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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Hey, there, I'm officially back!
So sorry to have neglected this blog for almost a year. That's bad of me, right? Now I promise to do better. I promise to be more diligent in giving updates to my blogs here. I have quite a number. So now it is good to be writing my first brief greeting after a long respite. I promise to be good to you this time.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
hosted the b'day of a centenarian
A couple of days ago, I was privileged to host a party for someone who turned 100 years old! Yes, it was one of the happiest parties I had ever hosted. Imagine the centenarian singing and dancing, yes, dancing! The celebrant, Inday Teopista Uno, is obviously a lover of life. The whole time, she was smiling and did not look like she was bored or sleepy. She was a real cowboy--and at 100 at that!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Search for Dumaguete's Funniest
Another first in Negros Oriental is being launched by At Random TV as its way of marking its 5th year anniversary this year. The Search for Dumaguete's Funniest is looking for anyone, male, female, or in-between, 18-118 years old, and who as the knack to make people laugh to come for screening or auditions at Evermall Food Court (3rd level). The aspirants should prepare a 3-minute act, in either Bisaya or Pilipino, but should incorporate about 20% English in his entire presentation. Winners and even non-winners will receive cash prizes--no kidding!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
the richest person in the world is not Gates but Slim
Carlos Slim, the telecommunications tycoon who controls Mexico's America Movil SAB (AMXL), is the richest person on Earth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world's 20 wealthiest individuals.
The 72-year-old's net worth fell $478.4 million in a day to $68.5 billion as of the close of markets on March 2, as U.S. moguls Bill Gates and Warren Buffett placed second and third on the list compiled by Bloomberg News. Brazil's Eike Batista, who ranks 10th, still covets the top spot after vowing a year ago that he'd become the world's wealthiest man by 2015.
"I'm competitive," Batista, who trails Slim by almost $39 billion, said in a March 2 telephone interview from Rio de Janeiro. "It's Brazil's time to be No. 1. Brazilians have always admired the American dream. What's happening in Brazil is the Brazilian dream and I happen to be the example."
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index takes measure of the world's wealthiest people based on market and economic changes and Bloomberg News reporting. Each net worth figure is updated every business day at 5:30 p.m. in New York. The valuations are listed in U.S. dollars.
Today's ranking was published with the release of new billionaires profile pages in the Bloomberg Professional service. The profiles feature a transparent analysis of how each billionaire's fortune was calculated.
Slim's fortune has increased 11 percent this year, according to the index. A spokesman for Slim didn't immediately return a telephone request for comment.
Gates, Buffett
Gates, 56, co-founder of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) in Redmond, Washington, is worth $62.4 billion, down $102.1 million on March 2 and up 11 percent year to date.
The fortune of Buffett, 81, chairman of Omaha, Nebraska- based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/B), declined $336.9 million to $43.8 billion on March 2 and is up 2.4 percent in 2012. Almost all of Buffett's wealth is held in Berkshire Hathaway, the publicly traded holding company he has run since 1965.
The combined net worth of the 20 richest people is $676.8 billion. Nine are Americans, including three from the family of Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT)
Number seven is Larry Ellison, 67, chief executive officer of Redwood City, California-based Oracle Corp. (ORCL), the world's third-largest software maker after Microsoft and SAP AG. (SAP) His $38 billion fortune puts him $4 billion ahead of brothers Charles and David Koch, who each own 42 percent of Koch Industries Inc., one of the biggest closely held companies in the world by revenue. Charles, 76, and David, 71, control the Wichita, Kansas, refiner and chemical maker.
Batista, 55, whose investments range from iron ore to coal, is worth $29.8 billion, up $133.9 million on March 2. His fortune has grown 32 percent this year, the most on the list.
The House Wins
Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who owns 47 percent of Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), which operates resorts in Macau and Las Vegas, is number 13 with $25.7 billion. Adelson, 78, and his family have pledged at least $10 million to a super-PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, a Republican presidential candidate.
Liliane Bettencourt, 89, who with her family owns 31 percent of Paris-based cosmetics company L'Oreal SA (OR), is last on the ranking. Bettencourt was the subject of an international scandal in 2007 when her daughter, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, filed a lawsuit accusing a family friend, photographer Francois- Marie Banier, of exploiting her mother's frail state. Evidence later revealed Bettencourt had granted more than $1 billion in cash and gifts to Banier. In October, Meyers and two grandsons became guardians of the clan's $22.4 billion fortune.
Diluting Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg, the 27-year-old founder of Facebook Inc. (FB), the world's largest social-networking company, didn't make the cut. Based on a roughly $100 billion valuation the Menlo Park, California-based company has been trading at in the private market, Zuckerberg's stake may be worth $21 billion, or about 25 percent less than previous estimates, once Facebook holds its initial public offering.
The reason: Facebook will issue more than 500 million shares of its Class B stock at the offering, diluting Zuckerberg's ownership to 21 percent after he exercises 120 million options and sells about 42 million shares to cover the tax bill associated with the gain from those options.
Sweden's Ingvar Kamprad is the richest European, according to the index, ranking fourth globally with a $42.5 billion net worth. Kamprad, 85, controls Ikea Group, the world's largest furniture retailer, through a series of trusts and foundations he asserts he doesn't own.
Luxury goods
Bernard Arnault, the chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (MC) , places fifth. The majority of Arnault's $42.3 billion comes from his stake in Paris-based LVMH, the world's largest maker of luxury goods. Arnault, 63, controls about 46 percent of LVMH's outstanding stock through his family group, according to the company's latest annual report.
Amancio Ortega, whose publicly traded Inditex SA (ITX) owns the Zara clothing chain, is Spain's wealthiest individual and sixth in the world with a $38.8 billion fortune. Ortega, 75, has invested dividends from Arteixo-based Inditex into a real estate portfolio that owns office and retail properties in the U.S. and Europe.
No Russians appear in the index as falling metals prices hurt the fortunes of many of the richest oligarchs. Alisher Usmanov, 58, the Muscovite who controls the Metalloinvest metals and mining company and Digital Sky Technologies, which currently owns 5.5 percent of Facebook, is Russia's wealthiest person thanks to a $20.1 billion fortune.
Asia's wealthiest
Mukesh Ambani, 54, leads Asians with a net worth of $26.8 billion, down $185.4 million in a day. His fortune is up 25 percent this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as his shares in India's top company by market value, Mumbai-based Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), have risen 17 percent.
Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing, nicknamed "Superman" by the local media for his investing prowess, ranks second in the region, with $25.8 billion. Li, 83, owns large stakes in Hong Kong-based property developer Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. (1), Hong Kong shipping and ports operator Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (13) and Husky Energy Inc. (HSE), the Calgary-based energy company.
Lakshmi Mittal, the India-born chairman of ArcelorMittal (MT), the world's biggest steelmaker, is the third-richest Asian, with holdings valued at $23.6 billion. In addition to his ArcelorMittal stake, the 61-year-old London resident owns hundreds of millions of dollars in U.K. real estate.
On the rise: Gina Rinehart, the Australian mining heiress who is worth $20.4 billion. Rinehart, 58, the daughter of the man who discovered the mines that made Australia the world's biggest iron ore exporter, inherited perpetual royalty rights to some of Rio Tinto Ltd. (RIO)'s Hamersley mines in addition to other thermal and iron-ore deposits throughout the country.
Soaring demand for coal and iron ore from China have made Rinehart's assets attractive to acquisitive industrial companies. In separate deals in the past year, steelmakers Posco and GVK Power & Infrasture Ltd. (GVKP) agreed to pay a combined $2.9 billion for pieces of Rinehart's empire.
This article is written by Matthew G. Miller and Peter Newcomb of Bloomberg.
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How to read the transaction log was a question that I heard asked quite often at TechEd 2000 last summer. Most of the SQL Server team mentioned that work was underway with some third party software vendors, but would provide no more information. Platinum (now CA) had developed a Log reader for v6.5, but nothing was available for SQL Server 7 or 2000.
I was excited to see a log reader released by Lumigent Technologies and was anxious to take a look. Unfortunately, I was buried at work when I heard about this product and did not get a chance to use it for a few months. After the start of the new year, I downloaded an evaluation copy of v1.3 and decided to give it a try.
After filling out a short form, I downloaded the 3MB file and ran the installation program. This is the same version that you purchase, but is limited to 14 days without a license key. 14 days is a little short (to me), but should be enough for someone to determine if they want can use this product.
The installation is very straightforward. It asks to install the server and/or client pieces. I choose both and pointed the product to a SQL Server 7 server that is used for development. This version (1.5) supports SQL Server 2000. The installation product asked for a license key and included a note to leave this blank if the installation is an eval. I also downloaded and installed v1.3 which includes the same setup. Version 1.3, however, does not support SQL Server 2000.
Once setup is complete, I usually check the box to read the release notes. I have found that this often prevents me from running into some gotcha that is already documented. The release notes start by mentioning that Log Explorer is the leading transaction analysis tool. As far as I know it is the only one, but score a point for humility. The release notes cover the basic and mention a few known bugs and behaviors in the product. I do like that the notes are in HTML format and include contact information for the company.
When I first ran this program, it asked me to connect to the server, with the option of using NT or SQL authentication. Once this completed, you choose the database and whether the online log is to be used or a backup file. After this the evaluation includes a reminder that this is an evaluation copy and good for 14 days only. I chose the Northwind database and also received the following dialog box: I like this informative message. It lets me know what the problem is as well as a couple potential items to check. More software should include messages like this.
I decided to check Northind and see what the problem was. SQL Server 2000 has a Recovery section instead of the "truncate log on checkpoint" option. Since Northwind is set as a sample database, it is set to the "Simple" model by default and essentially has this option set. Instead of altering Northwind (I use it for testing and writing), I created a small DBA database. I ran a DB backup as soon as I created this DB to prepare it for Log Explorer.
I also had to reset the startup account for this SQL Server to my network account. I am a local administrator, so this should be no problem. After stoppng and restarting the SQL Server, I received an error trying to connect to the SQL Server from Log Explorer. I get a connection error. Neither stopping and starting SQL Server nor restarting my computer seemed to help. I finally uninstalled and reinstalled the product (with a reboot between) and this seemed to fix it. to connect.
When I connected, I ran the following script:
create table myTest( MyID int identity( 1, 1), Name char( 20), Updated datetime ) declare @i int select @i = 1 while @i <100 begin insert MyTest values ( 'ID:' + cast( @i as char( 3)), getdate()) select @i="@i" + 1 end select * from MyTest
When I select "View Log" I see my transactions listed. I decided to undo one of the transaction. I chose the transaction for ID 199 and right clicked on the line. I got a dialog box of where to save the script. I picked a location
and then the following screen
This script would undo my change. A simple cut and paste would indeed undo this transaction. Next I tried a rollback. I got this screen which allowed me to choose a time. I choose 10:00am which was a time between the two exections of my script above. This generated the following script.
Next I deleted a number of rows.
delete MyTest where MyID > 220
Next I updated a few rows.
update MyTest set Name = 'test', updated= getdate() where MyID > 199 update MyTest set Name = 'My ID: 200', updated= getdate() where MyID = 200
I show these two because they show how an update appears in the screen.
With the last row selected, I chose "Revision History" and received the following screen. >From this screen, I can right-click the row and select "rollback". This should allow me to restore the row to its original state. At least that is what I would think, and Log Explorer gave this screen:
This script would acually rollback the script to the original values that the row contained after the first insert. I am not sure how handy this function is, but by selecting a particular row, I can generate the rollback script to get the row back to that state. Which is a very handy feature. I can see using this in places where I make a data change, but find out quickly that this change is not correct and want to immediately roll this change back.
There are a few things with this product that are rather annoying. I feel like this is a nice product that is needed and fulfills a great need for SQL Server, but it seems a little unpolished. Most of these complaints relate to how I use Windows, but they are items that seem to exist in most programs that I use.
I think this is a great product. The $1500/server seems a bit expensive for anyone with a few servers, but one accidental delete could easily pay for this product. I do have to admit that at first glance I was a little skeptical that this product would provide me benefits. With my small databases (largest is 1.5GB), three SQL Servers and a good knowledge of my data, I was not sure that I could save $4500 in lost work with this product. However, after some experimentation, this could easily save me quite a bit of time. Right now, if someone accidently deleted a row this morning, I could get the existing data from my QA site quickly. However, if this was not up to date for some reason, I would need a few hours to restore the DB to another server, find the data and move it. I believe that Log Explorer could accomplish this task quicker. It would also be a simpler process than restoring the db to another server. If I had a 10 or 20GB database, then I may not even be able to restore without taking over a QA or development server for a day.
I know a product like this has been long awaited by DBAs for SQL Server 7/2000. I think Lumigent has done a great job and recommend the product. It does need some refinement and enhancement, but it does do a great job of decoding the transaction log. I will be spending some more time with this product and tracking how a series of transactions involving referential integrity are handled and will expand this review.
As always, I welcome feedback on this article.

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News and Media » Blog » Resource Efficiency & Waste Management » Does the UK have over capacity issues?
Posted by Simon Gandy, Maria Vinogradova and Dr Adam Read on 19 February 2013
Ricardo Energy & Environment has been involved in discussions about the state of the
UK's waste infrastructure landscape.
Despite developers saying they do not view the supply of residual waste foodstock as a risk to future developments, why do recent reports predict the UK is heading for excess residual treatment capacity?
We support the views of industry experts that the UK will not suffer the predicted serious over capacity issues being forewarned by some commentators. We acknowledge that there are large numbers of facilities in the development pipeline, but anticipate that the economies of supply and demand will stem the progress of less developed facilities, as their more advanced competitors reach completion and begin operation, thus suck.ing up any available feedstock and undermining the business plans of the less developed options
That said, we are certainly not ruling out such capacity issues at a more local and regional level, and that is why we recommend that contractors, technology providers, and investors perform detailed market research of the local picture around their planned developments.
Our experience is that these focussed studies, looking at competing local and regional drivers and existing facilities, etc. provide a much more reliable picture of the feedstock landscape, its threats and opportunities.
Such independent studies can provide critical value and impetus to developers needing to secure funding to progress their projects.
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Linux Format Magazine - Issue 158 - Beat the CIA
The worlds smartest and best Linux magazine
There's always someone trying to get into your data, whether that be an insurance company wanting to find out how much of a risk you are, a non-evil search engine company wanting to target its advertising at you or a government agency trying to extend the powers of the state onto your hard drive.
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Elsewhere in the magazine we're full of tips on how to map your perambulations with GPS, impress easily-impressed girls by getting them to touch your Android phone, and expand the limits of your computing knowledge with our roundup of alternative operating systems.
PLUS we blow our tiny minds learning how to make a working CPU out of logic gates, get at terrifying glimpse into the future with Oil Rush, and learn what quilting has in common with Linuxing;. All this, plus the usual heady mix of tutorials, in Linux Format 158!
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New York quartet The Men aren't exactly easy to narrow down when it comes to genres, but for the sake of this post, let's call 'em punks. Because, really, whether they have experimented with shoegaze or black metal, the guys' approach is heavily steeped in punk music. And on their new album, Open Your Heart, they will apparently be at their most accessible.
The hints of pop you heard on their previous two records are fully embraced on Open Your Heart, which is set to drop March 6 via Sacred Bones. To coincide with its release, The Men will hit the road for most of the month. You can view the album's track listing and the band's tour dates below.
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Reaching President Obama's CO2 emissions goal for 2050 will require strategic planning
Alex Pavlak
Our political leaders have shown that they do not understand the difference between systems and components. We need a system that delivers clean energy on demand. Instead we are piling on clean components. Clean components do not necessarily mean a clean system.
A good example is the wind turbine. Wind turbines produce power at 100 percent of their rated capacity when a storm front passes through. Without wind, no power. Even at windy locations, wind turbines on average generate only 20 percent of their full capacity. Shortfalls must be met with dispatchable (available on demand) energy, likely generated by fossil fuels. (If we had nonfossil-fuel generators that could respond quickly enough to back up wind, why have wind at all?)
Once the number of wind farms on a grid reaches about 5 percent of the average load, we encounter periods when the grid has too much power—typically in the middle of the night when load is low and the wind is high. Current law, which is the basis for much current investment in wind power, requires the grid to buy all the wind power that is produced. This forces grid operators to interrupt operations at coal plants that are designed to operate at constant power. Coal units that stop and start emit much more CO2 and nitrogen and sulfur oxides than units that operate at constant power. Think of a Formula 1 race car in stop-and-go traffic. The excess emissions of integrating wind can wipe out the savings.
Before governments approve a wind farm, they should ask "What is the system impact? Will the system emit more or less pollution?"
Wind advocates argue that grid-scale storage (which does not exist today) can improve the average capacity. Perhaps it can, a bit. Advocates also argue that long-distance transmission increases average capacity. It does, a bit. Even if it increases average capacity by 50 percent, from 20 percent to 30 percent, 70 percent of the power must still come from backup generators.
There has been no disciplined effort to verify that wind can reduce CO2 emissions systemwide. We do know that Denmark with 20 percent wind has not reduced its consumption of coal. A study of the Irish electrical grid showed that CO2 reductions due to wind may have been only 60 percent of expectations. A study from Bentek Energy, a leading analyst of natural-gas market fundamentals, suggests that wind farms in Colorado are increasing, not decreasing, pollution by forcing coal plants to cycle on and off and spew pollution.
Once coal plants are forced to cycle, all bets are off. A responsible engineer would not deploy wind systems without evidence that it satisfies its purpose. The purpose is not to deploy wind but to reduce CO2 emissions by a specified amount.
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Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is disastrously prevalent.
Since 2001, it has produced No Child Left Behind, a counterproductive federal intrusion in primary and secondary education; the McCain-Feingold speech rationing law (the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act); an unfunded prescription drug entitlement; troublemaking by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; government-directed capitalism from the Export-Import Bank; crony capitalism from energy subsidies; unseemly agriculture and transportation bills; continuous bailouts of an unreformed Postal Service; housing subsidies; subsidies for state and local governments; and many other bipartisan deeds, including most appropriations bills.
Now, with Europe's turmoil dramatizing the decadence of entitlement cultures and with American governments — federal, state and local — buckling beneath unsustainable entitlements, Congress is absent-mindedly creating a new entitlement for the already privileged. Concerning the "problem" of certain federal student loans, the two parties pretend to be at daggers drawn, skirmishing about how to "pay for" the "solution." But a bipartisan consensus is congealing: Certain student borrowers — and eventually all student borrowers, because, well, why not? — should be entitled to loans at a subsidized 3.4 percent interest rate forever.
In 2006, Democrats, trying to capture control of Congress by pandering to students and their parents, proposed cutting in half the statutory 6.8 percent rate on some federal student loans. Holding Congress in 2007, and with no discernible resistance from the compassionately conservative George W. Bush administration, Democrats disguised the full-decade cost of this — $60 billion — by pretending that the subsidy, which now costs $6 billion a year, would expire in five years.
The five years are up July 1, and of course the 3.4 percent rate will be extended. Barack Obama supports this. So does Mitt Romney, while campaigning against a "government-centered society." What would we do without bipartisanship?
The low 6.8 percent rate — private loans for students cost about 12 percent — was itself the result of a federal subsidy. And students have no collateral that can be repossessed in case they default, which 23 percent of those receiving the loans in question do. The maximum loan for third- and fourth-year students is $5,500 a year. The payment difference between 3.4 percent and 6.8 percent is less than $10 a month, so the "problem" involves less than 30 cents a day.
The 3.4 percent rate applies to only one category of federal loans, but because the Obama administration has essentially socialized the student loan business, federal loans are 90 percent of student borrowing, and this "temporary" rate probably will eventually be made permanent for all federal student loans.
Unsurprisingly, Obama has used this loan issue as an occasion to talk about himself, remembering the "mountain of debt" he and Michelle had when, armed with four Ivy League degrees (he from Columbia, she from Princeton, both from Harvard Law), they graduated into the American elite. The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf notes that if Washington is feeling flush enough to spend another $60 billion on education in a decade, it could find more deserving people to subsidize than a privileged minority of college students who are acquiring credentials strongly correlated with higher-than-average future earnings.
The average annual income of high school graduates with no college is $41,288; for college graduates with just a bachelor's degree it is $71,552. So the one-year difference ($30,264) is more than the average total indebtedness of the two-thirds of students who borrow ($25,250).
Taxpayers, most of whom are not college graduates (the unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college education: 7.9 percent), will pay $6 billion a year to make it slightly easier for some fortunate students to acquire college degrees (the unemployment rate for college graduates: 4 percent).
Between now and July, the two parties will pretend that it is a matter of high principle how the government should pretend to "pay for" the $6 billion while borrowing $1 trillion this year. But bipartisanship will have been served by putting another entitlement on a path to immortality.
Campaigning recently at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., Romney warned students about their burden from the national debt, but when he took questions, the first questioner had something else on her peculiar mind: "So you're all for like, 'Yay, freedom,' and all this stuff and 'Yay, like, pursuit of happiness.' You know what would make me happy? Free birth control."
While awaiting that eventual entitlement, perhaps she can land a subsidized loan so she can inexpensively continue to hone her interesting intellect.


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New U.S. Daylight Savings Times rules go into effect in March 2007. Consequently, customers whose network components rely on the default U.S. summertime clock settings within CSS and GSS software will be affected by the following problem.
For operating systems that have not been updated with the new U.S. DST policy changes, timestamps will exhibit a one hour time clock offset lasting three weeks beginning at 2 A.M. on the second Sunday in March of 2007. They will also exhibit a one hour time clock offset lasting one week beginning at 2 A.M. on the first Sunday in November.
Any time-dependent product features of the CSS or GSS will be affected by this problem unless you upgrade the software image or apply the workaround as herein described.
Example of potential concerns:
This could cause major problems in your network. If you are using Kerberos in your network, it will fail. Kerberos requires that the time between the client and server be within about five minutes. Other authentication devices could also fail when the times are off. It also makes troubleshooting more difficult because the log times are off by an hour.
On August 8, 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R.6.ENR), was signed into law. Section 110 of this Act modified the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the U.S.
Beginning in March of 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday of March and end the first Sunday of November.
For 2007 and beyond, the daylight saving time period will be:
2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March
2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November
For more information on the Energy Policy Act of 2005, see H.R. 6. (See Section 110)
Impact to Networking Systems
Networking systems often make use of local time to mark logs, as well as to schedule certain events, such as IP SLA schedule starts, or the beginning or end of a time-based access-list.
In addition, inconsistencies between time zone definitions may impact event correlation systems as well as other management systems relating to problem escalation. Having accurately represented local time is a very big concern for most organizations. Local time may be reflected in logs and on phone displays. This is especially true of systems that require accurate time and time stamping for proper operations.
For networking systems, the clock or clock source is often derived from a trusted chronological source such as a private or public Atomic clock, often through Network Time Protocol (NTP). NTP communicates time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), colloquially known as GMT, and thus is not impacted, nor is a workaround for statutory time zone changes. Local time definitions, including summertime settings are part of the configuration of most Cisco products.
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Implications
Regardless of whether or not network components are configured to use differing clock sources such as UTC and NTP, networks will be affected when clock summer-time commands are enabled with incorrect parameters.
For the CSS 11500 series:
You can upgrade to versions 8.10, 8.20, and 7.50 in which CSCek66308 has been resolved or you can use the clock summer-time command to manually set the correct time via the CLI. The corrected software is available at the CSS11500 Maintenance Releases Software Download (registered customers only) page.
For the CSS 11100 series (EOL):
You can use the clock summer-time command to manually set the correct time via the CLI.
Here is an example:
CSS500-1# clock summer-time PST recurring CSS500-1# show clock Date: 01-05-2007 Time: 11:17:35 TimeZone: : +00:+00:+00 [PST begins 04/01/2007 02:00:00] Summer Time: PST Change: 60 minutes Added: First Sunday in April 02:00 Removed: Last Sunday in October 02:00
For the GSS:
This issue was addressed in version 1.3(3) with the addition of new clock commands. For information on the new command options, see CLI Command Changes in Software Version 1.3(3).
You will have to upgrade to verison 1.3(3) to take advantage of these new command options. The 1.3(3) software is available at the Cisco Global Site Selector Software Download (registered customers only) page.
To follow the bug ID link below and see detailed bug information, you must be a registered user and you must be logged in.
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CSCek66308 (registered customers only) |
CSS 2007 Daylight Saving Time Compliance |
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New York Yankees 2012: Brett Gardner Aims for Consistency
Each spring unveils a fresh start for MLB players. Injuries are forgotten, declining statistics are erased and goals that were left unreached are replaced with new ones. The freshly cut green grass in the teams' spring training facility welcomes the players back to the game with a new hope for a better season.
The New York Yankees will begin their new season on April 6th, but Opening Day for the Bronx Bombers also symbolizes a change for left fielder Brett Gardner.
Gardner ended the 2011 season with a batting average of .259 with 87 runs, seven home runs, 36 RBI and 60 walks in 159 games. He was tied for first in the American League with 49 steals in 62 attempts. His on-base percentage was .345, which was a drop from .383 in 2010.
However, as MLB.com's Bryan Hoch pointed out:
There was talk that Gardner had done plenty to help the Yankees win games on defense, evidenced in the sabermetric community by his Major League-leading Ultimate Zone Rating of 25.2 and the fact that his Defensive Runs Saved (22) were more than twice as many as any other AL left fielder.
Still, those aren't mainstream numbers that show up on the back of a baseball card -- Gardner certainly isn't toting the Bill James Handbook on road trips -- and he said that he wasn't very surprised when the Royals' Alex Gordon received AL Gold Glove honors instead.
According to Hoch, Gardner's personal goal for the upcoming season is to become more consistent on defense and especially the offensive side of his game. The Yankees and their fans have certainly witnessed the impact of Gardner in the outfield and once he gets on base. However, the fans and Gardner himself want his offensive game to improve.
Gardner has the skill set to become a great, well-rounded player in the majors and the Yankees definitely have the tools and resources to help him achieve this.
Enter Yankees' hitting coach Kevin Long.
Long has been working with Gardner to give him a more consistent balance at the plate. If Long can make tweaks and adjustments to Gardner and have similar results as when he worked with center fielder Curtis Granderson last year, Gardner will have a very solid chance at receiving the AL Gold Glove award this season.
[Gardner is] still very, very good and very, very talented, but I wouldn't be surprised if someday we don't see Gardner stealing 75-80 bases, hitting maybe close to that .300 mark and maybe becoming a little bit more consistent with that bunting game.
Those numbers will certainly bump Gardner up to taking over Derek Jeter's position as leadoff hitter and keep him in pinstripes for years to come.
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Early-stage Alzheimer's patients who were more fit had less brain atrophy
NEW YORK (AP) — Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease who performed better on a treadmill test had less atrophy in the areas of the brain that control memory, according to a study released Sunday.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed less shrinkage in the hippocampus region of patients' brains in the Alzheimer's patients with higher fitness scores. In Alzheimer's the hippocampus is one of the first parts of the brain to suffer damage.
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The word came back from the future, as it were, to the African-American character interpreters who portray slaves anguishing over freedom in the year 1774 here in the busy, history-steeped tourist mecca of modern Colonial Williamsburg:
Descendants of Thomas Jefferson, meeting in May of the year 2002, have once more rebuffed any admission of kinship with descendants of Sally Hemings, a slave who quite likely bore Jefferson at least one child, according to the latest DNA evidence now accepted by the scholars at his Monticello plantation.
''When the Jefferson fight comes around each year I just get an extra edge,'' said Richard Josey, who portrays a gardener enslaved in this picturesque village. He shook his head in dismay at how some things never seem to change.
In his real life as a modern black professional engrossed by the precise details of history, Mr. Josey, like the other slave portrayers here, is more inspired than depressed by the annual rebuff of Hemings kin by white Jefferson descendants organized as the Monticello Association.
In recent years, the association members have been meeting each spring in Charlottesville, 120 miles west, and firmly voting down all proposals for accepting the Hemings descendants, let alone granting them permission to be buried at Monticello.
Continue reading the main story''I just hope those folks come down here and see slavery for what it really is,'' said Mr. Josey, brandishing a tone of resistance that is part and parcel of his character, a country-born but urban-wise slave chafing under the ownership of his white master, Lord Dunmore.
The slavery aspects of colonial life have been gradually introduced here in increasing detail across the last 20 years. As options now stand, summer tourists can visit the idealized world of Jefferson's Monticello with its white graveyard, or head here for an even more historical inkling of slavery in the tableaus that dapple the larger world of dominant colonial whites.
Some of the words echoing from the latest standoff at Monticello make Williamsburg seem more relevant for at least attempting glimpses at the deep roots of lasting national enmity.
''Our intent was to kill this forever,'' a member of the Monticello Association said after the latest vote against the Hemings descendants.
A Hemings family member, requesting acknowledgment of the DNA evidence, observed, ''None of us have any interest in invading your cemetery and making any of you less white.''
In the shifting repertoire of Williamsburg, the dedicated slave portrayers are now depicting the mundane life of 1774. That was a heady year for whites and a perplexing one for blacks as the masters' talk was all about freedom and the right to revolt against English, not American, injustice.
''I hear the words that they're saying, but I do not think that they mean freedom for us in the same way they mean it for themselves,'' Moses, a house slave of Peyton Randolph, the first president of the Continental Congress, confided in his colleague, Mingo.
The two slaves, charged with stealing a sheep and some corn, were waiting in the courthouse for the dispensation of colonial justice. Ignoring the tourist mini-cameras of 2002, the two evinced no great optimism for acquittal or future freedom from bondage. (Character portrayers are not tied to precise scripts but ad-lib situations with close attention required to the real events they study.)
''That Mr. Jefferson, he says slavery is an a-BOM-in-ation,'' said Moses, delivering the observation with an easy Tidewater drawl.
Mingo, squinting at his friend, shot back: ''But Jefferson still got his slaves.''
The timeless craving for freedom may be one explanation for the difficulty that Williamsburg administrators report in finding people interested in careers in bondage roles that can prove stressful and controversial in the eyes of black friends and family members.
''I always hear about it,'' Mr. Josey said. ''I ask them: 'Would you really rather your child heard only about Jefferson and Washington and the great things and not know anything about where your ancestors came from?' ''
Harvey Bakari, the developer of the African-American program, said it is a challenge recruiting people willing to play slaves.
''It takes a lot of commitment to put on the costume of a slave and have the strength to wear it as a badge of honor to our ancestors,'' Mr. Bakari said.
This year Williamsburg is emphasizing the urban aspects of slavery. Highlights include some charming kitchen gossip by the slaves, some heated debates over whether they should support the antislavery British if revolution comes, the poignant dilemma of a woman impregnated by the master, and the most wrenching issue of how to tell a young slave child about the suffocating world of bondage.
Hope Smith, who plays Rose, a house slave, has portrayed characters here for 18 of her 26 years, even as she studied at Jefferson's alma mater, William and Mary College.
''My mom thought it was an opportunity for me to get over what was a painful shyness when I was young,'' Ms. Smith explained. ''I grew to love this history. It makes you value and treasure the freedoms you do have, and more keen to injustice.''
Slaves represented half of historic Williamsburg, but the 10 slave portrayers are only about a fifth of the interpreters corps tourists see, Ms. Smith said in hoping for a truer balance. Even more, the black interpreters yearn for far more human interaction between master and slave.
''I'd like to see Thomas Jefferson come up in front of the Raleigh Tavern here with his man Jupiter pulling the horse, because those are the pictures sure to stick in someone's mind,'' said Mr. Josey, who has encyclopedic knowledge of Jefferson the master and Jupiter the slave.
''Did you know Jefferson admitted he owed Jupiter money?'' Mr. Josey asked, grinning at the possibilities of not denying history. ''Jefferson wrote that in his diary.''
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This article is more about how the process of hammering out chips of stone in a tablet focuses the mind on the words than it is on technology. Asimov, King, Heinlein, and DeCamp all wrote about establishing a writers discipline and what it takes to get the job done. This article isn't about efficiency or technology per se. Discipline is about output over a period of time and what it takes to 'make' yourself produce. What this author is talking about is how he disciplines himself to create output. Notice that he mentions his daily time limit. Apparently, a lot of writers have to force themselves into certain constraints to get the job done.
Whatever works for him. Some people still write out their novels in long hand on lined paper.


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Here's a couple of videos on perspective. Something you may…
A Digital Perspective: Jonathan Kelly, Mktg Mgr, PayPal
I met JK while doing some social media work for PayPal – a really down to earth guy with a wealth of experience. What I really respect JK for is his attitude to life and work – something we all can take a piece from. He'll join the others in my digital perspective series.
What's your day job? And how long you been in the marketing biz?
Alliance and Vertical Marketing Manager for PayPal Australia -10 years
What do you do when you're not on the clock?
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Biggest lesson learned so far?
Personal – Nothing is more precious than family. Business – Always due your due diligence and involve the right people in your projects
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A touch of the global Guggenheim
Lisa Dennison, the chief curator and deputy director of the Guggenheim Museum, New York, will be in Hong Kong tomorrow to give a talk entitled 'The Global Guggenheim', thanks to efforts from the Asia Art Archive and the Art School of the Hong Kong Art Centre.
Seven more speakers, all senior Guggenheim staff are scheduled to visit over a six-month period, including the director of the Guggenheim Bilbao.
Hong Kong will be the first Asian home of the Guggenheim Museum, if a joint venture between Cheung Kong (Holdings) and Sun Hung Kai Properties wins the bid to develop the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Art enthusiasts are excited to have such a high-profile connoisseur helping raise artistic awareness and to teach at the Art School. The one-hour seminar will be held at Bloomberg, 27/F Cheung Kong Center, 2 Queen's Road and starts at 6.30pm. Tickets are $100 each, ($50 for students) and proceeds go to the Asia Art Archive.


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Russell Morris, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity of the 1997 murder of his grandmother, will continue to be held in a mental-health facility for at least two more years.
Judge Charles Wittenberg made the ruling after a competency hearing yesterday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
State law requires such a hearing every two years. Mr. Morris will continue to be held at Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare System, 930 South Detroit Ave.
Judge Wittenberg made his original finding after a trial for Mr. Morris, 25, at which mental-health professionals agreed he couldn't differentiate right from wrong.
The body of Geraldine Morris, 73, was found in the trunk of her car after it had been towed to a body shop after an accident at U.S. 20 and Pemberville Road.
Mr. Morris, who had been driving the car, fled, but was found in a nearby barn. She had been slain in her Bernath Court home.


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After we packed up this morning it took us about half an hour to get to the new park. We checked the area out around the park, found Wal Mart... Then we went to Downtown Disney to walk around and have dinner. Once the boys saw the 'Rainforest Cafe' I new our fate was sealed.
Yesterday, at the park, we discovered a new talent of Collin's. He was jogging laps around the park. He ran several and didn't want to quit. Tonight when we got to the park, Kelly and I were sitting outside. Collin came out and wanted to jog. So he put his shoes on and started jogging around the park. He never left our eye sight, but he just kept running.(he reminded me of Forest Gump) We are searching for an area track meet to enter him in.


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Pure, unadulterated madness has invaded the City Center 55th Street Theater. A bunch of lunatics calling themselves Monty Python have taken over the theater and are forcing unsuspecting people to laugh. Almost at gunpoint. They are vulgar, sophomoric, self-satisfied, literate, illiterate, charmless, crass, subtle, and absolutely terrific. They are the funniest thing ever to come out of a television box….
How is one to describe Monty Python? A candid consensus of critics who might be called Charlie Cobra, could easily have written in the East Ham Gazette, describing them: "As coming from the streets of Bergamo—like the commedia dell'arte and pizza. Raw and earthy, they combine the wry savagery of Tom Lehrer and the poetic anarchy of 'Hel'zapoppin.' Were we to accept the Bergsonian concept of humor—which not for a moment we do—we would suggest that their depiction of the polarization and the alienation...
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HE2006 Keynote Address
Mr. Sasaki explained that mature technologies, such as analog TV, have limited growth potential, but entrenched audiences, whereas emerging technologies frequently offer more potential than genuine growth—that is, until an unanticipated development generates mainstream interest in what had previously seemed an unlikely direction. Take the Web explosion of the last 10 years, he observed—no one could have imagined how mainstream surfing the Web would become before eBay, Google, and Amazon.
Mr. Sasaki predicted that digital entertainment is at a tipping point now that computer companies, software corporations, and the content industry were mainstreaming processor intensive entertainment options—and, to this ear, he ever so delicately hinted that the increased friction between fair-use and restrictive formats is the glitch that preceeds a real growth spurt.


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'The Lost Boys is a story about the supernatural, about love, music and friendship. When Joey Gray first meets this strange mysterious boy who never leaves the cemetery, she never imagined her life would be turned upside down. Together they will have to deal with magic bounds,
make a dangerous journey, fight a powerful enemy, and embark in the adventure of their life time.'
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This is a great start! I already really like the main character, and you have a really distinctive voice :)
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Esperanza street reminded me of Esperanza Rising, which is a sad book I had to read in school. Took all my willpower not to cry.
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She went on a STROLL around a CEMETERY, doesn't that scream either danger! Or lost! (no... okay)
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Cough syncope with cystic fibrosis05/27/2009 |
Our daughter is 21 and has Cystic Fibrosis and Cough Syncopede. The episodes are weekly and she passes out and coughs up large amounts of blood. What can we do to help her? The Dr`s that we have talked to have made no suggestions as to what we can do besides putting her feet up and pushing her hands together to try and get out of the fainting. When she wakes up it is several hours later and has a migraine along with this. Help!!!!
Cough syncope is a very difficult problem. Basically, with severe episodes of cough (a coughing fit), some patients black out. Although several things can contribute to cough syncope, the basic problem in CF is one of prolonged cough episodes. During these events, the pressure in the chest is increased and blood cannot flow back to the heart. The heart has little blood to pump, resulting in decreased blood flow to the brain. This causes the patient to pass out.This problem may be worse if the patient has pulmonary hypertension. For this reason, an echocardiogram should be considered, to determine whether pulmonary hypertension is present. Another contributing factor may be low blood pressure, so it is important not to become dehydrated.
There is no truly effective treatment. Putting the feet up helps blood return to the heart. For a patient with CF, it would not be wise to suppress the cough because an effective cough is essential to clear the typical airway secretions. However, control of the coughing episodes may help reduce the events.
Often, the long hard coughing fits are not very effective at clearing secretions. This type of cough is frequently the ones associated with syncope. Working on controlled breathing techniques and controlled cough with huff cough may be more effective in clearing secretions.
Furthermore, shortened duration of the coughing "fits" may help decrease the syncope. Unfortunately, there is no cure for the problem.
Patricia Joseph, MS, MD Associate Professor of Medicine College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |


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Greyson Bankhead, Centennial, Sr., WR: Cal-bound slot receiver had 73 catches for 1,031 yards last season.
Blake Barnett, Santiago, Sr., QB: The Alabama recruit is rated as one of the best quarterbacks in the nation.
Devante Sargent, Corona., Sr., LB: Defensive standout led the Panthers with 12.6 tackles per game last season.
Jihree Stewart, Centennial, Sr., SS: The Oregon recruit will be a key defensive starter for the third straight year.
Evan Tyler, Roosevelt, Sr., SS: The San Jose State recruit leads a group of veteran players in the secondary.
Victor Viramontes, Norco, Jr., QB: Rushed for 1,321 yards and 18 touchdowns in his first year under center.
Centennial vs. Mater Dei at Mission Viejo, Saturday: Centennial has one of the toughest nonleague schedules in the state, and it starts with Mater Dei, which is ranked No.4 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports and No.18 in the nation by USA Today.
Mission Viejo at Norco, Sept. 19: Norco has a chance to make a statement in this game, as it plays host to Orange County powerhouse Mission Viejo. The Cougars have pulled off some big upsets at home, including last year's win over Alemany.
Santiago vs. Hart at College of the Canyons, Sept. 26: Two of the best senior quarterbacks in the nation will put their skills on display, as Santiago's Blake Barnett and Hart's Brady White sling the ball around the field. Hart won a 56-49 shootout last season.
Centennial at Norco, Nov. 7: One of the best league rivalries in the Inland area could again determine the league title. Norco is the only team to knock off Centennial in league play since 2000, having pulled out victories in 2003, 2005 and 2009.
Santiago at Roosevelt, Nov. 7: The league's final automatic playoff berth might be at stake during this regular-season finale. The past four games – all of them won by Santiago – have been high-scoring affairs, with the average score being 40-30.
Teams listed in predicted order of finish
Coach: Matt Logan (18th season, 185-42)
Last season: 12-3, 5-0 in league
Outlook: With the graduations of Robert Webber and Tre Watson, the Huskies will be hard-pressed to duplicate their offensive numbers last season: 53.3 points per game and a state-record 9,047 yards of total offense. Coach Matt Logan said he will use a platoon at quarterback to start the year, with Anthony Catalano sharing snaps with San Diego Westview transfer Nate Ketteringham. "Both have looked pretty strong, so far, so we feel confident with both under center," Logan said. Catalano and Ketteringham have a pair of veteran receivers in Greyson Bankhead and Javon McKinley. The feature back will be J.J. Taylor, who was one of the area's most exciting players last season as a cornerback and kick returner. Sid Acosta leads a strong offensive line, and he might split time at tackle and center. Centennial's defense was shaky at times last season, allowing 31 points per game, and Logan admits improvements must be made. Jihree Stewart and Chacho Ulloa both return and give the Huskies the area's elite safety combination.
Other players to watch: J.J. Taylor, Jr., RB-KR; Sid Acosta, Sr., OL; Tucker Robinson, Sr., DL; Zach Brumbaugh, Jr., LB; Chacho Ulloa, Jr., S
Coach: Chuck Chastain (first season)
Last season: 9-4 overall, 4-1 in league
Outlook: Last season had the potential to be a train wreck after a late coaching change shook up the program, but interim coach Larry Baker kept things on track and guided the Cougars to the Inland Division semifinals. Chuck Chastain, last year's co-offensive coordinator, now is in charge. Quarterback Victor Viramontes is one of the league's elite offensive players because of his running ability, but Chastain might give Viramontes more chances to show off his arm this season. Replacing Cory Young (2,450 yards, 25 TDs) will be difficult, but Centennial transfer Gaven Hughes and Ryan Sedillo will take turns carrying the ball. Anthony Bravo is undersized for a defensive lineman (5-7, 185), but he constantly creates havoc with the opposition. Aisi Vaea is among the best players in the league. Vaea will see time at cornerback and receiver, and he also will return kicks.
Other players to watch: Gaven Hughes, Jr., RB; Craig Johnson, Sr., C; Anthony Bravo, Sr., DL; Brandon Mills, Sr., CB; Aisi Vaea, CB-WR-KR
Coach: Tony Barile (third season, 9-11)
Last season: 6-4 overall, 2-3 in league
Outlook: Roosevelt showed tremendous improvement throughout the 2013 season, and a strong ending led to a fourth-place finish. Tony Barile believes the third year is among the most important for any coach. "The ideas and philosophies we are trying to teach are entrenched," Barile said. "The most important thing is we're much stronger and we're better equipped to play the type of physical football needed in this league." Quarterback Christian Hudson will have big shoes to fill as he takes over for Joseph Muriel, who threw for 2,700 yards and 35 touchdowns last year. Jaylan Brown is a track standout and one of the fastest players in the league, and he'll be making the transition from receiver to running back in 2014. Roosevelt's strength this season might be on the defensive side of the ball. Charles Okpala is a returning all-league lineman, and Barile believes lineman Jerin Bryant can be one of the best defenders in the league. Evan Tyler, Taj Jones and Davion Bullock are part of a very-talented secondary.
Other players to watch: Jaylan Brown, Jr., RB-CB; Kevin Chou, Sr., C; Charles Okpala, Sr., DL; Jerin Bryant, Sr., DL; Davion Bullock, Sr., CB-WR


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I'm not really familiar with requirements regarding antenna placement. I always use heatshrink on mine and never had any problems. Reception is good, at least as far as I can fly while keeping a visual on the quad. Perhaps the way I do it is not recommended for FPV since one would tend to fly at greater distance. Frankly, I'm not sure.
Best, Chris |
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I think light weight is one of the most important qualitys when building my first quad. I am aiming at <200gram exclusive LiPo.
Please advise me: -Suggestions of low weight (small) brushless motors that is wise too use with the KK2.0 board? -Suitable dimension of the frame (prop-prop)? - What propellers to use, with the proposed motors and KV? -Where to buy motors and props? The goal is a very light and probably small quad, run by the KK2.0 flight controller. My quad experience so far is from V929, X100 and V939, because of extremely low weight they often survive bad crashes which is a good thing. My steps for construction. 1. Decide type of Control board. (KK2.0) I love the integrated LCD display. 2. Type of brushless motors. And what propellers to use. 3. Dimension of frame. 4. Make the frame. 5. The rest............ Thanks in advance! Sven |
Considering you want to use a KK2 board, and you'll need 4ESCs and 4 brushless motors, I think your goal of 200 grams or less is cutting it close.
I think a good starting point for you would be to look at the recommended specifications for such tiny frames on www.bambucopter.com. Looks like you're in Europe and bambucopter is a good place to buy parts from because their shipping cost for international shipping is very low. Look at their "Classic 20" or "Crab 25" frames. They list the needed parts you need to get good performance and these are right around the size of frame you're thinking of building. So if you were to build such a small frame yourself, the specs listed for these small frames on the bambucopter website should work very well for you. That said, these little bambucopter frames are quite cheap and you might consider building one of them as a first quad because they fit your requirements and they are just about unbreakable. Very, very tough frames. I hope this helps, and good luck with your first build! Best, Chris |
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Thanks Chris, then I have a look at Bambucopter.
Of course I report the progress later on. //Sven |
Hey Chris,
Would it be possible to get a sort of description on what you are doing when you do flips on the sticks. I've been watching the video of the Crab 25 I bought from you and still have to say your quad flying is some of the most fluid I have seen. I see lot's of people do flips and rolls and can do them myself on the mqx, but I don't go doing so much back to back as I lose way to much altitude after just one. The way you just move from one flip, roll to the next in any direction is what amazes me. I think what I'm catching that I don't see in many other videos is it seems like you give it a little up thrust right before you go into the maneuver which keeps it from losing hardly any altitude when the flip or roll is completed. I know it's practice, practice, practice, but I just thought maybe a little walk through on the stick might help get ahead of the game a little bit. |
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I use a very steep throttle curve in my radio, for one. This helps with good throttle response in terms of retaining altitude on recovery. Most of the time I do let it drop a bit, though, unless I flip close to the ground. Makes the recovery smoother. My throttle curve is set as a linear curve and from 75% and upward throttle on the stick, the output is set to 100%. Essentially, the top 3 points on the curve are set to 100% and my low point is set to 0% and everything in between is inhibited to create a linear curve.
As for stick movement, the idea is to reduce throttle when inverted unless you do large loops with lots of altitude during which holding the throttle constant works fine, but even then, reducing throttle a bit when inverted gives you better control. As for quick flips, reducing the throttle when inverted is key, especially when flipping close to the ground. Higher flip rate programmed in the flight controller helps, of course, but throttle management can really make a difference between a fast flip and a not so fast flip. For example, if you reduce the throttle at the same time as you initiate the flip, the quad will flip much slower, whereas if you let the quad go through 25 or 30% of the flip before reducing the throttle, then it will flip much faster. Bottom line is if the props turn faster under higher throttle output when initiating the flip, the quad flips faster but you still have to reduce throttle when inverted or else you lose too much altitude and control. The same goes with giving it a bit of a throttle punch when initiating the flip. This simply helps propel the quad into it's flipping rotation. If you saw my thumb on the throttle stick when doing back to back flips and rolls, all you would see of my thumb on the throttle stick is an up and down, and up and down motion. You know, Warthox actually has videos where he shows the sticks as a separate layer. You should look them up on Vimeo with the search terms "Warthox Flight School." That guys is an amazing pilot. Weird thing is, he doesn't use colored props or any kind of orientation markings, yet, he rarely loses orientation. He always seem to know which way is which. Don't hesitate to post more questions if they come to mind. Best, Chris |
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Thanks so much Chris for that explanation. I will have to work on learning how to work with Throttle curve and such. All of the little quads I've flown have had no need for those settings so they've just been in Acro mode. First I better just get confident flying as is.
Yeah I've watched Warthox videos a many of times. He's just in his own league! I don't know of anyone on the planet that can fly quite like that. It's just insane! |
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You're welcome. And yeah.... That Warthox fellow is something else. He's like the Yoda of quads. I do hope to gain similar skills eventually. I watch his videos periodically and then I go out there and try to do what I see him doing. It's not that easy! Costs me props most of the time.
Best, Chris |
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Good thing you gave me lots o props.
Not trying to suck up, but I have to say for the short time you've been flying quads you seem to be doing pretty awesome! |
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Just curious, would'nt the PID settings be different for 1.0 and 1.2 versions of firmware? Chris, are you using 1.2?
PS quad frame I got from you is a dream to fly, however I did a no-no and attempted a flip with default stick scaling. Ran it so hard into the ground, I had to dig it out Thanks for spare aluminum tubes, one of them came in handy |
Best, Chris |
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Hi Chris
Think you could give me a hand specking out some HK parts for Quad copter? It needs to be able to lift my GoPro comfortably. I have about 4 months or so building foamies and i'm a geek so the kk2 board should be no issue. Motor - http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...er_1100kv.html OR http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...ner_700kv.html Frame http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...ame_680mm.html KK2 Board I can figure out the battery myself The Esc I need help with. Looking for cheap yet usable. Thanks Nightstone |
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The Flight Training for Multicopters section in the Quadrocopter and Tricopter Info Mega Link Index has the links to the Warhox instructional flip videos and some other helpful info. Cheers, Jim |
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