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Where Do You Start ?
When you have decided on the type of uC you need for your application the first thing you need to do is to read the docs on the development tools and then install them. Getting comfortable with the tools and the development environment is very important and time spent reading the manuals will pay off later. For simple projects the tools will most likely do the heaving lifting for you by building make files and linker command files behind the scenes. The first time you need to resolve a link error or fix a make file you will be happy you read the manuals.
It is very important to under the memory map of the uC you plan to use so you know how much RAM is available, how big the program memory is, where the memory is in the address space and where the on-chip peripherals are mapped. Understanding how to use the on-chip peripherals is often times more difficult than understanding how to program the processor. Understanding the memory layout becomes very important if and when you need to optimize what is available.
The first program I always write for a new uC system to verify I understand the uC and how the tools work is one that blinks an on board LED which most boards seem to have. This is the "Hello World" equivalent in the embedded world. Getting an LED to flash on and off on command is a milestone that signals you are ready to move on to the more complex aspects of your project. Varying the rate at which the LED flashes forces one to investigate instruction timing which may also be important to you later.
After the blinking LED I typically go on to write programs that test my understanding of the interrupt structure of a new device. I find it helpful to write the smallest programs possible that demonstrate how things work before I try to write a larger application that utilities these facilities.
With interrupt processing under my belt, I proceed to write small programs for each of the on-chip peripherals I will need for my application. This may sound like it takes a lot of time away from the project you have in mind but time spent in such a focused manner will make development easier going forward.
Finally, make sure you know how to transfer the code you have written to the target device and that your small example programs can run standalone on the target hardware without the development system attached. Standalone operation verifies the target system's power supplies are good, the system's clocks are running, and that the device is capable of running without support from external equipment.
Project Ideas
Just about every type of device is amenable to control via a uC. Your ideas are what are important to you but here are some ideas that might make interesting first embedded projects.
Using a uC to control a model train layout. The uC might sense where on the track a train is and control various crossing signals and/or the speed of the train on various parts of the layout.
You could attempt to build a personal web server using a uC and a TCP/IP stack available from a chip manufacturer like Microchip. Writing a TCP/IP stack oneself is not a task to be taken lightly.
You could try and build a TV remote control that learns the infrared codes required by your TV.
You could build an RS-232/network bridge device for controlling serial devices over a network.
Who knows, you might design and build the next killer MP3 player.
A great source of project ideas are the application notes manufacturers provide along with their devices. For example, you can find out how one might interface a keyboard or VGA display to a uC, how one might use DSP to decode telephone tones or build digital filters. You can even find out how a uC can be used as a simple timer. And as always the web is probably the best resource of all for finding out about projects others have done that might be of interest to you.
I hope I leave you with the idea that controlling devices with a uC can be fun. If you have never attempted writing embedded software no time is better than the present to try. You just may find you like it as much or more than other types of software you have written. It also is a plus on your resume when you can show your skill set includes embedded development. And who knows, you may invent the next great, got to have, gadget that will make the learning curve all worth it.


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It was the wedding of my Granddaughter Kirsty to her partner Kerry on May 7th - a truly wonderful day for us all. Here is Kirsty looking stunning in her amazing dress, with my daughter K walking her to Kerry.
And here's me, Jim and Jack and Kitty, big son Jason's 2.
The Bridesmaids. 3 of Kirsty's friends plus Lina, Kirsty's young sister, looking far older than her 13 years! She's the one looking directly at the camera.
This is my favourite photo of Kirsty and Kerry. Kirsty is just so photogenic. Yes, Kerry is a woman in case you're wondering.
Kirsty showing her 'something blue'. Proper 'Sex and The City' shoes. Aren't they fabulous?
The 'Best Person' on the far left was Luisa. I'm sure many of you remember that she almost died last year after an operation that went wrong. Wow - look at her now! Then lots of ushers, including my son Ben, who came over from Spain for the occasion. Ben's third in from the right and next to him is my Grandson Tony (Kirsty's brother).
A kiss for Gran from Kitty. She's just adorable.
It was lovely to see Ben again and get lots of hugs from him!
More hugs from Big son Jason and his lovely family, Sam, Kitty and Jack.
Of course we all took hundreds of photos! If anyone wants to see them all they're on Facebook and here is the link to the album:
I warn you, there are about 140! It was a fabulous day in all respects and Kirsty and Kerry loved every moment.
Jim and I had stayed for a couple of days in our Worthing house with Jim's daughter Jenny, husband Matt and gorgeous son Sonny. We hired a car and drove up to the wedding then drove back down again after a night in the hotel where the wedding was held, then breakfast with those who stayed.
We took a leisurely drive to Worthing on the Sunday 8th, visiting the house and gardens of Audley End en route. We have been there before but only viewed the gardens, but this time we toured the house too. It's a lovely place with sweeping gardens designed by Capability Brown.
We spent ages photographing a coot and its babies on the river! They must have been only a few hours old as you could still see eggs in the nest when Mum got up and turned round.
They were so cute!
Back at Worthing, Jim went to the park with Jenny and Sonny. He loved the swings.
On the Monday we visited Ali, Joe and Poppy. It was a very full visit!
Jim pushing Ali and Poppy on one of the park rides. Since then, Ali and Poppy have been over to Ireland to visit us - more of that on the next post.
As Monday wore on, I didn't feel at all well and in fact I had a bad stomach for a week! It seems several people at the wedding were also poorly so maybe we all picked up a bug. Here I am at home again on the Tuesday, sleeping on the couch with Buster!!
We have been working hard in the garden and have lots of photos - for another day I think.

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" From De Kelders there is a superb view over the great sweep of Walker Bay where whales flirt and laze, and white sand dunes rise in strange contrast to the blue mountains of the coastal range."
T.V. Bulpin; Discovering Southern Africa
"…this little town is able to offer some of the world's best boat and shore-based whale watching and unquestionably the world's best white-shark diving. The sensational marine tourist attractions should not be the only things to lure you, however. Some of the Cape's best-conserved fynbos adorns the mountains in the area and numerous walks and trails criss-cross it. After a week spent wandering the streets of Gansbaai and its surroundings, we can comfortably say that this, truly, is the gem of the Overberg."
Cameron Ewart-Smith; Getaway Magazine March 2003


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Training course "GPU Programming using CUDA" @ HLRS
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The course provides an introduction to the programming language CUDA which is used to write fast numeric algorithms for NVIDIA graphics processors (GPUs). Focus is on the basic usage of the language, the exploitation of the most important features of the device (massive parallel computation, shared memory, texture memory) and efficient usage of the hardware to maximize performance. An overview of the available development tools and the advanced features of the language is given.


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bmyoungs wrote:Watched 6 episodes it's pretty great
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blake wrote:I'm 6-7 episodes in. I like it so far. Seems so real. Loved the episode with the deaf couple
Of course I'll be your big buddy little man.Tyler wrote:We watched 201-203 last night
Within a few minutes I wasn't even noticing the black/white. Dev must have taken some French in school, no way he picked all that up in 3 months.
That was heartbreaking when he lost his phone with the girl's phone number. Since she is from NYC I think there is a good chance they will be meeting up again.
Bmyoungs, will you be my big buddy and I'll be your little buddy? Those two are hilarious together.
YES! His parents are back. Was nice his cousin was in there too. None of them are good actors, but it works.
It's worth it thoughTyler wrote:We watched her episode the other night, Thanksgiving. I'm glad her family accepted her in the end.
We were going to watch the one after that but it is randomly 60 minutes long?!
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Who to Choose?
It's been 90 years since Edward left her in the forest. The werewolves weren't there to help her and Victoria changed her. Now Bella has her own coven. She is engaged to Ian. When her and her family move back to Forks, what will happen when Bella meets a family that she long wished to forget?
I don't believe I'm that good of a writer but some of my reviewers believe otherwise.
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It's been 90 years since that life changing day in the forest where Edward left me. But I've put that behind me now; at least I hope I have. I'm now a vampire if you haven't figured out already by the 90 years part. I now have two brothers, three sisters, and an amazing fiancé. I'm the leader of our coven because I changed everyone, except one. I love Ian (my fiancé) as much as I possibly can. My two brothers Derek and Logan are what held me together all those years before I found Ian. My two sisters, Alex and Alicia are twins. Alex is married to Logan and Alicia is married to Derek. Lastly there is my other sister, Victoria, who changed me, AND tried to kill me.
I was walking into my house after my shift at Newton's Outfitters when I ran into the shock of my life. I didn't expect it because the pack was supposedly looking out for me. By the way, did I mention that my best friend, Jacob Black, was a werewolf? But standing there in my kitchen was Victoria. I really wasn't that afraid to die though. After all these months having the pain of the ripping hole in my chest from everything that reminded me of Edward and his family I really actually wanted death. I just wanted to get away from this life.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Victoria questioned with a smirk.
I looked at her expressionless for the death that I knew was coming. "Go ahead and kill me, I have nothing left to live for. Edward is gone. He's gone..." A tear rolled down my cheek.
Victoria looked at me with shock written on her face. "Y-you mean he left you?!?!" She screamed.
I looked at her stunned, wondering what caused the sudden outburst. "Y-yes. Why is it so surprising? I'm just a filthy human."
Strangely Victoria looked at me sympathetically. Victoria?!?! Looking sorry for me!
"I know that you want to become a vampire, Bella. If you really want it I can still give it to you. I know you think that me of all people wouldn't do this for you...but...I know how you feel. I lost James. I've now realized he never really loved me as much as I loved him. It hurts terribly. Bella, we can help each other. We can be there for each other. We need to live on and show them that we can still stand strong without them. Show them what WE are! Together we can do that."
I looked up at Victoria shocked at what just came out of her mouth. But strangely, I trusted her. Probably because she was the first person I've met that actually knows what I am going through. Not just trying to be empathetic and saying 'it's okay I know how you feel.' But they can't, because they DON'T! I'm not even sure Victoria knew how much pain and suffering I had gone through these past months, but she was the closest I had.
She looked down at me with a questioning look, wondering what I was thinking. I nodded. I slowly tilted my head to the side to expose my pale neck to her extremely sharp teeth. Waiting for them to cut into my soft flesh and for the fire to begin.
Not seconds later did I feel her bite into my skin, and the fire begins to consume my body. As if I was being grilled inside out. And so came those three torturous days.
Victoria was my best girlfriend out of all of my sisters. Probably because she knew everything about me. The only one who also knew everything about my human life was Logan. I changed him first and he was my best guy friend. I told him everything. I know it should have probably been my fiancé Ian that I told everything to, but I didn't. I didn't want him to know of my terrifying human years that I had.
I changed Logan when he was hit head on by a drunk driver in Minnesota, where he lived. I didn't change the drunk driver because I didn't feel he deserved to live after almost killing someone else that way. Logan and me had a special bond that I just couldn't explain.
I next changed Alex and Alicia where they were caught in a drive-by shooting in their neighborhood.
I then changed Derek. I believe Derek may have had a chance to live but with having to live with being totally paralyzed after rock climbing and falling. I was actually felt kind of sorry for Logan being the only guy in a house of 4 girls, so I changed Derek for that reason also.
Lastly, I changed Ian. I saved him from a plane crash. There were thousands of people aboard the plane that I could have saved instead of him. But I felt a strange pull that told me that I must save him. When he woke up in our house after his tremendously painful three days, we looked into each others eyes and I somehow knew that I was meant for Ian. And everything Edward dropped from my mind.
That was 20 years ago. Now were moving to the dark, damp, and dreary home of Forks, Washington. Logan and Victoria, being the only ones who knew of my past here wondered why I chose here. I told them.
"I'm in love with Ian now. I also know that this is the best place for vampires like us. It has perfect weather and a VERY nice wild life. I'll be fine." I tried to comfort them.
But after a while I started to think about Edward, which I hadn't done in a while. I wondered if I truly loved Ian as much as I thought. I was dreading going to school tomorrow after that thought. To many memories of him and his family that I haven't had in years, flooded into my mind.


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Of course we all want to be footloose (and fancy-free,) but sometimes nature has a different idea. Answer Angel Ellen tackles some tough tootsie questions …
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I have these very dry feet, and the heels are always rough and get cracks even during summer but more especially now in winter. Can you suggest a good moisturizer that would heal the heels!
— Val
Dear Val: First of all, much as we'd like it to be so, there are no overnight miracles. I've tried a variety of heel creams, even a dermatologist's Rx. But either they smell or are horribly greasy or both, so I always give up after a few days.
Do not follow my example. I've heard good things about Kerasal One Step Exfoliating Moisturizer Foot Therapy ($12.99) and (As Seen on TV) Heel Tastic ($9.99), both widely available at drugstores and online. But whatever you use, you have to stick with it, preferably applying it a couple of times a day and again at night. Be sure to wear socks so the gunk doesn't get on the carpet, sheets, floor, etc. Podiatrist Stephanie Wu says using a pumice stone in the shower or callus-
removing pads also helps. Because your problem (and mine) is caused by a lack of moisture in the skin, made worse by arid winter air, you will want to stay away from any lotion that contains alcohol, which is drying, the opposite of what you need.
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: What do women who have a toenail fungus problem do if they would like to go get their toes all done up at a nail place? Skip it, and just do it themselves with a can of house paint?
Dear T.: I'm sure your question is merely hypothetical, right? If you're asking if having this ailment means you have to wear a scarlet "F" on your chest that bans you from all nail salons forever, the answer is no! "You can get a pedicure if you have a nail fungus," says podiatrist Wu, associate dean of research at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. But be upfront about your condition when you book an appointment in case the spa has a policy for dealing with this condition. Wu says you need to be sure that the salon you choose has a strong instrument sterilization and foot tank-cleaning protocol so you're not passing along your problem to others ("cross-contamination"). Best would be to bring your own pedicure tools, but, Wu says, "Unless you sterilize or sanitize them after use, they may not necessarily be better than professional salons that use sterilized instruments." And bring your own polish (again because of cross-contamination).
Nail fungus is difficult to treat, so prevention is the key, Wu says. "Don't be shy about asking the nail salon for proof of sanitation." If you already have the fungus, nail polish can help conceal it. (No house paint needed, T!) Mild toenail fungus cases can be treated with a medication that looks like clear nail polish, but, Wu says, "more severe cases can be treated with oral antifungal medications."
Now, can we move along to some questions with less of an ick factor?
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I'm looking high and low for a bathrobe. Not a plush one, not a flannel one, nor a soft one, just a real "towel material, cotton bath robe" that absorbs water! I already feel relieved that I finally asked you for help.
Dear VQV.: I've been happy with products I've bought from overstock.com, and they have a terry robe in many colors for $46.79. And Lands' End (landsend.com) has an absorbent one for $65. (If you drink a lot of coffee, experience tells me you should stay away from white.) I'm guessing you were looking in department stores, where the robe selection is usually pathetic. Online is the way to go on this one, even though I prefer to shop bricks-and-mortar (like the reader in the next question), so I can try it on right there and avoid all this shipping-and-handling business.
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: While shopping at the mall, I noticed that the stores that sell primarily to women my age (35) have clothes that are business casual or just casual. Then there are stores geared toward younger ladies that sell clothes seemingly made for streetwalking. There doesn't seem to be much middle ground. Do you have any suggestions on where I can find sexy but not trashy clothes that are age-appropriate? Preferably bricks-and-mortar, so I can try things on.
— Jenny W.
Dear Jenny: You'll need to shop around, but you will find what you want with a little looking. Start with department stores, and check out these labels: Ralph Lauren's well-priced Lauren line, NYDJ, Vince Camuto, Karen Kane, Calvin Klein and Michael Kors' Michael line.
Angelic Readers
I suggested blond Maybelline eye pencil to fill in a reader's skimpy eyebrows — for everyone, not just blonds. Readers shared their solutions to the same problem. Ann S. says she used to use those blond pencils until she discovered Benefit's "Gimme Brow" gel ($22, benefitcosmetics.com): "WOW — great for filling in spots you didn't know were bare!" L.L. consulted Cosmetic Cop Paula Begoun's excellent beautypedia.com that tests and rates beauty products, where she learned of RapidLash's Eyelash & Eyebrow Enhancing Serum ($49.95, ulta.com): "This serum, brushed on my old and overplucked eyebrows, regrew brow hair in a relatively short time (three weeks). It really works!!!" Rose Ann loves Wonderbrow Brow Wax ($10.99) applied with the Deluxe Brow Duo Crown Brush ($9.99), both at rosshighlandpark.com. Finally, M.G. writes, "I use Godefroy Instant Eyebrow Tint. It's pretty easy to use once you get used to it, and there is even a YouTube video that shows you how to do it. You can get it on amazon.com for $8.73 for four applications. I love it!"
Reader Rant
John has a beef "about shopping in general." He asks, "Did you ever buy a gift for someone and have a H#LL of a time removing that gall-blasted price sticker that is nearly impossible to remove and leaves a sticky mess on the object? I swear, I always mean to request that the sticker be removed in the store when I buy it (but I always forget). Thanks for listening."
Dear John: I'm with you. How many fingernails have been sacrificed to the chore of scraping off those H#LLish stickers? Nail polish remover usually works (and will take off your nail polish, too, so be careful). I'm not impressed with Goo Gone, the product sold for this specific problem. Wouldn't it be swell if all retailers cared enough about their customers to use easy-to-remove stickers?
Shop, drop, get help
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More than half of Britons believe religion does more harm than good, with less than a quarter believing faith is a positive force, according to a new survey.
Even 20% of British people who describe themselves as being ''very religious'' said religion was harmful to society.
The study for the Huffington Post UK revealed that only 8% of Britons describe themselves as very religious, with more than 60% saying they were not religious at all.
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AIDS Treatment Fact Sheets: Interview with Bob Munk, New Mexico AIDS InfoNet
In the three years since it started, the New Mexico AIDS InfoNet has become widely recognized as perhaps the best overall collection of single-page fact sheets on AIDS treatment information. It now maintains over 100 of them, each in English and Spanish. Topics include background on HIV and AIDS, blood tests and what they mean, using HIV/AIDS services, all approved antiretroviral treatments, many opportunistic infections and their therapies, alternative/complementary treatments, a separate section on treatment side effects, and HIV prevention. All are in non-technical language, and all are available on the Web (http://www.aidsinfonet.org [or http://www.thebody.com/nmai/nmaiix.html]) plus two printable formats for clients who may not have computer access. As with other fact sheets, each one can be read separately as needed; they do not need to be used in any sequence.
While this project was specifically designed to meet the needs of clients of AIDS service organizations in New Mexico, it has a national and international constituency as well, with currently about half of the Web use coming from outside the United States. It also provides a model for presenting certain kinds of information effectively, either online or off.
Bob Munk, a well-known AIDS activist, started this project and has written most of the material. AIDS Treatment News interviewed him on December 23, 2000.
Interview with Bob Munk, New Mexico AIDS InfoNet
John S. James: Why did you first decide to write your own fact sheets, instead of using existing ones?
Bob Munk: We had to meet specific needs of clients in New Mexico. It is a large and very rural state, so most clients tend to be far away from AIDS service organizations. And it was hard to get information in Spanish, which many prefer because it is their native language.
We looked at existing fact sheets to see if they could meet our needs. There were some good ones, but any particular set had deficiencies. Most had a very limited range of topics; most had no information at all about any alternative or complementary therapies, which are of serious interest to many clients in New Mexico.
Many were badly out of date -- for example, a saquinavir fact sheet in 1998 that said that saquinavir was the only approved protease inhibitor, or a CMV fact sheet that did not mention the existence of the intravitreal implants. Others had a reading level that was too complex; on the Flesch-Kincaid reading scale they came out at the 11th or 12th grade level. [For writers who want to test their own documents, Flesch-Kincaid software is available within the spelling checker of recent versions of Microsoft Word.]
Another problem with some of the sites is that they might issue multiple reports on a single topic -- such as an initial writeup, and then later an update when a new treatment was approved. So the user had to be able to go to their Web site and identify the different pieces and put them together, first reading the obsolete report and then the updates.
In consultation with front-line people -- the case managers of the AIDS service organizations in New Mexico -- we agreed to aim for an 8th grade reading level in a single-page (one side) fact sheet. We don't consider 8th grade level "low literacy." But we have heard from our case managers that when they have a low-literacy client, if they have an opportunity to sit down and discuss the information, the fact sheet works as a memory aid to help the client remember the discussion. The case managers believe that 8th grade is a useful reading level. I'm not aware of other fact sheets written at the same or lower level. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has some booklets that they consider low literacy, but I find them almost insulting; I don't know how well low-literacy clients receive them.
It's totally appropriate to have a wide range of reading levels, including material that is much more complex or technical. But service organizations need to be aware of the range of resources available and try to match them to the client. There is nothing wrong with a more technical writeup, as long as the client can digest it. And there is no reason that everyone with HIV should have a comfortable familiarity with complex medical terminology.
When we realized there was no set of fact sheets we could just pick up and use, that we would have to develop our own, we worked with the case managers to determine the higher priority topics -- which were basic diagnostic tests, HIV medications, and opportunistic infections.
We also did a survey of New Mexico HIV service providers and clients. We found that only about 40% of AIDS service providers had access to the Internet; clearly the figure for clients would be lower than that. So we knew from the outset that we had to structure the project for hard-copy printout. In working with our advisory board we came up with the format we use: a single sheet with three columns of text, which is the most readable and user friendly.
JSJ: Recently I counted 114 fact sheets on your site. Could you summarize the main categories for our readers?
Munk: In the "Background Information" section we have 11 fact sheets, including what is AIDS, HIV antibody testing, several fact sheets on understanding your lab results, and one on the drug approval process. The Web site "Background" section also has several links on AIDS epidemiology and statistics.
We have five fact sheets on prevention topics, including post-exposure prophylaxis [what to do if you have just been exposed to HIV].
A section on HIV services includes how to begin, choosing a doctor, telling others you are HIV positive, participating in a clinical trial, and how to spot HIV/AIDS fraud.
There are 12 sheets on New Mexico programs -- the only ones which are specific to New Mexico -- and the Web site has links to four Federal programs.
Antiretroviral drugs are covered in several sections. A general category includes several fact sheets on new drugs being developed, a chart of drug names and manufacturers, official treatment guidelines (it will need to be changed when the new guidelines are released in January), T-cell tests, viral load tests, resistance tests, the HIV life cycle, adherence (compliance), and treatment interruptions.
There are also fact sheets on each of the 15 antiretroviral drugs now approved in the U.S. These are categorized by drug class: nucleoside analogs, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, and protease inhibitors. (There are also fact sheets for Combivir and Trizivir, which combine two or three approved antiretrovirals in one pill, to reduce the number of pills that must be taken each day.)
The "Treatment: Opportunistic Infections" section has 24 fact sheets covering many of the most common opportunistic infections and some of the drugs used to treat them.
We have a new section on treatment side effects, including fatigue, body shape changes, diarrhea, mitochondrial toxicity, and bone problems.
A "Treatment: Special Topics" section currently has eight fact sheets on nutrition, vitamins and minerals, drug interactions, women and HIV, pregnancy and HIV, immune restoration, hydroxyurea, and interleukin-2 (IL-2).
And the alternative and complementary section has an overview, Chinese acupuncture, Chinese herbalism, Native American traditional healing, cat's claw, DHEA, DNCB, echinacea, essiac, hypericin (St. John's Wort), marijuana, and silymarin (milk thistle). More will be added.
Our site also includes a huge collection of links to HIV/AIDS Web sites, over 500 of them by categories. We do not evaluate or describe these sites, but each month we verify that each one still exists.
JSJ: Where do you get the information for the fact sheets?
Munk: I scan the email lists, such as AEGIS (http://www.aegis.org), the daily CDC HIV/STD/TB Prevention News Update (available through AEGIS, The Body, or at http://www.cdcnpin.org/services/listserv.htm), and treatment discussion groups, and attend AIDS treatment conferences. When there is news important enough to go into a one-page sheet, I revise ours if necessary.
JSJ: What do you believe should be included in each fact sheet or Web page?
Munk: There are different Internet guides to creating good material. Some ideas of what should be on Web sites are fairly consistent.
There should be a way to find out who is writing the material, and what are the sources. Our site has information about me, and about the AIDS Education and Training Center, where our project is based.
A site should state whether the material is reviewed by somebody. Is it just posted, or checked by experts first?
Each page should have a date on it. Ideally it will be clear whether that was the date the material was originally written, the date it was posted, or the date it was last reviewed and/or updated. Often there is no date; sometimes you just get a date on a page, and do not know which it represents.
For HIV treatment information, the Web site ought to disclose the sponsorship or source of funding for the project. Readers should know whether a site is sponsored by pharmaceutical companies or a single company. On my site I do not list specific percentages, but we have governmental funding and corporate funding, and the corporate funding is from many different firms. If I were looking at a treatment site, I would feel more comfortable if it had many sponsors than if it had a single corporate sponsor.
It helps to have an introductory page stating the purpose of the Web site. If it's in conjunction with a commercial venture, that's good to know. If it's educational, that's also worth knowing.
A site should be easy to navigate. People should be able to get in, get what they want, and get out, quickly. And particularly in a rural area, many people do not have high-speed access; our site is deliberately not flashy; it has low graphic content, so pages load quickly.
None of our pages are terribly long. And we break each page into sections, and group the section headers at the top of each page. So as soon as the screen appears, the reader knows what's below on that page.
And to make use of the capabilities of the Internet, we try to cross-link our fact sheets as much as possible. If a fact sheet on antiretroviral therapy talks about T-cell counts, T-cell count wording will be linked to the fact sheet on T-cell tests. If it talks about viral load, it will link to the viral load fact sheet. If it talks about specific drugs we have fact sheets on, it will link to those fact sheets.
Mechanism for feedback: Is there a way to contact the site to make comments or ask questions? We have that on each page.
Each Web site should have a privacy statement. Ours states that the logging software records each visit (including what country you are from, what browser you are using, and which pages you visit) but does not link this information to an individual person.
I also have an email update mechanism so that people who want to be informed of changes get a monthly email from me, saying what has been changed on the site, so they can go to the Web and get the new version. If people send me their email address for this list, I do not disclose it to anybody at any time for any purpose.
When people use a search engine to look for a particular topic, they may come into a site several levels down in its hierarchy. So Web users need to educate themselves about trying to find the main page for the site. For treatment information, people need to figure out which sites they trust. So if you use a search engine and come upon a fact sheet you like, try to find the main entry page of the Web site, and educate yourself about the stated purpose of the site, who reviews the material, who sponsors it, and so on.
JSJ: It's a good idea to have a link to the main page, at the bottom of every page of the site.
Munk: We have just put that in.
For more information on how to judge medical Web sites, see Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Health Information on the Internet, a work in progress, currently 55 pages, at: http://hitiweb.mitretek.org/docs/criteria.html.
JSJ: How did the New Mexico AIDS InfoNet begin?
Munk: Within New Mexico the HIV/AIDS services are organized in a managed-care type of model. There are four primary agencies that serve the entire state. So if we could make sure that those four agencies (and particularly the case managers of those agencies) had Internet access, and knew how to reach treatment information in a form they could readily print it out and distribute to clients, we would have a useful resource.
What seemed ideal was to use the Internet not only as a way of delivering information to the end user, but to leverage the delivery of information, since the Internet is an ideal way to update information quickly, and make it available to people spread over a large area. From the beginning we wanted have the material in a form that could be printed off the Internet by agencies, and given to clients. Currently our materials are used in this way by a number of AIDS service organizations and clinics.
The New Mexico AIDS InfoNet started in 1997, when the state director of HIV/AIDS services noticed an announcement for a National Library of Medicine grant for electronic information. A group of us then met about the needs in New Mexico. Our first application was turned down. But I decided to go ahead and start the project anyway, because it seemed that it would have huge advantages for New Mexico.
The project began in a statewide, state-funded services planning agency. That agency lost its major contract at the middle of 1998, so then the AIDS InfoNet project moved over and affiliated with the AIDS Education and Training Center at the University of New Mexico (a satellite of the Mountain Plains AETC out of Denver). I attached the project to them, so it's not a separate 501(c)3. We do not get financial support from the university. We get a certain amount of support from the National Library of Medicine; we went back the following year and were successful, and have been funded twice more by them. We also have a contract with the New Mexico Department of Health; and in addition we get a fair amount of support from pharmaceutical companies.
Our first home on the Internet was University of California San Francisco's HIV InSite (http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu); they hosted our materials until we could set up our own Web site. We launched ours on January 1, 1998, and have maintained it since then.
From the beginning of our Web site, each document was created in three formats: a Web page (HTML), a Microsoft Word document, and Adobe Acrobat format (PDF). So persons with either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat could print the fact sheets in their original format.
To make our own operation more efficient we do not provide hard copy. There are a few special circumstances, for example if someone is incarcerated and has no other access. We may first try to identify a local AIDS service organization, and make sure that they know about the New Mexico AIDS InfoNet, and how to download and print our fact sheets -- and that a potential client needs them.
We have also made our materials available at no charge through other HIV/AIDS Web sites, including AEGIS, AIDS.org/Immunet, The Body, Medscape, the National Minority AIDS Council, and University of California San Francisco's HIV InSite.
JSJ: I'm impressed that you cover mainstream/pharmaceutical, nutritional, and alternative/complementary treatments in the same context.
Munk: Our advisory group felt strongly about that. Everybody knows that many people with HIV and AIDS are looking to alternative and complementary therapies as part of their program. Yet almost all sites providing AIDS treatment information -- unless they were strictly focused on alternative and complementary -- made people go to different sources to get information on Western approaches, and on alternative/complementary approaches. We thought there was no reason for that; if we could build trust and credibility for a source of treatment information, why not also provide information on alternative and complementary topics along with the mainstream ones?
Clearly we are not cheerleaders for any of the herbal substances, etc.; we take a research-based approach in what we put in the fact sheets. And they are reviewed by the Physician Administrator of the Infectious Disease Bureau of the New Mexico Department of Health. So we do not praise something like Cats Claw or Essiac, when there is no research to support it. We try to put out a balanced fact sheet, that says this is what has been researched, this is what people are saying but it has not been supported by research, and these are the downsides that people are talking about as potential adverse effects, or that have been documented in clinical research.
JSJ: When you look at anything on the Web, you realize it's there for a reason. And then the question is, what reason? And with many alternative sites, you have no way of knowing if the reason is one you can trust. Is it only that somebody wants to make money? Or that someone is a fanatic for a particular remedy? This is true for mainstream sites as well, but at least there are more checks and balances.
Munk: With many of the alternative/complementary treatments, especially the supplements, often the only place you can get information is somebody who is trying to sell you the product. DAAIR (Direct Access Alternative Information Resources, http://www.daair.org) does a very good job providing information.
JSJ: What international interest are you finding?
Munk: About 50% of our Web site visits are from outside the U.S. That's something we did not expect. It's a huge bonus with the Internet -- once you put information there, people can use it from around the world. The primary access from outside the U.S. has very consistently been from Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Spain, and the UK.
People often ask us which version of Spanish we use. The fact sheets are written in English and translated into Spanish. They get a final edit by a native Spanish speaker from Northern Mexico. People from other Spanish-speaking countries have told us that while there may be some differences in usage here and there, they basically have no problems understanding the concepts.
JSJ: Perhaps the focus on simple language helps.
Munk: Actually that cuts the opposite way. If you are using technical language, the words are identical all over the world; with scientific terminology there is no regional variation. And often with non-technical language I am using colloquial wording, which is more susceptible to regional differences. But it has not proved to be a problem. I have not had any complaints; and people have requested the updates from Spain, Peru, Argentina, and other countries.
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As noted earlier, a conventional cluster can optionally have one master broker, which maintains a configuration change record to keep track of any changes in the cluster's persistent state. The master broker is identified by the imq.cluster.masterbroker configuration property, either in the cluster configuration file or in the instance configuration files of the individual brokers.
Because of the important information that the configuration change record contains, it is important to back it up regularly so that it can be restored in case of failure. Although restoring from a backup will lose any changes in the cluster's persistent state that have occurred since the backup was made, frequent backups can minimize this potential loss of information. The backup and restore operations also have the positive effect of compressing and optimizing the change history contained in the configuration change record, which can grow significantly over time.
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Mississippi County Tax Information
When purchasing a new home in Mississippi, you should consider the property taxes. Annual assessments by county or local authorities determine various bond rates, millages and fees that help pay for public services and are calculated using a variety of formulas. In Mississippi, all property is subject to a property tax unless it is exempt by law.
For example, if your primary home is valued at $200,000 and assessed at 10% (Class I Residential) and a Millage Rate of 105 and you qualify for a regular Homestead Exemption, use the following formula to assist you in calculating your taxes:
True Value x Assessment Ratio x Millage Rate = Real Estate Taxes
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The tax assessor will periodically appraise the properties in your county based on many variables, which include factors such as:
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Square footage of improvements
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Property fencing, decks, patios
State law requires that the county Tax Assessor appraise your property at its True Value. The Tax Commission assists and provides guidance to the local governments with the appraisal of property so that the property taxes imposed are uniform and equal throughout the State of Mississippi.
To determine the Assessed Value, the appropriate assessment ratio is multiplied by the True Value of the property. This Assessed Value is then multiplied by the Millage Rate (local property tax rate where One Mill = 1/1,000 of a dollar) to determine the property taxes owed.
What's an Assessment Ratio?
The assessment ratios for properties are set by the Mississippi Constitution. Properties are divided into five classes with separate assessment ratios:
Class I - 10% of true value
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In fact, the trade association says it has never actually advocated the phase-out, despite press reports to the contrary.
The idea of a phase-out came about after requests from Capitol Hill for input on tax reform, said Peter Kelley, AWEA's vice president for public affairs. But comprehensive tax reform is not moving in Congress, said Kelly.
The phase-out is "one policy option", said Rob Gramlich, AWEA's interim CEO, in an interview that included the trade association's newly named CEO, Tom Kiernan.
AWEA had floated the idea of phase-out in December, describing it as what would be needed "to keep the industry minimally viable" over the next few years. Analysts see the odds of a PTC extension beyond December as slim.
AWEA expelled utility member Exelon Corporation last year for campaigning against the PTC. More recently, a senior executive of utility Xcel Energy described AWEA's PTC stance as "militant" and said it was reviewing its membership.
Asked how he will represent all AWEA members given the much-publicised fractures, Kiernan said: "It is critically important we craft a comprehensive long-term strategy that brings together the industry and moves [it] forward."
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Zvartnots Cathedral
VII AD, Armavir Marz
Zvartnots, a complex of structures erected in the middle of the 7th century near Ejmiatsin, is of extreme architectural value.
The complex consisted of St. George temple or Zvartnots ("vigil forces", "celestial angels") and the palace of Catholicos Nerses Ill, known as "Builder".
Zvartnots, built as Armenia's main cathedral in 641-661, was to suppress the Ejmiatsin Cathedral by its grandeur. This purpose was served by the original architectural composition of the building which is an example of a central-dome temple different in its appearance from the antique and Byzantine structures of this kind. The plan of Zvartnots is based on the composition of the central nucleus of Armenia's cross-winged, dome-type structures of the previous times, that is the Greek cross. However, this cross is harmoniously fitted into a circle rather than into a square.
Zvartnots' architecture was supposed to impress the onlooker by its extraordinary artistic splendor. This determined the size of the temple, its layout and spatial arrangement, its structural features and its decoration which emphasized the central axis of the building and its upward sweep.
According to Stepanos Taronatsi, an Armenian historian of the late 10th and the early 11th centuries, (Stepanos of Taron, known as Asokhik). Zvartnots lay in ruins as early as in the tenth century. He does not mention the cause of destruction. The remnants of Zvartnots, even In ruins, are a majestic sight. There survived only the lower parts of the walls and individual fragments, and scientists' reconstructions of the temples original look vary. The best known reconstruction is that by T. Toromanian.
According to this reconstruction, the building consisted of three polyhedrons. the lower one being 32-hedral. and the upper one 16-hedral and crowned with a cone-shaped cupola. The central part of the interior had the shape of a tetraconch in the plan. In the joints between the apses there were mighty pylons which supported the drum of the cupola by means of spherical pendentives. Beyond the pylons there were columns arranged on the radial axis. They and the tops of the tetraconch's semicircles buttressed the arches which served as the basis for the middle polyhedron. The tetraconch was surrounded by a two-storey gallery fenced on the outer side by a circular wall with closely spaced windows and, on the inner side, by an open arcade of the apses. The altar apse was blank. The heaviness of the cupola and of the middle polyhedron was conveyed by arches and vaults of double curvature to the pylons and columns of the apses.
The decoration of Zvartnots temple followed the principle, common in the Armenian architecture of the 5th—7th centuries, of bringing out the basic architectural details: columns, door and window openings. cornices and archivolts. The outer surfaces of the polyhedrons, especially of the lower one, were ornamented with a rich arcature. The twin semi-columns were crowned with capitols with palmettes and acanthuses. On the whole, the motif of sculptural ornamentation, cut in high relief, was floral (a vine, stylized leaves, branches of pomegranate with fruit, etc.). The ornamental patterns are clear-cut, expressive, varied and unconstrainedly rhythmical. Standing out among them were interior column capitols of an original composition, shaped as wicker baskets with volutes and a cross or a monogram (with letters standing for "Nerses" and "Catholicos") between them and decorated with the figures of rampant eagles which seemed to support the cupola — a symbol of the firmament.
In the spandrels of the outer decorative areature of the bottom polyhedron there were half-length representations of men with building tools in their hands. Some researchers believe them to be portraits of builders (the name of "Ioann" is cut near one, presumably the main of them, on the archivolt), and others maintain these are the portraits of the founders of the temple. The portraits are distinguished by a realistic depiction of faces and clothes and by the individual features of the figures shown in various postures.
The rich and extraordinary interior decoration of the temple is evidenced, apart from the reliefs, by the pieces of vari-coloured smalt and tufa mosaic ornaments and fragments of murals which survived on remnants of plaster. These were found during the excavations of the altar part.
Before the construction of Zvartnots was completed, its architectural and artistic concept was embodied, by the selfsame Nerses III in the initially concentric temple in Ishkhan built in 652—659. Presumably, the architect of Zvartnots knew the Syrian and Byzantine architectural structures of the same kind. Zvartnots stands out for an unusual composition which differed from that of these structures. Syria and Byzantium had no structures of this type. This is confirmed by Movses Kalankatvatsi, a 10th century Armenian historian, who wrote about the intention of Emperor Constantine of Byzantium. who had been present at the consecration of Zvartnots when it was nearing completion in 652, to build a similar structure in his own capital. This intention failed to materialize due to the architect's death on his way to Constantinople.
Zvartnots is a monument which embodies the centuries old traditions of Armenian architects. In its artistic image and daring spatial arrangement, formed by an intricate combination of arches and buttresses, Zvartnots is an outstanding monument of world architecture, an evidence of the high level of the development of the artistic and engineering thought in the 7th-century Armenia. Its architectural idea later became widely spread and developed in new shapes and new artistic compositions.
To the south-west of the temple there was the Katholikos' palace which has also come down to us in ruins. It was a complex of capitally-built and regularly laid-out presence-chambers, dwelling, auxiliary and service premises. The scale, as well as the architectural and artistic features of the palace were coordinated with those of the temple.
The palace building consisted of two parts arranged at all angle to each other and divided by a corridor. The western part comprised small premises and two halls. The big summer hall, where reception ceremonies and conferences were held, was divided by columns into three naves and communicated with the dividing corridor by an arcade. The second, slightly smaller hall, which served as a refectory and. possibly, as a throne-room, was of a more intimate character. The projections on its lateral walls reduced the span of the vaulted roofing reinforced by wall arches. The projections formed arched niches which lended artistic expressiveness to the interior.
The eastern part included dwelling and service premises, such as storerooms and a bathroom. The latter consisted of two sections, the bigger one intended for common, and the smaller one for privileged visitors. The bathroom was equipped similarly to that of Garni. Adjoining it on the southern side was a small hall-type church of the 5th—6th centuries, south of which there was a large wine-press.
The plan of the palace is almost a square. The small size and skylight of most of the rooms show that they had wooden roofings of the kind used in Armenian peasant homes. The open gallery with an arcade on the northern side of the eastern part and flat roofs gave this structure of a severe composition the appearance of a southern-type building. The massive arches of the arcade resting on buttresses, cross-shaped in the plan, concealed the divisions between the premises behind it. It did not only decorate the square In front of the palace, but connected its architecture with that of the temple. The palace of Nerses III was the biggest of all the known civil structures of the 7th-century Armenia.