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How I (Barely) Survived Arizona: Our 2017 Spring Training Adventure!
"The region is altogether valueless. After entering it, there is nothing to do but leave."
Lt. Edward Beale, Congress report on Arizona, 1858
While I don't completely agree with the good lieutenant, I must say that I am glad to be home. You see, we weren't intending on going to Spring training this year. My health is still a bit dodgy and being away from our home base is a bit scary right now. We aren't habitual Spring Training junkies, but have been a few times and I've always had a good time. I had a lot of fun this time as well, but it was a little different from I had expected.
The impetus for even going down at all was the wedding of two of our closest friends, who happened to be from Phoenix. Which happened to be on my birthday. Which happened to be over the weekend of my birthday. When the universe clearly wants you to go Spring Training, you go!
For my birthday gift, my wife gave me her credit card and let me get tickets to all of the games I wanted to attend, which–after I restrained myself–wound up being 4 games. I found a Motel 6 close to both Sloan Park and the dialysis center that I would be utilizing twice during our short stay and booked our room.More details on that to follow.
That is far too long of a prologue, so lets just jump right into day 1.
Day 1:
We ended up leaving our house a bit later than intended, but other than one issue with CD selection (Yes children, old people still use physical media to listen to music) the drive was uneventful. Traffic was easy until we hit the outskirts of Phoenix, but we still made it to Scottsdale Stadium just a little bit after the Giants v. Puerto Rico game had begun. We immediately saw an issue. After driving around the ballpark and nearby environs there was literally no parking. All the lots were either full or blocked off with "Non Event Parking" sign. We even tried to find a place to park away from the ballpark and having a car service take us to the game with no avail. By this point it was getting late and we hadn't eaten anything for many hours, so we cut our losses and changed our quest to find lunch.
Fortunately nearby was a restaurant serving Cornish pasties–as well as air conditioning, so we went in for a fine lunch topped off with an amazing banoffee pie and began to feel human again. at this point it was late enough to check in to our motel, so we headed in that general direction.
After a quick trip to the Walmart, which was decked out in Cubs merchandise, we arrived at our temporary home.
Do you ever get a strange feeling that things aren't good and might soon get much worse? That was the feeling in my gut as we checked in. Don't get me wrong, all the staff that we dealt with during our stay were perfectly nice. Very helpful and professional, even "upgrading" us to a handicapped room with no extra charge.
The room though? Not so good. The sort of place that you'd expect Norman Bates to work at, were "Psycho" set in 2017. Upon walking into our non-smoking room we were hit by a cloud of nicotine–something that persisted throughout our stay minus the one day when nicotine was swapped for pot smoke. There was a dirty boot print in our shower and the whole place looked like it had been cleaned by a disinterested teenager. Yes, I should have complained, but I was afraid any other room would be worse, so we soldiered on and kept the room.
Eventually we fell asleep and were not murdered in the night. I set those odds at 50-50.
Day 2:
Today was exciting because we were going to see the 2016 World Champion Chicago Cubs (I never get tired of saying that and love getting to refer to them as such) at Sloan Park, a ballpark I had yet to see since it opened only a few years ago. With Arizona ignoring Daylight Savings Time, I mentally thought that the game started at 12:05, the same as at home, so we arrived an hour sooner than expected. Oops. They soon opened the gates and we found our way inside and immediately grabbed some hot dogs, pretzels and water. We headed down to our seats and ate our lunch, fortunately, in some of the rare shade. The game against the Mariners was fun, not counting the final score, and it was good to see Bryant, Rizzo and the rest of the crew at it again, as well as see prospects like Eloy Jiminez in person.
Sloan Park is gorgeous and I do wish we had explored it a bit more, but the shady seats were too tempting to leave and so we remained sedentary for the length of the game. The timing worked out perfectly for us to enjoy the ballgame and get to my dialysis appointment in Mesa on time.
I did manage to get my photo with the Sloan Park marquee before we left though. I DO have my priorities after all.
After my 4 hours getting my blood cleaned we grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed back to the motel of doom for the night. As you can no doubt tell, we are some late night party animals. Like the kids in the pool. Right outside of our room. Until after midnight.
Day 3:
Today we were headed to Tempe to see the Padres play the Angels. Looking back on it now, I don't know why we didn't just go and see the Cubs play the Mariners in Peoria, but seeing 2 of my favorite teams play each other was not a bad option either.
On the way we stopped for breakfast at a Whataburger, which I had never tried before. It had been described to me as "the Texas In 'n Out" so I had to try it. Though it was breakfast time I felt the need to get the eponymous burger, but lo! On the breakfast menu was biscuits and gravy…one of my all time favorite meals. Decisions, decisions. In the end, although my appetite has been waning as of late, I ordered both. And finished them too.
While eating, a woman at a table across from us asked me about my cane and other, increasingly personal questions, which I answered, since I generally don't know when to shut up. We finished our meals, ended the conversation and continued on to Tempe Diablo Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim…who train in Tempe, Arizona. Why not add a few more locations for the poor Angels?
Unfortunately unlike Sloan Park there were virtually no shaded seats at Tempe Diablo Stadium and I started to bake from the moment I sat in our seats watching the teams warm up. Kindly, Lauren went and got us a huge frozen margarita concoction to try to cool us down. Yes, I realize that alcohol probably has an adverse effect on remaining hydrated, but it was delicious. More importantly it was cold.
We downed that sucker fast enough that I didn't even have time/ presence of mind to get a photo. The bottom of the drink vessel was actually molded into a baseball which Lauren wanted to keep, but was rebuffed by an usher as we left and forced to throw it away. We will never forget you, margarita baseball.
By the second inning the sun was beating down on my poor little body and we decided to leave the seats in favor of shade. It turns out that many people were doing the exact thing that we were and the mass of humanity clogged the concourse and made it extra hard just to walk around, let alone pop into the team store.
We decided that for the sake of my health (we still had a wedding reception and yet one more game to attend on our Arizona adventure) we should leave and go back to the air-conditioned motel room, to rest before dialysis.
I must have looked the way that I felt, because a kindly usher had me sit down for a moment and called to have a cart come to drive us over to our car. Unfortunately, once at the car we were blocked in by a fire truck parked directly behind us. We sat in the car for at least 20 minutes until a firefighter came back and moved the truck and in doing so, free our car.
We drove back to the motel where I had a short and cool nap. Our room hadn't been cleaned yet, nor would it be that entire day.
I had my dialysis and then immediately began my backslide with dinner at The Cracker Barrel. We only recently got one in California and it's a bit of a drive from our home–not that Phoenix isn't–so on the rare occasion that we find one we are there!
We returned to our uncleaned room, got new towels from the front desk and looked forward to a long sleep in, since the following day was baseball-free.
Day 4:
I'll try to keep this short since there is virtually no baseball connection. Today was my birthday, as well as the reception for our friends' wedding. They had done a real wedding ceremony, very small, the day prior and then had their reception at a local barcade. For those unaware, a barcade is a combination bar and arcade, generally featuring older video games for those of us that grew up playing them.
There was lots of good food, good drinks, virtually unlimited free games and so a good time was had by all.
That evening, Lauren and I planned on going to a charity function to raise money for clean drinking water in the Dominican Republic and reportedly featuring many baseball players in attendance. Since I had been virtually shut out of autographs the whole trip, I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate my birthday. The universe had other plans and struck Lauren down with some sort of bug, so we got halfway to the venue and turned around to go back to the motel. We grabbed some Sonic for me and called it a night.
Day 5:
Today was our last day in Arizona and we were pumped to see the 2016 World Champion Chicago Cubs (I told you I loved saying it) take on the Oakland A's at the Cubs old ballpark, Hohokam Stadium. I was primed and ready to go. Earlier I had visited the Walmart again and gotten all sorts of defense against the sun. Cooling towels, sunscreen and a big floppy hat were amongst the items purchased.
We took a little bit of time before going to the ballpark, which was very impressive to me. No, it isn't as pretty or nicely designed like Sloan Park or Camelback, but it has a lot of charm and I would choose it ahead of the Brewers park in Maryvale or even Tempe Diablo Stadium.
The A's have really made it their own, with history on display throughout the concourse. There was even some living history as Rollie Fingers, Bert Campaneris, George Foster and Blue Moon Odom were on hand to greet fans and sign autographs for a small donation. The Cubs and the Fergie Jenkins Foundation do a similar thing at Sloan Park and I think opportunities like that are really a cool thing for fans.
I grabbed a basic hot dog, which was at least a foot long, and we got to our seats. Stamper the Elephant was cavorting around and playing with kids as we waited for the game to begin. Once again we really had no shade and I literally went through 2 bottles of water before the first pitch was thrown. I tried to tough it out, but the unjust kicked my butt, even with all of my sun gear in place.
We saw Jake Arrieta pitch a few innings, watched my boys hit and slowly made our way out of the park and began our long drive to my parents' house in San Diego.
The one big benefit of driving to San Diego rather than Orange County is the fact that you travel by way of Yuma, Arizona, home of Chretin's Mexican Restaurant. I've known about Chretin's since I was a child. One of my pajama shirts in childhood was a Chretin's t-shirt.
My dad used to fly for the Navy and there was a landing site in Yuma. Whenever they'd land there, they would head over to Chretin's for magaritas and the famous Chretin's "killer nachos." It got to be a competition as to who could eat the most nachos, with the reigning champ getting his name painted on the wall. Sadly, the old building is no more, but the "killer nachos" live on in a new location.
Had we not stopped in, I think my family may have disowned us. The nachos were amazing and the margaritas were good, cold and cheap. We left perfectly content, even ordering a dozen nachos to-go for my family.
We got to my parents' house safely and were thrilled to sleep in a bed that we knew had clean sheets.
Overall, it was a good time and I'd like to head down again next spring. I'll need to find some defenses and new strategies to fight the sun and begin collecting my pennies so we can stay in a place a slight bit better than the Mesa Motel 6. Next year I'd like to get out to the back fields to check out the minor league guys and maybe check out some "B" games as well.
I'm already looking forward to it!
Until next time, keep tripping baseballs!
Full set of edited photos is found here!


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Mrs. Moose wants a turkey for Thanksgiving so Mr. Moose sets out to find her one. With some help from various friends the turkey is finally located. As you can imagine, he is reluctant to come to dinner but he is surprised with a delightful ending. A great Thanksgiving read to share with family.
In this delightful book, Mr. Moose promises to bring a turkey back home for Mrs. Moose's Thanksgiving dinner. Rabbit, Mr. Goat, Sheep, and Porcupine all join in the hunt. When they find Turkey hiding, he's understandably reluctant to come for dinner...but there's a surprise awaiting him that will warm the hearts of readers.
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Princess 50
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|Soort aanbod
|15.32 m
|Port Camargue, Gard, Frankrijk
|BTW betaald
|Lengte over alles
|15.32 m
|Lengte op deck
|14.99 m
|4.47 m
|33075 kg
|Motor typ
|Motor merk
|2 x Volvo Penta
|Motor model
|480 pK
|Aandrijving typ
|directe aandrijving
|Motor Locatie
|Propeller typ
|4 Bladen
|Propeller grondtsof
|Motor typ
|Motor merk
|2 x Volvo Penta
|Motor model
|480 pK
|Aandrijving typ
|directe aandrijving
|Motor Locatie
|Propeller typ
|4 Bladen
|Propeller grondtsof
|Maximum Snelheid
|28 kn
|22 kn
|300 nmi
|Electrische Uitrusting
|Uitrusting Binnen
|Uitrusting Buiten
|Marine Projects
|Eenpersoons bedden
|2 x 404 gal (VK) (Aluminium)
|Zoetwater reservoirs
|2 x 125 gal (VK) (Aluminium)
|2 x 75 gal (VK) (Aluminium)
|Gewijzigde V
|Elektrische ankelier
|Garantie romp
Princess 50 fitted with twin Volvo TAMD74P EDC's 6 cyl diesel engines with excellent service history.
High level of optional extras fitted to include, Full navigation package, Bow and Stern thrusters, Onan generator, Heating. Cherry wood finish with cream leather upholstery.
Manufacturer Provided Description
Hull shape combined with an extended waterline enables speed to be maintained comfortably in less than ideal conditions. This is due to the deep V sections forward coupled with a weight distribution system designed to minimise vertical acceleration.
Additional Description
OPTIONAL CREW CABIN * 1 single berth * Hanging and storage space * Individual berth light * Opening portlights. Bathroom/WC: Marine WC * Washbasin * Mirror * Shower with pump out. INTERIOR FINISH * Furniture finished in choice of natural cherry or classic cherry with clear lacquer finish * Console area finished with burr elm * Galley worktop in Avonite * Laid timber galley floor * Choice of upholstery fabrics, carpets and curtains from co-ordinated range. STORAGE * All suites and cabins have generous storage comprising lockers, drawers and shelves as appropriate.
Additional Description
AFT COCKPIT * Self-draining * Teak-laid deck * Upholstered seat * Hatch on gas strut to lazarette stowage * Steps to side decks * Cockpit lighting * Transom door leading to bathing platform * Side lockers * Fender storage * 220/240v shore support inlet * Stainless steel handrails * Remote fuel cocks located in locker * Manual bilge pump with valve chest in locker * Access to engine room * Integral stairway to flybridge with teak treads * Transom teak laid bathing platform with foldaway swimming ladder, hot and cold shower * Transom storage locker * Dinghy chock system. FLYBRIDGE * Helm position with repeat engine controls and instrumentation * Repeat log/echo sounder and autopilot controls * Hydraulic steering * Rudder position indicator * Trim tab controls * Bow thruster controls * Remote anchor winch control * VHF/RT * High speed compass * Searchlight remote control * Horn * Intercom * Visual and audible engine warning system * Bilge pump audible alarm * Double helm seat * U-shaped seating for 6 with table * Separate sunbed aft * Refrigerated coolbox * Loudspeakers linked to saloon hi-fi * Integral stairway from aft cockpit with GRP hatch * Wind deflector screen * Stainless steel handrails * GRP radar arch * Console and seat covers * Matched whip aerials for VHF R/T and radio.
Additional Description
DECK SALOON * U-shaped sofa with table on starboard side * Moveable two seat sofa opposite * Bottle and glass storage * Drinks refrigerator * TV/VCR (21 inch) * Stereo radio/CD with saloon and exterior speakers * Triple stainless steel framed sliding doors to cockpit for maximum opening * Tinted windows * Clear forward windscreens * All windows in toughened safety glass with stainless steel frames * Curtains or sunscreens to all windows and doors * Flush fit halogen downlighters * Clock and barometer.FORWARD OWNER'S STATEROOM * Large double bed with quilted bedspread * Dressing table with mirror * Wardrobe and shelves * Storage lockers and drawers * Downlighters and individual berth lights * Deck hatch with flyscreen and blind * 2 opening portholes * Mirror * Access to en-suite bathroom. En-suite shower/WC: Electric WC * Washbasin with mixer tap * Mirror * Toothbrush/mug and towel holders * Shower compartment with automatic pump out * Extractor fan * Porthole. AFT STATEROOM * Twin beds with quilted bedspreads * Dressing table with mirror * Large wardrobe with shelves * Storage lockers and drawers * Bedside table * Downlighters and individual berth lights * Two opening portholes. En-suite shower/WC: Electric WC * Washbasin with mixer tap * Mirror * Toothbrush/mug and towel holders * Separate shower compartment with automatic pump out * Extractor fan * Porthole * Storage locker * Separate door to passageway. (NB: Alternatively the Stateroom can be fitted with a double bed in place of the twin single beds). PORT GUEST CABIN * 2 single berths with quilted bedspreads * Downlighters and individual berth lights * Wardrobe with shelf * Bedside locker * 2 opening portholes * Storage locker.
Additional Description
24 Volt: 2 x heavy duty batteries for engine starting * 4 x heavy duty auxiliary batteries * Engine alternators charge both banks of batteries via blocking diodes * 45-amp 24v float 'smart' battery charger connected to both battery banks * Remote battery isolator control switches at main switch panel position * 24v to 12v converters for certain navigation and radio circuits * Circuit breakers on all circuits. 220/240 Volt: 7kW Diesel generator in sound shield with water cooled specially silenced exhaust * Automatic fire extinguisher * Shore support inlet in cockpit locker with storage for cable * Polarity check system * Generator/shore support change-over controls at main control panel * Earth leakage safety trip * Circuit breakers on all circuits * Power points in owner's stateroom, guest suite, galley (double) and saloon (2) * Shaver points in both bathrooms.
Additional Description
GALLEY * Avonite (or similar) worktop * 3-zone ceramic hob * Combination microwave/conventional oven with grill * Stainless steel sink with mixer tap * Chopping board * 227 litre refrigerator/freezer (24v/240v) * Waste disposal bin * Overhead and concealed lighting * Drawers and storage cupboards * Dedicated cutlery drawer * Utility area with provision for washer/dryer.
Additional Description
FUEL SYSTEM * Twin fuel tanks (in N4 grade aluminium) with interconnection system giving a total of 404 gallons (1836 litres) of fuel capacity * Fuel fillers on port and starboard side decks * High capacity fuel filters/water traps * Remote fuel isolation controls in cockpit locker * Fuel gauges at lower helm. WATER SYSTEM * Water tank in heavy duty polypropylene giving 114 gallons (518 litres) capacity plus 11 gallons (50 litres) hot water calorifier * Water level gauge * Deck filler * Water heated by engine and 240v immersion heater * Automatic water pump with filter * Pump circuit breaker at main switch panel. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS * Automatic fire extinguisher in engine room * Hand operated fire extinguishers (3) in owner's suite, guest suite and galley (also in crew cabin if fitted). BILGE PUMPS * 6 automatic electric bilge pumps (with manual overide) in engine room, forward accommodation and aft lazarette * High capacity manual bilge system with suction points in the same areas.
Additional Description
POWER AND DRIVE SYSTEMS * Engine room soundproofed * High volume air intakes * Engine room extractor fan with electronic time delay * Engine exhaust silencers and water cooled exhausts * Engine beds integrally moulded with hull for strength and vibration absorption * Engines flexibly mounted * Engine room forward and aft bulkheads integrally bonded * Automatic/remote manual fire extinguisher in engine room * Automatic and manual bilge pumps * Engine room lighting * Power-assisted hydraulic steering system * Engine room access hatch and ladder from cockpit * Propeller shafts in Temet * 4-bladed Aquafoil propellers in nickel aluminium bronze * High speed, balanced rudders * Cathodic protection for sterngear * Sterngear, engines, fuel tanks, fillers etc all electrically bonded * 8hp bow thruster with dual station controls.
Additional Description
* Modified deep 'V' with moulded spray rails and incorporating propeller tunnels for improved propulsive efficiency and reduced draft * Hand laid glass fibre construction with isophthalic gelcoat backed by initial lay-up of powder bound matt and isophthalic resin * Integrally bonded girder stiffening system * Standard finish white high gloss gelcoat * GRP/balsa core/PVC foam sandwich construction for deck and superstructure, for strength and high thermal insulation * Moulded non-slip surfaces on side decks, flybridge and foredeck * Hull antifouled.
Additional Description
DECK FITTINGS * Reversible electric anchor winch (2000W) with foredeck, main helm and flybridge controls * Self-stowing 16kg Delta anchor with 40 metres of chain * Stemhead roller with automatic anchor launch and retrieve * Stainless steel bow, stern and spring cleats * Stainless steel bow fairleads * Stainless steel pulpit and guard rails with fender baskets * Stainless steel coachroof and flybridge handrails * Stainless steel rubbing band with rubber insert * Full set of IMCO navigation lights * Riding light *Twin beam searchlight with dual-station remote controls * Twin electric horns * Loud hailer/intercom * Fuel and water fillers.
Standard Equipment
7kW diesel generator 8hp bow thruster Power-assisted hydraulic steering system Dual-station autopilot Remote control electric anchor winch Electro-hydraulic trim tabs Dual-station log and echo sounder with alarm Dual-station VHF/RT and flybridge intercom Remote control searchlight Flybridge refrigerated coolbox Flybridge sunbed cushions Saloon/flybridge stereo radio/CD Saloon TV/VCR Cocktail bar with refrigerator Microwave/conventional oven/grill Teak-laid aft cockpit deck and flybridge stairway Triple-opening stainless-steel framed saloon doors Cockpit night cover Transom door Hot and cold transom shower 240v shore power with 45-amp float battery charger Electric flush WCs OTHER ITEMS SUPPLIED AS STANDARD * Fenders (6) and warps (4) * Ensign staff * First aid kit * Boathook * Owner's manual * Engine manual * Tool kit * Emergency porthole cover * Emergency tiller * Anchor winch back-up handle * Cockpit cover * Ship's document case.
Main Helm position
* Twin helm seats with fore and aft adjustment for helmsman * Stainless steel framed toughened glass windscreen, clear for unimpaired night vision * Opening side window * Burr elm instrument console with engine instruments, fuel gauges, rudder position indicator * Single-lever engine controls * Hydraulic steering * Autopilot * Trim tab controls * Bow thruster controls * Horn button * Navigation light switches * Searchlight remote control * High speed magnetic compass * Speed and distance log * Echo sounder with alarm * Dual station VHF radio telephone * Intercom * Loud hailer * Anchor winch remote control * Chart table with light and chart stowage * Windscreen wipers with freshwater windscreen wash system * Bilge pump controls with visual 'pump running' warnings * 24v and 220/240v electrical control panels * PVC sunscreens.
Principal Dimensions
Length overall (inc pulpit) 50ft 3in (15.32m) Length overall (ex pulpit) 49ft 2in (14.98m) Beam 14ft 8in (4.47m) Draft 3ft 8in (1.12m) Displacement approx (2 x Volvo TAMD74P) 15 tonnes Fuel capacity 404 gallons (1,836 litres) Water capacity (inc calorifier) 125 gallons (568 litres
Engine Notes
Twin Volvo Penta TAMD74L (2 x 430hp) Speed range: 28-30 knots Twin Volvo Penta TAMD74P (2 x 480hp) Speed range: 29-31 knots
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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Talk:List of Orthodox Internet communities
Trolls ?
Not sure if that northdoor blog was hacked or what, but I followed it and it was nothing but porn spam, so I yanked it ASAP. --Rdr. Chris 15:07, 26 Jan 2005 (CST)
Yikes! I put the link up but hadn't checked it in awhile. Good job being vigilant! Fr. John
I'm removing the two blogs added by Phalseid since I don't see anything in them directly relevant to Orthodoxy. If I'm mistaken they may be added back in in the future. — FrJohn (talk)
Bad form to add my own blog? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ddickens (talk • contribs) 23:33, 29 March 2010.
- I'm think it's done all the time. - Andy 15:58, March 30, 2010 (UTC)
Just edited the link for my new domain name. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ddickens (talk • contribs) .


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I have written from time to time about the Divine Liturgy as I have experienced it in my parish, St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church in Barberton, Ohio. The parish has an updated website that is very good, and I have decided to post a link to it. I realize that to many of you, who do not live anywhere near a Byzantine Catholic or Orthodox church, much of what I have described is pretty abstract. On the website you can link to videos of worship, and audio and video clips of our very excellent choir, which my 6 year old daughter, Maria, and 14 year old son, Luke, have recently been invited to join, which is a great honor. There are also photos and videos of other parish activities, both liturgical and social. It is really a very well done site, thanks to our pastor, Fr Miron, a married Slovak priest, who has done wonders to heal the parish after recent strife.
So, enjoy a little taste of what worship is like for us: www.stnickbyz.com
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File under What Could Have Been. Robert Olson was Art Director at FASA, and after Crimson Skies started work on… well, Shadowrun. As fond as I am (i.e. Slightly) of the eventual Shadowrun multiplayer FPS, the game which was cancelled before it. The original plan? "They wanted a new Shadowrun, one that was real in the way Peter Jackson made the "Lord of the Rings" universe real. They wanted an IP that would satisfy the hard core Shadowrun fans but appeal to a new and younger audience," explains Olson. There's a few more thoughts on what was presumably called Shadowrun: Awakening – because that's what the URL says – over at the page, plus shots from an early demo. No 'elf packs are visible.


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Expecting a high voter turnout in 2013 because of an open mayoral race and several hot City Council races, City Clerk Casey Carl is asking for an extra $386,000 to handle this year's election.
The last city election, in 2009, cost the city $775,000 to administer. This year, the City Council allocated just under $600,000 for the election.
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The Nutmeg Gatherers
. . . Grenada . . .
It's a rampage, / The lands are savaged, / My Caribbean ruined,
Not a tree in sight, / That didn't get hit outright;
It's a rampage, / Ivan take we hostage . . .
See Barbados (stocking up) / Small Tobago (stocking up)
Poor Grenada, / Lord, what a plight;
After the storm, / All man in the same boat, / Yes, after the storm,
We've got to help each other, / (After, after)
Because livestock (blow way) / Food crop (blow way)
Nutmeg (blow way) . . .
from "After the Storm," composed by
Christophe Grant, sung by Denyse Plummer
The village of union sits about two inches south of the northern tip of Grenada on my big multi-fold government map-just above the spot where the capillary network of red roads thins out and then disappears. A few old cocoa and nutmeg estates are noted-Union Estate, Malagon Estate, Samaritan Estate-and a few lonely squares indicate buildings. But the map makes it clear this is the start of the island's un-developed, empty, mountainous middle.
So I shouldn't be surprised by the road we're walking (climbing, really), heading straight up from the village, but still it leaves me breathless, and not just from its steepness. Ahead of us, the road simply seems to end, swallowed up into lush mountains, painted thickly in a dozen shades of green. Around every bend, in every direction, is a postcard. "You see that one?" our old friend Dingis asks, puffing out the words as even she stops to rest. She points to the most imposing peak, where the white mist of a morning shower floats high up, encircling the green. "On deh other side was where all deh nutmeg trees were."
Early in the morning, Dingis, her friend Gail, and Steve and I had set out from her house in Lower Woburn, on Grenada's south coast, taking first one bus to St. George's, and then another, to travel up the leeward west coast-past Gouyave, known as the island's fishing capital, though this makes it sound much grander than it is; past Victoria, an even smaller fishing village; to Industry, where the road curves inland. Dingis keeps up an excited commentary the whole way. Her highlights are not exactly the stuff of a standard tourist spiel. "Gail mother live here," she exclaims at one point, knowing Gail is too shy to tell us herself. And a little farther along, at a spot where a cliff rises up on one side of the road and plunges into the Caribbean on the other: "Dis is where deh bus was hit by a falling boulder and everybody die." This is not particularly what one wants to hear while shoehorned into the backseat of an overcrowded, overheated-by-the-squash-of-many-bodies minivan of a bus that careens aggressively around each curve. (A longtime resident once gave new-to-Grenada drivers this advice about the island's bus drivers: "Give them a wide berth-if necessary, stop and let them pass. They are busy private entrepreneurs with an urgent appointment with death.") By the time we reach Union and Dingis announces, "Dis is where we get off," I am woozy, soggy with sweat and more than ready to continue on foot.
The bus deposits us across from a square wooden building that has seen better days. Its wide doors are pulled open, and a car sits out front, the driver hefting sacks out of the trunk. "My father used to bring our nutmegs here," Dingis says. Sure enough, this building is labeled on my map-"Nutmeg Station"-one of a scant handful of government processing stations still operating around the island, where farmers come to sell their harvest. Dingis leads us inside. Near the door, a newly arrived sack of nutmegs has been dumped onto a sorting table, and a lone woman slowly picks through them. But the rest of the downstairs is quiet; and when Dingis takes us upstairs, where the nutmegs are left to dry naturally under the roof, in the hottest part of a hot building, the tiers of screened drying racks are mostly empty.
"Before Ivan, dey were fullll," Dingis says, drawing out the word into a melancholy musical refrain. Grenadians refer to the hurricane that near-destroyed their island in September 2004 simply as "Ivan," no need to include the "H" word. They have fully anthropomorphized the storm that eventually became a Category 5, top-of-the-charts hurricane. Though he was still a Category 3 when he crossed Grenada, Ivan killed at least forty-one of the island's residents, damaged or destroyed 90 percent of its buildings and uprooted close to 90 percent of its nutmeg trees. "Ivan come lookin' for his wife Janet," Dingis had told us shortly afterward, describing the disaster. He had waited a long time: Janet, the previous hurricane to strike the island, had visited almost half a century earlier.
Back in Toronto after our first trip, we had kept in touch with Dingis, sharing from afar the milestones in her life and that of her teenage daughter, Gennel. Birthdays. Christmases. Illnesses. Funerals. And then the hurricane that "mash up" their house, and their island. "When you comin' back?" Dingis had asked at the end of every long-distance conversation.
During that first stretch in Grenada, now almost a decade ago, she had always promised to take us to "deh country," as she calls the part of the island we're now walking, where she grew up and where her father and two of her brothers still live. When we first met, her phrasing had made me laugh, since by my standards, Dingis herself lived solidly in "deh country." Her Lower Woburn house was barely visible from the road behind a dense wall of tropical greenery-banana, breadfruit, mango and papaya trees; coconut palms; pigeon pea and pepper bushes. A few sheep and goats grazed on the steep hillside behind it, and a couple of clucking chickens pecked in the yard.
But now, up here, continuing on foot along the steep road from Union, I begin to understand. We pass only scattered houses, and are passed by only the very occasional car. This part of the island-more mountainous and with more rainfall than the south-has an all-pervasive greenness, a more intense lushness, and a coolness that is different from the other end. Thanks to the morning rain, the landscape seems freshly washed-glittering, even, where the sunlight splashes the still-wet foliage. "We would climb up and over deh mountain," Dingis says, continuing her story as we walk, "to gather deh nutmegs, three hundred pounds in a day. My father had two donkeys-we would carry sacks of nutmegs partway down until we reach deh donkeys."
A nutmeg tree yields two spices. Its plump, apricot-like, yellow-orange fruit bursts open when ripe to reveal a lacy, strawberry-red corset wrapping a hard, glossy-brown shell. This delicate red lace is the spice mace; the polished shell underneath contains the nutmeg itself. When the donkeys reached their house, Dingis and her brothers would remove the mace from the nutmegs, slipping it off the shell with their fingers and sorting it into three grades, based on the size of the pieces: "deh pretty, deh not so pretty and deh broken bits"; three hundred to four hundred pounds of nutmegs are needed to yield a single pound of mace. (Even now, as we pass the occasional house along the road, we see various- sized pieces of mace drying on front porches, spread in wooden trays and on plastic tarps.) McDonald Ignatius Naryan, Dingis's father-everyone but his family calls him "Mr. Mac"-would then deliver the nutmegs to the processing station in the village.
When Dingis had first talked about bringing us to the country, her mom was alive, but a few years ago the eighty-three-year-old suffered a fatal stroke. "She pass, from deh pressure," Dingis told us in a long-distance phone call. But Mr. Mac still lives in the house where Dingis once helped with the spice harvest. Settled in a straight-backed chair, Pepsi ball cap pushed back on his head, smiling broadly at the arrival of his daughter and her friends, he looks easily a decade younger than his ninety years. Though we know Mr. Mac has had a stroke too, and has trouble getting around, it's not obvious at first meeting. With his brown trousers rolled up at the bottom, his feet bare and his face stubbly, he still looks like the farmer he once was. He is hard to understand, but we chalk this up to our difficulty with Grenadian English-the accent and vocabulary of the island's older generations, in particular, take some getting used to-rather than to infirmity.
"Why do you think he still so strong and still look so good?" his fifty-one-year-old daughter now asks us. "It's deh mountains." The bare-bones house-worn wooden floors, hot, galvanized metal roof exposed on the interior, curtains tacked across the door frames of the bedrooms, bare mattresses-has ropes strung throughout, so Mr. Mac can help himself maneuver through it. And one of Dingis's brothers, Rovel (short for Roosevelt), lives here and helps. But otherwise, the two pieces of ragged foam that cushion one of Mr. Mac's chairs are about the sum of his extra comforts.
Plastic chairs are pulled out for us, and Kimon, one of Mr. Mac's great-grandsons, is sent to climb the guava tree behind the house to get us a snack. Curling, faded family photos are thumbtacked between the exposed joists of the stained aqua wall near one of the spots where Mr. Mac regularly sits, but the real art here is what's framed by the unglazed windows: slices of tangled, jungly Rousseau-like landscape. The layered greens are punctuated with spatters of yellow, soft orange and wine red, the pods of the cocoa trees. Mr. Mac farmed cocoa in addition to nutmegs, and along the way today Dingis had picked one of the football-shaped pods. (Her eldest brother, whom we'd met briefly on our walk up the road, has taken over from their father and works the land.) Now, with the household cutlass, a wooden-handled machete with a 22-inch curving blade, she thwacks open the sunset-colored pod and offers us the beans. "Local M&M's," we've heard them called.
"Listen to me," she says, as she always does when she wants us to pay attention to some piece of information she suspects we don't know. "You don't bite deh _bean-_just suck it and spit it out."
I'd already learned the hard way: straight from the pod, cocoa beans are extremely bitter, lacking not only an appealing chocolate color but also any discernible chocolate taste. But they're coated with a slippery, slimy white pulp that is sweet, vaguely fruity and very delicious. Once, on a hike in Trinidad that went hours longer than anyone expected, our guide found cocoa growing wild in the rain forest and kept the diabetic of the group going by having him suck the pulp from the beans; it did the trick.
Between the sugar hit from the cocoa and the one from the ripe guavas, eaten skin and all like apples, we're ready for a hike ourselves, back into Dingis's childhood. Young Kimon leads the way, in shorts, a new-looking basketball jersey with Michael Jordan's number, and plastic thongs. Dingis has also donned a pair of flip-flops, changing out of the low-heeled "special occasion" sandals she wore (with the backs folded down under her heels) during the bus trip and walk up the road from the village. She's dressed for the day in her usual attire: modest, below-the-knee print skirt and untucked, cap-sleeved, white blouse. Meanwhile, I'm in well-worn pants and hiking shoes, sure this is what a trip to "deh country" requires.
Our first stop is a spring that Dingis had told us about many times, where the water bubbles from a rock wall and is channeled within bucket reach via a scrap of plastic eavestrough laid across a bamboo pole. "Make us a cup," Dingis instructs her grandnephew, and Kimon plucks an elephant ear-sized callaloo leaf that's growing near the water. With a few deft folds of the leaf and a wrap of the stem, he turns it into a long-handled drinking cup from which we each sip cold spring water. He spots crayfish in a nearby stream-as Dingis had predicted-and captures one with his hands so we can get a closer look. ("One day we will have a crayfish cook-up," she promises.) She then sends him a short distance into the forest to pick me a wild balisier, or heliconia, the giant red lobster claw of a flower that's related to the banana and so brilliantly colored, so exotic, and so flawless it almost seems a fake.
The beauty of this land, overflowing with stuff growing, makes my heart catch-though Dingis keeps pointing out what isn't here. "Before Ivan, we could have picked grapefruits and limes, but deh trees gone now." She shakes her head, still aghast at the state of the nutmegs. To our eyes, however, there are so many nutmeg trees that it's hard to imagine how many more there would have been before the hurricane. And the tourist board still trumpets that Grenada has more spices per square mile than any other place on the planet. Some of the trees are ready for harvesting, their ripe fruits (botanically, the pericarp) split open, revealing the glossy nutmeg with its lattice of mace (the aril) nestled inside: Deh lady in deh boat wit' deh red petticoat, says an old Grenadian rhyme. The overwhelming smell here is of rich, fertile forest after a rain, overlaid with the barest hint of spice from the open fruits.
When Dingis was a girl, she and her brothers would beat the trees with long sticks to shake the fruits to the ground, then gather the nutmegs into large sacks. Nature has already done the work today, and the ground is littered with nutmegs tossed free of their boats but still dressed in scarlet lace. Dingis insists we scoop them up to replenish our onboard supply.
Mr. Mac has been growing nutmegs on this land for nearly half as long as nutmeg trees have existed on the island. "There are . . . some trees which I think bear nutmegs but at present no fruit," wrote Dr. Diego Álvarez Chanca, physician to Christopher Columbus's fleet during his second voyage to the West Indies (1493-96). "I say I think because the smell and taste of the bark is like that of nutmegs." Whatever he smelled and tasted (he was on Hispaniola at the time), it was wishful thinking: nutmeg trees are only native to the Moluccas-the Spice Islands, in Indonesia-and didn't arrive in the New World until the early years of the nineteenth century. The Dutch, who ruled the Spice Islands before that, were determined to keep their monopoly on nutmeg. To ensure the trees didn't spread beyond lands they controlled, they washed the nutmegs in lime before shipping them so they couldn't be propagated elsewhere. They also destroyed trees and even part of the nutmeg crop when necessary to control production and keep prices high. When the Spice Islands briefly came under British rule beginning in 1796, however, nutmeg seedlings were sent to other British colonies for planting, including St. Vincent in 1802. Grenada came later.
Around 1840, the long arm of the British Empire was further responsible for nutmeg's spread, when successful sugar plantation managers in the British West Indies were sent to sugar plantations in the British East Indies to introduce their more efficient methods. When the Grenada-based sugarmen eventually returned home, they brought nutmegs with them. The island's first nutmeg tree is said to have been grown from seed brought from the Banda Islands by Frank Gurney and planted, in 1843, at Belvidere Estate-less than 5 miles as the crow flies from where we're walking.
Island lore doesn't give a reason for Gurney's desire for fresh nutmeg. But around the same time, Captain John Bell of the Royal Navy planted nutmeg seedlings on his Grenadian estate (which he called Penang, after his posting in Malaysia), apparently because he had become accustomed to having his rum punch with a sprinkling of the freshly grated spice on top. Steve and I can identify.
For the next two decades, nutmeg remained merely a curiosity in the Caribbean. But when a nocturnal worm took a huge bite out of the world supply of the spice in 1860, planters in Grenada jumped at the economic opportunity and started to grow nutmeg as a commercial crop. In the twentieth century, it surpassed sugar and cocoa as the island's largest export, and Grenada became the world's second-largest supplier (after Indonesia). Nutmeg remains so important to the Grenadian economy that "deh lady in deh boat wit' deh red petticoat" is depicted on the national flag. Though the island has rebounded since Ivan, nutmeg farming will be one of the last sectors to recover fully: the shallow-rooted, easily toppled nutmeg trees were among the worst casualties of the hurricane-force winds-and new nutmeg seedlings take ten to fifteen years to bear fruit.
"When you comin' back?" Rovel asks us repeatedly, as his sister Dingis used to. "You must come and spend deh night"-though the house, more than a little rustic, is unsuited to guests-"and deh next morning, I take you hiking in deh mountains." Dingis conveniently sidesteps the invitation with a more immediate plan: a stop at Kimon's house up the road to see his manicous-rough-haired, pointy-nosed, scaly-tailed, smallish, cat-sized things that are hunted (in season) for their meat.
Kimon scoops one out of a plastic barrel and sets it on the ground so we can get a good look. In the flash of an eye, one of the local mongrels lunges at it-these aren't even "Riot-Wilder" pups, like the ones listed for sale in the Classified section of one of Grenada's newspapers-and the next thing I know, the manicou is lying dead on the ground. I'm horrified-poor Kimon-and feel guilty that we're the cause of his pet being out where the dog could get it. But Kimon doesn't seem upset and neither, for that matter, does anyone else. "A manicou is an opossum," Steve whispers to me. "He's playing dead until the danger is over."
When it's time to leave, we catch a ride back to Union in a flatbed truck, Dingis and Gail sitting primly up front with the driver; Steve and I, sprawled in the back, clutching the sides and keeping low to avoid branches as we whip back down the mountain. I sleep most of the way on the two buses home, once again sandwiched into a rear seat. But this time, I'm surrounded on the first bus by the fumes of the local Rivers rum, thanks to the elderly Grenadian next to me, sleeping off his misspent afternoon.
"Listen to me," Dingis says as we hug good night back in Lower Woburn and thank her for taking us to see where she grew up, "don't forget to put deh nutmegs to dry. You know how to tell when they're ready? You shake them, and you can hear deh nut rattle in deh shell."
Sure enough, when I remember to check them a few weeks later, they click in my fingers like castanets. I put them in a jar carefully labeled Nutmegs from Dingis's Family Land and tuck it into Receta's spice cupboard.
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By this point, we are already a year and a half into our second journey, and the spice cupboard is filled to overflowing with the herbs and spices we've foraged, bought and been given along the way. Each time I open its door, some package, bottle, jar, box or bag inevitably spills out. Most are labeled with more than simply the name of a spice. Like the bag of nutmegs from Dingis's family, each has a provenance, a link to the land, a connection to a place and its people. Each wafts a scent that tells an island story.
Ginger spice cookies
I use Dingis's nutmegs, plus Grenadian cloves, cinnamon and ginger (dried and fresh), to make these crisp, spicy little cookies. The white pepper adds an extra kick. Ginger's reputation as a natural seasickness remedy gives us a good excuse to bake them regularly.
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (550 mL)
I tsp baking soda (4 mL)
1/4 tsp ground cloves (1 mL)
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (1 mL)
1 tsp ground cinnamon (5 mL)
1 tsp dried ginger (5 mL)
1 tsp white pepper (5 mL)
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature (125 mL)
1 cup granulated sugar (250 mL)
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup molasses (50 mL)
1 tsp white vinegar (5 mL)
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger root (25 mL)
1. Combine dry ingredients and spices and set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar well.
Beat in egg.
3. Add molasses, vinegar and fresh ginger; mix well.
4. Gradually work dry ingredients into creamed mixture.
Shape dough into 2 logs about 2" (5 cm) in diameter,
wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least several hours or
until firm.
5. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Cut
logs into scant 1/4-inch (5 mm) slices. Place about 1/2 inch
(1 cm) apart on nonstick or parchment-lined baking sheets.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 9 to 14 minutes, or until edges
just start to brown. Remove from baking sheets and cool on
Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
o Use freshly ground whole white peppercorns for a stronger
spicy bite.
o For crisp cookies, bake longer; for slightly chewy cookies,
bake a little less.
o If you don't want to wait for your logs to get firm enough
to slice, try this method instead: Shape dough into 1-inch
(2.5 cm) balls. Place on baking sheet. Press with the bottom
of a glass dipped in sugar to about 1/4 inch (5 mm) thick.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Grenadian banana bread with chocolate, nutmeg and rum
This dense, moist quick-bread is strongly rooted in the rain forests and fields of Grenada. The recipe was created by Canadian chef Frances Metcalf, who lives part of the year in Carriacou, Grenada's sister island. To suit our taste, I adjusted the spices and substituted dark, cocoa-rich Grenadian chocolate for coconut. The loaf contains no added fat, and is popular on Receta for a snack or dessert. Try it toasted.
Demerara sugar contains more molasses than regular brown sugar and gives the bread a hint of caramel flavor. It's available in some North American stores, or you can substitute dark brown sugar.
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (375 mL)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder (7 mL)
1/2 tsp baking soda (2 mL)
1/2 tsp salt (2 mL)
1/2 tsp cinnamon (2 mL)
1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (2 mL)
1/4 tsp ground cloves (1 mL)
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup lightly packed demerara or dark brown sugar (150 mL)
1/4 cup dark rum 50 mL)
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (3 large bananas) (375 mL)
1 tsp freshly grated ginger (or 1/2 tsp/2 mL dried ginger) (5 mL)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract or the beans of 1 vanilla pod (5 mL)
1/3 cup finely chopped high-quality dark chocolate (cocoa content of 65 percent or higher) (1 oz /30 g) (75 mL)
1/4 cup chopped pecans (optional) (50 mL)
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Grease and flour a 9" x 5" (2 L) loaf pan (or three 5"x 3"x 2" mini-loaf pans).
2. Combine dry ingredients and dry spices in a large bowl or
on a sheet of waxed paper.
3. In a large bowl, combine egg, sugar, rum, mashed
banana, fresh ginger, and vanilla or vanilla beans.
4. Pour dry ingredients into wet, and combine with quick, light
strokes. Do not overmix.
5. Gently stir in chocolate and nuts (if using).
6. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for
50 to 60 minutes (35 to 40 minutes for mini-loaves), or until
a wooden skewer or cake tester inserted in the center of the
loaf comes out clean.
7. Let stand in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on rack to cool.
Makes 1 large loaf or 3 minis.


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Do I have a different problem in this case?
The sd card and the Ethernet stuff run completely independently and do not affect each other on my Uno.
#include <SPI.h>#include <Ethernet.h>byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };IPAddress ip(192,168,2,2);void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); // disable SD card if one in the slot pinMode(4,OUTPUT); digitalWrite(4,HIGH); Serial.println("Starting w5100"); Ethernet.begin(mac,ip); Serial.println(Ethernet.localIP());}void loop() {}
/* SD card test This example shows how use the utility libraries on which the' SD library is based in order to get info about your SD card. Very useful for testing a card when you're not sure whether its working or not. The circuit: * SD card attached to SPI bus as follows: ** MOSI - pin 11 on Arduino Uno/Duemilanove/Diecimila ** MISO - pin 12 on Arduino Uno/Duemilanove/Diecimila ** CLK - pin 13 on Arduino Uno/Duemilanove/Diecimila ** CS - depends on your SD card shield or module. Pin 4 used here for consistency with other Arduino examples created 28 Mar 2011 by Limor Fried modified 9 Apr 2012 by Tom Igoe */ // include the SD library:#include <SD.h>// set up variables using the SD utility library functions:Sd2Card card;SdVolume volume;SdFile root;// change this to match your SD shield or module;// Arduino Ethernet shield: pin 4// Adafruit SD shields and modules: pin 10// Sparkfun SD shield: pin 8const int chipSelect = 4; void setup(){ // Open serial communications and wait for port to open: Serial.begin(9600); while (!Serial) { ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only } Serial.print("\nInitializing SD card..."); // On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4. It's set as an output by default. // Note that even if it's not used as the CS pin, the hardware SS pin // (10 on most Arduino boards, 53 on the Mega) must be left as an output // or the SD library functions will not work. pinMode(10, OUTPUT); // change this to 53 on a mega // we'll use the initialization code from the utility libraries // since we're just testing if the card is working! if (!card.init(SPI_HALF_SPEED, chipSelect)) { Serial.println("initialization failed. Things to check:"); Serial.println("* is a card is inserted?"); Serial.println("* Is your wiring correct?"); Serial.println("* did you change the chipSelect pin to match your shield or module?"); return; } else { Serial.println("Wiring is correct and a card is present."); } // print the type of card Serial.print("\nCard type: "); switch(card.type()) { case SD_CARD_TYPE_SD1: Serial.println("SD1"); break; case SD_CARD_TYPE_SD2: Serial.println("SD2"); break; case SD_CARD_TYPE_SDHC: Serial.println("SDHC"); break; default: Serial.println("Unknown"); } // Now we will try to open the 'volume'/'partition' - it should be FAT16 or FAT32 if (!volume.init(card)) { Serial.println("Could not find FAT16/FAT32 partition.\nMake sure you've formatted the card"); return; } // print the type and size of the first FAT-type volume uint32_t volumesize; Serial.print("\nVolume type is FAT"); Serial.println(volume.fatType(), DEC); Serial.println(); volumesize = volume.blocksPerCluster(); // clusters are collections of blocks volumesize *= volume.clusterCount(); // we'll have a lot of clusters volumesize *= 512; // SD card blocks are always 512 bytes Serial.print("Volume size (bytes): "); Serial.println(volumesize); Serial.print("Volume size (Kbytes): "); volumesize /= 1024; Serial.println(volumesize); Serial.print("Volume size (Mbytes): "); volumesize /= 1024; Serial.println(volumesize); Serial.println("\nFiles found on the card (name, date and size in bytes): "); root.openRoot(volume); // list all files in the card with date and size root.ls(LS_R | LS_DATE | LS_SIZE);}void loop(void) { }
Initializing SD card...initialization failed. Things to check:* is a card is inserted?* Is your wiring correct?* did you change the chipSelect pin to match your shield or module?
But on the shield they are supposed to be independent.
I've tried all of the example sketches for the SD card and they all fail to initialize the card.
void setup(){ // Open serial communications and wait for port to open: Serial.begin(9600); while (!Serial) { ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only } // disable w5100 SPI pinMode(10,OUTPUT); digitalWrite(10,HIGH); Serial.print("\nInitializing SD card..."); // rest of your setup stuff
Is there any way to debug exactly why the SD card initialization step is failing?
#include <SD.h>#include <SPI.h>Sd2Card card;SdVolume vol;SdFile root;// Chip select pin for SD card.const int sdCsPin = 8;// Replace the -1 with the CS pin number of any shared SPI device.const int sharedCsPin = -1;void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); // Disable any other SPI devices if (sharedCsPin >= 0) { pinMode(sharedCsPin, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(sharedCsPin, HIGH); } // Try to initialize the SD card if (card.init(SPI_HALF_SPEED, sdCsPin)) { Serial.println("card init OK"); } else { Serial.print("errorCode: "); Serial.println(card.errorCode(), HEX); Serial.print("errorData: "); Serial.println(card.errorData(), HEX); return; } // Try to initialize the FAT volume. if (vol.init(&card)) { Serial.println("vol init OK"); } else { Serial.println("vol init failed"); return; } // Try to open root. if (root.openRoot(&vol)) { Serial.println("open root OK"); } else { Serial.println("open root failed"); }}void loop() {}
An alternative is to hack the libraries to not use the SS pin the way it does.
If SS is configured as an output, the pin is a general output pin which does not affect the SPI system. Typically, the pin will be driving the SS pin of the SPI Slave.If SS is configured as an input, it must be held high to ensure Master SPI operation. If the SS pin is driven low by peripheral circuitry when the SPI is configured as a Master with the SS pin defined as an input, the SPI system interprets this as another master selecting the SPI as a slave and starting to send data to it. To avoid bus contention, the SPI system takes the following actions:1. The MSTR bit in SPCR is cleared and the SPI system becomes a Slave. As a result ofthe SPI becoming a Slave, the MOSI and SCK pins become inputs.2. The SPIF Flag in SPSR is set, and if the SPI interrupt is enabled, and the I-bit in SREG isset, the interrupt routine will be executed.
If you are using an Uno, the w5100 SPI will be disabled by accident when the SD.begin() call sets the default SPI slave select (D10) to OUTPUT and HIGH.
They should set that w5100 SPI SS pin OUTPUT and HIGH. I know the SPI library does that intentionally


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How to Do What You Enjoy
Do you do what you enjoy? It seems like this would be an obvious thing to do, but it is amazing how many people spend their time doing things that they don't like doing. Here are some tips that have helped me to do more of what I enjoy in life.
Know That You Always Have a Choice
It may seem that you have to do certain things, but we never "have to" — we choose to. Take some time to assess your life and have a look to see if you are doing things you don't enjoy. If you are, what can you do to change this? Can you delegate or ask for help? Maybe you feel obliged. Start being honest with yourself and really choose the things you do.
Say No
Maybe you need to say No to some requests. Many people are scared to say no, but who says you have to say yes all the time? Start building your "no" muscle and valuing your time. When someone asks you to do something, take the time to assess if it is really going to work for you before you agree to it. Asking if you can get back to them gives you the time to have a look at what they have asked of you. This doesn't mean that you can't help someone or that you always say no, but by being honest, you will enjoy what you do say yes to and leave more space in your life for what you really enjoy.
Be Clear
It may be that you need to get clear about what it is you enjoy. Sometimes we lose ourselves a little with the busyness of our day-to-day lives or find that what we enjoyed five years ago isn't the same as what we enjoy now. Pay attention and start getting clear about what it is you actually enjoy doing. Your feelings are a great guide for this.
Try New Things
Trying new things is a great way to expand your horizons and find new things to enjoy. I had never blogged until just over a year ago, but through needing a website for my business, I tried it out and consequently found something else I really love doing. Opening yourself up to new experiences and trying them for yourself helps you to grow as a person, as well as find new pastimes.
Believe You Deserve It
Through my coaching work, I have found that on some level many people don't feel they deserve to have or enjoy good things. Start to notice if you have some internal resistance to the idea of enjoying your life. Life doesn't have to be hard work. Start catching unhelpful beliefs, then replace them with more life-affirming ones.
Slow Down
If your schedule is always packed with things you need to do, and there is no time to really do what you enjoy (let alone find out what that is if you have forgotten), slow down and start to say no. Practice enjoying the small details of life. Savor that cup of tea on your break, for example, rather than gulping it down.
Spend Less
You may work to live or live to work. Either way, if you spend less, you could be able to work less — leaving more time to do other things you enjoy. Most people could cut their spending to some degree. A little foresight and saving can help you slow down and free up time to enjoy life in your own way.
Be Easily Pleased
Have you ever noticed that some people enjoy everything in life, whereas others can have fantastic things come their way but find fault with them? Be someone in the first group of people — be easily pleased. Be appreciative and grateful and try and see the good rather than what is missing. What you focus on grows, so focus on your blessings.
Change Your Perspective
There are, of course, some things in life that may be necessary in your life but not particularly enjoyable. Cleaning the bathroom is one of those things for me. I now practice being in the moment while I am doing it, and have found this change of perspective usually means I do actually find it enjoyable. Putting on some music and appreciating how good it looks when it's done also helps. If you can't change a situation, try to see if you can change how you look at it.
Remember that life is too short to be constantly doing things you don't enjoy. Our day-to-day actions make up our lives. Choose wisely and start following your bliss today, one step at a time.
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* 13th in passing yards (1064)
* 12th in in QB rating (95.7)
* 23rd in yards per completion (a stat he usually owns)
* 26th in completions of 20+ yards
* 20th in completions of 40+ yards
* 1st in number of times sacked (first half in Seattle seriously skews this – but those were legit sacks)
Based on these numbers alone, it would seem Packer fans have reason to worry that Rodgers just isn't playing up to par. And I have already suggested in previous posts that I don't think he's been as crisp overall this year as he has been the past couple years. Missing some open WRs and missing throws he made the last couple years. At the same time though, I don't think when analyzing these stats a person can ignore the fact that the Packers have played 3 of the top 6 defenses in the NFL so far this year. I think his performance against New Orleans is more likely to be closer to the "normal" performance going forward even though their D was suspect. Also, Rodgers still does lead the NFL in completion percentage at 69.9%, which is a significant stat when evaluating QB play.
I also think Rodgers and McCarthy have been slowly gaining a better sense for how this offense should flow – especially trying to work both Benson and Cobb in as useful weapons this year. Even though we have surprisingly not run the ball more this year than last year at this point, I do think that figuring out how to get these guys (particularly Benson) worked in has been a significant factor so far early in the season. The fact that Benson appears to be able to consistently get that 3-4 yards that is often so helpful for down and distance is huge – and I think it makes Rodgers/McCarthy feel compelled to get him his carries. (And it also helps that Benson appears to simply be incapable of losing yards – it's amazing really.) Against the Saints the flow was very solid offensively and it was not surprising that Rodgers, Cobb and Benson all produced great stats.
Some other interesting stats about NFL QBs?
* RGIII is 4th in QB rating (103.2), 5th in 20+yard completions (17) and 2nd in completion % (69.4 – 16 percentage points higher than Andrew Luck). The guy can play – and we haven't even mentioned his rushing yards and rushing TDs.
* Ryan Fitzpatrick leads the NFL with 12 TD passes.
* Christian Ponder is 5th in completion percentage and 8th in QB rating (at 97.7).
* Matt Ryan and RGIII appear to be the clear overall leaders stats-wise this year


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