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Transend's industry leading software solutions have been used by large and small businesses around the world to migrate well over 20 million mailboxes. With technology specifically designed for rapid throughput, maintenance of data fidelity, adaptability to all system configurations, migration management and ease of use, Transend's solutions are used by some of the largest and most recognizable Fortune 500 and 100 companies, as well as small and medium sized businesses.
|Functionality Flexibility Efficiency
|Migrate all Data Types:
|Messages/Folders Address Books Calendars Tasks
|Single User Migration:
|Easily migrate a single mailbox in a matter of minutes
|Batch Migration:
|Multiple accounts can be migrated simultaneously in batch mode, on an unlimited number of workstations
|Advanced Processing:
|More advanced users can create a script to run Transend Migrator in command line
|Migrate ALL your data:
|We support data stored on the server and on local workstations, including archives. Migrate all personal folders, shared folders and public folders
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|Work with a US-based Support Engineer via telephone or email to ensure the migration plan is viable and the software is configured to run as efficiently as possible!
Specific Migration Factors: Domino/Notes to G Suite
There are certain factors and requirements specific to a Domino/Notes to G Suite migration that every end-user should know:
Permissions – For batch projects, do I need to know the password of each user mailbox?
No. By using your Admin's ID file and password in Domino/Notes, and taking advantage of a Service Account on the G Suite side, you can migrate every user without needing to use their password
Folder Mapping – What happens to system folders that have the same function, yet different names in Domino/Notes and G Suite?
Folder Mapping allows you to migrate a folder with a certain name (eg. Sent) in the source account into a folder with a different name (eg. Sent Mail) in the target account
Address Translation – What happens if my email address in G Suite is different than it was in Domino/Notes?
By using an Address Translation table, migrated messages will be repliable by translating their old addresses into their new addresses
Deduping – Can I prevent duplicate messages from migrating?
Yes, by using Deduplication, only unique messages will migrate into G Suite
Message Filters – Can I specify which messages or folders to migrate?
Yes, you may exclude certain messages/folders (such as your Spam folder) and by setting certain filters (such as a date range, or setting a max attachment size) you have complete control of exactly what data is migrated into G Suite
Recurring Calendar Entries – Do calendar entries retain their parent/child relationship?
Recurring meetings will be maintained as recurring (as opposed to separate standalone meetings that lose their relationship to each other). You also can choose to migrate only meetings that you are owner of, or all calendar entries
Concurrent Use – Can I migrate more than one mailbox at once on a single machine?
Depending on your license, you can migrate up to 10 concurrent mailboxes simultaneously on a single machine, with the ability to install the software on as many machines as you want
Data Throughput – What kind of data throughput can I expect?
Data throughput estimates vary depending on your environment, and the type/condition of your data. Users have experienced rates as high as 22-25 GB/hr with sophisticated environments, while most users experience data throughput in the 5-8 GB/hr range. Thorough testing is recommended to determine the throughput you're likely to experience
Data Fidelity – Is the integrity of the data maintained in both Domino/Notes and G Suite?
YES! Many migration vendors claim to maintain data integrity, but don't. With Transend, the proof is in accurate, reliable and repeatable results. There is no better testimonial to the strength of Transend Migrator's accuracy and reliability than the fact that SEC, US Dept. of Defense and other government agencies are using our software to convert email for legal/eDiscovery purposes, where data fidelity is vital
Scalability – How many machines am I allowed to run the software on?
You can run the software on as many machines as you want, regardless of how many licenses you purchased. The more machines you queue up for migration, the faster the project goes!
|Below are commonly used Advanced Options for your migration scenario. For a complete list of Advanced Options, view the Transend Migrator Help File.
Date Range
Migrates email, calendars, and task items within a given date range
Max Message Size
Set the Max Message Size to whatever you prefer (we recommend 20480 KB's). If the sum of the attachments causes the entire message to exceed the max size you set, the attachments will be removed and replaced with a text stub
Max Attachment Size
Set the Max Attachment Size to whatever you prefer. Any attachment with a size greater than this value will be removed and replaced with a text stub
Detach Attachments
Use the /DETACH switch to save attachments in a specified directory if they exceed the Max Attachment Size. The directory must already exist
Recurring Calendar Entries
Recurring calendar entries will appear in the target as true recurring events, instead of separate individual events
Migrate Unique Messages
Only migrate unique messages and record the MD5 hash value of the messages into a new or existing file
Migrate the All Documents view
Forces the "All Documents" view to be processed regardless of whether it is in the Folder List or if the /showviews switch is used. This is useful when deduping is enabled. Migrate all folders and then process the All Documents view last to migrate the remaining messages not in folders
Authorization Google Apps
Specify the consumer key and secret so you can migrate every user without needing to use their password
Google Attachment Rename
Append ".dat" to file attachments containing "bad" extensions (such as .exe), to prevent Google from rejecting the message
Increases the timeout when connecting to the Google server. The default is 15 seconds
The below Technical Reference Guide provides detailed information related to migrating multiple user mailboxes from Domino/Notes to Google Apps. It contains recommendations that enhance migration efficiency, including preparing the Source and Target message platforms/servers, authentication procedures to eliminate the reliance on individual user passwords, and information about specific features that alter the default behavior of Transend Migrator. Step-by-step instructions detail how to configure the tool and perform your migration from beginning to end.
Please also view Best Practices (Single or Multi-Pass Migration) to ensure your migration approach is the right one. Included is a checklist of all steps that should be performed before, during and after migration.
Please note that the Transend Migrator Help File contains more specific detail relating to all features of the software.
Technical Reference Guide
Setting up a Google Service Account
Migration Approach
Performance Guidelines
Transend Migrator
General Product Information
Easy Installation/Configuration
Transend Migrator is the easiest product on the market to install and configure. Installation requires no technical background and is completed within 5 minutes. Because the product contains no dependencies, and is designed to process most migration scenarios out-of-the-box, configuration is intuitive and efficient. Custom options that alter the default behavior to satisfy the requirements of any migration project can be selected easily via check boxes.
Intuitive Interface
The Transend Migrator interface is extremely intuitive – yet powerful, flexible and customizable. It is designed to provide a positive migration experience for both end users migrating a single mailbox and technicians migrating multiple mailboxes in batch mode.
Supported Messaging Systems
No product on the market supports a wider variety of messaging systems than Transend Migrator. One utility supports virtually all Email systems and clients, including Microsoft Office 365, Outlook/Exchange, G Suite / Gmail, Notes/Domino, GroupWise, Amazon WorkMail, IMAP, Mirapoint, Sun Messaging Systems, Mozilla Thunderbird, MBOX, POP, Eudora, Outlook Express and many more.
Supported Data Types
One utility converts all email data types in one migration process — Messages (with attachments), Address Books, Calendars, Tasks and Archives.
Data Integrity Maintained
Original message data, including metadata, is completely maintained in the target system, which is critical for maintaining optimal data fidelity. Additionally, source data is not compromised in any way – it's left in the same form post-migration as it was pre-migration.
- Source folder structure is maintained in the target system
- Message attachments are converted and maintained with their messages in the target system
- Embedded images are maintained with their messages in the target system
- Converts server mailboxes, archives and local mail files directly to server mailboxes or local files in the target system
- Converts individual folders or entire folder list in one process
Automate the Migration of Multiple Mailboxes
Migrating multiple mailboxes in Batch Mode has never been easier. Users can quickly and easily configure and perform a batch migration all within the same interface. It's as easy as simply importing a file with user mailbox information prior to executing a batch migration.
Flexibility Allows for Customization on the Fly
Transend Migrator is the most flexible and customizable tool on the market. With an array of custom options, users can easily alter the default behavior of Transend Migrator to meet their specific needs. By selecting specific custom options, users can apply criteria that filters data by type, data size, date ranges or set quotas on the amount of data migrated per mailbox.
- Convert all message folders or individual folders
- Convert a subset of messages that meet a certain criteria
- Limit the attachment size for conversion
- Convert only those messages that fall within a certain date range
- Change email addresses to match those required by the new system
- Convert all Calendar events or only upcoming entries
Migration Management
Transend Migrator allows for the management of the entire migration project from within the application. Technicians or end users can schedule a migration for a later time, pause and restart a migration, and monitor the real-time status of the migration (mailbox by mailbox) via the Migration Monitor. Transend Migrator has the ability to act as an end-user client-based migration utility, or a centralized migration management system that facilitates the entire migration process from a central location.
Command Line Processing
For those who prefer, batch migrations can be automated via command line to run in virtually any environment or specialized situation.
Transend Migrator contains a rich set of features that make up the most powerful, flexible and customizable migration tool on the market. While the full list of features are described in more detail in the White Papers, below are some of the more commonly used features:
Folder Mapping
Migrate folders with a certain name in the Source system into folders with a different name in the target system.
Selecting Specific Folders for Migration
By default Transend Migrator converts all folders in the source email mailbox. However, users can choose to migrate only specific folders, or exclude specific folders from their migration.
Address Translation
Transend Migrator contains a Translation Table which allows users to migrate data from an email address in the source system into a mailbox with a different email address in the target system. For example, if a company is acquired and changes its name, user email addresses in the new server might not work going forward because the email addresses are no longer valid. In this case users would use the Translation Table to migrate messages and have them repliable by translating their old addresses into their new addresses.
Concurrent Migrations
Transend Migrator has the ability to migrate more than one account at a time with Concurrent Migrations. During a batch process, Transend Migrator will migrate each account in entry order. It starts at the top and works through the list until the list is complete. By increasing the number of Concurrent Migrations, a significant increase in migration throughput is achieved.
Migration Monitor
The Migration Monitor displays the real-time status of all user mailboxes as they are migrated. The Migration Monitor is a multi-threaded process, which means that multiple accounts can be migrated at the same time if the email systems support concurrent migrations.
Schedule Migration
Administrators or end users may schedule a migration to begin at a later time by setting the start time on the Migration Schedule screen. Migrations performed later in the evening generally receive optimal performance, bandwidth, and no interruption. If there are other processes that must begin while the migration is running then users may also pause the migration, and continue after the processes are complete.
Entity Matching
Load lists of users from selected source and target systems and automatically match source users to target users. The results are then imported into the Batch Mode Data table for use in automating a batch migration. The match is done based primarily on the email address and secondarily on the display name. Once a match is made, the data imported into the data table consists of whatever is needed to connect to the systems in question.
Inventory Source Data
Get a snapshot of your source data prior to migration by creating a report of the source account. This report will list the folder, email, and attachment totals. You may also customize the report to include each folder name and subtotals by folder.
Custom Options
Transend Migrator contains hundreds of Custom Options that allow its default behavior to be altered. General options and email system-specific options allow customization to any particular migration scenario.
Language Translation
Transend Migrator automatically determines what type of character set conversion is necessary for migration.
Command Line Processing
While Transend Migrator no longer requires that users run batch mode via command line only, the functionality still remains. For those who prefer, batch migrations can be automated via command line to run in virtually any environment or specialized situation.
Migration reports in XML format will be created after each run, and they can be viewed and saved with Microsoft Excel. Custom Options are available to increase or decrease the level of detail captured in reports.
The default detail contained within the XML Report contains the following information:
Enhanced Logging
Transend Migrator will create a master log file that contains detailed information about the migration session. User specific log files will also be created that contain detailed information about a specific user migration, including errors that may have occurred. The log files are HTML and are viewable in an Internet browser. The option to create text based log files is also available.
Select supported messaging systems:
|Microsoft Exchange / Outlook
Google G Suite
Domino / Notes
|IMAP & Other
Note: For a complete list of supported messaging systems, categorized by source/target and data type, see our comprehensive list of Supported Email Systems.
Transend's White Papers discuss various aspects of preparing messaging platforms for migration, provide detail about conversions between specific email systems, and highlight the more commonly used features within Transend Migrator.
They provide a conceptual description of best practices and detailed step-by-step instruction of how to migrate your data from beginning to end.
Please note that the Transend Help File contains more specific detail relating to each migration scenario and topic.
Technical Reference Guide: Provides detailed information related to migrating multiple user mailboxes from a specific source system to a specific target system. They contain recommendations about preparing the Source and Target message platforms/servers, including ensuring the proper permissions are in place, which eliminates the reliance on individual user passwords. They also provide in-depth information about specific features that alter the default behavior of Transend Migrator, and identify best practices that enhance migration efficiency. Step-by-step instructions detail how to configure the tool and perform your migration from beginning to end.
Note: If there is no Technical Reference Guide listed for your specific migration scenario, please contact us. Depending on the size and scope of your project, we can create one for you.
View White Papers that relate to your particular migration scenario.
View a Data Sheet to get a high level overview of Transend Migrator.
Installation & Licensing
- Installing Transend Migrator (1597373700) - A brief description of how to install Transend Migrator on the workstation.
- Entering License Key (1597367700) - Instruction on how to enter your license key into Transend Migrator.
User Interface Overview
- Basic Overview (1597384680) - A quick introduction of the user interface and different features contained within Transend Migrator.
Single User Migrations
- Migrating Email (1597368720) - Brief overview of how to configure source and target systems and then perform the migration of Email (including folders and attachments) for a single user mailbox.
- Migrating Address Books (1597367640) - Brief overview of how to configure source and target systems and then perform the migration of Address Books for a single user mailbox.
- Migrating Calendars (1597368300) - Brief overview of how to configure source and target systems and then perform the migration of Calendars for a single user mailbox.
- Migrating Task/To Do Items (1597367820) - Brief overview of how to configure source and target systems and then perform the migration of Task/To Do items for a single user mailbox.
Batch Migrations
- Configuring Batch Migration with Variables (1597377300) - Users can quickly and easily configure and perform a batch migration all within the same interface. It's as easy as simply applying variables to the source and target account configurations by importing a file with user mailbox information prior to executing a batch migration.
- How to Populate Batch Data Table (1597377120) - Defining batch variables allows users to quickly and easily migrate multiple accounts at once from a central location.
Migration Options
- Folder Convert List (1597373760) - Overview of how to migrate email folders. Users can elect to migrate all folders in the source account, or to pick and choose only select folders to migrate.
- Folder Exclude List (1597371780) - Overview of how to exclude certain email folders from migration.
- Folder Mapping (1597376460) - Overview of how to map a folder with a certain name in the source system to a different name in the target system.
- Address Translation (1597370880) - Transend Migrator contains a Translation Table which allows users to migrate data from an email address in the source system into a mailbox with a different email address in the target system.
- Schedule Migration (1597369980) - Administrators or end users may schedule a migration to begin at a later time by setting a defined start time on the Migration Schedule screen. Users may also pause and resume a migration.
- Setting Custom Options (1597376160) - Transend Migrator contains hundreds of Custom Options that allow its default behavior to be altered. General options and email system-specific options allow customization to any particular migration scenario. The "Search" box allows users to find switches they seek, but aren't aware of the name. Some of the more popular Custom Options are discussed.
Saving Configurations
- Saving Configurations (1597372140) - An overview of how to save your settings into a TMD configuration file. This is helpful when users reopen Transend Migrator they won't have to input all their settings again. It's most commonly used when running Transend Migrator on multiple workstations or when writing a script via command line.
Increasing Migration Throughput
- Concurrent Migrations (1597369500) - An overview of the Migration Monitor that displays the real-time status of all user mailboxes as they are migrated. The Migration Monitor is a multi-threaded process, which means that multiple accounts can be migrated at the same time to increase migration throughput.
Command Line Processing
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30 Rock star Alec Baldwin married Hilaria Thomas Saturday in New York City, People reports.
Baldwin, 54, and Thomas, 28, exchanged "I do's" at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in front of guests including Baldwin's brothers Stephen and Billy Baldwin, Tina Fey, Woody Allen, Mariska Hargitay, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels.
Photographer says Alec Baldwin punched him in the face
Thomas, a yoga instructor, wore a silk magnolia Amsale gown with cap sleeves and a keyhole back neckline. Baldwin sported a tuxedo by Tom Ford. His daughter, 16-year-old Ireland, also wore Amsale. The reception took place in NYU's Kimmel Center.
Baldwin tweeted a picture of a wedding band on his left ring finger late Saturday.
Baldwin and Thomas became engaged three months ago after dating since last summer. Baldwin was previously married to Kim Basinger from 1993 to 2002.


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Fraud dismissed: But Halsey Minor wins refiling right
"The truth is out there," said the lawyer fighting for a right to re-file the high-profile hotel collusion lawsuit by internet millionaire Halsey Minor against developer Lee Danielson.
"Well, whatever the truth is," responded Judge Edward Hogshire, "right now it's just a broad brush of allegations."
"We need more time to flesh all this out," explained Minor's lawyer, Ryan C. Berry. "Give us leave to amend."
And so the judge did. But in the case of the former colleagues now dueling over development of a posh hotel for the Charlottesville Downtown Mall, this would be Minor's only victory on Friday, November 20.
Judge Hogshire dismissed most of Minor's claims including his allegation that Danielson breached a fiduciary duty and fraudulently induced Minor's participation in the now-stalled Landmark. The judge also denied Minor's effort to pierce the corporate shield to sue Danielson personally in addition to suing his company, Hotel Charlottesville LLC.
Both feuding businessmen live in greater Los Angeles, but only Danielson made the trip to the Charlottesville Circuit Courthouse, whose vast interior drew just three spectators, all reporters.
"This is an important case for me," Danielson explained afterward. "I have a wife and kids and mouths to feed."
Danielson's contract called for him to receive $900,000 in fees plus profit participation in the 101-room luxury lodging enterprise which stands today as a mere concrete skeleton, incomplete and open to the elements. Such unfinished business is the basis of Danielson's counter-suit for $5.8 million.
For Minor, a Charlottesville hometowner who amassed an internet fortune–- and still holds it, as he tends to assert via pleading and email–- this is a case about fraud. Or it was until Friday with Judge Hogshire's ruling.
"This litigation is incredibly costly, and costly to the city," said the judge. "It's a lawyer's dream. It's a nightmare for the rest of us."
Hogshire also demanded that both parties come up with an arbitration plan, something the contract between the litigants appears to demand. Minor has been fighting arbitration, but now left with a lone surviving tort claim for breach of contract, it appears the judge is going to insist.
"If the case looks, feels, and smells like a contract," said Hogshire, "then it ought to be taken up in arbitration."
Alleging that Danielson deceived him with a bogus construction budget and overstated his own credentials, Minor filed the case February 11 and then amended it nine days later to add the lender–- which separately claims Minor defaulted on the $23.7 million loan–- as a defendant.
"I'm taking you at face value that new things have come up," Hogshire said to Minor's side while granting 21 days to file an amended bill of complaint and setting a hearing date in February.
After the ruling, a reporter hoped to clarify Minor's position toward the stalled Landmark. On one hand, Minor asserts in a recent interview that he'll finish the hotel. Yet his suit seeks extrication from all project obligations. So which is it?
Minor's lawyer Berry, an associate in the Northern Virginia office of DLA Piper, referred questions to the case's L.A.-based partner, Betty Shumener, who says that fraud claims and claims against Danielson as an individual will surely be part of the amended complaint she plans to file by December 11.
"We will not the drop the tort claims," says Shumener. "They're all coming back, and they're coming back against Mr. Danielson."
Shumener also disagrees with any notion that Minor's request to be absolved of the project's debts and leases conflicts with his stated desire to finish the hotel. "Those are two entirely different things," she says.
Whoever takes charge of the unfinished Landmark, the judge didn't seem thrilled with what's been accomplished after nine months of litigation.
"You've got a big empty shell down there on the Mall, a big eyesore," said the judge.
"I think that's a good place for the arbitration," replied Danielson's lawyer, C. Connor Crook. "Right there on the first floor."
–updated 4:20pm with information from previously unreachable Shumener
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To those that chose to engage Gasbag, you are only pushing his delusional buttons which he wants you to push. His 24/7 ranting is doing nothing for his impersonating personality until you chose to take the bate. Let him go fall asleep in court and dream about a life that should have been.
quote: "To those that chose to engage Gasbag..."
Like you just did.
You suggest others don't do what you just did. That's the second funniest thing ever posted on the Internet! :)
A life that should have been... that's actually got a ring of truth to it. I always wanted to be the guy who advertised for Dell computers. I had the "Hey Dude, you're getting a Dell!" memorized. But, no, they had to select Benjamin Curtis who ended up embarrasing Dell with his drug arrest.
Closer to home though, I never could accomplish my other dream either. The local Democrats always had a better plan in place. They have a bad habit of always having a better plan. If you want a second opinion on this, just ask Dave Duncan, Russell Marshall or Mike Baird. None of them were ever good enough for the Democrats either.
My bad! I am ranting again!
Halsey is having the same effect as Son of Sam..you are correct ----let's forget the sickly boy....he is in dire need of help and dumb enough to not recognize it.....meanwhile, his beloved "hometown" is suffering because of his ego...a real humanitarian.
Halsey is pinned down under a system-regime-world order that has rewarded him beyond his capacity to deploy ungodly power over fellow mortals properly. But that is as it always will be in the land of feudalism allied with finance capitalism. Disney has long had a theme park in Virginia.
Don't believe it was his vision.....
Mr/Mrs?miss timetomoveon, you think I am Halsey Minor?
That's the funniest thing ever posted on the Internet!! :)
Very nice sentiments but HM is most likely a fallen soul. He is bitter for many reasons (mostly dealing with things in his life many years ago one would suspect). Not likely that he can "see the light" but there is always hope (I guess).
Judging by his email to Hawes HM is about ready to get hit with another restraining order and doesn't sound very happy or peaceful.
The city will NEVER finish this hotel full of Gas. The hotel will be auctioned off by the FDIC and completed by someone who will get it for next to nothing. The Silverdome was sold at auction for just over 500k- it was a finished 70k stadium albeit in Detroit.
Minor might lead a group who will buy it and then finish it but I hope not. He seems not to finish things these days.
I like Judge Hogshire, he's a no nonsence judge, think he smells nonsense here.
I believe the FDIC owns the loan and has ever since Silverton Bank in Atlanta went belly up (largest failure in Georgia history) and stopped funding. Minor's part is already funded. It is the bank that got taken over by the FDIC and not Minor.
What this report leaves out is the Motion to Compel in Atlanta that states that the bank has steadfastly refused to turn over evidence to move the trial forward and that Minor is now asking for the Bank/FDIC to be held in contempt of court. This is the second such motion and the first one granted was ignored by the Bank. Funny how the little details never make it into the Hook's convenient yet exciting version of the Truth.
Mr. Crook sure is a sharp dresser --like the stripped bowtie/shirt combo --and he's cute too, think there may be a larger turnout next time he's in court, be sure to let us girls know, in advance.
What county?
So how does the arithmetic work on this deal? Minor has put in $x, the bank has put in $y. Neither has put in the total planned. The bank is defunct. Even if there were no lawsuits, the project would need more financing. Even if Minor put in everything he originally planned and the budget stayed the same, the project would need more financing.
In the very similar case in Milwaukee (on Water Street, with the very same bank accused of just about the same thing), the developer asked the court to put the project in receivership.
Everyone zipped up their purses at the same time and started demanding the other guy pay.
Who owns this thing anyway, Minor or the FDIC? Or some other entity?
I still say that if he wants any credibility he needs to put his money where his mouth is. He needs to escrow cash in the amounts of all the money he is being sued for with his lawyer and allow a person from the press to see it. THEN I will believe that it is not about cashflow.
If this happened to other people around here they would get the benefit of the doubt. This guy doesn't have an earned track record.
He is the one that wanted the hotel to be his names legacy. Too bad he may end up being known as the guy that didn't give a crap that people had to look at this eyesore while he squabbled.
If it were me I would have asked the county to ask the judge to get this on the front burner in the interest of the city and get this project moving. Either that or emminent domain it as blight and sell it to the highest bidder who will complete it. (ad sinceHaslsey is so rich he could buy it back and finish it.) (and still sue)
Dear Halsey,
We all want to be happy, and I'm sure you do too, and maybe you are, but maybe not--if the latter is the case, it's not too late to start today and turn a new page in your life. Luckily, you appear to have the means to do that. We are not remembered by the things we acquired in our lifetime, but by our words and deeds. You have the potential, and the means, to do great good, to be a hero for young people, who suffer from a dearth of individuals to look up to. Perhaps your complaints are justified, but at some point they must be a waste of your time and money. Life's greatest benefit, in my book, is the time to pursue a skillful life, fueled by service to others. But, how many people do you know that actually live a skillful life, not distracted by deeds that lead to guilt and remorse, or away from the ability to concentrate. Concentration is perhaps the most underrated virtue on the path to happiness and insight.
Today is a new day, may you find peace and happiness, and leave this world a better place.
A friend on life's path
I didn't say Halsey couldn't do this, just that he might not want to spend the rest of his life, however long or short, in this manner.
Robert Frost (1874ââ?¬â??1963)
1. The Road Not Taken
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and Iââ?¬â?
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
You people crack me up! Anybody who feels wronged is a fallen soul and bitter.
Halsey Minor is a taxpayer. He has the right to use the court system if he feels wronged. Just like I did many times. And just like I will continue to do so. And he will too.
Get over yourselves. Halsey Minor can buy and sell each of you about 100,000 times each.
of course we should all get over ourselves because Halsey (GSOE) can buy and sell each of us (Merrill Lynch, Sotheby's, Christie's, City of Hialeah, SFG, US Government, etc) and he loses them all. The wrong person should get over himself.
Nice try but HM is finished.......
His name is Crook. Really?
No, I don't think he's losing sleep, but, I'll bet he'd prefer adulation to abhorrence. People have short memories; I still think he could make the remainder of his life more of a positive example-- if he'd drop these suits, and work out a way to finish the hotel, which would make many people very happy and grateful for his original vision.
Let's stop and think about this for a minute... does anybody really believe that Halsey Minor cares what anybody in Charlottesville thinks of him? I doubt seriously if he loses any sleep over all these insults lodged at him in a local blog.
Furthermore, instead of going after The Hook, he should be issuing a few subpoenas to obtain the IP addresses and identities of some of the people who are posting so much lible about him in some of these hotel threads, IMHO! :)
quote: Minor asserts in a recent interview that he'll finish the hotel. Yet his suit seeks extrication from all project obligations. So which is it?
I think Minor wants out of all current agreements and contracts. He will then start fresh somehow.
If he doesn't, I suspect the city taxpayers will end up finishing the hotel. Again.


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Virtually Speaking: VMware Updates Infrastructure
As virtualized infrastructures grow in complexity, the capability to simplify will likely be the value-add that differentiates the market leaders from the wannabes. The rollout and subsequent management of the virtual infrastructure will no doubt be part of the decision-making process, as will how well the virtual infrastructure integrates with the rest of the hardware and applications in the data center.
To that end, VMware (whose ecosystem of product offerings is quite complex and overlapping) this week unveiled a new(ish) product and updated the VMware Infrastructure 3.0.1 family.
Key enhancements include 64-bit support and a host of management and migration tools, including the capability to upgrade ESX server without taking it offline.
To simplify the deployment side, VMware Converter 3, was released in public beta. It is expected to be generally available within the next six months.
Although the product packaging is new, VMware Converter's functionality is not. The conversion tool combines two virtualization tools already in circulation: P2V Assistant and Virtual Machine Importer. VMware P2V Assistant takes a snapshot of a physical system and changes it into a virtual machine so administrators don't have to reinstall and reconfigure applications, and VMware Virtual Machine Importer takes virtual machines from various sources and configures them as the destinations for VMware software.
At its core, VMware Converter "is a utility that facilitates the transition from physical to virtual," Karthik Rau, senior director of infrastructure products and solutions at VMware, told ServerWatch.
The product is designed to meet many needs. Enterprises can use it to do the following:
- Create VMware virtual machines from physical machines running any flavor of Windows
- Import older VMware virtual machine formats to new VMware virtual machine formats
- Convert VMware virtual machines from third-party formats, including Microsoft Virtual Server and Virtual PC and Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery
- Move virtual machines across different development, test and production environments
- Populate new virtual machine environments quickly from a large directory of virtual machine appliances
VMware Converter's chief benefit is that the software performs these tasks without requiring the source machine to reboot even in geographically dispersed environments. Remote cloning features allow machines to be cloned from a remote console without manually using a boot CD.
When VMwareConverter goes gold in the first half of 2007, it will be made part of VirtualCenter Management Server, Rau said. VMware will continue to provide a free version of the product, but that version will allow only one conversion at a time. The enterprise edition, as well as the beta, will be able to perform multiple simultaneous conversions.
For now, VMwareConverter will be offered with VMware Infrastructure, which the vendor this week bumped to version 3.0.1. It also released ESX Server 3.0.1 and VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.1, both of which are part of the suite.
Starting with this release, ESX users can use VMware VMotion technology to upgrade from VMware ESX Server 2.x hosts and storage directly to VMware ESX Server 3.0.1. Previously, this was supported for test environments, Rau said.
Also included in the release is support for 64-bit architecture versions of Windows, Red Hat, SUSE and Sun Solaris.
VMware Infrastructure 3 has been localized in German and Japanese and is expected to be available later this month. ISCSI self-certification is also available for vendors, Rau said.
VMWorld is a mere month away. No doubt we'll be hearing much from oft-regarded virtualization in the weeks to follow.
Amy Newman is the managing editor of ServerWatch. She has been following the virtualization space since 2001.
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What if instead of designing explicit interfaces we aimed instead at eliminating them altogether? If instead of adding a screen we found ways to remove it? Wouldn't the best user interface be the one that requires nothing of the user?
No UI, proposed here on the Journal by Cooper's Golden Krishna, is interesting, provocative, and deeply flawed. Golden argues that no interface is best, and then explores ways strip it out. But this begins with a designer's goal rather than the users'. First identify where users are helped or hindered by explicit interfaces: When hindered, eliminate the UI. But there's many times when a UI really helps. When it does, make it great.
But where to start? Three questions can help you evaluate the user's relationship with a task, product or service.
For any particular interface in the system:
- Does the user want or need control?
- Does the user get value from doing the work themselves?
- Does the user outperform technology?
If you can answer "no" to every one of these questions, then put in the effort to eliminate the interface. If you answer "yes" to any one of these you should focus on improving the interface so that it supports the user better. If it's not unanimously "yes" or "no" carefully consider how design can meet the conflicting needs. Get to know your users well. Design a solution that's as sophisticated and nuanced as their situation calls for.
Each of these questions helps you examine the relationship of the user with the technology. These are massively important considerations when advocating for the elimination of the interface; a product without some form of interface effectively doesn't exist for the user. The UI is the embodiment of your relationship with it. No interface, no relationship. Sometimes this is exactly what you want. But people also value products because they bring something into their lives, or because they remove some obstacle from it. Every tool, game, or service gives people power, information, peace, pleasure, or possibility. Interactions with these should be awesome, helpful, supportive, effortless; and for this we often need a really great UI.
1. Does the user want or need control?
When users value control, need to take explicit actions, or need to make decisions, a well designed interface is the best way to give it. If they don't, automation can really set users free.
No? Automate it.
When a user has no need, or no interest in making decisions or taking actions, automation can really simplify their lives.
Opening doors
The doors on your home don't automatically open because it would be expensive. But even if you could afford it, you'd prefer the security and control that a manual door offers.
But change the location and context and you optimize for different needs. Shoppers pushing full carts would really struggle with a manual door. Automatic doors remove all control, but shoppers don't need or want it, they prefer the convenience of unimpeded entry and exit. If designed well, the shopper never interacts with the door directly. They are unconscious of their passive interfacing with the door, and this most closely supports the relationship they want to have with the door.
Unlocking cars
Manually unlocking a car with a key isn't a particularly difficult task. But it's utilitarian, it's not something anyone wishes they spent more time performing.
Walking up to your car with your keys in your pocket, pulling the handle, and getting in makes the task even easier. The hard stuff is handled by the locks and keys which automatically perform the actions in sync with the driver's intentions.
Automation renders interactions implicit, allowing for direct and simple experiences for users, unburdened by the need for conscious decisions or extra actions.
Sometimes? Do it both ways.
Many automated systems provide some type of manual mode, which allows users to intervene if they need to. This is because it's rare when a user's needs are so consistent and disinterested that we can fully automate the products they use.
Shifting gears
For people that really love to drive, there's no substitute for a manual transmission which gives them really nuanced feedback and control. Automatics do the shifting for you. They remove control, but for most people, this was control they didn't want or need. It's possible to manually override the automatic, but the controls are clumsy and you only do it if you really have to.
Tiptronic and other similar transmission systems allow users to have both a fully automatic experience and—at the tap of the shifter—drop into a mode that's a lot more like manual shifting. In commuter traffic drivers can keep it in automatic because there's no way to enjoy the drive, but if they take their car for a spin on curvy roads on the weekend, they love the added control of the sport mode.
Delivering both an automatic and manual mode takes a lot more development time. If you want to make both experiences great, it's going to take really dedicated focus and the investment of time and effort to not only make each mode excellent, but to make shifting between them effortless. At the very least, that shifter will need an explicit UI.
Yes? Give them a great interface.
Control allows users to make decisions and take action. They are active participants, not passive recipients. There are a lot of reasons a user may need and want control. The system may not be able to anticipate when an action should be performed. The user may desire to express themselves; creatively or in performance. Legal or cultural forces could require explicit participation.
A well-designed user interface represents and clarifies the system, improving the user's ability to successfully use the technology to accomplish their goals. It gives them control over the things they want to act on, or information that can inform their decisions.
Cockpit instrument panels
During WWI the U.S. Military found that pilots, though highly trained, were unable cope with the increasing complexity of the airplane cockpits: This led to fatal mistakes. The solution was to abstract the controls, eliminating the direct one-to-one correspondence between mechanical controls for people and the plane's mechanical actuators. This (at-the-time) new concept of an interface facilitated better communication between the man and machine. The newly designed cockpits addressed the complexity, putting it into systems which gave pilots better control and oversight over operations.
The cockpit still looks complex to us non-pilots because planes are sophisticated machines. For the a trained pilot these banks of knobs, gauges, and levers makes sense. They have meaning, differentiated affordance, and provide the right level of input and output to perform the inherently complex task of flying.
Consumer computers are general purpose devices. You could argue that their very success is based on their ability to become almost anything for almost anyone. A screen that can display anything in two dimensions is an incredible canvas that allows the device to transform into almost anything, instantly. Personal computers provide massive power to users, who can only really leverage it with through an interface that transforms the underlying complexity into something that's easy to work with.
The hardware's too complex for people to directly interact with so, like the airplane they benefit greatly from an explicit and abstracted user interface. But this flexibility requires a screen that communicates the possibilities to the user, a system of signals that guides and helps communicate available actions and information.
Well designed, explicit interfaces, are the best way to empower and support users who require agency and control.
2. Does the user get value from doing the work themselves?
When the user gets no value from the work we should strive to eliminate it. If they get value from explicit interaction, don't take it away.
No? Take over for them.
When work has no intrinsic value it's just a chore. Users often perform chores as they use digital products either because no one considered their perspective, or because it takes huge amounts of effort to develop products that don't outsource chores to the user. But if you want to make a huge leap forward in your user experience, commit to making the back-end do the chores; your users will love you.
Listening to Music
is a music service that helps you introduce listeners to more music that the'll enjoy. It can't just guess the type of music a listener will like at first, but after they do a little work it can take over from there.
Pandora Radio "Behind The Logic" Series from 1/29 on Vimeo.
Pandora learns from the listener. With simple nudges of liking, or skipping particular songs, listeners help the system learn what type of music they want to listen to. It's work that they don't get a lot of value from, but Pandora learns from their actions. After a while Pandora requires very little participation from them and yet delivers music that strongly fits their taste.
Setting the temperature
Nest is also a system that learns from the actions of occupants. The thermostat has been designed to learn and adapt to the specific habits of people who user it.
The adjustments that the occupant makes to the thermostat essentially help refine the device's understanding. Making adjustments to timing and temperature rewrites the initial defaults to reflect the preferences and temperature patterns of the household.
These approaches work because they become more personalized to the user. As they become individualized they take less and less interaction. They also take lots of data crunching on the back end in order to learn and get their predictions right. You're going to need to invest heavily in a learning system or data combing to support a great predictive experience, as well as design a UI for correcting the system when it's wrong: thumbs up/thumbs down, or a simple dial.
Setting your itinerary
took the work out of it, travel sites made their users do lots of heavy data entry. If travelers wanted their itinerary in a useful digital format they needed to fill it in using a form.
TripIt does lots of great stuff for travellers, but one of the most amazing is that they figured out a way to handle all the data input for travellers. Travellers get a confirmation from an airlines, hotel or rental car, and simply forward it to TripIt. When they open TripIt on their smartphone, they don't see a collection forwarded documents; they see one neat master itinerary, everything is formatted perfectly and gives a step-by-step overview of the trip. By investing in a back-end that handles the chore of data entry and organization TripIt can remove any interface that requires user input for this process.
If you're making your users do work that gives little or no value to them, they'll never love your product. If you take on the hard work yourself, you can give people products they fall in love with.
Yes? Give them a great interface.
Playing games
Games are a strange form of activity. Players engage in something that has been designed to take effort and work, and if the design is great, they really enjoy themselves. At over 25 billion dollars in revenue, the video game industry proves that for players, games with great interfaces clearly give more than they take.
The Wii and Kinect show that gamers don't need to sit at a keyboard to play a computer game. You can bring new ways of interacting that free up how players can interact with the system. But the goal here is finding a better interface that more fully engages the gamer, rather than striving to eliminate it. Making the game richer and more engaging helps players find new levels of enjoyment in their interactions.
Healing patients
When doctors work with patients they are performing complex cognitive tasks, looking for patterns that will give them insight into the disease as well as the right course of action to reverse it.
Tools that help doctors externalize their thinking, that help reveal meaningful connections and bring the entire history of the patient into the process are valuable. Doctors need interfaces to simplify the process of capturing their thinking. It is often through explicitly stating a hypothesis that they can fine tune and test it. Today few computerized tools really give physicians the kind of sophisticated and dynamic digital assistance that could help them practice smarter, better medicine. The solution isn't to eliminate interface, but to supercharge it, to make systems that can deal with the complexity of medicine, and empower the physician rather than add work to their practice. The types of systems that can do this haven't yet fully been realized, but once the technology arrives, the best way we can leverage it will be with an interface that's just as powerful.
3. Does the user outperform technology?
In many situations humans have an advantage over the technology. We might be slower, make more mistakes, tire quickly, and have limits to how much we can process, but we deal pretty well with vague, irrational, surprising events (at least in comparison to a computer). If the user carries the key to success, help them leverage these uniquely human capabilities. If technology can more reliably, quickly, accurately, safely perform the task (and answers to the two previous questions don't contradict) let the system handle it.
No? Do it for them.
When the system can do it better than the user, there's no reason to give them an interface to muck things up.
Paying road tolls
Humans just aren't that fast. Toll booths manned by people slow traffic down. It takes time to collect money and make change. Motorists fuss around looking for cash and are slow to reach cruising speed again.
Transponders communicating with RFID readers offer an alternative, which eliminates slowdown. The system takes over tracking toll crossings and deducting payments, allowing drivers to pass through toll collection booths without stopping or even slowing down. The interface has been moved into computers which communicate to computers, something they do really, really well.
Sawing wood safely
The Sawstop design is based entirely on getting the saw to know the difference between cutting wood and amputating a finger. You need the saw to do this, because humans just can't react quickly enough to avoid the mistake. The saw is designed so that while cutting, at the first hint of "flesh-ness," it acts instantly and snaps the blade away from your finger, leaving it unscathed. For split-second situations like this no explicit interface will ever be good enough or fast enough to prevent disaster. By equipping the saw itself with the smarts, trips to the emergency room can be avoided.
Driving a car takes practice, skill and attention, it's a complex task that over time becomes second nature to drivers. We get good at it, but we still make an awful lot of accidents. We're prone to distraction, emotional reactions, fatigue, and errors in judgment, often with fatal consequences. For a long time technology hadn't reached the sophistication to take over for people. But Google's showing that cars are ready to do take over this that humans just aren't that great at.
By using sophisticated sensors and lots of computation, the car can pay attention to the road and literally drive itself. Google is paving the way for drivers to turn their attention to something other than the road.
Once technology can reliably outperform the human, there's little value in keeping them in the loop. If the human still maintains the edge, better to give them an interface.
Yes? Give them a great interface
Technology has limits. No matter how sophisticated we make it, there are situations in which technology can't perform well. A real danger eliminating the user interface in favor of really smart sophisticated computers is that these systems sometimes fail. At the root technology is human-driven engineering. We make mistakes, but when we are there, we can correct them. Once an autonomous system begins operation we aren't there to intervene. It is important that the people who are there, who need to deal with the situation aren't prevented from making decisions or taking action.
Making better maps
Google's maps are some of the most accurate in the world. Computers can do a great first-pass on turning a satellite image into named streets and businesses, but the hard stuff is in the details. Humans still have an advantage in reading the high-def images because we can leverage our knowledge of how the world works. We can imagine how the streets connect and use our own experience to jump to conclusions that aren't logical but best match reality of the map.
Google maps get better because humans are making the fine adjustments. Computers can learn from the changes the humans make, but for now, it's still humans that perform the highest quality work.
The people performing this work need lots of fine controls to change the maps. Because they are working fully in the digital world, making changes in it, they need great tools that make this work as simple and smooth as possible. They need tools that let them quickly and easily make changes to the maps which can in turn teach the computer new ways of reading.
Crash landing
For typical flight conditions, the autopilot can largely match the skills of trained pilots. With well-placed sensors and smart programming, autopilot can keep the plane level and aimed in the right direction, and even make smooth landings. When something massively unexpected happens, the plane can no longer fly itself. Humans may make mistakes, but they are still better equipped to improvise a solution to the crisis.
In these cases humans need a really great interface that allows them to make split second decisions and take whatever actions they deem necessary. When both engines go out, well-trained pilots are better able to take in the new development and come up with a plan to deal with it.
Even when technology reaches a level of sophistication and agency that allows it to operate autonomously we may need an interface. With lives at stake, and conditions beyond the programming of the software it's important to ensure that humans can take over and safely land the plane. This situation is clearly covered by the first question: pilots need control, but it also demonstrates technology fails, and when it does, humans need a way intervene.
tl;dr: The best UI depends.
No UI sounds great, but it oversimplifies the types of problems we're faced with solving. The most useful principle isn't No UI, but best UI.
The best UI comes from designers confronting the complexity, identifying needs, negotiating the trade-offs, and delivering a focused, coherent experience for users. The best UI isn't defined in the negative. It isn't absent for the sake of a philosophical stance. The best UI is one that fits the user and fits the task. The best UI extends people's senses and capabilities. The best UI fits people's mental models. The best UI enables people to engage competently and easily with their technology, to fully realize the potential of their tools.
The world is a complex place. There's a lot we can achieve if we get past the appeal of simplistic reductions, get real about the user, and get down ways of making their lives better.
Special thanks to Chris Noessel for helping me articulate this perspective, to Doug LeMoine for asking the right questions and to Golden Krishna for his willingness to engage in a really long philosophical disagreement with me.
Related Reading
Wendy Ju first turned us onto the terms implicit and explicit interactions. Read more at http://wendyju.com/publications/Ju_design_issues.pdf
We think about Pandora and Prismatic a lot: https://www.cooper.com/journal/2011/08/treating_users_like_a_boss.html


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I love my wedding pics. Is it weird that I stare at them? Well, I do. I love them!
Things are good. The Mr. and I went and saw Paranormal Activity 2 tonight. It was freaky. Very freaky. Now we are sitting on the couch. Jon is watching basketball and I am blogging. We are SO married. :)
Tomorrow we are celebrating Halloween! James and Katie are having their annual party and we are going to blow everyone out of the water with how awesome/hilarious our costumes are. Pictures to follow. I also get to see Josie! She is in love, in case you wanted to know. Her and Brad are very cute and on cloud nine. I am very happy for her.
I got a call yesterday from a principal in the district asking me to come in for a job interview next week! I am SOOOOO excited. Mainly because I am dying to get paid to teach. I love it, don't get me wrong, but it's about time to get a paycheck for all the hard work.
Yesterday we celebrated Halloween at school. I went as a cupcake. The kids came with tons of candy and were seriously buzzed out. One kid ran around with a unicorn made out of his hand on his head making unicorn noises. It was classic. It was fun, but I'm not gonna lie, when I waved them goodbye I was fine with it.
Well, thats all for now.
Friday, October 29, 2010
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Danke (german for THANK YOU)
I am a quote weirdo. Anyone who really knows me, knows that I look up quotes quite regularly and when I come across one I havent seen before (or havent needed to see) I just get SO excited. Here is a quote that I just saw and I LOVE:
"She wakes up in the morning with a smile on her face knowing that yesterday when she needed him, he was there and today when she looks for him... he'll be in the same place."
Its been an interesting couple of days, and as I sit here decompressing it all, I can't help but think how lucky I am. I married a wonderful guy. He is ALWAYS there.
DANKE booboo.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
head cold.
Being a teacher is one of my most favorite things ever. There are downsides that I am realizing to the teaching profession (other than the kids not being perfectly teachable like they tell you in college) the downside I am talking about here is how every side and inch of your immune system gets attacked. I have legit been sick with a cold since I started working at my beloved elementary school. Those kids sneeze right on me, breath their strand of cold and flu all over me and even leave their germs just floating in the air when they leave. DANG THEM! I am obsessed with my class, but not so much with this head cold.
That being said, my favorite thing ever is being married to Jon. As soon as I got home from work I went right to my bed and layed down. He came right in, gave me his plan of action to get me to feeling better, and left me to sleep for a little while. When I woke up, Gossip Girl was downloaded ready for me to watch, there was tomato soup on the stove and a very loving man smiling at me. I am very lucky to have him. He just gave me a dose of that nasty liquid cold medicine that he makes me take...but I know he only makes me because he loves me and knows that it will help me get better.
So here's to those 28 kids that sneeze on me daily so that I can come home and be taken care of by my caring husband who promises he doesn't think he's good enough for me. :)
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The October tarot reading is mostly encouraging. I think I'd feel more excited about it if I didn't feel so absolutely miserable today. Upon waking I thought that I had recovered from yesterday's severe migraine (the worst I had in a long time), but of course shortly after getting to work I started feeling like I'd rather die. At this stage returning home isn't an option – not sure if I'll make it, the way I'm feeling right now. There is the option of getting on the Gautrain, but don't know how I'd get home from the station, or back to work tomorrow, if my car remains here. I'd really like to go to my GP and have a few things checked out also. Oh well. On to the reading.
Card 1 (The Magician) : How you feel about yourself now »
You feel a sense of purpose and the willpower to get things done. Self-empowerment is the key word here. Any new enterprises in love or career show great potential. You feel that you have the ability to think on your feet and, faced with opposition, the appearance of The Magician is an excellent omen of success. Time to believe in your self and go for it!
Card 2 (The Hanged Man) : What you most want at this moment »
The cards suggest that what you most want at this time is to have it all, why should you have to give something or someone up? Perhaps you feel a victim and that events are not going as planned. Trust that this is a passage from one phase of your life to another. If you are not sure what or who you need to give up, trust that what will be will be, and will ultimately be to your benefit.
Card 3 (The Hierophant) : Your fears »
Are you really your best counsel? Probably not at this moment in time. You are worried that you will sell yourself short and agree to something that you don't feel morally comfortable with. For example you may really desire marriage but the offer has been 'let's live together'. You may be looking at a job or business opportunity but you question how ethical it is. Seek out an advisor you can trust such as a teacher, priest, parent or anyone you have respect for. They will be happy to help.
Card 4 (The Devil) : What is going for you »
There's a possibility of permanence here. If you're considering a commitment in a relationship or marriage this is a good sign. However question your motives because here we have temptation and addiction, and a desire to be controlled or controlling. So use your intuition and if you recognise what you feel as sincere, great, if not you still have a chance to change direction. If considering giving up a bad habit, such as smoking or drinking for example, now is a good time to start.
Card 5 (The Empress) : What is going against you »
There are conflicts around you, frustrations and possibly a break up in a relationship. Be careful not to over-react and be too protective or dictatorial about your needs, and whatever you do, do not resort to emotional blackmail, it won't do you any favours. You may be experiencing infertility problems or an unplanned pregnancy, if so just know that there are people around you who love and care for you and will provide support.
Card 6 (The Fool) : Outcome »
Open your mind and soul to new possibilities this is a time to realise your full potential, follow your instincts and act on your hunches. A time for spontaneity, fun and surprises. However, be mindful of being too impulsive – your decisions should be based on experience and knowledge of self.
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The rated voltage of the input capacitor and the Schottky diode rectifier repetitive peak reverse voltage are both 25 V, making the board capable of covering the entire 2.9 V - 18 V input voltage range of the L5981 device.
The board features an external resistor divider (R1 and R2) designed for an output voltage of 3.3 V.
The output voltage can be set to a level from 0.6 V up to the rated voltage of the output capacitor (16 V).
The compensation network on the demonstration board allows the use of MLCC as output filter to keep the loop stable. The inductor saturation current and forward current of the Schottky diode are within the current limit values.
The switching frequency on the demonstration board is set to 500 kHz by means of the R5 resistor connected to pin Fsw.
Key Features
- Zero-load current operation
- Low dropout operation: 100 % duty cycle
- VFQFPN8 3 mm x 3 mm package
- 1 A DC output current
- Output voltage adjustable from 0.6 V to 16 V
- 2.9 V to 18 V input voltage
- Internal soft-start and inhibit
- Over-current and thermal protection
- 250 kHz switching frequency, programmable up to 1 MHz
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