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- From: David A. Lee <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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- To: "Norman Walsh" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, "XProc Dev" <email@example.com>
Thanks ! Quote NW: --- Ah. I think you're mistaken there. The base URI infoset property records the "URI used to retrieve the entity" per section 5.1 of RFC 2396. ---- This was my missing mis-understanding. Thanks. Which leads to another question which I don't expect an answer (but would love to have one)... What technology exists which preserves all required infoset properties, and could be used as the implementation of the "pipe" in xproc ? I've thought about StaX which I believe calabash uses (some of?) but I've discovered and you've commented its not good enough ... (looses the base URI's ... ) I believe an *early intent* of the spec was that text serialization *could* be used by an implementation ... but I've yet to figure out a text serialization that preserves the base URI's without adding extra attributes (which is in violation of the spec). I suppose magic attributes could be added to the "internal serialized format" that are then stripped out by the processor between steps. I did some research on "Binary XML" but I don't think the spec is quite mature enough yet but I could be wrong ... Clearly a totally in-memory structure (such as DOM or saxon Tree's) could be made to work. And there are various proprietary things (I think some of Oracle's streaming API's might work ... but I haven't really dug into those). It probably comes down to "roll your own". Other suggestions are very much welcome ! Right now in xmlsh I use text serialization as a stream, but I've never really liked that and intend to change it (although I have to preserve it as an option for other reasons, xmlsh streams can also be pure text, not xml). Finally to your last point: Quote NW: --------------- If your implementation doesn't expand entities, I think you could argue that you pass that test if the results you give are consistent with unexpanded entities. -------------- This would lead me to think that perhaps a more complex (yuck) test format is necessary. One that allows for implementation allowed variances. I'm not going to push hard for this one case, but I suspect more will arise where test cases are coded with implicit assumptions that in fact are not the only allowed result. Ultimately this will have to be addressed as there need be an "objective" determination of what "passes a test". I could provide my own test suite with my own output that I claim are "passes" but who knows ... who decides if my interpretation of "pass" is actually correct ? -David ----------------------------------------------------------- David A. Lee email@example.com http://www.calldei.com http://www.xmlsh.org
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Facebook announced today its plans to buy the "mobile messaging company" WhatsApp for $12 billion in stock, $4 billion in cash, and an extra $3 billion in restricted stock units for employees as the cherry on top. That's a lot of money — way more than the $1 billion Mark Zuckerberg spent on Instagram and $3 billion he offered for Snapchat — and the total has many Americans reacting with a puzzled head tilt. That's because WhatsApp, which counts 450 million users, 70 percent of whom use it every day according to Facebook's acquisition press release, is a monster abroad, across Asia, Latin America, and Europe, where it functions as a cheaper alternative to text messaging.
Last summer, 150 million users ago, the data company Onavo found that WhatsApp had the highest reach of all messaging apps in most major countries, but not the U.S. Here, Facebook Messenger managed to edge it out, but didn't even come close in Europe or Latin America:
"I think messaging is the actual killer app in mobile," said Onavo's CEO, who analyzed the data. "It's not social, it's not photography, it's not video, it's messaging. It's the number one thing everyone does with their phone — even my mom." (Moms, as we know, love Facebook, too.)
Founded in Mountain View, California, by Jan Koum and Brian Acton, the company still counts just 55 employees and has focused on staying true to its no-frills approach, according to its proud investors:
Jan keeps a note from Brian taped to his desk that reads "No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!" It serves as a daily reminder of their commitment to stay focused on building a pure messaging experience.
This discipline is reflected in WhatsApp's unconventional approach to business. After one year of free use, the service costs $1 per year — with no SMS charges. This can save users trapped in expensive data plans up to $150 per year.
"WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community," said Zuckerberg in his announcement. "Facebook Messenger is widely used for chatting with your Facebook friends, and WhatsApp for communicating with all of your contacts and small groups of people. Since WhatsApp and Messenger serve such different and important uses, we will continue investing in both and making them each great products for everyone."
He doesn't mention how he plans to make money off of it — "Remember, when advertising is involved you the user are the product," Koum has written — but in the current tech climate, that part comes much later, if at all.

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\As we have discussed, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is the least popular commissioner in the history of the NFL . . . for good reason. Of course, the mere fact that fans boo Goodell where ever he appears from the NFL draft to a funeral, the owners do not care because they relish the very things that Goodell stands for like putting profits over any concern for the health of players or the interests of fans. Goodell has been widely denounced for his alleged covering up of the dangers of concussions until there was no way to avoid addressing the serious medical problem facing players. He is also responsible for contracts that routinely ripped off fans like his recurring contracts with DishTV that requires fans to hand over their cable contracts at ridiculous prices if they want to watch their teams play (a contract denounced by consumer advocates). Then he was widely criticized for his own obscene salary, shaking down artists, and corrupt contracts and demands from cities who might want to host the Superbowl. In other words, he is the last person on this planet (with the possible exception of Kim Jong-un) who should be holding forth on healthy living tips. Nevertheless, Goodell declared this week that, even in states where marijuana use is legal, he will continue to ban it because it is not a healthy choice for players. He said that he is willing to study the possible medical benefits of pot.
Goodell stated on the Mike & Mike show that
"I think you still have to look at a lot of aspects of marijuana use. Is it something that can be negative to the health of our players? Listen, you're ingesting smoke, so that's not usually a very positive thing that people would say. It does have addictive nature. There are a lot of compounds in marijuana that may not be healthy for the players long-term. All of those things have to be considered. And it's not as simple as someone just wants to feel better after a game. We really want to help our players in that circumstance but I want to make sure that the negative consequences aren't something that is something that we'll be held accountable for some years down the road."
Somehow the guy accused of covering up concussion dangers seems a tad out of place wringing his hands about possible "negative consequences" to pot and the danger of being "held accountable for some years down the road." One solution is to make them all NFL commissioners where there is apparently no danger of being held accountable for anything.
The position of the NFL is an interesting one. It has never barred the use of alcohol for "someone [who] just wants to feel better after a game." So there is no problem for Peyton Manning saying that he needs a Bud Light after the Superbowl. Of course, Manning lives in Colorado where pot is legal and could have said that he was looking forward to a joint and some munchies. The NFL has not said that pot (any more than alcohol) is a danger to players. Thus, it is currently barring the use of pot in states like Colorado based on Goodell's view of healthy living.
I admittedly follow a libertarian view on such issues. If pot is legal in Colorado or other states, I am not sure of the basis for the NFL to ban it unless it can show a nexus to sports injury (that are different from alcohol). There is no indication that pot improves performance. Indeed, it may diminish performance so there is not a concern of "enhancement."
Of course, Attorney General Jeff Sessions appears to have a fixation on marijuana and it is still not clear if the Trump Administration is going to attack a multi-billion dollar industry that is funneling hundreds of millions of dollars into states like Colorado. Assuming that there is no danger found for players, do you think that the NFL should be able to ban the use of a lawful substance in states like Colorado.


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As the chair-elect of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, I believe it is important to correct misconceptions and misstatements made by the head of the Florida Chamber regarding Florida's workers' compensation system and the attorneys who represent injured Floridians.
In a recent column, Mark Wilson and the Chamber suggest the workers' compensation rate increase approved by Florida's new Insurance Commissioner benefits only "billboard trial lawyers."
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The commissioner approved a ridiculous 14.5 percent increase in workers' comp rates. It could have been worse — the insurance industry tried to stick businesses with an increase one-third higher.
The insurance industry blames the rate increase on the Florida Supreme Court's recent Castellanos decision, which threw out unconstitutional caps on attorney fees.
But NCCI, the rating arm of the insurance industry, has acknowledged the court decision has very little direct impact on rates.
The bulk of what the insurance industry sought in a rate increase was, by NCCI's own admission, related to the fact that injured Floridians who retain attorneys receive more in benefits than workers who do not retain counsel.
Yet the decision in Castellanos did not increase the pool of benefits available to injured Floridians. What legal representation does is hold an insurance company's feet to the fire. It forces them to comply with the law and provide injured workers medical care and lost wage benefits that are already due — the same benefits that profit-first insurers routinely deny to injured workers who are not represented by an attorney.
Wilson and the Chamber would have Florida return to the system enacted in 2003. While the reforms enacted that year generated rate reductions, let's not pretend these reforms did anything to assure injured Floridians would receive prompt medical care or lost wage benefits.
The exact opposite happened.
Let's also not pretend that the caps on attorney fees adopted in 2003 were reasonable. The Chamber supported the Florida Legislature removing the word "reasonable" from the fee statute in 2009. Finally, let's not pretend that attorneys accept workers' compensation cases to "hit the jackpot" on fee awards; employers and insurance carriers who furnish the benefits due under the statute NEVER pay attorneys' fees — and even when they wrongfully deny benefits, the statute gives them a 30-day safe harbor to provide the benefits and still avoid paying attorney fees.
The Chamber points out correctly that the attorney who represented Mr. Castellanos ultimately earned a fee many times the value of the benefits the carrier refused to provide.
That begs the question of why the insurance company denied him the benefits in the first place — and why they then fought so hard to avoid providing the benefits.
Insurance executives may not understand, but an $800 benefit means everything to a family that lives from paycheck to paycheck.
When premium rates fell more than 60 percent following the 2003 reforms, the Chamber advocated legislation that now allows insurance companies to keep "excess profits" instead of returning those profits to Florida businesses.
Catering to the insurance industry that is one of its biggest funding sources, the Chamber opposes insurance reform that would help businesses across the state by creating competition among carriers on rates and allowing businesses a choice on workers' compensation rates.
Rather than work toward a comprehensive solution, the Florida Chamber chooses to simply demonize attorneys. If the Chamber were truly interested in the welfare of injured workers and in assuring that these workers receive access to quality care and the court system, it would not deny them the opportunity to hire attorneys at reasonable fees.
What Florida needs is fair and balanced reform — not knee-jerk "reform" that plays on stereotypes of attorneys while taking advantage of the very workers who help businesses succeed.
Paul M. Anderson serves as chair-elect of the Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section.


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10 Free Reading Libraries for Your Academic Papers
When submitting academic papers, it is crucial to double-check that you have used only credible academic sources to support your claims and arguments. Actually, there is a wide range of databases and libraries where you can search for peer-reviewed journals, books, articles, etc. However, many of them happen to cost really a lot of money that now every student can afford. The fantastic news is that there is a perfect solution to the problem: there are numerous free websites and libraries where you can extract or read online credible sources needed for your paper. You can find those sources on your own, but in this article, we have decided to share just some free sources where you can get reading resources.
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I've been on Facebook for many years now, but have never mentioned that account here. I enjoy being able to share photos, obviously, and Flickr includes many beautiful gurls who do not allow sharing with Blogger. As a result, I'm now more active on Facebook than ever before.
Most of my small number of Facebook friends are professional gurls. However, if you're a loyal reader of this blog, perhaps you'd be interesting in looking at my Facebook timeline too.
This is not my face, but Nina is one of my lovely Facebook Friends:
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Cooling off period
14 April 2012, a photo by Rachel Oliver on Flickr.
What to wear to beat the heat? Obviously, something that makes you look hot!
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Cheer camp is exhausting
P8162233A, a photo by Amber Sometimes on Flickr.
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by Derrick
(Tucson, AZ)
I met a young Russian woman from Moscow a couple of months ago. We have met and talked on Skype several times, so she is definitely real. She is attractive but not drop dead gorgeous. She wants to come and visit me but wants me to pay for all expenses. She explains that she hired a travel agency that will accommodate all our needs, arrange for visa and flight. But she says she signed a contract and must pay the money in a certain date.
I took a photo of her and uploaded on a face recognition site and it came up that she was indeed a scammer, which she completely denies. The money is due and I have received e-mails from the agency saying that if the money is not paid, she will be in a lot of trouble with the law and all her possessions will be sold to pay the bill. I also tried to find this agency and could not find a listing for it. I really like this girl, but I am also many years older than her. Also she is never available on weekends and can only come on Skype after 10 pm Russian time. The money she wants is quite large, but she seems real and genuine. I thought it might be a scam, but I have seen her on Skype. Am I being scammed?
Bob's Answer:
Yes, it's a scam! I'm sure you didn't expect a different answer.
I really am always open to special cases, but in this case every single thing says Russian dating scam! OK, the part about her showing up on Skype isn't the most scammy, but the rest of it is.
Remember, scams don't ALL work EXACTLY the same.
But ANY time some Russian/Ukrainian woman wants to come visit you, and she supposedly has some agency that can arrange all her travel, but they require payment, it's a scam.
First, no one can guarantee her a visa.
And all this due date stuff, and trouble with the law... ALL FICTION, I DO guarantee that.
Read my whole section on Scams (left menu bar). Just read that page and every page it links to.
Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Russian Scams QA.


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"Understanding Natural Gas and LNG Options" Handbook
Electricity drives opportunity in the modern world. Industrial activity and critical infrastructure from telecommunications to transportation rely on electricity – access to reliable and affordable energy is essential to virtually every aspect of our increasingly dynamic and interconnected world. At present, however, about two-thirds of citizens in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity.
The Power Africa Initiative, started in 2013 and reinforced by the Electrify Africa Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 2016, addresses this challenge by bringing together the thoughts and expertise of technical and legal experts, the private sector, and governments from around the world in partnership to build human capacity and promote projects that will bring electric power to millions of people in Africa, as well as promoting jobs and economic growth in the U.S. and Africa and encouraging investment from international partners in Africa and globally.
Natural gas development and uses are important components of a clean energy future and could enable public entities and private companies to generate more power from abundant indigenous resources or from imported gas (in the form of LNG or pipeline gas) – building deeper and broader gas markets for the benefit of all. For those countries with resource potential, developing LNG can provide clean fuels for generating electricity, producing industry feedstocks, and fueling industries while also generating badly needed revenue from exports of gas as LNG. LNG trade can also promote growth through participation in regional and global markets and from related investments in LNG importing countries.
With these challenges and opportunities in mind, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Offices of International Affairs and Fossil Energy with assistance from the U.S. Energy Association and funding from USAID/Power Africa created an LNG handbook, "Understanding Natural Gas and LNG Options". This is the third volume in Power Africa's "Understanding Series" of handbooks, outlining best practices for developing energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
This handbook focuses on the factors that exporting or importing nations on the continent need to consider when making decisions about natural gas development in general and more specifically the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects related to the export and import of LNG. These natural gas projects are necessary to monetize resource development, expand access to energy resources, promote investment in Africa with foreign partners, and promote intra and extra-regional gas trade.
Power Africa is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy to help build human capacity in the region to realize - and accelerate – natural gas development and import projects. This handbook is intended to inform decision-makers considering options to develop or import natural gas resources. We hope this handbook will help decision makers develop LNG export and import projects in Africa.
In preparation for drafting this handbook, DOE sponsored a series of workshops with African government counterparts and private sector LNG experts including industry experts in project development and management, operations, law, and finance. These workshops identified broad factors that promote successful LNG projects and also identified a network of interested experts, some of whom were able to join us as authors of the handbook, and others who were unable to join, but whose insights were valuable to the success of our effort.
A diverse group of global experts created this handbook that we hope can help to create a shared understanding between government officials and companies of technical, commercial, and economic factors that will spur investment in Africa. This handbook focuses on key factors for assessing LNG projects while also touching on commercial models, infrastructure models, and the outlook for LNG markets and emerging regional trade opportunities. The handbook does not promote any specific business model, but rather is a reference document that we hope will help to facilitate better communication between partners considering projects.
The group of experts, all whom contributed their time on a pro-bono basis, included contributors from governments, development banks, consultants, academics, and international oil companies.
The goal of this handbook is to provide the reader with insight not only into those issues that matter most to them, but also a glimpse into the perspectives and motivations of other stakeholders. Such insight can help parties reach agreement and limit delays resulting from misunderstandings and adversarial positions.
The current version of the handbook can be downloaded here.
DOE's Offices of International Affairs and Fossil Energy are exploring replicating and expanding the Handbook for other emerging Natural Gas and LNG markets. The first edition of a Global Handbook without tailored regional content is currently available at "Global LNG Fundamentals".
For our French speaking partners, Power Africa recently facilitated a translation of the original LNG Handbook which can now be downloaded from the following link - "Comprehension Options du gaz naturel et du GNL".
You can also download the slides outlining the thought process that emerged from our series of workshops here.


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I am 67 yrs old. I was casted for first 10 years, and at age 13 and 18, I had an achilles lengthening and planters release surgery (failures). At age 34, I had a radical osteotomy (failed).
Until age 34 and my radical osteotomy, I was able to jog, walk, shop and wear 2" heels. I did have handicap parking because many times, my ankle would swell up and I could not walk any distance.
Even after the osteotomy, I was able to hike and exercise. However, after five months of strenuous daily hiking up hills, my ankle gave out on the mountain. I had no more cartilage in my ankle. I was lucky that my husband was with me that day – he had to carry me home.
Since then, I have tried everything from bee stings, prolo therapy, and platelet therapy to my ankle. Massages, acupuncture, gait treatment, yoga – nothing has helped.
Twenty years ago, my lower back gave out. Don't know why, but it was probably due to my leg length discrepancy – the constant "up and down movement of my left leg" puts so much stress on the back. They call it a "facet syndrome". I had prolo therapy and that seemed to help.
More recently, my right hip hurts most of the time. I saw the best hip doctor in LA – and he said my hip pain is also due to the 2 ½" leg length discrepancy (constant up and down movement) from the. But, he did not suggest surgery to relieve the constant pain there.
I have seen a doctor in Long Beach who strongly urged me to have a leg lengthening surgery. That was rejected immediately – my husband explained the pain and that I was not a young person and would not heal as well, etc.
I saw the top ankle replacement doc in Oakland (also in New York and LA), and they all say I am not a candidate because I needed to have had a normal ankle that was injured.. The NY specialist warned me that the downside risk of a failed ankle replacement is amputation – therefore, if I was ready for amputation, then, I could try an ankle replacement..
About 10 or so years ago, I started using a cane in everyday life, and a wheelchair as needed. I now use a walker everywhere, and am limited to a few steps.
I am now mostly bedridden – I am seeing surgeons who all recommend a fusion. They don't know on the extent of the fusion. One well trained doctor at Cedars wants to fuse the ankle at 90', and move my tibia and fibula back an inch.
I don't think that will work for many reasons – first, I haven't walked with a 90" for 30 years. Secondly, I don't have an adult shaped heel. It is tiny, and I doubt it can hold the weight if he moves my leg bones backwards. Thirdly, why would I change my entire gait at age 67?
After reading these blogs, I am so scared about a fusion. It looks like it won't help me, and only cause a lot of pain, and additional future pain in different places.
Your advice?


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Campanello (2011)¶
Our current house came with a doorbell based on the wonderful technology of the 1980s. Rather than something old fashioned like solenoids and chimes, it was solid state complete with a terrible recording of real chimes. I imagine it also allowed you to select from some other horrible recordings, although they were unlikely to be more bearable than a simple two note chime. The other truly bizarre thing about this doorbell was that it was wireless and hence battery powered. This despite the fact that both the button and the ringer were covering up live wires. From the time we moved in, this proved to be much more trouble than it was worth, since the doorbell rarely rang when you pressed the button. Having previously lived in a house with an extremely simple and pleasant sounding doorbell, we set out looking for a better alternative.
Uninspired by any of the options we could find locally, the doorbell sat semi-broken for many years. At some point our daughter came home with a simple resonator bell from a music class she took at preschool. Like most of our kids' toys, I probably played with it more than she did, and thought it would make an excellent doorbell. My idea was to emphasize the fact that it was made from kids toys, making the mechanism completely obvious to a three year old.
Starting with the inspiration of kids toys, I found a cheap set of eight resonator bells for about $25. At the time, I was worried that this was kind of expensive, since the bells by themselves cost about as much as a simple doorbell. On the other hand, with eight bells, I figured I could make something a lot cooler than a simple two tone chime, so I wasn't too worried about it.
- Kids Resonator Bells. Rhythm Band RB2130.
The cheap bell set I bought came with two plastic mallets. They produced a very loud and pleasant tone. Unfortunately I wan't able to buy the same mallets independent of the bells. I even went so far as to call the retailer and the manufacturer and while they both thought they knew which mallets would match, neither set did. I ended up making my own mallets out of wood. They are a little less bright sounding than the stock mallets, but they're easy to make and much better than any of the other options I found.
Wooden ball ¾". I found some at a local craft store, but they can be found in bulk online, including a hole already drilled for the dowel. Woodworks RB4000.
¼" wooden dowels, about 12" each. Again, these are easy to find locally. Woodworks BD9250.
The most complicated part of the whole project was figuring out how to get the mallets to strike the bells. I originally bought some cheap surplus solenoids. They had a couple of problems. First they were pull based solenoids, so they would require a lever based design. They also didn't have any built in springs, so I would need to engineer some mechanism to return them to their rest position. More critically, the solenoid made a large clacking sound every time it was triggered. I spent some time trying to mitigate all these problems, but in the end the solenoids were too hard for me to use. Any small variance in the spacing of the components would drastically change the timing of the mallet striking the bell.
In the end, I was inspired by the Solar Xylophone in Make Volume 12. The Solar Xylophone uses geared pager motors in almost exactly the same application I was trying to produce. These motors had several things going for them. First, they were small and clearly didn't require a lot of power. They also included an arm with a spring that returns the arm back to a neutral position after they're turned off. The biggest thing I was concerned about was how hard it would be to adjust them to be consistent across all the bells. In the Solar Xylophone application, there is lots of hand tuning to get the balace of the mallets just right. In the end, the motors worked out perfectly. I was able to find a configuration that was relatively easy to replicate without hand tuning. The variance I did end up with was easy to fix in software, and would be easy to eliminate with better manufacturing techniques.
- Geared pager motors, one for each bell (8). Solarbotics GM10.
Going back to the original goal, I wanted to find a mounting strategy that made the entire mechanism easy to see, while sounding nice. Since I wanted to mount this to a wall, I figured I would mount everything on a piece of plywood. I built several prototypes to test out the placement of all the components. The first big decision was to mount the bells upside down. This made it easy for the kids to see the mallets hitting the bells even when the whole thing was mounted above their heads. It also made it a lot easier to get the mallet to hit the bell without damping the tone. With the mallets moving down, the motors would need to let the mallets fall and then pick them up fast enough to prevent the heads from sitting on the bar. With the mallets moving up, the motor only has to turn on long enough to launch the mallet and then get out of the way. In this case only the amount of time the motor is on needs to be adjusted. This works out because the motors move extremely fast, and the spring is powerful enough to get the arm out of the way.
The only problem with the motors was that at $10 a piece, they were going to propel this project way past the point of being comparable to a doorbell I could buy commercially. Given how well they worked, I was clearly going to have to get over the cost and see this project as a fun project, rather than a simple, functional object!
The one remaining issue was how to attach the mallets to the plywood. One option was to just drill a hole through the mallet and drive a nail into the board. My biggest concern with this idea was that the nail would loosen up over time. The other problem was that thin, long nails were all finish nails, with a head just barely larger than the rest of the nail. I didn't think this would do a very good job of keeping the mallet positioned correctly. It seemed like I needed some way to mount a screw perpendicular to the board and hinge the mallet to the screw.
I tried lots of different pieces of hardware to act as a hinge, from pieces of wire to cable hangers. Nothing I could find would both keep the mallet straight and not bind up with the screw. I had a basic design in mind, but I couldn't find any commercial solution that matched that design. Given that I had given up trying to make this a cheap project, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to play with 3D printing.
I designed a simple hinge in OpenSCAD and had it printed by Shapeways. For about $25 I got 10 copies of a simple hinge made that worked exactly the way I wanted (shipped from the Netherlands, no less).
When I first started working on this project, I was mostly concerned about how to do the electronics. The most relevant thing I found was a project by Andrew Kilpatrick with almost the same inspiration: creating a doorbell that actually sounded pleasant. A short description of the project can be found under Door Chimes, although there used to be a longer description available as well. The key insight was to use a Darlington transistor array.
Another problem I had was dealing with motor noise. To reduce power, I put the microcontroller to sleep when not playing and wake up using a pin change interrupt on the doorbell pin. When the motors are running off the same power supply as the micro, this causes a lot of spurious interrupts as the doorbell is playing a song. The simple solution was to use completely separate power sources for the motors and the microcontroller. The BEAM Robotics Wiki has a good page on reducing motor noise which lists some alternative solutions.
The orignal design was prototyped using a Diavolino and a breadboard which was balanced on top of the mounting board. Since I had already made an effort to put the mechanical side of the doorbell on display, I decided the electronics needed a nicer finish as well. In the end I had two prototype boards manufactured using Laen's PCB Order. The first board is hidden downstairs in the basement and basically takes a serial input as well as a 5V power supply and converts it into a RJ45 plug. This is then connected to a Cat 5 cable which runs upstairs to the actual doorbell. The upstairs board is basically an Arduino clone, derived from the Diavolino schematics. The serial link is connected to a Linux server which allows me to update the doorbell software from my laptop, and to trigger songs using a very simple web server.
The main feature of the software is playing the songs. Songs are stored as a list of two byte tuples. The first byte is a bitmask of which notes to play. Since there are exactly eight chimes, there is one bit per chime. The second byte indiciates the delay before the next note, in milliseconds. For delays longer than 255 milliseconds, another pair with an empty note bitmask can be used to add additional delay. The list of pairs is terminated with a pair of 0 values.
The following is an example of a scale.
const unsigned char scale_song[] PROGMEM =
{128, 255,
0, 245,
64, 255,
0, 245,
32, 255,
0, 245,
16, 255,
0, 245,
8, 255,
0, 245,
4, 255,
0, 245,
2, 255,
0, 245,
1, 0,
0, 0};
PROGMEM directive keeps the data in ROM and prevents it from being loaded into RAM.
Songs are decoded and played using the
play_song function.
play_song(const unsigned char *s) {
unsigned char notes;
unsigned char pause;
while (1) {
notes = pgm_read_byte(s);
pause = pgm_read_byte(s);
//Serial.println(notes, BIN);
//Serial.println(pause, DEC);
if (notes == 0 && pause == 0) {
Serial.println("All done!");
play_note(notes, pause);
The main point here is that the
pgm_read_byte function takes care of reading the data from program memory, rather than reading from RAM.
The main work is carried out by the
play_note code:
// Masks to specify which pins we're controlling on which ports.
// Conveniently we can just mask the song bits without any math.
const unsigned char portc_mask = 0x3F;
const unsigned char portd_mask = 0xC0;
play_note(unsigned char notes, unsigned char pause) {
unsigned char portc;
unsigned char portd;
unsigned long wait;
portc = notes & portc_mask;
portd = notes & portd_mask;
PORTC |= portc;
PORTD |= portd;
// Mechanical spacing isn't constant, adjust motor on times.
// XXX Abstract this out.
bitClear(PORTC, 5);
PORTC &= ~portc_mask;
PORTD &= ~portd_mask;
// XXX wait = next - millis();
if (pause > 40) {
wait = pause - 40; // XXX
//Serial.print("Waiting: ");
There are a couple of things going on here. The first is that the output pins are mapped such that we're using the first six pins from the ATMega328P Port C, which corresponds to analog inputs 0-5 on an Arduino. The other two pins are the last two pins from Port D, which correspond to digital pins 6 and 7 on the Arduino. What this means in practice is that the note bitmask just needs to be split into two parts and then written directly to the port registers.
The other issue is a software fix to the fact that one of the mallets is significantly closer to the chime than the others. The solution is to turn off the motor for this one chime earlier than the others. This prevents the mallet from being pressed into the chime and damping it. This fix is currently hard coded into the code rather than being abstracted as a more general purpose solution.
All the source files for this project including the circuit board designs, the Arduino source code as well as the simple web interface are available on GitHub.


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The first-ever bitcoin future jumped after it began trading Sunday as the increasingly popular virtual currency made its debut on a major U.S. exchange.
The futures contract that expires in January surged more than $3,000 to $18,580 eight hours after trading launched on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. The contract opened at $15,000, according to data from the CBOE.
The CBOE futures don't involve actual bitcoin. They're securities that will track the price of bitcoin on Gemini, one of the larger bitcoin exchanges.
The start of trading at 5 p.m. CST overwhelmed the CBOE website. "Due to heavy traffic on our website, visitors to www.cboe.com may find that it is performing slower than usual and may at times be temporarily unavailable," the exchange said in a statement. But it said the trading in the futures had not been disrupted.
MORE: Millions of dollars may have been stolen in bitcoin hack
Another large futures exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, will start trading its own futures on Dec. 18 but will use a composite of several bitcoin prices across a handful of exchanges.
The price of a bitcoin has soared since beginning the year below $1,000, hitting a peak of more than $16,858 Dec. 7 on the bitcoin exchange Coindesk. As of 1:15 a.m. CST, it was at $16,733.49 on Coindesk.
Futures are a type of contract in which a buyer and a seller agree on a price for a particular item to be delivered on a certain date in the future, hence the name. Futures are available for nearly every type of security but are most famously used in commodities such as wheat, soy, gold, oil, cocoa and, as dramatized in the Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd movie "Trading Places," concentrated frozen orange juice.
The futures signal greater mainstream acceptance of bitcoin but also open up bitcoin to additional market forces. The futures will allow investors to bet that bitcoin's price will go down – a practice known as shorting – which currently is very difficult to do.
There have been other attempts to bring bitcoin investing into the mainstream. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, twin brothers who own large amounts of bitcoin, tried to create an exchange-traded fund based on bitcoin, but federal regulators denied their application.
How much actual investor interest there will be in these bitcoin futures is still up in the air. Many larger Wall Street brokerages and clearinghouses, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, are either not allowing customers to trade bitcoin futures or only allowing select clients to do so. Other brokerages are putting restrictions on the amount of margin a trader can use in bitcoin futures, or putting limits on the amount that can be purchased.
The digital currency has had more than its fair share of critics on Wall Street. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has called bitcoin "a fraud." Thomas Peterffy, chairman of the broker-dealer Interactive Brokers Group, expressed deep concerns about the trading of bitcoin futures last month, saying "there is no fundamental basis for valuation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and they may assume any price from one day to the next."
MORE: Tech stocks and bitcoin go wild – in opposite directions
Peterffy noted that if bitcoin futures were trading at that time, under the CBOE's rules those futures likely would experience repeated trading halts because 10 percent or 20 percent moves in bitcoin prices have not been unusual in recent months.
Bitcoin is the world's most popular virtual currency. Such currencies are not tied to a bank or government and allow users to spend money anonymously. They are basically lines of computer code that are digitally signed each time they are traded.
A debate is raging on the merits of such currencies. Some say they serve merely to facilitate money laundering and illicit, anonymous payments. Others say they can be helpful methods of payment, such as in crisis situations where national currencies have collapsed.
Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong contributed to this report.


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I had to avoid a long title because the actual topic is even longer:
How to add Genesis custom post type archive settings when you used a plugin to create the CPT(s).
In this case, the site is using Types and was used to create four CPTs, kill the default taxonomies, and create categories specific to each CPT. There is no way in the plugin to add support for
genesis-cpt-archives-settings so there was no Archive Settings item in the CPT.
Between a support topic for the plugin and my own fixes, I was able to create a solution for my client site, so I share it with you.
add_action('init', 'cpt_archive_custom_init');
function cpt_archive_custom_init() {
//Construct an array of Post Types
$types = array('type1', 'type2', 'type3', 'type4',);
//Do a foreach (run the action over each single result of the above array)
foreach ( $types as $type ) {
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There is a genuine student loan crisis happening in the United States. Many millennials going to college take out tens of thousands of dollars' worth of loans, and they are generally unable to pay them off. The federal government has attempted to reduce this hardship through student loan forgiveness programs and caps on interest accrual.
Bankruptcy is the process by which a court discharges certain debts. It is a great way for people inundated with medical or credit card debt to find relief. However, bankruptcy typically does not discharge student loan debts because those fall into a different category.
Is it possible?
Technically, it is possible for bankruptcy to eliminate student loan debt. However, the court must first find that paying off the student loans would cause an undue hardship on the individual. This can be an extremely difficult process to pass, and most college graduates will not qualify. A judge will look at your circumstances and apply the Brunner test.
The Brunner test is a system used to determine if the person would have undue hardship paying off the loans normally. The person in debt must show he or she and all dependents will be unable to maintain a basic standard of living with the debt looming overhead. The person must show these repayments have created an undue hardship. The person must also show he or she has made payments on the loans over the years.
Are there other options?
Most people do not pass the Brunner test. Instead, they make small payments on their student loans, so it does not necessarily create an undue hardship for a lot of graduates. However, if you want to try to discharge student loan debt, then you can look into loan forgiveness programs. If you believe that you pay too much each month on your loans, then you can try to set up an income-driven repayment plan.


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Get Your Feet Wet
Audio Samples
Click on any of the audio samples of Vocal Technique's singing lessons below to hear for yourself!
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The Lesson Series
The lesson series are progressive and the singer will find favorites in every lesson. Like all muscle development, you need variety to keep things moving forward.
A collection of 10 exercises with variations, introducing the singer to the different types of muscle movements that make up this technique. Although some of the exercises get more complicated in the following lessons, no one out grows the need for the basics heard in Lesson 1.
10 more exercises with some more difficult and lengthy variations. As with Lesson 1, these fundamental movements and themes are a part of any singers foundation, and you'll find favorites in all the lessons.
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At least 10 more exercises (and variations) with an emphasis on agility and syncopation designed to get better better breath control for 'high movement' singing and riffing. If you're already feeling loose and juicy, you're ready for lesson 3.
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More variations on the principle themes heard in the previous lessons.
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Lesson 5 is an actual lesson from my client Jennifer G. All newly inspired variations, I asked for a copy and sure enough it ended up in tact as Lesson 5. Enjoy!!
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Specialty Lessons
The specialty series are for special needs for certain voices.
The more singing experience you have, the more you will get out of these lessons.
In other words, dance classes of all levels start with many of the same exercises/movements. Now, there is a world of difference between how a seven year old girl and Mikhail Baryshnikov execute the movement, BUT a demi-plié is a demi-plié ….know what I mean??
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Monthly Archive for: 'May, 2012'
Visual Identity, Branding, and Integrated Marketing Resources
In the process of doing some research for a project, I came across some great resources on visual identity, branding, and integrated marketing in higher education.
- Three Perspectives on Branding in Higher Education (University of Colorado – Boulder)
- A President's Primer on Branding (Stamats, PDF)
Some particularly good brand manuals that cover visual identity, branding, and positioning.
Cornell University
Brand Book (PDF)
North Carolina State University
Brand Book (PDF)
University of North Carolina – Asheville
Brand Manual (PDF)
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Visual Identity & Brand Book (PDF) – includes signage
Although not specifically focused on higher education, I found this PowerPoint particularly well done.
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What is Content Strategy?
I recently read a UX Magazine article entitled Content Strategy and UX: A Modern Love Story. If you aren't familiar with content strategy it offers a great introduction.
Content strategy "plans for the creation, delivery, and governance of useful, usable content," according to Kristina Halvorson, author of Content Strategy for the Web.
When you think about content strategy you need to consider all forms of digital content — text, photos, audio, and video (not to mention audience, messaging, voice, and tone) — and multi-platform — print, Web, mobile, syndicated content, and social media.
Content strategy is also about alignment of offline communication and marketing goals, strategic plans, messaging and brand guidelines, and other institutional priorities with your digital presence. Your offline and online strategy need to work in tandem to meet business goals (your Core Strategy).
Given the often highly distributed nature of website management in higher education, content strategy is much needed and a major challenge to implement (but it can be done with a lot of forethought and commitment from senior leaders and content contributors). It's easy to do at the front end of a redesign project when you are thinking through strategy, messaging, themes, voice/tone, IA, and user experience, but it typically breaks down when sites are opened up to content contributors more focused on departmental objectives than institutional content goals. Hence the importance of workflow and governance.
The UX Magazine article really drives home the importance of thinking through your site's content components (the substance and structure of your content) and the people components (workflow and governance).
Additional Resources
- Content Strategy and UX: A Modern Love Story (UX Magazine)
- The Discipline of Content Strategy (A List Apart article)
- The Elements of Content Strategy (Book by Erin Kissane, 2010)
- Content Strategy for the Web (Book by Kristina Halvorson, 2012)


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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Becoming one with the herd
43 comments:
OMG ... those pictures are way too funny!!! I am so glad that a good time was had by ALL!!ReplyDelete
HA!! Lucy and the boys were also haveing a great laugh too eh!ReplyDelete
Theresa in Alberta
- C in WI3/16/11, 5:16 AM
I think Danni needs a cap with long ears on it!ReplyDelete
Lucy looks like she can't believe what she is seeing! :)
ok that was FUNNY!!!!!!! the look on the burros faces is priceless they are certian she has lost it LOL or maybe found it LOL...ReplyDelete
Looks like Lucy has her owm thoughts about that evening, and she is not saying a word...but you certainly know what she is thinking! LolReplyDelete
Absolutely smiling from ear to ear here. :DReplyDelete
I stop by every morning simply to get my morning smile. This one made me grin. Who knew that donkeys could be so expressive?ReplyDelete
Love how Lucy is looking at Danni while she rolls. "Hey Ma, this is a strange human here." :) I love it.ReplyDelete
- Nancy in NC3/16/11, 6:36 AM
What a fun set of shots! Carson, I don't know how you always manage to catch the best!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/16/11, 6:50 AM
What a blast! I would so be laughing too!ReplyDelete
This is hilarious! Danni - you really do have an affect on these guys and gal. I look at Lucy's face as she is wondering "Whaaaat??" Too funny!ReplyDelete
Love the laughter!ReplyDelete
Once again you've started my day with a smile AND GIGGLE. I bet you'll be sad to see Danni go, after all she was quite an addition to the herd. ha ha ha!ReplyDelete
OMG!!!! TOO FUNNY!ReplyDelete
- Rosanne3/16/11, 7:29 AM
Hilarious set of photos! I love how George looks at Danni as she is about to roll...and when Alan looks like he's laughing at her. What a fun time!ReplyDelete
Smiling here also. That look from Lucy is great.ReplyDelete
Alan's laugh in the last two photos says it all!ReplyDelete
The photos are fantastic! I'm glad Danni came to visit because now I have a third animal blog to visit every morning.ReplyDelete
- Carol3/16/11, 8:00 AM
One word "Priceless" Thanks gang!!ReplyDelete
Oh I LIKE her :) She's fun!!ReplyDelete
The pics really capture the fun and silliness that you all were apparently enjoying - how fun!! Lucy just kinda looks like she is thinking "they are all nuts!"ReplyDelete
Okay. I admit, I've never seen that before. Definitely way up there on the silliness scale.ReplyDelete
Fabulous! Love the look(s) on Lucy's face. And Danni's at the end, too. :DReplyDelete
I've really enjoyed seeing Patrick's story on all three of y'all's blogs. Might have to schedule a sight-seeing trip to NM sometime...maybe one of those "Homes of the Stars" tours...
thank you for the HUGE SMILE on my face! utterly and totally delightful!ReplyDelete
I'm smiling too!!! Thanks to all 3 of you, (you, Danni and Justina) for letting us in on this latest adventure. We'll have to get a daily dose of Patrick now as well as Danni's animals and yours :)ReplyDelete
That series of photos is priceless. The look on the burros faces as they watch Danni "dust" is so funny. Now that's what I call a houseguest who's willing to get down and dirty. The Olde Bagg, LindaReplyDelete
I love Lucy's expression! Great pix!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/16/11, 10:56 AM
You did it again !! That was so fun to see, who knew they could be so animated ?? thanks for keeping us smiling !!! Jeanne in SCReplyDelete
From her expressions I think Lucy knows now she has moved to the "funny farm"!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/16/11, 1:00 PM
LOL!!! Love the shot with Alan laughing at Danni and the one with flared nostrils! Great post Linda! Thanks! :)ReplyDelete
- JaneK3/16/11, 3:00 PM
HA! With Danni rolling, Alan braying, and George copycat rolling: I'm sure you were all in stitches!! What did Lucy think of it all!!!ReplyDelete
When are we going to see pics of your time at Morning Bray (besides the time you spent with Patrick)? Not trying to be pushy here :)
I know you were all sad to see it come to an end!
Yet more proof that animals like it when you join in their games.ReplyDelete
Lucy's a riot.
Did she move a HAIR while she watched Danni roll?
Laughing today for the first time!ReplyDelete
Haha, this one really cracked me up!ReplyDelete
I love the look on Lucy's face: 'You've all lost your minds....'.
I so look forward to your blog--thanks for the smiles :)ReplyDelete
Better than a roll in the mud, that's for sure!ReplyDelete
Well......at least Lucy maintained her dignity and Hank just kept eating :)ReplyDelete
Way too much fun! Thanks for making us smile.ReplyDelete
Looks like a party to me! Love those last few shots of everyone laughing and having a good time.ReplyDelete
...and I continue to shake dust out of the *strangest* places....ReplyDelete
(a hat with donkey ears...do they make those? I'd totally wear one, you know. wouldn't you?!!!)
Oh look...and they'll throw in the teeth for free: http://www.displaycostume.com/store/Donkey-Ears-and-Teeth.html#lgImgReplyDelete
Danni looks like the perfect friend! She passed the test... :-)ReplyDelete
PS: I reposted this one on my FB page, just had to share...
Petra Christensen
Parelli 2Star Junior Instructor
Parelli Central
This is so gorgeous! There is something about Donkeys! I don't own one but I have had quite a lot to do with them in the past. They are so left brain funny little people! I just adore them. How could you not roll with them. I think I would start eating grass if I had a herd of donkeys! LOLReplyDelete


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Visions of Helping
As I went to bed last night, the phrase "visions of sugarplums danced in their heads" kept running through my mind. Only it wasn't treats I was thinking of; it was all the moments and all the ways I witnessed PIE club members being the hands and feet of Christ yesterday.
Their commitment and desire to help was evident from our first club meeting of the new school year as many asked "Do we get to do the food distribution again this year?" As we planned for this year, one consistent piece of feedback was many had wanted to volunteer last year, but the night of the distribution was during finals week and due to preparing for finals they either weren't able to attend or stay as long as they wanted. As we talked, they self-selected to hold the food distribution on the first day of the Christmas break.
Over the last three weeks permission slips poured in and yesterday 35 junior high and high school students arrived by 9 am to unpack boxes, sort food, assemble food packages, greet families and carry food to their cars. (I think it's important to note, although one of the goals of PIC is to engage teens in helping others, volunteering is not a requirement.) If you asked, they would tell you they were tired from finals, but all were excited and happy to be there. They jumped into hard manual labor and worked diligently for four hours, never complaining, always smiling and always willing to do any task from lifting boxes to sweeping the floors. As I talked with one student she told me she'd been excited for this for weeks. It was a sentiment repeated by many throughout the day.
Eight Prayer Partners attended and it was amazing to watch the teen and adult get an opportunity to talk and work alongside each other.
The teens completely led the effort. As the pallets of food were brought in, they quickly calculated how many items there were of each product and how many pieces of that product each family would receive. (Over and over I heard, I get use what I've learned in math. One adult did the calculation in his head and several students were in awe that he knew the answer faster than they could put it into the calculators on their phones.) Then they set to work assembling the food into packages for the families.
Just before the families arrived, I asked everyone to pause what they were doing and gather together for a prayer. Although PIE is a Christian based club, I don't know if all members are Christian. As I made the announcement they immediately paused and came together. I heard one girl affirm the announcement and saw a boy remove his hat. I thanked God for this amazing group of teens, their special hearts for helping others, for orchestrating everything together so we could help and the opportunity to be the hands and feet of Christ. As I said Amen, I heard many Amens around the circle, then they quickly returned to work.
As the families began to arrive, two teens greeted them, directed them to the snacks
and Santa. I saw many families visit with Santa, enjoy cookies and fruit, color or work on an arts and crafts project before heading to the food. Once at the food, they had the opportunity to select the non-perishable items they wanted and then three teens would pick up the boxes of meat and produce to carry it to their car. It was a scene I witnessed over and over.
Not all of the families that RSVP'd attended and after the first hour it was evident we were going to have extra food. We started giving extra packages to those that arrived; asked if they had a neighbor that could use a packages, etc. One of the adults walked across the street to the Senior Center to see if anyone wanted food. These are all seniors on limited income that can pay a stipend to eat lunch at the Senior Center. Most said yes, so the teens loaded up the boxes and delivered to their cars. Then two contacted the director at the senior apartments (all living on limited incomes) to see if any of their residents would like food. Many said yes and we delivered to them. Then we went to a set of small, run down apartments across the street. We met a boy that graduated from high school last year and is trying to lose 60 pounds so he can get in the military. He was grateful for the healthy food and stocked up on fresh bananas, apples and oranges. When we knocked on another door, we met a woman that had been released from the hospital for surgery two days earlier. She was so appreciative to receive fresh produce.
From the smiling, joyful faces of the volunteers to the people they helped, each moment, each interaction was so special. Here are just a few that really touched my heart:
I learned later that one family confided to a teen there was abuse in their home. She offered to keep them in her prayers and asked me to do the same (I know you'll join me).
Three on the swim team had practice from 5 - 7 am, came to the food drive at 9 and were returning at 1:00 p.m. for three more hours of practice.
While thanking one teen for volunteering she told me "it makes me feel useful." She was grateful to have something productive to do rather than sleep or watch TV. Wow.
One of the boys has a soft spot for seniors and was glad for the opportunity to help them.
About half the teens are in National Honor Society and at 8:30 a.m. today went downtown to volunteer again by serving at the Feast of Sharing for several hours.
We finished at the apartment complex at 2:00 p.m.; the remaining teens were getting tired and had other obligations so we loaded my car with the last 7 cases of bananas and I set out to find more people in need. At first I didn't know where to go and then God reminded me of Pecan Grove.
Thursday afternoon while children played outside and celebrated the last day of school a felon, running on foot from the police, crossed the creek, entered the Pecan Grove neighborhood and started trying to break into trailer homes in order to hide from the police. Throughout the pursuit she had been yelling that she had a gun. As the police cornered her in front of a home, they thought she was puling out her gun. They shot and killed the suspect. A stray bullet entered the home, critically wounding a 6 year old boy who later died from the injury.
At the beginning of the day one of the Prayer Partners told me it was raining heavy on the northwest side of town, but as she drove towards Schertz it kept clearing. We didn't have any rain during the food distribution. As I drove towards Pecan Grove clouds were beginning to roll in and it looked like the rain was coming. I said a prayer to keep it away until the food had been delivered.Although the wind picked up and the temperatures dropped, a drop of rain never fell - the clouds even parted and the sun shined for a bit.
As I entered the neighborhood I saw four news crews sitting on the side of the road. I drove a little further and saw at least 10 police cars and dozens of officers. I drove up to the management office, parked may car, filled a box with bananas and headed to the nearest house. As I walked, and a police helicopter circled overhead, all I could think of was simply by the wrong person entering the neighborhood, how much their week, their Christmas and for the family that lost a child how much their lives had been changed. I hoped and prayed these simple bundles of bananas would give them some comfort; help them to know others were thinking of them.
As the first homeowner opened the door, she and her daughter excitedly accepted four bunches of bananas proclaiming how much they loved banana bread and couldn't wait to make some. As I knocked on each door, told the homeowner I was with the Clemens PIE Club and we were giving away bananas I was met over and over with gratitude, warm Merry Christmases were exchanged and hearts were touched - mine and theirs.
If someone drove by in a car, I'd hold hold up a bunch of bananas and wave them down. The driver would stop and also accept the gift. One woman gratefully explained, although she didn't know the family that lost their son, she was going to bring them the bananas to offer her condolences. All I could think of was Jesus in a manager and the shepherds coming to worship him with what they had. (Tears of a softened heart are rolling down my checks as I write this).
I didn't know where the family's house was, but had assumed since the woman running from the police had come through the creek on the edge of the neighborhood, the home would be near there. As I moved from street to street, I had tried to move up one then down the next, but some how made a loop instead. About halfway down the street in the center of the neighborhood, I met the best friend of the mom that lost her son. She gratefully accepted the bananas and asked for two more in order to express her condolences to the family. We talked for a few minutes before they walked back to their house a street over and I handed out the last of the bananas to the homes around the one where the child was lost. I know this is where God intended me to be.
Donations for the Kameron Prescott Memorial Fund are being accepted at the two Schertz Bank & Trust branches in Schertz or by mail to the Kameron Prescott Memorial Fund, Schertz Bank & Trust (P.O. Box 800), Schertz, Texas, 78154.


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BY JANEL BLADOW | Summer fun is rampant. Even our neighbors who don't disappear every August are enjoying the scene (and pleasant weather) on our newly cobbled streets (or most of them)! Which brings up the exciting news that Water St. is nearly all repaved, Front is nearing completion but Peck Slip will be ongoing for months, and while the street jackhammering is slowing, we still have the nightly bursts from work on the Brooklyn Bridge. Sleepus interruptus is the neighborhood disease of the moment.
They all want a piece of us… The Seaport area has been all the news this summer. First, the debate rages about the renovation of Pier 17. Then, there's the proposed Seaport City. And, finally grasping for more headline glory are all the politicos coming up with designs for development of the little strip of sand under the Brooklyn Bridge.
What's important is that all of these ideas overlap on some of the same stretch of the East River waterfront. This is key to all of the development plans now circulating… it's almost as if everyone is grabbing for a chunk of our 'hood which was unnoticed and ignored after Giuliani ran out the fishmongers. The grandstanding has everyone from neighbors, local businesses and barkeepers to S.O.S. (Save Our Seaport) members freaking out.
Let's look at the plans:
1. Pier 17… bigger, better, higher and wider. "The South Street Seaport Renovation Project" application before Community Board 1, calls for not only a bigger building on the current pier footprint but also "waterfront special permits, authorizations and a certification" and rezoning! Not just of the pier location but a rezoning from C2-8 to a C4-6 zoning district of the "Special Lower Manhattan District," along the waterfront area generally bounded by Maiden Lane, the Brooklyn Bridge, South Street, and the U.S. Pierhead Line (all the tax lots, adjacent street, wharf or place areas — meaning property between South Street and the river). The application is from the South Street Seaport Limited Partnership and the New York City Department of Small Business Services. And some of the retail spaces will be greater than 20,000 square feet.
The 1939 New Market Building, the only piece of the Fulton Fish Market's history left out of the city-designated South Street Seaport Historic District, is at risk. With the big plans to develop the pier and surrounding area, this could mean demolition of this piece of rare W.P.A. modern municipal architecture unless it gains protection by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
2. Seaport City… Come on now! Come up with a new name for goodness sake if you are going to redevelop the East Side of Lower Manhattan! Our little neck of the island already owns Seaport! Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pulling out the stops to get the project to protect Lower Manhattan from future Hurricane Sandys launched before his term ends. The idea is for a massive levee running along the 1.5 mile waterfront, which could then one day support this imaginary city. The study area runs from the Battery north to the Manhattan Bridge. Bloomberg called for ideas from the great minds that come up with these Big Ideas by August 22.
3. Brooklyn Bridge Beach… Meanwhile, last week, Aug. 1, the politicians and press gathered on a wisp of sand under the Brooklyn Bridge to announce a $7-million beach! Yep, where there are now rotting pilings and washed up debris, a beach will bloom! The 11,000 square foot sand spot is just a small part of the East River Blueway Plan — "a scheme to increase waterfront access and storm protection," as Heather Dubin wrote in our sister newspaper, The Villager. Now, don't get me wrong, it will be nicer to have pretty sand bars and rustling reeds by the boardwalk — along with the proposed sunbathers, kayakers and other sun lovers. But really, concession stands? Canoe launches? And where are these water-lovers going to, say, park the car that brought that canoe?
Okay… let me see if I have this straight — in the small stretch between the Brooklyn Bridge and Pier 17 we will have a massive city rising on manmade levees, a manmade beach and protected waterfront for sunning and "stay-cations," as Downtown Express reported, and a huge shopping mall with big anchor stores and outdoor entertainment spaces for music and mayhem. Wow, if we weren't sinking into the sea before, the water line is sure to rise with all this displacement!
Great shape… A really cool gym/physical therapy/spa took a particularly hard hit from Sandy. But Complete Body Downtown, 10 Hanover Square, is bouncing back. The 30,000-square foot center in the former Goldman Sachs corporate fitness club, opened only a few months before the storm and had to rebuild from scratch, according to Alex Reznik, president and C.E.O. One of the most luxurious gyms Downtown, with oversized locker rooms, a two-floor rock climbing wall and four classrooms, the club is rebuilding as fast as it can. The juice bar on the ground floor is up and running, he reports, and the physical therapy department on the mid-level is available to members and non-members.
Reznik plans a soft reopening on Sept. 15 with most of the gym in operation. That includes sauna and steams, shower rooms, cardio and strength areas. The official Oct. 1 opening date will see classes resuming, including spinning, yoga, pilates, rebounding and sculpt, for a few. Stop by or check them out at www.completebody.com.


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Help Prevent Ankle Injury: 6 Easy Exercises
Are you forgetting something when you work out? A good workout routine works every part of your body, promoting balance, strength, and breathing. However, how many times have you included your ankles in that routine? Most people will say never. Ankles help us run, jump, walk and dance, but we do not realize they need just as much attention as other places on our body. Weak ankles can keep you from wearing those strappy heels you want to, or you can become become very easily prone to a severe ankle injury, putting you down for the count. Follow the six steps below to begin your journey to stronger and more healthy ankles, so that you can help avoid ankle injury and continue to do the activities you love and enjoy doing.
1. Swimming
This is the simplest way available to train your ankles to be strong and flexible. Swimming promotes aerobic exercise as well as the flexibility of the ankle as you move through the water. It can also be fun and is safe for those who have limited mobility or joint pain. Consider making a regular trip to the local aquatic center if you do not have direct access to a pool.
2. Use Your Stairs
If you have stairs of any kind, inside or outside your home, they can be invaluable to ankle exercises. There are whole sets of these you can find on various websites when you search online. one such exercise involves standing on the edge of the stairs and holding onto the handrails. Your heels will hang off the edge, and you will lift them so you are on your tip toes and hold for 10 seconds. Then, you will stretch the other way, letting heels drop as far as you can for 10 seconds. Do this six times.
3. Test Your Balance
Once you get good with exercises like the one above, you can move onto harder exercises for those weak ankles. Now that you feel them getting stronger try to stand on one foot on a pillow did, wobble board, or other balancing equipment. See how long you can hold this each time.
4. Try A Resistance Band
Just like the stairs, resistant bands are crucial tools for strengthening many of your muscles and joints, including your ankles. A plantar flexion is the most used exercise, but there are anymore.
5. Scissor Hops
This exercise is actually a piece of plyometric training; a fancy way of saying jumping to strengthen muscles. The scissor hop is done by getting in a lunge position and jump while switching feet position in midair so that you land with the opposite foot forward. Make sure it is an explosive motion.
6. Spend Your Mornings on One Foot
Especially if you are a busy person, the morning may be the best and only time you have to do exercises. Try to set your alarm clock for just ten minutes early and get up to do stretches, but do them on one leg, switching so you get the even amount of work on both ankles.
For more information on muscle health and preventing ankle injury, please contact Performance Orthopaedics for an appointment by calling 214-705-2861.


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Majorette Ford Focus WRC
We come to see the old cast iron models. Rare For this car. This is the Ford Focus WRC is in the Major 200 Series Racing Collection by reducing the size of the Ford Focus car to just 3 inches by 1/57 scale.
This model metal car can be considered a rare car, the more beautiful the condition is, the more rare it is. For this one, I have been for many years. Have to search in the pile of toys, the child will find, but the condition is to blame around the car as seen.
Do not need car insurance.
This car is in the 200 Racing collection with the World Rally Championship race car style. No need to explain the beauty that was fully done in that era.
The car body is white. The symbol of the sponsors, such as Castrol and MICHELIN, is number 7 on the front door of the wheel arch, with the letter Ford Focus.
The back of this car is made in black. Contrasting with the white color of the car. Dark black spoilers add aggressiveness on the racetrack.
The car wheels are white 5-spoke MAX, black rubber wheels, but not real tires. It is made of black plastic.
The car's glass is all black, adding an aggressive, contrasting beauty to the white color of the car's body and not being able to see the inside of the car.
Above it is the roof of the car with the number 7 and the Castrol logo and Ford Team RS.com. The white hood has the Castrol logo and front bumper with the MICHELIN logo.
The bottom of the car. It is black plastic with the Majorette logo and scale. ECH: 1/57, followed by references: REF: 201A and the bottom line is FORD FOCUS WRC. No have mark made in Thailand as in the present. And no number Production lot as well Therefore making it impossible to specify the date, month and year of this car's production clearly.
We hope that some of this information will make everyone interested in Majorette models of fun and happy cars that you like.
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Graduating seniors from Brunswick County who are pursuing higher education at a qualified institution of higher learning in North Carolina with preference given to students from Leland, North Carolina who are pursuing a career in natural health, nutrition, and/or organic/sustainable farming.
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