line is Doug Nessing, who is capable of playing any position.
"I like Doug at center and then work inside and outside," said Kelly. "We'll find the spot that best for him with the chemistry others. He's a quality player and makes everyone better around him."
Jose Silva will likely play on the offensive line as well as linebacker on defense.
With the Falcons low in numbers in recent years, a lot will fall on the shoulders of Marchi and his aerial attack.
"Logan has a lot of experience and mature and has developed into a leader and we are looking for him to be a key for us and distribute the ball to the open receiver and have the players rally around him."
While Kelly is glad that Marchi had decided on his college aspirations, he wishes that kids would not have to make a decision until after their senior season is over.
"I would love to see the NCAA go back to when colleges can't offer and can't actively recruit until after the senior season," said Kelly. "For Logan, I think it is good to get it off his mind before the season.
"Logan is very excited about going to UConn," said Kelly. "He went to their camp in June and he's been going to their camp since he was a youngster. Paul Pasqualoni and the coaching staff did an excellent job. Logan felt very comfortable there."
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I love quotes. A short quote can be full of meaning and resonate with us. One of my favorite health and welless quotes is "The greatest wealth is health." - Virgil. Here are some others that I like:
"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity." -John F. Kennedy
"To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear." -Buddha
"To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. It�s really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself." -Albert Schweitzer
"Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far." -Thomas Jefferson
"The patient should be made to understand that he or she must take charge of his own life. Don�t take your body to the doctor as if he were a repair shop." -Quentin Regestein
"In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired." -Author Unknown
"Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning." �Thomas Jefferson
"If I'd known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself." -Leon Eldred
"If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want." -Elbert Hubbard
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book."-Irish Proverb
"Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open." -B.K.S. Iyengar
"Health is not valued until sickness comes." -Thomas Fuller
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver." �Mahatma Gandi
"The part can never be well unless the whole is well." -Plato
And one more, but a funny one: "Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon." -Doug Larson
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What would be the harm of changing the name of a SharePoint group? I have a task list that has the SharePoint groups set in the 'Assigned To' for list items. I'm wondering would be the impact of changing the group name.
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I'm considering getting a steel frame to upgrade from my aluminum xc bike. As it will be my first steel frame I'd like to understand if there is more after ride care required than my current bike. Usually after rides now I generally just wipe off the staunchions and wash only on the weekends. If I had a steel frame that had been rust proofed would I have to do much different?
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I ride a steel frame fixed gear nearly daily in tropical conditions, and near the sea. It really puts the frame through its paces. As far as my experience goes, there's nothing that can be totally rust proofed.
Using any sort of metal lubricant on the inside of the tubes will certainly help prolong the life of your steel frame. Some may insist on using the tried and proven J.P. Weigle's Frame Saver. The seat tube and bottom bracket are where rust forms the quickest, as moisture gets to them easily. Always remember to lube them, especially after wet rides, as the lubricants can be easily washed away by tire spray and water seeping between the crevices.
Apart from the inside of the frame, do note that the quality of the paint/clear coat has a great impact on how "rust-proof" the frame is. If the paintwork is chipped, which can easily happen if you ride often, there's a chance that the frame will start rusting from the chip.
Do care for your steel frame as you did with the aluminum frame. It may be prone to more visible wear and tear, but as long as you take care of it, it's bound to last a lifetime. Steel frames are durable and great to ride on. It's worth the time to take care and maintain them.
As an extra precaution, I remove almost all the components, except for the crankset/bottom bracket, and give them a thorough wipe down and re-lube once every two months.
If you're going to be riding in particularly corrosive environments (the beach, salt coverered winter roads, etc.) I recommend doing something to protect the inside of your frame. I spray some T-9 in the frame of my Surly every couple of rides in the winter. I've also heard good things about J.P. Weigle Frame Saver. http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/tools/cycling-tools/chain-lubricant/product/review-jp-weigle-frame-saver-10220
(I am not talking about the things you buy from department store with two wheels for $100.)
There is a mis-perception boarding on conspiracy that steel rusts and aluminum doesn't. Aluminum bikes rust about as much as steel. This is mostly propagated by people who have never owned a decent steel bike and don't know what they are talking about... Quality steel does not rust significantly, otherwise how do you think all those bridges and ships don't fall apart after a few years. Do you avoid buying a car made from steel because it rusts? When did you last see an aluminum car (Land Rover - but plenty of them rusted their way to the wreckers yard)
I have a 1992 steel MTB that lives outside. Apart from the old surface rust where the frame is scratched, there is no rust on it - except the chain, nut and bolts, cluster, seat rails..... i.e. all the accessories that an aluminum frame has that are made from steel - hence my assertion that Aluminum bikes rust about as much as steel... The accessories do on both, and the frame doesn't on both.
Have you seen what happens to aluminum when it corrodes, which it does.... I would rather ride a old rusty steel frame than an old, poorly maintained aluminum frame.....
I agree with Snikrs and also ride a steel fixed gear frame in often wet UK. I recently purchased my current frame (upgrade the old one didn't rust through) and before using it sprayed the inside of the frame with Waxoyl but if I had been able to find it in the UK would probably have used J.P. Weigle's Frame Saver which many people swear by.
What I don't like about Waxoyl is it remains quite slimy, I'm not sure if it would be good in a hot climate but it would be better than nothing. You have to be careful in the seat post area and clean it out to allow the frame to grip the seat post. But if done with care its not an issue. I usually just wipe the seat post with an old greasy rag to prevent it sticking in the frame. It is also important to move the seat post every now and again (3 months maybe) as a stuck seat post can be really hard to remove.
The other precautions I took before riding the frame were:
The one step I didn't follow in the Bike Radar article was drilling a hole in the bottom bracket shell. I couldn't bring myself to put a hole in my nice new frame even though its not a flash one. I suspect plugging all holes before ever ridding may negate the need for this but I will inspect the bottom bracket shell after a few very wet rides. If you do drill a hole remember this will open the frame up to rust so paint it or varnish it.
Finally keep on to of scratches. I usually apply clear nail varnish as you can never get a perfect colour matched paint.
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LAMPASAS (October 9, 2012)--Former Lampasas ISD music school teacher Betty Ann Whitis passed away on Friday after more than 50 years of teaching.
While she spent most of her career in her hometown of Lampasas, Whitis also taught in the Belton school district.
Her late husband, Kline Whitis, was also in the school profession, serving as an elementary school principal.
Mrs. Whitis retired from teaching music at Lampasas High School last year.
She is credited with spearheading numerous choir-related projects including introducing the University Interscholastic League music program to numerous students and faculty.
A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- The General Assembly is sending Gov. Steve Beshear a bill that would strengthen Kentucky's human trafficking law, by increasing punishments for offenders and bolstering protections for victims.
The measure saw final passage in the House Tuesday afternoon on a 97-0 vote. The Senate approved the bill on Thursday. Beshear called for the legislation in this year's State of the Commonwealth speech.
Human trafficking is forcing someone to work or engage in sex acts for money. The bill bars authorities from arresting juvenile victims, mandating treatment and protective services instead. The bill also requires offenders to forfeit property used in the crimes, and pay a $10,000 fine, all of which would finance a fund for victims and training for police.
The link below takes you to House Bill 3, Human Trafficking.


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I tend to procrastinate more when I am overwhelmed by overcommitment. Sometimes, writing down a priority list and future plan helps, but sooner or later, the plan breaks down and I find myself once again in the swamp of too-much-to-do, and start procrastinating (usually for days). What is the best way to cut this oscillatory productivity and escape overcommitment?
EDIT: my overcommitments are due to spreading myself too thin, I think. I have a few collaborators and many projects (mostly academic, but some are hobbies or social).


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With a company that changes all the time, how can you show the personal touch of human interaction without showing pictures of humans? Essentially, blurring the line between technology and people, specifically as it pertains to customer service and advice.
Not sure what kind of product or service this is referring to, or what exactly you tested but sometimes hands can be more approachable than faces. Apple does a great job of adding the human factor to their tech in their commercials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCjeSNomXrU&feature=relmfu.
Also people are very sensitive to minor details in photos of other people. Things as small as pupil diameter can have a big effect on perception: http://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/book_of_body_language/chap8.html. So before counting out photos of people in general because of your user-testing, you may want to look at the details of the specific photos. Cliche stock photo could also be a turn off: http://justcreative.com/2008/09/30/top-7-most-cliche-stock-images-used-in-web-design/
If people are definitely out, you could try obviously "lived in" spaces, like a kitchen with dishes still out or neighborhood street. (Apple does this as well.)
Picture of everyday use objects will do.
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Is there a word to define the verbal strategy that requests action of someone without using a direct command—e.g., Could you please open the door?
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Steven Pinker calls it off-record indirect speech acts...
Note that Pinker's definition of indirect speech as quoted there isn't the same as the more well-known reported speech one. But if you Google "indirect speech act" it's obvious in that particular collocation Pinker's meaning is invariably what's meant.
The term cajole is defined as
It is also defined as
Although the AHDEL doesn't license the word request in this usage
re·quest (r-kwst) tr.v. re·quest·ed, re·quest·ing, re·quests
... is as near as it gets ...
...Collins does:
request [rɪˈkwɛst] vb (tr) to express a desire for, esp politely; ask for or demand [bolding mine]
Certainly, the expression
Could you please open the door?
contains two hedging devices, and
Could you please just open the door?


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Robert Gottlieb, Reading Dancean anthology of dance writing
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Posted 08 December 2008 - 04:41 PM
Mozartiana a minor ballet?! I strongly disagree, although just in passing, because this is not the thread for that.
I think this is appropriate for this thread since it concerns what's in the book. I agree, 'Mozartiana' is anything but a minor ballet. It's tall even, one might say.
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I'm keeping it on my coffee table to show off a bit for some guests that are coming. Is that wrong?
Posted 25 December 2008 - 12:55 PM
Mr. Manners replies: "It's only if the book is written in a language you cannot read. Otherwise: flaunt it!"
I'm keeping it on my coffee table to show off a bit for some guests that are coming. Is that wrong?
Hope you enjoy the book, Perky. I've been dipping into it for a month or so and find the selection of pieces to be remarkably varied and fascinating. But it will -- and should, I think -- take a long time to finish.
My most recent dip: Llincoln Kirstein on Nijinsky. Here Kirstein confronts the issue of individual and majority taste:
Good stuff, and something with the potential to keep a Ballet Talk discussion going for quite a while!
Nijinsky had to contentdtwo generations of able and pleasing performers who had utter confidence in their taste and training and almost no confidence in his creative talent. Today the concept of grace can be a crux for semantic or theological discussion, but when he first worked, grace spelled beauty. As many of us have mindlessly repeated, truth is beauty." ... But one oddly conditioned young Slav needed to know a great deal more. He put beauty, as defined by his epoch, mercilessly to the question.
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There's a review of Reading Dance in the December 7, 2008 issue of The New York Times Book Review. To hark back to my days as a copywriter for book ads, "In dance -- as in this tremendous anthology -- there's something for every taste." This is no doubt true, although I have yet to move on past the Suzanne Farrell section in my copy.
The Farrell section is choice. I especially appreciated the Ballet Review interviews conducted by David Daniel with SF and Diana Adams (although the latter may have had a hard time getting a word in edgewise - reminded me of those fake interviews Nabokov used to concoct).
Posted 04 November 2009 - 04:34 PM
Questions of commerce aside, this like a terrific book, something one can open almost anywhere and get lost for an hour or an afternoon. Gottlieb rounded up most of the usual suspects and it is nice to see, in addition to Leigh, that Nancy Dalva's work was included.
I happened to open it to a very brief notice by Denby for the New York Herald Tribune in 1944 entitled "The Rockettes and Rhythm" which is a compact and illuminating discussion of the different uses of rhythm in ballet and tap. It also contains the following: "The Music Hall has a charming chorus of classical-ballet girls too..." which made me smile.
I love books like this--perfect for wintertime, staying inside during a blizzard and wallowing in its 1300 pages.
Posted 05 November 2009 - 08:46 AM
I read Nancy Goldner's piece on The Bolshoi from The Nation (1975) the other night and laughed out loud at her description of Grigorovich's pas de deux in Ivan The Terrible;
"Then, for the grand finale, he boosts her straight up into the air, as if she were the prize trophy of a turkey shoot."
I just love visually descriptive criticism like that!
Posted 05 November 2009 - 10:16 AM
I identify completely. I tried Gottlieb in the bath, but found it a little too unwieldy. Product warning: it takes a LONG time for a book of 1300-plus pages to dry out after it's been accidentally dunked in water ... even if you manage to snatch it out after only a second or two.
I'm almost ashamed to admit it because it sounds facetious, but I read this book in the bathtub. It takes me to my happy place and relaxes me.
Perky, you got me to turn to Goldner's piece on the Bolshoi. Like all first-rate critics, she has the skill of making you SEE what she is describing. This is especially when she is sharpening and wielding a knife. For example:
With the woman rarely touching ground in the duets, Grigorovich's pas de deux are actually pas d'un.
As soon as the Khachaturian score for Spartacus or the Prokofiev conglomerate for Ivan the Terrible hits adagio, one knows that the man is going to lift the lady across his shoulder blades, slide her down the side of his leg, and then flip her head first over one shoulder so as to block her face and chest from view. (How telling that we rarely see the woman full-face and upside up at those very moments supposedly most expressive of the characters' feelings.) Then, for the grand finale, he boosts her straight up into the air, as if she were the prize trophy of a turkey shoot.
The woman, besides needing an infant's cast-iron stomach to weather her upside-down state of being, must play dead so that we may admire the man's strength in maneuvering her body so easily around his own; in the last duet of Ivan the Terrible, Anastasia actually is dead.
Necrophiliac duets hae long been tempting to the many choreographers who have done Romeo and Juliet, but Grigorovich does not need the excuse of plot to indulge his fancy. Necrophilia is the subject of all his duets, and the only confusion in the metaphor is that what looks corpse-like to me stands for passion in Grigorovich's eyes. (*)
I'll never look at Spartacus again without thinking of that.
My most recent foray into Gottlieb: Alastair Macaulay, "Sex, Violence and Kenneth MacMillan" (Times Literary Supplement, 2003). Macaulay gives us company history, performance reports, and artistic evaluation, including glimpses into the dark side of MacMillan's vision. A very useful and fascinating piece.
(*) Note: I broke up the Goldner selection into shorter paragraphs for easier on-line reading.
Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:57 PM
Again, BT is a source of indispensible practical advice. Thanks, bart!
Product warning: it takes a LONG time for a book of 1300-plus pages to dry out after it's been accidentally dunked in water ... even if you manage to snatch it out after only a second or two.
Posted 20 April 2010 - 03:34 PM
I grew up in New York and I came of age, if I ever did come of age, at the moment when dance became crucial to this city [. . .] in 1948. [. . .] George Balanchine. So suddenly you're in the presence of Shakespeare. [ . . .]
Rose: "What's the Shakespeare in Balanchine?"
Gottlieb: "It's the vast variety of understanding. He could do everything. You feel that Shakespeare, if he hadn't written King Lear, Twelfth Night and 20 other great masterpieces, he would have written 20 other great masterpieces. [. . .] There was nothing that he [Balanchine like Shakespeare] couldn't turn to and make the best of."
Posted 20 April 2010 - 04:48 PM
-- He says that there are people (including his friend Antonia Fraser) who are "dance deaf," though they may love something like opera. And there are others (including himself) who knew the first time they attended a dance performance that it spoke to them directly and in an important way. All of us who follow Ballet Talk are in that second group. We need a catchy label for ourselves. What's the opposite of "dance deaf"?
-- He recognizes that his own love of dance was partly a "function of history" -- the fortuitous experience of growing up in New York City at a time when it just about to become the most creative place for dance and dancers. For Gottlieb this was 1948, when he was 17, the year Balanchine and Kirstein formed NY City Ballet. Gottlieb attended the first City Center seasons. I first started going to City Center a decade later. All of us who were in that place at that time were fortunate indeed.
I also like his emphasis on good writing, which was his first criterion. Thinking about it, this is the special qualitiyof this anthology as compared to many. It does not try to cover everything. Covering a lot of ground may be one of the goals, but only if the writing is good. Gottlieb mentions only two "good" dancer-writers: Allegra Kent ("you can tell after reading the first three sentences") and Serge Lifar (someone he otherwise does not like). I've read Kent's book, but now I'm curious about investigating the two selections from Lifar's memoirs: one about Diaghilev and the other about Goebbels.
Posted 20 April 2010 - 05:02 PM
What's the opposite of "dance deaf"?
Dance Enthralled
Dance Heavy
Dance Junkie
Dance Crazed
Dance Struck
Dance Moved
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In Episode #8 we talk about who won at Cottage Grove Speedway, Sunset Speedway Park, and Willamette Speedway. We also get a chance to talk with several of the main event winners too.
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Despite their waning influence among children when it comes to book recommendations, libraries are still the No. 1 place kids acquire the books they read for pleasure, according to a new report from Bowker Market Research.
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5 Heroic Movie Deaths That Didn't Actually Help Anyone
There's no easier way to make a movie character likeable than by having him heroically sacrifice his own life. Whether it's someone who's been an asshole throughout the movie or just a guy we've barely seen, a brave death always leaves a good impression on the audience ... as long as you don't stop to think about what you just saw, because it turns out that many times, "brave" is actually just "stupid."
Once again, we take a look at the most easily avoidable "heroic" deaths in cinema, and once again we warn you that this article is full of spoilers.
#5. Donnie Darko -- Donnie Darko
The Heroic Sacrifice:
Contrary to what countless stoners will tell you, the plot of Donnie Darko isn't really that complicated. Here's a quick recap of the entire movie:
A. Donnie narrowly avoids being killed by a jet engine that falls on his bedroom.
B. Donnie does weird shit for a couple of weeks, indirectly causing terrible things to happen, including getting some people killed (or directly, in the case of the guy he shoots in the face).
C. Donnie goes back in time and lets himself be crushed by the jet engine, thereby preventing all the deaths he caused.
See? Perfectly simple.
It's just a reversal of It's a Wonderful Life, where instead of the main character deciding to live because the community needs him, the character decides to die because the community is better off without him.
But how did Donnie cause people to die? Well, at one point he gets pissed off at a motivational speaker and burns down his house, accidentally revealing a massive kiddie porn stash there. The guy is arrested, which leaves Donnie's little sister without a chaperone for her dance competition in another city -- because of Donnie, his mother is forced to go along as the chaperone, and on the flight back, the plane is caught in a storm and crashes, presumably killing everyone on board.
Meanwhile, this.
Before that, Donnie hooks up with the new girl in school and one night convinces her to go to the house of a crazy old lady -- once there, the girlfriend is knocked out by bullies and run over by a car. She dies, and a distraught Donnie shoots the teenage-driver-in-a-bunny-costume, killing him, too.
So, saddened by all of this horror, Donnie manages to travel back in time to the beginning of the movie and decides to just stay in bed and let the jet engine crush him, saving everyone else. The final scenes indicate that, with Donnie out of the way, everyone will live.
Frank goes on to a successful career as a massage artist.
Wait a Second ...
Or, here's another idea: How about not being crushed by the engine and simply using the knowledge gained in the "future" to prevent those deaths? Because we're not sure that dying fixes everything.
For example, if Donnie never burns down the motivational speaker's house, that means his kiddie porn stash is never discovered and he continues amassing his collection and working with children. If Donnie decides to use his time travel as a do-over instead of a suicide, a quick anonymous call to the cops could have taken care of that.
This might have been avoided completely if he'd taken Donnie skydiving.
And then there's the horrifying fact that, regardless of whatever nonsense the crappy knock-off sequel was about, Donnie's little sister is still going to die. Sure, he saved his mother from chaperoning the dance team, but his sister is still going with the original chaperone (kiddie porn guy's #1 fan) and dying in the plane crash. Let's say Donnie's death changes the plans and the sister doesn't go: There's still a plane full of little girls who'll die. Maybe Donnie could have prevented that or maybe not, but he could have at least tried.
And finally, he could have warned his girlfriend that her mom was going to get kidnapped by her crazy ex-husband, which is never fun, and let's not even go into the Smurfs debate between Donnie's friends that will tragically go unfinished. Basically what we're saying here is that paranoid schizophrenics make really bad decisions.
#4. Wanted -- Fox (Angelina Jolie)
The Heroic Sacrifice:
In Wanted, our protagonist is a regular schmuck named Wesley who is inducted into a secret order of evil assassins, except they're not really evil because they only kill people who are destined to have a negative impact on humanity. The names of these people are revealed to the assassins by their magical Loom of Fate. They are sworn to obey what the magical assassination assignment machine says.
None of this is as weird as hearing Morgan Freeman say "motherfucker."
But the twist (spoiler!) is that at the end it turns out they really are evil, since their leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman), has been faking the names that come up on the Loom for years and making money from these hits. When our hero reveals this treachery to the assassins, Sloan saves himself by claiming that all their names came up on the "to be assassinated because they're evil" list. He says that this means they have to either A) obey the machine and kill themselves or B) kill Wesley and pretend none of this happened.
Most of them seem to favor the latter option.
However, Sloan wasn't counting on Fox (Angelina Jolie) doing the honorable thing and actually following the code by shooting a single bullet that arcs around the room, heroically killing all the assassins ... including herself. We'll assume there were at least two more plot twists after this, because as soon as Jolie was out of this movie, so were we.
Wait a Second ...
So, she kills herself and all of her co-workers because Morgan Freeman said the magical machine said it had to be done. But wasn't she in the room just then when Sloan was exposed as a lying douchebag? More specifically, one who lies about the results of the Loom of Destiny? What makes her (or the other assassins, for that matter) think that he isn't also lying about the awfully convenient fact that all their names came up on the Loom?
Granted, it's a little hard to pay attention to anything with Jolie around, but what's her excuse?
The only evidence Sloan can produce to back up his claim is a piece of paper with each of the assassins' names on it. All this proves is that he had access to a printer. It would have been about as hard to fake as a high school hall pass.
"Why is this on the back of a cafeteria menu?"
Yet Jolie's character just barely gives the paper a once-over before killing absolutely everyone and herself, because apparently doing anything at all to double-check was just way too much work compared to trusting the guy who, as she just found out, had been tricking her to kill innocent people for years.
In short, she just found out someone she trusted has been manipulating her, and the first thing she does is take his word that she and all of her co-workers have to die. For a professional assassin, she's an awfully trusting soul.
#3. Slumdog Millionaire -- Salim
The Heroic Sacrifice:
Despite being hailed as "the feel-good film of the decade" by its own poster, some pretty dark shit goes down in Slumdog Millionaire. For example, at the end of the movie, the protagonist's brother, Salim, decides to stop being a dickhead for once and help out his bro, which involves getting himself killed in a bathtub filled with money.
Which frankly looks like a better game show than Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
Jamal, the eponymous slumdog millionaire (spoilers), is in love with Latika, aka that girl he only knew for a few days several years ago. Problem is, Latika has been passed around from gangster to gangster since she was a girl, finally ending up with the one that Salim works for. Seeing his brother answering trivia questions on TV causes Salim to have a change of heart, so he lets Latika go free, despite knowing that this will undoubtedly piss off his boss.
As Latika escapes, Salim makes himself a nice comfy cash bath, lies down inside and shoots the gang leader when he bursts through the door before being pumped full of lead himself.
Just to make extra sure it was completely unusable to anyone, he also peed inside.
Wait a Second ...
While all that "dying in dirty money" stuff provided a nifty visual and moral counterpoint to Jamal's game show victory, there's just one problem: It makes no goddamn sense. Specifically, why couldn't Salim have hot-stepped it out of there alongside Latika?
We'd have been fine with the sacrifice if it had actually helped the girl get away -- he's sacrificing his own life to give her every possible chance. But it doesn't. Unlike her, he was a member of the gang, which should have given him much more freedom to come and go as he pleased -- she has a much better chance of getting out of there if he goes along. Instead, he sends her out without knowing if she's going be stopped at the door by another gangster and horribly punished for trying to escape. Nice one, dude.
Some might say that Salim had to stay so he could kill the gang leader and make sure he didn't go after Jamal and Latika, but we submit that lying in a bathtub (with money or otherwise) is not the most efficient way to kill someone -- unless there's a deleted scene where he spiked his drink with a laxative, Salim had no way of knowing that the leader would be the first to go into the bathroom.
"Whoops, too late."
Seriously, what was Salim going to say if someone else went into the bathroom? "Don't mind me, I'm waiting for someone else"? Salim would have likely been shot just for being a weirdo, and the boss would have survived to send someone after his brother and Latika ... which might still happen with the leader dead, seeing how most of the gang was very much alive at the end of the movie.
Fortunately, the killers were distracted when they had to join the impromptu dance number.
So either Salim did a pretty shitty job at helping his brother, or he simply never stopped being a dick.


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Walter Bumphus, president of the American Association of Community Colleges, extended the invitation to Meeks, who served previously on the AACC Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the American Association of Community Colleges in Washington, D.C.
Meeks also served on AACC's national working group for the Voluntary Framework of Accountability.
The 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges is charged with comprehensively examining the challenges and opportunities facing the growing sector of higher education. Its membership includes representatives from an array of constituencies and expertise from education, business, policy and communications. Meeks will work with the implementation team to develop faculty engagement and leadership development, she said.
"I am excited about the national attention the commission and team are bringing to these issues in higher education, especially in the community college setting," she said.
In 1999, Meeks became president of the former Jefferson Community College. She led the efforts to expand the college's service district and its reach to help three additional counties that were not served by a community college. In 2009, the college expanded and added three counties to its original one-county district. The college's district now includes Columbiana, Jefferson, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
MANAGERS: Dr. Keith M. Bravo and Dr. Cherian John have been appointed managing medical directors at Weirton Medical Center, actively involving them in assuring the delivery of quality care to the community, according to officials.
Bravo, board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics, has been practicing at Weirton Medical Center for nearly 15 years. A graduate of the University of California, Irvine, he completed his residency at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.
John is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine, and his other specialties include geriatric medicine and critical care medicine. He has practiced at Weirton Medical Center for 25 years. A graduate of Bombay University, he completed his residency at Coney Island Hospital in New York.
As managing medical directors, the two will partner with hospital administrators and the WMC board to provide guidance and oversight in managing quality care and the development of new programs and services while working closely with other health care professionals within the hospital. They'll also work with hospital administrators to identify service opportunities and expansion.
PASSED: William J. Nurczyk Jr. of Steubenville has passed his CPA exam.
Employed at D'Anniballe & Co., he graduated summa cum laude from Kent State University.
The son of Victoria Nurczyk and the late William Nurczyk, he and his wife, Aubrey, have two children.


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Will you join me in congratulating CowboyDann?
Congrats fella. You are #1 on the leaderboard. I told you it would be soon enough.
Also, today is Wednesday. AKA Wootchat day at 9PM.
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woo! go @cowboydann
It should be noted from this post that it was fully my intention to allow the takeover to happen.
"You have no idea how hard it is for me to stay up there, I have a fear of heights. In all reality, I might just let somebody takeover soon."
Glad to see the leadership change over was free from strife.
@lichme: LOL Was just coming here to say the same thing - both #1 congrats & the Weds. IRC chat. Nice of you to offer congrats, too!
Wondering why he isn't crowing?? Maybe it's the old "SBD" (silent, but deadly) approach. Where the devil are you @cowboydann? @capguncowboy's movin' up, too. ;-)
Good for you, Sir!
@gmwhit: Because victory doesn't taste as good when it is given up freely. Now he'll be forever in my debt.
Congratulations and I love you.
haha thanks @carl669 and @gmwhit for letting me know this thread existed. Unfortunately my time at top will be very short lived, I'm leaving to go camping for 5 days (and won't be at woot chat tonight, play nice while I'm gone, handing over the keys to @psaux tonight, I hope he doesn't go mad with power) This is indeed a good day, 200th Quality Post, #1 on leaderboard and I get a 4 day weekend.
Thanks @lichme you're pretty cool dude, and a fantastic character. Where the heck is @capguncowboy? we need another weekend of cowboy deals! (Please let there never be another weekend of cowboy deals, once was enough :P)
My brother also made a for . It's to all the haters that will downvote this question.
@cowboydann: When the time is right, I will reveal the secrets...
@cowboydann: I don't get it. Why would anyone want to downvote this question? Anyway, congrats cowboydann. Way to go! And @lichme, when you get back up to the top, I'll volunteer to hold the ladder to help keep it steady.
Now, I apologize for going off topic, but I'd like to post the following message:
I stole this thread to thank you:
Calendar arrived!
(Think maybe I should go back to Haiku school.)
@cowboydann: Congratulations!
If I upvote this question will it put lichme back at #1?
Do not forget to take the picture (screen shot).
Haha glad I saw this, reminded me I needed to do something..thanks lichme :D
@cowboydann I'll be sending out that "piece" of those "things" before the end up the week. So it should be "there" before "then." If you "know" what I "mean."
You're pretty much down the street though, so it should get there in a day or "two."
@pemberducky: Welcome to Costco.
And here I was struggling so hard to get to number 2 so we could have an all Des Moines leadership.
@gideonfrost: I said I would let somebody else takeover, I didn't say for how long
@cowboydann: have fun and beware the snipes! Load up on ghost stories for there and here next Wednesday.
@cowboydann makes my <3 flutter! Then it spits out black smoke and dies. Congrats Cowboy, sooo proud of you!!! And, sorry, can't make it to Dann Chat Tonight. You know I would love to come and be quiet while chatting on the side with @anotherhiggins :(
@pemberducky: How did I miss that one? must have been typing up my post
Love? :D :D It's nice to be loved.
@barnabee: There are always haters on threads like these. Can't tell you why- there just are.
@cowboydann: I know why. I have exactly 3 people that are rooting for me, the rest are happy to see me fall.
@lichme: though you're my sworn nemesis, i still root for you. although, i sometimes shake my fist and yell (http://bit.ly/JTKX3H)!
@cowboydann \m/ You rock! Congratulations bud
Make sure you capture the moment with a screencap. I made it all the way up to #8 somehow and by the time I took a screencap of the leaderboard, I was already down one spot to #9. It still looks pretty good on the T-shirt I had made to commemorate the occasion, though. Just kidding, it was actually a coffee mug. ;)
Good job, guy!
YAY! (I made it up to 4th once last summer and remember how excited I was by that.)
Good job !!!
Congrats! You deserve it @cowboydann
I was #1 once... tis' a fleeting thing.
Woot should send e-mails to daily #1-ers.
Congrats @cowboydann!
@cowboydann: Way to go girlfriend! ;)
Congrats my TT friend!
Hmmm... a question: does your camping trip involve a pair of boats, one a rental and the other a recent purchase, made by you and three other guys?
If so, it is amazing how small a world it really is.
Awwwww yeah! #1 in the hood, G!
@cowboydann: 'scuse me sir, shouldn't you step aside and let women and children be first?
@baqui63: sounds fun but it's just the girl and I and a tent. No boats.
@Teenracer6: Thanks a lot and enjoy the extra QP's while you can- ill be back on Monday and we'll be able to team up in again- rockin woot proper with the ol' one-two cnet/youtube review punch :P
As for everyone else thank you so much for all your nice (and not so nice ;) words. You all crack me up and it's nice to have all the time and effort recognized. Thanks all so much <3 you're all wonderful people
sorry for any typos this was made from my mobile phone.
Congrats, @cowboydann
One day, I'll be dedicated enough to make it.
@cowboydann: RIP your number one spot.
@lichme: I told you it would be short lived :P thanks a lot for the thread though, it was very nice of you to do
@cowboydann: Np, hope you enjoyed it. I wanted to see how long I could ignore the meters before they got mad, so I decided to not ask a question and see how long it would take. Yesterday I was bouncing between 3rd and 5th top questioner. After 7 days of not posting, I went down to 88%, allowing you to take over. (I also noticed you had not asked one in 7 days, which is probably why you have dropped as well). Now, with the awesome turnout of your supporters, I shall skyrocket my way back up! At least that is my plan.
@caffeine_dude had me pegged when he asked if upvoting this question would put me back at #1.
@cowboydann: sorry, was painting our old house -- still hasn't sold. GRRR!
So, it looks like the Dictator has been dethroned at last! Of course, he pulled a clever move by posting a question about it -- and will most likely be back at the top this time tomorrow.
Congrats @lichme for doing just that (who wants to place bets?).
Ah well, not sure if it would have been more cool or scary if you were camping with my friend this weekend...
Either way, enjoy. Or if you're already incommunicado: hope you enjoyed.
Rock on, Cowboy Dann!
Whoo!!!!!! How bout those cowboydans!!!!
They're just haters. Nicely played, Cowboy Dan.
congratulations on the achievement
I think some of you need to worry about something other than your # on the leaderboard. If being #1 is the height of your day/week, you may want to revaluate yourself.
Not surprising he was #1. @cowboydann IS a major player in the cowboy scene, after all.
Ahhhh, order has been restored to the universe, and my plan worked flawlessly. Better get to work @gideonfrost


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The proposed extension of TransCanada Keystone pipeline would create jobs in the US and Canada and remains in both countries' best interests, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
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OTTAWA -- The proposed extension of TransCanada Keystone
pipeline would create jobs in the United States and Canada and
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Speaking to reporters in Quebec City, he said the Keystone
XL project would boost North American energy security and said
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"It is in our judgment an important project."
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about the Keystone after President Barack Obama cast doubt on
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has yet to make a final decision on whether to allow the project to proceed.
The planned pipeline, would connect the Alberta oil sands to
refineries on the United States Gulf Coast.
Meanwhile, Mr. Harper also commented on TransCanada's proposed
pipeline to transport Alberta crude to Canada's east coast. He
said it is a good idea "in principle" in terms of selling the
country's energy projects. "We need to find pan Canadian
solutions," Mr. Harper said, adding, though, the project does face an independent environmental review.
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Re: Power Plug rev 1.3 j6 uart and j7
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October 26, 2009, 02:39:12 AM »
You do not appear to be measuring the 3.3V at the correct pad !
The 3.3v is connected to the top of C197. ( Not fitted as standard)
C197 is situated on the Marvell CPU side of the PCB to the right hand side of the CPU The other side to your picture!
The other pads of the 3.3v filter C78 C79 C196 are NOT connected to 3.3V until the ferrite BIT7 is installed
However BIT7 pin 2 should have given 3.3 V is also connected to C197 hot side .
ON MY PLUG PCB, measuring between the black pin of the 5v power connector and the two pads of BIT7 I get the CORRECT 3.3v on the lower pad, nearest the edge of the pcb (your green pin1)
This Esata part from Mouser fits exactly to the pcb Mouser p/n 649-10067172-70CLF manf # 10067172-70CLF
Finally Soldering the components.
The components are VERY VERY difficult to solder. They are minute 0402 size apart from the ferrite (0603), and the difficulty has been increased since Global Scale used a solder paste mask which included the unfitted components. This means that the pads already have big bumps of solder on them that have to be removed before one can solder the caps and ferrite in place, otherwise you get tomb stoning!
If you have not hand soldered 0402's before, do NOT start to learn on this pcb. You need a proper rework soldering station, a microscope (or other optical aides) and a great deal of patience.
I am waiting for delivery of another 0.2mm radius tip bit for my iron, my existing bit has worn down too much. I have soldered the 4 serial caps in the esata lines, but need the new bit now.
Unfortunately it has been held up in the UK postage strike for over a week!
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Re: Power Plug rev 1.3 j6 uart and j7
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October 26, 2009, 06:12:47 AM »
Quote from: superpat on October 26, 2009, 02:39:12 AM
However BIT7 pin 2 should have given 3.3 V is also connected to C197 hot side .
ON MY PLUG PCB, measuring between the black pin of the 5v power connector and the two pads of BIT7 I get the CORRECT 3.3v on the lower pad, nearest the edge of the pcb (your green pin1)
So am I mesuring in the right place, but with the wrong ground reference! What are you using for the ferite? I've tried using a 100 ohm resistor instead, without succes... Since the circuit is just a filter to deliver a nice clean +3.3V to the Marvell SoC, I don't see the need for a ferite here. Any idea?
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October 26, 2009, 08:22:51 AM »
A 100 ohm resistor is no good. You will drop all your volts across it!
Unfortunately Global did not release the BOM for the V1.3 Plug. However if you look at the BOM for the original version, a spec and part number for a similar ferrite is:-
60 ohm IMPEDANCE 25% tolerance 100MHz 3A dc 0603 TCMA 160808-U0060.
I could not find a supplier for this one but chose a Mouser / Kemet part Z0603C600APMST, this is a 60 ohm imp 2.5A device. This has a dc resistance of 0.1 ohm.
The BIT7 is a series inductor, used in a "pi" filter to suppress HF noise in and out on the 3.3v rail to and from the sata port. The ferrite inductor is PART of the filter and should not be omitted.
I have attached a pdf of the Mouser ferrites for you.
best of luck
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Re: Power Plug rev 1.3 j6 uart and j7
Reply #33 on:
October 26, 2009, 09:02:25 AM »
OK, I think I understand a bit better... The filter circuit isn't just to pull up an "enable_sata" pin, it's actually powering the SATA circuit in the Marvell SoC, hence the low DC resistance of the ferite?
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October 26, 2009, 09:50:36 AM »
You are correct. The filter system provides the 3.3V to the sata subsystem.
When I first got my Plug, I happened to look all the way through the dmesg output of boot up. One of the entries said, (from memory) something like "Sata subsystem not powered up".
If you look at the various sheets of the V1.3 schematics, (they are a bit confusing, since only parts of the CPU dealing with the title on that sheet are drawn out). you will eventually find that the sata subsystem, the usb subsystem and the ethernet subsystem all have individual power input pins.
I suppose the main reason is that the OEM's using the Marvell computer on a chip, only need to power up the parts of the CPU and subsystems that they are going to use in their designs, thus saving on total power consumption in their design.
It is also easier to filter the HF noise out of the 3.3V supplies by putting in several small filters. Filters that have a "large" dc current, (amps), mean that you need a physically large inductor, to prevent it saturating. Remember the cpu is clocked at 1.2 GHz, there is going to be a lot of noise generated from the clock and cpu switching.
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October 26, 2009, 12:33:48 PM »
Well, well, well...
So, I found a surface mounting ferite of unknown impedance and DC resistance of 0.2 ohm in my box of bits, and a 1uF capacitor (C196). I soldered both on the PCB, and booted the SheevaPlug. Result: +3.3V delivered to SoC, but "Warning Sata is Powered Off" in dmesg...
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October 27, 2009, 12:16:34 AM »
Well you have done the easy stuff, the hard stuff starts now!
I have to have a proper think about this!
First guess, the boot up message is hard coded from the sata driver to say that the sata is not powered, because it wasn't designed to be powered in the plug.
I cannot find a sata "power ok" signal that the kernel would use. There are a couple of sata status signals mentioned in the marvel data sheet, but who knows?
However looking more carefully at the plug schematic and the
marvell data sheet, what you have connected is called the Sata analogue voltage.
We may have missed another missing component or link, need to pore over the schematic again.
What kernel and uboot are you trying. You will probably need to look to the openrd-base kernel to get an idea of the patches used on that device. I haven't had time yet to see if the sata driver patches have been incorporated in the present kernels
I am off on a family visit to see my new grand daughter today, so cannot do any research. There is a 794 page marvell functional specification doc on the net, not the short sales data sheet. It is probably worth a read.
I cannot post the document, one it is MArvell's and 2) it is too big! bu this is the title:- FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
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October 28, 2009, 03:25:04 AM »
Hi, I have had a quick browse of the functional spec, Sata section, there is a LOT there. ( see previous post)
One thing I noticed... You DO need to have a connected, powered up Sata Drive on the serial ports of the interface otherwise the interface shuts down ( I think)
You need to look at the kernel drivers and modules installed, I don't know how the Sata interface appears, i.e. would you see it with a lspci command? There has to be high level status visibility of the interface by the O/S.
There is also a control register, where the two sata interfaces can be shut off. It may be worthwhile using the JTAG to look at the bits set in that register, if all else fails.
keep us posted of progress
I am now waiting for my second set of soldering iron tips to arrive, the first have gone to the Royal Mail black hole.
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Re: Power Plug rev 1.3 j6 uart and j7
Reply #38 on:
November 29, 2009, 08:11:59 PM »
Hi Superpat,
Is this the Uboot that you use?
I think I have put on the component correct. I will change the Uboot and give it another try.
Best Regards
Paul Liu
Power Plug rev 1 3 j6 uart and j7
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December 05, 2009, 08:44:14 PM »
You should be able to fit a standard ATX power supply and regular sized video card into your case as its a "tower case" and not a slim unit. What are you planning on doing with the computer? Gaming, watching movies?
Power Plug rev 1 3 j6 uart and j7
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December 28, 2009, 06:00:54 PM »
I just changed the battery in my T615 and now the power button doesnt work.
I can turn the unit off using the power off command but the only way I can turn it on is to unplug the battery and then plug it back in. Not the best method if you are trying to keep your data
Anyone have any ideas other than trashing it? Thanks
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April 04, 2010, 07:08:07 PM »
I was searching for the same answer regarding the jtag interface and came on this thread. I found the schematics for the V1.3 board on the documenation page. Not sure of the connector needed, as I don't have the BOM.
Schematics are attached. J4 is indeed the connector for jtag. I'm trying to get this running with a multi-ice unit to allow for code debug, etc.
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May 17, 2010, 07:03:52 AM »
I would like to use the currently unused serial uart connection in my "old" Sheevaplug V1.3.
This is the 4 pin header J6. or the 6 pin header J7
I never found a BOM for the V1.3 Sheevaplug, so I do not know the mating cable connectors for J6 or J7
Please can anyone inform me of a suitable part?
If all else fails I will solder wires to the pins, but I will try to be tidy first!
Also has anyone succeeded in using this uart under Linux, i.e. what device will it present?
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Power Plug rev V7R1
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July 14, 2011, 02:52:43 PM »
My new Sheeva Plug 003-SP1001 has a Power Plug V7R1 board. It came with J2, J4, J7. and J16 populated (with jacks). It also seems to have all the necessary caps and choke for the 7-pin eSata jack, J10. There are also a number of additional unpopulated jack sites. Here is the list:
J1 - External Ethernet
J2 - 2-pin jack labeled 2.5v
J3 - 4-pin from power supply
J4 - 8-pin jack
J5 - Ext. USB
J6 - 6-pin jack position
J7 - 3-pin jack labeled Uart
J8 - Ext. SD slot
J9 - Ext. Mini USB
J10 - 7-pin eSata jack position
J11 - 4-pin jack position
J12 - 1-pin position
J13 - 4-pin jack position
J14 - 4-pin jack position, CPU side, opposite of J14
J16 - 10pin jack
Whatever they are, not all would be usefull. There's a couple of unpopulated chip positions, U12 and U17, not to mention associated caps resisters, etc. I'll try to capture some images and post them.
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July 14, 2011, 04:58:57 PM »
Here are my images:
Oh well. I guess I don't have link posting priviledges yet.
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