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Sirloin steaks, 1 inch thick
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Balsamic Glaze
- Season the steaks with salt and fresh ground pepper.
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- Slice the steaks and cover the rocket leaves with the slices of meat. Drzzle 1 teaspoon of olive oil over the meat, sprinkle with the parmesan shavings and drizzle the balsamic glaze over the parmesan. Serve immediately.
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic Third Class Passenger - LOBB, Mrs Cordelia K.
- Age: 26
- Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 1886
- Place of Residence: Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Embarked at: Southampton, England ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912
- Ticket Number: 3336
- Price Of Ticket: £16 2s 0d
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Cordelia K. Lobb was traveling with her husband, William Arthur Lobb, and they both boarded the Titanic at Southampton, England, on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912, traveling to Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort may not have the prettiest record but there's a reason he's viewed by most as one of MMA's legitimate legends. "The Phenom" is powerful, precise, and surprisingly quick. He's also got a warrior's mentality in terms of taking any tilt thrown his way, even going so far as to nearly finish 205-pound champion Jon Jones on short notice a few months back.
However, Belfort's next opponent – Michael Bisping – isn't overly concerned about the Brazilian's past accomplishments or in-ring arsenal. In fact, he apparently doesn't even know if he'll break a sweat en route to beating Belfort on January 19 at UFC on FX 7.
"I can go 5×5 standing on my head. I don't think Vitor Belfort can do the same thing, and after round one, he's gonna be a walking punching bag and it's gonna be an easy night for 'The Count,'" said Bisping in a conversation with MMAInterviews. "He has the body of the lion but the legs of a chicken and the heart of a chicken, which I'll show."
Bisping did give Belfort credit for being dangerous in the early phases of a fight, saying he respected the veteran's abilities even if he wasn't worried about becoming a victim of them.
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Some time ago I had the misfortune of working with someone who was aggressive and an outright bully, who tended to dominate, intimidate and even humiliate other people. However management did nothing to curb this guy's daily tirade of other people's shortcomings. By doing nothing this guy was allowed to run rough shod over whoever he chose, without being held to account. The bully had become the 'elephant in the room' because everyone knew what he was up to but no one was prepared to stop him. The knowledge this guy held in his head was deemed more valuable than the feelings of those who had to work with him. Continue reading Winner does not take it all
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In an earlier post I talked about our twin needs of allowing growth and protecting important wildlife habitat. Not an easy accomplishment particularly since one need contradicts the other. To this end I met with Guy Greenaway and Kim Good of the Miistakis Institute to talk about the transfer of development credits as a way of insuring private landowners do not have the priviledge of devolping their land taken away from them without replacing it somewhere else that development can be undertaken in less sensitive areas.
At my request our CAO has invited Guy and Kim to make a presentation to council on the transfer of development credits. After a number of tentative dates fell apart due to illness and other factors Guy let us know this past week that he would be able to attend tonight's (Tuesday May 13th) council committee of the whole meeting to make a presentation. I am sure all that are interested in development and or conservation in Crowsnest Pass would find tonight's presentation at council interesting and thought provoking. The meeting again is tonight, May 13 7:00PM, at council chambers.
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Essential Training in Native American Healing Wisdom
A Lakota prophecy tells of a day when Westerners will join Native wisdom-keepers to create a new, integrated vision of healing. Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona believes that day has arrived. With The Spirit of Healing, this physician and lifelong student of Native American spirituality invites you to discover healing practices informed by both modern medical and psychiatric knowledge and the "narrative medicine" of traditional healers.
"Western medicine provides many tools for doctors and professionals," teaches Dr. Mehl-Madrona. "But in the Native approach, we learn how to become our own best healers."
The Art of Healing through Story
Mind-body medicine has shown how important our thoughts are in determining our health. In tribal practice, this is expressed in the power of story—when we learn to listen to the stories underneath an illness, we can illuminate the path to healing. Dr. Mehl-Madrona reveals time-honored techniques and ceremonies for calling on the strength of our ancestors, community, and helping spirits so that we can re-create our life's story as one of wholeness and health.
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Native medicine focuses on enhancing the underlying harmony of our lives, not only within our bodies, but in our relationships to each other, the environment, and the spirit world. Offering over six hours of stories, insights, and practices, Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona provides indispensible guidance for integrating Native American wisdom into your life with The Spirit of Healing.
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Wonderful course! He was very engaging and the information and stories kept me actively listening. I am actually excited to listen to it all over again!
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Wonderful material. The stories alone are incredibly healing. My spouse has a chronic health condition and I gained much hope from Dr. Mehl-Madrona's integrative approach. We had long been looking for an approach that combines Native healing practices with Western medicine. Since the author was raised in Native culture and has deeply absorbed the practices and is also an M.D., he is able to bridge the gap that so many of us encounter between conventional medicine and holistic ways. I was raised in South Dakota and have experienced the power of the ceremonies that "Dr. Lewis" describes. I just didn't see how it was possible to integrate that experience with conventional medicine. Now I'm beginning to glimpse a path. The author uses a tremendously effective combination of telling healing success stories, sharing meditative practices/visualizations, and explaining Native world views. In the end, it is Dr. Mehl-Madrona's consummate internal integration of healing worlds that makes this audio set so powerful. Highly recommended!
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Very informative and entertaining. Enjoyed most of the content very much and really made me want to learn more about Native american healing.
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This audiobook is filled with long magical and pre-rational mythical stories as well as some of Lewis' personal stories. The information was somewhat interesting at times but in the end I could have done without it and not missed anything.
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This product is truely lovely because Lewis teachers by explaining healing in story form AND the sceince (psychological) effect of the healing. Just beautiful.
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This product is truely lovely because Lewis teachers by explaining healing in story form AND the sceince (psychological) effect of the healing. Just beautiful.
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Excellent. Provides a solid understanding of the underpinnings of the subject in cultural context, along with practical means of experiencing what the teachings are all about.
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Lewis is a captivating storyteller who can easily explain Native American teachings and how they intersect with conventional medicine in a manner that is soothing and instructive to healers and patients alike.
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Yesterday I had a myelogram as part of my ongoing quest to find the source of this neck pain and treat it. I'd had one a couple of years ago, between my first and second neurosurgeries, and remembered it as being quite uncomfortable – more discomfort than I had with the surgeries, actually. Yesterday's wasn't bad. I'm not sure if this was because I knew what to expect, or because I'd loaded up on the caffeine beforehand (flushes the dye and decreases the headache), or because I've been in constant pain for so long I've gotten used to it. Probably the latter, unfortunately.
Anywho, after the covering of your spinal cord is punctured you have to rest for 24 hours to let it heal so you don't develop a cerebrospinal fluid leak. I'm not sure exactly why that would be so catastrophic – it makes me think of Ghostbusters: "Don't cross the streams!" "Why?" "It would be bad!" Okey-dokey. So here I am on bedrest, feeling guilty because a co-worker had to get up at the buttcrack of dawn and show up at the hospital at 4:30 this morning to cover for me. Sorry, Tiffany! Meanwhile, I'm lounging in my jammies, trying to convince myself that it's important to stay in bed and be still when I'm so hyped up on caffeine I feel like a Chihuahua on meth.
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It's summer time, which means it's time for Gordon Ramsay to take over the Fox network again. His annual domination began with the premieres of two of his shows, "MasterChef" and "Hell's Kitchen" (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on Fox). The night kicked off with Ramsay in his element, yelling at the fresh batch of contestants on "Hell's Kitchen" as they failed to impress him.
One contestant, though, certainly had the confidence to take him all the way, and it's only the first day. Royce was so full of himself, he referred to himself throughout the episode in the third person.
"Royce can make spaghetti," he declared. "Royce can make squab. Royce can make anything. I got this!" Only he didn't. And he couldn't.
After Ramsay sampled Royce's spaghetti, he called it "crunchy" and threw Royce out of the kitchen. But it wasn't enough to get Royce thrown from the show -- yet. But that's because it was a disastrous dinner service for everyone.
Both the men's team and the women's team failed to send out a single entree, while the men really didn't manage to get anything right, so they had to nominate their weakest links. But they didn't even get that right.
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That's right, everything starts from an idea. Some people dream about this their whole lives, but they don't have the courage to start it. The idea that we're talking about can be anything, but usually, the success is found by those who choose something that they know. For example, if you're good with flowers, you can open up a flower shop, and if you've worked in a bar, you can open up a coffee shop or a pub. Of course, there are plenty of other ideas that you can use, and the truth is that it's all up to you what you want to do.
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The right business plan can be done easily, especially if you get help from a business lawyer or a business advisor, as this plan has to cover all the important aspects of the business, starting from the name and finishing with the marketing strategies, and everything else that you can think about.
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Some businesses will need a downtown location, while others could be run from the comfort of your home. It all depends to what kind of business you want to open, as each of them will need a different location. For a flower shop, you will need a location with adequate furniture, the same as for a bar or a pub or a coffee shop. For those who do something home-based, they won't need a location, but they might need to invest in a computer or in something else that they want to do.
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There's one thing that you don't want to forget about – the marketing strategies that every business should use for its own benefit. The online marketing is even better, as the online environment offers you plenty of possibilities – to increase your sales, to get more customers, to target specific people and so on. The marketing strategies are necessary because they make the business go forward, and it's something that every business plan should contain.


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Kerris Dorsey & Devon Bagby Buddy Up at 'Ray Donovan' Panel
Kerris Dorsey steps out at a panel discussion for her Showtime show Ray Donovan held at Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on Monday night (April 28) in North Hollywood, Calif.
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Members of the Rensselaer County Legislature joined friends, family and other elected officials for the Eagle Scout Court of Honor on April 19 at the Poestenkill Fire House to recognize Troop 528 members Scott Gundrum Jr. and Eric Snyder
Also recognized were Eagle Scouts Nicholas Despart and Timothy Shupe from Troop 222.
More than 120 SUNY Oswego students took part in off-campus internships in the spring through the college's Center for Experiential Learning. Area residents, with their internship site and its location in parentheses, are:
Jordan G. Shutts, Queensbury, a junior business administration major (KOST IT Consulting LLC, Fort Edward)
Gwendolyn M. Rowland, Corinth, a senior human development major (Morning Star Nursing Home, Oswego)
Quinn P. Rasmus, Eagle Bridge, a senior human development major (Mrs. Rogers' Neighborhood, Oswego)
Brittany T. Foley, Saratoga Springs, a senior public relations major (Zink Shirts, Oswego)
Michael Medina, Troy, a senior public relations major (Cre8 Studios, Oswego)
Katelyn Cardone, Glens Falls, a senior graphic design major (Artswego Office, Oswego)
John E. Evans, Schenectady, a senior accounting major (Kraftees, Oswego)
Alexander Wei, Niskayuna, was named to the fall semester Honor Roll at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.
The following area residents were named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Western New England University, Springfield, Mass.:
Courtney Brown, Cohoes; Katie Schmidt, East Greenbush; Caroline Breen, Greenfield Center; Sarah Hickey, Rensselaer; and Alexandra Ciani, Schenectady.
The following area residents were named to the president's list for the fall semester at Western New England University, Springfield, Mass.:
Chad Woodrow, Averill Park; Nicholas Crocetta, Delmar; Michael Moore, Germantown; Lauren Kneller, Ghent; Vanessa Vaccarino, Glenmont; Mark Baker, Rachel Nentwick, and Karen Toivonen, all from Greenfield Center; Edward Del Principe, Hudson; Morgan Kolakowski, Rensselaer; Sean Griffin, Troy; Brittany N. Dickhaus, Petersburg; and Dalton Lewandowski and Alexis Zalewski, both from Schenectady.
Madeline Kronau, Delmar, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Concordia University, Seward, Neb.
The following area residents were named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield, Pa.:
Matthew Knezovic and James Scarantino, both from Ballston Lake; Sarah Morin, Greenfield Center; Danielle Murray, Sand Lake; and Kaitlyn Meyer, Sloansville.
The following area residents were named to the provost's list for the fall semester at SUNY Oneonta:
Bridget Boland, Toby Wykes, and Carina Ross, Albany; Kathryn Forti, Altamont; Anthony Martin, Berne; Michael Matson, Catskill; Connor Killane, Clifton Park; Raymond Hartmann and Luke Murphy, Cobleskill; Ashley Prendergast, Copake; Todd Ferguson, East Nassau; Scott Goodfellow, Freehold; Madison Blodgett, Gansevoort; Jerrad Pacatte, Howes Cave; Elizabeth Hill, Johnsonville; Shauna McDonald and Emily Mottolese, Schenectady; Melanie Schmitt, Selkirk; and Ryan Clayton, Voorheesville.
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State Farm was founded as an automobile Insurance Company, and was a group of large US insurance companies, that specialized in auto insurance for the farmers. State Farm was founded by George J Mercherlee, who believed that since the farmers drove less they incurred much less losses than the city farmers, thus having to pay much less in terms of insurance. His concept achieved much popularity, and the company became successful. Today the company has more than 79200 employees, with more than 16700 agents and 71.6, million policies in the United States and Canada. The headquarters of State Farm is located in Bloomington, Illinois. The chairman of State Farm is Edward B. Rust, Jr., who also acts as the Chief Executive Officer of the company.
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State Farm Background
There are many major companies that are formed with State Farm. One of these Insurance companies is the State Farm Automobile that was formed on June 7th, 1922. Some of these insurance companies have organized many farmers, in order to solve their insurance needs. Out of every five cars that move in the roads, at least one car is insured with State Farm Insurance. This is a mutual insurance company, so does not have any kind of shareholders. State Farm was actually a parent company of several wholly owned subsidiaries, that were able to provide property and life insurance, along with banking products and other services. Health Insurance was started marketing by the company in the year 1965.
State Farm Life was another company that began operations in the year 1961, in order to meet the needs of life insurance of the people, who are located in New York, Connecticut, and Wisconsinite. The company has been marketing variable products to all our customers, since the year 1998.
Another State Farm company is the State Farm Fire and Casualty, which was formed in the year 1935, with the main objective of being able to provide property insurance for the State Farm Customers who are located in the United States and Canada. State Farm has the reputation of being the largest insurer of homes since the year 1964.
State Farm County is another Insurance company that was formed in the year 1961, in order to protect the motorists. State Farm manages the company in its most of the affairs.
Another major State Farm company is State Farm Indemnity that had the objective of providing an accurate pricing and risk management technique in the market. State Farm has also a subsidiary company that is known as State Farm Guarantee Insurance Company that started with writing auto insurance in the state of New Jersey.
In the year 1962, another State Farm company was formed that was known as State Farm General, and was involved into the primary writer of State Farm Homeowners, and also property liability insurance in California.
State Farm Florida started its business in the year Feb1, 1999, and has been involved in the business of property liability business in Florida.
State Farm Lloyds is also a company that is also referred to as State Farm Bank, and has its business of underwriting homeowners and commercial multiple peril insurance in that state. State Farm started its business in the year 1983, and is managed by an attorney State Farm Lloyds, that is mandatory by law.
State Farm Bank is also such an institution with no branch offices. The State Farm agents provide most of the work of customer assistance and customer interaction. The company has $ 12 billion in total assets as on 31st December. The main focus of State Farm has always been on consumer oriented financial products.
State Farm Investment Management serves as an investment advisor. It serves as the transfer agent for the State Farm Variable Products. The company has more than 35 years of experience in the management of assets of the investment company. The State Farm VP Management Corporation serves as a broker and a dealer of the State Farm Associate, and Retail Mutual Funds and State Farm Variable products.
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The Insurance Agents of State Farm are qualified people, whose main function is to make life easier for others. The following are the functions that are performed by them.
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State Farm has been in the business of auto insurance since long, and has been able to provide excellent automobile coverage at affordable prices since the year 1922. When you respond to the needs of the customers, you will be a leader in the business of auto insurance.


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We've been spiralizing in our house…and no, that's not a euphemism for anything. We've just pulled out the spiralizer and started curling up everything. Did you know that fall produce works really well in the spiralizer? Apples, carrots, beets – anything firm and crunchy will probably spiralize well. With that thought in mind, we […]
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Whether or not you've read the beloved children's classic "The Little Prince," the movie version coming on August 5 from Netflix is one you simply cannot miss. Antoine de Saint-Exupery's book is simple, touching, and eloquent… and the movie manages to capture all of that while wrapping it into a present-day story. Directed by Academy […]
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If you're looking for some good, old-fashioned, all-American fun this summer, you should see the entire country – or at least a miniature version of it – at Legoland California. Legoland's famous Miniland USA has perfect re-creations of all of the top landmarks (and some mini surprises) at famous cities from around the country. And […]
Mince Fruit Pie
Just in time for the holidays, we've got some Mince Fruit Pie for you. Notice that there's no "meat" in thie pie; just pure delicious fruit. We made this pie for a recent Food Bloggers Los Angeles meeting and it was a hit. But as we served it we learned something funny – apparently everyone […]
Brick-or-Treat at Legoland California
Boo! It's Halloween – are your kids looking for a wholesome "treat?" Treat them to "Brick-or-Treat" party night at LEGOLAND California, happening October 24 and 30. On Brick or Treat party nights, LEGOLAND transforms into a not-too-spooky Halloween festival featuring a variety of fun activities including the new Candy Quest walk-through at the Adventurers' Club […]
Summer Garden Mince Pie
We try to mix it up around here and write about different foods every week… but something strange happened on the way to this week's post. We got so caught up in making celery desserts that we couldn't resist experimenting with one last pie… and it was so good we just have to tell you […]
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In the past I have told you about how to use selective focus. Further, I have said it is a good way to make busy backgrounds disappear into a soft blur called bokeh. In looking over my past posts, I never showed you an example.
Have you all seen the car on Sunset Boulevard under the canopy in front of the Legends of Hollywood shop? Thanks to Nanette Jamieson from flickr for allowing me to use this photo.
The Golden Era by Nanette Jamieson.
Sony A200, 1/200s, f/5.6, ISO 100, EV 0, 11mm focal length.
The car, a gold 1941 Cadillac Series 62, fits the era of Disney's Hollywood Studios and sports a large chrome hood ornament. I set my lens to its largest aperture of f/5.6 at 300mm to completely throw the large Labor Day crowd out of focus and put the ornament in very sharp focus.
Cadillac hood ornament with blurred background.
Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/320s, f/5.6, ISO 200, EV 0, 300mm focal length.
That blurred bright background is what a few dozen people look like out of focus. Leaving the hood ornament as the main subject in all its reflective glory of days gone by.


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As of the release of Linux Kernel 3.1, Hauppauge's WinTV-Aero-m is fully supported for use with both ATSC and DVB-T, using the new MFE framework within dvb-usb to represent two frontends on a single DVB adapter. This makes the Aero-m the first semi-worldwide terrestrial digital television broadcast receiver to be supported under Linux.
The device is built of two LG broadcast demodulators and a MaxLinear SoC. The first LG demodulator, LG DT3305, has been well supported in Linux for ATSC ever since I released it a few years ago. I've written a new driver to support the other LG demodulator, LG2161, for ATSC-MH, but it hasn't yet been merged upstream.
Since ATSC-MH is a relatively new delivery system, some API changes will need to get cleaned up and merged before support for the LG2161 can be added to the kernel. Additionally, since the payload format is different from standard transport streams, some changes will have to be made to the kernel demux and / or some userspace libraries in order to make ATSC-MH work with userspace applications.
What is ATSC-MH? In summary, it is a way to broadcast digital television to devices in motion, similar to (but not the same as) DVB-H. The content co-exists with ATSC, and is usually standard definition or lower resolutions, meant to be viewed on handheld / mobile devices.
As of today, there is open source driver support for ATSC-MH and the LG2161 in my own development repositories, but there is no open source userspace applications to support this as of yet. (There are, however, closed-source solutions available. Contact me privately for more info) I have plans to eventually get all of this done for the general public, but I am also working on various other kernel & userspace projects as well, most of which are much more exciting to me right now. I'd like to get these API changes done for ATSC-MH, so that I can close the book on this project, but I haven't seen much interest for it in the community. Are there people out there that want ATSC-MH to work in Linux?
Basically, I want to know if anybody cares about ATSC-MH. Do you want to be able to watch TV on your linux-based laptop / mobile device while commuting to work on the train? Do you want to display video advertisements and other content on the sides of city buses? Do you want to be able to enjoy your favorite television show *while* crossing the street? 😉 Please let me know. I want to know if it's worth it to move forward with this. Are there any users or companies that want or need to use ATSC-MH in Linux, or should I just wait until I have nothing better to do? I *will* get this completed eventually, I'm just trying to understand how much it will benefit the community. If nobody cares, then I'll surely get this all done within the year (or so) … but if people really are interested, I can have it ready by next weekend. You tell me.
In the meanwhile, please enjoy this semi-worldwide tuner using Linux 3.1 or later. I haven't heard *any* bug reports yet. That means either my driver is awesome, or nobody is using it. Give me some feedback.
EDIT: (2012-03-19) Thanks to everybody who sent email talking about their experiences with the Aero-M under Linux 3.2 – It's great to get emails like this, although I was kinda hoping to get some people commenting here on this blog post. Either way, I have to announce that I've tested the driver in the newly released Linux Kernel 3.3 and there is a small bug that breaks streaming. The fix was released in Linux 3.3.1 For those that want to use Linux 3.3, please use stable 3.3.y kernel series or apply the patch located here: mxl111sf: fix error on stream stop in mxl111sf_ep6_streaming_ctrl()
Yes, I'm interested in m/h and might be able to help, please contact me
Thanks for your email, Brian. I look forward to speaking with you more about ATSC-MH.
Hi Michael and thanks for all your work on this! With ATSC-MH stations starting to come up in Canada there has been discussion in the Digital Home OTA Forum about whether it will be possible to dump ATSC-MH stream and data info in Linux in a similar fashion to what tsreader does in Windows. Many of us run MythTV boxes and would highly appreciate your work towards full support of the ATSC-MH standard. Here's a link to the latest discussions on the topic:
Also, have you had any contact with the MythTV folks regarding ATSC-MH support at the application level?
Thanks for your comment, Jon. It will be possible to dump ATSC-MH stream contents in Linux, although I can't promise as pretty an interface as TSReader from the get-go, but time will tell. As is right now, the kernel driver has been merged and will be shipped with Linux 3.5. Raw data is sent out via the DVR device, there just aren't any open source userspace utilities available yet to decode that data. I am working on some libraries in my spare time, but my paying projects are obviously catching a higher priority level of my attention 😉
I speak to the MythTV folks from time to time, but ATSC-MH has not come up in any discussion as of yet. I am under the impression that the general public isn't as excited about ATSC-MH as you are :-/ Regardless, I hope to have a suite of userspace utilities available for supporting ATSC-MH not too long after kernel 3.5 is released. I'll raise the priority on that if I can see that more people are interested in it…
I strongly suspect that the current programming of MxL111SF registers (both under Windows and Linux) is susceptible to bricking the device (or, at least, a portion of it). I have detailed my current thoughts here: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Hauppauge_WinTV-Aero-m
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As the year draws to an end, are you feeling tired, and run down? Do you feel like you could sleep for a week and that you've reached the limit of your energy? Some regular sleep and a couple of week's beach holiday will probably revitalise you enough to start afresh in the New Year.
But what if you experience mental and physical exhaustion even after a minimal amount of exertion, such as from activities of daily living or simple mental tasks? What if your fatigue is so severe, that you have had to substantially cut down on regular work, education or social activities?
This is what people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) experience. As the name implies, ME/CFS is a chronic, often severely disabling disease that comes with a myriad of symptoms rooted from the autonomic nervous system, immune system, endocrine system and gut. People with ME/CFS commonly experience headaches, muscle and joint pain, unrefreshing sleep, irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath and problems in thinking and memory. They may not be able to regulate body temperature; and experience visual disturbances and extreme photosensitivity; balance problems; and irritable bowel, amongst others symptoms. A good night's sleep is not going to fix their severely debilitating disorder and treatments are hard to come by.
It is only in recent years that ME/CFS is being taken seriously by the medical and scientific community.
Despite this, some research teams have taken up the challenge and researchers at the Bio21 Institute, with little funding, have been steadily working on gathering evidence in this field.
Chris Armstrong, a researcher at the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute is the lead author on some recent studies that associate metabolites and microbiota in faeces, blood and urine with ME/CFS.
Together with a clinician, Dr Donald Lewis, he has been obtaining urine, blood and faecal samples (after overnight fasting) from 34 people diagnosed with ME and from 25 people who are not affected. All participants in the study are women, as sex significantly influences results and also, because proportionally greater numbers of women are diagnosed with ME.
Utilising the extensive expertise of his supervisor, A/Prof Paul Gooley, in the use of magnetic resonance spectrometry and an institute with the largest magnetic resonance facility in Australia, Chris harnessed this knowledge and tools to ask whether there were any differences in the energy metabolism of people with ME/CFS.
He ran his samples through magnetic resonance spectrometers to look for changes in the levels of the major metabolites in faeces, blood and urine; that include the amino acids, glucose, short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and organic acids.
At the heart of the problem is energy – how our body metabolises food and converts it to a usable form of energy. Another part of the equation is our commensals; the bacteria in our gut, that also gain energy from our food.
Building on his lab's previous work, that found altered gut bacterial populations in patients suffering from ME/CFS, Armstrong, published findings showing changes of metabolites in the blood and urine of ME/CFS patients. These changes hinted at a slight, but significant shift in the body's source of energy production: from sugars to amino acids. Also, Armstrong observed that biochemical pathways associated with cell and tissue damage as a result of oxidative stress were more active. -
The complexity of ME/CFS, means that by its nature, the research spans a number of disciplines, particularly metabolomics, microbiology and immunology. Both Armstrong's studies have been ground-breaking across these disciplines.
The results from his most recent publication confirm differences in gut microbiota in people with ME/CFS across blood, urine and faecal biofluids, as well as elevated levels of short-chained fatty acids (SCFA) at the expense of amino acids, due to more fermentation taking place in the gut of ME/CFS patients.
Working together with Dr Neil McGregor and Dr Henry Butt, Bioscreen, Chris wanted to see whether there were correlations between his observations in metabolism in his samples and the presence of certain types of bacteria.
As suspected, Chris found that not only were there differences in the energy metabolism of people with ME/CFS, but that these are correlated to their gut microbiota.
How can the bacteria in the gut be making people feel tired?
It's early days, but the research is hinting that the composition of the gut bacterial populations (good gut guys vs bad gut guys) could be skewing the body's metabolism away from obtaining energy from glucose in the process of glycolysis (glucose to energy), to gaining energy from fats and proteins.
This is akin to what our body does when it is starving and it may be a possible explanation for the lack of energy people have in ME/CFS.
More research needs to be done on how the energy metabolism pathways of our body (i.e. citric acid cycle) can be affected by gut bacteria.
"ME/CFS is a complex condition and to find the answer, we need to take a whole-body approach," argues Chris. "And the new knowledge gained in metabolomics and systems biology, will make it possible to delve into the complexity of our body's metabolism."
By Florienne Loder
christopher.armstrong [at] unimelb.edu.au (Chris Armstrong is available for media comment.)


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At the AMD Fusion Developers Conference in Bellevue on Tuesday some of the world's top semiconductor companies announced the formation of the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation, a consortium with the goal of defining and promoting an open, standards-based approach to heterogeneous computing.
AMD first announced an HSA strategy in February to develop an SDK so developers can better write portable applications for multicore chips.
Chaired by AMD corporate fellow Phil Rogers, the consortium will include AMD, ARM, Texas Instruments, MediaTek, and Imagination Technologies.
Intel and NVIDIA are not members of this consortium.
By standardizing the heterogeneous programming model, developers can code applications that take full advantage of the system's available CPUs and GPUs and are portable across architectures.
In the spirit of heterogeneous computing, specifications outlined by the HSA will be strictly hardware agnostic.
"HSA moves the industry beyond the constraints of the legacy system architecture of the past 25-plus years that is now stifling software innovations," said AMD's Phil Rogers. "By aiming HSA squarely at the needs of the software developer, we have designed a common hardware platform for high performance, energy efficient solutions.
For the HSA, supporting and enhancing OpenCL – a programming API for parallel execution of tasks across multicore processors – will be a priority.
"HSA benefits OpenCL by removing memory copies, bringing low-latency dispatch, and helping improve memory model and pointers shared between the CPU and GPU," said AMD spokersperson Phil Hughes.
In a press release, the HSA's founding members said the Foundation intends to start producing and offering developer tools, software developer kits (SDKs), libraries, documentation, training, and support to the heterogeneous software development community as soon as possible.
Press materials say the Foundation is "open to any and all computing industry professionals with an interest in driving the next era in computing performance and energy efficiency."
"One year ago, AMD boldly announced a roadmap for making HSA a reality, starting with combining the CPU and GPU as a unified processing engine to create an architecture that would greatly simplify the programming of heterogeneous platforms," added Manju Hegde, corporate vice president of Heterogeneous Applications and Developer Solutions for AMD.
"Today, we are continuing our heterogeneous computing leadership and dedication to driving broad industry adoption by making the HSA architecture an open standard."
The establishment of the HSA opens another channel of cooperation between ARM and AMD. Speculation amongst investors and the press has been rampant during the past few months that AMD might purchase ARM, however, Jem Davies, ARM's vice president of Technology emphatically denied that any such deal was taking place when asked at a post announcement press conference.


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Proud be a part of this win, and to see an idea come to life for such a great initiative. I have always been a huge fan of Fast Company, and an avid follower of the publication. It is truly awesome to "Brand With Purpose".
Watch as we reveal the journey of the Mercedes-Benz and Fast Company Drive Your Business Forward contest Grand Prize Winner, Social Imprints-from their submission video, to the unveiling of their all-new and customized Metris, to their debut at Fast Company's Innovation Festival in NYC.
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Given that it's been around for a lot shorter time, it's amazing that more more of us are familiar with Snapchat than with Pinterest or LinkedIn; the picture sharing app also has more users than Twitter, Pinterest or LinkedIn (based on percentage of the population who are active users.) Snapchat has achieved the same amount of growth in twelve months as Twitter has seen in four years combined, with it now being ranked as the second most popular social network behind Facebook. The world is going crazy for it - but why? Snapchat is an inexpensive, easy to use medium that allows bloggers to communicate with their audience and show off their personality, creating a deeper and more 'raw' relationship with their readers. The limited editing and filter options make it feel more 'real' and intimate, while the fact you can doodle or add eye-heart emojis on top of a picture ensure it feels fun and refreshing against the over-edited images we now see on Instagram. Snapchat allows you to be 'in the moment', to provide a snapshot of your day or quickly send off a picture of your lunch without worrying if it fits in with your theme. For those of us that can't quite get into vlogging, it allows a conversation to camera that feels natural without having to spend hours in front of editing software.
It's quick, it's easy, and because nobody can see how many followers you have it's an utter level playing field. I personally love the fact that there's no sense of competitiveness when it comes to Snapchat; only you can see who's following you and only you can see how many people have viewed each snap. Rather than focusing on numbers, users are focusing on creating fun and engaging content that will have their followers coming back for more. Unlike other channels, where too much content can be overwhelming or perceived as spammy, on Snapchat it's all about uploading as much as possible; although i struggle to sit through a five minute YouTube video, I'll happily watch 35 snaps back to back and not get bored. If you've yet to get on-board with the platform or are looking for people to follow, here are five of my faves that will give you a great taster of what Snapchat has to offer.
I love the fact that Em snaps everything she's doing, while chatting you through products and experiences. It really is an extension of her blog and gives you a real insight into what she's getting up to - there's always loads of snaps to see too!
Eva Longoria
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Lydia Elise Millen
God could this woman be any more stylish? If you thought her Instagram pictures were edited and perfected, her Snapchat will show you she really is that gorgeous - and her life really is that amazing. She gives you an added insight into what she's doing and spends a lot of time chatting while in her car, which I love.
Megan doesnt really do YouTube videos, so this is a great way to get to know the cute little pixie behind the blog. She's as sweet as a button and always looks utterly fabulous, so you're in for a treat on her Snapchat. From shopping hauls and random chats, to makeup looks and a peek into her bedroom, she's a fab Snapchatter.
Poppy Dinsey
I've known Poppy for a long time and she's blooming hlarious. 'Keeping it real' was a phrase penned for her, as her last Snapchat was filmed sat in a football shirt with a bizarre filter on her face. If you want something utterly unfiltered and relatable, give her a follow.
And of course ME! You can follow me (@LBQblog) for an insight into my life, sneaky looks at products before they make it anywhere else, the boring bits of me watching telly, snaps of my hamsters misbehaving and generally having a chat to camera about what I've been up to. I've never been that inspired to film videos, and Periscope is becoming awash with trolls, so Snapchat is definitely something I'm focusing on and thoroughly enjoying right now. I hope to see you over there!
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Selecting a B2B eCommerce Platform for your B2B organization can be a rather difficult task. If this is your first time on this site, read the companion article "Why your b2b e-commerce rfp might be broken." I also understand that RFPs are a common business practice, so I want to help you get through it as fast as possible. To help you, here are a few best practices for selecting a B2B ecommerce platform — as well as a free template for creating B2B eCommerce RFPs of your own.
What software vendors should you look at? Check out my newest report evaluating the top mid-market B2B eCommerce platforms
6 Best Practices for Selecting Your B2B eCommerce Platform
- Start with writing a business case. Your business case should include a return on investment based on hard data like site traffic, conversion and average order value and soft data like reduced operational cost and cost per customer call. Use your Business Case to prioritize what you do first and to measure the effectiveness of your decisions. A business case and a B2B e-commerce strategy go hand in hand.
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- Understand the components of an e-commerce system: Educate yourself on every aspect of an e-commerce platform. Leave the B2B part out for now. Learn how to create customer experiences, merchandising, promotions and what out of the box (OOTB) means. You will find standard features that span across platforms – things like the product information, shopping cart, and orders. That's a lot of work I know, so do not do this with 12 vendors.
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- Get IT and the Business on the same page: To select a platform that is right for your organization, you must balance what you need to deliver with how to construct it. Come together with joint use cases, requirements, and business case. This should include experience management, merchandising tools (product relationships), and architecture.
To the IT team: Figure out what your business counterparts need, why they need it, and the tools they require. The customer experience does matter, no matter how much of a geek you are.
To the Business team: Regardless of what is out of the box, IT has a lot of work to do to get ready for this type of project on your internal systems.
Help each other out – advocate for each other, and maybe even work to understand each other. I promise it will go a long way.
- Discover which requirements are unique to your business and industry: When developing requirements, the tendency is to focus on where you are unique. While you certainly need to understand these unique needs, it is difficult for any platform to provide all these requirements out of the box. The use case demonstration will become a race to who can build your requirements the fastest versus understanding what is out of the box and how your organization customizes the solution. Start your discovery process off by doing these 7 things.
- Use cases instead of RFPs– put your money and resources into building use cases. Develop use cases that address common features and a few to help you figure out how to customize for your unique requirements. On the latter, ask one thousand questions: How did you build that? How was that customized? Show me.
Make sure that your team has read and agreed with all of the use cases. Ideally, everyone in the room would have had a hand in developing the use cases and even debated the merits of each. I am not suggesting that you eliminate RFP completely.
Read how I believe the RFP process might be broken.
If you absolutely need a RFP, I understand. Maybe the starter RFP can help you.
- Integration, integration, integration: Integration is critical to your success. E-Commerce is an ecosystem made up of many back office and front office systems. You should consider integration with ERP, CRM, Pricing Engines, Order Management, Content Management (CMS), Product Information (PIM), and many others. Understand how each platform integrates to your back office. Have a deep dive technical architecture workshop with your vendors. Answer these questions:Will you use an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), bulk files or all the above?
Do you have data quality issues?Understand each of your integration options and the consequences of integration decisions. You understand your environment; vendors understand their software. Walk away from your architecture sessions having explored every option.
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So, what should you do?
Based on years of watching companies struggle, I have taken the best examples of agile and social approaches to selecting software platforms and create a brand new step by step approach. The AgileRFP. It is like having my voice in your head – I know scary.
AgileRFP is a step by step, agile, and social approach to selecting a B2B eCommerce platform. If you have any questions, write me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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