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@Dynobot, will swappiness matter if there is no swap file? I intentionally configured the iso so it doesn't create a swapfile. Thanks for the extra info - I'll bet taskset is also part of util-linux, so I'll add that when I add chrt.
@johnnyc, you can ignore the fsck when you power it down by holding the power button - it does run out of RAM and the fsck isn't required. Puppy Linux has that logic for non-RAM based Puppy installations to prevent kernel panics. mpdPup 0.9.1 was a remaster of a very old version of Puppy Linux which didn't have that safety feature. At some point I need to dig through the startup scripts and make it smarter so that it properly handles a RAM based pupmode and skips the fsck.
I hadn't really thought about putting it on Distro watch - I'm not sure I see the benefit due to the highly niche nature of the project.
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Hi Idolse
No I don't think Swappiness will help...to be honest I can't tell even with HD versions of Linux...
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Considering past notions about CPU power usage, it appears that a reduced CPU power is best.
In light of that it may seem counter intuitive but I think the cpu governor frequency should be set to powersave instead of performance.
Performance keeps the CPU at the highest possible frequency
Powersave keeps the CPU at the lowest possible frequency
Userspace exports the available frequency information to the user level (through the /sys file system) and permits user-space control of the CPU frequency
Ondemand scales the CPU frequencies according to the CPU usage (like does the userspace frequency scaling daemons, but in kernel)
Conservative acts like the ondemand but increases frequency step by step
The recent CPUs have a feature which let them scale their operating frequency (changing a voltage power supply input) according to the system/user needs.
Or it may be best to just leave well enough alone, this may take some testing and confirmation.
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Dynobot wrote:
Considering past notions about CPU power usage, it appears that a reduced CPU power is best.
Or it may be best to just leave well enough alone, this may take some testing and confirmation.
What I would do once implemented is add this into the 'tweaks' section of the wizard so that a user could choose which profile they want. In my mind powersave would probably be best too, at least for users who are using bit perfect NOS. Looks like based on other searches whether this profile does anything is highly variable on the features built into the CPU. A more recent article would be helpful if you come across one. A
2009 article
shows that one of the three underlying methods in the article - p4-clockmod - isn't really relevant anymore, the way the Linux kernel moves I wouldn't be surprised if there have been quite a few other changes since 2008 as well.
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Hi Idolse,
Don't mean to put so much on your plate....but I have yet another suggestion.
How about having a toggle during setup that would allow the user to do automatic updating. Say each time they cycle their unit [power off and on] MPDPup will look on the server for a newer version, if found it will update and keep the users settings.
I'm kinda just coming up with these as just brain storming ideas so please take with a grain of salt.
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Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2012, 11:22
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ldolse wrote:
Dynobot wrote:
Just wanted to say great job with this...
Some suggestions you might consider
-cpufreq - change from ondemand to performance
-somehow be able to unbind devices from sharing the same interrupt
-increasing the priority of the audio threads
-if at all possible give MPD a CPU core to itself via affinity
-enable mmap in MPD
Hi Dynobot, I saw you'd done some testing on audioasylum, I was wondering what tweaks you were referring to, so that helps. Was happy to see you had a good experience with it.
cpufreq - hadn't heard of that tweak and looks quite simple, will do
audio thread priority - my first attempt at this used nice and unfortunately it caused mpd to fail to start on some hardware. I'm looking to do this in the future with chrt, but need to spend some time trying to figure out the best way to build a minimal util-linux package - it's a bit of a clusterf#$!@ to try to build just one piece of it.
I'd actually just read about mmap about a week ago, this is on the list to get done soon
single core dedicated to MPD is interesting, will explore options there
IRQ sharing is the only one that I think will be difficult to tackle, as the behavior varies a lot from platform to platform.
Some great suggestions Dynobot. I have come from Windows CPlay et al which had me incessantly trying to reduce and optimise Windows to be a half-decent Music Transport. Ended up being a total nightmare.
mpdPup is a fantastic starting point for a dedicated Music Player. 66MB running in RAM is a great testament to Idolese.
However, I have found that tweaking mpdPup, which is really simple compared to 'Optimising' Windows, has already shown that it can be tweaked to give materially improved SQ. Thanks to wlowes and now Dynabot's suggestions.
I am sure that there are two types of users:
1. 'Out of the Box'
2. Tweakers
Idolese's approach in the wizard caters for both admirably. Thanks.
I am definitely a Tweaker. I looked at Dynabot's excellent website and its recommendations for tweaking MPD. Unfortunately, most, if not all of the Linux commands that he uses, like Synaptics Package Manager, apt-get, chkconfig, taskset, are not (apparently) part of mpdPup? I am sure that is purposeful in the design to keep the size of the ISO down to minimum.
I look forward to Idolese incorporating some of Dynabot's suggestion into the ISO, but in the meantime,is there any way that mpdPup users can achieve Dynabot's recommendations themselves - especially those without too much Linux experience?
Lastly, I am unclear whether mpdPup (0.9.3) has a Real Time Kernel, which many of Dynabot's tweaks involve?
Many thanks
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Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2012, 14:09
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Hi jrling
Thanks for the kind remarks. I have plenty more suggestions, some may be over the top others might not be worth the effort but I'd like to get them off my chest none the less.
Seeing the Puppy operates from RAM I'd like to see a 64bit version that is able to take advantage of greater amounts of RAM.
For those who link to their music via server IP address, making some tweaks to the Ethernet might improve performance.....see ethtool Linux tweaks to optimize Ethernet traffic.
Not sure if its already been brought up but some might like upsampling....so including Sox would be cool. Having multiple sample rates can be as easy as having multiple outputs...each with the same hw# but with different names and parameters for different sample rates. For example Dac XYZ rate 24/48, Dac XYZ rate 24/96 etc.
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BTW, if I can help an any way please let me know.
I appreciate the efforts behind this and am willing to role my sleeves up as well...
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Subject description: Upsampling
Upsampling is included. 0.9.2 had Secret Rabbit Code built in and configurable in the audio-output section and Idolese has now included SOX upsampling in 0.9.3 with multiple audio-outputs for each SOX setting.
I find both excellent enhancements to 44.1/16 files, which is all I have.
Keep the ideas coming! mpdPup is an excellent tool and as you suggest I am sure any effort to make it even better, will be rewarded.
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Keep the ideas coming, happy to hear them. Regarding auto-updating, this is something I've thought about quite a bit. It's pretty straightforward to build ad-hoc updates for packages/bug fixes for a particular release - and it's probably something I'll do in the relatively near future. Full-on upgrades is a bit more difficult - on top of more technical VCS challenges just to do it there are major challenges in terms of config migration and regression testing - I'd be opening myself up to a whole class of bugs that as a one man shop I'm not really up for keeping on top of.
As far as help goes, a lot of the work I have to do goes into the research required to follow up on various suggestions, extra detail or testing on specific tweaks on mpdPup itself is a huge help, particularlly when it includes docs on exactly what files need to be changed - this is how Sox was added in the last release as an example. Sometimes this might require installing the developer devx file, but a lot of times you just need to use the Puppy Package manager - util-linux for instance can be installed from there to give a user access to taskset and chrt.
@jrling, most if not all of Dynobot's suggestions can be tested with the current release, though they do require some level of comfort with hacking on Linux. If you have a system which supports XWindows you can use the Puppy Package manager to install util-linux. If your system doesn't support X it's a bit trickier, but still possible. I don't believe any of the suggestions require a real-time kernel.
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jrling wrote:
Upsampling is included. 0.9.2 had Secret Rabbit Code built in and configurable in the audio-output section and Idolese has now included SOX upsampling in 0.9.3 with multiple audio-outputs for each SOX setting.
I find both excellent enhancements to 44.1/16 files, which is all I have.
Is there a way to choose between Secret Rabbit Code and SOX for upsampling (like in Cmp2, where some preferred SRC due to a more "analogue" sound)?
Found this as a way to verify souncards output sample rate, if you don´t have a dac that shows (might need adjustment to actual config):
# cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
and a continous update (haven´t yet checked the use of "watch)
# watch -n 1 'cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params'
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willemoes wrote:
Is there a way to choose between Secret Rabbit Code and SOX for upsampling (like in Cmp2, where some preferred SRC due to a more "analogue" sound)?
There's no way to do this through the setup wizards, but if you want to test Secret Rabbit Code it's just a matter of hand-editing mpd.conf to enable it for a sound output. I suppose I can add a configuration option for it in the wizard, but you're the first person that's expressed interest in it, so it hasn't been a priority.
I don't have my system with me to test, but I'm not sure if those sample rate commands work on mpdPup - some of the kernel level debug/info code is disabled on the kernel I'm using, so a lot of that advanced info isn't available. While it would be nice to have, I also wonder if the fact that it's disabled contributes positively to the overall sound signature, less being more and all that...
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Posted: Thu 13 Dec 2012, 07:25
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Hi Idolse
usbnrpacks=20 doesnt work anymore, always stays on 8 verified with cat command. I tried to find the file in init.d with no sucess. Using previous 00.usbnrpakcs (old topic) works. Any news for the suport of adicional usb storage devices? I'm reading about symlinks, not easy for a newbie but i will persist.
Thanks for your fantastic job
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ldolse wrote:
There's no way to do this through the setup wizards, but if you want to test Secret Rabbit Code it's just a matter of hand-editing mpd.conf to enable it for a sound output.
Editing mpd.conf is fine with me; libsamplerate working fine..
SOX, however, is causing a "connection refused" error (I´m using ncmpcpp)
-regardless of chosen samplerate (tried 88,2/96 and 176,4 Khz).
Soundcard is HT Omega Claro Pci (C-media CMI-8788)
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@luisb, nrpacks is something I'm aware of, working on some fixes for the not too distant future. I haven't looked into trying to support multiple drives through some sort of symlinking. To be honest I've just never considered it a particularly ideal design and hoped users could get a larger hard disk or a NAS. However a simple dialog for creating symlinks into mpd's music directory isn't completely undoable. That said, mounting the disks is still an issue which adds complexity to the solution. How are you mounting all these disks - did you edit fstab yourself?
@willemoes, glad you got SRC working - regarding Sox, sounds like you neglected to disable the default output before enabling a Sox output - depending on the hardware this can do a variety of bad things, you have to be diligent about disabling the default output before enabling a Sox output. This is because the underlying hardware is the same and if both are enabled conflicts will ensue. MPD doesn't have any features to protect a user from themselves in this case.
Once you get them both working let us know what you think of the difference.
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This gravestone is at Holy Trinity church in Cowling, West Yorkshire.
Buried here are Thomas Thompson, his wife Alice (nee Dawson) and their daughter Mary Ellen.
Alice Dawson is my 2nd cousin 3x removed – our common ancestors are my 4x great grandparents John Dawson and Ann Watson. She was born on 18 November 1848 to parents James Wright Dawson and Mary Thompson.
Alice married Thomas Thompson sometime in Q4 of 1870. They had at least five children:-
• Mary Ellen – c1872
• James – c1880
• Sarah Lizzie – c1884
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Thomas worked as a warp dresser most of his life.
Alice passed away on 9 October 1926 at the age of 77. Thomas survived for almost another nine years until he died at the age of 85 on 8 May 1935. Their daughter Mary Ellen didn't marry and she passed away on 12 November 1959 aged 88.


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With 2,051 votes tallied, readers have selected the 10 Best Wealth Manager Logos out of the 25 finalists. An Editors' Pick is also included, which is the favorite of the editorial staff of the Investment Advisor Group—the editors and art directors of AdvisorOne and Investment Advisor and Research magazines. The winners will also appear in Investment Advisor magazine's June issue.
The intent of our original slideshow, Our 20 Favorite Top Wealth Manager Logos, and the subsequent readers' poll, was to help educate advisors on one way to stand out to both current clients and prospects, immediately and directly, in your collateral marketing material—and we hope this has helped out a bit.
You can also check out detailed information on some of these firms, and other helpful information, at AdvisorOne's 2012 Top Wealth Managers landing page.
Of course, you may disagree with the readers' choices, so feel free to comment at the end of the story or email us at [email protected].
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Comments by AdvisorOne's editors and art directors: Bold, memorable graphic. Awesome, Strong, Confident. Great design of landmark image tied up to firm name and location. The main drawback: no snappy tagline.
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According to Ross Buchmueller, when the financial crisis hit, specialist insurance carriers' market share began to erode. Consumers trying to cut expenses turned to cheaper homeowner's policies from standard carriers.
However, when Hurricane Sandy roared up the East Coast, some who lost homes and possessions found that economizing might have been penny wise but pound foolish. By February, insurance agents were seeing an uptick in inquiries about specialty coverage.
Buchmueller, president and CEO of Privilege Underwriters Inc. and founding member of PURE (Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange), said the superstorm highlighted "the difference in being with a standard household carrier versus being with a specialist."
Rosalyn Binday, president of Advocate Brokerage in Scarsdale, N.Y., said that after Sandy there were distinct differences in how client claims were covered by specialists and by standard carriers. "Neighbors would have coverage where their carrier didn't, and [homeowners] were becoming aware that there's a world of difference from company to company."
She recalled one instance in which two houses, one insured by PURE and one by a standard insurer, experienced severe damage from a tree limb crashing through the roof. While the PURE adjuster worked quickly and settled the claim "very fairly," the other company provided its clients with "a very unpleasant experience every step of the way." It disagreed with valuations, challenged choices of people to repair the damage, and their clients "felt they were treated as if they were cheating."
Then there's the case of the raccoon: A wayward raccoon had taken up residence in the homeowner's attic, unbeknownst to the family, and "lived there merrily until it collapsed and landed in the living room."
Under normal circumstances, a wild raccoon indoors can do a lot of damage, but this was extraordinary. The raccoon, "frenzied, hysterical and hurt, knocked over every lamp. It bled on couches and Oriental rugs, and flung its body into doors and windows."
Binday pointed out that a conventional policy would cover damage to wall-to-wall carpeting, doors and windows as part of the structure, but not to furnishings; if the cause of the loss isn't on its named perils list, it's not covered. When was the last time you saw "raccoon bleeding" on a named perils list?
Customers may believe abandoning specialty coverage will save money, but Binday disagrees. "The interesting thing," she said, "is that a company like PURE is not expensive. You can move your money in different areas and get different deductibles."
Buchmueller pointed out other differences between specialists and standard carriers. Living expenses could be particularly high for a HNW family displaced bySandyfrom aManhattanloft or a home on the beach. After the storm, available living quarters in hard-hit areas were difficult to find, with correspondingly high costs for a comparable place to stay while their own homes were uninhabitable.
A specialist, said Buchmueller, "focuses on like kind and quality, so lifestyle is maintained." He added that specialist coverage would "not have preset limits, so in cases like this, where the cost to rent property goes up, [the insurer] responds more generously" than a standard carrier; the specialist "will do its best to make you whole."
Another potentially costly difference is in deductibles. In hurricane-prone areas, standard policies carry high deductibles, and specialist policies offer policyholders the option of choosing even higher deductibles "to reflect [their own] liquidity and willingness to assume more risks," Buchmueller said.
However, after Sandy, if the loss was greater than $50,000, those deductibles were often waived by specialist insurers. Homes with significant wind damage or trees through the roof "often had not only full coverage, but no deductible."
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It was a senior night to remember for Ryan Daves and Trenton Gustafson
The Montezuma-Cortez High School wrestling stars pinned their opponents Tuesday night. The 4A Panthers did a lot of pinning on the way to a convincing 41-6 wrestling dual win over 2A Ignacio.
"It was nice the seniors could have their last (regular season) matches at home," Panthers coach Eric Smith said. "They went out and did what they do. They took care of business."
It was just the second time this season M-CHS wrestled at home. The Panthers indeed gave the fans a good show and finished their home slate with a 2-1 dual record.
"It's nice. I didn't think we were going to be able to have another one this year," said Daves about wrestling a home dual for the last time. "We were lucky Ignacio came over and dualed us. I'm glad that they did."
There were some open weight classes, so both Daves and Gustafson wrestled up a weight class.
Daves went from 138 pounds to 145 and took on Miguel Perez.
It was no problem for Colorado's No. 1-ranked 4A wrestler at 138s.
The M-CHS senior dominated the first period with a barrage of takedowns and near fall points to lead 10-2 after one.
In the second period, Daves quickly put the hammer down. Just 52 seconds into the period, Perez was on his back and the official slapped the mat.
Daves pinned yet another opponent and upped is season record to an unblemished 27-0.
"It didn't really bother me. A match is a match," said Daves about wrestling at 145s. "I just keep it in my head that I can win, keeping that determination that I can stay on top."
Gustafson wrestled up from 182 to 195.
Again, not a problem.
Gustafson made mincemeat out of Javan Webb with a takedown, a near fall and the pin - just 39 seconds into the match. The stalky senior is now 24-3 on the season.
"It just felt good that we actually got another one at home - able to wrestle here one last time," said Gustafson, who plans to play college football.
Sophomore Seager Oliver took care of Blaine Mickey at 170 by a 17-0 technical fall. Fellow M-CHS sophomore Levi Gross beat Kyle Bailey at 126s by third-round pin.
Celestino Fernandez (106), Justice Ramos (152) and Tyler Hageman (160) all recorded wins by forfeit.
The one victory for Ignacio came at 120s when Taylor Smith pinned Johnathan Tavra in the third period.
"I was extremely pleased with the way they went out," coach Smith said. "It's hard coming off a weekend tournament, a one-day practice and then making weight. But they went out, and looked strong and wrestled well. They show improvement every time they step on the mat."
The Panthers will now gear up for the Southwestern League championships on Saturday at Grand Junction Central High School.
"Head-to-head, there's going to be some good matchups between some of our guys and the other schools," Eric Smith said. "I just look for them to take care of themselves, and wrestle fundamentally sound and wrestle hard. That's how I'm going to judge it of what we do on the mat."
Gustafson has huge aspirations in mind this weekend.
"Winning is by far my goal this weekend," he said. "I'm excited for it. It's one last 'Hurrah' and I'm going to put everything I can into it."
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A common complaint of financial advisors, even those who are confident in their products and processes, is the tepid level of sales nowadays.
Perhaps that's par for the course in a still-weak economy, but in the view of one bestselling author, there is ample space even in today's straightened business environment to stand out in a crowded marketplace.
Bob Burg's Go-Giver series of books shot up to the top of the business book bestseller lists with the novel-seeming idea that it is giving rather than taking that drives success. Go ahead and be a go-getter—in the sense of taking actions—Burg (left) tells financial advisors in an interview with AdvisorOne—"Just don't be a go-taker."
A taker is someone who is looking out for his own self-interest, which to many seems like Capitalism 101. But that's not how Burg, who calls himself a staunch supporter of free enterprise, sees it.
"So many people think selling is about convincing people to buy what they don't want or need," Burg says. "But it is about finding out what someone does want or need and helping them get it. It's not taking advantage; it's bringing them advantage."
The Jupiter, Fla.-based conference-circuit speaker and author cites ancient wisdom supporting this idea, namely that the word from which "sell" originates in Old English, "sellan," actually meant "to give."
That idea is the heart of Burg's business parable, The Go Giver, which has now been translated into 21 languages and has sold more than 250,000 copies. The author has created a new video summarizing the lessons that his fictional character Joe learns from his mentors about the "five laws governing stratospheric success."
Its counterintuitive essence is that you don't make a sale; rather, you create an environment in which the prospect or client likes, trusts and respects you, and believes you can provide what he or she needs.
"When I'm in the selling process, what I am giving is time, attention, counsel, education, empathy and value," Burg says. "And to the degree that you can communicate these effectively, that's the degree you're going to have a client."
In this view, "money is an echo of value," something that naturally follows the advisor who is providing value to clients, putting their interests first.
"[Prospects and clients] can sense that the interest is in them, not in the fee or commission. You have to switch from an 'I' focus or 'me' focus to an 'others' focus."
Burg eschews the archetypical model of sales as simply a numbers game.
"To a certain point, anything is [a numbers game]. Make a thousand calls and you're going to get somebody as a client. But is that really what you're looking to do?" he asks.
"You want quantity and quality," he adds. "Quality and quantity are both important, but focus on the quality and you'll have an even greater quantity of quality," he says, emphasizing, though, that quantitative efforts cannot be ignored. "You've still got to work the business."
Inaction on the part of advisors is "probably based on fear," Burg says, something that can be dispelled with confidence and the right tools, which the Go-Giver principles aim to provide.
Take influence, for example, the third of his five Go-Giver principles and the one Burg views as its "how-to" backbone.
The principle is that our influence is determined by how abundantly a person places other people's interests first, but the practical result is what Burg calls an "endless referral system."
How does it work?
"You find ways to establish value to [prospects and clients], not even having anything to do with your business," Burg says. "It's showing genuine concern. You ask, 'How can I know if someone I'm speaking with is a good contact for you?' You're putting their interest first rather than leading with yourself. You become asset of value to them."
But because you're actively engaged in trying to be of help, it is only natural that helping you in turn through referrals is uppermost in the client's mind, he says.
So, assiduously working to put the client's interest first in essence communicates trustworthiness in a marketplace in which trust, because of its absence, is purchased at a premium.
Says Burg: "The good news is that an advisor who can establish their trustworthiness is nine steps ahead in a 10-step game."
One reason why is that meeting people through referrals and introductions removes much of the difficulty of establishing trust.
"It's much easier to set the appointment because you're going in on borrowed influence," he says, adding that fees become less of an issue because the client understands through the referrer that you are providing value, are competent and have character.
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I've read your comments enough times to realize that we're likely over due for a discussion about headaches, particularly migraine headaches and multiple sclerosis.
Many have made statements, in comments left on other general topics, of experiencing migraine headaches along with their other MS symptoms. Some state that they've experienced these most of their lives while others have only gotten these monster headaches after they experienced MS symptoms or were diagnosed.
The topic of migraine is a difficult one for medical science to explain in general. Terms such as "cluster headaches," "sick-headaches," "ocular migraine" and "vascular headaches" are bantered about the medical community within a cloud of certain mystery.
Even the National MS Society states that "…headache is not a common symptom of MS…" and then goes on to say that one research study showed headache to be twice as common in people living with MS than a matched group without MS.
Go figure!
As many as a third of people living with MS had prior diagnosis of migraine and a family history of migraine seems to be twice as high in people diagnosed with MS than the general population.
I had the occasional migraine (maybe three or four) in my pre-MS days. Now, I get them – mostly of the ocular variety - a few times per year. In fact, as I began to recover from a nasty cold last weekend, I had a real whopper which lay me out for several hours Sunday and sucked up nearly 14 hours of sleep that night!
If I catch them early, I use a prescription called Maxalt that works wonders for me! The thing is, I have these headaches so rarely (relative to my other MS symptoms) that I often forget to have the script refilled. Large doses of ibuprofen can help me as well, if taken early enough.
Along with the pain of migraine, visual distortion, sensitivity to light and/or sound, nausea and fatigue are common accompaniments to these headaches.
I'd be interested, as I'm sure would the entire Life With MS community, to hear your experiences with what we'll just call the "MS headache."
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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because you're about to see a avalanche of everyone's goal lists, if they haven't already begun.
and that's ok. goals can be good.
here's the deal though: you're going to be like...what?! i need to do all the goals in the world! i can do this! starting january 1!
but before you do all the good ideas on pinterest and make all the best goals and save all the money with your homemade dishwashing detergent and read your bible in 3 days, let's step back and think about something.
you can have good motivation for doing something, but it is not the same thing as "God" motivation. see how i took the O out of good? i know. it was amazing.
for you, "good motivation" might be, i want to fit into that pair of pants. or i want to be skinnier/healthier so i feel good about myself...or so people might notice me and compliment me more? i want to stop having a muffin top and soft arms because it's ugly in pictures.
i want to be more organized so i stop looking like an idiot. showing up for baby showers on the wrong saturday. showing up to my son's class party an hour late and what must the other mother's think of me? and also, my house is cluttered and i'm embarrassed about it when people come over...
i want to be a better mom and i want my kids obey me better. like out in public. because it's a little embarrassing when they're naughty and we're opening all the snacks in target. or deep down, i want to be a better mom because i want people to look at me and say, she's a great mother! or i just don't want to be bothered by my kids. i have stuff to do today kids, don't get in my way!
at least, in my flesh, those would be some of my goals and the real motivations behind them. the problem is my motivation is sinful and not Gospel centered, but ME-centered. these will always produce failure. and maybe, when you look at the real reason behind the goals, you'll see that those goals don't need to be in there at all. in examining some of my goals, i've found it's more needed to repent for looking to these things to find satisfaction and approval instead of looking to Christ and seeking His Glory. i'm often after my own glory if i'm honest with myself.
but people who don't love Jesus make goals and fulfill them all the time.
you're right, they do make and fulfill goals. but it will never satisfy the root problem. they lost weight, but still are seeking approval from others to make them feel better. the compliments will fade away and they'll need something more. perhaps more weight loss. more toning. perhaps more clothes to make that bod look hotter. more cleavage! that will help! perhaps a new business endeavor. perhaps a new hobby to sink themselves into. somewhere to volunteer even! you see where i'm going....never ending cycle.
it fails every time. the same with me wanting a more organized house out of the motivation that i want others to give me approval for my "home skills". or i want to be in control of everything all the time, so i am motivated to make sure that everything is always in tip-top shape. if anyone (KIDS!) messes it up, you will deal with the wrath of this mommy. anger ensues. frustration. failure. shame. unfair punishment on children who are messy and will always make messes even when trying to clean up. or is this just my life?
for example, this year i thought it would be good to organize everything. i kept failing. wanna know why?
under my goals i had some sin issues i needed to deal with.
i was too busy being busy "helping God" to help my own self.
solution: not goals and lists to make me more organized but repenting from thinking i was God for other people and that they needed me. repenting from serving other ministries first before the one God gave me and asked me to be a steward of: my marriage and family. repenting from wanting to look good for others and finding approval in others thoughts about me and words to me. repenting for finding my identity in something other than Christ.
my solution was not in doing anything better. the solution was repenting and seeing Christ as my only hope for lasting change. from that i began to see that Christ would work in me and IN SPITE of me. He was doing the work and not me. truth be told, God has been changing me, even in small ways. i'm resting more and in turn, i'm home more. literally and figuratively. things are getting organized and i can actually find things, show up to things on the right day, and so on. because i'm present.
usually my goal is "be more present". and then i try and do better by setting up all sorts of boundaries and rules for myself. i was so backwards. my problem wasn't simply that i wasn't present with my kids, the problem was and still is, a bigger heart issue and a pattern of sin. sin that didn't need goals to fix it, but that need a supernatural solution starting with repentance.
one thing i've learned this year is that out of any other motivation outside of a love for Christ and obedience to him, i fail. i am graceless with others and myself. my heart is uglier than i'd like to admit or even look at. but it must be looked at so that i see the giantness of my sin and the way more gigantic cross. this is my true solution. that i really am nothing apart from Christ and i need him to help me change. i need him in my mundane and i need him even when i make my goals for the year.
it's taken me a long time to believe that about myself because i'd like to think i'm a pretty great person who doesn't need much help.
not so! we all fall short. all of us christians. so so so short. the difference between christians and non-christians is not that we're better than others. no, christians should believe that we're the exact same as far as falling short. the difference is that we believe that Jesus is our only hope and made the ultimate sacrifice for us so that we could have a relationship with God. our lives should look different out of His power to produce lasting change, not for our glory, but for Christ's.
and even so, we get lost in wordly wisdom.
we do the same things we've done every year...
make a goal, fail, shame.
make a goal, nail it, but are unsatisfied.
compare our goals to other people's goals...then change them... then fail.
over and over. the story of humans.
when i go to bed at night and tell myself how terrible of a mother i am. how so and so is better than me, how i was so selfish and then promise myself to do better the next day, i am doing a disservice to the Gospel. i skip over the repentance piece and move straight into penance: the fixing! and guess what? no matter how hard i try, i eventually fail. sometimes it happens that very day and sometimes i can conjure up enough strength to be better for a whole week or month. but it's not lasting change. nothing in my heart changed except more shame abounds. why is that?
because i can never pay enough penance for any sin.
when i try and change this way, it is in my own strength, not in Christ's. directly opposing the bible which says, i can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
i did not repent first to Christ for my sin and ask him to supernaturally show up and do the work for me. deep down, i believe that i don't need God to help me in such mundane situations.
except that's where i live! i live in the mundane. it's my address. and it's silly to think that God only works in the big things and doesn't care about my small, dinky issues. the truth is, they are not small problems, they are giant heart issues that play out in my mundane everyday.
your weight issue. your organizing issue. your child rearing issue. your friendships issue. your whatever issue is always about you and God. ALWAYS. it is a worldly thought to believe that it's not about God and that you can conjure up enough strength to fix it. and hey, christians are misleading other christians by preaching this to one another. beware.
so hear the truth: whether you eat, or drink, [it doesn't get more mundane than that] or whatever you do, do it ALL for the the glory of God[not for your own glory]. acts 17:25
not, "do it all" so you feel good about yourself. not "do it all" so you others will like you. not "do it all" so you can remain in control and not be bothered. not "do it all" so you feel more peace in your home and it looks good. not "do it all" so you can be as awesome as so and so.
so instead of making goals this year out of my flesh, i am praying about what God would have me do. one of my goals is that i do need to eat healthier. i feel terrible physically, am tired all the time, and i don't believe i'm being a good steward of my body. i believe God is helping me see Him through my exhaustion and that He is asking me to change. there is no greater motivation than this.
in that, i am asking for forgiveness for eating like this and not working out. ever. and asking that God would show up and help me eat healthier and help me get my jazzercise on.
no cookies for breakfast...sigh. it's kind of common sense, but for me, i've eaten crap in the morning for years. this will take some supernatural intervention. perhaps if an angel cooked me an egg in the morning? it's just an idea, God. (i just pictured nato with angel wings, holding a spatula and i think it was from the Lord.)
even so, in my Godly motivation, i will fail. i'm human and we live in a broken world. but when my identity is wrapped up in the grace of God, and not in the wrath of myself, i don't wallow in shame. there is no condemnation in Christ.
i repent and ask for God to help me again. if there is ever a pattern in my life, i pray that it is that.


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The difficulties users of the federal health care website, HealthCare.gov, are experiencing is the subject of hearings on Capitol Hill and much gnashing of teeth among politicians and pundits, but what practical steps can financial advisors take to help affected clients?
"I'd take the old-fashioned approach," says Dr. Katy Votava of GoodCare.com, a niche practice that handles health care issues for financial advisors and consumers looking to lower their coverage costs. "Pick up the phone and call the 800 number on HealthCare.gov and ask them who in your area is a 'navigator.'"
"Every state," Votava says in a phone interview with ThinkAdvisor, "has community organizations available to talk to people face to face. They'll let you know who in your county and zip code to call and make an appointment with because right now none of [the exchanges] are working great. Call early and get on a list for an appointment."
Some advisors may assume that health care issues are not part of their job, or perhaps that it only becomes an issue once their clients are old enough to become eligible for Medicare. But the expense involved and the difficulties clients encounter with health care at every stage of their lives make health care an issue that advisors should have on their radar, Votava argues.
(Check out Top 10 Cheapest States for Long-Term Care Costs on ThinkAdvisor.)
"First of all, know it's an issue. Put it on your annual planning agenda; just start to ask about it and find out where your clients are at," says Votava, who says she founded GoodCare 10 years ago when she noticed that no one was helping advisors help their clients with the unique planning issues surrounding health care.
"Second, plan for health care costs in retirement as a separate line item in the budget," she advises, noting that health care inflation is two to four times CPI, and therefore assets meant to cover these costs should have a higher growth target.
"Third, know where to go to get some questions answered."
That, Votava says, is where GoodCare comes in:
"We do training for advisors, we do webinars so that advisors know how to incorporate health care in planning and refer when they need to. We look at the total picture of a person's health and medications to help them find the best coverage for the best price on an hourly basis."
So if an advisor has a large segment of clients transitioning to Medicare or under-65-year-olds who are seeking coverage on the Obamacare state exchanges, the fee-for-service consulting firm will speak to the group or produce webinars that help clients know how to shop for coverage.
"More and more advisors are saying, 'Wow, that's a real value-add for my clients,'" she says.
Advisors who thinks that Medicare alone, and not Obamacare, are issues for clients, should think again, the GoodCare founder says.
"On any given snapshot of a day, most people have health insurance. But tomorrow that can change. People are changing jobs. Sometimes people move. Children grow up and go out into the workplace. People in their 20s looking for jobs don't have health insurance.
"Most of it really is transitions," she adds. "We'd love to talk with people ahead of time to plan, but most of the time we don't. [Instead] it's 'I'm getting divorced' or 'I'm losing my COBRA.'"
Apart from ever-present gaps in coverage, there are also the oft ignored, but bread-and-butter, issues of costs.
"We find that people are sometimes paying too much," Votava says, offering the example of a wealthy client unhappy about the high health care costs his family of four incurred. GoodCare suggested they move from a high-premium plan to a high-deductible health savings account.
"Now they're saving $7,000 in premiums a year"—money that can now be invested she says. "They were under-saving for retirement because they were overspending for health care."
And it's not just clients but advisors who themselves are typically small businesses who may not be taking advantage of opportunities to lower health care costs.
"Most companies, small or large, can offer just one health plan; in the exchanges run by the state, they'll have more options," she says.
To lower advisors or clients' health care costs, GoodCare first looks at their health status and the medications or health care providers they see.
Thus armed, GoodCare then finds the best prices in the health care marketplace, making sure key providers are "in network" and that needed medications are more affordable Tier 1 rather than Tier 3 options on that plan. A key mistake people make is looking carefully at premiums but not at benefits, Votava says.
The consultancy firm also regularly deals with esoteric cases, for example people who want to retire overseas or even expatriate professionals working abroad.
In the latter case a person must be aware that eligibility for Medicare requires the need to contribute to Social Security for at least 40 quarters, or 10 years.
Clients needing this sort of expertise should also be aware of reciprocal arrangements the U.S. has with some countries in terms of accessing health and retirement benefits; the quality of medical care in a foreign country, which may influence decisions about whether or not to pay Medicare premiums; and whether clients want to preserve their rights to rejoin Medicare at a later stage of their life if they move back to the U.S.
– Check out this related story on ThinkAdvisor: Top 10 Cheapest States for Long-Term Care Costs: 2013


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== Connecting via Bluetooth - Pairing ==
== Connecting via Bluetooth - Pairing ==
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|For ROBOTC Bluetooth NXT functions, see: NXT Bluetooth Functions.
|For information about Bluetooth and the NXT, see: Bluetooth Overview.
Connecting via Bluetooth - Pairing
|Each BT device is identified by a unique 12 hexadecimal digit address. It's a little awkward to refer to devices with this address so the BT protocols include a "friendly name" that is a more conventional 15-character string. The default friendly name for a NXT brick is "NXT" but you can modify this using the NXT's on-brick user interface, or from the ROBOTC IDE, or directly from within a ROBOTC program.
Before you can connect two devices via BT they must be "paired". The pairing process exchanges messages between the two devices where they share their BT address, their friendly names and their supported profiles. The devices confirm that they support the same profiles and that the (optional) password matches. Once two devices have been paired, you can make subsequent connections using just the friendly names. The devices remember the passwords so that they don't have to be re-entered each time
There's a lot of low-level messages used in establishing a paired connection. Fortunately, this is hidden from the user on the NXT with a simple user interface via the user interface on the NXT.
From the BT menu on the NXT, a search is performed to build a internal list in the NXT of all the devices that are currently available via BT. The NXT simply broadcasts a "who's available" message over BT and collects a list of all the devices that replied.
Once connected, the "slave" device will be added to the NXT's internal table of paired devices, i.e. the "My Contacts" list on the NXT. Next time you want to make a connection you can select the device from the "My Contacts" and avoid the 30-second search.
NOTE: Sometimes you'll find that you cannot get two previously paired devices to connect. One cause of this is that one device is no longer powered on. Another cause is that somehow the devices have got out of sync on the pairing status where one device has "lost" the paired status. If this happens, try removing both devices from the "My Contacts" list on each NXT and restart the connection using the "Search" function.
Installing USB Adapter Drivers
|Before you can use your Bluetooth USB adapter with ROBOTC, you must install the drivers and set up the device for use.
Note: Not all Bluetooth adapters will work with the NXT brick due to its built-in chip limitations. ROBOTC community member Laurens has compiled a great list of adapters that are known to work with the NXT bricks, complete with a listing of internal laptop adapters. Check it out at his blog, robotsquare.com
|1. Start Windows and plug in USB adapter. Windows should automatically recognize and install your device. If you do not see a popup near the notifications area like the one shown below, click here for some workarounds.
|2. Open the Start Menu, click on Devices and Printers, right click on the appropriate adapter, and select "Bluetooth Settings".
|3. Make sure "Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer", "Allow Bluetooth Devices to connect to this computer", and "Alert when a new Bluetooth device wants to connect" are checked.
|4. Turn on the NXT brick, navigate to the Bluetooth menu, and make sure Bluetooth is turned 'On' and Visibility is set to 'Visible'; then, select 'Search'. This will start the pairing process between the NXT and the computer. You will still need to register the device in ROBOTC to compile wirelessly (instructions below).
|5. The NXT will pull up all available devices within range, including other eligble NXT bricks, that have Bluetooth enabled and turned on. Select your computer from the list and select 'Connect'. If you do not know your computer's name, navigate to Start Menu> All Programs> Accessories> System Tools> System Information. Your computer's name is "System Name".
|6. Select which port on the NXT you would like to save the connection to and enter your passkey when prompted (1234 by default) and select the check mark.
|7. Windows should recognize that there is a new connection and will pop up another notification saying so. Click on the notification and enter the passkey for the NXT when prompted, then click 'Next'.
|8. Windows will finish connecting to the NXT and display "Your device is ready to use notification" when completed.
PC/NXT Pairing with ROBOTC
Connecting Two NXT Bricks
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Hangin out with the Globetrotters
I had a thrill on Friday night when I got to hang out with the Harlem Globetrotters for one of their games in Glendale, Arizona, in the Coyotes' NHL arena.
I was actually on the floor for a while with my old buddy, LaTroy Hawkins, doing a routine with a basketball that the Trotters put together for us. LaTroy is pitching for the Brewers. We go way back to when I was 17, just getting started in baseball with the Twins. We were roommates back in 1993. So that was definitely a lot of fun, being part of our little act together.
Here I am, 34 years old, and I'm acting like I'm 10 around these guys. No matter how many times you've seen them – this was my fourth time in the past 10 years – they always crack you up. They contacted Tim Mead, the Angels' PR man, and asked him if I could come out and do a skit with them. We invited them over to camp on Friday, and they entertained the guys before we went out to our workout.
Everybody had a great time, especially Bobby Abreu. He's a part-owner of a basketball team in Venezuela, and they said they wanted to try out for Bobby's team. Bobby's got a great sense of humor, so he loved it.
I've always loved the Globetrotters. Being around them now, I have a whole new respect for what they do and the way they do it. These guys work out, eat right, keep themselves in great condition. You have to be in shape to travel the world and entertain people the way they do.
They're on their way to England next and will be on the road for a month. Some of them have family in the Phoenix area, so they were enjoying that while they could before going back to work.
These guys are legends. They were in every household on TV, in cartoons. It was these guys and Scooby Doo for me. They had their own cartoon show, and every Saturday we'd watch them. To have a chance to hang with them, talk to them and laugh with those guys, it's really something special.
These guys are athletes, dancers, perfectionists. They take their job very seriously, and their job is to make people laugh – kids, middle-aged people, old folks. Everybody loves the Globetrotters.
Think about all the good will and joy they've spread over the world, and it's awesome, really. I was looking around the arena and parents were cracking up right along with their kids. They had that old routine where one of the guys would run out carrying what everybody thought was confetti – but it turned out to be water, and he splashed some people.
Spring Training can get a little monotonous at times, going through drills day after day when you really want to just go out and play the game. But you have to prepare yourselves right to be ready – it's part of the deal. Lucky for me, I got one of the best breaks in the routine you could possibly imagine when the Globetrotters invited me to be a part of their show.
It's one of those things I'll never forget. I wish all those guys the best in their travels.
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I love you Mr Hunter!
I haven't had the opportunity to watch the Globetrotters yet but I hope so! And my goodness I watched the Cartoons too! I remember Scooby doo featuring the cartoons on the show lol.. I can't wait to see them in person! I'm glad you're healthy and working hard this season.
Best of luck to you mr hunter! GO ANGELS!
I wasn't lucky enough to see the skit on Friday night, but I WAS lucky enough to be in the stadium on Friday morning when the Globetrotters were there. I believe I have some decent pictures of their "appearance" on the pitchers mound.. I, too, remember the cartoon on Saturday mornings, and appreciate the talent those guys have– but they always seem to have SO MUCH fun, it (at least to me) seems that it doesn't get 'old' to them. And I don't think it will ever get old for me, either.
watching The Globetrotters has a way of bringing out the kid in all of us…. Just like watching you climb the wall at The Big A. Can't wait for opening day also hoping to catch you guys in Arizona. Stay healthy Tori and thanks for the highlights and the laughs.
Torii Hunter = RACIST


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Situated in Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland, this multifaceted nature park covers an area of 2,055 square kilometres where Germany borders France and Luxembourg.
From the heights of the Rhenish-Westphalian Slate Mountains in Hunsrück up to 816 metres above sea-level, to the sun-kissed vineyards of the Moselle, Saar, Ruwer and Nahe valleys, nature has thrown up bizarre rock formations, deep gorges and some beautiful landscapes as it has evolved over the millennia. Particularly impressive are the Hangbrücher moors in the Hunsrück region. Then there are the imposing cliff and rock formations made of fossil-flecked limestone, Bunter sandstone, slate and Taunus quartz, as well as those created by volcanic activity.
A diverse range of flora includes narcissi, arnica, orchids and orchards, while extensive woodland and a network of hedgerows and borders provides a habitat for kingfishers, dragonflies, wildcats, beavers and deer.
The area is never short of things to do – from trying out the local food and drink, to day trips, walking, or cycling along the river, to hiking on the best long-distance route in Germany, the Saar-Hunsrück Trail, or on other quality-certified trails. From the area around Perl on the Upper Moselle, via the Saar Bow geotope and Idar-Oberstein (Germany's gemstone capital), to the dramatic Hunsrück region or the Roman city of Trier, walkers on the Saar-Hunsrück Trail and the Saar-Hunsrück 'dream loops' can expect ever-changing landscapes, stunning views, natural beauty, cultural treasures and a sense of peace and tranquillity.
And the culinary landscape is equally diverse, with a variety of food festivals devoted to local specialities such as dandelion, mushrooms and bear's garlic, apples, wine and cider, potatoes and game …
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Developer's Reading List, January 24, 2012 The latest books off the press cover code readability, Java performance, hunting for and prying open security defects, game testing, architecture, and even OpenVMS.
Java Performance
Charlie Hunt and Binu John
A detailed, comprehensive explanation of measuring and improving Java performance. The book starts with descriptions of the principal factors that affect performance on the JVM. It then shows how to measure the performance and tease out the various causes through specific benchmarks. More than half the book is devoted to tuning the JVM and the applications to squeeze out the maximum performance. This information is relayed with tips and techniques, as well as deep dives into the various tools and JVM options that are currently available (and, it appears, little-known). The appendices provide extensive coverage of JVM options and present source code with illustrative techniques of performance refinement that are possible.
This book is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive treatment of Java performance. My only frustration with it is that it covers only Oracle technologies. So, only the HotSpot JVM is discussed (although many of the techniques are clearly applicable to other JVMs) and only Oracle's Java servers. The more than occasional references to Solaris were also a bit annoying. But these limitations aside, this is an excellent treatment and worthy of a place on the bookshelf of most Java developers. Highly recommended. — Andrew Binstock


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The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning investors to watch out for scams using virtual currencies, namely Bitcoin.
Just as the SEC on Tuesday charged a Texas man and his company with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy released an alert warning investors about fraudulent investment schemes that may involve Bitcoin and other virtual currencies.
As the SEC's alert states, virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, have recently become popular. These schemes, the agency states, "often promise high returns for getting in on the ground floor of a growing Internet phenomenon."
These currencies "may be traded on online exchanges for conventional currencies, including the U.S. dollar, or used to purchase goods or services, usually online," the SEC says.
The "rising use of virtual currencies in the global marketplace may entice fraudsters to lure investors into Ponzi and other schemes in which these currencies are used to facilitate fraudulent, or simply fabricated, investments or transactions," the agency says. "The fraud may also involve an unregistered offering or trading platform."
Virtual currencies are attractive to fraudsters, the SEC says, because transactions in virtual currencies have more privacy and less regulatory oversight than transactions in conventional currencies.
In the case of the Texas man, the SEC alleges that Trendon Shavers, who is the founder and operator of Bitcoin Savings and Trust (BTCST), offered and sold Bitcoin-denominated investments through the Internet using the monikers "Pirate" and "pirateat40."
Shavers raised at least 700,000 Bitcoin in BTCST investments, which amounted to more than $4.5 million based on the average price of Bitcoin in 2011 and 2012 when the investments were offered and sold, the SEC states. Today the value of 700,000 Bitcoin exceeds $60 million.
The SEC alleges that Shavers promised investors up to 7% weekly interest based on BTCST's Bitcoin market arbitrage activity, which supposedly included selling to individuals who wished to buy Bitcoin "off the radar" in quick fashion or large quantities.
In reality, the SEC says that BTCST was a sham and a Ponzi scheme in which Shavers used Bitcoin from new investors to make purported interest payments and cover investor withdrawals on outstanding BTCST investments.
Check out Top Portfolio Products: Winklevoss Twins File Bitcoin ETF on ThinkAdvisor.


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