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Simple ways to use A/D converters (78K0/Kx2, 78K0S/Kx1+)
A/D converters are incorporated many recently introduced microcontroller products. Almost all have resolution ranging from 8 to 10 bits, but A/D converters with 10-bit resolution don't always have to be used to their full potential. For practical purposes, a resolution of 8 bits or even less is often sufficient.
[Example of required specifications]
Few key inputs are used for relatively simple A/D converter applications. When selecting "Key switch input in microcontrollers (part 2)"as the specific hardware configuration, each pressed switch is detected by the A/D converter. The correspondence between pressed switches and the A/D converter's input voltage is shown below.
|Input voltage
|Pressed switch
|0.8VDD or above
|0.2VDD or less
[Processing approach]
The changes in input voltage when the switches are pressed and released are gentle changes. If the applied capacitor is rated at approximately 1000 pF, a few hundred µs are needed for the voltage to become stabilized.
During this period, the input voltage traverses areas that correspond to different key inputs and changes. Therefore, to prevent detection errors during this period, the detection criteria must include more than just the input voltage. Consideration must also be given to the processing used to detect when the input voltage has become stable. Consequently, in addition to implementing noise reduction measures, 16 conversions are averaged to yield valid conversion results by which these changes can be monitored.
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Chattering occurs in the switches used for this. To avoid chattering effects, waveforms must be smoothed. In this case, this function is performed by a resistor for voltage setting and a time constant circuit including a capacitor for analog input. Therefore, the circuit's time constant cannot be set too small.
A similar noise reducing effect can be produced by taking the average from multiple A/D conversions. However, if chattering effects are not minimized at a stage prior to A/D conversion, the conversion results may contain large discrepancies.
In addition, when performing A/D conversions for other channels, it may affect other operations. Consequently, it is important to avoid chattering effects in time constant circuits.
Key inputs are judged based on the valid conversion results obtained via this approach.
[Setting judgment criteria]
Specific judgment criteria are set as follows. The graph below illustrates an example of voltage change that occurs when no keys are pressed (0.9VDD). When judgments are made at an interval of approximately 500 µs, any change of 0.1VDD or less can be detected as entering the target voltage range. Therefore, judgments are made at changes of VDD/16 or less as a precaution.
[Hardware used]
In this case, the 78K0S/KY1+ is operated using an 8 MHz high-speed internal oscillator, using the ANI0 pin, and the A/D conversion time is 28 µs. Only the higher 8 bits are used for results.
The watchdog timer will not be used, and is therefore stopped.
[Program configuration (general)]
The program blocks include an initialization block, an interrupt servicing block for A/D conversion completion interrupts, a main processing block and a key input judgment block.
- Initialization block
This block initializes variables, stops the watchdog timer, waits for the power supply voltage to reach at least 4V to enable 8 MHz operation with the high-speed internal oscillator, and performs initialization for A/D conversion and interrupts.
- Interrupt servicing block
Interrupt servicing influences the overall processing time, so it must be performed as quickly as possible. Consequently, simple processing is performed whenever possible. Specifically, the higher 8 bits of the A/D conversion results are accumulated and the obtained result (carried from 8 bits) is used to detect changes. (If the result matches the previous time's value, 0 is set to the enabled flag and the result is reported.)
- Main processing
During main processing, the result obtained from interrupt servicing is checked and if valid key input has occurred, the key input judgment block is called.
- Key input judgment block
Valid key input is decoded from the obtained input voltages and a branch table is used to determine the corresponding processing block.
[Sample program]
(1)Variables used
The following types of variables are used. COUNTER is a variable used to perform a cumulative count 16 times. It starts from the initial value of 16 and counts down to zero, which indicates that accumulation has been completed.
DATALOG is a variable used to accumulate conversion results. It inserts values in the bits 11 to 0, when 8-bit of conversion result accumulates 16 times. Only the lower 4 bits (bits 11 to 8) of the higher bytes of these results are used for judgments.
OLDDATA stores the higher bytes of the previously accumulated result. This value is compared with the currently accumulated result to determine whether a change has stabilized.
DATAVALID is a flag that indicates when the conversion results are stable. When DATAVALID = 0, it indicates that the conversion result is stable (valid).
• Variable block definition
STACKTOP DSEG IHRAM DS 20H ; Obtain 32 bytes as stack area STACKP: DATWORK DSEG SADDR COUNTER: DS 1 ; Counter for processing judgments DATALOG: DS 2 ; For data accumulation OLDDATA: DS 1 ; For previous data ; Conversion results are set ; to lower four bits when valid DATAVALID: DS 1 ; Valid data flag (0 = valid)
(2)Initialization block
This block includes subroutines that initialize variables and hardware. Such initialization is performed when these subroutines are called from main processing.
For hardware initialization, the watchdog timer and low-speed internal oscillator are both stopped, and a low-voltage detector circuit is used to wait until the power supply voltage reaches at least 4V. Once the power supply has become stable, the CPU clock is set to 8 MHz fR.
The A/D converter is initialized so that the ANI0 channel operates at the lowest speed (one conversion per 28 µs: 8 MHz).
For interrupts, the request flag is cleared and masking of the A/D conversion completion interrupt is canceled. Starting A/D conversion and the CPU's interrupt enable setting is performed by main processing.
• Main initialization
After the stack pointer is set, the initialization subroutine is called and initialization is performed.
CSEG START: MOVW AX,#STACKP MOVW SP,AX CALL !INITRAM ; Initialization of RAM CALL !POWERON ; Wait for power supply activation CALL !INITAD ; A/D initialization CALL !INITINT ; Interrupt initialization
• Initialization subroutine program examples
; ; Initialization of variables ; INITRAM: MOV COUNTER,#16 MOV DATALOG,#0 MOV DATALOG+1,#0 MOV OLDDATA,#NOKEYV MOV DATAVALID,#0FFH RET ; ; Wait for power supply activation ;(wait for power supply voltage to reach at least 4 V) ; POWERON: DI MOV LVIS,#00 ; VLI > 4.1V MOV LVIM,#10000000b ; Start low-voltage detection MOV PCC,#00 ; CPU clock is fx/4 MOV WDTM,#01110111b ; Stop WDT SET1 LSRSTOP ; Stop low-speed internal oscillator MOV A,#50 PONLOOP: DEC A BNZ $PONLOOP ; Wait at least 0.2 ms PONLOOP2: NOP BT LVIF,$PONLOOP2 ; Wait for power supply voltage ; to reach at least 4V MOV PPCC,#00 ; CPU clock is fx=fR RET ; ; Interrupt initialization ; INITINT: MOV IF0,#00 ; Clear interrupt CLR1 ADMK ; Cancel masking of A/D interrupt RET ; ; A/D initialization ; INITAD: MOV ADM,#00111001b ; Set conversion time MOV PMC2,#00000001b ; Use ANI0 SET1 PM2.0 ; Set PM20 to input MOV ADS,#0 ; Select ANI0 RET
(3)Interrupt servicing block
In this case, since this block is only used for A/D conversion completion interrupts, a dummy address (DUMMY) is set for returning without performing any processing to the vector table for other interrupts.
RSTVECTCSEG AT 0 DW START ;00:Vector to reset start processing DW DUMMY ;02: DW DUMMY ;04: DW DUMMY ;06:INTLVI DW DUMMY ;08:INTP0 DW DUMMY ;0A:INTP1 DW DUMMY ;0C:INTTMH1 DW DUMMY ;0E:INTTM000 DW DUMMY ;10:INTTM010 DW ADINT ;12:INTAD
Since the A/D conversion completion interrupt servicing block is executed once every 28µs, processing time should be made as short as possible.
• Processing flow
The processing flow is outlined below.
• A/D conversion completion processing program example
A program example is shown below. This processing is normally completed in 52 clock cycles. When 16 accumulations are completed, 30 clock cycles are added and the total processing is completed in 82 clock cycles.
; ; A/D interrupt servicing ; ADINT: PUSH AX ; 4: MOV A,ADCRH ; 4:Read higher 8 bits of results ADD A,DATALOG ; 4:Accumulate results MOV DATALOG,A ; 4: MOV A,#0 ; 6: ADDC A,DATALOG+1 ; 4: MOV DATALOG+1,A ; 4:Save accumulated results DEC COUNTER ; 4:Count number of times, BNZ $EXITADINT ; 6:exit when 16 times are completed XCH A,OLDDATA ; 4:Refresh results SUB A,OLDDATA ; 4:Detect change MOV DATAVALID,A ; 4:Set detection result to flag MOV DATALOG,#0 ; 6:Clear accumulated results MOV DATALOG+1,#0 ; 6: MOV COUNTER,#16 ; 6:Initialize counter EXITADINT: POP AX ; 4: RETI ; 8: DUMMY: RETI ; Undefined interrupts are ignored
(4)Key input judgment processing
The switches that have been pressed are determined based on the results of A/D conversion completion interrupt servicing and the flag value, after which processing branches to the corresponding processing block. For this amount of input, successive comparison would make the program shorter, but in this case a table is referenced to perform this processing. An initial check as to whether no key input has occurred can be performed to avoid unnecessary analysis.
The table includes the addresses (SW1 to SW4 and NOKEY) of the processing routines corresponding to each key input, and the results obtained from A/D conversion completion interrupt servicing are doubled to calculate the offset. Meanwhile, setting the HL register as a pointer, the processing address is read into the AX register from the table. Branching to the corresponding processing block occurs by branching to the address shown in the AX register.
To return from the processing blocks to main processing, the BR instruction is used.
• Processing flow
The processing flow is outlined below.
• Sample program
; ; Start key input check ; SET1 ADCS ; Start A/D conversion EI MAINLOOP: MOV A,OLDDATA ; Read result CMP A,#NOKEYV ; Key input occurred? BNC $NOKEY ; Exit if no keys input. MOV A,DATAVALID ; Read valid flag and check AND A,A ; if invalid, BNZ $NOKEY ; exit and go to other processing. ; Key input check ; (Branch to processing routine according to data (0 to 15) stored in OLDDATA) ; KEYCHECK: MOV A,OLDDATA ; Read valid data ADD A,A ; Double for address conversion ADD A,#LOW KEYTABLE ; Calculate reference table address MOV L,A MOV A,#HIGH KEYTABLE ADDC A,#0 MOV H,A ; Set HL register as a pointer MOV A,[HL] ; Obtain lower address MOV X,A MOV A,[HL+1] ; Obtain higher address BR AX ; Branch to processing block ; ; Address table for key input decoding ; KEYTABLE: DW SW1 ; 0: DW SW1 ; 1: DW SW1 ; 2: DW SW1 ; 3:0.19VDD DW SW2 ; 4:0.25VDD DW SW2 ; 5: DW SW2 ; 6:0.38VDD DW SW3 ; 7:0.44VDD DW SW3 ; 8: DW SW3 ; 9:0.56VDD DW SW4 ;10:0.63VDD DW SW4 ;11: DW SW4 ;12:0.75VDD DW NOKEY ;13:0.82VDD (not used) DW NOKEY ;14:Not used DW NOKEY ;15:Not used
(5)Other processing
The option bytes for stopping the low-speed internal oscillator are as follows.
@@OPTB CSEG AT 0080H DB 10011100b DB 11111111b END


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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Aided by strong international participation and a trio of $4 million-plus mares, Keeneland's 11-day November breeding stock sale ended Friday with generally solid trade despite declines, though sellers remarked that the market remains highly polarized.
The auction sold 2,414 horses for a total of $143,025,600, down 31 percent from last year's gross of $208,031,700 for 2,550 horses sold. The 2012 average after 11 days was $59,248, down 27 percent from last year's $81,581, and the $22,000 median was 6 percent lower than 2011's $23,500.
The buybacks were 23 percent, up slightly from last year's 20 percent.
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Mandore International was the auction's leading buyer after spending $10,235,000 for five horses, including three for more than $1 million each.
The top weanling price was $800,000. Agent John McCormack paid that for an April 25 War Front colt who is a three-quarter-brother to Grade 1-winning sire Pomeroy and a half-brother to the dam of Grade 1 winner Contested. Eaton Sales, agent, was the seller.
"Basically, the weanling market is a pinhook market, and the pinhook market didn't do great last September," said Kitty Taylor of Warrendale Sales. "The breeding market did great last September, the people who bred for the commercial market, but for the people that pinhooked, it was thin.
"I also think there has been a pendulum swing in the sense that people are saying they don't want a 'professional sale horse' anymore. End-users want to buy a horse that's been kicked out in the back 40 and doing his thing, so they kind of view horses that have been pinhooked a little more judgmentally than they used to."
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Jasna Góra Monastery is the center of the cult of Mary in Poland. From 600 years are recorded miracles done through the intercession of the Virgin Mary. From the well known and important for the whole Polish nation, as defense of Częstochowa against the Swedish invasion in the seventeenth century, to personal miraculous of cures patients, both centuries ago and today. A special cult has the Blessed Virgin Mary icon - painted according to tradition by St. Luke the Evangelist, and, due to scientists, its creation should be placed in the twelfth century. Despite the numerous wars, attempts to destroy and hide from occupation in unusual places (eg. during World War 2 it was fixed under the table top in the library) - icon preserved perfectly to our time.
National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa. The main altar dates from the seventeenth century and its wooden surface is additionally covered with ebony. Ornaments and statues around the image of the Virgin Mary are made of silver. On one side of the image are the royal insignia (scepter and apple), and on the second side are gifts from Pope John Paul II - gold rose, gold heart and in a glass casket - shot through and bloody belt of John Paul II cassock, who he was wearing at the time of the assassination on his life. Especially solemnly is celebrated from the seventeenth century and ceremony of unveiling and covering of the Miraculous Image. With the sound of trumpets, kettledrums and drum group of 16 monks perform baroque melody.
Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra. Every year, in the summer - the believers depart from many cities in Poland to Częstochowa. Most of pilgrimage arrives at the monastery in the middle of August. Every year, according to estimates, is involved in it more than 100,000 people and every year the number of participants increases. The longest pilgrimage is from Hel (near of Gdańsk) - distance 640 km / 398 miles. Walking time is 19 days. The largest pilgrimage departs from Warsaw - distance in km is 245 / 152 miles. Walking time is 9 days. Number of participants - 15,000. In contrast, the oldest pilgrimage is Pabianice. The first took place in the fifteenth century.
Among the many treasures donated to the monastery in the Treasury can be seen following thanksgiving gifts: gold-embroidered velvet bedspreads from the thirteenth century. From the fourteenth century - the royal robes. From the fifteenth century - travel altars and crosses of Polish kings. From the sixteenth century - royal silver mirror and royal silver monstrance. From the seventeenth century - royal and hetman maces, Turkish swords and bows, Hussar wings, rosaries, crosses, and especially valuable - pure gold monstrance from 1672, made in memory of Polish liberation from the Swedes, from jewels of the treasury of Jasna Góra. It is made of 2,368 diamonds, 2208 rubies, 30 sapphires, 81 emeralds and 215 pearls. Sometimes it is made available to visitors Relics Chapel, which houses the relics brought from Rome. There are, among others, four heads of the Martyrs: Eusebius the Priest, St. Honorata, St. Candida and St. Donat the Deacon, as well as part of hand of St. Valentine.
The main gate to the shrine. Lubomirski Gate (XVIII century). At the top of the gate placed statues of saints: Michael the Archangel, St. Paul the Hermit and Anthony the Hermit (patrons of the Order of monks at Jasna Góra). The characters are two-sided and therefore look alike for entering and for outgoing people. Above the entrance is inscribed in Latin, the first line of prayer Under Your Defense: Sub tuum praesidium. After passing through the Lubomirski Gate, pilgrim passes through 3 next gates: Our Lady of Victory (Queen of Poland), Our Lady of Sorrows, and through the last fourth - Jagiełło Gate.
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1. Transit Warsaw - Częstochowa.
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3. Transit Częstochowa - Warsaw.
The total duration of the tour: 6 hours.
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Poor old Britannia. The times have certainly changed. Not even a great domain name from Namecheap.com will save this granny. The lion has also seen better days.
December 23, 2017: The coinage of Palestine is just another reminder of a country destroyed by the United Nations partition plan of 1947, which effectively gave the whole country to "Israel". (The Jewish colonists took two bites at the cake – in 1948 and 1967 – and finally swallowed the lot.) A glimpse of the lost civilization of the Palestinians can be found in my Palestine Gallery below. Previous blog posts are here. – Alan Ireland, Palmerston North, New Zealand
English political rally: From Hand and Heart, 1896.
Historical features
Many of the cartoons in this section are from bound volumes of Punch, which could still be picked up for a few dollars in New Zealand in the 1990s. At the time, I was planning to open a bookshop called Autumn Leaves. Then the internet came along, and I decided to sell online. The books were originally bought at garage and library sales. More info.
Balkan Beast: Bulgaria in World War I, Part 1.
Balkan Beast: Bulgaria in World War I, Part 2.
Britain's Jewish Problem, by M.G. Murchin, 1939.
Catalog of Edwardian Kisses.
Death of a Zeppelin, 1916, Part 1.
Death of a Zeppelin, 1916, Part 2.
Delhi in the 1850s. Map of British India forces.
El Al map of Israel, 1958, includes all Palestine.
Franco-Prussian War, 1870: Cartoons from Punch.
Glubb debunks Zionist David-and-Goliath myth.
India in the 1700s: Collection of engravings.
Ireland in turmoil: Collection of engravings.
John Bull holds door against women's suffrage.
Life and Times of Queen Victoria, Vol 1.
Palestine: The Reality, by J.M.N. Jeffries, 1939.
Queen Victoria: Early pictures.
Routledge's rhymes for children, circa 1885.
Scenes from early 19th-century NZ (1) (2).
The Japan Times in the late 1960s.
Victorian architecture: 102 Dorridge Road.
Victorian Bovril advertisements.
Zionist land holdings in Palestine, 1939.
Click for more historical features.
1870: France's back is against the wall.
Index of other sitesBuy Backlinks: Improve your ranking.
Sell Text Links: Monetize your site.
cawblimey.com: The view from the crow's nest.
current affairs: A record of my reading.
islamnz.com: Chronology of the Muslim community.
wiggle.space: Some of my published poems.
Click for more of my domains and links.
Slavery: In war, the fate of the losing side. For more pic-
tures from early Aotearoa / New Zealand, click here.
Victorian foibles and fashions
The preeminent Victorian gadget was, of course, the motorcar, shown at left being driven into the 20th century by an ebullient cherub. But there were innumerable others, some of which were picked up and developed by later generations and some of which fell by the wayside. The following are taken from popular Victorian magazines:
Chastity belts for him and her.
Dr Sanden's Electric Belt.
Dr. Scott's Electric Corset wards off disease.
Dr. Scott's Electric Flesh Brush makes you tingle.
Dr. Scott's Electric Girdle revitalizes.
Foot's Adjustable Rest-Chair.
Health Jolting Chair is great shakes.
Ladies' Handbook of Home Treatment, 347-353.
Madame Rowley's Toilet Mask: The first facelift.
Penile ring: Don't leave home without one.
India in the 1700s-1800s: Scenes from Cassel's Illustrated History of India, Vol. I, by James Grant, published in 1876. Click here to view the gallery.
(The above picture shows a girl performing the
"egg dance". Click it to see it in full size.)
Variolation and its devotees
This is a journal of events and quotes from the vaccination controversy, with special reference to New Zealand. The logo depicts the first high priest of vaccination, Edward Jenner (1749-1823), doing his thing. Click on vaxnix.com to read more. Forum
Visitors may notice that the URL of this page has changed from "http://canny.click" to "https://canny.click", in line with the trend toward greater security. At the time of writing, Aug. 7, 2018, this means that the Facebook "likes" have been lost — hopefully only temporarily.


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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Two-faced marketing of MasterCard® SecureCode™
MasterCard® SecureCode™ apparently authenticates online transactions with the card issuing financial institution using a PIN. But check out what the FAQs say! The FAQ for cardholders says SecureCode™ "is" something that protects them against unauthorized use and the FAQ for merchants says it "is" something that protects them against chargebacks. It can seem quite deceptive as in "I thought this was for my protection but it's for the other party's protection!" Though I guess one could also argue that the only problem is that the question should be what does it offer you rather than what it is. I'm also reminded of E-Prime.
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The best digital projects succeed by striking a balance between exceptional functionality and beautiful design. For us, that requires aligning process, tools, and people to do our best work. With a design team that brings a breadth of experience to the table, we're able to create experiences that meet the needs of both our clients and their customers. Whether we're creating digital commerce experiences or custom web applications, the approach our design team takes to any project underscores three guiding principles.
Fueling creativity with understanding
Because our design team covers much more than visual design—considering UX, IA, content strategy, and front end development implications—we are committed to getting a full picture of the business problem we need to solve before jumping into problem-solving mode. Working closely with our engineering team from the outset, we conduct comprehensive audits to understand the breadth and scope of our clients' businesses. We use these audits as a catalyst for understanding our clients and recognizing opportunities.
Constant collaboration with our engineers also ensures we understand the capabilities and limitations of potential solutions—before we sketch a single wireframe. Although we are passionate about pushing boundaries, we also aim to ensure that whatever we create is a practical, sustainable, appropriate, and (hopefully) exceptional solution to our client's problems.
We often start auditing a client's site before we "officially" kick the project off, to make the most of everyone's time and really hit the ground running.
Building trust through shared goals
Like most creative agencies, we start our projects with a client kickoff meeting—but we approach ours a little differently that most.
You won't find any corny icebreakers in our kickoff meeting agenda. And although we set a foundation for trust, there isn't a single trust fall involved.
Typically, our designers will facilitate a design thinking workshop to extract deep-rooted brand knowledge, brand preferences, and business history that will help our team understand our client and their customers. Sometimes we'll combine that with a customer journey map exercise to get a more detailed picture of our client's business.
Getting the right people in the room from the beginning is key; we love to involve key stakeholders from across departments on the client-side in kickoff workshops. This not only gains a range of perspectives— but it also helps us build a deeper, more meaningful relationship with our clients.
When we truly know the people we're working with and understand their challenges, we can act as a better partner on their behalf.
Collaborative workflow, from the beginning
Even the tools we use are indicative of the open relationships we cultivate: our design team relies on collaborative tools like InVision, Sketch, Trello, and more to keep the conversations candid and free-flowing. This dramatically improves visibility around feedback cycles and maintains a steady repertoire among our teams.
Although we take pride in what we do, we don't hold anything precious. Fostering healthy discussions is critical for us to deliver something successful for our clients.
Beyond our clients' internal business goals, an inherent curiosity drives us to understand the entirety of the landscape surrounding their business. Once we complete a design thinking workshop and customer journey mapping session, we perform a digital landscape analysis to research competitors and adjacent industries. With a broader understanding of the external factors at play, our designers can create more informed and creative solutions.
We use all the insights we uncover in research and workshops to create custom moodboards for our clients to evaluate. Again, open discussions are critical—understanding preferences and pushing boundaries at this stage enables our designers to home in on a visual aesthetic that suits the goals and needs of our clients and their customers.
Producing results that count
From comprehensive audits to design thinking workshops, journey mapping to moodboarding, everything our design team produces is meant to foster open communication and creativity. With constant, iterative collaboration from start to finish, we're able to create meaningful and beautiful experiences for our clients. Our approach enables work that produces results, delivering real value for brands and their customers.
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The Affluent Artist invites artists from all walks of life to throw out the stereotypes about art and money and allow financial abundance into their lives. Whether you've been learning to train dolphins for SeaWorld, working as a Broadway dancer or as an Imagineer for Disney, chances are you've been learning about the craft, not about personal finance. This book offers business and financial planning wisdom to creative individuals who find themselves in the roles of the Starving Artist, the Corporate Artist, the Self Employed Artist and the Affluent Artist. The book includes stories and interviews with artists in each of these roles as well as qFinancial Stuff You Just Gotta Know, q a humorous and necessary primer on financial terms and situations, as well as a how-to on avoiding financial pitfalls along with a business fable based on Rick DiBiasio's years of experience helping artists find their financial footing.What happens when this book is through its cycle? When the tour is ... Making the Broadway touring company is a dream come trueais there a way to financially leverage that dream when the show closes? A good parachute for an artist is to plan to set money aside to buy a business, pay tuition, or finance a new project. Often we want ... Such artists end up writing technical manuals for septic systems, starring in celebrity reality shows, or selling their memorabilia on eBay. We focus onanbsp;...
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Samsung thinks it'll be able to release flexible plastic OLED displays by next year. The Korean company says that it is "in the last stage of development" for the displays, and hopes to be able to release them in 2013. If Samsung manages to keep to this particular timeline, we may see radically new phone designs based on the new technology near the second half of 2013 (Samsung and other manufacturers have to build the prototypes as well, a phone isn't just a display). It has to be said though that the objective of these flexible displays isn't to create a phone that can be folded in your pocket (though that may be the reality someday) – it's more to do with improving the strength and flexibility of highly fragile displays that are used in hi-end smartphones today.
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Minggu, 07 November 2010
Asian Carp
Mark Kirby pilots the boat as Brendan Kearns shoots video of an enormous amount of Asian (Silver) Carp jumping along the boat.
While Asian Carp are often seen in the wake of boats traversing the river, this was a sight not reportedly seen before.
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S.M. Sabet, H. Mahfuz, J. Hashemi
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Keywords: carbon nanotubes, nanocomposite, sonication, dispersion, thermo-mechanical properties
Summary:To date, controlling the microstructure of carbon nanotube (CNT)-polymer composites remains a challenge due to high tendency of CNTs to aggregate. Proper dispersion of CNTs in the matrix has to be guaranteed to employ CNTs as effective reinforcement. In the current work, the dispersion of 0.25 and 0.5 wt.% carboxylic acid functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-COOH) into a Derakane 8084 vinyl ester (VE) resin has been studied. In order to investigate the effect of dispersion conditions, various sonication parameters including mixing time and ultrasonication energy input have been examined during synthesizing process. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results have shown 13°C increase in the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the 0.25 wt.% CNT/VE system when introducing total sonication energy of 60 KJ (Fig. 1a and c). However, a slight shift in Tg can be found in nanocomposites containing 0.5 wt.% CNTs (Fig. 1b and d). Room temperature 3-point flexural tests have been performed on rectangular specimens with different CNT contents and sonication energy levels (Fig. 2). Adding MWCNT-COOH nanoparticles reduces the ductility of VE matrix. It can be seen that the flexural modulus of the nanocomposites is enhanced by 15 and 24% as the sonication energy reaches to 60 KJ (for 0.25 wt.% CNT/VE system) and 15 KJ (for 0.5 wt.% CNT/VE system), respectively. This finding is consistent with the results of DSC (Fig 1c and d). The quality of CNT dispersion in the matrix has been monitored using the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and nanoindentation mapping technique and correlated to the mechanical behavior of the material. Based on the resulting dispersion conditions, the optimum sonication parameters and nanoparticle loading have been determined.


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Microsoft and Motorola Mobility, which is now owned by Google, have agreed to set aside several patent disputes until a U.S. court has ruled on their FRAND (fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory) license dispute, set to be heard in November.
The agreement was first picked up by Foss Patents blogger Florian Mueller. Microsoft alleged in the case that Motorola had not lived up to its FRAND obligation for patents essential to the video codec H.264 standard and the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard. Microsoft said that Motorola's offer for the license of those patents was "blatantly unreasonable."
The agreement will only affect three cases of alleged patent infringement between the two companies, set to be heard in Seattle, Wash., and is not expected to affect the dispute before the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Read more of "Microsoft, Google set aside patent disputes to resolve FRAND" at ZDNet.


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From April 18 to 23, Milan IS the Salone Internazionale del Mobile as designers, tourists, and journalists flock to the trade fair for the most anticipated design event of the year. On Day One, Inhabitat made its way to the Rho-Fiera fairgrounds on the outskirts of the bustling Italian city where the latest international designs were being unveiled before a crazed, but decidedly stylish, public. We've seen some great stuff and have tons to report- read on for some highlights!
It was definitely a challenge to weave through the excessive number of booths on display throughout the Salone but here are some personal favorites from the event:
Sibling designers Fernando and Humberto Campana's Favela Chairs are tediously pieced together from leftover wood chips. They currently design for Italian-based furniture company Edra.
Ingo Maurer's reflective TU-BES Lights made out of toothpaste tubes… more to follow later this morning about this one!
Patricia Urquiola's petal-patterned felt chaise and chair for Moroso.
Anything from Swedish-based design studio Swedese is pretty amazing, but I'm especially loving this log-inspired number designed by Naoto Fukasawa. More from Swedese later today.
Lampshades crafted from mulberry pulp by Innermost were also a sight for sore eyes.
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Samuel L. Jackson says Oldboy remake is similar in theme but different in execution
The remake of the popular Korean film, Oldboy, staring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Brolin and directed by Spike Lee, is slated to be released in America on November 27th. The movie tells the story of an advertising executive (Brolin) who is held in solitary confinement for 20 years, and when he is released he goes on the hunt for the perpetrators. Samuel L. Jackson, who reportedly is sporting a yellow mohawk for the role, recently talked about the similarities and differences between the new film and the original Park Chan Wook movie.
"There are so many things that are different and so many things that are similar, in theme, yes, in execution, not so much. My particular character I just wanted to be interesting and sort of off-key in a physical and sort of temperamental sort of way, and Spike allowed me to bring a lot of stuff with me and use a majority of it, so I'm very pleased."
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Cool stills from the remake!
This mohawk looks like it could be the McDonald's arches.
This man is not happy.
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Rapids and their Evolutionary IdentityThe Colorado Rapids have had many obstacles stand in their way. Can their spontaneity continue to maneuver through these obstacles?
by Greg Moss | Friday, August 16, 2013
When you look at the identity of a sports team, you must accept the fact that change is always prevalent in their vocabulary.
Usually, this change occurs when things begin to break down or go wrong. If there is any sort of success, and the reality sets in that something is going right, change seems to be placed back in the holster until needed in the hopefully distant future.
I have talked about the identity of the Colorado Rapids and the identity crisis they endured at the forefront of the season. I speculated that they might do well with new, young blood carrying enthusiasm and the will to prove themselves as professional players, but I would have never thought that the Colorado Rapids would be just a few points out of 1st place in the Western Conference.
That being said, when most talk about a team identity change, they discuss it as though it was a one time, firesale type of thing rather than a Darwin-istic type evolution.
The Rapids have gone undefeated since June and looking to continue their streak into the last part of the season leading into playoffs. They have played more matches than any other team in the league, and just drew with the worst team in the Western Conference in Chivas USA. Only Darwin's theory of natural selection would edge the instinct within the Rapids that leads to the survival of the fittest to take the lead with what I call, Evolutionary Identity.
Each sports team at some point in time reaches a moment or situation in which they know they must make drastic changes, and a drastic amount of them to find any sort of success. Change in gameplan, leadership, players; any sort of jolt that the team might need to resuscitate the life that may have once coursed through the veins of the team that have presently withered and withdrawn to almost nothing. We've seen it time and time again: When a team finds a rut, it's hard to alter its identity and crawl out.
The Rapids have discovered a method that has not been used by many teams in the past. When they are on the successful track, make a change and see if it escalates the success. Always be ahead of others and keep them guessing.
The Rapids officially signed the headliner; Gabriel Torres to become their 1st designated player in franchise history. With this signing comes the high hopes that the Panamanian striker will fulfill the lost art of scoring goals – something that the Rapids have struggled with for the last several seasons. Martin Rivero has returned from injury, scoring a goal in his 1st match in months against Chivas USA; and 33-year-old Vicente Sanchez has already found playing time for Colorado.
Colorado has been unbeaten since June, yet the Rapids still find the need to bring in new players and change a team that has proven that it works. The backline of defenders has been changed with Shane O'Neill moving to the wing back position, and the shaky German Mera playing centerback. Hot-headed Hendry Thomas cannot stay disciplined enough to play consecutive matches, and Atiba Harris seems have dropped off the face of the earth. Fans argue that Edson Buddle has not done the job that he was brought in for, and Tony Cascio continues his sophomore slump displaying his adolescent selfish style of play. Yet, they continue to win games.
Is that because they keep themselves guessing as much as the other teams? Or is it because they are so in tune with the players that they understand the nuances of each and every player well enough to understand what they do and do not need to fill in holes? The hard fought battle for the star Torres was a long one, and ended in success. Will he be the answer the Rapids need to complete their woes from the past? Or will he be just another Rapids story lost in the pages of their short history?
The Rapids, in my opinion, have discovered something that has not yet been tapped into, other than maybe the "run by committee" type play in the NFL, or rotating security codes in a high-security building.
But when a team watches film, they learn the tendencies of the other team based on who's playing in the film. When a team brings in a new player, the opponent, as well as the head coach themselves, do not quite understand how every piece of the puzzle will fit together.
Not only will the Torres signing keep other teams guessing, but it will keep the Rapids guessing as well, finding players that can build around Torres could prove difficult, but an evolution that may end in success.
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Google Chrome hit the 18th version today with an official released version of Google Chrome 18 available for download, it brings improved graphics support to both newer and older computers.
So what are the new features of Chrome 18?
Features of Google Chrome 18
- Fast start-up
Google Chrome launches in a snap.
- Fast loading
Google Chrome loads web pages quickly.
- Fast search
Search the web right from the address bar.
The Canvas2D changes will allow the same older PCs to process game and animation graphics faster.
- Google Chrome 18 updates the Flash player plugin to latest version Flash 11.
But the most important feature of Google Chrome 18 is that it brings improved graphics and access to basic 3D content for older computers. Google has partnered with TransGaming to license the softare SwiftShader. SwiftShader only works when Chrome's baked-in graphics processor acceleration doesn't run, and in the blog post announcing the update
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THURMONT, Md. (AP) — Police in Thurmont say more than 300 packs of potpourri incense have been stolen from a gas station.
Officers say the front door of the Liberty Gas Station was broken and the packs of potpourri incense, which sell for $35 to $55 each, were taken.
The News-Post of Frederick says the burglary was reported Tuesday.
Police say potpourri incense is also known as synthetic marijuana and is not for human ingestion.
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Brown the meat in a lightly greased, heavy cast-iron pot. Pour off the excess grease. Remove the meat and melt the butter. Add the celery, onions and bell peppers and saute until tender. Add back the chicken livers, meat mixture and cooked eggplant. Add Cajun seasoning to taste. Slowly simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
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The Downtown Republican Women (formerly known as Twickenham Republican Women) will meet on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The meeting will be held at Below the Radar, 220 Holmes Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801. Social time begins at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is served at noon. Please RSVP for this event to Marcia St. Louis at firstname.lastname@example.com. Lunch is ordered off the menu.
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Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
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One of the most important aspects of our service is the provision of CAREGivers who demonstrate a passion to assist older people to live full, independent lives, are empathetic, understanding and able to provide highly professional care services. All those who apply to become Home Instead CAREGivers are rigorously screened to ensure their suitability for the role.
If applicants show that they have the character, qualities and capabilities to become a Home Instead CAREGiver, they must then undergo thorough, in-depth pre-employment checks; these include provision of six references (which are carefully checked), a clear, enhanced criminal background check and the undertaking of extensive, ongoing training.
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All CAREGivers, regardless of background and experience, must undertake Home Instead's own training and all mandatory elements. Mandatory elements include, but are not limited to; Health and Safety, Moving and Handling, First Aid awareness, Protection, Medication awareness etc. In addition, CAREGivers are provided with client specific training.
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Gun control likely topic for Congress
Washington --
When the 113th Congress opens for business in January, gun control advocates and their allies on Capitol Hill will renew efforts to ban assault weapons and mandate background checks on all gun transactions.
There is a "high likelihood" that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will offer up an updated version of an assault weapons ban, a person familiar with her thinking said on condition of anonymity.
Feinstein sponsored a 1994 ban, which outlawed specific types of semiautomatic weapons that accept detachable magazines and have a laundry list of features such as flash suppressors, threaded barrels and bayonet holders. The ban expired in 2004.
Although the exact contents of Feinstein's new proposal have yet to be ironed out, it may be based in part on California's state law controlling semiautomatic weapons. That law, among the nation's toughest, bars most weapons with detachable magazines and a single extra feature such as flash suppressor or a folding stock.
"The assault weapons ban is a piece of the puzzle," said Benjamin Van Houten, managing attorney of the San Francisco-based Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. "It's not the whole thing, but it's an important piece for moving forward on this issue."
Similarly, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is likely to reintroduce his Fix Gun Checks Act, which would require background checks on virtually all gun transactions. Under current law, background checks are done only on weapons sold by federally licensed firearms dealers. Private sales of weapons - some of which occur at gun shows - do not require checks.
Even in the stunned aftermath of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., observers say the likelihood of gun control legislation winning congressional approval is remote.
With gun-rights-minded Republicans in control of the House and some Senate Democrats such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., John Tester, D-Mont., opposing gun control, legislation aimed at reining in access to lethal weaponry faces a steep climb - no matter how much the political ground has shifted.
"Everyone's frustrated and I understand why people use this terrible tragedy for a good purpose, trying to get a discussion going on gun control," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "But the House probably wouldn't even bring any of it up for a vote."
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Kiwi students win first place at Worldwide Imagine Cup Final
Media Release
Kiwi students win first place and $50,000 prize for Innovation at Microsoft Worldwide Imagine Cup Finals 2014
AUCKLAND, August 4, 2014 — A University of Auckland student team has won first place and a $50,000 prize in the 'Innovation' category at the Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals in Seattle this week for their social interaction app, called 'Estimeet'.
Team Estimeet members Hayden Do (19), Jason Wei (19), Chris Duan (30), and Derek Zhu (22) designed the app to track the real-time locations of people making their way to business or social meetings.
All the competition winners were announced at the Imagine Cup World Championship ceremony during Microsoft's TechReady conference at the Washington State Convention Center, in front of an audience of 5,000 students, judges, partners and Microsoft employees. The ceremony was the culmination of a weeklong event and celebrates the power of student innovation.
A first place team was chosen in each of the three competition categories: Games, Innovation and World Citizenship. One of those three winning teams was then named World Champion, taking home the Imagine Cup and receiving a private meeting with Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and technology advisor.
"There is not a business, vertical industry or person on the planet untouched by technology," said Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella.
"Imagine Cup empowers students to hack tough problems, while learning and building off the work of others. Student developers play a huge role in bringing new technologies to life in a mobile-first, cloud-first world. Congratulations to all the competitors for their hard work and creativity."
Thirty-four student teams representing 34 countries competed in the World Finals after winning national and online competitions around the globe. Microsoft awarded cash and other prizes to the winning teams, valued at more than $1 million across the yearlong Imagine Cup program.
Other prizes include boot camps focused on career skills and project support, plus airfare and accommodation packages, and awards for the winning teams at the World Finals event.
Imagine Cup World Finals Winners
The winners of the 12th annual Imagine Cup competitions are the following:
Imagine Cup World Champion:
• Imagine Cup trophy and private meeting with Bill Gates: Team Eyenaemia from Australia, Winner of the World Citizenship Category
Innovation Category:
• First Place, $50,000 prize and Microsoft Ventures Boot Camp: Team Estimeet from New Zealand
• Second Place, $10,000 prize: Team Tep from Hungary
• Third Place, $5,000 prize: Team Butterfly from Bahrain
Games Category:
• First Place, $50,000 prize and PAX Boot Camp: Team Brainy Studio from Russia
• Second Place, $10,000 prize: Team Bomon from Korea
• Third Place, $5,000 prize: Team Illogic from Egypt
World Citizenship Category:
• First Place, $50,000 prize and Microsoft YouthSpark Boot Camp: Team Eyenaemia from Australia
• Second Place, $10,000 prize: Team SMART crew from Taiwan
• Third Place, $5,000 prize: Team Access Earth from Ireland
Nigel Parker, Developer Experience Director for Microsoft New Zealand, extended his warmest congratulations to the team, which is the first New Zealand team ever to win a top category at the Imagine Cup.
"Having been involved with the Imagine Cup for a number of years in New Zealand I am continually inspired by the students who passionately disrupt the technology landscape both locally and globally as a result of their fresh thinking and entrepreneurial spirit, said Parker.
"New Zealand has punched above its weight placing in the top ten in the world four times in the last five years," says Parker. "We are so proud that this year's team took out the Innovation category. It's a great example of how this country is an incubator for top talent and world leading ideas."
About Microsoft Imagine Cup
In its 12th year, Microsoft Imagine Cup is the company's premier technology program and competition providing opportunities for student technologists, developers and aspiring entrepreneurs from all academic backgrounds to collaborate, develop a technology application, create a business plan and gain a keen understanding of what is needed to bring a concept to market. Students can learn more about Imagine Cup by visitinghttp://www.imaginecup.com. A full list of competition categories is available at https://www.imaginecup.com/Custom/Index/Competitions.
Imagine Cup is focused on providing students with the opportunities, resources and experience to become the brightest young minds worldwide. In addition to skills and training that launch incredible careers, students receive unparalleled hands-on experience, guidance and mentorship from industry luminaries, opening doors to a future as an entrepreneur, innovator and technologist. Each of the first place winners in the competition's three categories — Games, Innovation and World Citizenship — will receive a "boot camp" experience from Microsoft Ventures, Microsoft YouthSpark or PAX during which they will receive hands-on mentorship and project development support from Microsoft and industry experts.
About Microsoft YouthSpark
Microsoft YouthSpark is a global initiative that aims to create opportunities for 300 million youth in more than 100 countries by 2015. This companywide initiative includes Citizenship and other company programs that empower youth to imagine and realize their full potential by connecting them with greater opportunities for education, employment and entrepreneurship. Learn more at www.microsoft.com/youthspark.
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Toronto, March 30th, 2011 – On Thursday March 24th, the Toronto Right to Life Association (TRL) and National Campus Life Network (NCLN) unveiled a new resource for high school pro-lifers in Canada. This project, Student Life Link, is a network and resource for high school students to encourage the formation and development of pro-life high school clubs.
Student Life Link features a website containing resources, contacts, speaker suggestions and motivation for students and teachers to start pro-life clubs at their schools. A Facebook page and group will enable students to share ideas, news, and connect with one another.
Lia Mills, who has garnered attention for her Youtube videos and powerful speaking ability, introduces the project on the new website and invites her peers to join in. "Together we begin today to shape tomorrow, to build a pro-life Canada," she says. "It begins here and it begins now, with you, with me, and with our generation."
"Young people need more than just the truth about abortion," adds Rebecca Richmond, Executive Director of NCLN. "We also need strategies and opportunities to get that message out to our peers and our society. Getting involved is what builds us into pro-life leaders for not only the future of our country, but also the present."
This project was inspired by an earlier collaboration between TRL and NCLN on a Student Club Manual for high school students. Like the manual, modelled on NCLN's university manual, Student Life Link also draws on NCLN's expertise and resources from years of working with pro-life university groups and adapts them for the high school environment, an area of focus for TRL.
"Student Life Link will complement the current work and accomplishment of teachers, students, school boards, and local Right to Life organizations." says Rebecca Richmond. "Clubs need that local help and support. What we're trying to do is add a layer of support that is accessible to students through online media and which encourages collaboration and idea sharing among groups."
"The tagline and motto of the project is A Pro-Life Canada Starts Here," explains Paul Klotz, Executive Director of TRL. "It sums up the growing optimism and confidence of our pro-life youth and we hope it will inspire these young men and women, through their involvement with a high school pro-life club, to choose, support and fight for fight in high school, in university and beyond."
The project was launched on Thursday March 24th at the 2nd Annual Student Leadership Conference, co-sponsored by TRL, the Toronto Catholic District School Board's Respect for Life Committee, and the University of Toronto Students for Life.
For more information, visit the website at www.studentlifelink.ca or contact Paul Klotz at 416 483 7869 or Rebecca Richmond at 416 483 7869 (office), 416 388 0461 (cell).
photo: Lia Mills, with Rebecca Richmond, Director of NCLN, and Larissa Zantua, TRL staff member, cuts green ribbon inaugurating Student Life Link


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Consensus Leadership Isn't Real Leadership
The pendulum has swung too far on Consensus Leadership. In a New York Daily News article published on January 3, 2001, called "Not Exactly His Father's Cabinet, But It Could Be," Michael Kramer wrote that Abraham Lincoln's observation is worth recalling: "No matter what the cabinet thinks, only one vote counts." Abraham Lincoln was unquestionably a great leader. That can't be said about all leaders. More and more, we are seeing consensus leadership styles get in the way of organizations getting things done: leadership paralyzed with indecision until all members of the team are on board. Lincoln would not have supported consensus leadership. He knew it was his responsibility to make a decision. Some leaders rely on consensus leadership techniques to:
- Avoid making a decision for which they are ultimately responsible
- To make it appear as though they are being inclusive with their team
- As a way to cover for their own discomfort making decisions as well as their own self-esteem issues
- Share the blame rather than taking responsibility when something goes wrong
Consensus leadership can be powerful and engage people who are part of decision making in voicing there opinion, but, leaders must lead. It is not possible to have full consensus in today's complex world. If a leader gets it wrong, they are responsible. What is worse? Getting it wrong and quickly fixing it, or allowing consensus leadership to get in the way of making any decision, or a sub-optimal one. As U.S. President Harry S. Truman said, "The buck stops here." This is how a leader thrives.
The focus of Group50's Organizational Development Practice is to help you simplify the decision making process and get the proper leadership alignment across your organization generating greater results by making leadership as much process as talent. Give Bruce Dougan a call at (909) 949-9083, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or request more information here.
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John Anderson September 16, 2014 at 7:46 pm
Consensus has its place but sometimes leaders just need to make the decision. I remember telling my executive teams on several occasions that "everyone has a voice —- not a vote".
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1 Year!!
One year ago today, Danielle and I were walking back from the gym. We got this wild idea about how cool it would be to come up with a blog. We could share our story with everyone out there. It was going to be awesome. Finally, we put our idea together and we became the […]Read more
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