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I Broke The Charging System On My C3000, not by overvoltage or reverse polarity
I Broke The Charging System On My C3000, not by overvoltage or reverse polarity
Feb 15 2008, 01:12 AM
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Hi all
Well, my Z doesn't charge it's battery anymore. It's my fault; I was experimenting with an alternative power source for the Z (a USB hub powered by a nice bicycle generator) and failed to exercise the sort of caution that something as beautiful (and pricey) as a c3000 deserves.
I compared my experimental power source with the power adapter that came with my USB hub using a volt meter. I am certain that I got the polarity and voltage correct. The rest is speculation on my part, I am not an EE and I was experimenting way outside my expertise as a programmer and a cyclist.
I hooked up the alternator's output (the frequency of this AC varies with the speed of the bicycle wheel and goes very low, maybe 10hz) to a bridge rectifier. This rectified DCish voltage I fed into a switching DC-DC converter (DE-SW050) which outputs 5v and can take up to 30v input. That 5v is powering a USB hub. The DE-SW050 has two capacitors built in, but I guess they are too small to smooth out the ripples when the frequency is low (the datasheet claimed 2% ripple which shouldn't hurt anything). The blue LED in the USB hub flickers visibly, which should have given me pause for thought. I guess I didn't think carefully about what rippling voltage might do to something expecting smooth DC.
I observed that this setup charged my least expensive USB device (an iPod nano) successfully. Here's where I acted hastily out of excitement: I plugged in the Z and went for a ride. After that, the Z does not seem to charge batteries. The charge light comes on, but I left a dead one in there over night and the Z didn't turn on in the morning. That was stupid. Oh well, live and learn. At least the Z still works.
Anyway, two questions:
First, I've read somewhere on this forum that there is such a thing as an external BL-08 charger but haven't been able to find one. Anyone know where I can get one in the USA?
Second, does anyone have any idea which part I might have damaged (possibly a regulator that I cooked with too much current) or where it is on the board? Or any thoughts at all from an EE? I'm pretty much stumped and I'll probably just have to settle for charging batteries externally.
I opened the Z up and looked around, particularly near the power-related stuff. I couldn't see any evidence of damage.
This forum has been very helpful. Thanks, everyone!
Feb 15 2008, 01:23 AM
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Um, I found the external battery charger. It wasn't hiding, I just had a typo in my search.
Feb 15 2008, 04:01 AM
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I was wrong! It does still charge batteries. This is really hard for me to explain because there were too many variables.
I definitely did something to my Z that it didn't really like. At one point I was watching the GPE battery monitor while connecting and disconnecting the power. When I connected it, the charge indicator would rise a bit, but it never said the AC was connected.
At one point the charge light would not come on at all. Since it did this right after my experimental ride, I took it as a grave sign that I had borked it good. However, in RETROVISION (which is a bit like retrospect but with a 1950s feel) it was probably just lack of contact with my cheap imitation battery, because after I opened the Z up and closed it again, the charge light came on (coincidence). However, the Z still wouldn't turn on, even after leaving it charging for more than an hour. I can't explain that. Even a totally dead battery gets enough charge to boot the Z after 15 seconds, no? I don't mean one straight from the factory, I mean one that you just drained with the Z.
Thoroughly downhearted, I started searching for an external battery charger. Then I went to heat up some soup. When I came back, the Z was ON and displaying the login screen. Battery charge indicator said it was charging and at 50%. I hadn't even pressed the ON switch (for at least 10 minutes). I cannot explain that, but that is what happened.
What I learned from this ordeal:
1) Undervoltage and rippling voltage do not seem to damage the Zaurus in any serious way, though it did produce some results which confuse me
2) When pretending to be an EE, it's probably a good idea to consult a real one and to be more patient than I was
3) When in doubt, go heat up some soup and come back in a bit and everything will be fine (YMMV on that)
I'm so happy! Not only is my Z undamaged, but my bike-powered USB hub works, and just needs some smoothing capacitors or something to work with the Z. Tuesday I'm leaving for a long bike tour in Europe. With some luck I will have this working properly before then. The idea is to power my Zaurus, my iPod, a bluetooth GPS, and AAA rechargeable batteries with the bike. Huzzah!
Feb 15 2008, 04:16 AM
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i had some battery trouble during my last holidays too :
-one time the zaurus didn't want to turn off ! one second after an "apm -s" it was back on again !
after a reboot it was ok...
-one time it didn't want to light up, even after charging the battery for several hours... corrected after a full battery off and reset...
-i had too some quick discharge over a night....
so strange troubles indeed... i wonder if it comes from kernel, or apm bug or from something else........ i've to try if this still happens with the latest 2.6.24-yonggun kernel...
Feb 15 2008, 04:24 AM
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There's a big difference between the cx00's and the cxx00's - the newer clamshells don't have the low value fuses in them which are the reason the older models get blown charging circuits, such as my old 860... Not that it is impossible to kill the newer ones, but I don't remember seeing any reports of the newer ones dying that way.
Really flat batteries can be a hassle to restart - it can take a while before it even looks like the battery is charging (led on etc), and maybe even a couple of plug-unplug cycles too. And the Z won't start until you already have a certain amount of battery charge - even with AC - which will take longer than just 15 minutes.
So count yourself lucky! And get some bigger smoothing caps... or just charge the batteries and use them to power the Z instead
Mar 6 2008, 09:26 AM
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New Zaurus models have high value fuses.
There is a low risk of any damage from the external power source input - nothing except and charging/power circuit are connected directly to 5V.
Datasheet of the chip: http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/zaurus/datashee...rging/sc801.pdf
I see the annoying charging bug in 2.6.24, too. It nearly never charges (or at least indicate charging) when I plug power supply. I have to unplug and plug again. Then it works.
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IBM, the Native American Chamber of Commerce, SeniorNet and the U.S. Department of the Interior Open Technology Achievement Center for Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Organizations Collaborate in the "Hope and Harmony for Humanity" Initiative to Bring Free Computer Access and Training to Rural Minnesota Reservation
CASS LAKE, MN, June 28, 2007 – Furthering its effort to bring technology access and education to underserved populations, the 'Hope and Harmony for Humanity Initiative' sponsored by IBM, and including the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), the Native American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) and SeniorNet, the nation's leading technology educator of older adults, today announced the opening of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Achievement Center located at the Elder Nutrition Program (6212 Upper Cass Frontage Road, N.W. Cass Lake, MN 56633).
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Achievement Center is the second of five Achievement Centers to be opened during the next two years as part of 'Hope and Harmony for Humanity,' a collaborative, grant-based initiative of IBM, the NACC, the U.S. Department of the Interior and SeniorNet, designed to bring computer technology access and education to low-income and remote Native American reservations across the United States. The first such Achievement Center was opened in September 2006 on the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana.
The Lenovo PC-based Achievement Center opening today at the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will offer computer and Internet access, education and training for reservation residents of all ages. In addition to computer training ranging from introductory to advanced courses, the Achievement Center will serve as an education center for the reservation's community, offering classes on topics such as Family History and Genealogy, Health, Language Training, Work Skills, and Tutoring, as well as a host of life skills and enrichment curriculum.
The Ojibwe Achievement Center is also a Microsoft 'Unlimited Potential' grant recipient, an initiative to provide all people with the opportunity and skills to use the power of technology to access information, to communicate and collaborate with others, and to achieve their personal and professional goals. Through the program, Microsoft provides solutions and tools that suit the unique needs of each community. To that end, the Achievement Center will provide training and coursework on Microsoft Office programs, thus equipping them for real-world workplace situations and personal advancement.
"While we've made great strides over the past 20 years to bridge the 'Digital Divide' by bringing computer technology access and education to older adults across the country, Native American populations living in rural and low-income communities are still left behind," said Kristin Fabos, executive director, SeniorNet. "This Achievement Center is one more step toward bridging the Digital Divide and empowering the underserved with the life-changing benefits of technology."
"The U.S. Department of the Interior has been a vital partner in the 'Hope and Harmony for Humanity' initiative," said Leslie M. Smith, business development executive, IBM and SeniorNet board chairman. "Their support, along with that of the NACC, SeniorNet and IBM gives Native American communities equal access to the latest technology, curriculum and resources so that they too may participate in the Information Age."
"We are very excited about the addition of the Achievement Center to our community," said Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Chairman George Goggleye. "It (the Achievement Center) will provide a place for people of all ages to learn about technology, our culture, as well as valuable life and career skills. We're very thankful to each of these organizations for providing us with this great asset."
In addition, in an effort to promote reading among the reservation's grades K-12 students, the SeniorNet online Book Club (www.seniornet.org) has also organized a book donation program whereby they will procure and coordinate the donation and shipment of books to the Achievement Center.
About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with over 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. For more information about IBM, visit www.ibm.com.
About the Native American Chamber of Commerce (NACC)
The Native American Chamber of Commerce (www.namcham.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Native American business community through charitable, cultural and educational programs and initiatives for current and future generations. NACC is a growing 501(c)(3) organization with a combined membership of over 500 corporate and American Indian owned enterprises with members in 31 States. One of only thirteen Native American Chambers in the United States, NACC assists both corporations and small businesses profit through numerous programs.
About SeniorNet
Founded in 1986, SeniorNet is an international non-profit organization that has taught hundreds of thousands of adults age 50+ to use computers and the Internet and has enriched the lives of millions through its award-winning website, www.seniornet.org. With a thriving online community and a network of more than 200 locally run Learning Centers in the U.S. and abroad staffed by more than 3,500 volunteers, SeniorNet offers both offline and online destinations to a population that was originally neglected in the information revolution. With sponsorship by major corporations and foundations, private and public donations, and a backbone of individual members and contributors, SeniorNet continues to grow and offer new opportunities to those touched by its mission. SeniorNet headquarters is located in Santa Clara, CA.
For more information, contact:
Kristin Fabos
Executive Director
900 Layette Street, Suite 604
Santa Clara, CA 95050
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What does the reelection of Barack Obama mean for climate change? On the one hand, it is a tremendous relief that Mitt Romney lost; but on the other, Obama's victory is not particularly promising.
Firstly, it is unlikely that Obama will be able to accomplish much even if he wants to. The Republicans will continue to control the House of Representatives, as well as continuing to effectively control the Senate, which means they can continue to block everything as they've been doing for the past three years. Why do they effectively control the Senate, you may ask? As explained here, an idiosyncratic rule called the filibuster allows any Senator to prevent a bill being passed (or even being introduced) by debating the motion indefinitely (or secretly threatening to do so). To overrule a filibuster requires 60 out of 100 votes, which the Democrats have not had since 2009 and still don't have after this election. The Republicans now filibuster pretty much anything and everything, making it almost impossible for the Obama administration to pass legislation. Even if the Democrats had 60 seats, many Democratic Senators representing coal states are unlikely to vote in favor of legislation to address climate change.
It is far from clear that Obama would take the necessary level of action on climate change even if he could get it through Congress. Obama's first term will be remembered for the failure to act on climate change. The policies he has tried to implement so far have been utterly inadequate. In UN climate talks, Obama has secured a too-high 2°C target and promoted a system of voluntary pledges utterly inadequate to meet it with no intention of ramping them up until at least 2020, when it will be too late (although I say "Obama", the president himself no longer bothers to show up to climate conferences in person). To his credit, he has invested heavily in renewable energy deployment, but his "all of the above" energy policy also continues to promote and even subsidize fossil fuels. His failed climate legislation, negotiated between Congress and industry lobbyists, was plagued by similar problems to Australia's policy – weak targets, offsets, free permits for polluters, etcetera – so even if it had passed it was unlikely to be very effective. He delayed that legislation in favor of healthcare reform and financial regulation, after which the Democrats lost the required Senate supermajority. And since March 2009, he has followed a deliberate strategy of not even talking about climate change, instead trying (and failing) to sell climate policies on side-benefits like "green jobs".
Obama has promised to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through the Environmental Protection Agency if reelected, but those regulations have already been delayed for years. The regulations may prevent new coal-fired electricity generation in the US, but that would merely cement a trend already underway. Coal power plants in the US are already closing thanks to grassroots environmental campaigning, but they are being replaced with gas-fired plants while the US coal industry is ramping up its coal exports.
All things considered, Obama's policies have proven to be little better than those of George W. Bush. His attempts to compromise have resulted only in moving the political centre toward the resolutely unmovable Republicans. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has moved far to the right (at least strategically), and even further away from reality. I won't mince words: the Republicans are insane, or pretending to be insane, not just on climate but across all policy areas – and that's an understatement. They have constructed their own alternate reality, with its own media. Their attitude is perhaps best illustrated by Romney's declaration that "we're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers". The relevant points for this blog are that they openly deny the science of climate change; they seek to abolish all climate policies, renewable energy subsidies, and environmental regulation; and their energy policy is encapsulated by the slogan "drill, baby, drill". Their descent into madness has been enabled by political commentators who, trapped in a misguided paradigm of balance, insist on treating the Republicans' positions as if they were sane, while ignoring the views of minor parties. In any case, the two-party system meant Obama and Romney were the only two viable candidates.
I am convinced the ultimate reason for bad policy from both Republicans and Democrats – as with governments around the world – is the corrupting influence of money in politics. Instead of democratic government by the people, for the people, the US has undemocratic government by the corporations, for the corporations. Political donations have reached astronomical amounts. The Republican Party in particular receives an unimaginable quantity of political donations from the fossil fuel industry, but the Democratic Party is contaminated by corporate influence too. Business lobbyists have privileged access to the political system, and are using it to stop or sabotage climate policies. The two-party system means they only need to influence two organizations to all but control the entire country.
Despite all the above, a relatively sane but deadlocked president is not as bad as an insane president. Although the Republicans should still be able to prevent Obama from implementing much of his program, Romney's defeat means they will not be able to implement their own. And with no need to campaign for re-election, Obama now has no excuse not to actively attempt and promote climate action.
People power is urgently needed to counter corporate power. American citizens must demand that the government and Congress take radical action on climate change, take steps to reduce the influence of money in politics, and get rid of the freaking filibuster!


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"This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy." (I Corinthians 4:1-2)
This text from the ELCA ordination service is a deep reminder of who and whose we are as Christians and as pastors. And it is a clear word that, while a faithful and effective pastor can be "not so good" at many things, one cannot be "not so good" at being trustworthy. Trust is an absolute essential. Being trusted, and trusting others, is at the heart of healthy ministry and life.
If you were in our pre-internship class, you know that we talked a lot about trust and its various manifestations in ministry. You would expect nothing less. Yet in the world of business and societal leadership, trust is often portrayed as a "nice" thing, sort of a "soft" asset that is good if you can have it, but not essential, and certainly not the main thing. So I was delighted recently to read The Speed of Trust (Free Press, 2006) by Stephen M.R. Covey (the son of Stephen R. Covey, famous for The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.)
In this thorough exploration of the topic, Covey writes, "The one thing that changes everything is trust." He's writing for the secular business world. He's making the case that the trust—or lack of trust—within one's organization has a major impact on the bottom line as well as the quality of life. He isn't writing for churches. But what he has to say is just as pertinent for our ministries as for those businesses.
Covey has a simple definition of leadership: "Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust."
I like it. He makes a compelling case for his thesis, which is simply this: high trust = low cost and high speed; low trust = slow speed and high cost. He talks about the "trust tax" an organization pays when people are suspicious of one another, since everyone has to spend all sorts of time, energy, and money checking up on each other. On the other hand, a high trust organization realizes a "trust dividend" as they can make deals, share information, and work together without all sorts of expensive and time consuming efforts to protect themselves from each other.
He gives examples of corporate mergers and the extraordinary expense of due diligence and legal protection, while citing a multi-billion merger deal entered into by Warren Buffett and another company, wherein the two principles trusted each other, talked for four hours, shook hands, and then proceeded with the deal.
It isn't just businesses that can be high trust or low trust. In schools, churches, families, work teams and institutions, trust is crucial to us all. If a pastor is widely trusted (and trusting) it's amazing how much ministry can happen with little fuss or cost; conversely, if there is low trust, good luck getting much ministry done, let alone making any healthy missional changes.
We've all been part of both high and low trust settings. Covey makes a pretty good case for how each of us can become more trusted and more trusting, thereby greatly increasing the effectiveness of the ministry. He is especially aware of the role leaders play in building or destroying that trust. Covey's book is a good guide for anyone wanting to engender a high trust atmosphere. I think it's worth the read, especially for those of us who, at our core, are "required to be found trustworthy."
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New Catholic Dictionary – Saint Charles Borromeo
Confessor. Cardinal-Priest of the title of Saint Prassede, and Archbishp of Milan, born Arona, Italy, 1538; died Milan, Italy, 1584. He was the son of Count Giberto Borromeo and Margherim de' Medici, and nephew of Pope Pius IV. Charles received the tonsure at the age of 12, and later was made titular abbot of Saint Gratian and Saint Felinus at Arona; in 1552 he matriculated at the University of Pavia, where he received his doctorate in civil and canon law, 1559. Upon the election of Pius IV, he was summoned to Rome; the administration of all the papal states was intrusted to him; and he was made cardinal–deacon and administrator of the archdiocese of Milan though only 22 years old. He was legate of Bologna, Romagna, and the March of Ancona, and Protector of the Kingdom of Portugal, Lower Germany, and the Catholic cantons of Switzerland. Under his protection were placed the orders of Saint Francis, the Carmelites, the Humiliati, and the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Christ in Portugal. He founded at Rome the Vatican Academy for literary work; many of the contributions to the Academy are found in Saint Charles's "Noctes Vaticanre." As papal secretary of state he labored for the reassembling of the Council of Trent, which took place, 1562, and was active in enforcing its reforms, and in composing the Roman Catechism, embodying the teachings of the Council. Finding these worldly occupations too engrossing, he secretly took Holy Orders, 1563, and was consecrated bishop, 1564. In 1565, at his own request, he took up residence at his episcopal city which had fallen into disorder through the absence of a resident archbishop for a period of 80 years; he devoted the rest of his life to reforming his diocese, creating parishes and establishing monasteries. His simplicity and piety, his generosity. and self-sacrifice during the plague, 1576, and his able administration of the diocese made him beloved by his flock. His literary works are numerous and his large correspondence indicates the esteem in which he was held by the sovereigns of Europe. Patron of Lombardy. Emblems: Holy Communion and coat of arms bearing the word Humilitas; also represented curing the sick. Canonized, 1610. Relics in the Cathedral of Milan. Feast, Roman Calendar, 4 November.
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A survey of scientists whose studies became the focus of a public debate about NIH grant funding has found that many of them engaged in self-censorship as a result of the controversy. The study, published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, found that following the criticism of their research, scientists removed politically sensitive language from grant applications and stopped studying certain topics. These self-censorship tactics were employed despite the fact that all of the criticised studies — most of which investigated sexual behaviour, drug-use, and other HIV-related questions — were defended in an NIH internal review and retained their funding.
Joanna Kempner of Rutgers University in New Jersey surveyed the researchers who were the subject of a debate in the US in July 2003, which began when a Congressional Representative proposed an amendment to rescind five NIH grants after publicly criticising the studies as "less worthy of taxpayer funding" than research into "devastating diseases." The amendment failed to pass but the controversy resulted in the internal review of more than 250 grants by the NIH, which concluded that each study was scientifically sound.
After conducting in-depth interviews with thirty researchers whose funding was reviewed, Kempner surveyed the principal investigators of all the studies. Only a third of the 82 respondents felt they were less likely to receive funding from the NIH in the future, but a majority reported undertaking strategies designed to disguise the most controversial aspects of their research. Half (51%) said they removed potential "red flag" words from the titles and abstracts of their grant submissions, including the words gay, lesbian, homophobia, anal sex, needle-exchange, and AIDS. Kemper reports that one interviewee said "I do not study sex workers, I study 'women at risk.'"
Almost a quarter of the researchers had either reframed their studies to avoid research on marginalized or stigmatized populations or had chosen to drop studies that were thought to be political sensitive, such as those on sexual orientation, abortion, childhood sexual abuse, and condom use. The survey also found that four of the principal investigators had made career changes and left academia as a result of the controversy.
Joanna Kempner stresses that the controversy also galvanized sections of the research community with 10% of respondents reporting a strengthened commitment to see their research completed, including those who had reported self-censorship practices. She says that the findings are a powerful example of how the political environment can shape what scientists chose not to study.
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I'm not especially well-versed in Hopf algebra theory, so apologies in advance if the following question has a very easy answer. Given a Hopf algebra $H$, let $\Delta$ denote the comultiplication, $\sigma$ the coinverse, and $*$ the adjoint action of $H$ on itself. Then, explicitly, the adjoint action is given by $X*Y = \sum X' Y \sigma(X'')$, where $\Delta X = \sum X' \otimes X''$. We can extend the adjoint action to an action of $H$ on $H \otimes H$ in the standard way that one usually extends a left Hopf algebra action to a tensor product; I'll also call this action $*$. In the case that $H$ is the hyperalgebra (or enveloping algebra) of the unipotent radical of a Borel of a semisimple algebraic group, it appears to be the case that $\Delta(X*Y) = X*\Delta(Y)$ for all $X$ and $Y$.
My question is: Are there simple conditions on a Hopf algebra, eg cocommutativity, that imply $\Delta(X*Y) = X*\Delta(Y)$ for all $X$ and $Y$ in $H$? Or is this always true? I have a somewhat ugly ad-hoc proof for the case mentioned above, but this seems like the kind of thing that should follow easily from simple facts in Hopf algebra theory.


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This is not about parrots but about songbirds like canaries, finches, etc. [I know that tiel people say that their cockatiels 'sing' but they don't, they just vocalize] but I thought this article would still be interesting to you because there are species of parrots where the vocalizations of the males is different from the females (like cockatiels and budgies, for example].
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Inside Linebacker -- Lawrence Timmons versus Larry Foote.
Steelers management bringing back Foote in the offseason sends a clear message that they are concerned with either the productivity or consistency of Timmons.
ESPN projected Lawrence Timmons to be a breakout star linebacker in 2009 with Larry Foote leaving the steelers and joining the Lions roster, but Timmons was at best... under the expectations set for him, in part due to a leg injury suffered during preseason and lingering throughout the regular season.
What I'm hearing from fans in the Pittsburgh area suggest that Timmons is unbelievably gifted athletically.... but he is lacking the ability to process information quickly pre-snap and also not grasping the defensive playbook and assignments.
While Larry Foote may not have the sideline to sideline quickness, passrush ability, or overall skill of Timmons, he may beat out Timmons for the inside LB job alongside Farrior, since he is smart and rarely makes the "big mistake on the big play".
Signs lead to Foote winning the starting job back and Timmons being assigned to a pass rushing role on 3rd down.


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§30-3-10a. Special volunteer medical license; civil immunity for voluntary services rendered to indigents.
(a) There is hereby established a special volunteer medical license for physicians retired or retiring from the active practice of medicine who wish to donate their expertise for the medical care and treatment of indigent and needy patients in the clinic setting of clinics organized, in whole or in part, for the delivery of health care services without charge. The special volunteer medical license shall be issued by the West Virginia Board of Medicine to physicians licensed or otherwise eligible for licensure under this article and the rules promulgated hereunder without the payment of any application fee, license fee or renewal fee, shall be issued for a fiscal year or part thereof, and shall be renewable annually. The board shall develop application forms for the special license provided for in this subsection which shall contain the physician's acknowledgment that: (1) The physician's practice under the special volunteer medical license will be exclusively and totally devoted to providing medical care to needy and indigent persons in West Virginia; (2) the physician will not receive any payment or compensation, either direct or indirect, or have the expectation of any payment or compensation, for any medical services rendered under the special volunteer medical license; (3) the physician will supply any supporting documentation that the board may reasonably require; and (4) the physician agrees to continue to participate in continuing medical education as required of physicians in active practice.
(b) Any physician who renders any medical service to indigent and needy patients of a clinic organized, in whole or in part, for the delivery of health care services without charge under a special volunteer medical license authorized under subsection (a) of this section without payment or compensation or the expectation or promise of payment or compensation is immune from liability for any civil action arising out of any act or omission resulting from the rendering of the medical service at the clinic unless the act or omission was the result of the physician's gross negligence or willful misconduct. In order for the immunity under this subsection to apply, there must be a written agreement between the physician and the clinic pursuant to which the physician will provide voluntary noncompensated medical services under the control of the clinic to patients of the clinic before the rendering of any services by the physician at the clinic: Provided, That any clinic entering into such written agreement shall be required to maintain liability coverage of not less than one million dollars per occurrence.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a clinic organized, in whole or in part, for the delivery of health care services without charge shall not be relieved from imputed liability for the negligent acts of a physician rendering voluntary medical services at or for the clinic under a special volunteer medical license authorized under subsection (a) of this section.
(d) For purposes of this section, "otherwise eligible for licensure" means the satisfaction of all the requirements for licensure as listed in section ten of this article and in the legislative rules promulgated hereunder, except the fee requirements of subsections (b) and (d) of said section and of the legislative rule promulgated by the board relating to fees.
(e) Nothing in this section may be construed as requiring the board to issue a special volunteer medical license to any physician whose medical license is or has been subject to any disciplinary action or to any physician who has surrendered a medical license or caused such license to lapse, expire and become invalid in lieu of having a complaint initiated or other action taken against his or her medical license, or who has elected to place a medical license in inactive status in lieu of having a complaint initiated or other action taken against his or her medical license, or who have been denied a medical license.
(f) Any policy or contract of liability insurance providing coverage for liability sold, issued or delivered in this state to any physician covered under the provisions of this article shall be read so as to contain a provision or endorsement whereby the company issuing such policy waives or agrees not to assert as a defense on behalf of the policyholder or any beneficiary thereof, to any claim covered by the terms of such policy within the policy limits, the immunity from liability of the insured by reason of the care and treatment of needy and indigent patients by a physician who holds a special volunteer medical license: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to a terminated policy, terminated contract of liability insurance or extended reporting endorsement attached thereto that provides "tail insurance" as defined by section two, article twenty-d, chapter thirty-three of this code: Provided further, That nothing within this subsection shall be construed to extend coverage under a terminated policy or terminated contract of liability insurance or any extended reporting endorsement attached thereto to: (1) Alter or amend the effective policy period of any policy, contract of liability insurance or extended reporting endorsement; or (2) cover the treatment of indigent and needy patients by a physician who holds a special volunteer medical license.


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$0.01 per hour when not mapped to a running instanceThe idea is to encourage people to stop hogging public IP addresses, which are a limited resource, when they don't need them.
I think one way of viewing EC2 - and the other Amazon utility services - is as a way of putting very fine-grained costs on various computing operations. So will such a pricing model drive us to minimise the computing resources we use to solve a particular problem? My hope is that making computing costs more transparent will at least make us think about what we're using more, in the way metered electricity makes (some of) us think twice about leaving the lights on. Perhaps we'll even start talking about optimizing for monetary cost or energy usage rather than purely raw speed?


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LONDON AND BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- App Annie, the industry leader in app store analytics and market intelligence, today announced another milestone in the company's momentum with the opening of a new office in London. The London office builds on App Annie's local presence in Beijing, San Francisco, Tokyo and Hong Kong, and will serve as a hub for operations across Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA). App Annie also announced today the appointment of mobile gaming industry veteran Olivier Bernard as Vice President, EMEA. Bernard will lead App Annie's sales and operations in the region.
According to App Annie's recent App Annie Index™ the United Kingdom ranked as one of the top four countries leading downloads and revenue in the iOS and Google Play stores. As the market for mobile apps continues to accelerate throughout EMEA, App Annie will be on the ground to provide trusted data and market intelligence to help inform the region's investor, publisher, mobile and gaming industries.
Bernard brings with him more than a decade of international sales, business development and operational management experience in the mobile and gaming industries. Prior to App Annie, Bernard served as VP and General Manager of International at Glu mobile, a global publisher of mobile games. At Glu, he was responsible for managing the company's client base and overseeing all operations in EMEA, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LATAM) regions. Previous to Glu, Bernard held senior business positions within the gaming industry at Vodafone Group and Atari. He holds an M.A. in History and Political Science from University Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.
"I'm looking forward to continuing to increase App Annie's local presence across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and forging new business relationships throughout the region," said Bernard. "With an already strong presence in the U.S. and Asian markets, EMEA is the next natural market for App Annie to tap into and I'm excited to serve our clients in the region with the local support they need to be successful."
About App Annie
App Annie is the industry leader in app store analytics and market intelligence for the global app economy. More than 80 percent of the Top 100 iOS publishers by worldwide revenues use its services, and more than 150,000 apps rely daily on App Annie Analytics to track their downloads, revenues, rankings and reviews. The company is tracking more downloads and revenues than any other app store market data company – to date, over 11 billion downloads and more than US$ 1.5 billion in app store publisher revenues. App Annie is a privately held global company with offices in Beijing, San Francisco, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. For more information, and to stay up to date on App Annie news, visit www.appannie.com, check out our blog and follow @AppAnnie on Twitter.
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This chapter explains some limitations and hack-features of library.
What can not be expressed
The major benefit and major problem of csound-expression is abscense of ids for p-fields, ftables, notes and instruments.
no ids for ... means ... no
p-fields/notes - opcodes that rely on p-fields or invoke instruments
ftables - k-rate ftables
instruments - convenient way to specify order of instruments
program flow control
there is no program flow control opcodes (like if, then, goto)
i've decided to represent csound's S-rate with
Signal is represented with tree and it means i can't include opcodes that produce Srate
hack-way around (what somehow can be expressed)
instrument order
Orchestra section is generated from
EventList. Different instruments
have different tree structure and one instrument's tree can't be
transformed into another one by replacing leaf-values only.
You can point to instrument by its structure. There is opcode in
CsoundExpr.Base.Header that specifies order of instruments by
list of notes.
instrOrder takes in list of notes, if instrument's
tree is equivalent to note it is placed in relation to list of notes.
There are ways to make mistake. Sometimes it's unpredictable.
In example below
q1 =/= q2
sco contains two instruments (one with
x, and another one with
cpspch x)
osc x = oscilA [] (num 1000) x $ gen10 4096 [1] env = lineK 1 idur 0 q1 x = osc x <*> env q2 x = env <*> osc x sco1 = note 1 440 sco2 = note 1 $ cpspch 8.00 sco = fmap q1 $ sco1 +:+ sco2
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A 19-year-old man was gunned down and two other men were hurt in separate shootings late Tuesday, authorities said.
About 11:05 p.m., someone fired shots from a light-colored sedan, striking the 19-year-old as he walked down the sidewalk in the 4700 block of South Calumet Avenue, in the Bronzeville neighborhood, authorities said.
Shot in the back, the man managed to run through a vacant lot before collapsing in an alley in the 4700 block of South Prairie Avenue, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
Paramedics rushed the man to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead at 11:44 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The medical examiner's office identified him as Kevin Ambrose, of the 4800 block of South Prairie Avenue.
Earlier, a 21-year-old man was seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in the Calumet Heights neighborhood, authorities said.
About 6:15 p.m., gunfire erupted from a dark SUV as the man stood with other people on the corner of South Phillips Avenue and East 89th Street, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
The man was struck in the chest and taken to Trinity Hospital in serious condition. He was later transferred to Stroger.
Also Tuesday, a 55-year-old man was shot about 9:50 p.m. while walking on the sidewalk in the 2700 block of West 44th Street.
The man was struck in the thigh and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
The shooting happened in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
No suspects are in custody as detectives investigate.
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Head Coach - Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer was named the head coach of UC San Diego's women's basketball team on May 25, 2012, becoming the school's sixth coach in program history.
In 2012-13, VanDerveer's first season leading the Tritons, the team posted a 22-11 overall record and placed second in the CCAA with a 17-5 mark. UCSD won its first-ever CCAA Tournament title and qualified for NCAA postseason play for the eighth time since joining the NCAA Division II ranks in 2000.
Daisy Feder was named the CCAA's Most Valuable Player, while Erin Dautremont and Emily Osga joined her as league first team selections. Feder also earned Daktronics All-West Region First Team accolades.
VanDerveer came to La Jolla following an impressive stint at Division III Occidental, where she compiled an overall record of 83-26 (.761) and led the Tigers to four straight Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) titles during her four seasons. She also guided Occidental to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances -- including the program's first-ever NCAA berth in her first season in 2008-09.
VanDerveer went 49-7 (.875) in SCIAC play, amassing the highest conference winning percentage of any coach in league history. She coached three all-conference selections in 2011-12, including SCIAC Player of the Year Makenzie Brandon, who led the league in scoring at 18.1 points per game.
A former WNBA coach, Olympic team scout and assistant for the legendary Pat Summitt, VanDerveer has over two decades of experience at both the collegiate and professional levels. She began her coaching career as a graduate assistant under Summit at the University of Tennessee in 1986 and helped guide the Lady Volunteers to the 1987 NCAA National Championship and another Final Four appearance in 1988.
She then spent six seasons as an assistant at the University of South Carolina from 1988-94, where she helped lead the Gamecocks to three NCAA Tournament appearances.
VanDerveer served as the head women's basketball coach at Eastern Washington University for three seasons from 1994-97, where the team posted a 24-56 record. Her tenure was highlighted by back-to-back Big Sky Conference Tournament appearances in 1995 and 1996.
VanDerveer spent 12 years working in the WNBA, beginning with an assistant coaching position with the Sacramento Monarchs in 1997. She was later promoted to head coach before the 1998-99 season and went on to work with the Minnesota Lynx as both an assistant (1999-2002) and head coach (2002). She was a WNBA scout from 2003-05 and served as an assistant with the Seattle Storm in 2006 and 2007.
VanDerveer moved back to the collegiate ranks as an assistant at the University of San Francisco in 2004-05 and was named the head coach of the program just four games into the season. She ended up with a 10-14 record while leading the Dons.
She also served as the video coordinator for two seasons under her Hall of Fame big sister in Tara VanDerveer at Stanford and was the associate head coach at San Diego State under longtime Aztecs coach Beth Burns for one season prior to taking the job at Occidental.
In addition to her collegiate and professional experience, VanDerveer worked with USA Basketball as a scout for the 2006 World Championship team and the 2008 World Qualifying Tournament. Most recently, she served as a scout for the 2008 Olympic Team that won a Gold medal in Beijing.
During her career, VanDerveer has coached the likes of Sue Bird, Candace Parker, Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi and several other women's basketball superstars.
VanDerveer graduated from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor's Degree in political science in 1986 and went on to earn her Master's in physical education and sports psychology from the University of Tennessee in 1988. She was a four-year letterwinner on the basketball team at Charleston and served as a team captain as a junior and a senior.


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For Midwesterners who love to eat food fresh from the garden, this is the best time of year. Local gardens are teaming with bright heavy tomatoes, slender green beans, colossal cabbages, a variety of peppers, zucchini almost as long as my arms - all kinds of vegetables - fresh and full of flavor.
I am getting a few tomatoes and some gorgeous Hungarian and Bulgarian peppers from my own garden, but other than herbs, that's all I can get to grow. I rely on the expert growers selling their harvest at farmers markets and friends who have very green thumbs and are willing to share.
After a visit to a local garden that produced some blue ribbon cabbage at the county fair this year, my car was loaded with edible treasures harvested by hand. I couldn't wait to get home to start eating.
I remembered reading in "Homegrown Pure and Simple" about an interesting method for cooking vegetables. Author Michel Nischan suggests layering thinly sliced root vegetables in a shallow pan, covering that with another pan of the same size and then wrapping it all up in aluminum foil for a long bake. I decided to give it a try.
Since I was cooking just for two, I pulled four gratin dishes from my kitchen drawer, old restaurant ware I found in an antique shop. They were shallow and just the right size to pile up some potatoes, carrots, onion, green beans and cabbage, all sliced very thin and all very fresh. Salt and pepper were the only seasonings I used. A little olive oil coated the pans to prevent potatoes from sticking.
The two dishes that were filled with vegetables each got covered with the two remaining dishes turned upside down. I was reminded of my days as a Girl Scout wrapping vegetables to cook over a campfire, as I wrapped the baking dishes up tight with aluminum foil and put both bundles in the oven. After half hour, I used oven mitts to turn the foil packages and let them bake for another 30 minutes.
Once out of the oven, I carefully unwrapped the packages that were delivering wonderful aroma to my kitchen. I removed the dish covering each Vegetable Stack. I could have served them right in the darling gratin dishes, but decided to follow Nischan's instructions for removing the stack. I placed a plate upside-down over the top of each stack and turned it over, releasing the layers of tender vegetables. A drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar and they were ready to serve.
Of course, if you're baking the stack in a jelly-roll pan, you'll need to turn the baked vegetables out onto a large cutting board, just as if you were turning a sheet cake out of the pan.
There are at least a few things to love about this dish. For one thing, you really don't even need a recipe. Use whatever vegetables you have coming from your garden (or in my case, a friend's garden) or whatever strikes your fancy at the farmers market. It doesn't matter if you're cooking for your family, cooking for a crowd or making a meal for just one or two - choose shallow baking pans or dishes that suit your needs. Season the Vegetable Stack as you wish, but when you are using garden-fresh vegetables, you'll discover salt and pepper are perfect.
'Tis the season to eat, drink and make merry with the bountiful harvest - stacked.
Baked Garden Vegetable Stack
Olive oil, for preparing pans
Salt and pepper, for seasoning
Yukon Gold potatoes, about 2 to 2 1/2 pounds, peeled
Carrots, about 1 pound, peeled
Onion, 1 medium, sliced thin
Green Beans, 5 to 6 ounces, topped and tailed (trimmed), cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces
Cabbage, about 4 ounces, sliced thin
Balsamic vinegar, good quality, for drizzling
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Prepare 2 shallow baking pans or baking dishes that are the same size. Two jelly roll pans (11- x 15-inch) if you are feeding a family or 2 to 4 gratin dishes if you are cooking for one or two. Lightly coat the inside of each baking pan or dish with olive oil. Set aside.
Use a sharp knife or a mandolin to slice Yukon Gold potatoes and carrots 1/8-inch thick, keeping them in separate piles.
Salt and pepper the inside bottom of one pan. Arrange about half of the Yukon Gold potato slices, shingle style, in the prepared pan, covering the bottom completely. Make another layer with all of the carrots, arranging them the same way. Sprinkle the onion slices, green beans and cabbage over the carrots. End the stack with a layer of the remaining Yukon Golds, arranging them shingle style. Push the mixture down with your hands to pack it in to the pan tightly.
Brush olive oil over the top layer and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Set the other prepared pan upside down over the pan of vegetables. Wrap the pans up tight with heavy-duty aluminum foil to hold them securely together.
Bake in 400-degree preheated oven for 30 minutes. Carefully flip the pans over (be sure to use oven mitts) and bake for another 30 minutes.
Remove from oven. Allow the baked stack to rest for 5 minutes, then very carefully remove aluminum foil.
Lift off the top baking pan. Lay a large cutting board over the top of the baked stack and flip the stack over onto the cutting board. Carefully remove the baking pan. Slice the hot stack into squares or rectangles and serve immediately with a drizzle of flavorful balsamic vinegar.
Tips from the cook
--You can choose any shallow pans of the exact same size. The smaller they are, the easier the removal process will be. When I'm cooking for 1 to 4 people, I love using gratin dishes. But the potatoes tend to brown much nicer in pans. If you try to use deeper pans, the baking time will increase.
--Sprinkle any of your favorite fresh herbs from your garden into the stack. A little bit of thyme is nice.
--Rutabaga, parsnips and turnips sliced 1/8-inch thick are good choices to add to the potatoes in Baked Garden Vegetable Stack. When all root vegetables are used in the stack, it holds together well when released from the pan.
--Baked Garden Vegetable Stack can be eaten on its own or served as a side with grilled pork chops or steak.


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Lubuntu is designed to be fast and easy to use. It has a lot of applications for every daily need, while keeping your system light and responsive, making it ideal for old computers and netbooks. The applications included in the distribution cover the folowing areas:
PCManFM is a lightweight and incredibly fast file manager with lots of features. This brings a stable and high responsive desktop.
A lot of tools to satisfy your daily needs, such as a calculator, a text editor, a file (de)compressor, sticky notes and, of course, a Unix-like terminal.
You can obtain images from your scanner with an easy interface, view any kind of graphic documents, your favourite photos, or make simple drawings.
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Browse the web with Firefox, read your e-mails with Sylpheed, download torrents with Transmission, or chat on multiple accounts with Pidgin messenger.
Customize almost everything in your desktop: icons and visual settings, manage users, add free apps and games, connect printers and other devices, etc.
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LOS ANGELES — Screenwriter Alyson Fouse was working on a sequel for the "Bring It On" movie franchise when the studio asked for changes.
"They wanted the black girl to be more ghetto, for want of a better word," Fouse recalled. "I said that's fine, we're doing a cheerleader comedy so stereotypes are what's funny. But I want the other side of that, too. I want a girl who's not ghetto."
The African-American writer was able to create a black teen from a posh private school, a rare victory in an industry that makes scant room for those of color or their perspective. "OscarsSoWhite," the hashtag protest over this year's all-white slate of nominees, is applicable to the original and adapted screenplay categories as well (with "Inside Out" writer Ronnie del Carmen an exception).
"There just isn't a lot of diversity within the core of people who are coming up with stories and developing characters," said Darnell Hunt, director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Hunt also has charted writers' employment for a decade for the Writers Guild of America, West, and sees "very little progress. To the extent there has been progress, it tends to be in front of the camera and very little behind the camera."
That's despite the growing colorization of America, with the transition to a nonwhite majority predicted within three decades. The expanding TV universe has been more agile in adjusting to the demographic change than movies, with ethnic and gender diversity in shows ranging from CW's "Jane the Virgin" to Netflix's "Orange is the New Black," and awards have followed.
The film academy adopted voting changes that may, in the future, prevent the omission of actors such as Idris Alba, who won a SAG award for "Beasts of No Nation," and Michael B. Jordan, overlooked for "Creed," while Sylvester Stallone earned a supporting actor bid for reviving his Rocky character.
But Oscar-worthy roles start with writers and directors, said Kenya Barris, the creator and executive producer of ABC's groundbreaking African-American family comedy, "black-ish." Barris, who is black, works with a writing staff that's majority non-white and half female.
"The moment we make improvements behind the camera, we'll have more opportunities to step up and have real swings at being noticed — not just for being black, but for being excellent. Not sure for being gay, but for being excellent. Not just for being a woman, but being excellent," Barris said.
Diversity yields studio rewards, too. Movies with casts evenly split between white and nonwhite actors are more profitable, according to a new Bunche Center study that cites "Lucy," the Morgan Freeman-Scarlett Johansson sci-fi drama that grossed $400 million-plus worldwide, as an example.
"This is not affirmative action. .... More people would buy tickets if you featured people who look like us or reflect modern society," said Daniel Mayeda, co-chair of the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition.
Mayeda's group is part of an umbrella organization, the Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition, that in 2000 called on TV networks to boost minority hiring in all areas and has seen measureable results. This month, the coalition asked major studios including Sony, Warner Bros. and Disney to match that effort, including tracking minority employment and investing in "pipeline" programs leading to jobs.
The writers' guild has its own program to bring women and minority members to the industry's attention, said Tery Lopez, the guild's diversity director. But they fight a "business as usual" attitude that keeps decision makers returning to the same pool of white male writers, said guild spokesman Neal Sacharow.
"If folks feel they have a successful formula, they will continue to work it," he said.
Alan Yang is an example of what happens when talent, without regard to ethnicity, gets a shot.
He started out writing for "South Park" and then moved to a staff job on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," his salary initially defrayed by a network diversity program. There he became friends with cast member Aziz Ansari, and the two went on to create and produce "Master of None," the critically applauded Netflix comedy starring Ansari.
The result? A show that goes beyond tokenism — the old-school version of diversity that made do with a black judge or doctor in the background — and includes a variety of layered characters.
"I want the representation of everyone whose stories haven't been told as much to be as accurate, as personal, and as truthful as possible," Yang said. "Some of the stories on 'Master of None' would frankly be very different if they were told by older white guys — no offense to older white guys, many of whom are amazing talents."


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Students all over the world use MATLAB and Simulink for cool projects and competitions while solving practical challenges in areas like robotics, fuel-efficient cars, and autonomous vehicles. You can use student software to excel in your courses and research, add real-world perspective to the theories you learn, and build important career skills.
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Has anyone ever compiled an A-Z list of all fixx studio recorded material?
I wanna see if i missed anything.... i'm gonna get an ipod and put the entire fixx collection on it so i will have all material at my fingertips on land,sea, or air!
let me know...
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In the era of Justin Bieber and Shia LaBeouf, it's easy for an angry old man sitting behind a computer keyboard to decry modern entertainers
And yet, despite the affliction of age, I know I'm right if I do.
Which is why I say with certainty that our culture lost a great actor and a good man this weekend when James Garner died.
True, Bieber and LaBeouf won't be streamed into every household in America at precisely 9 p.m. every Friday night like Garner was when he played James Rockford.
So you could say they will never have the same chance. But, that's not what made James Garner special.
A couple of days ago an article in the Military Times described Garner as "the epitome of the reluctant hero."
Why would the Military Times write about an TV actor?
It's because Garner — then Pvt. James Bumgarner, the first Oklahoman drafted to serve in Korea — was twice wounded in battle during the Korean War. And, he received a pair of Purple Hearts.
In a January 1983 interview with The Associated Press, Garner explained his service. Here's an excerpt:
"I was going south fighting the North Koreans at the time," said Garner, who shortened his name when he became an actor.
"As a matter of fact, I got it in the backside. I went into a foxhole headfirst and I was a little late. There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target."
The wound was Garner's second in Korea, but the first that required hospitalization. Earlier, he was hit in a hand by shrapnel from a mortar round, the AP reported in that 1983 article.
"I was drafted and then I got out as fast as I could," he said.
"Do I have fond memories? I guess if you get together with some buddies it's fond. But it really wasn't. It was cold and hard. I was one of the lucky ones."
If that's not enough, perhaps one could measure Garner's humanity via his daughter's devotion to her dad. Gigi Garner's Twitter account, @mavrocksgirl always features nice pictures of father and daughter in happy times. Just as importantly, Gigi makes an effort to reach out to fans who mention her dad or his career in their tweets. I don't think many Hollywood brats are that devoted to their parents.
Garner played lots of roles. But that description of him as reluctant hero sticks with me. Certainly, Garner's greatest role, that of Los Angeles-based detective James Rockford, was nothing if not a reluctant hero.
Rockford battled the forces of bureaucracy, organized crime and his own jailbird past. And, he didn't always win. Yes he lived in Malibu, but it was in a rusty, run-down trailer at the far end of a busy parking lot.
Nonetheless he remained loyal to his dad Rocky, his sketchy best friend Angel Martin and his fair-weather police department buddy, Lt. Dennis Becker. Rockford's loyalty survived countless shootings, beatings and numerous wrecks involving his gold Pontiac Firebird.
And, we got to listen in on Rockford's voice mail once a week:
"It's Norma at the market. It bounced. You want me to tear it up, send it back, or put it with the others?"
That's a whole bunch of reasons why old guys like me are mourning the passing of James Garner.
Nicholas Sparks, the guy who wrote Garner's last film "The Notebook" put it best in tweet Sunday morning: RIP to a legend.
Frank Girardot is the senior editor of the San Gabriel Valley News Group. Follow him @FrankGirardot on Twitter.com


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I won't be making more of these, but am honored to have DoobieDuck's art featured on one of my pedals!
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A fun, refreshing fusion of vintage fiddle tunes, blazing mandolin, and songs of old-time Americana.
"An adventure through the landscape of traditional American music... as vast and diverse as the country itself." --Caleb Klauder, Foghorn Stringband
"Individually, each band member is an exceptionally accomplished musician with a long list of credentials... but together, they achieve something that transcends their individual talents… an energy that will truly take you for an exciting, creative ride!" --Jackie Morris, Folkworks (Read the entire review here.)
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Firm up your lease agreements to secure profit
A lot of farmland has changed hands in the past few years, which might provide an opportunity to increase the amount of leased land in your farm portfolio.
A recent Farm Journal Pulse shows only 10% of the 1,400 respondents own all their land. Slightly more than 40% rent more than 60% of their acreage.
Even though leasing is common, Shannon Ferrell, Oklahoma State University agricultural economics professor, says few of these arrangements are official, or even on paper.
"I see producers leasing significant parcels of land on nothing but a handshake agreement—in some cases that is a handshake agreement between past generations that has not been revisited in decades," he says. "That means that a significant production asset is exposed to a lot of legal risk for both parties."
Ferrell says the occupation and location of landlords is starting to shift. No longer is your typical landlord a retired farmer or a widow.
"Increasingly, we see landowners living off-farm, outside the community or even outside the state," he says. "This means tenants must help landlords understand both the economics and the mechanics of the industry in negotiating their rental agreements."
Competition is high for rented land, and communication is key. "Be open and transparent about the use of the property," he says. "This builds trust, and trust is crucial when you need to ask for a change."
Education is equally important.
Ferrell suggests helping the landlord understand modern farming and why you might adjust your production and management methods. "Just remember, 'educate' does not mean 'talk down to,'" he says. "Respect is vital."
Calculate Your Land Costs
Land values continue to explode and show no likelihood of drastically declining. Shannon Ferrell, Oklahoma State University agricultural economics professor, says increasing land values might make renting a more economic option for some operators, even in the face of increasing rents. "It is very much worth a producer's time to sit down and spend some time with the numbers to figure out the most cost-effective option of securing access to land."
A good habit for farmers is to annually evaluate their land costs per acre. Jim Knuth, senior vice president Farm Credit Services of America, says this is a simple but important concept. "Your land costs are the foundation of your cost structure."
The equation is simple: total real estate costs ÷ acres.
The trick is to include all of your costs, such as total debt service, real estate taxes and rental rates.
Knuth says there are four basic drivers that affect farmers' land cost per acre:
- Debt
- Interest rates
- Amortization schedule
- Rental agreements
Since any of these factors could quickly change, Knuth advises updating your per-acre costs each year, at a minimum. Farmers should also determine their land costs when considering a new purchase or rental agreement. "Knowing your per-acre land costs will keep your cost structure and balance sheet leverage in line," he says.
To learn more about various lease agreements, see the Farm Journal Pulse results map and a link to an Extension farm lease website, visit www.FarmJournal.com/farm_leases
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Designed in 1908 by Biltmore Estate's on-site architect
Winner Preservation Society's prestigious Griffin Award for excellence in historic preservation.
English-style gardens awarded "Best New Gardens in the County."
Lavish multi-course breakfast prepared primarily with organic and local ingredients served each morning on crystal and china in our Dining room.
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King-size bed in all rooms and suites
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Charlie Daniels Band Rocks New River
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2007 - The devil may have gone down to Georgia, but Charlie Daniels stopped off at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., to show his appreciation to the servicemembers stationed there May 16.
The country music star and his band entertained about 5,500 Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., and New River, as well as their guests. Saying the musician got a warm welcome may be a bit understated, Paul Quinn, director of Marine Corps Community Services at New River, said.
"We've had a lot of shows here, and this one was a high-spirited one," he said. "It started off with the 'Tennessee Waltz,' and ended up with 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia.'"
In the midst of the entertainment, Daniels expressed his appreciation for what the servicemembers have done for the country. Before that, however, he had focused his attention on 70 Marines recovering from injuries suffered in Iraq, and their guests.
The wounded warriors, part of a unit stationed at Camp Lejeune, were special guests at the concert.
"Before the show itself started, we gave them a prime rib dinner at the officers' club," Quinn said. "Then he sat down for an hour and a half, and everyone got a personal talking-to and autographs. It was great."
The Spirit of America Tour, which provides headline entertainment to America's stateside military installations, arranged for Daniels and his band to perform for the Marines. Robert M. Rosenthal, the organization's founder and president, said his only expectation for the concert was what he expects from each of the shows he arranges.
"I hope they bring a moment of relaxation to the Marine, the soldier, the airman and their families," Robert M. Rosenthal, the organization's founder and president, said. "I just hope they bring a little morale boost to them and let them know there are people out there in America who respect them, and who want to do something for them."
The concert at New River surely lived up to expectations. "It was one of the most enthusiastic audiences we've ever had," Rosenthal said.
The Spirit of America Tour is a member of America Supports You, a Defense Department program connecting citizens and corporations with military personnel and their families serving at home and abroad.
It was the organization's 82nd concert since its creation in 2002, and like each of the previous shows, it was free to anyone with a Defense Department identification card.
Country music singer Danielle Peck is the next artist who will work with The Spirit of America Tour to show her appreciation to servicemembers. She will perform May 31 at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn.
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The first version of the bill would have required drivers to slow down to 15 miles-per-hour when passing a bike. The second would have required drivers to cross double yellow lines -- which would otherwise be illegal -- to ensure they gave bikes enough space when passing them on a highway. Governor Jerry Brown vetoed both.
The latest bill is sponsored by Assemblyman Steven Bradford.
"This is a way to educate both bicyclists and motorists as to sharing the road," he said. "That's where bicyclists belong, not on the sidewalk."
Bradford says this version would give drivers more discretion as to whether or not they want to cross the lines.If they choose not to, drivers must slow down and keep the required 3 foot distance until they can pass safely. Bradford says he believes his bill addresses the governor's concerns with the two previous efforts.
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Can a movie be watchable and a mess all at once? Because at no time during Money Never Sleeps was I bored or not entertained but at the same time I can't tell you it's a good movie. What I can say is that there's no sense to it, and it's deeply flawed, and the ending is bullsh-t, and the character development is inconsistent, and it felt rushed with too much sh-t jammed into too little time.
Finance to those who don't work in finance is terribly abstract. Or I'm too stupid. And while I didn't expect to be educated about it by Oliver Stone, the problem is that since all the relationships in this film are fractured by finance-related betrayals, it's hard to become emotionally invested if you don't understand what the f-ck it is that they're fighting about. And they're fighting with everyone. Shia LaBeouf is fighting with Josh Brolin. Josh Brolin is fighting with Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas is fighting with Carey Mulligan. He's also fighting with Shia. Then Shia and Michael fight Josh. After that Shia and Michael fight each other because Carey wants to fight both of them. And there's a moral to the story. Consumerism is bad. What? Like I said, it's a mess. But a nice looking one. Slick shots, great clothes, great performances.
Michael Douglas is formidable. Carey cries a lot and she does it well. Shia cries too and I adore him for it. He is intensely compelling onscreen. I get it why the Spielbergs and the Stones and the Bays, why they've all decided he's worthy on a variety of levels. But big ups to Josh Brolin. Because he's been seriously underrated. And he's amazingly skilled. Even though he's probably a cheater, professionally his talent is undeniable. It's time for him to take it to the next level.
So while the actors do their best to move the story along, the key complaint for me is how the characters are moved along in direction. There is some serious overacting that's been asked of them. And much of it comes out of nowhere or from grossly exaggerated tension. Particularly between Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf. We are supposed to believe they change. And then we are supposed to doubt that there's been a change. And then by the end we're supposed to believe in it again, even though there's been no justification for the behaviour that compromised their integrity. It's not supposed to matter that none of what happens in the middle adds up. Because the actors have just shown you every emotion in their toolbox even though there's no anchor for it, almost as though Oliver Stone was shouting out instructions without a script – now I want you to act angry, then laugh and be happy, then give me a devastation face, doesn't matter if you don't have a reason to! I don't want to give away what happens but by the end, after a thousand twists and turns, suddenly Hollywood appeared and masturbated all over the last two minutes.
Money Never Sleeps isn't bad. It isn't boring. It isn't silly, it might be too smart, but at the same time, right now, it's not very sensible. Oliver Stone has 4 months to cut it before theatrical release which is encouraging except for the fact that everyone in Cannes kissed his ass, almost as though were they were glamourised by him and the cast. Not sure if he's still inclined to fix it now.
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Apple dropped another bomb on us this afternoon, and I totally missed it because I was offline for less than an hour. There is a lesson to be learned here, folks: never go offline. Engadget has a pseudo-transcript of Steve Jobs at D 2007, the "all things digital" conference hosted by Walt Mossberg.
The news is that Apple will officially be supporting YouTube on the Apple TV. That's right—the Apple TV is, all of a sudden, no longer a closed iTunes ecosystem. Apple announced that beginning in mid-June, Apple TV users would be able to stream YouTube videos directly to the Apple TV through the device's pretty interface, no plug-ins required. And for free.
Buried in the announcement is also another intriguing nugget: the company is now adding an additional, build-to-order option for the Apple TV that has a 160GB drive instead of the default 40GB. This is probably great news to many, and infuriating news to those who already bought Apple TVs. It has become sort of a mantra that the default 40GB was too low for most avid TV consumers, although it doesn't bother me personally since I'm more of a streaming fan. While the 40GB option remains at $299, the 160GB option is now $399.
Steve Jobs made sure to lay it on thick about how great Apple is to partake in this venture. "This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos right from their living room couch, and it's really, really fun," he said. "YouTube is a worldwide sensation, and Apple TV is bringing it directly from the Internet onto the widescreen TV in your living room."
Apple said that "thousands" of YouTube videos would be available at launch, with YouTube's full catalog available to the Apple TV in the fall. This sounds like Apple will not be streaming from YouTube directly, but that the videos will go through some sort of Apple proxy before reaching my TV. In this case, I'm curious as to how it will work. How will users be able to navigate the tens of thousands of videos available on the site? When new videos are uploaded to the site, how quickly will they appear for Apple TV consumption? I need to be able to see my Mentos-induced Diet Coke explosions now.
Steve also said the iTunes Store will be selling its 100 millionth TV show this year. There was also an interesting tease relating to one of the complaints regarding the Apple TV, the visual quality of content from video downloaded from the iTunes Store. While some people are unhappy with that quality, Steve Jobs is not one of them.
It's pretty good quality -- we aren't selling high def... at this point. But I think in the future that might change!
It can't happen soon enough for those cursed with superior vision. The question now becomes when, and what content, movies, TV, music videos? These are questions that currently have no answers. Come mid-June, I'll be waiting with bated breath, Steve.


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Bolsinger earns 1st MLB win, Diamondbacks top Cubs
CHICAGO (AP) Pitching only 8 miles from where he grew up, Mike Bolsinger had more nerves than usual when he stepped on the mound at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs.
In front of about 20 family and friends, some of whom he hadn't seen in a long time after his family moved away when he was 10 years old, Bolsinger delivered exactly what the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks needed.
Bolsinger earned his first major league win, pitching into the seventh inning and hitting an RBI single as Arizona beat the Cubs 5-2 Thursday.
"Every once in a while I'd look over and see my friends and family cheering me on," Bolsinger said. "It was good to get the first win, but I think it was a lot better to get a big team win, especially two in a row now. Hopefully that gets something started with this club, and we can keep it rolling."
Bolsinger (1-1) allowed one unearned run and four hits in 6 2-3 innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
Bolsinger was given the traditional beer shower by his teammates to celebrate his first win.
Addison Reed got his fifth save in six chances with a perfect ninth, and the Diamondbacks won consecutive games for only the second time this season.
After the game, Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero defended manager Kirk Gibson and general manager Kevin Towers against critical comments about them and the team's 7-18 start.
Montero, unprovoked, said the staff doesn't deserve any blame for Arizona's record.
"They've been coming here with the best attitude and the best intentions and they've been pushing us hard, very positive," Montero said. "I wanted to say that because the blame should be on us, should be on the players. We haven't played the way we're supposed to play. I wanted to take that off my chest."
Montero hit a two-out double in the first inning off Edwin Jackson (1-2) for a 1-0 lead. Montero also had an RBI single in the eighth off reliever Jose Veras.
The Cubs got that early run back right away in the bottom half of the first. Leadoff man Emilio Bonifacio stretched a hit up the middle into a hustle double, which was reviewed when it appeared he was tagged out when he overslid the base. After a lengthy replay review, the call stood.
Following a walk, Bonifacio scored on left fielder Roger Kieschnick's error on a line drive by Anthony Rizzo.
The Cubs went on to load the bases with one out on a walk, but Bolsinger struck out Mike Olt looking and got Welington Castillo to fly out.
"It was a tough (road) trip, going 3-4 on it," Gibson said. "We'd like to do better than that. We're in a very tough time, and we're pressing very hard. It seemed like we came out more relaxed today, and they're feeling better about themselves."
Cliff Pennington walked in the Arizona second and scored on Tony Campana's double. Bolsinger singled for a 3-1 lead.
"Early in the game, it felt like I was rushing a little bit," Jackson said. "It was one of those days when you feel like you don't have your best stuff, so you try to make it happen. You just have to take a step back and slow the game down. I let it come to me, tried to go out and take it."
Despite throwing 40 pitches through two innings, Jackson settled down and posted his longest outing since Sept. 10. He allowed five hits while walking two and striking out four in seven innings.
Rizzo hit a solo home run in the eighth, his third of the season.
NOTES: Diamondbacks OF Mark Trumbo (stress fracture in left foot) was placed on the 15-day disabled list and Kieschnick was recalled from Triple-A Reno. Kieschnick made his Diamondbacks debut Thursday, starting in left field and going 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. … OF A.J. Pollock (neck stiffness) was not in the starting lineup for a fourth consecutive game. Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said he was much improved but not where they'd like him to be. … Cubs top pitching prospect RHP C.J. Edwards was in Chicago on Thursday to get his shoulder examined after he experienced fatigue in a bullpen session.


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Hawk Harrelson is always fun. Whether feuding with Jay Mariotti or waxing philosophic during White Sox radio broadcasts, he's become the eccentric uncle who still lives in the bomb shelter he built down in the basement during the Cold War. His latest theory you may find a little odd, though, even for him. Harrelson maintains that the reason home runs are up in the Major Leagues this season (273 so far; more than a 10 percent increase over last season's start and the most hit at this point since 2001, according to Stats Inc.), comes from the way the balls are woven at the factory in Costa Rica. Call it the "tightly-wound finger-ball theory," which Hawk explained to WMVP-AM (1000) radio:
They have different shifts down there, and they take out the baseballs at different times. When the workers come on, the first hour or two of their shifts, their fingers and their hands are strong. And then the longer, obviously, they work, they get [more tired], so those balls are not wound quite as tight. So you take the balls that are wound in that first hour or so, they will go farther. Teams are using the tightly-wound balls.
We'll resist making a Darren Daulton joke here, as we're sure others will have those bases covered. So we'll just end by saying that we haven't seen this kind of goofy in sports since the basketball game in Cuckoo's Nest. For more Harrelson pearls of wisdom, by the way, Yard Work has another well-crafted column up.
Maybe It's Juiced Players, Not Balls [Chicago Sun-Times]
Good Guy Repeat: In The Bag [Yard Work]


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i don't know about those screen scenes... there are tons of them sitting at my toys r us right now. i think the $21.99 price point was what pushed people away... why couldn't they make them $19.99 like the old cinema scenes? i think the fact that they are over the $20 mark makes people turn away, as silly as it sounds. i know that $19.99 is basically $20, but it's all mental. if people see $19.99 they are more prone to buy something.
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With all the supposed vehicles now coming out in this OTC line, I think it would have been great to see a new Snowspeeder on that list, with an all new Snowspeeder Luke.And then to see an all new generic Snowspeeder pilot released in the regular carded line.
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Park seeks applicants for Artist-In-Residence Program
The National Park Service is accepting applications through November 15, 2013, for Rocky Mountain National Park's summer 2014 Artist-in-Residence Program. Selected artists are provided with a creative, contemplative environment in which to generate artistic works and share their works with the public. Artistic diversity, new ideas and creative uses of media are encouraged. Selected artists receive a two-week residency at the William Allen White cabin from June through September. Professional musicians, writers, sculptors, painters, photographers, poets and performance artists will be given equal consideration.
During their stay, artists share their vision in two public presentations. Following their residency, artists donate a fully finished work to Rocky Mountain National Park, representative of their stay. The National Park Service holds a noncommercial copyright to donated artwork.
A panel of professional artists will judge the applicant pool. Five to six artists will be selected to participate in the summer of 2014. Selections are made on the basis of the following criteria: entry materials, vision, and recognized talent as demonstrated by participation in juried shows, publications or performances. Having begun in 1984, Rocky Mountain's program is the longest running Artist-in-Residence program operated by the National Park Service.
Interested artists may obtain more information and download an application by accessing the park's website at http://www.nps.gov/romo/supportyourpark/artist_in_residence.htm
Detailed instructions are on the entry form. Applications must be postmarked by November 15, 2013.
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