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"I feel like you've set me up for failure."
It was a sentence I heard recently and it got me thinking about viewpoints.
Having discussed this particular learner, who was part of a group being taught navigation skills, with my fellow colleague the question "with whom does the fault lie?" sprung to mind.
Such a dangerous question, I thought!
- Could the fault lie with the learner who, through the course documentation was told that pre-learning was required and, having failing to do any, felt they weren't taught fully during the training?
- Could it lie with the programme structure not being generous enough to offer more time to experiential learning and embed those skills?
- Could it lie with the trainers, feeling they needed to follow the programme exactly, not going with the needs of the groups and just disregard timings?
- Could it lie with the attitude of the learner who was reluctant to engage with the group, ask questions or say when help was needed? Did they feel they just needed to attend to "pass" and no apply a lot of effort?
- Could it lie with both – a trainer/learner clash of personalities/learning styles that didn't suit either?
I find working with adult groups harder than working with young people (but no less enjoyable, just different for a variety of reasons). One of the attendees summed it up almost perfectly I thought: "You know what we [teachers] are like, we have a voice and want to give an opinion. We'll speak over each other to be heard." In my mind, I chuckled. Yes, adults are more likely to come with preconceived ideas and notions, they are more likely to point out your errors and judge you based on presentation – a chaotic, poorly timetabled programme doesn't instill confidence within them – but they have their positives, more insightful input based on their prior experiences, more opinionated input and generally a good laugh; but this is all my perception of the differences between the two age groups…
"I feel like you've set me up for failure."
That sentence though. Ouch.
At the time, it felt like a sledgehammer hitting hard. The trainer and I talked, we tried to find where the fault lay, we reflected on the programme and content delivered, we looked at different avenues… then having slept on it and communicated since… we had made the right decision.
Within the bigger picture of things, you have to justify your decision and this was ensuring the adult is competent and confident enough to safely look after young people outside. This wasn't a 'attend to pass' course; it had a lot of elements that the learner was required to show competency into a skilled and highly qualified trainer. Unfortunately, this person did not show they were competent in some elements and would need more practice.
But that sentence bothers me. It bothers me because when a young person has said similar (and I heard a lot of gripes about teachers when I was supporting within a school) I have tended to disregard it as that young person being unwilling to see themselves as part of the learning process and hold responsibility for their own learning. Here too, the sentence suggests the learner thinks there are not at fault, but the trainers are. Would this have been said had they passed the course? Probably not. BUT, and this is a big BUT for me, I feel I am being narrow-minded in forgiving young people quicker "because they know no better and are still learning" but not necessarily with adults with whom I feel should have had the training, prior experience and knowledge to know when to speak up and say when they aren't learning?
I have to question myself in this; have I had enough experience to spot when learning, in either an adult or young people, isn't happening? It's a tough thought consideration. I feel I am bothered because I have separated the two age groups based on personal opinion and feel that, equally, both have a right to a quality learning experience and both should recognise they are a part of that learning experience, therefore, take some personal responsibility when the outcome is not in their favour… in this instance, the learner is obviously disgruntled at the outcome and is seeking a justification for feeling this, yet, does not openly acknowledge their part in the process.
I have to learn to recognise that not everyone thinks the way I do about learning! I feel the quote "fail to prepare, prepare to fail" is apt in this instance; that might seem remorseless and un-empathic to some, but it's held me in good sted and taught me well when I've failed previously.
At the end of the day, whether the "failing" is on the teaching side, the learning side of both side, it what happens next that is important. I feel a follow-up support plan is always necessary; without offering support and helping them to progress is where I think the true "failing" lies…. and what harm can being told that they need to do additional work to pass do? "Get back on that horse."


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My little Hope and I go down to the boat ramp just to watch the vessels on the water.
I want her to know what real hope looks like. Not just a wish or fancy, but an abiding, unshakeable expectation.
It's peaceful just now, though wind and tide have rocked the boat.
I know of storms raging
family without power
homeless men in the subway
heartache of friends
pressures at work
babies battling cancer
a beloved aunt in her last days
I know of chaos and confusion, weakness and regret.
We should surely sink.
And yet we are held fast.
I read aloud to her the passage from my morning study – shared with a dozen women in a circle huddled over Bibles, in their own storms:
"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf." Heb. 6:19-20
In the stillness I ask her,
"You know what an anchor is, right?"
"Yeah, it keeps the boat from going away."
A pause.
"But Mama, what's our soul?"
"It's like the deepest part inside you. Everything you think and feel and know and makes you you. With God, our souls have an anchor."
"Like the boat."
"Like the boat. Hope keeps our souls from going away."
It's my day off from work and I cherish our time together – we talk and talk and talk and eat McDonalds, bounce around the gym and practice for piano. We pick up a happy Rhema from school. She's had some tough days lately, but when I put her to bed she thrills me unexpectedly with a beautifully clear "night night" and "luh yew" (love you). I seriously kick up my heels as I close her door – no medical report or school evaluation or future fear can steal the joy from the moment. And then the husband refuses to be lazy about me. He fights the weariness and frustrations of the day and all the words unspoken; he finds new ways to connect and I know I am loved.
It's the hope of heaven. It's God's good gifts I'm counting in the wind. All of it, anchoring.


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With the development of smartphones, many apps and games for Christians were developed too. So, if you are looking for an interesting way to learn new things while having fun playing exciting Christian gameplay there is certainly that type of game. Because of that, we've been looking and discovered one great Christian game for you – Anointed: Chronicles of Laftu. Let's see what the game is all about.
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Developed for android and iOS users this adventure game is fun and especially created for Christians. The game is easy to play and offers its players entertaining levels in Christian land with many evil characters for defeating. The players are getting the God's armour for destroying the evil and the game is allied with the affirmation of the Bible that says not to touch the anointed and do no harm. With becoming Laftu the player will defeat the evil.
Why do we love this game?
Anointed as a adventure game offers players to put on the armour of God while becoming Laftu and standing against all evil in the land. On this game, players are using the Shield of Faith and Belt of truth as their equip protective gear for destroying evil and attacking the evil with words from the Bible which are showing as ray of yellow light to summon angels to respond with Firestorm, Thunderstrike and Holeblock boosters. The players can choose many fun ways to play the game as the Target Score, Timed Levels, No misses. Each players can collect many surprises and daily manna offered on different levels on this game. The game's dynamic map allows the players to renew the land to conquer the evil at every corner and option for competing with friends and watching the leader boards.
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Wasting food means wasting money. The value for your money is when you buy food and eat, it all.
The festive season is here with Christmas is just a few days.
Christmas means dining, drinking, having fun an renewing one's commitment to God.
As it's a norm in Uganda, many families are planning to buy or have already bought lots of food and drink for the big day.
But what is worrying is that a lot of food bought to celebrate this day ends up being wasted many times.
Wasting food means wasting money. The value for your money is when you buy food and eat, it all.
Food wastage is not Ugandan problem alone, it is worldwide with an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes, or about one-third of global production, is lost or wasted each year. But families can change this trend and save money.
Dorothy Nabuguzi of Mama's Meal Catering Centres, advises families to buy only food they will finish.
"Foods like meat don't go bad quickly and they are easy to keep. But chicken, fish and others go bad easily. It is better you buy what you can consume and the rest deep freeze it or give it to those who are needy instead of throwing it away," Nabuguzi said.
She says it is better to start planning what to buy, how many people will be eating with. Because this will enable you to buy food that people will eat and finish.
You must buy what you need to buy when you really need it. Or else your money and food is destined for the bin.
Lilian Tusiime, a resident of Mutungo, says she buys a lot of food because she wants to spoil her family.
"Why should I buy little food yet I cannot keep going back to the market. I know some people buy just enough food, but I need to learn how to do that," she says.
It is advisable, to prepare smaller meals and putting the number of people who will consume it in consideration.
Hillary Muhumuza, a resident of Mukunyu, says while growing up, he remembers his family preserving leftovers from Christmas and enjoying them after that, but adds these days, this no longer seems to be the case.
"When food is left over, the next day they throw it away, this all contributes to food wastage," Muhumuza says.
However Nabuguzi says if one handles leftovers well, they can be consumed in the days after Christmas. One has to store the leftovers in a fridge and warm them before eating them.
"The situation is tight now, no food should be put to waste. You can roast your meat to enable it stay longer, deep freeze that chicken, or better cook the food that goes bad so easily," Nabuguzi says.
She cautions families on good food handling.
"Some foods go bad just because of poor handling. Good hygiene is good for food to last longer," she says.
Before buying that food, come up with a shopping list and stick to it to help you avoid impulse buys and save money.
"Having a shopping list is not enough. You need to also know what you will be eating as a family. You must have a menu or else you will just buy food and waste it," Nabuguzi said.
Many families don't know what they are going to cook, know what you're going to cook to save yourself time and effort at the end of a busy day.
"Many people think when you eat the food and finish it all you are not satisfied. That is why they serve them too much food. But I think this can be changed," says Claire Muyera, a housewife from Mukunyu, Kyenjojo.
Being more careful about what food and drinks you buy and how we use it will soon start to add up.
Samuel Mugambya, a teacher in Mutungo, says food wastage does not apply during Christmas alone, but most times including parties, homes and other functions.
"I always see a lot of food being thrown away especially on parties. This needs to change not only on Christmas," he says.
But if you can't eat all the food, give it to those who don't have. According to the 2015 report on the State of Food Insecurity in the World released by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, hunger remains an everyday challenge for ten million Ugandans.


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Brynn has fallen hard for Felicia.
Brynn is ready to find out more about this woman that has captivated her mind and her body, Felicia. Or she thinks she is. Every time they meet, Brynn finds out more about her. And she has to question whether or not this is the lifestyle that she really wants.
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I could almost hear here smiling as she said, "Go to your room. Shut the door. Lock it if you can."
Just hearing that tone in her voice was enough to get me excited. "Yes Mistress."
"Good girl! You learn fast I see. This will be fun then."
I practically ran down the hall and locked myself in my room.
"I'm in my room now Mistress."
"Good. Take off your clothes. All of them. Do you have a mirror? A full length mirror?"
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"And a chair?"
"Yes Mistress."
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Bui, Nicola and Widmer, Joerg (2016) OWL: a Reliable Online Watcher for LTE Control Channel Measurements. In: The 6th Workshop on All Things Cellular: Operations, Applications and Challenges, The 22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2016), 3-7 October 2016, New York, USA.
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Reliable network measurements are a fundamental component of networking research as they enable network analysis, system debugging, performance evaluation and optimization. In particular, decoding the LTE control channel would give access to the full base station traffic at a 1 ms granularity, thus allowing for traffic profiling and accurate measurements. Although a few open-source implementations of LTE are available, they do not provide tools to reliably decoding the LTE control channel and, thus, accessing the scheduling information. In this paper, we present OWL, an Online Watcher for LTE that is able to decode all the resource blocks in more than 99% of the system frames, significantly outperforming existing non-commercial prior de coders. Compared to previous attempts, OWL grounds the decoding procedure on information obtained from the LTE random access mechanism. This makes it possible to run our software on inexpensive hardware coupled with almost any software defined radio capable of sampling the LTE signal with sufficient accuracy.
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I am devastated that Charlie Hunnam will no longer be playing Christain Grey of Fifty Shades fame.
Having totally embraced the idea of the 33 year old Sons of Anarchy star in what will surely be a defining role, I eagerly scan the internet looking for confirmation that a suitable alternative has stepped up to the challenge.
It would appear that a furthur casting announcement is imminent but any plans for a release date of August 2014 now seem unlikly.
Perhaps the whole thing is some sort of seduction ploy by the film makers to indulge fans of a masochistic persuasion, by teasing and tormenting them during the build up much like Grey himself.


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Exploring the Delaware Blockchain Initiative
April 24, 2017
On April 4th, the Mack Institute for Innovation Management and the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative hosted a talk on the Delaware Blockchain Initiative, a joint venture between the State of Delaware and Symbiont—a blockchain technology provider—to develop a suite of programs promoting the use of distributed ledger and smart contract technologies by Delaware-incorporated businesses.
More than 1 million companies are incorporated in Delaware, including half of all publicly traded companies in the US and 65 percent of the Fortune 500. The Initiative will update foundational corporate recordkeeping processes such as share issuances and transfers to eliminate errors, reduce transaction costs, and promote innovation.
Faculty Affiliate Kevin Werbach introduced Caitlin Long, President and Chairman of Symbiont, and Andrea Tinianow, Director of Global Delaware to discuss not only the innovative power of the blockchain for business operations but also its significant implications for financial regulation. Long began her career in law before working on Wall Street for 20 years, most recently at Morgan Stanley, before deciding to pursue her role in a startup. Tinianow began working with corporate development on behalf of the state of Delware before starting Global Delaware. Werbach noted that Delwaware has been "incredibly forward looking in being one of the first states engaged in applying blockchain technology in their business."
"What is a blockchain and how does it relate to bitcoin?" Long asked the audience before simply explaining the system. Satoshi Nakamoto, an individual or group of individuals online, released a white paper putting together technologies that always existed in a new combination, but there is nothing new about Bitcoin. This combination was a "flourishing streamlined thing," that thrived based on the distributed leger. The concept of a GoogleDoc is similar to the concept of a blockchain: multiple parties can work on a leger or registry, can see changes are being made to it, and can see who made these changes in real time. A Bitcoin is a token that tracks balances, whereas the blockchain holds the information and tracking data. Cryptography is used to secure bitcoin in the highest standard of encryption available today. This technology revamps document retention on a large scale, and is a platform for multiple parties to look at data and prove that the data is valid.
"A lot of people think blockchain technology could be big or bigger than the Internet," began Tinianow, before going into more detail on how she began working with Global Delaware. Starting as a Delaware lawyer, Tinianow worked as the Vice President of Business Development for a global corporate services provider before being recruited by the Markell administration. There, she started a new division for the State of Delaware to attract foreign direct investment and develop new strategies to drive revenue to these corporations. "The Blockchain Initiative is really a product of our work in Global Delaware and we started that a little more than two years ago," she said.
Long grew up in Wyoming, and came East to go to law school with Professor Werbach before working on Wall Street for 22 years at Salomon Brothers, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley. She found bitcoin in 2012 and didn't see the application to the mainstream financial industry until she met a company called Ripple in January 2014, a "Bitcoin 2.0" application that found a way to apply the payment technology. Since May 2014, Long had approached her corporate clients with bitcoin and blockchain and gained positive responses. Even the current CEO of Disney asked her to speak at a corporate treasurers' event on emerging topics in financial technology. "These big companies have around 2,000 bank accounts around the world – can you imagine the reconciliation they have to do?" she asked the audience, illustrating the massive impact that blockchain has on freeing up working capital and reducing operational risk in the securities industry.
Long met the co-founder of Symbiont, Mark Smith, in June of 2014, but wasn't ready to leave her day job until she "realized that so much change was going to be coming from this technology and there is going to be a tremendous impact to the financial sector."
Tinianow added her own story of discovering blockchain, noting that her job is to create economic opportunities for the state of Delaware. "When I started working with Global Delaware, I would talk to lawyers all around the world. What I would ask is 'what is a problem that your company is trying to solve that the State of Delaware can help with?'" One of these lawyers came back and said that his clients want to issue shares on a blockchain, and asked if Delaware could amend its laws to permit that. "This was the beginning of what became the Delaware Blockchain Initiative," she said.
Working with her counterparts in the Delaware State Government, Tinianow asked if Delaware should be the home of digital currency. A set of set of amendments making it very clear that you can use blockchain and telling companies how business friendly Delaware is was unnecessary, since the laws already existed allowing this technology to be legally used. Eventually, Tinianow and colleagues wrote a document asserting that Delaware embraces blockchain and is business friendly, then had the governor announce the state's support of the technology formally. Meanwhile, the state had been introduced to Symbiont as the governor sought to use the technology in his own administration. Now, the Delaware Blockchain Initiative has several components: the regulatory underlining, a piece with the public archives group, a corporate shares project and UCC project underway, and very many initiatives still in development.
Long jumped in, adding that "Delaware is the state where the foundational infrastructure of finance happens in the US, which is a strong statement but it's true." She continued, "when Delaware is doing something different, they will have a big impact on the entire corporate industry and Wall Street." When a company is typically incorporated, share issuance happens as a second step. Long argues that this delay complicates transactions, because an incorporated company inherently means that there are shares outstanding. Delaware is working towards digital incorporation, where incorporating on a blockchain means that the issuance of shares and incorporation happen at the same time, with effects that ripple across Wall Street.
In federal securities law, it is hard to keep up with paper issuance. Even with technology, SEC transactions take 3 days to settle since they must travel through many different institutions. How much of the plumbing of the financial services industry is in paper form is "appalling and very shocking" said Long. "It's about time for disruptive technologies." Technology is going to massively simplify and streamline transactions processing and eliminate the "t+3" institutional problem.
Adoption of blockchain will be slow, but eventually "there will be a lot of people moving into the industry very quickly," Tinianow asserted, "other states are going to come on more and more, in a matter of years rather than decades." "Across the vast industry, there is so much that has to get done to adopt it," Long finished before thanking the Mack Institute for Innovation Management and the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative for hosting the event.


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NBA Star Tony Parker plays at the Top of Europe
The NBA star and European Basketball Champion Tony Parker played on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 on the Jungfraujoch. He was faced with a team of Swiss Basket players and demonstrated his speed and agility at 3454 meters above sea level.
For the occasion, a big basketball court of 33.55m by 20.78m was put in place in order for the classic 5X5 game to take place on the Aletsch glacier. Faced with the fresh yet thin air of the mountain, the great athlete did not sway. Tony Parker has earned his reputation as one of the fastest and best players in the world. He was quick to pass the ball to his teammates and passed by his adversaries with agility at the Top of Europe.
After the basketball game Tony Parker took time to answer the media's questions. He said: "I'm always up for new challenges, so when Tissot, my long-term partner suggested I play a match at the Top of Europe I thought it was a great opportunity to do something exceptional. We don't often get to play in such extreme conditions." Over 100 journalists from Asia, Europe, Australia, America and Switzerland were there to witness this exceptional event. A very special guest also took part in the event, Tissot's Swiss Moto2 ambassador Thomas Lüthi.
The fact that Tony Parker, Tissot's ambassador, came to the Jungfraujoch is no coincidence. Tissot and the Jungfrau Railways have a great relationship. Their renewed partnership emphasises their long-standing and successful alliance, which was initiated for the commemoration of the centenary of the construction of the railway's tunnel. Last year, the CEO of Jungfrau Railways, Urs Kessler and Tissot President François Thiébaud took it to the next level by inaugurating the summit attraction " the First Cliff Walk" and a Tissot shop on First, above Grindelwald. President of Tissot, François Thiébaud commented: "We are very proud of our partnerships. It is an honour and great pleasure for us to be able to share the beauty of such an extraordinary place as the Jungfraubahn, with the Swiss Alps and the fresh air of Switzerland with our loyal ambassador Tony Paker, and the talent of our ambassador, with our partner Jungfraubahn. At Tissot we are a big family and we love bringing everyone together, as we have done today."
At the Jungfraujoch, several sports events have already taken place with world famous athletes. The basketball game with NBA star Tony Parker is the tenth edition of the event series. "It is always a challenge to bring internationally renowned Sport personalities to the Aletsch Glacier. We were delighted that our partner Tissot and their ambassador Tony Parker wanted to take part" the CEO of Jungfrau Railways, Urs Kessler said. After the event, he added:"After football, tennis, boxing, cricket and basketball, I can't wait to see what world sport will be the next."
Tony Parker is one of the most successful basketball players in history.He is a French professional basketball player currently with the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Parker has helped the Spurs win four NBA championships in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.Employing his pace and high field goal percentage to great effect, Parker has been named to six NBA All-Star games, three All-NBA Second Teams, and an All-NBA Third Team. Parker was also the star of the French national basketball team until he resigned in 2016.
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Syrian foreign minister said in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel on Monday.
Reconstruction of Syria is a chance for those friends 'who gave us a helping hand in fight against terrorism' in Syria, he said.
Damascus never accepts the assessment and the sum declared by the United Nations for reconstruction of Syria as the organization is under pressure of the US and other western countries, he said.
The UN has declared that reconstruction of Syria requires at least $250 billions.
Time is ripe for the US to confess its defeat in Syria both militarily and politically, he said.
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Moscow, Sept 3, IRNA - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Monday that Russia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, India, Malaysia, China, Brazil and some other countries vowed to help reconstruct Syria.


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Munster and Ireland were given a big boost last night when Marcus Horan returned to action after a lengthy spell of injury.
The loose-head played for 51 minutes in the battle of Limerick arch-rivals Garryowen and Shannon, in this Ulster Bank AIL clash but his side went under to a revitalised Garryowen, who put their poor form behind them.
Declan Cusack had Garryowen in front with penalties after five and 17 minutes.
Shannon suffered a setback when top points kicker Tadhg Bennett had to retire injured after only 10 minutes and they suffered another blow when Kevin Griffin was sin-binned after 28 minutes.
Bennett's replacement Gareth Quinn-McDonagh landed a penalty after 39 minutes and just on half- time Stephen Kelley scored a try to have the visitors 8-6 in front.
However, Garryowen dominated the second half, with tries by Alan Gaughan which Cusack converted and Paul Nevile stormed over for another. Mick Sherry added a third on 62 minutes which Cusack again converted.
Shannon never gave up and a try two minutes from by Les Hogan two minutes from the end was fitting reward for the prop.
Garryowen -- L Bourke; A Gaughan, C Hircock, C Doyle, R O'Mahoney; D Cusack, C Murray; JP Cooney (B McNamara 67), M Sherry, D Lavery; F McKenna, A McCloskey; P Neville, A Kavanagh, D Sherry.
Shannon -- D O'Donovan, L O'Dea, M Lawler, M O'Driscoll, S Kelly; T Bennett (G Quinn-McDonagh 10), P Rowley; M Horan (L Hogan 51), D Casey, K Griffin; D Heffernan, F Walsh; C McMahon, P Butler, D Quinlan.
Ref -- A Lewis (IRFU).
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Dec. 2011 Eclipse Summary
Posted December 10, 2011 by User 1
As predicted, a total lunar eclipse occurred on December 10, 2011 which was visible from eastern Europe, Asia, Australia and the northwestern half of North America. Unlike the last total lunar eclipse visible from the United States (December 21, 2010), most of the country where the eclipse was favorable had excellent weather conditions with only thin cirrus clouds over the West coast allowing for widespread visibility.
On the Danjon scale of lunar eclipse brightness, this eclipse measures around a 3 or 4 with the dimmest being 0 and brightest being 4. A bright yellowish-white rim was observed immediately following the commencement of totality. A hint of turquoise was reported by some observers.
More information on the Danjon scale is available here: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/Danjon.html
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Throwing shade at Donald Trump? Why not.
Jurassic World made it abundantly clear that these new Jurassic Park movies aren't going to stray too far from the iconography, themes, tone and general identity of the prior films, and for the most part that's basically OK.
Whatever your verdict on the fifth entry, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the movie certainly serves up its share of crowd-pleasing nods and references to both its direct predecessor and Steven Spielberg's classic 1993 original.
Though it doesn't lean on nostalgia quite as hard as Jurassic World - mercifully so, some would say - there are still a ton of pointed gags directly recalling the series' best one-liners, characters and set-pieces. Not to mention, an obligatory nod or two at the world around us.
One thing's for sure: fans will need to keep their eyes and ears peeled to catch many of these Easter eggs, and countless more will inevitably reveal themselves when the movie becomes available on home video.
Until then, here's everything we caught the first time...
Star Trek: Ranking Every Starfleet Uniform Worst To Best
10 Most Intense War Movies Ever Made
Harry Potter: The Worst Thing Every Order Of The Phoenix Member Did
Stay at home dad who spends as much time teaching his kids the merits of Martin Scorsese as possible (against the missus' wishes).
General video game, TV and film nut. Occasional sports fan. Full time loon.


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Written by Shannon Leigh
Week 28 was a little slower than the rest of my summer so far and I really enjoyed catching up on some things around the house. I finally got around to sorting through Mister's clothes and baby toys. I am so very grateful to my sister who very generously gave me her boys clothes. I won't have to buy much of anything, which is awesome!
It's funny how different things are with baby #2. It's also funny how GIRLY everything I have is. Luckily the big stuff is gender neutral but all the little stuff is so very not.
I plan on working on blankets/bedding/various other projects over the next few weeks but we don't actually have a nursery since we are currently living in a 2 bedroom place. My nesting bug is being squashed in a big way. C'est la vie. It is what it is, I suppose.
My cheeks are getting much fuller these days which must means we are getting closer to meeting mister. I am so ready to snuggle him in my arms and rub my lips on his perfect head. Oh yeah and I'm ready to not be pregnant any more. We've still got a long time to go!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Week 28
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%Library.Deviceabstract class %Library.Device
The Broadcast class method has two syntactic forms. The first sends a message to the specified terminal, and can optionally time out. The second sends a message to the operator console (specified by the null string), and also logs the message.
Broadcast(terminal,message) passes the message to the specified terminal. If you specify your own principal device, your message appears on your terminal screen.
Broadcast("",message) passes the message to the operator console, logging it in the console log file. By default, the console log file is cconsole.log, which can be accessed via the System Management Portal System Logs option. This default console log file location is configurable. Go to the Management Portal, select [Home] > [System Administration] > [Configuration] > [Additional Settings] > [Advanced Memory]. View and edit the current setting of ConsoleFile. By default this setting is blank, routing console messages to cconsole.log in the MGR directory. If you change this setting, you must restart the system for this change to take effect.
Broadcast does not add any carriage control to the message it sends. To include any carriage control (carriage returns or line feeds), you must include them in the message, using $CHAR(10) and $CHAR(13).
Broadcast returns 1 if successful; 0 if not successful.
The device name of the terminal to which you want to send a message, specified as a quoted string. Specify the null string ("") to send the message to the system console.
The message to send, specified as a quoted string.
when used with named terminal only ? A timeout in seconds. If Broadcast is not able to send the message during the period of the timeout, it ceases attempts to send the message after the timeout expires.
when used with operator console only ? The log level you want to assign to the message.
You can use the following values:
0 = Send the message to the following locations: Operator console log file, Caché console.
1 = Send the message to the following locations: Operator console log file, Caché console, System-wide operator console facility.
The ChangePrincipal() class method makes the current device (last device specified in a USE command) be the principal I/O device (referenceable by USE 0 or USE $PRINCIPAL.) This method makes the current device the principal I/O device, while leaving the former principal I/O device open, and thus capable of being used explicitly by name.
ChangePrincipal() takes no arguments. It returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.
Get and open an INPUT or OUTPUT device.
Input Parameters:
Prompt - Prompt to be displayed
Value - Default value
Help - Array of help text
Flag - From %syPrompt.inc
- $$$DisableBackupCharMask - Disable entry of the backup character
- $$$TrapCtrlCMask - Trap CTRL/C and return CTRL/C status
- $$$EnableQuitCharMask - Enable quit and return Quit status
- $$$DisableHelpCharMask - Disable entry of the help character
- $$$TrapErrorMask - Trap errors and return error status
TimeOut - Timeout for prompt
IOFlag - Mask containing one of the following values
- 1= Get input or output device (Default)
- 2= Get input device
- 4= Get output device
- 8= Open passed in Value without prompting
Output parameters:
Status - One of the following from %syPrompt:
$$$SuccessResponse - Successful entry, Value contains valid open device
$$$BackupResponse - Backup character entered
$$$QuitResponse - Quit character entered if $$$EnableQuitCharMask set
$$$CtrlCResponse - CTRL/C entered if $$$TrapCtrlCMask set
$$$ErrorResponse - Error during entry if $$$TrapErrorMask set
$$$HelpResponse - Help character entered if $$$DisableHelpCharMask set
Value - Open device name
IOSL - Number of lines per screen
IOM - Right margin
IOBS - Backspace character
IOPAR - IO parameters
IOT - Device type
IOST - Expanded device type
ANS - Device typed in by user
RMSDF - Default RMS parameters
IODOC - Spool file name
IODES - Spool file description
Typical usage is as follows: s Status=##Class(%Library.Device).Get("Device:",.Value,,$$$TrapCtrlCMask+$$$EnableQuitCharMask,,IOFlag,.IOSL,.IOM)
i (Status=$$$CtrlCResponse)||(Status=$$$QuitResponse) q
i (Status=$$$BackupResponse) g PreviousPrompt
use Value
w !,"Right margin is "_IOM
w !,"Lines per page is "_IOSL
close Value
Return the Back Space string for the process principal device.
Return the Clear Screen (Form Feed) string for the process principal device.
Get current device info from %IS global.
Get current device info from %IS global and set default FormFeed and Backspace strings for the process based on information in the %IS global.
Return Values:
IO - Device name
SL - Number of screen lines of the device
RM - Right margin of the device
FF - Form feed character of the device
BS - Back space character of the device
SUB - Device subtype
XY - XY cursor positioning string
This method replaces the CURRENT^%IS call.
Return the write mnemonic space routine directory for the current device.
Return the write mnemonic space routine name for the current device.
Return the name of the null device for the platform.
Return a list of printers that the system recognizes.
This method is supported only for Windows platform, for non Windows platform it always returns a null string.
It returns a null string when there is no printer recognized by the system.
Use $LISTLENGTH function to get number of printers in the returned list. Use $LIST function to get each printer name in the list. Note that you need to add "|PRN|" at beginning of each printer name in order to use OPEN command to open the printer device.
Return the read terminator string for the current device.
Does not apply to some devices.
Return the right margin setting for the current device.
This only applies to terminals.
Returns an integer which specifies the type of device.
0 - sequential file
1 - terminal
2 - spool device (device #2)
3 - magnetic tape (device numbers 47-50)
4 - system operator's console (device 1)
5 - pseudo-device (device numbers 20-46)
6 - Null device
7 - spooled virtual console
8 - IJC device (devices 224-255)
9 - TCP device
11 - NetBIOS NTI device
12 - Named Pipe device
13 - Memory-mapped device
14 - XDEV extensible device
The InstalledPrinters() class method returns the number of printers currently installed on your system, counting from 1.
The InstalledPrinters(n) method, where 1 <= n <= InstalledPrinters(), returns the pathname of the printer currently installed on your system that corresponds to n. The system counts printers from 1, and assigns a sequential integer to each. If n is a number that does not correspond to a printer, the system issues a
The ReDirectIO() class method returns the status of the I/O redirection switch for the current device.
The ReDirectIO(n) class method sets the I/O redirection switch for the current device according to the boolean value n. It returns the previous setting of this switch.
The SetFFBS class method specifies the form feed or backspace control code sequence used by printers.
ff : The new value for the form feed control code sequence. If omitted, the system default, as defined for Device 0, is used. May not be omitted if the bs parameter is present.
bs : The new value for the backspace control code sequence. If omitted, the system default, as defined for Device 0, is used.
This function is used to change the form feed and backspace control code sequences.
SetFFBS(ff,bs) sets form feed control sequence to ff and backspace control sequence to bs.
SetFFBS(ff) sets form feed control sequence to ff and backspace control sequence to system default.
SetFFBS() sets the printer form feed and backspace control sequences to system default.


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The Chemical Brothers live show is chaotically stunning
The Chemical Brothers left nothing to the imagination with their mind blowing and beautifully crafted live show. A cacophony of organised chaos, they transport you into an escape from the mundane with a deeply thought out visual experience to capture not only the mood of their songs, but to draw the audience attendee into that mood.
The show at times is so intense, you find it hard to distinguish what is real and what isn't. While their huge vibrant visual projectors filling your senses with state of the art 3D ideas, it distracts you from seeing a sudden tangible object elements entering the show, like an explosion of confetti, or a cannon blast of beach balls into the crowd or giant robots being launched onto the stage. One moment that really got me was a beach ball being launched in the air to mimic a baseball being hit on the visuals. The timing of this moment was impeccable.
The show is filled with all the classics and is totally dance inducing as expected. But with such a fantastically advanced and technology driven performance, I ofter found myself (in a good way) standing with my jaw dropped completely forgetting to dance at all. It goes without saying, this was hands down the single most impressive life electronic visual performance I've ever seen aside from Daft Punk's 2007 show, which was ahead of the times, at the time.
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Using EMFParser to view windows EMF file (Enhanced Meta File) in many ways, View the EMF picture itself; View the EMF file header; View the EMF file records in HEX mode; View the EMF file records in GDI-Call mode. I think EMFParser is easy enough to be used, so that there is no online help provided. One outstanding feature I want to mention You can view the EMF picture in slow-motion. Try the scroll-bar in The EMF tab to experience this feature. Furthermore, using Filter tab, you can selective execute the GDI calls in the EMF file.
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How many of you spent a large part of your childhood years playing outdoors...or going on field trips during the school day?
"It's hard to overstate how much good nature does for our well-being: Study after study documents the psychological and physical benefits of connecting with nature. People who are more connected with nature are happier, feel more vital, and have more meaning in their lives.
Even in small doses, nature is a potent elixir: When their hospital room had flowers and foliage, post-surgery patients needed less painkillers and reported less fatigue. And merely looking at pictures of nature does speed up mental restoration and improves cognitive functioning.
These studies, along with hundreds of others, all point to the same conclusion: We stand to benefit tremendously from nurturing a strong connection with nature. Yet our connection to nature seems more tenuous than ever today—a time when our children can name more Pokémon characters than wildlife species." (From: "How Modern Life Became Disconnected from Nature."
There is so much research now about the benefits of nature for all of us, but especially for youth. Many people now refer to it as Vitamin N for Nature. This Huffington Post article discusses the issue of Nature Deficit disorder and how students are affected.
Why Children Need Nature
(If you cannot see the video below on your device, click here).
One organization based in Santa Barbara County (and supported by Rotary) is called NatureTrack Foundation. It's purpose is to foster a lifelong fascination with nature through outdoor field trips.
NatureTrack Foundation's mission is to instill students with the leadership skills, attitudes, and habits for lifelong learning, and inspire them to be respectful stewards of our natural world. The not-for-profit, NatureTrack, advocates the educational approach of noted author and educator David Sobel which fosters a child's love of the earth while also developing a child's academic and social competence. David Sobel's most recent book "Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities" offers scientific and anecdotal evidence that placed-based education is successfully meeting, and in many cases, surpassing the various standards and mandates that are increasingly a part of educational reform in the United States.
Specially trained naturalists who enjoy sharing their knowledge and love of the outdoors with students lead NatureTrack adventures. Students learn the wonder of what is in their own "backyard" by hiking on local trails, spending time in oak woodlands, chaparral, grasslands, coastal sage scrub and other regional ecosystems. Children revel in identifying flora and fauna, learning about ecosystems, classifying rocks, listening to nature - piping birds, babbling brooks, scampering bunnies, reptiles rustling in the brush - and so much more. This all occurs while NatureTrack leaders relate their inquiries and discoveries to the appropriate curriculum, all the while letting nature be the teacher. NatureTrack strives to inspire each student to be curious about the natural world and let nature lead the way. "In order to create a society that truly reveres the natural world, we must offer its citizens life-changing experiences in nature."
-Joseph Cornell, author of multiple books, including "Sharing Nature with Children" is considered one of the most highly regarded nature educators in the world today.
Founder, Sue Eisaguirre along with a team of active board members ("trackers"), bring over 30 years of experience in leading, teaching, and inspiring our youth. The team has decades of entrepreneurial experience for both profit and not-for-profit. All have a profound love of our environment.
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About Nature Track
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On a personal note, I have volunteered with this organization and have heard from children that live in the area that have never been to the beach or trails Nature Track field trips include.
Here are some photos from recent trips.
Kids building habitats at the beach.
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Mortal Kombat Leaked
I'm almost convinced that there is an mole in the industry. There has been too many games leaked lately and it doesn't show any sign of stopping. First it was Crysis 2, then Dragon Age, now it's NeatherRealm Studios' upcoming gory fighter Mortal Kombat. At least this time, it's an actual retail copy and not pirated.
A few weeks back the character roster screen was supposedly leaked. There was still some hesitation to take the screenshot as true like most "leaks" but this was too nicely polished to be just a generic fake.
The current leak confirms that the roster was true and we even have video to prove it. Hip Hop Gamer discovered the leak and it has the internet buzzing with excitement and disappointment.
This means that Youtube will now be filled with gameplay and spoilers that many patient gamers will not want to see. The video we have below shows the menus, some move lists, and a full match.
There are retailers around that sell their games early, but this is too early. The game is set to release on April 19th and this guy has it almost 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
The person who made the video also has other copies of the game as well that he's selling to those who PM him though his Youtube channel.
Here's the video below.


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A great MongoDB experience starts with great tools.
The Drivers team builds the libraries and tools that developers use day-to-day working with MongoDB. Our mission is to increase developer adoption, satisfaction and retention by providing a reliable, enjoyable interface for developers and other end-users.
For this role, we're looking for someone who enjoys designing, writing, and supporting Open Source libraries and standalone tools for developers and administrators using MongoDB.
You might be right for this role if you...
- Have substantial, demonstrable experience writing high-quality software
- Have used Go before or would love to learn it and use it in your day-to-day work
- Are fascinated with concurrency, parallelism and distributed systems
- Want to participate in Open Source software development and communities
- Communicate well, internally and externally, both in writing and face-to-face
- Are excited by our mission and values
You'll be on a team responsible for...
- The MongoDB Go Driver, currently under active development
- The command line utilities that ship with the MongoDB server, including performance optimizations as our customers deal with ever-larger data sets
- The mongomirror tool, a utility for migrating data from an existing MongoDB replica set to MongoDB Atlas (our cloud Database-as-a-Service)
- Testing, delivering and supporting the above list across multiple operating systems and versions of MongoDB
You'll have responsibilities beyond just code, including...
- Working with our Product and Server teams on designs and specifications for new customer-facing MongoDB features
- Investigating bugs and support requests from commercial and Open Source customers for the libraries and tools our team maintains
- Seeking out speaking or writing opportunities to evangelize to developer communities
Success in this role means...
- Within three months, you'll know most of the codebase you are responsible for and will be contributing effectively day-to-day fixing bugs, implementing already-planned features and doing peer code-review
- Within six months, you'll have implemented several major, planned new features in the driver or tools; you'll be able to respond effectively to technical support escalations for the codebases you know best; you'll have the trust of the team and our internal customers
- Within a year, you'll have delivered several new releases of our software, will have significantly improved the quality, performance and maintainability of our codebase, and will be able to independently scope and design new features of moderate complexity
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Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act
Passed during the 2013 legislative session, the Literacy-Based Promotion Act places an emphasis on grade-level reading skills, particularly as students' progress through grades K-3. Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, a student scoring at the lowest achievement level in reading on the established state-wide assessment for 3rd grade will not be promoted to 4th grade unless the student qualifies for a good cause exemption.
Mississippi Succeeds Report Cards
The Mississippi Statewide Accountability System is a single "A" through "F" school and district accountability system. Grades are based on student achievement, student growth, student participation in testing, and other academic measures. Every school and district has an overall accountability grade and score. The data include assessment, teacher, and environment data that gives an overview of school performance with the ability to link to more detailed data. For more information visit http://msrc.mdek12.org/
District Level Report Card 2018-2019
District Level Report Card 2018-2019 Printable Version
Laurel High School Report Card 2018-2019
Laurel Magnet School of the Arts Report Card 2018-2019
Laurel Middle School Report Card 2018-2019
Laurel Upper Elementary School Report Card 2018-2019
(data shown is the previous year's K-5th grade configuration)
Mason Elementary School Report Card 2018-2019
Mississippi Assessment Program
The Mississippi Assessment Program (MAP) is designed to measure student achievement on the Mississippi College-and Career-Readiness Standards (MS CCRS) for English Language Arts and Mathematics and to provide valid and reliable results to guide instruction through data driven instruction. The MAP will assess students in grades 3-8 in English Language Arts and Mathematics, Algebra I, and English II. To view data prior to 2017-2018 school year at the implimentation of the Mississippi Succeeds Report Cards, click the following link: http://reports.mde.k12.ms.us


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Twenty20 Beef Club 'is anti-competitive' and 'restrictive' – TDs claim
Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine have hit out at the Glanbia/Kepak Twenty20 Beef Club for being "anti-competitive" and "restrictive".
Speaking during a sitting of the committee yesterday, Tuesday, May 14, TDs – including: Fianna Fáil's Jackie Cahill; Sinn Féin's Martin Kenny; and Labour's Willie Penrose – also voiced intentions to raise their concerns about the programme with the Irish competition authority at an upcoming meeting.
The 'club', announced last month, will involve the rearing and finishing of calves – originating from Glanbia suppliers' dairy herds – under a guaranteed-pricing model in a Kepak slaughtering facility.
All inputs such as: fertiliser; nutrition (feed, milk replacer, crunch, etc.); and animal heath products (with the exception of prescription-controlled antibiotics) must be purchased from Glanbia.
Representatives from both Glanbia and Kepak were present at yesterday's meeting where they defended the programme.
'Closed-loop concept'
Fianna Fáil's Jackie Cahill told yesterday's proceedings that he "was not happy with what is being done here".
He went on to point out that while it was evident there was a number of initiatives within the programme that were welcomed by many people in the sector, the overall concept of a "closed-loop system" – is "anti-competitive".
This programme is anti-competitive; it is a very slippery slope for farmers to go down.
"We need to know more about the club's pricing structure and the bonus payments. Also, do Friesian cattle qualify for bonus and what is the base price for finished cattle?" he asked.
Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture deputy Martin Kenny pointed out that while it was "very apparent" that the beef sector was "in a lot of trouble", the closed-loop system within the Twenty20 Beef Club Programme required "further examination".
"One of the problems being put forward with the programme is that farmers think there is a possibility of getting a bonus and obtaining money upfront – that is attractive," he continued.
But what about the farmers that are worried about moving away from the notion that they haven't got the freedom to bring their imports from where they want themselves?
"They haven't got the freedom either to sell to whoever they want to themselves – and all because they are tied so restrictively with the programme."
Kenny went on to say that it was his belief that the programme could not work long term and that it was not the solution that was needed within the sector.
"It is not the solution to the problems we have in the beef industry at the moment."
Deputy Willie Penrose, Labour spokesperson on agriculture, rowed in with his concerns surrounding the programme – which he also intends to raise with the competition authority when it appears before the committee in a few weeks' time.
This will provide the opportunity to explore whether or not the programme stands up to scrutiny as an anti-competitive practice.
"Maybe then all our worries on this will be dispelled," he said.
Meanwhile, Martin Ryan, head of beef at Glanbia, said that itself and Kepak had come together on the programme in an effort to "develop a solution" that would "bring certainty" for farm families involved in the production of beef.
For consumers the Twenty20 Beef Club will provide a secure and predictable supply of high-quality beef with unrivaled input, traceability and provenance through the attributes of a closed-loop supply chain.
He continued: "The closed-loop assurance includes nutritional products, non-prescription animal health products and fertiliser, sourced and supplied by Glanbia Ireland.
"From a consumer perspective this provides absolute traceability around key inputs and is the genesis of our ability to pay a very significant 'Club Premium'."
Ryan went on to say that the first year of the programme is a pilot phase during which 6,000 calves will be enrolled on GI and Kepak supplier farms throughout the Republic of Ireland.
"The Twenty20 Beef Club was developed to bring greater certainty and predictability to beef production for all stakeholders in the industry and we believe that it delivers a new model for calf-to-beef production; guarantees a market for members' cattle; provides a predictable and guaranteed pricing structure; is a production blueprint based on leading-edge technical advice; is a model to deliver a reduction in environmental impact while increasing output; and is a product for which the consumer will be happy to pay a premium."
'Inclusion for all'
Following on from that, Mick O'Dowd, agri-business development manager at Kepak, said the Twenty20 Beef Club was open to dairy farmers, beef finishers and to suckler farmers rearing dairy calves from the Glanbia herd.
Meanwhile, speaking to AgriLand, Pat O'Keeffe, farmer relations, Glanbia clarified that Friesian cattle did qualify for the programme, and that, the base price is the Average Quoted Price (AQP) of all processors in the Republic of Ireland for that week.
"The Twenty20 Beef Club is an entirely voluntary programme but it offers the certainty of a market for steers and heifers and a range of bonus payments for animals that meet the criteria," he concluded.
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84% of people perceive online reviews to be as trustworthy as in-person recommendations, according to Inc. As a result, in a world where people share every detail that they find online, any review concerning your business can easily spread like wildfire. Once a person tells a friend about your business, the chances are that they will tell someone else.
What happens if the information being circulated online is wrong? What if a malicious competitor tries to soil your brand's identity? With online brand monitoring, identifying such simple issues can be quite easy.
Here is why online brand monitoring matters:
Reputation Management
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Responding to negative reviews will easily help you incorporate changes into your services that will improve customer satisfaction rates as well as right any wrong perception of your brand. Responding to positive reviews, on the flip side, will help customers recognize your presence. In the case of malicious intent in the form of reviews, working with businesses that provide online brand protection services can help you circumvent any case of defamation.
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If your brand is flourishing, people will talk about it online. The more visibility you have on your brand's engagement rates, the easier it will be to identify the ROI of your marketing strategies. Sadly, most people will not tag a company directly when talking about it on social media.
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Q: I'm using the Cheetah SPI Host Adapter to send slave select commands across the SPI bus. I referred to your API examples, but I seem to be missing something. The commands I entered:
ch_spi_queue_ss (cheetah,0x00);
ch_spi_queue_ss (cheetah,0x07);
ch_spi_queue_ss (cheetah,0x00);
After executing the commands, I don't see any changes on the port. Please advise.
Thanks for your question! ch_spi_queue_ss does control SS (slave select) signals, but to execute the command queue it needs to be "batched". Commands are accumulated in a queue until a call is made to batch shift all of the queued commands. Also, to make sure only the commands you need are executed, the command queue should cleared before running the desired commands.
Following is an example of an SPI transaction:
- Call ch_spi_queue_clear to clear the command queue.
- Call ch_spi_queue_oe to add a command to the queue to enable the Cheetah device's outputs on the SPI bus.
- Call ch_spi_queue_ss to add a command to the queue to enable the slave select signal.
- Call ch_spi_queue_byte and ch_spi_queue_array to queue data send across the SPI bus.
- Call ch_spi_queue_ss to queue a command to disable the slave select signal.
- If you prefer to disable the outputs of the Cheetah SPI Host Adapter, you can instead call ch_spi_queue_oe for the command queue.
- Call ch_spi_batch_shift to send the queued commands across the SPI bus.
- The command queue is not cleared after it has been executed. This allows the same queue to be repeatedly executed times without re-queuing the commands. To clear a queue, ch_spi_queue_clear must be called.
- Only after you perform ch_spi_batch_shift command, the accumulated commands (including SS enable command and SS disable command) are sent across the SPI bus. You can then see the SPI signals (SS, MISO, MOSI, SCLK) toggle according to the accumulated commands.
For more information about using API functions, please refer to section 5 of the Cheetah SPI Host Adapter User Manual.
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... until both kids are back in school.
To be fair, they've been good. They mostly stay out of my hair and ask for very little. However, their play room is my work room, and it has been wrecking my concentration.
I've had to explain to them and my husband, time and time again, that even if they're perfectly quiet and just stay at their computer, their presence takes up a certain amount of my brain space because I'm waiting to be interrupted. Also, I can no longer wander around the house and talk to myself, because they think I'm talking to them, and it starts this whole discussion of "No, I'm not crazy, it's called self-talk, take a CogSci course, okay?"
Next summer, I think I'm going to strong arm Mr. Cunning into sharing more of the load so I can get out of the house more.


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Your week's assortment:
The War On Trump: A dyspeptic take from a reality-struck observer. (Article)
India: Update (Article) Will the attempt to replace cash with electrons disintegrate the economy?
A mysterious reappearance: A ship that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle 100 years ago has reappeared, in Cuba. (Report)
Libya: Is this airbase attack with 141 killed the start of civil war between the two governments struggling to rebuild the country? (Article)
Overpriced fuel is feeding Pentagon corruption? (Report)
Syria: Russian and U.S. troops are now nose to nose; will someone blink? (Report) (Or are these rehearsals for a war neither can afford?)
The Democratic National Committee leaker's mystery death grows murkier as the media tiptoes around it. (Article) (None so blind as they who will not see …)
The culture: Mom left her car running in the parking lot late at night with her six year old sleeping in back; 3 teens stole the car, shooting the boy to death. (Report)
The Last Circus: "The Greatest Show On Earth," Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey's historic and quintessential American circus gave its final performance after 146 years of entertaining the rubes. (Report)
Science: Researchers are beginning to identify specific genes that relate to human intelligence. (Report)
More Science: Wi Fi can be used to photograph people through walls? (Report)
The cats are roiling a California neighborhood by entering a private garden where two nuns trap, remove and relocate them for trespassing. (Report) (Holy catnappers!)
Trade: Boeing wants government to prevent price competition from Canada's Bombardier.(Report) (Keeping air travel prices in the sky)
The culture: Three Mississippi people were arrested for sex in public. (Three …)
Trump's Middle East Speech was acclaimed for its forthright assignment of responsibility for Islamic terrorism directly to Muslim nations and for the power of his performance. (Report) (But the U.S. media didn't seem to notice)
California health care: To become universal will cost twice the present entire state budget? (Article)
The culture: Fiat Chrysler joined Volkswagen as a target of U.S. government charges of fraudulent pollution control. (Report) GM is accused, too. (Report)
New York's free college tuition is expected to threaten small, private colleges. (Report) (Threatens state taxpayers, too?)
Internet censorship will be forced onto social media firs by the European Union? (Report)
ISIS is morphing into internet marketing? (Article) (Recruiting nutcases to act on their own is cheaper and easier and safer and more efficient and, and….)
The culture: A man in clown makeup killed another man with a bladed glove. (Report) (Our grandparents used to lock them up)
Clarifying our changing politics (and economic reality) (Article) (Worth five star rating)
The culture: How change is proceeding (Article)
The corruption: Bail outs are now an industry? (Article)
Farmers need government permission to plow their fields? (Report)
The Left's latest solution to reality: "Basic Income" is replacement of economics with magic. (Article)
A Trump wanna-be on the left? Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is pushing "universal basic income" plus a new social contract. (And his politics are ahead of his economics …)
The culture: Its Confederate flags taken down, a Civil War museum will close? (Report) (Political correctness erases history)
A homing pigeon was caught smuggling 170 ecstasy pills. (Report) (A squab-ble in the war on drugs)
Deporting illegals: Obama actually outdeported Trump? (Article)
Science: Dad's brains respond differently to daughters than to sons? (Report) (We've suspected that)
Chicago: 7 dead, 31 wounded in weekend shootings.
A naked Florida man was arrested while running near an elementary school. (Report)
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Code Poet, Swordsman, Eternal Wanderer
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Email: james AT jameshollingshead DOT com
Saturday, September 09, 2006
While looking at Coding Horror this evening, I ran across his latest article in which he outlines the requirements for Windows Vista RC1.
This is probably the first time to date that I have ever uttered this on my blog (and only one of about a half dozen times at all) – OMGWTFBBQ??!!
(The really weird this is that spell check does not object to that… it red flags "blog" but OMGWTFBBQ is, apparently, alright. That's just funny.)
15 gigs of hard drive space??? MINIMUM??!!!
512 RAM just to boot it up with 1GB recommended?
Good grief.
I'd never be able to run it on the laptop that I use for day to day tasks (2.4Ghz processor, 512ram, 40GB HD split 30/10 between Windows and Linux). That's just sad.
I have a fully functioning Linux environment (including network, coding, and office utilities) running in less than 8GB of hard drive space (part of the 10 is taken up with swap and profiles) and my Windows install with all of the tools that I use on a regular basis (compilers, office programs, email, etc etc etc. Even a few games) only takes up about 15GB total.
That's windows, 3rd party programs, and everything (not including the portion of my CD collection that I keep ripped on my computer). For Vista, that would just cover Windows and then I'd have to add in everything else.
That's just excessive. I mean, I realize that Windows Vista is going to be a little more resource intense – XP was designed for systems that were made six years ago, but still. That's one heck of a jump.
From what I've been reading so far, Vista isn't really even that much of a step up from XP. It's mostly just eye candy and yet more applications that I probably won't use. They started carving off the really interesting parts of the package as they slipped further and further behind.
I just can't see myself using Vista unless it comes on a new computer that I buy and even then, I might just end up getting another license for XP because of the resource requirements.
I've been hearing similar things from a lot of people.
Current mood: tired
Current music: Echo and the Bunnymen – All in your Mind
1 comment:
- Karyl said...
I've heard about that. If it gets to the point that XP gets too outdated for me to be able to use anything properly on it, I'll switch to Linux before Vista.... and I don't know the first thing about Linux.
Hell I'll go back to Macintosh before I switch to Vista... and I'm not even sure it can run some of the programs I've become accustomed to.
Even I don't have a freaking gig of RAM. And the fact that it actually requires 128MB video memory.... dude, that's the MINUMUM that SECOND LIFE can run on, and you've seen watching me what a resource hog that thing is. I know I'm not tech savvy, but why should an operating system alone require that much video RAM?
Somehow I can see this going the way of... what was it, windows ME? The one that maybe 3 people in the known universe actually use that they replaced within like a year?
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Gas heater is most effective once the gas flow is controlled and measures a stable pace so make certain that the system includes a pressure regulator installed. This helps your heater work nicely, but it'll also preserve your gas consumption.
They may be even used outdoors as patio heating units. A gas patio heater is definitely an especially sensible choice somewhere which has reasonably listed gas and for those who have a gas line for their home already. Just, make sure to safeguard your patio heater correctly.
Issues of safety using gas heating units:
– Only use gas heating units which are current with all of safety rules and therefore are licensed with a across the country recognized certifying
– Teaching your loved ones proper fire safety factors are very important
Make certain that security features will work correctly like thermo valves, thermostat
– Don't leave gas heating units unwatched
– Make certain that kids furniture, curtains, toys, pets, have been in safe distance from the gas heater
– Some gas heating units have deadly carbon monoxide sensors also provide an oxygen reduction alarm which will seem when the oxygen level drops.
When selecting which kind of unit to set up, you need to bear in mind the entire sq footage from the place to be warmed. If you are looking at whole home comfort, you may want to think about a full system. Prior to choosing your brand-new heater you have to choose how it will likely be used. If you are planning for doing things every single day, you would like to be certain to purchase one that will handle every single day usage, however if you simply only plan for doing things only every now and then, like monthly, then you do not need anything costly or durable.
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If you're not sure what prayer to pray today on this most awesome of days, follow the example of the Good Thief. His is the only prayer recorded during the Crucifixion.
Lord, remember me when you come into Your kingdom.
If you're not sure what prayer to pray today on this most awesome of days, follow the example of the Good Thief. His is the only prayer recorded during the Crucifixion.
Lord, remember me when you come into Your kingdom.
"…a smile is often the best mortification." (St. Josemaría Escrivá)
"The appropriate word you left unsaid; the joke you didn't tell; the cheerful smile for those who bother you; that silence when you're unjustly accused; your kind conversation with people you find boring and tactless; the daily effort to overlook one irritating detail or another in those who live with you…this, with perseverance, is indeed solid interior mortification." (St. Josemaría Escrivá)
An excellent Holy Week suggestion from Fr. Peter John Cameron (editor of Magnificat):
One way to approach Holy Week to live it like no other of the year is to unite yourself with one of the holy people who accompany Jesus in his Passion. So perhaps you might identify with one of the disciples sent to prepare the Upper Room, looking at everything in your life in the light of the Eucharist . . . or the woman who anoints Jesus in Bethany, begging for the grace of special compassion . . . or Simon Peter, weeping with true repentance over your sins . . . or Simon of Cyrene, eager to take up Christ's cross no matter how it may appear . . . or the Good Thief, bursting with hope that Jesus wants us to be with him in paradise . . . or John, daring to remain with Jesus on Calvary and accepting the gift of Mary to be our Mother . . . or the centurion, letting our profession of faith transform our life for ever: This man is the Son of God!
And for those of you who are walking your own way of the Cross, my advice is that you approach Holy Week pondering how Jesus is accompanying you in your passion, helping you to carry your cross, washing your feet and kissing them . . .
Is Lent about reaching a greater level of perfection? Read on.
It does not matter what level of perfection you reach. What others think or don't think of how much you does not matter, not does your judgment of yourself. All that matters if that mercy has taken you for ever, for the very origin of your existence. Mercy called you to love, because mercy loved you.
Holiness means always affirming–before everything else, in everything else–the embrace of the Father, the merciful, pitying movement of Christ, his gesture, that is he himself, independent of everything that stirs and has the appearance of life in us. . . .
We must become more and more aware of God's covenant with us, of life as God's involvement with us, and therefore of the absolute and unmistakable importance of the irrational influence of our outbursts, of our projects.
Nothingness, destruction, exile is the life proper to the world, especially our life, without this covenant, which remains in me even in the destruction and in the desolation caused by my wicked heart. Grace holds fast because God leads me to discover what he is and to understand that from my destruction he makes something new bud forth–an identification with him and the Father.
(Servant of God Luigi Giussani)
If you're like me, one of the things that you battle–especially during a season like Lent–is discouragement. You just keep failing at whatever. Fr. Jacques Philippe, as always, has something encouraging to say, something doable.
The real spiritual battle, rather than the pursuit of invincibility or some other absolute infallibility beyond our capacity, consists principally in learning, without becoming too discouraged, to accept falling occasionally and not to lose our peace of heart if we should happen to do so lamentably, not to become excessively sad regarding our defeats and to know how to rebound from our falls to an even higher level. This is always possible, but on the condition that we not panic and that we continue to maintain our peace.
One could, then, with reason, enunciate this principle: The first goal of spiritual combat, that toward which our efforts must above all else be directed, is not to always obtain a victory (over our temptations, our weaknesses, etc.), rather it is to learn to maintain peace of heart under all circumstances, even in the case of defeat. It is only in this way that we can pursue the other goal, which is the elimination of our failures, our faults, our imperfections and sins. This is ultimately the victory that we must want and desire, knowing, however, that it is not by our own strength that we will obtain it and, therefore, not pretending that we can obtain it immediately. It is uniquely the grace of God that will obtain the victory for us, whose grace will be the more efficacious and rapid, the more we place maintaining our interior peace and sense of confident abandonment in the hands of our Father in heaven.
Alone I weep, and lost, in hurt and pain.
My dreams seem shattered; mind's lamp flickers low.
I blame myself, but how am I to blame?
No grand design to build, nowhere to go.
The world turns its uncaring eye away.
I live or die: 'twill not be written much;
And as the sleepless night brings troubled day,
I long for crumbs of comfort, human touch.
Yet soon is Easter, and my thoughts now turn
To One Who, palm-applauded, still rode on:
His face set flint, as all His love did burn:
A cross awaiting, for God's only Son.
And as my tears descend, as winter rain,
I know Love lives, and I shall love again.
David John, Oxford, England.