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As I promised to some people who do not speak Spanish I am writing my first blog post in English.
We are in a changing world in which even those ideas that were already confirmed are questioned again. Nevertheless, it seems that some advances are understood by everyone and there is no turning back. For example, slavery was abolished in the US in 1865, women were able to vote in the US since 1920 and Human Rights Declaration was adopted by the UN in 1948. This new rights had been ignored for centuries but after an extreme effort by their supporters now are accepted by almost every nation in the world. They are part of the progress of the world and human beings.
The question for today is: What's next? What new ideas or rights could appear in the following years? If they are related to progress and justice, can we try to identify them as soon as possible?
Who knows? We can try to figure out what is the route to improve these human (or not only human) Rights. Probably this is part of the world development and time is needed to know what is going to happen and what people will take for granted in one century time.


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As I finished reading the last of the many appendix chapters of The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton, I was struck by the way his death pervades the book. Because the reader knows that the journal ends at the time of his death, one cannot help but read in light of it. For example, many times in the journal Merton talks about where he would like to go after the Bangkok conference at which he was due to speak—Merton says he'd like to return home via Europe so as to visit some monastics there. But the reader knows that that trip will not be happening. Thus, Death becomes a sort of character in the book, always lurking in the margins and reminding readers of there alleged powerlessness in light of his presence.
But death is not the end, and Merton, of course, knows this.
The journal drips with life and life affirmation. Traveling along with Merton, one gets a sense of the deep relationships he was building with the people he met along the way. Early in his visit to Asia, Merton finds himself receiving several audiences with H.H. the Dalai Lama. And the two become fast friends, growing in awareness of their kindredness of spirit.
Merton also met a hermit named Chatral Rimpoche, who says he was surprised by how well he was able to get along with Merton, a Christian. Merton reflects, "The unspoken or half-spoken message of the talk [with Chatral Rimpoche] was our complete understanding of each other as people who were somehow on the edge of great realization and knew it and were trying, somehow or other, to go out and get lost in it—and that it was a grace for us to meet one another. . . . He told me, seriously, that perhaps he and I would attain to complete Buddhahood in our next lives, perhaps even in this life, and the parting note was a kind of compact that we would both do our best to make it in this life" (143–144). (Here again, for example, the looming specter of Merton's imminent death lurks in the reader's mind.) Chatral even calls Merton a sangay, which Merton translates as "a natural Buddha."
Merton met other spiritual experts in Tibetan Buddhism while he was there and reports on their devotions and their lives as hermits. Indeed, time spent with various hermits helped Merton gain appreciation for his hermitage at Gethsemani, but it also helped him desire a more remote hermitage perhaps in Alaska or in one of the Asian dioceses. At one point a butterfly floats past him, and he says that he is "glad . . . not to be in any city" (87). It's interesting to see him in a context outside of the monastery and long to be back inside it, or at least to be back in his hermitage whether at Gethsemani or elsewhere as a satellite of Gethsemani.
The book's climax, if you will, takes place during Merton's visit to the statues at Polonnaruwa, Ceylon. There, in the shadows of the immense reclining Buddha, Merton says,
[T]he silence of the extraordinary faces. The great smiles. Huge and yet subtle. Filled with every possibility, questioning nothing, knowing everything, rejecting nothing, the peace not of emotional resignation but of . . . [having] seen through every question without trying to discredit anyone or anything—without refutation—without establishing some other argument. For the doctrinaire, the mind that needs well-established positions, such peace, such silence can be frightening. . . .
Looking at these figures, I was suddenly, almost forcibly, jerked clean out of the habitual, half-tied vision of things, and an inner clearness, clarity, as if exploding from the rocks themselves, became evident and obvious. . . . I don't know when in my life I have ever had such a sense of beauty and spiritual validity running together in on aesthetic illumination (233, 235).
Later but still while in Ceylon, Merton comes across some Catholic statues that look vaguely Hindu, and he thinks it a bit odd, saying, "Suddenly, there is a point where religion becomes laughable. Then you decide that you are nevertheless religious" (238). Amen. And yes. For whatever reason, perhaps in light of my extended journey into the sometimes very religious world of Roman Catholicism, this statement resonated very deeply with me.
Merton died four days after writing this.
It will never be totally clear what happened to him. Did he have a heart attack? Did he get fatally electrocuted by a fan? Or both? Or did one cause the other? We won't know. But what we do know is that Merton was interred by his fellow religious. Keeping vigil for him there in the hotel where he died and saying the requiem Mass before his body was flown home to Gethsemani, OCSC monastics took care of him.
I have visited his grave site many times. There beside the abbey church, Fr. Louis Merton rests in the quiet, very much not in a city, with other deceased members of the order that gave his life meaning, that wrestled along beside him as he journeyed to the God who gives life, who gives the new life of resurrection.
Taking a cue from the journal, I wanted to include a few quotes that struck me just as Merton included excerpts from things he was reading at the time:
"What is important is not liberation from the body but liberation from the mind. We are not entangled in our own body but entangled in our own mind" (90).
"The three poisons: craving, hatred, ignorance" (100).
"When you begin each day by giving small Indian coins to Tibetan beggars with prayer wheels and to the old faceless lady from Lhasa, you are simply entrenching your own position in the wheel of birth and death" (161).
"Mass this morning at St. Thomas Mount. . . . A very lovely little church, so quiet, so isolated, so simple, so fresh. It stands on an abrupt hill overlooking an army camp and the airport. One of the nicest things I have found in India or anywhere" (196).
"A Muslim commentator on the Qur'an, Abu Ishaq al-Zajjaj (died 922 A.D.), says some Christians, 'unable to bear the conduct of their kings, fled to caves and cells and instituted this form of life' [the monastic life]" (263).
There are many Appendices included at the end of the journal. Appendix III features an "informal talk delivered at Calcutta, October 1968" and is titled "Thomas Merton's View of Monasticism." In it, Merton talks about how monastics are marginalized and intentionally so. Merton's final paragraph from this talk goes like this:
And the deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words, and it is beyond speech, and it is beyond concept. Not that we discover a new unity. We discover an older unity. My dear brothers, we are already one. But we imagine that we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is who we are (308).

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"Won't You Be Our Neighbor" is the fifth episode from Season 6 of Modern Family, it aired on October 22, 2014.
Plot Summary
Phil is selling the house next door and he and Claire are excited by the prospect of having wonderful new neighbors, but that quickly turns into panic when a loud and obnoxious couple come to look at the house. Jay forbids Manny to see his new girlfriend when he realizes she's the granddaughter of his biggest business rival, leading to a clash of the closet titans. Elsewhere, Mitch and Cam are determined to switch Lily out of Mrs. Plank's class since she is known to rule with an iron fist - not to mention she scares them too.
Episode Description
Jay (Ed O'Neill) makes a new invention for socks and plans to sell it but everything seems to fall apart for him when Manny's (Rico Rodriguez) new girlfriend, Sophie (Cheyn Cole), comes home and sees it. As it is revealed, Sophie is the granddaughter of Jay's longtime enemy and owner of the "Closets, Closets, Closets, Closets" company, Earl (Jon Polito). Jay is convinced that she will tell her grandfather about his invention and Earl will steal his idea. Jay demands from Manny to stop seeing Sophie but Gloria (Sofía Vergara) is determined to make the two men make up and she arranges a dinner for them to talk and solve their differences.
Meanwhile, the neighbor of the Dunphys family, Jerry (Matt Besser), moves out after his divorce and asks Phil (Ty Burrell) to sell his house. Claire (Julie Bowen) is happy with the idea that they can choose their new neighbors and they do everything to impress a new couple, George (Ben Lawson) and Lisa (Fiona Gubelmann). The couple is ready to buy it when another couple, Ronnie (Steve Zahn) and Amber (Andrea Anders), comes and makes a better offer. Claire does not like them at all and asks Phil to not tell Jerry about the better offer and even though Phil agrees to do it, he can not lie to Jerry and tells him the truth. Ronnie and Amber buy the house and they move in, while the Dunphy family watches.
Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) find out that there is an opening in Ms. Sparrow's class and they want for Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) to take it, since they believe that Lily is stressed out by her teacher, Mrs Plank (Tyne Daly). Ms. Sparrow's class is more fun and kids are happy there. Without asking Lily, they meet Mrs Plank and they manage to move Lily to Mrs Sparrow's class but they soon find out that Lily does not want to change teacher because she loves Mrs Plank and she actually learns new and important things there. Cameron and Mitchell are forced to go back to Mrs Plank and beg her to take Lily back.
Main Cast
(The characters striked out do not appear in this episode)
- Jay Pritchett
- Gloria Pritchett
- Manny Delgado
- Joe Pritchett
- Claire Dunphy
- Phil Dunphy
- Haley Dunphy
- Alex Dunphy
- Luke Dunphy
- Mitchell Pritchett
- Cameron Tucker
- Lily Tucker-Pritchett
Guest Starring
- Tyne Daly as Mrs. Plank
- Steve Zahn as Ronnie LaFontaine
- Andrea Anders as Amber LaFontaine
- Ben Lawson as George
- Fiona Gubelmann as Lisa
- Matt Besser as Jerry
- Jon Polito as Earl Chambers
- Brooke Sorenson as Tammy LaFontaine
- Finneas O'Connell as Ronnie LaFontaine, Jr.
- Cheyn Cole as Sophie
- Raegan Revord as Megan
- Jerry reappears from his very last appearance, "Halloween", which was 95 episodes ago.
- Claire mentions that she scared an adult, which was previously mentioned in "Open House of Horrors".
- Phil remembers Claire's friend Juliette when reminded that she is black. His attraction to black women appeared previously in a line in "Hit and Run": "I'll admit it. I'm turned on by powerful women. Michelle Obama, Oprah, Condoleezza Rice, Serena Williams... wait a minute...".
- Fineas O' Connell's second appearance after Best Men, where he portrayed a musician who had a crush on Alex.
- This episode begins on a Sunday, according to Phil.
- This is Earl Chambers's first appearance, but in Australia his name was Earl Norton.
- Earl believes that Jay ignores Mitchell's sexuality and says that he is at least 40. In real life, Jesse Tyler Ferguson turned 39 the day this episode was aired and both he and Jon Polito (who plays Earl) are gay.
- Jay formerly had another closet company which he formed with Earl until the latter betrayed the former and then the two men had their own companies: "Closet fornia".
Cultural References
- Gloria mentions "burying the machete", apparently a Colombian version of "burying the hatchet".
- Claire calls Jerry "Reefer Madness", a reference to the infamous anti-marijuana film.
- Jay and Earl sold closets to Larry Hagman, while Earl later got a guest role on Dallas.
- Mrs Plank calls Mitch and Cam "Mary Ann and Ginger", a reference to Gilligan's Island.


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text: X60250 ® Data Sheet September 14, 2005 Micro Power Programmable Voltage Reference PROGRAMMABLE VOLTAGE REFERENCE APPLICATIONS • • • • • • • FEATURES • • • • • • • • • • • • FN8146.1 1.25V 1.0%, 20ppm/°C Tempco Reference Adjustable to ±0.25% Over the 0 to 1.25V Range 8 bit, 100kΩ XDCP on-chip Programmable Resolution of 4.9mV (255 steps) Extra Matched 100kΩ Resistor Available for Increased Resolution Over a Smaller Range 2.7V to 5.5V Supply Range 2-Wire Interface for Programming Reference Setting Low Supply Current: 12µA in Normal Mode 8-pin TSSOP Package Programmable Reference NV Memory Pb-Free Plus Anneal Available (RoHS Compliant) Sensor Bias Variable DAC reference Linear Voltage Regulators DC/DC converters Voltage comparators Motor controllers Amplifier biasing DESCRIPTION The Intersil X60250 combines a temperature compensated voltage reference with a Intersil Digitally Controlled Potentiometer (XDCP) to provide a precision adjustable reference with a range of 0.0V to 1.25V. The device includes a serial bus interface to enable in-circuit programming of the reference voltage. The XDCP contains a resistor chain with 255 taps to provide 8 bits of digital adjustment to the reference voltage. Non-volatile storage retains the digital wiper setting, for permanent reference programming. An additional matched 100kΩ resistor is available to increase resolution of the output voltage while retaining accuracy. IC BLOCK DIAGRAM VCC VREFOUT Pwr On Recall 1.25V Reference 100K 256 Tap DCP EE PROM SCL VOUT R1 Serial Interface SDA 100kΩ Digital Wiper Control GND 1 VREFL CAUTION: These devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge; follow proper IC Handling Procedures. 1-888-INTERSIL or 1-888-468-3774 | Intersil (and design) is a registered trademark of Intersil Americas Inc. Copyright Intersil Americas Inc. 2005. All Rights Reserved All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. X60250 Ordering Information PART NUMBER PART MARKING OUTPUT VOLTAGE (V) RESOLUTION TEMP RANGE (°C) PACKAGE X60250V8I 60250 I 1.250 8 bits -40 to 85 8 Ld TSSOP X60250V8IZ (Note) 60250I Z 1.250 8 bits -40 to 85 8 Ld TSSOP (Pb-free) NOTE: Intersil Pb-free plus anneal products employ special Pb-free material sets; molding compounds/die attach materials and 100% matte tin plate termination finish, which are RoHS compliant and compatible with both SnPb and Pb-free soldering operations. Intersil Pb-free products are MSL classified at Pb-free peak reflow temperatures that meet or exceed the Pb-free requirements of IPC/JEDEC J STD-020. PIN CONFIGURATION TSSOP VREFL 1 8 SCL VCC 2 7 SDA VREFOUT 3 6 GND VOUT 4 5 R1 PIN ASSIGNMENTS TSSOP Symbol 1 VREFL 2 VCC 3 VREFOUT 4 VOUT Description DCP and auxiliary resistor reference input Positive Power Supply Bandgap Reference Output DCP Wiper Output 5 R1 6 GND Ground 7 SDA Serial Data Input/Output 8 SCL Serial Clock Input 2 Auxiliary resistor input FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS COMMENTS Supply Voltage Range...................................-1V to 7V Bias Temperature Range .................... -40°C to +85°C Storage Temperature Range............. -65°C to +150°C Voltage on VREF(LOW) pin .............................0V to VCC Voltage on all other pins ................ -0.3V to VCC+0.3V Lead temperature (soldering, 10 seconds) ........ 300°C Absolute Maximum Ratings indicate limits beyond which permanent damage to the device and impaired reliability may occur. These are stress ratings provided for information only and functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those indicated in the operational sections of this specification are not implied. RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITIONS Min Max Temperature -40°C +85°C Supply Voltage 2.7V 5.5V For guaranteed specifications and test conditions, see Electrical Characteristics. The guaranteed specifications apply only for the test conditions listed. Some performance characteristics may degrade when the device is not operated under the listed test conditions. ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Over operating conditions unless otherwise specified. IOUT = 12.5 µA, R1 = N/C (Floating).) ANALOG PARAMETERS Limits Symbol Parameter Min. Typ. (1) Max. Unit 2.7 3.0 5.5 V 20 µA RL=0, VREFL, VOUT, RAUX = floating µA RL=0, VREFL, VOUT, RAUX = floating TA = 25°C Test Conditions Power Supply VCC Supply Voltage Range IQ Supply Current VCC = 2.7V VCC = 3V VCC = 5.5V Write IQ(NV) 15 60 Non-Volatile Supply Current VCC = 2.7V VCC = 3V VCC = 5.5V 1100 600 1300 Reference Output Voltage DC Parameters VREFOUT Output Voltage 1.237 VREFL DCP and auxilliary resistor reference input GND TCOref Temperature coefficient of VREF output voltage PSRR Power Supply Rejection IOUT Output Current Sourcing Sinking 1 ROUT Output Impedance 1 ISC Short Circuit Current Sourcing Sinking 5 0 CL Load Capacitance 3 1.250 20 55 1.263 V VREFOUT V 70 ppm/°C dB (6) 400 µA (2) 2.5 Ω Given by ROUT = (∆VREF/∆IOUT) (2) 66 0.001 (2, 5) 0.003 mA At 5.5V µF Reference output stable for all CL up to specifications (2) FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 ANALOG PARAMETERS (CONTINUED) Limits Symbol Parameter Typ. (1) Min. Max. Unit Test Conditions AC Parameters VN µVP-P 0.1Hz to 10Hz (2) µVRMS 10Hz to 10kHz (2) Output Voltage Noise 100 200 Power-on Response 250 µs 1% Settling (2) Line Ripple Rejection 60 dB VDD = 3V ±100mV, f = 120 Hz (2) Reference DCP Resolution 8 bits 100 115 kΩ Wiper Resistance VCC = 2.7V VCC = 3V Ω 600 5000 1200 Absolute Linearity (INL) ±0.2 LSB Relative Linearity (DNL) ±0.1 LSB RTOT Temperature Coeff. ±300 ppm/°C Ratiometric Temp. Coeff. ±20 ppm/°C RTOT End to end resistance RW 85 (2) RAUX (Auxiliary Resistor) RTOT End to end resistance 85 100 RTOT Temperature Coeff. 115 kΩ ±300 ppm/°C RL=0, VREFL, VOUT, RAUX = floating DCP Matching Tolerance 0.1 % DCP Matching Temp. Coeff. ±20 ppm/°C DIGITAL PARAMETERS Limits Symbol Parameter Min. Typ. (1) Max. Unit Test Conditions ILI Input Leakage Current 2 µA VIN = GND to VCC ILO Output Leakage Current 2 µA VOUT = GND to VCC VIL Input Low Voltage 0 VCC x 0.2 V VIH Input High Voltage VCC x 0.7 VCC V CIN Input Capacitance VOL Output Low Voltage 0 10 %VDD IOL = 100 µA (2) VOH Output High Voltage 90 100 %VDD IOH = 100 µA (2) CL Output Load 100 pF 5 pF (2) EEPROM PARAMETERS (Erase at VCC = 5.0 V min, T = 25°C) Parameter Min. Units Write Cycle Endurance 100,000 Cycles per bit CAPACITANCE Symbol Test Max. Units Test Conditions CIN/OUT Input/Output capacitance (SDA) 8 pF VOUT = 0V (2) CIN Input capacitance (SCL) 6 pF VIN = 0V (2) 4 FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 A.C. TEST CONDITIONS Input Pulse Levels VCC x 0.1 to VCC x 0.9 Input rise and fall times 10ns Input and output timing threshold level VCC x 0.5 External load at pin SDA 2.3kΩ to VCC and 100 pF to VSS AC SPECIFICATIONS Symbol fSCL Parameter SCL Clock Frequency tIN Pulse width Suppression Time at inputs tAA SCL LOW to SDA Data Out Valid (2) Min. Max. Unit 0 400 kHz 50 (2) ns 0.1 tBUF Time the bus must be free before a new transmission can start tLOW tHIGH (2) 0.9 µs 1.3 µs Clock LOW Time 1.3 µs Clock HIGH Time 0.6 µs tSU:STA Start Condition Setup Time 0.6 µs tHD:STA Start Condition Hold Time 0.6 µs tSU:DAT Data In Setup Time 100 ns tHD:DAT Data In Hold Time 0 µs 0.6 µs 50 ns tSU:STO Stop Condition Setup Time tDH Data Output Hold Time (2) (2) (2, 3) tR SDA and SCL Rise Time tF SDA and SCL Fall Time (2, 3) Cb Capacitive load for each bus line (2, 3) 20 +.1Cb 300 ns 20 +.1Cb 300 ns 400 pF TIMING DIAGRAMS Bus Timing tBUF tF tHIGH tR tLOW tBUF SCL tSU:STA SDA IN tSU:DAT tHD:STA tHD:DAT tSU:STO tAA tDH tHD:STO tHD:DAT SDA OUT 5 FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 WRITE CYCLE TIMING SCL 8th Bit of Last Byte SDA ACK tWC Stop Start Condition Condition POWER-UP TIMING Symbol Parameter ∆VCC/∆t (2) tPUR tPUW VCC Power-up rate Time from Power-up to Min. Max. Unit 0.2 50 V/ms Read (2) 1 ms (2) 5 ms Time from Power-up to Write NONVOLATILE WRITE CYCLE TIMING Symbol tWC Parameter Write Cycle Time (4) Min. Typ. Max. Unit 5 10 ms Notes: (1) (2) (3) (4) Typical values are for TA = 25°C and VCC = 3.0V This parameter is guaranteed by characterization. Cb = total capacitance of one bus line in pF. tWC is the time from a valid stop condition at the end of a write sequence to the end of the self-timed internal nonvolatile write cycle. It is the minimum cycle time to be allowed for any nonvolatile write by the user, unless Acknowledge Polling is used. (5) Over the specified temperature range. Temperature coefficient is measured by the box method whereby the change in VOUT is divided by the temperature range; in this case, -40°C to +85°C = 125°C. TCOref = [Max V(VREF) - Min V(VREF)] × 106 / (1.25V × 125°C) 6 FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION The X60250 combines a micropower precision reference with an 8-bit, 256 tap digitally controlled 100kΩ potentiometer (DCP) which allows nonvolatile setting of an output reference voltage. When normally configured with the VREFL pin tied to ground, the device provides an output range of 0V to 1.25V with 4.90mV resolution. The device can also be configured with an optional 100kΩ series resistor to ground, which effectively halves the output voltage range while doubling the resolution. Grounding the R1 pin while floating the VREFL pin places the device in this mode. Output voltage setting accuracy can be as high as 0.10% while permitting adjustment from 0.625V to 1.25V (2.45mV resolution). Reference Section The reference is designed to provide an accurate, low tempco voltage source while requiring less than 12µA (typical) of supply current. This supply current is for the reference section only. Keep in mind that the DCP will increase supply current draw by VREF/RTOTAL (typically 1.25/100k or 12.5µA). The total current drawn by the adjustable reference circuit will be less than 25µA (typically). The reference output has a typical impedance of 1Ω and can provide up to 400µA of load current. It is intended to drive the resistive load of the DCP, which is a minimum of 85kΩ, but can also be used to drive off chip circuitry provided the loading does not exceed the 400µA maximum. Also, highly capacitive loads can make the reference oscillate, so no more than 2000pF should be placed directly on the output of the VREFOUT pin. The reference output produces about 200µV RMS of noise (10kHz bandwidth) due to its micropower design. This is easily reduced in normal applications, as shown in the applications section for optimizing circuits for reducing output noise levels. DCP Section The 256 tap DCP has an 8-bit nonvolatile wiper control register which controls which tap is selected. The register is changed by performing a serial data write to its address (0h, see Serial Interface section). The resulting wiper position will produce an output voltage at VOUT, depending on whether the DCP VREFL is grounded or the R1 pin is grounded. The wiper consists of CMOS transistors and has a finite resistance, typically 600Ω at VCC = 5V (this parameter increases with decreasing VCC). The wiper resistance will produce errors in reference circuits due to I-R drops if current flows through the wiper. However, typically these circuits will have the wiper connected to a high impedance comparator or amplifier input which results in very small 7 wiper currents and thus only a small output voltage error. If the X60250 is used with the wiper connected to VREFL to produce a current source, care must be taken to avoid exceeding the maximum output current of the reference (typically 400µA). Power-Up considerations The X60250 contains EEPROM nonvolatile storage cells which are recalled during power-up. This recall process works best with power supply (VCC) ramping that is monotonic and free of excessive glitches (<100mV disturbances give best results). The ramp rate spec should be adhered to, although the most sensitive part of recall is between VCC = 1.0V and 2.5V. Effort should be made to make sure the device receives a power-up ramp between those voltage levels that meet the ramp rate spec and have no glitches. Recall of the stored wiper position happens in < 1ms from VCC reaching 2.5V. Note that any excursions of VCC below 2.5V, although temporary, can cause the wiper to be loaded with the midpoint value (80h) until VCC recovers to its normal voltage. Register Organization There are 2 nonvolatile registers and 1 volatile register available for storage and recall via the serial bus. They contain the current wiper position, a general purpose data register and a status register. The wiper register is nonvolatile and is at address 0h and contains 8 bits, with the 00h setting corresponding to the tap position nearest VREFL, and the FFh setting nearest to VREFOUT. The general purpose register is nonvolatile and is at address 1h, and contains 8 bits for use as scratchpad memory or serial number information. The Status register is volatile and is at address 7h. It has one active bit, D3, which is the WEL bit. This bit must be set to 1 berfore any nonvolatile writes are performed to the other registers. See the register information on the next page. FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 X60250 REGISTER BIT MAP Addr D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 0 D7 (MSB) D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 (LSB) 1 D7 (MSB) D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 (LSB) 7 0 0 0 0 WEL 0 0 0 REGISTER DESCRIPTIONS Reg Nonvolatile 0 1 7 Description VOUT wiper setting General Purpose data storage register Status register Y Y N REGISTER 0 (NONVOLATILE) This register is used to hold the DCP wiper position, which is given by: Code V OUT = V REF × --------------- (with 255 VREFL = GND) REGISTER 1 (NONVOLATILE) This 8 bit register is used for general storage such as date code, temp setting, etc. STATUS REGISTER Bit Value D - D4 D3 0 0-1 D2 - D0 0 Description Must remain 0 WEL bit Must be programmed to "1" for Reg 0 or 1 EEPROM write. When accessing, only WEL bit may be changed Must remain 0 8 FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 X60250 BUS INTERFACE INFORMATION Figure 1. Slave Address, Word Address, and Data Bytes - Write Mode Slave Address* Device Identifier Slave Address Byte 0 1 0 1 0 0 0/1 0 A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 Byte 0 Byte Address Byte 1 Data Byte Byte 2 Figure 2. Slave Address, Word Address, and Data Bytes - Read Mode Slave Address* Device Identifier 0 1 0 1 0 0 0/1 1 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 Slave Address Byte Byte 0 Data Byte 9 Byte 1 Data Byte Byte 2 FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 X60250 BUS INTERFACE INFORMATION Pin Descriptions Slave Address, Address Byte, and Data Byte VREFOUT The byte communication format for the serial bus is shown in Figure 1 on the previous page. The first byte, BYTE 0, defines the device identifier, 0101 in the upper half; and the device slave address in the low half of the byte. The slave address is set to 0. The next byte, BYTE 1, is the Address Byte. The Address Byte identifies a unique address for the Status or Control Registers as shown in the Register Descriptions table. The following byte, Byte 2, is the byte used for READ and WRITE operations. Reference voltage output. The 1.25V bandgap reference output (VREF) is available at this pin for application to other circuits. Maximum output current is 400µA. The VREFOUT pin also connects to the Rh terminal of the 256-tap DCP. Start Condition All commands are preceded by the start condition, which is a HIGH to LOW transition of SDA when SCL is HIGH. The device continuously monitors the SDA and SCL lines for the start condition and will not respond to any command until this condition has been met. On powerup, the SCL pin must be brought LOW prior to the START condition. See Figure 3. Stop Condition All communications must be terminated by a stop condition, which is a LOW to HIGH transition of SDA when SCL is HIGH followed by a HIGH to LOW transistion on SCL. After going LOW, SCL can stay LOW or return to HIGH. See Figure 3. Acknowledge Acknowledge is a software convention used to indicate successful data transfer. The transmitting device, either master or slave, will release the bus after transmitting eight bits. During the ninth clock cycle, the receiver will pull the SDA line LOW to acknowledge that it received the eight bits of data. Refer to Figure 4. The device will respond with an acknowledge after recognition of a start condition and if the correct Device Identifier and Select bits are contained in the Slave Address Byte. If a write operation is selected, the device will respond with an acknowledge after the receipt of each subsequent eight bit word. The device will acknowledge all incoming data and address bytes, except for: – The Slave Address Byte when the Device Identifier and/or Select bits are incorrect – The 2nd Data Byte of a Status Register Write Operation (only 1 data byte is allowed) 10 VOUT DCP Wiper Output. This pin functions as the wiper of the DCP, and can be used as a variable voltage source for voltages between GND and VREF . Since it is connected to the DCP resistor, any loads on this pin must be high impedance for best performance. R1 Auxiliary Resistor Input. The R1 pin is connected to one end of a 100kΩ resistor (R1) which closely matches the DCP resistance. The other end of R1 is tied to the RREFL terminal of the DCP. When R1 is grounded and VREFL is left open, the output voltage range of VOUT will be from VREF/2 to VREF , and the effective resolution (mV/step) of the Reference control is doubled. R1 should be left open if not used. GND This pin is common for the VREF output and for control signal inputs. SDA Serial Data Input/Output. Bidirectional pin used for serial data transfer. As an output, it is open drain and may be wire-ored with any number of open drain or open collector outputs. A pullup resistor is required and the value is dependent on the speed of the serial data bus and the number of outputs tied together. SCL Serial Clock Input. Accepts a clock signal for clocking serial data into and out of the device. VREFL DCP and Auxiliary Resistor Input. This pin is connected to one end of the 256-tap DCP, and also to one end of the 100kΩ auxiliary resistor. When connected to ground, VOUT range will be from 0V to VREF . When left open and R1 is connected to ground, the voltage at this pin will be from VREF/2 to VREF . FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 Figure 3. Valid Start and Stop Conditions VCC Positive Power Supply. Connect to a voltage supply in the range of 2.7V < VCC < 5.5V, with minimum noise and ripple. For best performance, bypass with a 0.1µF capacitor to ground. SCL SDA Start Stop Figure 4. Acknowledge Response From Receiver SCL from Master 1 8 9 Data Output from Transmitter Data Output from Receiver Start Acknowledge Figure 5. Valid Data Changes on the SDA Bus SCL SDA Data Stable 11 Data Change Data Stable FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 Figure 6. Byte Write Sequence Signals from the Master SDA Bus S t Device a ID r t 01 0 1 0 Slave Address* Byte Address 0 S t o p Data 0 0/1 0 A C K Signals From The Slave A C K A C K *Note: The X60250 will respond to either 000 or 001 slave addresses. Byte Write For a write operation, the device requires the Slave Address Byte and the Word Address Bytes. This gives the master access to any one of the words in the array. Upon receipt of each address byte, the X60250 responds with an acknowledge. After receiving the address bytes the X60250 awaits the eight bits of data. After receiving the 8 data bits, the X60250 again responds with an acknowledge. The master then terminates the transfer by generating a stop condition. The X60250 then begins an internal write cycle of the data to the nonvolatile memory. During the internal write cycle, the device inputs are disabled, so the device will not respond to any requests from the master. The SDA output is at high impedance. See Figure 6. A write to a protected block of memory is ignored, but will still receive an acknowledge. At the end of the write command, the X60250 will not initiate an internal write cycle, and will continue to okay commands. Stops and Write Modes Stop conditions that terminate write operations must be sent by the master after sending at least 1 full data byte and its associated ACK signal. If a stop is issued in the middle of a data byte, or before 1 full data byte + ACK is sent, then the X60250 resets itself without performing the write. The contents of the array are not affected. Figure 7. Random Address Read Sequence Signals from the Master S t a r t SDA Bus Device ID 01 0 1 0 Slave Address Byte Address 0 0 0/1 0 Random Address Read Random read operation allows the master to access any location in the X60250. Prior to issuing the Slave Address Byte, the master must first perform a "dummy" write operation. The master issues the start condition and the slave address byte, receives an acknowledge, then issues the word address bytes. After acknowledging receipt of each word address byte, the master immediately issues another start condition and the slave address byte. This is followed by an acknowledge from the device and then by the eight bit data word. The master terminates the read operation by not responding with an acknowledge and then issuing a stop condition. Refer to Figure 7 for the address, acknowledge, and data transfer sequence. 12 Device ID 01 0 1 0 A C K Signals from the Slave S t a r t A C K S t o p Slave Address 0 0 1 A C K Data In a similar operation called "Set Current Address," the device sets the address if a stop is issued instead of the second start shown in Figure 7. The X60250 then goes into standby mode after the stop and all bus activity will be ignored until a start is detected. This operation loads the new address into the address counter. The next Current Address Read operation will read from the newly loaded address. This operation could be useful if the master knows the next address it needs to read, but is not ready for the data. FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTIC CURVES VRefout vs Temperature (2 representative units) 1.25120 1.2550 1.25070 1.2540 Refout 1.25020 R f 1.2530 t 1.2520 VREFOUT (V) VRefout (V) 1.24970 IREFOOUT vs VREFOUT 1.24920 1.24870 1.24820 +25 deg C 1.2510 1.2500 -40 deg C 1.2490 1.2480 1.24770 +85 deg C 1.2470 1.24720 1.2460 1.24670 1.24620 -50 1.2450 0.00 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0.10 0.20 0.30 100 VRefout vs Vcc 0.60 0.70 0.80 50.00E-6 Refout (-40C) Refout (25C) Refout (85C) 1.256E+0 1.255E+0 Icc (-40C) Icc (25C) Icc (85C) 45.00E-6 40.00E-6 1.254E+0 35.00E-6 Icc (A) VRefout (V) 0.50 Icc vs Vcc 1.257E+0 1.253E+0 1.252E+0 30.00E-6 25.00E-6 1.251E+0 20.00E-6 1.250E+0 1.249E+0 2.50 0.40 IREFOUT (mA) Temperature (C) 15.00E-6 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00 Vcc (V) 10.00E-6 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 Vcc (V) Vref Output Voltage Noise, 0.1Hz to 10Hz VREF Output Noise Spectrum 10 9 Filter = 1 zero at 0.1Hz 2 poles at 10Hz Noise, uV/rt*Hz 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Vertical = 50µV/div Horizontal = 1 sec/div 0 10 100 1000 10000 Frequency DNL 0.50 0.40 0.40 0.30 0.30 0.20 0.20 ERROR (LSB) ERROR (LSB) INL 0.50 0.10 0.00 -0.10 0.10 0.00 -0.10 -0.20 -0.20 -0.30 -0.30 -0.40 -0.40 -0.50 -0.50 0 50 100 150 Tap Position 13 200 250 0 50 100 150 200 250 Tap Position FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTIC CURVES (Continued) Power On Settling Time Figure 9. Using Auxilliary Resistor APPLICATIONS INFORMATION Standard Reference configurations Figure 8 shows the device connections to produce a 0 to 1.250V adjustable reference with 8 bits of resolution. VREFL will be grounded in this case. Figure 9 has device connections to produce a 0.625V to 1.250V reference with 8 bits of resolution, with R1 grounded. This configuration effectively doubles the output voltage control resolution, increasing the accuracy of the desired reference output voltage. Since the auxiliary resistor is matched to the DCP resistor, temperature drift is minimized. VREFOUT VOUT 1.25V Reference 100K 0.625V to 1.25V Range R1 100K GND VREFL Figure 8. Standard Configuration VREFOUT Reducing Output Noise VOUT 1.25V Reference 100K R1 100K GND VREFL Adjusted Reference Voltage 0.0 to 1.25V Range The output noise voltage of the reference is typically 200µV rms in the 10kHz bandwidth. An advantage of the adjustable reference configuration is the ease in filtering this noise. Simply adding a capacitor to the VOUT pin will produce a single pole filter with a corner frequency of: 1 F CORNER = --- × π × R DCP × C FILTER 2 RDCP will vary with tap position and wiper resistance. If the approximate tap position of the DCP is known, it can be used to calculate this resistance as follows: 255 – tapw #- × R || tapw --------------# R DCP = ----------------------------TOTAL 255 × R TOTAL + R WIPER 255 For example, with VCC = 5V, tap # = 127 (corresponding to VOUT = 0.623V), CFILTER = 0.1µF, using typical values: R DCP = 25K + 0.6K = 25.6kΩ F CORNER = 62Hz 14 FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 Since this is a single pole rolloff, the actual noise bandwidth is 1.57 times this, or 97Hz. This should reduce typical output noise to about 45µV rms. Note that if the wiper is set to the highest tap positon (tap# = 255) to give a VOUT of 1.25V, the resulting RDCP = RWIPER or 600Ω, and the filter bandwidth will now be 2.6kHz, increasing noise significantly. If tap positions near VREFOUT will be used, then a series resistor ROUT should be added to better control noise bandwidth. Figure 10. Reducing Output Noise VREFOUT ROUT VOUT 1.25V Reference 100K R1 (optional) Filtered Reference Voltage CFILTER Higher Reference Voltages If a reference voltage higher than 1.25V is required, then an opamp can be added to amplify the VOUT voltage. There are many micropower opamps available, such as the LMV341, which can produce an output at very close to either supply rail. Figure 11 shows a circuit for a 0V to 5.0V adjustable reference, which has 8 bits of control. Note that if the auxiliary resistor is connected to ground instead of VREFL, then the output voltage range will be 2.5V to 5.0V, but resolution will double. Total current draw from that circuit will be 156µA (typically, with VOUT = 5V) including reference and opamp circuitry. Note that due to VCC supply variations, the output may not span up to 5.00V which would result in missing codes at the top end of the DCP range. Figure 11. Increasing Reference Output Voltage VREFOUT +5V 100K GND R1 20K 1.25V Reference VREFL 100K CFILTER 5 1 3 + 6 4 0 to 5.0V LMV341 – 2 100K 100K GND 15 33K VREFL FN8146.1 September 14, 2005 X60250 PACKAGING INFORMATION 8-Lead Plastic, TSSOP, Package Code V8 .025 (.65) BSC .169 (4.3) .252 (6.4) BSC .177 (4.5) .114 (2.9) .122 (3.1) .041 (1.05) .0075 (.19) .0118 (.30) .002 (.05) .006 (.15) .010 (.25) Gage Plane 0° - 8° Seating Plane .019 (.50) .029 (.75) (4.16) (7.72) Detail A (20X) (1.78) .031 (.80) .041 (1.05) See Detail "A" (0.42) (0.65) All Measurements Are Typical All Intersil U.S. products are manufactured, assembled and tested utilizing ISO9000 quality systems. Intersil Corporation's quality certifications can be viewed at www.intersil.com/design/quality Intersil products are sold by description only. Intersil Corporation reserves the right to make changes in circuit design, software and/or specifications at any time without notice. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned to verify that data sheets are current before placing orders. Information furnished by Intersil is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Intersil or its subsidiaries for its use; nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of Intersil or its subsidiaries. For information regarding Intersil Corporation and its products, see www.intersil.com 16 FN8146.1 September 14, 2005


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Here we go!
Ingredients :
Pork loin
4 slices bacon chopped
1 cup mushrooms (I used portabella )sliced thin stems off
2 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon parsley flakes
Provalone or swiss cheese
3 or 4 Pork rinds unflavored crushed
1 cup uncooked spinach
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Cooking twine
Salt and pepper to taste.
Unwrap pork and slice through the middle like a butter fly cut.
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When done, let rest for 10 min. Remove cooking twine and slice. It's absolutely beautiful 🌼
Hope you guys enjoy, keep low carbing and enjoy your food. I know I do. 😆


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Eyez™ by ZionEyez HD Video Recording Glasses for FacebookA project in Seattle, WA by ZionEyez Team
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Eyez™ by ZionEyez are HD video recording glasses designed to share your memories with friends and family on Facebook and Youtube.
Average Pledge Per Backer: $163
Funded: $343,415 of $55,000
Dates: Jun 1st -> Jul 31st (60 days)
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ZionEyez Kickstarter campaign provides refund after 3 years
March 6th - via: thelostzine.com
Way back in 2011 a crowd funding campaign was launched for an exciting new video product which would be embedded in a normal sized pair of glasses. This project generated a huge amount of interest and managed to raise $340,000 from 2106 backers through the Kickstarter campaign, they also went on to sell pre-orders through their website. I was one of the people that was instantly hooked and wanted a pair so I could capture POV video although I did not pledge on the Kickstater campaign I pre-ordered through the website. (Read More)
3 Kickstarter Campaigns That Went Horribly Wrong
June 25th - via: au.businessinsider.com
Kickstarter, the world's largest crowdfunding site, gives entrepreneurs a platform to raise money for pet projects like a new business, a film, or even a music video. To date, the site has collectively raised more than $679 million for more than 100,000 campaigns, launching the likes of the new gaming console Ouya and funding a feature film for "Veronica Mars" fans. But not all Kickstarters have a happy ending and success can be difficult to bear. (Read More)
Kickstarter almost enabled a $120,000 fraud, and it's not the first
June 14th - via: qz.com
Kickstarter just narrowly averted what would have been the biggest definitive fraud in the crowdfunding site's history. It shut down the Kobe Red project, which promised to deliver mouthwatering beef jerky made from Japanese cows fed on 100% organic feed and treated to beer and massages (we're not making this up)—just an hour before scammers would have successfully made off with $120,309 from the project's 3,239 backers. (Read More)
The Dangers of Kickstarter
February 8th - via: outsideonline.com
Kickstarter has become the go-to funding source for serious expeditions and boondoggles alike. And that has some benefactors wanting their cash back. (Read More)
Failed Kickstarter Project Bankrupts Seth Quest, Hanfree iPad Stand Inventor: Report
January 15th - via: huffingtonpost.com
When some projects on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter fail, their creators face nothing more than angry emails from backers until they either deliver an update on the product's status, or the product itself. But when entrepreneur Seth Quest didn't follow through on a Kickstarter project to create an iPad stand known as the Hanfree, he ended up facing a lawsuit and going bankrupt. "When you fail on Kickstarter, it's a very public failure," Quest told Inc. "It definitely derailed my career substantially. Your backers can give you massive support, but they can also tear you down if you fail." (Read More)
Zeyez Engineering Update
April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Technical update: Zeyez is very excited to announce that it continues to grow its engineering team. Zeyez now has top quality engineers working full-time on Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Software & Firmware development... (Read More)
Product Survey - Please let us know how you would like Zeyez to be
March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Zeyez Update
February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Kickstarter Backers - Your support has been the driving force behind the Zeyez production, and we appreciate the momentum our Kickstarter community has given us! We have received numerous emails and offers of assistance from our Kickstarter... (Read More)
Zeyez Engineering Update
January 26th - via: kickstarter.com
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January 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Eyez Development Update
December 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Kickstarter Backers- We are extremely pleased with the progress we have made within the past 6 months in developming Eyez prototypes, establishing partnerships, and creating a road map that will supersede your expectations. Below are... (Read More)
ZionEyez Update
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear ZionEyez Backers, We want to thank you for your patience, ZionEyez has been working tirelessly to make Eyez a reality and to exceed your expectations in the meantime. An update on our progress: In order to produce Eyez using the most... (Read More)
Thank You ZionEyez Backers!
August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Eyez Update
July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Eyez™ Featured in Rolling Stone
June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Top Toy: Spy Glasses Record HD Video on the Sly By Scott Steinberg... (Read More)
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As the name makes clear, it's all about experiencing an X-traordinary culinary journey of the senses at Xperience Restaurant. Located inside a French luxury hotel situated right at the heart of the CBD area, this award-winning restaurant strikes out a league of its own with eclectic French fusion cuisine that are blended with touches of Mediterranean, Italian and Asian flavors.
It barely takes anyone around 10 seconds to walk to the restaurant from the entrance as it sits right next to the reception counter. Decked out in romantic LED lightings and ostentatious hexagonal structures, the restaurant draws attention to its centerpiece, a funky and plush "bed table" where experience-seeking guests can jump into and enjoy the meal in full luxury.
More importantly, the kitchen is helmed by Chef Anne-Cecile Degenne, one of the few female hotel executive chef in Singapore with previous working experience under the world's best chefs such as Michel Bras and Jean Georges Vongerichten.
Divided into starters, entrees, desserts, the menu is a straightforward one yet nothing short of efforts towards meticulous design. There are labels "juicy", "silky", "saucy" and "zesty" next to every dish to guide diners on their gastronomic journey, which reflects the simultaneous culinary focus on textures.
For instance, the well-executed Pan Fried Foie Gras ($21++) lived up to the "silky" title with its creamy soft interior, which contrasted smoothly with the nutty lentils and hazelnut crisp. Yet this dish could be more exciting if some sweet or tart elements were incorporated to steer it into away from solemnity.
The aromatic scents of truffles announced the arrival of the Truffle Pao. Served in 4 per basket for $25++, each palm-sized buns is blended with charcoal and truffle that results in a distinctive grayish tone. While the pastry skin was fluffy and subtly sweet, the sous vide short ribs filling were slightly parched and deprived of juiciness.
However, both main courses were excellent. What exemplified a true smorshgasboard of different culinary experiences was the Cauliflower and Mushroom Texture ($23++), a mighty fine rendition of cauliflower in three different textures-purée, grilled and fresh. The dehydrated king Oyster mushrooms and crispy Vietnamese rice paper dusted with mushroom salt smartly elicited the nuanced flavours of this underrated vegetable. I felt as if I was enjoying a scrumptious bowl of comforting risotto that was actually carb-free!
Instead of red wine sauce, the expertly grilled Black Angus tenderloin ($36++) was drizzled in a zesty blend of balsamic vinegar and yuzu reduction. Yet it was not the only thing that deserved credit. The homemade condiments of sun-dried tomato and olive paste lent delightful Mediterranean touches to the dish and pulled the rest—grilled mushrooms, asparagus and basil puree—effortlessly into the picture.
The meal ascended to a wonderful climax as the dessert was served. The White Chocolate and Yuzu Cream ($16++) provided refreshing bursts of tartness that might have made anyone's face cringe if not for the sweet white chocolate that balanced the acidity. A truly sensational multi-textural experience as one zig-zagged between the crunchy sables and velvety white chocolate mousse, occasionally crossing paths with raspberries or white chocolate powder.
While I am unsure whether the eclectic fusion dishes here can really be classified so easily into the four textural categories, I can say that they are still very much rooted in classic European culinary techniques, with several attractive dishes that are worth to revisit. Kitchen service appeared to be under constraint when the tables are full but patience will most likely be duly rewarded.
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35 Robinson Road, Singapore. 068876
Tel: +65. 6701 6800
Restaurant- Daily: 6:30 am – 10:30 pm | Lobby bar- Daily: 8:00 am – 12:00 midnight
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Head of Brand Marketing
A fantastic organisation are looking for a Head of Brand Marketing for a 12 month maternity cover. Managing a team of 4 people this person will need expertise in leadership, strategic and commercial marketing, consumer insights, digital, change management and team development.
Marketing service
- Lead the organisation's marketing team to:
o Ensure the development and execution of marketing strategies and tactical plans to support delivery of objectives and growth plans for our programmes
o Develop a clear messaging architecture to ensure impact and coherency of marketing messages across all key audiences
o Be a champion for our programmes and the impact it has
o Lead strategic relationships with key external stakeholders
o Build strong, trusting and collaborative relationships with the heads of department (especially the head of communications) and other key stakeholders in the programme teams to support all of the above
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- Raise the profile of the organisation externally to support the organisation's strategic objectives, mission and vision through:
o Building and executing a cohesive and impactful digital strategy
o Working closely with the head of communications to ensure optimal representation of the brand through all external communications
- Further embed internal engagement, understanding and use of the brand and brand resources. As part of this work, co-develop and launch new organisational values with the head of communications and head of talent, learning and culture
- Both externally and internally, manage and maximise the value of the organisational brand on an ongoing basis:
o Ensure the successful long term development of the brand, in line with the needs of our target audience and the organisation's strategic objectives, mission and vision
o Ensure brand guardianship; evolve brand guidelines as necessary, provide brand direction to strategic campaigns; develop messages for internal and external audiences
o Monitor engagement with and the impact of the organisational and programme brands


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Olympus NDT Canada Launch $37 Million CAD Building to Improves Employee Work Experience
Olympus NDT Canada Invests to Support Growth
Date: Oct 16, 2017
Source: Olympus Corporation of the Americas
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 16, 2017 – Olympus NDT (Nondestructive Testing) Canada proceeded today with the official inauguration of its new office and manufacturing complex, built at a cost of $37 million CAD in the Michelet Innovation Zone. Situated at 3415, rue Pierre-Ardouin, the new site unites all of Olympus NDT Canada's services and personnel under one roof, enabling the company to better respond to production demands and optimize its research and development activities in support of their extensive portfolio of industrial testing and measuring solutions. Company executives from across the Americas and the global headquarters in Japan joined government and business dignitaries from Quebec and beyond to celebrate the facility's opening and to recognize the ideal working environment that it represents.
As a previous tenant of the Quebec Metro High Tech park, Olympus NDT Canada decided to invest in the creation of a purpose-built new facility that is more appropriate for the pursuit of its mission: to deliver reliable, cost-effective systems that help ensure quality, safety, and productivity for our customers. "Our new building satisfies our operational growth objectives, and it also clearly advances one of our main areas of focus: the well-being of our employees," explains Alain Laboissonnière, Senior Director of Operations in Quebec. Quality of life for employees is the impetus behind the features that will make the new building the envy of many companies in the provincial capital.
Olympus NDT (Nondestructive Testing) Canada celebrated the inauguration of its new office and manufacturing complex today. The $37 million CAD site is expected to stimulate job creation and offers a variety of services to contribute to employees' well being, including a cafeteria, exercise room, patio with fireplace, electric vehicle charging stations, and reserved carpool parking.
A wellness-based work environment
The new 15 794 m2 (170 000 ft2) facility is equipped with a vast hall designed for systems integration – allowing space for large-scale industrial systems to be assembled on-site, as well as an air-conditioned workshop with cutting-edge machining tools for mechanical production. The areas designated for research and development, storage, reception, and shipping are much more spacious than before. Meanwhile, the new electronics manufacturing area is ideally adapted to the company's operations and the server room is now far better equipped. The facility also houses several collaboration-conducive spaces to encourage teamwork, which is fundamental to the company's activities; among these are a number of development labs, more than 40 meeting rooms each equipped with multimedia capabilities, and a 50-person room for employee training.
This new facility allows Olympus to offer its employees a range of services to contribute to their well-being; for instance, a cafeteria and multipurpose 400-seat dining hall, a well-equipped exercise room, several common areas, a patio with fireplace, electric vehicle charging stations, and reserved carpool parking. The entrance to the building welcomes visitors with distinctive features such as a ten-meter (32 ft) high ceiling accentuated by a two-story staircase and floor-to-ceiling mural. Built according to the highest environmental building standards, the building is designed to include two green roofs where gardens will add not only aesthetic value, but energy savings as well. The building's orientation, interior design, and an abundance of windows optimize natural light. It is also equipped with a heat recovery system for ventilation and a water reuse system.
Allocation of space by department:
- Manufacturing and operations: 45%
- Systems integration: 20%
- Research and development: 20%
- Administrative services and common areas: 15%
In addition to creating interior spaces for meeting and collaborating as well as spaces that create a variety of different atmospheres, the architects designed outdoor relaxation areas for employees that line the bank of a small creek and bike path that run through the property. "Olympus has chosen this focus on well-being to preserve its values of innovation, excellence, respect, teamwork, and customer service," states Valerie Lavoie, Senior Director of Human Resources and Administration.
There are currently 380 employees at Olympus NDT Canada. However, the recent move has allowed the company to begin an immediate expansion of its personnel, and recruiting is already underway. The company intends to increase its staff to more than 400 employees, with a focus on software engineering, electrical engineering, and electronics and mechanical manufacturing.
What is nondestructive testing?
Nondestructive testing is precise, reliable, and repeatable. Testing is performed using ultrasonic waves or eddy currents on the surface or in the volume of the material to inspect, avoiding any damage or alteration to the tested part. With this technology, hidden flaws can be identified in industrial materials such as metal and composites. Wall thickness measurements of tubes, tanks, and a large variety of manufactured objects can be obtained from one side of the part, economizing time, manpower, and material when compared with other methods where the internal structure is impossible to visualize, and surface are difficult or impossible, to access.


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Fundraising at Cahoots
High School students sharing their music and their art!
My small town has a wonderful coffee shop just for teenagers and roving adults! Cahoots is located just five blocks from my house and a great place to have lunch or their specialty, White Mocha. This cafe is set up with a piano, pool table, games, books, areas for guitar playing or just conversation.
The past few Saturdays they have hosted a fundraiser for Haiti and an art show! I bought a great photography piece by Lily Green which sold for "$15.00 or best offer." I paid her $15.
Saturday night is another fund raiser which is the Spring Fashion Review. This will feature local downtown merchants, musical entertainment and make overs for all the barristas! I will also be sharing my love of storytelling as well.
So, if you are in the area and need something fun to do, come on out to Cahoots to share in the fun. Doors open at 6:30 and the cost if $20.00 with all proceeds going to Cahoots to keep this great little cafe open to our teens.


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Sleek, slim crossbody bag with tab closure. The Tulip Crossbody is designed to hold all your essentials it is the perfect on the go bag. Can be worn over the shoulder or crossbody. Fully lined with interior zip pocket, and outside back pocket
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Want to learn more about the litigant alert ongoing monitoring procedure? If you want to get proper help and from trained experts, it is time that you get hands on WebRecon now. This company is designed to monitor the entire database for the current futuristic instances of the said consumer litigation. So, whenever anyone of your consumer plans to file against anyone in the said future, you are going to be the first one to know. With new monitoring updates taking place on a daily basis, it won't be long when you can take complete control over your business and its day to day movements with ease.
More to learn:
If you are planning to identify the litigious consumers then this sector is the one for you. On a monthly basis, there are more than 1000 new lawsuits, which are filed in the federal and state courts against the debt collectors and creditors under the field of FCRA, FDCPA, TCPA and there are more to be added in the list. The litigation alert is often termed to be a suite of tools, which are often designed to help you in isolating consumer accounts in a quick manner, which might have sued others in the past. Therefore, they are in much higher stake to file suit against them.
Going for vendor monitoring:
You are asked to create watch list for keeping tabs on the current consumer litigation, BBB complaints, CFPB complaints and even the state AG complaints. These complaints are mostly filed by WebRecon against the chosen companies, which whom you are planning to perform business. The services are associated with due diligence routine, making you the first one to know about the business with a company and if it is enough to cause any form of trouble to you now.


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One of my responsibilities at work is to perform periodic user access reviews. A frustrating problem has been inconsistent to poor documentation,such as it becomes difficult to map users to roles. This poor documentation and general slipshod record keeping is making it difficult for me to properly audit whether user accounts are legitimate, and increases risk of unauthorized access to company data. Some quarters ago, there was an account where no-one knew the purpose of the account and the owner of the account has long since been termed.
Like many places,access management is centrally managed through MS Active Directory at my company. Loose IAM gives rise to related headaches such as IT in the shadows.
I have talked to my manager, but our job function is not viewed favorably for obvious reasons in the company. Audit is necessarily a adversarial activity, and one will make enemies. IA and Security departments are our most reliable allies.
What are some practical ideas to improve tracking of electronic employe identities within a smaller company?


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The ActiveCamp: Loads of room for old and young (but especially young!) to run, jump and rave around.
It offers a FunCourt for various ball games, a bouncy castle and a slackline park with different lines for kids and absolute beginners, more advanced slackliners and a rodeo line for absolute professionals!
There's also loads of space for parents or peers to sit and watch, as well as shower facilities and lighting for fun in the dark.
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Dear Shannarolites, I have some good news – Bob is dead, so I'm taking over this week! Yay! You all know what this means – shameless advertising time! Mellorine – for One Piece 591 and Bleached Ichigo – for Bleach 411.
It's too bad we already know what's going to happen from here onward. Minato is going to fight the Kyuubi and seal it inside Naruto and at the end Kushina and Minato are going to die together, leaving Naruto alone. I'm not sure how Naruto's gonna take what Madara did. Not only did he steal and corrupt Naruto's best friend, he's also the reason why Naruto lost his parents and was treated at scum for the first 15 years of his life. The upcoming clash between the protagonist and antagonist just got another reason why it'll be a very exiting one.
This is how it started 500 chapters ago. The manga that is. And now Masashi Kishimoto's creation is slowly heading to an end, unfortunately. But before I get too far ahead of myself, let's see what actually happened in this chapter. Madara, like always, had planned perfectly for this situation. First, he had to separate Minato from Kushina and he managed that by using Naruto as bait. Madara knew that Minato would do anything for his child and so by aiming straight for Naruto's life, he forced Minato take Naruto to a secure location, far from the Kyuubi extraction site.
Madara didn't even need to use his Mangekyou to hypnotize the Kyuubi. What's truly interesting here is that when Madara activated his sharingan, the Kyuubi's eyes also turned into sharingans, but were instantly sealed by Madara's jutsu. We know from Itachi that the Uchiha have a long history with the Kyuubi. And we know from Madara that the Kyuubi was created by the Sage of the Six Paths, who founded the Uchiha and Senju clans. Probbaly the Kyuubi was given to the Uchiha as a pet, or as a prisoner for safe-keeping. So what could make your pet fox have the same defective eyes you have?
Anyway, the Kyuubi was successfully extracted from Kushina's body, which ultimately lead to her death. She could only spend a few more minutes with her son, after being rescued by Minato. With his wife dying, Minato had to make a very difficult choice – stay and protect his family, or risk his life in a fight he couldn't possibly win, his death meaning that his son would be left an orphan from his very birth. At this moment we can truly understand why Minato was praised as the greatest Hokage in the village – in an impossible situation he acted selflessly and completed the duty he was chosen for.
Minato and Kushina have already made their appearances, the only other person that has left a part of himself inside Naruto is Itachi. We saw him holding baby Sasuke at the end of this chapter, from what we know, the events,which will be shown in the next couple of chapters are the reason why Itachi hated war and was forced to kill his clan. Hopefully Itachi will also show up in Naruto's mind to clear up and finalize the story of the past.
Oh, also, Bob's zombie will be back next week to write the summary, so don't get depressed.
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Empire and Institution
My friend Sean recently wrote a piece called Heartbreak Empire in which he discusses the biblical narrative as a critique of Empire Building. My comment on his post was getting a little lengthy and so I decided to post it on my own blog instead.
Thanks once again for a thought provoking and well written post Sean.
You reveal a critical aspect of the biblical story – God's disapproval of Empire – and I fully agree!
In all its' horrid manifestations Empire is always opposed to the Kingdom of God. I do find myself wondering though whether we at times conflate Empire and Institution when we speak about the church. I think we all know what we mean when we criticize the institutional church. But I also think that sometimes our meaning is lost on those who operate in and minster out of healthy institution. I've been feeling led recently to write something of a flipside view of church as institution.
I say this because in a sense institution is simply another word for organization, association, society and the like. In this sense it is nothing but the visible manifestation of people organized around a common goal or mission. Therefore the church is naturally institutional. In fact human beings are naturally institutional since the opposite of institution is generally anarchy or at the very least disorganization.
Institution can be many things, amongst others it can be organic, healthy, holistic, love-centered, people-centered, edifying, self-sacrificing. But it can also be oppressive, power-hungry, corrupt, selfish, profit-centered, static or life-less.
While I also agree that the adoption of Christianity as state religion under Constantine had major implications for the direction the church took in subsequent generation. I also see a bit of a danger in overstating a romanticized version of the Church before Constantine and demonizing most of what followed as though there is no continuity between the church pre-Constantine and the church post-Constantine (Which I don't think you necessarily do – but I think there is a danger there).
As you know, I've often been drawn to these kinds of black and white scenarios. But recently (in part through you and Chris) I've been trying to see things a little differently. When I was studying the Eastern Orthodox Church I was surprised to see how much continuity actually exists in the church when viewed through the writings of the Apostolic Church Fathers both before and after Constantine.
Many of the things we think occurred through Constantine were already established in the 1st and 2nd centuries. As you note in your post this is well within the "persecuted church" stage of history. I'm talking about things like, church governance with bishops, priests and deacons serving a special and unique role in the church, the setting out of clear theological boundaries against Gnosticism, Judaism, Ebionism and other heresies (and thereby the justification for continued boundary setting in subsequent centuries), the discussion of the new 'apostolic writings' and the stages leading to their acceptance as Holy Scripture at Nicea (the Canon was not officially closed until the Protestant Reformation).
Of course I also agree with you that in the writings I'm referring to these realities are in their infancy (though still clearly accepted by the church) and under Constantine and Rome they gradually became more and more solidified as the Church grew in size (and power) – which led to both good and bad consequences. Many of these growths however were the natural consequence of a growing institution. When things are small they are easier to manage and require less formal structure, but once Christianity had become as big as it did it required greater institutional management – which was neither all good, nor all bad.
I think the 'Parable of the Wheat and Tares' speaks powerfully to this reality. We should always remember that under Constantine, under the Roman Popes (even during the Middle Ages) and even in the Western Institutional Church today we have a mixing of Good and Bad that Jesus warns us we are incapable of uprooting. Not that we should say nothing when we see evil (or even just unhelpful) realities in the church, but that we should remember that our vision is limited and sometimes we may think we are seeing Tare when in reality it is Wheat (and vice versa).
I've written before on some of my concerns regarding the nature and consequences of the protest that happened during the Reformation. While others had "protested" corruption in the church before they had also remained a part of it and sought to change it from the inside. Jesus taught in the temple and synagogues and lived as a Jew under Judaism – even while criticizing many of the failings that had befallen the nation. Similarly Francis of Assisi, who I know you are quite familiar with, remained within the church and brought about positive changes without creating the schisms of the Protestant reformation. Often schism, even for good reason is due to a power-play on both sides of the split – just look at the East West Schism.
That said, it seems true that the realities of the reformation protest did not allow for change from within and simply could not be contained within the Catholic Church. But it also just goes to show that even within an institution as hierarchical and structured as the Roman Catholic one a Saint like Francis can exist and do mighty things for the Kingdom of God.
I may take up this theme in a future post, an examination of the good that has been done in and through the institutional church. Not as a defense of the institution over against the voices of criticism, but just a reminder to myself and others that the Church as an institution is unavoidable. What we want to avoid is bad institution, corrupt institution and this is what we usually mean when we speak of institutional church. But any time human beings act in an organized manner institution is created in the sense that is forms the skeleton around which we, as the muscles, blood, nerves, and skin, may operate. What we want to aim for is healthy and Spirit-led institution. Institution that is organic and life-giving.
I think we would all agree that the church as institution, both before Constantine and since, has never failed to have positive aspects – even if at times the negatives almost seem to outweigh the positives. It is easy to get caught up in the negative aspects of what the church has done and is doing – and at times this is needed – but in the long run I think we also need to remind ourselves of the good things the church has done and is doing as it shares the Light of Jesus with a world caught in darkness.
But just to reiterate, where I fully agree with you and the main point of your post is that God opposes empire, Jesus opposed empire and ultimately it seems that the meta-narrative of the bible really is a critique of human institution as Empire Building and the incompatibility of Empire with the Kingdom of God.
Martin Luther and the Reformation
During my college days I wrote a research paper on the ecumenical movement. I've always been interested in the interface of different beliefs and practices. Before coming to Christ as a young adult, this interest led me to explore Hinduism, Buddhism, New Age Magic and Rastafarianism. During my time at Theological college this interest was channeled into the interface of different Christian bodies – How they understand themselves and each other – How willing they are to openly discuss their past and present understandings about God, the Christian Faith and Spiritual Practice – What their Main Differences are, but also what makes them All Christian.
My interest in Catholicism was sparked a few years before writing the paper on ecumenism by my introduction into Christian mysticism. At the time this led me to explore both Western (Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) expressions. I remember always feeling a little worried that I was diving into the life-blood of a people most evangelicals considered un-saved and in need of the True Gospel. Why was my soul being nourished and my spirit being lifted to unbelievable heights by something unheard of and unpracticed in the majority of Protestant churches?
I finished that assignment on Christian ecumenism with one nagging question that I didn't know the answer too. Or perhaps I should say I sensed the answer but didn't know whether I should trust what I felt. The question is a simple one – "Do I believe that what Martin Luther started was a good thing?" If yes, no problem! But I was leaning towards the negative! It's not that I didn't think he had some valid objections, but his actions led to the splintering of Christianity in a far more destructive way than any split before him. As I've wrestled with this over the years I keep coming back to the fact that Protestant Christianity, while often talking about modeling the early church, departs from the history of Christianity in an unprecedented way.
Another question I'm asking these days that relates directly to the previous one is, "Would Martin Luther have Protested against Orthodoxy in the same way he Protested against Roman Catholicism?" While the two churches are similar there are important differences and while it is impossible to answer I do think it is a valid question. The history of Catholicism and Orthodoxy is very different and the churches emphasise different things, perhaps, had Luther been Orthodox rather than Catholic he may have had less to Protest about…but this is only speculation and serves more as an indication of my own preference at this time for Orthodoxy over Catholicism than anything else.
In my next post I'm going to be looking at the 5 Solas of the Reformation and reflecting on my current understanding in relation to each of them.
Spoiled for Choice
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice – George Eliot.
If that is true then my sense of lack regarding my spiritual growth is a direct consequence of my inability to decide.
The world is a shopping mall. A buffet of options to satisfy every taste. Religion as a man-made reality is no different. Whatever your particular take on God there's a religion, or a church, or a gathering of people to match your outlook. Not only that, but you can tweak that outlook any way you like and still find at least one group of people who agree with you.
Draw up any list about the nature of church, spirituality and God and I'm pretty sure you can find a circle of friends who feel the same way and would love to include you in their fellowship. And yet, with all the options and opportunities out there I find myself standing and staring out at the religious landscape unable to commit to anything more than the Lordship and Saving Grace of Jesus Christ.
Now this may seem like enough to some of you – and in some ways it really and truly is. But in another sense it leaves me depressingly incomplete. The ministry of Jesus was the redemption of the world; He accomplished the task God set for Him and that is why I call Him Lord and Saviour. The dual task He then set for His followers is to Love God and Love others. The vehicle through which this should be done is the fellowship of other followers who corporately manifest His body i.e. The Church. The Church is supposed to play a vital role in the Kingdom agenda of Jesus' disciples. Therefore, without a church I am like a dismembered hand dragging myself along the road unable to carry out very much of anything.
The problem for me is not that I don't believe anything regarding the church, in fact it is just the opposite. I've explored and investigated so many facets of the church that I have become disillusioned by the exclusive claims of all of them. At this stage I cannot commit to being ONLY Baptist, or Evangelical, or Anglican, or Protestant, or Catholic, or Orthodox, or Emergent…
And so we come to this blog. I'm tired of driving myself and my wife crazy with revolving arguments and endless commentary. I'm hoping that by writing down some of my wrestling I will start sensing some movement in this endless struggle with God and His Church. My prayer is that when the morning breaks God will bless me with a new perspective on His Beautiful Bride and my heart can finally find some peace in a Christian Body.