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Patrick Dempsey is heading to "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
This weekend, the Marshall family, one of the families set to appear on an upcoming episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," will travel to Maine, to meet the "Grey's Anatomy" star as he hosts the Dempsey Challenge. The Dempsey Challenge raises funds for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center, which assists cancer patients and caregivers with support and education.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Where The 'Grey's' Boys Are
Patrick founded the center in 2008 in response to his mother's multiple bouts with ovarian cancer.
Jay and Elena Marshall, and their children, including 9-year-old Cameron, who was diagnosed with leukemia, have also played a role in raising cancer awareness and raised thousands of dollars for Children's Hospital at Dartmouth.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Keepin' It Real With TV's Hottest Reality Stars!
In addition to meeting the handsome TV doc and real-life do-gooder, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is building the Marshall family a brand new home from the ground up. The family is also being sent to Walt Disney World.
Patrick is one of many stars who signed on for "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's" "Get On The Bus" campaign this television season.
"High School Musical's" Ashley Tisdale will appear on this Sunday's episode of the popular show as she lends a hand to help build a new home for another deserving family.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Patrick Dempsey
Other stars set to join the "Get on the Bus" campaign this season include David Duchovny, Mary J. Blige, Tyler Perry, Clint Black, Kellie Pickler, Xzibit and Trace Adkins.
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" airs Sundays at 8 PM on ABC.
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* [http://www.atmel.com/products/AVR32/ Atmel] AVR 32
== Development Boards ==
== Development Boards ==
Revision as of 19:46, 14 September 2012
First, a few definitions:
- a CPU is something that can execute software programs. The earliest CPUs were built out of many parts, but now most CPUs are in microprocessors.
- a microprocessor is a kind of single integrated circuit that includes an entire CPU. In the earliest microprocessors, and some famous kinds of microprocessors still being made, the CPU fills the entire chip, and so require external RAM and ROM/FLASH memory. But now most CPUs sold are in microcontrollers[1].
- A microcontroller is a kind of microprocessor that, in addition to the CPU, also includes RAM, ROM/FLASH memory, digital I/O, analog to digital convertors, and even comparators on a single die/package.
A microcontroller is a little computer on a single Die/Package. The computer includes a CPU core, RAM, ROM/FLASH, and peripherals including UARTS, A/D converters, SPI, and I2C. Microcontrollers differ from microprocessors in that the microprocessors generally have bigger more powerful central processing units, but need support chips for ram, rom and other peripherals. Most modern microcontrollers use FLASH ram instead of a ROM so they can be programmed over and over. Many modern microcontrollers allow self-flashing to enable bootloading or a firmware update without pulling the chip from the circuit or using a programmer/debugger.
Unlike PCs, which have a wide range of programming languages available, microcontrollers have only a few programming languages available -- C programming language, Basic programming language, Forth programming language, assembly language, and (on a few microcontrollers) Python programming language.
Microcontrollers and microprocessors only understand machine code and compilers regardless of type all translate the program to machine code. Machine code, while tedious to learn and device specific, is the most efficient.
People often have strong opinions about their favorite programming language[2].
Many hobbyists use microcontrollers, sometimes even multiple microcontrollers, in their projects. Prices have fallen below $5 for the cheapest 32-bit microcontroller and below $1 for the cheapest 8-bit microcontroller.
I've written a little about the various kinds of microcontrollers at Wikibooks: Embedded Systems. --DavidCary 06:15, 10 March 2007 (PST)
About 55% of all CPUs sold in the world are 8-bit microcontrollers. Over 2 billion 8-bit microcontrollers were sold in 1997.[3] (Anyone have more up-to-date statistics?)
Somebody always thinks their microcontroller is the best microcontroller, so we have listed all of them as best.
Microchip PIC
- PIC Links A bunch of links to PIC based information and projects
- Microchip PIC 8 bit FLASH microcontrollers
- Microchip dsPIC/PIC24 16 bit FLASH microcontrollers
- DsPIC30F 5011 Development Board
- Microchip PIC32 32 bit FLASH microcontrollers
- PIC based Demo board
- consider merging the following section to Which PIC to use, to gain the advantages of consolidating information.
Note about choosing a PIC:
The number of PIC models is huge so it is worth saying a few words on how to choose a PIC.
Things to consider as a hobbiest or making a small production run:
- Microchip tends to produce the same chip with minor variations. The exact same chip with the exact same pinout may be available in 8k, 16k, or 32k flash. Spend a few extra pennies and take the best.
- SMT parts take practice to work with, so beginners should focus on DIP package parts with <= 40 pins. On the other hand, SMT parts can yield simpler and smaller PCB designs so they are worth consideration even for a hobbiest.
- Contrary to common sense, older parts are often more expensive then newer parts.
- Consider if a free/student version of a C compiler is availible. Microchip provides free/student student versions for the 18f,dsPIC/PIC24, and PIC32.
List of some of the best PICs for hobby purposes:
|Pin Count
|Important Features
|Typical Use
|ADC, I/O PWM, Comparator
|Very Simple Projects/Glue Logic
|ADC, I/O PWM, Comparator, UART, I2C/SPI
|General Purpose
|ADC, I/O PWM, Comparator, UART, I2C/SPI
|General Purpose
|ADC, I/O PWM, Comparator, UART, I2C/SPI, 8 Bit Parallel Port
|General Purpose
|ADC, I/O PWM, Comparator, UART, I2C/SPI, USB
|USB Connectivity
|ADC, I/O PWM, Comparator, UART, I2C/SPI, USB, 8 Bit Parallel Port
|USB Connectivity
|ADC, I/O PWM, Comparator (with software selectable pin assignment), 2 UART, 2 I2C, 2 SPI
|General Purpose
Note: J means the PIC is a native 3.3V part. Other PICs will run at 3.3V but only at slower clock speeds.
External Links:
Atmel AVR
The AVR series is split into 4 different types:
|Small (2 Ports or less) 8 bit RISC PU but extremely powerful (20MHz System Clock, 20MIPS, 64MHz Fast Peripheral Clock)
|ATtiny25/45/85, ATtiny 26/46/86, ...
|10bit ADCs, USI, 8/16bit timer, PWM, I²C, SPI , BOD, WDT, ...
|Powerful 8bit RISC PU with up to 10 IO Ports and up to 256k flash (20MHz system clock, 20 MIPS)
|ATmega88, ATmega16/32, ATmega640/1280/2560, ATmega1281/2561, ...
|10bit ADCs, USARTs, 8/16bit timer, I²C, SPI, BOD, WDT, ...
|Extremely powerful 8/16bit RISC CPU with up to 10 IO Ports and up to 256k flash (32 MHz system clock, 32 MIPS)
|ATxmega64A1/128A1/192A1/256A1, ATxmega64A3/128A3/192A3/256A3, ....
|12bit ADC, 12bit DAC, 16 bit timer, USARTs, SPI, I²C, DMA, Real time clock, crypto engine,..
|High End 32bit RISC CPU for multimedia purposes (system clocks up to 200 MHz and more)
|A lot =), see atmel.com for futher details
Especially the ATmega series is very easy to use and is the best processor for beginners. All small chips are available in the easy to use DIL package and combined with an AVRDragon for about 60€ everybody with a budget of about 70€ is able to build and debug his own microprocessor applications. The AVRDragon allows you to debug all ATmega & ATtiny processors with less than 32k flash using DebugWire or JTAG and to program all ATmega / ATtiny devices using HVPP, ISP and JTAG.
- Arduino Links Arduino is a development board based on AVR Microcontrollers
- Atmel AVR 8 bit FLASH microcontrollers
- Atmel ATmega & ATtiny
- Atmel ATxmega
- Atmel AVR 32
- Simplest AVR programmer Using LPT Port
Development Boards
Development Boards are printed circuit boards that contain a microcontroller and enough circuitry to get it going, typically at least some of the following: clock, voltage regulator, reset button, communications chip, buffer amplifiers, led's, prototyping area, and/or off chip connections. Sometimes the manufacturer of the chip sells development boards ( often called evaluation boards ). Development boards can be really basic, just enough to make the processor run, with connections to the IO pins. Or the boards can include communications, displays, input buttons etc. Often you can jump start a project by using a development board that does the boring standard stuff and let you focus on your project. The development board can let you use high density parts and surface mount parts that you might not want to mess with. The BitWacker kit from SparkFun is priced close the to the total price of the parts. This is probably true of some other development boards as well. Note that some development boards require you to build them they have not been made available as kits, some come both ways.
- Chalk Roach based on AVR Atmega32
- Arduino Links Arduino is based on AVR Microcontrollers
- USB Bit Whacker This is a PIC 18 based system ... can be used with BitWacker Java Communications
- RS232 Dev Board
- dsPIC30F 5011 Development Board
- GoGo Board based on PIC18F4550 (via Prof. Paulo Blikstein): "an open-source platform that is designed to be low-cost and allow for local assembly by those who are interested." All parts are through-hole (even the USB connector). KiCAD PCB design files.
Other demo boards: see demo board.
Cypress PSoC
- Cypress PSoC 8 bit FLASH microcontrollers.
External Links:
- Wikibooks: Cypress PSoC
- SparkFun: Gainer PSoC Development Board including USB interface -- looks very similar to the Arduino Nano
- LPC2103 Low cost 70MHz ARM7TDMI-S FLASH Microcontroller from Philips. The "$49" "Coridium ARMmite" does use this chip.
- the ARM microcontroller wiki.
There are no ARM chips currently manufactured in a through-hole package -- they are *all* surface-mount. However, there are many "adapter boards" aka demo board that make them easier to use, such as:
- low-cost ARM demo boards at NGX Technologies: [4]
- $10 STMicroelectronics' STM32 Discovery Kit with ARM® Cortex-M3 microcontroller [5] [6]
- Motherboards that run Linux
further reading
- Instructables: How to choose a MicroController
- Wikibooks: brief selection guide
- Main Page May have been a one man effort, now dropped. Has a bit of content that looks good.
- Cornell University ECE 4760 Designing with Microcontrollers Final Projects A ton on projects.
- Which uC (Microcontroller)? - discussion
- PIC vs. AVR Ultimate fight
- Chiphacker: "What's the difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor?"

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March 16, 2010
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame men's lacrosse team opened Arlotta Stadium in fine fashion with a 14-7 win over Denver on Tuesday afternoon. The ninth-ranked Fighting Irish used hat tricks from Zach Brenneman (East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton), Grant Krebs (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) and Sean Rogers (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Holy Trinity) to secure the victory in the first regular-season game played in their new facility.
Notre Dame (4-2) had a total of seven goal scorers against the Pioneers. Senior attackman Neal Hicks (Atlanta, Ga./Lovett School) netted two goals, while Colin Igoe (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne), Steve Murphy (Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd) and David Earl (Simsbury, Conn./Westminster School) all had one tally. Senior goalie Scott Rodgers (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) made 12 saves to earn his fourth win of the season.
Denver (3-4) jumped on top first with a goal from Todd Baxter less than three minutes into the contest. The Irish responded with scores from Hicks and Rogers to claim their first lead of the game with 9:54 showing on the clock in the first quarter.
Following a Pioneer goal from Mark Matthews, Notre Dame went on a 3-0 run that extended into the second quarter. Igoe started the surge to put the Irish on top for good by the end of the first period. Goals from Krebs (14:16) and Earl (12:11) extended the Fighting Irish lead to three (5-2).
Alex Demopoulos, who led Denver with two goals on the day, stopped the Irish run temporarily with a score at the 9:42 mark of the second quarter. Notre Dame responded with a 4-0 uprising that carried into the second half. Krebs was the first to score in the run and Rogers followed to put the Irish up 7-3 at the intermission.
Scores from Hicks and Brenneman made it a six-goal (9-3) advantage for Notre Dame with less than five minutes gone by in the second half. Hicks, who has tallied a point in a team-best 24 straight games, leads the Irish in goals (12) and points (16) this season. Brenneman, a junior midfielder, is second in both categories with 10 and 14, respectively.
Denver would score four of the game's next five goals to trim the Irish lead to three (10-7) by the beginning stages of the fourth quarter. Scoring in that span for Denver were Cameron Kerr, Demopoulos, Cameron Flint and Andrew Lay. The only Irish tally in that Denver run was a man-up score from Brenneman midway through the third period.
Notre Dame produced its second 4-0 run of the afternoon to put the game away. Murphy, a freshman midfielder, began the final push with a goal at the 6:58 mark of the fourth quarter. Brenneman scored with 2:55 left in regulation and Rogers deposited his third goal 33 seconds later to secure the first hat trick of his career. The sophomore attackman also had two assists for a game-high five points.
Krebs, a senior midfielder, registered the game's final goal with 1:46 remaining to post his second hat trick of the season. Brenneman has a team-best three hat tricks this season.
Notre Dame out shot Denver 37-23. Zander Buteux started in goal for the Pioneers and allowed five goals, while making two saves. Peter Lowell replaced Buteux with 12:11 left in the second quarter. Lowell made nine saves and surrendered nine goals. Buteux picked up the loss.
Notre Dame senior midfielder Trever Sipperly (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich) won 14 of his 24 faceoff attempts and picked up a game-best seven ground balls. Sipperly has gone 41-20 (.672) in faceoffs over the past three games.
The Fighting Irish return to the field this Saturday (March 20) against Ohio State. Game time is slated for 1:00 p.m. (ET) at Arlotta Stadium.
March 16, 2010 – Arlotta Stadium – Notre Dame, Ind.
Denver (3-4) – 2 1 3 1 – 7
#9 Notre Dame (4-2) – 3 4 3 4 – 14
Denver Scoring (goals-assists):
Alex Demopoulos 2-0, Mark Matthews 1-1, Andrew Lay 1-1, Todd Baxter 1-0, Cameron Kerr 1-0, Cameron Flint 1-0, John Dickenson 0-1, Colin Scott 0-1; Goaltenders: Zander Buteux (L, 17:49, 2 saves, 5 GA); Peter Lowell (42:11, 9 saves, 9 GA)
Notre Dame Scoring (goals-assists):
Sean Rogers 3-2, Grant Krebs 3-0, Zach Brenneman 3-0, Neal Hicks 2-1, Colin Igoe 1-2, David Earl 1-0, Steve Murphy 1-0, Max Pfeifer 0-2, Andrew Irving 0-1; Goaltenders: Scott Rodgers (W, 59:21, 12 saves, 7 GA), Brendan Moore (0:39, 0 saves, 0 GA)


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The Fleet BCM service allows the remote monitoring of the battery charge of electric vehicles through a CAN/Bluetooth device allowing selected access to the on board data network.
An on-board BT dongle controlled by Attain IT through the TomTom LINK 510 device, sends the battery level, the vehicle mileage and the vehicle status to Attain IT servers via the WEBFLEET.connect API and using the GPRS connection of the LINK-box.
Geolocalized information are then available both on a dedicated fleet management web page and through customized web services, for integration with ERP.
Attain IT, founded in January 2011, is an Information Technology company specialized in the development of SW products and services for the acquisition and processing in real-time of data from mobile systems (such as vehicles) and by means of mobile devices (such as smartphones and embedded systems). Attain IT know-how and experience include the field of model based design applied also to human behavior detection and the field of data networks and diagnostic functionalities applied to vehicles.


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Narcotics and prescription drugs account for about 75% of all deaths caused by unintentional poisonings in North Carolina.
"Unintentional poisoning" may make you think about small children accidentally taking medicines they find at home, but they make up the smallest fraction of the total—less than 1%! It's much more likely to happen to a teen or an adult, mostly because of prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse.
Video PSA Contest
In March 2012, the North Carolina Attorney General announced the "Stop Rx Abuse" video public service announcement (PSA) contest [link removed]. The contest encouraged teens to create brief PSA videos on teen prescription drug abuse.
Check out the winning videos [link removed], selected from over 130 submissions from North Carolina teens in grades 9–12. You can also watch the 10 honorable mention videos on YouTube.
First Place
Homero Plancarte's video shows how prescription drug abuse can have unexpected effects. The video's tagline is, "One life, One wrong decision, Prescription drugs kill."
Second Place
Trevor Belk's video describes how people usually associate drug abuse with meth labs and street alleys, even though more people in North Carolina die from prescription drug overdoses than any other group of drugs.
Third Place
Carson Banks' video describes facts related to prescription drug abuse and the arrests and deaths that can result from it. The video is brought together with the tagline, "Life is not a video. There is no rewind."
Is your state, school, or community doing something to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse? If so, what are they doing?
To learn more about prescription drug abuse or how you can help spread the word, check out NIDA's prescription drug abuse awareness campaign for teens, PEERx.
These are great videos! Congrats to all the teens who are fighting drug abuse.
These video's are excellent and a great idea to raise awareness for parents, schools and students. However...
What I see as a counselor and concerned citizen is the push by doctor's and schools alike to diagnose children too quickly with "symptoms" of behavioral disorders and "diseases" that lead to RX for children and therefore give an underlying message that prescription drugs are good, needed and should be passed around...also they are also lucrative if you sell them on campus.
This is the center core of the problem. Why are we giving double messages to kids? The CDC reports that 1 out of 10 in the U.S. from the ages of 12 up on some kind of anti-depressant. Let's deal with the larger problem. Do we really need all those drugs? I propose far more counseling and a lot less quick answers with drug dependancy.
wow I never knew that prescribed where so dangerous. I love the videos they managed to put the point across in a very artistic and effective way! Thanks for sharing this with us.
nice video, very inspiring
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It is so amazing how you go to the doctor and without any blood test and only 5 min of medical visual evaluation, he knows what kinds of drugs you need..... IT IS DRUGS and doctors should not give RX just because


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and it burns like a bad relationship
i need a cigarette i need a cigarette
the whiskey cabinet's empty and some voodoo
horror ghost has replaced my water of life
with tequila
and the tequila tastes like sand and dead dry cacti
and the truth tastes as synthetic as sugar-free bubble gum
when i said goodbye to you, i seemingly forgot to open my mouth
and since then, my mind won't shut the hell up
and it's taking moves back in a chess game it lost a long time ago
and you are a dent on my driver's side door that i keep for character
and i carry on the way cancer does
and i carry the weight of the featherwords i've wasted on my skeletal back and bare a demon child on my hips
and lust is just love that is more fun to rhyme
these people on the television are trapped and none of us can get them out
al bundy watching us watching television with our hands down our pants
and the television is just the middle man
forced to talk; never knew it could plead the fifth
and the fifth of whiskey is gone
and i'm forgetting what i've already mentioned
and it's 11:14 and it's the witching hour
and somewhere in the world it's 3 pm and christ has just died
and somewhere in the world someone someone loved
and somewhere in the world someone someone loved
had some form of something happen to them
yes – i am – affirmative – positive reinforcement backed up only by centuries of black plague barn burning flames of fires ashes to ashes dust to dust
beginning to end and in the beginning someone had to be there to tell the story
who wrote down the story of adam and eve?
who heard god firsthand?
the world's longest game of telephone
who heard god firsthand?
i hear him firsthand everyday
dead white male
living black female
salvation from this sideshow circus that was created by the people who brought you
absolutely everything
baby-back ribs made from bunson burners
and love made from sound filtered through the tiny holes of a car radio
and the bass bumps
and the bass bumps
and everyone has a headache
and people don't know what a migraine is
and we are all the 1%
we are all the 1%
and through the eye of the needle, america is too obese to fit itself
and i am typing this; thank you, google, thank you, dell, thank you hp and mac and electricity and edison and/or tesla and panasonic and whoever it fucking was
who wrote about adam and eve
we need to set up tents in the caverns of our robot hearts
and reteach them to beat involuntarily
we need to reteach our bodies to climax without two-dimensional naked fairy tales
and we need to remember that the greatest search engine is communication
and social networks are talking mouths
sleeping narcolepsy
haunted coffins
turn your cell phone off
(the show is about to begin)
walk naked to your neighbor's house
shovel their sidewalk
and don't stop when you get to the concrete
i couldn't decide what to wear to bed, and i can't decide if these little orange pills in my stomach are god or the devil
but i do know the color of blood when i see it
and i know human beings produce tears because they are sad, or sometimes cold
and i know that these thousands of towers that we built were built of hopes and dreams
and men turned to dirt so steel could stand
and i know that lobbyists just want to be cowboys like the rest of us
and i know that the seats in the senate house have cupholders
i know this, because we know this
and you can occupy route 66 from one end to the other
and you can occupy every store front and back alley of new york city
but when the twin towers fell, no one worried about the printers and the copy machines
no one worried about the papers and no one should have
these towers are lifting us towards god
and we can keep continuing being groundlings babbling about these suits with ken-doll haircuts
their briefcases filled with secrets and repressed orgasms but this fight is as faceless as the fire we all threw our cigarette but's into
and whined about the high price of gasoline to feed it
you can occupy any place on earth
but i ask you, orange pills or no orange pills
please, occupy yourself
occupy you wife's bed, and your husband's tombstone
occupy your daughter's baseball game and your son's ballet recital
occupy each and every one of your fibers of skin as they are touched
we can expand outward to the universe but we will never conquer every frontier
it's time we implode, two-at-a-time, and occupy ourselves
these little orange pills are to help me focus
these little orange pills take away the deficit attention
these little orange pills help me build cross streets and crucifixes
over weeks and weeks
and they are little and they are not perfect but they occupy within me
and one by one allow my fingers to type individual characters on this alphabet piano
let your enemies be faceless
we are all good men
and we need to rebuild these skyscrapers
not crash into them


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A while ago I had a discussion with Benjamin on IRC about the health of the GTK+ project, he seems pretty pessimistic about the state of GNOME in general and GTK+ in particular, and I showed my disagreement. Now don't get me wrong, there are challenges and I do share some concerns. Mostly, the fact that programming and delivering GNOME apps these days is way too complicated compared to other development platforms, consuming and viewing large online datasets and the lack of a coherent set of widgets and guidelines for touch driven devices are among those. Some of these issues will be covered at the DX hackfest of course and I'm certain that we will find solutions in the long term.
Benjamin raised that there seems to be less and less GTK+ hackers, and strongly disagreed with that fact, I perceive a lot more people doing stuff in GTK+ and GNOME than when I joined GNOME back in 2004. However, he caught me at something, I did not have numbers to back that up, and he was right, without actual data, I was just basing my opinion on perception. This is one of those times where I am glad that data backs up my gut feeling, I wrote down a little script to count the number of different contributors on each GNOME release (or each 6 months on pre-2.0 times).
Notice that on top of the total contributors I have also plotted the amount of translations. I have to say that we have an outstanding group of translators who are doing a remarkable job in the GNOME community, however while the amount of translators reflects the good health of our translators community, it does not really reflect the health of the project code wise, therefore I decided to do another chart with just code contributions:
This chart shows what my gut feelings told me already, a lot of people are contributing to GTK+ these days, more than ever. There are a few points in time where contributions have risen up noticeably, one is in the 2.18 release, which I suspect has to do with the adoption of Subversion over CVS, and the other one is during the 3.0 release.
All in all, there seems to be a rough average of 60 people contributing code on each release, this has enormous potential. Of course, a lot of these contributions are small, but it means that a lot of people find it possible to contribute code which means that this perception that people are running away from core GTK+ development is not true. In fact, it has only gotten better steadily during the past few years.
Not only in terms of people contributing patches, but 3.x has been an outstanding release series (though a bit bumpy stability wise), CSS theming and a new cairo based theming API, the broadway and wayland backends, file and font chooser improvements, a massive code cleanup in several places… the list just goes on. Not to mention that the grounds for 4.0 are being settled already like the paint clock work by Owen and the work Emmanuele has been doing on Clutter 2.0.
I remember that back in 2004, the sole suggestion of adding a new widget to the toolkit was received very negatively by the maintainers (for good reasons at the time), that is not the case anymore, things are at an optimal stage to get the improvements we need in.
At the end of the day is up to us to see the cup half empty or half full, FOSS communities are a lot about enthusiasm so I think we are better off making an effort at looking at the bright side of life and stop ourselves from actively undermining others people's enthusiasm, the worst thing we can do if we love GNOME is to let people think that there is no point in investing our time and passion in it.
So all in all, I think that there are challenges, but we have loads opportunities to improve as well. We have many facts to celebrate and be excited about.
Let's keep on rocking.


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Photographer's Note
According to Fodors Travel, Place Mohamed V (Mohamed V Square) is Casablanca's version of London's Trafalgar Square, with an illuminated fountain, lots of pigeons, and a series of impressive buildings facing it. The fountain and the pigeons are on the other side of the tram in this photo. On our right, off the frame is the most impressive building, the courthouse, built in the 1920s. The building across the street partially blocked by the tram is the Centre Régional d'Investissement (Regional Investment Center). For you to avoid the confusion I had, I should note that Place Mohammed V was formerly called Place des Nations Unies and vice versa, and the old names still appear on some maps.
Mohamed V Meydanı
Fodor's Travela göre, Place Mohammed V (Mohamed V Meydanı) Kazablanka'da bir ışıklı çeşmesi, bir sürü güvercinleri, ve ona bakan bir dizi etkileyici binaları ile Londra'nın Trafalgar Meydanının bir benzeridir. Çeşme ve güvercinler bu fotoğraftaki tramvayın, öbür tarafında bulunmaktadırlar. Sağımızda, karenin dışında meydanın en etkileyici binası, 1920'lerde inşa edilen adliye vardır. Karşıda kısmen tramvayla engellenen bina Centre Régional d'Investissementdır (Bölgesel Yatırım Merkezidir). Size benim geçirdiğim karışıklığı önlemek için, ben not etmeliyim ki Place Mohammed Ve eskiden Place des Nations Unies ve tam tersi denirdi ve bu eski isimler hala bazı haritalarda görünür.
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bukitgolfb301 (53764) 2013-11-22 17:35
Hi dear Murat
Very natural and casula snap shot in town.
Vivid colored comutter is very intersting and attractive via so sharp and clear presentaion in the best framework.
All the best and have a good weekend! TAKERO from Tokyo
ikeharel (102857) 2013-11-23 0:29
Hello Murat,
A perfect moment taken: the modern red train mingle well in the wide area around, and there is a great reflection on its glass-windows of the area we do not see on right side, there are trees and banchs for sure, and the red/white bus also shown.
Casablanca appears to be a town full of new buildings and many people dress casually.
Nice cityscape photo.
Enjoy your weekend,
marabu61 (11587) 2013-11-23 6:23
Hello Murat
Not really the kind of image we have in our minds of the white city of Casablanca, I think we are to much influenced by the old movie with Humphrey Bogart.
It looks quite modern around here with the futuristic tramway
have a great weekend
rychem (71857) 2013-11-23 7:16
I guess this is the new tram line in Casablanca, modern tramcars. Nice street scene with perfect composition and light management, well done
regards Ryszard
ourania (51103) 2013-11-23 10:53
Hello Murat,
fine composition in a panoramic frame with ample depth and space. You chose a very suitable composition to present this wide place, the perspectives work superbly and you've also provided for the sense of scale. One of the bets in this kind of urban settings is to deal with wires and you've managed them here effectively. I also like the colour management in moody lighting conditions, there are highlights that guide us through the scenery in an agreeable way. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely weekend,
imageme (1790) 2013-11-23 15:42
Hi Mural, A casual shot of a town with such details and natural lights. A very modern and organize city view with tramways running, neat and clean street, modern cars and high buildings.....Best regards
Miguel82 (43000) 2013-11-24 2:39
Nice to see a very modern tramway coach in Casa Murat, good dof you select a brillant pov, I like the colors, high definition, all the best, Warm regards
resat1972 (7586) 2013-11-24 11:15
filmlerden olsa gerek burayı sadece çöl ile hatırlıyoruz. Modern bir yapıya kavuşmuş
güzel bir tanıtım
kato (11630) 2013-12-05 23:35
Hello Murat,
You're capturing well this place by a good angle and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the wide Mohamed V Square and the smart/red/long tram which is running in the city, and the architecture of courthouse with long line. A good panoramic view!
Kind regards,
jmdias (97677) 2013-12-09 23:22
When I visited the town the tram lines were being build. it is nice to see how the public and modern system is working now. nice details of architecture here too.
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Eat This Now: Killer Late-Night Chilaquiles at Au Cheval
We love a lot more than sandwiches alone at Serious Eats, so in the spirit of A Sandwich a Day, here's Eat This Now, a quick look at what we're eating and want to talk about. —The Mgmt.
The first time I ever tried chilaquiles was in Sayulita, a small surfing town on Mexico's west coast. My Spanish was wobbly, so I didn't exactly know what I was getting in to when I pointed at the word on the menu, but I do know that I've been hooked on the stuff ever since. So when I heard about the late-night Chilaquiles (17.95) at Au Cheval, I knew I needed to stay up past my bedtime to see what all the fuss what about.
I have a Platonic ideal for chilaquiles, based on the plate I had in Sayulita: a mild red sauce evenly coating not-too-soggy chips, with crema fresca, raw onions, cilantro, and eggs over easy. The Au Cheval chilaquiles are not those chilaquiles.
And that's okay.
The Au Cheval chilaquiles are smartly engineered to satisfy every component of a late-night craving. For starters, there's the sheer size of the thing—a mountain of chips piled in what appears to be a cast-iron trough, easily large enough to feed four.* Then there's the almost overwhelming abundance of flavors and textures piled in said trough: large-curd scrambled eggs, crumbly queso fresco, sour cream, tart pickled red onions, sliced jalapeños, and fresh cilantro. The bottom of the dish is lined with a tangy salsa verde made with roasted tomatillos, tomatoes, jalapeños, scallions, and onions, and a separate bowl of the salsa is also served on the side for DIY drizzling. The hardest part is trying to figure out where to stab your fork first.
No, these are not the chilaquiles I had in Mexico. Yes, they are closer to nachos than any chilaquiles I've had elsewhere. And you know what? They're incredibly satisfying anyway, Platonic ideal or not.
*Note: A smaller portion of chilaquiles ($13.95) is available for bunch, pictured.
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Aroostook County woman facing charges after raid on home uncovers evidence of meth lab
SMYRNA, Maine (AP) � Maine drug agents have arrested an Aroostook County woman on drug charges after a raid on her home uncovered evidence of a methamphetamine lab.
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says it executed a search warrant at 32-year-old Felisha Suitter's Smyrna mobile home at about 2 p.m. Wednesday. Suitter tried to flee out the back door but was apprehended.
Police say agents in chemical and fire resistant suits and breathing apparatus scoured the trailer and another building on the property for several hours, seized equipment, chemicals and other items used in the making of methamphetamine, as well as an unspecified amount of the finished product.
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RENTON, Wash. - Seattle Sounders FC will host Chelsea FC, winners of five major English titles in the past five seasons, Saturday, July 18, at Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field, it was announced today. Kickoff is set for 12 noon pacific time and the match will be televised live on ESPN2.
"This will be unlike any international game ever played in the Pacific Northwest," said Sounders FC majority owner Joe Roth. "Chelsea is one of the top clubs in the world, and they are playing the home team, our Sounders FC, backed by our loyal supporters. The atmosphere that afternoon will be incredible."
The match is part of the Sounders FC full 18-game season ticket package. To date, the club has sold 19,800 season tickets. Seattle opens its first Major League Soccer season at home on March 19 against the New York Red Bulls.
"We are delighted to be opening our preseason preparations in Seattle," said Peter Kenyon, the Chief Executive of Chelsea FC. "It is a fantastic city and we have great memories of our time there in the summer of 2004 which went on to be a great season for us. The Sounders FC will provide us with a real test and we are happy that a sporting city like Seattle now has its own new soccer franchise as it is important for the development of the game in the United States. We will be bringing a full strength squad so it should be a great game."
Chelsea features a star-studded lineup led by captain and defender John Terry and midfielder Frank Lampard-both members of the English National Team-and other accomplished internationals such as Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack and Deco.
In anticipation of the demand for tickets, seating at Qwest Field will be expanded to include the upper bowl for the Chelsea game.
Chelsea will be making its first trip to Seattle since the London club certified its standing as one of the world's powers by winning back-to-back Premier League championships in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
The Blues finished second in the EPL the past two seasons and in 2008 they were runners-up in Europe's most prestigious competition, the UEFA Champions League. The recent run of success also includes an FA Cup (2007) and two Carling Cups (2005, 2007).
This marks Chelsea's fourth visit to Seattle and second to Qwest Field. In 2004 the Blues defeated Scotland's Celtic, 4-2. The original North American Soccer League Sounders won a friendly, 2-0, at the Kingdome in 1977. Chelsea first toured in 1967, defeating a local amateur side, 5-0, at Memorial Stadium.
An on-sale date to purchase tickets exclusively for the Chelsea match will be announced later this spring. Season ticket memberships that include the Chelsea match are available by phone at 1-877-MLS-GOAL or online at www.SoundersFC.com.


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Speed limits tightened on Metro-North following federal order
The Metro-North New Haven Line will get the automatic braking system that's being installed on the Spuyten-Duyvil section of the Hudson Line in response to last week's deadly derailment, but it will take several months.
In the meantime, the railroad has imposed additional speed restrictions at two "critical" curves and five moveable bridges on the New Haven Line, Metro-North announced late Sunday evening.
"This accident has forced us to take another look," Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said Monday. "Signal modification is the fix we've come up with."
The signal system changes would automatically slow down but not completely halt trains that are traveling above the maximum allowable speed of 30 miles per hour at the identified locations. The railroad is working toward installing a more advanced positive train control system that would completely halt trains traveling in excess of maximum allowable speeds, but that's a longer-term project.
While the New Haven Line waits for its turn to have the signal changes made, the railroad has imposed graduated speed limits around the curves and bridges.
The curves affected are located just west of the Greenwich station in Port Chester, and in Bridgeport. The bridges are those that cross the Mianus, Norwalk, Saugatuck, Pequonnock and Housatonic rivers.
Beginning Tuesday morning and until the revamped signal systems are up and running later this year on the New Haven Line, trains must slow to 30 mile per hours in the areas identified as needing the signal upgrades that will create a kind of automatic braking system.
The new speed restrictions are designed to ensure that train engineers gradually ratchet down speeds ahead of sharp curves or bridges, rather than barreling into them at high speeds, and suddenly slowing down.
"This is ensuring trains go from 70 to 50, and 50 to 30, to make sure we don't have speed limit changes that exceed 20 miles per hour," Anders said. "It's formalizing what has been the practice."
Similar changes have been made on the other Metro-North lines. Altogether the railroad has reduced maximum allowable speeds at 26 spots on the New Haven, Harlem, and Hudson lines.
The move follows an emergency order issued Friday by the Federal Railroad Administration to implement signal system changes that would automatically slow trains down when engineers fail to brake when speed-restricted areas are approaching, and called for a series of additional interim safeguards until the signal systems are revamped.
Excessive speed has been highlighted as a cause of the Dec. 1 derailment on a sharply curved section of track near the Spuyten Duyvil station on the Hudson Line, which killed four people and injured more than 60 others. Federal investigators found from the train's on-board data recorders that the train was traveling at 82 miles per hour when it entered the curved section of track at Spuyten Duyvil where the speed limit is 30 miles per hour.
The Federal Railroad Administration's order gave Metro-North a Dec. 31 deadline to submit an action plan to ensure the safety of passengers and employees on Metro-North.
Kevin Thompson, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration, said the agency was aware of the changes Metro-North was making, but that a formally submitted action plan detailing Metro-North's response by the end of the year is still required from the railroad.
"The Federal Railroad Administration is satisfied that Metro-North intends to comply with the directives of our Emergency Order," Thompson said Monday. "We will continue working directly with their staff as they implement its provisions."
Anders said the signal system plan and other changes to supervision and oversight should allow them to comply with most of the emergency order, but a more comprehensive document will need to be submitted for approval to comply with the Dec. 31 deadline.
"Whether we're ordered or not, we're doing this for safety and we're meeting every FRA mandate," Anders said.
She explained that addressing and designing signal changes for the curves in Port Chester and Bridgeport will require more work and time to correct than Spuyten Duyvil because the spacing of interlockings near them is more complicated.
Interlockings are locations where trains can change from one track to another and also usually a place where two blocks of track are electrically separated for the purpose of sending signals about when trains are entering one section of track and leaving another.
"Each of the curves is unique," Anders said. "Designing signal systems changes for each one will be more difficult than what was achieved by a large team of signal experts working for about a week at Spuyten Duyvil and will require more significant infrastructure changes."
No cost estimate has yet been made, she said.
Additional oversight measures implemented to meet the FRA's requirements will include more Metro-North supervisors riding trains to track speeds, random audits of speed information from random train trips, and operating radar gun checks along the railways at critical spots, according to the railroad.
The changes also simultaneously cover many of the safety concerns raised by Connecticut Department of Transportation officials to ensure safety of passengers, according to the railroad.
Last Tuesday after the derailment, Governor Dannel P. Malloy asked Metro-North to supply an action plan to address communication between the state and the railroad and explanations of the railroad's short and long term efforts to improve safety and public confidence in the New Haven Line.
"These actions, combined with investments in the infrastructure and a heightened focus on safety with all employees, are critical to ensure the confidence and trust of all the stakeholders of the Metro-North rail system," Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner Jim Redeker said in a statement. "It is our expectation that Metro-North will continue to make safety and reliability their primary focus and demonstrate this through regular and transparent actions and communications."


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Editor's note: CNN has crews in Israel, Gaza and around the region reporting on the hours-old cease-fire and fallout from the upsurge in the Gaza-Israel conflict, which extended eight days. Here are some of their stories:
[Updated 6:17 p.m. ET Wednesday]
#Gaza victory party petering out, people going home. I can hear the drones again.—
benwedeman (@bencnn) November 21, 2012
now that it seems most residents have gone home & streets quieted down, can hear the drones again #gaza—
Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) November 21, 2012
[Updated 3:20 p.m. ET Wednesday]
People in Gaza are celebrating the cease-fire, CNN's Arwa Damon and Ben Wedeman report.
#gaza celebrates ceasefire http://t.co/j688MLfC—
Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) November 21, 2012
Those celebrating in the street in #Gaza feel that this is a victory 4 them, that they withstood #Israel aggression—
Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) November 21, 2012
Hearing distant gunfire (probably celebratory) and omnipresent drones over head. No rockets, no air strikes. #gaza—
benwedeman (@bencnn) November 21, 2012
Celebratory gunfire-automatic-is intensifying, mosque loudspeaker announcing victory for #gaza—
benwedeman (@bencnn) November 21, 2012
Amazing how quickly Gaza City has re-emerged. Cars, people, can hear horns, whistles and cheers.—
benwedeman (@bencnn) November 21, 2012
There were no such celebrations in #Gaza when the war ended in January 2009.—
benwedeman (@bencnn) November 21, 2012
[Updated 1:57 p.m. ET Wednesday]
More activity ahead of the 2 p.m. ET (9 p.m. local) cease-fire, this time blasts hitting Gaza, Arwa Damon reports:
Huge blast just shook #gaza...followed by another...and another in the distance...15 minutes to go...—
Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) November 21, 2012
And more explosions in Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on TV, reacting to news of the cease-fire agreement:
explosions...sirens wailing in #gaza as netanyahu speaks #israel—
Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) November 21, 2012
[Updated 12:57 p.m. ET Wednesday]
Minutes after Egypt's foreign minister announced that a Israel-Gaza cease-fire would begin at 2 p.m. ET (9 p.m. local), Ben Wedeman reported that rockets were being fired from Gaza in the direction of Israel. The rocket fire happened just more than an hour before the cease-fire is scheduled to begin.
[Updated 11:09 a.m. ET Wednesday]
Sidner, reporting from a hospital treating people injured in Wednesday's bus blast in Tel Aviv, says none of the injured is expected to lose their lives.
A bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv as it passed by Israeli army headquarters around noon local time Wednesday. Police said the blast left at least 22 people injured; Israeli authorities are trying to determine who was behind the bombing, and whether it was executed by someone who threw the package onto the bus or left it on the bus and then left before the package exploded, Sidner reported.
A couple teens have the worst injuries, according to the hospital. One may lose a limb, and both may face a lifetime of disability, a hospital official said, according to Sidner.
[Updated 9:41 a.m. ET Wednesday]
Damon has pictures from some of the structures that were blasted overnight in Gaza:
Wedding bouquet lies in rubble. Shop was destroyed when police station next door targeted. #gaza http://t.co/emF7LLPF—
Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) November 21, 2012
Aftermath of compound we saw hit overnight. Multiple explosions. 12hrs later still smoldering #gaza http://t.co/kEgAj8zG—
Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) November 21, 2012
Tuesday night and into Wednesday, Israeli bombs and artillery turned buildings, tunnels and bridges in Gaza into rubble in 100 strikes confirmed by Israeli authorities, and Hamas struck back with at least 62 rockets aimed at southern Israel, according to the Israeli military.
[Updated 8:35 a.m. ET Wednesday]
A bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv as it passed by Israeli army headquarters around noon local time Wednesday. The attack, which police said left at least 22 people injured, shook up the Israeli public and threatened to complicate efforts to achieve a cease-fire on the eighth day of violence between Israel and Gaza.
At the scene of the bus bombing, police cordoned off the street as ambulances arrived. CNN's Sara Sidner said there is a hospital nearby. Sidner said the injured included people on the bus and people who were on the street.
Good morning all.
Egypt has undoubtedly emerged as a force to reckon with in this issue.
Unless we Americans, no longer considered' honest brokers' get our act together and play our role for a just and equitable resolution of this festering issue, we will lose whatever credibility and clout we have left after Iraq and Afghanistan disasters.
Hard not to question Arwa Damon's impartiality when she refers often to "Israeli aggression." Sometimes it is to convey the viewpoints of the people she is covering but other times, it is her own description – ie. in describing how Palestinian factions seemed to be getting along in the days after the cease fire she noted that "Nothing brings Palestinians together like Israeli aggression." Is CNN comfortable with putting out there the notion that the current conflict was initiated by Israel?


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From an early age, this young veth was raised by her owner as a mere animal. Using her as a fashionable pet and trained attack beast, her master was expecting the trend of veth guard beasts to become the latest fashion in Ven culture. When this failed to happen, the Ven blamed the veth for being "defective" and traded her to a Ven slave trader to get rid of the stigma of owning a defective veth! (This character is one I am hoping to play for the Phoenix LARP, but she is NOT official yet, so things might change)


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Publishers Weekly's list of the top selling books for the week of April 27.
International: 20 bestselling books for the week of April 27
1. Redemption by David Baldacci
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9. Run Away by Harlan Coben
10. Miracle at St. Andrews by Patterson/De Jonge
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2. The Second Mountain by David Brooks
3. Becoming by Michelle Obama
4. Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollios
5. Life Will Be the Death of Me…and You Too! by Chelsea Handler
6. Crushing by T.D. Jakes
7. The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey
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Some notes on Pair Programming
Pair Programming is a technique where two developers work on the same piece of code at the same time. Popularized by Extreme Programming, it had been applied long before.
One team that applies it consistently can achieve several benefits, such as:
- Reducing the risk of Overengineering: one person is more likely to over engineer solutions when left alone, than when having a partner to keep you grounded on the problem at hand.
- Reducing bugs: a partner reading the code is more likely to catch bugs than a the person coding, who is usually focused on the current line of code, and not on the overall context.
- Improving Quality of Code: refactorings are easier to accomplish safely when one person is not focused on actually performing the refactoring and therefore can focus on ensuring the step is safe and checking for further refactoring opportunities. Also, the methods, modules, class names, functions and variables names are readable by at least two people's standards.
- Knowledge Sharing: this is one of the biggest benefits of Pair Programming because when developers are pairing, they share several kinds of knowledge:
- Business Knowledge: even if not doing DDD, the developers communicate about the problem on a business level, what concepts are important, the business rules, and so on.
- Technical Knowledge: such as frameworks, object libraries, platforms, ORM frameworks, databases, programming languages and tools that are being used, or could be used, on the project.
- Theory Knowledge: a software project is not just solving business rules. From time to time, more abstract concepts are needed to solve a problem, and developers can teach each other about concepts such as concurrent programming, aspect oriented programming, design patterns, architectural patterns, graph theory, boolean algebra, security and cryptography, regular expressions and formal languages, problem complexity, software design…
- Project Knowledge: how the project works, how it is deployed, how to access the subversion (or any other SCM), how and which methodologies are applied, how bugs are tracked, and so on. It also includes the knowledge of the history of project decisions such as: why was this library used instead of that other one, why this algorithm was selected, why this architecture is being used, which other frameworks were evaluated…
In order to allow the knowledge to be shared among all participants, it is vital that pairs are constantly changed within a team. How often if very dependent on the size of the team, the features being tackled, and the team's willingness to change it more or less often. All these types of knowledge sharing brings some other nice advantages: it gives the project less risk, as no single part of the code can only be changed by only one person (specially useful when this one person would be vacation, sick in a hospital, or leaves the project). Also, gives more confidence for the team to employ Collective Code Ownership, it allows the team to be more productive over time, as less of the basics is needed to be explained and more pairs can tackle a issue where only a specialist would be able to otherwise, and finally the team as a whole can estimate better the size of features to be implemented (let it be story cards, tasks, or old-fashioned use cases), as everyone is more aware of the code base and the difficulty of problems to be tacked.
Other benefits of pair programming (an in-depth analysis can be found here paper) include: improved morale, fewer interruptions, more team focus and higher productivity. It is also important to note that a team cannot pair program all day, as people usually have other tasks to attend, such as meeting's, training, reading and responding emails, drink coffee.
This technique can be hard to actually apply, as many developers are not used to pairing, managers are afraid of it costing more (two people working on the same machine can never be more productive) and not everyone work well with such constant peer review and collaboration. Agile Methodologies value individuals and interactions over processes and tools, and this is quite critical when employing Pair Programming, because these difficulties (which may exist in varying degrees) can only be surpassed as long as the team (including managers) is willing to overcome it. Implementing it incrementally (maybe only a few hours a day, and building it up and the team sees the benefits) can ease the resistance, and the team can get experience with it while incrementally discovering impediments of pairing more often. Also, applying Coding Standards first can diminish the occurrences of pairs fighting about minor issues such as whether to use underscore or camel case. Also, if a team struggles in the beginning, mostly managing who codes and who observes, the variant Ping Pong Pair Programming can be easier to begin with. However, it implies Test Driven Development, which can be tricky to begin if the team doesn't do it already.
Pair programming is a great technique, one that is usually overlooked even by agile teams (as Rachel Davies was able to see on some projects she coached). But with so many potential benefits, it is always worth giving it a shot.


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MURRAY, Ky. — The Towson men's basketball team saw its record-setting season come to a close on Thursday night as the Tigers fell, 85-73, at Murray State in the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
Towson, which set a Division I program record for wins in a season, ends the year at 25-11. The 2013-14 Tigers set numerous records this season, including winning the first two Division I postseason games in school history and playing the most games ever by a Tiger squad.
With the win, Murray State improves to 21-11 overall and 15-1 at home. The Racers will host Pacific in the semifinals of the CIT on Tuesday.
Senior Mike Burwell led the Tigers with 20 points, while All-American candidate Jerrelle Benimon finished with 18 points and nine rebounds.


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Spotted over at the Midtown Comics Facebook page, this glorious work from comic book artist Phil Jimenez doesn't represent an actual project in development, which is a damn shame, because this...this. This.
Optimus Prime as a Green Lantern. A Batman Autobot. The hand of Unicron. Wonder Woman and a freaking-invisible Seeker that transforms into an invisible jet. Aquaman versus Piranacon. I mean...dammit. THIS. MAKE THIS RIGHT NOW.


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Flights to Japan with Qatar Airways
Japan is an archipelago of almost 7000 separate islands and is a fascinating nation unlike any other with its ancient customs, deities and craftsmanship. Fused with the age-old traditions is the other side of Japan, including cutting-edge technologies and high fashion, which all blend together to make travelling to Japan with Qatar Airways a fascinating experience.
A country of startling contrasts for such a narrow ribbon of islands, you can pass sprawling modern cities as well as paddy fields on a train journey across the country. Within the country's main cities, you'll find video games parlours and fashion boutiques rubbing shoulders with traditional street vendors. Most of the Japanese landscape is dotted with temples, shrines and castles of old warlords, and street festivals are celebrated throughout the year in Japan's various provinces.
Undergoing continuous transformations and fuelled by industrialisation efforts, Japan has risen through the ranks to become a major player in world economics and global business spheres. The vibrant and modern cities of Osaka, Kyoto, Kanazawa and Tokyo are today concentrations of high fashion, endless gadgets and huge wealth. They're also the best places to go if you're interested in seeing some of the famous Japanese traditional performing arts such as no-plays and kabuki.
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Rollei Pro Square Filter Mark II – Reverse Graduated Neutral Density Filter 150 mm Reverse GND8 (3 Stops/0,9)
Rollei Pro Square Filter Mark II – Reverse Graduated Neutral Density Filter (GND)
A reverse GND rectangular filter, also known as a grey graduated filter, has the greatest degree of darkening in its centre. The reverse GND filter quickly (concisely) attenuates to transparency from the centre downwards. Upwards, the filter attenuates to light grey.
High colour fidelity for your photos
Rollei Pro Square Filters Mark II have no colour distortion that is perceptible to the naked eye, and no colour casts. This has been confirmed in independent testing by Chip magazine and experienced by professional photographers who usually work with filter systems from different manufacturers.
Rollei Pro Square Filters Mark II have a (graduated) coating that uniformly lets in light (from ultraviolet almost up to infrared) through the filter. Unlike plastic resin filters and laminated filters, whose colour fades over time and whose bonding can easily come apart, the glass in Rollei Filters is extremely durable and does not fade.
If the light obscuration does not cover the whole spectrum of visible light, colour faults appear. With cameras, the visible light lies between 420 nm ~ 680 nm. The flat spectrum curve means that the light attenuation rate is relatively high and thus less visible light penetrates the filter. If light can penetrate the filter uniformly there are no colour casts. Rollei Filters meet this important requirement.
Reverse GND Filter Mark II – Versions and Sizes
There are different versions of the Pro Square Filter Reverse GND Mark II from Rollei available: GND4, GND8, GND16 and GND32
The number indicates the degree of darkening and the number of f stop reductions, also termed the gradient.
This Reverse GND Filter is available for filter holder sets from different manufacturers in widths of 100 mm, 150 mm and 180 mm.
Using Reverse GND Filters Mark II
A Reverse GND Filter is used for subjects that are very bright at the focal point in the centre. Take, for example, a sunset by the sea where the sun is close to the horizon. The same thing applies with a sunrise of course.
The very bright focal point of the image is darkened using a reverse GND filter. The sun is able to be given full expression, the sky and the water are well exposed, and the contours can be clearly seen. Even with photo processing, you cannot correct when the sun is over-exposed and the image information is lost in the over-exposure. For landscape photographs of professional quality, a reverse GND filter is indispensable and really works wonders. When using filter holder systems from Rollei or other manufacturers, you can use one or two Reverse GND Filters at the same time for creative and impressive picture art works.
Gorilla®* Glass
If the American specialist manufacturer, Corning Inc., which, after all, can look back on more than 160 years of experience in the manufacture and coating of high-quality glass, calls its premium material "Gorilla®* Glass", you can certainly assume from that that you will hardly find anything more resistant. For this reason, with immediate effect, Rollei professional filters in a rectangular form will be made from 2-mm thin Gorilla®* Glass. This small material thickness is only possible, because the blanks are exposed to a boiling hot alkaline solution, which engenders an ion exchange on the molecular level that, among other things, has a positive effect on the surface tension. Scratches, persistent contamination and even ruptures can do hardly any harm to the coated glass. Even more profound damage caused by points or sharp-edged objects cause no further splintering of the material on the edges.
What predestines Gorilla®* Glass further for our professional rectangular filters, is its impressive colour neutrality and extremely high degree of light transmission. Homogeneously coloured ND and GND filters can only unleash their complete effect if the glass material in itself doesn't already change their colourfulness or impair their transparency. With the internally developed coating, Corning Inc. creates the very best conditions for you to be able to use Rollei rectangular filters productively for a long time for the implementation of your creative photography ideas. The small material thickness has an extremely positive effect on the total weight of your filter equipment particularly if you tackle expanded photo safaris.
Luminance Coating
"Luminance" is the photometric unit for light density – an essential quality factor for filters. This coating, which was developed in accordance with strict Rollei specifications, considerably reduces undesired reflections and optical distortions. Anyone, who doesn't only take studio photographs but who engages extensively with the subject of "long-term exposure", is aware of the relevant problem. Various sources of light, which you cannot affect, produce reflections, which clearly are intensified by longer exposure times. Either you change the camera location, which is quite often accompanied by a less than ideal perspective, or you use the specially coated Rollei rectangular filters from the outset.
An essential test criterion of the strict Rollei quality tests affects colour neutrality and light transmission, which must still be guaranteed to the greatest extent after the glass is coated. The colour curves of the filter glass must behave in an exemplary manner within the range of 400 to 800nm with respect to these two parameters. Due to their combination with the already extremely translucent, colour neutral and resistant Gorilla®* Glass from the traditional American manufacturer, Corning Inc., Rollei professional rectangular filters of the newest generation exhibit outstanding characteristics, which predestine them for daily use under difficult conditions.
Even with rough treatment and the worst kind of contamination, due to careful coating in accordance with Rollei specifications, no impairment of the optical quality occurs. After taking your photograph you can undertake colour variants, reflection effects and other creative digital image editing options. You will obtain the neutral, distortion-free raw files with Rollei's professional rectangular filters.
Engineered and Quality Controlled in Germany
Rollei is setting new standards in the photography sector with the extraordinarily stringent multi-level quality assurance initiative: "engineered and quality controlled in Germany". All Rollei professional rectangular filters of the newest generation must be subjected with immediate effect to these unyielding testing criteria before being put on sale. In the process, several steps that are precisely coordinated with each other guarantee adherence to the extremely high (essentially contradictory) quality requirements of the optical characteristics of Rollei professional filters:
In the first step the Rollei filter experts define all optical and technical, material requirements, which are then considered as the exclusive basis of the following production phases. In this way backward-looking weakening or falsifications of the original specifications are prevented.
Directly after actual production – and before delivery to Rollei – the individual manufacturing batches are quality-tested according to the AQL (acceptance quality limit) principle. This principle, which is known in German-speaking countries as "Annehmbare Qualitätsgrenzlage" goes far beyond the usual random tests. It is only if all the random samples selected are in compliance with the previously, precisely specified tolerance values that the production batch can be delivered. If the samples fall below the requirements, the entire unit is returned.
If the approved supply subsets are received by Rollei, then the procedure is repeated with the same consequences. It is only by means of this uncompromising process, which is linked to substantial costs and effort for Rollei, that we can guarantee you the nearly already proverbial merit and optical quality of Rollei rectangular filters of the professional class.
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It's been a busy few weeks for Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel. Trips to the late night talk show circuit, meeting celebrities and finally coming out of A&M's media shell could have been enough to distract the redshirt freshman from Friday night's Cotton Bowl against Oklahoma.
Instead, showing maturity beyond his years, Manziel looked just like the player that earned the Heisman the month before. Manziel accounted for 287 passing yards, 229 rushing yards (a bowl record for a quarterback) and four touchdowns as the No. 10 Aggies handed No. 12 Oklahoma a Texas-sized beating in the Cotton Bowl, 41-13.
But it wasn't just Manziel who had a big day. Senior receiver Ryan Swope finished with 104 yards and a score, playing the second half after apparently rolling his ankle. And, of course, A&M's offensive line deserves credit for giving its quarterback ample time to throw, and when there were simply no opportunities downfield, run. The Sooners had no answer for any of it.
O-line play was a major reason A&M finished with 633 yards, a Cotton Bowl record. The Aggies concluded the 2012 season as the first SEC team with over 7,000 yards of offense and Manziel finished with over 5,000 yards. It won't get as much attention as the offense, but A&M's defense held too when it mattered most. Oklahoma had two early chances to score touchdowns inside the 10-yard line and had to settle for field goals both times.
Not bad for the SEC rookies.
The Cotton Bowl win brings to mind A&M's first appearance during SEC media days this summer. First-year coach Kevin Sumlin was asked repeatedly about what he thought life was going to be like in the SEC with an undertone indicating that the Aggies would be in for a bloody debacle resulting, at absolute best, in five or six wins.
How'd that work out? A&M has surpassed just about every expectation this year except its own. Then, the Aggies came back and beat the co-champions of their former conference. It's a disappointing end for the career of Sooners quarterback Landry Jones and another tough bowl loss for Bob Stoops, once known for his record in big games.
Although too much is often made of bowl games for better or worse, the Aggies will undoubtedly be near the top of a few more preseason polls heading into the 2013 season and Manziel will be an early favorite to repeat as Heisman winner.
That's a good eight months away and plenty can happen in a year. For one, A&M's O-line — the same one that allowed Manziel to do anything he wanted tonight — will be replacing key starters, but the talent and the coaching is there. With some good fortune, A&M will have the chance to eye bigger goals.


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Here's Why Marijuana Legalization Groups Are Targeting the 2016 Election in Montana
Despite clearance by the Secretary of State's office to be on the ballot in 2014, the movement to legalize marijuana in Montana has decided to wait until the 2016 elections to try to change the state's laws.
"The number one reason [for the delay] is it's not something that we want to do without giving everybody a chance to weigh in on how that law should work," said Marijuana Policy Project Legislative Analyst and Montana Spokesman Chris Lindsay. "We want to hear from all interested parties. We want to do what's right for Montana and not just simply impose a cookie cutter system. Another big reason is, we want time to do fundraising."
Lindsay said that voter demographics for midterm elections also played a roll in the decision to wait.
"During presidential elections, we see a broader segment of the population voting," Lindsay said. "We want to give everybody a chance to weigh in on an issue like this. There are younger voters, and it's no secret that younger voters tend to favor tax and regulated approaches for marijuana."
Lindsay said that the lack of sales tax in Montana means that legalization laws will have to be written very differently than in states likes Washington and Colorado.


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By Tim Ruthenberg,
CoverPhoto in Sudbury, Ontario
Pictures of friends and family will be treasured for many years, so you'll want to learn a few simple tricks to make the most of your efforts to capture fond memories of your loved ones. It may be hard for you to compete with professional studio photographers, but these techniques will bring you very close! Books have been written on this subject, and you may also chose to vist a library to learn more about this interesting topic, or search it out, here on the Internet.
5 Basic Photographic Rules:
Some technical things to consider when taking people pictures:
Ensure lighting in group photos is even on everyone (if part of the group is in the shade, and part is in full sun, you will never be able to set a proper exposure). Keep sun out of eyes to avoid squinting, or red watery eyes. Open shade leaves soft shadows, and allows the subjects' eyes to open fully. If you must shoot in the sun, keep it to your suject's back or back side of head - use flash if necessary to light up the face. Beautiful shadows are created when the sun is low to the horizon, and is softened slightly by the length of atmosphere it passes through.
Students of photography are required to use black and white film to conentrate on composition, rather than colour. Consider how the subject is in balance with other points of interst in the photo: look at the layout; what is the eye track - normally top left to bottom right - some pictures can work with the eye track, others against it. Put groups off centre, and add theme article (team flag, ball, bithday cake); look for interesting patterns.
"Frame" the head and shoulders (tilt your camera on it's side), rather than having wasted space on each side of the person. Don't be shy - get in close, or use your zoom to fill the frame with the subject. Get down low for baby pictures. If you plan to leave part of someone's body out of a picture, cut it off in the middle of a limb, rather than at a joint.
Get the subject or group to relax - a trick to try is to have them pose carefully for a shot, then surprise them by taking two or even threee in quick succession, so they relax after the first, and get caught relaxing by the next shots. The second and third pictures are taken so quickly, they are unexpected, and sometimes produce interesting results.


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Deep in the Heart of Tejas
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
It is with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to this blog. I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing with you. I remember when I got my first follower and now I have 293! WOW just WOW! Thank you all!
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Hello friends!
So Pinterest has changed everything, huh?!!
Everywhere you turn, someone is doing something they saw on Pinterest.
While everyone loves to talk about their successful endeavors...
what about the EPIC FAILS?
I know I am not the only one out there with some pretty big disasters!
So I was SO happy to stumble upon
"This isn't a site to just laugh and make fun of projects gone wrong (although occasionally giggles and guffaws do come out), but also to help troubleshoot and learn from the Pinterest Fails we all have."
Here is a FAIL that was on their blog today. I think this is my favorite Pinstrosity yet...
"Over the weekend I was taking the idea of this pin (http://theparishfam.blogspot.com/2011/01/booya-birdies.html) , but on a bit [of a] larger scale. I had a large cheap floor mirror (you know, the one every college girl has in her dorm), I knew I would never use it again, so I thought well why not break the mirror and use that frame for this project?
So on Saturday I sat outside on our apartment balcony and began smashing the mirror out of the frame using a hammer. In the meantime, my 11 month old son was inside and I had the screen door shut so he wouldn't come outside and get into the glass. My son is in this phase where he recently figured out how to scream. Not because he's in pain or frustrated, he just thinks it's cool the noise that he can make. I didn't think anything of it - he just screams a lot lately. We moms have a gift of tuning out our children at times, right?!
About the time I've finished my very fun mirror smash, my husband is now outside helping me clean up, and 3 police officers show up at our balcony. Our neighbor had called in a domestic disturbance reporting violence and a lot of screaming! Needless to say the police officers had quite the chuckle that all the noise was due to a Pinterest project. My husband has informed me that I'm not allowed to do any projects in the future that involve the breaking of anything :-) The picture I've included is proof of the police officers in our home. I'm holding my son and the officer is waving at him :-) Hopefully the actual project won't turn out to be a Pinstrosity - I'd love to have an epic story to tell about decor hanging in my home!"
Moral of the story, be careful of where and when and how loud you are DIY-ing..."
We have to laugh at ourselves, right? :)
Posted by Christine at 11:48 AM 22 comments:
Labels: Epic fail, Pinstrosity
Saturday, September 29, 2012
What's for dinner? Hits and a miss
Hello friends!
Today I whipped up a quick dinner of whatever we had on hand.
I am going to share the hits and misses of this easy dinner.
Believe me, there was a MISS!
Have you seen these??
Ooh Aah Swiss cheese, portabella, and button mushrooms stuffed in chicken!
You just bake them for 45 minutes...more on that later...
I also had some little potatoes and followed the recipe on the back of the bag.
You mix the potatoes with melted butter, garlic, lemon, salt, and Parmesan.
Cover and bake for 30 minutes at 350.
Then uncover and bake for 10 more minutes.
I wanted to add another veggie so I tried this Steamfresh Garlic Cauliflower.
and voila!
The potatoes were FABULOUS!
I will be making them again.
But next time I am going to use Little Mommy, Big Appetites
technique and smash them and roast them some more.
The Steamfresh Cauliflower was impressive.
I thought it was going to be bland but it was actually really, really good.
I will also buy them again!
Now for the chicken. Gee doesn't it look appetizing?
Rubbery, banquet food at best.
Definitely will NOT be buying that again!
Overall, this meal was a hit though. Go me :)
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Labels: lemon garlic roasted potato
Friday, September 28, 2012
Crock Pot Brats!
Hello friends!
Today I am trying out another Pinterest recipe.
I have found that I have pinned so many recipes from Six Sisters' Stuff.
Have you checked them out yet? They are awesome!
My first Six Sisters Recipe is for
Crock Pot Brats.
This is a great recipe for me because it has 4 ingredients and just a couple steps.
So I can't mess it up, right?!!
You need:
Package of Bratwurst
2 cups Apple Juice
4 tbsp Dijon Mustard
First, brown the brats in a skillet and transfer to your Crock Pot.
Slice your onion and layer on top of the brats.
Mix together your apple juice and mustard and pour into Crock Pot.
Cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 5-6 hours.
This is after 4 hours on high.
and voila!
I am telling everyone about this recipe because it is THAT good!
Posted by Christine at 2:29 PM 17 comments:
Labels: crock pot brats, slower cooker bratwurst
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
You Absolutely have to check out this guest post from ABSOLUTELY ARKANSAS!
Hello Friends of Deep in the Heart of Arkansas!
My name is Kylie, and you can read my blog "Absolutely Arkansas" at absolutelyarkansas.blogspot.com.
2 Arkansas bloggers...who woulda thunk it!
Over at Absolutely Arkansas we are doing Halloween week,
so I am here to share with you some of my favorite craftiness ;)
People, hear me. There are few in this world that love the "Ers" as much as me. (September-December) I have a countdown come January 1st, to prepare for the next season. I am not even kidding you! My cheerfulness rivals buddy the elf and my love for fun Holiday décor sometimes can take over my life.
When I was 18, I moved out of my parent's house and into a TINY studio apartment. My 1st Christmas rolled around and I needed a TINY tree. So I bought a little 4 footer and absolutely loved it.
We then upgraded, and for the past few years have had 2 trees.
This Halloween rolled around, and while I was in the Attic fighting off mice, and kicking the tale of any dust myte that looked my way, I had a light bulb moment. I am going to make a "HALLOWEEN TREE!". I mean Christmas trees are the best part of Christmas right? Why the heck not make a Halloween tree to pose as the fabulous focal point in your Halloween home. (Now that's some awesome alliteration. HA! I just can't stop myself)
All I did is use 2 cans of Flat Krylon black spray paint, and get to work. I sprayed and sprayed until I could see sounds and hear colors, and VOILA! It was magic. Halloween magic. I simply draped some old Halloween garland and let it be. I promise, it will have a much more "grand" appearance next year, cause as soon as November 1st hits…I'm going to get all Coupon lady at Hobby Lobby, and scoop up some discount tree trimmins'.
My favorite part of the tree is underneath. What do you put underneath a Christmas tree? Presents of course! So what do you put underneath a Halloween tree?? NATURALLY pumpkins and skulls! Helloooo this is the most spooktacular time of year.
I really encourage you to grab yourself a can of spray paint…and transform any item in your home. Its amazing what it can do! I am thinking about picking up a package of those little plastic spiders, and chroming em out with some metallic paint. I really like to "glam up" my spooky specials…don't you??
Thank you for letting me share with you today, I hope you will stop by Absolutely Arkansas some time, and make yourself at home! (But not too much at home…my bed is only big enough for the 2 of us ;)
Posted by Christine at 9:04 AM 12 comments:
Labels: Halloween tree
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
"Marc's Mama" Check out this blog!
Hello friends!
With some recent changes in our lives, I just have not had time to be crafty.
So I decided to do something a little different.
I am going to feature some of my favorite blogs!
There are so many amazing and talented ladies (and men)
out there that could always use a good shot out!
So for my very first feature, I want to introduce you to
This is my sweet friend, Christine, who I have known for like 15 years now!
She recently started blogging and I have been so grateful to her for it.
You see, I am "domestically challenged"
so she blogs her amazing recipes for me and the rest of the world to use!
I can't tell you how useful her blog has been for me.
Instead of having to bug her and ask her for recipes and instructions,
I can just pull up her blog and I have everything I need.
So check out Marc's Mama today!
Posted by Christine at 4:11 PM 15 comments:
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Kiss the Cook!
Hello friends!
I got the cutest little kitchen helper at Kirkland's and want to share it with you!
It is a "Kiss the Cook" spatula and it perfectly matches our other kitchen utensils.
Cute enough, right?
But wait there's more....
Check out the back side!
This is perfect for a "Domestically Challenged" person such as myself.
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