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Microsoft crashes Sony PS3 launch — The European launch of the PlayStation 3 has been met by both cheers and indifference across the continent. — London saw the biggest turnout and all those that turned up for the midnight event also got a free HD TV to go with their new console.
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Microsoft griefers crash Sony's PS3 Europe launch
Microsoft griefers crash Sony's PS3 Europe launch
Discussion: Joystiq and Cathode Tan
Business Week:
Where Is Microsoft Search? — Its stumbles on the Web could open the door for rivals to come after its core business — Time has always seemed to be Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT ) ally. In the company lore, the software giant takes three cracks at a market before establishing supremacy.
Discussion: Search Engine Watch Blog, Screenwerk, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Clickety Clack
Kevin Newcomb / Search Engine Watch Blog: Microsoft is Down, but Don't Count Them Out
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: MSFT's Web Missteps = Corporate Trouble?
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Comparing Search Popularity Ratings: Google Climbs & Good News For Live.com — Previously, I've covered individually the latest search popularity figures for February 2007 in the United States that have been issued by the major ratings services of comScore, Nielsen//NetRatings, Hitwise and Compete.
Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
Ruby Huang / DigiTimes:
Apple reportedly to postpone Leopard to support Windows Vista — Apple is expected to launch its next generation Leopard operating system (OS) in April, but according to industry sources, the release of the new OS will be postponed to October to allow Apple to make Leopard support Windows Vista through …
Discussion: All about Microsoft, AppleInsider, Infinite Loop, Gizmodo, Engadget, Windows-Now.com, Crave, Macsimum News, MacSlash and The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop: Friday afternoon Apple links
Donald Melanson / Engadget: Mac OS X Leopard pushed back for Vista support?
Robert McLaws / Windows-Now.com: The Vista Daily #16 — <sigh> I wish American Idol …
Tom Krazit / Crave: The gadget blog: Mac OS X Leopard delayed to October?
Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News: Leopard postponed until October?
Various / MacSlash: Leopard Delayed To June, October?
Dave Caolo / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Leopard may be delayed
San Francisco Chronicle:
So who will get the story? — I wasn't surprised that my recent column on the need for newspapers to charge for online content drew heated reaction from cyberreaders and bloggers. — What did surprise me was the sense of entitlement many of these people exhibited when it came to benefiting …
Discussion: Silicon Valley Watcher, The Media Age and media blog
Kyle Redinger / The Media Age: The "Entitled Attitude" Represents an Ill-Respect for Intellectual Property
Howard Owens / media blog: One more time: People won't pay for newspaper content
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Dear Clown Co.: Name This Thing Fast Before It's Too Late — For the last twenty-four hours we've been reporting a nearly non-stop stream of facts (and some speculation) about the new, unamed News Corp./NBC Universal joint venture to launch later this year.
Deborah Richman / Search Engine Watch Blog: NewsCorp-NBC Deal Matters, But Not As Google-YouTube Killer
Richard Siklos / New York Times: News Corp. and NBC in Web Deal
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: NBC & News Corp's "OverTube" Not A YouTube-Killer — It Might Just Power Those
Froosh / HipMojo.com: Video Wars: E Cube?
Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent: NBCU-News Corp.: Chernin, Zucker Talk
Jason Chervokas / Social Media Club: Social Media Now: What Porn Can Teach NewTube
David A. Utter / WebProNews: Analyst: Yahoo Gains From Video Alliance
Joey deVilla / Global Nerdy: Arrington Lists Clown Co.'s Red Flags
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee: NewCo: Nuts and Bolts from an Insider
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote: More details on NBCU-News Corp. video venture
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: 'NewTube' News: Day 2 — Danny Sullivan and Michael Arrignton …
Shira Jacobson / SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks: GooTube vs. NewTube: What Took So Long?
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Picking Hits, and the Trouble with NewTube
Picking Hits, and the Trouble with NewTube
Discussion: Digital Markets
Vonage tumbles on Verizon patent injunction — A federal judge delays signing a permanent injunction barring the broadband company from using Verizon's VoIP technologies. — ALEXANDRIA, Va (Reuters) — A federal judge said Friday he would issue an injunction barring Vonage Holdings Corp …
Discussion: Things That, GigaOM and The Browser
Stephaniemehta / The Browser: Can Vonage call up strategies beyond voice?
DIY: Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded to 120GB — In case you were wondering, it is possible to upgrade that measly 40GB hard drive on Apple TV, in this case to 120GB. Tipster Jonathan Bare says he's done it, resulting in a capacity of 107.36GB. Now that's more like it.
Discussion: The Unofficial Apple Weblog, NewTeeVee, Gadget Lab, PaulStamatiou.com and AppleTV Hacker
David Chartier / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: The Apple TV screensaver is hot
Jackson West / NewTeeVee: That Was Fast: Apple TV Hacks
Mike Curtis / AppleTV Hacker: DIY: Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded to 120GB
Jeremy Kirk / InfoWorld:
Belgian company loses lawsuit against Google — ServersCheck contends that Google's Suggest points to pirated versions of its software — A Belgian court dismissed a lawsuit filed by a company that said a feature for Google Inc.'s search engine offers up password-cracking tools and serial numbers to unlock their software.
Discussion: WebProNews and Google Watch
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Google Wins Belgian Suit
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Apple TV rocks — I bought an Apple TV tonight. — I've watched Ask a Ninja, Rocketboom, my show, and Ze Frank on it so far. — Works as advertised. Easy to setup. It rocks. — It makes me want to put out a high res version of my show. But, it's pretty watchable, even at the low resolution it is.
Discussion: The Unofficial Apple Weblog, live, Computerworld Blogs blogs and Mickeleh's Take
Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Apple TV review, and geek details
Alex Scoble / Computerworld Blogs blogs: Scobleizer is wrong: Apple TV not 1080i
Michael Markman / Mickeleh's Take: Apple TV: Scoble Likes It!
LH Top 10: Must-have Firefox extensions — If ever a software application was built to be more than itself, it's Mozilla Firefox. Over the past 2 years we've tried, loved and posted dozens of feature-adding extensions for our favorite web browser. But today we have the master, grand daddy list of 10 must-haves.
Discussion: digg
Amy Gahran / E-Media Tidbits:
Separate = Better for Washingtonpost.com, Says CEO — I'm attending (and, today, speaking) at the BlogHer Business Summit in New York. Yesterday, Caroline Little, CEO and publisher of Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive, spoke to the audience about how her organization perceives the role …
Discussion: AMY GAHRAN
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Microsoft temporarily closes video site — Microsoft is closing its video-sharing site, Soapbox, to new users for up to two months so it can create better safeguards against pirated content. — The software giant, which agreed earlier Thursday to distribute movies and TV shows for big media companies …
Discussion: Techdirt, WebProNews, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Lost Remote, Microsoft News Tracker and Slashdot
Joe Lewis / WebProNews: Microsoft Gets Off Its Soapbox
Jordan McCollum / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim: Microsoft Suspends Video Site
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote: Microsoft closes Soapbox for new users
David Hunter / Microsoft News Tracker: Microsoft temporarily shutters Soapbox
Business Week:
Twitter: All Trivia, All The Time — The service's followers love its quotidian tidbits. Others cry: Enough already! — If you haven't taken a stance on the raging Twitter debate, don't feel bad. The free, fledgling Web service counts only around 80,000 subscribers.
Discussion: Rex Hammock's weblog and Liquidmatrix Security Digest
Rex Hammock / Rex Hammock's weblog: There is no "Twitter Debate"
Jon Udell:
Semantic web as social enjoyment … (Note: I don't yet seem to have invitations that I can dispense.) — If you scan those articles and the blogospheric halo surrounding them, you'll soon glean the essentials. Freebase is like Wikipedia in the sense that it's an open data project.


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By Danny Schechter
Durban, South Africa: If I was an ailing Nelson Mandela, and, at all conscious of the storms surrounding me, I might not be in such a hurry to open my eyes.
My diagnosis of "critical but stable" might change rapidly were I to find out how fiercely members of my own family are battling over my remains, and the funds I had provided for them in a special trust administered by people I trusted.
This spectacle could kill me!
As thousands of South Africans hold prayer sessions outside "his" Pretoria hospital, and with the world media still on an escalating 'death watch,' inside, there's been a clash among and between family members, government officials trying to control and spin health information, and, even, doctors who have been cited, wrongly, in court battles about his condition. (The latest news from family members that he is "doing better" cannot be too encouraging to a media anxious to bring this expensive to cover story to its conclusion.)
There had been an official denial of a claim that he is in a vegetative state, along with unsubstantiated rumors that he is being kept alive at least until July 18, his 95th birthday, a day marked worldwide as "Mandela Day" to encourage community service.
Meanwhile, a sideshow sparked by warring family members robs the occasion of any of the dignity it deserves with one daughter of an earlier marriage, and her daughter, lashing out in an obvious bid for money and even to control media coverage with a demand that CNN, a foreign network, should be given "preferential access" to cover the funeral possible upstaging the South African Broadcasting Corporation, the national broadcaster.
There have been hints of a deal between CNN and members of the Mandela family which the network has now denied, a decision that would not surprise media critics who have of late been condemning the tabloid direction the once might news network has taken that includes marginalizing foreign stories—something the Mandelas might not be aware of.
Explains Dylan Byers, media critic of Politico, pandering for ratings and revenues drives coverage decisions. "The truth is," he writes, "CNN's programming decisions aren't a reflection of CNN so much as a reflection of the American people, more of whom care about a domestic court trial than about the historic events taking place overseas."
Of course, left unspoken are the years of neglect of the world by news channels, and an educational system that reinforced American parochialism and a lack of global empathy.
Already, all of this sounds more like show biz than news biz in an industry that long ago watered down the serious content of its news. The South African soap opera surrounding Mandela's long goodbye plays in the trivialization of what should be a more solemn occasion.
Perhaps, that 's why this whole unseemly family feud is being denounced by the likes of Archbishop Tutu while gobbling up acres of newsprint in the world press.
Mandela is being given the dying celebrity treatment with the focus on personality, not politics, on his iconic status, not his role as freedom fighter sent to prison for organizing armed resistance.
His universally loved smile and heroic story has been downplayed in the narrative of grim health bulletins and angry accusations by some in the family who never seem to missing an opportunity to insert themselves in what should be a solemn media moment. Some of the Mandela kids even have their own reality TV series carried locally on Fox.
The man who survived 27 years of imprisonment and earlier medical emergencies behind bars, had to cope with the resentment of some of the people who knew him best.
Here are some of the players in this daily drama.
There's Makaziwe Mandela, the oldest daughter from the first wife who seems to be still nursing anger at not being acknowledged enough. Articulate and well educated, she's been given interviews for years not so subtly criticizing her dad for being the father of the nation more than her father. He has acknowledged not always being there for his children, but the bashing goes on.
She's also been a lead actor in the law suit against the administrators of a trust that include George Bizos, the legendary defense lawyer and lifetime Mandela friend, He expressed public disgust by what he described as an outrageous demand for money,
Then, there's a battle between his nephew Mandla who claims to be tribal chief and was caught unburying members of the Mandela clan. He is battling with both a tribal King who has fired him from his chieftancy, and the daughters who see him as an embarrassment. This conflict is headed for court on a serious charge of grave violation.
At issue right now is the question where Mandela and his relatives should be buried. The Mail & Guardian's Phillip de Wet asks:
"Who is winning the grave fight? Everyone but Mandla Mandela. Almost all the rest of the family have lined up against him, including (according to court documents) (his Wife Graca) Machel and (ex-wife) Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Mandla had a weak legal case to begin with, but was completely out-played in court. He has also seen his traditional standing weakened with abaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo publicly denigrating him and his claim to chieftaincy."
You can't make non-stop dueling up, or tune it out in the media din.
Meanwhile, a government inter-Ministerial Committee is planning the funeral with family members while construction workers upgrade the airport and roads near his rural home anticipating a tourist invasion to a grave that is already being viewed as a shrine, even as Mandela himself has said repeatedly he was no saint or savior.
Already media watchers are concerned that all of this discord surrounding his status could impact on his image. "it remains to be seen whether the media tone will recover and portray the icon in a positive light," suggests Stephano Radaelli, senior researcher at Media Tenor. "Should the media tone remain at such dire levels, this could potentially have an impact on Mandela's popularity ratings in opinion polling in months to come,"
"Understandably so, the media's interest in the critical state of Mandela's health is generating the negative tone but for a person who has been relatively quiet on the international front for so long, many might only be left with an image of suffering and ill-health of the legend," continues Mr Radaelli.
"Therefore, perhaps the international media needs to follow in the footsteps of Le Journal, a French TV news broadcast, where the former president's past achievements and leadership qualities are taking precedence over his health."
Fat chance.
Most of the media coverage focuses on what's new, the more outrageous, the better, that is often confuses with real news. Already some documentary makers who want to tell parts of the Mandela story that is not well known, are being told by American media companies to stick with famous names and familiar stories.
"We have never heard of some of the people you show," i.e—leaders who have been close to Mandela and who he credits as being part of the collective "team" that overthrew apartheid. Because they don't know who they are, the assume the public won't be interested.
This is in line with the all too familiar axiom in the news world—"KISS"—keep it simple and stupid.
What is worth considering is that Mandela's fame grew throughout the years when the South African government blocked his image from being shown or him being quoted in the press. His legend blossomed in the absence of press coverage, even as now it may be diminished by the expected media oversaturation that will follow his death.
I have been covering the South African story for many years and recall, with disgust, the many calls I received from TV program bookers who heard I had made films with Mandela and thought I could get them what is known in the trade as " the big get, " an exclusive interview.
When I pressed the callers on what they wanted to learn, I was told, just having him on was as important as anything he might have to say.
They were like the big white African hunters who saw him as game, just another "personality" to buttress their wannabe credibility.
Who knows? For them, bagging such big prey could lead to a raise.
Meanwhile, the TV Networks have to staff the their round the clock stakeouts. That's why Nelson Mandela is known among journos as an "FBR," the freelancers best friend. You can bet that once Mandela is gone, so will be their interest in South Africa.
News Dissector Danny Schechter is a writer and filmmaker who is working in South Africa on a documentary about the forthcoming Mandela bio-pic Long Walk To Freedom. He blogs at Newsdissector.net and edits Mediachannel.org. Comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.

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CHICAGO (May 12, 2010) – In order to regain investors' trust, America must end the "wild west" attitude that has plagued its real estate financing, Appraisal Institute President Leslie Sellers, MAI, SRA, told a Congressional subcommittee today.
"Based on my discussions with government officials, investors and borrowers throughout the world, there is a striking concern that we conduct real estate financing with a 'wild west' attitude," Sellers said. "The United States has lost credibility as the financial leader of the world. Clearly, if we are going to retain and attract new investment, we must earn back the trust of investors."
Sellers made his remarks at a field hearing of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. The hearing's topic was "Commercial Real Estate: A Chicago Perspective on Current Market Challenges and Possible Responses."
"We firmly believe that competent collateral risk assessment must be resurrected and enforced," Sellers said, adding that real estate appraisers stand prepared to play a key role. "As we look to win back the confidence of investors worldwide, we believe enhanced collateral risk assessment is one of the building blocks necessary to chart this path."
Based in Chicago, the Appraisal Institute is the nation's largest professional organization of real estate appraisers. Sellers spokes on behalf of the Appraisal Institute, the American Society of Appraisers, the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, and the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers.
In his remarks to the subcommittee, Sellers made four specific recommendations.
"First, to help with CRE workouts, lenders should engage competent appraisers to provide multi-value appraisals, providing as-is market value, liquidation value and fair value. These represent the most likely, most pessimistic and most optimistic measurements of collateral risk.
"Second, financial institutions should engage independent valuation experts in the periodic monitoring of CRE assets much like pension funds and institutional investors are required to do now.
"Third, we need to strengthen the Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines to demand competency, quality and accountability.
"Finally, we need to strengthen the institutional capacity of collateral risk within financial institutions and the bank regulatory agencies for better oversight and enforcement."
Generally, Sellers said, lenders should be rely not on credit risk alone but also must account for collateral risk. Sellers further noted that the quality and competency of real estate appraisals should be promoted over speed and volume, and that there should be consistent and enforceable lending regulations and guidelines. He also said that risk management should be elevated so that it is on par with loan production.
To view the full text of Sellers' oral testimony, go to https://www.appraisalinstitute.org/newsadvocacy/downloads/ltrs_tstmny/2010/OralTestimonySellers_FINAL.pdf.
For his complete written testimony, go to https://www.appraisalinstitute.org/newsadvocacy/downloads/ltrs_tstmny/2010/FieldHearingTestimonyFINAL.pdf.
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Apple iPhone 4s 8GB Black reviews
The iPhone 4S was never supposed to be. At least not in the eyes of the public, the tech industry and journalists alike. The iPhone 4 had already been out for 17months – a lifetime in the mobile phone sector – reports of iPhone 5 cases and concept designs had been floating around for a while, and surely it was time for Apple to change the stylistic record? Not so. Instead we have an iPhone 4 with everything turned up to 11, or at least 9 anyway.
Check out our video review of the iPhone 4S:
Contrary to initial reactions from many, though, this shouldn't be cause for lamentation as where it counts the iPhone 4S is up there with the best. However, the list of meaningful hardware differences is rather short. There's a new CPU in the form of the same dual-core A5 CPU as used on the iPad 2 (though it's clocked at 800MHz rather than 1GHz), meanwhile the iPhone 4 has a single core chip running at 1GHz. The A5 chip also packs in seven times the graphics performance of the iPhone 4, according to Apple.
Also new is an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video recording, a redesigned antennae and the new Siri voice controlled assistant. All of which we'll be looking at in detail throughout this review.
But back to that design. The iPhone 4S is almost identical in appearance to the iPhone 4. The only visible difference comes courtesy that new antennae design. On both phones the antennae is incorporated into the stainless band that wraps round the edge, and famously on the iPhone 4 this lead to problems when the phone was held such that your hand or fingers covered the thin strips of black plastic that seperated the aerial into segments.
On the iPhone 4S these black strips have doubled in number, indicating the phone's use of two antennae. Thanks to having to incorporate these extra black strips, the mute switch on the left edge has had to move closer to the volume buttons.
This slight change in button placement could actually be one of this phone's first major problems as many iPhone 4 cases that otherwise would've fit may not do so now. If you've invested in a decent case, that it is incompatible may be enough to put you off until the iPhone 5 arrives.
Otherwise it's same old, same old.
The front and back are formed of two slabs of toughened glass that are incredibly resistant to everyday scratches though prone to shattering if dropped. That said, in the 17months we've been using an iPhone 4 it has taken three pocket height drops (two onto tarmac and one particularly unfortunate one right onto a thick metal strip than run along a doorway) and it has only a couple of scratches to the metal band and a nick in the thin plastic strip that sits between the metal and glass.
While the toughness debate will no doubt rage on, what can't be denied is how horrendously slippery the glass surface is. It may sound like an odd complaint but whether you're wearing gloves or resting the phone on the arm of a sofa, it has an incredible ability to slide on fabric. We appreciate the logic of this minimalist design but do hope a more practical finish graces the iPhone 5.
Set into the front pane of glass is the phone's single Home button, which now serves a number of purposes we'll cover throughout the review. Also on the front is the front-facing camera, which hasn't increased in resolution from the miserly 640 x 480 pixels of the iPhone 4 - it's just about enough for face to face video chat.
The back is home to the all important new camera (the increased lens size of which is just about discernible) with its accompanying LED. Adding a second LED, or even a Xenon flash, would've been a nice move but it's certainly not typical to find two in use.
As for those industrial steel edges, the right is feature free apart from the microSIM slot - despite reports suggesting these would become standard they still some to be the exception rather than the rule - while the left houses the mute switch and two volume buttons, the top one of which doubles as the shutter button for the camera. We still prefer the more pronounced volume rocker of the iPhone 3G/3GS as it was easier to locate by touch alone through a case or the fabric of a pocket. And while we're on the subject, we're reminded how much more comfortable to hold those handsets were.
The bottom is home to the standard Apple charging and syncing dock and it's flanked by the microphone and speaker, the latter of which remains one of the better ones available. Up top, meanwhile, is the headphone socket, noise cancelling microphone and power button/lock button. As ever, there's no HDMI socket, no easily accessible battery and no microSD slot for expanding the memory, though with 64GB handsets available the latter point is less of a concern than ever.
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Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It is intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
Once hooked up and configured the user may perform read/write tasks over the established serial connection. Examples are interfacing over UART using a serial monitoring program, or programming the microcontroller. Writing, compiling and uploading your code is facilitated by using the official Arduino IDE, which is available in the official repositories. Equally the user may use a compiler and programmer of choice to program the microcontroller.
- Install either arduino for the original 1.x version of the IDE, arduino-cli for the official CLI or arduino-ide-binAUR for the new 2.x release of the IDE. The offline documentation for the 1.x IDE can be installed via arduino-docs.
- Add your user to the
uucpuser group (more information in the #Accessing serial section).
- You may need to load the
Arduino IDE 1.x
The following section only applies to the 1.x version of the IDE. However, it may be possible to adapt some of this for the new IDE.
AVR Boards
To use AVR boards such as the Arduino Uno you can install arduino-avr-core optionally to use Arch Linux upstream avr-gcc instead of the bundled older avr-core. If you still want to use the older arduino-core you need to install it in the board manager. You can always switch between the different cores in the "Tools>Board" menu.
Pinoccio Scout
Pinoccio Scouts can also be programmed using the Arduino IDE. Instructions can be found here. Alternative you can install arduino-pinoccioAUR.
Intel Galileo
To use the Intel Galileo boards with Arch Linux install the Arduino IDE and download the Galileo tools package via "Tools->Board->Boards Manager". To fix the installation you can follow this github post.
Arduino IDE 1.x or 2.x
These steps should be valid for both versions of the IDE.
AVR Boards
AVR boards are automatically installed by the 2.x release of the IDE however on both the 1.x and 2.x releases the AVR boards can be managed from the boards manager. For 1.x see here.
To use SparkFun boards such as the Pro Micro you need to download their board definitions. More information here and here.
RedBear Duo
You might need to install perl-archive-zip or you will get an error about missing crc32.
To interface over USB an interfacing chip is used on the Arduino. Genuine boards boards will typically use an ATmegaxU2, which registers itself as an ACM device. On Linux the
cdc_acm module is used. Hence, when connected, the Arduino will show up as
Non-genuine Arduino boards typically cheap out on the interfacing chip, typically using one from the Chinese CH34x family. The CH34x does not implement the aforementioned standard and exposes itself as a proprietary UART over USB device. Here the
ch341 module is used, making such Arduinos show up as
/dev/ttyUSBx. This naming pattern may be customized by altering udev rules.
Accessing serial
The arduino board communicates with the computer via a serial connection or a serial-over-USB connection, so the user needs read/write access to the serial device file. Udev creates files such as
/dev/ttyUSB0 owned by group
uucp so adding the user to the
uucp group gives the required read/write access. See Users and groups#Group management for details.
Before uploading to the Arduino, be sure to set the correct serial port, board, and processor from the Tools menu in 1.x and the Select board option (located at the top of the IDE) in 2.x.
# stty -F /dev/ttyACM0 cs8 9600 ignbrk -brkint -imaxbel -opost -onlcr -isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echoctl -echoke noflsh -ixon -crtscts
Sending commands through Terminal without new line after command
# echo -n "Hello World" > /dev/ttyACM0
Reading what your Arduino has to tell you:
$ cat /dev/ttyACM0
You can also build Arduino sketches with the arduino-builder command line tool. In order to use the provided arduino-avr-core with upstream avr-gcc and avrdude you need to create a small settings file:
{ "fqbn": "archlinux-arduino:avr:uno", "hardwareFolders": "/usr/share/arduino/hardware", "toolsFolders": "/usr/bin" }
Compile a sketch with:
$ arduino-builder -build-options-file build.options.json blink.ino
Or pass all options via command line:
$ arduino-builder -fqbn archlinux-arduino:avr:uno -hardware /usr/share/arduino/hardware -tools /usr/bin blink.ino
Alternatives to the IDE
ArduIDE is a Qt-based IDE for Arduino, available with arduide-gitAUR.
Using Arduino-CMake-Toolchain and CMake you can build Arduino firmware from the command line using multiple build systems. CMake lets you generate the build system that fits your needs, using the tools you like. It can generate any type of build system, from simple Makefiles, to complete projects for Eclipse, Visual Studio, XCode, etc.
Requirements: cmake, arduino, avr-gcc, avr-binutils, avr-libc, avrdude.
Instead of using the Arduino IDE it is possible to use another editor and a Makefile.
Set up a directory to program your Arduino and copy the Makefile into this directory. A copy of the Makefile can be obtained from this GitHub template You will have to modify this a little bit to reflect your settings. The makefile should be pretty self explanatory. Here are some lines you may have to edit.
PORT = usually /dev/ttyUSBx, where x is the usb serial port your arduino is plugged into TARGET = your sketch's name ARDUINO = /usr/share/arduino/lib/targets/arduino
Depending on which library functions you call in your sketch, you may need to compile parts of the library. To do that you need to edit your SRC and CXXSRC to include the required libraries.
Now you should be able to
make && make upload to your board to execute your sketch.
arduino-mkAUR is another alternative Makefile approach. It allows users to have a local Makefile that includes Arduino.mk. See project page for usage.
For Arduino 1.5, try the following local Makefile (because Arduino 1.5's library directory structure is slightly different):
ARDUINO_DIR = /usr/share/arduino ARDMK_DIR = /usr/share/arduino AVR_TOOLS_DIR = /usr AVRDUDE_CONF = /etc/avrdude.conf ARDUINO_CORE_PATH = /usr/share/arduino/hardware/archlinux-arduino/avr/cores/arduino ARDUINO_PLATFORM_LIB_PATH = /usr/share/arduino/hardware/archlinux-arduino/avr/libraries BOARDS_TXT = /usr/share/arduino/hardware/archlinux-arduino/avr/boards.txt ARDUINO_VAR_PATH = /usr/share/arduino/hardware/archlinux-arduino/avr/variants BOOTLOADER_PARENT = /usr/share/arduino/hardware/archlinux-arduino/avr/bootloaders BOARD_TAG = uno ARDUINO_LIBS = include /usr/share/arduino/Arduino.mk
In some cases you could need to install avr-libc and avrdude.
Using scons together with arscons it is very easy to use to compile and upload Arduino projects from the command line. Scons is based on python and you will need python-pyserial to use the serial interface. Install python-pyserial and scons.
That will get the dependencies you need too. You will also need Arduino itself so install it as described above. Create project directory (eg. test), then create a arduino project file in your new directory. Use the same name as the directory and add .ino (eg. test.ino). Get the SConstruct script from arscons and put it in your directory. Have a peek in it and, if necessary, edit it. It is a python script. Edit your project as you please, then run
$ scons # This will build the project $ scons upload # This will upload the project to your Arduino
PlatformIO is a python tool to build and upload sketches for multiple Hardware Platforms, at the moment of writing these are Arduino/AVR based boards, TI MSP430 and TI TM4C12x Boards. In the near future the author plans to add a library function that allows to search and include libraries directly from GitHub.
Install the platformioAUR or platformio-gitAUR package.
$ platformio platform install atmelavr $ platformio init
# # Atmel AVR based board + Arduino Wiring Framework # [env:ArduinoMega2560] platform = atmelavr framework = arduino board = megaatmega2560 upload_port = /dev/ttyACM0 targets = upload
$ platformio run
It is possible to configure Emacs as IDE.
Install the package emacs-arduino-mode-gitAUR in order to enable the
arduino-mode in emacs.
Add to the init script:
;; arduino-mode (require 'cl) (autoload 'arduino-mode "arduino-mode" "Arduino editing mode." t) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\.ino$" . arduino-mode))
You can compile and upload the sketches using
Arduino-mk (see above) with
M-x compile
make upload.
Main resource: here.
Consistent naming of Arduino devices
If you have more than one Arduino you may have noticed that they names
/dev/ttyUSB[0-9] are assigned in the order of connection. In the IDE this is not so much of a problem, but when you have programmed your own software to communicate with an Arduino project in the background this can be annoying. Use the following udev rules to assign static symlinks to your Arduino's:
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", SYMLINK+="sensors/ftdi_%s{serial}"
Your Arduino's will be available under names like
/dev/sensors/ftdi_A700dzaF. If you want you can also assign more meaningfull names to several devices like this:
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", ATTRS{serial}=="A700dzaF", SYMLINK+="arduino/nano"
which will create a symlink in
/dev/arduino/nano to the device with the specified serialnumber.
You do need to unplug and replug your Arduino for this to take effect or run
# udevadm trigger
idProduct pairs can be found in
/usr/share/arduino/hardware/archlinux-arduino/avr/boards.txt in the distribution package. Note that some of them (notably FTDI ones) are not unique to the Arduino platform. Using
serial attribute is a good way to distinguish between various devices.
Error opening serial port
You may see the serial port initially when the IDE starts, but the TX/RX leds do nothing when uploading. You may have previously changed the baudrate in the serial monitor to something it does not like. Edit
~/.arduino/preferences.txt so that
serial.debug_rate is a different speed, like 115200.
Working with Uno/Mega2560
The Arduino Uno and Mega2560 have an onboard USB interface (an Atmel 8U2) that accepts serial data, so they are accessed through /dev/ttyACM0 created by the cdc-acm kernel module when it is plugged in.
The 8U2 firmware may need an update to ease serial communications. See [1] for more details and reply #11 for a fix. The original arduino bbs, where you can find an image explaining how to get your Uno into DFU, is now in a read-only state. If you do not have an account to view the image, see [2].
You can perform a general function test of the Uno by putting it in loopback mode and typing characters into the arduino serial monitor at 115200 baud. It should echo the characters back to you. To put it in loopback, short pins 0 -> 1 on the digital side and either hold the reset button or short the GND -> RESET pins while you type.
Not recognizing USB port with Mega2560 cheap Chinese clones
Try installing its driver: i2c-ch341-dkmsAUR.
see Java#Gray window, applications not resizing with WM, menus immediately closing
Fails to upload: programmer is not responding
Changing processor setting from
ATmega328P to
ATmega328P (Old Bootloader) (See Tools->Processor in Arduino IDE) may help with upload failures.
1.x Crashing with java.lang.NullPointerException after a fresh install
You need to install arduino-avr-core.
Serial port conflict with brltty
If the serial port for the arduino is not visible at /dev/ttyUSB*, and dmesg outputs the following when the device is connected:
[ 210.327434] usb 3-1: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by ch341 while 'brltty' sets config #1 [ 210.327884] ch341-uart ttyUSB0: ch341-uart converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Then you may need to uninstall the brltty package. See [3] for more details.
Failure to upload with Nano RP2040 Connect
If your upload fails with
Failed uploading: uploading error: exit status 1
Try running the following script to setup Raspberry Pi RP2040 bootloader mode udev rules.
# ~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/mbed_nano/3.5.1/post_install.sh


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[45992] Translation from Spanish into Catalan during the 20th century. Sketch of a chequered story." In Less Translated Languages, edited by Albert Branchadell and Lovell Margaret West, 257-268. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2005."


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We'd like to thank the big crowd that braved a biblical deluge to attend the fabulous fourth anniversary at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle on Saturday. Thanks to our talented musician friends Mark Pickerel and Zak Sally — who escaped a biblical blizzard in Minneapolis to appear. Kudos also to Jason T. Miles and Max Clotfelter for organizing the amazing "Medieval Thinkers" art exhibition. Another magical evening at Fantagraphics Bookstore!
If you weren't able to make it, be sure to drop by the store to see the art show, peruse hand crafted publications by exhibiting artists, check out amazing new releases from Zak Sally's La Mano 21 imprint, and wonderful new offerings from Fantagraphics books, natch.
The store is open every day 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. We have delightful and affordable gifts to suit just about any taste. Ask our friendly staff for suggestions. See you all soon.
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Christopher Hooper Goss, MD, UWMC is my lung doctor at the University of Washington and was part of the team preparation for my operation. It was clear to me that this operation was mandatory. The huge and growing tumor was killing me and it might be cancerous.
I could and did live with the bone on bone left hip problem. A hip operation is not mandatory.
The growing tumor I hadn't known about was choking the life out of me. Quality of life had turned into an existence – an existence squeezed with the tumor that filled my belly. As a lung patient, I believe the best chance for a good outcome requires my lung doctor involvement. Luckily, wonderful surgeon and Assistant Professor, University of Washington Medical Center Dr. Urban and her team agreed.
I know Kitsap County has wonderful cancer doctors and professionals. I have been told by survivors and written about them.
In my patient point of view, however – my lung diseases were primary and meant that my best chance for survival and a good result – was including Dr. Goss, my lung doctor with the operating team. I believed then and now that his involvement was vital to my waking up after the operation.
Christopher H. Goss, MD and Sherryl Davey, Medical Specialties Center, Scheduling/Appointments UW Medicine
The aftercare machine was large and the University of Washington Medical Hospital nurses regularly changed out the container holding the fluid. My camera was usually ready whenever I heard the 'okay, shoot' from the nurse or technician.
The machine's tube stuck in my belly pumping the excess fluid away.
To come home the ACTI V. A. C. is the device that let me come home after six days at the University Hospital and into the capable hands of the Harrison Home Health Care folks. Otherwise, I was willing to learn the wet to dry method of wound care and do it myself.
The University of Washington Docs and nurses were universal in their patient interest and I enjoyed listening to the different ideas flow until there was a consensus for treatment.
I have misplaced most of the business cards I had asked for – including for this photo. The girl here was extraordinary in her care and helpfulness. Interesting too, she is a shop steward for the local union – a bright girl.
I write this blog for reasons I have stated many times before. As hard as it is sometimes I have to tell the whole story or I cannot write about them at all.
The fact is there were too many times I had to pull myself into the doorway of my room out to the hall to find someone to help me. It was hard not to notice all the folks at the end of the hall doing nothing but talking together ignoring the light I had on – time after time.
I progressed quickly into pulling myself and whatever I was attached to into the bathroom. I could not wait long enough for the light to get someone there to help me and remember feeling surprised that the aides at Harrison are incredible in their zeal to help patients while the U aide folks were different. Most of the aides I encountered at the U were just the opposite.
One person told me "If you don't trust me, I can't help you." He wanted me to let go of the bed and hang on to him while he lifted me into the bed. (A rule of thumb…a patient needs to be able to get into and out of the bed before they can go home) At that point, another person had helped me discover I could get into bed using the other side of the bed and just needed help lifting my legs up at the same time to lessen the left hip pain.
Trouble is, if he dropped me, I was the one to get hurt not him. I could not do it. Patients need to do for themselves as quickly as possible to heal quickly. Often times, after a while, a nurse answered my call light…not their job – but I'm grateful they did. Incidentally, I rarely called for help.
Truth be told, had those folks worked for me, I would have fired every one that refused to do their job and hire folks with empathy and concern for the patient – such as the aides at Harrison.
On the other hand – the flip side of this coin – if wanting to do things for myself makes me a difficult patient…? I hope not.
This person was wonderful in her care. The plastic is part of the machine that steadily drew the excess fluid and blood out of my belly.
My left leg was still healing from Lymphedema and traces of the recent bloody waterfall show on my upper legs. The machine had apparently lost its suction when I strained in the bathroom.
When I stood up and moved, the backed up fluid burst like a waterfall through the opening in my belly. My hands tried to help the wound close and stem the tide but the bloody fluid burst like a waterfall through my fingers and formed little rivers over the floor.
The portable machine had arrived and the plan was for me to go home the next day. However, after the bloody waterfall I wouldn't leave until I knew it would stay in and so I stayed one extra day. The doctors, nurses and many of the staff are extraordinary, fun caregiver professionals but I wasn't comfortable about leaving. The next series of photos show the machine connected in the opening below my staples.
Seeing the gloves go on, I knew the suction tube was ready to be inserted into my belly and the machine turned on.
The tidy row of staples above the opening to be soon filled with the black sponge and suction tube.
Measuring the opening width
…and depth
The black sponge is cut to size and placed inside the open wound with an empty clear tube inside to gather the fluid and run it into a small reservoir on the side of the machine.
The black sponge is inside the wound.
The tube is inside and the plastic type sheet, cut to size will help seal the opening
All finished, the tube and little machine and I were new best friends and almost ready to go home.
More later – Part 3 of 4 next time.
Thanks for reading… Sharon O'Hara


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New York Polyphony's Living Room Madrigal
For New York Polyphony, it's location, location, location. The four-man vocal ensemble thrives on music from the Renaissance, much of it designed for cavernous, reverberant spaces. Think voices soaring through arched cathedrals. But madrigals by Flemish composer Orlando di Lasso, with their more intimate storytelling vibe, are suited for smaller venues — like, say, the living room of New York Polyphony bass Craig Phillips.
Rehearsing at his home, the singers can hear each other in fine detail and concentrate on pronouncing words the same way at the same time.
"To have four guys who have very different instruments — you know, alto, tenor, baritone and bass — coming together and sounding as uniform as a string quartet, we have to work quite hard on uniformity of vowels," countertenor Geoffrey Silver says.
You can watch the group sing through Lasso's "Matona mia cara," in which a German soldier woos a maiden, above. And to watch New York Polyphony sing more and talk about rehearsing, check out our new series In Practice.
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Florida Georgia Line Party Atop a Semi in 'This Is How We Roll' Video With Luke Bryan
Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of red-hot country duo Florida Georgia Line take their 'This Is How We Roll' video to a whole new level by partying on top of a semi truck.
Fans have been eagerly awaiting this video, not only for a visual element to the undeniably catchy hit (FGL's fifth single from album 'Here's to the Good Times'), but also because it features country superstar Luke Bryan -- the spring break enthusiast always brings a party.
The video begins with Kelley, Hubbard and Bryan finding X Games champion Travis Pastrana and his action sport collective the Nitro Circus stranded on the side of the road, due to a dirt bike trick gone wrong. FGL and company invite the guys to their semi truck, saying, "We've got plenty of room, y'all. Got a party in the back."
Inside the truck, there are gorgeous gals, cold beer and plenty of dancing. The video flashes between Pastrana and crew showcasing some impressive tricks on their dirt bikes and the country duo singing the song while standing on top of the truck.
At one point, the dirt bikes impressively fly over Bryan, Hubbard and Kelley as they stand firmly on solid ground.
There are some pretty cool visual effects while the dirt bike riders do their tricks and seemingly fly to the moon -- and it's not by accident. The song 'This Is How We Roll' was inspired by Bryan mentioning 'shooting bullets at the moon,' according to Cole Swindell, one of the songwriters.


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5/28/2012 By Cpl. Tatum Vayavananda , Marine Forces Europe
The ceremony marked the 94th anniversary of the battle and embodied the legacy Belleau Wood has given to the Marine Corps and the brotherhood that unites an American-French friendship that has lasted from before World War I to current-day contingency operations.
"Belleau Wood has also come to symbolize the commitment of the American and French people to the shared ideals of liberty and justice," said Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Though seldom mentioned in traditional history texts, Belleau Wood holds an endearing place in the hearts of all Marines.
Belleau Wood is a 200-acre forest located by the Marne River, approximately 90 kilometers north of Paris; a morsel of French territory that was contended for by the opposing German forces due to its strategic location. For the Germans, stopping the newly-arrived American troops would have been both a strategic and demoralizing victory over the Allied forces.
The Battle for Belleau Wood was fought on June 1-26 of 1918; it was the first time the Marine Corps was given its trial-by-fire to prove to the world that it was more than just a simple naval infantry. On June 6th, 1918, the Marine Corps saw more losses on a single day than its past 143 years of existence. However, that was not enough for the Marines to retreat.
After weeks of heavy back-and-forth battling between the Allies and Germans, often resulting in the use of bayonets and hand-to-hand combat, on June 26, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines attacked Belleau Wood and cleared the forest of the opposition, ending one of the most ferocious battles the U.S. would fight during the war.
"Today, Belleau Wood is a spiritual touchstone; its name has become synonymous with the intangible traditions of our Corps," added Dunford.
Backing up the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps were Marines and Sailors from commands throughout Europe and the United States, including members of the 5th Marine Regiment from Camp Pendleton, Calif., Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team out of Rota, Spain, and Marine Forces Europe from Stuttgart, Germany.
Performances by local school children and the French Military band were followed by French and American invocations, then speeches by Dunford and Gen. Jean-Jacques Poch, Commandant of the North French Defense Area.
Wreathes were then laid to honor the fallen, followed by taps, and the raising of the national American and French colors from half to full-staff. The finale included performances by the French Army band, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, and the Silent Drill Platoon of Marine Barracks Washington, D.C.
"It was an amazing experience and it's amazing that we took part in a remembrance ceremony to honor Memorial Day," said Sgt. Joseph W. Wooden, a squad leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment.
The 5th and 6th Marine Regiments are the only Marine units authorized to wear the French fourragère. These units were awarded the right to wear the decoration on their left shoulder as a result of being the only regiments in the American Expeditionary Force to receive the Croix de Guerre, an award for distinction in combat with the enemy, three times during the First World War.
"It's our history and lineage and it's important that we all take time on this day to remember the ones that came before us and shaped the way we are today," said Wooden, a Santa Ana, Calif., native.
Keeping with Memorial Day traditions, miniature American and French flags flew on each of the 2,039 known-buried, and 250 unknown whose remains are buried not identified, graves in the 42.5-acre cemetery. Inscribed in the Romanesque-style memorial chapel is a list of 1,060 names to remember the missing.
"94 years after the terrible fighting which united them in blood, American Marines and French soldiers find themselves once more at Belleau Wood to celebrate, through their unfailing brotherhood of arms, the powerful bonds of friendship which exists between our two countries," said Poch.
"Their sacrifice will always inspire the brotherhood which unites our two nations aiming at the same fate… To promote and to defend the values of liberty which unites us."
The Memorial Day celebration is an annual event that is hosted by the American Battle Monuments Commission at Aisne-Marne American Memorial Cemetery. The ABMC is the guardian of America's overseas commemorative cemeteries and memorials that honor the service, achievements and sacrifices of the U.S. Armed Forces.
"It is not enough to pause and mark the graves here with flags and wreaths," Dunford added.
"If we truly want to honor those who fought and died here, each American and French citizen will leave here with renewed commitment to our nations and the values for which they stand. Each of us will leave here determined to serve our nation and our community in honor of those who have given their all."
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Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1465-1530,Flemish painter. After studying in Louvain, he moved to Antwerp by 1491, remaining in that city throughout his life. Influences of Italian art, especially of Leonardo da Vinci, may be seen in his work, particularly in the delicate modeling, the subtle nuances of tone, and in the adoption of Leonardo's grotesque head studies for such pictures as The Old Man (Jacquemart-Andre Mus., Paris) and Ugly Duchess (National Gall., London). Massys sought inspiration also in works of earlier Flemish artists, especially of Jan van Eyck. The combined Flemish and Italian influences aided Massys in evolving a calm and measured style, with solid figures and soft textures. He developed a type of portraiture in which the sitter was placed against an appropriate background, as in his painting of St. Erasmus surrounded by books and papers (National Gall., Rome). There are religious subjects and portraits by Massys in the museums of Munich, Brussels, Antwerp, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Quentin's son, Jan Massys, c.1509?C1575, painted satirical and later more elegant works under French influence. Judith (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston) is characteristic. Another son, Cornelis Massys, d. after 1560, was a landscape painter and engraver.
ID: 86524 St John Altarpiece Date between 1507(1507) and 1508(1508)
Medium Oil on wood
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Last night I dreamt of a new TV show. It was a spin-off from two, old sit coms. It starred the goofy farmhand from Green Acres and the "kiss my grits" waitress from Alice. The show was titled Eb & Flo. (Of course.)
Not only is "ebb and flow" a phrase I rarely use, but if you were to ask me the names of these characters during my waking hours, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been able to think of them.
What a great use of my subconscious mind.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
I have stupid dreams.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
A Totally Uncalled For Aquaman Joke
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Monday, June 15, 2009
It's just a joke, Matt.
As you may know, the radioactive isotope that blinded Daredevil also gave him other heightened abilities. I found a segment, in Daredevil #167, that talks about his "hyper-senses". (Though I'm not sure how anyone can taste a number.)
Have you ever wondered if his super hypersensitivity extends to his temperament? I like to think it would...
Have you ever wondered if his super hypersensitivity extends to his temperament? I like to think it would...
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Fair Fairy Fight
I found an old, unpublished pin-up I had mostly forgotten about. Several years ago, I had sat at a con by Christopher Rich-McKelvey, who was currently doing a self-published comic called Footman 15. It was a bit of a cheesecake book, starring a lady who worked for the government(?) and went around destroying evidence of mythical creatures. She was always shooting up fairies. I wanted to draw something that looked as though the fairies had a fighting chance (sort of). Chris stopped doing the book before it saw print. That makes it perfect blog fodder..
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
I recently received an email from a friend who needed to cancel our lunch plans. It started with "SOrry." I thought he had created a clever way of saying, "So sorry." It turns out it was merely a typo.
Too bad. It would have been cool.
Too bad. It would have been cool.
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Ol' Myrt got a sneak peek of the July/Aug 2009 issue of Family Chronicle magazine which will hit news stands later this month and is pleased to note the cover story is "Recession-Proof Your Research". Stretching our genealogy dollars is all the more challenging with today's economic difficulties. Among many suggestions, author Lisa A. Alzo points out:
"Typically, subscribing to just one site will not give you access to all the
records you'll want to check. Many sites offer either monthly subscriptions, or
pay-as-you-view credits. This may be a cost effective option for shorter periods
of searching."
Indeed, why NOT organize your life to include twenty 8-hour research days over the next month? Order in Chinese and don't answer the phone. That way the other 11 months of the year can be spent networking with living family members, sharing what you've learned.
Then in a year, you can have a go at it again, to see what's been added in the interim.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
Your friend in genealogy.


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CBCF Teens
CBCF Teens is a strength and conditioning program designed for 12-16 years old athletes and non-athletes alike. The program combines age-appropriate weightlifting and gymnastics with high intensitytraining to deliver optimal fitness and performance, as well as establish a lifetime love of fitness. Proper weightlifting techniques are taught, under the watchful eye of our Crossfit certified trainers, to enhance strength and power, while alsofocusing on basic gymnastics to increase agility, mobility and flexibility. Our program will increase physical competence in 10 fitness domains: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Endurance, Stamina, Strength, Flexibility, Power, Speed, Coordination, Agility, Balance, and Accuracy. In addition, we aim to boost self-esteem and confidence within our teens. We want to give them the strength, both physically and mentally, to tackle any obstacle thrown their way inside or out of the gym. With workouts that are scalable for all individuals, Central Bucks CrossFit Teens can equally benefit both the accomplished athlete as well as the less active individual.
If your teen is already an athlete, our program is designed to take them to the next level by teaching proper mechanics, recovery, movement, nutrition, and flexibility. CBCF Teens is ideal for any teenage athlete looking to get the edge over the competition in their chosen sport. Most teen athletic programsfocus on one specific sport. This can lead to overuse injuries. Plus athletes who do not participate in a diverse program tend not to develop strengths disassociated with their sports. We instead aim to create an all-around athlete that will excel at any sport or physical task thrown their way.
If your teen is not an athlete, our program is guaranteed to help them establish healthy lifestyle habits, and convert them from a sedentary lifestyle to a more active, prolific one. Our primary goals are to convey the notion that fitness can be fun, and help these teens develop a positive self- image. Teens are faced with so many pressures and unnecessary stress these days. We are committed to helping them understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle through diet and exercise. We want the teens in our program to develop a positive body image, improve cognitive function, protect them against injury by teaching proper body mechanics, and create a community of like-minded, confident individuals that can turn to one another for support. Crossfit not only teaches one how to work out, it teaches one the essence of focus, perseverance, dedication, and motivation. Our teen program makes kids healthy and fit. It not only builds strength in the body but it also strengthens the mind.
Whether your teen is looking for a stand-alone strength and conditioning program, or additional training to supplement their sport specific training, CBCF Teens is committed to helping them achieve their goals in a fun, judgment free environment surrounded by your peers.
CBCF Teens Schedule and Rates
The CBCF Teens meet twice per week:
Mondays – 4:15-5pm
Wednesdays – 4:15-5pm
The cost per individual is $100/month


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Two years ago, I was called for jury duty. I was placed in a pool of about sixty jurors for a homicide case and we had to go through a voir dire process which involves filling in a detailed and lengthy questionnaire that asked all kinds of things that the lawyers and judge could use to see if we had any factors in our background that might cause them to want to disqualify us as jurors. Before filling the forms the judge asked everyone to swear on the Bible that they would tell the truth. But she said that those of us who wanted to could swear a non-religious oath, which I think involved promising to tell the truth on pain of perjury. Only about five of us took this other oath.
This whole thing struck me as odd at that time. If we atheists (I assume that the five of us were atheists although some may have been religious but not Christian) could be trusted to tell the truth by taking a secular oath, why was it necessary to have the Christians take a religious oath? Didn't this necessarily imply that Christians were somehow less trustworthy than non-Christians, since they had to be made fearful of everlasting hell in order to compel them to tell the truth, whereas the mere threat of secular perjury charges was enough for atheists?
I was reminded of this when I saw the article in the Christian Science Monitor that said that a North Carolina judge had ruled that Muslim jurors could not swear an oath on the Koran. Needless to say, this decision is problematic.
On one hand, if you deny Muslims the right to swear on their own religious book, then you are clearly setting up a hierarchy of religious beliefs, with Christian oaths being 'better' than those based on other religions.
On the other hand, if you allow Muslims to swear on the Koran, then you may also have to allow people to swear on the holy icons of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Wiccanism, all the native American religions, and any other religion. Some scholars have advocated just that, with the Monitor article saying "according to law scholars, allowing a range of holy books in oaths of justice may not only lead to a greater feeling of inclusion among religious minorities but also encourage them to tell the truth."
But where does one draw the line about what is a religion and what is not? What if, for example, devotees of the Flying Spaghetti Monster demand the same privilege? They have already asked the Kansas School Board for equal time if Intelligent Design is included in their science standards. Deciding which religious oath to allow and which not is likely to generate a massive collective headache.
This is another example of the kind of frustrations that arise when we have religious dogmas vying for inclusion and acceptance in the public sphere. All this could be avoided if everyone was simply required to take the secular oath and be done with it, and we had a secular state where nothing in the public sphere referred to any specific religious beliefs. Then people of all faiths could practice their religion freely in their private sphere without causing friction with each other or with the state.
But this is not likely to happen in the near future because of the political influence of those groups who are determined to make the USA into an explicitly Christian nation and believe that the absence of the Christian god in the public sphere is the cause of all the evils in society. But the more they seek to have religion in the public sphere, the more likely it is that other religions will seek similar accommodations. If they are successful, the net result, paradoxically, might be that Christian symbols get surrounded by those of other religions. Once you allow Christian religious symbolism into the public sphere, I cannot see how you can reject those of other religions, unless the country gives up even the pretence of being a secular state and declares itself to be an explicitly Christian nation, amending the First Amendment in the process.


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What is calculus?[edit | edit source]
Calculus is the broad area of mathematics dealing with such topics as instantaneous rates of change, areas under curves, and sequences and series. Underlying all of these topics is the concept of a limit, which consists of analyzing the behavior of a function at points ever closer to a particular point, but without ever actually reaching that point. As a typical application of the methods of calculus, consider a moving car. It is possible to create a function describing the displacement of the car (where it is located in relation to a reference point) at any point in time as well as a function describing the velocity (speed and direction of movement) of the car at any point in time. If the car were traveling at a constant velocity, then algebra would be sufficient to determine the position of the car at any time; if the velocity is unknown but still constant, the position of the car could be used (along with the time) to find the velocity.
However, the velocity of a car cannot jump from zero to 35 miles per hour at the beginning of a trip, stay constant throughout, and then jump back to zero at the end. As the accelerator is pressed down, the velocity rises gradually, and usually not at a constant rate (i.e., the driver may push on the gas pedal harder at the beginning, in order to speed up). Describing such motion and finding velocities and distances at particular times cannot be done using methods taught in pre-calculus, whereas it is not only possible but straightforward with calculus.
Calculus has two basic applications: differential calculus and integral calculus. The simplest introduction to differential calculus involves an explicit series of numbers. Given the series (42, 43, 3, 18, 34), the differential of this series would be (1, -40, 15, 16). The new series is derived from the difference of successive numbers which gives rise to its name "differential". Rarely, if ever, are differentials used on an explicit series of numbers as done here. Instead, they are derived from a continuous function in a manner which is described later.
Integral calculus, like differential calculus, can also be introduced via series of numbers. Notice that in the previous example, the original series can almost be derived solely from its differential. Instead of taking the difference, however, integration involves taking the sum. Given the first number of the original series, 42 in this case, the rest of the original series can be derived by adding each successive number in its differential (42+1, 43-40, 3+15, 18+16). Note that knowledge of the first number in the original series is crucial in deriving the integral. As with differentials, integration is performed on continuous functions rather than explicit series of numbers, but the concept is still the same. Integral calculus allows us to calculate the area under a curve of almost any shape; in the car example, this enables you to find the displacement of the car based on the velocity curve. This is because the area under the curve is the total distance moved, as we will soon see.
Why learn calculus?[edit | edit source]
Calculus is essential for many areas of science and engineering. Both make heavy use of mathematical functions to describe and predict physical phenomena that are subject to continuous change, and this requires the use of calculus. Take our car example: if you want to design cars, you need to know how to calculate forces, velocities, accelerations, and positions. All require calculus. Calculus is also necessary to study the motion of gases and particles, the interaction of forces, and the transfer of energy. It is also useful in business whenever rates are involved. For example, equations involving interest or supply and demand curves are grounded in the language of calculus.
Calculus also provides important tools in understanding functions and has led to the development of new areas of mathematics including real and complex analysis, topology, and non-euclidean geometry.
Notwithstanding calculus' functional utility (pun intended), many non-scientists and non-engineers have chosen to study calculus just for the challenge of doing so. A smaller number of persons undertake such a challenge and then discover that calculus is beautiful in and of itself.
What is involved in learning calculus?[edit | edit source]
Learning calculus, like much of mathematics, involves two parts:
- Understanding the concepts: You must be able to explain what it means when you take a derivative rather than merely apply the formulas for finding a derivative. Otherwise, you will have no idea whether or not your solution is correct. Drawing diagrams, for example, can help clarify abstract concepts.
- Symbolic manipulation: Like other branches of mathematics, calculus is written in symbols that represent concepts. You will learn what these symbols mean and how to use them. A good working knowledge of trigonometry and algebra is a must, especially in integral calculus. Sometimes you will need to manipulate expressions into a usable form before it is possible to perform operations in calculus.
What you should know before using this text[edit | edit source]
There are some basic skills that you need before you can use this text. Continuing with our example of a moving car:
- You will need to describe the motion of the car in symbols. This involves understanding functions.
- You need to manipulate these functions. This involves algebra.
- You need to translate symbols into graphs and vice versa. This involves understanding the graphing of functions.
- It also helps (although it isn't necessarily essential) if you understand the functions used in trigonometry since these functions appear frequently in science.
Scope[edit | edit source]
The first four chapters of this textbook cover the topics taught in a typical high school or first year college course. The first chapter, Precalculus, reviews those aspects of functions most essential to the mastery of calculus. The second, Limits, introduces the concept of the limit process. It also discusses some applications of limits and proposes using limits to examine slope and area of functions. The next two chapters, Differentiation and Integration, apply limits to calculate derivatives and integrals. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus is used, as are the essential formulas for computation of derivatives and integrals without resorting to the limit process. The third and fourth chapters include articles that apply the concepts previously learned to calculating volumes, and as other important formulas.
The remainder of the central calculus chapters cover topics taught in higher-level calculus topics: parametric and polar equations, sequences and series, multivariable calculus, and differential equations.
The final chapters cover the same material, using formal notation. They introduce the material at a much faster pace, and cover many more theorems than the other two sections. They assume knowledge of some set theory and set notation.


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Here are photos of Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston at a BAFTA event last year. Apparently they're dating now. This according to the Daily Mail so...
I hate when that happens. When good gossip happens and then you find out the source is the Daily Mail. It's not a great track record. This time I hope they're right. Chastain + Hiddleston is like the Brange of all Gingers, you know? The poster couple of Red. Please, please let it be true. That Tom is indeed "taken" with Jessica and that she went to England to meet his family just before Christmas. Jessica has previously said that she'd never date an actor because she worried she wouldn't be able to keep it private.
Has she broken policy for Loki?
As I reported a couple of weeks ago, Jessica was at the Coldplay/Jay-Z show on NYE in Brooklyn. At the time, I wrote that Chastain was also there with a presumed boyfriend, unidentified at the time. They were "canoodling". Click here. Here are two blurry photos taken from behind of the three of them -- Jessica and Katie are in one, Jessica and the mystery man are in another. He matches Hiddleston in height, but, since I'm not a Hiddleston expert, I'm not sure about the hair and the scruff. There've been no official photos of him since the second week of December and at the time he was very clean cut. See attached photo of him leaving a restaurant in London on December 11, 2012. I leave it to you to examine every pixel to determine whether or not it's him. I've asked Allison who sent me these pictures if she remembers it being Tom Hiddleston. Will let you know what she says.
Jessica and Jennifer Lawrence, right now, are very, very even heading towards the Oscars on February 24th. I mean it is CLOSE. It was close a few years ago between Julie Christie and Marion Cotillard. Cotillard took the SAG and went on to win. Can't wait to see how this goes down.


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All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve this week, as investors await clarity on what the central bank will do next.
The Fed has a policy meeting, and chairman Ben Bernanke will speak at a press conference on Wednesday.
The remarks are being closely watched since it's been a bumpy ride for markets after Bernanke last month said the Fed may start slowing its stimulus program in just a "few meetings."
The confusion over how Bernanke defines "few" has led to turmoil in the markets, pushing the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield to grind higher.
While investors will be parsing each word to come out of Bernanke's mouth, most economists do not expect any major change in policy to be announced.
CNNMoney asked 39 economists and investment strategist for their predictions about what the Fed will do next, and nearly two-thirds said they don't think the Fed will slow its monthly asset purchases until at least December. Some even believed the Fed's so-called "tapering" may not begin until 2014.
Besides the Fed, investors will also be closely monitoring the health of the U.S. economy with data from three key areas throughout the week:
- Housing: Housing starts and building permits will be released on Tuesday, followed by existing home sales and the MBA mortgage index through Thursday.
- Manufacturing: Empire manufacturing comes on Monday, followed by crude inventories on Wednesday.
- Jobs: Initial claims will be released on Thursday.
Last week, all three indexes ended lower. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq fell more than 1%, while the S&P 500 declined 0.9%.


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Phil Maturano
Phil was raised in a family of musicians and was drawn to the drums at an early age. His exposure at that time to the great artists of jazz helped to develop his great passion for the music. When he was 16 he began his first serious study, with jazz drumming great – Roy Mc Curdy. Under Roy's "wing" he learned the language and art of jazz drumming. This set him on an irreversible course, towards his life long dream.
By the age of 18 he was touring the united states. Touring and recording with different artists gave him the live playing experience necessary to become a professional musician. By 1986 he had 7 albums under his belt and 2 Top Forty hits.
At the age of 23 he graduated from the Musicians Institute – "P.I.T" – and soon after was asked to join the P.I.T. teaching staff. He taught core curriculum and private lessons there from 1987 – 1997. This gave him the opportunity to develop and teach his very innovative and well received methods "Working the Inner Clock" and "Latin Soloing for the Drumset".
Phil's products are now distributed by Hal Leonard Publications and are available at your local music store. He now resides in New York city and continues to work in a wide variety of styles, doing everything from Afro-Cuban music, Big Band, R&B, Straight Ahead jazz, Rock, World music, even Punk Rock!


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Jon B. Perdue, director of the Latin American program at the Fund for American Studies, has written THE must-read book about our hemisphere, The War of All the People: The Nexus of Latin American Radicalism and Middle Eastern Terrorism.
The book arrived yesterday, and I read part I, A Brief History of Terror Collaboration, in one sitting. It is that good.
The title refers to Hugo Chavez's name for his war on U.S. "imperialism", an ideological and political, violent war involving Iran, terrorist organizations from around the world, and drug money. For instance (page 52),
The agreement between the Montoneros and the PLO had a clandestine aspect. When the PLO split and Fatah was formed, the new militant wing offerred the Montoneros training camps in Lebanon, military instructors, and heavy weaponry in exchange for the installation in southern Lebanon of a plastic explosives laboratory that had been developed by a Montonero with a PhD in chemical engineering. In Madrid in June 1978, Montonero comandante Horacio Mendizabal confirmed to reporters that a portable Montonero explosives unit had been set up in Lebanon for Fatah. And according to France's intelligence service Deuxième Bureau, the 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed 299 U.S. and French servicemen was carried out with the explosives technology developed by the Montoneros.
Jon Perdue is not "connecting the dots"; instead, every connection, every fact, is thoroughly researched and well-documented in 30 pages of footnotes.
This is the most informative book on terrorism I have read since Andrew McCarthy's Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad. Buy it, read it, recommend it.


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OnSight 3D Extremity System Marketing Kit
We've designed a marketing kit for you to communicate your Onsight purchase to your patients, referrals and your community about the high standard of care and investments you make. Included are templates for a press release, referral letter, patient postcard, web copy, a patient brochure and product images.
Marketing Kit (zip ~287 MB)
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Thinking in Triplicate – Mule Design Studio – Medium
Erika has written a great guest post on Ev's blog. It covers the meaning, the impact, and the responsibility of design …and how we've been chasing the wrong measurements of success.
We design for the experience of a single user at a time and expect that the collective experience, and the collective impact, will take care of itself.


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We have online tools and resources to help you manage your practice's notification and prior authorization requests.
Need to submit or check the status of a prior authorization request? Go to UHCprovider.com/priorauth to learn about our Prior Authorization and Notification tool.
UnitedHealthcare Medicare Solutions & UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (Dual Special Needs Plan) Prior Authorization Requirements
The cardiology prior authorization and notification programs support the consistent use of evidence-based, professional guidelines for cardiology procedures. They were designed with the help of physician advisory groups to encourage appropriate and rational use of cardiology services. Using them helps reduce risks to patients and improves the quality, safety and appropriate use of cardiac procedures.
Using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for all eligible UnitedHealthcare transactions can help your organization improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase cash flow. We encourage you to use the following tools and resources to get started with electronic transactions.
The oncology prior authorization and notification programs aim to increase quality and patient safety by increasing compliance with evidence-based standards of care. View the following links for more information and resources on the specific programs.
The radiology prior authorization and notification programs support the consistent use of evidence-based, professional guidelines for diagnostic imaging procedures. They help reduce risks to patients and improve the quality, safety and appropriate use of imaging procedures.


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Within the next several days, we will publish in the Federal Register the final regulations developed after the Department's review of public comments received in response to the July 29, 2013 NPRM. We are providing in PDF format a copy of the final regulations. Please note that the official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. PDF (1.19MB)
On July 29, 2013, the Department published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Through this NPRM, the Secretary proposes to reflect changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the SAFRA Act included in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; incorporate other recent statutory changes in the Direct Loan Program regulations; update, strengthen, and clarify various areas of the Student Assistance General Provisions, Perkins Loan, FFEL, and Direct Loan program regulations; and provide for greater consistency in the regulations governing the Title IV student loan programs. These proposed regulations would ensure that the Title IV Federal student aid programs operate as efficiently as possible.
Within the next several days, the Department will publish a second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register resulting from these negotiated rulemaking sessions. We are providing in PDF format a copy of the NPRM: PDF (1.37MB)
The following documents show all proposed changes to 34 CFR Part 682 and 34 CFR Part 685 that are included in the July 2013 notice.
- 34 CFR 682 NPRM2 Changes (PDF, 2.03MB)
- 34 CFR 685 NPRM2 Changes (PDF, 894K)
Reasonable and Affordable Payment Form (PDF, 92K)
On November 1, 2012 the Department published final regulations. The final regulations implement a new Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) plan in the Direct Loan program based on the President's "Pay As You Earn" repayment initiative, incorporate recent statutory changes to the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan in the Direct Loan and FFEL programs, and streamline and add clarity to the total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge process for borrowers in Title IV loan programs. The final regulations implementing a new ICR plan and the statutory changes to the IBR plan will assist borrowers in repaying their loans, while the changes to the TPD discharge process will reduce burden for borrowers who are disabled and seeking a discharge of their Title IV debt.
The following is a list of the supporting information cited in the preambles of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the final regulations. (All documents are reprinted with permission.)
Digest of Education Statistics 2010 (U.S. Department of Education, April 2011) (pages 493–495, page 498, page 504 (Table 354)) | PDF (7.57MB)
Table 4A: Average Tuition and Fees in Current Dollars, 1981–82 to 2011–12, Trends in College Pricing. © 2011. The College Board. www.collegeboard.org | MS Excel (40K) | PDF (187K)
The full report is available from The College Board.
Digest of Education Statistics: 1995 (United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, October, 1995) (Table 309) MS Excel (223K) | PDF (47K)
Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, The College Payoff: Education, Occupations, Lifetime Earnings, Anthony P. Carnevale, Stephen J. Rose and Ban Cheah (page 3) PDF (11MB)
Recent College Graduates and the Job Market, Bart Hobijn, Colin Gardiner, and Theodor Wiles PDF (93K)
Reprinted from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Economic Letter 2011-09. March 21, 2011. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of the management of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, or of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
The full publication is also available at http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2011/el2011-09.html
Oreopoulos, Philip, Till von Wachter, and Andrew Heisz. 2012. The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (1): 1-29. PDF (580K)
Press release of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Fall 2011 Salary Survey PDF (69K) [Reprinted with the permission of the National Association of Colleges and Employers]
On July 17, 2012, the Department published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Through this NPRM, the Secretary proposed to implement a new Income Contingent Repayment plan in the Direct Loan program based on the President's "Pay As You Earn" repayment initiative, incorporate recent statutory changes to the Income Based Repayment plan in the Direct Loan and FFEL programs, and streamline and add clarity to the total and permanent disability discharge process for borrowers in the Title IV, HEA loan programs.
To access the public comments submitted in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking pertaining to repayment options for student loans, go to www.regulations.gov, and search docket number ED–2012–OPE–0010.
On October 28, 2011, the Department published a notice in the Federal Register announcing our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations governing the student loan programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The committee will include representatives of organizations or groups with interests that are significantly affected by the topics proposed for negotiation. Through this notice, we request nominations for individual negotiators who represent key stakeholder constituencies for the issues to be negotiated to serve on the committee and we set a schedule for committee meetings. | PDF
Electronic Announcement regarding Special Direct Consolidation Loans.
List of Negotiators: MS Word (48K) | PDF (202K)
Session One: January 9-13, 2012
- Organizational Protocols: MS Word (56K) | PDF (215K)
- Agenda: MS Word (38K) | PDF (88K)
- Negotiated Rulemaking Approved Issue Agenda: MS Word (26K) | PDF (53K)
- Approved Final Student Loan Issue Papers: MS Word (107K) | PDF (250K)
Session Two: February 13-17, 2012
- Agenda: MS Word (29K) | PDF (271K)
- Meeting Summary: MS Word (58K) | PDF (215K)
- Issue Papers 2-10: PDF (584K)
- Issue Paper 11: PDF (2MB)
- Issue Paper 12: PDF (1.09MB)
- Issue Papers 13-25: PDF (889K)
Session Three: March 26-30, 2012
- Agenda: MS Word (29K) | PDF (271K)
- Meeting Summary: MS Word (56K) | PDF (214K)
- Issue Papers 1-25 in contextual format: Zip (697K)
Loans II Small Entity Compliance Guide: This guide explains the actions a small entity is required to take to comply with a rule or group of rules. The guide is written using sufficiently plain language likely to be understood by affected small entities. MS Word (60K)


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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Haunted Overload 2012 Progress
Posted by Rot at 7:10 PM
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4 comments:
- Unknown said...
Great work as always.
We have been adding to our Haunted house all year.
Take a look and let us know what you think.
Haunted House Michigan
- July 19, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- Mr Black said...
I love the bodies wrapped in fabric, very creepy.
- July 20, 2012 at 5:20 AM
- MorbidMariah said...
I'm with you Mr. Black. Those wrapped corpses are super creepy!
- July 20, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Pam Morris said...
I always look forward to just about anything that this haunt comes up with!
- July 22, 2012 at 7:08 AM
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Thirty odd years ago, radio dramatist Erik Bauersfeld recorded the voices of Admiral Ackbar and Bib Fortuna for Return of the Jedi, saw the movie, and promptly forgot about the whole experience.
It wasn't until decades later that he began receiving fan mail from Star Wars lovers wanting an autograph from the guy who knew how to properly articulate a trap.
Despite a long and fruitful dramatic career, the ninety-year-old Bauersfeld has achieved pop cultural immortality thanks to an entirely off-the-cuff recording session. Explained the actor to the San Francisco Chronicle:
Bauersfeld says he was at Lucasfilm, working on a radio project with [sound designer Randy] Thom, when sound designer Ben Burtt asked him to read for Ackbar, a character with about a dozen lines in the film. The actor says he was offered no direction.
"I went over, he showed me the picture of Admiral Ackbar, and I did it," Bauersfeld says. "I saw the face, and I knew what he must sound like."
He was done in an hour, then spent 30 more minutes reading for Fortuna, who speaks entirely in the fictitious language of Hutt. ("Die wanna wanga!") His parts were added late, and he didn't receive a screen credit for either reading.
Mind you, Bauersfeld never watched A New Hope (and still has yet to). Bauersfeld is happy that his performance left fans enthused, but he admits that he hasn't seen Jedi since 1983, so the Ackbar voice doesn't come as naturally as he'd like. Watch the charming actor describe his time as a Mon Calamari above. Hat tip to Maven!


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Many are sitting here shocked that a Democratic President, Barack Obama is freely and willing to cut benefits from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Programs that the public PAYS INTO from their taxes. Again, let me repeat, a program people PAY INTO with their taxes. These are not welfare programs but taxpayers programs.
Let's not get it twisted.
If the reports from the front page are true, then President Obama expect millions to CAVE ON YOU.
Why is Barack Obama negotiating ANYTHING? He is a horrible negotiator. Now he believes he is feeling the pressure and is willing for IMMEDIATE CUTS and "maybe" tax hikes down the road? What is he going to do? Come out with a lame excuse about the debt ceiling and we must protect our credit image on the backs of millions of Americans who pay into these services and they should be OK to just let him make a deal to cut these programs?
Barack Obama is wrong on all levels.
Let's be clear. President Obama is in trouble of his own making. This country is in trouble fiscally because of the UNPAID Medicare D program. This country is in trouble because of the UNPAID Bush/Obama tax cuts. This country is in trouble because of the ongoing WARS, 10 years and counting going on in Afghanistan and Iraq. This country is in trouble because of mismanagement from POLITICIANS who have not been responsible.
Sorry, President Obama. You had the choice to stop the Medicare D program, but caved on it with a deal with Big Pharma. You told us on the campaign trail that you would fight for us to negoitiate with other countries for lower prescription drug costs, but caved. You did that.
Sorry, President Obama. You had the CHOICE to end the Bush Tax Cuts. You had the chance, but again, you allowed the GOP to put you in a box by stating they would not extend unemployment benefits. Instead of FIGHTING and going to the American Public for the fight, you just caved and went along to get along. And guess what???? The Bush/Obama Rich Folk Tax Cuts are not helping you now and PART of the deficit in this country. Remember, you did that.
Sorry, President Obama. Two wars going on. 2 billion being spent a WEEK for nation building in countries that many don't give 2 shits about has put us in the position we are in. Yes, you walked into a disaster, but you sure are not getting out any time soon. In fact, with all this "CUT TALK" when are we going to have a REAL TALK on cutting the massive defense budget that is DRAINING THIS COUNTRY. No, we can't have that talk, but you want to just cut safety nets from millions of Americans who depend on it? This move is not only selfish but shocking coming from a Democratic President.
If this is about Independent Voters, I would like to see polling from them and how they feel about their Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid being cut. I just have a hunch, they would not be down for that type of cutting either.
Lastly, don't come and tell me and the many millions that we must SACRIFICE. When you have NOT held any entity responsible for crapping this economy. Umm, like the Banks, Corporations, Wall Street??? They continue to get a pass, but we have to suck it up by allowing you to make one of the most fucked up deals in history? Hell, how can Democrats even campaign next year on "PROTECTING MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY" when you are willing to just chop it away?? You call that fair and shared sacrifice? I call it utter bullshit coming from the White House.
Folks, let us hope this is a trial balloon (which I don't believe since POTUS keeps talking about a BIG DEAL). Keep it up, President Obama, if your legacy includes cutting the foundation of the Democratic Party, you are surely on your way back home to Chicago, NEXT YEAR, for good.
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To the Caver-in-Chief: Cave on the big 3, then expect many to CAVE ON YOU
Many are sitting here shocked that a Democratic President, Barack Obama is freely and willing to cut benefits from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Programs that the public PAYS INTO from their taxes. Again, let me repeat, a program people PAY INTO with their taxes. These are not welfare programs but taxpayers programs.
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