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BETA of Next generation "Start Here Robot"
August 10, 2012
You can buy the parts now! (look below for details, will be updated as we arrange more kits)
Hires slideshow of finished robot here
Video at the bottom of the post
Hi guys,
Time to make a new version of "Start Here" (See top menu). This time it's cross compatible; Arduino or PICAXE can be the users choice, because PICAXE and I have worked together on a cross compatible shield, named "Instant Robot".
More about the shield later - you can actually buy it now (picaxe.com/instantrobot), but documentation is in the works as I'm writing this. I was allowed to announce it already :)
Other news:
This version of Start Here was made with LMRv4 (next version of letsmakerobots.com) in mind. In LMRv4, one can "include" other pages - sort of like a link, but a little more info and graphics will appear instead of just a link.
Therefore this version might appear extreeeemelyyyy looong - but you will have to imagine that when finished, parts of it will be on other pages, and just included as "optional reading".
How to make your first robot
This tutorial is the easiest way in the world to give you a fast start into building robots.
Welcome :)
Everything here is so easy, that after you have gone through it, you can make a new robot - with your own design - in a couple of hours, even minutes. Why can't you do that now?
Because there are so many little things you need to know.
This is an attempt to let you know exactly all these little things, and nothing more.
There are other "How to get started building robots" out there. This one is focusing on getting you around everything extremely fast. You need no knowledge of ... anything. And you will learn everything... well, the basics of everything ;)
Materials needed
We are establishing several kits, but for now you can purchase all parts needed in this bundle.
No matter from where you get it, the following is what you will need:
(The following is all included in the bundle)
50 * Male "snap off" Header Pin
You get these in long rows, and simply break them apart.
3 * Shorting Blocks, Top Closed
If you place these over 2 pins next to each other, you make a connection between the pins! Should you ever need extra, you can sometimes find them in old computers and harddisks.
5 or more Female-Female Header Jumper cables
By using these jumpers, you can make quick connections without soldering, over and again.
1 * Standard hobby grade servo
Standard hobby grade servos are used in many robotic appliances. It's usually a little box with wires to it, and a shaft that can turn some 200 degrees, from side to side.
They come with various "horns" to be mounted onto the shaft. Yours might have a round disc on top instead of the "rod" on mine. It does not matter :)
The microcontroller can decide to where the shaft should turn, and stay there. That is pretty handy; You can program something to physically move to a certain position.
1 * SRF05 distance sensor
It is cool because it looks like a set of eyes. Actually one of the cups is sending out a little "click" (ultra) sound (hard to hear for human), and the other is listening for echoes - much like a bat. That way the SRF05 unit is measuring distance to any objects in front of it.
1 * Battery clip to fit 8 AA batteries
Some boards needs an excact voltage. The ones I show you to use here have onboard voltage controllers, so they are rather forgiving, and you just need to provide them somewhere between 9 and 12 Volts.
8 times AA-type batteries, will do the trick with either rechargable onr non-rechargable batteries.
1 * Heat shrink tube (5 mm approx)
I'll show you how to use this instead of insulating tape :)
1 * 2.1mm connector
"Arduino compatible connector"
1 * Geared Motor with Wheel
Any geared motor (must be geared, gearing ratio from 1:100 -> 1:200), that will run on 4 volt - and a wheel.
2 * free spinning Wheels
Just some form of wheel that can spin freely, and be placed (or is placed) on an axle.
Just note that you can not use 2 wheels that are locked to the same axle.
A simple ON/OFF switch
It's not _really_ nessecary, since you can just unplug the robot by taking out a battery. But it's nice to have a switch ;)
1 * Microcontroller in a board.. But.. You will have to chose which brand, read on :)
First, check this: This chip a microcontroller!
It can be placed in a board as shown below, and after that it can be programmed from your computer via a cable.
I have designed this tutorial in a way so that you can chose between two popular brands of Microcontrollers with their corrosponding boards.
The brand names are Arduino and PICAXE, shown at the picture above.
Which one to chose?
The systems are virtually alike, only real difference is how they are programmed, so let's look at that:
- Chose Arduino (left board), if you already are an experienced programmer and prefer "C-style", object oriented coding, over "BASIC-style".
- Chose PICAXE (right board), if you have never really been programming before, if you have programmed some, but found it difficult - or if you already master a little programming in the BASIC language.T
They are equally cool.. only difference really is how you like to work.
They are not the most expensive parts, and you can always change later, while stil using all the other parts, so just go for one if in doubt!
Note that you can purchase either (and the shield described below) in either "self assembly" or "factory premade" versions. I strongly recommend that you get "factory premade" versions for your first robot!
1 * programming cable to suit the board you chose:
Picaxe needs the AXE027 cable to be programmed.
This version of the Arduino just needs a standard USB (flat to fat), to hook up to your computer.
Either cable is used to transfer programs and testing-data between microcontroller and computer.
1 * Instant Robot Shield
A shield is an extra circuit board that fits onto the main board like a LEGO brick on top of another.
You could say that we "upgrade" the main board with this shield.
Thanks to Clive from PICAXE for making this board for us :)
(It is100% compatible with both Arduino and Picaxe)
All of the above materials should be included in the LMR bundle.
You will also need the following, that you will have to supply yourself:
1 * Computer
Linux, Windows, or Apple OS can be used.
1 * small speaker
You can find them anywhere - take something that used to be able to make a sound apart, and find a speaker inside. I figured it'd be silly to buy one for this project, because you can just get it for free, so it's not included in the bundle :)
8 * AA batteries
You can use the clip in the bundle with either "normal", or rechargable batteries. I recommend you to get rechargables. They come with different "mAh", and you want that as high as possible. 2500 is good for an AA size.
Wooden sticks!
Painter sticks, paint sticks, wooden sticks, ice cream sticks.. or heck, use something else! In many stores you can get these free (or for pennies) where they sell paint. And since they are really easy to cut and glue, they are my personal favourite basic building material for small robots.
Of course you can just any material you want - you'll just need something to build a simple frame.
A hot Glue Gun
_Respect_ the hot Glue Gun! It is your most powerful tool. Ever.
(And get some glue for it as well)
Tip 1: No can glue Aluminium!
Tip 2: Can glue wooden sticks. Really well!
Tip 3: It will pop a fuse and die after a perhaps a year. Regardles of brand and quality. Fact of life.
Tip 4: Water your fingers before touching melted glue.
A Soldering iron and solder
Somewhere between 15 and 25 watts are good specs for the iron.
Apart from that; If you are new to soldering, this tutorial on soldering might interest you.
Oh.. And here is more about soldering.
My personal top-tip: Get any cheap soldering iron, and place an old dampened cloth on a plate.
When ever you have soldered something, while the iron is still hot, wipe off the dark stuff from the tip of the iron, and you will always have a nice, well working, clean iron. And it makes a cool sound! (tzzt!)
However! This is just my personal tip - soldering is like a relegion to many nerds - they will tell you other tips ;)
A lighter and a cutter
Lighter for heat shrinking, cutter to.. cut.
Yet another Tip: If you want to use the cutter to remove plastic insulation from wires, turn it this way; Imagine that you where sticking the cable right into the cutter from where you are now, into the table it is laying on (on the picture above). That way. And not from the table, and out to where you are. Then gently close around the wire, and pull the plastic off.
A screwdriver
It should be a size to fit into the screw terminals of the Instant Robot shield
A magnifying glass of some form is really nice to have!
A multimeter
This is also sometimes more correctly called "a measure thingey".
You can find these for something like 10 USD in online shops etc. (Search for multimeter)
It can do all sorts of complicated stuff, but you only need to know how to do a couple of simple tricks with it ;)
.. Hmm..
That's it!
(I think - please let me know if I missed something)
Ready? Let's make a robot :)
If you (against my advice) got the self-assembly base boards and or shield, make sure to assemble them first, according to the instructions they each came with.
Stacking the main board and the shield
Find the male snap off-header pins, and snap off pins to connect the two rows On the sides along of the main boards, as shown on the pictures:
Inserting the pins into the Picaxe or Arduino board will hold them nice and square, and guarantee that they will line up perfectly when you solder them to the Instant Robot Shield.
When all 28 pins are in place, solder on top of the shield.
Make sure there are no bad solderings!
Really; Make sure all solderings are connecting what they should, and nothing else. Not doing this, is the most common problem first-time-builders have. This is not glue that should just be applied with a loose brush - we are connecting electronic components, one connection by one.
When done, you can dis-assemble the two boards, and place the shield on another base, should you wish to do so.
This time you had the boards to hold the pins. Often that is not the case, and then you can just use some tape to hold the pins in place while flipping the board and soldering. Here's an example:
Flip the board, the pins are not falling out because of the tape.. - and solder.
Back to building the robot:
Placing the Shorting Blocks:
- on the boards
Chances are that all headers on your boards are already in place. But let's make sure.
If you have the PICAXE board, blocks should be placed like this:
(Arduino needs no pins)
And the Instant robot Shield:
This set's up XXX(Text waiting for final documentation of shield)XXX
Time for another General tip:
Extensions and alternations of wires and cables:
Connecting 2 wires "The right way" is almost a religion to some. Here is how I do it:
First, I simply twist the 2 wires together.
And cut a piece of heat shrink tube to cover the area.
Then I solder them together (cut some off, if it is very long), and bend it along the side of one of them.
Slide the tube over, and a lighter quickly heats it up.
This makes it shrink, hence the name, and it is a perfect insulation.
I don't think you realize how hard it was to take that picture all by myself :) It had to be in focus on the right spot, you know. And yes, the wire got a little burned :p Good shot, if I may say so myself, but try not to burn the wires like I did.
From now on, I expect you to just extend wires that are too short. If a wire needs a female in one end, and it has none, cut a female-to-female jumper wire in two, and hook up the ends with headers to the wires where needed.
And also; If you need to connect something to a board, where there is only a hole... you simply add a pin yourself :)
Making a power cable with a switch
Your base board have a standard female plug for power, and you need a so called 2.1mm tip positive connector to feed it.
The "tip positive" is a standard that is often referred to with this pictogram:
It means that the center of the plug has the +, and the outer has the - of the power feed.
But what if you do not know + and -?
Well, I assume you know the VERY basic stuff: Power from a battery has a + and a -
That, and the following should be all you would need to know, in order to make quite complex robots, and read technical documentation:
+ is also known as positive, V, and usually the red wire
- is also known as negative, G or ground. That's usually the black wire.
A "Circuit" is needed for anything electronic to work. To make a circuit, electricity should be able to flow from + to - through electronic components.
Electricity should never flow directly from + to -. If it flows directly, you have a short circuit, and that is not good.
V should flow from the battery, into the circuit board. In the circutry there, it can be split up into other V's with individual characteristics. Maybe there is even a second battery pack, adding a V2. All of them flows back to the same G (All G are always connected, "Common Ground"), after doing something up in the robot.
If you insert a switch on one of the wires just next to (or from) the battery, you can "cut power off", by disconnecting the entire flow from + to -. Good practice says to cut V, but it might as well be G.
I'd love to tell you more, but I think this is all you need to know to make this robot, and the web is full of more info on the subject :)
We are going to make this:
A switch and power plug, so you can power the robot, and switch it off.
You know how to solder the wires together, so all you need to learn now, is how to see what part of the connector is "the tip", so you can connect that with the red wire from the battery (after it has passed through the switch).
To find which of the two wires on the connector is connected to the tip, put your multimeter on this position:
Multimeter on beep. They all have this fonctionality one way or the other.
Test that it is making a beeping sound when the two poles are connected
This should make it beep!
Now just find the one that is the center (touch center and the wire that makes it beep), and get soldering!
My switch has a nice plastic casing, and only 2 wires. If your switch has perhaps 3, 4, or 6 connectors, just use the multimeter; Test on 2 connectors when the switch is to one side, switch to the other, and notice if they now are connected. When you find 2 connectors that are switched On/Off this way, just use them :) (Switches sometimes have funky functionality, you just need a single on/off, and it is there, you just need to find the right pins to use)
Insert batteries into the clip, plug the connector into the board (with or without the shield), make sure the switch is on, and look for a light on the board:
That is the "ALL OK" light you are looking for :)
If you are not getting this, quickly unplug your wire, and take out one battery from the clip. Check everything, ask for help. This could be because there is no circuit, but it could also mean that there is a short circuit, and you do not want to leave that on. Things will start smoking, it is not good :)
Setting a servo to center
Find your servo:
You can use any of the rows marked 2 and up to 7, to hook up servos. (Not the ones marked with an A0 - A7, use the other side) That way your robot could have up to 5 servos running direcly from the shield. (And more, but we will take that another time)
Servos come with different colors of cables, but they all share a standard:
Red is always center. And yes, this is V.
To its sides is a dark and a light cable.
The dark one can be anything from brown to black, and the light one could be yellow, white, or orange.
The shield has the text "Signal" for the light one. Or put differently; The darkest one should always be where the shield is marked with a - symbol.
It's time to program the Microcontroller for the first time.
We will need to be able to move the servo, so we can set it at the right angle before assembling the robot.
Find your programming cable, and prepare to hook up your board to your computer.
In the next steps I cannot help you. You will need to read the instructions on the webpage of the manufacturor of the board you are using.
So, go to either picaxe.com or arduino.cc, and from there, download the free programming editor that matches your computer.
Follow the instructions on how to install the cable in order to program the Microcontroller.
When ready (Programming editor on computer, cable to your board, power on board), notice which port (number of pin-row: 2 to 7) that you have hooked your servo up to.
Now, I need you to upload the following program. The letter N should be replaced with the port number (number of pin-row) to which you have plugged the servo.
The code you should write is between the symbols ---
servo s.N, 150
Example, if you are using port 7, as I am on the picture above:
servo s.7, 150
If everything works, your servo will turn a little, move into position 150, which we will regard as "center" from now on.
Try to have a little fun; Switch off the robot, gently spin the servo to one side, and switch it on again. It should go back to the excact same position of 150. This is in fact your first program :)
You are now pretty much ready to just plug and glue the robot together
Now it's time to cut some wood, and use the hot glue gun!
To make my life a little easier and fun, I first made the robot, and had fun with that. Then I took it apart, while taking pictures of every step of that, so I could show you them in opposite order and pretend I was assembling it for you!
Therefore - in case you wonder why I have strange blobs of glue where you should place glue, it is because you are seing my dissasembly in reversed order ;)
First make some form of front axle. The 2 wheels should be able to drive independently.
To get a few tips on how you can make something like this, check out this old post of mine, one of the very first robots I ever mande: http://letsmakerobots.com/node/35
It needs to have a place to mount the servo onto, and you should glue it on, somewhat like this:
It's not important at all how this looks - you just need 2 free spinning wheels, with a servo - more or less as shown :)
Now prepare the geared motor and drive wheels somewhat like this:
Again, it is not at all important how this looks, make your own design as you please. As long as you have a stick or something with a wheel from a geared motor in the end, you are home free!
I used a cable tie to secure the wires after soldering them onto the motor.
We need enough space so we can have the battery there in front of the wheel, and then we need a stick to go out in a line along the wheel.
Important: Make sure your servo is at position 150.
Then check out the images, and mount accordingly :)
With the servo at center position, you want to allign the wheels so it is driving straight ahead (approximately)
Next, mount the battery clip as shown. Just give things a blob of glue, and you are good to go :) Remember; This is your first robot, not your last - It's nice to work fast, and make things in a way that they can be taken apart again.
On top of the battery clip, place a stick like the next picture.
OK, I had two sticks there. If I knew what I was doing, I would have just used one (longer) stick - no need for two sticks like that!
On top of that (them), mount the bundle of the board with shield mounted:
- and make sure the wires are long enough to plug in the power
.. and Motor
Plug the servo into slot 2.
And now for the SRF05.
If it comes without pins soldered, solder them in. Some SRF05's (the blue ones) does not have the extra holes. If yours does, make sure to use the right side (match the image) :)
Note how I am holding the pins alligned to the pins on the shield (you will also have to solder these pins in - use the tape trick to hold them while soldering)
Using female wires, connect each of the 5 pins on either side, to the pins matching the other.
Mount the wires with a blob of glue on the pin sticking out over the servo.
Mount the SRF05 in front of your robot. You want it to look a little up, rather than a little down.
Connect the speaker to BUFF12 on the shield.
Mount the speaker up under the stick, and you are done building!!
All you need to do now is program the robot.
And that is all the fun!
This is also where you will have to learn a lot.. a LOT by trial and error. It's the only way.
Now, I will show you a couple of isolated things you can do, and then I will give you the complete program used in the video.
But you must promise me to experiment a LOT with the programming.
And a tip that can never be said enough. This is actually what will determine if you will fail for ever, or for ever be a hero of a robot builder:
Make one thing work at a time, and always start with the most crusial first.
You want to write that on your arm with a permanent marker.
Let's say you wanted to write a new program for this robot.
Most crusial? hmm.. To be able to sense distance in front of the robot.
Make that work.
Next: be able to drive, and stop the motor if there is something in front. Make that work. What should "he" be doing then? Reverse a little, till distance is high enough? Make that work. Then beep? Make that work. Then look to one side, and see the distance? Make that work.. Keep on like that, and you will make good programs.
Jump to "the fun parts" right away, and you will never have fun, because it will just drive into a wall. You want good basics to build on, and expand.
'The distance in front of the SRF05 sensor
Symbol range = w0
ultra S.5,range
goto main
'Drive the motor:
high s.8
high s.9
' Drive and stop
Symbol range = w0
servo s.2, 150
ultra S.5,range
if range <10 then
gosub dreverse
goto main
if range <20 then
gosub totalhalt
goto main
gosub dforward
goto main
low s.8
high s.9
high s.8
high s.9
low s.9
' Drive along a wall, and return to you
Symbol range = w0
servo s.2, 150
ultra S.5,range
if range <10 then
gosub dreverse
goto main
if range <20 then
gosub totalhalt
gosub sidechose
goto main
gosub dforward
if range < 40 then
servopos s.2, 200
goto main
servopos s.2, 150
goto main
servopos s.2, 100
gosub dreverse
ultra S.5,range
if range < 30 then
goto sidechose
servopos s.2, 200
low s.8
high s.9
high s.8
high s.9
low s.9
Symbol range = w2
symbol snakedir = bit0
symbol counter = b2
symbol faceturn = b1
faceturn = 150
servo s.2, 150
ultra S.5,range
if range <10 then
gosub dreverse
inc snakedir
goto main
if range <20 then
gosub sidechose
goto main
gosub dforward
if range < 40 then
servopos s.2, 200
goto main
servopos s.2, faceturn
gosub faceturner
goto main
inc counter
if counter > 2 then
counter = 0
if snakedir = 0 then
inc faceturn
if faceturn > 180 then
inc snakedir
dec faceturn
if faceturn < 120 then
inc snakedir
if snakedir = 1 then
servopos s.2, 100
gosub dreverse
ultra S.5,range
if range < 40 then
goto sidechose
servopos s.2, 200
servopos s.2, 200
gosub dreverse
ultra S.5,range
if range < 40 then
goto sidechose
servopos s.2, 100
low s.8
high s.9
high s.8
high s.9
low s.9
Symbol range = w5
symbol snakedir = bit0
symbol counter = b2
symbol faceturn = b1
symbol trickturn = b3
faceturn = 150
servo s.2, 150
ultra S.5,range
if range <10 then
gosub dreverse
sound S.12, (112, 1)
goto main
if range <20 then
gosub sidechose
sound S.12, (100, 2) sound S.12, (103, 2)
goto main
gosub dforward
if range = 60 then
gosub totalhalt
servopos s.2, 200 pause 300 servopos s.2, 190 wait 1 gosub stopani
servopos s.2, 110 pause 300 servopos s.2, 120 pause 1300 gosub stopani
servopos s.2, 100 pause 400 servopos s.2, 220 pause 500 gosub stopani
servopos s.2, 200 pause 500 servopos s.2, 100 wait 1 gosub stopani
sound S.12, (100, 2) sound S.12, (103, 2)
servopos s.2, faceturn
gosub faceturner
goto main
ultra S.5,range
if range < 20 then
gosub dreverse
sound S.12, (88, 5)
pause 200
ultra S.5,range
if range > 70 then
gosub dforward
sound S.12, (100, 5)
pause 700
ultra S.5,range
if range < 30 then
sound S.12, (124, 5) pause 10 sound S.12, (124, 5) pause 10 sound S.12, (124, 5) pause 10
goto main
inc counter
if counter > 2 then
counter = 0
if snakedir = 0 then
inc faceturn
if faceturn > 180 then
inc snakedir
sound S.12, (range, 5)
dec faceturn
if faceturn < 120 then
inc snakedir
sound S.12, (range, 5)
if snakedir = 1 then
servopos s.2, 100
gosub dreverse
ultra S.5,range
if range < 40 then
goto sidechose
servopos s.2, 200
inc snakedir
servopos s.2, 200
gosub dreverse
ultra S.5,range
if range < 40 then
goto sidechose
servopos s.2, 100
inc snakedir
low s.8
high s.9
high s.8
high s.9
low s.9
Congratiolations, you have now made a robot, following instructions. It's time to start building yourself.
A bad thing about following tutorials is that you may not really go through the steps that should teach you stuff, so that is what you will need to do now.
So - "Strip things down": Perhaps it'd be a good idea to take the robot apart, completely, and set a goal for yourself: Make a "machine" that can do this:
Ok, done? then try and have a look around in manuals, ask people, see if you can find an LED, and make that blink.
Now try and combine the two, so your machine is beeping and blinking.
Done? Time for next step, make a machine that can do this:
If something comes in front of the SRF05, it will beep. If not, an LED will blink.
And then, you might want to look into making a new robot with 2 motors; Place one in each side, and try to let the robot spin them in either direction..
There is a trillion things you can do now, and we are all looking forward to seeing the robots and other stuff that you create, so make sure to share with us :)
/ Frits
**** The below will not be a part of the instructions, but these are the values/instructions I have been using when making this tutorial, so if anything changes from the below, it should be handled :)
; Buffered outputs
; Buff 12 is S.12 1 = on, 0 = off
; Buff 13 is S.13 1 = on, 0 = off
; Motor A
; Direction is S.8 1 = one way, 0 = the other
; On/Off/PWM is S.9 1 = on, pulsing=pwm, 0 = off
; Motor B
; Direction is S.11 1 = one way, 0 = the other
; On/Off/PWM is S.10 1 = on, pulsing=pwm, 0 = off
; PWM frequency is critical for good motor control
; and varies between motor types
; for instance 20% at 10kHz works, but 20% at 1kHz just 'hums'
; pwmout S.9, 99, 200 ; 50% at 10kHz
; pwmout S.9, 99, 80 ; 20% at 10kHz
; pwmout pwmdiv4, S.9, 249, 500 ; 50% at 1kHz
; pwmout pwmdiv4, S.9, 249, 200 ; 20% at 1kHz
; Good noise suppression is also essential on the motor
;Input Pins
; S.A0 to S.A5 are all digital inputs (if pinA.0 = 1 then)
; Can also be analogue inputs (readadc S.A0, b1)
; Can also be touch sensor inputs (touch S.A0, b1)
; Each has an optional jumper which connects a 10k pull down resistor
;General Input/Outputs
; S.0 to S.7 are general purpose outputs (or inputs)
; S.2 to S.7 can be servos (e.g. servo S.2,75)
; S.0 and S.1 can be hardware serial port (e.g. hserin/hserout)
; Ping or SRF05 can be used on S.5
;Infrared LED
; IR transmitter can be used on S.6 (e.g. irout S.6,1,1)
;Infrared Sensor
; IR sensor can be used on S.7 (e.g. irin S.7, b1)
Power supply Jumper J1 options:
The 5V logic supply (e.g. for inputs) always comes from base
J1 Off
Shield power terminal is used for outputs only
Base must use its own power supply
J1 Right
Base power supply is used for everything, 5V supply to outputs
No power connection should be made to shield power terminal
J1 Left
Shield power connects to base VIn so either
- shield power only, also supplies base via Vin
- base power only, full Vin is applied to shield outputs
Buffered outputs
BUFF12 is S.12
BUFF13 is S.13
Motor A
Direction is S.8 1 = one way, 0 = the other
On/Off/PWM is S.9 high = on, pulsing=pwm, low = off
Motor B
Direction is S.11 high = one way, low = the other
On/Off/PWM is S.10 high = on, pulsing=pwm, low = off
PWM frequency is critical for good motor control
and varies between motor types
for instance 20% at 10kHz works, but 20% at 1kHz just 'hums'
pwmout S.9, 99, 200 ; 50% at 10kHz
pwmout S.9, 99, 80 ; 20% at 10kHz
pwmout pwmdiv4, S.9, 249, 500 ; 50% at 1kHz
pwmout pwmdiv4, S.9, 249, 200 ; 20% at 1kHz
Good noise suppression is also essential on the motor
Input Pins
S.A0 to S.A5 are all digital inputs (if pinA.0 = 1 then)
Can also be analogue inputs (readadc S.A0, b1)
Can also be touch sensor inputs (touch S.A0, b1)
Each has an optional jumper which connects a 10k pull down resistor
General Input/Outputs
S.0 to S.7 are general purpose outputs (or inputs)
(Ping or SRF05 can be used on S.5)
(IR sensor can be used on S.7 (e.g. irin S.7, b1))
(S.6 can be used as IROUT)
S.2 to S.7 can be servos (e.g. servo S.2,75)
S.0 and S.1 can be hardware serial port (e.g. hserin/hserout)
Ping or SRF05 can be used on S.
IR sensor can be used on S.7 (e.g. irin S.7, b1)
(S.6 can be used as IROUT)
Now the bit you won't like - the resistor has to be 'user' solder in position (remember they have to solder the LED anyway!)
This is because the darlington buffer can have different voltages (e.g. due to the J1 options). Therefore the value of the infra-red resistor should match the power supply in use on the darlington buffer (5V, 9V, 12V etc.)
S.2 to S.7 can be servos (e.g. servo S.2,75)
I like the idea of a
I like the idea of a cross-platform SHR. I'm excited to see LMR v.4 as well! How is that project coming?
So stoked!
A good idea for arduino code is ignoblegnomes "Penny" bot. Its what taught me adruino and made the whole things seem less overwhelming. Maybe clean it up a bit (use clearer names for pins) but all in all, its a great sample to learn on!
Hey, Frits. Glad to see you
Hey, Frits. Glad to see you post this one. Your video was out there for a bit, now it is private. Let me know when you are ready to promote it. ; j
Well done Frits. I will read
Well done Frits. I will read all again and let you know if I have something to add/change/delete. Right now I am packing for Germany...counting resistors, transistors and all the other stuff for ALF
I used to point everyone to SHR and say, well thats the stuff for Picaxe. If you want to do it the arduino way, you have to think it yourself (etc etc.). Now I can just say, go here dude. I stop solution!!
Awesome build frits!!
Good work Frits. An
Good work Frits.
An excellent job as always but a couple of small observations, mainly based I believe in that english is not your first language.
For the servo the word should be ARM not ROD
for the hot glue gun - Tip 1 should read 'Can not glue aluminium'
I've actually heard it
I've actually heard it referred to as a servo 'horn' as well. The terminology probably varies from person to person. I don't know if there is one correct way to say it.
Servo Horn relates to the
Servo Horn relates to the output arm or disc. generic term for any form - at least that is what I was taught. Frits got that bit right :)


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The dual-band (5.8 GHz/2.4 GHz) design allows the base unit to transmit with more power in the 5.8 GHz frequency band or with greater efficiency at 2.4 GHz. The phone's true duplex transmission keeps the incoming and outgoing signals from interfering with each other.
The LCD on the handset provides caller ID/call waiting information (subscription required though your local phone company). The 5830 also provides talking caller ID, which announces the name or number of incoming callers.
The 5830's expandability, up to five additional handsets for a total of six, eliminates the need to hard-wire multiple extensions throughout your home. One phone jack and one power outlet is all you need to connect the 5830 base station and handset, while each additional model 5800 handset requires only a power outlet for its compact charger/cradle. Calls can be transferred from one handset to another.
The handset receiver lights up with incoming calls and can also be set to vibrate. It stores 50 names and numbers and works with your caller ID service to remember the last 50 callers. Sound Select lets you adjust bass, treble, and midrange to your liking. A spare-battery charging system enables the telephone to work even during a power outage. Choose from eight ringer melodies. The system is backed by a one-year warranty.
What's in the Box
User's manual, quick start guide, base unit, handset, NiMH battery pack, telephone line cord, AC power adapter, wall mounting adapter

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I want to adjust and close the gap between my top navigation menus bar and Meteor slider.
I want to push up the meteor slides up to the page menu bar.
I want to adjust and close the gap between my top navigation menus bar and Meteor slider.
I want to push up the meteor slides up to the page menu bar.
This is probably something that needs to be adjusted in your theme's stylesheet, can you post a link?
I thought I posted the link for you to review already. Apparently not. I'm sorry about that.
Here is the link: wwww.turnbulllegal.com
Here is the code I inserted in the Style CSS and it didn't work.
.meteor-slides .mslide img {
padding: 0 !important;
margin: 10px;
Unfortunately the link you provided doesn't work.
However, chances are changing the values for the margin in the css will work.
The values for the margins are set 'clockwise':top - right - bottom - left. The other option is to set individual margin values e.g.:
margin:0 auto; this will set top and bottom to '0' and horizontally center the content
Good luck.
Here is the link again: http://www.turnbulllegal.com
It looks like you came up with a different solution.
No Bro. This issue is not resolved yet.
The codes didn't work. I need your help.
The white gap between the Meteor-slides and the top Navigation is still there. I need to move your Meteor-slides up to the Navigation menu.
Please do not look at the home page slider. That's the slider that came with the Theme.
Meteor-slide are in all pages ONLY and that is the ones I need to adjust the top margin.
It'd be easier to check out if I could right click on the pages. There is an empty H1 and paragraph tag above the slideshow:

Remove those and it will remove the gap.
You've got a JavaScript error that is breaking the slideshow script:
TypeError: document.body is null
I think it's a script in your theme that is throwing the error.
Ok. Please check again now. You can right click on the pages now.
I did, just had to use Firebug instead of the Chrome inspector.
Sry. You mean I need to use Firebug for what?
No, I used Firebug to see what was causing the gap, you could use Firebug too if you wanted to see it. But you need to remove those empty tags, I don't know if they are in the theme template or in the page content, you'd have to look.
Hi, I'm Frans.
Please help me to finish this problem: I want to remove blank space between the Meteor Slide and navigation bar. I've try several tips (modified the code at #access #branding etc) but did not solve the problem.
This is the url. Thank you.
Hi Frans, something's not quite right, it looks like the slideshow is loaded too early in the page. Here's an example of how the header in the Twenty Eleven theme can be edited to include a slideshow: https://gist.github.com/3151274
Thank you JLeuze. You're right. I put the code too early. Then I put the code after </hgroup> at line 86 (based on the page you suggested me). Nice to know you.
You're welcome Frans.
Hi Guys,
Sorry, I am trying to remove the gap from the 2012 theme using the meteor slide plugin. Sorry Josh, can seem to get it to work.
Here is the URL, http://kwcthailand.com
Any help would be great.
@antonsphuket If you inspect it with Firebug, you'll see that the site container has a top margin on it that is adding this space below the slideshow:
body .site {
padding: 0 40px;
padding: 0 2.857142857rem;
margin-top: 48px;
margin-top: 3.428571429rem;
margin-bottom: 48px;
margin-bottom: 3.428571429rem;
box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.3);
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someone 17 to call and talk with a lawyer for a persons or boyfriend plus go meet with and have payments handled
Estate Planning Attorney
No-you do not have to be 18 to call and talk to an attorney.
You do have to be 18 to enter into a valid contract and you could not have another
person's power of attorney until you were at least 18(depends on State law).
The answer given does not imply that an attorney-client relationship has been established and your best course of action is to have legal representation in this matter.
I can't handle everything else and have someone else enter into the contract?
Yes-a competent person over 18 in most states can sign a contract. Please remember to pick a "best answer"
Business Attorney
You can consult with an attorney before you are 18. Contracts for minor's are voidable so retaining an attorney may be a challenge. Hopefully the lawyer you consult with will know what lines cannot be crossed with parental consent and other issues, consistent with attorney client privilege.
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Staples is getting an early start on back-to-school season with the debut of new products and promotions.
Office products are getting a stylish makeover at Staples with two designer-driven collections arriving mid-November. "Style at Staples" is the name of a new assortment that features the new designs by Cynthia Rowley and British stationary brand Paperhouse.
School may be out for summer, but Staples has already released its top product picks for the 2013 back-to-school shopping season.


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Real Estate
Fee caps good news for renters
- From: The Sunday Times
- April 07, 2013
THE most vexatious part of securing a new rental home - "option fees'' which have previously cost renters hundreds of dollars - will now be capped at $50 or $100 dollars under new residential tenancy laws set to start in Western Australia mid-year.
For months, stressed renters have been complaining in Perth of having to stump up potentially thousands of dollars just to be in the running as they applied for hard-to-find rentals in the overheated market.
The median rent is currently $470 and option fees have typically been one week's rent – a figure which can rapidly spiral into the thousands if a candidate needs to make several applications to secure a home.
But now WA is to get a new Residential Tenancies Act taking effect midyear and the industry is debating who are the winners, with some claiming the new laws favour tenants and leave landlords in the lurch.
Perth rents were a political hot potato during the recent state election.
Abolishing option fees was one of WA Labor's campaign points.
The Barnett Government opted to cap the fee instead.
Another key change to the residential tenancy laws will mean a fixed term tenancy will no longer end automatically when the lease ends instead, a tenancy will only end is 30 day's written notice is given.
The new laws have also standardised residential tenancy agreements, created new minimum levels of security for rentals and made property condition reports compulsory at the start and end of a tenancy.
Residential tenancy agreements can currently take any form; from a verbal agreement, to written on the back of a coaster, to a fully outlined legal document.
Under the upcoming legislation, a new standardised written agreement will come into force but ``lessors'' (landlords) will still be able to add specific clauses.
Property condition reports are now compulsory.
And in another major change, the new act will require homes to be fitted with compulsory security measures, likely to include door and window security and exterior lighting.
According to new WA Commerce Minister Michael Mischin specific regulations, such as the kind of security measures which will be required, are currently being finalised and will eventually be published on the Department of Commerce website.
Previously only one fine of $20,000 was included in the legislation but with the updated laws, several misdemeanours will carry the maximum penalty.
Reiwa property managers network co-chairperson Michelle Rigg, who ran a seminar for Ausnet real estate agents last week on the changes, said the recent State election had likely pushed the start date back to July.
She said the changes held some clear benefits for tenants.
``One key thing for tenants is that the changes actually incorporate ways to deal with internal disputes between tenants,'' Ms Rigg said.
She said tenants who shared properties but fell out could now have their disputes heard, even if their names weren't on the lease.
The Department of Commerce will be running an education campaign on the new laws in the next few months.
Under the new laws:
Residential tenancy agreements will be standardised with the option to add any specific clauses to the agreement as long as they don't counteract those in the act.
Property condition reports must be completed at the start and end of a tenancy.
Security bonds must be lodged with the Department of Commerce's Bond Administrator.
Pet Bonds will now include any pet capable of carrying parasites that could affect humans where previously they only included cats and dogs. Like before, Pet bonds may only be used to fumigate.
Landlords will only be able to inspect their property a maximum of four times in a year and must notify the tenant whether the inspection will be before or after noon.
Inspections must be between 8am and 6pm on a weekday, 9am and 5pm on a Saturday or at any other time agreed by both parties.
Landlords will be required to contact a repairer within 24 hours for an essential repair or within 48 hours for other urgent repairs, with repairs to be completed as soon as possible.
A new minimum level of home security, yet to be finalised by the Department of Commerce, will be compulsory for all rentals and must be put in place within two years of the new laws commencing.
A tenancy will not automatically end when a fixed term tenancy agreement ends unless the owner or tenant gives the other party 30 days notice.
Option fees will be capped at either $50 or $100 dollars depending on the rent.
Only tenants who have breached their lease can now be placed on tenant databases and landlords must inform tenants of which databases they will be checking. If a landlord finds a tenant on a database they must inform the tenant in writing of ways they can get themselves removed from the database.
All standard forms will be available free from the consumer protection website.
For further details and other changes to the residential tenancy legislation see the Department of Commerce's website or the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2011. Information on specific regulations will be available soon.


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I am dating Siddharth Roy Kapoor: Vidya Balan
Top Stories
- IAF An-32 aircraft missing: Manohar Parrikar undertakes aerial survey of search operations
- Hillary Clinton picks Tim Kaine as running mate
- Judith D'souza, Indian kidnapped in Kabul, rescued: Sushma Swaraj
- Bhagwant Mann interview: 'I just wanted to show system of draw of lots in Zero Hour'
- Toll climbs to 46, Rajnath visits Kashmir valley today
National award winning actress Vidya Balan has finally come out about her relationship with UTV head Siddharth Roy Kapoor but says she is in no hurry to get married to him.
"I don't have any plans yet... and there is no engagement ring yet. It's a while away and I am in no hurry. But it's on my mind and there is a plan at some point. There is someone in my life," Vidya said.
When asked whether she is dating the UTV movies honcho, Vidya said, "I will admit that I am dating him but not beyond that."
The 'Dirty Picture' star, 34, who has been recently appointed as a Bollywood Ambassador of Victoria, was here to promote the Indian Film Festival in Melbourne commencing from June 11.
Asked about her take on Rakhi Sawant's claim to appear as a better lead role in a Bengali version of 'The Dirty Picture', Vidya said, "I did my best and I am sure if she (Rakhi) brings her own originality to the portrayal of Silk, it will be great and I will be more than happy to watch her."
Clad in beautiful white saree with black embroidered border, Vidya admitted that she was a bit apprehensive about how her parents would react to her portrayal of South siren Silk Smitha in the film.
"I was finally relieved after my father came during the interval and said he could only see Silk rather than Vidya. There is no bigger compliment for me than that," she said.
"'Dirty Picture' was a life time opportunity for me as an actress. It was an opportunity not to be missed also because it was completely out of my comfort zone. But it did take lot of time for me decide about the role," she added.
"The most encouraging part of doing this role has been that people now think that I am capable of doing this kind of a film," she said, adding that she was highly satisfied after knowing that her performance in the film was seen as everything but "sleazy".
... contd.
Editors' Pick
- Gujarat unrest shows while Dalit lives have improved, conflict has increased
- Zakir Naik is 'protected' as an Indian citizen but he considers himself a Muslim first
- No proof required: Black Knight and other myths
- Media is the new battleground in the conflict zone
- Aiming it wrong
- A first, but big step
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Arab Spring continues to bring hope for reform to the Middle East and Northern Africa. But these revolutionary movements are bringing violence and turmoil while exposing the fault lines between religious and political groups. This is true especially in Syria, where a violent civil war rages, and Lebanon, where tensions threaten to unravel its civil society.
One morning, Scott Lesnick woke up to discover that his wife had secreted his two small children away to the Middle East.
The Solutions Center will show the movie Ant Bully at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 17, at the Fond du Lac Public Library.
Area artists are invited to submit pieces for a themed exhibit, "A Dog's Life," at the Fond du Lac Public Library in October.
Don't let the size of this little book fool you. The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen may be small, but it is loaded with complicated relationships and numerous twists and turns. A group of four college friends reunite for a fully-paid trip to Jamaica with their spouses, courtesy of Dwight Glass, the "nerd" of the group, who struck gold with his dot com business.
International Literacy Day will be celebrated on September 8, and Fond du Lac Literacy Services is celebrating by joining the statewide 1200 Tutors in 12 Weeks campaign. The annual campaign, organized by Wisconsin Literacy, runs from Literacy Day to December 1, drawing attention to the need for volunteer tutors and donations.
August is here, and students are getting ready to go back to school. It's time to hit the books in the nonfiction section and learn something new. Here's a funny book in the nonfiction section that can help you ace Philosophy 101--Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. This book is filled with jokes on the subjects of metaphysics, logic, and existentialism.
If you know what sesquioxidizing* is, you need to sign up right away for the Fond du Lac Literacy Services Scrabble Bee on October 3. Because if you do understand the art of sesquioxidizing, you probably already know that the word is on record as being the highest-scoring-ever in a game of Scrabble.
But if you're like 99.99 percent of humanity, you're more interested in having a good time and perhaps doing a good deed. These, too, will be on order at the Scrabble Bee at the Fond du Lac Public Library.
Our current display at the library features award-winning fiction and nonfiction books. Check it out. One of the award-winning authors on display is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. I have read and re-read his book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich which is based on Solzhenitsyn's experiences in a Soviet labor camp. This book made an impression on me. It is the story of an ordinary Russian, Shukov (Ivan Denisovich), who is in a prison labor camp in Siberia in January, 1951.


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what if they had a picture of a window on the wall with the scenery that you would actually see if a window was in the wall - now that would be strange :confused:
jeez DeltaT - doesn't that hurt????
4 tries - I did not read carefully enough or think it out the 1st 3 times
A new Army Captain was assigned to an outfit in a remote post in the
African desert. During his first inspection of the outfit, he noticed a
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What do you call a man with no arms or legs in front of a door......
A blonde calls her boyfriend and says, "Please come
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I like to stuff them with a bread, green pepper and onion stuffing, wrap them in foil and put them on the barbeque until flaky. :D
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intellectual disability, unique personality characteristics, distinctive facial features, and heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) problems.[1] Williams syndrome is caused by missing genes from a specific region of chromosome 7.[1][2] The deleted region includes more than 25 genes and researchers believe that a loss of several of these genes probably contributes to the characteristic features of this disorder.[1] Although Williams syndrome is considered an autosomal dominant condition, most cases are not inherited, but occur as random events during the formation of reproductive cells (eggs or sperm) in a parent of an affected individual.[1][3]Williams syndrome is a developmental disorder that affects many parts of the body. This condition is characterized by mild to moderate
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- NINDS Williams Syndrome Information Page. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). June 30, 2015; http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/williams/williams.htm. Accessed 12/29/2015.
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- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. Each entry has a summary of related medical articles. It is meant for health care professionals and researchers. OMIM is maintained by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Two messages involve song titles, "On This Special Day . . . You Can Kiss My Country A**," or "I Can't Wait to See . . . Who You Are When I'm Not Looking."
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SAVING; Arguing Against Equities
By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH
Published: March 18, 2003
THE stock bubble has burst, and then some. But even amid the wreckage, the conventional mantra has continued: stocks are still the long-haul key to preparing for financial security in retirement.
But what, actually, if they're not?
Quietly, in obscure financial journals and actuarial conferences, some alternatives are being debated. So far, the ideas have received little public attention. But the concepts that the pension professionals are wrangling over may ultimately hold answers for America's savers -- people who know they need to plan for retirement but can't imagine where to start.
The debate is broken down into two main camps. By far the larger of the two clings to the traditional faith in stock-market investing. The other camp, smaller but gaining advocates, especially in academia, is challenging what it terms the cult of equities, calling instead for a return to extremely conservative bond investments.
Retirement savers who are using these investments may no longer dream of riches, but at least they won't lose their shirts. If this camp sees a place for stocks in a pension fund, it is only if they are hedged with derivative securities -- financial instruments that help protect against adverse price movements.
Not surprisingly, the first group includes most members of the financial establishment, corporate financial officers, asset managers, actuaries and others who are responsible for figuring out how much today's older workers will cost when they retire, how much money to set aside for them now and how to invest the money so that it grows enough to pay their benefits.
These professionals are well aware that the funds entrusted in their care have shriveled alarmingly in the last three years. Yet they still subscribe to the belief that if an investor's time horizon is long -- as a pension beneficiary's generally is -- history shows the investor will do best with a well- diversified portfolio, larded with stocks.
''These are long-term investors with a very long-term view,'' said Judy Schub, head of the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets, a Washington group that represents corporate pension officials. ''These are not people who say, 'Oops!' and drop everything and change their strategy based on what's happening short-term in the markets.''
If the opposing camp had a name, it might be something like ''duration matching bond strategists,'' or ''decumulation specialists.'' Off-putting terms, but behind them lies a body of thought that ought to be interesting to anyone fearful of having to park cars or flip burgers at age 87.
The duration matchers' first piece of advice is to stop chasing the average 10.7 percent a year that seemingly everyone says stocks have returned since 1926. That strategy, based on a statistical illusion, they say, is doomed to land those who pursue it on the shores of negative mortality, the grim term actuaries use to describe outliving one's resources.
It's not that stocks have not really returned an average 10.7 percent a year for much of the last century. That number is right, duration matchers say, but it's the wrong number for retirement savers to focus on.
Infinitely more important is ''the time path of returns,'' said Zvi Bodie, a Boston University finance professor and an outspoken proponent of duration-matching theories, both for pension funds and individuals.
''Even if the average rate of return is high, one can run out of money long before one expires,'' said Professor Bodie, a co-author, with Michael J. Clowes, of ''Worry-Free Investing,'' a book to be published this year that applies duration matching bond strategies to individual retirement planning. (Mr. Clowes is the editor of ''Pensions and Investments,'' a trade publication.)
Instead of stocks, the authors propose an ultraconservative fixed-income portfolio composed of inflation-protected Treasury bonds. To avoid getting locked in at a single low interest rate, they also advocate buying bonds of different durations, with the maturities staggered in what is called a ladder.
If building a laddered bond portfolio sounds too boring after the casinolike thrill of the stock market, it's possible to add derivative-based bells and whistles to improve gains, much like professional fund managers do. But that's probably more complexity than individual savers want.
There may come a time when individual savers can buy packaged laddered bond portfolios, with the derivative hedges built in. It's possible even today to find prototypes of investment vehicles with some of these features. But you have to go looking for them.
''It's slightly premature right now,'' said Shane A. Chalke, a Middlebury, Va., actuary and annuity expert who operates AnnuityNet.com, a Web site offering services to fee-based financial planners.
Mr. Chalke thinks it's a chicken-and-egg problem. The public doesn't know about the duration matching bond concept so it doesn't demand these investments; financial-services companies don't offer them because there is no demand.
One reason for the lack of demand is that individual investors have had it pounded into their heads that stocks will eventually yield 10.7 percent, if people hold them for a long enough time period.


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Idk what it is with comedy sequels.. they always feel worse than the original. besides a few. I guess because they try and bring back the same successful humor they had in the original but instead of feeling funny it just feels repetitive. This one wasn't bad though. The funniest part was after the end credits.stay for those
Maleficent - 6/10
Personally would not buy or watch again. Definitely made for the kiddies/Disney people. Saw it for A.J. Her acting in this wasn't superior as other movies, but meh. Movie plot spins a different tale than the old lore did. Really could've gone more in-depth but cuts quite a bit of information out (I know movies always do this). There are NO big number where people sing or break out in songs in this one. Little bits of humor here and there.
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They all know Nikki at La Scala, an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills. She is here two or three days a week, always walking in through the kitchen (''like in 'Goodfellas,''' she says), always ordering her usual, a vegetarian chopped salad with extra tomatoes. She's been a vegetarian since childhood, when, she says, she read that Brooke Shields, then a teen-age model, ate no meat.
Today, as always, La Scala's hostess, who is teaching Nikki French, guides her to a coveted booth. Nikki is wearing a magenta nylon half-slip and a white backless top that ties like a halter. As she walks to her booth, she says hello to an overly tanned man that she recognizes. ''You look pretty,'' the man says. Nikki smiles big and curtsies slightly.
Nikki has just come from a screening of ''Liberty Heights,'' a Barry Levinson film set in Baltimore in the 50's. The movie is about the clash between the WASP, Jewish and black communities, as seen through the eyes of a Jewish boy, played by Ben Foster, one of the more serious of the teen-age leading men. Shane West is in ''Liberty Heights,'' playing the cute best friend of the principal WASP, but it is Foster's movie. ''I love Ben,'' Nikki says. ''Last week, we were at a party together singing karaoke. And I love Adrien'' -- Brody, who plays Foster's older brother in the film and was in Spike Lee's ''Summer of Sam.'' ''We are so close! He is best friends with my ex-boyfriend, Alex, who was the guy in that Levi's ad in the elevator. Adrien is so great. He came to my birthday party at Indochine. I wore a black Calvin Klein dress with my hair pulled back. It was really pretty. I was still blond. This hair is so much better. As a brunette, I feel . . . Latin.''
Back when she was a blonde, Nikki auditioned for the role of the goddess WASP in ''Liberty Heights.'' The part went to a Grace Kelly-like model named Carolyn Murphy, who is now considered one to watch. ''It was between her and me,'' Nikki says. ''Sometimes I'll be so close to getting something, and they'll say: 'We love Nikki. Her read was amazing, and she's going to be a huge star, but she doesn't have the right look.' And I'm like, Are you kidding me?'' She pauses. ''Did you think Carolyn Murphy's eyes looked really blue? I think she used those drops from England that make your eyes look superblue.''
The salad arrives, and Nikki digs in. ''It was between me and that girl in 'American Pie,''' Nikki continues. ''You know, the foreign exchange student who takes her clothes off. I would have made them rewrite the part. I don't believe in nudity. I mean, it's one thing if I'm in a David Lynch movie or if I'm working opposite De Niro and Martin Scorsese is directing, but a bubble-gum movie about a bunch of high-school kids -- that's not acting to me. I don't want to be the cute young girl who takes her top off.''
Maybe that is why, like so many young actors and actresses, Nikki is writing a script. ''It's about my ex-boyfriend, a hairdresser,'' Nikki explains between bites. ''It's about sex and love and romance, and right now I'm meeting with writers to find someone who can help me finish it. There's a great part for me.'' She giggles. ''I get to play me!''
This week, Nikki has gone on some general auditions, and this afternoon, she's seeing a producer about an independent, yet-to-be-set-up movie called ''The Meyersons.'' She still hasn't heard back on the part in ''Dawson's Creek,'' but she has met with her acting coach about a role in a short film called ''The Four Faces of God.'' ''I'm still waiting to hear about 'Coyote Ugly,''' she says. ''I'm so close on that.''
I'd read that morning in Daily Variety that an actress named Piper Perabo was cast in ''Coyote Ugly'' in the part of Violet, the aspiring songwriter who works in the bar. When I tentatively mention this to Nikki, she shouts, ''You are kidding!'' She drops her fork and starts searching for her cell phone in her cavernous Prada bag. ''I can't believe this,'' she says. ''I have to call Stephanie. That was my part.''
Nikki can't find her phone -- she's left it in the car -- and she is so upset that she just stares for a while. Then she asks, ''Do you know how old this girl is?''
It is a Saturday night, and Taryn is calling Nikki. ''It's getting to the point where I can't stand to be around her,'' she says as she taps out Nikki's number. Taryn is sitting on the couch in the two-bedroom apartment she shares with Paloma. It's a modern building deep in Hollywood, but they've decorated it with a certain boho flair. The living room is furnished with a big overstuffed purple chair they found in the trash, and an Indian bedspread covers the sofa. Two kittens play in the corner of the room, and there are scented candles everywhere. Taryn, who is wearing bell-bottomed, high-waisted jeans and a yellow T-shirt, bought a 34-inch TV with a check from one of the pilots she did. But the cable isn't hooked up, and they use the set only to watch movies and tapes of ''The Simpsons.''
''Nikki told me to keep in touch, so I'm keeping in touch,'' says Taryn. ''I think Nikki's going to this party at the Playboy mansion tonight.'' Paloma is due home soon from her full-time waitress job at Kings Road Cafe, an actor-writer hangout on Beverly, and Taryn isn't sure what her plans are for the evening. ''But Nikki would never invite me,'' Taryn continues. ''No way.''
She calls, and Nikki tells Taryn that she's staying in, that she doesn't want to go to the Playboy mansion after all.


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Which video calls client do you think is the best, and has compatibility for Ubuntu and Windows 8?
closed as primarily opinion-based by darent, Seth♦ Mar 30 '14 at 22:19
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There is no best answer - you have to find the option it best suits you. We all have different tastes and needs.
If you are looking for an open-source video call client whith runs under Ubuntu and Windows, you can try Jitsi.


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Nanoassembly using atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a promising technique for nanomanufacturing. Most AFM-based nanoassembly schemes are implemented either manually using haptic devices or in an interactive way between the users and the atomic force microscope images. These schemes are time consuming and inefficient. Therefore, the computer-aided design (CAD)-guided automated nanoassembly using AFM is desirable for nanomanufacturing. In this paper, a general framework for CAD-guided automated nanoassembly using AFM is developed. Based on the CAD model of a nanostructure, the manipulation paths for both nanoparticles and nanorods are generated automatically. A local scanning method is developed to compensate for the random drift that may cause the failure of the nanoassembly. The experimental results demonstrate that the developed general framework can be employed to manufacture nanostructures efficiently. The research work opens a door to the CAD-guided automated nanomanufacturing using AFM. Note to Practitioners-Atomic force microscope (AFM)-based nanoassembly will lead to potential breakthroughs in manufacturing new revolutionary industrial products because many potential nanostructures and nanodevices are asymmetric, which cannot be manufactured using self-assembly only. In order to increase the efficiency and accuracy of AFM-based nanoassembly, automated computer-aided-design (CAD)-guided nanoassembly is desirable to manufacture nanostructures and nanodevices. Based on the CAD model, the environment model and the model of the nanoobjects, collision-free paths are generated to control the AFM tip to manipulate nanoobjects. A local scanning method is developed to obtain the actual position of each nanoobject to compensate for the random drift. Since the building materials of nanostructures and nanodevices may include nanoparticles, nanorods, nanowires, nanotubes, etc., automated path planning algorithms are developed for both nanoparticles and nanorods. The experimental results show that the developed general framework can be used to manufacture nanostructures more efficiently.
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