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NEW YORK - November 2, 2012 - Chef Duskie Estes of Sonoma County, California, has won Food Network's web-exclusive "Road to Redemption" tournament, and will fill the tenth cast position in the upcoming primetime competition series The Next Iron Chef: Redemption, premiering Sunday, November 4th at 9pm ET/PT. In the tournament finale, Duskie's Potato and Seafood Chowder defeated Chef Lee Anne Wong's Potato Three Ways in an intense secret ingredient battle.
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Judges say historic designation wasn't in place when permit applied for
The fight to keep the Gamble house in Westwood has been going on for a couple of years now.
A new court ruling could allow demolition.
It was back on Feb. 18, 2010 when the owner of the Gamble house, the Greenacres Foundation, applied for a demolition permit.
After that, community members rallied to save the home of James Gamble, built in the 1830s. Gamble was the son of the co-founder of Procter and Gamble.
The foundation wanted to tear down the property because it would cost $1 million for renovation and those with the foundation said it wasn't economically feasible to do so and maintain the property.
In its decision, the First District Court of Appeals said that the home did not have a historic designation when the demolition permit was applied for, and such a designation could not be made retroactively.
"The approval or denial of the owner of real property's application for a demolition permit must be based upon the law that was in effect at the time the owner applied for the permit," the court said.
The next step in the case is as yet uncertain.

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-Dell Services' clinical experts provide 24/7/365 support for clinicians and physicians working with leading EMR systems
-The Mount Sinai Hospital sees benefits for EMR implementation
PLANO, Texas, April 9, 2012 — Implementing an electronic medical records (EMR) system is a challenge for any healthcare organization, but Dell is easing the transition with the Dell Clinical Service Desk – a 24/7/365 single point of contact staffed by clinical experts with direct experience designing, implementing, supporting and using industry-leading EMR systems.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, which has been working with Epic and Dell to phase in a comprehensive EMR system within the hospital as well as an electronic practice management (EPM) system for affiliated physicians, has been using Dell's Clinical Service Desk to support the implementation.
While Dell offers Technical Service Desk solutions for all of its healthcare customers, the Clinical Service Desk is relatively new. The approach leverages Dell's technical and clinical expertise to fill a gap where traditional support services leave off.
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Last year, Dell was the first company to be named by Epic as a "Community Connect Certified" consulting services firm for EMR/EPM services. The certification was based on a variety of factors, including feedback from customers and Dell's healthcare industry capabilities.
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By Jill Dougherty and Elise Labott
The State Department's top security official in Libya asked for extra security for the consulate in Benghazi in the months before the diplomatic post was overrun in a deadly attack but received no response from superiors, according to documents obtained by CNN.
The disclosure comes ahead of a congressional hearing on Wednesday on the armed assault that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans on September 11. U.S. intelligence believes the incident was a terrorist act.
Eric Nordstrom, the regional security officer in Libya until this past July, had conveyed concerns about the Libyan government's ability overall to protect American diplomatic facilities.
Moreover, he sent two cables to State Department headquarters last March and again in July requesting additional security agents for the Benghazi post, but did not receive any response, according to a summary of his interview with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats that was obtained by CNN.
The Republican-led panel's hearing will be the first on the attack.
State Department officials: Benghazi attack 'unprecedented'
Nordstrom told the committee that Deputy Assistant Secretary Charlene Lamb wanted to keep the number of U.S. security personnel in Benghazi "artificially low." Nordstrom said she generally believed that extra security was unnecessary because there was a residential safe haven to fall back on in an emergency, according to the summary.
She thought the "best course of action was to assign three agents" to the Benghazi post, the summary quoted Nordstrom as saying.
Nordstrom said the facility usually had three or four agents. But he also told the committee that Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy issued a memo last December requiring five agents be assigned to Benghazi.
Senior State Department officials have said security personnel in Benghazi were outmanned and outgunned during the attack and that no reasonable security presence could have successfully fended it off.
"The lethality and the number of armed people is unprecedented. There had been no attacks like that anywhere in Libya - Tripoli, Benghazi or anywhere - in the time that we had been there. And so it is unprecedented, in fact, it would be very, very hard to find precedent for an attack like in recent diplomatic history," a senior agency official said.
The Oversight Committee hearing has been criticized by Democrats as election-year political grandstanding rather than a serious effort to find answers about the attack.
Photos: Libya Consulate attack
Nordstrom, Lamb, Kennedy, and Army Lt. Col Andrew Wood, commander of a security support team in Tripoli, are expected to testify at the hearing.
Nordstrom also described in an email a list of specific security incidents that occurred in Libya from June 2011 to June 2012.
The email and the list of incidents provided to CNN by the Oversight Committee outlines examples common to conflict zones - like carjackings and grenade attacks - to more serious cases that include assassinations and an attack on the motorcade of the British ambassador.
The document describes a general increase in crime in Tripoli, the large numbers of armed civilians, clashes between rival militias, widespread unemployment, random violence and revenge killings.
One incident refers to a June 6, 2012, bomb attack on the consulate in Benghazi and notes that an al Qaeda-affiliated group had claimed credit.
The list concludes that "the risk of U.S. mission personnel, private U.S. citizens, and businesspersons encountering an isolating event as a result of militia or political violence is 'HIGH.' The government of Libya does not yet have the ability to effectively respond to and manage the rising criminal and militia related violence, which could result in an isolating event."
Democratic staff allege that Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa and his staff have failed to consult them, refused to make witness available to Democratic staff and withheld documents.
Democrats also assert that Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the Oversight panel's security, homeland and foreign operations subcommittee, effectively excluded them from joining his delegation on a trip to Libya last weekend. But Chaffetz denied that was the case.
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The only way the Us Embassy in Libya could have been protected was if they had a full MILITARY UNIT there guarding.
Increasing the number of agents from 3 to 5 would have made no difference against a sophisticated and coordinated attack.
RIGHT-WING nuts cry: Obama LIED about Libya!
No he didn't.
MILLIONS of people in the MIDDLE-EAST were RIOTING because of that Christian Taliban video.
The people in the streets of Libya were saying in regards to the US embassy: "That is what you get for insulting our religion."
The first responsible act by the gov't is to CALM the RIOTERS down before more chaos pursues. The CHAOS was started with that Christian Taliban video. So that is where you start first.
Calm the angry mob to prevent further bloodshed and chaos.
Then you move on to finding the Al Qaedi terrorists.
You torture and murder innocent people because of a film most people have never heard of? No, this is a ploy to shut the world up about what it is your Islamist/jihadist intend for the rest of the world. They are working through the UN Resolution 1618.
Most religions live by the Golden Rule, "Treat others as you would be treated". This is not followed in your religion.
Libya IS the Obama admin's reality. Knowing the deceit that has been perpetrated, this is not going away AND it will be "dealt" with. You can count on that!
Yes, there are people who might torture and murder innocent people because of a film.
This film was voluntarily blocked by Google in Libya and Egypt one to two days after the attack,
which means that it was available (and likely viewed) for days or weeks previous to that.
It appears that the attack was a coordinated effort of terrorists traveling from or near Egypt,
which explains why the attack was sudden. Whether the administration knew about their approximation to the compound in the day(s) before the attack is unknown to me.
50 minute video currently custody of a branch of government created to supply intelligence will totally rebut any idea that there was a demonstration outside of the consulate. Survivors were airlifted to Tripoli and began debriefing in route, with none expressing any notion of demonstrations. Why the attempt to force people to believe something other than terrorism ?
political bombs will be dropped this week in D.C., intel community will not take to being thrown under the bus. Warning issued for Libya September 1st.
Any lack of security around the U.S. embassy could be directly attributable to budget cuts that GOP Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) who voted for.
On this morning's Starting Point, CNN's Soledad O'Brien called Chaffetz out during a tense interview:
O'Brien: "Is it true that you voted to cut the funding for embassy security?"
Chaffetz: "Absolutely. Look, we have to make priorities and choices in this country."
O'Brien: "Okay, so you're prioritizing. So when there are complaints that, in fact, that there was not enough security, you've just said, 'absolutely', that you cut — that you were the one to vote against — security for the State Department, which would lead to Benghazi. That seems to say that you had a hand in the responsibility for this."
Chaffetz: No.
I find it so frustrating, yet typical, that the events in Libya in the Arab Spring stages and now, the attack and killing of the Ambassador plus security force personnel, that security measures were so weak / ignorant to allow this too happen. I worked with some of the finest DoS agents overseas and cannot fathom those in Libya were of any less caliber. In saying that, I would tear up congress and the chain of command until they got their CYA stories shoved into the rear and somebody put some effort into a proper reactionary response and subsequent defensive measures. Lame excuse of video and being repulsive is over, its a sham, send in the seals and take the guilty out.
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People are forgetting that the Lybian government should have assisted with security likewise, they do have a military as well. AMERICA IS THERE FOR THEIR (LYBIANS) INTEREST. Do you all not know that Egypt is in debt to America. Protesters should have been kept at a lengthy distance if the Lybian government felt it was ok to protest. EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD KNEW THE CASTROPHY THAT TOOK PLACE IN AMERICA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. On that note I would say, YOU DONT HIT THE HAND THAT AIDES YOU UNLESS YOU ARE THERE TO FUEL THE FIRE.
Is CNN really this out of touch with what is going on in the US right now? The Obama administration is denying any knowledge of the Bengazi scandal, the world is burning in hatred at the US, State Department is flailing with disclaimers, etc. The end is near for this complacent, conniving administration. The house of cards is tumbling, yet CNN wants to bury it's head in the sand and talk about anything but the issues at hand. Sickening!
Thank you for your clear speaking reaction. I'm shocked at the obvious omission by CNN of the terrorist attack in Libya against our embassy and the loss of life. Their silence is deafening....and telling
Don't believe Clapper's a complete tool ? Google the words Diane Sawyer, Clapper, London, terror...And read about it with an open mind. Assuming you are capable of thinking for yourself.
This is the same complete idiot who just last year described Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood as "largely secular." Does anyone in this administration have a bleeping clue. Clearly Clapper the Clueless Clown does not...
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Regardless of your politics, it is disapointing to see any administration attempt to cover up their mistakes, especially when those mistakes cost the lives of US citizens. Own up to it, learn from it and move FORWARD. Anything less will lead to a long road of denials, deception and delays in the enevitable uncovering of the truth.
Perhaps even more disapointing is the backpage coverage of this topic which is enough to make one believe that there are truly bias outlets of media that would assume this go away. Shame.
I completely agree with your post. I thought I would come to cnn.com to read about this story, but it is buried. This is important stuff!
CNN is a tabloid.
from the Drudge report (very right wing) Is anyone surprised that the GOP's latest dog and pony show has its origins in the GOP's own intransigence and short-sightedness? Remember the facts when Issa's committee tries to paint the Obama Administration as the heavy over the attack in Benghazi. As usual, there is always more than one faction worthy of inspection if one is truly seeking to uncover what went wrong and how best to keep it from happening again.
Well, we can't have it both ways. If we want to increase security personnel we need to admit we need bigger government, increase spending and raise taxes to pay for the increase (as well as all the other stuff the politicians wanted to have but not pay for.)It's absurd on its face to complain that we didn't have extra security while refusing to approve and/or fund extra security. Raise my taxes and give our people what they need to be safe – abroad _and_ here at home – pay off some debt too while you're at it my kids have no interest in paying my bills.
Increased security personel does not mean more big government. Big government is the government telling you how to live every aspect of your life, regulating every aspect of business, telling you that you make too much money and should feel guilty for it, etc. Get the government out of our lifes and let it serve to protect us as it should.
That's funny, crbrianb, because Romney's answer to "Big Government" is more massive tax cuts that will either boost the debt, impose more taxation elsewhere, or cause more weakness of services that was arguably the case here, as the State Department was allocating security based on the resources for which they were funded (after a $200 million to $300 million security cut by the Republican-led Congress recently).
Furthermore, cbrianb, appropriate regulation is in place to protect people, and when it hasn't been in place, it has hurt.
Exhibit A: the mortgage and wall-street meltdown which has cost billions if not trillions.
Exhibit B: prior limits on mining that cost lives and workers' health.
Exhibit C: the loose regulations on drilling in the gulf which hurt businesses AND people along the coast for months and is still showing aftereffects of the spill.
Interesting viewpoint. Ideologically unsound to ask the government to protect you, when at the same time you are arguing to downsize it so that it can't. Paradox. Signed, the Federalist.
If our president had ordered the Marines to protect the Consulate at Benghazi like he is suppose to do these 4 Americans may still be alive today, but he couldn't do that because then it would appear that everything was not okay and that AL-QAEDA IS ALIVE in spite of his lies to the American people. I hope he throws Hillary Clinton under the bus and then Bill Clinton will throw him under the bus. Go to GOOGLE and type in KAL PENN OBAMA AFFAIR. There are 137,000 results. Kal Penn is the presidents "male friend" and he studied sociology! Imagine that! They are predicting that once Obama is out of office the stories will start coming out about EVERYTHING!
TRANSPARENCY Obama – Lied about the Libyian embassy attacks and denied them more security in a country that just finished a revolution? Obama Lied about ObamaCare being cheaper and yet it is more expensive. Obama Lied about closing Guantamo, Balancing the and Reducing the National Debt and having a transparent administration. Obama has lied, lied, and lied over and over.
The Republican-led Congress had cut >$200 million in security personnel.
The attack was unprecedented for the region.
There was minimal warning for it.
You are being disingenuous for blaming Obama for an event that was unreasonably foreseen.
I have noticed the 2012 trend in circulation. Neither side wants to bring up anything, unless it suits their sides political agenda. I for the most part have tried to stay impartial, but from time to time I feel like its a black hole sucking me in to comment.
CNN, shame on you for burying this story – I can't believe this is not on the front page of your website – this is huge – your story on Ann Romney's cake on Good Morning America is easier to find than this story on the Obama Administration's cover up of the terrorist attack (NOT a response to a video as they previously, and repeatedly, told mainstream America). I've given up on CNN to get the facts, your bias has now affected your ability to remain a trusty news source.
The question is how a superpower like the US with hundreds of jets and helicopters nearby (south Italy and the Mediterranean Sea) did not send any help during the 4 HOURS of attack on the embassy in Libya? Using airpower smartly could stop these barbarians and save American lives! Who is responsible for abandoning our government officials there?
another burried story on a has-been liberal news site
I had to search for it too Martin. CNN is a joke.
Obama LIED! PERIOD!
One would think this story as it unfolds would be very damaging to the administration. It isn't just the poor decions made, the ignoring of repeated requets for better security but the coverup afterwards. We'll see how far up the food chain it goes.
Republicans should have done a little more research on how their Republican controlled House has been dealing with all this leading up to the attack on our embassy...this whole congressional hearing is going to backfire and hurt them more than Obama as all the facts come to light. Typical...
And what power does the house have over this? The President is called "The Commander in Chief" for a reason. If the house had any say in this, then they would be called "The House in Chief."
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"Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) acknowledged on Wednesday that House Republicans had consciously voted to reduce the funds allocated to the State Department for embassy security since winning the majority in 2010.
On Wednesday morning, CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien asked the Utah Republican if he had "voted to cut the funding for embassy security."
"Absolutely," Chaffetz said. "Look we have to make priorities and choices in this country. We have…15,0000 contractors in Iraq. We have more than 6,000 contractors, a private army there, for President Obama, in Baghdad. And we're talking about can we get two dozen or so people into Libya to help protect our forces. When you're in tough economic times, you have to make difficult choices. You have to prioritize things."
For the past two years, House Republicans have continued to deprioritize the security forces protecting State Department personnel around the world. In fiscal year 2011, lawmakers shaved $128 million off of the administration's request for embassy security funding. House Republicans drained off even more funds in fiscal year 2012 - cutting back on the department's request by $331 million. "
I notice that you convientely skip the part about how this has been applied to the security evalution of an embassy. If an embassy is considered at risk, they get increased security. If an embassy isn't considered at risk their security forces get cut. There has been a number of embassies whose security forces have been increased, even as result of the budget policy you quoted. Why did the state department consider the Libyan embassy as a low risk, even though they kept getting requests and had tons of evidence showing elsewise?
GOP Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) has repeatedly blamed President Barack Obama for the September 11th attacks on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, in which Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed. Chaffetz has also spearheaded the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's October 10th hearing to address the alleged security lapses that led to the deaths, in what the Salt Lake Tribune calls an "political stunt." But it turns out that any lack of security around the U.S. embassy could be directly attributable to budget cuts that Chaffetz voted for.
On this morning's Starting Point, CNN's Soledad O'Brien called Chaffetz out during a tense interview:
O'Brien: "Is it true that you voted to cut the funding for embassy security?"
Chaffetz: "Absolutely. Look, we have to make priorities and choices in this country."
O'Brien: "Okay, so you're prioritizing. So when there are complaints that, in fact, that there was not enough security, you've just said, 'absolutely', that you cut — that you were the one to vote against — security for the State Department, which would lead to Benghazi. That seems to say that you had a hand in the responsibility for this."
Chaffetz: No.
CNN buried this article while featuring articles on depression and Lance Armstrong. This would be a death knell for a Republican but it is glossed over for The One
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Celebritiness sells better.
This article is currently second on the list of "this just in".
Exactly this. I am disturbed and completely disgusted with the situation. The lack of media attention is shameful.
cnn is just as bad as fox news now if not worse. They should start a new party TUMA, Tax us more already
CNN is just doing its job. Regardless of Mrs Clinton's fine reputation, three American citizens lost their lives and we need to make sure the propoer security is being provided to our diplimats so this doew not happen in the future.
So... the U.S. officials in Libya who were killed by terrorists, asked for protection MONTHS before the attacks.
And President Obama repeatedly LIED, blaming the attacks on the exercise of free speech.
Obama lied and our ambassador died
Glad to see CNN is still interested in covering real news, despite how damaging the truth may be to our President. This is what "leading from behind" does...it gets Americans killed. This cover up and refusal to accept accountability for a series of poor decisions is all too characteristic of our fearful leader. I suppose his next move is to apologize to Libya for causing this mess in Benghazi.
Why is CNN allowing "security analysts" like Fran Townsend, who has no credibility, to make inflammatory remarks about the Libyan attack? Why is CNN being generally inflammatory to promote foreign affairs issues simply because of the political debate coming up? It might do CNN justice to remember that Secretary of State Clinton is one of the most respected, well known, and able people in international affairs and to let someone like Townsend demean her credentials is shameful.
Are you worried about when independent fact finder tell the truth. Are you so brainwashed that you will love Obama no matter what... just because he is Dem?
I think we both know the answer to that abbot, Dems don't like facts...
I'm sure you wouldn't be saying that if a republican was in the WH. The political debate will be about the realities of the current foreign policies, and guess what???? Libya is a REALITY of the Obama administration's foreign policies. Deal with it!
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After the event, everyone can piece together the nmystery. After 9/11, we all knew about those who did that to say nthat we could have stopped it; but we could not. Similarly in Libya: there is nothing we could have done prior o it hppening. Having more security gaurds could not have stopped this incidence as the Ambassador did not die because of the shortage of security gaurds, but lack of oxygen. Therefore, while republicans want to use this for political advantage, it is not worthy of pursuing just as 9/11 was not. To do so is to diminish the lives of those who died for a cause in Libya. Stop thjis madness.
I also think media needs to develop some code of responsible reporting. Just flare up the press and the issues for the benefits of ratings is not a good thing. It does not serve the country. No one is a villian here and hence none needs to be made that way. However, media and the republicans are determined to prove is that way. This does not represent America.
We can not Elect Mitt Romney..Mitt Romney has already picked 16 of GWBush old
administration for his administration...That means handing over the US military
to a failed foreign policy of the GOP...
You should go back and watch Donald Rumsfeld and how he answered questions as
Iraq exploded in riots after we disbanded the Iraqi army and send 250,000 Iraq
troops home without any job, no money and they raided the Iraqi army
depots..that were unguarded or under guarded and then the oil wells were blown
up, the oil pipelines were blown up and GWBush's plans to pay for his war by
selling Iraqi oil burned up too..the oil fields were too dangerous to go into
and work...Thanks to the GWBush plan....
I find the events a little too much like the old GOP Dirty Tricks ...
Nixon interfered with the Paris Peace talks right before the elections...just to get elected..and dragged out the Vietnam War..costing the lives of many Americans...
Reagan interfered with the Carter US Embassy Rescue Attempt and Hostage negotiations to get elected..There is now congressional hearing to prove both cases against Nixon and Reagan...who both sold illegal drugs to fund they secret projects...Oliver North, Richard Secord, Albert Hakim planned Carter's raid and also worked for Reagan selling Weapons and Parts to Iran and Libya...and WMD's and military equipment to Saddam...and those chemical weapons killed Iranian Troops and Iraqi Kurds...Whole villages of the Kurds in Iraq were gased..killing men, women, and children...That was the GOP...
Why have our GOP Presidents used the CIA to run illegal drugs to fund their secret wars, operations...Reagan even sold the drugs here in the USA in Arkansas while he ran his war on drugs..and told the CIA to protect the American Drug dealers...
Nice try dreamer,....now go back to sleep......
How did Reagan interferre with the hostage rescue attempt? Did he wave his hand and create the dust storm that grounded the helicopters in the middle of the operation? Conservatives may hold him in high esteem, but they don't think that he could control the weather.
It does not really matter how many guards there would have been since they would not have the authorization to use effective enough force to sufficiently protect the embassy.
so Obama is calling Mitt a liar? what stones this SOB has!
If you killed a deputy administrator every time someone in-country got killed – they'd add more security.
Per NPR this morning, the House (GOP-controlled) voted to cut back embassy finds by 50%, but that the Senate (Dem-controlled) passed a vote to get "some of it back".
This seems like everyone is focusing on a caricature of the two candidates and the two parties, with no desire to pierce the veil spun by the media and the various power brokers which aim to demonize the other side.
Both Romney and Obama are patriotic americans. Anything to the contrary is just rubbish, and just contributes to the distrust so many have of government and our country.
The embassy in hindsight should have had better security, and a proper refuge the ambassador could have run to for safety and which the marines could have defended. But it also was in a country filled with people that at the present had a fondness for both americans and the ambassador, it is entirely reasonable to go there without security. Frankly I don't see how you can work as an ambassador and at the same time have more than security, the last thing you want is to make people think you are afraid.
The real conspiracy is the fact that the media uses fear to drive ratings, and the boring truth just does not sell as much advertising as the vitriolic language. Once upon a time, journalists only worked for the truth, and you could take what they reported at face value. In this day and age, the journalists work as partisans for both corporations and political parties, and it's up to us to sort out what the facts are.
Rep. Chaffetz says he "absolutely" voted to cut funding for embassy security
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) criticizes the handling of Libyan consulate security despite voting to cut embassy funding.
Chaffetz answers, "Absolutely. Look we have to make priorities and choices in this country. We have… 15,0000 contractors in Iraq. We have more than 6,000 contractors, a private army there, for President Obama, in Baghdad. And we're talking about can we get two dozen or so people into Libya to help protect our forces. When you're in touch economic times, you have to make difficult choices. You have to prioritize things."
Rep. Chaffetz says he "absolutely" voted to cut funding for embassy security
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) criticizes the handling of Libyan consulate security despite voting to cut embassy funding.
People of the United States of America,Congress and MSNBC,
As an X-Military Officer who was in Vietnam,I see this as a major failure of leadeshipand intelligence execution in the State Department,White House and DoD,I am watcing the Congressional hearig on this and I am apalled,This Administration knew that a threat existed and did not supply major security based on requests from our Ambassor and NOBODY IN POWER LISTENED!


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APEX Bootloader
(Redirected from APEX)
NEWS: APEX is now available via Gitorious
- 1 Summary
- 2 Use
- 3 Source Code
- 4 Change Log
- 4.1 Version 1.6 Series
- 4.2 Version 1.5 Series
- 4.2.1 2007-10-16 Version 1.5.13
- 4.2.2 2007-08-06 Version 1.5.11
- 4.2.3 2007-07-24 Version 1.5.10
- 4.2.4 2007-06-25 Version 1.5.8
- 4.2.5 2007-06-02 Version 1.5.6
- 4.2.6 2007-06-01 Version 1.5.5
- 4.2.7 2007-05-30 Version 1.5.4
- 4.2.8 2007-05-24 Version 1.5.3
- 4.2.9 2007-05-18 Version 1.5.2
- 4.2.10 2007-05-10 Version 1.5.0
- 4.3 Earlier Series
APEX is a bootloader for embedded systems. It was originally written to support the Sharp LH series of processors but has been ported to a number of additional ARM targets such as the Samsung S3C24xx series.
- Easy to build. It depends only on shell utilities and GCC.
- Easy to configure. There is a single configuration file and it uses the linux-2.6 Kconfig infrastructure.
- Excellent dependency management. Uses Linux kernel Kbuild to optimally manage dependencies.
- Modular. Commands and drivers may be included or excluded by configuration.
- Supported targets: LH79520, LH79524, LH7A400, LH7A404, IXP42x (e.g. Linksys NSLU2), S3C24xx, and iMX31.
- Support for RARP IP configuration and TFTP transfers to the target.
- Filesystem drivers for FAT, EXT2, and JFFS2.
- Partition driver for FIS as used by Redboot.
- Small footprint. A limited feature version can be as small as 16KiB.
- Support for booting APEX from non-memory-mapped storage, e.g. NAND flash, OneNAND, I2C
- OMAP3 and OMAP4 support under development(no need for separate MLO and bootloader)
discussions should be held on the "discussion" page. please state what you are needing help with
Source Code
Change Log
Version 1.6 Series
2009-05-17 Version 1.6.9
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): v1.6.9
- Closed debian bugs by fixing configuration files.
- Applied http://svn.nslu2-linux.org/svnroot/kernel/trunk/patches/apex
- src/drivers/driver.c (open_helper): New open helper used by the serial drivers and the memory driver. It's an always-success impementation for drivers that have nothing to do on open.
- src/mach-orion5x/serial.c (orion5x_serial_init): Removed old console initialization as this is now done as a service.
- src/mach-s3c2410/serial.c (s3c2410_serial_init): Removed old console initialization as this is now done as a service.
- src/mach-lh7952x/serial.c (lh7952x_serial_init): Removed old console initialization as this is now done as a service.
- src/mach-lh7a40x/serial.c (lh7a40x_serial_init): Removed old console initialization as this is now done as a service.
- src/mach-mx3/serial-sc16c652.c (sc16c652_serial_init): Removed old console initialization as this is now done as a service.
- src/mach-mx3/serial-mx31.c (mx31_serial_init): Removed old console initialization as this is now done as a service.
- src/mach-ixp42x/serial.c (ixp42x_serial_init): Removed old console initialization as this is now done as a service.
- src/apex/console.c (console_init): Console initialize as a service and configurable in the environment.
- include/service.h (__service_4): Annotation that console is initialized in service 8.
- include/driver.h (DRIVER_CONSOLE): Cleanup of macros.
- src/mach-ixp42x/pci.c (pci_init): Commented out broken PCI interrupt type macros. Should be fixed.
- src/apex/command.c (expand_variables): Revised expand_variables code to expand references within expanded references. This change permits us to define the kernel location, for example, as depending on the $serverip.
2009-01-23 Version 1.6.8
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): v1.6.8
- src/mach-lh7a40x/initialize.c (target_init): Added code to the target initialization for Companion that initializes the modem.
2009-01-21 Version 1.6.7
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): v1.6.7 for push of new features.
- src/drivers-lh/drv-mmc.c (mmc_report): Revised reporting to make it easier to troubleshoot cards.
2009-01-20 Version 1.6.6
- include/mmc.h (mmc_card_acquired): Revised the card acquisition code so that we don't assume that the first byte of the CID register is non-zero. IMHO, our assumption was correct based on the SD association's documentation, but we found that the Eye-FI card has a bogus looking card ID (CID) register and we have to be lenient to see it.
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): v1.6.6 for Companion fixes so it can use a 1.6.x version of APEX.
- src/drivers/relocate-nand.c: Revised NAND relocator to work with the LPD7A404. Considering that the only other user of the code is a test implemented for the LH79524, this should be safe to rework. The key difference is that the relocator will address each page in turn instead of depending on an unreliable feature of NAND flash that automatically loads successive sectors.
- src/arch-arm/Kconfig: Changed the Companion bootstrap to use the NAND relocator. This allows us to have a loader that is larger than 80KiB, the size of SRAM. Added a page size configuration option for relocation from NAND flash.
- src/apex/cmd-version.c (cmd_version): Fixed display of environment variables s.t. the >64KiB length is properly shown in the version command output.
- src/apex/cmd-image.c (cmd_image): Added an option to relocate the ramdisk image s.t. the uBoot image format can be loaded with "image load" and then used to boot the system.
2009-01-05 Version 1.6.5
- src/mach-orion5x/mv2120_config: Moving to the CodeSourcery compiler for thumb support.
- src/arch-arm/lib/cp15-invalidate-dcache-va.c (invalidate_dcache_va): Conditionally compiling the invalidate-dcache-va function based on the presence of the macro and, therefore, the CP15 feature.
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): 1.6.5 for orion5x merge.
- src/apex/cmd-flashusage.c (cmd_flashusage): New command to scan eraseblocks of a flash device for the presence of data.
- src/mach-lh7952x/memory.h (RAM_BANK0_LENGTH): Fixed the declarations of the extents for the memory regions in the LH7952x. The macros were correct for the LH79524 but not the LH79520. This is now fixed.
- src/drivers/drv-ext2.c (ext2_identify): Revised EXT2 driver to took for extended partitions and to cope with 64 bit IO.
- include/driver.h: Support for 64 bit IO sizes. This is only necessary for large devices like those accessible via ATA/SATA. It is optional and somewhat expensive. Even the EXT2 driver will function without it, but it won't be able to see partitions past 2GiB. This change trickled into lots of areas of APEX because of the change of types in the descriptor structure. However, there should be no size or performance impact when the system is compiled without CONFIG_DRIVER_LONG_LONG_SIZE.
- src/arch-arm/lib/muldi3.S: Inclusion of another kernel function for handling aeabi entry points. This was required by drv-ata when we compiled it with THUMB.
- src/arch-arm/lib/cp15-wait.c: This and other cp15 functions so that cp15 operations can be invoked from THUMB code without THUMB2 support and without specialized code to detect the operation mode. These functions allow all code that lacks __asm's to be compiled with THUMB.
- src/drivers/drv-fat.c (fat_open): Adding greater specificity to the region construction from the block_driver().
- src/drivers/drv-ext2.c (ext2_open): Adding greater specificity to the region construction from the block_driver().
- src/drivers/driver.c (parse_descriptor): Fix to disambiguate regions that could have path elements. The parser would not interpret driver:10k as having a start address of 10k when the driver could accept a path. Now, parser will interpret driver:bin as having a path of 'bin', but driver:10k as having a starting offset as 10k. The region can be unambiguously constructed using '@' and '/' appropriately.
- src/mach-mx3/drv-i2c.c: New I2C driver for MX3x. Not complete, but working for writes to the I2C#1 controller.
- src/mach-mx3/cmd-wm8955.c: New command for sending control messages to the WM8955L on the PSJL Karma.
- src/drivers/driver.c (parse_descriptor): Fix for the parsing of FS descriptors such that the start address and length parameters may be set.(parse_descriptor): Added the '%' special character for combining one or more descriptors. This is used by the drivers that have a basis driver defined in an environment variable, s.t. the driver can specify a starting address and/or length without knowing the exact form specified by the
2008-12-18 Version 1.6.4
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): Rolling revision for PSJL implementation. 1.6.4.
- src/drivers/drv-nor-cfi.c (nor_probe_chip): Support for broken AMD/Spansion NOR flash that does not properly report top-boot vs. bottom-boot.
- src/drivers/drv-nor-cfi.c: In order to support the Micronix (Spansion compatible) NOR flash in the HP MediaVault 2120, we needed to completely fill out the Spansion support. There is support for a single byte wide bus and a 16 bit internal logic as is the case on the MV2120.
- src/drivers/drv-nor-cfi.c (ReadArray): Changed the ReadArray command for Spansion to 0xf0.
- src/arch-arm/lib/cp15.c (cp15_ctrl): Enhanced the cp15 report on the control register to be more readable and to show more bits (ARMv6).
- src/apex/cmd-image.c (cmd_image): Adding descriptor_open() call to image load so that we can read from tftp.
- src/drivers/drv-nor-cfi.c (nor_report): Cleanup of the nor flash driver report. Added start address and length that match the mem driver.
- Makefile: Thumb support restored, required a little work to the src/arch-arm/lib code to guarantee interwork compatibility.
- src/mach-mx3/exception_vectors.c: Implementation of exception vectors on MX31, primarily in support of debugging THUMB.
- src/arch-arm/lib/div64.S: Slight recoding of platform implementations of basic functions to be interwork compatible.
- src/net/tftp.c (tftp_receiver): Reporting on TFTP errors s.t. we properly detect file-not-found problems.
2008-11-13 Version 1.6.3
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): Version 1.6.3 for dm9000. The initial orion patches are in as well, but not yet supported.
- src/drivers/drv-dm9000.c (dm9000_read): Implementation of dm9000_{read,write} to round out support for dm9000 as a complete Ethernet MAC/PHY driver.
- src/lib/strtol.c: Adding strtol as a separate library function, in case it is needed. The memlimit command will use this function.
- src/mach-mx3/rosencrantz.h (CCM_PDR0_V): Override for the PDR0 so that the CSI clock scalar is non-default.
- src/mach-mx3/mx31.h (CCM_UPCTL_266_V): Fixed the UPCTL initialization values. This PLL is based on the CKIH, so it doesn't need to change when the CPU clock speed changes. (CCM_PDR0_V): Allowing this value to be overridden by the board specific header.
- src/drivers/drv-mem.c (cmd_memlimit): Revised memlimit to permit a negative offset which is then subtracted from the total system memory.
- debian/rules (binary-arch): Adding apex-image to the tools installed in the debian package.
- src/apex/cmd-image-uboot.c: Documentation for UBOOT image format. (verify_uboot_image): Added support for multi-images. Now loading UBOOT images the same way that UBOOT does.
- src/apex/region-checksum.c (region_checksum): Fixed the checksum to account for incoming CRC value as is necessary for UBOOT image CRC computation.
- src/apex/cmd-image-uboot.c: Added uboot image support. No multi-images, but the rest works OK.
- src/apex/region-checksum.c (region_checksum): Added neglected check for whether or not the caller wants the length added to the checksum
- src/apex/cmd-image-apex.c (handle_apex_image): Factored out the APEX image code so we can implement UBOOT in separate file with optional compilation.
- scripts/Makefile.build (modorder-target): Removed build of the module.order files.
- src/apex/cmd-copy.c (cmd_copy): Fixed the return value so copy doesn't stop startup.
- src/apex/cmd-image.c (handle_load_apex_image): Cleaned up the output and make the check and load functions look similar in output.
- src/apex/region-checksum.c (region_checksum): Fixed checksumming so that we can sum over a defined range instead of being limited to summing the whole region.
- src/apex/cmd-image.c (apex_image): Refactored cmd-image code to support a single driver for parsing through the header data.
- src/apex/cmd-image.c (cmd_image): Fixed cascade testing of options.
- src/lib/gmtime.c (gmtime_r): Fixed year calc (typo). (gmtime_r): Fixed month calc, off by one. convert_two_digits): Fixed representation of numbers; digits swapped.
- src/lib/strimatch.c (strimatch): Fixed this function to properly match when the case is identical.
- src/apex/cmd-help.c (compare_commands): Righted command sort order. (cmd_help): Eliminated a possible overflow of command listing array.
- src/drivers/drv-mem.c (memory_write): Fixed un-aligned write code. The original test used were allowing invalid unaligned accesses.
- src/mach-mx3/nor-cfi.h: Removed bogus override of the NOR flash memory command type.
- src/mach-mx3/initialize.c (target_init): New initialization of the DM9000 memory region for MX31. The timing is much tighter and the OE and R_Wn timing has a better guarantee of accuracy.
- src/drivers/drv-dm9000.c (cmd_eth): New 'r' and 'w' subcommands for inspecting registers of the DM9000. Renamed the 're' command to eeprom since that's what it does.
- src/apex/services.c (init_services): More clear output from service startup in LL mode.
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): New version for changes to DM9000 code and for new KarmaV configuration.
- src/drivers/drv-ext2.c: Added support for the inode_size field in the first revision of the second-extended filesystem's superblock.
- debian/postinst: Fixed the postinst script to only run on the NSLU2.
Version 1.5 Series
2007-10-16 Version 1.5.13
- Makefile: The help make target now shows the configurations and the descriptions of them. (SUBLEVEL): 1.5.13.
- src/drivers/relocate-nand.c: Fixed the basic NAND relocator. The code was previously broken as there was no configuration that used it.
- src/drivers-lh/Kconfig: Added 565 option for LCD panel. Odd, that we'd never implemented this before, but it is important to note that the NXP LCD controller doesn't cope with 565 as well as 555.
- src/mach-mx3/ipu.c: Inverted sense of LED outputs for testing Rosencrantz.
- src/mach-lh7a40x/clcdc-karma.c: Added adapter code for Karam LCD panel.
- src/mach-lh7a40x/cmd-karmaaccel.c: Added accelerometer test code for Karma.
- src/mach-lh7a40x/cmd-karmatouch.c: Added touch controller test code for Karma.
- Removed a lot of cruft associated with older NAND flash implementations. NAND code is moved to the drivers directory.
2007-08-06 Version 1.5.11
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): Rolling to 1.5.11 just to make sure we got all of the timing parameter changes in a unique version.
2007-07-24 Version 1.5.10
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): rolling to 1.5.10 for fix to CPU timing on lh7a404.
- src/mach-lh7a40x/initialize.c: Moved the clock speed setup to the early initialization routine so that it is properly configured.
- usr/apex-env.cc (arg_parser): Added force option to the apex-env command. (main): Added partial command support so that 'apex-env rel' shows the release version.
- src/arch-arm/entry/apex.lds.S: Removed Companion section from the general build.
2007-06-25 Version 1.5.8
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): 1.5.8: Releasing for Debian package.
- usr/apex-env.cc: Added release and region commands for probing the APEX environment.
- src/apex/env.c: Added prefix option to the startup command. Removed crufty old ENV_STARTUP option that was mach specific.
- src/arch-arm/entry/apex.lds.S: Renamed some of the sections to make the meanings clear. Preemtively fixed a vulnerability to section reordering. Fixed the setting of fSDRAMBoot so that it works for INLINE init mode and for the older form.
- src/mach-ixp42x/initialize.c (bootstrap_sdram_pre): Revamped the initialization code for ixp42x to use inline mode. Took the opportunity to elide a lot of cruft from the routines. It isn't yet tested as written to flash as this requires setup of one of the wigglers. None of the typical uses of APEX on the ixp42x install APEX as the primary boot loader, so this can wait.
- src/arch-arm/Kconfig: Configuration option to override the default SDRAM execution detection code. Most platforms can use the execution address to detect whether or not APEX is running in SDRAM. Some, like the ixp42x map flash over SDRAM, so we have to use a custom piece of code to detect this circumstance.
- src/arch-arm/Kconfig: Added AEABI configuration option so that we can link APEX with an AEABI toolchain. Really, the only difference is the inclusion of a couple of math functions.
- src/arch-arm/lib/lib1funcs.S: Added config.h to build of lib1funcs so that the configuration dependencies are checked.
2007-06-02 Version 1.5.6
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): 1.5.6: Releasing version with fix section ordering.
- src/arch-arm/entry/reset.c: Fixed a problem in the ordering of the reset sections that was illuminated by rwhitby's default compiler.
2007-06-01 Version 1.5.5
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): 1.5.5 for the SAVEATONCE option, very necessary for OneNAND stored environment.
- src/lib/env.c: New option, CONFIG_ENV_SAVEATONCE implements a cached environment that is saved at one time to non-volatile storage instead of through incremental updates. This is necessary for some types of NAND flash where multiple writes to the same page are limited.
- src/apex/*.c: Groomed error reporting for opening regions.
- src/lib/env.c: Changed the environment region descriptor name to d_env so that it is easier to remember.
2007-05-30 Version 1.5.4
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): 1.5.4. Rolling revision for the sake of the xscale fixes.
- src/mach-mx3/cmd-sleep.c (cmd_sleep): Test code for MX31 sleep modes.
- src/mach-mx3/cmd-reset.c (cmd_reset): Command verified.
- src/arch-arm/entry/reset.c: Added a jump to reset_exit() from reset() in the event that we disable the MMU at startup. The ixp42x needs this because the xscale MMU flush code allocates data in the text section.
- src/mach-ixp42x/initialize-sdram.c (cmd_initialize_sdram): Fixed the scan of 256Mib SDRAM chips. A small change to the algorithm and we seem to be able to detect 64MiB of memory just fine.
- src/drivers/drv-mem.c (cmd_memscan): Error detection for region too small.
- src/drivers/driver.c (parse_descriptor): Unparseable regions will now generate an error.
- src/apex/cmd-version.c (cmd_version): Added a message about the currently set variation.
2007-05-24 Version 1.5.3
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): 1.5.3. Rolling rev for the sake of working IPU code, working sensor capture, and turing off of the illumination LEDs.
- src/mach-mx3/ipu.c (cmd_ipu): Fixed the shutter width to increase frame rate.
- src/mach-mx3/ipu.c (ipu_setup): Fixed the burst width to memory through the IPU DMAC.
- src/drivers/drv-dm9000.c: Fixed failed probe code path. If the dm9000 isn't found, there will be no report.
- src/mach-mx3/ipu.c: Adding view finder DMA task.
- src/lib/env.c (env_check_magic): Fixed empty/broken environment region case.
2007-05-18 Version 1.5.2
- Makefile (ARCH): Releasing 1.5.2.
- src/arch-arm/Kconfig: Fixed companion boot by explicitly enabling the simple/NOR flash relocator as the primary relocator.
- src/drivers/drv-nand.c (nand_sequential_input): Fixed the NAND driver to R/W on ST NAND parts.
- src/mach-lh7952x/debug_ll.h: Fixed UART declarations.
- src/mach-lh7952x/init-motoedge.c: Converted to inline platform initialization.
- src/arch-arm/entry/relocate-simple.c: fixed relocate-simple() because we changed the way we handle offsets.
- Makefile (SUBLEVEL): Rolled to 1.5.2 so that we can keep track of this interim release.
- src/apex/command.c (exec_monitor): Eliminated representation of empty commands in startup command list.
- src/arch-arm/entry/apex.lds.S: Reorganized the sections and the section names to be more readable and consistent.
- src/arch-arm/entry/reset.c: Restructured to allow for cleaner startup code. Legacy implementations are still OK, but the new plumbing permits seamless transitions between various initialization elements to handle constrained boot situations. Also removed an onerous constraint on register usage in the relocate_apex() function. The caller is now forced to assume that no registers are saved.
- src/arch-arm/linux/atag.c (atag_header): Eliminated the core tag.
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- Releasing 1.5.0 with iMX31 and OneNAND.
- src/drivers/relocate-onenand.c: Groomed the relocation for OneNAND to remove unneeded return address calculation.
- src/drivers/drv-dm9000.c: Added code to help select the proper default interface when there could be two and only one is present.
- src/mach-mx3/initialize.c: Groomed the startup code to remove much cruft.
- src/apex/env.c: Fixed typo in the default environment startup command that was including the ramdisk startup even though there was none needed.
- src/apex/command.c (call_command): Reorganized command invocation to report bogus command requests.
- src/arch-arm/entry/apex.lds.S: Start of reorganization of the bootstrap so that we don't need to use function calls to handle early setup *and* we don't depend on macros.
- src/drivers/relocate-onenand.c: Implementation of OneNAND APEX relocation for bootstrap.
- src/apex/env.c: Improved the environment link so that it can exist even if there is no user-modifiable environment. This is to allow user-land to browse environment variables even if they cannot set them.
- src/mach-lh7a40x/preinitialization-companion.c: Comment on preinitialization.
- src/mach-mx3/ipu.c (cmd_ipu): Fixed the i2c code and added hooks to enable camera test patterns.
- src/mach-mx3/initialize.c: Substantially enhanced the system setup. The IPU test code is now able to write to memory.
- src/apex/cmd-version.c (cmd_version): Added target board description string.
- src/mach-mx3/initialize.c: Extra check in the initialization routine so that we don't alter the timing registers if the CPU is already in the target mode. It looks like the CPU doesn't like the PLLs being changed once it has booted. It may be the SDRAM that doesn't like the timing change.
- src/arch-arm/entry/reset.c: Restored setting of the CPSR mode in the loader. The CPU boots in the undefined mode. We move to supervisor mode, though this doesn't appear to be necessary for the kernel to boot.
- src/mach-mx3/ipu.c (ipu_report): Improved clarity of IPU report to break out fields and to describe the formats in English.
- include/asm/cp15-armv6.h: Fixed the cache control macros for the ARMV6.
- src/mach-mx3/ipu.c: More IPU debug code. The report function has a clean rendering of the registers.
- src/mach-mx3/mx31.h (CCM_PDR0_533_V): Switched to 533MHz CPU clock.
- src/mach-mx3/uart.h (INITIALIZE_CONSOLE_UART): extended the FIFOS to 16 bytes.
- src/mach-mx3/initialize.c: Added initialization of COSR even though we don't use it.
- src/mach-mx3/Kconfig: New architecture number for Rosencrantz.
- src/apex/services.c: Created this file to hold service init/release code.
- src/apex/env.c: Added a "" to the startup command so that we can have an empty startup command.
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Washington, D.C. -- One year after launching a campaign to urge Congress and the president to close the nation's innovation deficit, a group of prominent university, scientific and business organizations on July 31 renewed their call for increased federal investments in research to build a strong long-term economy, improve medical treatments and strengthen national security.
The Close the Innovation Deficit campaign, designed to raise awareness of cuts and stagnating federal investments in research and higher education, began last year with an open letter to President Obama and Congress signed by more than 200 university presidents, including former Penn State President Rodney Erickson.
The letter described the innovation deficit and called on leaders to close it with investments in research and higher education that would help the United States remain a global leader. The innovation deficit is considered to be the widening gap between actual and needed federal investments in research and higher education at a time when other nations such as China, India, and Singapore are dramatically boosting research funding to develop the next technological and medical breakthroughs.
Over the last 10 years, research and development expenditures as a share of economic output have remained nearly constant in the United States, but have increased by nearly 50 percent in South Korea and nearly 90 percent in China, according to figures from the National Science Foundation.
"The basic and applied research conducted in U.S. academic institutions fuels advanced technologies, economic growth, improved medical treatments and national security," said Neil Sharkey, interim vice president for Research at Penn State. "Declining federal investments in research at a time when other nations are increasing their research investments is rapidly compromising our longstanding position as the global innovation leader."
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monochromatic challenge this week. This is also my first ever monochromatic anything I have ever made. So, this time I actually picked my pp and colors first prior to coloring my image (there's a concept!). I knew I wanted a terra cotta color so I started there and found this rusty terra cotta color. I love the old world stack and there is where I found my pp. Then I went to my card stock stack that was already in a monochromatic way and I picked my card stock. I also thought instead of going with a white or cream to print my image on I would go with the lightest color of my monochromatic color and printed it off on that. So when I colored my image I would let that color come through, thus making my image also matching my monochromatic color. Since I have not felt good all week I just made this tonight and found it really hard to photograph this color. My colors are a lot richer and this is a little off in the color. My mom gave me this ribbon which I think is up-teen years old, I usually use it for when I make bread for church, but found it was perfect for this card. I kept my card simple with lots of matting with the black and variations of the card stocks, but it is kind of hard to see the variations, there are 3, but they are slight, except the lightest which I printed the image off on. Then I placed those three little black stickers above the image and thought it looked elegant and so I left it at this. I colored this with my colored pencils. I really loved how this turned out. I will have to do more monochromatic things!
If you stopped by to look, thanks a lot and if you left me some luvins in a post, I just adore you! Have a Magical Monday!
8 comments:
- Selma said...
First Nina I want to say how sorry I am you have been so sick. I pray you will be feeling much better soon. Your card is gorgeous. I love the colors you used and the black is so stricking. I also really like the way you tied the ribbon. When I first saw your card, I thought it was a framed picture. Again, this is gorgeous. Take care and feel better soon.
- November 9, 2009 at 6:57 AM
- Danielle said...
Sorry to hear you've been sick Nina - I hope this week is better for you! I love this card - the terracotta colours tones are just gorgeous and I love how you tied the ribbon! Just gorgeous!
Hugs, Danielle
- November 9, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- Nilla said...
Just gorgeous, you did so well with the monochromatic color! Love it! Hugs Nilla
- November 9, 2009 at 10:23 PM
- Kim Mc said...
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!!! The colors are gorgeous and it has such a vintage-y look to it that just screams Thanksgiving to me. The photo corners set it off wonderfully and the stickers top it off beautifully!
Hope you feel better soon!
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- November 10, 2009 at 2:31 AM
- Curt in Indy said...
This is beautiful Nina! What a great image and the mono theme was an interesting challenge for it! I love these colors and the ribbon IS perfect. Sorry you weren't feeling well. Hope you are better now! Best, Curt
- November 10, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- Maria Matter said...
beautifully done Nina...so elegant!!!
Blessings, Maria
- November 10, 2009 at 10:57 PM
- Shelly said...
What a lovely card, Nina! It showcases the image perfectly. Sorry I'm so slow in commenting. I got behind during an extra busy week.
I hope you're feeling better.
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- Kim Mc said...
When you have time, check out my blog for a special surprise for you! Aloha, Kim
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As soon as I looked at that picture, my uterus grew ten sizes and consumed the rest of my organs and I finally became a Woman. Or, OK, no, but I did look at these photos and cried about the beauty of friendship, humanity, and our Magical Mother Earth. Someone get me some bon bons and face mask, I'm done.
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June 29, 2013 : By Drew Menard
Taking her first flight aboard a single-engine plane was an experience 12-year-old Ameliah Knopp of Boonsboro, Va., won't soon forget.
"It was really cool," said Knopp, who is a big fan of rollercoasters, but was queasy at first on the runway, and then again when the pilot of the single-engine aircraft, Liberty University School of Aeronautics graduate Manny Amaya, let her mom, Heather Knopp, steer.
"When we were riding around, taxiing, I was getting a little worried, but then when we got off I was like 'Yeah,' I was OK," she said. "Then he let my mom steer and I kind of got sweaty palms."
Following pre-flight briefings, a steady stream of girls and women took 45-minute aerial tours of the area throughout the day, on Saturday at the Women Can Fly event held at Liberty's Freedom Aviation Jet Center at Lynchburg Regional Airport.
Susan Brogan, a member of Ninety-Nines, Inc., the International Organization of Women Pilots, serves as committee chair of Women Can Fly, a first-year volunteer organization whose mission is to promote women of all ages to fly.
"Our mission is to encourage women to have more possibility for aviation careers, particularly pilots," she said, noting currently only six percent of the 31,000 active aviators in America are women. "There are more women flying for the military in combat, so we're part of the mainstream now, but not as much as we'd like to be."
She said retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dave Young, Dean of Liberty's SOA, was instrumental in the committee's planning efforts to bring Women Can Fly to Lynchburg. It was the final of three such events held this month in Virginia.
"He and the pilots who came are very key to the success of the event and Liberty's been wonderful in their support," she said of the event sponsored by the Virginia Department of Aviation, Liberty's SOA, and Freedom Aviation. "Thank you, Liberty University, for giving us the stage to hold another successful event."
Altogether, seven planes, piloted by School of Aeronautics graduates and independent owners, took 106 participants on flights throughout the day.
In addition to flights, visitors also got to take tours of the Lynchburg Control Tower and attend seminars that covered "how to become a pilot" and "careers in aviation" at the nearby School of Aeronautics. There, they had an opportunity to try out simulators under supervision from team members of the Liberty Belles, a women's flight team that recently returned from competing in the 37th annual All-Women's Air Race Classic.
The event was inspirational to females interested in aviation, such as Knopp, who thought if her mom could do it, certainly she could, too.
"Coming and seeing all of the controls and stuff, it looks really complicated," Ameliah said. "But it feels like it wouldn't be complicated. I could consider it for a future occupation."
"It was awesome," Heather added. "She thought it was great and (Amaya) told me I did very well. We've flown commercial, but with this, you feel it more, you sense it more. You're not just sitting in a bus. You're experiencing the whole up and down, left and right, the air."
When she steered the plane as it was making a steady ascent, she felt empowered.
"You're holding it and you can feel it, they say, flying by the seat of your pants," she said. "That really is what you feel. You're feeling it in your body as you're flying. It's really kind of fun."
The flights took passengers out to Smith Mountain Lake, north to the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, back along the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and over Madison Heights before flying over the James River and downtown Lynchburg.
"I just thought it was fantastic," said Rebecca Swanson, a rising senior at Dallas Baptist University who's doing a summer internship at Liberty's Victory FM. "It was beautiful while I was up there with the mountains and being able to see it all. I've been on bigger planes, but this was my first smaller-plane experience. It was on my bucket list, so I just wanted to come and check it out."
She had no intentions of actually becoming a pilot until talking with Federal Aviation Administration volunteer Margaret Morrison, who worked one of the display booths and encouraged her to give it a try.
"Since I've been here, I've learned more about flying recreationally, so that's definitely appealing to me," Swanson said. "I'm going to do a couple more of the tours today and a couple more seminars and see if it's something I could be serious about."
Girls and women who went on one of the free flights offered throughout the day received a First Flight Certificate that read, "For daring to take her first flight in a small plane that could lead to a big aviation adventure."
Sarah Morris, an SOA instructor who coached the Liberty Belles and co-piloted the eighth-place plane in this month's Air Race Classic has dreams of taking her skills
into the mission field.
"Right now, the path I'm on is taking me to Kenya, I'm hoping in a couple of years," said Morris, who expects to fly a single-engine Cessna. "I work as a mechanic here right now and I just need to build more experience as a mechanic and I should be ready to go. I can't wait. I wish I could be there now."
Aviation has opened the door for her and many other women in her field to spread their wings and take leaps of faith.
For the organizers and volunteers, seeing the smiles on the faces of the girls who took their first flights made it all worthwhile.
"They've kind of had these anxious looks about their face when they get on the airplane and when they come down, they're just ear-to-ear grins with happy parents," Brogan said. "That's what makes all of this worth it. That's the face of aviation that we want to promote."


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Special Notice #250: Possible Type-Ia Supernova in M101
August 24, 2011: P. Nugent et al. report in ATel #3581 that a possible Type-Ia supernova has been discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory shortly after eruption in the galaxy M101 and has been designated "PTF11kly". The object is currently at a magnitude of g=17.2, but may well rise by several magnitudes. The object is well placed within M101 for good photometry, and observations of this potential bright SNIa are strongly encouraged.
The (J2000) coordinates reported for the object are
RA: 14:03:05.81 , Dec: +54:16:25.4
There are currently no comparison stars available in VSP for this field; please indicate clearly the comparison stars that you use for photometry when reporting observations. Please retain your images and/or photometry for recalibration when comparison star magnitudes are available.
Charts for PTF11kly may be plotted with AAVSO VSP:
You should select the DSS option when plotting, as the galaxy will not appear on standard charts.
This object has been assigned the name "PTF11kly" for use with AAVSO VSP and WebObs; please use this name when reporting observations until it is conclusively classified as a supernova and a proper SN name is assigned.
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