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Great stuff, although I am going to have to work though this session at least one more time. Gotta love archived material!
Thank you DavidWR for that comment. Got it sorted.
Thank you Jacob!
Hi from pdx
with FPU-VFPv4, measured at PG14 frequency=58.8k period=17us; with FPU=none, f=35.7k T=28us
Thanks for the archives!!
For those having trouble with ST-Link
The ST Link interface needs to be set to "SWD" ...
So on the project right click on the Project - "Name"
Choose Debugger -- make sure it Says STLink
Then Choose the Option for STLink underneath and make sure it is et to "SWD"
Thanks for the archives
drw36 and nicholasfillon: Thanks for the response!
Will double check my steps, but I did copy main_step4.c to replace main.c and X'ed old main.c out in the build. Also added Cycle_Counter.c/.h but I will double check those too. So you guys did get entire Step 4 exercise to work with out the TimerCount_Start/Stop, I take it?
I must have missed something. Guess I will just have to have another go at it...
The ST-Link/V2 is on the STM32F429 Discovery Board (32F429IDISCOVERY) used in this class, Can you post more details of the issue you are seeing.
Also see 'Setting up the STM32F429 Discovery Board for Sessions 3 to 5 hands-on workshops' (PDF) above and here http://www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/FM116/SC959/SS1532/PF259090
At the beginning, I wasted a lot of time figuring out why ST-link is not working for me.
Finally, I realize it requires additional piece of hardware ST-Link/V2.
It would be nice to make it clear from the beginning of setup.
@Alan, be sure to have selected the ST-LINK in your debug section of the option of the project under EAWRM, in the options of the project, go to Debugger, then select the tab download and make sure the "use flash loader" is checked
Thank you Jacob.
@ajbieee: do not foget to copy: main_step4.c, Cycle_Counter.c, and Cycle_Counter.h into the FPU directory where you have the source files. and then add these files into your project under IAR EWARM, then exclude main.c from the build
@Jose_Avila Thanks for the reply. I have tried that. In fact the olnly place I can't get a break point is at main? I just get a red circle and a ding. Not a dot. The toggles do the same thing.
@ajbieee - Did you follow the steps from bullet 5 slide 20 through the exclude step on slide 21? Did you miss excluding main.c or forget to copy the .h file?
Anyone else run into this error?
Error[Li005]: no definition for "TimerCount_Start" [referenced from C:\STM32Seminar\Projects\Peripheral_Examples\FPU_Example\EWARM\Debug\Obj\main_Step4.o] Error[Li005]: no definition for "TimerCount_Stop" [referenced from C:\STM32Seminar\Projects\Peripheral_Examples\FPU_Example\EWARM\Debug\Obj\main_Step4.o] Error while running Linker
(also at the end of Slide 21)
At the bottom of slide 21 when I run download and debug I get fatal error. "Failed to load ftd2xx.dll Ensure that the TI Emulation package..."
All steps prior to this worked fine (e.g. looking at the code count differences between FPU/noFPU
Also, can the chat area have an option to add at the bottom? Trying to read while new comments cause it to jump down is quite difficult.
I also think the format of this presentation was a great idea. I've been to several of these seminars throughout my career and this was the best because I didn't have to leave my office. I hope ST, Digikey, EE Times and others will do more seminars in this format.
@steve61 just click to the left of the line number
Sorry, late start. Got to slide 21, everything look great, but won't let me set a break point. Just get ding. No error messag?
Hope someone is still there.
<still looking>
Yeah...mine says 72 MHz too...
@michaelcossen. You can find/edit the CPU clock by going to:
Project/options/ST-LINK. ST-LINK is the debugger used for this board.
See you tomorrow folks.
Nothing at post office... maybe UPS?
It looks like system_stm32f4xx.c defines the system clock speed and is set to 180 MHz. I just saw a couple of references inside the IAR environment that indicated 72 MHz, which I believe is the F3 series max clock speed.
Sorry for the delayed response. I was looking around in the Options inside IAR Workbench.
@michaelcosson: which file are you looking at?
I have just been poking around in IAR, and it appears that the STM32 is set to 72 MHz, instead of 180 MHz? Is that right? If so, how can we change the clock speed to 180 MHz? Thanks.
I just got an email from EETimes that UPS has a delivery confirmation for Monday at the office. I am going to have to talk to someone at the office about sharing information like that.
Thank you
Thank you for the great session.
I just wanted to mention that I, too, will need to get my STM32 [GCC?] toolchain+IDE (etc) up and working under Linux. And also under something not altogether foreign from a dev perspective, Mac OS. cc STMicroelectronics!
Using a LogicPort logic analyzer:
FPU off, no opt: 14.36 us
FPU off, opt (max), removed SysTick calls: 12.46 us
FPU on, no opt: 9.16 us
FPU on, opt (max), removed SysTick calls: 7.61 us
Will check the post office.
Clearly someone does not understand the Canadain mail system. :-(
Canada (Mississauga) here. Finaly my board is here :)
It's Canada post.
6 december: item has left US.
9 december: item has arrived in Canada, Mississauga.
After that it took 3 days.
Made it through the Simulator example (Step 3) and about ready to download the (Step 4). Just really need to be able to take your time and the slides will get you there as someone else just mentioned.
Guess I will finish up Step 4 here and stop for now as Step 5 needs me to fire up my scope anyway (now where did it put that thing :)
Thanks everybody
Thanks everyone
Thanks for teh LINE EDITORS !! The issue that i see is the "getting redy from session 2 to Session3" -- IAR enviroment options, and setting such line numbers, and features. After that Session 3-4-5 can be done. Knowing the Enviromnet help. I know some folks here they are already using IAR so they know what to Click!!!
Thank you all and see you tomorrow.
I think this whole course concept with the hands-on hardware interaction is a GREAT idea — thanks Jacob, ST, Digi-Key, UBM, et al for making it possible! (and for being willing to try out this experiment in the first place)
Okay I will look into that meanwhile I am using what ever is already in Chrome.
For now I will just use another machine to record the audio or even go to tape and then digitize it.
Thanks much!! Love those line numbers :)
Windows Em:Blocks IDE has the firmware examples of the peripheral library setup (link on their forum), and debugs of ST-Link
ST should talk/pay them to port to linux and supply on a flash-drive for their seminars. Would save 45 minutes installing Gigabytes of IAR
Tools -> options -> editor -> show line number
I have read on another chat that realplayer will let you save the audio stream to your local machine. I haven't felt a need to try it myself.
Is there a way to enable line numbers in the source code window?
@GaryS471: Are there some tools around to convert/import an IAR or KEIL project to CoCoxx/Eclipse with GCC?
If oonly... their MDK importer is for Version 1 or something -- I could not get it to work.
Don't have my board yet -- will try then.
I usually move projects by hand into or out of IAR. It's not that tough -- but you have to learn IAR to understand what to do -- either way.
If you have the $$$ -- IAR is the Gold Standard. (In case you are in the 1% wh don't know.)
It would be nice to be able to download the wave file of the presentation available so that it can be played localy without the use of the internet as some times it gets glitchy in my area even though it is highspeed.
I also got way far behind at the "Options" selection. It wasn't clear that a portion of the code needed to be highlighted first. Also, I had trouble following at the bottom of slide 20 - I didn't know how to place the code into the 'working directory', and spent quite a bit of time trying to find that directory using WindowsExplorer, instead of just dragging&dropping the code into the source tree within IAR.
Thanks again Jacob. I see now that those of us with limited experience should listen to your lecture to note the main points, then step slowly through the archived material to gain an in-depth understanding of this system.
Thanks EEtimes, Jacob, Rich, Digikey et. all. This is a really good way to introduce a new product and get into the hands of embedded designers. The only suggestion I could make is to help provide easier access to a free(open source) or low cost toolchain with specific support for the family. This is important for us small guys who don't have a lot of time to tweak existing tools.
@MELANGILLE you will need to use the 30-day eval version
Are there some tools around to convert/import an IAR or KEIL project to CoCoxx/Eclipse with GCC?
@Jacob_Beningo: btw, do you know why is it that you're so time-confined? (I'm familiar with the designnews series, so it's not new to me, but I never quite understood why quite so very limited, particularly as clarity of educational instruction seems like it would be the paramount consideration)
Can the code size version of the IAR workbench be used or do you have to choose the 30 trial version?
For tomorrows session the slides and examples are available for you to preview
Exactly! We have 30 - 40 minutes so between the slides and the recording the hope is that everyone can follow along. Worst case it's just followed up after the session.
SO in assembly there are specific op codes that are used when the FPU is enabled versus emulated when not. So unless you write in asembly, it will be hard for the C compiiler to do this. There are specfic exceptions and ISR for the FPU, you can monitor those. These are explained in the App note for the FPU at www.st.com/stm32f4.
Another update on reloading the demo program. I just reloaded it after this webinar session, and the day-of-week was only wrong on the first pass (showed Mon instead of Thurs). When I reran it, it correctly showed Thurs for 12 Dec 2013. Cheers.
I appreciate the fast pace.
Also, the slides are complete enough that you can go through them successfully even without the audio.
so, easily fixable, as I see it: I'd recommend either
• assembling the customized project src bundle(s) ahead of time for each stage
• else, if that's not possible at this point, write up and email to everyone this evening those parts of the instructions such that we may get that all prepped ahead of time
Thanks - this is good info.
My only suggestion would be to update slide 13 to add the trick to get the linker options to show up.
IAR has excellent videos and tutorials -- see the Information centre (Help menu)
and their web site.
I rember starting out with it -- I felt trully lost for a week or two. And I used to use Eclipse and Cygwin -- so go figger! ;-)
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Is there any way to force some part of the code to run in the FPU instead of letting it be done automatically? Howe can one check which part is running on the FPU?
Ahh yea I'm using a i7 with 16 GB or RAM so the assumption that when I'm done compiling everyone else is is a bad assumption. Thanks for mentioning this as I will keep it in mind next time!
Thanks. Would have been helpful to see a live screen as Jacob was going through the steps making it easier to follow what was going on. Can't wait to get the kit for some hands on.
Due to time I had to go a little fast but ....... please listen to the recorded session and pause as needed!
Thanks, good presentation- a bit faster than my machine for compile/etc. so I was always way behind, but I was able to keep track and get it done.
check out www.st.com/stm32f4, app note for FPU. There is a full dsp library also in our standard F4 library. This is form arm. Check out www.arm.com, the docs are there on how to use the DSP library in our standard library.
Thanks for the presentation. I look forward to working through these projects when the board arrives. I can sympathize with those who are truely new to the discipline and offer the advice to work the projects on this and other processors so that it becomes familiar. I have been using these devices for decades and could follow even though I never used this family of processors.
Cool! thx. it's working now! 1569 cycles :)
Great session! I had a little trouble keeping up, but I got the gist of it. Having a functional board really "brings it home". Thanks Jacob and ST!
One of the exiciting things about this course is that it is a hands-on course online! I think this is the first time many of us have tried something like this so expect it to only get better in the future!
Good session. Limited time, so it has to be quite dense. Lots of example projects to explore. Written instructions very clear. As an non-US, non-Canadian, non-first-1000 viewer, I'm impressed with this very cheap, very powerful MCU board. Ordered it from RS Online. Got it next day.
Many thanks.
@jxsb Yes, IAR can execute code in simulator mode without the need for target board.
re things moving too quickly for us to follow along—I have to reluctantly agree; but I think really, it's the misc shell etc activities (eg locating files in a *different* FS subtree) are really what the problems stem from—I must confess, I'm the last person to be imagined in this situation (everything prior was way too slow for me) (and also, I went and followed through the first few exercises in the slides last night)
CooCox forum notes lik for this board:
Not perfect -- but it is free.
Thank you. It was interesting lecture. Audio was good but no board.
Thanks to EETimes and Rich, Jacob, STM, ... Looking forwwrd to the graphics presentation.
Thanks, informative session.
Thanks Jacob, once the audio had an opportunity to cache it worked fine, even if I was running about 4 minutes behind everyone else judging by the chats. SysTick worked fine, will do the IAR sim now and be back for the graphics tomorrow.
** To all who've commented on Audio only. We do appreciate the feedback. This was a first for all of us and we'll learn from the experience. **
Thanks, I had some issues with IAR workbench due to pre existing installs, but other than that all has been good.
Thank you everyone another informative lecture.
The GNU stuff does seem to lag the new parts. The F429 out a couple months. Assume it will be there shortly
Thanks and you are welcome!
@e7, please verify that you have the flash loader enabled. open project options->Debugger-Download
make sure that use flash loader check box is checked.
Working my way through the slides now...just takes a little time and if you miss something like making sure that the root of the tree is highlighted it really slows you down ;)
I would think if speed and power are an issue floating point should be avoided if not necessary?
this is very good seminar. Nice going.
COOCOX can support this chip. See the notes in the FORUM at their site, It is not straightfoward yet -- it can be made to work.
@rwilliams, you are correct, it is a global
Thanks again Jacob!
Thank you Rich, EETimes, ST and Digi-Key
are there docs available to learn more about using the DSP?
FPU does use more power. There are also exceptions that need to be handled. The Push/Pop are longer in/out of ISR. Other than that, it's there use it.
Thanks Jacob & ST. it is certainly a challenge to do a lab session with audio ony..
Haven't tried with optimizations on! It would be interesting to see but results will vary from compiler to compiler
Thanks Jacob.
Session was very informative..thanks Jacob
CoCoxx - Does not yet support F429
Thank you Jacob and EETimes.
Thank you, Jacob, ST, and EETimes, the presentation was excellent.
?How is the code dvided into the part that goes into the FPU and the part that is not?
FPU could use more power vs. more CPU instructions
Jacob, another informative session ... Thanks !
Good session. Thank you.
Thanks. A lot to digest, but really good stuff
Have you done the comparison of FPU vs library with optimizations on
Thanks for your time and attention everyone! How are the labs going so far?
Thank you.
I can't go into debug mode:
Verify error at address 0x080001A8, target byte: 0x01, byte in file: 0x21
fixed point vs. floating point less costly s/w development and test
Really need to have live video to follow effectively.
Can the IAR simulator execute the STM32F4 project code without requiring a target board?
Thanks Jacob and EE Times.
I agree with all that are struggling to keep up. Lost you at hand on activity slide 13
Good presentation. Thanks.
Thank you Guys, fun stuff
COOCOX is a free IDE -- see my notes in lecture ONE
The F429 has hardware Floating Point Unit which does IEE floating point.
IAR is IDE tool
Systick as a 24 bit time in the Cortex M4F core running at core frequency
Very Cool Stuff!!
Thank you Jacob!!
Is there any reason when to not use the FPU?
great presentation, many thanks!
I was late, but you are great anyway.
Thank you Jacob
Thank you. I can breath now.
looking forward to the graphics labs. thanx
Thanks Jacob-
** Thanks for attending. We're here to take your questions. **
See you tomorrow!!
Thank you!
Can you name some examples of where the floating point math would be used versus finite point math in embedded systems?
What about a free IDE for these nice devices
Those having trouble
Work the labs in advance
Awesome presentation. Thanks!
Why does TimerCount_Stop pass nb_cycles as a parameter? It isn't needed.
What is the meaning of FPU, IAR, SysTick ? More time is required. Time is too short for the content is very complex.
@wilfredo.henriquez the archive will be available to follow along long later
Hello there.
JAJJAJAJ ---- For these online, we need more time --imposible to follow !!!! ONLINE LABS SHOULD BE 2 HOURS AND SLOW
@drw36 In debug: View -> Auto
LOST now. where is AUTO?
You cant display until you run debug
Any time I open one of these workspaces, the IAR workspace is totally gray and menu options are not working. the application also crashes frequently. Should I reinstall IAR?
Slide 22
Bottom line: 37-40% performance improvement in using the FPU hardware
Enable the EWARM Simulator– Project ? Options ? Debugger ?Setup ? Simulator.
ALT F7-->Debugger-->Driver pull down, select Simulator not STLINK
Guess this will have to be an 'off-line' activity to compare the software/hardware that is summarized on Slide 27...
I'm having to type fast to keep up
I don't see a simulator to choose. list empty.
There is a Generate Linker map file checkbox in Linker->List tab
@ajbieee, good news, let us know if you have other issues
Yeah...finally found the Linker...
To be able to open the the project option you need first to highlight the project: FPU - Debug then right click on it and go to options
Make sure the FPU project is the active one
@jjulian274 - be sure to highlight the project name in the tree first.
– Project ? Options? Linker ? List ? 'Generate Linker map file
I dont see linker in options..!!!
Which memory size is RAM and Flash?
My project->options has none of these fields.
@Mike.haley, try disabling the READ attributes for the folder
Alt +F7 to open project options,
Linker->List->Generate Linker map file.
be sure open the right project: C:\STM32Seminar\projects\Peripheral_Examples\FPU_Example\EWARM\FPU.eww
Yeah...no Linker on Project -> Options either
Need help getting linker option
IAR, Windoes gives me errors that it can't find "C:\STM32Seminar\projects\Peripheral_Example s\FPU_Example\EWARM\FPU.eww" even though the files are there and I can see them in Windows explorer.
he lost me - how do I get to the Linker options?
@wilfredo: I see wnhat you are missing: we wrote a section on this in the user manual, please go to Help -> Help Content, then go to the section 4.8 Code configuration and generation page 29
audio perfect in FireFox
Audio keeps dropping and I have to restart the stream
GNU Octave link:
With apologies to any MatLab reps listening in...
@nicolasfillion I got that what is missing the steps are how you used on the project, one example step by step is what is messing from session 3....
Audio keeps dropping for me and I have to restart the stream, never had any issues before, but I may just have to wait for the archive to post at the end of the session today
For those who cannot afford MatLab there is always GNU Octave to help with the math like IIR filters etc.
I use it on Linux and Windows.
Did not receive the board yet and no audio...
I will evaluate it at home when the board arrive.
Robert Lessard, Saint-Eustache (cold here to !)
@wilfredo, the MicroXplorer is going to generate 3 files that will configure the GPIOs of your application:
the idea is to add these files into your project and add them to the project files.
And call the mx_pinout_config(); function at the beginning of your main function.
Audio- widget appeared for me after refreshing ctrl-f5
Theo from Canada Ontario Toronto
I have not gotten my board yet. But am on line without audio to read your slides and read the chats.
No, I can get the slide deck but no audio. It used to work.
no board in Mishawaka
Slide 5
oops, sorry. typo
Chip, were you able to access the archive?
Cold here in Central New York.
Good morning
No audio again. Didn't have any yesterday either.
Afternoon all....
Slide 4
Not yet! however I am geting exposure and will later in time follow up on the course. Being able to referance the achieve and course material is perfect for delayed comuniations situations. I still have no audio and am on line to read the chats and overview the slides POWER POINT. A network proplem for the audio still continues. I have three WorkStations and all are in order.
Theo from TO
haven't received the board. any tracking number? from UPS or?
ajbieee try refreshing
Oh...there it is...it just appeared...
Hello from St-Basile, Québec. No Kit so will try to follow anyway.
Audio is up!
We're LIVE
Mmmm...no audio feed coming up today. Is there a problem, Houston?
Ssession 3 left an unknow with MicroExpolore
what do you do with the Source Code of teh configurationand where do you place this configuartion on a new Project.It is graet that we can configure all the Pins to avoid issuesin multiple funtions pins, but where and how do we use these files
Good Morniing. Can't wait for some hands on.
Kinda expecting that this DSP demo will take that FPU up to 100% utilization today...
I'm enjoying them too!
@lowfreq: First get the COOCOX tool chanin and try that -- it will provide some answers -- assuming you are using windows.
I have used the ARM tool chain (Launchpad) and eclipse for the editor successfully -- but I used Cygwin for the compiles due to the makefiles only running correctly under cygwin (or mingw).
I left some info on the first days nortes re coocox. with links.
Hello, Really enjoying these and the board.
Hi from Birmingham!
Hello everyone! Looking forward to the 4th installment in this lecture series :)
hi all, still no board delivered =(
Devad, Sorry you having issue, just installed on Win7, STLINK driver comes up under OTHER devices, had to uninstall, and manually install, took care ofthe problem. Check out the help slides, there are specific instructions.
I am very new to putting together toolchains. I have used IAR before and that is
up and running. I have tried to get Eclipse to play nice with Code Sourcery Lite following a couple of prior online blog post. No joy yet. I am hoping that someone more knowledgeable will post a setup for freeware C/C+ toolchain with support for stm32f4xx soon.
Hello every one from Jackson Michigan!!
This is the part that I have been waiting for...DSP's !!!
Board fired up and idleing around 2-3% utilization with the default demo program reloaded from yesterday here in North Carolina
-The streaming audio player will appear on this web page when the show starts at 12:00 pm Eastern today. Note however that some companies block live audio streams. If when the show starts you don't hear any audio, try refreshing your browser. Also, Firefox and Chrome seemed to be the best browser for listening.
Hi from Santa Rosa, CA
Hello from chilly Florida
Season's Greetings from Michigan!!!
Some people are having trouble with the Demo Program I see -- a bug.
Maybe if we ask arround there will be a programmer in the group to fix it.
Hello From Raleigh, NC. Jacob thanks for these great lectures!
Good morning from Hamilton ON - no board yet :(
Hello from sunny SE lake Simcoe Ontario Canada.
Nope no board here either...
Hi everyone, having fun playing with the board!
did anyone in canada get the board yet?
@theokowd - Have you received your dev board?
Hello Everyone from TO, ON,
2003 Xp and it did not un-zip
Hi all!
@Rodney0 - if yiou have the zip file from above. Yes that is the right zip file
Warming upin Cotati, Ca
-Be sure to click 'Today's Slide Deck' under Special Educational Materials above right to download the PowerPoint for today's session.
From Canada here. I havn't received my board yet. :|
Good morning from Greensboro, NC.
GM from Sunny FL, where it is well..... warm!
ST_Laurent_McLaren, I found the zip fila, maybe I cant open it
Greeting from frigid Boston! Brrrrr
Greetings from Vermont, 16F and clear sky
Hmmm...now that I updated the time, the rebuilt demo program correctly shows the day as a Thursday. Weird. So it was only intially the day of week was wrong???
fredrik, the Outlook calendar item that gets sent puts the reminder setting at "none" so it won't sound a bell or anything unless you change that setting in your calendar. At least that's how it has been working for me.
Hi Everyone.
@rodney0 are you following the instructions in 'Setting up the STM32F429 Discovery Board for Sessions 3 to 5 hands-on workshops (PDF)' - see link above the chat window
I confirm what @DPC1E said for the rebuilt demo program -- the calendar for today (12 Dec 2013) INCORRECTLY shows as Monday. I also noticed the icons were a little different. Can we get one without the bug?
good morning from Lebanon Oregon
Hello from Albuquerque.
hi all
Good Morning. I didn't get a notice yesterday either.
I didn't get a reminder about yesterday's class. Anyone else miss that?
Here we go!
Good Morning. Any suggestions on my STLink download problem ? I post my details last night. Thanks
I cannot find the WARM 6.7 or the download for the other demo files
help please
Thanks Jacob and the sponsors for a great course.
Per an earlier post yesterday I rebuilt and loaded the initial demo program.
It is a bit different from the one delivered with the board. The icons for the
clock and game are different and there is a bug in the calander in this version.
It shows Thursday, 12 December 2013 as a Monday. Where can I download
the project delivered with the board?
Slides good, Files O.K. now I hope to get a device a.s.a.p.
so I can get started now. ... I have a usb cable.
Slides when you can, please.
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Latest Round of ATM Lawsuits Has Focus on Patents
Just as changes in federal law appear to have quelled the spate of lawsuits from individuals claiming lack of notifications on ATMs, another series of lawsuits has been filed alleging that ATMs deployed by financial institutions and independent service organizations violate a company's patents.
Automated Transactions LLC of Wilmington, Del., has brought suit against banks, credit unions and ISOs in at least three states alleging that their ATMs violate patents that the patent owner, David Barcelou, holds for automated terminals that conduct transactions over the Internet.
According to docket records from various U.S. District Courts, the company, which Barcelou created to market licenses for his patents, has active complaints against at least 14 banks, five credit unions and four ISOs alleging that the firms' ATMs violate its patents.
Three of the most recent suits involve three credit unions in the Buffalo, N.Y., area: the 7,200-member, $27 million Erie Metro FCU in Blasdell; the 5,800-member, $47 million Buffalo Service CU in Buffalo; and the 8,700-member, $69 million Buffalo Community FCU, also headquartered in Buffalo.
Calls to attorneys involved in the litigation have not yet been returned.
John Funk, a banking attorney with Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell in Concord, N.H., who has advised over 100 financial institutions facing similar claims, maintains that the patents being enforced are, to some extent, accidents of history.
"One thing that is frustrating about this is that you have to go back to the time when the patent application was made in order to really understand it," Funk explained. "At that time, in 1996, the Internet was largely not being used for commercial transactions of the sort that ATMs provide. But then the patent was not granted until 2005 and by then there had been great leaps forward in technology."
At the time the patent application was made, the technology being patented was novel, but by the time it was granted it had become much more widespread.
Automated Transaction's approach in a number of cases, according to court documents, has been to contact a financial institution with a letter alleging the patent infringement and then offering to license the ATM deployer's use of the technology for a fee. Sometimes the fee has been based on numbers of ATMs deployed and sometimes by asset size and has ranged from as low as $1,000 to as high as $100,000, according to Funk. ATM deployers who decide not to pay up have faced suits.
Funk distinguished these cases from the suits over ATM notification, pointing out that in this case there are actual patents which the company is seeking to enforce.
He also distinguished them from the usual "patent troll" cases in which an investor or group of investors will buy a patent or collection of patents and then sue to seek a return. In this case, the company seeking to enforce the patents in one set up by the patent holder, he observed.


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I really think Alabi should start at center for the rest of the season.
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More lottery balls BUT...this is his second year on the team and we still haven't really seen how he would respond
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it comes to piracy, Berth Milton -- CEO of the Private Media Group,
one of the largest adult entertainment companies and the first one
that's publicly traded on NASDAQ -- isn't quite as anal as some of
his colleagues in the gaming, music, and film industries. He
says that the entertainment business is looking at unauthorized
downloads in entirely the wrong way.In a market saturated
with stiff competition, Milton says that there's nothing dirty or
nasty about illegal downloads; they often lead to legal purchases
when users experience and enjoy the product. He states, "We
will be extremely happy the more people are pirating our content and
the more they look at it."He said that media copyright
watchdogs' attempts
at stopping piracy are doomed. He comments,
"I think it's a lost battle. I look at my own kids,
because that's the best way to know where the market is going. It
doesn't matter if I tell them that it is illegal to download. As
soon as they close the door to their room, they download. They
are not afraid of someone who's tracking their IP-address. They
just don't care. It's a new world and we have to accept
it."Under Milton's leadership the company is looking to
penetrate new markets geared towards turning piracy into profits.
His company is increasingly retailing luxurious vacations with an
adult theme, sex toys, and other sex tools to help viewers relive in
real life the escapades they see in their pirated videos.Milton's
approach stands contrary to that of the much of the entertainment
industry that looks to whip the unruly internet user base into
submission. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden recently
compared piracy to breaking into the fine jewelery story
Tiffany's. And the music copyright watchdogs are pushing hard
to implement prison
time for those who share music. One film maker recently
said that he hopes that even the children of
pirates end
up in jail.Piracy isn't the only topic to get the
industry all hot and bothered, though. Recently copyright
groups have fought to outlaw
making backup copies for personal use and used products,
which one game studio chief remarked was as
bad as piracy.Ultimately, Milton appears to be right,
though. The pirates perpetually seem to come out on top,
releasing new tools and growing
in numbers. As one University of Utah law professor puts
it, nearly everyone in the nation today engages
in copyright infringement on a daily basis, if you consider the
law's strictest interpretation. Milton's logic
seems simple -- customers will pirate, but are still more than willing to blow a load of cash for appealing products. And he may well
be right; a recent study showed pirates are biggest
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Family ties: Moran has strong baseball pedigree
Surhoff's nephew following a similar path as his well-known uncle as Draft approaches
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com
The kid from Rye, N.Y., could play a little, but he wasn't quite ready. So he headed to the University of North Carolina to sharpen his skills, get the college experience. Three years later, he was thought to be one of the top hitting prospects in that year's Draft.
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That was the storyline in 1985, when B.J. Surhoff ended up being the No. 1 overall pick, by the Brewers, in the First-Year Player Draft. It looks like history is about to repeat itself, and Surhoff only has to look down his family tree to watch it unfold.
Colin Moran is the third baseman for the 2013 version of the Tar Heels, one of the higher-ranked teams in college baseball. He's also Surhoff's nephew, and he's following nearly the same path as his uncle.
Moran isn't a complete copycat, even if he throws right and hits left just like Surhoff did. Surhoff attended Rye High School, while his nephew went to Iona Prep. Moran went undrafted out of high school, while his uncle was taken in the fifth round by the Yankees in 1982. Surhoff left Chapel Hill with a career .392 average, a record that stood until Dustin Ackley recently surpassed it. Moran? He's only hit .354 as his team headed toward conference tournament play. And while Moran's name will likely be discussed by the Astros, who hold the top pick, most don't see him as Houston's Plan A, so he won't be able to match Uncle B.J. in that regard. That's fine with the 21-year-old, who never really thought of his amateur career as a remake.
"Not really, to be honest with you," Moran said when asked if he thought about joining Surhoff as a No. 1 overall pick. "I remember being back in high school and saying that I wanted to be drafted out of high school like he was, and my mom said I was crazy. If it works out, it works out. I can't control that. It would be nice, but whatever happens, happens. It'd be nice to be drafted by whoever drafts me."
There are plenty of interested parties behind the Astros who are interested in being that team. Moran has hit pretty much since he set foot on North Carolina's campus. He led the Cape Cod League in RBIs last summer and has continued driving in runs this season. He has also started to show more power than he had previously, something Major League teams love to see from corner infielders.
"I really don't pay attention to stuff like that," said Moran, who had 13 homers, a .612 slugging percentage and 83 RBIs at the start of the ACC tournament. "I just play my own game and let the rest happen. I don't worry about hitting home runs or driving in runs. I just try to take it at-bat by at-bat."
That even-keeled approach has clearly worked for Moran, who has improved on both sides of the ball since he traveled south from New York as a tall and thin infielder. The claim is that boys can become men in college, and it seems that's the case with Moran, and not just because he's beefed up from the 180 pounds he weighed when he arrived to the 210-215 pounds he says he carries now.
"That was always my goal, to come here and get better, put on some weight," Moran said. "Hopefully it would work out and I'd get to continue to play in the Major Leagues. I didn't really think about the Draft, that's not why I came to North Carolina. I just wanted to improve everything I could."
With the Draft two weeks away, Moran can't help but think about it a little. He admits that it crosses his mind from time to time, but playing on a team with sights set on the College World Series helps keep his priorities straight.
"We're just worried about going to Omaha and the team goals," Moran said. "The individual goals, come as they may. They just take care of themselves."
Even if that drumbeat is getting drowned out by the Draft buzz, Moran has about as solid a support system as a prospect could ask for. He's seen the scouts since he started playing college ball, and he watched Levi Michael go through the process as a first-rounder in 2011.
Then there's Moran's family. His brother, Brian, is probably the first line of defense. Brian also went from Iona Prep to North Carolina and on to the pro game, albeit as a left-handed pitcher. Brian was the Mariners' seventh-round pick in the 2009 Draft and is a reliever at Triple-A Tacoma.
"He's been a huge help my whole life," Colin said. "I talk to him [about] just about everything. Ever since I was a freshman, I've given him a call to talk to him about anything."
Then, of course, there are the uncles. Rich Surhoff pitched briefly in the big leagues, in 1985, the same year his younger brother went No. 1 overall. B.J. Surhoff went on to play parts of 19 seasons in the big leagues, collecting 2,326 hits and 1,153 RBIs along the way. Moran's brother may be the one he calls on for advice, but it's clear his uncle has been quite a role model along the way.
"I don't necessarily ask him for advice too often," Moran said. "I learned so much from watching him play. He set a really good example on and off the field. I learned a lot just from watching him."
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLB.com and writes a blog, B3. Follow @JonathanMayoB3 on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The NCUA Board's March 14 meeting agenda includes a proposed rule that could potentially lift or increase the current cap on fixed asset investments from its current 5% of shares plus retained earnings.
The rule, which garnered negative press when it was finalized in October 2010, will no doubt be of interest to some credit unions.
However, the board's closed meeting agenda is more intriguing.
According to the agenda posted on the NCUA's website, the board will address a request under Section 205(d) of the Federal Credit Union Act.
That rule, according to guidance published in the Federal Register by the NCUA in 2008, requires any credit union volunteer, employee or vendor who has been convicted of a criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust, or has agreed to a pretrial diversion or similar program, to receive written permission from the NCUA Board before participating in the affairs of any insured credit union.
For certain crimes, the statute sets a 10-year ban, during which time the board may only approve the request with the permission of the individual's sentencing court. Minor crimes that do not involve an insured depository institution are not covered by the rule.
The board will also consider a purchase and assumption request and a merger request during the closed meeting.
In addition to the proposed rule, the open meeting will include a request by $313 million Cinfed FCU of Cincinnati to convert to a community charter. According to its website, federal and county employees make up Cinfed's core select employee group; the credit union also has several additional SEGs.
The open meeting will begin at 10 a.m. EDT in the NCUA's Alexandria, Va. headquarters. The closed meeting will follow at 10:45 a.m.


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Bladder cancer may not have many symptoms. If you experience any symptoms, do not assume it is due to cancer. Many symptoms can be caused by other, less serious conditions, such as urinary tract infections. However, it is still important to discuss them with your doctor. Early detection and treatment improve outcomes for both cancer and other health conditions.
The most common symptom of bladder cancer is blood in the urine. The urine may appear brown, rust colored, or it may have visible blood clots in it. Typically, bloody urine is intermittent, meaning it may appear one day and disappear another. This does not mean there is not a problem or that it goes away. Anytime blood appears in the urine, even if there is no pain, it should be reported to your doctor.
Irritation to the bladder can affect how it holds and passes urine. Symptoms of irritation include:
- Increased frequency of urination
- Intense urgency when needing to urinate
- Pain and/or burning with urination
- Inability to hold urine
Obstructive problems such as:
- Decreased force of stream
- Intermittent stream
- Straining
- Feeling of incomplete emptying of the bladder
Later stages of cancer may cause:
- Sensation of a pelvic mass
- Pain in the abdomen, lower back, or side caused by pressure on nearby nerves
- Decreased appetite and unintended weight loss
- Intense fatigue, abnormally low energy
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Face the facts. In his younger days, Kisame killed all of his team mates because he knew that if they got caught, they would most certainly spill important codes and information. He knew they wouldn't be strong enough mentally to keep the secrets in. And when Kisame was captured and the Hidden Leaf shinobi tried to get into from him, he bit off his own tongue to stop them. Before he committed suicide to keep them from getting the intel on his organization, he, he made sure the Tobi would get the intel he aquired.
And Itachi.. he sacrificed everything for the sake of his village and caused himself a never ending pain and stayed strong through everything. Need I say more?
Itachi and Kisame were without doubt the most honorable duo in all of Naruto, let alone the Akatsuki. The best ninjas in the series? I would say so.


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If/when the Gay trade goes down, I really think it could be just the first domino to fall.
As much as I have supported Bargnani in the past, I can't fathom him remaining with this team long-term, as part of a PF rotation with Amir.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the Raps push a Bargnani trade even harder; perhaps rekindling trade talks with LA for Gasol. Or maybe DeRozan gets shopped, perhaps in a deal with Utah for Millsap.


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Apple announced on Monday that the iPhone will deliver higher talk
time than originally expected. The iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of
talk time giving it the highest battery life of any other competing
Apple's new phone will also deliver 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video
playback or 24 hours of audio playback. The iPhone will also feature 250
hour—more than 10 days—of standby time.
The company also upgraded the screen on the phone from plastic to
optical-quality glass. The new upgrade gives the phone a
scratch-resistant screen and better visibility.
"There has never been a phone like iPhone, and we can't wait to get this truly
magical product into the hands of customers starting just 11 days from today," said
Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.
Apple's iPhone measures 4.5" x 2.4" x 0.46"
and weighs just 4.8 ounces. All input is entered via the device's 3.5"
Multi-touch display which features a screen resolution of 320x480. The iPhone
runs OS X and includes quad-band GSM/EDGE, 802.11g wireless and Bluetooth 2.0
connectivity options.
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Viewing the technical levels for Halliburton Company (HAL), we have recorded the SuperTrend line underneath a recent stock price check. According to the signal, this may indicate that the stock has entered sell territory.
Investors may be looking to compare the current stock price of Halliburton Company (HAL) to some of its moving averages. After a recent check, the 200-day MA is resting at 44.22, and the 50-day is 45.59. Moving averages are considered to be lagging indicators that simply take the average price of a stock over a specific period of time. Moving averages can be very useful for identifying peaks and troughs. They may also be used to help the trader figure out proper support and resistance levels for the stock.
Investors may use various technical indicators to help spot trends and buy/sell signals. Presently, Halliburton Company (HAL) has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of 105.21. The CCI was developed by Donald Lambert. The assumption behind the indicator is that investment instruments move in cycles with highs and lows coming at certain periodic intervals. The original guidelines focused on creating buy/sell signals when the reading moved above +100 or below -100. Traders may also use the reading to identify overbought/oversold conditions.
Halliburton Company (HAL)'s Williams Percent Range or 14 day Williams %R presently is at -7.83. In general, if the reading goes above -20, the stock may be considered to be overbought.
When applying indicators for technical analysis, traders and investors might want to examine the ATR or Average True Range. The current 14-day ATR for Halliburton Company (HAL) is currently sitting at 1.05. The ATR basically measures the volatility of a stock on a day-to-day basis. The average true range is typically based on 14 periods and may be calculated daily, weekly, monthly, or intraday. The ATR is not considered a directional indicator, but it may reflect the strength of a particular move.
The 14-day ADX for Halliburton Company (HAL) is currently sitting at 52.17. Generally speaking, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would indicate a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would signal a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would indicate an extremely strong trend. The ADX is a technical indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder used to determine the strength of a trend. The ADX is often used along with the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to identify the direction of the trend.


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WinTariff is a program that collects and processes information about telephone calls. It receives data from an office PBX about the date/time, duration, and dialled number of phone calls, then calculates the cost of the call and determines the direction. Various reports about all calls during the month, calls to a certain internal subscriber, etc. can be generated. A data collection module is available for Linux/FreeBSD.
Zyan Communication Framework simplifies development of distributed applications. It works on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and Android platforms via .NET or Mono runtimes. It features LINQ support for three-tier applications, full duplex TCP support, traffic, compression, and encryption, transparent support for events and EBC (event-based components), and Windows and LDAP authentication support.
Pybik is an interactive, graphical, single player puzzle about the cube invented by Ernő Rubik. Besides the cube, the program can handle towers and bricks (non-cubic puzzles). Pybik also has solvers, pretty patterns, and a collection of various moves. The cube can be manipulated with the mouse or keyboard. You can change the colors or images on the faces of the cube.
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KinderGate Parental Control features content filtering based on morphological analysis, a vast URL database divided into 70+ categories, download control, safe search, HTTPS support, and more. It provides high accuracy Web filtering with an extremely low false detection rate. It blocks resources related to malware, porn, drugs, abusive content, illegal materials, and other categories. It is widely used by schools, libraries, and home users.
The Link Grammar Parser (link-grammar) is a syntactic parser of English, Russian, Arabic, and Persian (and other languages as well), based on link grammar, an original theory of English syntax. Given a sentence, the system assigns to it a syntactic structure, which consists of a set of labelled links connecting pairs of words. The parser also produces a "constituent" (Penn tree-bank style phrase tree) representation of a sentence (showing noun phrases, verb phrases, etc.). The RelEx extension provides dependency-parse output.


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>> In a room strewn with moss and wildflowers deep inside J.Crew HQ earlier today, Madewell presented a collection of highly covetable separates and want-now accessories for Spring 2012. Though denim is still a major focus for the brand — chambray shirts and a new line of workwear-inspired heritage jeans were on display — the real draw for the coming season are the ultra-wearable tops, jackets, skirts, and dresses that effortlessly walk the line between downtown and down home. Silhouettes were straightforward and drawn from a palette of earthy solids, washed-out primaries, graphic stripes, and easy prints. Accessories, too, were super appealing — and a bit more grownup than in seasons past: Candy-hued flats were pointy toed, and there were even peekaboo pumps and refined ankle booties in richly colored suede. An up-close look at Spring 2012 presentation, here in the slideshow.


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I think this is a money shot for Lowry and Bargnani right now.Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball
Conley talked about a key to leadership is being accountable, and being able to say "Hey, I made mistakes, here's what I'm doing wrong."
Bargnani, though, in my opinion is never going to get it so I'm not wasting any more pixels.
Lowry, on the other hand, needs to recognize Conley's quote, in my opinion. I think his error is not believing in the system and not believing in his teammates. The last 2 games the Raptors are showing the system and the players are something to believe in and Lowry is the one who needs to conform not the other way around.


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Beets is a media library management system designed for obsessive-compulsive music geeks. It catalogs your collection, automatically improving its metadata as it goes using the MusicBrainz database. It also downloads cover art for albums it imports. Then it provides a bouquet of tools for manipulating and accessing your music. Beets also includes a music player that speaks the MPD protocol, so you can play music in your beets library using any MPD client.
Arista is an easy-to-use multimedia transcoder for the GNOME desktop. It focuses on the goal of transcoding media, namely the devices you wish to play the media on. It is designed for use by people who are not familiar with audio and video encoding and want an easy way to get multimedia to their devices. It supports input from DVD and V4L devices as well as regular files.
gst123 is a GStreamer-based command line audio player in the style of mpg123 and ogg123. The advantage over these tools is that gst123 can play every file GStreamer can, so mixed music collections with FLAC, Ogg, and MP3 files are no problem. Newer versions of gst123 additionally provide support for playing video files, while the ability to use gst123 without X11 display has been preserved.
audiopreview is a command-line tool that plays previews of many audio file types (Ogg, MP3, etc.), video file types (AVI, MPEG, Real, etc.), and Internet streams. It can also be used as a regular command-line media file player (i.e. play the files entirely like yauap or mpc123 would).
Voody Blue Subtitler is a suit of programs that allows you to manually synchronize a text file with a video stream, thus creating a subtitles file. It consists of a master client (to do the sync), a slave client (projector), a relay server, and a configuration utility. It runs on Linux and Windows (all except the relay server), supports video output via GStreamer (Linux and Windows) and MPlayer (on Linux only), and supports GTK+ 2 and 3 (decided at compile time).
Epris is a D-Bus service and command line client to listen to music. Unlike xmms2 or mpd, it uses GStreamer and D-Bus. It supports all formats supported by GStreamer, and can play both video and audio. It supports gap-less playback thanks to playbin2. It has an extensible command line interface, a small memory footprint, automatic deactivation, and an easy D-Bus interface for other UIs.
An image batch converter and resizer with advanced features.
A virtual machine for PHP and Hack.


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In an era of ultra-expensive fuel and concerns about emissions fueling global warming, the automobile has come under increasing scrutiny with users looking for ways to extend gas mileage and cut emissions. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, a leading German research organization, is developing materials and designs for a thermoelectric generator which will help to solve both problems.
In automobiles, two-thirds of the fuel used is emitted as waste heat. In total, 30 percent of the energy is lost in heat from the engine block and a further 30 to 35 percent is lost to exhaust fumes. Many teams of researchers have began to look at how to recapture some of this heat and heat from similar industrial engines and transform it into electricity. Such devices are known as thermoelectric generators or TEGs for short.
The TEG generator takes a temperature gradient, driven by the difference between the waste heat and the ambient temperature and uses that gradient to produce electricity. Greater temperature differences yield great results. The Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM has a number of thermoelectric materials under development that will harvest this heat in automobiles.
Dr. Harald Böttner, head of the Thermoelectric Systems department states, "The temperatures in the exhaust pipe can reach 700 degrees Celsius or more. The temperature difference between the exhaust pipe and a pipe carrying engine cooling fluid can thus be several hundred degrees Celsius."
The thermoelectric converter the team is developing takes the gradient created by the exhaust gas and uses it to drive charge carriers through a semiconductor. This creates a looped current flow similar to a battery. The technology is relatively straightforward, but the real challenge is finding optimal thermoelectrics with high carrier mobility. The research team is hoping that the device will make the alternator obsolete, providing power to the car's consumer electronics, onboard computers, and charging the battery. Böttner states, "This would make it possible to cut gas consumption by between five and seven percent,"
Researchers point out that with 50 million cars on the road in Germany with an average on-road time of 200 hours a year per car, if only one kilowatt each was produced by the TEGs, this would amount to ten terawatt hours per year.
The researchers are hoping to begin to construct prototypes of their designs very soon.


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With mega banks dominating market share by 70%, it makes no sense for credit unions and community banks to fight among themselves to woo potential members and customers.
That was one of the insights expressed during a Credit Union Times webinar, "Credit Unions Find That Collaborating Equals Success," which took place Thursday afternoon.
The session's panelists were Gregg Stockdale, president of the $35.5 million 1st Valley Credit Union in San Bernardino, Calif.; Beverly Zook, president/CEO of the $105 million Money One Federal Credit Union in Largo, Md., and Gabriel Krajicek, CEO of the Austin, Texas-based BancVue, and the Not for CEOs webinar sponsor.
Sarah Snell Cooke, Credit Union Times publisher/editor-in-chief, served as moderator.
"When big banks own 70% of the market, that's the competition," Krajicek said. "Why would I want to steal market share from someone who has 3% to 4% market share," he asked referring to credit unions and community banks.
He added, "The consumer draws a huge distinction between David and Goliath. The difference between a community bank and a credit union is very small but the difference between them and a mega bank is very big."
To be able to compete on a larger scale, Money One is a member of a group of midsize credit unions from five Eastern states that come together to share best practices, success stories and to "sometimes commiserate," Zook said.
The group of 20 to 25 CEOs, which has been meeting for more than 20 years, comes together on a semi-annual basis to discuss such topics as loan and revenue generation and expense reduction. Outside experts are brought in to offer insights that could impact strategic plans. Better pricing packages are another advantage of the coalition.
In addition to meeting with like-minded credit unions, Zook said Money One collaborates with several CUSOs including for member business lending, disaster recovery and mortgage origination and servicing, the latter alliance in place because the credit union is too small to have a mortgage division on its own, she noted.
A shared branching partnership takes Money One's two-branch network to 5,000 branches and its three ATMs to 2,100 kiosks. The credit union is also a BancVue client.
"Collaborating with CUSOs allows us to get the economies of scale of larger credit unions," Zook said. "Money One, at $105 million, is still considered small in the banking world. (Collaboration) allows us to compete with mega banks for consumers who think they can't get (products and services) at smaller credit unions."
Years ago, 1st Valley CU started networking and sharing when competition wasn't as heightened, Stockdale said. That started to change when the credit union moved to a more open field of membership.
"There was a bit of overlap and leeriness of working with other credit unions," Stockdale recalled. "It was slight but not too much. Some were still holding back and a little standoffish."
The pull to collaborate became stronger as operational and competitive pressures increased, Stockdale said. It was once the "cut the expense type" but a shift has since occurred.
"It was a real eye-opener for me to see that income generation per member would be much more profitable than cutting expenses. We really changed our focus based on that relationship."
For instance, 1st Valley CU went through a period of being with a data processor that turned out to be somewhat limited in helping to enhance member service, Stockdale said.
The credit union later aligned with CU*Answers, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based data processing CUSO serving more than 190 credit unions in 18 states. The system in place now at 1st Valley CU is "extremely supportive of collaboration."
BancVue offers Kasasa, a suite of products and services that includes high-interest, fee-free checking accounts with debit cards, high-interest savings accounts and a number of different loyalty programs to help credit unions and community banks compete with regional and national banks.
Krajicek said with consumers receive an average of 5,000 marketing messages a day, competing for market share has become very expensive. He referred to a slide to illustrate just how costly it can be.
"You have two credit unions and a community bank all in the same market. They overlap a little. The little dots (on the slide) represent the customers they want," Krajicek explained. "Each is spending $100,000 for their version of their product. But they're all being drowned out by the mega bank that's spending $200,000."
Through Kasasa, credit unions and banks can collaborate and come up with a $300,000 budget to compete with the larger banks, Krajicek offered. Indeed, Kasasa took the collective budgets of four financial institutions to pay for a television ad, he added.
"You're not just competing against banks. Now it's Walmart and direct banks like Ally Bank," Krajicek said. "If you look at how the big guys are winning, they're using a lot of things that cost big money. How will you compete as a credit union? You'll be a whole lot stronger competing as one united force. After all, even the mega banks are teaming up to compete against credit unions."
Stockdale said community banks don't seem to have an issue with credit unions – "it seems to me it's the trade associations that are fighting." Zook said With Money One being a BancVue client, at least once a year, she interacts with bankers.
"I sit in the room with bankers, I talk to bankers, I eat meals with bankers" she said. "I realize that smaller community financial institutions are going through the same things as credit unions. They're not the enemy."


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Putting aside his salary, Gay's acquisition has not spelt a mind-boggling improvement but nevertheless some improvement is apparent. The question I'm asking is:- for the Raptors to be significant next season, does the roster need minor tweaking, a sweeping change(replace majority of the players, GM and Coach) or a bit of both(not minor nor major)?
Personally I think the team needs to add a starting PF, a solid back up PG and a new Coach. I guess it could be called a tweak. What are your opinions? Please name names if you have them in mind. Note that tanking is also an option considering it's now only a matter of time before it becomes official that OKC will use our pick in 2013.


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The Cortez Journal encourages people to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to email@example.com. Items submitted at least two weeks in advance will have a better chance of getting published; items submitted several days before the event might not get published. For more information, call the Journal at 565-8527.
Incredible Years parenting
class series
The Piñon Project will hold a 14-week Incredible Years parenting class that will begin on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at The Piñon Project, 300 N. Elm St., Cortez. Dinner and childcare will be provided. There is no cost to participants. Enrollment is limited, so call soon! For more information and to register, contact Lara at 564-1195.
Martha Becker Memorial Quilt
Show & reception
Enjoy the beauty of fiber arts at the Cortez Cultural Centers Art Gallery, 25 N. Market St. The Center is honored to host the Martha Becker Memorial Quilt Show running through Nov. 3. Martha was a valued volunteer at the Center, as well as an award-winning quilter. Also, please join the family of Martha Becker in celebrating her life and beautiful quilts at a reception on Friday, Oct. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information, call the Center at 565-1151.
Memorial Service for those who
have lost a pet
Hospice of Montezuma will provide a memorial service on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m., for those that have lost pets that they wish to remember. The service will be held at the gazebo area at Hospice, 1345 S. Broadway. Please call 565-4400 for information and directions.
Hollywoods Saturday Pool Tournaments at new location
The Hollywood Saturday Pool Tournaments begin soon and will be hosted at the American Legion Post 75, 320 N. Harrison St. in Cortez until the rebuild of the Hollywood Bar. Tournament play begins Saturday, Oct. 6, and goes for 10 weeks. For more information, call 565-8151.
Contemporary fine art photography show opening
Join us for the opening of a contemporary fine art photographic show at Olio Wine Bar & Restaurant in Mancos, 114 W. Grand Ave., from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. The show features work by Cortez photographers Mark Montgomery and Barbara Grist. View the show through Nov. 3. For more information, contact Barbara at 560-2767.
Orchard Social celebrates autumn fruit harvest
The Montezuma Orchard Project/Let it Grow Nursery and the Cortez Cultural Center will host an Orchard Social at 25 N. Market St. on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. Enjoy locally grown heirloom fruits, cider-pressing, a dessert auction, recipe swap, stories, live music, and more. For more information, call 565-1151.
Blessing of the Animals to celebrate Feast of St. Francis
To celebrate the Feast of St. Francis, St. Barnabas Church, 110 W. North St., will have a blessing of the animals at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7 to which all are invited. Animals large and small four-legged, two-legged, feathered, and finned (and their humans) are welcomed. The service will be outdoors, so please have some way to contain any overly-energetic friends. In case of rain, we will gather in the sanctuary. Call 565-7865 for more information.
Democracy Now! host/author Amy Goodman book tour
KSJD Community Radio and Tami Graham Presents invites you to hear Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, who will be at the Mancos Opera House from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 8 as she tours with her newly-released book, co-authored by Denis Moynihan, titled The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope. The Opera House is located at 136 W. Grand Ave. This event is free with a $10 suggested donation. Proceeds raised will benefit KSJD Dryland Community Radio. This timely new sequel gives voice to the many ordinary people standing up to corporate and government power and refusing to be silent. Throughout, Goodman and Moynihan show the work of ordinary people to change their media and change the world. For more information, go to www.democracynow.org/books/the_silenced_majority, www.ksjd.org or call Tami Graham at 759-9716.
Series of three conversations that ask Am I a Christian?
How You Can Be Part of a Christian Community With Integrity and Not Believe All Those Things You Thought You Had to Believe is a series of three conversations to be held at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 110 W. North St. (corner North and Elm) at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Oct. 9, 16, and 23. These classes are open for everyone, and are for folks who dont want to check their minds at a church door; who cant reconcile what they believe the church requires with their life experience; or who just dont want to live in a world they think the Christian church espouses but who might enjoy being part of a community of faith. Questions are required; no answers are promised. Call 565-7865 for information.
Driver safety course offered by AARP
AARP will sponsor a driver safety course on Thursday, Oct. 11 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the Calvin Denton Room in the Empire Electric building, 801 N. Broadway, Cortez. This four-hour course is authorized by the state of Colorado, and designed to meet the needs of older drivers. The course will review safe driving techniques as well as Colorado traffic laws. Completion of this course can qualify you for a discount on your automobile insurance. The course is available to all motorists whether or not they are members of AARP. The cost is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers, to be paid by check (no cash or credit cards) which will cover materials. Please bring your drivers license and your AARP membership number (if you have one). Class size is limited; please register with Scott and Judy Aeschlimann at 565-3872. Leave your name and phone number on the answering machine if were not available and well return your call.
Chamber holds Business After Hours networking event
The Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us for Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11 at the Cortez Quilt Company, 40 W. Main St. This is a popular, casual networking option for your business. Complimentary beer, wine and appetizers are served. Open to all Chamber members, member employees and invited guests. Bring yourself, your guests, and even current clients for an evening of business and fun, all rolled into one. These events are held the second Thursday of every month at various locations, and give members the opportunity to network with others in the business community in a relaxed setting, while mingling with potential customers, business associates, and community leaders. Call Dena at the Chamber at 565-3414 for more information.
M-CHS gears up for fall drama production
Montezuma-Cortez High School drama department is gearing up for their fall production, Arsenic and Old Lace, a dark comedy classic. The 2012-2013 theatre season will feature shows from the 1930s and 1940s era, keeping with the departments theme this year, A New Deal. The show will run on Oct. 12 at 7 p.m., and Oct. 13 and 20 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the M-CHS auditorium. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Five and under are free. For reservations call 565-3722 ext. 2198 or send an email to email@example.com with your name, phone number, date of show and number of seats youd like to reserve. Visit mchsdrama.org for information on upcoming shows.
Low-Cost Fall Pet Vaccination Clinic
For Pets Sake Humane Society will host a Low-Cost Dog and Cat Vaccination Clinic from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the IFA Country Store, 10501 Hwy. 491 in Cortez. Veterinarian Dr. Sue Grabbe with Four Corners MASH will offer dog and cat packages which include rabies, distemper, parvo (dogs), leukemia (cats), and more for $39 each, or $14 for rabies only. Packages without rabies shot are just $32. Exact change is appreciated; checks are okay, but no credit cards please. Dogs must be on leashes and cats must be in carriers. A portion of each package purchased will be donated to For Pets Sake. For more information, call them at 565-PETS (7387).
Hawaiian Luau Craft and Bake Sale includes lunch, music
Christian Womens Celebrations invites everyone to their Hawaiian Luau Craft and Bake Sale on Saturday, Oct. 13 at noon at the Cortez Elks Lodge, 2100 N. Dolores Rd. Donated crafts and homemade baked goods are needed and can be brought by 10:30 a.m. Shopping starts at 11 a.m., with an auction to follow after lunch. Houoli melodies will be performed by a trio that includes Crystal Bates, Maryann Graff and Cathy Knox. Local speaker, Mickie Baker, will talk about What Makes a Life. Admission is $14.50 per person and includes admission, lunch, beverage and dessert, music, and the program. Reservations should be made by Monday, Oct. 8 at firstname.lastname@example.com or 560-3328. All teachers are honored; complimentary tickets are offered for all teachers and malahinis (first time attendees).
Cowboy Church holds Fall Round-up chuckwagon event
The Southwest Cowboy Church will host their first-ever Fall Round-Up event on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center, 21176 Rd. S. At noon, a chuckwagon meal of cowboy coffee, cowboy cobbler, and cowboy beans, cooked by JD Baker of the Sons of the Pioneers, will be served. Grilled hamburgers and hotdogs will also be available at no cost. The meal is followed at 2 p.m. with entertainment from Sky Shivers, a cowboy humorist, Sam Noble, cowboy poet of the Bar-D, and a concert by the Line Camp Riders. The event is free. A love offering will be taken. Call 882-1433 for more information.
All-day Mexican meal fundraiser for Parish kitchen
Antonios Restaurant, 104 E. Main St., Cortez, will host an Afternoon Delight fundraising meal from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14 for the kitchen remodeling project for St. Margaret Mary Catholic Churchs Parish Hall. The church needs to renovate the kitchen to provide a facility for updated, workable and efficient usage, as well as to host events for the parish. Afternoon Delight will include a special menu with a choice of two complete Mexican dinners with sides, and will include tea or coffee and a dessert. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for kids under 8 years old. Alcoholic beverages or fountain drinks are not included in the cost, and the two dinners will be the only ones served at Antonios throughout the day. Take out orders will also be available. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards the purchase of cooking and serving utensils and small equipment for the newly-remodeled Parish kitchen. Additional parking will be available at Rimcos parking lot east of the restaurant. This event is open to the public. For more information, call Elva Norte at 565-8741.
Bethel Church Ministry Team coming to Cortez
The Cortez Family Worship Center Foursquare Church will host a ministry team from Bethel Church in Redding Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 10:30 a.m. Bethel Church has been experiencing a dynamic move of the Holy Spirit for several years with verifiable miracles, signs and wonders. Everybody is welcome to attend the service at 500 N. Washington. Call 749-9774 or 565-3709 for more information.
Eating Smart Being Active classes
The Piñon Project, 300 N. Elm St., will offer an Eating Smart Being Active class for Kemper, Manaugh, and Mesa families who want to learn about preparing healthier meals and bringing a basic level of activity into their lives. The classes will start Tuesday, Oct. 16, and go from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Kelly Proctor, facilitator, will lead the group through eight weekly lessons designed to help them shop, cook and enjoy entry-level activity. The class offers ideas for a healthier life for families, who will work as a team to develop healthy and tasty recipes. Participants will create (and devour) delicious snacks and light meals in the class while developing friendships and new and useful skills. The activity level is appropriate for any age and almost any condition, as it emphasizes basic stretching and movement, and each person is encouraged to work at a comfortable level. Classes are further enhanced with small take-away incentives useful for food preparation and activity. There is no charge for this program. Class size is limited; sign up with Lara Blair at 564-1195.


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Microsoft typically has a pretty
good security track record, but under the enormous pressure of
safeguarding millions of business users, cracks in its armor can
appear. Thus was the case with a new flaw in Microsoft Internet
Explorer, which the company posted an advisory
(97352) about yesterday.
The advisory describes, "The
vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference within Internet
Explorer. It is possible under certain conditions for the invalid
pointer to be accessed after an object is deleted. In a
specially-crafted attack, in attempting to access a freed object,
Internet Explorer can be caused to allow remote code
McAfee's George Kurtz was the first to post
on the flaw, with a security
blog yesterday afternoon. He offered more details about the
DOM memory corruption vulnerability and revealed that it had been
used by attackers in China to steal info from Google. This was
somewhat unusual, as often flaws get published with nary a "in
the wild" attack, or at worst mild attacks on individual
In this case the flaw wasn't overly severe, but the
attackers were unusually sophisticated and struck out at businesses,
looking to steal their data. Writes
Dmitri Alperovitch, a vice president of research with McAfee, "We
have never seen attacks of this sophistication in the commercial
space. We have previously only seen them in the government
Despite the fact that Google makes its own
browser (Chrome), apparently many of Google's corporate computers
instead use rival Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the standard in the
business world. As Internet Explorer 8's Data Execution
Prevention (DEP) is enabled by default, and would have to be turned
off for the flaw to work, it seems likely that Google uses IE 6 or IE
7. This is actually quite typical -- IE 8 adoption in the
business world has been a slow process -- many businesses still use
IE 6, even. The DEP protections are optional in IE 7.
total, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000
Service Pack 4, and Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and
Internet Explorer 8 on supported editions of Windows XP, Windows
Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and
Windows Server 2008 R2 are affected.
Once the attackers
execute the memory attack, they use it to download and run an
executable -- a malicious trojan that allows remote access to
corporate machines. The entire set of attacks has become known
as "Operation Aurora". Aside from Google, other high
profile targets lost potentially sensitive information, including
design software maker Adobe Systems Inc. (though Adobe insists that
it lost no IP). Google and Adobe are both reportedly trying to
help Microsoft investigate the attacks.
Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer apologized for the security mishap, stating, "We need to
take all cyber attacks, not just this one, seriously. We have a whole
team of people that responds in very real time to any report that it
may have something to do with our software, which we don't know
One bothersome detail, though, is that Microsoft
apparently has known about the flaw and existence of attacks in the
wild for some time, but did not publish a security advisor until
after McAfee aired the flaw. This meant that while high profile
business users likely knew about the flaw, most private users were
left unaware of the danger (albeit, fewer private users run IE 6 or
IE 7 than business users).
The attack on Google occurred in
mid-December, so the attacks have been live for almost a month now,
at least. Reportedly 20 other major companies have since been
compromised. Currently, the only complete solution that offers
complete protection against the attack is to adopt IE 8 or turn on
DEP in IE 7. McAfee has aired security software updates that
provide partial protection against the malware associated with the
attack, but it warns that current coverage is complete
there's one moral of this story, it's not so much anything to do with
Microsoft or Google, but more an observation of the state of internet
security in general. As many observers have noted, attackers in
recent years are becoming bolder, more organized, and in it for the
Unlike hackers of yore that largely hacked for
respect or fame, this new breed of attacker, largely based out of
Eastern Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, hacks
for profit. That presents a unique challenge to firms like
Microsoft. A kid hacking into Google would be a bad enough, but
a savvy professional who knows how to leverage the stolen information
-- that's a security nightmare. And it's one that's quickly
becoming reality, as evidenced by this most recent round of attacks.