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Orochimaru's main ability is that he doesnt die from cutting or ripping attacks because a new body is produced from the shell of the old one. With this ability in mind I have came up with a list (and reasoning) of specific people who could almost certainly take Oro.
Note: Im sure im missing some but im refering to ones who could do it pretty easily.
1. Naruto. Rasenchuriken is a terrible attack for Oro as it attacks the cellular level so he would be unable to produce another from the previous one. Every cell in his body will be pierced so he cannot simply shed his skin. (also TBB)
2. Itachi. Obvious
3. Possibly sasuke. I know people say he is stronger than itachi and im not dissagreeing my point about him is im not sure if he A. has tsukuyomi and B. if Oro can break it. If sasuke's tsukuyomi doesnt work he doesnt really have any super effective techs against oro besides Kirin but that is one shot and he can hide under ground.
4. minato/ prime hiruzen. In their prime they could both use RDS and kill him (hiruzen was old and weak so it didnt work well)
5. (possibly the most contriversial) Garaa. His sand can crush Oro there is no way to shed his skin because he can be fully encased in a sand coffin or any other tech's involving immense pressure.
6. Tsuchikage. Jinton would be able to dismantle Oro at an atomic level. (no coming back from that)
Im excluding OP's like Hashi and Madara.
Oro's strenght is against cutting/tearing tech's but against crushing and obliterating jutsu his skin shedding is useless as they take care of the entire body so he cant just shed the injury. and obviously genjutsu.
if you disagree please use proof/logic all of my threads are based off logic and science so i would appreciate some reasoning behind comments


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hi Max,
What is the exact differnece between FPGA and microcontroller ? Also for FPGA vs CPLD ?
I *was* an APP blogger... Now I'm an EE Times blogger ;)
Look forward to tomorrow.
I think this is more indepth that other presentations.
Good start to the FPGA presentation.
I've done some basic FPGA design.
Hi all
Automotive EV motor control
yes I have experience
Hello sir i am new to fpga and want to learn it can i learn it?
You win Max I give up the FPGA's are appearing everywhere. I just bought a Parallella board (Adapteva) with the Zynq 7010 on it (Dual Arm7 A9) with FPGA and bells, whistles and christmas cake on it.
I'll re-do your course and pay more attention this time -- OK?
Video distribution
Doing more designs for FPGAs that ASICs.
Designed with FPGAs - for video processing.
Finally got time to catch up.
Good to hear Max again!
Thank you!
Consumer applications
Preference to programmable fabric, no core programming
Have experience with FPGA, CPLD devices and their programming
Hi from Oregon
Jsut a beginner !
thanks from China~
long experience
I've designed with Xilinx FPGAs. However, the new line of FPGAs have much more complexity. This is a excellent course on pointing out there architectures and their technologies. Thank you for broadcasting this course.
good interaction
thank you
need for this
all programmable devices
good material presentation
Thanks for the session
Thanks Max.
Good Morning from San Jose, CA.
Good morning everyone from CA
Good morning everyone! We'll get started on Part 2 of our FPGA course in about 30 minutes.
Bye now.
A fine introduction to FPGA's Max. I'm hoping the rest of this week will be just as good.
I think FPGA Design is the future of intelligent systems, like Robotics.
I have used FPGA's in the past, but not much.
Hi all.
HI Max, Thanks for a great lecture. I had to listen to the archive due to a tech issue but it let me rewind on a few points you made. I have a historical background in uC and DSP and am now looking to learn FPGA to increase my skill set. Looking forward to the rest of your lectures.
Thanks Max; great lecture as usual.
I've never designed with FPGA
On slide 10, what does PLL stand for and its function?
my background currently is in unmanned aerial vehicles i.e. Predator, Reaper and Avenger unmanned aircraft.
Previously worked in the cell phone industry.
Manufacturing Test i.e. Test Automation, fixture design and software design for testing aviation electronice (avionics).
every time Max says 'jelly-bean' ICs I think Android Jelly Bean...
I'm mostly software (embedded, systems level, drivers, etc). Never used FPGAs, but go back to 8080 (and PDP-8) days.
A rather late greetings to all. (Forgot about the session today... Thanks EETimes for archiving this!)
Have heard Max before - looking forward to hearing him again!
waiting for the answers till tommorow. thank u for ythe session max. bye.
do allthe fpga anufacturers use antifuse for alone or is there any other means to program the interconnects?
I heard that FPGA are used in the airplanes for saving the critical parameters. aren't these devices susceptible to change in temp and do they operate in the same speed and accuracy even in high altitudes?
missed the live session!!!! thanks for the archive.
Sriram.V Embedded developer. used xilinx spartan.
I missed such awesome lecture b.c of confusion in time zone. But Thanks for the archive. I am really grateful. from Italy
I was stuck on a O.S. update problem and missed live lecture... Gosh bless the recording.
Thanks Max and the UBM team, looking forward fo the next classes.
tank u :-)
Max, Thanks for everything. I hope to find time to read
BeBOP to the BOOLEAN BOOGIE
thanks Max and EE Times. Rod. R.
Slide 18, input "C" has no connection.
Student, just keeping up on the latest...
No FPGAs yet.
Not designed with FPGAs before.
Hello from sunny SE Lake Simcoe, Ontario Canada.
Competing seminars this week.
Thanks Max
@mrxfrombombay: I will ask the IT guys but I wouldn't hold your breath :-)
For the moment you'll just have to stream it from thsi page
@erhk: Altera's Programmable SoCs and Xilinx Zynq SoCs are indeed similar -- both boast an ARM Cortex-A( dual core hard core microcontroller. Both hav eon-chip memory and peripherals and programmable digital fabric. In both cases the ARM core can communicate to the programmable fabric via AXI busses.
There are some differences, not the least that the programmable fabric is different -- and the DSP slices -- and stuff like that -- I'm not saying one is bbetter than the other -- just that there are differences. Also the Zynq has some programmable analog and 17 analog input pins and stuff
Hi Max,
Is it possible to make the audio recording of this session downloadable as well?
Sorry learning is secondary to work.
@cryptkicks I'll pass this feedback on to the IT folks (having said that then never listen to me :-)
I was looking for Altera's Cyclone 5 SoC. Is Zynq SoC is the similar platform ?
@Bill: "I have real work to do right now"
LOL Make sure you visit www.AllProgrammablePlanet.com to see what's going on there
The audio shows up in a player widget once archived, but a link to the actual .MP3 file to allow a simple download and save would be nice. Otherwise they play live but don't let me save them to disk or MP3 player for offline usage.
@Bill: Check out the the note above this chat window:
The audio player will load automatically when the lecture audio begins. Some corporate networks block the sort of streaming audio content used by this player. Please make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Flash for your Internet browser via Adobe's web site. If the player loads but you are not able to hear the live audio, you may still be able to hear the archived audio after the live program begins by returning to this page.
Will have to listen to it tonight as I have real work to do right now.
I am really interested in this for some of my future test fixture designs.
@bill: The audio is up now -- right under the headline their's a little audio button/ribbon thing -- click on that and you should hear my dulcet tones (make sue you've downloaded the slides so you can follow along)
@Max, ok I can hear it now
@bill: Hang on -- just checking
I was signed up but could never get the audio to play
Max when will the archive be available?
@davidwr -- sorry you missed it, but you can listen to the archived version and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow
Not designed with FPGA systems -- looking at it for specialty processes.
Hello from Sunny SE Lake Simcoe, Ontario Canada.
Had to miss the live -- competing seminars this week. Hopefully will catch it live tomorrow.
My pleasure -- hope to see you tomorrow
Thanks for the seminar
@matriley: Thsi is a great question -- it's one a lot of people ask -- wrappling your brain around this is really important when it comes to understanding the other stuff we will be looking at later this week
In an antifuse-based or Flash-based FPGA, the LUTS are programmed using antifuse or falsh cells - -these FPGAs will stil lhave blocks of on-chip RAM for use by the design/application
In an SRAM-based FPGA, we have blocks of SRAM for the application, and then all of the configuration cells are also implemented using SRAM technology
@matriley -- no -- the SRAM bloks are used to store on-chip allpication data, act as FIFOs, and suchlike
Thanks tmka -- C U tomorrow :-)
Regarding the presentation: are the SRAM blocks on slide 10 the SRAM used to configure the LUTs?
@Max Thanks for the lecture and chat! See you tomorrow.
OK -- lots to do and not enough time to do it all in -- I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow
Walter -- I think crowd-funding a Zynq board could be avery interesting idea. (I cannot wait for my Parallella board to arrive -- I added my $99 to the pot -- why not wait for that board?)
Thanks for the sugestions... I'll search in www.AllProgrammablePlanet.com
That low-end Zynq would be great! How long will we have to wait?
Seriously Max, the Papilio has only 500 "Kgates". Enough room for a Microblaze I think (I use Altera, so I don't know precisely), but not for complex stuff of the kind that people who wants a Cortex-A9 plus HW accelerators like.
I was really getting interested in crowd-funding a Zynq board (just for the rest of us who cannot afford a ZedBoard!), similar to the Parallella case. Anyone likes the idea?
Re How do I go about making a DVI input, provided that I have to manufacture it myself?
Again -- that's one for All Programmable Planet -- there are all sorts of experts there who knwo all sorts of things -- the interesting thing is seeing them all get into a debate about something
Thanks Max, good session
bye for now.
Good idea, I need to use AllProgrammablePlanet.com more often.How do I go about making a DVI input, provided that I have to manufacture it myself? Would TFP401 DVI receiver chip be a good choice?
Thansk to everyone for joining in today -- I really hope you enjoyed it -- there's a lot of confusion in this area and I think that it's really useful to build up things slowely -- I'm very much looking forward to tomorrow
Looking forward to tomorrow, and especially Wednesdays session on Tools and Methodologies ...
Thanks Max... :)
Thanks MAX..
@tmka -- to get answers to real-world problems, post questions at www.AllProgrammablePlanet.com
thanks, see you tommorrow
Re the question: "And what are all the applications available for a SOC(FPGA along with ARM core)"
I woudl say "limited only by your imagination" -- the ARM core can be used for decision making tasks, the programmable fabric can be used for massively parallel data-processing. There's a lot of interest t ouse these in machine vision applications like automotive savety systems. I knw oone gut who is implementing an artificial neural network ... and what about indudstrial control systems...
The Zynq is an interesting device. Like many others, I would like to get my hands on one. The cost is an issue.
I wasn't aware of the fuse types, so I did learn new stuff. Except it's knowledge that you simply "take in". That can't be said once you get to actually programming and have problems with Vhdl/Verilog. So I am eagerly awaiting the next lectures and will read up on your articles. I am trying to make a dvi video capturing system and I am at the stage of learning PSRAM and serial/network communication.
Re: Even the "cheap" ZedBoard is in the range of $300-400
I agree they aren't cheap, but the processing capacity and number of interfaces and "stuff" they offer is AMAZING
If you want cheap, you can get a Papilio FPGA board for about $35 (go to www.AllProgrammablePlanet.com and search for "Speciall Offer"
@mrDiode : I dont think there is much technology gap while you are modelling your design.
My understanding is tha tboth Altera and Xilinx are talking about a low-end Zynq for $15 (when purchased in quantity)
Thanks MAX.
And what are all the applications available for a SOC(FPGA along with ARM core)
for those (like me) who joined late ... the 'archived' session is available now by clicking the play button on the audio player above. Thanks to Max and Brian.
Re the archives button -- I think thsi talk will become available almost immediately -- certainly oin the next hour or so
Zynq is an interesting device, but unfortunately is quite costly for the entry-level reprogrammable market (in my opinion). Even the "cheap" ZedBoard is in the range of $300-400 (academic/regular price). If Xilinx supposedly wants to enforce a new reprogrammable paradigm, then why just the focus on the high end of the market? (same goes to Altera).
do we really decrease the technology gap when ASIC are prototyped using FPGA ?
xilinx provides a tools, xilinx power analyser and xilinxs power stimation, that you consider this tools have good performances to analyse power in fpga?
@tmka: "this one does not raise any questions at the moment."
Sp either I am a great lecturer ... or you already knew this stuff -- or I didn;t make any sense at all :-)
THx for your lecture......Max
@H S -- re "Initially I tried to port ARM core on FPGA."
Onlt the ARM Cortex-M1 core was designed to be immplemented efficiently using the FPGA programmable fabric -- that is, as a soft core. The thing about the Zynq is that the ARM Cortex-A9 is implemented as a hard core which makes it much more efficiemnt (lower power, greater performance) than a soft core...
I found the archives button.......when will I be able to listen to this lecture?
@Max I'll definitely have more questions after the next lectures, this one does not raise any questions at the moment.
tmka -- "wich a lecturer that can be asked questions"
ask away :-)
this is other audio?
Thanks MAX, for your fact regarding the use of ARM core by XILINX.
Can you please point out the one usage of using ARM along with FPGA.
Because Initially I tried to port ARM core on FPGA.
@Daniel: re your comment "i consider that the toggle rate of sram is the most problem wich consumes more power" -- the thing about the SRAM-based configuration cells is that they are only toggled/loaded when the board is powered up and the device is loaded/configured -- after that they just sit there configuring the device...
I don;t think it's true to say that "FPGAs are mainly used for prototyping ASICs" -- I think it's true to say that a large proportion of ASIC designs are prototyped using FPGAs, but if you look at the vast numbers of FPGAs sold they are in applications like communications, backplane, infrastructure, automotvre, industrial control...
@jnhong Thanks. I am looking for a class/1on1 rather than reading material. With a lecturer that can be asked questions.
flash-based FPGAs can be used in aerospatial applications?
i consider that the toggle rate of sram is the most problem wich consumes more power
Max ... 65nm vs. smaller techs ... I believe your power consumption analysis is correct .. for SRAM vs Flash
Looking forward to the rest of the week! Cheers for now everyone!
Thanks Max! I was reading a paper, where 4-Input LUT compared to other k-input LUT showed better in terms of area and delay. Does this change when it is more than 10-input LUT ?
I need to know more about SoC vs FPGA ?
Hi H S Sriharsha -- Xilinx licebnced the use of the ARM Cortex-A9 sual-core micrcontroller subststem and then implemented it on their Zynq device along with a bunch of regulat FRGA fabric (and other stuff)
Max, thanks for the insight into SRAM v Flash.
@ PREM BHARATH : FPGA's are mainly used fro PROTOTYPING ASIC's .
@mrDiode - you can't reprogram an ASIC and you would need to order a large batch to get ASIC chips. you could do FPGA manufacturing yourself because you can easily buy them in small quantaties.
I like the Tabular architecture concept -- very interesting -- but I haven;t heard anything from them for quite a while now.
Max, Thank you for the lecture. See you tomorrow.
tmka -- but also check Lattice, Microsemi as alternatives
Re which consumes more power -- SRAM or FLASH -- that's an interesting one. If you take two devuces created at the same process node -- say 65nm, then the SRAM will consume more power. But the FLASH devices are typically 1 to 2 process nodes behind. So most Flash devuces today are at 65nm or higher, whil estate-of-the-art SRAM devuces are at 28nm. In this case, for the same number of gates, the SRAM will consume less power I think.
@joeaki : You being a designer, no need to worry on internal programming techbiques.
Just utilize the entire resources properly.
I learnt the major difference of when and when not to use an FPGA. ;)
as of last week or so...
Max thanks for the session, we understood the various kinds of programable devices through the introduction
tmka -- go to Altera and Xilinx websites, look in their training sections. Lots of free workshops available.
I don't consider myself a rookie anymore...
Dear Max,
How does ARM and FPGA's are used together to make it a SOC?
@ Max, how one decides which one to use, antifuse/sram/flash??
what is your opinion about Tabula 3d FPGAs?
Are there any good online FPGA workshops where I could learn FPGA/VHDL basics and move towards video processing?
Thanks Max and Brian
Why are the PLLs inside FPGS condsidered more noisy? Is it true?
I missed the lecture is a recording available
Thanks Max
I need to look to look more closely at Xilinx Spartan3 FPGA configuration options.
Thanks for your presentation. I would like to know about how fpgas are used in the jtag emulators?
Did this introduction clear up any confusion for anyone?
HOw to ask questions via chat session?
Thanks Max, (I will hear more of today's session on the archives... ) and will be on time for the followup sessions.
Hi Max, thanks for the presentation
one question: what is the difference between ASIC and FPGA ? could I consider FPGA is one step before manufacturing using ASIC or it could be a standalone production choice ?
Which consumes more power: SRAM or Flash?
Do you consider this course an introductory course? Are there others on eetimes university at a higher level?
Thansk sdennis -- it's still the only electronics book in the world to feature a seafood gumbo recipe :-)
amazing a lot of people here
thank you Max!
Thanks Max for the great effort putting the program together.
Thank u
Thank you for the presentation.
It was a great intro.
Thank you Max!
Looks like I have lots to learn, Thanks for the lecture.
interesting intro!!
Thanks! Hear you tomorrow.. :)
MAX and EEtime, thanks from colombia
Where is what page?
how to chat?
Thank you Max.
Thanks for presentations Max & eetimes
thanks Max
Max it's very nice presentation
thnk u
very good intro thanks Max
Many thanks for the introduction.
Thanks for the kind words Oscar -- but don;t go, stick around to ask some questions
Bebop was a fun read. Thanks Max. I got the eBook version and have it on my tablet.
Thanks, Max
Is it possible to get the audio recording of this lecture?
thanks EETimes
where is that page?
The introduction to electronics class here.
Good presentation Max. Waiting for the other parts.
Thanks Max!
Thank you
Thanks for the presentation
Hi Bryan!
Good intro. Thanks.
thanks Max!
Very nice MAX , GG
Thank you max.
Thank you for today's great presentation Max.
keep losing audio
Hi Kris -- where did you win that book?
companies which use Flash+SRAM based technology for FPGAs
Max, good presentaion. See you tomorrow.
thank you Max
So you know it made a bad week good last week when the copy of bebop I won showed up at work. It was a great suprise thank you. Your lectures are alwasys helpful.
Thanks ... got it
slide 22 :)
joined in late ... sorry. which slide are we on ? thanks ...
@ joeaki i guess its the reverse
Had to reload Which slide are we on?
SRAMs can hold the bits unless configured but Flash loses the configurable bits.
but the process for flash is a problem. processing for SRAMs are the same.
Looks like Max has been cut off at my end
flash too can be reconfigured as microcontrollers use flash RAm? right ?
Click on the pla button
Download today's slide deck link
no slides, no audio, no joy. Sorry I missed it
@ Jeraz, I think it depends on the kind of application you're using. If you want reconfigurable you might wanna go for SRAM
atmel uses and xilinx too uses flash based CPLDs
@BILL T, ARM-based SoC designs for consumer electronics devices.
Can you explain more on what you doing.
IP core design
@Brian Fuller2 your welcome
which companies make use of flash based technology
what is the most faster clock in a FPGA?
We do ASIC design services. Our customers use FPGA platforms to develop software on the design while they wait for the ASICs.
Control of power electronics converters (current/ voltage controllers), grid synchronization for microgrid and smart grid
Telematics/Displays for Automotive applications
@Crusty... best line of the morning! Thanks!
Keeping old technology working
Satellite communication terminal applications Modem
ARM-based SoC designs for consumer electronics devices.
robitcs and domotic
Power electronics, for the control
controls application
Networking and Storage
Test equipment automation for the Aerospace industry
consumer electronics
Wireless Communication
Industrial Dynamic Weighing controls
Due to technical difficulties, I'll log back in and get the archives. Audio keeps stopping.
I want to use them in consumer application.
Digital correlation on FPGA for Radio Telescope array
My field of interest is test engineering.
it depends on how much adders you have, parallelism is great but we have to see the number of resources available.
Now 13.
Guided Wave RADAR for mobile tank level gauging, tank truck industry.
Wireless telecommunications and remote monitoring
Instrumentation for astronomy
Telecommunications, Passive Optical Networks
M2M communication/Sensors
Medical and consumer
consumer audio/video
Consumer and Defense
Automated high voltage test equipment
signal processing
Nemos: Ya, We are in slide 12.right now.
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: Make sure that your "IT Department" is not blocking "www.blogtalkradio.com" or "www.llnwd.net" (LLnwd.net)
I may have to catch the recorded version of this. Audio keeps dropping.
LOVE the parallelism!
using a lot of resources..
parallelism rules
... so we'd love to field those questions then.
Guys who do not see slides and presentation in congruence, try refreshing.
@bill_devine... we'll be chatting immediately after Max is done...
The slide deck seems right, but the audio is talking about Power Distribution Smart Grids?
guess I will come back later when the archive is available, unfortunate because if I have questions they will not get answered
more noisy than what?
ok, thank you
We're on slide 11 right now
no video, raj -- download the slide deck
slide no?
@rajames429... just audio and the downloadable slide deck, but this will be archived immediately after we're done.
no video rajames only audio
no, only sound
@ghosh : Application: Power Electronics circuit controllers...Can yoyu explain in more detail about your taks.
sorry, I am late -- is there video ?
I'm new to FPGA's - I want to learn how to use and program them ..... (like the description indicates ?!?!?)
in which slide right now?
serializer deserializer
Ok well this kind of sucks, cannot hear anything only the intro BlogTalkRadio then nothing
I am getting an error when I try to open the Slide Deck...no Text Converter....anyone know how to solve this issue? I've got PowerPoint 2007.
Have not yet designed or developed with an FPGA but the possibility exists to do so at any time.
in my studies only had worked with the FPGA of XILINX the SPARTAN 3AN
what is serdes
First design is to emulate an Apple lle disk and controller to replace a failing drive
Application: Power Electronics circuit controllers
Virtex1 and Virtex5
@tmka : You can achieve your activity by writing a bootloader application , by using a SPI protocol and also the XPS_SPI controller.
When I play the attached Audio file it has nothing to do with the Slide Deck attached.
no experience yet with FPGAs
im using FPGA to do an investigation about the differences of BUSES and NETWORK ON CHIP using MPSOCs
Have used out of the shelf FPGA solutions.
so the speed will also differ if it makes from diff materials
Isn't 4-Input are the best in terms of area and delay when compared to k-input LUTs??
modern fpga how its made
Learned VHDL and Verilog in College and would like to get more into it. Worked with Altera devices.
Bill, try page refresh and restart audio. that usually works for me.
need him to learn the language of description of hardware VHDL for to program the FPGA
I encounter them one time as support Engineer . But I want to know more about them.
just interested
Yes, we used Xilinx FPGA for control of power electronics converters like UPS (academic research)
I have worked with SPARTAN 6 FPGA.
I have a Digilent Nexys 3 (Spartan6) and know how to save data to PSRAM and display segments of data on the leds. Thats my top achievement at the moment :)
no experience yet
Audio keeps dropping out. I give up.
Rookie designer dedicated electronic engineer retired. Getting to understand the new FPGA systems
I am not getting the audio for this course I get the radio id but nothing after that
Have not used before. Interested in if there is a way to "lock" them down for control of the program once programmed.
I am using it for designing DVB-S Modem.
Worked with Xilinx, Actel and Lattice.
no experience with FPGAs
Never designed, but get involved with testing.
FPGA's are essential building blocks in many systems, looking forward to learning more about how to make use of them.
Just starting to learn about CPLD and FPGA.
Designing an FPGA at transistor level, thanks NEMOS!
FPGA's are just awesome and you can do whatever you wanted to do.
Preliminary design of some array using
4x4 Ripple carry adder
Luca Valcarenghi, Scuoa Superiore Sant'Anna Italy
We are currently utilizing FPGAs for implementing energy efficient Optical Network Unit prototype.
Tried as a part of my degree course and wish to go ahead in this field
Yes, please here in the chat box (@joeaki)
Our company systems used FPGA's exclusively now we're merging in GPGPU's with FPGA's.
I have used it for control applications, would love to extend its use in robotic applications
Image processing gaussian smoothing algorithm mapped on FPGA
I have designed with FPGA. Now interested in Embedded Systems on FPGAs
have not designed usung FPGA yet. Interest is reuseable hardware
yes joeaki, write down for later
I've written some testbenches in verilog and am just now starting on my first design, which is really more of a port of a design to different hardware.
Have not used FPGA's yet
yes once have designed
Never used a FPGA, but interested in offloading complex software algorithms to FPGAs
Not at this time, I want to learn about them
how do we ask questions? here in the chat box?
slide 8 now
No 7 seven
my thoughts exactly!
Thank you Dr DSP
Guys, which slide and how to folllow?
Its ok now, Thanks!
No one will benefit from that message if they're not hearing the audio :)
thank you Ghosh
working ok
slide 7
page 7 now
Reload of page brought in proper audio
@kraigw: the audio works better in Firefox.
which sheet are we on now?
page 6
of the presentation
thanks for the new link it works, able to hear the right session now
Try refreshing page that seems to work I here Max now
Reload and restarted OK now thanks
What page are we going?
Hi from Egypt
yes refresh did it
I can hear presentation from power system and smart grid...
audio keeps cutting out
RELOAD the entire page if you are not hearing Max.
RELOAD PAGE for today's lecture
Use this link to listen to live session:
yeah, use the updated link others posted then refresh.
slide 5.
Sorry folks, should be all set now
yup refresh helped
Everything's ok now!
Audiosays it's part 5 of an advanced lecture... Where is today's lecture?
Obbiously not This is somekind of power system presentation?
slide 3 smart grid?????
ok, all set
Reload the page, it is Max now. Reload reload lock and load.
OK, I hear Max now. Had to reload the page.
OK now!
Now I'm hearing the right one. maybe refresh guys!
Hello Everyone
was expecting The basics and benefits of APDS
just reload the page
This link works http://university.eetimes.com/lecture.asp?doc_id=523515&piddl_promo=&p_lg_c
guys hearing part 5 : a page reload did it for me
hang on, should rerfresh shortly
what we are listening
reload page for updated audio stream
part 5 ??
i have no video and no sound. must be an fpga problem
refresh, and hit play
Part V again...
Wrong presentation
I do hear the presentation, no problem.
Hello Mr Coordinator, Please play the correct audio
Part 1 : intro : The basics and benifits of Programmable devices
Is there a EE Times organizer looking at these chat messages?
title n presentaions are not matching
Is anyone hearing enything?
We're checking in to your questions... I'm hearing max fine on my end
yes.. me too
Hmmm, Max was on earlier wonder where he went
now its correct this is the link
Is there from EE Times aware of this?
i think i am listening wrong presentation......any solution
this is a record not a live presentation???
yes we are hearing part 5 of last course
no sound here...
It is not alive, but an archive?
ya me too
And whoever engineered this is ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.
yaa even i think so
same here
Hmmm, seem to be getting the wrong presentation
Hahaha, this is the lesson about TESTING and VERIFYING your work before you publish.
please hangon looking into it
A Max imposter!!
Embedded software engineer with SoC/ASIC design group, developing software for production and for hardware validation.
Audio player just loaded (with the part 5 audio)
is this about programmable devices....?
Same question for me, this is part #5??? I have slides for part #1???
please hang on looking into it
just wait for a while cool down
That does not sound right!!! Part 5???
Hello from North Carolina!
reloaded page, still wrong audio.
starting from Part 5?
Where is Max Maxfield presentaion?
Hello everyone
Get your act together, MAX.
Getting Part five as well...
Max, where are you?
No audio for me yet
please hange on folks
Part 5?
Wrong into here too
So am I where is Max
@Bill_Devine, met, too.
Umm... Hearing Brian on part 5 of something... not Max..?
Same here
I'm hearing the wrong introduction as well
wrong session???
Sounds like part V
It's loading an INTEL presentation.
Hello from Calgary
Ashok Narayanan
Hello from Fremont, CA
Hmmm I am hearing the wrong introduction
Hello from PA..
Howdy from Texas!
Hello from Montreal, Quebec Canada
Hello from rainy Birmingham (AL)
Hello all
Just about to start (note to self, take a deel breath)
Greetings from South Africa.
Wow -- it look slike we have people from all over the world
hello everyone. I am joining from Houston
Hi Daniel and Moncho and Kishta and Vivek...
Good morning Max, looking forward to the presentation.
Hello Everyone!
it's actually good to see so many people interested in electronics. i feel glad ;)
Hello from Greece
Two minutes to show time and we've got an amazing global audience!! For my part, it's sunny and 50 degrees in San Francisco!
Hello Everyone, reliability and radiation engineer from New Jersey. Looking forward to the class!
Crusty, I'm in Edmonton Alberta, Canada. Its fairly well north of the US border.
hi everyone, greeting from ecuador
Hello all!
Global warming, right?
Hi Dan, Is that Edmonton London we moved from Epping forest to the South Coast 2 years ago
hi everyone, greeting from colombia
we have a "heat wave" right now. -20C a few days ago, now -1C
Hello everybody
Max Lovely bright day 5 degrees on the coast.
Yes, the river valley is a pleasant place. Lots of bike riding and walking trails. You can almost forget that its in a city.
Hi everyone, logged from Patagonia, Argentina
Hi Crusty -- what's the weather like in the UK?
Hi Dan from Edmonton -- I have cousins living up there -- I visited a coupel of times -- love the valley with all the parks running through the middle
Max, Monday is hump day in some parts of the world, so I guess happy monday to you too.
Hi Max Crusty waiting to here your voice
Hello everyone -- HAPPY MONDAY!!!
Good Morning/afternoon!
good morning from sunny San Diego, CA
hello all from Edmonton, Alberta
Another housekeeping note, folks: The streaming audio player will appear on this web page when the show starts at 9:00 am PST/12:00 pm EST 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, and hitting the play button.
I dont see any link for the video, will it appear when it starts?
Good morning
Cool, thanks for replying ;)
@Prem... we'll start in 15 minutes. no worries!
Hello Max,
This is Waseem
Hello to all
when is it going to start exactly? am i late or something?
@Ash88, you're a fantastic engineer for staying up so late!
@Ash88 At least we know you are really into the subject to have the motivation to take part in this lesson at that crazy hour :>
@Brian We look forward to it! How long will this lesson take? It's 5:30pm in Europe so I need to know if I will be spending the night here :)
Good morning everyone... we'll get started on today's course in 30 minutes!
-Be sure to click 'Today's Slide Deck' under Special Educational Materials above right to download the PowerPoint for today's session.
where can i get the link to the lectures
hello everyone
I downloaded the slides, but I can't open them. Is there a problem?
Hi will it take 1.30 hours more ..?
Good morning, from Scottsdale
Good morning everyone.
For people from other continents: http://thetimenow.com/est/eastern_standard_time. 12:00 EST is in two hours.
@kgangadhar The live audio stream will apear at 12:00 pm EST
@kgangadhar Check out the Today's Slide Deck link right above the chat text input.
Hi all, i couldn't able to find the link to view the lecture, could someone help whare can i find the link to view the lecture.
Good morning, everyone
Morning Max. & EE Times
How do I tap into the audio feed for this lecture?
I am totally excited about the lecture. As you said, I look forward to get a complete clear idea about Programmable Devices. I am eagerly waiting...
I will be attending it even though its quite awkward time at 1am in the morning.
And thanks in advance for such excellent oppertunities, you are doing great service.
@Naveed: Hi there -- I';m really looking forward to having you on the course and to chatting with everyone in the question and answer sessions at the end of each day's lecture
@Junsan2u: Hi there -- I think you are going to be really excited at all the interesting stuiff we will be looking at
@Crusty: Hi Crusty -- it's GREAT to see you here
@leo m: Hi and THANKS in advance :)
No worries -- I'm really looking forward to giving this course
@mohamed2010: Make sure you spread the word about thsi course to all the folks you know -- maybe one day I'll be invited to give a guest lecture at your university (hint hint :-)
@Sriharsha: I think you are going to really enjoy this -- I hope that while I'm speaking you'll be syaing "Ha Ha! NOW I understand!"
@Tronage: I am studying SoC in Southamtpon. Looking forward to this.
The last place I lived in England before moving to the USA was Portsmouth, which is just "down the road" from you.
@Nemos: Hi there -- good to see you here :-)
@Jack: oh no. 1am my time again :(
Stop moaning man -- it will help build character (grin)
Thanks for the course arrangement.
Thank you sir Max for this information. I wanted to learn more in programming
Crusty is here in the hopes that he will finaly get the hang of FPGA, Hi Max, Hi Nemos.
Hi and THANKS in advance :)
Teaching FPGA´s at www.uppuebla.edu.mx i´m so excited because this course. Trying to learn more and more and trying to put hands in action. Thanks Max¡¡¡.
Hi everyone, Sriharsha here, I am currently pursuing my undergraduation.
I look forward to hear the lectures.
oh no. 1am my time again :(
Hi Maryam, thanks so much, I'm very much looking forward to giving these lectures.
Hi, Maryam is here, a graduate Embedded System Developer from South Easth of England, I look forward to hear your lecture Max.
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Girl Rising: 9 Prayers for 9 Girls
In honor of International Women's Day today and in celebration of yesterday's premiere of 10X10's new film Girl Rising, we want to pray for each of the girls featured in the film, the communities they represent, and World Vision's work in some those communities. Two girls in the film come from World Vision project areas.
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Sokha: Cambodia
"This is not the end. It is the beginning." Orphaned, Sokha rose out of poverty to become a star student. Now she is looking back and teaching younger students herself. Pray for Sokha's continued success as both a student and a teacher, that she may be an inspiration to the next rising generation.
Ruksana: India
"I learned to never give up." Ruksana's family lives on a street in Kolkata, but she has never missed a day of school. Pray for Ruksana's parents, who work hard to provide for her and to allow her to go to school, for her teachers that they may continue to inspire her, and for Ruksana's continued success in school.
Suma: Nepal
"Change is like a song you can't hold back." Bonded into labor at the age of 6, Suma endured by writing music. Now, she has learned to read and is preparing to finish school. Pray that God will continue to inspire Suma through music and language, and pray for success for Suma in her school exams.
Yasmin: Egypt
"He was strong, but I was stronger." After a violent attack, Yasmin became a superhero instead of a victim. Engaged to be married at 13, her current whereabouts are unknown. Pray for strength for Yasmin. Pray for her current circumstances, and pray that one day she will have the opportunity to attend school.
Senna: Peru
"Poetry is how I turn ugliness into art." Though she was raised in a bleak mining town, Senna's father had high hopes for her and insisted that she attend school. Now, living in a new town, Senna has found a passion in writing poetry. Thank God for Senna's father and his support of her education, and pray for continued inspiration and success with her poetry and education.
Azmera: Ethiopia
"What if a girl's life could be more?" Told to marry at 13, Azmera said no. Now, she lives happily with her family, working hard in school toward the goal of being a teacher. Thank God for Azmera's strength and courage, and ask Him to bless her schoolwork and ambitions.
Amina: Afghanistan
"I am change." Defined by her gender, Amina is determined to resist limitations. Her current situation is unknown. Pray for what we do not know—that God will move where we cannot see. Pray for strength and happiness for Amina, pray that she can be the change she strives to be, and pray that she will have an opportunity for education.
Wadley: Haiti
"I will come back every day until I can stay." Seven years old when Haiti's earthquake destroyed her home and school, Wadley goes to the new, already full schoolhouse every day even though she is continually turned away. Now, she is back in school. Thank God that Wadley has returned to school and found a love of science and photography. Pray that He will bless her education and Haiti's continued recovery.
Mariama: Sierra Leone
"Now there's nothing to stop me." Growing up in a war-torn country, Mariama was the first in her family to go to school and now has a radio program inspiring thousands of other girls. She now aspires to go to university. Pray for Mariama's ambitions and continued success in school, and ask God to inspire her with the words her audience needs to hear.
Coming soon: a tenth featured girl and country. Stay tuned!
Girl Rising opened yesterday in theaters. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Richard Robbins, produced by critically-acclaimed producer Martha Adams, and narrated by world-class actresses including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, and Selena Gomez, Girl Rising tells the stories of extraordinary girls faced with unforgiving circumstances.
Request a screening of Girl Rising in your city. Consider hosting a screening as a Girl Rising captain — or just sign up to indicate your interest in seeing the film if it comes to your town.
Sponsor a girl today. By making a personal investment in her life, you'll help her stay in school and avoid harmful outcomes like early marriage or exploitation. Plus, you'll help provide her with access to the resources she needs to become a healthy, productive adult.


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Equality of Educational Opportunity (COLEMAN) Study (EEOS), 1966 (ICPSR 6389)
Principal Investigator(s): Coleman, James S., Johns Hopkins University
The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study (EEOS), also known as the "Coleman Study," was commissioned by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1966 to assess the availability of equal educational opportunities to children of different race, color, religion, and national origin. This study was conducted in response to provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and serves as an example of the use of a social survey as an instrument of national policy-making. The EEOS consists of test scores and questionnaire responses obtained from first-, third-, sixth-, ninth-, and twelfth-grade students, and questionnaire responses from teachers and principals. These data were obtained from a national sample of schools in the United States. Data on students include age, gender, race and ethnic identity, socioeconomic background, attitudes toward learning, education and career goals, and racial attitudes. Scores on teacher-administered standardized academic tests are also included. These scores reflect performance on tests assessing ability and achievement in verbal skills, nonverbal associations, reading comprehension, and mathematics. Data on teachers and principals include academic discipline, assessment of verbal facility, salary, education and teaching experience, and attitudes toward race.
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Kotaku has revealed that game distributor GameStop is selling used games as new. New games shipped to GameStop stores are lent out to employees and once returned are sold at full price. Kotaku confirmed this practice is taking place companywide after contacting store managers and employees across the United States who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The written version of GameStop's check-out policy was provided to Kotaku and verified by GameStop employees. The policy can be read in full in the Kotaku article. The highlights of the policy state, "Associates are allowed to check out one item of store merchandise for personal use for up to four days. Associates may only check out items from the store in which they work. If the product is returned in unsellable condition, or if anything is missing from the package, or if the product is not returned, the Associate must purchase the product at the current price less Associate discount."
The last point reveals GameStop fully intends to resell the used software. The process involves taking new games out of the packaging and placing the empty boxes on display shelves. The games that have been opened are then lent out to employees and still sold as new once returned. GameStop gets around customers who question why the game is not sealed by stating it is a display copy leaving out the fact the games may be used.
Kotaku's sources have revealed it is against official company policy to provide Shop Worn Discounts to the games lent out to employees. The policy states, "Do not apply Shop Worn Discounts to any new, used or checked out games, it may only be applied for damaged packaging and new accessories which have been opened.
In the past, games such as Call of Duty 4 have been sold with cards in the packaging that contained redemption codes for additional map packs. GameStop's policy would have placed customers at risk of receiving a copy of the game with the redemption code missing or already used.
In its investigation, Kotaku contacted the Federal Trade Commission to determine if GameStop is violating the law. They also had Mark Methenitis an attorney at Dallas based The Vernon Law Group provide his input on this issue.


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Samyang 85mm f/1.4 Aspherique IF Canon
Further readings for the Samyang 85mm f/1.4 Aspherique IF Canon
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
In the first part of our comprehensive lens recommendations for the new entry-level Canon EOS Rebel T5 / 1200D, we've assessed a raft of primes from both the maker and third parties to see how well they perform on the camera. As well as highlighting the best performers we've also taken a closer look at the best on a budget.
In the lead up to Photokina 2012, Canon announced the new Canon EOS 6D full-frame entry-point model within days of Nikon publicizing their most-affordable full-frame camera to date, the 24-Mpix D600. While the EOS 6D boasted some attention grabbing features including built-in WiFi and GPS and slightly undercut the Nikon on price, it couldn't match its rival in one or two key areas, namely the less populated AF system and lower resolution sensor.
After comparing the imaging chain of the full-frame Canon EOS 5D Mk III across a raft of lenses, we've now turned our attention to the APS-C format EOS 700D / REBEL T5i / Kiss X7i. The 18.1-Mpix 'Hybrid CMOS' sensor in this camera is similar to those of the same size and pixel count used in the firm's other models, including the semi-pro EOS 7D, so it may still be of interest even if you don't own a EOS 700D / REBEL T5i / Kiss X7i.
This new Sony "easy choice lens" is fully built in plastic, which means it's quite light (175g). Manufactured in China, it has a pretty affordable price tag at about 249 USD.
There are new additions to the DxOMark Samyang lens database with these two 14mm lenses.
Here are the measurement results for the Samyang 85mm (Nikon and Canon mounts).


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A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition. It is possible to develop leukemia with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing leukemia. If you have a number of risk factors, ask your doctor what you can do to reduce your risk.
The list below is a general list of risk factors that cover most types of leukemia.
Leukemia is most common in adults aged 60 years and older. The exception is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which occurs most often in children under 8 years old. Males have a slightly higher risk of leukemia than females.
Other factors that may increase the chance of leukemia include:
Occupational and Environmental Exposures
Exposure to benzene is strongly associated with leukemia. Benzene is a chemical that can be inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Some common sources of benzene include gasoline, wood smoke, tobacco smoke, exhaust from automobiles, and well water. It is also used to make plastics, nylon fibers, dyes, and pesticides. Certain careers and activities have a higher risk of exposure to benzene, especially if proper precautions are not followed.
People who have survived nuclear accidents or explosions are also at an increased risk. Fallout from nuclear radiation stays in the environment for years.
Medical Treatment
Some medical treatments are associated with an increased risk of leukemia. These may include:
- Radiation from medical and dental procedures
- History of organ transplantation and medications to suppress the immune system
- History of prior cancer treatment with chemotherapy (rare)
Most exposure are a necessary part of treatment, but work with your doctor to limit your exposure to unnecessary testing that may expose you to radiation.
Certain genetic defects are associated with leukemia. For example, chronic lymphocytic (CLL) and acute myeloid leukemias (AML) in a first degree relative (brother, sister, parent) increase the risk of developing leukemia.
Certain medical conditions are cause by specific genetic abnormalities. These genetic changes may also increase the risk of leukemia. Genetic conditions that have a higher than average risk for leukemia include:
- Down syndrome
- Klinefelter syndrome
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
- Ataxia-telangiectasia
- Neurofibromatosis
- Fanconi anemia
Smoking introduces a variety of harmful chemicals into the body that can affect the DNA of cells. Current or past smoking is strongly associated with AML and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked and years as a smoker.
Revision Information
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- Review Date: 12/2015 -
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Johannesburg - 27 October 2009
Air New Zealand and South African Airways (SAA) have signed a code share agreement, enabling the two carriers to offer a one-stop service between Auckland and Johannesburg via Perth.
From 1 November Air New Zealand will code share on South African Airways' daily service between Perth and Johannesburg, as well as onto their connecting domestic services to Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London.
South African Airways will in turn code share on Air New Zealand's daily Auckland–Perth service and onto connecting Air New Zealand domestic flights to Wellington and Christchurch. They will also code share onto Air New Zealand's trans-Tasman services between Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch to Sydney.
"We recognise there is an opportunity to better meet customers' needs for travel between New Zealand and South Africa," says Ed Sims, Air New Zealand Group General Manager Long Haul Airline.
"With the connection at Perth and also at domestic points in both New Zealand and South Africa this new arrangement will be very popular."
For South African Airways this code share offers equal opportunities."Adding Air New Zealand as a code share partner will provide our customers with further access to key destinations in New Zealand and South Africa. We are looking forward to working closely with Air New Zealand as our partnership will improve the connections between our respective networks," says Jason Krause, SAA Head of Business Development.
There are more than 41,000 South Africans living in New Zealand, with 23,000 short term arrivals from South Africa for the year to June 2009. Nearly 87% of those arrivals came for the purpose of visiting friends and family or a holiday. More than 12,000 New Zealand residents visited South Africa in the same period.
South African Airways operates direct daily services between Johannesburg and Perth with Airbus A340 aircraft. Air New Zealand operates a 223 seat Boeing 767-300 between Perth and Auckland.
As Star Alliance partners, there are also opportunities where the members of the carriers' loyalty programmes, Voyager for SAA and Airpoints Dollars for Air New Zealand can earn and redeem miles on one another.
The schedule that affords the most optimal connections is:
About Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand is recognised as one of the world's leading airlines, delivering uniquely Kiwi journeys to more than 13 million passengers who fly to, from and within New Zealand each year. Air New Zealand operates more than 4000 flights each week, connecting customers to 27 destinations within New Zealand and to Australia, the Pacific Islands, China, Japan, Canada, USA and the United Kingdom.
Air New Zealand aims to become the world's most environmentally sustainable airline and has a wide range of green initiatives in place to reduce and offset aircraft emissions. In December it became the world's first airline to operate a test flight on a large passenger aircraft using the second-generation bio fuel Jatropha.
For more information about Air New Zealand visit www.airnewzealand.com
About South African Airways
South African Airways (SAA) is the leading airline on the African continent and has a commanding presence in the region. The airline is first and foremost set to carry out its mandate of being an African airline with global reach by further expanding its African route network. SAA is particularly proud of its history and solid presence in the African skies, particularly in its 75th year of existence. SAA will focus its efforts going forward on expanding and growing its already expansive route network on the continent.
For more information about SAA visit www.flysaa.com.
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Mobility Matters: Do You Need a Tablet App?
Call this the most hotly debated topic in mobile banking for 2013: Does your institution need a tablet app?
Fact: Tablets have become ubiquitous. Research outfit BI Intelligence put 2012 tablet sales at over 122 million worldwide.
Fact: Although phone apps can be pressed into service on tablets (that is, an iPhone app usually will run on an iPad), it's not a happy experience. The use case of mobile banking on a smartphone revolves around short bursts of transactions or information gathering. On a tablet, a user typically is inclined to longer sessions, with more in-depth explorations. That's why true tablet apps are winning fans.
Fact: Tablet users have, whether they know it or not, a backdoor into banking by using a Web browser (Safari or Chrome) to log directly into their credit union's online banking portal. An advantage there is that, generally, mobile banking apps provide reduced feature sets (new payees often cannot be added and in many configurations it's not possible even to pay bills at all). By going in through the Web route, the user gets the full range of online banking functions delivered to the tablet.
Fact: Very few credit unions presently have tablet apps. By the count of Austin, Texas, apps developer Malauzai, maybe 10 percent do, said Robb Gaynor. Many, many more have phone apps at this point, said Gaynor, a Malauzai co-founder.
Why don't more credit unions have tablet apps? "All financial institutions are trying to manage their costs," said Mickey Goldwasser, a vice president at Q2ebanking, a technology developer also in Austin, Texas. He nonetheless predicted: "2013 will be the year more credit unions deploy tablet apps."
Once the many facts are sorted, one fact stands out: The vaulting numbers of tablets make tablet apps something of an inevitability.
Big credit unions certainly are already in the thick of tablet app rollout. April Clobes, chief operating officer at Michigan State University Federal Credit Union, a $2.3 billion cooperative based in East Lansing, said a tablet app is on her institution's roadmap for 2013.
"People spend more time on their tablets than they do on phones. We specifically want to add PFM functionality for a tablet app," she said. "There are things members will want to do on their tablets that they wouldn't do on a phone."
She added that "more people don't want to bank on a desktop computer" – and MSUFCU wants to be able to give them the functions they will want via a tablet app, she said.
Rob Cummings, senior vice president at the $3.3 billion Mountain America Credit Union n West Jordan, Utah, noted his credit union recently rolled out an iPad app to its 400,000 members. "With our tablet app, you get to do more and you can see more," said Cummings, pointing to the more generous screen sizes on tablets.
Cummings added that in 2013 Mountain America will roll out an Android app and all the tablet apps will probably get upgraded feature sets (probably including the ability to add new payees within the mobile app, which presently is not possible).
Said Cummings: "Mobile is the future."
As for why Mountain America elected to introduce an iPad app first, he said it was a decision driven by numbers, where iPad traffic was many multiples of the traffic seen on Android devices when that decision was made.
Android sales are picking up, however, and that will show up in usage and thus the intent to debut an Android app in the new year.
Probably these credit unions are at the head of the line, but the line of institutions that will debut a tablet app in 2013 is growing. One reason: Price will be a less of a factor in deciding to buy, or not buy, a tablet app, said Gaynor who said he had heard many vendors are working to keep tablet app prices down, at least for customers who also are buying phone apps.
"We are going live with our first credit union tablet app very shortly," said Gaynor. He indicated Malauzai believed about half its current customer roster will fairly quickly sign up for a tablet app because recognition will grow that this is indeed a different kind of app – it does more, differently than does the smartphone app – and, very probably, many of the new tablet owners will indeed want a banking app to use on their device and if their credit union doesn't provide it, it is too easy for them to find alternatives from big banks.
Add this up and if the optimistic predictions hold true, pressures on credit unions to offer a tablet app will intensify as 2013 plays out.
"Users want an app – we have seen that," said Cummings at Mountain America. And the rest of the message is that those institutions that resist offering one may find there is a painful price to pay for inaction.


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Trek is both a Web browser and a new kind of social network. It allows its users to meet and interact by overlaying the Web with graphical avatars. Said avatars represent each user on a given page and can be moved freely about the content. Users can form parties or "browsing treks" and move about the Web in a group.
DeforaOS Surfer is a portable Web browser, supporting tabbed browsing on a number of platforms, including embedded environments. It notably supports either XULRunner (Mozilla), WebKit, libGtkHtml, or its own lightweight implementation as the actual rendering engine to display pages.
A flexible cellular automaton editor.
An application to edit the INFO list chunk in a RIFF file.


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For the time being this team has waaayyy too many wing players, but at least our starting PG and SF have been settled, and in reality, we also have our SG (either DD or TR) and C of the future. Heck, even Amir has been great in starting this season at PF and Acy has potential as an energy player off the bench.
Taking a look at the entire roster, I expect there to be more moves before the deadline in order to create more balance.


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Arrowhead Emerges from Conservatorship
The NCUA said Friday it has released the $755 million Arrowhead Central Credit Union from conservatorship after nearly three years, marking the first time a credit union has done so since 2007.
A 10-person NCUA-recruited advisory board is now serving as the San Bernardino, Calif., credit union's new Board of Directors and Supervisory Committee.
NCUA Public Affairs Specialist John Fairbanks said he could not name the board members because it's the credit union's decision to make them public.
Arrowhead Vice President of Marketing Emily Friesen said Arrowhead would likely make that information public, but was not able to immediately provide a list of names.
The group conducted its first board meeting on Thursday. Current financials reported to the new board include a net worth ratio of 10.5%, quarterly net income of $5.6 million, and membership of more than 116,000.
"Today Arrowhead Credit Union has shown its members that, just like them, we are resilient. Our most important role is providing our members with excellent service, and that will continue tomorrow just as it did yesterday," Darin Woinarowicz, Arrowhead president/CEO, said in a statement.
"This is an extraordinary success story resulting from an extraordinary effort," said NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz in its statement.
"When the credit union was on the brink of failing in June 2010, the NCUA, working with the California Department of Financial Institutions, placed Arrowhead into conservatorship. From day one, we were dedicated to restoring sound operations and safeguarding members' hard-earned money."
The NCUA said when it took control of Arrowhead, the credit union's net worth ratio was down to 3.0% and falling fast. The credit union was on pace to lose nearly $4 million in 2010, the regulator said.
Since then, Matz said, "NCUA staff, a new leadership team, and our Advisory Board of 10 dedicated volunteers did a remarkable job getting Arrowhead on the path toward recovery."
Matz said that involved focusing on Arrowhead's core business, strengthening loan underwriting, controlling costs and steadily following the NCUA-approved Net Worth Restoration Plan.
"This historic success story was made possible thanks to years of tireless, collaborative efforts," Matz concluded. "NCUA staff, the California Department of Financial Institutions, Arrowhead's interim and current management teams and staff, the new Board of Directors, and members never wavered in their commitment to save this credit union. Together, we pulled Arrowhead from the brink of insolvency to become a strong credit union again, providing essential financial services for its community."
Former President/CEO Larry Sharp, an outspoken NCUA critic who was ousted along with the board in the June 30, 2010 conservatorship, had objected to the intervention and had the support of some industry leaders. He admitted to Credit Union Times that Arrowhead was struggling after the Inland Empire region suffered major job losses and home values plummeted; however, he said the credit union was on the road to recovery. The NCUA said Sharp's performance projections were too optimistic.
Arrowhead, established in 1949, is a federally insured, state-chartered credit union that operates 11 branches and said it is the largest credit union in California's Inland Empire. Membership is open to individuals and their family members who live, work, worship or attend school in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.


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Microsoft is beaming after the official launch of Vista and
Office 2007 to business customers. Microsoft is betting heavily on its two
latest software releases and an estimated 90 million copies of Vista
worldwide within the next year. The simultaneous launch of Vista and Office
2007 also marks the first time that Microsoft has launched two flagship applications
together since Windows 95 and Office 95 over 10 years ago.
Microsoft notes that Windows 95 brought TCP/IP to the
mainstream allowing for a huge surge in Internet activity while Windows XP made
wireless networking and mobility prevalent throughout the computing industry.
With Vista, Microsoft looks to push the boundaries of graphics technology and
"These are game-changing products," said Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer. "It's an incredible step forward for business computing
in a year of unprecedented innovation from Microsoft. We expect that more than
200 million people will be using at least one of these products by the end of
According to Microsoft, its new software products are aimed
to advance the industry in the following four areas:
Simplifying how people work together.
Finding information and improving business insight.
Helping protect and manage content.
Increasing security and helping reduce IT costs.
"During the last decade, Windows 95 and Office 95
transformed the way people work. These new products announced today are the
most advanced work that Microsoft has ever done, and I believe they signal the
beginning of a new wave of innovation that will have an even more profound
impact during the next decade," said Ballmer.
You can go the following links to see pricing for Windows Vista and Office 2007. Both
applications are due to reach retail customers on January 30, 2007.


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humorous tale involves the organization catching wind of a "heinous"
offense -- an
employee singing in public. Sandra Burt, 56, who works at
A&T Food store (a British supermarket) in Clackmannanshire, UK
was told by organization representatives that she would likely face
fines for lost royalties for her "performance".
debacle began earlier in the year when the PRS threatened the grocery
store she worked at, telling them to ditch the radio that played in
earshot of customers or pay royalty fees. Missing the music,
Ms. Burt decided to start singing some of her favorite tunes.
She describes, "I would start to sing to myself when I was
stacking the shelves just to keep me happy because it was very quiet
without the radio."
Then came new threats from the PRS.
Ms. Burt describes, "When I heard that the PRS said I would be
prosecuted for not having a performance license, I thought it was a
joke and started laughing. I was then told I could be fined
thousands of pounds. But I couldn't stop myself singing. They would
need to put a plaster over my mouth to get me to stop, I can't help
Indeed, the woman, who describes herself as a
Rolling Stones fan and classic rocker, refused to stop singing.
BBC News caught wind of the story and published a piece on
The reaction was instant, with many writing furious
letters to the PRS. Facing an overwhelming outpouring of public
vehemence, the PRS backed down, as the RIAA occasionally has.
They sent her a bouquet of flowers as an apology and said she had
their permission to keep singing. The note read, "We're
very sorry we made a big mistake. We hear you have a lovely
singing voice and we wish you good luck."


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has announced a new back-to-school deal for students that will
land the students a computer and an Xbox 360 game console for one low price. The
deal is good even if handing a student a free Xbox 360 isn't likely to help
their grades.
The deal will see the student get a free 4GB Xbox 360 game console with the
purchase of a Windows 7 computer that costs at least $699. Microsoft says that
the deal is good on any computer meeting that price point, but it recommends
the Dell Inspiron 14r or the Samsung Series 9 machines for students.
The way the student is verified as qualifying for the deal depends on where the
computer is purchased. Students ordering online will need an .edu email
address. Students that buy in stores will need a valid student ID to purchase.
The offer will start May 22 and the end date will vary by retailer according to
Microsoft. Similar deals will be coming to France and Canada as well.
"A hot new Windows 7-based PC with a free Xbox 360 is the ultimate
productivity, social and entertainment package for students," said Kathleen
Hall, general manager of Windows Marketing at Microsoft. "In one shot, with
this great offer, Microsoft is giving students everything they need for a
successful new school year."
It's not clear exactly how the free Xbox 360 comes to the buyer. It is likely
that the Xbox 360 comes via a mail-in offer, but Microsoft isn't clear on that.
There is a remote chance that the Xbox is given when the computer is purchased.


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Alongside normal gas pumps at White Plains, part of the greater New York City region, a strange beast rears its head. The hydrogen pump is a foreign sight in a land of vanilla gas pumps, but it soon will become a bit more familiar to New Yorkers.
Despite lack of support from the federal government, Shell and General Motors are forging ahead with their trial deployment of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and fuel stations in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Dubbed "Project Driveaway", the project will loan fuel cell Chevy Equinoxes (like the ones DailyTech test drove in Las Vegas at CES in 2009) to volunteers from the cities who sign up on the internet. The volunteers will receive the vehicles and be able to drive them for two months.
In order to make fuelling a painless experience for the drivers, Shell opened a station with a hydrogen pump in White Plains in April 2008. This week it opened a new station, this time about 30 miles away, near NYC's busy JFK Airport. A third station will open later this summer in the Bronx, sponsored by the New York City Department of Sanitation. The three stations will be clustered for convenience and should provide intriguing insight into what a hydrogen-driven auto industry might look like.
Duncan Macleod, Shell vice president of Hydrogen states, "The prospects for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are strong in the longer-term. This first cluster is an important step as we continue to build capability in retailing hydrogen fuel, in line with the auto makers' plans to develop hydrogen vehicles."
An LA station opened last year, and Shell also has hydrogen stations in Tokyo, Reykjavik, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C. Most of the stations produce hydrogen on-site via electrolysis, making enough hydrogen for seven cars. Many of the stations use electricity from alternative sources to drive this process. Hydrogen is dispensed at either 5,000 or 10,000 psi and retails at $4-$6 per kg, which provides approximately the energy of one gallon of gas.
Currently there are about 100 hydrogen vehicles deployed in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C. Honda is also using the hydrogen stations to fuel its FCX Clarity prototypes.


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Laura Henson
May 28, 2012
Laura Henson '12
Undergrad: Washington and Lee University
Major: English Literature and Environmental Studies
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
What is your favorite place in Monterey?
Under, in, or on the sea.
What internships or jobs have you had while attending MIIS?
I serve as the Monterey Area Research Institutes Network for Education (MARINE, a program of Stanford's Center for Ocean Solutions) liaison for MIIS, and I am collaborating this year on a project in the Spanish Mediterranean using passive marine bioacoustics to analyze fin whale migration corridors. I also volunteer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium as a guide.
What are your career aspirations?
I am focusing my studies on biodiversity conservation, and upon graduation I would like to work closely alongside scientists in an international setting and effectively mediate between scientists and policymakers. Ideally, I would like to do this for an NGO, though I am open to the private sector and government work as well.
Do you have a personal mantra or quote you life by?
"Not all those who wander are lost." --J.R.R. Tolkien
"In Wildness is the preservation of the world." --H.D. Thoreau
Fun fact about you:
I am a certified SCUBA instructor, and I teach courses through 7 Seas, a dive shop on Cannery Row.
If you were a food, you would be:
A pineapple. It is tropical, mostly sweet with a bit of a bite, and tough and vibrant on the outside.
What has been the highlight of your MIIS Experience thus far?
Going to Spain to participate in the deployment of the first hydrophone for the project in the Mediterranean mentioned above. I learned loads about the process of using passive marine biacoustics, and I really enjoyed meeting and getting to know my four Spanish colleagues. I cannot wait to return in June and September for the subsequent deployments.
And one more thing:
I am a sucker for fantasy or other worlds stories - The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Ender's Game, His Dark Materials, The Inheritance.


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Most consumers would agree that they are taxed enough. Those who happen to live in a state that has a state income tax are taxed even higher than some consumers in America are. One of the few respites from sales tax has long been online purchases through companies who don't have a physical presence in the state the consumer lives in.
Massive online retailers like Amazon.com and Apple, owner of iTunes, have spent a considerable amount of time and money fighting attempts by various states to tax digital sales. New York State passed a law that forced Amazon to add sales tax to orders for consumers in the state. Amazon filed suit against the state on the grounds that it had no physical presence in New York State, a concept called "nexus" which previously had protected online firms against such taxation. However, Amazon ultimately lost the suit because New York State was able to prove that by soliciting affiliates in the state it was effectively doing business there. In losing, a legal precedent was set which promised to potentially undo nexus protections for online retailers across the country.
Apple's iTunes store has also drawn the eyes of lawmakers in various states looking to add tax revenue to their state coffers, inspired by recent successes. New York State was again at the forefront of the case when it tried in December of 2008 to force Apple to collect sales tax on digital sales from iTunes.
Other states are looking at the success New York State has had with getting money from digital sales and want a piece of the action. A legislative commission in North Carolina is looking at methods that could be used to tax digital downloads from sources like Amazon and iTunes.
The committee is attempting to "modernize" the North Carolina tax code, which was written long before the advent of digital sales.
Rep. Paul Luebke describes, "We used to think of everything in terms of being tangible. Nobody thought of how you could possibly download anything."
At this point, taxing digital downloads is still nothing more than a proposal and is far from becoming law. However, changes proposed by the general assembly could affect how tax laws in North Carolina are written in the future.
Luebke continues, "So if you buy a book in a bookstore, you're going to have to pay sales tax on it," Luebke said. "If you're downloading a book from a book seller, you should have to pay sales tax on that as well."
According to research taxing digital sales of music, books, movies, and software could add about $12 million to state tax revenues over the next fiscal year. That is a temptation that the state isn't likely to pass up, considering that North Carolina is faced with a $2 billion shortfall in its budget.
CEO of the North Carolina Technology Association Brooks Railford disagrees with the proposed digital sales tax. Mr. Railford states, "We would be concerned about any kind of new taxes in this economy. The consumer is already very highly taxed, the economy is stretched. All we're asking is that those considerations be taken carefully and that the industry be asked for their input as the legislation is finalized."
One of Railford's major concerns is the impact on sales of digital good to the companies who sell them. The lack of sales tax online is often one of the key reasons consumers buy online rather than in a retail store. Adding sales tax could have a major detrimental effect on online retailers.


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