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Descendants of Samuel Gordon and Barbra Cameron
Generation No. 1
1. (R.S.) SAMUEL2 GORDON (ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1730 in Scotland, and died Bef. 1808 in Giles Co., Tennessee. He married BARBARA CAMERON. She died Bef. 1790 in Bean Station, North Carolina.
Notes for (R.S.) SAMUEL GORDON:
It is said that he died on a visit from Kentucky. His body was interred in Giles County, Tennessee.
Location: Highway 31A, left side of the road before coming to 165, on Owen Bass Farm. "Buried here with no stone is Samuel Gordon, the giant, born circa 1730 in Scotland, died circa 1808." Samuel was said to have red hair, have been seven feet tall and weigh around 300 pounds.
ref: Cemetery records of Giles County, Tennessee 1986.
Samuel came to America from Scotland when he was just a lad about the year 1750. He first settled in Spottsylvania Co., Virginia. Then he moved to North Carolina and later to Woodford County, Kentucky, and finally to Giles County, Tennessee. Collins in his "Annuals of Kentucky" mentions Gordon's Station in Mercer Co. in 1779. Lincoln Co. records show a deed to Samuel Gordon, 400 acres, Book 1, p. 131, May 28, 1781; also a VA Land Grant, 400 acres, Book 2, p. 36, date survey August 6, 1782, Lincoln Co. In 1780 Samuel Gordon is listed as one of the 500 men who signed a petition to the Honorable Continental Congress. This was just five years after the first permanent settlement in Kentucky, and that list of petitioners has been called an honor role. In 1780 Samuel Gordon was a witness to the will of William X. Hicks, Will Book 1, p. 10, Lincoln Co. December 16, 1777 Samuel Gordon 36 days pay as a soldier in Kentucky service omitted in Pay Roll 2-8-0. He also signed the petition to divide Lincoln Co. Birth and marriage records of his children from old family Bibles and marriage records were recorded in Madison Co., Kentucky.
More About (R.S.) SAMUEL GORDON:
Burial: Giles County, Tennessee
Children of SAMUEL GORDON and BARBARA CAMERON are:
i.BARBARA3 GORDON, m. JOHN KENNEDY, November 10, 1790, Madison Co., Kentucky.
Notes for BARBARA GORDON:
This could be the same JOHN KENNEDY who was the brother of MARY KENNEDY who had married ROBERT of BRICK CHURCH, Barbara's brother. (only speculation at this time)
ii.DAVID GORDON, d. Gibson Co., Tennessee; m. AILSIE EDWARDS, December 07, 1797, Garrard Co., Kentucky.
Notes for DAVID GORDON:
David was a Baptist preacher.
iii.(R.S.) EVANDER GORDON, b. Abt. 1761; d. 1812, North Carolina.
Notes for (R.S.) EVANDER GORDON:
In Capt. Martin's Company of Militia [VA State Library Pay Roll]. Among old records in the Library at Richmond, Virginia is one of a government receipt for money paid Evander Gordon and Robert Gordon under command of Col. Benjamin Logan, order County Lieutenant, when entered October 4, 1782 - Evander Gordon - Robert Gordon. October 8, 1782, John Boyle, Sergent: "I do certify that the above pay roll was proved before me." Benjamin Logan. "I certify that the service was performed." John Boyle.
2.iv.(R.S.) ROBERT D. GORDON, b. February 14, 1763, Virginia; d. June 06, 1847, Giles County, Tennessee.
3.v.ELIZABETH GORDON, b. March 30, 1765, LANCASTER CO. VIRGINIA; d. December 13, 1841, GARRARD CO. KENTUCKY.
4.vi.SAMUEL GORDON JR., b. October 10, 1769, North Carolina; d. July 16, 1853, St. Clair Co., Alabama, buried in Trout Creek (now Ragland).
Generation No. 2
2. (R.S.) ROBERT D.3 GORDON (SAMUEL2, ROBERT1) was born February 14, 1763 in Virginia, and died June 06, 1847 in Giles County, Tennessee. He married MARY KENNEDY June 09, 1791 in Madison Co., Kentucky, daughter of JOHN KENNEDY and ELIZABETH. She was born December 06, 1771 in North Carolina, and died May 30, 1854 in Pulaski, Giles Co., Tennessee.
Notes for (R.S.) ROBERT D. GORDON:
Robert is buried in the Brick Church Cemetery in Giles Co., Tennessee.
Robert was a Revolutionary Soldier. He was in Capt. Martin's Company of Militia [VA State Library Pay roll]. He is mentioned in the "Genealogies of Pioneer Kentucky Families," 1981, p. 632, and in "Tennessee Cousins" by Worth S. Ray, 1950, p. 187: "Robert Gordon had been licensed to keep an Ordinary, p. 577 (the Websters Dictionary has a long definition of the word): In what was called the Brick Church Neighborhood, the Gordon family settled, headed by Robert Gordon and his sons, Thomas and John, p. 673. Gen. G.W. Gordon of Memphis, stated in 1900 that a family record in the possession of his brother, John Gordon, of Williamson Co., Texas gave the date of Robert's birth as 1764 and the place as Virginia. Robert Gordon of Helena, Arkansas stated in 1900 that he had in his possession the family Bible and the original walking cane of Robert.
He was granted 320 acres on the Red River for his services as a soldier in the Commissioners' Guard, and again in February of 1785 he received another warrant for 320 acres on Station Camp Creek adjoining Elmore Douglas' preemption.
Robert and his father were signers of a petition to divide Lincoln Co. into Lincoln, Mercer and Madison. In 1789 Robert and Samuel appear on tax list for Madison Co. Robert's name appears again in 1792. In 1800 census of Kentucky, Robert is listed from Garrand Co. and Samuel from Logan Co. in western Kentucky, adjoining Tennessee. Robert supposedly sold his land to his brother, Thomas Kennedy Gordon of Garrard Co., KY, when he left Kentucky. About 1806 he moved with his family to Tennessee settling first in Williamson Co., near Franklin. Two years later the family moved to the southern part of the county which later became Giles Co. Robert Gordon and sons, Thomas, age 16, and John, age 10, settled near Brick Church March 3, 1808.
The following was found in "A Brief Sketch of the Settlement and Early History of Giles County Tennessee" by James McCallum 1876, published by The Pulaski Citizen 1928. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by and permission to use in this family report from: Janice Mauldin Castleman [email protected]
BRICK CHURCH and ROBERT GORDON NEIGHBORHOOD
Robert Gordon with his sons, Thomas K. and John, settled on Richland Creek near the Brick Church at what was long known as the Gordon place--the third of March 1808, and made a crop that year; cultivated 11 acres in corn; he moved from Kentucky ten miles from Crab Orchard to Williamson County, TN, and settled nine miles west of Franklin and two miles from Gideon where he lived two years and then removed to Giles. He was in the outside settlement when he lived in Williamson. In coming to this county he traveled the old McCutcheon trail. It passed east of Spring Hill, crossed Duck River at what was afterwards known as Holland's Ferry above Davis' Ford; passed by the widow McNutt's not far from where Mooresville is situated. The old trace passed a little west of where he settled; went by the old Brick Church thence south to Elk River at Shoemaker's Ferry near Latitude Hill. From McNutt's to where Gordon settled was twelve miles and McNutt's was the last house he passed; and there were but few settlers between McNutt's and where he moved from in Williamson County. Two or three families were in the neighborhood before Gordon came. A man named Vaughan was living at the spring on the widow Mary Gordon's place, half a mile north of where Robert Gordon, Sr., settled. The widow Clark and two or three of her sons had settled on the Marsh and Wood farms. There were no settlers for six miles in a northeast direction to Jno. Henderson and James S. Haynes; they came about the same time Gordon did, and settled the places long known by their names near Cornersville. Going west down Richland Creek there were not any settlers nearer than John or Sam Jones' and they were six miles off. In a southern direction, it was ten miles to Robert Alsup's who lived on the southwest side of Pisgah Hill. Soon after Gordon came, Joseph Jarmin and old John McCandless and his sons and their families came. A man named Nation, with several sons, settled the Robert H. Laird place south of the old Brick Church. For the first two years they packed the most of their meal on horses from Williamson County. The first year some of the settlers used hand mills. Martin Lane, Sr., and his son-in-law, Thomas Lane, Esquire, came about two years after Gordon. The Fraziers, Tungetts and Samuels came about the time Lane did. Gordon's oldest daughter, Elizabeth, was married the first of Feb. 1810 to Joseph McDonald, two weeks before the courts were organized in Giles and they went to Maury County for license and were married at the widow McNutt's by John Lindsay, Esquire. The father of William and David Maxwell owned the land on Pigeon Roost settled by them and sent out a man named Milroy with his stock to improve it. This was before Gordon came and a year or two afterwards William and David came out to live on the land. Richard McGehee lived one and a half miles west of Gordon; was an early settler and one of the first magistrates in that part of the county. John Dabney, Sr., settled about one mile north of Gordon at a very early day. James S. Haynes and his father, John Haynes, old William Henderson and his brother, John Henderson, and Jno. Andrews were among the first settlers in the neighborhood of Cornersville and came about the time Gordon did. At that time there was a trace from Cornersville that intersected the McCutcheon trail south of Gordon, near where the old Brick Church stood. The cane had been chopped so that people could ride along it. This trace and the old McCutcheon trace were the only roads opened when Gordon came.
Notes for MARY KENNEDY:
She is buried beside her husband.
Children of ROBERT GORDON and MARY KENNEDY are:
5.i.(1812) THOMAS KENNEDY4 GORDON, COLONEL, b. April 06, 1792, Kentucky; d. March 31, 1880, Pulaski, Giles Co., Tennessee.
6.ii.ELIZABETH GORDON, b. September 18, 1794, Kentucky; d. April 10, 1863, Mississippi.
iii.EVANDER GORDON, b. April 01, 1796, Kentucky; d. January 05, 1833, Giles Co., Tennessee.
Notes for EVANDER GORDON:
We know little of his history but it was said that he was killed by Indians.
It is said that he was an invalid and is often confused with his uncle Evander who was born before the American Revolution began.
7.iv.JOHN GORDON, MAJOR, b. August 08, 1798, Kentucky; d. September 30, 1890, Giles County, Tennessee.
v.SAMUEL GORDON, b. October 26, 1800; d. August 02, 1813.
8.vi.ANDREW GORDON, b. December 15, 1802, Kentucky; d. June 24, 1889, Williamson Co., Texas.
9.vii.MARY GORDON, b. November 12, 1804, Kentucky or Giles Co., Tennessee; d. October 21, 1844, Florence, Lauderdale Co., Alabama.
10.viii.COLONEL DAVID GORDON, b. February 09, 1808, Giles Co., Tennessee; d. August 30, 1841, Giles Co., Tennessee.
11.ix.ROBERT GORDON JR., b. February 09, 1808, Giles Co., Tennessee; d. December 23, 1855, Giles Co., Tennessee.
12.x.MARGARET AMANDA GORDON, b. July 27, 1811, Brick Church, Giles Co., Tennessee; d. April 01, 1892, Brick Church, Giles Co., Tennessee.
13.xi.NANCY JANE GORDON, b. October 10, 1813; d. September 20, 1869.
3. ELIZABETH3 GORDON (SAMUEL2, ROBERT1) was born March 30, 1765 in LANCASTER CO. VIRGINIA, and died December 13, 1841 in GARRARD CO. KENTUCKY. She married ISSAC AMBROSE ROSS April 03, 1786 in LINCOLN CO. KY (BY REV JOESPH BLEDSOE). He was born 1756 in VIRGINIA, and died December 21, 1821 in GARRARD CO. KENTUCKY.
More About ELIZABETH GORDON:
Burial: Carpenter Cementery, Paint Lick, Kentucky
Children of ELIZABETH GORDON and ISSAC ROSS are:
i.MARY4 ROSS, b. 1788, GARRARD CO. KENTUCKY; d. April 05, 1854, KANSAS; m. ROBERT CARPENTER, April 05, 1806, GARR CO (BOX 2, BOND 406).
14.ii.SAMUEL W. ROSS, b. February 16, 1789, GARRARD CO. KY; d. August 17, 1846.
15.iii.NANCY ROSS, b. August 23, 1796, GARRARD CO. KY; d. October 03, 1856.
iv.THOMAS ROSS, b. March 02, 1802, GARRARD CO KENTUCKY; d. February 15, 1859; m. MILLY NELSON, 1832.
16.v.DAVID GORDON ROSS, b. July 18, 1809, GARRARD CO. KENTUCKY; d. January 22, 1888, GARRARD CO. KENTUCKY.
vi.ROBERT ROSS, b. 1810, GARRARD CO. KENTUCKY; m. ELIZABETH KIRKENDALL, May 12, 1828, GARRARD CO (BOX 7, BOND 1810).
4. SAMUEL GORDON3 JR. (SAMUEL2 GORDON, ROBERT1) was born October 10, 1769 in North Carolina, and died July 16, 1853 in St. Clair Co., Alabama, buried in Trout Creek (now Ragland). He married RACHEL HERRON November 11, 1790 in Madison Co., Kentucky, daughter of FRANCIS HERRON and MARY. She was born January 10, 1770 in North Carolina, and died September 09, 1856 in St. Clair Co., Alabama.
Notes for SAMUEL GORDON JR.:
Dr. Samuel Annanias Gordon, great grandson of Samuel and Rachel Gordon, states that he went to Ragland, St Clair Co., Alabama October 24, 1941 and had the graves of Samuel Gordon and his wife Rachel Herron repaired with brick and cement. Samuel and his family moved from Kentucky to Williamson Co., Tennessee 12 miles west of Franklin, Tennessee in 1806, where he and his brother Robert Gordon both farmed in 1807. Later they moved to Maury Co., Tennessee. In 1822 Samuel moved to St. Clair Co., Alabama on Trout Creek where they entered land in 1822. The Gordon place at Ragland was inherited by Eliza Gordon, their daughter, who married Samuel Reed, early settlers of Trout Creek. She in turn left it to their son, James F. Reed, who sold it to Mr. Green. The Reed family settled early in St. Clair Co. and owned much land there. The town of Ragland is on the property owned by the Reed and Gordon families.
Samuel and Rachel are both buried in the corner of the garden at the old homestead near Ragland (formally Trout Creek) in St. Clair County. It is said that they have nice tombstones. (ref: James Reed (approx. 1919), son of Eliza Gordon Reed, and grandson of Samuel and Rachel Gordon.)
On my visit to Ragland, Alabama (August of 1994) with my wife, Bonnie, we found that indeed there were no tombstones on what is believed to be their graves. There is a large (6 ft. x 3 ft) marble slab up near the house on the hill (the original site of Samuel and Rachel's home) but nothing can be read on it. It has been used as a work bench for the past several years, but is placed on piers and appears to be upside down.
We are in touch with a lady by the name of Rubye Sission (of Ragland) who wants to place a memorial at their graves in honor of the first people to buy land and settle in the area. the grant, certificate #2748, was made by Samuel Gordon, Sr., dated May 4, 1824 and signed by James Monroe, President of the United States.
Their graves are located on Highway 144 going East just outside of Ragland next to the Ragland Medical Clinic. It is a raised area about a foot high and about 12 feet square.
Five of Sam and Rachel's sons moved from Tennessee to St. Clair County, Alabama and then on to Lowndes County, Alabama. There they settled in the Ash Creek Community, naming their settlement...."Gordonville." They were Samuel III, Major Francis, David, James H., and Andrew Gordon.
At the start of the "American Revolution" (April 19, 1775) Samuel was five years old. When the war was officially over (September 3, 1783) he was thirteen years old. This makes it highly unlikely that he fought in this war, but either him or his son Samuel III (or both) fought in the War of 1812.
More About SAMUEL GORDON JR.:
Burial: St. Clair Co., Alabama, near Ragland
Marriage Notes for SAMUEL JR. and RACHEL HERRON:
Recorded in Richmond, Madison Co., Kentucky Courthouse Marriage Book "A", p. 52. Exerpt from the record: "Samuel Gordon and Andrew Herron are held and firmly bound in the sum of 50 pounds current money November 9, 1790....... " The condition of the above obligation is such that there is a marriage shortly intended betwixt Samuel Gordon and Rachel Herron.
Children of SAMUEL JR. and RACHEL HERRON are:
17.i.MARY4 GORDON, b. October 10, 1791, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. Abt. 1835, Tennessee.
18.ii.SAMUEL GORDON III, b. February 08, 1793, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. October 27, 1878, Gordonville, Lowndes Co., Alabama.
19.iii.FRANCIS GORDON, MAJOR, b. January 04, 1795, Springhill, Tennessee; d. October 1867, Lowndes Co., Alabama.
20.iv.DAVID GORDON, b. July 27, 1797, Kentucky; d. 1867, Lowndes Co., Alabama.
21.v.JAMES H. GORDON, b. May 29, 1799, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1858.
22.vi.RACHEL GORDON, b. April 29, 1801, Maury Co., Tennessee.
vii.ROBERT GORDON, b. February 17, 1803, Maury Co., Tennessee.
Notes for ROBERT GORDON:
Robert died never marrying.
23.viii.JANE GORDON, b. June 22, 1805, Maury Co., Tennessee.
24.ix.ANDREW (ANDY) GORDON, b. July 23, 1807, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. February 20, 1855, Lowndes Co., Alabama.
25.x.ELIZA GORDON, b. July 30, 1809, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. August 22, 1886, St. Clair Co., Alabama, near Ragland.
xi.ELIZABETH GORDON, b. July 25, 1813, Maury Co., Tennessee; m. LEWIS T. WATKINS, September 16, 1832.
Generation No 3
Submitted by Fred Gordon


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From: Eric Bogatin ([email protected])
Date: Mon Nov 15 1999 - 19:33:39 PST
I'll take a stab at answering some of your diff pair questions below. They
are actually related to a paper that Mike Resso and I have just drafted on
TDR analysis of diff pairs for DesignCon 2000, and also topics I cover in
the classes I teach. You can find out about the public courses on my web
site at http://www.bogatinenterprises.com/. There are two in early Dec that
go into much more detail on diff impedance than I have included below.
I have tried to develop a simple intuitive explanation of diff pair and diff
impedance, that is understandable, but doesn't compromise the underlying
engineering principles. I have added some specific comments below after your
questions. Of course, this is only the quick version- coincidently, I have a
more complete paper I am currently drafting that will be posted on my web
site at the end of this month.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Chris Bobek
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 3:28 PM
> To: Si-list
> Subject: [SI-LIST] : Differential Pair Theory
> Hi,
> I am trying to understand how differential pairs behave and how you
> terminate them. I've read app notes and books that tell you how to
> terminate them, but I don't know how they derived the values and
> methodology. I would just like a general understanding of what's going
> on. I understand how and why termination works on normal, single-ended
> lines.
> As an example, suppose you had a 100ohm, unshielded, twisted pair cable
> that ran for 5000 feet between two boards. Once the pair entered the
> board, it was routed over several inches to a differential receiver.
> The two boards do not share a ground (suppose they are battery powered).
> 1) How did I know to route the traces on the board as two 50 ohm
> traces?
> 2) How did I know to terminate the pair by placing a 100ohm resistor
> between the two traces at the receiver?
> 3) Could I terminate each line separately as if they were two,
> single-ended lines (say, using a 50ohm resistor to ground on each line
> at the receiver?)
> 4) Where does the return current flow as the signal is launched down
> the line from the driver, across the twisted pair, across the diff pair
> on the board, and to the receiver?
The short answer is, that to first order, the two traces on the PCB are
really a single ended transmission line. The single ended impedance between
the two signal lines, as a coplanar transmission line, is what we also call
its differential impedance. It is strongly affected by the proximity of the
floating metal plane below. Its single ended impedance will be about 100
Ohms, if the plane is in proximity so as to create a characteristic
impedance of one trace to the plane of 50 Ohms. This may not be a very
comfortable answer to some, so here's a bit more detail:
You seem to have a good feel for the impedance environment of the twisted
pair. You recognize that the twisted pair lines represent a single ended
transmission line, with characteristic impedance of 100 Ohms. To connect
them to the two traces on the second board, you would merely solder one
twisted line wire to the signal trace of one of the board traces, and the
other wire to the second signal line trace pair. The transmission line
composed of the two traces on the board is also a single ended transmission
line. However, the presence of the "floating metal plane" below the traces
strongly influences the characteristic impedance of the transmission line
composed of the coplanar printed traces above the plane.
Suppose the plane were not there, and you had the two printed traces on the
FR4 substrate. They would make up a coplanar transmission line. If they were
5 mil line width and separated by 10 mils, let's say, they would have a
single ended characteristic impedance of about 150 Ohms. Now, slowly bring
the floating metal plane up from below. The presence of the plane will
decrease the characteristic impedance of the two printed traces. The
capacitance per length between the traces will increase, since there is now
an additional capacitive coupling path between the two traces through the
floating metal plane, and the loop inductance per length between them will
decrease because of induced eddy currents in the floating metal plane.
First think about the capacitive coupling through the floating plane. When
the plane is far away, the capacitance between the traces is dominated by
the field coupling from one trace to another, call it C21. The series
capacitance between one trace and the floating plane, C11, and then the
other trace and the floating plane, C22, is small. As the plane is brought
closer, C21 will decrease very slightly, but C11 will increase pretty
rapidly. When the separation to the bottom trace is about on the order of
the trace to trace separation, the total capacitance between the traces
begins to be dominated by the trace to plane separation. So, when the plane
is in proximity to the traces, the coupling between traces is not so
critical, it is the trace to plane separation that determines the
capacitance between the traces, and hence the characteristic impedance
between the two traces.
To first order, the characteristic impedance of the two coplanar traces is
going to be related to 1/Ctotal. And Ctotal is 1/2 C11 + C12. When the plane
is close and the traces are far apart from each other, Ctotal is mostly 1/2
C11. If C11 corresponds to a 50 Ohm line, you can see why the single ended
impedance of the coplanar is 100 Ohms, since there are two of these in
series. When the traces are spaced close together, Ctotal gets larger by the
trace to trace coupling capacitance, and the single ended impedance of the
coplanar lines (differential impedance) decreases. That's why diff impedance
is affected by the trace to trace coupling, but is dominated by the trace to
plane impedance. In most situations, C11 is much larger than C12.
In the case of a standard board stack up, with the floating plane positioned
so as to give the two signal lines a line to plane single ended impedance of
50 Ohms, even at a separation = line width, C11 is about 10x C12- so the
single ended impedance of the coplanar lines is really dominated by the
coupling capacitance through the floating plane. The details of this
analysis and the connection to modes, even and odd impedance and
differential impedance is covered in more detail in the classes I teach.
If you had a coplanar transmission line, with a characteristic impedance of
100 Ohms, and you had to terminate it, you would not blink before you said,
just connect a 100 Ohm resistor between the signal and return path. That's
just like the case above, its just that the characteristic impedance of the
coplanar line is reduced by the proximity of the metal plane. A resistor
across the two coplanar lines is all it takes. In this perspective, you can
also see that connecting two, 50 Ohm resistors from the signal paths to the
floating metal plane is the same as connecting the two 50 Ohm resistors
between the signal lines directly. Its still 100 Ohms total between the two
signal lines.
Now let's look at the current distribution. It's all related to the induced
eddy currents in the floating plane. When the plane is in close proximity,
the propagating signal front, which is the voltage between the two coplanar
signal traces (with its associated current based on the impedance the signal
sees), will induce a mirror image propagating current loop in the plane. The
closer the traces are to the floating metal plane, the larger the induced
current is in the plane. This also contributes to decreasing the
characteristic impedance of the two coplanar traces.
But look at the induced currents in the plane. If there is a current, I, in
one trace, there is -I in the other trace. However, there is an induced
current of -I in the floating metal plane directly below the first trace,
and I in the floating plane below the second trace. Even though there is no
DC connection to the floating plane, there will be induced eddy currents in
it, and these will affect the characteristic impedance of the coplanar
traces. Mike Resso and I will be showing a really neat, simple demo of this
at the DesignCon 2000 Conference.
If you were to do something to prevent these eddy currents from flowing,
such as cut gaps transverse to the traces in the floating plane (a common
technique to minimize eddy currents), you will be increasing the
characteristic impedance of the coplanar single ended transmission line. It
will no longer be 100 Ohms, it may go back up to 140 Ohms, for example.
Think about the current distribution in the two traces and the plane. In
cross section, it sure looks like the induced eddy current is a "return
current" for the signal trace above it. But, I don't like using this term
when there are multiple current paths. All the currents contribute to
affecting the characteristic impedance the signal sees. If they all aren't
carefully controlled, the impedance the signal sees will change, and signal
integrity will be affected. Keeping track of the various currents involves a
more complicated analysis that introduces the concept of modes.
Now think about what is going on at the source board. A signal is launched
into the coplanar pair. But, since they have a plane underneath, their
single ended characteristic impedance is only 100 Ohms. While the coplanar
traces have the uniform plane beneath them, they will have this constant
impedance, and the induced eddy current distributions will be distinct under
each trace. If the plane should be suddenly ended, and the 100 Ohm twisted
pair cable now attached to the end of the coplanar lines, the signal will go
from one 100 Ohm environment to another 100 Ohm environment. Of course,
there is also fringe fields and other sources of discontinuity at the
transition. However, it can be kept small. What happened to the induced eddy
currents in the plane below? The loop was closed and the currents blended
together and cancelled out at the edge.
The same thing happens in reverse on the receiver board- the induced eddy
current loop starts when the signal reaches the edge of the board,
propagates down with the signal and comes together under the SMT 100 Ohm
terminating resistor connecting the two signal traces.
I apologize for taking so long in this explanation. If anyone is interested
in the details, I invite you to attend the short courses I have coming up in
San Jose in Dec. Alternatively, I will be posting an article in my December
downloads, "What really is Differential Impedance?" This is along with the
one on "What really is characteristic impedance?" If you sign in on my web
site, you will be automatically notified when they are posted.
as always, I welcome comments.
> Thank you very much,
> Chris
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The Heroes:
- Ecna Lubma: dwarf priest grudgebearer
- Gruntbelly: dwarf magician sorcerer
- Kane: human warrior fighter
- Mathias: jotun jotun juggernaut
Upon leaving the Old Wood, the heroes begin their day-long journey into the Black Hills towards the mining camp. Towards the end of the day they reach the camp and find it abandoned, with doors spiked shut and forced open, an overturned cart and something that appears to be a blood stain on the ground. While searching one of the buildings, they find a dwarf child who is hiding in a store room. She is initially terrified, but Gruntbelly is able to get through to her and they learn that there are "bug-man" creatures in the area, one of which took her father as they rode towards the camp. She warns the heroes that the bug-men mostly come out at night…mostly. The heroes search the area, find no more clues, then head to the mine entrance. There the dwarves and Mathias lower themselves into the mine via the elevator, but before Kane could go down, two of the bug creatures enter the cave where the mine entrance is located and search it, but Kane used an enchanted item to make himself invisible. That and the noise of the elevator crane engine and the smell of oily smoke coming from it masked him from the bug creatures, which left the cave shortly after entering. Kane joins his companions in the mines below.
The heroes begin searching the mines and spend a few hours going through the branches from the main elevator chamber. In one they find an overturned cart with a severed bottom-half torso inside. In a nearby vent, two of the large bug-men crawl out. One of them is winged and seems to have magical abilities that it casts at the heroes. The other crawls down the wall and attacks Kane, who was ready for it and strikes first. The creature manages an attack but is quickly killed by Kane who discovers that the creature's blood is acidic and sprays out when it dies. Luckily, Kane dodges the worst of it, but his scimitar is damaged. The others take on the winged bug-man and they kill it in a short fight, also dodging it's acidic blood upon its death.
The heroes continue through the passages, noting a new section of mine that seems to have recently been discovered and broken through by the miners. When the enter to investigate they find the passage is filled with a yellow-white substance and in an alcove they find a small nest, out of which crawls tiny versions of the bug-men. They kill those rapidly and burn the nest, but see another one just ahead in the passageway. They stop to consider their next moves.
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*drum roll*
Another Distinction!
That's my two level 1s complete and 120 credits towards my degree. A third of the way there :D Hooray!
looks good huh?
I really enjoyed W100 and recommend it as a course, it helped having a fab tutor too.
A200 is a LOT of reading. A very lot. I'm just about treading water with it all at the moment, my first TMA results came back last week and I managed 78/100. Not bad for my first level 2 TMA I think, and lots of good feedback for improving.
I've got lots of time next week to get ready for TMA02, which is due in on the 12th and I'm not going to take a break over Xmas so I can get ahead a little before DD203 starts next year.
Busy days, but happy days :)


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Washington has long adopted a double standard approach toward the use of chemical weapons in Syria: it turns a blind eye to glaring misdeeds of the Syrian rebels, pointing the finger of blame at Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, the US has a long record of supplying chemical weapons to conflict zones.
Western media has never missed a chance to point the finger of blame at Damascus for an alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, Jean Perier, a French researcher and expert on Middle Eastern affairs writes in his article for New Eastern Outlook.
However, the expert points out, the West usually shies away from lambasting the so-called Syrian rebels when they are spotted using poisonous gas.
On August 2, 2016, the US-backed Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki militant group launched a toxic gas attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo, killing at least seven and injuring 23 people, according to the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation.
A local man who had fallen victim to the chemical attack told Sputnik Arabic that after bombs were fired by the Islamists he felt a shortness of breath and nausea and survived the attack only because he was immediately taken to the hospital.The bombs were suspected to contain chlorine gas.
Although the American side was informed by Russia about the deadly attack carried out by the US-backed "moderate" rebel group, the US media remained surprisingly silent on the matter.
Instead, the Western media sources reported the same very day that "a helicopter dropped containers of toxic gas overnight on a town [Saraqeb] close to where a Russian [Mi-8 transport] helicopter had been shot down hours earlier," citing the so-called Syria Civil Defense group. The group claimed that 33 people were affected by the alleged attack.
The assault was blamed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, although no evidence was provided to confirm the allegation.
"After shelling, besieging and killing civilians and perpetrating war crimes on them, the Assad regime has resorted once again, and in breach of UN resolutions 2118 and 2235, to using chemical substances and toxic gases," the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) stated as quoted by Reuters.About three years ago a series of chemical attacks in Syria was also blamed on Bashar al-Assad. However, the United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria has not found any strong evidence of Syrian government forces being behind the attacks.
Quite the contrary, commission member Carla Del Ponte, a former Swiss attorney-general, stressed that there were "strong, concrete suspicions" that "this was use [of chemical weapons] on the part of the opposition, the rebels, not by the government authorities" in an interview with Swiss-Italian television.
Interestingly enough, in response to Carla Del Ponte's remark, the Syrian National Coalition as well as American and British officials instantly denied that rebel fighters could launch the attacks.
"US officials… said Washington had no information to suggest Syrian rebels had the capability or intention to use Sarin," BBC wrote in May 2013.
However, in December 2015 SANA reported that Syrian authorities seized "equipment for using chemical weapons, as well as medical supplies and equipment of Turkish, Saudi, and Qatari origins" which belonged to Syrian rebels in Latakia's northern countryside.
"So how could one explain such inconsistent policies implemented by the White House? It's clear that it is trying to punish some players for alleged violations of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, while at the same ignoring facts of chemical attacks are being launched by non-state actors in Syria," Perier asks.
The inconvenient truth is that the US was spotted supplying chemical weapons to conflict zones in the Middle East and even using poisonous substances against people in the region.Back in 2002 the Guardian reported, citing declassified papers, that the US "allowed" the export of "biological agents, including anthrax" and "vital ingredients for chemical weapons" to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988).
"A 1994 congressional inquiry… found that dozens of biological agents, including various strains of anthrax, had been shipped to Iraq by US companies, under license from the commerce department. Furthermore, in 1988, the Dow Chemical company sold $1.5m-worth (£930,000) of pesticides to Iraq despite suspicions they would be used for chemical warfare," the media outlet noted.
Decades later US chemical weapons found their way to Iraq again.
"The documents that [whistleblower Bradley] Manning handed over to Wikileaks stated that the Pentagon has delivered at least 2,386 pieces of chemical ordnance to Iraq," Perier narrates, citing a Wikileaks report.
"The United States has been caught with at least 2,386 'non-lethal' chemical weapons deployed in Iraq. The items appear in a spectacular 2,000 page leak of nearly one million items of US military equipment deployed in Iraq given to the government transparency group Wikileaks. The items are labeled under the military's own NATO supply classification 'Chemical weapons and equipment,'" the report stated.
Remarkably, in November 2005 BBC reported that American officials admitted that the US military used white phosphorus in the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004 as "an incendiary" to "flush enemy troops out of covered positions."
Commenting on the matter British writer George Monbiot wrote in his article for the Guardian on November 15, 2005:
"Did US troops use chemical weapons in Fallujah? The answer is yes… White phosphorus is not listed in the schedules of the Chemical Weapons Convention. It can be legally used as a flare to illuminate the battlefield, or to produce smoke to hide troop movements from the enemy. But it becomes a chemical weapon as soon as it is used directly against people."
Monbiot noted that since the US admitted that it used white phosphorus directly against people, it meant it used white phosphorus in Fallujah as chemical weapons.
Before groundlessly accusing the Syrian government of launching chemical attacks against its people, Washington should reconsider its double standard approach toward the use of chemical weapons.


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I'm sure I don't have to give any explanations for my theme for June, although I have no plans for joining in any of the local celebrations. We are off to a wedding on Saturday and then I shall have lots of photo editing to do.
May has been an eventful month for us, but I have managed to keep my diary going.
Hopefully I shall have some arty/crafty things to share with you soon.
Have a jubilicious weekend - and don't forget to take your brolly!!


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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Cushion Covers
I'm a long time cushion maker. I made the cushion for this bench, from tracing out the shape on an opened paper grocery bag (which I still have, case I need to make one again), to cutting out the foam in the shape of the bench deck, to wrapping the foam in poly quilt filler, to sewing the whole thing up.
The advice that I would give Julia, is that when you're making a zippered cushion, sew the zipper in first, just like you would put a zipper in a garment piece. Then pin the sides together with the zipper closed and stitch those seams. Then unzip the zipper and finish the rest of your seams. Once all the seams are sewn together, pull the cover right side out through the open zipper, and voila!
For this cushion, I used two invisible zippers, but I needed them to run along the entire back of the cushion for ease of stuffing. They didn't quite make it, so I left the gap, which I tacked closed once I got the cover on the cushion. You only see it if you're looking really closely at it; otherwise it disappears.
I hope this information helps anyone out there thinking about making their own cushions - it's really not that hard.
I mean, I figured it out.
7 comments:
- Rachelle said...
Unless you are not an experienced seamstress. They are a vanishing species from what I can tell. By the time I took Home Ec. (they call it Tech Ed these days), I already had been putting in zippers for a couple years. Someone had taught me how. I doubt the instructions on the zipper package would be sufficient for most of the current day DIY self-taught.
- March 3, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- Julia Posey said...
Holy smokes. That is one fancy cushion, Paula. I'm completely impressed. How do you do the bead piping that goes around the cushion? Impressed, my dear. Impressed.
- March 3, 2012 at 9:46 AM
- Paula said...
I dunno Rachelle- no one showed me how to put in an invisible zipper; I learned from the instructions that came with them, and found out two things: that I can't remember how to put in the other kind of zippers, and that I prefer using invisible zippers in everything. It helps to buy the little plastic invisible zipper gizmo- it works MUCH better than a regular zipper foot. I also find that I have to read the instructions every time I do one, just to refresh my memory.
I think if people keep the first couple of projects simple, they can build on success. That's how I learned woodworking. I'm self-taught in that department as well. It boils down to whether or not you're a problem solver. You would probably be right about people who can't figure things out for themselves but have to be shown how to do everything, and I've certainly known a few of them. But folks who are problem-solvers will not only be able to figure it out, they'll get a kick out of self-learning and mastering a new skill.
I do think we do ourselves a disservice by not having home ec classes, however. Home and Garden TV and the Food Network can't do it all.
- March 3, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- Miriam said...
My problem is getting the cover not-too-tight but not-too-loose. Any suggestions for me?
- March 3, 2012 at 11:46 AM
- Paula said...
The piping starts with a bias tape made with the same fabric (you need the fabric on the bias so that it stretches around the corners) and it's filled with cotton cording from the fabric store that they sell for that reason. The cord gets sewn into the bias tape using a regular zipper foot, and then you pin it into the seam, raw edges all on the same side. And then you sew the seam with the same zipper foot.
I had the same problem with the big cover that I made for the day bed, Miriam, but I think part of that was the general funkiness of the army blankets. But generally my covers fit well, and that's because I make them e-v-e-r-s-o-s-l-i-g-h-t-l-y smaller than the cushion, usually an eighth to a quarter of an inch smaller depending on how squishy the cushion or pillow is. It could probably be considered cheating, but it works.
- March 3, 2012 at 6:55 PM
- click clack gorilla said...
Wow those look great.
- March 4, 2012 at 6:02 AM
- clairz said...
I've made slipcovers for the same little dog-eaten chair for years (ever since some pup chewed on the original fabric). I'm about to make yet another set and your post has nudged me in the right direction.
Although I eventually got a master's in library science, I've always felt that the typing and the sewing classes they made us take in high school were the most valuable ones of all!
- March 6, 2012 at 5:32 AM


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LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iran will strengthen its missile capabilities and will not seek permission from any country to do so, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday in an address to a parade of armed forces in the capital Tehran.
"We will increase our military power as a deterrent. We will strengthen our missile capabilities ... We will not seek permission from anyone to defend our country," Rouhani said in a speech broadcast on state television. (Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)


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On Wednesday's, as all Warwick students know, is POP!! At approximately 11pm, our friend was not allowed in, due to having her ticket on another person's card. The easy option would be to say "ok", and walk away but instead we decided to ask! We asked the manager, "please can you let our friend in," and after about 10 minutes he was convinced and she was let in. This means, we used, slightly intoxicated, the Just Ask principle and it worked!
Evidence for the Just Ask principle comes from Flynn & Lake (2008). They conducted 3 experiments. The first experiment asked 42 university students to ask a stranger (in person) for a favour, to complete a quick questionnaire. Half of the participants were also asked to estimate the likelihood of those they approached would comply. The second experiment, replicated the first experiment but also used 2 alternative requests, such as borrowing a cell phone and asking for an escort to a specific destination. Experiment 3, tested a sample of volunteers to solicit donations on behalf of a charity and also predict how many people would comply. The researchers hypothesise that people underestimate the likelihood of compliance after directly asking.
This was exactly what they found. In experiment 1, participants overestimated the amount of people they would need to approach to complete the task, of getting 5 strangers to complete the questionnaire. In experiment 2, participants predicted they would need to ask on average 7.2 people to walk them to the gym before 1 person agreed, but in reality they only needed to ask 2.3 people. Participants in the cell phone group predicted they would need ask 10.1 people to complete the task of getting 3 people to agree to their request, but actually they only needed to ask 6.2 people. This was also replicated in study 3. The results are presented in the graph.
Therefore, this shows that people overestimate the amount of people they will need to ask, in order to fulfil their task and underestimate the amount of compliance. This can explain why the bouncer allowed our friend in to POP, because we just asked! Asking does work if you need help!
Flynn, F. J. F. & Lake, V. K. B. (2008). Just ask: Underestimating compliance with direct requests for help. Journal of personality and social psychology, 95, 128-143.


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I remember when Howard (former Australian Prime Minister) was in, for a brief (odd) moment he enjoyed a slight uptick in the positive feelings of "da youf". Conservative columnists claimed this starry eyed love of Howard was due to a love of country, because - you know - Mainstream Values etc - and something about loving money was a good thing. These kids were coined as South Park Conservatives.
This demographic bubble'o'love popped shortly afterwards. Probably when da kids, who in addition to loving money, worked out the earth they were to inherit was going to be left in a somewhat fucked condition by Howard's mine loving cronies.
Anyway, onto my topic. Assigning seminal shows to brand a generation with. For me, if I had to choose, I would be of the Simpsons generation. Because I hit late teens when it came out, and the show's goodness got better and better as the 90s rolled on (peaking - in my humble opinion - with the season with Homer goes to College and Burns' Casino).
During its rise all us youf of the 90s pretty much to a person watched it. We saw morality plays play out before us. We understood much of the layered high and low brow references within it. You could repeat a snatch of dialogue to a similarly aged peer, and chances are they'd know where it was from, and what it was about. Doing lines from the Simpsons could be used as a shorthand means of discussing issues. In summary it was us and we were it - the Simpsons Generation.
How this really came home to me was the other day when intereacting with someone not of the Simpson's generation - my boss.
My boss thinks I tend to waffle on a bit in the wordy form. When I write briefs I tend to have a lot of background - minuting every aspect of the topic so I cover my bases. I think it's because I write for an e-reader, where space isn't an issue, and he came from a world of paper minutes where space clearly was.
As he left my desk he said 'remember, small words.'
I responded by saying a Simpson's line - 'him card read good' - from the Ep where Bart is made Burns' heir. Shorthand - amongst us Simpsons types - for simple.
He misheard me. He in fact heard 'Him can't read good.' I know this because he (sort of) laughed and said that as he walked off. I think therefore he thought I was having a go at him.
Simpsons induced FAIL.
Still, if I had to choose between a world of No Simpson's and a miscommunication boss offending, then I would choose miscommunication boss offending.
Because I don't want to live in a world without Zinc.
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From Gabbie S. Duran
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Lexie has one goal in life: to grant one last wish for each of her patients. There isn't a request she will deny, and has yet to fail to deliver a promise. That is, until the day she goes in search of the infamous rock star Kaleb Knight, who can't care less about her life's ambition, or the children she is determined to help.
Kaleb has his own dark secrets. He lives each day as if it's his last, and refuses to spare a moment of his time to play the part of a knight in shining armor—especially for someone like Lexie . . . or so he thought. Now, his head and heart are at war, and his soul is screaming she is exactly what he needs.
Will Lexie be the only one that can save him in the end? Or will he instead succumb to the darkness threatening to consume him?
Wishful Thinking is the first book in the Dragon Night Series. I would give this book a huge sparkling 5 stars! This book had everything you will want in a story believe me. It has the hot bad boy rock star which happens to be a favorite kind of book for me, but it also touches a very sensitive disease that so many suffer from everyday. I was emotionally drained and elated with this whole book. You will need tissues no doubt about it but you will also need a change of panties because Gabbie will heat up the sheets of this book like no other. I will not give away any spoilers with this review but I will tell you if you don't read this book you will not get to see the magic that happens with this story. I have read many books by Gabbie and this one has been one of my favorites of her so far. I will always love Matt and his pancakes and Trey and his bacon from the Unspoken series, Joseph the sexy Marine from With Me, and lets not forget Nick the cocky ball player from Clarity but Caleb and his sexy tattoos and broodiness may have stolen my heart a little more! Gabbie can definitely make some serious book boyfriends.. I think my husband should be concerned (hahahaha). Thanks Gabbie for another fantastic book and I know this can't be the end of this series because there is a whole band to write about! Get to one clicking you don't wanna miss this one!
Wishful Thinking by Gabbie S. Duran is the first book in The Dragon Knights Series and it only has me wanting more from the members of the band known as Dragon Knights. A book with filled with hope, dreams for the future, and laughter among the will to fight to survive, Wishful Thinking will tug at your heartstrings, have you grabbing for more than one tissue while you cry and have you wanting to root for each of the characters to make it through this difficult and trying time. This book was a 4 star read for me and I highly recommend it to others, you will fall in love with Lexie and Kaleb as I did while reading!
Lexie is an oncology nurse at the West Coast Medical center, where she makes it her mission to grant the wishes of the patients there, children of all ages who are battling for their lives against the cancer that has riddled their small bodies. Giving the children hope is something that Lexie strives to do and no wish is beyond her control, no matter what the cost to her, even if it means her job. When her young patient Ben, comes in for his second round of treatment; defiant and upset that his disease has brought him back to the hospital, Lexie tries to grant his wish, having his favorite band, the Dragon Knights visit him in the hospital. When Lexie goes backstage at one of their concerts to ask for what she believes is a small favor, she is amazed at the asshole that she encounters with Kaleb, the lead singer of the Dragon Knights who is reportedly leaving the band for reasons unknown.
Kaleb Knight has everything he dreamed about, rock star status and making music but the secrets that he keeps are tearing him up inside, making him act out and angry at the world. When a beautiful nurse bursts backstage at his concert demanding his presence at the hospital to visit a sick kid, Kaleb doesn't even blink when he says no. He has his own issues to work through and leaving the band while his bandmates pressure him to stay is one of them. But he can't get Lexie out of his head, so he does the last thing he said he would ever do, he visits Ben in the hospital and starts to do everything that he can in order to have Lexie give him the time of day.
Lexie and Kaleb begin a tumultuous relationship, where the push and pull will have you reading each page with baited breath wondering if they will make it work or if there is too much blocking their path to love. And the secrets that Kaleb is keeping from Lexie could destroy everything that they have begun to built, which is the last thing that he wants. Will Kaleb and Lexie make it? You will have to read to find out! I can't wait for the next book!!
"Yeah, buddy?"
He sucks in a deep breath before saying, "Do you think there are stars in heaven?"
"Of course there are. There is anything your little heart desires."
"Even my hot fudge sundaes?" His question causes me to lightly laugh. Of course he asks about his favorite dessert that he has been craving for the past month.
"Even your hot fudge sundaes," I reply. "Before you know it, you'll be having a stomach ache from eating too much sugar."
This causes his mother to whimper as she struggles against surrendering to the breaking point. She's always fought to not break down in front of Braden. She doesn't want him to see how upset this entire situation makes her.
He brightens from the response, his eyes returning to the show above us. The entire time my view is locked on the little angel in front of me, knowing everything I've done tonight to make this possible is still not enough for him. He deserves more. He deserves a lifetime worth of years to gaze up at the stars, not borrowed hours as we wait, wondering when the end will come.
Unfortunately, the wait wasn't long. Braden took his last breath two days later. I was at his side, holding his mother's hand when he gave his last smile before closing his eyes for the final time. He took a piece of my heart with him at that very moment, but they all have.


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I know, I know, this is unrelated to woodworking and midcentury and modern and furniture and slat benches, but I just got so giddy this morning when a bigass truck pulled up to our house and unloaded a gigantonormous pile of steaming wood chips onto the chunk of empty land next to the driveway.
Now I have enough mulch to keep me busy mulching for the next few weeks.
I found it on craigslist -- I wish the post was still active so I could link it here, but when searching for "wood chips" under "free stuff" on LA's craigslist, it wasn't there anymore.
It's a tree/shrub removal company that's just looking for places to dump their truckloads at the end of removal jobs. A perfect situation for someone like me that needs to mulch a massive garden. And free! (But I did tip the driver.)
I don't think my wheelbarrow is gonna be big enough.


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FocusTaiwan has the news:
Taiwan's industrial production index fell 3.18 percent to 106.71 in May from the previous year, ending 15 consecutive months of growth, according to data released Wednesday by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.Quarrying and mining -- essentially gravel digging in Taiwan -- and construction are two sectors tightly linked to local patronage networks that are critical supporters of the KMT. If these flows of money and work to that sector continue, it will help the KMT.
In a breakdown of the production in the different sectors, the data showed that manufacturing dropped 2.57 percent year-on-year in May, mining and quarrying increased 4.71 percent, electricity and gas supply dropped 19.32 percent, water supply fell 4.21 percent, and buildings construction rose 2.45 percent.
Meanwhile, ECFA continues to drive massive
The value of export orders dropped 5.9 percent annually and 4.1 percent monthly to US$35.79 billion last month, dragged down mainly by declining orders from China and Hong Kong, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.ECFA has had little positive effect. Our trade surplus with China is shrinking and will likely return to ~2007 levels this year. Of course, this is due in part to China's increasing ability to manufacture its own stuff, as the article notes.
The value of orders from China and Hong Kong fell by US$1.17 billion from a year earlier to US$8.98 billion last month, accounting for 52.7 percent of the US$2.22 billion annual drop in overall export orders last month, the ministry said.
UPDATE: A comment below notes:
This is a lot to drop in just a simple comment, but Taiwan will need to reckon with its longtime trade surplus eventually, not seek to achieve it across various trade relationships. Who does a cheap currency truly help? Exporters and the owners of those companies. Who's hurt? Regular households that are not employed by the export sector and being severely underpaid across decades. Taiwan's air, water, land, sweat, and blood have been sold too cheaply abroad for far too long. In the beginning, this was actually useful to develop nascent industries, but today's Taiwan is so far beyond that it is only an addiction that benefits the rich. It's madness that has to end, and if you are looking at China, what's important is that China has been copying the model of Taiwan and Japan before it, but now is being forced to reduce all surpluses and develop the domestic consumer market. Unfortunately, China is being forced to adjust prior to achieving the same level of wealth of Japan and Taiwan, but that's how it is, because the US consumer is out of money and can no longer get a poorly thought-out loan._______________________
Taiwan would do well to prepare for a much appreciated TWD. One bright spot: there's a ton of domestic demand opportunity in infrastructure investment that the government could do, as in that regard, Taiwan's government has been relatively conservative in spending money versus other developed countries.
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It was a bit dreary when I went for my walk this evening. The grey clouds were churning and it was gently misting, but I didn't mind. I live for weather like this. If the sun never showed it's face again, I would be perfectly happy! Down the front steps, across the mushy lawn, I padded onto the pavement with my thirteen dollar shoes from Walmart. True, they weren't the best for walking, but as long as I had something protecting my feet from rocks, I was happy.
As Bridget Jones would say, "I have a few wobbly bits". I'm not claiming to be a fitness guru or anything like that, but I really enjoy it when I actually take the time and energy to walk outside. It was absolutely beautiful out tonight. I could hear birds calling from trees that were beginning to bud and saw rabbits hopping around in bright, green grass. There was a rich, earthy smell lingering in the air from the recent rain, and it was just cool enough to whisk away any perspiration.
A couple of years ago, I was a faithful runner/walker on the same path that I had traveled on this evening, and it felt weird to be "starting all over" with my exercise regime knowing that I had once conquered it. I felt both ashamed that I had once been that good and am now not, and motivated because I already knew I could accomplish this goal.
There's a section of pavement that has consistent tar marks crossing it. As I walked over them, I remembered how I use to count them off as I ran, focusing on no more than the one just ahead of me...that way it didn't seem so far to go. The course got easier after passing the halfway mark. The first part sloped uphill, and obviously the second part downhill. I always urged myself to go faster on the downhill part, thinking that I was somehow cheating or slacking if I kept my pace the same.
I'd like to think that the hard part is over now, but I know better. The real challenge is going out there and doing it every day. The real challenge is perseverance. The real challenge is self discipline.


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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Yet More "Avengers" Promo Art
The 2012 Blockbuster Season is basically shaping up to be DC Versus Marvel Goes To The Movies, what with "The Avengers" and "Dark Knight Rises" both hitting. That's especially fun when you realize that the two "competing" films aren't just split on the usual DC/Marvel lines, but also as representatives of two diametrically-opposed approaches to the art of comic-book adaptation - Christopher Nolan's stripped-down, self-contained, super-serious, gritty and 'realistic' Batman versus Joss Whedon's balls-out genre-mashup, drenched in the nerd-ephemera of shared-universe continuity and source-faithful literalism.
Who can say which one is adjudged the superior when they hit screens next summer, but right now you've gotta feel bad for Warner Bros... "Dark Knight Rises," in the realm of production-hype, is kinda-sorta looking like a plate of boiled asparagus next to "Avengers" big-ass bowl of Halloween candy. Case in point, right now TDKR's "buzz" is mostly occupied with fans DESPERATELY hoping that certain angles or arrangements of goggles will make Catwoman look kinda-sorta-maybe like Catwoman; while "Avengers" keeps popping out stuff like THIS...
Incidentally, you can tell this is "legit," (as opposed to a high-grade fan-mashup) because Iron Man is wearing his "Avengers Costume" - Note the silver elements included with the red and gold, and the Mark-I style circular chest-light. The triangle one was housing the "new element" we learn Howard Stark was "hiding" in that map in Part 2. Are we going to find out WHO he was hiding it from in "Avengers?" According to "Captain America," Stark had the Cosmic Cube before S.H.I.E.L.D. did, and according to "Thor" Loki knows what it is... was the "new element" something he was hiding from Loki or some other figure connected to The Cube? More importantly... how cool is it that these are legitimate, logical questions to be asked about an actual upcoming movie??
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- H.A.L Comic Strip said...
You know, it looks cool, but what I hate is that it actually just looks like art, which is what it is, An artistic rendering. All this will just be attached to kids baloons anway.
Either way, I cant wait for either movie.
- Chris said...
What has me worried about Avengers is how much of the movie is going to be setup and how much is going to be payoff? I know they have done a little setup with ending credits connectivity but, up to this point none of those pictured above have actually shaken hands with any of the others. And are we going to have to settle for a training montage ala X-Men: First Class with a few jokes thrown in? Hopefully this movie is 2 hours long and they let Loki go nuts with the cosmic cube, cause I'm not feeling the Loki as main threat just yet.
- Goku50k said...
Even though The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers will be completely different films I'm still looking forward to both of them. I bet (unless they are really bad) that I will end up liking both The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers. I dont really like the whole DC Vs Marvel thing, and what this whole 21st century versus thing really is in the short run is Nolan's Batman films Vs Marvel Films (Since Warner Brothers hasnt produced a decent comic book film aside from Batman) and to be honest I have much preferred Nolan's Batman Films to the marvel films that have been made. But that doesnt mean that i'm going to trash marvel films because I have liked the Marvel Films that have been made just not as much as Nolan's Batman Films. So in reality I think it would be better to not compare the films since they will be completely different.
- C-Rav said...
Meh...I'm pretty sure The Dark Knight Rises' hype is mostly occupied with fans excited to see a third film with an amazing director, highly talented cast, in what has so far been a fantastic series of two films.
While personally, my hype for The Avengers is built around a talented but a bit overrated director and some drawings.
I'm looking forward to them both. Both are different styles of films. Both can be good styles. I've loved Nolan's Batman films and MOST of the Marvel filsm. However, While both could turn out amazing or terrible, I'm pretty secure on which will be great filmmaking and which will be popcorn fluff.
I find it funny that Bob keeps talking about diversity but keeps harping on Dark Knight Rises for trying to be something unique and different instead of a "100% perefect campy adaptation of silver-age batshit insane Batman"
I like my Batman realistic and grim & gritty thank you very much!
- Lee Kalba said...
DKR is gonna suuuuuuuck.
OK, obviously trolling, aside, it will never live up to Dark Knight. My opinions about Nolan's Batman movies, aside, this one just won't live up to the hype. How can it? It's been built up for just too long. It might not be a bad movie, it might be a good movie, but the fans frothing at the mouth will be disappointed and the people who saw Dark Knight just because it was Heath Ledger's last (complete) movie, won't bother.
I think one thing that's helped the Marvel movies, is a healthy dose of skepticism. Every movie release has had a question mark hanging over it, of "can they pull this off?" so the hype never got out of control.
My predictions: Peter Travers will give it at least two and a half but likely three stars, because he's on Nolan's cock, Bob will have mixed feelings, most critics will split between denial and meh, but the majority will agree it's not as good as Dark Knight.
Let the bashing begin. Especially from the guy that claimed Gambit is an actual character and that Jubilee is anything but an irritating idea of what middle age white men think is hip.
- Dev's Media Reviews said...
I really love this promo art including seeing more of the Hulk. It actually makes me forget about Edward Norton and his take of the character.
- Goku50k said...
@Lee Kalba
actually so far I have not seen any skepticism for The Avengers at all the fan boys have gone just as ape-sh*t about that film then they have about The Dark Knight Rises. In fact if anything I think there is a lot of skeptcism of whether or not Nolan can even pull off another Batman film.
To be honest Heath Ledger aside The Dark Knight was a great movie IN FACT Batman Begins was a almost JUST AS GOOD as The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger might have been amazing but he was one of just several reasons why that movie was amazing.
Everybody thought that people would be split on Inception but in reality MOST people thought it was a very good movie to some extent. The Dark Knight Rises will be the same, critics might find some stuff about it they might not like (like every movie) but i bet you most people will end up loving this movie.
- Unknown said...
Well I've only liked one of Nolan's Batman films(Begins) and that only was the 3rd DC superhero movie I ever liked(after Superman 1 & 2) and the first time I liked a Batman film. Then Nolan did TDK and IMO he went bananas with all the contrivances and such in that one. I ended up hating it. So for me it's not a question of him topping TDK but rather being able to get back to the goodness of Begins. As for The Avengers, Joss Whedon was my only ? about it. All of Marvel's self-made films have been good-to-great, IMO. They'r consistency is pretty much unheard of in the sub-genre. So I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt with whatever movie they do. I will say that even though I've never been a Whedon-ite, The Avengers is the movie of 2012 I'm most looking forward to seeing. After that it's The Hobbit.
- bingbong said...
dude, that's a drawing lol
- Kholdstare said...
I've got like zero excitement for Batman and around 75% excitement for Avengers. I probably still dislike Nolan for Inception (I realize a lot of people liked it, but for me it was a waste of $10.) We'll see what happens, but currently, I'm way more excited about a team of colorful heroes than one dark and brooding one.
- Guillermo said...
Moviebob.. I made an image to prove my point I left a comment on the superman costume post.. first the cape is fake and second.. do we really need the red underwear???? http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9919/supermancavill.jpg
Thanks hope you see it
- David (The Pants) said...
Dat ass. I'm keeping my comment short & sweet like bingbong.
- Arturo said...
I think we have a potential theatrical poster here
- Ezenwa said...
As I've stated elsewhere (on Facebook in the Comic Book Issues group. It's a good webshow, really), if Avengers blows away DKR, DC will crap a brick. A brick the size of their universe reboot!
- Keggluneq said...
I love how they have to come up with something for Black Widow to DO in every one of these...
- Rally around Captain America!
- Hulk: smash!
- Thor: smash w/ hammer!
- Hawkeye: shoot!
- Iron Man: shoot!
- black Widow: ........PUNCH!


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This one was lots of fun!!! The patterned paper is from Michaels, the ribbon too! This one is really easy! I used SU cardstock in Pink Passion and Green Galore to compliment the patterned paper. Cut two different size ovals with Creative Memories oval templates. Glued a clear envelope to the inside. Punched holes and threaded the ribbon through as handles. Scallop punch with a 1 5/8" circle punch, then a 1 1/4" circle punch with a flower stamp. That stamp actually belongs to my 3 yr old, but I thought it was too cute! Colored with SU markers, again in GG and PP. Yellow rhinestone brad in the center. Velcro closure to keep it shut. Oh, and the best part??? It's filled with Sour Strawberry and Sour Apple Jelly Belly's!!! Is there any other jellybean???
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In this journey to become the best and healthiest version of yourself you will be tempted by your Fat Inner Child. In this post, you will read about how you can start pushing back on your chubby little friend.
I want you to get out some paper and a pen. You are now going to write a letter to your Fat Inner Child. Tell them what you really think about them and how you are going to combat them. When you are done with the letter, put it where your temptations are. Do you have a cookie jar full of Mini Reeses Cups like I do? Then fold it up and put it in there. Do you binge watch TV shows all the time? If so, wrap the note around the remote control.
P.S. Be sure to share with your family what your note is. It might just encourage them to write a note to their Fat Inner Child.
Okay here goes mine.
"Dear Fat Inner Child,
I am writing this letter to you right now, because quite simply I am sick of you. I know you really couldn't be bothered, because you love laying on the couch resembling a burrito wrapped in your favorite blanket binge watching Gossip Girl. You have all the sugary sweets and salty yumminess within arm's reach. You extremely rather be doing that everyday rather than getting up to go for a run.
I know you'd probably rather scoop out as much food as you'd like onto your plate, even if you aren't THAT hungry instead of sticking to the recommended serving sizes.
The thing is though, I'd rather not reap the punishment you deserve. I am not going to let you have control over my choices. I have a choice. I am not going to take on the pounds you aren't willing to lose.
I will make you obey me."
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Warning: Rambling dream sequence without any editing because mah feet are COLD (it might snow? Sniff. Sniff.) and I need more coffee and I want to finish my sappy romance novel before the hellions that are the beloved fruit of my loins awaken.
I dreamt that I was at a Marriott's hotel with a 5 bedroom suite (when I dream, I dream big) when I received an angry intercom message (??? 1973 technology???) from a woman named Ms. Lowhahn. She was pissed about all of the puking she could hear through the walls and continued to rant and rave and scream that I needed to have some respect for her beauty sleep.
After deducing that no one in my group was vomiting, I headed down to the lobby with the faxed copy of our conversation (try and explain THAT one). The desk clerk told me not to worry, because that was an old customer who had been banned from Marriott hotels due to destruction of property and drunken/disorderly conduct. Apparently, she liked to call the guests and mess with their heads but it was ok because she wasn't allowed past the front door. To this I started shaking and the room kind of "boomed" as I said "but she was on the INTERCOM! Inside the hotel!" Dun Dun DUUUHHHNN!!!
The best part of it all is that I didn't realize until I WOKE UP that the "Ms. LowHahn" that I was dreaming of was actually "Lindsay Lohan." What the hell? Even within my own dreams I cannot relate to pop culture references? My sub-conscious is just as out of the loop as I am.
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We all have our personal moans when we eat out and Stuart Clark who hosted For Food's Sake last May in The Sugar Club is no different. One of Stuart's several moans of the evening was the price of wine in restaurants and he shared his frustrations with the panellists. It turned out that Caroline Byrne, Dublin editor of the Bridgestone Guide felt the same way:
"This is one of my moans as well, not just because of the price but the range is so limited and uninteresting. I know it's not worth the money that I am paying. An alternative could be bringing in your own wine and paying a corkage fee, this could create a better value of wine in restaurants. However saying that there is only a handful of restaurants doing it now."
The introduction of BYOB is not as simple as it sounds according to Paul Cadden, owner of Saba and former President of the Restaurant's Association of Ireland: "If customers want really cheap wine we can get really cheap wine but they are not going to like it. There is another side to wine prices and it is in regards to the supermarkets. They sell alcohol so cheaply that most people are used to it and it's tough to compete. The BYOB concept is coming into restaurants but it will take time to come in."
Joe Macken from Jo' Burgers agreed with Paul and explained that restaurants are not trying to rip-off customers but they are experiencing a side-effect of supermarket's race to the bottom. "Supermarkets are annihilating what restaurants can do because they buy vast amounts of wine at incredibly cheap prices. If you walk into a supermarket off-licence the beer and wine is cheaper than what restaurants buy it. It's really hard for us to compete. We are not trying to screw the customer by jacking the price. We are getting screwed by the government, we can't compete."
Stuart's moan had hit a chord with the audience as the microphone was passed around the crowd to add another voice to the debate. One man strongly disagreed with Paul and Joe about restaurants' stance on wine prices. "Don't you think people can budget to eat out if there was a corkage fee? It's got nothing to do with wine producers in Ireland. It's only to do with price and cost, simple as that."
The topic had begun to show its complexities and Caroline Byrne was quick to bring her insight and understanding to the debate. "We are not a wine producing country, we are importing our wine and there is huge tax on wine. It costs a lot less in places like Australia and South Africa. I do think it is a good way to go but I don't think it will be decided tomorrow, it will take time."
The discussion was finally concluded not by the panellists but by a woman from the audience who was met with applause for her wisdom. "I'm Australian and I have worked in hospitality in Ireland and Australia. With a BYOB policy the restaurants in Australia are cheaper to run. Restaurants here rely on marketing wine, for restaurants to make any money they need to do this. If you bring people in and charge two quid corkage the restaurants will not make any money. It may feel like a better deal to a consumer but it is counterproductive."
That ended a good session of debate that went back and forth between the panellists and the audience. It was time to move on as there was plenty more issues that deserved similar attention while Stuart also had more moans to moan about. Keep checking back for more detailed discussion from the second For Food's Sake evening.


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On this page I will chronicle my efforts to build an octorotor using the Mantis X8 frame and the PX4 autopilot. This is my first custom build and PX4 project so please use caution following my steps as I may very well make mistakes as I learn.
- (1) EZUHF TX (must have HAM radio license to use in US)
- (2) 5000 mAh 6S LiPo battery
Frame Assembly
Navigation Lights
Software Installation
First follow the QuickStart Guide and use qgroundcontrol to flash your px4 using the usb. Do Not connect the 6S battery to the Px4 - it cannot handle the voltage as-is. You should be able, at this point, to communicate with qgroundcontrol via the USB cable. I recommend ensuring this works before attempting to establish communications via the wireless modem. QGC should connect and correctly reflect the PX4 attitude in the flight window.
Some modification to the stock code base is required so follow the Developer Tutorials to install the toolchain.
Modify PX4IO to use 6S Battery Pack
Using the Telemetry Module
As will all things ftdi, I had a hard time getting the RFD900 radio modem to work. If you have working ftdi drivers, it should just work once you set the properties to the default baud rate of 57600 in device manager and in qgroundcontrol. If it works then skip the rest of this section.
No such luck for me. First clue that it was a driver issue was that I was unable to even communicate with the device using the RFD900ModemTools software (although it did come up as a COM port in the device manager). I don't have a clear set of instructions to fix this, but fully uninstalling and reinstalling an older driver (CDM 2.08.28) solved my problem. Not sure if it was the older driver or just the process of reinstalling that solved it. There are actually two devices in the device manager that must be uninstalled: 1) the "USB Serial Port (COMxx)" under "Ports (COM & LPT)" and 2) the "USB Serial Converter" under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers."
Once you are able to communicate with the modem with the RFD900ModemTools, exit the s/w (I didn't actually have to configure anything - defaulted to 57600 baud) then edit the properties of the COM port in the device manager to be 57600 to match the modem. At this point, I was able to connect to the PX4 through the modem.
Configure PX4 for octorotor
Check for Magnetic Interference
Tune the PID Controller
Using the guide above it is pretty straight-forward. Simply connect to qgroundcontrol and select the Pro–>Plot tab. If you have the "Onboard parameters" widget selected under "Tool Widgets" you will see all the onboard parameters on the right. Expand the MC section to gain access to all the PID coefficients. You can use this widget to adjust the parameter as instructed in the tuning guide. I found that the sensor calibration also left some errors in the pitch and roll which I had to manually adjust. With the craft on level ground, expand the SENS section and adjust SENS_ACC_XOFF until the pitch is centered in qground control and SENS_ACC_YOFF until the roll is centered. For me it meant setting them both to zero. When you are ready to tune the PID settings, you will probably want to slow down the display rate to 30 seconds or so. To constrain motion, I used a scrap piece of 1/2" solid aluminum rod I had, zip tied it to the bottom of the aircraft and bungee'd the whole thing to two saw horses. Finally, I added two loose tethers to a weight to limit the magnitude of any oscillations I might encounter. Close inspection of the image will reveal that my rod has a square cross-section. This was a mistake. The square profile plus the bungees contributed a torque that isn't present during normal flight and it was very difficult to eliminate the oscillations. Use a round rod.
Here's another good read on PID tuning:
Set up Failsafe
Prepare for First Flight
- If you are seeing instability while in EASY mode when stopping, a likely cause is magnetic declination (compass North is not aligned with GPS North so it doesn't apply the right vector to stop motion since it doesn't know the true orientation of the craft). To correct follow step 4 in the sensor_calibration page.
- After performing sensor calibration, I noticed the pitch and roll had a fair amount of error (bug?). For me, I had to manually set them to zero after cal was complete for the craft to reflect true attitude (my setup apparently has very little error). To do this, just program SENS_ACC_XOFF and SENS_ACC_YOFF (under the SENS category) to zero (or other value that results in the qgc properly indicating attitude).
- If you are hearing S-O-S in morse code, it probably means the SDRAM is not properly seated
- Don't trust zip ties. Always use more than one in case one fails.
- When landing, either switch to manual first, or be ready to flip to manual immediately on touchdown. EASY and SEATBELT modes can go crazy when the landing gear touches down as it tries to control the craft - resulting in flipping and general badness.
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You may have noticed that if I post pictures of me, I always smile with my mouth closed. Today, 1 year from quitting smoking, I started the 2nd stage of getting my front teeth fixed. Now, the first image below was not how my teeth looked daily. This is from after what the dentist drilled off of my teeth today (YIKES) and honestly I was bit freaked out when I felt them in between drillings, because damn, that was a lot drilling!!
This is my teeth after the temporary crowns are in (which was super easy)
And this is my temporary smile until the permanent crowns are done in 3 weeks. Even though the teeth are not yet all the same color, at least I don't have some ugly dead tooth staring at me in every glance I look.


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No angst, no air, definitely a good husband and a father. I can see the sincerity of this guy through his interviews and guesting. (unlike this grill chef always showing boust.)
I am an avid fan of this guy, thats why I am creating this blog, I also bought some of his cook books that really helps on our kitchen.
Born on May 1975 (34) at Essex England, since six (6) this cool guy starts his interests in cooking, since his dad owned pub-restaurant, The Cricketers.
Born on May 1975 (34) at Essex England, since six (6) this cool guy starts his interests in cooking, since his dad owned pub-restaurant, The Cricketers.
At the age of 16 he went to Westminster Catering College then soon became a Head Pastry Chef Antonio Carluccio at The Neal Street Restaurant.
After The Neal Street he worked for Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers at the River Café for three and a half years where he learned lots of things.
There was his first camera appearance where a documentary filmed the restaurant and included the chefs there, after the program was shown some production companies called him for possible shows.
The Break was "the naked Chef" this show make him busy and make him earn big bucks. he never show sluggishness in every show but despite of this success oliver's feet is always on the ground....
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